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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-21
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Jan. 2O.--Flour quiet, steady.
unchanged; southern flour duh, unchang-
ed. Wheat spot, quiet. firmer; ungraded.
red, 771aQ9713c; options were active and
firm at advance; No. 2, red, S9Ac; March.
90hc; July, S3@S33sc. Corn, spots, dull,
firm; No. 2, 2S9sc elevator; 1850 afloat; OPP
lions We're moderately active and closed
! firm; January, 2S5sc; May, 30hc. Oats,
| spots dun, steady; options firm, dull; jan
uary. 221sc; May, 221zc; July, 23bc; spot,
No. 2, 22Ac; No 3 white, 2iAc; mixed wes-
! tern 22d24c. Hay easy; shipping CSC /;
choice, 72lldS0c. Hides firm, unchanged.
Wool quiet unchanged. Beef quiet.
steady; family. $9.75q1025 extra mess.
SO)1S.O0. Beef hams strong; $500 There
ed beef firm; city extra India mess, $3.50
GH.5O. Cut meats firm, fair demand; ;
picked bellies, 43sc; shoulders, 43sc; hams.
ShG9c. Lard quiet, firm; western steam,
4.25c; city 3.7503. SOC; January, 4.25c; refin-
ed dull: continent 455c; South America,
l.S0c; compound, 41zc. Pork firm, moder-
ate demand; new mess, $S.500900 Butter,
fancy. firm, fairly active; state dairy, 100
15iAc; do creamery. 13d19c; Elgins, zoe Cot
ton seed oil quiet, steady; crude, Doc; yell
low prime, 23AM23Rc. Rice fairly active
firm, unchanged Molasses quiet easy
unchanged. Peanuts quiet; fancy hand
picked 324d4c. Coffee dun, unchanged. to
10 points down; March, 945c; April 945c;
May, 950c; September, 9.5JQ960c: Deem
Der. 9.65; spot Rio dull; No. z. 10c Sugar,
raw, duh, steady; fair refining, 2 13-l6c;
refined quiet, unchanged. Freights to
Liverpool quiet cotton by steam, 15-12Sd .
grain by steam, 27sd.
Chicago, Jan. 20, soon.-Wheat May 793s
179Ikc: corn, January, &c; pork. May,
S7.G1adsO0; lard, January, S3.95G3 971k /.
ribs May A.12lz.
Chicago, ILL.,, jan 20-,rhe action OF the
St. Louis wheat market was the main fea-
ture in determining the course of prices
for that grain here to-day. In the morn
ing early, a report that ST. Louis had sold
10000 bushels for export late yesterday
caused flrmness TO be exhibited, but doubt
as 10 the accuracy of the claim was ex-
pressed. ana the advance failed to hold.
Then at the close II was said that 100, 900
bushels were worked at St Louis for ship
ment abroad and a sharp bulge took place.
All day the market at the southwestern
city was relatively stronger than we were.
May wheat opened from 79lzM79Ac, sold
between 79h and SOhd607sc, closing at SOh
d8Ohc-kd%c higher than yesterday.
Cash wheat was irregular, closing re
higher.
Corn-The tone Of the corn market va
ried little, II at ALL from that OF wheat. In
the morning early It was firm and prices
were up. but later the strength vanished
and recessions were then In order. A rally
occurred at the close, sympathy with
wheat being the controlling factor. May
corn opened at 2ihc. sold between 249s
and 2id2iikc. closing at 2istc--iA0hc high
er than yesterday. Cash corn was steady
20 &c lower.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon--Thc market is steady. Smoked
clear side, SIC; dry sailed clear rib sides.
&C; long clear. none; bellies, SC; sugar
cured hams, 11Ac.
Lard-Market steady; pure, in tierces,
&C. 50-pound tins, SIC; compound, in
tierces, 45sc: in 5O-pound tins, 47sc.
Butter-Market lower, fair demand Co
shen 15a17c; gilt edge. 2O1Aq22c; creamery,
221aG24c.
cream cheese, 11G1212c; 20-pound average,
l11kQ13c;. fancy Elgins. 241sq26c.
Fish-Mackerel half-barrel, No. /, $50;
No. 2, $3.50; No. 3, $500; kits, No. /, 81. Is;
No. 2, 800: No. 8, 95c. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, 61zc; 2-pound bricks &c. Smoked
herring, per box, zoe; Dutch herring. in
kegs, $780, New mullet. half-barrels. $3.50.
Salt-Demand is fair. and the market
steady; carload lots, (. o. b.. Liverpool.
2OO-pound sacks. 4Sc; Virginia. 125-pound
buriap sacks. &c; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks. S5c: smaller lots. higher.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at PC; selling at 23d25c;
sugar house at 1sqS2ci Cuba straight
goods, 2SG2Jc; sugar house molasses, so
zoe.
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady:
smoking, domestics, 22d60c; chewing. COM
mon, sound. 24G27c; fair, 23G35c; good. So
Q4sc; bright, 60d65c; fine fancy, 65aSOc.
Sugar-Equality Prices-Savannah Quo
tations-Cut loaf. 5.1sc: crushed, 5.isc;
powdered Assoc; xxx powdered, 4gsc;
standard graduated. 4.55c; cubes. 4.s0c;
mould A, 4SOc; diamond A. 4.55c; confec-
toners A, 4.43c; white extra c, 4.05c ex-
ira c. S.9sc; golden c, 3.s7c; yellows, s.74c.
Tone firm.
Coffee-Mocha and Java. 27lac; Peaberry.
2OIkc; standard No. l. lie; No. 2, Ice;
No. 8, l5c; No. 4, lie; No. 5, 1Sc; No. G. 12c;
No. Z, lie.
Flour-Very strong; patents. $50;
straights. s. 25; fancy. $40; family. $40.
Corn-Market Is steady; white corn, job
lots, 44c; carload lots, 4lc; mixed corn,
Job lots, 43c: carload, 4Oc; cracked corn,
Job lots. SEC sack
Oats-Carload lots. &c; job lots. 35c.
Oats-Texas rust proof, job lots, 55c.
Bran-Job lots, s5c; carload lots. 7bc.
Hay-Market steady. western, job lots,
Sc: carload lots, 75c.
Meal-Pearl. per barrel, $500; per sack,
95c: city meal. per sack, S5c. pearl grits.
per barrel. $3.50, per sack. SlO0; city grits.
per sack, 9oc.
Lemons-Market quiet. new crop Messi-
ma. per box. 81. $4,000.
Pineapples-C Si.0Odi50; half cases,
s22jq2G
oranges.-F.orida. s3.75a4oo per box; i'm
ported oranges, $2.75gi30O.
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Apples-s1. 75a2. % barrels.

Apples-$1. 75d2 % barrels.
Dried Fruit-Apples, evaporated, Shd10c;
common, Ease.
Raisins-f4. L., 81 rs; u box, 81. 10; loose,
50-pound boxes, 615c pound.
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, 45Q50c; West Virginia, black, 9@12c;
lard, 5Sd65c; neatsfoot. 60dS5c; machinery,
20G30c; linseed, raw, Soc; boiled &c; kero-
sene. Georgia test, 10c; water white. lie:
fire proof, 12c; guardian, lie; deodorized.
stove gasoline. 1Sc.
Lime Calcined Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair de-
mand and selling at SOC per barrel, bulk
and carload lots special; calcined plaster.
SLIGO per barrel; hair, 4G5c; Rosedale ce-
ment, $1.30q4.40; carload lots, special;
Portland cement, retail, $2.40; carload lots,
$40.
Cabbage-Barrels. &c. barrel crates, $500
d2.25.
Nuts-Almonds, Tarragona, Ice; Ivicas,
14c; walnuts, French; lie; Naples, PIC;
pecans, 10c; Brazils. &c; ilberts, 1Oc; as
sorted nuts, 50-Round and 25-pound boxes,
91kG10c; cocoanuts, $3.75 per 100.
Peanuts-Ample stock; fair demand;
market steady; fancy hand-picked, Vir-
ginia, per nound 4kc; hand-piclxed per
pound. &c; small hand-picked, per pound,
&c.
DEMONSTRATES, s1.25; barrels. $3.50.
Potatoes-Irish, $3.50 barrel; sacks, $l75.
Seed Potatoes-Virginla second crop,
1926; Houlton Early Rose, SITS Dbl.
shot-Firm; drop to b. S1.2O; to larger.
$1.45; bulk. $1.45.
Iron-Market very steady; swede, 412Q
&c: refined, $1.70 base.
Nails-Cut, $1.90 base; wire, $2.15 base.
Advance national list of extras, adopted
Dec. l. 1896.
Gun Powder--Per keg, $500; half keg.
S2.25; quarter keg, $1.2O Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, $225 Austin, Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless, half kegs. $S4
quarter kegs, $3.50; 3-pound canister, $40;
1-pound canister. 75c. Less 20 to 10 per
cent off,
Lumber-Demand, both foreign and do
nestle, is firm. Ordinary sizes, $l1.0JGc
1900; difficult sizes, $1300Q1S00; flooring,
boards, $l5.0OQ22OO; ship stuff, Sl6.50q20G0:
sawn ties, $1,000.
Poultry-Steady. fair demand: spring
chickens. Zoe per pair; half-grown 10
three-quarters grown, 30c to 35c pair;
full-grown fowls. SOC per pair
Eggs-Market fully supplied; candled.
per dozen, l5c; country &c less.
Hides. Wool, Etc.-Hdes-Tne market
firm; dry flint, 1019q11c; dry salt, &c; green
sailed 5hc. Wool-nominal; prime Geor-
gia, free Of sand burrs.and black wool,
l3c; blacks. lie; bury, &c. Wax, Csc. Tai
low, &c. Deer skins, 15c.
Bagging and Ties-The market is quiet;
tute baeging, 2A-pound. 65kc; 2-pound, &c;
l%-pound5kc quotations are for Job .ots,
small lots higher; sea island bagging, ~ d
&c; Standard Arrow ties. steel, As pounds,
large lots. Toe; small lots, Doc.
Dry Goods-The market is steady; de-
mand brisk; prints. 4q5c; Georgia brown
shirtings, 4, SIC; Is. 4ihc: A brown sheet
ings, 5lac; white, osnaburgs. 7Q7lsc;
checks, 4q5c; brown drlllings, 5a6lc.
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COTTON MOVES UPWARD.
local MARKET ADVANCED
THE lice Fer SPOTS.

.bout . Points Higher For
fUi"'I na,-spirits Turpentine Mar
the n,,iet But quoted Firm, with
ke' 100 CasEs-PaIe ROsin De-
sai' o,her Grades Firm and I'm
Gin Wholesale Markets
e,1v.-,lurkets by Telegraph.
STE Jan. 2G.-The cotton marker
's armsr Today and local spots aaVano,
va lie on all grades The demand nc was os5
s e l and tie sales amounted ., to l3S,
S'i.,' though sales of 100 casks were re-
'isg At the close at 2574c. Pale resins
'Po''S' ..r with others unchanged. The
we're W. markets we're quiet and steady.
Tno'' +~,o,,ing resume of the different
The .p.' will show the tone and the quo
mara '. If the close to-day:
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dun and easy; prices unchanged; No. 2
spring wheat, 767s479hc; No. 2 red, S71lD
s9Lc: No. corn, 22i4a22lzc; mess pork.
s7.s71aG7. SOC; lard. $3.97kQ4.OO; short rib
sides S4O01425; dry sailed shoulders, s425
Q45O; short clear sides, si.l2lzGl425; whis-
KY, S1,1s.
Cincinnati, o., Jan. 2O.-Flour dull. but
steady; winter patent. $475d4.95: fancy,
A.25aA5O. Wheat steady; No. 2 red, 95c.
Corn steady; No. 2 mixed, pc. Oats
steady; No. mixed. 1Sc. Pork, clear
FANNY. $50. Lard, kettle, market steady
Continued on Sixth Page
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Ice. Timber rates, 5OcdSlOO higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
windward, nominal; to Rosario, $4,000
1890; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, 5000
@1100; to Rio Janeiro, $140O; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, 81. 3Od115O; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pound SIS standard
BY Steam-To New York, 800; to Phila-
delphia, 500; to Boston, $500, to Balti-
more $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market Is
firm. Large-sized, Cork for orders, are
as follows: Rosin, rs Cd; for barrels of $40
pounds and per cent. prlmage; spirits, 3s
Cd; Genoa, rosin, rs SdQ2s Cd; Adriatic. rs
6dd2s 3d. South America, rosin, Csc per
barrel of $50 pounds. Coastwise-Steam-
To Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, 90c
on spirits; to New York, rosin, Si5c per 100
pounds.
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market firm; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale, si.25;
New York. per bale, s1.O0; Philadelphia.
per bale, Si.OO; Baltimore, per bale, H.OO:
10 Liverpool, via New York, Zoe: Bremen,
via New York. 45c; Antwerp, via New
York. 5Oc Havre, via New York. 5sc; Am
sterdam, via New York. 53c; Genoa, via
New York soc: Reval, via New York, 63c
Hamburg, via New York. SOC. Direct:
Bremen. Csc; Barcelona, 4Sc; Genoa, 4sc
Liverpool. 35c.
nj ruling rates. Foreign business is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted al $500
u4.5O for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base "A feet,
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New York, Jan. 20.-Interest in the dry
goods market has to-day been largely CEN
tered in. bleached cottons, owing TO the
general reduction in the prices of leading
makes of A grades. The declines are, as
a rule, &c per yard. In other directions
the market has shown no material change
in conditions. Business is stiH somewhat
better than a week ago. Fer spring cot
ton fabrics orders have been of about an
average extent. The advance yesterday
of l Lice in regular print cloths has at
tracted considerable attention, but there
is no disposition to regard the gain as
permanent.
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near future about present prices or go
higher. 1t may be that our friends will
find it to their interest to scalp profits
whenever the market shows strength and
buy again on reactions, but we believe that
the crop has been over-estimated lately
and that it will not be long before the
trade finds it out. If We are right we shall
have a materially higher market"
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Oats-The oats market was distinctly a
sympathetic one. the advances and de-
clines Of wheat and corn being faithfully
reproduced May oats closed unchanged
from Yesterday Cash oats were steady.
Provsions-Improveme In product fol-
lowed the receipt OF the intelligence that
the hog run was much lighter than ex-
pected. Only trining trade was noted,
and the range of prices was consequently
narrow. At the close, May pork was lO9
12ikc higher than yesterday. May lard DC
higher and May ribs 5g7lzc higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The market present.
ed a very quiet appearance after the holi-
day. At the Board of Trade, at the first
call, the market was bulletined duh at
2534c with no sales Although there was
no disposition on the part of exporters to
pay the quotation, the prices were main
tanned later in the day by sales of 100
casks at 25a4c, at which price the market
closed with the tone firm.
Rosin-The only change in the market
since Monday was a decline of &c a bar
rel on water white and window glass.
Other grades remained firm and unchang
ed. There was a fair demand, and at the
first call at the Board of Trade the re-
ported sales were 1.43S; at the last call
the sales were 1872 barrels. The follow
ing were the quotations at the Board of
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arked
No m and
No
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Nos 5,6 % "a &. a local
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Yorkan
Gin
solid be
81 with
Trains
and
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Key West and Havana Mondays
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B.
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Charleston, S. c., Jan. N.-Turpentine,
market dull; nothing doing. Rosin firm
sales none.
Wilmington, Jan. 2O-Rosin firm; strain
ed $1.45; good strained. $1.50 Turpen-
tine quiet; machine, 251ac; irregular. 25c.
Tar steady, at soc. Crude turpentine
firm; hard, $1.9O; soft, not quoted; virgin,
$3.50.
New York, Jan. 20.-Rosin steady; strain
ed, common to good, $1.70q1 721a. Turpen-
tine quiet, 2712Q2Sc.
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Shortest Operate Line we and oumbu
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Plant System.
TIME CARD.

ID by Goth Meridian Time-one than City Time
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Continued on Sixth Page.
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Going North-Read Up.
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Florida Central & Peninsular RaiIroa

50 Miles shortest Line to Ja
TIME TABLE y EFFECT JAN. 20. 1sOz
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-09
BILLS RBooNs1DBRED.


Pennsylvania Legislators VIII Voto
Again on Certain Measures,
Harrisburg, April 9.--The session Of
the house yesterday was the reverse
Of exciting. The order was bills on Sec
ond reading, and a large number went
through this stage. The Lytle bill,
which was defeated last Thursday on
final passage, was reconsidered, and
further consideration postponed. The
bill allows trust companies to engage
In insurance business by resolution Of
their board of directors, and without
the consent of the state authorities.
The bill to regulate the collection of
garbage offal or refuse waste in cities,
townships and bOroughs was also re-
considered and consideration postponed.
The temper of the house seemed to be
against the measure, but Mr. Baldwin
pleaded so hard to give it another
chance that they yielded.
The Coyle bill prohibiting public exhi-
billions of hypnotism, mesmerism and
braidism was favorably reported from com
mittee, as were also the revenue bills framed
by Deputy Attorney General Elkin and the
bill taxing the matured stock Of foreign and
domestic building aud loan associations for
state purposes.
On the oath of March Mr.. Losch intro
dueed a bill, a further supplement to the
act of 1874 limiting the time within which
testimony shall be taken in certain contest
cases. The bill was defeated yesterday on
second reading. Mr.. Coyle voting against it,.
This bill required that in all contested cleo
tions, except of Governor Leutenant-Gover-
nor, electors for President and Vice Presi-
dent and all officers of the Commonwealth
elected by the people the time to be con
sumed in taking testimony in court, before
an examiner or examiners shall not exceed
30 days in any one case no matter whether
such testimony be taken in court or before an
examiner or examiners or otherwise.
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THE WESTERN
SENATORS !
And Their Attitude Toward the Dingley
Tariff Bill.
WYOMING SENATOR TALKS
"If One Section Of the Country Must Take
Buszard While Another Demands
Turkey, Revision OF the Tariff
Had Better be Delayed

Washington, April Commenting
upon Senator Chandlers statement in
regard to the possible failure of the
tariff bill because of too high rates,
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, said:
81 do not consider it entirely fair and
certainly not judicious to imDute at
this time to western senators a dis
position to be extreme in their tariff
views, or to insinuate that the tariff
bill will fail because of radical de-
mands for western interests. Such a
presumption would be premature and
tend to demoralize rather than intim-
idate. as perhaps intended.
"The tariff bal will fail, as 1t ought
to fail. if it is sectional and partial
and does not equitably recognize agri-
cultural, mining and lumber interests
as well as others. Eastern interests are
always well represented at the capital
by competent experts in all eastern
economic lines. They are in continual
attendance on the committees, so that
eastern senators and congressman do
not have much left to contend for be-
fore the committees having charge OF
tariff bills. and the duties being ar
ranged satisfactorily for them in COM
mittees, they need make but little ef-
fort on the floor while tariff bills are
under consideration.
"On the other hand, the agricultural
and western interests are not thus
represented, but feeling that they are
entitled to consideration they appeal
to their representatives in congress
and thus western senators have greater
responsibilities and more to do than
eastern senators in contending for a
| just scale of import duties. But their
| activity must not be taken as hostility
IF it be decidede that one section
Of the country must take buzzard
while another demands turkey in order
| to reform the tariff, then reformation
had better be delayed, regretable as
such a result would be, and to none
more regretable than to western sem
ators"
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Anti-Toxine FnlIed.

ST. Louis, April 9.-James NJ. Will
hanson, Is years old, died yesterday at
the Christian Orphans home under cir
cumstances most remarkable from a
medical standpoint. Williamson was
given an injection Of Rnti-toxine for
the purpose of preventing diphtheria
Forty minutes later the boy was a
corpse. The news struck like a thun.
derbolt in the College of Physicians
and Surgeons. An autopsy wcs or.
dered, in which half dozen learned
medicos took part. After it was ovei
they held a lengthy consultation, anC
came out with the verdict death from
heart failure"
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-09
CHANGE in AGENCIES.


c. j. Quinn, The Singer Man, Going TO
Scranton.
Shenandoah is about to lose two Of its most
popular residents in the removal Of Charles
j. Quinn, the Singer Manufacturing Com
pany's agent, and Carl Coogan. recently a
clerk in the County Commissioners office
The latter speaks of the change with feel
ings Of regret as lie has resided hero for
thirty years.
The removals are brought about by a gem
eral change of agencies in Pennsylvania by
the Singer Manufacturing Company by
which Mr. Quinn is promoted to the manage
ment Of all agencies in the Anthracite field,
with headquarters at Scranton. He now has
about thirty agents under his supervision,
but under the new arrangements his corps
will be increased to about hundred The
changes take effect next Monday. II. H.
Devers, who is now in charge of the Halle
ton Agency, goes to Scranton to take charge
Of the city department., and Mr.. Coogan will
succeed Mr.. Devers at Hazleton. The clerical
force now employed at the agency in town
will in all probability be taken to Scranton
Messrs. Quinn and Coogan will have
arrangements made for the removal of
their families next month. These gentlemen
leave town with the heartiest wishes Of the
people here for their welfare in their new
fields of operations. Both are gentlemen
who have won and always enjoyed the esteem
Of their townsmen, and Scranton and Halle
ton may welcome them as additions to their
ranks of respectable and useful citizens
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nncl,ct shon Rrokers Arrested.

Gently ordered a number Of his men to
investigate the brokers offices which
are being operated i'm the principal ho-
tells Of the city, with a view of ascer-
tanning whether any of them are con-
Quoting business as bucket shops, As
a result Of this investigation the police
yesterday arrested Leslie Lathrop and
Reynolds p. MacAlpine, who under
the firm name of Lathrop & MacAlpine,
conducted a brokerage business at the
Imperial hotel.
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The snnerlne I'm Nrlsslssinni.

Greenville, Miss, April 9.--The condi-
ton of affairs in this section of the
Mississippi river continues serious
The Mississippi delta embraces
ten counties, with population of near
ly 100000 people, 20 per cent of whom
are farm laborers, who depend for their
bread on rations issued weekly by the
planters and local merchants. The
planter and merchant in turn secure
advancements from money centers on
their paper, based on the growing
crops, after having carried the laborer
until the crops have been planted. The
condition occasions a Withholding of
credit from the country, thus cutting
its most vital cords. Appeals for inn
mediate help have been made to
Washington.
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store. Been resident Of the town 33 years
and signed a paper addressed TO the Executive
of the state asking for an investigation into
the condition Of the miners as present exist.
ing in the coal regions Witness asked for ex-
planltion of questions asked bim. Chair
man Meredith then read the recital of CON
ditions as set forth by papers sent to the
Governor Nothing of importance was
ELECTED from this witness.
This report closes without anything Of q
special ature being presented. 1t is ex-
pected, however, that the investigation will
become more interesting as the committee
proceeds