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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
MAN WHO WANTS TO FIGHT.
This Is Notice to War Correspond
ents to Look Out.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
All persons who write for the newspapers
or magazines on the subject of the war
are hereby warned to beware of one Skies
of the Rough Riders Skies Is not mis-
name, but that is not the point. The point
is that he is looking for blood and has
been looking for blood for nearly four
weeks now and hasn't found any blood
yet; so he is In a dark and desperate frame
of mind The trouble with Skies is that
his war career has been referred to in
print in uncomplimentary terms and the
fact that his own regiment quietly but
effectively rid itself of his services, for
good and sufficient cause connected with
a tree and Skies accurate alignment with
the same during the fighting, doesn't at
all mitigate that hero's sanguinary ardor.
Somebody is going TO get hurt, says Skies
between drinks.
Thus far he has made one attempt TO
satisfy wounded honor. His victim was
a correspondent for one Of the daily papers.
The correspondent, VINO for present pur-
poses may be called Scudder, cabled to his
paper from Cuba a sentence or two re-
garding the arboreal tendency of Skies
al San Juan. The hero of the tale wrote
many letters to Scudder which are now
somewhere in Cuba probably, and on his
return to this city sought out Scudder In
his office. The correspondent was out.
Tell him." said Skies TO the astonished
and admiring Office boy, that l will have
mis- hearts blood. Tell him that / viii
fire his lies with bullets in his worthless
carcass. Tell him 1 and my friends await
him at the Aston House. Any time this
evening will do. Skies, tell him; Skies,
the man that he slandered."
Then as a guarantee of good faith he
pulled out a revolver, fiourished it In the
air. said "t1ic" once or twice and left with
his slouched hat cooked az a bloodthirsty
angle.
When Scudder came in the office boy de-
Iivered the message as wei as he could
remember II.
mir. Scudder, they was one of them
cowboys In here to-day with a pistol, and
a SLOUGH hat and he says viii you please
come over to the Aston House so he can
shoot you fool of holes"
Every kind OF him, said scudder. with
some surprise. WAS he crazy or drunk?"
II think he was a little drunk, sir, but
he knew what he was talking about Any
time this evening, he said. He sad to tell
you his name was Skies. I guess it was
a challenge"
81 guess Il was a joke" said the CORE
spondent, and he went inside and finished
up some work. Then suddenly the episode
OF Skies came back 70 memory and he
laughed. To a friend who had also been
IN Cuba and knew the hero of the tree
episode, he related the incident Of the call
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slightly. Renewed covering, together with
investment buying and support from
abroad, caused the market again to steady
and throughout the rest of the day fiuctu-
atoms were within point or two OF the
highest figures. Near the close shorts be-
came very nervous. and covered on an eX-
tensive scale The market was excited,
with the close firm at a net gain of s TO
10 points. Among the factors contributing
TO the more bullish ruling OF the market
We're reports, public and private, from the
Southwest to the effect that killing frosts
had been experienced, while from the cen
trail part of the belt there were complaints
that heavy cold rains We're not only him
derng cotton picking, but were also dam
aging the staple TO a greater or less ex-
tent,
Liverpool cables average up more salts
factorily than the trade had been led to
expect. Then. too, the yellow fever ques-
ton had taken a stil more serious aspect
As against these features however, was
an exceptionally heavy movement at the
ports and interior towns.
New York, oct H. noon.-Cotton fu-
lures opened firm; November. 523c; De
eember, 5.29c; January. 53Sc: February.
54Oc; March, 5.45c; April 5.51c; May, 5.55c
June, 5.5Sc; July, 5.62c; August. 5.65c.
p. MIXTURES closed firm; October
$500; November, 5.S1c. December, s. 36c;
Jduuaiy, O.4lCi FEBRUARY, O.4Ic, MarCh,
5.5Oc; April 5,54c; May s Sc; June, s. 62c
July, 5.G6c; August 5,69c,
New Orleans. oct. 17.-Cotton, futures,
steady; October, 492c bid; November, A95
Ql4.96c December 5O1@502c; January. SOC
Q5O7c; February. 5.1l@5.l2c; March, 5.17u
5lSc; April, 5,22G5,2Sc; May, 5.27@5,2 CSC
June, 5.3la5.SSc; July, 5.356l5.S7c.
New York, Oct. H.-Hubbard Bros. &
Co. say of cotton to-day: The sensitive
ness of the market to rumors and posi-
biiities OF frost was shown this forenoon
when buying orders from the South, on
the expectation of lower temperature, ad-
vanced prices Z points over the close of
Saturday. The demand fell off after The
supplying of the earlier orders, and the
market lapsed into comparative dullness.
but prices were well sustained. Inquiries
We're received as to the probable effect OF
a FROST and the trade though 10th to be-
lieve in the possibilities We're cautious In
making offers The buying was based up
on probabilities rather than upon actualk-
ties, and the temperatures are being care
fully watched. A decided fan IN them
would undoubtedly sharply advance
prices"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
FINANCIAL.

Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market r.
steady. The following are the Savan-
nah quotations. Commercial, demane
$4s25s; sixty days, A.79B; ninety DAYS.
$i7S9s; francs Paris and Havre. sixty
days, 5.27; Swiss, sixty days, 529%.
marks, sixty days. 93#.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buvine at 3-16 per cent discount, and seII
ing as follows. Amounts up to s25, 10 cents.
s25 10 $50 Is cents; $50 TO $780, 20 cents. sooo
or over at par; $1,000 and over al lie
per cent. discount.
securities-A fair investment demand
hut light offerings.
stocks and Bonds-Slate Bonds-Csoo
s,ia az per cent. bonds OF 1880, 1O7 hid 1oe,l
asked; Georgia 3A per cent, due 1915 16z
hid. 1O6 asked Georgia w per cent bond~
1a15 11slh bid, 100 asked Georgia 4 ne,
1opi due 1920, ia bid, 115 asked. So
Carolina 4lhs, Ill bid. liz asked. U'"
CITY Bonds--Atlanta, AZ per cent 100,
log bid. asked; Augusta AS. 1955 ~
bid. 10S asked; Augusta, per cent ~
bid 1I2 asked: Augusta per cent III "a
IN asked; Columbus, 5 per cent foe IA
107 asked; Macon per cent, 1lG hi ~
asked; Macon 4las 1926, 104 bid, l05 asked.
eavannah per cent. quarterly Jannar,,
lannon's. 1l0A bid. 110A asked; sauan
nah Z Der cent, quarterly November CO..
uons. ii1H bid, ll2 asked: Charleston as
81 bid, SO asked
railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida ana
western Railroad general mortgage bonds
4 ner cent. interest coupons, 1ls bid 11e
asked. Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds dne
1914 los bid, 100 asked: Central Railroad
and Banking Company, collateral S.. 90
MA al asked; Central of Georgia RatI
road first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds
lie bid. III asked Central OF Georgia Rail-
way arst consolidated mortgage IS. 80
Ma 40 asked; Central of Georgia RaiIy
way first preferred incomes 81 bid %
asked: Central OF Georgia Railway seconG
nreferred incomes, l0h bid. liz asked.
Central OF Georgia Railway thlra
preferred incomes, bid atJred.
Georgia Railroad IS, 1910, us bid, III asked.
Charlotte. Columbia and August first IS.
lO5 bid. LOG asked; Charlotte. Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, III bid, lis
asked: Georgia Southern and Florida new
S. 1864 bid, 107 asked; South Georgia end
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
A TRIBUTE TO GEORGIA.
An Appreciative and Instructive Ar
ticIe on the Empire state"

An Appreciative and Instructive Ar
ticIe on the Empire State"
Extracts from the Empire of the South"
Published by the Southern Railway Co.
The site of Chicago was bought from the
Indians for less than the price of a high
grade bicycle. 1t does not appear from the
records that the whole state of Georgia,
the Empire State of the South, cost so
much. "How did you get your land?" ask
ed a newcomer of a scion of one of the
old families of Kentucky. From my TO-
Their" was the reply. "How did he get it?"
From his father" And how did he get
it?" From his father" "And how did he
get it?" Fought for it," pun off your
coat"
Oglethorpe was more fortunate. He did
not have either to fight for 1t or 10 buy it.
The shrewd commercial spirit was then
lacking in the native American. But plen-
ty Of fighting and buying came afterward,
and Georgia saw her share Of both. Ogle-
thorpe made his first treaty with the In
dams al Savannah In 1888 1t was a rather
queer paper, viewed IN the light of latter
day transactions and the reading of it
will make smart business men wonder at
the simplicity of human nature of little
more than a century and half ago.
al
Georgia promised the Indians in the treaty
was that they would make restitution for
any damage which might be done by the
people of the trustees. On the other hand,
The Indians agreed that the trustees PEG
pie should make use of and possess all of
the lands which they had no occasion to
use and finally. to keep the talk IN
their heads as long as the sun shall shine
or waters run into the rivers"
geographically the state embraces every
feature of landscape, from salt marsh and
glistening sand dunes to rugged mountain
peaks. Between these extremes are 10 be
found varieties of climate and soil to suit
any reasonable requirements, and riches
of vegetation and minerals beyond est-
mate. II is d fact that II Georgia were
fenced off from the rest of the world by
an impassable barrier, she could produce
everything needed by her people. In the
DAYS Of the COS Georgia was known as the
"eranary Of the Confederacy." and the
Southern armies were very largely sup
plied from the bounty of her broad acres.
II may be said that she could not produce
coffee. That Is supposed 10 be true, but
coffee is not a necessity when tea is to he
ha6. and tea is growing wild near Savan-
rah.
The statc geologist divides Georgia into
four geological belts, each of whicel has a
hard name that means but httte 70 me
average lay SEE ker after information. Suf-
ace Il TO cay that. beginning at the nigh
o attitudes the several belts run south
~ ,sfcrly atioss the state, and by steps
ttXe The iILuirer from crystalline i9cBs
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acknowledgement Bullets Puzzle the
Indians.
From the Minneapolis Trlbun


The Krag-Jorgensen rifles with which
Uncle Sans regulars are armed are
weapons Of great interest TO the old
hunters and sportsmen who have gather
ed at Walker from all sections The SOL
diers pass cartridges among the curious,
who retain them as souvenirs. Said one
of the blue-coated men who had return
ed from Sugar Point, having taken part
in the scrap:
THE Indians ran against something In
our bullets that surprised them. The
steel bullet Of the Krag-Jorgensen H. a
searching thing and II there is an In
dian concealed in the grass IN line with
II for three miles It will find him. When
we caught a couple OF bucks who, we
could see, were behind pine trees from
the smoke Of their rifles, the others soon
learned 20 fail back. The steel bullet Will
go through forty inches Of pine and kill
any Indian who may have thought he
was safe. They can't fight the way they
used to-"
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in the bold mountains to rich black allu-
vium On ihe coast. The first belt embraces
The fruitful Piedmont plains, the great
quarries and the mines. 1t is here tina, tie
golden srain mods in grateful recognition
OF the caIesses of the breezes, and hore
that the bsroy mouutaineer by occult TTo-
cess converts the aforesaid goljen grain
into lincolnshire" and honey dew"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
DRY GOODS.

New York, Oct. 17.-The dry goods mar
ket showed quiet results to-day There
but their operations were confined to the
immediate necessities for stock filling pur-
poses. Jobbers did fairly well In the more
staple line Of goods. At the first hands
however the situation was a dun one In
both cotton and wooden lines, there has
been trading Of an AGGRESSIVE charhcter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
SPIRITS ADVANCED AGAIN.
GOOD DEMAND FOR THE OFFER
INGS AT 30 CENTS A GALLON.

ROsin Firm and Unchanged in Ono
tations with No Sales Reported.
Cotton Markets Quiet and Tn
changed With Sales of LOGS BaIes.
Wholesale Markets steady.
Savannah, Oct. 1.-THE feature Of in
terest in the leading markets to-day was
the steady and strong demand for spirits
turpentine The market rose to S0h cents
at the close, and factors were happy over
the event All of the afternoon offerings
were easily disposed OF at the market
price, The rosin market remained firm
and unchanged. with no sales reported.
Cotton was quiet and unchanged. The
wholesale markets were steady. The fol-
lowing resume of the different markets
will show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
FLORIDA.

f. L. Smith, farmer of near McAlpin
u'ed Thursday. He leaves a wife and
several children.
invitations are out for the wedding of
latham c. Bryan of the law firm of Bars
Bryan, Jacksonville, and Miss Julia
i"sAam Smith OF Mount Pleasant Tenn.
some interest is being manifested in a
successor to George p. Brannon, who re-
GENTLY resigned as County Commissioner
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The strong demand
continued for spirits today, and the price
rose nc gallon. The afternoons receipts
were easily disposed Of at the market
price. AT the first call al the Board of
Trade the market was bulletined firm at
50 cents, with sales of 5ji casks AT the
last call the market closed firm at 30hc,
with sales of 124 casks.
Rosin-There was no change reported In
the rosin market at the Board or Trade
to-day. The quotations az the opening
and closing calls were bulletined firm and
unchanged with no sales reported. The
followfng were fhp official ofofat lona.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18

NHdI ItaIUUf y, u OUI. III UIDFUIIne
market firm at Csc; sales none. Rosin quiet
unchanged; sales none
Wilmington N. c., oct 17.-spirits tur-
pentlne firm. SO02911c; receipts, s.. Rosin,
nothing doing; receipts, 207. Crude turpen-
tine firm, $ll5, 81 20 and 81 10; receipts, 80
Tar steady. $40; receipts. SO.
New York, oct H.-Rosin. steady at
$1.27iz. Turpentine, firm at 33c.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-28

rate, For instance at the Sternberg hos
pital. where there are 40 patients. the
death rate has been one and one-half per
day. or three patients lost every two days.
Immediately upon the opening OF the
Sternberg hospital on the 10th instant, all
the most yirulent cases of typhoid fever
were transferred to it from the division and
regimental hospitals. Instead of deaths by
the wholesale a visit to the SternberS
hospital reveals that u large majority OF
the patienets are improving and that, as
a rule, they are cheereful and hopeful.
In ten days ninety patients have SO iar
recovered as to be sent home on furloughs.
Major Gifiin, who constructed the Stern
berg hospital, and who, as the surgeon III
charge is watching closely after its de-
tails. has a right to be proud of the work
it is accomplishing. The hospital covers
about fifteen acres Of ground and consists
of 200 tents and thirteen pine wood pavii-
ions, each OF the latter being is by So feet
and provided with beds for the accommoda-
ton of twenty patients. The total capacity
of the hospital is 100 patients. The bed
steads are of iron, on which are woven
wire mattresses, on which is laid an eie-
CANT hair mattress, six inches In thickness.
Through the surgeon general the nospi-
tai is supplied with all the delicacies NEG
essary including ice milk, spring cn!ch-
ems etc The hospital is provided win
crematory in which all refuse mater Is re-
duced to ashes, while Major GifIen aaded
a disinfectant plant in which all linens
are thoroughly disinfected before pefS
| sent out for laundry.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-28
MATANZAs' NEFD is GREAT.
Clara Barton Wants All the Comafa
Supplies Sent to That
int

HAVANA, Aug. 27.-The steamer Comal
arrived here this morning. She carries
million rations. The steamer Macedonia.
with general cargo and twenty-five pas
sengers, also arrived to-day.
Major Niskern and Captain Niels. in
charge of the provisions on board the Co
NAL. to-day called on General Blanco. They
left the palace satisfied. Major Niskern
said that he was as yet ignorant as to
whether he would discharge the provisions
wholly or partially at Havana or go to
Matanzas Miss Barton has expressed a
desire that all provisions should be sent to
Matanzas. as she has found that they are
more needed there than here.
The exports from Havana yesterday were
S94 bales of tobacco and 100000 cigars. The
municipal authorities demand that cattle be
allowed to be imported free of duty, but
the Marquis de Montero, the colonial finan-
ciaI secretary. objects. The present duty
on cattle is Sc per head and meat is selling
at 60 cents Il pound. The Marquis de Mon
| tero has authorized the withdrawal of
goods from the custom house.
There were exported yesterday by steam
er from MatanZas 1.237 bales of tobacco,
| 3.O2s.4 475 cigars and $4,000 in silver for New
| York.
| The steamer Philadelphia has arrived.
| carrying a general cargo and thirty pas
sengers.
Miss Clara Barton. of the Anlsrican Red
| Cross Society. returned this morning from
! Matanzas. The Clinton. the Red Cross
| steamer. has not yet discharged pack
| age of her goods.
The British military attache who has been
in Cuba watching the military operations
| is about to leave for Santiago whence he
| will proceed to New York.
Captain Stewart Brice, son of ex-United
States Senator Brice. and who is a men,
Der of General Skaters staff. will sail
for the United States on Monday on the
steamer Lydia, as will also Venezuelan
| Consul Pinalgo. who has been recalled.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-28
OLD AND YOUNG KISS ScHLEY.
The Admiral Receives n Most Demoh-
strative Greeting at the Navy
Department.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.-Admiral Schley
received a great demonstration at the navy
department to-day. He came to the depart
ment In the early morning, and, after call
ing upon Acting Secretary Allen, he emerS-
ed from the main door of the secretary
Office. His presence in the building had be-
come known, however, and as soon as ne
was seen cheers rent the air from the clerks
who had assembled to catch a glimpse of
the hero of Santiago. The officers and
clerks from the navy, state and war de-
partments crowded the corridors leading up
to the navy department until it was impos-
sible to pass through. They crowded around
the admiral, eagerly reaching forward to
shake his hand. The lady clerks We're even
more demonStrative. and the admiral was
kissed by old and young without discrimina-
ton. 1t was finally necessary to form a
line and pass the crowd around through the
large rooms of the Secretary's office in Or
der to give them chance to shake hands
with the admiral. Many prominent army
officers took part in the demonstration
The admiral finally escaped into Crowin-
ANNAPOLIS, MD. Aug. 27.-Admiral
Schley arrived here from Washington this
evening and went to the home of his sis
ters-in-law, the Misses Franklin. A large
crowd that filled the streets adjacent to the
station applauded him and many shook his
hands. The admiral was rendered a re-
| ception this evening by the Annapolitar
Club.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-28
CHILDREN'S READING.
Early Youth Il the Period to Lay =
Foundation of Literary
knowledge.

From Munseys Magazine
The idea that children need childish
books after they learn to read with any
intelligence is fallacy that has grown
up with the last generation. A child of 10
who has a taste for reading is the most
fortunate of creatures. She has about
eight years in which to lay a solid founda-
tion of literary knowledge. Ask any man
or woman who knows the whole ground
of English fiction and poetry when he had
the time to read everything. He Will
tell you-or, more often, she will tell you
between the years of 10 and 49, Who
after that has time to read Scott. Dickens,
Don Quixote" Hawthorne Charles Lamb,
Dumas. Victor Hugo, Thackeray?
An imaginative reading child will trem-
BILE with delight over these books. She
will miss the meanings of many things
and in some cases happily-but like the
rules in arithmetic and grammar which
she commits to memory. the form will stay,
and the meanings will come. Helen keliar,
the deaf, dumb and blind girl, says that
she learned SO readily because she had
read" many raised books with her fingers
before she actually knew the meanings OF
twenty words. But words and the forms
of sentences were familiar things to her.
After lS there comes such a press Oh 10,
days books that the old ones are pusheo
into the background. And unhappy IS that
child whose mind has been fed on the
milk and water of chidrenS books, gen.
orally written by mediocre writers, Wnen
the brilliant, vivid. simple Work Oh tne
masters lies dust collecting In the library.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-28
PRINCE OF WALES ASHORE.
Left the Royal Yacht Osborne Yester-
day for the First Time in
n Month.

LONDON, Aug. 27.-The Prince of
Wales to-day made his first landing from
the royal yacht Osborne in month, going
ashore at Mount Edgcumbe. Devonport
after elaborate preparations, amid furry
Of excitement among the villagers. A
houseboat from the Devonport dock yard
had been fitted with a platform level with
the gunwale and this was brought alongside
the Osborne and made fast. The platform,
being lashed to the yacht, furnished a
means of egress for the princes invalid
chair. A carriage from the stables of the
Earl of Edgcombe, whom the prince visited,
was in waiting. and in this his royal high
ness was installed in the most careful man.
ner by four sailors from the yacht. The
prince drove for two hours, but the horses
were never allowed to move at faster
pace than a walk.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-28
WORK OF PEACE COMMISSION.
Senator Frye Hopes the Treaty VIII
BE Completed Before Con-
gress AdjOurns.

Sress AdjOurns.
BOSTON, Aug. Ex-senator Frye, OF
Maine a member of the peace COMMISSION
passed through Boston on his way from
Washington to Maine to-day. In an m
terview Senator Frye stated that ne WAS
reluctant to accept the position.
President Mckinley did me the honor
to say that he particularly wanted ma !"
serve on the commission, saiu the co1i
missioner. What his reasons were. thousn.
1 must decline to tell you. Neither can l
say what will be the terms OF the oh!'eu
States that will be offered by the United
States commissioners to those OF Spun
when the commissioners meet in Paris L
hold everything that transpired between
myself and the president confidential Inc
commissioners of the two nations Will ar
range the terms and draw up treaty, pu'
that treaty must pass the gauntlet OIL 'he
senate. The senate will meet IN Decenpef'
and. white there is no telling when the COM
mission will conclude its labors. hope tnat
the treaty will be ready to lay before the
senate during its next session.
1T is expected that, if arrangements can
| be made for accommodations, the commas
| sion will sail from New York on Septenoei
| IL That is as far as we know at present.
Senator Frye declined to state ms posi-.
| ton regarding expansion ana stated tna'
| it was Impossible TO tell what the commits
| sion would decide upon.
| Porto Rico, of course. will go to the
United States" he said land the Ladront
| islands. So much was settled by the pro
tocol. Beyond that nothing can be toit
| just now"
| In discussing the question as to whethe
| or not the United States will be likely II
demand more than Manila and the island o
| Luzon. Senator Frye said:
| There are other islands in the Philip
| pines that are valuable. The commissioners
you understand can exact whatever trad
benefits they wish. Outside the conquere
territory, it cannot now be told what VII
be demanded