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, 1900-03-22

1--WE, the delegates of the - party,
in national convention assembled, bear
ing fresh mandates from the sovereign
people" How many national plat
forms will begin like that this year?
Bearing fresh mandates from the SOW
ereign people is the way it should be
in all of them. The delegates repre-
sent the people who, when choosing
them, instruct them what to do when
they get to the national convention.
, 1900-03-22

Atlanta, Ga" March 1.-THE Stove
National Defense Associations, whose
representatives. have been in session
here for several days with delegates
from the Iron holders Union of North
America. ave agreed to advance the
prices paid molders fifteen per cent,
over the figures in effect in 1898. The
result means increased wages to about
10000 iron molders in all parts of the
United States
, 1900-03-22

Several members of the Chicago
board of trade have been indicted by
the federal grand jury for %defrauding
country patrons. This is a wholesome
sign. Only a few years ago it was es-
teemed a great honor to ven possess
the aroma of the board. The thought
that a member could be convicted of
fraud never troubled anybody. Today
members of the board who induce
others to lose money in fictitious trans
actions are prosecuted like ordinary
criminals.
, 1900-03-22

The French have been among the
most enthusiastic friends Of the auto
mobile idea, and during the coming
exposition in Paris they intend to make
that style Of locomotion as c~onspicu-
Gus and attractive az possible. A
special automobile exhibition is to be
held in the park OF Vincennes, under
the direction of the Automobile Club
OF France. Competitive tests and races
Will be arranged for all kinds Of self
moving carriages, and prizes are TO be
awarded TO the winners in the various
classes,
, 1900-03-22

A scientist says the earth is shrink
ing at the rate of three inches a year.
This may accoun for the anxiety of
some people to get possession of it be-
fore 1t dwindles away.
, 1900-03-22

Boxing in the Chicago public schools
is approved by the superintendent and
the president of the board of education.
1t is evident that the future citizen
of Chicago is going to be able to
knock out all competitors, no matter
what line they may pursue.
, 1900-03-22

Washington, March 17.-Secretarv
Long has cabled instructions 10 Admi.
raj Watson, at Cavite, to send a war.
snip to Taku, China, at the mouth OF
the Ifeho river to look after Ame1.
can missionary interests that are
threatened. He has left the selection
OF the ship to Admiral Watson,
, 1900-03-22
4 Cents Per ton Per Mile

Is what 1t would cost you to move ore with our
system of aerial wire rope tramway. VIVA. is
It costing you nowY
, 1900-03-22

Columbus, Ohio, March 17.-Rey. H.
d. pastor of the First Ban
Ilst ohurch of this city, to
his sermons to those who are
church, by telephone. '
ihe church has been wired by the
QUEENS Telephone Company, and as
Ioon as their lines are in operation DR.
~ VIII cause n big transmitter
w, Ge huhg on the front Of the gallery,
liz wiz supply as many private
LIE us hIe connected with 1t. DIR. Bar.
man Explained that in this way the
hnni 'ers OF the church can stay at
nome and hear all the service inc,ud
ing singing, prayers and the sermon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
OCE FREIGHTs,

Cotton - Savannah to Boston, rer
bale. SIPS; to New York, per bale,
SlOo; to Philadelphia, per bale $10O; 10
Baltimore. per bale. $10O; via New York
Bremen. 50c Genoa, 6Oc: Liverpool. i5c:
Reval. zoe; direct. Bremen. 42c; BARGE
Iona. Coo; Geroa. sac; Liverpool. 4Oc:
Havre, 47c; Reval. via Bremen, coo;
Trieste. 55c; Vetice. 63c; Naples, Gle
Lumber-By SAl-FTeight strong Savan-
nah to Baltimore, per NJ, $685.; to Phil
adelphia, $675; to New York $780, to Boe-
ton and Portland $500; TO Havana 500:
to st. John. N. B $500; crossues. "A feet
base, to Baltimore, &c; to Philadelphia,
1Sc; to New York, '25c.
BY m-Lumher-S'avannah to Balti-
more, $3.50; to Philadelphia. $500; to New
York, $50; to dock, $S25; 1ightered-to
Boston, to dock, $S25.
Naval Stores-The market is firm; mo
dunn size vessels. Rosin-Cork for orders,
IS per barrel of $40 pounds and per cent.
primage. Spirits, As Sd per 40 gallons
gross and per cent. primage Larger
vessels rosin. Is Cd; spirits As. Steam, 1Oc
per 100 pounds on rosin, SOC on spirits,
Savannah TO Boston. and S12c on rosin.
and soc on spirits to New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
COTTON LETTERS.

New York, March 31-Hubbard Bros &
co. say: Private advices from T,yernool
to-day reported that market as heavy.
with many offerings by the recent specu-
latlVe buyers. Prices here in consequence
under the pressure of selling orders, de-
clined 10 points at the opening. and while
some buying to cover sales of the past
Few days caused a slight rally. there was
no additional demand. Weather condi-
tons are still unfavorable
New York March 31.-Murphy & Co.
say; Cotton in Liverpool closed I'M
changed for spots. Futures opened 8
points higher, reacted and closed at a
decline of point old crops and 2G3 points
lower on new crops This caused our
market to open 6G10 points lower on the
old crop and 3Q5 lower on new crop At
the opening there was some buying for
local account and prices advanced points
for August and 506 for the next crop
months Chronicle reports farm work
backward in the cotton belt. Texas ship
pers are said 10 be Offering fall shipments
of new crop at nc free on board for
Europe. The statistical position of cotton
seems to be discounted in the price, and
the fact that manufacturers average
holdings are relatively larger than usual
Manchester reports continued unfavorable
of good weather South will probably
change the reports of backwardness.
Seven cents for new crop cotton in the
interior is a very full price for an average
crop and should stimulate planting
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
GRAIN. rnovIsloNs, ETC.

New York, March 51.-Flour inactive,
but unchanged az steady prices. Rye
flour dun; fair to good, 50 90d31 Is: choice
to. fancy, $3.20d35o. Cornmeal firm;
Western. SIC, f. .. b. afloat Barley
quiet; feeding. 43hd45i3c; mailing 5Od
$50. Barley malt dun; Western, 55d65c
Wheat-Spot, steady; No. red, S0Ssc.
Options after a momentary advance at
the opening, due to stronger cables, yield
ed to local unloading and ruled rather
weak throughout the forenoon, closing
duh AND easy, at &c net decline. May
closed 737Ec; July closed 737sc
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2. Sac Options
market was steady all morning on higher
cables, light country offerings and alb
sence of sellers. 1t eventually eased off,
with wheat, and closed easy at unchang-
ed prices. May closed 441sc; July, 44&c.
Oats-Spot quiet; No 2, 2S%c Options
STOW and about steady May closed 2S5Ac.
Beef steady; family, $12.0Od13. so; mess,
$l0.50d1.00 Cut meats steady; picked
bellies, 63iQSc: picked shoulders, 61gc
picked hams, 10A@101ac.
Lard quiet; Western steamed, $3.50; re-
fined steady; continent, $685.
Pork firm; family, $14OO; short clear,
$12.75d14.25.
Butter weak and lower; Western cream
cry, 24c; imitation creamery, 1Sd22c; state
dairy, 1920
Cheese quiet; fancy, large white, 1224 a
13c; fancy large colored, 13Ac; fancy
small white. 13d14c.
Eggs, Southern. at mark, 11d12c; West
ern ungraded, 12c.
Potatoes quiet: New Jersey, 81 25d1 so;
New York s150d175 Long Island $1.5Oa
LIS: New Jersey sweets, 81. 2572.75
Tallow dull city, SIC; country. 5Aa59sc.
Petrlouem steady; refined, New York.
$3.50; Philadelphia and Baltimore 1885;
do in bulk, $40.
Resin steady; strained common to good,
$40.
Turpentine quiet 55lkd55c.
Rice steady; domestic. 41s961ac; Japan,
4a4647sc.
Cabbage quiet; Long Island, $4OOa6 90
per 100
Freights to Liverpool, market strong;
cotton by steam zoe
Coffee market options opened steady,
with prices points lower to points
higher: near positions being relatively
firm on demand from spot houses. while
the bear interest was inclined to sell the
remote positions at present differences on
the inactivity of speculation and a belief
that interior handlers are well stocked up.
Unusually heavy warehouse deliveries
as AS bags) explained by 81. 1893 bags taken
ex-ship from New Orleans while larger
receipts at Rio and Santos and further
decline at Rio caused generally weak I'M
dertone. The market closed barely steady,
with prices unchanged to points lower;
total sales, 1880 bags. including May
at case; July 6.5Oc; August 660c; Sep
tember 6.65c; spot Rio dull No. Z, in
voice, 734c do jobbing, sac; mild quiet;
Cordova, 915a14c.
Sugar raw, firm; fair refining, 31-S2d /;
centrifugal, 96-test. 15-S2c. Molasses
sugar, 3 25-32c; refined dull No. 6. 465c
New York. March 31.-Cotton seed oil
firm without important change or bust
ness; prime crude, 33t2 Q34c; prime summer
yellow, BIC; off summer yellow noinal; but
ter grades 37d39c; prime winter yellow. 30; ;
prime white, SSd39c; prime meal, $26 a
$3.50
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-Market is steady. ,moked clear
sides, SIC; dry saited clear sides Sc; BEL
lies. Si4c; sugar-cured hams, 12AQ131sc.
Lard-Ma rket nrm; pure in tierces, ne;
@-pound tins, 7alc; compound, in tierces,
csc; 50-pound tins, csc.
Cheese--Market firm: rancy full cream
cheese, lac for 25-pound average.
Flour-Market steady; patent. $4.25:
straight, $500; fancy, $365; family. $40.
Corn-Marke- steady; white, job lots
5Sc; carload lots, 56c; mixed corn job lots,
SIC; carload lots, soc.
Oats-No. 2 mixed, carload SEC; job lots,
3703Sc; white, 39c, carload: 40c job lots;
white, clipped, 81 to AZ pounds). 3SG42c.
Texas rust proof oats, Job lots, 4oc; car
load, Ale.
Southern seed rye, Sis.
Bran-Job lots, csc; carload lots, 9Oc.
Hay-Mar1et steady; Western, Job lots
97l4c; carload lots, 9214c; Eastern, none in
market.
High wine basis. 81. 23k gallon.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, $2.45; per sack,
$.l5; city meal, per sack bolted, 81 O5:
water ground. S1.0S: pearl grist. Hud-
nuts, per barrel, 50 G5: per sack, 81 90
Sugar-Equaligy Prices-Savannah quo
tations: Cut leaf 5.S3c; crushed 5s3c:
powdered, .. SIC; xxx powdered. $3.50;
standard granulated A. 543c; cubes. 5.5Sc
mould A, 5.6Sc, diamond A, 5 43c; confec-
toners A. 5.23c white extra C, 4.9sc; ex-
ira c, 4. 93c; golden c, 4.73c; yellow, CSC
Coffee-Firm; Mocha, 26c; Java, 26c; Pea
berry, BIC; standard No. /, 12c; No. 2,
111Ac; No. 3. 11hc; No. 4, lie; No 5, lOhc;
No. G. $40; No. Z. 9l9c
Onions-White. $L25Q1.50 crate; SO. 75R4oO
barrel; red, 81 6501.7 Is per barrel-sack; vel
low, $l.S542.00.
Potatoes-Nortnern. firm at s2OOd215.
Parsnps, Carrots and Beets-$2 5O027
per barrel.
Peas-Black-Qyed, $1.s5a2O per busbel.
Potatoes-Northern, firm at 500.
Beans-Navy or peas, $2.5Oq275 per
bushel
Bananas-$1. 25d2 %.
Lemons-Market firm az 50. Ooli3. % box,
Oranges-Florida. none; California seed
ing S.25; California navels. SS.Ooq35O.
Cocoanuts-Market steady: sz.75agS.OO per
I00
Apples-Red varieties. s4.5Oa5.Oo per bar
rel; russets, s40O9f50.
Dried Fruits-Apples. evaporated. sbG
&c: sun-drled, SIC.
Nuts-Aimonds, Tarragona Ice; Ivicas.
1Sc; walnuts, French, 12c: Naples i2c. me-
ed nuts, 50-pound and 25-pound boxes. 1Oc.
Raisins-LL L., 500; imperial cabinets
rs; loose, 50-pound boxes. 8aS1kc pound
Peanuts-Limited stock. fair demand;
market firm; fancy nand-pcRed Virginia
per pound, 41sc: hand-picked. Virginia,
sac; ~ G. state seed peanuts, 4a4hc
Fieh-Macke rel, half-barrels, No 1. 81 30.
No. 2. 500; No. g. IS 90: kits. No. !. Si.&:
No. 2, $l.OO; No. 3, zoe. Goldfish. 1-pound
bricks. 615c; 2-pound bricks, &C. Smoked
herring. per box, lie. Dutch herring. In
kegs, N10; new mullet, half-barrel. $3.50
Syrup-Market quiet: Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying al 2SGa0c: selling at. 800
Sc: sugar house at 10d15c; selling al
straight goods. 23q30c; sugar house mo-
lasses, 15020c.
Honey-Far demand; strained. in bar
rcls. 6gd65o gallon.
salt-Demand is fair and the market
n a
sacks. 4ic: 1OO-pounG cotton sacks, 45c l25-
pound burlnp sacks. Size; l2J-pound cot
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
A NEW SOUTHERN AUTHOR,
A Look at Mary Johnston, Author OF
$40 Have and To Hold"


Birmingham, Ala, March 21.-Mary
Johnson, the author of ITO Have and To
Hold. enjoys this dlstinction-she de-
clines to be interviewed. Miss Johnston's
reticence in this matter has probably re-
suited in this noticeable fact, that, al
though the American and English review
ers have exhausted columns in praise OF
her books, comparatively little has been
written of the personality of the woman
of her charming home in Birmingham, of
her ideal life in sunny Alabama. The
world knows of her as a Virginia girl and
the photographs that have been widely
copied reveal a wonderfully sweet-faced
young woman, the graceful contour of her
face recalling some famous miniature on
ivory by the old masters.
She Is not very tell and her figure 10
slender and fragile. She carries herself
well, and has that high-bred air that
gives her distinctive charm In an as
sembly. Her eyes are large and brown,
with little fecks of gold. Her light brown
hair Is soft and wavy, and she wears it
simply. She dresses quietly and fashion,
ably. Her tastes are those Of a charm
ing woman, who. although unconvention-
al, respects every propriety. She has
travelled extensively in this country and
abroad
Miss Johnstons life is that of any high
bred. aristocratic girl of the South. AS
the Oldest daughter of a family of six, she
has had, since the death of her mother
ten years ago, the cares and responsible
ties of her fathers household Her ia
ther, Maj. John w. Johnston, was form
erly president of the Georgia Pacific
Railroad, now a part Of the Southern Sys-
TEN.
Miss Johnston typewrites her own sto-
ries. She spent last summer at fashion,
able resort in the Alleghanles and the
click of her typewriter was frequently
heard far into the summers night. as she
was at work on the concluding chapters
of her story, "To Have and to Hold"
then running serlally in the Atlantic
Monthly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
TONS OF HONEY.
where the wild Bees Abound Is VAL
verde County, Texas.

Del Rio CTeX) Cor Chicago Record.
There is enough honey in the brakes of
Devils river to make any man rich who
will get il 10 market. There are cons of
it; in clefts in the rocks. in hollow trees,
i'm caves and I'm the famous Devils
Punch Bowl" which is a great sink in
the Devil's valley, and out of which bees
swarm always in clouds so thick that. at
a distance of two or three miles. IL has
the appearance of a great signal smoke.
The hills and valley land along the river
are covered for a great part of the year
with an endless variety of flowers, and
i'm the winter season, which Is never cold
enough to freeze the bees, there is an
abundance of decaying fruit-cactus APP
pies and berries of many klnds-so that
they never have to stop working on ac-
count of lack of material or bad weather,
and thus go on piling up their wealth
throughout the whole year
The business of gathering this honey,
while fairly profitable. is not followed to-
any great extent for the reason that there
Is a little in the work of the honey hunter
which Is anything like sport, and every
thing Connected with 1t is full of priva-
lions and danger. The county is so rough
that 1t is impossible TO get anywhere near
the honey caves unless one goes on foot,
packing his camp equipage on his back
or on a burro; water is not overplentiful
and much of that to be found is unfit for
use and besides all this, the actual get
ting of the honey Is no easy task. Some
times the caves are in such inaccessible
places that the hunter has to let himself
down the face of a cliff for two or three
hundred feet and hang there at the end
of his rope while the bees sting him half
20 death, while he digs out a few pounds
of honey; or. again, he may find cave
easy TO rob only to find that he must car
ry the spoil several miles on his back be-
fore he can get 1t to a place where he can
load 1t upon his burros
Several years ago a hunting party made
IN OF Kansas City men, went into that
country on trip after big game. for there
are plenty of deer in there even now and
al that time bears We're numerous. When
they got up into the honey country they
began figuring on the fortunes to be made
out of It, and having heard of the Devils
Punch Bowl, locally known as the "Dev-
IFS Sink Hole" they decided TO go and
see 1t and, If possible, devise some scheme
whereby they might get the tons of honey
il contained.
When they reached it, like every one
else seeing il for the first time they
were amazed at the proportions of the
wonder; a hole forty feet In diameter
yawnng open in the middle Of a wide val
ley, with a perfect torrent of bees rushing
up from 1t like dirt blown from some
mighty blast and all the while a roaring
loud as that of a great cataract looking
down into the abyss, for the whole widens
Immediately below the surface, they saw
abe festoons of honey hanging there which
the bees had strung along the sides of their
mammoth hive after they had filled the
hidden grottoes, and through the upward
swarms could be seen the CLEANS of combs
built no doubt many years before.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
~fSMoRNING NEWS: SUNDAY, APRIL 1. 1900
ton sacks, 55hc; 2OO-pound burlap sacks,

ton sacks, 55isc; 2cO-pound burlap sacks.
S5c.
Hides, Wool Etc.-HIdes-This market
firm; dry flint. 1870 dry salt, 1S1Ac: green
salted. TIC. Wool nominal; prime Geor-
gia, free OF sand. burrs and black wool.
PIC; black. 1Sc; bury. 1Od12c Wax. 25c:
tallow. 4c. Deer skins zoe.
Oil-Market steCdy: demand fair: signal
45q50c; West Virginia. black 9Q12c; lard,
ssc; neatsfoot. 6O@70c; machinery, 16Q25c;
linseed oil, raws Gle; boiled. CSC; kerosene
prime white, 1yc, water white, lac: Pratt's
astral, 15c; deodorized stove gasoline
drums, 12l4c. Empty oil barrels delivered
S5c.
Gun Powder-Per key, Austin crack
shot, $500; half kegs. $2.25; quarter kegs
H.25; champion ducking, quarter kegs
S2,25; Dupont and Hazard smokeless, half
kegs, $ll.S5 quarter kegs. SIS; 1-pound
canisters. $100 less rs per cent; Troisdorf
smokeless powder. 1-pound cans, $lO0; 10
pound cans, soc bound.
Shot-Drop, $50; b b and large, ST. s.;
chilled. $lS5
Iron-Market >ery steady; swede. $40
&c base: refined, &c base.
Nails-Cut $500 ba~e; wire. $3.50 base
Barned Wire-$4.5o per 100 hounds.
Lime, Calcium Plas-er and Cement-Al-
ALBANIA and Georgia lime IN fair demand
and sell at soc a Darrell special calcined
plaster, $3.50 per barrel; hair 4q5c.
Rosedale cement, $1.2001.25; carload lots,
special; Portland cement, retail 81 %; car
load lots, $2O0Q2. 20.
Lumber. =. q. b. Vessel savannah
Minimum yard sizes $140Ga15OO; car stills.
$l6.006l6.50 difficult sizes, $165OG25.O0: ship
stock, SIS. 0OaS000; sawn ties, $12.5O013 90;
hewn ties, 33Q%6c.
Cotton Bagging-Market steady; jute.
2A-pound. 7c 2-Iound, 6izc; A-pound,
61sc; sea island bagging 9Ac.
Cotton Ties-Standard, 45-pound. arrow.
large lots $L25; small lots, $135.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
STOCKS AND nONDs.

New York. March 3-Wal street was
treated to an agreeable surprise to-day in
an exceedingly favorable bank statement
The most sanguine preliminary estimate
of the gain in cash by the banks for the
week on interior currency movement and
the sub-treasury operations did not exec d
e95 600.
The actual returns show a gain of near
~ $500 90. The explanation of this large
increase in cash is not easily perceptible.
1t may be due to the fact that the ship
ments Of currency to the interior by the
banks have included a large proportion of
their new note issues, while the receipts
have been made up Of legal tenders. The
process of sorting thus involved would
Vi Id larger return to the banks of cash
available for reserve than would be indl-
Gated in the bare figures of excess of re-
ceipts over shipments on the interior
movement 1t will he by some such process
that the new bank notes will displace the
legal tenders in actual circulation and
thus make them az al able for reserve pur-
poses of the banks. Another possible ex
planation of the increase in cash is that
leans have been paid off in cash. The loan
item shows that the new demand ON the
banks fer sto market operations and
for April settlements has more than Off
set the LIQUIDATION of loans for holding
government bonds designed to use as Sc
curity for note issues. The result is a loan
expansion Of s. 2SO,9c0 Had it not been
for the Unexpectedly large gain in cash,
the increase in reserve requirements thus
involved would have made an lnroad upon
the surplus
1t was some fear of this showing that
caused yesterdays hesitation and uneasi-
ness in the stock market. The same feel
ing was perceDible to some extent in the
early trading to-day but it gave way to
the renewed buying demand, especially for
the iron and steel stocks and after the
publication of the bank statement, the
strength became general and the market
closed active and strong at substantial
net gains all through the list. The bears
in Sugar were relieved from their panic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

New York, March 31.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve, increase "a us. $50; loans,
increase SO, 2S0, 800; specie. increase, $685.
Geo; legal tenders, increase $2515.90). De
posits, increase $40, POO; circulation, in
crease, $50 900.
The banks now hold $9,83G15O in excess
of the requirements of the p per cent
rula
New York, March 31-Money on call
steady 30312 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 4k0512 per cent. Sterling exchange
steady with actual business in bankers
bills at $S6ls for demand, and at $4.S2l4a
1928 for sixty days. Posted rates, 81 S3l2
and ST. Commercial bills, 81. S21aG4.S3. Sill
yer certificates, 60AaaMc Bar silver, 5 5sc.
Mexican dollars. 4734c. State bonds mac
tive. Railroad bonds firm. Government
bonds weak
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
RIVERS ARE ON THE RISE.
LOwndes County Farmers Look for
Good Crop Year.

Vadosta, Ga. March 31.-The streams in
this county are higher than they have
been in several years and are out of their
banks for the first time in more than a
year. WithlacOochee river was low
some time ago that the stream did not run
al all and. in some places, there were
only banks Of sand where the stream had
been The lakes and ponds also became
dry and, as these operate as water re-
serves, the condition became serious The
heavy rains, however, have filed up the
ponds and had put the rivers to booming.
With good seasons, the farmers expect a
fine year for crops.
Chief Dampier has been wiring to Mem
phis, Macon, Atlanta and other places
asking for the detention Of Frank Avery
a white man. who has been training
horses here for local parties. Avery is
said to have borrowed various sums of
money from parties here and then disap-
peared. He came here from Jacksonville
and had very good reputation, so the
parties here were 10th to believe that
he was trying 70 defraud them.