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New-York tribune., 1899-07-23

Mr. sousa will introduce for the first time TODAY
Mice Frances Lee new dramatic soprano. at his
of,ernoon and evening concerts at Manhattan
Reacb Miss Lee comes from the South and has
studied here and abroad.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-23

An almost complete change Of bill on Roster az
p,ors Roof Garden this week will include the first
annearance here OF the De Fillipis, international
dancers the Fowlers. trapeze performers, hat spin
ners and jugglers; brothers. European aero
battle marvels; Anna St. Tel, dancing specially;
the RONALD Brothers. In new head balancing act,
Sisters singers and dancers; the Freeze Brothers'
tambourine spnners and jugglers; Zelma Rawiston
male impersonator; George &. Davis. humorlst anu
initatori Adalina Roattino, n Spanish ballad singer
Earre and Tavlor in an eccentric musical act, ana
the Neapolitan Troubadours.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-23

The first appearance Of Rose Eytinge IN Vaude-
Vile will occur at Keith's tomorrow IN Inc rIIS'
Old Woman" a farce by her son. b. f. Butler she
wul he aided by Henry Bagge as a theatrical agent
Clifford and Huth will be in the bill. ana Ihe
Oivmpia Quartet the Mdgleys. Hines and Remng-
ton Fields and Ward Alice ana Airas' hi'p"
Bingham and others.
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Talbot Il Palmrr's Grain Letter

By Private Wire from Ware & Leland.
Chicago, October 2.-N'heat on passage
decree sed 16i5 900. The worlds shipments
was about 6.500000 Stocks in Liverpool
1896 600 The Russian official preliminary
estimate crop was 1892, 900 900 VS.. 456, 00D,0 600
last year. English visible increased 1880:
American visible increased 2.415.000 Pri-
mary receipts 1,G1l 900. Shipments 10000:
clearances 1O1 600. We confirm twenty
loads for export and sales in Chicago of
about 1Go,ee0 bushels st. Louis and Duluth
report shippers and exporters taking every
thing that is offered There is splendid
demand for cash wheat at Minneapolis.
The northwest reports car famine which
is holding back wheat There has been
quite lively market today and the closing
was a strong one, based not alone on war
rlmors between Great Britain and the
Transvaal but good cash demand here and
elsewhere, with strength in all markets
aside from this. There has been good
class Of buying and one feature worthy
of notice has been the widening out of the
difference between May and December. 1t
10 beginning to look very much as II the
bull party had control and as everything
alse In the country has advanced but farm
PRODUCTS there Is good show for higher
values On all recessions we favor pur-
chaSes.
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Talbot q Palmer's Cotton Letter

BY Private Wire from L. De Gumoens &
Son.
New York, October 2.-Chronicle report
fer the week showed a short crop at points
in North Carolina. Georgia. Alabama, Ar
kansas and Mississippi and rapid progress
in gathering the crop. Chronicle figures
gives the amount brought into sight fer
the week $4,000 bales against 964 900 last
year and 100000 in 1896. Mail adyices
which accumulated over the holidays
showed no improvement in the crop and
We're all bullish. The market with heavy
buying in which the south figured largely
advanced Is to % points, still the appear
anee of the market early in the day was
by no means satisfactory Cables were up
to 1854, but a portion of this was lost at
our opening The opinion was expressed
today that the market should have set
back and selling on all bulges and rebuying
all breaks was being advised Profit
taking today was on a big scale, still the
market moved up until % points rise had
been made when 1t eased off. Spots were
3-16 higher here and a rise at several south
ern points was reported. Considering the
sharp advance here for futues the business
was not lage enough to please some bulls.
The close was so to Sd higher.
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BULLS CONTROL
COTTON MARKET
The Initial Sales Show a Large
Advance.
SURPRISE TO MANY HOLDERS
After the Stroke of the Gavel the Wild
Wave of Speculative Activity
Showed Little Abatement
During the Day
SURPRISE TO MANY HOLDERS

New York October at was a fsbig
day on the cotton exchange. The great
est advance in prices was matter of IS
points, and from start to finish the bull fac
ton was in control. Fridays queer doings
in the New Orleans market had led the
trade here to look for something in the way
of a surprise when the market opened,
more particularly as it had been rumored
that Liverpool shorts were in full retreat
and being closely followed by jubilant
bulls. The initial sales showed an advance
far exceeding the hopes of the most optim-
istic holders, while~subsequent business re-
yealed an intensity of bullish sentiment in
outside speculative circles not even
imagined by the markets best friends.
just previous to the opening the superin-
tendent of the exchange made the unusual
request that brokers name the full price
when making bids and offers in order to
minimize the possibility of mistakes and to
reduce confusion as much as possible. The
stroke of the gavel started a wild wave of
speculative activity, which showed little
abatement up to the very close. Opening
prices were 14d25 points above the closing
OF Thursday and though the market re-
acted from time to time during the day,
the undercurrent of sentiment favored still
further gains. Bulls were spurred on at
the start by an advance of 7n715 points in
FUTURES, coupled with rumors that spot
cotton had advanced in remarkable form
during our holiday interval Talk of frost
and injured cotton in several parts of the
beit, estimates for much smaller receipts
than last year, as well as further severe
reductions in crop estimates and reports of
advances in the price of spot cotton in the
southern markets, added fuel to the fire of
bullish enthusiasm. Prospects of frost for
the western belt tonight and increasing ap-
bulletin would be more bullish than gem
orally expected, served to check profit talk
ing late in the day. Those parties who
sold out Thursday night in the fear of
slump abroad before our opening today re-
invested soon after the market opened.
The market closed firm at a net gain of 31Gp
"a points.
New York October 2-Cotton, steady;
middling, Z 3-16; net receipts, 1036; gross.
1888; sales, 6,1S6; stock, 1905; exports to
Great Britain, sol.
Total today: Net receipts, 5s,60l; exports
stock. 669.071.
Consolidated: Net receipts lis, 019; Great
Britain. 47,13; France, 1899; continent
% SOP.
Total since September l. Net receipts
S44191; Great PTitain, 240, 799; France, 61,s45;
continent, 199619.
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BONDS


New York. October 2.-The Commercial
Advertisers London financial cablegram
says:
The markets here were heavy throughout
the session today, influenced by the war.
preparations and dearer money. sConsols
fell IL to 1021s, the Contangoes still ruling
at the exceptionally high rate OF 5 per cent.
The Bank of England directors held a
meeting but did not advance the minimum
discount rate, from which 1t is inferred
that the present rate of 3h will remain un-
til Thursday. The market rates for bills
ruled at 41zGi4% for those maturing within
the ycaeJ beyond thai tlsso jS05 was ask
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Talbot & Palmer,
Commission Brokers.
NO. II N. TWENTIETH ST. TELEPHONE 5s4
Cotton, Stocks, Grain
and Provisions. :.
Direct private wires TO New York,
ii; Chicago and New Orleans.

ed. The bank discounted short bills at 4.
long Bills at ~ and lent money at per
cent. The call rate ranged from S1e to s, 4
good deal being put out at the latter figure
The final rate was S2. Americans being
weak, hardened slightly on receipt of New
York prices, but finally relapsed again.
The hazards, in Paris. have just shipped
100000 pounds for New York. 1t is thought
here that more will follow. The Bank of
Belgium has raised its discount rate from
81 tod per cent. The copper fortnightly
statistics shows stocks decreased 1,499 tons;
supplies decreased 3,199.
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New Orleans, October 2.-Secretary Hes
ter's New Orleans cotton exchange state
ment, issued today, covers the monthly
movement to September 80. Compared with
last year, it shows an increase for the
month in round figures of 1927 900 bales; com
pared with year before last, an increase Of
4s coo, and with 1896. loss of 129 900.
The total for September was LIP ,712
bales against $50 $50 last year LOSE 1879 year
before last and 1,2fl,4N for the same time
in 1896
The statement shows receipts at ports for
the month of S,42S bales against 6S7 ,524 last
year, z32 40 year before last and 91S, 465 for
the same time in 1896 Net shipments by
rail, overland, ,eS3 bales against 32,042 last
year, 81, 093 year before last and 50 500 for
the same time in 1896. Southern mill TAX
ings exclusive of consumption at southern
outports. 12i:s56 bales against ,356 bales
last year, 10357o year before last and 81, 30
for the same time in 1856. interior stocks
in excess of amounts held September l.
1864 bales against ,42S last year 15o.369
year before last and 175,723 for the Same
time in 1896.
American mills have taken during the
month 230.454 bales against 1858 last year,
of which by northern splnners and Canada
overland 102. 1872 bales against Y, 304.
Foreign exports for September were A.
S1o bales, showing an increase over the
same period last year OF 152977 and an in
crease over year before last of 153919.
Stocks al the sea board and the twenty
nine leading southern interior markets at
the close of September were 033, 34l bales
against 1855 last year and 642, rs year be-
fore last.
Including stocks left over at ports and
interior towns and the number of bales of
the new crop brought into sight during
September, the supply to date Is 1,73l 6i0
bales against 1,2S79 l6 last year and l ,1s5 sa3
year before last. x
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0o0, including $500 American. Futures
opened firm and closed feverlsh at the adj
vance. American middling, low middling
clause: October, 357s: October November,
Bots November-D cember, 3.54G3.55s; De-
eember-January. S.53d3. 54s; January-Feb-
ruary, 3.53ms.54s; February-March, s54m
Boob; March-April, 3.54b; April-May. 3540
355s May-June, S55b; June-July. 3.55qS56s;
Jnly-August. S.55G3.56 August-Septembe
35l43 SOB.
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New York, October 2.-Options unusually
steady, with prices unchanged to points
lower, and while showing fair activity
throughout varied little from opening fig
ures. Disappointing news from European
markets was offset by important advances
Closed steady, net unchanged. Sales q $50
bags, including October, 4.15@4.20 Novem-
Der and December, 4.50; January, 455; Feb
ruary, 40; March, 4.70@p4.75; May, ASS;
June, 400 July 4.90l4.92; August, ASS; Sep
TENDER, sos.
Spot Coffee-Rio, quiet, but steady; Mild,
steady.
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Birmingham City Bonds


Fruits and Produce
Butter-Elgin zoe; dairy, No. 1, 15c
dairy No. 2, 12iac; country, PFC; cooking,
10c
Potatoes-Irish, Csc.
Lemons-Chotce. 81 5o0375: fancy, a25
Poultry-Hens, 220221Ac; fries, 15a22c;
small. SIC; ducks, zoe; geese, zoe.
Eggs-12kc.
Tomatoes-25@S5c.
Cabbage-1Mc per pound.
Onions-2c per pound.
Grapes-75d90c per crate.
Apples, $500.
IocsI staple Grooe.iei
Flour-Best patent, A.1Oas4.25; straight,
sS75
Sugar-Granulated, $5.37i5; Y. c., 51sG51lc:
Coffee-Green, S01115c; Arbuckle's pack
ages, $1,000; Levering's packages, $1,000;
LYONS packages, 5000.
Lard-61ac.
Clear rib sides-57sc.
Molas ses = Centrifugal, 15435c; sugar
house, 20G35c.
Rice-4d61ae.
Corn-Mrxed 4Sc; white, Soc.
Pearl meal-90c.
Hay-Choice timothy. $500; No. /, s14. 80;
clover mixed. Sl3 80.
Oats-Mixed, SIC; white, SIC.
Bran-Mixed, $3.50; pure wheat, $500.
Cotton seed meal, $1,000.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
ONLY THROUGH SLEEPING CAR LINE
BIRMINGHAM TO SAVANNAH

The Central of Georgia railway is the
anlv line operating through sleeping cars
between Birmingham and Savannah. Dou-
HE daily trains to Columbus and Macon.
For time tables, sleeping car berths to Sa-
vannah. and steamship reservations to New
york. Boston and the east via Savannah
and the Ocean Steamship company, apply
to Scion Jacobs, Commercial Agent, 2gl5
First avenue or Jack w. Johnston, Union
Ticket Agent, Birmingham 9-6-tf
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New Orleans Cotton Marker

New Orleans, October Cotton, firm
sales, $500; ordinary, 15-16; good ordinary,
5 7-16; low mddlirg. SIS mddling, Ga
good middling, Z; midding fair, 49, re-
ceipts, S,906; stock, 199943.
Consolidat ted sta tement: Receipts, net
lis 019; exports to Great Britain, 47,13;
France, 1899; continent, 1882; stock,
$685. OIL.
New Orleans, October 2.--Cotton futures,
steady; October, 6S2 asked; November
G. SsGI6. "a; December 6s9ft6. 30; January,
6 9iG6.95 February, 6.9sd6. $50; March, 702@
7.O3; April, 7.06@707; May, 7.10d711 June,
7.14M715.
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Galveston-Holiday; receipts, 1912; stock,
1854.
MeDile-Nominal; mddling ga; sales, 400:
receipts, 1.28l: stock, q ,311.
Savannah-Firm: middling 65s; sales,
1G6; receipts. 12,S7O; stock 1874.
Observation-Disclosures; middling 6ss; re-
ceipts, 2,56S; stock. 22G97. iln3
Wilmington-Firm; mddling. 6ls; sales,
173; receipts. 1910: stock, q. i22
Norfolk-Firm; middiing, ia; sales, 5l4;
receipts. 23l2: stock. $3.50.
MISUNDERSTANDING middling ~: re-
ceipts. 631; stock. 1895.
Boston-Nothing doing; receipts, net. 2s;
gross, 1878.
PhiladelphiaFinm middling, 7-16; re-
ceipts. 80: stock, 1876.
St. Louis-F'irm; middling Z; receipts,
3753; stock, 6.7T8.
Memphs-Ssteady; middling. Z; receipts,
9.4S2; sales $500; shipments, $500; stock.
81 ,243
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Chicago Change

Chicago, October 1.-The prospect of war
between Great Britain and the Transvaal
was the predominant factor In all of the
grain and provision markets today, and
caused sharp advances in some instances.
A big foreign demand for American cereals
was lso feature December wheat closed
1Ac higher and May 1h@1ssc higher. Corn
advanced h@&c. Oats advanced A@ssc,
and provisions 21k@10c higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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r,,hott a Paymer's stock Letter

BV private wire ITOIn lle 4NSW ioih toSh'
New York, October 2.-With resumption
of business in the stock exchange attention
was taken up with the extremely critical
situation in South Africa. The gravity OF
the situation was substantially reflected in
the London market, where an unusually
sharp decline in consols was reported, and
Furthermore the American quarter was
shown at declines. which in some instances
were in excess CT / per cent forelgn
houses were sellers of stocks here from the
opening the aggregate transactions of this
account being upwards of 10000 shares.
Such heavy selling In the comparatively
narrow market as the day was naturally
followed by pronounced declines, although
more severe losses were reported in many
stocks in which London has no interest.
Apart from the grave South African situa-
ton, the continued monetary stringency
was the most important circumstance of
the day. There was little change In the
conditions that have prevailed in the money
market for 7the past ten days. The sterling
exchange in the London market further
more grew firm account of the heavy
foreign LIQUIDATION and there was very
sharp advance in the London money mar
ket Notwithstanding the extent of de-
ciines in various quarters of the market,
the trading was wanting in animation and
there were further evidences of undue eX-
element or feyerishness in the dealings.
AS noted, the more severe declines were
in stocks wholly unaffected by the selling
for foreign account, including Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, p o., Manhattan, Sugar and
Tennessee Coal and Iron. In the standard
issues the declines averaged about l point,
with the dealings the most active in st.
Paul Burlington and Quincy, Atchison and
Union Pacific.
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Liverpool, October 2-Cotton-Spot, mod
crate demand; prices 3-32d higher; Ameri-
can midding fair AID; good niiddling
3-16d: middling. sa-S2d: low middling
3 2s-a2d; good ordinary. 3 1920: ordinary
313-22d. The sales of the day were 5000. of
which 800 were for speculation and export.
and included $500 American. Receipts g.
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Opened IHiighestl Lowest Closing

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
was firm. No 2 spring wheat, nc: No. 3
spring wheat, 64172c; No. 2 red, 7Sq74c. No
corn, 3114d317sc. No. Q oats, 221s@23c; No.
white, 25l4@251zc; Mo. white, 241a925lsc
No. rye 5SAc. No. 2 barley, S7@i5c. No
1 flax seed, *114; Northwestern. $1.H; prime
timothy seed, $2271k@230. Mess pork, per
barrel, s7.7O@825; lard, per 100 pounds, s54o
al. So; short rib sides, loose, $5.00G5.s5; dry
sailed shoulders, boxed, 6@61sc; short clear
sides, boxed, 5.50d5.55. Whisky-Dlstillers'
finished goods, per gallon. $1.22. Sugars
Cut loaf, unchanged. No. yellow corn,
3114 ds21kc. Clover, $6.0O0S.50. On the pro-
duce exchange today the butter market
was firm; creamery, 16G221ac; dairy 1SMlSc
Cheese was firm at 11@11Ac. Eggs were
firm; fresh, 161sc
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NEW SCHEDULE TO JACKSONVILLE
The new schedule in effect via the Gen.
trail of Georgia Railway makes close con-
nection at Macon with the Dixie Flyer for
Jacksonville, giving first-class sleeping car
service and fast time. Scion Jacobs, COM
mercial Agent, 2015 First Avenue.
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No, / from Macon, Columbus, Albany
etc, 7:45 p. m.
No. from Savannah. Macon, Columns
etc. 1875 p. M
elegant through sleepers between R,r-
mingham, Columbus. Macon and Savannah
on Nos and 4.
Connection at Savannah with s,,nar,
fre,eht and passenger steamers of fbo
ocean Steamship company from New yorle
Boston and the east
70 Cuba and West Indies via Central of
Georgia railway. BY taking the Central of
Georgia railway. close connection is made
Of Port Tampa and Miami for Key West
and Havana
For further information apply to
sOLON JACOBS. Commercial Agent
lack w. JOHNSON,
Union Ticket Agent
birmingham, Ala.
I c. HALLE. General Passenger Agent.
n Fl. HINTON, Traffic Manager,
THEO. D. KLINE, General Sup't..
JOHN M. EGAN, vice-President,
Savannah, Ga.
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NO. carries Pullman Sseepitg Cars Hir-
x,ofncfam to Cincinnati and srom Bss1Eiltg-
ham to New York without change. Cafe
dining and observation car Alfalfa, Ala,
to Radford Va.
No. carries Pullman Onion Sleeping Car
cbattanooga to Louisville and Pullman
sleeping Car Chattanooga to Cincinnati. al
SO free Reclining Chair Car Chattanooga
to Cincinnati
No solid yestibuled Train has through
pullman Drawing Room Sleepers, Birming-
ham TO New Orleans and Birmingham to
Shreveport.
= N. Culp, Traffic Manager, Was.singtrn
Prank g. Cannon. General Manager
washington u. G..
C. A. WickerSnam. Superintendent. Biz
mingham.
W A. Turk, G. p. A., WAshington, d c.
G. A. Benscotsr. A. q. p. A.. ChattAe
uooga.
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tBy Private Wire to Talbot & Palmer)
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LOCAL MARKETS,
tccat Cotton Market
Middling, 6hc.
The Iron Market.
Local Stocks and Bonds

Corrected daily by D. F. Allen Sc Co., 103
Twentieth street Telephone 3Sl.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
SAMUEL MIERS WON'T ANSWER.

BROADWAY TAILOR DEFIES THE ENTIRE
COMMITTEE AND ITS COUNSEL
Samuel Miers, called and sworn, testified as fol-
Mr.. Moss-Are you in the tailor business on
Broadway? Ayes.
Q.-What number? A.-No. 1,425.
Odd you take orders for whiskey into the
/ take orders for what?
Q;5For whskey in the office of the Maryland
The Chairrnan-what is that? You assume that
Mr.. Moss-Did you obtain orders for the Maryland
precinct? A-That is my business. I won't an
swer.
Odd you obtain orders for the Maryland
Whskey. Company in the concert gardens in the
Tenderoin precinct, the Nineteenth Precinct? Al
Odd you obtain orders for the Maryland
dordy IN the the
city Of New-York? Al won't answer.
sexton o solicit rade in the dsordery IN
the city Of NewYork for the Maryland Whiskey
YOU 5'G5f TO hm on business
never spoke H0 TO ysr him on 49,
Odd You ever speak to him about whiskey?
ODD you ever speak to Chief of Police Devery?
'o-Do you know him? A-well
Q-You have been an associate Of his for years.
Q-And also an associate of Commissioner Sex
o-0f Commissioner Hess? A:-Yes
Q-You consider yourself friend OF his? A
Q-And of any police officials Of the present De-
O You have been interested IN recommending
applicants for appointment upon the police force.
have YOU not? A-Never.
ODD YOU never recommend applicant? A
o"Did you never assist an applicant? A
o@You were friend Of Charles Grant. were you
not? Charles Grant. the private secretary OF Com.
missioner McClave former Police Commissioner!
Ayes -, 1..,. 49,. -.
various times the matter OF the appointment OF
applicants 10 the Police Department? A-Never
In my life.
DID NOT FLEE FROM THE CITY.
Q.-Why was it that you left during the in
vestgation of the Lexow Committee? A-Who
says so?
OIL ask you. did you? A.-well. you ought to
know whether did
Odd you? A.-You ought to know.
The Chairman-Answer the question
Mr.. Moss-I say you did: DO you deny it?
The Witness-I never left a minute
Q.-You never left minute? A.-Not second.
Q.-Why didn't you say so? DID you evade ser
Q.-who was 1t that employed you to solicit or
ders for Maryland whiskey? Al won't answer
Q.-You won't answer IL? A-No.
Q.-Was 1t a member OF the police force7 Al
Mr. Moss-I wish the committee to direct the wit
ness 10 answer this question and all previous qnes-
tons unanswered.
The Chairman-The committee so directs
The Witness-AN the committees In tina world
won't direct me TO answer anything about my
Mr.. Moss-They. have directed you to
The Witness-Well. won't answer
degrade you? Al won't answer that
Q.-Woud they tend to convict you OF a crime?
Mr. Moss-I ask that the committee direct the
witness TO answer the question