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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20
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New York Press: Munchausen-Did
you find the Brobdingnagians a cheer
full. optimistic people?
Gulliver-Yes, indeed; always making
a molehill of mountain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20
THE PORTER'S LOST TIPS.
Why He Sued the Railroad For Six
Thousand Dollars.

Detroit Free Press: The long bow had
been drawn by some master hands be-
fore 1t came the eX-speculator's turn 10
make showing.
OF course. L had a variety of expert
ences, he began, while | was chasing a
fortune in the great southwest. Perbans
as odd one as any of them was this
one IN northern Texas. A few of us were
Dullding narrow gauge railroad to open
up new section and put some land on
the market At the same time a broad
gauge line was being constructed through
that portion Of the state Along a Stretch
OF about five miles we happened to secure
tne same right of way, a keen old Yankee
taking pay from both of US. Neither road
would yield, it would take too long TO
nght the matter out in the courts and we
compromised by laying the narrow gauge
between the rails of the broad gauge ar
ranging time tables with a view TO avoid
ing accidents.
Things went along without a clash for
about six weeks, when l started over our
road as the guest of the engineer. He was
showing me the PAGES of the locomotive
and while we were fairly flying over the
common right of way, we saw through
the dim light of early morning that an
immense sleeper was coming toward us
at no less than a mile a minute. 1t had
become detached from the train ahead
ana was shooting down grade. There was
no time TO reverse or attempt TO retreat.
me engineer set his teeth, pulled her
wide open and shot through the sleeper
as though IL were a fog bank. We cut
out the broad aisle as slick as a saw
could have done, raked the ends of a
lew seats, caught the porter on the
smoke stack and flew on without check
ing our speed. Not a passenger was hurt
but the porter sued us for S. 000 Hurt p
No. but he lost the trip, don't you see?
ana tips We're tips in those days
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

The 200 living alumni of the uni
versity of Georgia are asked to make
up a fund of 100000 for its additional
endowment Colonel John Temple
Graves has started the good work by
subscribing the first 81, 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

Tobacco is named after the pipe used
by the West Indian islanders and was
originally called 'tobago."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20
S. J. Griffin, Corner Twenty-fourth
and Grant, Ogden, Utah.

Agent for Crescent and Columbia BIZ
cycles. Wheels rented, % cents per
hour. Fishing rods made and repaired.
Model and rubber stamp making
specially.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

1t is a fortunate day for man when
he first discovers the value OF Aver
Sarsaparilla as a blood-purifie-. With
this medicine, he knows he has found a
remedy upon which he may rely, and
that his lifelong malady is at last con-
quered. Has cured others, will cure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

It is a singular fact that. while all
other games OF chance or skill have at
one time or another been denounced by
the clergy of every faith, chess alone
has received their appreciation, and
among the best players of every land
have been clergymen, priests and
bishops.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

Total ~ 400
There are great many cattle dying
in the mountains this summer. The cause
is attributed by some stockmen to the
eating of oak leaves.
Two or three reservoir sites have been
located in Willow Creek canyon this week
by ]. P. Hansen, jr.. N. o. Anderson,
James p. Christensen and George Alfred.
1t is expected that they will be able to
store a great portion of the surplus
water of Willow creek.
g @ %
Davis County Clipper: David Clark and
Arthur Butcher. who had been up in the
hills prospecting. came down nearly to
the mouth of the canyon together on
Monday noon, when they separated to go
to their homes, but Clark failed to reach
his destination. and has not been heard
from since. No one can imagine what
has become of him. AS many as 30 peo-
pie have been out at a time looking
for him. but all the searching thus far
has been in vain.
The prospects are not very encourag-
ing for good crop of wheat on the dry
farms this year. Some estimate that the
yield will not exceed from seven to ten
bushels Der acre.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

Emery correspondence: A number of
the young boys of our town got gay Sun
day night They had things pretty much
their own way until about midnight. when
an accident tended to check their dan
gerous sport The boys got hold of a
few revolvers and were amusing them
selves by terrorizing the town until a
carriage load of young people came along
when their reckless sport was turned to
the occupants of the carriage. A shot too
close to the horses scared the team and
with much effort a runaway was avoided
This being rather tame they began shoot
ing al each other with the result that
part of the arm between the elbow and
shoulder. He was taken to Dr. Alfred.
who removed the bullet and dressed the
wound The boy will carry a sore arm
for some time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

Ephraim Enterprise: County Assessor
Alfred has submitted his report to the state
board Of equalization giving the total val
in the county. II is good showing, and
when the railroads. telegraph lines and
transient herds are added the total will
reach considerably beyond the S4O00O0O
mark The totals on the several classes
of nrnner-tN q q : fnlln---s.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
FINANCIAL.
Monev-Market steady.

Money-Market steady.
Foreign EXchange-The market Is barely
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand. s4S4L;
sixty days. &.Sl9s; ninety days $48J1k
francs, Paris and Havre. sixty days, 215s;
Swiss, sixty days, $685. marks, sixty
days, 941s.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying ali Il per cent, discount and sell
ing as follows Up to $25, 10c premium
S25 to $50 15c premium; $50 to $780, zoe pre-
MUM; $500 and upwards al par.
Securities-A fair demand to-day for all
classes of securities.
STOCKS and BOnds-State Bonds-Georgia
3la per cent. bonds Of 1880, 105 bid, 107
asked Georgia 80 per cent. due 1915 10f
hid, 105 asked; Georgia AZ per cent, bonds
1915, 1l712 bid, Use asked; Georgia 4 per
cent, due 1926. ll2 bid, 113 asked; South
Carolina 4las, 108 bid 1903 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1O415 bid,
1861 asked Augusta 412s, 1926 l05 bid, 106
asked; Augusta 7 per cent, 108 bid 100
asked; Augusta per cent, 1913 bid 40 ask
ed; Columbus ) per cent, 105 bid, 106 ask
ed; Macon per cent, 116 bid, III asked;
Macon 412s, 1926. 1854 bid. 1861 asked; Sa-
vannah per cent, quarterly January cou-
pons, III bid, HE asked; Savannah per
cent, quarterly February coupons 110ls
bid, III asked Charleston Is, 9iA bid, 95A
asked.
Western railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, 115 bid, -
asked Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds, due
1924, 108 bid, 1903 asked; Augusta Southern
firsts 5s, 1924; bid SO asked; Central
Railroad and Banking Company collateral
5s, 81 bid, 90 asked; Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage 81. 50-year gold
bonds III bid 118 asked Central Of Geor-
gia railway first consolidated mortgage IS,
80 bid, 80 asked Central of Georgia rail-
way first preferred incomes 44ib bid As
asked; Central Of Georgia railway, second
preferred incomes, 10 bid, Is asked; Gen.
trail of Georgia railway third preferred IN
comes, bid. 8 asked; Georgia railroad 6s,
1910 115k bid, III asked; Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta first IS, 100 bid, 10
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is, 116 bid, III asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS, l0l
bid, 10lh asked; South Georgia and Florida
first mortgage IS 1924 bid, 1O3Js asked;
South Georgia and Florida second mort
gage Is, 1O2 bid, 105 asked; Ocean Steam
ship per cent. bonds, 1926, 1906 bid. 49,
asked; City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, 81 bid = ask
ed; Alabama Midland per cent. indorsed
IS bid, IS asked; Brunswick and Western
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
FLORIDA


Joe Simmons is on trial at Jacksonville
charged with the murder of Russian Corn
last June.
Rene ST. John will be put on trial at
Tampa Monday for the murder of Phil
Thompson at Key West
James F. Mcdonald, late a letter carrier
of Jacksonville, has been arrested on
charge of rifiing a registered letter.
The Lone Oak hotel at Archer was burn
ed Wednesday night. The origin of the fire
is unknown. The building was unoccupied.
George NJ. Goolsby has purchased the
plant of the Orange City Times which sus-
pended several months ago. and expects
to re-establish that paper.
August Curry, a white cigar maker at
Jacksonville, committed suicide Wednes-
day by taking an overdose of Iaudanum
while under the influence of liquor.
C. H. Campbell was elected mayor of
Ocala Wednesday. The following were
elected aldermen: j. l.. Edwards, H. X.
Smith, w. B. Fuller and G.. A. Carmi-
chael.
In the circuit court at Pensacola
"Wednesday the jury in the case of Lewis
Smith, indicted for the murder of Andy
Campbell, returned q verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree, without recon-
mendation.
While saving a large log in Palmer's
saw mill, at the foot of Orange street, at
st. Augustine Wednesday, the machinery
became clogged, and George Steinhauser.
in attempting to set the saw in motion,
caught his right hand between the saw
and log, the saw cutting off all the fingers
of the hand just above the knuckles.
A mysterious shooting occurred about
two miles from Williston recently. Sarah
Brown, a negro woman who had sepa-
rated from her husband, was sitting in
her house by the fire, when some one fired
a pistol through an auger hole in the door
the ball striking her an the hand and head
at the same time, infiicting painful but
not serious wound.
The regular fall term of the circuit court
in and for Lafayette county was convened
at May Tuesday morning, and was ad-
journed by the sheriff sine die on account
of the illness of Judge White, who has
been very i'll at his home IN Live Oak for
the past Two weeks. There is a very heavy
criminal docket, and the bar will petition
AOi d Specldi TERM as SOOll as poSSlDle
j. G. Blackman, a special agent of the
United States postof1ce department, has
been at Winter Park for several DAYS for
the purpose of .effecting arrangements for
free country mail delivery at Winter Park
The sum of $4,000 was appropriated during
the last session of congress for carrying
out free rural mail delivery experiments
throughout the United States, and Winter
Park has been selected as the place where
the experiment is to be made in Florida
A regular mail carrier will be appointed
for the work, whose duty it will be to
make daily rounds with mail to be deiv-
cred, and for mail to be sent to people
living within three miles of the town The
carriers outfit has been sent for and the
work is to begin within few weeks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
NAVAL STORES ADVANCED.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE IN GOOD DE-
MAND AT u CENTS 4 GALLON.

Low Grades ROSin HiEher-A Strong
Demand For the OHerings-The
Cotton Market Steady at Decline
of 1-I6 Cents on All Grades-SOme
Changes in the Provision and SUI
gar NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steady.
Savannah, Ca, Dec. 16.-The main feat
ures in the leading markets to-day were
the advances on spirits turpentine and
low grade resins. The former rose to Bic
a gallon and the latter was sc higher than
at yesterdays closing. The cotton market
was steady, at a decline of Lice on all
grades, with a fair demand and moderate
sales. The wholesale markets were steady
with a fair movement Some changes We're
noted in bacon, lard and sugar. There
was fair demand for all classes of secu-
rites. The following resume of the differ
ent markets, both local and Geographic,
will show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

close Of the stock market, when there were
transactions at per cent, with offerings
a IA. The Union Pacific reOrganiza ton
committee to-day paid into the sub-troas-
ury $8,500000 in cash, the credit balance OF
that institution art the clearing house be-
ing, %677739. 1t 81 the general belief in
banking circles that cali money win not
yield below per cent. before the end of
the year and may rule higher
The accumulation of funds in anticipa-
ton Of January disbursements Of divi-
dends and interest will make further de-
mand on the money market Rates for
time money Cor shorter periods were
marked up to-day as well as those for call
money the quotations being 31a0t4 per cent.
for sixty and ninety days. The rates for
sterling exchange also responded sharply.
There was very clear indication of the
resources at command both in the large
credits abroad and in the abundance Of
money in the interior, deposits being re-
ported to be OF unprecedented volume and
prices Of gilt-edged securities for invest
ment at the highest level known Both
deposits and loans OF New York clearing
house banks are at high water mark, the
former amounting on Saturday to $685.
10000 and the latter $500. 72J,S00 The pro
portion Of money IN call loans Is the larg-
est on record. The calling In of some OF
these loans has apparently put some stock
exchange operators to Inconvenience, but
there is not yet apparent any very siren
uous demand for money. IL Is the opn-
ion of Wall street that large operators
about completed the taking of profits yes
terday and are ready for a decline.
There was some further evidences of liq-
uidation to-day and little evidence of sup
port outside the Coalers and one o. two
specialties. The agreement to restrict the
output Of coal also strengthened Nthe
group. Manhattan showed some recovery
from yesterdays weakness on reports of
extensions Of the system.
Prices of many of stocks rose al one time
above yesterdays closing 0evel, but all
weakened before the close The extreme
declines in a great many cases were a point
or over and in some cases losses exceed a
point. Sugar was the principal center of
depression and closed 1ss lower. Selling
for London account helped on the reaction
The bond market was fairly active and
was trife easier on the late dealings. To-
tai sales $2,S50,O00 United States new As
are * lower bid.
Total sales of stock to-day were 1892, 900
shares.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

closing, and for the rest Of the day ruled
slow and featureless closing steady at
unchanged prices to points net liver.
New York, Dec 16, noon.-Cotton flu
lures opened steady; sales. $3.50 bales
January, 5.6Sc; February 571c March.
5.f6c; April, 5.S0c; May, 5.S5c; June, 5.S9c
July, 5.9Sc; August, 5,9Sc; September, 5.97c;
OCTOBER, sole; December, 56dc
New York, Dee. l6, p. motion flu
lures closed steady; sales $4,000 bales
January, 5.67c February. 5.70c; March.
9.f4e; April, $3.50; May, 5.Sic; June. 5SSc
July. 592e; August 5S7c, September,
5.9lc; October. 600o; December. 6.05c.
New Orleans, La, Dec. 16.-Cotton fu-
lures steady; sales. 25,Oo) bales; Decem-
Der, nominal; January, 5.2S0529c: Febru-
airy, 5S4554c; March, 5.2Sul39c: April.
5.43Q5.44c; May, 5.4Su5.49c; June. 55305 sic;
July 5.5SU5,j9c August, 56laJ.63c; Sep
TENDER, 5.64a5.65e.
New York, Dec. 16.-RiOrdan & Co. say
of cotton; "A break of one ana one-haIf
siXty-fourths in Liverpool this morning
encouraged the bears to hope for more
activity and a good decline in cotton to-
day. This hope proved a vain one. The
market after opening from unchanged 10
one point lower, became exceedingly duh.
and during the day ruled remarka bly
steady. Receipts were very fun and
whatever influence they eXerted was in
favor of a decline. January onened at
.. Soc fluctua.ed between this figure and
SOC, and closed at 5. &c to 5.6Sc. with the
tone of the market steady. The building
up Of an immense long interest continues.
If receipts continue heavy we fear the
market can't be sustained"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
prooght into court ana resentenced MIN.
Imposing the lighter penalty.

Drooght into court ana resentenced MIN.
Imposing the lighter penalty.
The Walton News tells the following
vaccination story: while on a recent
visit to Walton, judge John NunnaHv of
Lithonia was recounting The incidents of
smallpox scare that came along When
ne was boy at school, The children in
al the rural districts were vaccinated. and
usually the human virus was used-a much
more dangerous method than is at present
IN vogue One big boy at school decided
u5aI ne would vary the regular practice
VI vaccination in the arm and he was in
oculated in one of his great toes, and
thousht II great fun. In due time the big
zoe sWeiied ana then iufiamed, and then it
swelled and infamed some more until the
toe was as large as the enterprising
youths head. Finally the swelling was
assuaged and the boy could walk again.
put NOBODY else was Yaccinated in the toe"
Atlanta Journal: Some of the popuIist
leaders are discussing a new policy which
Is intended to break party lines and cause
a cataclysm in state politics. The idea is
10 single shot the campaign with the one
issue or direct legislation by the method
known as the initiative and referendum
which is in operation in Switzerland and
IN Nebraska and other western states. The
issue is everywhere pressed by populists
as the most important plank in their plat
form, and there is now before, the Senate
or Georgia bill introduced by Senator
Garter which embodies this principle. 1t
provides that when 20 per cent of the vot-
ers in a county or municipality petition
for local law. or 20 per cent. of the vot-
ers in the state petition for a general law.
the legislature shall refer it to the people
for adoption or rejection. Populists re-
gard this issue as fundamental because it
Will give the people what they want. and
that, they say, is the essence of populism.
Those advocating the waving of other is
sues temporarily in order to pass this say
the party can we'll afford to do so, because
1T will strengthen every other issue for
which 1t contends and will compromise it.
self on none.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

As IS bid. 77la asked South Bound rail-
road, 5s, bid 70 asked; Southern rail-
way IS, "a bid, 50 asked Georgia ana Ala
bama first preferred IS, 101 bid 1902 asked;
Georgia and Alabama cons 5s, so bid, 81
asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 50 bid, 96 asked; Georgia, common.
liz bid, It's asked; Southwestern, 95A bid,
9GA asked Atlanta ana West Point stock
102 bid. 10i asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent. certificate, 1011a bid, 103
asked; Savannah Construction Company,
81 bid, 6S asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
2l1R bid. % asked; Electric Light ard
Power Company, 56 bid. 50 asked. ex-dly.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citzens Bank. 1903
bid, asked, ex-div.; Chatham
Bank a bid, 46 asked, ex-dlv;
ed; Merchants National Bank, So bid, 90
asked; National Bank Of Savannah, 1876
bid, asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 104 bid asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia. 15l bid
l53 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany. 101 bid, asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, Sc
bid, 81 asked; 3, So bid, 55is asked; PEG
pies Saving and Loan Company, "a bid,
90 asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s. 1H
bid, 1O2 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 80
bid, 1O1 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds. -
bid, 80 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany IS. 101 bid, 1O2 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, bid, Is asked; Augusta Factory,
80 bid. SO asked: Graniteville Factory. las
bid, 151 asked Langley Factory, 104 bid,
1854 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
80 bid, 60 asked J. r. King Manufacture
ing Company, 1O4 bid, 105 asked Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 10 bid, rs asked:
Savannah Brewing Company, s0h bid, SO
asked.
New York. Dec 16.-Money on call was
easier at 1903 per cent; the last loan at
2 per cent closed offered ia per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 3m4 per cent.
Sterling exchange weak with actual busi-
ness in bankers bills at $4s47sG5.oO for de-
mand, and $4S2jk for sixty days. Posted
rates $4SSa4s4 and $4.S6g4.s7. CONNER
cial bills, $Lsla4S114. Silver certificates,
562l @5794c. Bar silver, 55s4c. Mexican dol.
lars, SIC. Government bonds were easy;
state bonds were dull railroad bonds were
easier.
New York, Dec. 16.--The Evening Posts
London financial cablegram says: YES
terday's optimism was slightly checked at
the opening of the stock market here to-
day, and In the absepce of public support
a slight setback In prices followed, nota-
bly, in home rails Americans were irreg-
ular, but of good tone generally. Norfolk
and Western preferred was specially
bought by cliques here. The close was at
the best The demand for bonds for New
York continues
New York, Dec. 16.--'rhe hardening Of the
rate for call money has taken the heart
out Of speculation in securities for the tins
being. The rate for call money held firm
at 3 per cent. all day to-day until near the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

There is a good demand at prevailing
prices, for fair and good qualities, while
the better grades, al the moment, are
somewhat neglected The following quo.
tations are Tor round lots in first hands:
talr Observation-Disclosures,
Good ............................. 44Q4lk
Prime OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..........4MID
Choice .......................,.... 4QJI5
Rough-75c to $1O0 per bushel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
DRY GnoDs.

New York, Dec. 16.-The feature Of the
dry goCs>s market is the reduction IN sta
pie cottons which has been made public.
This has resulted in increase of buying by
jobbers. The changes i'm the quotations
on bleached cOttons have been as follows:
Rival Al bleached, &c; Wight anchor, "A
bleached and half-bleached cott1ns, G4c
fruit of the loom "A bleached. 57sc net.
and Is bleached &c net
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
FIRE AT Triton.
Three Families Narrowly Escape
Being Burned to Death.


being Burned to Death.
Triton, Ga, Dec. ia very disastrous
fire occurred here Tuesday morning at
2:90 O'clock in which the large frame
store building owned and occupied by
Padrick Bros, with a general merchan-
disc business was totally destroyed by
fire. The wind was very favorable, other
wise the whole lower business part of
town would have been destroyed. The
second floor OF the building was divided
into apartments and was occupied by
three families, which narrowly escaped
with their lives. Mrs Heartsfield was
overcome with smoke and fell down the
stairs, from which she sustained serious
injuries.
The building, with the stock and house
hold effects Of the tenants was a total
loss, amounting to some $4,000, about one,
third of which was covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire Is supposed to have
been incendiary.
Hirem Robnson's residence, six miles
south of Triton, was totally destroyed by
fire the same night. Mr.. Robinson is one
of the leading farmers of that section.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

s-Caller-You call this garden scene
June" but the leaves are all on the
ground. instead of on the Trees
D'Auber-They were on the trees, but
the picture got suRh whitening criticism
from the COMMITTEES that they curled up
and fell off -RitBNs