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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-02
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market firm; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds: Boston. per bale, $l.25;
New York per bale, $1OO; PHILADELPHIA.
per bale, $780, Baltimore. per bale. 100:
Dlrect-Barcelona, SIC; Genoa SOC; Re
val, Sc Bremen, 43c; Havre. SOC.
Via New York-Liverpool, 43c; Bre-
men, soc; Amsterdam, 55c; Hamburg. 45c:
Genoa, SOC; St Petersburg, G0c Man
chester, 47c; Havre, soc; Gutenberg, soc.
Lumber-By Sail-Frelghts are firm at
ruling rates Foreign business is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4,000
40 for range-iucluding Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base A feet.
to Baltimore, he; TO Philadelphia, 13c; to
New York. 1312c. Timber rates, 50c0$1. OC
higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and Windward, nominal; to Rosa
rio, $l2OOdl3O0; to Buenos Ayres and Mon
tevideo $lO.O0G11O0; to Rio Janeiro S140o;
to Spanish and Mediterranean ports, sl1 30
@ll.5O; TO United Kingdom for orders
nominal for lumber, 4 pounds IS standard
BY Steam--To New York ST. so: TO Phil
adelphia, via New York. $3.50; to Boston.
$3.50 via New York; to Baltimore. $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market is
firm Medium sized, Cork for orders. are as
follows: Rosin, 2s 10lad, for barrels of 30
pounds and per cent. primage: spirits As
l12d; Genoa, rosin. IS 3dd3s Cd; Adriatic, Is
6dd2s Sd; South American, rosln, SOC per
barrel of $50 pounds. Coastwise-Steam-
To Boston, l0c per 100 pounds on rosin. 90c
on spirits; to New York, rosin, sac per 100
pounds; spirits, SOC
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GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Sept. Flour strong and
held higher on the rise in wheat; Mime
sofa patent, $5.40dJ.s5; winter patents.
S5.35q5.G5 Rye -four firm. Rye firm No.
2 oSe. Barley tirmer; feeding, Gle; barley
malt firm western 50@65c.
Wheat spots strong; No. 2 red 81 .02sslD
$l.0S7s afoat; No l Northern New York,
Sl.O4's afioat; No. 2 hard, 81 .0l5s afoat; op-
IONS opened firm and advanced actively
all day on strong private cables, foreign
buying, private covering export demand
and bad crop news from the northwest
and Europe, closed strong at 35sQ4c net
advance; No. red September So 3-l6e6D
Sl.OOh, closed 81 COS; November closed csc:
December 943sG9Slsc. closed CSC.
Corn spot, strong; No. 2. 377sc elevator;
55Ac atoat; options opened weaker under
free deliveries, but turned strong and adj
Vanced all day on bad crop news and COW
ering, closed lh@3sc net higher; Septem-
Der 3oA43Ilsc closed, 37Isc: November.
5l!zg3sAc closed, S8l4c; December, 37Ib@
SSlsc, closed 389sc
oats spots stronger; No. 2, 231kaI24c: op-
lions quiet but stronger, closing &c net
higher; September closed 24c; October
z59sa4Ac closed, 24hc December closed
2512c. Hay weak; spot, 4O6c45c: good 10
cholce, ed55c. Hops quiet. Hides STEADY.
Leather steady. Woo firm. Beef firm.
Cur meats firm. Lard firm; western
steamed 5.3Cc; October Use, nominal. re-
llned strong; continent 5.G0c compound
4A45e Pork firm. Butter unsettled
Cheese very duh. Talow quiet: CITY 3nc
bid; &c asked; country. 39sc. Petroleum
steady. Rice firm. Moasses firm. Cotton
seed oil strong and active; prime crude
nominal; prime crude t. o. b. mills nom
mali prime summer yellow, 27I5028c. Off
summer yellow, 26la@27c; butter grades
5z135c; prime summer while
2Jnz912c; prime winter vel
low, 3315s024c coffea ,.,
steady at to 10 points lower. closed bare
~ steady at 10 to Is points net decline.
sales $500 bags, including September al
6.J5n6.2Oc; December, .5Od6. soc: Januarv
6.6Oa6 CSC; March, 6.SOa6 SIC; spot coffee.
RIO quiet; Cordova, 101k01gzc. Sugar raw
hrm; refining, SIC, centrifugal 90 test 3%c
Chlcago, Sept. l.--All grain and nroyis-
ions markets were strong to-day. after
an opening which rather Indicated an on
posite condition. A new renewal Of for-
eign buying and heavy cIearances start
ed shorts in wheat to covering IN TIC
old familiar way and resulted in an ad-
vance of S1sc in December. All the other
markets were carried along. Corn al
6i2c. O~
Ihe leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
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1-pound canister, 75c. Less 20 to 10 per
cent. off.
Lumber-Demand both foreign and d.
nestle Is firm, ordinary sizes. $40. 5Oa11 90.
difficult sizes. S1s.O0a1400: flooring
boards, $l5.OOG170O ship stuff, 81. soak. 90
sawn ties. $3.50.
Poultry-Steady; fair demand; half
grown. 25Q3Oc per pair: three-quarters
grown, S5d40c pair; full-grown fowls. 506t
soc per pair
Eggs-Market firm: candled, per dozen,
zoe; country, &c less. .
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
Ida syrup buying at 221zG25c; selling at %
QS0c' sugar house at 19dS2c; Cuba straight
goods, SQS0c; sugar house molasses, 159
2oc.
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady;
smoking, domestic, 22G60c; chewing, COM
mon, sound, 4dHc; fair, 2S@35c; good, 36c.
Hides, Woods. Etc.-Hides-The market
firm. dry flint 13c; dry salt, lie; green
salted, &c. Wool-Firm; prime Georgia.
free of sand burrs and black wool lSc
blacks 16c; bury, 6q9c. Wax, lie Tai
low. &c. Deer skins. 15c
Bagging and Ties-The market is
steady: Jute bagging. 2A-pound, 7q7Ac; 3
pound, 6Rq6&c; 1%-pound. 616Ac; quota
tons are for job lots; small lots higher;
sea island bagging, SdS1sc; standard Ar
row ties, steel, As pounds, large lots. SOC;
small lots, 90c.
Dry Goods-The market is firm; demand
brisk; prints. 3lAG5c; Georgia brown shirt
ings, 3%c; Is, 4c: "A brown sheetings. 3lbP
4%c; white osnaburgs. sac; checks 46I5c:
brown drillings. 5bQ6ihc.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES advance
was recorded to-day. Lively bidding car
ried the market price up to 2712c The
prominent buyers dropped off the mar
ket after the advance, and other buyers
then took the offerings at the market
price.
At the Board of Trade, at the first call.
the market was bulletined firm at 27Ac,
with sales of 467 casks reported At the
last call the market closed firm at 271ac,
with reported sales of 300 casks.
Rosin-There was decline of SC on E,
f and G grades to-day. The market re-
NAMED firm, with a good demand, after
the decline. At the first call the market
was bulletined firm at the change noted
above, with sales of 1876 barrels. AT the
last call it was firm and unchanged, with
further sales of 1891 barrels. At the
opening and closing of the market at the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-02

6.54q655c; January. 6.57a6. Sc; February.
6.6Od6.6 sc; March, 6.63G6. CSC; April, 6 1850
6.67c
New York, Sept. lit was very dull in
the cotton market to-day. The business
was the smallest in some weeks. Liverpool
disappointed the bears by again advancing
slightly. That market was one-siXty-fourth
higher this morning. The demand was
not great at the opening, however, and
prices advanced but 70 4 points. PORT
receipts were light, while the movement
at interior towns was liberal In the alb
sence of any pressure to sell after the
opening, prices advanced further. The es-
tlmated receipts al Houston for to-mor-
row, were double those of last year, and
checked the enthusiasm. The feature of
the day was heavy exchanging near for
late months by house recently prominent
IN buliing the near portions. January
opened al 6S4c, declined TO 6S3c, advanced
TO 6.SSc, eased off to 6.S6c, and closed at
6S7c to 6.SSc. with the tone of the marked
steady. Advices from New Orleans pre-
dict a September movement almost as
heavy as last year. We do not think, how
ever, that unless the predictions are fully
verified cotton Will decline much at pres
emit"
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FINANCIAL.

Money-Good demand at per cent.
Foreign EXchange-The market is quiet
The following are net Savannah quota
tons: Commercial demand S4S41a; sixty
days, S4S21a; ninety days, $4S2; francs
Paris and Havre, sixty days, sci; Swiss
sixty days, 5.227s: marks, sixty days. "a 9-16
Domestic EXchange-Steady; banks are
buying at Is per cent. discount and SELL
ing as follows: Up to S25 1Oc premium
S25 to $50, 15c premium; $50 to 500, zoe
premium; $500 and upwards, at par.
Securities-Security market is active and
firm; fair business doing in Central and
collateral issues; states firm and scarce.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
31s per cent. bonds of 1880, 1O31a bid -
asked; Georgia 31s per cent, due 1915, 1031s
bid, asked; Georgia AZ per cent
bonds. 1915, 1854 bid, 117A asked; Georgia
per cent, due 1926, 1111a bid, 1121a asked !;
South Carolina 415s, 10S bid, 109 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent. 1OS bid
10415 asked; Augusta AZ, 1925. 1881 bid. 1O4Is
asked; Augusta per cent, 1O8 bid, 1903
asked; Augusta per cent, 10S bid. 10
asked; Columbus per cent, 1881 bid, 1Oi
asked: Macon 6 per cent, 114ls bid, 116
asked; Macon 4t2s. 1876. 1887 bid, lO4 asked; :
Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly October
coupons, 109$l bid, asked; Savannah
per cent, quarterly November coupons.
109s4 bid, - asked; Charleston As 93Ia bid
9ila asked
IallrOdQ BOHdS-SdNdIudIl ElOrl0a and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
per cent. interest coupons, 113ls bid, 114Jh
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds.
due 1884, 1861 bid, Jog asked, and interest:
Central Railroad and Banking Company
collateral gold IS, "a bid, IS asked; Central
of Georgia railway first mortgage 5s, 80
year gold bonds, III bid. lis asked: Cen
trail of Georgia railway first consolidated
mortgage is. 9i1s bid. $50 asked; Central of
Georgia railway first preferred incomes,
So bid, 80 asked; Central Of Georgia
railway, second preferred incomes. 1872
bid, 14i5 asked; Central of Georgia railway
third preferred incomes, S bid, S1a asked;
Georgia railroad 6s, 1870 liz bid ia asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first SIS,
1854 bid - asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta second mortgage Is, 113 bid,
lis asked: Georgia Southern and Florida,
new IS, 90 bid, 100 asked; South Georgia G.
Florida first mortgage IS 1921 bid, 10Sls
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 102 bid, 1903 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds, 1926 104 bid.
f05 asked; City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent bonds. 50 bid, 50 ask
cd Alabama Midland 5 fsr cent. Endorsed,
IS bid. 90 asked; Brunswick and Western
A. IS bid. 20 asked; South Bound railroad
Is, bid, 70 asked Southern railway IS,
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DRY GOODS.

New York, Sept. LIN to-day's market
staple cottons are active. Brown goods
have worked themselves into shape with
a steady demand registered from day to
day. Export goods are still quiet Wide
sheetings are firm and in steady demand.
Bleached cottons are active and in many
cases sellers have no difficulty in obtain
ing goods at sdvanced prices. Coarse COD
ored cottons are quiet and in steady 6e-
mand. Odd goods are firm, and in good
demand Sales this week have been fair
ly heavy and bids fair to improve Prints
are inactive request in nearly all lines
Prices are very firm. Wooden goods show
quieter conditions, the early trade being
nearly completed
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SPOT COTTON LOWER.
DECLINE OF 4 CENT on THE
,,,DsTDAY OF THE COTTON YEAR.

,iddItns quoted at 67s Cents, With
,he Tone of the Market Quiet.
limits Turpentine i'm Strong De-
and Mt an Advance to 2715 Cents.
,,asin Market Declined Cents on
r G. enthusiastically Mar
LOT Fairly Active-Other Markets
rirm and Unchanged.
s,,annah. Sept. 1.-The new cotton year
ed with decline of 1sc for spots in
". savannah market. The offerings were
i.bt and the tone of the market was
quiet.
cotton Exchange issued his report of the
,otaI cotton crop of 1S96-'S7 yesterday. 1t
as. Port receipts. 6,S29,10 bales; over
,,pd 94O.4S2 bales; southern consumption,
Nc, qSs.S S2 bales; total crop, S.757964 bales.
rotal southern consumption, 1,O42,671
h,las. including 54,2S9 bales taken from
srd counted in southern exports.
The spirits turpentine market was at an
advance of 14c, and sales of the receipts
mere made at 2712c. The rosin market
u.s firm. with a good demand. a de-
oine of cents on three lower grades.
There was a good demand for investment
ss,urlties and the market was fairly act
i've The wholesale markets were firm
and generally unchanged. The following
resume of the different markets will show
,b4 tone and the quotations at the close
to-day:
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
steadier; No spring wheat. 9S9sd96c; No.
3 spring wheat. S6a9Oc; No red, 9Sas496c;
No. 2 oats, 193a1ll9l9c; NO. white, 2ln24c;
No. white 20hn221sc; No. rye, 5l1sc;
No. barley, 27d35c No. flax seed, $1.0lls
6Di.011A; prime timothy seed, $27h; mess
pork, per Dbl. $S.9O9S95; lard, per 100 lbs,
S4.S7lkGI4. 30; short ribs sides Qoose), $3.50
5.95; dry sailed shoulders (boxed), 5l2q5Ac;
short clear sides Cboxed), 6l4l6ssc; whisky
distillers' finished goods, per gal, sl.22
Cincinnati, o., Sept. 1.--Flour steady.
wheat stronger; No. 2 red, s5a95Ac. Corn
steady; No. 2 mixed, Sic. Oats quiet; No.
2 mixed 2OQ20lAc. Rye No 2, Soc Lard
quiet 4.I5c. Bulk meats firm. 6.10c. Ba-
con steady, 7.l0c. Whisky quiet, $121.
ST. Louis. Mo-, Sept 1.--F'lour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat higher; No 2 red 96c
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receipts same day last year. ,249 3,452
Charleston, S. c., Sept. 1.-Spirits tur-
pentine market firm, 26c bid; 261sc asked;
sales none. Rosin firm; sales none; A,
3, N.1O; c, D. $1.15; E, 81. 20: F, 81. 25; G,
H.SO; H, 81 40; l. K, $1.45; NJ, 81. 80; N, 81. 7O
w G, $1.95; w w, 81 20.
Wilmington, N. c., Sept. 1.-Spirits tur-
pentine market opened firm at 1854 and
2714c; later tone changed to weak; re-
ceipts AZ casks. Rosin steady $1.15@1 20;
receipts, 1872 barrels. Crude turpentine
firm, $1.SO, 81 80 and 81 80; receipts 81. Tar
firm, $40; receipts, So.
New York Sept. 1.-Rosin steady, 81. 40.
Turpentine firm, 29% @30Ac.
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stop for focal business.
nd New York on trains 80 and Sc and Jack
bout change.
ween Tampa and New York on trains 81
hwestern vestibuled limited train.
ACDONEIL G. p. A., Jacksonville. Fla.
r. Jacksonville. Fla.
assenger Agent, Savannah, Ga.
r West Broad and Liberty streets.
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bid; track. 97a9Sc; No hard cash. goo
nominal; September, 96asa96hc; Decem-
Der, 964s@96lsc; May, 9slsc. Corn, spot
bid; December, SO3sc Oats, spot firm:
No cash elevator. 1910 bid; track. 1919
u2Oc; No. white, 22d221Ac; September.
19%4c bid; December, 205sc bid; May, g3ibc
bid. Bran firm and higher: sacked east
track, SOC for sacked. Butter quiet:
creamery, l5nl9l5c; dairy 100l6c. Whis-
ky. S1.21. Pork higher: standard mess
jobbing. new, 1915; old, So So Lard high
er; prime steam. 4.75c; choice, 4 s2Isc. Ba
con, boxed lots extra short clear and
ribs, 6.75c; shorts, &c. Dry sailed meats.
boxed shoulders. 55Oc; short clear and
ribs, 6.25c; shorts, 6.37i5c
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Trains SO and 40 daily except Sunday,
Pullman buffet sleepers Jacksonville a
sonvHle and Cincinnati via Asheville wit
Pullman trffet vestibuled sleepers bet
and 3S, connecting at Charlotte with sout
Fer full information apply to A. o. M
N S. PENNINGTON, Traffic Manage
l. NJ. FLEMING, Division P
Trains leave from Central depot corne
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RICE.

The bank clearings for the past week
were $1602. 167 60 against 81 202 S95 80 for the
same week last year, and 81, 629, 62S SO for
the same week in 1896
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-27

Washington, March 96.-Members of the
committee on legislation appointed at the
indianapolis monetary convention last
summer called on Speaker Reed to-day
and talked with him concerning lrgisln-
ton for currency and banking r,form
The spokcsmcn Of the delegation were
George Foster Peabody Of New York
John =. Irish OF San Francisco and ~. H.
Hanna Of indianapolis. They spoke of the
drsirabllity Of IN" passage OF a hill au-
thorizng III" president To appoint a COM
mission Ia Investigate the banking aud
currency system OF the country and rec
ommend changes " any bill embodying
u system acCeptahl" 10 the business inter
rsIs Of the country could h" passed they
would indors. such legislation without
creating any commission. The need OF
changes IN the present banking system
which would insure a more plentiful and
elastic supply Of circulation for the farm
inr districts remote from cities aud prin-
ripal points they urged In support OF their
movement.
Ecud told the committee tn. passage OF
tho tariff hill was the htst and principal
work cut out for this session OF CouErcss.
Congress moved faster than thu people IN
matters of legislation, ho said, and when
public sentiment became crystaillzc1 in
tlVor OF any particular form OF financial
legislation congress would De- apt 10 re-
spoud with llttlp delay. n the people do
Ua ndcd chaugrz IN the banking system
and brought pressure to bear on congress
they would secure the changes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-27
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
GaiIipger Takes AN Interesting Part In
CIVIL service Discussion.

Washington. March 26.-AnOther bricf
discussion of the civil service occurred
during the open session to-day Gallinger.
republican. OF New Hampshire presented
several forms issued by the civil serSic"
commission to substuntiatc his recent
statement that certain applicants for Of
flee were required to hop on one foot Tor Y
feet. He said his statements had been
challenged by several penny-a-lners and
by one member OF the civil scrVic" COM
mission. The senator read the hopping
provision and several others as TO height
and weight of the typcSsttcTs which he
characterized ns absurd. Referring to the
size and weight requirement Galling"r
said. Phil Sheridan could not have served
the government " The civil scryi"s com
mission had got ~ him. The matter was
referred to the civil service committee.
\ resolution was adopted asking the
president for Informal tiOn ~ 10 IA" death
OF TWO American sailors ~ Santa 90 de
Cuba also resolutions asking the attorney
general FOR Information OF any PROPOSE
tion to sell tho Union Pacific railroad nw
ing to the public demand for copies of tho
recent decision OF the supreme court suS-
tanning the antitrust laws applicable to
railroads u was determined 10 pTiu' the
majority nnd minority opinions a. 81 -'n-
ate document
At i2.ln O'Clock IN" senate went iuto *
ecutivc session and AT y. m. adjourned
until Monday
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-27
REVIEWS OF TRADE
Commercial Conditions Sized Up by
New York Agencies.
WOOL HAS THE FIRST CALL
Dun and Bradstreet Refer In Dole.
fuI Tones to tho slow Coming OF
Prosperity They said Would
Arrive In November,

NV York. March 96-R. G. Dun q
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade will say
tomorrow. Rarely have markets sus-
tainvd such surprises as they have re-
coiycd OF late with so little loss For
cign conditions and London alarms, the
collapse ~ the iron ore combination.
the destructive floods in the Mississippi
valley and the decision ~ the supreme
court against railway associations have
hscu used tn the utmost. hut not even
iE railroads has the result been i'm
pnrtant Were all association Of rail-
roads To cease. IL would yet be in the
pnwer NJ capital controlling Important
lines 10 stop serious rate cutting II it
chose, With confidence that better
times and larger business are coming.
men are less disposed every day tn
throw away good Investments and tho
very fact that prices of products are
low Is regarded AS a guarantee against
much further decline. In all lndustrials
also the number of mills and shops
and hands at work gradually increases.
The grain markets have lost without
reason the gain they made through the
previous week. supplies are running
out, hut nobody believes that there ls
harvesting NJ Southern wheat viii bc-
gin,
Final dissolution of the lake iron ore
pool has been expected ever since the
Carnegie Rockefeller deal. and insurcs
low prices for ore the coming year.
though perhaps not lower than In 1895.
Mrsaha facilities for production have
vastly increased and all the great steel
making concerns have secured mines u
their own while means ~ transporta-
tlun have greatly enlarged. with as
surancr NJ cheap ore. hesitation about
various products should diminish, anI
the demand Is steadily increasing. Bars
are still dcmoraized and ~ the lowest
point, but Tor plates. sheets, wire rods
and wire nails the demand IL groWins
larger. The demand Tor rails cuntln-
ues strong enough to hold prices, al
though some of the more speculative
purchases are offered below the pres-
ent prices of mills.
Speculation In wool has recorded
larger sales of the four weeks than ever
before. I6,s05, 300 pounds, against gl.9si-
$40 In the same weeks of ls9s. Much
more than half is Tor speculation. as
nothing like the full capacity of mills
is employed. The wool market is stead-
ily increasing. hut cautiously. as II IL
too early to anticipate results from
changes which may be made in duties.
Failures for the week have been 2st
In the United States. against $50 last
year.
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WEST SIDE RIVERS
THE STREAMS ARE RAISING
AND TRAINS DELAYED.
several small washouts-Repair Crews at
Work - lee Gorge Causes
Much Trouble.
ecIal Dlspatch 10 Tho sInndard.

Special Dispatch 10 the STANDARD.
Missoula. March es-Thr rivers Of the
west end are all rising, West of here there
has been no Interruption OF traffic, al
though the soft banks OF the cuts and nils
make extreme caution necessary IN the
running Of trains. On the BITTER Root
there was one small washout at Mckeen
which was repaired without much trouble
aud the train for Hamilton left this after
noon after the arrival OF No. 81. On the
Snake line there is no ond ot trouble In
the lowlands this side OF Iron Mountain
and both thu outward aud inward bound
trains Wcf' som"whrr, between French
town and Iron Moutain for several hours
this afternoon and evening. ana the train
from Wallace did not reach here I'll very
late. The most serious delay. however.
has been Oh the east end, whore there
we're two wAshouts, one at clinton, which
was reported at q O'Clock this evening
and the other al Lloyd. witch II serious
aud which promises 10 keep the repair
crew busy I'll early morning, The trou-
bile at Lloyd WIS caused by an icc gorge
lr the river, which threw the water back
over tn. low ground and noated IA. track
OF the bed, No. 81 passed over the place
through four inches of water this noon
aud just Afterwards the track lifIed and
further travel was impossible,
The wsStbound train WAS held At Garri-
sou aud M. present report n that IL Will
not reach her" till some time in the morn
Ing. The train from the west reached here
nearly on time and lrft for M. EaSt as
usual. but II viii probably be held ~ the
WashOut iill morning. RUadmAstcr Russell
ha> Is hig gang Of men at work On the
tack. hut the condition ~ the ground
uuts ll diiflDLlt 10 accomplish much.