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The Lamar register., 1902-04-16
Palma Calls on Roosevelt.

Washington. April 12-President-
elect Tomas Estrada Palma of Cuba
called at the White House last night
and remained. with the President foT
about an hour. He was accompanied
by Mr.. Quesada. the special commits
sioner for Cuba. who has been Mr.. Pal
mas companion on his visits to Wash
ington, and who will accompany him
on his tour through Cuba before the
Inauguration. The call at the White
House was entirely social one, the
two visitors meeting also Mrs. Roose-
welt and Miss Alice Roosevelt.
The president-elects trip through
Cuba will occupy twenty days or more,
and will include in its itinerary Gibnra.
Holguin, Bayamo. Manzanillo. Santi-
ago de Cuba and Batabano. Railroads,
fiat boats. horseback and steamships
will be utilized in travelling. Bayamo
is Mr.. Palma's native town. At Man
zanillo he will meet General Maso,
who was his opponent in the race for
presidential honors.
President Palma expects to sail for
Cuba from some southern port. prob
ably Norfolk or Savannah, timing his
departure so as to arrive at Havana
about May 10th.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16
PLEA FOR MAJOR WALLER.
Justifies His Action In Shooting sa.
mar Insurgents.

Manila. April 12.-Major Lyttleton
W. Waller of the marine corps, who is
being tried by court martial on the
charge of executing Samar natives
without trial, addressed the couy yes
terday. The major said he was either
right or wrong in his actions, and add
ed that he desired to cite five prece-
dents which came under the head of
his own case. He alluded TO the naval
battle at Santiago ana the humanity
he had shown TO Spaniards who We're
captured, and said he had many letters
from Spaniards thanking him for the
Kindness he had shown them.
Continuing. the major said that in
1889 he was with the British forces in
Egypt. where Arabs captured pickets
of Bengal cavalry. decapitatod the
prisoners and placed their heads OH
poles. Afterward all the Arabs We're
caught and shot without trial.
During the campaign in China the
Chinese mutilated the dead and tor
tured the wounded to death. Conse-
quently, when a boxer or II fanatic was
captured he was executed Immediately
without reference. This was true in
the case of the troops of every nation
in China. 1t was true during the three
weeks he commanded the Americans
there. But the same thing occurred
later. when he was no longer in COM
mand.
No protest was made. and he had ev-
cry right to believe that his acts We're
approved. so far as the American forces
were concerned. He knew they were
approved by those of other nations.
ut is impossible to conceive such
treachery MS that of the natives of Sa-
mar" said the major "'rhey revel in
blood and have an appetite for wanton
sacrilege of the human body. These
fiends stole Captain Cornell's class ring.
filled the soldiers bodies with jam and
jelly and attempted to murder my COM
mand. shot them.
81 honestly thought then that was
right. and l believe so now. Neither
me to be n murderer"
Captain Arthur r. Mark marine
corps. representing Major Waller, in n
forceful argument maintained tina.
Walters actions were justified by mar
tlal law, quoting numerous authorities
on the subject. Captain Mark also
said he regretted that the prosecution
had seen fit to call General Smith. He
claimed that all the testimony went to
show that the major was Justified.
At the conclusion of the arguments
for the defense the general feeling was
that the result of the trial would be
the acquittal of the major.
The Judge advocate. Major Henry r.
Kingsbury of the Thirt cavalry, will
reply.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16
viii Talk With Carnegie.

Denver, April 12.-Mayor Wright yes
terday received another letter from Il.
w. Woodbury. of the board of trustees
of the public library. Mr. Woodbury.
is in New York for the purpose of con-
sulting with Mr.. Carnegie with regard
to the proposed gift of S2O0.OOO for the
construction of library building in
this city. He has not succeeded in ac
complishing the purpose of his visit.
but he has the promise of personal
interview with the former steel king
within few days.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Miss Susan NJ. Hallowell. professor
of botany for the last twenty-seven
years at Wellesley college. has ten
dered her resignation. Her retirement
withdraws from the faculty ranks the
last member who served in the open
ing year in 1875
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

The viceroy of India has announced
a detailed scheme for utilizing a quar-
ter of million sterling subscribed in
India for the Queen Victoria memorial
in building great hall of classica,
architecture of white Pentelicon mar
BILE to be brought from Greece.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

A man who served long term in the
Iowa penitentiary writes to his home
paper that he is convinced crime does
not pay. since he has lost $16.So0 he
might have made by working at his
trade. while the property he stole
brought him only $67.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

The news that Andrew Carnegie has
refused to become Achilles II. of
Araucana shows how really great is
the American millionaire who prefers
to invest in libraries instead of spend
ing his fortune in coronation ceremo-
nies.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Yet another stem in the disappear
ance of gold lace from British officers
uniforms. Brigade orders of the Foot
Guards announce that gold-striped
trousers and overals must be worn no
longer.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

When Max O'Rell tells people to re
main childish as long as you can" he
probably means childlike - which
doesn't sound very different to n
Frenchman
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

The social climber who has wasted
his substance in golfing outfits is now
suffering from ping pongitis. a disease
that is said to be prevalent among
American plutocrats.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

You are led to believe from the va
rious pronuncamentos of the great
powers that henceforth it is going to
be so quiet in the far east that you
can hear pin drop anywhere there
abouts.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

London is a poor location for the
coronation. There are not enough
mansions in the city to accommodate
the American millionaires.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

A Russian has invented monorail
electric road that he believes will
transport passengers at the rate of
200 miles an hour. DON'T
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Some of the New York restaurants
now have smoking rooms for ladies'"
They should be more explicit and
label them smoking rooms for per-
feet ladies'"
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Carnegie is making money so fast
that he has now taken to giving away
Libraries in nocks instead of singly.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Aguinaldo, Lukban and all OF the
captured Filipino chieftains agree that
the fat of the land is far preferable to
tho lean.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

A long term IN prison seems to
destroy mans appreciation of lib
erty. Hardly had Jim Younger got
out of the penitentiary when he be-
gan to yearn for matrimony.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Every time Italy looks over at Tri-
poll 1t thinks it ought to do lit
tie expending just to keep it up with
the procession.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Sultan Abdul Hamid has stopped the
pensions that had been allowed to sew
eral Turkish students in Paris. Nat
urally the sultan looks with suspicion
on any one who can read and write.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

House hunting. bonnet hunting and
octopus hunting are few of the oc-
cupations of the present season.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

From the way they are fighting the
Chinese rebels must have stood around
and watched the armies of the allies
do things two years ago.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Now that Prince Henry is at home
he may safely uncork that bottle OF
Kentucky peach brandy.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

The automobile appears to have the
peculiar faculty of running rich men
into the police courts. The poor mans
chance won't come till the machines
are cheaper.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

]. Pierpont Morgan does not burden
his mind with such trifie as 100000
900. In this respect there is number
of us just like him.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Insurance rates are climbing so
high that any sudden descent will
have to be made by way of the fire
escape. f1n.r
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Now that revolvers are being used
in the noble art OF self-defense against
hazing. the college pastime will lose
some of its zest for exuberant class
men.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

The new IS national bank notes
bear the vignette of Benjamin Harri-
son and the new s10's that of William
Mckinley. To the acquisitive taste
the $10's are the more attractive.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Another tunnel is to be built in
New York. The island is destined to
become veritable gopher camp.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

Nineteen Italian newspapers have
been suppressed in Austria for foment-
ing disorder on the occasion of the re-
cent riots at Triest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO, Dec. I.-Heavy liquidation of wheat caused weakness in that pit today M% and May corn closed hc higher while oats were up hQhc. January provisions closed from 2h
 The feature to trading in wheat the unloading of a big line by the leading long and the consequent throwing on the market of a large amount held by traders who had been following in her wake The result was a decline of over a cent in May while the nearby deliveries were also easier The news receipts in the Northwest and a large increase in the visible supply being the main depress- ing factors. Buying by commission houses at the low point caused rally late in the day
 the close being at lower figures with May esQ %c of at 75@75A; The opening was t lower to hc higher at 75%975M and ranged between 74% and 75B. The clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 322. 900 bushels. Primary receipts were .eso. 200 bushels against L.: Duluth reported receipts of 557. which. with local receipts of 40. cars. 22 contract grade. ee7. against 1924 last week and l.l77 year ago. ,-
 in wheat affected this market and caused an easier feeling, but toward the end of the ses- sion was a fair demand and the early loss was | 42%G42M, after selling between 42ls@429s | and 42AQ42A. Extremely favorable weather | for the movement lower cables and only a | Receipts POP cars, contract
 l Although there little doing in oats the
 undertone was hrmer. good commisson snn:s house %
 closed %Ghc higher at 32A932ss after rang
 ing between 3l7s and s2%., Receipts, 2se
 l Provisions were quiet and after a slisht rally | higher opening prices showed a tendency to | move downward under scattered sell ng by
 longs and on lack of any particular support | The weakness in wheat and corn early was l bear factor. The close was steady with Janu-
 ary pork 2ilc lower at sl5s2s Lard was
 down 5q7lbc at ss. 459s.471t and ribs of 2hc
 The leading futures ranged as follows;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
R. M. Seala & Co,s Cotton Letter.

[By Special Leased wire.l
 NEW YORK. Dec. l.-As far as the total proved about as pnimportant as any this Fall Prices ranged within a 3-point limit most of seaay an sb as many prevnns any advance. As far as the cotton situation goes the eve Of the Government report, there seems to be a noticeable absence Of any thing like striking features. It requires some thing like news. like prominent development to arouse interest, attract attention and finally
 There Is nothring one can point to in the
 situation today and say buy or sell cotton
 This may be changed by the Government re-
 port. But at the moment everything is dull and featureless. The market shows 1t. Re- ceipts very light but when you look at port stocks one million bales larger than they have been for years when you take into con- sideration the bad weather and the car short | age. why there reasons for this fact. not likely to be adversely influenced. Then. | too. there is the daily movement of cotton to- | stocks ip a month. not to mention the pros pect of January holders being compelled to take a large quantity of cotton. Then there is the utter demoraiization Of silver countries. | and as China is a big buyer of British goods | as well as of American fabrics, the difference | in the purchasing power of money cannot but | influence trade conditions. All these factors are the side of low prices. We are not | willing to take a stand against the market | until after the Government report is out or | until we can see decline coming But or | the other hand, the bureau report may come
 Gh o soo os asar aSd l There is a lot of cotton held on the theory oi | a small bureau estimate and should there | be a disappointment here there is likely tC | be some heavy selling for time. Of course we can say the figures cannot be other thar l small. We can point to last year and to tht October condition the lowest on record. ant | say this view is inevitable But (and here fl l the trouble) the department invariably doei
 eiined eli ed % to look Se for over io 500. .ooo as unde | 1t on Wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
MARKETS FOR FUTURES PRICES CONTRARY TO THE
 NEWS AT HAND. After Dropping Off a Little at a Time All Day, the Close Show ed VaIue Down to II
 Points.

NEW YORK. Dec l.-The cotton market opened quiet with p! ices unchanged to de- cline of points and immediately sold pn a few points further under unfavorable cables and a fear that too much long cotton had ac- cumulated in anticipation of a bullish bureau report. Receipts were small, but sellers or cot ton ignored this feature on the ground that the movement was being delayed by very bal weather. long prevalent over the cotton belt. together with a scarcity of cars and mo- tive power. the theory being that the cotton Is there and will eventually come out In con siderable quantities. While few commis- sion houses bought scattering lines of the distant months. notably March and May, the South sold considerable cotton at times dur ing the session, as did also Europe. A s.n- gular feature about the situation was that prices moved contrary to most of the news at hand Not only was gossip on the Govern ment report consistently bullish. but receipts at the ports and interior towns were under last year while exports were unus ually Ia ge,
 ggregating over 60. 900 bales from the lead ing ports, or some 20, 900 bales more than re- ceived necessitating considerable inroads upon stocks. The weather news was still unfavor- able Thus while apparently well furnished with arguments. bulls made no effort to aus tain the market, and prices steadily worked lower throughout the afternon in the absence of public orders and closed sol points net lower, with the undertone barely steady and the trade more or less short. particularly of March and May asSa result of the days oper- ations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
New Orleans Cotton Futures.
Secretary Hester's Statement.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. l.-Secretary Hester 8 sued today, covers the monthly movement to the close of November.
 Compared with last year 1t shows decrease @ for the month in round figures of loo 900 bales. compared with year before last an in- crease of 7e.ooo, and with 1899 an increase
 The total for November was .s57, ,2s4, against .966,545 last year. I.7sl .5lo year before last and f,65s,425 the same time in
 The amount of the crop brought, into sight for the three months from nn September @ to sr No as2 900 over year before last and 577.ooo The movement from Sept to the close of against mtea s 4ss sss % iast year. % s.sesss year 1898; overland across the Mississippi ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern mills and s1s Ess a., ast e | time in 1899; Southern mill takings, exclu- sive of quantity consumed at Southern out ports. 6ol 500, against 54e 3os last year. | AS POP year before last and 43o, $50 the same | time in 9o9 and interior stocks in excess or
 heS at sasnst the as time in sss
 | crop brSught into sight during the three months ending with the close of November % S;0so' o oS0. as' the same time n GeaS5s Isss '''' anu
 Northern spinners took during November | 324.44s bales, against 366 349 last year and 4o7, ,s2s year before last increasing their to. to- | tai for the three months to 699 e3S. against | 7Io,7e7 last year and 7l4,366 year before | last This makes their average weekly takings for the season 53. s42. against 54,e76 last ] year and 54. the year before. 1 Foreign exports for the three months Of the season have been 2.4io, 69o bales, showing a decrease under last season of l2.296 and 1 an increase over the same period year before last of 4e. o7e. The loss in foreign exports 1 during November compared with November last year has ben 29S, 554 and compared with the same period year before last ee. O. l Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading Southern interior markets at the close of No vember were l5se 26o. against 4Io,oos the same date last year and i,434,7l9 the year before.
 Including port and interior town stocks Jeff
 over from the previous season and the number | of bales of the current crop brought into sigh
 during. the thre months the supply has beer
 53II $40, against 5.2o2. 700 last year ant
 4,037. 596 the year before.
 Up to the close of November last year 45. 34
 per cent. of the cotton crop had been marketed , and for the same three months in 1900 thu
 percentage of the crop brought into sight va. | 46. 37 per cent. and for the same time in lS9s
 the percentage marketed was 47.9o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
H. 6 B. Beer's Cotton Letter.

ISpec1ai 10 The AuyoFiseT'l
 NEW ORLEANS. Dec. l.-Liverpool advices were not encouraging, consequently our mar ket opened 1 point lower and subsequently, declined SGlo points additional on a con- tinuance of reports from the interior stating that the top crop was opening in Texas and
 all other States. The easiness of spots also assisted in the decline. and the net loss on the day was 9dlo points. Manchester cables
 say trading in cloths was below the average last week. the demand from China was ad- versely affected by the decline in silver and the occasional offers received from that coun- try and lesser Eastern outlets were unaccept- able. The Indian inquiry was chiefly for fine light goods: the number of looms now idle | at Blackburn is reported to be increasing. The movement continues restricted and 1t looks as | if there will be decided increase for some time owing to the greatest car famine ever known in tn South Large quantities of cotton have been bought for immediate shipment from interior points throughout the South. yet the scarcity of cars has delayed their purchases many weeks already and there is no immediate | prospect of the situation being relieved. | The general impression is the bureaus esti | mate will be under o 900 900. However. the | near approach of the date of the issuance | causes uneasiness, especially the New Or leans Times-Democrat today estimates the croT | at 600. 900. In other words. while every | one expects a bulish bureau report there are | some who afraid 1t may not be as bullish | as looked for. Pending the bureau report the | chances are there will be no decided change in values.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
Murphy 6 Co.'S Qnc.) Cotton Letter
 rTsv privat. Wire.I

NEW YORK. Dec. I.-Unimporfant changes were recorded in the cotton market during the
 early session. The absence of much business was due to the pending bureau report on Wednesday. Very low figures are looked Tor and even the bear element are prepared for such a small estimate that a million or more information from the parties reporting to the Government While business Is small. the un- derlying feeling is one of confidence, Esi- mates are running closely in the neishbor. hood of | .OO0 GOO that the trade Is not apt to be deceived in the long run. especially since the movement has been letting up and there are no indications of a fresh big movement, while the total for the thre months ending yes terday has been some 200. 900 bales over last year. the November movement shows de- crease of 100, 900 from last year and the most careful statisticians and students fall to dis cern any good basis for looking for more than GOO 900. while considerably less is possible. Low temperatures were again reported today. but they are no longer regarded as of conse- uuence. rise in silver prevented more than a slight loss in values. Receipts were esti- mated at 1000. against 52oo0 last year. Cables show points loss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
WALL STREET REVIEW NOTABLE SHOW OF STRENGTH
 IN MARKET. Prices Lifted Quite Generally One Per Cent or More-New York Traction Group Conspicuous
 in the Trading.

NEW YORK Dec I-Today's stock market made rather a notable show of strength and prices were lifted quite generally per cent or more. This WIS due to the sympathetic CT feet of movements in special stocks in Which a speculative campaign was going on but gen erally considerations also played part oi the special movements the most notable was in the local traction group. The accompany ing gossip quite generally pointed to plan for a comprehensive merger of all the traction facilities within the Greater New York cor porate limits and a supposed share in the con trol by New York Central and Pennsylvania. Manhattan conspicuously abstained from share in the movement and was at times pc stock were rather light. This gave some color to a supposition that the movement among the other fractions was designea ,evs to arsaay attained by Manhattan. Another conspicuous center of strength was the soft coal group, es- pecially the North and South roads traNers, ing that region between the Ohio River and the Lakes. Rumors were current Of plan for combining all the railroads in tne group by making d holding company of one Of the smaller companies Hooking Valley and Kama waha and Michigan were most conspicuously affected. Among the more general considera- tions which affected the market was hope that the December disbursements of interest and dividends which are estimated at aoou, a,
 75 GOO. 900 would afford relief to the local money market. The payment in London today of twenty to twenty-five millions of dollars
 on account of the shipping combine also
 aroused hopes of easier conditions in the
 money market Actual quotations for call
 money were firm under the continuing innu-
 ence or preparations TOT tnc Leceihpot @ @
 bursements and time money rates were uh-
 changed. New York exchange at Chicago rose
 again to par, but deposit was made at the
 interior The opinion of bankers in spite Of
 today's stock market view. Is for continu- ance of close money conditions over the end of the year. There was some speculation on
 the assumption that selling of stocks on the ground of supposed anti trust views to be ex- pressed in the Presidents message would prove unwarranted Some very heavy blocks of St. Paul were placed on the market. the source of which gave rise to much gossip in connec- ton with the authorized new stock issue. The mystery of the selling was unrevealed The seasonable cold weather had a good effect on coaJers There were occasional setbacks | throughout the day, but the closing was firm | at about the top for many stocks.
 | Bonds were irregular Total sales (par value) | S2 OI O. oOO United States 3's coupon ad- | vanced K per cent. on the last call.