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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Nov. 3.-Flour, inactive and
lower to sell. Rye -four, firm. Buck
wheat flour, steady, $1.5Ga1.7O. Buckwheat
quiet, 43Q44c Corn meal, steady; yellow
western, 7Sd74c. Rye, firm; No. 2, soc.
Barley, firm; mailing western, 47izd52c.
Barley malt. steady; western. 57a7Oc.
Wheat-Spot, easy; No. red, 76izc; Cp-
lions were dull all day. Opening weak
under disappointing cables, rallied With
corn only to yield finally in response to
light export demand, closing 15G9sc de-
cline; sales included No. red; March
closed 76c; May closed TIC; December clos
ed 74Ac
Corn-spot, quiet; No 2. Ssssc; options
opened easy with wheat, but rallied sharp
ly on bad crop news, easing off finally I'M
der realizing closed steady at a partial
| &c decline; May closed 39isc; December
closed 3Sisc.
Oats-Spot. dull; No. 2, 29hc; options
inactive. Beef, firm; cut meats, quiet. but
| firm. Lard, steady; western steamed clos
| ed $5.35; city, $500; November closed S5.35,
nominal; refined, steadier Pork, firm.
Butter, firm; western creamery, 15G23c
do factory, 111zQi414c; Elgins, &c; imita-
ton creamery, 13a17c; state dairy, 14019c.
Cheese, steady; large white, S1hc. Eggs,
firm; state and Pennsylvania, 211aG22c;
western fresh, 21c. Potatoes, steady; Jer-
sey's, $1O0G1.371zc; New York, $l.25q1 80;
Long Island, $l.25Q1.75. Sweet, Jerseys,
$1.00d1.75; Southern, 50075c. Cotton seed
oil, duh. Petroleum, steady. Rice, firm.
Cabbage, duh; per 100, $100G300. Coffee
Options opened steady at unchanged prices
to points lower. ruled moderately active
with bearish undertone following unfavor-
able European cables and only partial
Brazilian accounts; small receipts al Rio
checked selling; no Santos cables, end
trade hesitated; only local operations
Closed steady, unchanged to points low
er; sales, 600 bags. including December,
1928; January $685.; spot Rio, quiet. but
steady; mild steady. Sugar, raw, firm,
but quiet: fair refining, l3-16c; centrlfu-
gal, 96-test, 4 5-16c; nolasses sugar. 9 9-16c;
refined, firm.
Chicago, Nov. 3-More peaceful news
from abroad to-day and a slack export de-
mand, together with a heavy Increase for
October in European stocks, caused a de-
cline in wheat. December closed 1zMssc
lower Corn lost nc. oats advanced Nc
Pork left off 21zc higher. Lard, 21zq5c,
and ribs 21zc higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady; No. spring wheat, 651s@67c; no.
3 spring wheat, 631za66c; No. 2 red, Csc;
No. 2 corn, 32141321ke; No. yellow corn.
S2iAGS2ssc; No. 2 oats, &c; No. 2 white. q
027Ac; No. white, 26q27c; No 2 rye, So
G52lkc; No. barley, 340l50c; No. 1 fax
seed, s1.O31s; prime timothy seed, $2.35;
mess pork, per barrel, $80OdS.O5 lard, per
100 pounds, 81. 971zq5.00 short ribs sides,
Coose), A95Q5.lO; dry sailed sholders,
(boxed), 4ssQ45sc; short clear sides, (box-
ed, $5.OO051O; whisky, distillers' finished
goods. per gallon, $1.5.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
COTTON.

The market was rather quiet to-day,
sales in spots being only ~ bales. The
quotations were unchanged from yester-
u 1oias we're So bales at the first call at the
ZION Exchange, 562 bales az the second
ooT and 81 bales at the close.
The following were the official spot quo
.otinne AT the close of the market at the
The age-herald., 1898-10-18

the planter will probably let go sufficient of his crop to pay all pressing debts and de- eide to hold the remainder. If such pol icy as this is to be generally adhered to throughout the south, the tail end of the crop may be easily kept back for some time.
 of the appearance of frost should bring about a higher range of prices for his cot ton the farmer might not put in a less acreage of it. In the event of depression, however he might feel it the part of pru- dence to reduce the acreage under cotton and put in something else. The planter who raises cotton as a surplus crop does not, in view of his interests in other directions, feel the influence of conditions of depres- sion as does the farmer who confines him. self to the raising of cotton.
 '"There are 26 GOO 900 acres devoted to the planting of cotton all the way from the Mexican frontier to the-> Atlantic, but whereas in the older Atlantic states there is such a thing as a diversified pop, when you come to virgin soil such as that of
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
RAILROADING IN FLORIDA

From the New York Press.
 Talking about railroads, do you know what they do in Florida when an accident, involving derailment, happens Mrs. Thomas c. Platt tells an amusing story of her trip to Leesburg in her husbands priv ate car. He could not accompany her, ow- ing to campaign business, hence she was considerably put out when her train was stopped by an overturned freight engine about twenty miles from nowhere on the Leesburg, Orange City and Atlantic road. Men pried for hours with fence rails and crossties, but the thing refused to budge. Telegrams were sent to the general office for a wrecking car, and while waiting for it some bright fellow said What's the mat ter with moving the track?" Why, noth- ing, of course. The track was laid on the santA and could be moved readily with handsticks Mrs. Platt sat in her car and saw the operation, which did not require more than half an hour. Then she went on to Leesburg. It is now become common practice in Florida to shove the tracks to one side or the other when the line is blocked.
The age-herald., 1898-10-18

What Borrowers and Investors Roth Have to Say of the Alabama Home Build
 ing 6 Loan Association.
 ". v. M. Robertson. General Manager:
 Your check for $2, ,026.16 received, being the 72-months accumulated withdrawal value of my stock in '"The Alabama Home." My re-joining your association and taking s5, 060 new stock is, think, the best endorsement
 M A. MYATT. ". V. M. Robertson, General Manager:
 Your check for $S26.20 received, being the my loan l consider The Alabama Home Building and Loan Association a financial institution of great usefulness to the com munity.. The investor is encouraged to save feeling sure that his savings will be returned with fair profit. The borrower value of his savings helping him very much to get out of debt. I endorse 'f,rhe Ala bama Home" by rejolning the company.
 T. A. KLEBS, M. D. W. V. M. Robertson, General Manager:
 Seventy-two months ago l was living in a house for which I paid $10 a month rent. l borrowed from your association $500 l paid s11.5O per month in dues, interest and premium for seventy-two months. The withdrawal value of my stock, with ae- cumulated profits, then repaid my loan and returned me S61. GO which check I have just received I find that the total net cost to me has been $3.66 per month. "The Ala bama Home" has been Of great benefit and usefulness to me. The settlement gave me such satisfaction that I have rejoined the association. I would advise all parties needing a home of their own to become member of "rhe Alabama Home"
 B. H. BRANTLEY.
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
Woman's Conference to Be Held.

It has been thought that to bring about more orderly work and businesslike meth ods in women's societies and to save time and energy, nothing will conduce more thereto than a conference on methods. IL has been suggested that all the women's societies that are sufficiently wide-awake to perceive how much to the advantage or their work, whether literary, phianthrople or for church purposes, a knowledge or business-like methods would be, that these societies unite and hold once a week a meeting for the purpose of discussing the best means of organizing and conducting societies, and that drill in the fundamental principles and simplest rules in parliament tary law be a part of the programme.
 A slight expense would necessarily at tend such meetings, but the tax on each socie.y would be insignificant.
 or further information, inquire of mem bers of the Cadmean, Clionian, Amaranth and Highland Book clubs, and the presi- dent of the local Federation of Women s clubs No less a person than Thomas Jef- ferson has said that parliamentary law IS conducive to economy in business, economy of time, uniformity and impartiaiity. To whom would the study not be beneficial?
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
Famous Names Have Disappeared

In regard to the rumor that the birth place of Shakespeare is in danger, Litera- ture says:
 Tt is happily not the building itself that is threatened, though the practice of burn ing open coal fires at Anne Hathaway's S cottage is said to be fraught with peril The present complaint relates to the walls and ceilings of Shakespeare's cottage, which, even in Washington Irving's day, were covered with names and inscriptions in every language by pilgrims of all nations, ranks and conditions, from the prince to the peasant Now the heat from the hot water pipes is causing the plaster to peel off; the names of Tennyson and Dickens have already disappeared, and it is sug- gested that the remaining autographs should be incased in glass to save them from the same fate. We grumble at the vandalism of the people who insist on scrib- bling their names on every famous wall and monument. And then we grumble when the names begin to peel off, because some of the vandals happened to be famous them selves. At any rate, we have done better with the birthplace of our greatest poet than the Scotch, who have, we believe turned the birthplace of Burns into tenn perance refreshment room''
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
WOMAN AND SOCIETY. KERDRIcK WALKER.


The following invitation has been re- ceived by Birmingham friends: MT. and Mrs. J. D. Booker request the honor of your presence at the marriage ceremony of their daughter, Myrtle Belle, and Mir. Frank Alexander Bennett, on Tuesday evening, October 25, at o'clock. First Baptist church, Suffolk, Va.
 Mrs. R. S. Munger and Miss Louise Chisom leave today for Washington and New York. They will be absent about ten days.
 Miss Jeanette Miriam Goldberg of the Birmingham seminary will deliver a lecture on Shakespeare this afternoon at the semi nary auditorium at S:SO o'clock. The marriage of Miss Alma Lane and MT. Benson Cain will occur this morning at Il o'clock at the First Presbyterian church.
 
 Mrs. J. H. McLester, Miss Jamie McLes- ter and Miss Sue McLester left yesterday for Charlottesville, Va, where they will spend the winter
 Mr. John T. Hardie will attend college in New Orleans.
 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith and Miss Lucille Smith returned yesterday from Macon.
 
 MT. Walter Brown has returned from Selma.
 Miss Emma Bissett will leave in a few days for Nashville, where she will spend the remainder of the autumn. MT. Samuel Bissett has gone to Green vile, Miss. where he will in future reside. MT. J. T. Chalifoux will leave today for Lowell, Mass.
 
 Mrs. J. T. Roy will leave today for Annis- ton, where she will be the guest of rela- tives.
 Mrs. Robert Cunningham is visiting her mother in Decatur, Ga.
 Miss Florence Gesmar of Chattanooga will be the guest of relatives in Birming ham this week.
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
PHILIPPINE PETS.
Boosters Take the Place of Dogs and
 Cats.

From the Chicago News.
 Speaking of roosters they are the native dog in the Philippines. The natives pet and coddle them, smooth down their plu- mage, clean their combs, or pull out their tail-feathers to make them fight, to their hearts content, and 1t is a fact that these cackling grass-eaters really seem to show affection for their proprietors in as great measure as they exhibit hatred for their brothers Every native has his fighting cock, which is reared with the greatest care until he has shown sufficient prowess to entitle him to an entrance into the cock pit. In case of fire the rooster is the first thing rescued and removed to a place of safety, for babies-common luxuries in the Philippines-are a secondary consideration and more easily duplicated than the feath- cred biped.
 It is almost impossible to walk along any street in the suburban part of the town without seeing dozens of natives trudging along with roosters under their arms, which are being talked to and petted to distraction. At every other little roadside hut an impromptu battle will be going on between two birds of equal or unequal merit, the two proprietors holding their respective roosters by the tails in order that they may not come into too close quarters. The cock-pits where gatherings held on Thursdays and Sundays, are large in- closures covered with a roof of thatch. sewed into a framework of bamboo; they are open on all sides and banked up with tiers of rude seats that surround sawdust ring in the center. Outside the gates to the fimsy structure sit a motley crowd of women young and old selling eatables whose dark. greasy texture beggars de- scription, while here and there in the open spaces a couple of natives will be giving their respective roosters a sort of prelim- mary trial with each other. As the show goes on inside, shouts and applause re- sound at every opportunity and at the close of the performance a multitude of two- wheeled gigs carry off the victors with their spells, while the losers trudge home through the dust on foot.
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
RAINFALL 20 FEET IN A YEAR.
One Remarkable Feature of the Climate
 of Nicaragua

From the New York Commercial.
 ''The climate of Nicaragua is superb," said Eben s. Wheeler, a member of the commission sent to Nicaragua to look into the feasibility of the Nicaragua canal. "The health of the country is much better than on the Panama ithmus and there would be less difficulty in keeping workmen there or in securing workmen. Seventy miles to the north of south of Nicaragua there is much yellow fever. I presume the reason why Nicaragua escapes is because the mountains to the north shut in the northeast trade winds, while, Nicaragua being flat and forming a sort of valley from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, there is always wind sweeping through, keeping the air cool and sweet. Another reason for its healthfulneSs may be found in the rainfall, which is something almost incomprehensi- ble. The average rainfall is twenty feet a year, and it is sometimes twenty-five feet. The rain keeps the country constantly washed clean.
 "The country is flat where the route of the canal runs flat that you can go from one ocean to aonther without passing over any point over 150 feet above level The route is short, only eighty-six or eighty-seven miles, and this includes Lake Nicaragua, which is fifty-sx miles in length. This lake, as well as it's outlet, the San Juan river, can be utilized for the canal. The river descends to the sea with a fall of about no feet. To reach the lake it would be necessary to elevate the ships about 110 feet, which could be done by means of system of locks"
 The commission of engineers who went 10 Nicaragua were gone for nine months, during which time eighty engineers were in the field constantly. Of these none suffered from any serious illness.
 MT. Wheeler said that much of the dis tance across the country was already pre- pared for canal purposes and that he be- lieved the canal could be easily con- structed
 How long would it take a ship to pass through the canal?" he was asked
 'That is a difficult question to answer" he said. "The speed of a vessel passing through any canal depends on the width of the canal, and in this instance the width must depend on the expense of construc- tion. It ought not to take more than two or three days at the utmost, and thps it would save about month from New York to San Francisco or to China"
 ''The commercial value of the canal" Mr. Wheeler said, "could be estimated by exist ing trade conditions
 "A canal,' he continued, Creates new fields and makes it's own trade. I under stand that the war has caused the Ameri- can people to look much more fayorably on the canal project. believe that it can be made to pay expenses and even profit.
 'The people of Nicaragua treated us courteously, and the government did all 1t could to help us. We have been using a Nicaragua. I expect to remain here about two months, and we hope to make full report on the conditions as we found them and the practicability of cutting the canal"
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
Crowded Women's Colleges.

The female cry for collegiate education Is so general and the facilities for meeting the cry are so limited that the College Women's club of New York is endeavoring to secure the reinstatement of Evelyn col- lege, the annex of Princeton university, which, for lack of funds, closed it's doors a year ago. Amusement may be felt at the rapidly increasing demand among women for higher edueat ton. Thirty years ago ohiy two colleges for women existed, Elmira and Vassar, Mount Holyoke being then only a seminary. Elmira's first graduating class numbered seventeen, while NaSSar could boast only four learned young bachelors of art. Today a single class of VaSsar num- bers over 200 students, and, notwithstand- ing the erection in 1893 of Strong hall, and in 1897 of Raymond hall, both large dorml- tories, also the additional accommodations provided in the main building by the erec- tion of Rockefeller recitation hall, and the presidents and several professors houses, another new dormitory must be built at once to make room for the candidates con- stantly applying for admission.
 And this state of affairs does not exist at Vassar alone. All the women's colleges are telling the same tale. Smith college was founded twenty-three years ago, opening with only twelve students. It now enrolls 1000, and is the largest womens college in existence, although its entrance require ments severe. It began with one or
 
 with three more about to go up, and still there is not enough dormitory room for the army of young collegians. Mount Holyoke, which passed though various educational stages, rose like the phoenix from the ashes of it's disastrous fire two years ago. Five new and handsome domitories built last season are now occupied, but, although no new candidates have been accepted since last April, because of lack of space, these buildings are full to overflowing, and two more halls could easily have been filled by the rejected students.
 Wellesley, with it's immense body of un- dergraduates and score of fine structures cannot house it's girls, many of whom live ip~the village and walk to chapel and lec- lures every day. The latest bulletins from Bryn Mawr announce that the five halls of the residence, Merton, Badnor, Denbigh and Pembroke, East and West, are over- crowded, and two large houses, Dogelly and Cartref, belonging to the college, have been thrown open for the undergraduates.
 And these are only a few of the leading feminine colleges; the Womens college of Baltimore, the Sophie Newcomb of New Orleans; Wells college, which is Mrs. Gro- yer Clevelands alma mater; the Western Reserve and dozen others, all founded within the last twenty-five years, are splen- did proofs of the progress and popularity or college course for girls.
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
WILL OF FANNY DAVENPORT.
Famous Actress Estate is Estimated al
 from $35O,OOO to $6OO,OoO.

Boston, Mass, October 17.-The will of the late Fanny Davenport has not yet been submitted for probate, but have been fur nished with data concerning the disposition of the big fortune which the actress ac- cumulated.
 The will was made in 1892, and leaves ab- solutely to her husband Melbourne Mc- Dowell, the bulk of her estate, yariously estimated from $S50,OOO as a minimum to s600,000. The special bequests are as fol- lows:
 To Miss Davenport's sister Blanche, Ss,- GOO, and half interest in the old Davenport family home, in Canton. Pa.
 To her sister May, Mrs William Sey- mour, 5000 in cash and some bonds of the Omaha Water company, the value of which is not known here.
 To her sister Florence, Mrs. Tier, SS. .O0O in cash and a half interest in the Canton house.
 To her brother Edgar, $2, ,OOO; to her broth- CT Harry, $200O, and to seven nieces and nephews, $2,0 900 each.
 But Miss Davenport, it is understood, left long letter, in which she requested that her valuable collection of jewls, estimated at $1OO,OO0, her library of 4OO0O volumes and certain personal effects, be distributed among relatives, naming to whom each ar- ticle is to go Although this is an ex- pression of her desires, 1t Is not a legally binding document, and in case of any con test, MT. Mcdowell, as the residuary lega- tee, would gain distinct advantage.
The age-herald., 1898-10-18
OUTLOOK FOR COTTON

From the New York Times.
 Wall street has worried much lately over the poor price of cotton and depressing theories have gone the rounds based on the idea that low figures for cotton mean deplorable things for the south. Apropos of this view and against it, are the following recitation of facts and expression of opin- ion by MT. Henry Schaefer, of the firm of S. Gruner & Co.,, who on the cotton ex- change holds high rank as a thoughtful student of trade conditions. Says Mr. Schaefer:
 "The cotton trade has learned in the last few years that cotton can be raised for very much less than few years ago was thought possible. The conclusion has been arrived at through the continued large acreage which is being annually devoted to the production of the staple by the south ern planters. If the present crop turns out as large as the last one there will undoubt- edly be some difficulty in disposing of it ex- cept at gradually declining prices.
 But what the cost of producing cotton actually Is we have never been able to find out. Should there be a low price maintain- ed until the period when new crop is be- ing put in this low price would seem to be the salvation of the planter if it induced him to plant less cotton than heretofore.
 "The various transportation inerests and the laborer benefit by low prices and a large yield of cotton. To the real prosperity of the south it is however, essential that the planter should have good prices for his product. There is a constant increase in the consumption of cotton, but notwith- standing this fact. it Is evident that pro- duction has overtaken consumption. In China and Japan cotton spinning has been introduced where formerly the goods were bought entirely from other countries Southern planters are at the present time in a better position to hold cotton than they have been in former years hut