davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
The Iron Market. Birmingham, April 8.-The following are the latest quotations on iron:
Paine. Murphy & Co.'s Stock Letter.

Birmingham, April 9.-Opening was firm and traders soon advanced prices to yester- days high point on New York Heba,d's statement that Spain would consent to armistice in Cuba. Off1cia l Washington news contradicting this and asserting that in any event the presidents message would absolutely go to congress early Monday and would insist on the total abandonment of Cuba by Spain caused a quick reaction and the stagnation characteristic of that sort of market set in. The postpond- ment of the presidents message this week was known first In London and this know ledge leads to the belief that other news bearing upon the situation may be known there first and this causes hesitancy here and the extreme dullness of Fridays mar ket showed that the bull trading had been on orders from foreign bourses Diplo- matic opinion in Washington merely haz- ards guess as to the duration of the war, practically conceding it's certainty Mon day will tell the tale.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

forced to call attention to the remarkable figures firstly, and price of the staple sec- ondly. A campaign with prices and statis- tieal position of the years mentioned and the amount of cotton still unmarketed of this years crop, presents startling con trast and leads us to regard the staple as gulliver with an old man of the sea on it's back. and to predict for it an ultimate advance. Commensurate with it's strong commercial position. The market today has been higher on the rumors of early morning that peace was still hoped for and the ease with which prices advanced ar gues bad for the shorts when a marking basis is established. The close shows some little reaction from the high point of to- day. Sales, 1S,7OO. J. c. HEWLETT, Agt
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
wayIaid and Killed

Manchester, Ky. April A. B. Howard ex-sheriff of Clay county, end his son, Will s., were waylaid and killed. Howard was very prominent. A terrible feud had been raging between the Philpotts Bakers Campbells and Towards for the past year. Twenty men have been killed during that f:---a f-~,-- ~---ls,,-r- rrf~-, of terror exists in many parts of Clay county. Sheriff White has summoned a force of extra deputies with the determination of preserving peace, but there is much ex- citement.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Dry Goods

New York, April 9.,The weeks close in dry goods is a dull one. Aside from the Cuban and Spanish question there have been many influences against heavy trad ing. The Jewish Feast of the Passover occurred during the week and had no small influence in delaying trading. But the de- mand is universally light.
 Print cloths are still very dull. Staple cottons close the week in a quite fashion.
 Printed and woven colored fabrics are unchanged in any respect.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
BONDS
Financial

New York, April 9.-The Evening Post: London financial cablegram says:
 The money market was firm today. The discount rate has risen to 3A on the rist in the German bank rate and further golt withdrawals. I learn, however, that some gold orders for New York were cancelled today I know of at least 10000 pounds SC cancelled.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Chicago Change

Chicago, April 9.-Wheat today closed at practically unchanged figures for July ana September, but cent higher for May The latter was helped by good cash sales Trading was excessively dull, traders pre- ferrlng toawait the developments at Wash ington Monday. Corn and oats were easier and closed about Bc lower. Proyislons ao- vaneed slightly.
 Cash quotations were as follows:
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Daily Statement

alveston-Holiday; receipts, 1928 bales; Mobile-Quiet; mddling, SAC; sales t100 bales; receipts, 446; stock, 26,136.
 Savannah-Quiet middling, 9-16c; sales, 135 bales; receipts, 1865; stock, 46,S7O.
 Charleston-Steady; middling, 55se, re- ceipts S29 bales; stock, 20, ,975. ag st --
 Wimington-Holday; receipts, SS2 bales; stock, 14,9S4 rf -tt
 Norfok-Firm middling, 5%c; sales, 54i bales receipts 26S; stock, n061.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 6c; re- ceipts, 663 bales; stock, 1885. q. Boston-Quiet; mddling, 3-16c; receipts, net, 926 lales; stock, 27cmfw vbgk cmfwfw net, 926 bales: gross, 945.
 Philadelphia--Firm; middling, 6 7-16c; re- ceipts 3OS bales; stock, ,793.
 Memphis-Steady; middling, 59sc; sales, l. $50 bales; receipts, 1928; stock SS,5S2. Augusta-Steady; middling, 15-16c; sales, 3S7 bales; receipts, 210; stock, SS,5sS.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Cotton Letter

Birmingham April 9.-The worlds visible supply nf cottcn shows a decrease com pared with last week .f i23 .a90 bales, an in- crease compared with last year of SIS, ,2S9 and a decrease compared with 1895 of 503.- S31
 At the risk of tiresome reiteration we are
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
 RAILWAY co.
More Victims Added

Seattle, Wash, April Later advices from Skaguay say it is now believed that fifty or one hundred people were killed in the slide. Twenty-two bodies have been recovered and identified, and twenty-five were brought out alive.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Local Staple Groceries

Local Staple Groceries Flour-Best patent, sb.5005.75. SStraight-s5.OO; extra family Aso'7 Coffee-Green, Sa1o16c; Arbuckle's pack ages, s1O1O; Lowering & Lyons packages s1010 Lard, 6Ac basis ~ Clear ribs, sides, $6.0O. .N 20135c. $. Rice, 51h@6lkc.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

New York, April 9.-Total sales stocks today: 99, 200 shares, including n'52O Bur
 lington; 3115 Northern Pacific; 3,ooo ROCK Island. 12,s75 St. Paul; 12 III Union Pacific; | 3.115 U. P. D. & G.; 2,275 sugar.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
PAINE, MURPHY & co.
 BROKERS. STOCKS, COTTON, GRAIN, ETC.

Elyton Land Co. Building, corner Twen-
 teth street and Morris avenue. N
 PRONE 842 BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Execute orders for future delivery for ca sb or on margins. Private wires to New York. Chicago and New Orleans. References, First National bank or mercantile agencies
 tSs 1-l5-tf
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

NO. carries Pullman Sleeping Cars Bir- mingham to Cincinnati and from BiIming- ham to New York without change
 No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car Birmingham to Cincinnati and Pullman Sleeping Car Chattanooga to Louisville. J. M. Culp. Traffic Manager, Washington. D. c. Frank s. Cannon, General Manager Washington, D. c.
 c. W. Wickcrsham, Superintendent. BIr- mingham.
 W. A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington D. c. c. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chatta- nooga.
 R. M. Ellis, T. P. A. Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Treasury Statement.

Washington. April 9.-Treasury statement Available cash balance, $225 TOT; gold re- serve, $177, ,773,254.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Markets BY Telegraph
LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market Cotton-Middling, 51kcQ54se.
Fruits and Produce

Fruits and Produce Butter-Elgin, 25c; Dairy, No. l.; ,,n soc Dairy No. 2, 1Sc; country, 15c; cooNhs' 10cG12c. Potatoes-Irish, soc to s1 per bushe4; sweet, per barrel. s2.75 Eggs, 10c.
 Apples $400d4.50. Lemons, $3. 00d350 per box. Oranges, $30064.00 per box. Cocoanuts, &00 per 100. Corn-Yellow, 41c; white. 42c. Meal, soc per sack. .,, 1- Hay-Choice Timothy. s15; No. l. ai; NO. ducks. 15cQ3oc; geese. BOG.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD
 COMPANY.

TIME TABLE NO 3-IN EFFECT
 Monday, January 1, 1897, at 6:00 a m. Passenger, Passenger, Daily except Daily except Sundays. Sundays.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

New York, April S.-Cotton steady; mid ding, 3-16. Net receipts, 3O8 gross re- ceipts, 9O7; forwarded, S3; sales, 341 all spinners; stock, 197,255.
 Total today and consolidated: Net re- ceipts 9,919; exports to Great Britain, G. S32; continent, 1S,595; stock, 752,SS2.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts 7,9S6,O24; exports to Great Britain, 29I2,722; France, 743,573; continent, 2,5S2,934.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

You can get The Age Herald anywhere for 67 cents per month.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
New orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, April 9.-Cotton futures steady; sales, 1O,7OO bales. April, 5.57 bid; May, 56OG561; June, 562@564; July, 5.67@ 5.6S: August, 5.67@5.6S; September, 5.6945.7O; october, 569G57O November, 57O@5n; De- cember, 5.72Q5.7S; January. 5.74Q576.
 New Orleans, April 9.-Cotton steady; sales, 1900 bales; ordinary, 9-16c; good or dinary, 15-16c; low middling, SAC; mid ding, 9-16c; good middling 15-16c; mid ling fair, 5-1Sc; receipts, 3,27O; stock, 29f,- BIT.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, 9,919 bales exports to Great Britain, 6,S32; conti- nent, 1S595; stock 752 S32.
 stock, 69,S3S.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
New York Cotton Market.

New York, April 9.-The cotton market opened steady and with prices unchanged and ruled inactive throughout the fore noon, with the scalping element in control. There was slight rally shortly after the opening in few scattering buying orders with the market at Il o'clock dull with a net gain of 1 to points.
 The market was dull and featureless late in the forenoon, with the close quiet at a net gain of 1@2 points. Total sales reached but 13,700 bales.
 Port receipts estimated for today at 5000 bales against STA bales last week and D. 439 last year for the week; estimated at 65OOO bales against 76,194 bales last week and 47,s6O bales for the same time last year.
 At Memphis 762 bales against 311 bales last year; and at Houston, 1,4SO bales against 2145 bales last year.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

AIfItIF lAIlS. No. 3-From Jacksonville, Albany, No. 1.--From Savannah. Macon. Co., lumbus, etc 5:50 pm Through Pullman Buffet SIeepers running between St. Louis and Jacksonville, Fla handled on trains 8 and 4 between Bir. mingham and Albany
 Connection at Savannah with superb freight and passenger steamers of the Boston and the Eas..
 For further information apply to
 S. Jacobs, Com'i Agent, Jack w. John- son, Union Ticket Agent, J. c. Haile, Gen eral Passenger Agent. E. H. Hinton. Traffic Manager.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

BIRMINGHAM & ATLANTIC R. R. co. Time table No. 2. taking effect a. m. July
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Cotton Letter

New York, April 9.-An Insignificant vol ume of business, trival fuetuations and & very small net gain in prices; constitute the history of this weeks cotton market The expectations that the weelzs would witness climax in Spansh-American situation have not been realized and so far as that is concerned we are practically in the same condition as we were last Saturday. Ru- more indicating certain war and sure peace have followed each other with such be- wildering rapidty that even those impa- tient operators, who might have been tempted to anticipate the result, have de- cided to hold off. The presidents message, 1t is now said, will be issued on Monday and will precpitate crisis. As was the been friendly to the market and some buy ing orders have been executd here for her account Outside of this weeks trading has been confined to scalpers Today Liverpool was closed and the market here was prac- tically dead. Prices opened one point lower, then advanced little. August opened at 6.O2; advanced to GOT, and closed at COS o 6.O6, with the tone of the market quiet. The course of cotton in common with the other speculative commodities is at the moment so unidentified with the political situation that a forecase of it's action in the imme- diate future would require more or less.
 Sooner or later, however, this question will
 be eliminated and cotton will move upon it's merits. In our opinion, unless the new crop should receive setback, it's merits will not warrant higher prices. So far all reports indicate most satisfactory pro- eress. RIORDAN & co.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
STATIONS.

SAMUEL HUNT.
 General Manager. O. K. CAMERON.
 Master of Trains. N. R. ADRIANCE. ARRIVE BIRMINGHAM:
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
PLANT SYSTEM. Time Table Effective January IS, 1898.

For further information address
 B. w. WRENN F. T. M., Savannah Ga.
 R. l.. TODD, Div. Pas. Agent. Montgomery, Ala.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

 There is no better location in the United States for Eastern and Northern emigrants fhan the line of this popular railway The productions Of Georgia and Alabama cannot be duplicated by any other section The through ysstibuled limited between New York anc New Orleans is via the At ianta and New Orleans short Line fine most attractly route to travel in the South. It passes through a rich country, -teeming with attractive and prosperous towns and villages all the way from Atlanta to Mont eomery. For rates Of fare or other infor- nation write or call on
 GEO. P. ALLEN. T. P. A. D. P. o'RoURKE. Pass. Agent, "'
 Selma, Ala. U B. EVANS, Cont. Frt. Agent,
 New Orleans, W. TAYLOR, Gen. Agent,
 - Montgomery, Ala.
 Atlanta, Ga. D. B. KIRBY, c. T. A.,
 12 Kimball House. GEO. c. SMITH.
 President and General Manager.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11

 at our first performance-une salle de- lire alone gives any idea of what took place. As the curtain fell on each sue ceeding act the entire audience would rise to it's feet shouting and cheering for ten minutes at a time. The coullsse and the dressing rooms were packed by the critics and the authors friends, be- side themselves with delight. l was trembling so I could hardly get from one costume into another, and had to refuse my door to every one. Amid all this confusion Rostand alone remained cool and seemed unconscious of his vic tory. He continued quietly giving last to the figurants. over seeing the setting of the scenes, thank ing actors as they came off the stage with the same self-possessed urbanlty he had shown during the rehearsals, and finally when the play was over, ana we had time to turn and look for him, our author had disappeared, having quietly driven off with his wife to their house in the country, from which he never moved for a week"
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11
The Columbia.

Bright lines, a dozen new vaudeville features, handsome costumes, thirty com potent performers, pretty girls and music that sets your feet a-beating time, are the promised elements of "A Parlor Match revived, which commences at the Columbia. The farce has been rewritten and brought up to date, but it has not lost any of it's fun for all that. It is this policy of continually adding new features, always brightening, ever changing to suit the times that has made Evans and Hoey $ famous vehicle outlive many others and has won a fortune for it's owners and a welcome from the public. It has been exactly fourteen years since HoytS first play piece first saw the light of produc- tion. This year we are promised large and competent company. Among the per formers are many of the original compa- ny. "Old -Hoss' is played by Mark Sulli- van. Philip H. Ryley, one of the best of our younger comedians, Is the inevitable book agent, and dainty Edith Hoyt is the .Innocent Kid A dozen vaudeville features, including Tom Browne, the whistler, the Olympic Quartet, the Kingsley sisters, Eloise Mortimer, prirna donna soprano; the mysterious cabinet and the great cake walk combine to make a performance that glitters. The engage ment is for two weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11
Sule on the Drama.

William R. Jenkins of New York has just published little book entitled, "Es- says in Dramatic Criticism. with Impress sions of Some Modern Plays" It is writ ten by L. Du Pont Syle, assistant profess of California and dramatic critic Of the Sunday. Examiner, and contains a pains taking study of '"The Influence of Moltere Upon Sheridan and Congreve," and seV- eral shorter essays and some dozen no- ticeS of plays that have been presented Tn San Francisco within the last year or so. The Moliere essay is new; but Tor rev in the Examiner. We are just begin ning,' says MT. Syle, by way Of fntroduc,, ton, ito have a drama in the United States: the Impressions, recorded m the second part of this little book, are an att tempt to preserve material that may tor may noD be useful to the future historian of that drama. ...,, Robin; Hood.' Shall. We Forgive Herr, ''The' Geisha," ''Trilby," and so forth will be of use to the future historian, is a question. So far the only American critic who has succeeded in making readable books of his newspaper criticisms IS VII. liam Wipter-and MT. Winter has weeded carefully, selecting only plays and actors really worth remembering.
 In France MT. Sarcey has refused to have his dramatic reviews republished Tn book form In London Bernard Shaw has done the same They agree that suGn work has place in Journalism, but not Tn literature. However, NIT. Sy1e's ',Moliere study is carefully prepared ana tuli or valuable fact, and several or the shorter essays will bear reading; but the I'm pressions'' are at best cuttings from yes- terday'S newspapers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11

critic, and SO forth and so forth-that l am delighted to find that Eliot Greg ory has interviewed Coquelin on the subject for the New York Times. MT. Eliot is a journalist of distinction and integrity, and although his account may not be quite as romantic as those which pictured the Rostand genius struggling in a garret and waiting the impatient years for readers and man. agers, it at least has the pra :tical ad- vantage of being true. Coquelin and Rostand had long been friends. The actor recognized the poets genius and several years ago promised to accept any play that his young friend might write and give it an immediate produc- i tion. When they talked it over a little
 while later Rostand unfolded the plot of "Cyrano." Coquelin was bit skep- tical. but Rostand's enthusiasm was boundless and the play was started
 T found out later" said Coquelfn,
 that Rostand had gone straight home
 and worked for nearly twenty hours
 without leaving the study, where his
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11
Morosco's s.

Tomorrow evening a drama strange here. by Alma Earl and Willis Boyer, en- titled Temptation of Money" will be produced at Morosco's Grand Opera House, with the most special scenic effect. Among the places to be represented will be Carruthers Castle, North Devon, England; Madison Square Park, New ] orl-, and the electrocution chamber, at Sing Sing. The play has plot which il- illustrates the crimes men commit to gan possession of the almighty dollar. Ed ward O'Connor, a comedian from the East. will make his first appearance, ani play Mike O'Regan. Marie Winson will introduce several specialties as Kitty.
 The balance of the cast is as follows: Nellie Carruthers, Lorena Atwood; La.iy Waters. Gwendoline Vortex: Belle de Mar Maude Miller; Mrs. McMahon, Julia IJanc; Ralph Walsh, James M. Brophy Sir Gilbert Carruthers, Max von Mitzal; Edgar Royal Landers Stevens; Rasrus Wbite. Fred J. Butler; Larry, George Nicholls; Jerry, Maurice Stewart. The piece will be plentifully interspersed vita Snapia1fiaS
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11

aside a months finished work without a second thought when he judged that another form expressed his idea more perfectly. That no success is cheaply bought I have long known; my pro- fession above all others is calculated to teach us that truth. If Rostands play is the best this century has produced, and our greatest critics are unanimous in pronouncing it equal, if not supe- rior, to Victor Hugo's crowning efforts, the young author has not stolen his laurels, but gained them leaf by leaf during the endless midnight hours of toll and brain wringing effort-a price that few in a generation would be will ing or capable of giving for fame
 Never, never have I lived through such an experience as the first night Victor Hugo's greatest triumph, the first night of 'Hernani," was the only theatrical event that can compare to it, and that was injured by the en- mity Of clique who consistently missed through the performance. There is but one phrase to express the enthusiasm
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11
Symphony Concert.

The third concert of the season will take place at the Orpheum on Thursday afternoon next at 3:15. The principal item in the programme is Beethoven's great Pastoral symphony. In this work the composer depicts the varied scenes of country life, and he has given the follow ing indications of his meaning: First movement, the cheerful impressions ex- cited on arriving in the country; second movement, by the brook; third movements peasants merrymaking; fourth movement, thunderstorm; fifth movement, the Shep- herds song of thanksgiving after the storm.
 In addition to the symphony the pro- "Genoveva" overture; a movement from Hoffmann's "Friethjof'' symphony; an adagio from one of Hadyn's string quar- tets and a fantastic by Moussorgsky. en. (Walpurgisnacht), which will be heard for the first time in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11

of my bed,. reading the result of his labor. As the story unfolded itself I could hardly contain my satisfaction. His idea of putting. the quaint interior of the Hotel de >Bourgogne Theater on the stage was most original, and the balcony scene even in outline, enchant- ing After the reading Rostand dashed off as he had come, and for many weeks I saw no more of him."
 Then Cequelin described Rostand's S return:
 Seated by my bedside, if not actually on the coverlid he would declaim his lines until, lit at his flame, would jump out of bed, and wrapping my dressings gown hastily around me, would seize the manuscript out of his hands, and, before I knew it, find my self ao~ressin imaginary audiences, poker in hand in lieu of sword, and, with any hat that came to hand doing | duty for the plumed headgear of cur hero. Little by little, line upon line, the masterpiece grew under his hands My career as an actor has thrown me
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11

in with many forrsss of literary industry and dogged application, but the power of sustained e-rort and unffring, un- Tagging zeal possessed by that fragile youth surpassed anything had seen
 As the great work began taking form Rostand hired a place in the country so that no visitors or invitations might tempt him away from his daily toll. Rich, young, handsome, married to a woman all Paris was admiring, with every door social or bohemian wide open before his birth and his talent, he voluntarily shut himself up for over year in a dismal suburb, allowing no amusement to disturb his incessant toll. Mime. Rostand has since told me that at times she seriously feared for his reason and his life; that he aver aged ten hours a day steady work, and when the spell was on him would pass night after night at his study table rewriting. cutting, modelin~ his play, never contented, always striving after more expressive adjective, more harmonious or original rhyme, casting
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11

and not a tenth of the blame. To the
 modern actor all the worlds a stage and he is in the dead center of it; and he accepts this responsibility with phil
 osophy. When the public cared less about the personal lives of players, they. like kings, could do no wrong. But now the modern press agent has put pre-
 mium on the smallest folly of the actor. And l know from personal observation
 that many managers religiously believe
 that scandal spells success. Advertis- ing has become an established part of the players art; and there are plenty of willing hands and tongues to do the work for modest players. Reticent actors
 are seldom unaccompanied by broadly confidential press workers and man.
 agers. Publicity is the watchword and publicity is as frequently nasty as nice. These are not pretty facts, but they are | facts nevertheless. It is hard to tell
 who is. to blame, the public, the press or the profession. Perhaps all three are equally responsible.
 | So wild, numerous and different have
 been the stories of how "Cyrano de
 Bergerac" came to find production-one
 writer saying that the play had been
 published a year before it was picked Iup by Coquelin in a second hand book stall; another that Rostand had offered | it to every manager in Paris before he | finally induced Coquelin to try 1t; an
 other that the play was given hearing
 at the urgent suggestion of famous