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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, July S.-Flour less active
but well held at old prices. Rye f1ou,
firm.
Corn meal dull; yellow Western. $1.13
Rye steady.
Barley dull.
Wheat-Spot dull: No. red. S4Bc.
Options had an easier opening on low
cred Northwest temperatures, but soor
rallied, and later weakened with corn
| and closed 1sc net lower; July, S4Mci
September, S15sc; December. size.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2, 5Sc. Options
market ignored the wheat advance, and
on heavy selling by influential Chica-
go people ruled heavy all day, closing
h@5sc net lower; July. 5Sc; September
5Sc; December, 575sc.
Oats-Spot steady; No. 2. 43c. Op.
tons declined with corn and closed
easy.
Beef easier: family, $40 00@10 so: mess
IS. 00dS so; beef hams, $40. 50@21 90.
Cut meats steady to firm; picked
shoulders. 5% @Sc.
Lard dull refined quiet.
Pork easy; family, SIS. 00@1S.25; mess
ST. 25Q17.75.
Tallow steady.
Rice firm
MCla.seS firm
Sugar Raw steady; refined steady.
Coffee Quiet. The market for cof-
fee futures orenri quiet at unchanged
prices, and ruled generally quiet. The
close was steady, net unchanged to 10
points higher; sales. $4,000 bags
Butter steady; extra creamery, 2015c;
state dairy 1912 G920c.
Cheese steady; full cream fancy small
colored, l014c; small white. 104c
Eggs irregular; state and Pennsyl-
vania firsts to extras. 17@1Sbc.
Potatoes steadier; Southern. 81 5O6
2 IS; Jersey sweets. baskets, 81 COO
125.
Peanuts steady; fancy hand picked.
4lz@4Ac; other domestic, 364l5c.
Cabbage firm; Baltimore, barrels,
81. 50Q2 20: Long Island, per 100, S4G6.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 12c.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Constwire EXPORTS.

Per steamship Macon to New York.
July $50 bales sea island cotton. AS
pieces steel. 1880 barrels naval stores
35S,643 feet lumber; 1926 packages mer-
chandise
Per steamship Berkshire, for Phila-
delphia, July S.-334 bales cotton 4,0Os
barrels rosin; IS barrels turpentine:
POSI- feet lumber; 301 packages fruit:
/ car scrap iron; 20 barrels rosin oil
1926 cases can goods; 243 packages
yarns; 323 packages merchandise
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Notice 10 Mariners.

Pilot charts and photographic in
formation will be furnished masters Of
vessels free of charge in the United
States photographic office. in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
at the office. Reports of wrecks and
derelicts received.
This office operates a time ball on
the roof of the Cotton Exchange, drop
ped daily at 12h DOM. 00s, (Sundays
and holidays excepted 18th meridian
time. In case of failure the ball is
lowered slowly minutes after Il.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Capt. wizard shoots sailor.

Capt Willard of the schooner Helen
Written, of Gloucester. Mass, shot
and killed Patrick Yetman, one of his
crew, al Cape Broyle. Newfoundland.
on Saturday night The schooner had
put into Broyle Harbor for bait and
when the vessel was ready for sea
Yetman refused TO go. Jumping into
a dory he attempted to desert, the
vessel. The captain ordered him to
halt and upon his refusal Willard fired
at him five times. One shot penetrat-
ed his heart and Yetman fell dead in
the beat. Captain Willard has been ar
rested.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

To the East via Atlantic Coast Line
The famous Florida and West-India
Limited, with Pullman's highest stand
ara sIeepers and dining cars. leave sa.
vannah at 1850 p. m. Getty tine) ar
rive Washington 1880 a M, following
morning, arrive New York 1:43 D. M
New York express train No. 40. carry
ing through pullman buffet sleepinp
cars Savannah to New York, leavine
Savannah 2:35 a. m. Getty time). ar.
rive Washington 11:45 p M: arrive
New York 7:l5 a. m. Ticket agents
De Soto Hotel and Union Station viii
give full information regarding sched-
ules, etc.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Foreign Exports.

Per steamship Ramsay. cleared, July
e., for Bremen, 1886 bales cotton, 1882
S62; for st. Petersburg, 400 bales cotton,
$25.744; for Bremen, 65 round bales cot
ton, $1,767; 80 bales linters. $25S; for
Hamburg, ia linters, $1,000; 500 bales
cotton, $32,677 Bremen, 179 bundles and
$50 pieces oak lumber, Sass; Hamburg, e.
T94 sacks cotton seed meal, $12, 575 B.
$50 tons rock, S33 500; II barrels ochre,
SIS; 800 spirits turpentine, SIS, 1854 !;
S75 rosin. S3413; 10 rosin oil, $500;
Bremen, 4,172 pieces lumber, So, 1863 feet,
1928.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Grain Markets.

Fruits and Nuts.
RANANAS-S1.25@1.75.
RANGES-California navels, So. rs.
LEMONS-Market easy; $475
PRUNES-20s TO S0s. i0Mc; 30s to 4Os,
SIC; 40s to SOS. 7%c; sos to COS, 7c;
COS to res, 6lac; 70s to sos. SIC; sos to
sos, sac: COS to 10Os. 4hc.
PEANUTS--Ample stock, fair de-
mand; market firm: fancy hand-pick-
ed Virginias. SAC; N. c. peanuts. Axe:
ex. Virglnias, &C.
NUTS-Almonds, Terragona, 15c:
Ivicas. 141ac; walnuts. French. 124c:
Naples. 15c; pecans. 12c; Brazils, lie:
filberts lie; assorted nuts, 50-pound
and 25-pound boxes 12hc.
Dried and EvapOrated Fruits.
porated. 71A@sc: sun
dried, &c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lie pound:
nectariresi. 101ac.
RAISINS-L. L.. 2-Crown. $3.50; s.
Crown $500: 4-crown clusters. $3.50:
loose muscatells. 7Zc: 1rb seeded, s1sc;
imperial cabinets. $500 per box.
PEACHES-Evaporate peeled. Ice;
unpeeled, size.
PEARS-Evaporated lie.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of ships
and shipping.

In shipping circles are to be found
two teams of star bowlers, who chal-
lenged each other for a game yester-
day, and while the honors We're about
equally divided the fact was proved
that they were good players. Mr.. James
Butler, the well-known stevedore, Mr.
Ramsey. stevedore, Mr.. Kelly ship car
penter, and George Frizelle manager
of the Juchter ship chandlery stores
were the players.
James Butler is an old timer at bow
ling, and ii was this that started the
game. While passing the Broughton
street bowling alleys Mr. Butler heard
the rumblng of the balls. The sound
stirred up old "reminiscences, and with
the agility of a boy he braced up and
started for the game, declaring he
would give any in the bunch a match.
While the honors were divided, a de-
cision for specially good playing went
to Mr. Butler. The team expects 10
again don war paint soon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecaster.
round trip, Savannah

$3.50 round trip, Savannah To
Washington, D. c.. and return via At
lantic Coast Line. Tickets now on
sale, limited to return Oct. 81. 1903.
Passenger service unexcelled
For Pullman reservations, rates, etc.
see tickets agents, De Soto Hotel, both
phones, 70. and Union Depot. Bell
phone, 235; Georgia phone. clad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. spring wheat, $50
79c, No. 3. 75078c: No. red, 1880
791ac; No. 2 corn, 51@52c; No. 2 yellow
51A G52c; No. 2 oats. Ale; No. 8 white,
31@4112c; No. 2 rye. sic; good feeding
barley, 40@43c; fair to choice mailing,
47051c; No. 1 flax seed, 99c; No.
Northwestern, $1.02a; prime timothy
seed, SO. 40; mess pork. per barrel, $15.15
@15 20; lard. per 100 pounds, ST 90Q7 50;
short ribs sides, Qoose), IS 5O@S 60; dry
sailed shoulders (boxed), $7.S712@S 90;
short clear sides, (boxed), $S.75@S. S715;
whisky, basis of high wines, S1.30; clo-
yer, contract grade, 81. 50011.75.
Receipts Wheat, $1,000 bushels
corn, 459, 900 bushels; oats, 542, 900 bush
els; hogs, 10000 head
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Notice to Captain. of Vessels.

Vessels arriving at night will be
reported by the Morning News in it's
dispatches without charge if captains
will confirm reports of their arrival
to No. 241, either telephone
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

the wheat pit was again bullish, and
higher prices ruled the greater part
of the day, but realizing late in the
session caused a reaction, September
closing B0Ac lower September corn
was down %dkc oats were of $50
NC and provisions closed from &c
lower to 171zc higher.
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows:
Onen. Highest. lowest. Closing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

Value of His Opinion.-"Do you
think it's going to rain?" she asked.
"Oh. I'm sure it's not" he replied.
Then I'll take my umbrella" she an
nounced with decision.-Chicago Even
ing Post
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

River Report-The hight of the Sa-
vannah river at Augusta, at a. m.
C75th meridian time) yesterday, was
SO feet a fall of OF foot during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Cotton region bulletin, Savannah,
Ga, for the twenty-four hours ending
at a. M, 18th meridian time. July
& 1QO3.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
COTTON SEED OH.

New York July S.-Cotton seed oil
was steadier for prompt delivery and
more active. Prime crude f. o. b. mills
S1q32c; new crop; prime summer yell
low, 43Q4S1sc; off summer yellow, 371s
@2sc; prime white, 4794715c: prime
winter yellow. 47c; prime meal, S27@
$3.50 nominal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
s2s.4O Savannah TO Washington and
Return.

VIA seaboard Air Line Railway-all
rail. Tickets on sale daily. limited for
return until oct. 81. Double daily
service. through cars and quick sched-
ules. City ticket Office, Bull street.
Phone 2S.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
list. Averages.
Oklahoma missing

Remarks.-Slightly cooler conditions
have prevailed over the belt, except the
western portion. Showers have oc-
Cured in all districts.
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time, July S, 1908, 500 p. M,
~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09


sacks, SIC; 100 pound cotton sacks, 3Sc;
1876 pound burlap sacks, Acc; 125-pound
cotton sacks, 47c; 20O-pound burlap
sacks. 73c.
HIDEs-Market firm; dry flint, 13c;
dry sailed. lie; green sailed 64el.
WOOL~Firm; prime Georgia. free
of sand burrs and black wool, nominal
at 19c black, Ice; bury, 10@12c; Wax,
PIC: tallow. SIC. Deer skin. 20c.
Hardware and Building supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM. PLAsTERs AND
CEMENT-Alab ama and Georgia lime
In fair demand and Sell at S5090c a
barrel; special calcined plaster, $500
cement, S1.20Q1.25; carload lots, spe-
cial: Portland cement. retail, $2.75;
carload lots, $2.00G2 40
LUMBER-Market firm. Quotations:
Snwn ties, per NJ feet. $10.50@11; hewn
ties (7x9xS1s) 4Oc each: hewn ties
(6xS), 26c: switch ties. 81 50; minimum.
easy size ward stock. S12Q14; car sills.
S14016 ship stock. S22.
OIL-Perfection Signal Oil, 42c. in
barrels: Pratt's Astral, Ice, in bar
rels; Aladdin Security. 1512c, in bar
reIs; Water White. 15c, in barrels;
Gasoline. in barrels. Ice: =. S. Case
line. in drums. lac Sc degrees Case
line. in drums. 1Sc: CO benzine, in
drums. lac; linseed oil. raw. 47c;
boiled, age lard oil, 94c.
sHOT-Drop, $3.50; B. B. and large.
s1-S5; chilled. $1.S5.
1RON-Market firm; refined, $40;
Swede. sc.
NAILs-Cut SEAS base: wire. $2.45
base.
BARBED WIRE - 1925 per 100
pounds.
crack shot. $3.50; half keg. $3.50; quar-
ter kegs. $40; champion ducking.
quarter key 1925; Austin smokeless,
half kegs, $345: quarter $3.50; three
pound, $40; one pound, 75c: less 20
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton Bagglng and Ties.
BAGGING-Market firm: jute. 2
pound 6a4 orc; sea island bagging, lie.
Ties-Standard 45-inch arrow. large
lots, $l.10; small lots, $1.15.
RacOn, Hams and Lard.
d. S. plates .............. .......... c
Western heavy bellies ........... .10Ac
Eastern light bellies 1880
Eastern medium bellies .........1 01ac
Eastern heavy bellies ............1 1880
D. S. G.. r. sides .................1O 1l c
Smoked Z. X. sides s.-.............11Ac
HAMS-Sugar cured. 14@15c; picnics,
LARD-Pure, in tierces. 1ohc; So
pound tins and S0-pound tubs, 10sAc;
compound, in tierces, &c; 50-pound
tins and S0-pound tubs. SIC.
MiseeIkane0us.
FISH-Mackerel. half-barrels, No. 1,
5000; No. 2, $1,000: No 8, 5000; kits,
No. /, $1.45; No. 2. $1.35; No. 8, $125
Goldfish, 1-pOund bricks, &C. 2-pound
bricks, sac; smoked herrings, per box,
10000; Dutch behring's. in kegs, $1.10;
new mullets, half barrels. $375
SYRUP-Market quiet: Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 25@26c' SELL
ing at 28Q3Oc; sugar house at l61z0
lSc.
HIGH WINES-Basis, $1.29.
HONEY-Fair demand; strained. in
barrels. 40c gallon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
$3.50 Round Trim savaprs

Szo4O Round Trip, Savannah TO
Washington, D. c., and return, via At
lantic Coast Line. Tickets now on
sale. limited 20 return Oct 81, 1903
Passenger service unexcelled.
Fur Pullman reservations, rates, ETC..
see Ticket Agents De Soto Hotel, both
phones 49, and Union Depot, Bell phone
235, Ca. phone clad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

Capt Campbell, who was master of
the schooner Ida Lawrence when she
was lost off the coast last year, has
been appointed master of the Balti-
more schooner Edward G. Hight to
succeed Capt. David +. Crockett, who
recently died at Jacksonville, Fla. The
Hight is loading coal in Philadelphia
for Savannah
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


Bark Matanzas, Dunn, Philadelphia,
COAL A. Calhoun.
Schooner Mary L. Crosby, Warren,
New York, light-Hilton Dodge Lumber
Company
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

Texas Rainfall.-Palestine trace;
Corpus Christi, trace.
Heavy Rainfalls-Evergre Ala,
1 80; Livingston, Ala, LA; Mobile,
Ala, 1.S4; Waynesboro, Ala, 1.56;
Marion Ala, 200; Union Springs, Ala,
1.60; Amite, La, 2.32; Herndon, Miss,
1.50; cambridge, Ga, 200.
Missing data, July Z, 1903.-Fort
Gaines, Ga. 90, "A. GA. clear.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
MIsCELLANEous MARKErs.

Note--These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing whole
sale prices. Official quotations are not
used when they disagree with the
prices wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Market bare and firm:
springers, 5006Oc per pair; hens. 70R
soc; ducks. 75QS0c; turkeys. 15Q18c per
pound.
EGGS-Tennessee, 12014c.
BUTTER-The tone of the market Is
firm Quotations: Cooking, 1S019c:
New York state. 2O@21c; Elgin, 23c
best Elgin, 24c.
CHEESE-Market Arm; fancy, full
cream cheese, 141kc for 20 and %
pound averages; % to S0-pound aver
ages, lac.
WHITE PEA BEANS-32.6O busheI.
POTATOES-s2. 25@2.5O per barrel
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

To Fernnndina and Return Sundays
Only $1.1O,via Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way. Train leaves Union Depot. $40
a. mad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
VessIes CIenred YesterdnY.


Steamship Ramsay (Br), Mullan, Bre
men and Hamburg -Strachan & Co.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Spencer Trask & Co
BANKERS
William & Pine Sts., New Yorl
Investment Securities.
Members New York Stock Exchange.
Branch Office, Albany, N. Y.

CITRON-A. s. drums, 12"c: Fancy
Corsican, in To- pound boxes. 13c.
RRANTS-Barrels. 6tac; 25-pound
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
$3.50 Washington and Return
Southern Railway

Tickets on sale daily through Sept
30, good to return until Oct. 81. Stop
overs permitted both ways. Southern
Railway service is unexcelled. 4 Pull
man drawing room sleeping cars and
dining cars on two trains daily. For
reservations, schedules and etc, apply
to p. G. Thomson, C. P. & T. A..
141 Bull street: ,phones S5O.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
New Way to Cure Blood Poison.
ANY az TFgEt

Blood poison is no longer the terrible disease that
IL used to be- Science has found way out of the
difficulty, but as yet few know the secret Dr. Hath
aWSy mas new method OF curing this disease that
will clear your body of every sore in a few DAYS
stop the hair teeth and eyebrows from falling out
cause the aches and pains TO disappear, and in a
few weeks at the remove ali traces ~ the no;
son so no one will know you ever had the disease
This is positive and guaranteed. To those y,bo
have this disease, matter in what stage ,a+ ,,s
say: Do not despair; do not brood do not send for
medicine from distant places, they are merely
guessing at your condition. and what thew give vo,
frequently results in locomotor ataxia and mercn
rial rheumatism; and do go to the ordinary doc
torhe stll clings to mercury and potash which are
more harmful! than blood poison itself This dis
ease requires special training. Go to DR. Hatba
way, the worlds famous specialist in the cure ~
blood poison, and he will you quickly and naT
manently by an entirely new p1ethod 20
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

vessels Sn1Ied yesterday.
Steamship Berkshire, Hudgings,
Philadelphia.
Steamship City of Macon, Fisher,
New York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Rrendsturs. Hay and GraIn.

FLOUR-Patent, $40; straights.
SAILS; fancy, $780, family, 1855;
spring wheat. best patent. $500.
MEAL-Pearl, per barrel $3.50; per
sack, SLAB: city meal per sack, bolted,
$1.37b; water ground, $40; (Pierce
city grits. sacks. ST. 30: Pearl grits,
Hudnuts. per barrel, 1896; per sack.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

High water at Tybee to-day at fps
a. m. and 7:40 D. m. High water at
Savannah one hour later.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

cured by him
He will make Il
n and ubako
blood will
does merely he win do this
OF
diseases and has
describing
what to do free.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

In connection with Old Dominion
Steamship Company. through Norfolk
Steamers leave Norfolk daily excan,
Sunday. Full information at city ticiF-
ct office, No. Bull street. phone Is
ad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

$32.OO Savannah to New York and
Return via SenbOard Air Line
Railway
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
Savannah Almanac, 18th Meridian
Savannah City Time.

Sun rises at 5:26 a. m. and sets 1882
p. m.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
cMICAGo GRAIN MARKnr.

Chicago, July S.-The sentiment in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
DR.. ]. NEWTON HATHAWAY.

SAVANNAH
Office a. m, o
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09
THE WEATHER.

Morning News thermometer July
S. 11:30 p. m. Observation-Disclosures. 70
Morning News barometer July s,
Washington, July 8.-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
For Georgia. South Carolina, East
ern and Western Florida: Occasional
showers Thursday and Friday; light
variable winds.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature 500
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

The on
Oficia|
Of thu
COtto
Local.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-09

New York, July 8.-Standard on GAS
bid.
Baltimore. July S.-Seaboard Air
Line common, 215s 022; do preferred,
369s 637b; do As. 1914. Atlantic Coast
Line common and preferred no sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Indian summer weather prevailed again
today.
Ten dodgers were Accommodated at the staten
house last night
The residents of the neighborhood complain
of the untidy appearance Of Alfred street. III
front of Peabody building.
A horse belonging to a resident of this city
fell on the circus grounds yesterday evening
and broke one Of its legs. 1t was subsequent
ly killed.
A battery of artillery from Fort Myer left
here today for Jacksonville, Fla, via. the
Washington Southern Railway, to which
point it has been transferred.
Bv the transposition Of a punctuation point
the Gazette yesterday stated that cert3 IN
tract of land in Loudoun county had sold ior
81, 600 an acre. 1t should have been $40.
A game of football will be played on the
old fair grounds tomorrow evening between
the Defender Athletic Club and the Athletic
Association. The game wit be called at 4:l9
o'clock.
The schooner Maiden, from Ilillsboro, n.
r. with plaster for w. A. Smo0t d Company,
arrived this morning in tow of the tugboat
Peerless The schooner was later inspected
by DIR. Snowden and given clean Dill OF
health.
Marriage licenses were issued in Washing
ton Yesterday to Joseph w. Fox of Alexan,
dria. and Emma Lewis Frank Patterson and
Rosa Coiner. both Of Augusta county WI
liam II. Mars, of Middleburg, and Elizabeth
Hunter: James A. Chestnut and Edith wade,
both of Mill Gap, and to Peter c. Williams
and Corrine ii. Brown, both of Culpeper.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-30
Mysterious Cutting.

While people were leaving the circus
at late hour last night colored man
named d. Corwell in passing Clara
Parker, also colored, cut her on the
right wrist with a knife. The wound
was superficial, although considerable
blood flowed. The woman went to the
station house and swore out warrant
against her assailant and later Officer
Griffin found him and took him in Gus
tody. The case when investigated by the
Mayor was curious one. The woman
said she was merely on speaking terms
with Corwell and could not imagine
what had prompted him to cut her. The
plaintiffs testimony was fully corrobo-
rated by a colored woman who was with
her at the time. The defendant denied
the charge urged against him, and said
he could have had no motive for cutting
the woman. The Mayor, however,
fined him $40.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-30
Halloween.

Tomorrow will be Halloween and at
night the usual pranks may be expected
from the younger generation. Hal
lowccn is tie name given to the eve or
vigil of All Hallows or the festival OF All
Saints. These holidays being on the
first of November Halloween is the even
ing of October 31st. Though sometimes
neglected in modern practice, the most
essential part of Halloween ritual seems
to have been the lighting of bonfres at
nightfall. This points to the ancient
and widely diffused practice of kindling
sacred fires at certain seasons OF the year.
In England it was long customary to
crack nuts, bob for apples in tub OF
water, and perform other harmless fire.
side reyelries. In Scotland these cere-
monies were more of asuperstitious char
acter, taking among the rustics the form
of charm to discover who should be his
or her partner for life. Of these now
almost exploded customs the summary
is that contained in Burns well-known
poem, "Hallowe'en." The modern Gus
tom of keeping Halloween, in most
American cities and towns, constitutes
one of those curious perversions of his
toric holidays which is hard to account
for. Nothing sacred or superstitious is
held concerning the day. The custom
which generally prevails is one of ex-
ceeding annoyance for well-behaved peo-
pie aud its significance seems to be an
excuse for vandalism and rowdyism al
most unbearable.