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The age-herald., 1899-03-25
SPECULATION IN
 COTTON FUTURES
The Scope of the Variations
 Was Narrow.
MARKET STARTED STEADY
But Gradually Settled Until the Trade Level Was 3 to 4 Points Below Fridays Close-Were Few
 Rallies on Covering.

New York, March 2i.-The volume of speculation in cotton futures was small; the scope of the variations was marrow, being confined to matter of seven points, with the general trend of the sentiment bearish.
 The market started steady in tone, with prices unchanged to two points lower and gradually settled until the trading level was thre to four points below the closing of yesterday. There was little or nothing in the way of outside support to counteract the disappointing cables showing one and half to two points net decline at Liver pool, and what had greater influence. sales of about 5000 bales of spot cotton, repre- senting unsatisfactory trade conditions in the English market.
 The bull contingent was also confronted with the disadvantage of bearish advices regarding the acreage question and the progress of cotton planting In the south; gossip respecting these influences pointed to generally favorable weather with fore casts of still better conditions in this re- spect, while field work was supposed to be advancing rapidly.
 There were a few fair rallies on covering and the average of the afternoon prices was about equal to yesterdays closing fig ures with the market finally steady at one to two points higher.
 New York, March 24.-Cotton quiet; mid ding, 6 5-16c; net receipts, 351 bales; gross receipts, 3,569 bales sales, 800 bales; stock, 136, ,3S6 bales; exports to the continent, 5,9lO bales.
 Total today-Net receipts, 12,OT bales; exports to Great Britain, 3,492 bales ex- ports to France, 6566 bales exports to the continent Il ITO bales stock, 7S6,61S bales.
 Consolidated-Net receipts, 105, 167 bales; exports to Great Britain, 27,SS6 bales; ex- ports to France, 9,706 bales; exports to the continent. 25 G57 bales -tt
 Total since September Met receipts, L. 4S4, ,046 bales; exports to Great Britain, B. 076,574 bales; exports to France, 656,61O bales exports to the continent, 2,30i,74 bales.
 New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, March 24.-Cotton very steady; sales, $500 bales. Ordinary, 4c; good ordinary, 9-16c; low middling, 5c; mid ding, 11-16c; good middling, 5-16c mid ding fair, 13-16c; receipts, 5,2O2 bales; stock 375, ,496 bales.
 onsolidated-Receipts net, 105 ,169 bales exports to Great Britain, N,SS6 bales; ex- ports to France, 9,706 bales; exports to the continent 23,O57 bales; stock, 7S6,613 bales.
 New Orleans, March 24.-Cotton futures steady; March, 5.65q5.67; April, 6.65q5.6I {; May, 5.7O95 Fl; June, 5.74Q5.75; July, 5.74Q 575; August, 5.71@5.73; September, 5.69Q 5.71 October, 5.67@5.69; November, 5.6tQ 5.69; December, 5.6SQ57O
The age-herald., 1899-03-25

Local Staple Groceries Flour-Best patent, N.2504.50; straight s3.S5@410.
 sugar-Granuiated. s545; Y. C., s525 Coffee-Green, 9@11hc; Arbuckle,s pack. ages, s1oSO; Lovering's packages, $1OSo: Iy- on's packages. s9.s0. Lard-61sc.
 Clear rib sidcs-5%c. Molasses-Centrifugal 15@25c; sugar house 20@35c.
 Rice-51s@61ac. Corn-Mixed. 49c; white, soc. Pearl meal-8Sc. Cream meal--92c. Hay-Choice Timothy, $16; No. 1, s15,00: No } s1450; clover mixed, $14.00 Mixed oats-S9c; white, 42c. ,Rran-Mixed, s15.oo pure wheat, s165o Cation seed meal-$17.50.
The age-herald., 1899-03-25
syss Z ss.. Pick Leaf smoking as.ss sss.o.o

stands unriva1ed soy purity and flavor, Made from the purest. ripest and sweetest xA --An >iAA~A .H>AA ns,s IA
The age-herald., 1899-03-25
Local Stocks and Bonds
Cotton Market

Fruits and Produce Butter-Elgin, 221k625c; dairy No. 1, 2oc; dairy No. 2, 15c; country, 121sc; cooking 10c. Potatoes-Irish 90c Potatoes-Sweet soc. Lemons-Choice, $3GSS50 Poultry-Hens. BOG; fries. 15@2oc; ducks, 20c; geese. soc. Eggs-9c. Florida oranges-In boxes, sS.50. Apples--s5ds5.50
The age-herald., 1899-03-25

By Private Wire to Paine, Murphy & Co)
The age-herald., 1899-03-25

No, 35 makes close connection at West Point for St. Louis and the west.
 J. M. Culp. Traffic Manager washington F. S. Cannon, Third vice-Presldent and General Manager, Washington, D. c.
 w. A. Turk, c. P. A., Washington, D. c. C. A. Benscoter. A. c. P. A.. Chatta- c. D. Jackson, T. P. A., Birmingham Ala.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14

Infant schools began at New Lanark,
Scotland, in 1915.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
NANCY GUILFoRD GUILTY,
Sensational End of Her Trial tor
Murder at Bridgeport
Pleads Guilty of Granddaughter and II
Sentenced to Ten Years Imprisoh-
ment, the Maximum Penalty

BR1peEPonr, Conn. Especially. -"oId
Nance" GuIlford's trial for the murder oil
Emma Gill, of S~outhington, ended In al
abrupt and sensational manner on tues
day. She was permitted to change mel
plea OF not guilty Of murder In the seconu
degree to a plea OF guilty of mansiau3nteF
Promptly thereafter she was sentenced 'o
serve ten wears in the State prls on at
Wethersaeld and to pay o fine OF II.
Not q muscle OF the old woman's ia:t
quiyered as she arose at the Courts ordei
to listen to the judgment. She STOOD ere
and looked the Judge full In the face. sh'
got the maximum penalty.
1t was $50 p. IN. when Judge Nheeie
appeared. The prisoner, her counsel ah'
tile State Attorney were waiting. Inc o.
woman's voice was firm and her ~intonatigi
sonorous when she declared, In answer !
the clerks question:
81 desire to plead guilty to mansiausn
ter"
Judge Wheeler, in accepting the plea
said: '"The Court approves the acceptehct
oil that plea. The arime with WHOM I'M
accused is charged In many, II not mos
States, is made manslaug hter by statute
In this State 1t is murder in the second De
cree, In cases OF this character, however,
furies are wont to find for the lesser de'
gree. The case has required an immense
amount OF effort and q large expenditure
oil public money, and o new trial would IN
yolve tina all over again. Besides, 1t wouiC
cause a serious -disarrangement OF pubic
business In the courts.
1.-THE Court is wont to give weight to the
Judgment OF the State Attorney, and II ap'
proves of his coursei In accepting this plea
If Mrs. Guilford serves her full time, VIII
the allowances for good behavior, she vii
be liberated In eight years and -FOUR
months. She Is now forty-six years OLD.
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sheridan Knowles Memory.

As Sheridan Knowles, the drama
tist. was walking down the strand one
day with a friend, he stopped to greet
a gentleman, who, however, received
him very coldly.
500 you know" said he to
Knowles, THAT you W me an apoI-
ogy2" ~, .5
IAN apology What for?" asked
the dramatist.
"For not keeping that dinner en-
gagement you had with me last hurs
day. L had a number OF people 10
meet you, and You neye came or ever
sent an explanation of your absence
ooh, I'm so sorry" exclaimed
Knowles. GIVE such e memory thai
1 forgot all about the affair forgl7s
me, and invite me to another dinner,
It was then arranged that he should
dine with the gentleman on the ioI,
lowing Wednesday, and, in order that
the engagement might not again be
forgotten, he then and there recorded
it in his dairy. On rejoining his friend
he told him the story of his lapse oil
memory. Z,
"Who is the gentleman" asked
the friend.
"Well, I'm best" cried Sheridan
Knowles, 81 have forgotten his name:
"That's funny" said the FRIEND
"but you can easily find out by refer
ring to the Directory. You know MS
address, of course"
"No-not even thatl' roared the
unhappy dramatist. -Wayerley Maya
zine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
China Like a Graveyard.

The wife of an American naval oil
Ger stationed at Tien-Tsin, China,
writes thus to a friend in Baltimore:
"The trip by train from the landing
to Tien-Tsin takes about an hour and
a half. The cars are not pulatial, but
they are comfortable. When you land
hundreds of coolies besiege you for
your baggage. You wonder how it
ever reaches its destination in safety
The trip is somewhat interesting, but
rather desolate to take alone. You
pass through miles of ~graveyards.
There are thousands of mounds with
out a sign of green grass or green leaf
| China seems TO be one vast graveyard,
for they bury their dead anywhere
they wish. They bury in large coffins
placed on the surface o the ground, Gov
cred over with mud and earth. Thisis
blown and washed away, and then the
cofins are exposed to view. A few
miles from the railroad station on the
river you come to trees and vegeta-
ton. 1t reminds you of some of the
poor land that some of our railroads
at home go through. New York
Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14

The most magnificent carriage in
the Nice battle of flowers was in the
form of a Cnssian sleigh, with the
servants in Russian costume. The
whole equipage was covered with pink
and white camellias. In front of the
sleigh was the head of a large polar
bear and overhead hung a huge eagle
perched ON a snowy branch. Behind
walked servants carrying silver axes,
This sight carried ones mind back to
the old stories of sleigh driving, pur-
sued by wolves, over the snowy plains
of Russia, the ominous eagle of des-
tiny lowering overhead. Another
competitor who favored the weird
style of decoration was one whose car
riage displayed a serpent made OF
pansies, with jaws wide open and red
fangs flashing in the sunlight. This
ferocious reptile was coiled ronnd a
tree and its head stretched forward as
if to strike. Chicago Record.
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When Wellington Gave a Party

One day, when some small visitors
happened to be in the nursery At
Strathfeldsage, the Duke of yelling.
ton walked up to the top OF the house
and found the youngsters at tea. He
gazed grimly around, as if the room
were a field of battle, and noticed that
there was no jam on the table.
Without a word he rang the bell
violently. A footman appeared and
stood petrifed.
Have the goodness to under,
stand" said the Duke, in a voice Of
thunder, "that when children are in
vited to my house to tea they are to
have jaml"
Then he departed, and before hd
was out of earshot a shout went ur
that must have reminded him Of
Waterloo.
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h Thompson's Eye Water


Cincinnati people love to tell this
story on General Benjamin F. Butler;
He vas one of a commission to ex-
anime young applicants for admission
to the bar, and before him came a
youth who failed miserably Old all that
pertained to Jurisprudence, case law,
civil law, sumptuary law, unwritten
law and due process of law. Finally,
Butler, who rather liked the chap and
wanted to see him through, asked:
''What would you like to be examined
in? You have failed in everything
we have suggested" The reply came;
''Try me on the statutes; I'm up on
them" Butler shook his head
solemnly. "My young friend" he
said, 'I'm afraid you won't do. You
may be ever so familiar with the
statutes, but what is to prevent a fool
Legislature from repeating all you
know?'-New York Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
Tho Msrerna, ME, RIOS.

The Empress Eugene gave the
name "Marechal Mel" to the lovely
rose which is so called. When Cen
eral Mel returned from the field Of
Solferino, where he had signally dis
tinguished himself, a poor man pre-
sented him with a basket of lovely
yellow roses. To perpetuate their
beauty the General had a cutting
struck from one of the blooms. and
when a rose tree had grown from this
he presented it to the Empress Eu-
genie. She was delighted with the
dainty gift, but was much surprised
to know that the roses was known by
no distinctive name. "Ahl' she said,
81 will give it a name; and it shall
be the Marechal Neil" Thus the
Empress achieved two ends-named
the flower and acquainted the General
with the fact that he had been raised
to the coveted office of Marshal of
France.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
BRIDGE FALL KILLS FIVE.
Temporary Structure: Coilapses In Ne
York City. InJuring Nineteen Persons.

Temporary Structure: Collapses in New
York City. InJuring Nineteen Persons.
New YORK CITY (speeial). THE wooden
scaffolding or false work intended to carry
the first shore span OF the new Willis Ave
IL Bridge across the Harlem River col
Iapsed and thirty-hYe men who were al
work on different points of the structure
we're hurled into the river forty feet below
OF these Ave men were killed White nine
teen were more or less seriously hurt' .
A. Hendrick, superintendent In charge o.
the work, was at once arrested, ana nett
on a charge Of manslaughter.
The dead are: William Delaney, sixty
seven years old; Walter Delaney, twenty
two years old, his son; James Beatty, thirty
five years old, a resident OF S~pringheld,
Mass; Thomas Grady and Charles Persh'
ley, thirty-one years old.
The accident occurred on the Bronx SIDE
Of the river at a point about midway pc
tween the last pier on the shore and the
pier IN the stream 200 feet distant. Be
tween these piers the wooden soaholdlng
had been raised, and til Q workmen Weft
putting on the inlshingtouches.
1t was lust before 8 O'Clock that the men
under the crane felt the structure sudden
ly sinking beneath them. The rails on
which the traveller ran parted, and With
out warming the entire false work and tht
Immense derrick went down with a crast
into the river. The thirty-fve men at worB
on the bridge had not a moments warn
ing OF the impending disaster, and all were
carried into the river. Even those al
work near the shore did not escape, and
Immediately there was II seene OF great CON
fusion.
Six OF the men who were at work on the
shore end OF the bridge ran to the river
and began at once to rescue their com
rades. The tug Commander, which was
passing near tho draw at the time, went al
once to the scene, and the crew rescued
ten men who were struggling in the water
or clinging to the ~wreckage. A number o.
rowboats also put out to the scene and die
good work in rescuing the wounded.
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The officers killed were Lieute nant
Laudsdale and Ensign Monaghan, of the
cruiser Philadelphia, and Lieutenant A. IL.
Freeman, of the British cruiser Tauranga.
The expedition was led by Lieutenant
Freeman OF the Tauranga. Ensign Mona
han met his death by remaining to assist
Lieutenant Lansdale. He stayed too long
and was shot In retiring. Two British and
two American sailors were also killed.
The natives beheaded the dead British
and American officers, and priests OF the
French Mission afterward brought the
heads to Apia.
The manager of the German plantation
has been arrested and detained on board
the Tauranga, on afidavtts declaring he
was seen urging the rebels to fight.
It is estimated that about eight hundred
warriors attacked the Angio-American
party from ambush.
On the arrival of the Tauranga at Apia,
British and American eonsuls Issued a
proclamation to give Mataafa a last chance,
The French priests also used their infu-
ence. but all efforts failed, and the rebels
continued their depredations. Property
was destroyed and bridges and roads were
barricaded. .
On March 90 the enemy was sighted at
Maeuiei and machine guns and Il seven
ponnder were used. The frlendlies also at
tackled the enemy during the latter's re-
treat and several rebels were killed or
wounded. The ~friendlies carried one
head through Apia, which made Captain
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14

The age of the Oldest olive trees in
California runs back over ninety years.
They are six in number, and stand
about the San Gabriel Mission, still
bearing fruit, and living monuments
to the wisdom of the FRANCISCAN friars.
The Oldest olive tree in the country is
that at the Capistrano Mission, thirty
miles south of Los Angeles, Its seed
game from Corsica in 1863, and the
purpose was to provide food from the
trees for the monks, who came from
olive-growing regions in the same lati-
tudes as Southern California, in Spain
and the south of France. The old
monarch has been photographed hun
ireds of times by tourists. 1t is fully
City feet high and has a trunk five
teet in diameter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14

The olive has an almost human gift
of adaptation to environment. II
fourishes in a temperature that falli
to fourteen degrees above zero, and il
the inland valleys of California, wherl
the thermometer reaches 100 degrees,
it grows irrigated only by natural rain,
fall. It finds in the California foot,
hill just such homelike surroundings
as al its 40O0-feet level in Algeria and
itG Italian elevation of 1900 feet. II
will prosper in any friable soil rich in
lime and potash, as are all the virgin
lands Of the coast. 1t also does well
where its roots can penetrate easily q
rocky, clay, sand, granite, Of volcanic
formation, seeming to prefer an arid
mountain soil, bat not disdaining life
in the black abode neal the coast.
Electric cars have displaced the last
remaining cable cars in Baltimore,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
EXCHANGE OF RATIfIcATloNs.
Formally at Washington Which
Ends Our war With Spain.

WASHINGTON. D. G. (Special9. The
United States and the kingdom of Spain
are friends again, and this country is now
at peace with every nation OF the world.
At the White House formal Publications OF
the Treaty Of Paris were exchanged, and
Immediately after the President Issued off,
,ial notice to all the world that this nation
and Spain were once moro or speaking
terms.
The exchange Of Publications took place
In the Presidents office. Gathered around
The big desk be hind which the Chief Ex-
ecutive sits, was q distinguished group Of
spectators. Most of them witnessed the
signing OF the peace protocol in August
last; a few had been present when the
declaration OF war was issued, and all were
Interested In this, the last official ce remonY
Of the war.
The company included the President,
Secretary OF State Hay and his young son,
Assistant Secretaries Hill, Adee and Grid
Ter, of the State Department.; Ambassador
Oambon and Secretary Thiebault, OF the
French Legation, acting as representatives
Of Spain; Secretary Hitchcock, OF the In
terror Department.; Secretary Wilson, OF
the Agricultural Department; Acting Seere-
tary OF War Meiklejohn, sollcitor-General
Richards, Wayne MacVeagh, Adjutant-Gen.
sral Corbin, Senator G. X. Davis, member
Of the Peace Commission; Secretary Cortel-
you, of the Executive STAFF, and Sidney
smith, Chief Of the Diplomatic Bureau Of
The State Department.
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stuart so furious that he went to the King
and threatened to shoot any man found
taking heads. The King then issued a
proclamation forbiddlng the practice.
On April a force OF 214 British and
Americans and $50 friendlies was surprised
In ambush at the German plantation OF
Naslel. The rebels opened fire on the
rear, left flank and front of the Anglo.
American force. The friendlies bolted, but
the marines and bluejackets stood their
ground splendidly, Americans and British
firing shoulder to shoulder.
The Colt-automatlc gun with the landing
party became jammed, and the Am orleans
and British were practically at the mercy
OF the rebels, but Retreat" was sounded
three times before the marines and blue.
jackets retired.
Lieutenant Freeman, First Lieutenant OF
the ~Tauranga, who was In command OF the
allied force, was shot through the heart.
Lieutenant Lansdale, Of the Philadelphia,
had his leg shattered While endeavorlng to
fix the jammed gun.
Seaman Hunt, of the British cruiser Per.
poise, had an extraordinary escape. He
remained with Lieutenant Lansdale until
dubbed over the head and knocked sense
less. The bluejacket revived as the natives
were cutting of his right ear and were
turning him over in order to cut off his left
ear. At this juncture a shell from the
British cruiser Royalist burst on the battle
field, soaring the rebels, and Hunt sue
ceeded in escaping to the beach, although
severely stabbed In one foot.
The same night the friendlies found the
bodies of all the officers, heRdless. The bod
les were buried with all honors at Mulinuu,
on Easter Sunday. Their heads were subse-
quently brought In by lone French priests,
and the graves were reopened, and the
heads buried with the bodies.
The officers who returned are Lieutenant
George E. Gave, OF the Porpoise, and Lieu
tenant G. NJ. Perkins, of the Philadelphia.
All behaved splendidly. Lieutenant Cave
took command OF the retreat.
The loss of the enemy in not known, but
probably fifty Of them we're killed and many
were wounded. The priests buried thirty
eight rebels, and mucn blood was seen on
the road over which the Mataafans had
been dragging away their dead and
wounded.
The Samoans say Mataafa three times
resolved to surrender, but the German Con-
sui, Herr Rose, advised him not to do So,
and he now says he will never give In but
will fight to the death.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14

WASHINGTON. D.. @. (SpeciaD.-The fol-
lowing dispatch from Admiral Kautz has
been received:
~"AUcKLAND..N N. o., April -.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. c.:
"on April l, while the combined forces
Of British and United States, under Lieu
tenant Freeman, British Navy, were recon
NOTHING near Apia, they were ambuscaded.
Deeply legret to announce the death
Of Lieutenant Philip V. Landsdale, Ensign
John R. Monaghan, Coxwain James But
Ter, Ordinary Seaman Norman E. Edsal AMI
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
CANCER MlcRoBE FOUND.
Hope of q Cure For the Disease Given by
DR.. Bra, of Paris.

PARIS (By Cable).-The Figaro announces
that DIR. Bra has discovered the cancer
microbe and says there is reason to hope
the discovery will soon lead to a certain
cure for that dread disease.
In An interview on the subject DR.. Bra
was modest and cautious in his statements.
He said that experiments were proceeding
in several hospitals, some of which had
had favorable results, but 1t must be
months before a definite announcement
will be possible.
what 1 have succeeded In doing, added
DR.. Bra, sis to isolate and cultivate a
parasite from caneerous tumors, and to
produce therefrom cancer in animals.
The parasite Is fungus like, and Is GER
tainly the specific agent of cancer"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
THE
MARKS OF
SUFFERING

Miss EDNA ELLIS. Higginsport, Ohio, writes: DEAR MRS.
p1NKnAM-I am a school teacher and had suffered untold agony
during my menstrual periods for ten years. My nervous sys-
tenn was almost a wreck. l suffered with pain In my side and
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
MURDER IN A BIG STORE.
Galloway shot His Wife Down and TheI
Fired Four Bullets Into Her Body.

Fired -Four Bullets Into Her Body.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. (SpeciaD.-Frank Gala
way entered the department store of siegel,
Hilman & Co. a few days ago and assembled
to the hith noor where he met his wife, q
saleswoman. He attempted to speak to
her, but she was evidently apprehensive
and turned to leave him. Before she could
do SO he grabbed her by the shoulder with
his left hand, pulled a revolver and began
firing, saying with an oath:
II got you nowl"
The first shot brought her to the floor,
He fired four more bullets into her body
and then handed the pistol to a ioorwalker,
Mrs. Galloway was killed instantly. The
murderer was placed under arrest. Gala
way Is about six feet tall, smooth shaver
and apparently thirty years of age, Mrs.
Galloway was about twenty-five years o.
age. She recently began a SUIT for divorce
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14
FIERCE FIGHT IN ARKANSAS.
Man Killed, Two Men Fatally and Sew
eral Others Badly Wounded.

LITTLE Rock, Ark. (s~peciaD.-In a free
light at D eview, Ark, H.. G. Ashburn was
instantly killed, A. ]. Black and his son
Lee were fatally wounded, Alex Miller had
his arm broken, and Henry Miller was
badly shot in the arm. B. NJ. Ashburn and
several other persons we're shot and more
or less seriously wounded.
H. @. Ashburn had been prosecuted by
A.. J. Black for perjury. and during the
trial great feeling between the friends Of
the principals was aroused. After court
adjourned the factions met. Ashburn,
armed with a shotgun, approached Black,
accused him of swearing to lies. and
ieveled his gun, which snapped. Black
fired with a pistol, hitting Ashburn. The
latter, as he fell, shot Black In the leg.
Then the firing became general. Young
Black was shot several times, his entire
shoulder being torn OF. Young Ashburn
escaped with the loss OF a finger.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-14

Electric ears have displaced the last
remaining cable cars in Baltimore.