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The Washington times., 1901-10-04
PUBLIC NIGHT SCHOOLS.
Assignment of buildings at wien
Sessions VIII BE Held.

The free night schools will open o Mon-
day October I, at 1880 p. m, and VIII pe
open each Mondays Wednesday. ana IL
day. Tickets are to be obtaired IN the
various school buildings Were night
school is held on FRIDAY apd Saturday
evenings from $50 TO 7:20 and on the
opening night.
The schools for. white pupils win be
held at jefferson Bulldog, Sixth and d
Streets southwest; Gaks Building. New
Jersey Avenue and5G Street northwest;
Franklin Building, Thirteenth and h
Streets northwest
The cdforgd sc,r6uis- I-th be held at
John f. Cook Building o Street be-
tween Fourth snd Fifth Streets north
west; Randall building. Delaware Avenue
and / Streets southwest; Stevens Build
ing, Twenty.first and Streets north
west.
The white cooking schools will be
open at d9 o Street; Seaton Building,
Street, between Second and Third Streets
northwest, and 73O Twenty-fourth Street
northwest. Colored cooking classes Will
be held at colored schools.
a white carpenter shop VIII operate at
jefferson Building, southwest.
A school for parents. where nc children
will be admitted, viii open at Greenleaf
Building, Four-and-a-half Street. between
NJ and n Streets southwest. This school
does not open until Tuesday, October 8.
A thorough course in arithmetic, read
ing writing, spelling, letter writing, book
Keeping. and typewriting is offered, as
well as cooking, carpentry, and basket
weaving.
1t is anticipated that parents and en-
ployers of boys and girls who may nave
left the schools before the eighth grade
Will encourage their attendance at night
schools. and that men and women who
may not have had the advantages of an
education will also take advantage of
this chance TO improve themselves, with
absolutely no expense to them and moth
ing demanded save regular attendance.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

Market closed stead en nnnt nt'i1S oetober % So&c
Sia; year SIC bid. Sales. 10000 year SIC.
mixd8 aissi88is ss,lpg price mixed, 6ollci steamer
nan ~ 2-ettsa sarket was steady, Western Su-
Esrs SZ&312 i5; Western Extra, s.. .45lf2 so:
e,,ts ~ tsteLH =. - eamily. $5l2las S5 Winter Pat
SUI; S''eUnSs5; Spring Patents, S3.15d3.9oi
49," 60 Sse.tlaights, $3.60ft3.75; Spring Ba-
FI Sets 70 S1h9QSO5 Baltimore Best Patents,
St.4si baltimore High Grade Family. 1875:
1 more % ftlgh- Grade Extra, 1895; Balu-
Wira iHI[g EEolce Family, 20; Maryland,
. i5e Nia,i ailu pennsylvania Super, Sz;5JG
- NIafE Wand, Virginia and Pennsylva-
ma extra 2.45G2 9os1 MARYLAND. Virginia
~ IN I eilHsylVania Family 50 20d3.35: City
. ~ super, $2.S5d2 45: Rio Extra, S3.6eH
2 % ''e Aour' medium to choice, N.9od
oats-The market was firm. Stock in
- atorS 59S,Ol4 bus: white. No. ?, 39s2H
a. a. 40, No. 3, 3Slan3ec; d., No. 4. 3Ia3Sc;
SSi, ~ uu',ki II aStd' S'a49c; mixed, No z SSa
ungraded 6G3SIsc.
Kye-Market was quiet Stock in ele-
Eators. iG2l1 bus; No. nearby in car
IIls iTts, o9tSo57c No. rye, 54l2c; No; rye,
port elevator
Butter-Market was firm. Creamery,
separator. extra. 24a25c; extra first. "a
Iloh extra, lSal9c; Iowa and Northwest
efn iadle, extra, 16dl7c; do. extra flrst,
1G2Hloc; Western store-packed. 13fl4c;
ono rolls. first, 15G16c: second. 1Spl4c;
" est Virginia rolls. first, 14It15c; second,
55Sal4e; Elgin creamery prints 1k-ib; "a
pc do, l-lb, 25c; do, 2-lb, 23424c; Mary
land and Pennsylvania creamery prints.
E,lb, A425c; 10 Lib. 23a24c.
Eggs-The market is firm. Strictly
fresh. 1Sal9c; Western. 1SGl9c.
Poultry-Marlxet weak Old fowls, ia
1l12c per lb; spring chickens, lie: roosters,
25G3Oc apiece; ducks, 9a11c pound.
Green coffee-Market steady. No. tRio
grade) 5AN6c
Roasted coffee-Market steady. Bulk
roasted coffee-Pure Java, 3ll5c; Maracai-
bo, 2l1Ac; pure Laguayra, 2l14c; pure San
tos. 1Sc; African Java. 1SI5c: Rio blend,
lie; Peaberry mixture. I6Jzc pure Mocha.
29l2c; Java-Mocha blend. 27c. CThese cof-
fees are in fancy bags, paper-iined) If
packed in cans or tubs, lAc higher.
Package brands-E. L. c., 1O0-lb case,
10i4c; 60-lb cases. 10 6-10c; 36-lb cases,
10 7-10c; Lion coffee, in 1OO-lb lots, l0.6Sc;
in 60-lb lots, 107Sc.
Cotton-Market firm: middling, SIC;
strictly low middling SIC; low middlinS,
Sc. Stock in Baltimore 3G6 bales.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

Earnings statements continue good. The
st. Paul weekly statement and the Bur
lington and Rock Island monthly hspfes
are all excellent, The Norfolk and West
ern statement for August shows an In
crease in net earnings of $4,000. This is
at the rate Of about per cent on the
common stock. The Nickel Plate reports
to June 30 show $&4 per cent earned on the
second preferred stock
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

Brooklyn Rapid Transit was inclined to
recover n trine yesterday morning. but
later in the day il showed weakness
again and closed at 60is only. The only
new bear story heard yesterday regarding
the company, in addition to those of poor
earnings and the prospect Of an unfavor-
able development In the rear future in
the franchise tax matter. was to the ef-
feet that the company intends to issue a
large new block of bonds. No confirma-
tion of this last rumor or of any of the
others was forthcoming.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04
The Washington STOCK 5,ar,sct.

SalCs-U. S. Electric Light. certificate:
s50Gd1O3I5. Capital Traction: 20dl02ia
Washington Gas: 2S5d64. American Graph
ophone Co. Com. 2qS. After Calico
lumbia 6's: S3,50OG116. Washington Gas:
15G6i 11d637s. Morgenthaler Linotype:
The Washington times., 1901-10-04
COTTON GOES UPWARD.
The Government Report Sends Prices
Many Points Higher.

NEW YORK. Oct. S.-Prices shot UP
- ~ 30 ----s--t, +ha. Men Yor
of cottofr-ts Jn.- - ps- -ent,- -
the majority of the trade had been look
ing for condition of somewhere from IS
to 50 per cent. ---.sia ~ ..s4.. s
1.-THE report showed aIloss of 40 points
within q meatfH 1anddThao condition; is
nehrIy points lower than the average
for the last ten years. This caused a
rush for cover on the part Of the shorts,
while there was at the same time more
or less new buying, partly for outside ac-
count.
The close was steady, with estimated
sales of 100000 bales, the largest for some
time past. October closed at 7.9l, Janu-
airy at T.9S, and March at 1856.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04
Transatlantic Mails.

FRIDAY-Cc) At I1:O5 p. IN. for EUROPE, per
s. $ Campania, from New York, via Queenstown.
fee At II :05 p. M for NETHERLANDS direct
per 5. S Rotterdam, from New York. Mail must
be directed ''Per 5. 8. Rotterdam"
(c) AT IL O5 p. m. for ITALY. per S. S. Trave.
from New York. via Naples Nail must be di-
rected Per S. 5. Trave."
(c) At :O5 p. m. for SCOTLAND direct. per
s. s. Ethiopia from New York
Mails for south and Central America,
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

cent exuectations or about !, 400, coo e-9D
bushels II reports pasturage good.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04
FOREIGN MAILS.

Should be read daily, as changes may occur at
any time.
FOREIGN NAILS are forwarded to the ports of
sailing daily. and the schedule OF clOsinsS Is ar
ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending October
5. 1901, the last connecting closes viii be made
from the main office as follows
The Washington times., 1901-10-04
SYLVEA-AT A67 G ST.
ASTHMA AND CONSUMPTION CuRED

By the Koch Lung Cure
lb0 Nassau Street. New York
And 627 Street Washington
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

Sl.25 to BaItimore and Return via
u. n o.
Saturday and Sunday, October and G.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

The fact is announced officially that the
Atchison will send its Pacific business
over the Pacific Mail lines hereafter.
Naturally this has given rise to rumors
that the Atchison and the Southern Pa
cinc are to enter into closer relations
story.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04
Nine. Jones, 6i9 F St. N. W.

CTTRK 5000 War; fine. small bureau excel
Lent frivijc.1es; world exchange with clerk same,
Interior or P. o. Dept. Address BOX 500, this
n MI
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

The granRers and the Pacific securi-
ties were the best Of the railway list
In the main they held their own ana the
few declines were only fractional At
Gibson was sold heavily, but there we're
purchasers FOR all the stock offered and
with 10 concession in prices. Paul Nor
ton. Vice President of the system reiter-
ated his statem.nt yesterday thai ne
believes the earnings this ar will be
larger than they were last. He said that
the earnings on general merchandise
will more than offset the loss in corn ton
mage. Hc denies that the California fruit
business has been small this summer. and
states that freight rates are being upheld
fairly wen.
The Washington times., 1901-10-04

NEW YORK, Oct. s.-Prices shot up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
THE IRON MARKET.
Steady Stream of Buying Orders for
 February Delivery.

New York Oct. 3l.-The Iron Age says:
 '"There has been discussion among Southern makers of pig iron ot the expectancy of announcing a further increase in the price of pig iron of 50 cents per ton. Conservative councils have prevailed however. and IL was decided to let well enough alone. There Is quantities widely distributed. for delivery UT to February, indicating confidence Tn the manufacture. but showing little disposition on the part ot buyers to contract far enough except when necessary to stock up III antlcl' patton of the closing navigation. .-...-
 "As bearing upon the question Of the mag nitude of the consumption. the position of the cast iron pipe in iron trade is significant De may be doing in Wall Street The flow o1 rnoderate-sizcd orders for prompt delivery has been exceptional for this season of the year Never in he history of the pipe trade have municipalities are coming into the market too unusually early. New York has just called for about g, GOO tons and Boston will soon be in the market for an even larger
 The steel situation shows little change. Those who are caught with belated deliveries or without covering contracts are paying such premiums that the question of building steei works is obtruding itself A significant trans action has been the sale Of German basic steel for delivery west of Pittsburs with more business pending.
 very remunerative. do not thus far appear to have had the slightest effect in checking consumption. Still hint in that direction is conveyed in the reports of the western bar trade That same branch in the East is begin ming to complain of a slackening volume of work In at least one line. which affected hy the strike in sheets, deliveries are becom- ing prompter. In others, notably in tin plates many stories current of orders thrilled for which specifications were put in as early as May. The outlook for structural work is bright. A heavy tonnage has al
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01

passing grandeur Finally the vessels exploded and, were literally burned to pieces, and the darkness of night sur rounded the scene once more.
 There was a beautiful device represent ing Niagara Falls and the golden water poured from a rope suspended probably seventy-flve feet in the air.
 There were forty-two numbers on the program, which covered something over thirty minutes. and each number was rapturously applauded.
 "Spielefs" passed through the big au- dience announcing the vaudeville enter tainment to be given at the Auditorium at S:30 o'clock, and when the last num- Der directed the spectators to "Go to the Vaudeville" the crowd apparently ac- cepted the advice.
 It required at least thirty more minutes for the vast throng of people to get through the subway, there being no other route of easy access to the city. The occasion passed off with the most per- feet order, and there were no accidents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
DANCING GIRLS IN JAIL
POLICE CAPTAIN TAYLoR AR
 RESTS 4 STREET SHOW.
Charges the Performance With Be- ing Indecent and Marches the Entire Outfit to the City
 Prison.

The police last night swooped down upon "The French Dancing Girls," Q street show not in the Festival outfit, and hauled the entire aggregation to the city prison where they were locked up, six dancing girls. manager and all. The charge against the show is violating Sec tion S6s. which prohibits indecent per- formances for public entertainment.
 Captain Taylo:. of the police force, has been watching the show for several days. He had been informed by citizens that 1t was an improper exhibition, and he had formances, but, he says, his approach was tipped off to the performers. who would cut out parts of their exhibition. The performance which Captain Taylor expected to see is known as the Hoo chee-Coochee."
 Last night, after his intellectual at tempts to secure evidence in person, Cap tain Taylor sent out men in citizen . clothes to see the show. They reported to him what they had seen and he deem- ed the evidence sufficient to base charge against the show.
 Consequently he called several of his men and went to the manager, W. M. Johnson. whom he placed under arrest. Then, one by one, he sought the other members of the show and placed them under arrest. They were marched to the prison, the girls being In the tinsel and spangled costumes.
 They were marched to the city prison where they were docketed under the fol- lowing names:
 w W. Mcintyre. E. A. Hayward. Dick Triplett, Sam Shawback, Geo. Adams, Lewis Stephen and H. F. Gurnsey. Della lie Lapaille, Pearl Mcintyre and Nellie Jackson.
 The trial will take place before Record CT Arlington tomorrow afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
FAT MAN IN A FIGHT
NAT WALLER, WEIGHT 300, RE-
 SENTED STRANGERS TALK.
The Other Man in the Affair is M. J. Motley, Manager of the Elks' Country Store-They Fought
 in the Exchange Hotel.

Nat Waller, weight 300 pounds, fought M. J. Motley. of medium weight, in the Exchange Hotel bar last night until the away by main force. Waller says the fight started from an uncomplimentary remark made by Motley against the SJt thern people.
 The heavyweight principal in the fight is we'll known farmer and a brother of Sheriff w. I. Waller. His antagonist is manager of the Elks County Store in the Festival outfit.
 About midnight the two men were in the bar with friends. Motley is said to have made the remark in a loud voice, whereupon Waller walked up to him and smashed him in the face. Motley went down but was up again in an instant and the two then went at it in true Marquis of Queensbury style.
 Both the men made bond at the police station and were released. The trial will be held in the Recorders Court tomor- row afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
MONTGOMERY THEATRE
Creston Clarke Pleased Two Audi ences with David Garrick" k
 and Hamlet"

CrestoE Clarke and his company gave two performances at the Montgomery Theatre yesterday. A fair sized audience was at the matinee when David Gar r'ck' was put on, preceded by the one act co.iedietta Barbara by Jerome K Jerome.
 A large and appr eciative audience last night witnessed the production of Shake speara's immortal Hamlet" Mir. Clarks physique, his voice, his grace and his histrionic talent make him an ideal Hamlet and his interpretation of the role of the melancholy Dane was re1d ared in the excellent manner com
 mens rate With Mir. Clarke's other char acters.
 Miss Adelaide Prince, who has been leading support for Mir. Clarke for sev- ertl seasons past, is not with him this year, but the work of Miss Julia Marie
 Taylor as OE helia met with the approval of the audience.
 Tomorrow night Charles B. Hanford and his excellent troupe will appear at the Montgomery in Tanning of the Sh 'ew."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
STORM STRIKES CEIBA.
Great Damage Was Done to the Fruit
 Plantations.

Mobile, Oct. 31.-(Special)-The Norwe- gian sttsmsEip Fulton, which arrived here tonight from Ceiba, reports that Thursday last a terrible storm struck Ceiba and wrought great damage to the fruit plantatic ms. Hut no lives are report ed lost.
 Armistead Caldwell, a negro paper car- Tier. was fined $25 or fifty days in the Recorders Court this morning on the charge oe disorderly conduct. His off, fense was writing love letter to a white woman, Etfle Cleaves. member of the demi-monde.
 Engineer W. E. Few left tonight for Whitly to prosecute a search for the body of his son. Dr. Arthur E. Few. who committed suicide by drowning from the steamer Kettle Quill Monday night, between Carters Landing and Gains town.
 The Iberville Historical Society was or ganized here tonight with F. J. Hamilton as President: A. c. Harte. Corresponding Secretary. and Leo Brown. Secretary Treasurer. The society will study local history and has taken up the celebra- ton of Mobiles bi-centennial, com mittee with Hon. Cary W. Butt as chair man having been appointed to submit a plan.
 Mrs. Harry A. Lowe. Jr.. died in this city at an early hour this morning. She was a daughter of the late Major T. J. Hughes and was prominent in the social circles of Mobile, being a woman of lovely Christian character.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
New Dynamite Gun Tested.

New London, Conn, Oct. a.-The new dynamite gun which has lately been in process of erection at Fort Wright. Fish CTS Island. was tested for the first time today, and both the government authori- ties and the constructors of the piece ex press their satisfaction at it's ultimate success. Major McNutt and Major Bur ney were the government representatives at the test and the Pneumatic Torpedo and Construction Co.. New York, was represented by President Darling. The test included the firing of the gun, which Is of 15-inch calibre and fifty feet long, loaded with projectiles containing nitro .slycerine. pure M per cert. Six. eight and ten-inch projectiles were fired from the gun out to sea. The six-inch projec- tile was hurled at distance of 5.7O0 yards and the and 10-iuches respectively, dis tances of 5.O40 yards and APO yards. To- morrow a test will be made of a gun fir ing a 15-inch projectile a distance of about 1000 wards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
American Opportunities.

Kansas City. Ger. S1.-Colonel J. F. St"wc. former United States Consul to Cape Town, today addressed the dele- gates to the annual convention of the National Association of Agricultural Im- plements and Vehicles Manufacturers.
 Cclcnel Stowe. after touching on the war waging in South Africa, spoke of the great trade possibilities for American manufacturers in the Transvaal and urged increased efforts upon the part of the producers of this country. His words were greeted with applause. The con vention then took up the election of or flcers for the ensuing year and the se- lection of place for holding the con vention in 1902.
 In conjunction With the Implement deal CTS the National Association Agricultur- al Press League began it's annual meet ing today Several advertising agents of wide reputation are in attendance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
DETACHMENT ATTACKED. Men of the 9th Infantry Show the
 Greatest Bravery.

Manila, Oct. 31.-Advices just received here from Catbalogan. island Samar. say that twelve men of Company c, 9th i'm fantry, under command of Sergeant Will ford, who had been sent from Basey to San Antonio to investigate and report in regard to the number of bolomen in the vicinity, were viciously attacked by 140 insurgents, who rushed on them with great violence. killing two of the soldiers and wounding two others. Milford re- mained cool and collected during the att tack, and the survivors say he acted splendidly. Fourteen of the Insurgents were killed. Captain Roomiller. of Conn pany G. recommends Willford for a medal of honor and Privates Swanton and Vero for certificates of merit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
LADY ROBBED AT HOTEL
MISS DE VERNE LOSES s2o ANu
 JEwELRY BY THEFT.
She Left Her Room and Upon Re- turning Found That Her Trunk
 Had Been Broken Upon
 and the Money Stolen.

Miss De Verne. head milliner at . prominent dry goods store. discovered last night that she had been robbed of s20 and several valuable articles of jew. elry.
 1 Miss De Verne boards at the Exchange Hotel. When she made the discovery al o'clock last night that the lock to the trunk in her room had been forced and that all articles of intrinsic value and the money was missing, she immediately reported the theft to the hotel proprietor. report was in turn made to police headquarters. Special Officer Rapport was detailed on the case. He went to the hotel, examined the room and made sew. eral notes. No arrests had been made up to late hour last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
FLORIDA BOYS LEAVE.
Escambia Rifles March to Depot Af.
 ter Doing the Festival.

The Escambia Rifles, the crack military organization which came to Montgomery frcm Pensacoll. Fla. to participate in the martial exercises Thursday, returned to their home station on southbound Louisville and Nashville train which left Mnl,tecmery at 9:35 o'clock last night. The soldiers were the guests of the To- cal military mon in Montgomery yester- day They were initiated into all of the mysteries of an Alabama Fall Festival, witnessed the fireworks in the evening. and departed for Pensacola in excellent spirits and with a good impression of Alabamas Capital City.
 About o'clock last night the Pensa- cola company. headed by the Pensacola Concert Band and accompanied by num- Der of local soldiers. marched to the union railway station. Captain J. c. Watson was in command. Good-byes were said and the Floridians went southward.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
BOB PICKETT CAUGHT.
Deputy Sheriffs Make a Good Catch
 Early This Morning.

At ? a clc ok this morning Deputy Sher- ifs Yr ing and Relser arrested Bob Pick ett, negro, for whom they have been looking for several months. Pickett was Indicted by the recent grand jury for assault to murder. He is said to have ben spending the summer months within the environments of Birmingham.
 Eight mcnths ago Pickett is said to have gotten into a controversy with a crowd of negroes near Trentham's store on the lower Wetumpka road. He Is charged with having fired a pistol into a house. a bullet taking effect in the bcdv of a Legro girl who fingered near deaths dcor several weeks. Tho negro escaped and was not heard from until yeSterday.
 The Deputy sheriffs learned that Pick eft was in his old haunts again. They went out quietly this morning and got their man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
REINSTATEMENT SUMMONED.
Must Show Cause Why They Should Not Be Punished for Contempt.

Chicago Oct 3I.-Judge Elbridge II. Hanecy of the Circuit Court issued an order this even ing summoning before him at o o'clock next Monday morning the owner of the Chicago American, William R. Hearst and six em- ployes of the paper. 10 show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of coItt
 The publications which this action was taken were news items editorials and car toons, refiecting on the motives of the judge in recent decision in which the People, s Gas Light and Coke Company of this city was interested
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
cowLEY BROUGHT HERE.
Convicted of Manslaughter in Lee
 County Court.

John P. Cowley, a young white man who was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Lee county Wednes- day evening and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, was brought tC Montgomery yesterday morning by Sher- Tiff A. N. Hodge of Lee county and in- carcecated in the Montgomery county jail
 Cowley was brought here upon an order issued by Judge J. M. Carmichael. Presi- dent of the State Convict Board. He is to be left hece for safe keeping on ac- count of the Lee county jail being re- garded as insecure.
 It will be remembered that in a con- troversy near Salem, early in October, Cowley shot a young farmer. Brady Jones. killing him almost instantly.