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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-29

pairs.
PREPARED TO FIGHT
While Page was absent, the Niagara
and the Sacramento ran across the bay
from Corunna and anchored at Ferr0l. ia
a letter reporting the Incident. carter
said I'VE. OF course. got ready for acct
dents and in Lighting fire sparks flew from
the funnel
In @ few minutes o barge from the navy
ward. with an officer OF rank came along
side. asking If we meant 90 attack the
Niagau? I replied that we had no such
intentions but proposed 70 defend our
solves from an attempt 20 repeat the af-
fair az Bahia Tie said This is not
Brazil Tho Admiral requests that YOU
will let your fires go Out and warns you
against an attempt 10 break the peace"
Two guard boats were also stationed near
MS and remained there every night while
the Niagara was In port However, We
kent steam nh night and the chain was
unshaCked. $50 as 90 get the ram pointed
fair. in case the Niagara moved our way
II was decided after consultation with
the Confederate commissioners that I'm
spite Of the gloomy prospects across the
Atlantic no possible effort that could De
made from Europe should be abandoned.
Page therefore. returned 10 Ferr0l.
with the purpose 10 pursue DTS enter
prise, winch ! may say, M Drlei phrase,
gas % 80 10 Bermuda 10 get some al@i-
tional advance stores and n few picked
men from the Florida, waiting there for
him. another attempt 20 striA a blow NJ
Port Royal which was then supposed 10
be the base of General Sherman's adj
vance through South Carolina Vexa-
tious delays detained the Stonewan ar
Ferrol. with March p, when Page got
70 sea.
ENEMY PREPARED To FOLLOW.
The United states ships Niagara and
Sacramento had manifested every pur-
pose 20 follow and attack the Stonewali
when she left Ferrol The Niagara was
large, powerful frigate mounting ten
l50-pounder Parrot rihed guns, and the
Sacramento was a corvette, very heavily
armed FOR her class. the principal pieces
being two 1-inch and two 9-lnch guns.
The Niagara was also a ship OF great
speed. and could easily have kept clear
OF the Stonewalrs dangerous beak. The
Stonewall was protected by fS-Finch
armors. and mounted on one 3)0-pounder
and two 70-pounders Armstrong guns.
but she was a small ship and low IN the
water and the Niagaras battery could
have commanded her decks. Page, be-
ing quite sure that he would DO followed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
LETTERS on COTTON.

New York. Oct 17.-Hubbard Bros. &
Co. say of cotton to-day: Liverpool has
a distinctly better tone to-day, recovering
the opening decline and closing steady at
a slight advance. This Improvement was
probably due to the crop estimate of a
prominent Liverpool merchant who after
a trip over the cotton belt, stated in Gal
weston that he considered the crop very
small one, not greatly exceeding 100000
bales Our market slowly improved after
the opening but still under the fear of a
liquidation on the part of holders through
out the South, which the trade has been
told was to be expected any day The To-
cal tenor of the traders still remains bear
ish. notwithstanding the light movement,
and they resist the Improvement Liver
pool has not sold to-day, as has been her
usual custom. Prices crept slowly upward
until the close, which was firm at the best
prices of the day"
New York. Oct 17-Murphy & Co.'s cot
ton letter says: Liverpool cables report
ed a decline of 1-32d on spots and early,
2-6id on futures, which was however. re-
covered. This being a first about as ex-
pected, gave us an opening practically I'M
changed from last night, but as the re-
ceipts were recognized as very light, gave
hardening tendency to the market In
which Liverpool assisted to make as the
day advanced The crest of the crop
movement has usually been attained by the
third week in October. If this is to hold
this season. the movement to date can
certainly be claimed by the believers in
short crop a. confirming their views. Trad
ing has not been active, and the market
seems to need some new incentive to move
it. A Liverpool man who travels every
year over the South, and has just conclud-
ed this years tour, estimates the crop as
not to exceed 100000 bales"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
ALL GRADES OF ROSlN GO UP.
MARKET SCORES AN ALL ROUND
ADVANCE OF CENTS.

Sales on Private Terms for Several
Day Past Understood TO Have Been
at Prices Above QuOtatiOns-Spir-
it's Turpentine Firm at 5Ois Cents.
Market About on Parity With
Prices at London and New York.
Cotton Quiet and Unchanged, with
Receipts Light-LOcnI and TeIe-
graphic Markets.
Savannah, Oct IA general advance of
&c in the price of rosin was the feature of
the markets to-day. For some time the
general opinion has been that sales were
being made on private terms, which were
understood to be above quotations. The
Improvement was not, therefore, surpris-
ing, The demand was probably the most
important factor in bringing higher prices.
and the fact there is no immediate pros
pect of it's lessenng makes the situation
decidedly encouraging. As previously
stated in the Morning News, conditions
were believed by naval stores men to be
such as would soon bring about an ad-
vance in prices. Among these conditions
is The demand for tabor throughout the
producing districts. In Alabama railroads
which are building employ many hands,
farmers are engaging many, the saw mills
require others, and the phosphate inter-
ests in Florida are also working large
forces The demands of these interests
for labor are said to have INCREASED lately,
and the scarcity of hands in the rosin and
turpentine producing centers helped to
lessen local receipts. Lighter receipts and
a stronger demand is probably the expla-
nation of the advance.
Spirits turpentine was firm a 50l2c, with
the tone &ld position of outside markets
favorable to further Improvement Savan-
nah is about on a parity with London.
and also The price in New York. The New
York market closed firm at SAC, and Sa-
vannah is usually from 215c to Shc below
the price there. There is a good foreign
demand a present. and the fact receipts
are light due 10 the same causes which
have caused receipts of rosin to shrink,
will doubtless enable the market 10 hold
its own.
Cotton remained quiet and unchanged,
with the receipts for the day less than
half what they were for the same day
last year. Factors are apparently waiting
for higher, and Liverpool buyers for lower
prices. The transactions for the day were
$50 bales The other markets were~steady
and fairly active The following resume
of the different markets will show the
tone and quotations at the close to-day;
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18

ef at the mill store volunteered 10 IRE
Tor the mills electric light pant. He had
been firing only few minutes when he
received the contents of shotgun in the
back His wounds were very painful, but
not dangerous. The shot was fired from
behind the wood pile.
Miss Annie Lummus was married las
Thursday at Montbrook 10 Mr.. Thomas E.
James, travelling auditor for the Plant sys-
TEN, al st. Petersburg. The wedding was
at the home of Mr.. j. l. Epperson, grand
father of the bride, and was very quiet
only relatives and a few close friends at
tending. Rev. r. H. Barnett of Leesburg
ofhciated. The happy couple boarded the
first train for Marietta, o., where they
will spend their honeymoon, after which
they Will return to Florida and make their
home at St. Petersburg.
Lakeland Sun: The $1,000 given to the
four military companies to attend the
Dewey celebration by Gov Bloxham would
have done more good had it been divided
among the widows and orphans of Flor
ida. To lavish a whole lot of public money
on crowd of cigarette dudes to make a
display in honor of a great hero will not
advance the states Interests. If the
places where these companies are located
wish to have them see the hero of Manila
let their people bear the expense. THE
ones that dance should pay the fiddler
Complaint is made that considerable
lot of clothing was lost by passengers al
the Mullet Key quarantine station during
the last week. Half = dozen Spanish ci-
Sarmakers came over, and, as usual left
ther trunks and valises at the station
for fumigation. These passengers now
declare that when their baggage reached
them a considerable quantity of valuable
clothing was missing. None of them spoke
English, and, it being their first expert
ence in this country, they did not know
what to do. The men were advised at
Tampa to place the matter before the
State Board of Health and have it inves-
tigated
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
SAVANNAH GA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1899

New Orleans-To The continent, $3.50;
coasrwise, 1.Sq5.
Mohile-Coastwis 1851.
Savannah-Coastw 97s.
Char.eston-Co1stw %
NorfOlk-CoaStwise l.7Sl.
New York-ro the continent, 726.
Boston-To Great Britain, 1851.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 1881; to the con-
tinent, 1916.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain 4S579 TO
France 1883; to the continent 6S,575.
Total foreign exports since Sept. l, 1899:
To Great Britain, S94,96S; TO France, l2S'-
1885, 70 the continent, 379.6T9.
Liverpool, Oct 1T-Cotton: Spot, fair
demand; prices. 1-S2d lower; American
midding, fair, 49sd; good middling $500;
middling, 37sd; dow middling, ll-l6d; good
ordinary, S12d; ordinary, 8 5-l6d.
The sales of the day were 1000 bales,
or which 1000 We're for speculation and
export and included $500 American; re-
ceipts, 1900, including $500 American.
Futures opened easy and closed steady
at the decline; American mddliug, low
middling clause, October, 3.53d buyers; Oc-
tober- November. 3.5163.52d sellers; Novem-
r-December. S50dS.51d buyers; Decem-
ber-January, 3.50d buyers; January-Febru-
airy. 3,49G35cd buyers; February March,
3 490S50d value; March-April. 3.49n35Od
buyers; April May, 3.50d sellers May-June,
3.50d buyers; June-July, 3.50d3 sid sellers
July-August. 350dS.5ld- sellers August
September 3.49a3.50d sellers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
COUNTnN pRnnIlcE.

Note-The Morning News has arranged
with carriers to obtain daily reports Of the
receipts Of produce, and will hereafter pub
llsh them in connection with the quota
tons.
Poultry Receipts (by one lnc) 76 coops.
The market is steady, and the demand is
fairly good FOR receipts, which are ather
heavy at present. During the past two
days there was a slight decline
In the price Of halves and three
quarters, but the demand for full
grown hens is good at quotations
Dealers have received few shipments Of
turkeys buf as this Is not the season for
good prices, the consignments were dis
posed of at low prices. Quotations: Half
grown, S0n35c per pair, three-quarters
grown, 45di0c per pair full-grown fowls.
(hens), 6Oa65c per pair; ROSTERS. 4Oc per
pair.
Eggs-Receipts (by one lne), q cases
The market Is steady, though the tendency
Is for lower prices. The Offering of re-
frigerator stock is having some effect on
the market, and may help 10 depress
prices Receipts are rather liberal QUO
tations for fresh candled stock lSc.
Butter-Heceipts (by one line). ] tub. The
tone Of the market is steady. Quotations:
Cooking l8c; gilt-edged, &c; extra diaries
23c; exua Elgins, 26c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
THE COTTON MARKET.
Closing Firm ut "a Net Rise Of TO
10 Prints.


10 Points.
New York, Oct. 17.-Although trading in
cotton futures fell off to-day, there was
an Improvement in prices, which. at one
time showed an advance Of 10 points on
most positions The hesitation of invest
tors was traced largely to uncertainty of
holders. who bought large lines of cotton
some time ago, and the confused ideas
prevailing in the European cotton circles.
Gables reported poor opening at Liver
pool, but later there was an Improvement
and The market there closed steady. Local
shorts were nervous towards the close,
fearing higher prices in Liverpool to-mor-
row as a result of our improvement Dis
patches from the cotton belt were indica-
tive of a continued firmness in spot mar
kets, with exporters still earnest buyers.
The crop movement showed falling off.
and exports were large The closing was
firm, at a net rise of sale points.
New York. Oct H. noon.-Cotton futures
opened steady; October and November,
6.S4c; December, $3.50; January and Febru-
ary. $3.50; March and April, $3.50 May,
7.01c; June. 700c; July, 702c; August, 7.Oic.
p. m.-Cotton futures closed firm: Oc-
tober, 6.8Sc; November, 6.S9c; December,
6.94c; January. $3.50; February, 7.02c;
March, 74c; April, 706c; May, 709c; June,
710c; July Tic; August 712c.
New Orleans, Oct. H-Cotton futures
steady; October, $500 bid; November, 6.G1
06.62c; December, 665d6.6ec; January, 6.7C
G6.71c; February, 674Q6.75c; March, 6.71
66.7Sc; April, 6SO@6Slc; May, 6.SSQ6. Sac;
June, 6S7d6.SSc; July, 5.90969lc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18

Inc Seventh Day Adventists of the state
are preparing to hold a camp meeting at
s'' OLD picnic grounds in Lakeland. 1t is
reported that there viii be several thou
SUM- people in attendance.
Nolusa County Record: If Henry NJ
I|s'er lives long enough he viii make the
NAoI2 East Coast paradise, from Pab-
40 Miami, Flagler is doing a great
.4-s loI Florida, and thousands Of peop.e
tons. We .
The Ladies Guild Of the Episcopal
oa9Feh will gjve en- entertainment at the
yards agmory at Palstka on next
,,''ie'aAv. which viii consist of series
''''0n picture from Hte represent
Story Of MI Pipp ABROAD The
"Ii he used an makma necessary
Soc hc church.
H. - 'goon has been CIRCULATED throughout
"'s' that number OF merchants
r., ..iness men intend contestiug the H.
,c ''A, ana have employed an attorney
a0 7.H the case. So for there have been
n N,Nses issued, against LOCO iast year
ro,t, 1oj expected THAI there win be as
licenses issued this year
,.i tIoube between the strikers and the
O.. 'npanies at Bagdad has commenced.
"'9ht nto Snil,ar Tr hootkaar-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
DEAF MUTE BURGLARS.
4 queer Occupation for Two Amict-
ed Young Men.
From The Buffalo Express.

From the BunalO EXPRESS.
The lower floor Of the two-story frame
building at No. 473 sherman street is used
as a pigon house by Adam Miller. The
upper floor is occupied by John Filsnger
and his family Between Il and z O'Clock
ON Saturday night the 17-year-old
son of Filsinger heard a suspicious noise
downstairs Feeling certain that bur
a]ats had designs on a safe which Mr.. Mil
Ter keeps on the lower floor, the youth de-
cidsd 10 invcs igate. lie tiptoed through a
back room 10 a larger apartment from
where he could gel a view of the room in
which was the safe, Before starting on
he Journey he had armed himself with
Ratchet. and his intention was to Kill such
persons as ne came across.
A few beams of Hght found their way
in o The house through a side window and
revealed 10 young Filsinger two men who
were standing in front of the safe They
had tar in their hands, and with it, the
Young man alleges, were trying TO pry
oren the door, They were so engrossed in
,heir work that they looked neither be-
hind Them nor 10 one side. They were
making considerable noise. F1islnger es-
linared thar he could sneak upon them
and strike them with the Ratchet and
with This in view he stepped lightly across
tNe mo- a'in 80 ~ No., ,,,bo y,,orl,o1
VIII W.. ,,,',1sji,, buf his courage failed him
away ciensly' ou1 ntn hn ba .i'' not he
tie up.l1'eu tne 49,, ~ tha hnad 81
neart 10 orlng " p@S Kan, ~ a,,otbor
either man ne 49, ,Sa 49, ,1r,,1a0t
room ana resolSeu eL,e | ~ tte
step ne couid taNe WI " ~ 80 he
men away %
called: .-,,. ..,...
Here, what are YOU leh'"9 U'-"e
there? -, - rho,, no,,or
The two men woint' IH nm efr,,rea
even tufheo .hei 49,,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
PAGES 9 TO 10.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
DRY GOODS.

New York. Oct. H.-Further advances
are reported in bleached cottons to-day,
keeping pace with yesterdays advance.
The demand keeps up. Wide sheetings
tending upward. Brown sheetings and
drills strong as before, and no falling off
in demand. American grain bags advanc-
ed iAc each. Denims. ticks and other
coarse-colored cottons strong. Print
cloths IN demand. Some sales regulars
al 2%c. Prints firm and tending upward
in staple lines. Mems wear woolens and
worsteds quiet at unchanged prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18

Savannah Brewing Company, loi bid lo5'-
asked
New York. oct l1.-Money on call steady
al 5fi6 DER cent; the last loan was at .
per cent; prime mercantile paper, 5l2A6
per cent. Sterling exchange Strong, with
actual business in bankers bills, at IS6h
1ti.M for demand and az $iS2A 0H.8 for
sixty days; posted rates $LS3iaa4S7l3; com
mercial bills, $LSlia silver certificates,
5SiAa59c; bar silver. 577sc; Mexican dollars,
t7c. Government bonds steady, state
bonds inactive; railroad bonds strong.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18

A Dreadful Game DOM you admire
football. clark" 1T deiest is Percy so.
his collar bone broken. end can't put my
head on his shoulder Tor month. '-Chi-
caen Recor1.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
THE RICE MARKET.
Receipts Liberal and the Tone of the
Market Active.

Market Active.
The receipts of rice have been rather
liberal, the total so far this season having
been about 10000 bushels
The market is firm and active, with a
good demand. Clean rice is quoted as fol-
lows:
Prime OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 412niA
1OoI ..-.+..................-.. d4H
Fdlt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .5Au4A
Common ..4........'... 49,, ...,-None offering
Rough per bushel, tide water 65095c /;
upland, 55q75c, according to quality.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18
wv srnEES.

per ton from mila. Rice bran, S.M
d9.0i pcr ton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-18

Stock same day last years. II $3.50 136. $40
Receipts this day last year. 1850 6,15O
Charleston, S. c., oct 17-Turpentne
market firm al soc; sales none. Rosin
firm unchanged; sales none
Wilmington, N. c., Oct. 17-Splrits tur-
pentine firm 5Olkd5lc: receipts. IO1 barrels
Rosin firm; 95c@$tOO; receipts. PSI casks
Crude turpentne steady; $l5Od2SO; re-
ceipts, n barrels. Tar steady; SL3O; re-
ceipts, 116 barrels.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

The dreadful story of the city mer-
chants housekceper who boiled the
priceless Dutch tulip bulb for tho
table has its modern parallel Ia th.
tragedy of the roasted parrot which
was enacted the other day. The wife
of poor Government clerk, says Il
publication called Mainly About Peo-
pie, had long been yearniug for the
possession of a green parrot. At last
fine specimen was obtained for tho
sum of fifteen dollars. 1t was to be
delivered during the morning, the
purchaser requested. And it came to
pass that new servant lass, from the
depths of the country, opened tho
door to the parrot delivering youth.
She knew barn-door fowl when sho
saw it, but parrots had not yet ap-
peared on her horizon.
Her mistress was out; there was
not soul to instl net her in the code
of ethics as applied to parrots. "Is
it for the table?" the general" asked.
without doubt" was the wicked
reply. Whereupon the parrot was at
once dispatched, plucked, trussed and
put the oven. He was Just turn
ing a beautiful brown when the mis-
tress of the establishment returned,
and the same evening the little scr.
want from the country was back
among the ducks and brakes of her
own village green, a sadder and wiser
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

ST always like to be ON good terms
with asubject for whom am making a
bust" said prominent sculptor of
Washington recently. "The fact is an
artist, in order to secure the highest
possibility in portraying the features
OF subject, must study his character
rs well as the mere formation of his
features. He should know the man
rs we'll as the clay If the artist
holds subject in contempt, or de-
pises him, his feeling will be sure to
find expression in his work. II prop
orly exercised the power of showing
character on face, which the casual
observer would not see there, is justi-
fed and cannot be said to be untrue
to nature.
For instance, / have found lines
OF character after conversing with q
subject which I could not see when he
at first entered my studio. A face is
a very delicate thing to study, and its
lines are no more nor less than re-
fiex of the mind that controls it. Even
the man who expresses pride in his
own self-control and on the fact that
his tace tells no tales will show that
phase of power, ii he really possesses
it, and his expression is very different
from that of the man who is express
sionless, because he has no emotion to
conceal. Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
soldier Lie on u Transnort.

No effort is spared for the comfort
OF the soldiers on transport. Each
man has his own bunk, consisting of
a canvas mattress, or sheet fastened
to gas pipes, and so stretched that it
is as comfortable ms spring bed.
These hunks are put up in three tiers,
one above another, and are so AR
ranged that they can be taken down
during the day and the canvas washed
or aired, while the space can be used
for exercise. There is one deck for
eating and exercising The meals are
served upon swinging tables, which
are let down from the ceiling and
drawn up between meals. Iu fact,
rot an inch of room is wasted, aud the
men have ample space for drill and
play. Each ship has a read ing room,
which contains an organ and other
muacal instruments, and is supplied
with books and papers, and especially
with song books for use in religious
services. Tho reading matter and
music are not furnished by the Gov
ernment, however, but are q gift Of
the ladies of the Army and Navy
League of the United States. In the
new transport Logan the reading room
is walled with glass. - Frank g. Car
penter, in Washington Star.