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The age-herald., 1901-03-28
Murphy e co.,s Cotton Letter.
(Murphy & Co.'s Cotton Letter.)

(MUTpNy ~ VI 5 OOttUII- IIbIt6f .J
 New York, March N.-Cotton in Liver pool advanced 1-16cd on spots. Futures opened unchanged. then gradually de- ciined 4-s4d and closed 2 points under last night Liverpool stood about 2-64d lower when our market opened, and continent al and Southern operators had orders in to sell This market opened feverish at ' points decline, and ruled steadier after
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, March N.-Cotton: Spot, moderate business. Prices 1-16d higher; American middling fair. 51sd; good mid ding, 4 27-32d middling. 4 A-32d: low middling, 4 15-s2d; good ordinary, 7-32d; ordinary, 8 31-32d.
 The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 800 bales were for speculation and export and included 7200 American.
 Receipts. 400 bales; no American.
 Futures opened quiet and steady and closed quiet. American middling, l. m. C.: March, 4.31@4. 32d, value; March April, 431d, buyers; April-May. 4.3OQ 4.31d, sellers; May-June, 4.30@431d, sell gust. 4.3994.20d.> sellers; August-Septem- Der. 4.32d. sellers; September. 4.23d, sell CTS; October. 4.06, sellers; October-No- vember, 402d. sellers; November-Decem- Der, 4d, sellers.
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
Cotton Letter.

c. W. Lee & Co.'S Cotton Letter to H. D.
 Cothran & Co)
 New York March N.-Weak and lower cables upset all calculations and caused some selling out early of long cotton taken on yesterday, in hopes that the market had turned, proving another false start. The opening here today on noth- Ing but the cables was quite weak, but there was a quick rally to the closing prices of last night, and on the upturn 1t was difficult to buy very much. show ing plainly that there fig no great press ure under the 7.75 level for May and July. Private advices say there Is firm feel ing abroad in spot circles, but lack of speculation makes the future market seem weak, though 1t Is not so in fact. This about covers the situation on this side, as there have been liberal sales on spot cotton here and on all other centers all the week. of course at the decline in values. The early break today again made a new low level, 7.6e for May. There was faint recovery later on the light estimates for New Orleans; only 2OOO to 5000 bales are expected there tomorrow, against S0Sl week ago and TIA for the same day Q year ago. At Houston 45O0 to $500 are expected, against 4007 a week ago and 693 the same day last year. Port receipts today were quite large, being 22 ,- 795 bales, against 2012 week ago and 14,96S the same day a year ago, indicating liberal exports for the week. and the To- cal stock has been reduced considerable during the past few weeks. The buying of the winter months so noticeable at, around and under FPS by conservative operators remains a feature, and the gen. eral outside trade are showing an incIi- nation of doing likewise. continuance of the unfavorable weather and much further delay in planting operations might start general rush to buy the new crop futures of October and Decem- Der. They have been relatively the strongest for some days, and even with all signs favorable we do not think will go much below cents. if they sell that low.
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
Money on Call.

New York, March N.-Money on call firmer at 2@S per cent. Last loan 2h Prime mercantile paper SA@4h per cent Sterling exchange firm at decline or "a business active in bank bills at 4SShQ 4ssA for demand and 4S4% for sixty days Posted rates 4s51k@4s9. Commercial bills 4s4a4S411. Silver certificates 611a@63 Bar silver 59A. Mexican dollars 49. Govern ment bonds strong; State bonds weak railroad bonds steady.
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, March 27.-After the clos ing hour yesterday there were a few small lists of cotton disposed of and had the early improvement at Liverpool to- day held, 1t Is very probable that free movement locally would have resulted. But with the subsequent break in con- tract values in the English market came developing feeling of uncertainty among buyers and disposition to hold off for further happenings before filling other than imperative orders, which are just now very numerous. Factors are generally inclined to be optimistic and hold that prices are now very near if not quite at bedrock. They the, therefore, less anxious sellers and offer no very great inducements for buyers to take hold in the shape of further concession. The sales today were 1850, including 1900 to arrive. Prices unchanged.
 The market for contracts was fairly ac- tive during the early hours and quite a free movement in May and July engage ments was recorded. Liverpool indulged in one of her frequent paradoxes by ad- vancing spot values 2-32d and working deliveries down to a loss of 2-64 to 3-64d, as compared to yesterdays figures. On this side there was a sharp break on the opening, New York falling off to 10 and New Orleans to 10 points on first calls. But the initial slump in prices, strange to relate, seemed to spur local bulls to action and for once In way they added new ventures to the proht-taking sales of the shorts and assisted in forcing prices back again.
 New Orleans, March N.-Cotton quiet and steady; sales, 5350 ordinary, 59sc: good ordinary, 6 5-16c; low middling, 7hc; midding, 15-16c; good middling, sac; middling fair, 8 9-16c; receipts, 10,239; stock, .756.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 7SS52; ex- ports to Great Britain, 5S,40S exports to France, 12,S95; exports to the continent, 37, 7,032; stock, 7S7, ,7S6.
 New Orleans, March N.-Cotton futres steady; March, 7.92 bid April, 7.S1@7 S3; May, 7.74fb7 .75; June, ' .6S@D7 TO; July, 7.65 Q7. 66; August 7.45@7 46; September, TIT bid; October, 7.04D7 .O5; November 7.0O@ TOP; December, 6.9S@7.00
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
 Physician and Surgeon.

Three-fourths of the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure. L o s t Manhood and other priv ate diseases have tried to get well by using oth- CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflicted? It
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
Treas,Irv Statement.

Washington, March H.-Today's state ment of the treasury balances in the gen. eral fund, exclusive of the sl50.OOo,OOOO gold reserve in the division of redemp- ton, shows: Available cash balance, $15S,- 054 4n6: gold S97. .245. .357.
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN,

All purchases and sales are made direct given.
 .Correspondents-J. H. Parker & Co.,, c. W. Lee & Co., Purnell Hagaman & Co., New York; Fairchild & Hobson. New Or leans; Ware & Leland. Chicago. Reference-First National Bank of Birmingham. First National Bank of Rome, Ga s
 TELEPHONE NO. 11B.
 Special attention given to orders over telephone and orders sent from out of the city.
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
Metal Market.

New York, March 27.-Tin was slow and firm at s26.15@26.45; lake copper was steady at a700; spelter was unchanged at s3.85Q3 90; lead was dull at $4371k Pig iron warrants were unchanged
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
Dry Goods Market.

New York, March N.-The market for brown sheetings and drills was dull and weak. Bleached cottons quiet, without ouotable change. Coarse colored cottons dull and easy to buy. Cotton fannels opened for new season at irregular prices. Print cloths inactive. Prints and ginahams unchanged. Mems woolens are dull and business chiefly in new lines at low prices. Dress goods in fair demand for staples and speciaities for waist ma terials.
The age-herald., 1901-03-28
The coffea Market.

New York, March H.-Spot Rio was dull; No. invoice, 67sc; mild was quiet; Cordova, S@121ec. Futures opened strong, with prices unchanged to points high CT, ruled moderately active with some foreign help became quiet with only To- cal orders, and subsequently showed an easy undertone under realizing, closing steady with prices points net lower Total sales, $500 bags, including April, at $5 50; May, $560; July, S.70; August and September, s5.so; November, s5.s5@5.sO; December, $6 OO3S 05; January, $6.05.
The age-herald., 1901-03-28

Gall for Alabama Brewing Company's Extra Pale" and standard" Beers. On tap or in bottles. Phone 1928.
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Southern Railway Co. The Great Highway of Travel North,
 East, South and West.
 Schedule in effect January 13 1901
EASTBOUND

No. Ss, Washington and Southwestern Limited" solid vestibuled train, Atlanta to Washington; Pullman sleeping car. Birmingham to New York; also Pullman library observation car, Atlanta to New York Dining car east of Atlanta.
 No. 36, ''U. s. Fast Mail" carries Pull man sleeping cars Birmingham to Rich mond, Va. vIs Atlanta; also sleeper Att lanta to New York.
 Dining car east of Atlanta
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Ala. Great Southern R. R. 
 lEII5lI sj :3Siil U RE SJSlG s

Shortest and quickest line to Cincinnati. Louisville and the North; also to Shreve- port, New Orleans. Texas and all points Southwest
 Schedule in effect December 9, 1soo
The age-herald., 1901-03-28

F g Cannon. Third Vice President and General Manager, Washington. D. O. s. H. Hardwick, G. P. A, Washington. D. c.
 c. A. Benscoter, A. c. P. A., Chattanco. ga, Tenn.
 c. E. Jackson, T. P. A, Birmingham, Ala
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N. D. C0THRAN & GO.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade and New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Roorrs 1 and Alabama National Bank
 Building. Private leased wires to New York, New Orleans and Chicago. naRHAM 0HnnHA nm an AlM
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DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN CINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON.
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New York Cotton Futures. By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran & Co
The age-herald., 1901-03-28

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 Elegant through sleepers between Bir- mingham, Columbus, Macon and suvan- nah on Nos. and (
 Connection is made at Savannah with the fast freight and luxurious passenger steamships of the Savannah Line from and to New York, Boston and the East For more detailed information, beauti- fully illustrated matter. write or apply to soLoN JACOBS; Commercial Agent Agent, 1921 First Avenue.
 JACK w JOHNSON. Union Ticket Agent, Birmingham. Ala.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-01

from reporting conditions to the enemy, but
even this Il an unusual proceeding. Sew
eral times during the earlier stages Of the
campaign in the Philippines the American
commanders received Populations from
Aguinaldo's headquarters. suggesting an
armistice and a permanent settlement upon
impossible terms. These deputies were al
ways kindly received and even too highly
considered, for 1t was later reported that
their progress through the towns held by
the Americans was made to appear to the
people as sign of the success of the in
surgent cause.
De Wet doubtless refused to recognize the
men whom he has murdered as technically
peace ENJOYS. But the fact that they did
not officially represent Great Britain or the
British army does not relieve their slaughter
from indictment as barbarism. Nothing is
to be gained by this degeneration of the
Boer campaign. Indeed De Vets perform
ances can have no other effect than to
cause the struggle to cost both sides more
heavily. Having whipped the organized ar
mics Of Joubert, Cronje and Botha, having
captured the two capitals and relieved three
tightly beleaguered cities, and taken over
the full sovereignty in a series of procla
nations, 1t Is not to be dreamed that the
British government will now permit itself
to be driven into granting more moderate
though successful, raids of a leader who
stands now merely FIR the disorga lnza doh
which war has wrought in the region.
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More Power for the Police

The pending bill empowering the courts
OF the District to hold and try persons who
enter this Jurisdiction with the repute OF
criminal record elsewhere should be has
tened 10 the point of enactment before the
session closes. There is reason for haste
In this case. The present laws have been
so Interpreted of late that the police au
thorities Of the District find 1t practically
impossible to arres. and hold well-known
thieves and evil-doers who are attracted 10
Washing; on by large gatherings in the hope
of plying their criminal practices. Until a
man IL actually caught with his hand In
the pocket of another. or has sand-bagged
q pedestrian. or has swindled his victim by
Q confidence game. he can not be molested
even though a policeman stands by his
elbow knowing full well his vicious char
acter and his professional propensity. 1t Is
the usual experience that Washing on Is
visited by thieves and criminals of all
classes during Inauguration time, even In
former years when the laws We're more
literally construed and the police had the
power TO arrest on suspicion. 1t is the ex-
pectatiOn and fear of the authorities now
that with this peculiar condition of the
statutes doubtless widely advertised among
the crooks of the country the capital will
become a veritable Mecca for them in
few weeks and unless some new measure
of law il granted the evil of their presence
and operations will be seriously felt during
the season Of the inaugural ceremonies
The passage of the pending bill, which is
apparently drawn with careful attention to
the requirements of the case as 1t stands
will arm the police with sufficient author
ity To arrest all well-known thieves and
swtndiers as they put foot within the Dis
trIct The earlier the bill Is passed the
more widely the news will spread among
the fraternity and the less work the police
will have to do in this line in addition to
their extraordinarily heavy task of keeping
The large inaugural crowds in order There
i. reason. therefore. for haste in consider
ing this measure. which ought to be classed
"a an emergency proposition of first i'm
Portance.
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LOOtinx in China,

The extent TO which looting has been
practiced in China by the foreign soldiers
may never be known. 1t will not do to
estimate 1t by the reports that have gone
abroad the subject. They have been
very conflicting. and, the powers have
been accusing one another, exaggerations
are to be estimated for. Russian dis
patches have complained of the English.
and English dispatches of the Russians:
the French have been appalled, at the ex-
cesses of the Germans. and the Germans
have been surprised and panied by the
performances of the French. Japan and
the United States are not so much involved
but even their troops have received an oc-
casional rap, The cable of yesterday. in
deed contained the story Of two enterpris-
ing Americans who have been levying trib-
ute on inoffensive Cinnamon and films
their own pockets after the highwayman's
fashion.
But, after all allowances of this kind
have been made. the story is probably sac
and discreditable enough. The natural feel
ting Is that Of shame and regret that such
things should have stained the record of
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De VETS CamDaign,

General De Wet has earned the applause
of the neutral world and even of many
Englishmen by his clever lodging of the
British forces in South Africa, his constant
displays of military skill and his capacity
10 maneuver upon short commons in the
face of an overwhelming force of the enc
my Indeed, De Vets performances rank
among the most striking of the entire cam
paign filled as 1t has been with surprises
and sensations. But unfortunately, the
professional reputation which This intrepid
Boer leader has earned by these means Is
likely to become clouded by his action in
killing the Boer-E English peace ENJOYS who
recently approached him with a petition on
behalf Of the people of the Transvaal to
lay down his arms. He first logged and
then Immediately shot one of them, an En-
glishman, and then fiogged and after a
considerable interval shot another, a Boer
citizen. This conduct Is denounced of
course roundly in England. and Is depre-
Gated even where the cause of the Beers Is
upheld by popular sentiment.
The peace envoy approaching combat
ant under flag of truce. bearing q petit
lion for cessation of hostilities, is always
regarded by civilized commanders as Inn
mune from harm He may be detained as q
prisoned in some cases. to prevent him
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Christian powers while in a heather land
for the purpose OF restoring order. And
yet such acts unfortunately go with war
everywhere. They are always features OF
the devastation wrought by an advancing
and successful army. Soldiers are never
saints The fighting man Of the ranks.
taking his cue from Death, with whom he
Is familiar, is no respecter Of persons when
they are opposed to him. and when their
goods and chattels are laid at his mercy by
the tide of battle. He is very human
individual, and very apt to lay his hands
on good things within reach that have been
abandoned by the enemy. The history OF
no army is exempt from criticism on this
score, and none ever will be. 1t Is one
count in General Shermans Indictment
that war Is hell.
The only way to stop these offenses Is to
withdraw the troops. and the only way to
secure a withdrawal of the troops is for
China to comply at once with the terms to
which through her ENJOYS she has sub
scribed. Let the court return to Pekin, let
obligations for the future be assumed, let
every earnest be given the powers that law
and order shall prevail In China by the en-
forcement of China's own DEGREES, and the
troops will depart. and all the excuses as
ISOLATED with large camps and scouting par
ties In a hostile country must cease. Ii
China has paid heavily for her offenses, ii
should be remembered that they were Of
fenses that deserved the severest punish
ment. And had the legations been carried
by storm, the looting there by the Chinese
would have set the pegs for completeness
and atrocity. War Is conducted under the
Mosaic law. and not under the golden rule.
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The Army Bill Finally Passed.

The army bill has passed at last, having
been put through the final stages In the
Senate yesterday afternoon. when the con-
ference report was agreed to by vote of
33 to %. Thus this necessary piece Of legis-
iation which has been so persistently ham,
pered through partisan maneuvering, Is
finally accomplished, greatly to the relief
of the administration. Had .the regular ses-
sion closed without action extra session
would have been absolutely necessary, for
the situation in the Philippines would not
permit the shrinkage of the army which the
lapse of the provisional authority granted
to the President would have necessltated on
the LIST of next July. Nothing short of the
absolute abandonment OF the islands would
have.followed such a move. for it is evident
that as long as the Aguinaldians remain
active in bandit warfare 1t will be necessary
to maintain force In the archipelago much
larger than the entire stand ng army under
the old regime. 1t Is the confident expecta-
ton of those familiar with the case in the
islands that practical pacification will fol-
low, first the institution of civil government
in all parts of the islands; second. the guar
antee by the church authorities at Rome
that the friars will not be forced back upon
the people With the natives freed from
the menace of the friars and afforded a con-
crete illustration of the meaning OF Amer
lean sovereignty IN the form Of effective,
economical progressive civil government. 1t
is easy to believe that the insurrection will
soon become everywhere In the archipelago
a mere condition of outlawry such Is
common to all sparsely settled and incom-
pletely organized countries, and such
may be discerned here and there even In
our own land. The passage of the army bill
ought to prove a moral force for pacifica-
ton, too, for 1t Is known that assurances
have been held out by irresponsible persons
in this country to the Filipino juntas that
the opposition to expansion here would take
the form OF permanently blockading this
measure in the Senate, thus forcing the
government to withdraw because of the lack
of troops While the folly OF such promises
Is to be instantly appreciated here. there Is
no knowing what stimulating effect they
may have had upon the insurgent leaders
and agents. The Congress has now for
mally granted to the administration all the
men 1t has called for all the authority 1t
requires to keep the army in the Philippines
and all the latitude necessary to adjust the
service to the distant field
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Putting t,ne Wire. Underground.

From the Baltimore Herald.
Hope, OFT deferred, that the overhead
wires which encumper the streets of Bal
timore, giving them a ragged, siOvenly APP
pearance, detractung from Sucn architec
turai beauties as the city can boast Of and
eIfdangerlng life as well as property, would
shorty De placed in the conduits built for
TINS purpose, has been revived by the state
ment that final order for the removal of
aerial lines will be issued in a few days by
the municipal subway commission. The
completion of work on the subways is an.
nounced, and the prospect Is held out that
within few months at the most the pup-
lie thoroughfareS will be cleared of the I'M
slightly impediments which cucumber them
If these expectations are realized. the
many annoyanceS Inconvenience and DIS
comforts experienced by the resident popu-
lation while the work Of construction was
in progress will be forgotten in the enjoy
ment Of the benefits of which the removal
of the wires must surely be productive
But past disappointments and the obstinate
Indifference of reca.citrant corporations
which ought to show ready compliance with
the wishes OF the people as slight return
for the valuable privileges enjoyed, excite
skepticism as to the early consummation OF
the change. 1t will be remembered that. al
though a large part of the subway system
has been In restricted use for many months
and the conditions complained OF could have
been to a considerable extent abated long
ago, progress thus far in putting wires out
of the way has been inappreciable to the
ordinary observer. No d1mfnution In the
number Of poles has taken place, and new
wires are being strung Almost every day.
Appearances might well create the impress
sion that subways were never even con-
templated here.
The removal of wires and poles Is most
urgent necessity. Well nigh every fire
demonstrates anew the menacing character
Of these relics Of the past. Firemen find
themselves seriously hampered in fighting
flames by the overhead metal network,
which interferes with the effective handling
of apparatus, while the direful possibilities
Of the supposed dead wire in diverting
electrical currents, inimical alike to build
ings and individuals, are well known.
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The men recently sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary In connection with the Bosschieter
case have made mawkish speeches indicat-
ing spirit of resignation which people In
their position could not reasonably be ex-
pected to display. Some of them have a
great deal of money behind them, and 1t
would be absurd to believe that they are
not hopeful of being pardoned. If the pres
ent governor cannot be Influenced in their
favor, possibly their friends may try to
exert campaign fund influences to eject a
governor who can. The future Of the case
will be worth watching.