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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-29
PRATT CITY
Will Open Her Gates to Distinguished
Visitors December z

Pratt City Is preparing to open wide her
gates to a number of distinguished guests
on the 7th of December when the Metlno-
dist Episcopal conference will be held in
the Methodist church of this place. Biship
Malelien of Boston will preside. DIR. A.
E. Leonard, corresponding secretary of
the missionary society, and Drs. Mcdowell
and Mills, corresponding secretaries of the
board of education CO New York city and
other noted dignitariss will be present, and
address the assembly.
Mrs. ]. X. Cook of New Castle, Ala, ar
rived today to spend Thanksgiving with
her sister, Mrs. Tom Brown.
Mrs ]. D. Mckenzie has been quite Ill
for several days.
Miss Anna Woltersdorf entertained a few
friends last night informally with crok-
mole.
Miss Kate Cuniff is spending some time
with friends at Jasper.
The Woman's club will hold it's regular
meeting at o'clock on Friday with Mrs.
James A. Kirk.
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WILL INCREASE CAPACITY
Some improvements to be Made in the
Marvel City

Bessemer, November 2S.-(Special)-The
management of the N. o. Nelson Com
pany's plant here announce that the plant
will hereafter be known as the Bessemer
Soil Pipe plant. AS is generally known
the establishment manufactures soil pipe
and sanitary castings
The Nelson company has many and
varied interests, among them being a
foundry at Edwardsville, ILL.,, where they
manufacture plumbers supplies, mantels,
operate pipe threading machinery, alto
sether having about forty acres covered
with buildings and machinery; saw mills
and wood pump works at Mound City, Ill. /;
their pipe plant recently built here, and
offices and warehouses in ST. Louis, No.
The capacity of the Bessemer plant will
at once be brought up to thirty tons daily
This will necessitate The enlargement of
The main building by one hundred feet.
The Chemical Manufacturing company of
Cleveland, O., announce that they will ex
pend several hundred thousand dollars in
building chemical works at Hilman, near
here. They give out no further details at
present, but state that they expect to be-
gin work at once.
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GADSDEN
Several Important Real Estate Deals
Have Been Made

Gadsden, November s.-(speciaD-George
j. Hall, of Stevenson, Ala, representing a
New York syndicate, was here last week
and closed options with W. NJ. Meeks and
Mrs. ]. P. Paden for their celebrated Dirt
seller ore lands, also for ore lands owned
by w. M. Meeks and H. Herzberg. This
syndicate has secured the old Coosa fur
mace at Gadsden, the old Stonewall furnace
on Rome and Dalton road, the Citico fur
mace at Chattanooga, one other near there
and also the Round mountain furnace and
also own an option ON $4,000 acres of the
finest ore lands in the scouth This syndi-
cate intends to convert the old Coosa fur
mace here into a coke oven with 100 tons
daily capacity and probably work will be
commenced by January l, 1900.
Ross W. Whisenant, who owned a 1,7O0
part in Calhoun county, sold it and the
improvements to Rawlings OBryant for
$4,000 spot cash. Real estate deals are be-
coming an every day occurrence in this
section, and prosperity continues to smile
upon the people.
Something like fifty deeds were at the
probate office Tuesday to be recorded.
Considerable annoyance has been caused
since the electric cars ceased to carry the
mails. Our daily papers now reach the city
at II a. M. 4:30 and $3.50 p IN. There Is no
good feeling among the citizens. as the gov
eminent pays $500 year to have the mail
carried by the electric cars.
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In Favor of the City

Florence, November 2S.-QSpecial.) 1.-The
circuit court HIS decided in the case of
Felix G.. Lambeth, Jr., against the city of
Florence that the city is not liable for
damages for street Improvement no matter
whether the property is disfigured, if the
market value is increased by the improve
ment. The case was a test suit brought
against the mayor and board of aldermen
for the lowering of the grade Of the side
walk In Morrison avenue, where the plain
tiff owned property, and which was i'm ;
proved by the order of the city council
two years ago. The case was for $500 dam
ages, and has occupied several days in the +
circuit court, twenty-five witnesses being
introduced, and able attorneys being en-
ployed on both sides. The decision of the
case against the city would have meant the
stopping of street Improvement in the city.
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Florence, November 2S-(SpeciaI.)-At a
special meeting of the city council last night
the contract for the erection of the new
colored school house was let to w. e. Tenn
pie, the contract price being $3.50. The
building will be located upon a lot just be-
side the present school building, which was
recently purchased by the city, and will
be modern in every detail. 1t will have
three large recitation rooms down stairs
and large chapel on the second floor, to-
gether with cloak rooms and vestibule on
the first floor. This is the second school
building erected by the present city admin
istrato which is very progressive along
educational as well as all other lines
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IRREGULAR DAY
In STOCK MARKET
Most of the Advanced Stocks
Suffered.
PRICE LEVEL MAINTAINED
An Attempt Was Made to Inaugurate
Pull Campaign in the Iron and
Steel Stocks. But Effort
Proved Abortive
PRICE LEVEL MAINTAINED

New York, November 2S.-The furry In
call money in the last half hour today in
duced a selling movement, which carried
prices in the majority of the last below last
night. Stocks which had advanced strong
ly suffered from proft-taking, and their
gains were much reduced where they were
not entirely wiped out. The market was
spotty and irregular throughout, and the
maintenance of the price level was due
rather to cessation of yesterdays factors
of weakness than to any elements of posi-
tive strength. London, which was heavy
seller yesterday was inclined to buy on the
new account which succeeded the settle
ment.
The large profit-taking in Baltimore and
Ohio stocks was so far digested that those
stocks resumed their advance. United
States Leather, by COMPARISON with recent
performances, displayed stable equilibrt-
UNI, and the increase in the dividend rate
on the preferred stock did not move it over
a fraction.
Yesterdays aggression upon Sugar was
also discontinued, and the stock was strong
for the greater part of the day. When
these conditions were developed an attempt
was made to inaugurate a bull campaign
III the iron anu steel SIOChS, Oub PAO'SN
abortive. The movement in the Baltimore
and Ohio stocks, Pennsylvania and New
York Central was the most conspicuous
movement of the day, and did more than
anything else to sustain prices. Columbus
and Ohio also rose above Its previous high
level. There were notable advances in
number of obscure stocks, including Peo-
ria, Decatur and Evansville; Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic; Buffalo, Rochester and
Pfttsburg stocks and some of the many In
dustrials. Mania ttan lost all its gain be-
fore the close.
There were renewed shipments of curren-
cy to New Orleans through deposits for
transfer at the sub-treasury, and New York
exchanges at Chicago weakened suddenly
to 20 per cent discount compared with par
yesterday. The operations of the SUD
treasury yesterday with the banks resulted
in a gain by that institution of s3200O6 In
spite of government bond redemptions.
Yesterdays receipts of revenue by the
United States treasury exceeded expendi-
lures by s2,154,O97 more tnan offsetting the
total of bonds redemptions for the day.
The bond market moved in sympathy
with stocks early firmness, yielding in the
late dealings
Total sales par value, I,S75,OO0. U. ). D
advanced " and the old As and new As 70
in the bid price.
closed firm at solo per cent: last loan,
per cent ruling rate, per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 51aq6 per cent.
Sterling exchange easier, with actual bu-
siness in bankers bills at 81. S57s@4.S6 for de-
mand and $4.S1@4.S1A for sixty days.
Posted rates, $4S2@4. s21s and $4.S7.
Commercial bills, $3.50.
Silver certificates, 5S7sq59.
Bar silver, 5SM.
Mexican dollars, 47H.
Government bonds strong.
State bonds easier.
Railroad bonds easier
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3-64d higher on futures. Our market opened
6 points higher, and this slight gain was
availed of from the very start to effect
liquidation sales, the large bull firm doing
its share. After the first giving way or
prices, the market ruled dull and seemed
pegged. Receipts continue small, and the
small crop men accept 1t as confirmation OF
their idea. Yet Others claim that there IS
an unusual amount of holding back, and
Mr.. Neill has just pointed out that whereas
for the past eight years between October
10 and November "a the port receipts have
exceeded the interior by an average of $780,
900 bales every year, being an increase.
This season shows a loss of $1,000 bales.
The market has looked tired all day, and
seems hard to pass these prices, practically
the highest being touched on the 9th.
BY Private Wire to T G. Hewlett. Agt.
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Breaking Into United States

San Antonio, Tex. November 2S.-Twen-
ty-three Cinnamon who were caught In the
act of breaking into the United States
across the Rio Grande, and who on trial,
were ordered deported to China will be
taken to San Francisco by United States
Marshal George L. Siebreeht in a few
days. Fifteen of these men are at Ell Paso
and the remainder are in the county Jail
here. They all had bogus certificates
which had been furnished them in Mexico
indicating a persistent traffic In bogus GER
tificates in that country.
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Birmingham City Bonds


FruIts and Produce
Butter-Elgin, Csc; dairy, No. 1, zoe: dairy
No, 2, 15c; country, 12lsc: cooking. 15c.
Potatoes-Irlsh, 65@70c.
Lemons-Choce, A.2514.7s; fancy, A25
Poultry-Hens, 25u21kc; fries, l5922c;
small, SIC; ducks zoe; geese, Zoe.
Eggs, 10000 per dozen.
Tomatoes-$2. 0092.25 crate.
Cabbage-2c per pound.
Onions-11ac pound.
Apples, So 256l3.50 per barrel.
tccal itaple Groceriet
Flour-Best patent, s4.95; straight ss.e5:
patents, S410
Sugar-Grsnulated, $5.25; Y. c., 565hc.
Coffee-Green. SQ111ac; Arbuckles pack
ages, s11.30; Leverng's packages s10. so.
Lyons packages. $10.SO.
Lard-6kc
Clear rib sides, SIC.
Molasses Centrifugal. I5aTr: sugar
house. 20d35c.
Rice-4q6hc.
Corn-MiXed, 4Sc; white, 49c
Pearl meal-SSc.
Hay-Choice timothy, $3.50; No. 1. s15.50.
clover mixed. s450
Oats-Mixed, 36c; white, &c.
Bran-Mixed, $500; pure wheat. s1S00
Cotton seed meaI-$1950
-
Flower bulbs and pot. Godden's.
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fried TO Kin Himself

Selma, November 2S.-CSpecial)-Sundsy
evening just about dark some little excite
ment was oeeasioned around Groves char
macy by the attempts of Briney Johnson.
a negro drayman, to kill inns Briney
had had quarrel with his sweetheart and
went into the drug sto"e to get % cents
worth of morphine. Mr. Groves noticing
his agitated expression, refused 20 sell
him the drug, whereupon the negro pulled
out big dirk and attempted TO cut his
throat but was prevented by Mr.. Groves
ard other bystanders
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T>,tNIbS
Financial

New fork, November 2S-Commercial Ad-
vcrtiser's London financial cablegram:
Dealings on the exchange here were slack
today owing to the settling of the account
The tone was good. Bankers charged $40
5ss for money, but the supply was plentiful
as the account was small. Americans
opened at parity, then rose u to / point,
but suffered a sharp drop in the afternoon
on sales from New York. Baltimore and
Ohio securities were exceptionally strong.
There was a rally in the street and the
close there was at about the opening level.
The general contago was 61a071kc, for st.
Paul 51a66c; New York Central was 666h
Chilli took 10000 pounds gold and Peru the
same The bank bought 5000 pounds in
French coin. Money was in good demand
and the bank discounted for its customers
on the same basis as yesterday. Opinion Is
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SACRIFICED HIS LIFE
Section Foreman Saves Soldier Train
From Wreck

Houston, Tex, November 2S.-The first
section of the train bearing the Tennessee
volunteers narrowly escaped destruction
near Weimar Monday, 1t is Just learned.
Section Foreman Thomas Collins, by sac-
rifcing his own life prevented 1t. The Sec
ticn gang was on the track with hands
car and did not discover the approach oe
the special until 1t was almost upon them.
The crew fed, but Collins pluckily tried
to get the hand-car out of the way that a.
wreck might be avoided and had almost
succeeded when the train struck him.
breaking nearly every bone in his body
and instantly killing him. The hand-car
had been removed far enough to prevent
any great damage being done.
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OFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Archbishop Chapelle Leaves New Or
leans This Morning

Chapelle will leave in the morning for the
Philippines, Fastening his departure in or
der TO leave San Francisco Tuesday morn-
ing ON the transport Sherman. He will ba
accompanied by his niece, Miss Solignac,
and by his secretary, Father Stensmans.
Chaplain McKinnon will join them in Call
ifornia. The archbishop will probably re-
main in Manila six months and will then
report direct to the Pope. visiting Cuba
and Porto Rico before returning to New
Orleans next fall.
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Statements Filed

Columbus, o.. November 2s-The state
ments of the republican and democratic
committees were filed at the office of the
cSunty clerk yesterday. as required by
law. The republican committee expended,
according to its report, s1s,123.97. The dem
ocrauc state committee reports expendi-
lures OF sls.5S2.50.
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New York, November 2S.-Coffee futures
opened steady with prices unchanged to 8
points higher. Local bulls and the foreign
element absorbed offerings of the more
easily satisfied houses. Shorts were nerv-
Gus and covered steadily all day. The mar
ket closed firm, with prices net unchanged
TO III points higher. Total sales, $4,000 bags,
including December, $5.s5Q5.9O; January,
S6.OOd6.05; February, $50; March, $6.15G6.25;
May, $6 25@6.30; June, $6.25@63O; July, Sc. $50
$40; September, s6.40@660; October, $685..
spot coffee, Rio firm. No. invoice &c; No.
jobbing, 712c; mild, dull.
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Chicago Chgnae

Chicago, November 2S.-Wheat held
steady today, supported by better cash
demand and the cessation of forced De-
cember liquidation, closing at as45sc high
er. May corn closed a shade higher and
December 1sc off, Oats finished trifie up,
and provisions closed unchanged to &c over
yesterday.
The leading futures ranged as follows
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Liverpool, November 2S-Cotton-Spot. fair
demand, prices unchanged to 1-32d higher:
American middling fair, 3-32d; good mid
ding, 15-32d; middling 4 5-16: low middl.ng.
AVS; good ordinary, 3 1915; ordinary. 3a4. The
sales of the day were 10000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded $500 American. Receipts 1900 bales.
including 1900 American. Futures opened
steady and closed quiet at the advance
American middling, November, 412G4.13
value; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 4.11064.12 seller;
December-January, 409@4.10 seller; Janu-
ary 40S seller; February March, 4.O7 seller:
March-April, 4.06 bid; April-May, 405 bid:
May-June, 404@4.O5 bid June-July. 4.O394 O4
bid; July-August, 403 value; August-Sep-
tember-August, 4.01 value.
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CALLED FOR SATURDAY
Democratic Caucus of Congress to Be
Held That Day

Washington, November 28-Congress-
man j. d. Richardson of Tennessee to-
night authorized the statement That the
democratic caucus to select candidates for
speaker and other officers of the next
house VIII be held at o'clock next Satur-
day afternoon.
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Corhlnn,s Remalns WIN BE Cremated

Galveston, Texas, November 2S.-Mrs.
Coghan, widow of Charles Coghan. the
author-actor who died here Monday morn
ing, stated tonight that she will take the
body back to New York and have 1t cremat-
ed, in obedience to the expressed wishes of
Mr.. Coghlan.
Messages of sympathy are pouring In
from friends in and out of the profession.
She will leave here Friday with the body.
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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 Tor
Jacksonville, giving first-class sleeping car
service and fast time. Scion Jacobs, Com,
mercial Agent, 2o15 First Avenue
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Coffee.

divided regarding probable action of the
governments on the rate next Thursday.
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Drv Goods

New York, November 2S.-The character
of the market for common goods has not
undergone any change today The demand
for heavy brown cottons Is moderate In all
quarters, but prices strongly upheld. Four
card sheetings tending upwards. Print
cloths inactive. No sellers at 8 cents. Wide
gray goods hard to find and against buy
ers. Bleached cottons quiet but firm.
Coarse colored cottons scarce. Prints tend
ing upward. Ginghams unchanged. Mar
lset will be closed Thursday.
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(By Private Wire to T. q. Hewlett, Agent.)
New York, November 2S.-The Liverpool
cables this morning were much better than
expected, being t-32d higher on spots and
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Talbot s. Paimer's Cotton Letter

BY Private Wire from Fairchild & Hobson.
New Orleans. November 2s.-Buying ON a
large scale in Liverpool this morning to re-
place contracts owing to the failure of a
brokerage firm there today, caused an adj
vance in deliveries of 31s-64 and 1-32 in spots,
sales 10000; American middling, 5-16d.
Had not American markets been advised
that the advance in the English market was
due to a failure, prices would have been
much higher at our opening, but as the
trouble was only local, options on this side
were not affected much. March here
opened at 1885, advanced to 1888, but on an
immense amount of realizing sold off to 7.S4
from this level; a reaction set in when val
ues were again to the top of the dav. but
selling short and realizing was still in evil
dence with which 1t was impossible to make
any Roadway. Spots in Liverpool are
worth Ssk, and If they are valued at that
figure in the home of consumers. they GER
tainly ought not to be considered dear at
71h in America. There are commission
houses who have been bulls for cents, now
found swapping horses in midstream. We
would take the same position could we but
see a reflection of declining market. AS a
matter of fact, one can't detect a bearisfi
factor with searchlight What bearish
arguments that are advanced are based en-
tirely on prescriptions, such as the crop
being held back, etc.
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LOCAL MARKETS.

Local Cotton Marke.
Good middling, 7Ac.
Middling, &c.
Strict low middling, 67sc.
Low middling, 6%c.
The Iron Market.
Birmingham, November 2S.-The following
are the present quotations IN IRON:
/ F.. $50. .... ........ $3.50
2F..... ..... 49,. 49,. 49,. 1850
3F....... ...,... .,,. 1890. 1915
G Fec. $1,000. 49,. 1000
S..... .....,., $1,000. ...,... 1880
49,. 1850
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Treasury Statement
WASHINGTON, November 2S.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury shows
available cash balance of 1926, 962, $40; gold
reserve, $241. Ill $50.
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BY Private Wire to T. G. Hewlett. Agt.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-15
Tobacco Law.

Following is the law affecting the
sale or giving away of tobacco and
cigarettes:
Section 1917. 1t shall be a mis-
demeanor for any person, except
parents or guardians either for
himself or another to sell or give
away cigarettes in any form or
tobacco or paper for the purpose
of making cigarettes to any minor
under the age of twenty-one years
or TO sell or give away any cigars,
chewing tobacco in any form to
minor under the age of fifteen
years.
Section 1918. ANY person con-
victed of the above named misde-
meanor for selling or giving away
any cigarettes or tobacco or paper
for the purpose of making such ci-
garettes shall be fined tor each
offense in any sum not less than one
hundred nor more than three hun.
dred dollars, and every person con
victed of selling or giving away
chewing tobacco, cigars or tobacco
in any foJm, to any minor under
the age of fifteen years, shall be
fined in any sum not less than ten
nor more than fifty dollars.
Section 2 That all laws and parts
of laws in conflict with this Act be
and are hereby repealed and this
act to take effect from and after
its passage.
Approved March %, 1899
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-15
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel, cures
diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all
irregularities of the kidneys aud
bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder troubles in chill
dren, If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt of 81.
One small bottle is two months
treatment, and will cure any case
above mentioned. E. w. Hall, sole
manufacturer, P. O. box 2l8, Waco,
Texas. For sale by Smith Drug Co,
Texarkana, Ark.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-15

Mr. John Peterson, of PatoutviIle
La was very agreeably surprised
not long ago For eighteen months
he had been troubled with dysentery
a I'd had tried three of the best doc
tors in New Orleans, besides half a
dozen or more patent medicines, but
received very little relief Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, having been recommended
to him, he gave it a trial and to his
great surprise, three doses of that
remedy effected a permanent cure,
Mr. VIM. Mcnamara, a well known
merchant of the same place, is well
acquainted with Mr.. Peterson and
attests to the truth of this state
ment This remedy is for sale by
Smith Drug Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-15
BROKE INTO a PAINT SHOP.

Some one entered Webster 4
Petrie's Paint shop on Saturday
night, and made a clean haul of all
their paint brushes, oils and var
nishes and other things that they
could carry of Before they left
they proceeded to daub several We
hicles newly painted with green
paint and to scratch with some
shop Instruments the body and
wheels of same. The Hardin Bros
had one of their large delivery wa
gons in the shop aud it was ready
to turn out to-day and the unprin.
cipal scamp, who robbed the shop
seemed to have a spite at this par
ticular wagon, for what he did to it
was a plenty, in fact it will take
hard work to putty up the scratches
aud repaint the body and put it in
the shape it was in before.
The reporter paid the shop visit
aud found the members of the firm
at work trying to clean of the blue
paint that was smeared on and over
their work They said; it will take
more than this to run us out of the
city, and we are going to make des
perate efforts to catch the rascal
who.did this dirty work If they have
their suspicious as to who it was
they did not let it out TO the repor-
ter.