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The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

New Orleans, April 27.-The spot cot
non market was very firm, and from
the opening hour the factors demand
ed an advance of NC and refused to sell
at saturdays board figures. influence
ed by the improvement in prices at
Liverpool and New York, quotations
here advanced an eighth on all grades.
Futures. responding to the upward
turn at New York, opened 3@S points
higher, prices f1uctuated quite rapidly
at times, and with a. decided trend to
higher level. May advanced q points
to 10000; July, 81 to 10.36c; August,
10 to 9.S9c; September, to 9.10c, and
October, IL to S.62c. The market was
quite active, and prices receded a few
points during the day, the summer
months at the close showing net gains
of but 1908 points and the new crop
months 6Q11 points.
New Orleans, April 27.-Cotton flu
lures steady. April, 10.20c, nominal;
May, 1O.27@1O.2Sc; June, 1OSOG1O32c
July, 1O.3S@1O.34c; August, 9S6@9s7e;
September, 9.05@9o6c; October, $500
S.61c; November, S.47QS.4sc; December,
S.47@S.49c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
COTTON.
Daily Cotton Market

Daily Cotton Market
Galveston-Firm; middling, 10 Lie;
net receipts, 2,413; gross, 2,413; sales,
544; stock, 51,447. Exports-Coastwise
1920.
Norfolk-Steady; mdddling, 109s; net
receipts, 419; gross, 419; sales, IT'S;
stock, 4,SO1. Exports-Coastwise 5SS.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 1875;
gross receipts $50; stock, 1864. EX-
ports-Coastwise, 1900.
Boston-Quiet; middling, 1880; net
receipts, 7O3; gross, 1921. Exports
Great Britain, $685.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, 9%;
net receipts, 8; gross, 8; stock, 1861.
Philadelphia-Firm; middling, IL;
net receipts, 80; gross, SO; stock, g.
1856.
Savannah-Quiet and firm; middling,
10; net receipts, 931; gross, 931; sales,
80; stock, 81, 1853. Exports-Coastwise
Al; continent, 1870.
New Orleans-Fir1n; middling,
10 3-16; net receipts, 1892; gross, 1892;
sales, 3,450; stock, 15S,S85. Exports
Great Britain, 1904.
Mobile-Nominal; middling, 10; net
receipts, 1858; gross, S6S; stock, 1859.
Exports-Coastwise, 8.
*Memphis-Steady; middling. 10; net
receipts, 1,4S5; gross, 2,419; sales, 1850;
stock, 34,317.
Augusta-Steady; middling, 1O5s;
net receipts, q; gross. 81; sales, %;
stock, S,201.
Charleston-Quiet and firm; mid
ding, 10; net receipts, 81; gross, 81;
stock, 4,076. Exports-Coastwise, 4.
*Cincinnati-Steady; middhng, 10k;
net receipts, 80; gross, 50; stock, H.
9S6.
Louisville-Firm; middling, 10.
*St. Louis-Steady; middling, 10M;
gross receipts, 1888; sales, 1O7; stock,
1917.
Houston-Steady; niddnng, 10 1-16;
net receipts. 1909; gross, 5000; stock,
20,655.
New York-Quiet; middling, 1915;
gross receipts, $500; sales, LOO; stock,
1859. Exports-Great Britain, 100;
continent, GAS.
Total To-day, at All Seaports-Net,
9239; Great Britain, 1908; continent,
1868; stock, 347S1S.
Consolidated, at All Seaports-Net,
1S,446; Great Britain, 4,674; continent,
20,45S.
Total Since Sept. 1, ait All Seaports-
Net, 7,316,O07; Great Britain, 1881, 015;
France, 727, 173; continent, 2,5SS,919;
Japan, 133,2O9
%Not included in totals.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
NO. 20, daily, from New York, Wash,
ington and Cincinnati, $40 a. m.
No. 80, daily, from New York and
Washington, S:05 p. m.
NO. 80, daily, from all points West,
VIA Jesup, 1920 a. m.
No. 81, daily, from all points West,
via Jesup, 1850 p. m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Trains SO and "a. NEW YORK AND
FLORIDA EXPRESS. vestibuled lin
tied trains, with Pullman Drawing
room Sleeping Cars between Savannah
and New York. Connect at Washing
ton with Colonial Express for Boston
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Char
lotte and Richmond and Charlotte and
Norfolk. Dining Cars serve all meals
en- route.
Trains SO and "a connect at Jesup
with through Pullman Drawing-room
Sleeping Cars operated from and to
Kansas City via Birmingham, and
from and to Cincinnati via Chatta-
nooga.
Trains 90 and 30. THE WASHING.
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Vestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawingroom Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
DINING cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
ratj, through Asheville and THE Land
of the Sky"
For information as to rates. sched-
ules, etc, apply to
c. III, ACKERT, G. NJ. Washington,
D. c.
S. H. HARDwICK, G. p. A., wash
ington. d. G.
w. H. TAYLOE. A. c. P. A., ATTAIN
r. G.. BLATTNER, Depot Ticket
Agent. Union Depot, Savannah. Ca.
e. G. THOMSON, C. P. & T. A., sa-
vannah1 Ga, 141 Bun street. Phones
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool, April 27-Cotton: Spot,
emoderate business done, prices points
higher; American middling fair 594d;
good middling 5.64d; middling 54Sd;
low middling 5.34d good ordinary 5.14d:
ordinary 5.02d. The sales of the day
were 5000 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export and included
$500 American. Receipts 1890 bales,
all American.
Futures opened steady and closed
firm; American middling g. o. C.: April
5.31d; AprilMay 5.31d; May-June 500
$500; June-July 5.31@5.32d July
5.31Q5.32d July-August 5.31d; August
September 5.20@521d; September Octo-
Der 4.S7d; October November 4.6S@4.6 9d:
ovember-December 461@462d.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
FINANCIAL.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE - Market
weak. Commercial demand, sterling,
$4.S6A; sixty days, $4s3A ninety days
$4.S2. French. 5.197s Swiss, sixty days,
5.21; Belgian, sci; marks, sixty days,
943s; ninety days, "a 3-16
DOMESTIC N. Y. EXCHANGE
Buy at soc per $1,000 discount.
Sell: Up to $500, 10c; $25 to $50 15c;
$50 to 500, zoe; 500 to $500. 25c; 5000
to $500. S0c; $500 to $500, S5c; $4OO to
$500, Acc; $500 to $500, 45c. Over $500 at
the rate of 75c per $1,000 premium.
SECURITIES-Ther is some activi-
ty in the income bonds of the Central
of Georgia, based on the large increase
in gross earnings. Other securities are
firm, but very little trading.
Bank Stocks.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
The Morning News Office.
? Monday. Anril u.

The minor markets were closed in
observance of Memorial Day, so that
from local standpoint business was
at a practical close except in the whole
sale branches, which remained open and
transacted their USUAL business during
the day. In the cotton and naval
stores districts along the Bay most of
The banks were closed throughout the
day.
The tone of general business in Sa-
vannah at present is wholesome, which
is encouraging in view of the fact that
this of all other seasons is usually ex-
pected to be the du1lest. 1t is just be-
tween the close of one active season
and the opening of another, when mer-
chants as a whole are resting upon their
oars and disposing of the stocks they
have on hand preparatory for fall buy
ing. Discussing the situation an Of
ficer of the Wholesale Grocers Associa-
ton expressed satisfaction with the
general distribution of goods now, and
expects to see a fair amount of bust
ness done all through the summer.
While travelling men are not pushing
season orders the mails nevertheless
bring a fair amount of business from
all sections of the states that do bust
ness with the jobbers of this city.
The New York cotton market was
open, and scored a sharp rise of to
% points. New Orleans also closed
higher. Stocks closed steady, with
sentiment mixed as to the future of
prices. The telegraphic reports re-
ceived during the day follow:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
MONEY MARKET.

New York, April 27.-Money on call
easy at 2@3 per cent; closing 2 per
cent. Time money steady, go days
nominally 4A per cent; 80 days noni-
nally Az; six months 4h@4% per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 5951z per cent;
sterling exchange firm with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.s7.65@
4.87.70 for demand and at $4S450 for
sixty day bills; posted rates s4S5 and
4.sSh; commercial bills s4.S3h@4.S41a;
bar silver 53zc; Mexican dollars 42c;
government bonds firmer; railroad
bonds Irregular.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

turpentine, nothing doing; receipts 6
casks.
ROsin dull. $195; receipts, 1873.
Crude turpentine firm, $500, 1928 and
$780, receipts 50.
Tar firm, $1.65; receipts, 104.
New Orleans, April 27.-Receipts, ros-
in 492 barrels: turpentine So.
Exports, Costa Rica. rosin 20.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
A. Q. BAXTER & CO., INC,

Successors to Marphy L Co.
Board of Trade Building, Savannah.
Private leased wires direct to New
York. Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
Ne" York office. No. 81 Broadway.
Oft1ces in principal cities throughout
the South. Write for our market man.
ual and book containing instruction
for traders.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
FINANCIAL.
HARRIS, GATES & CO.
MEMBERS.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE
CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
NEW YORK COFFEE EXCHANGE.
COTTON DEPARTMENT 10 Wall st.,
New York.
orders solicited for Future Deliveries
OF good grades was reported. Fair
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

are being made to solve that most diff
cult problem Of taxation. The number
is a good one, and will increase the
popularity. The Cosmopoi-
itan, Irvington, New York.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.

Cotton futures opened firm and
closed firm.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
DRY GOODS.

New York. April 27.-Dry goods
market conditions have changed lit
tie during the day. Where weather
conditions have been favorable neither
first hands nor jobbers have seen any
increased activity. AS a result quo
tations are unchanged, but a good
many contracts are running out and
more disposition to negotiate for the
future is evidenced by manufacturers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

Effective Sunday, Nov. 20.
Leave Savannah daily 400 p. m.
Arrive Statesbof6, 6:15 p. III.
Leave Statesboro, 700 u. m.
Arrive Savannah, 9:15 a. m.
Another train, connecting at Cuyler
leaves Savannah 100 a. m, arrive
Statesboro, 10 a. m. Leave Statesnoro
4 p. M, arrive Savannah $3.50 p. m. ~
Shortest and Quickest Route
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28

Charleston, S. c., April 24.-Sea is
land cotton market, receipts none; ex-
ports, 81; sales, 2; stock, 1O4.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
TRADE AND FINANCE
COTTON FUTURES MARKETS CLOSE
AT SHARP ADVANCES.
SAVANNAH MARKETS CLOSED.
WHOLESALE MARKETS ABOUT ALL
THAT REMAINED OPENED.

Outlook for the Wholesale Trade
Good, notwithstanding the Fact
the Present Is Between Seasons,
When Little Business Is Expected.
Reports of TeIesraphic Markets
Received During the Day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
SEA ISLAND COTTON.

The sea island cotton market closed
quiet, with little business doing. Prices
on the whole remain unchanged. The
crop in sight to date is 100,SS0 bales.
Prices about as follows:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
IN Southern
ON Railway.

Trains arrive and depart Savannah
by 90th meridian time-one hour slow
er than city time.
Schedule effective April IL. 1908.
TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-28
Naval stores.

Charleston, C. S., April 27.-Turpen-
tine. nominal; 46c; sales, none.
Rosin, nominal; A, B, c, d, E, $1.75;
f, $3.50; G, S1S5; H, $2.15; 1, $2.75; K,
w W., $3.25.
wilmington, N. c.. April 27.-Spirits
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19

this size, but owing to an increasing
congregation it was found necessary
to divide each pew into two, Wash
ington's alone being left as it was. On
the door of No. is a little plate in
scribed with a facsimile of Washing
tons signature. The pew is now used
by Lawrence Washington, a great
grand nephew of the general and one
of the present vestrymen. He was, by
the way, the first white male child
born in the mansion at Mount Vernon.
Across the aisle from Washington's
pew is No. 46, which was owned and
used by Robert E. Lee. Lee was a
vestryman of the church at the time
the civil war broke out. The pew also
bears a plate with a facsimile of the
owners signature.
In little room at the back of the
church is a collection of hymnals,
prayer books, collection purse, specifi-
cations and contract for the building
of the church and other things of in
terest. 1t is worth noting that the old
prayer book in this collection was
published in 1895, to take the place of
the one formerly used, and to conform
with the new practice of invoking the
blessing of the Almighty for the Presi-
dent and members of Congress, in
stead of for the king and members of
parliament. An old Bible in the col
lection was one that belonged to
Washington himself.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19
LANDMARKS OF ALEXANDRIA
Many of
iehestH

upon the people of the parish for the
purpose of building a new church at
Alexandria, for which the ground was
donated by Charles Alexander. The
church was built for 5000 by James
Parsons, in accordance with plans
drawn by an architect named Wren.
On the day of acceptance ten pews
were offered for sale, and No. was
purchased by Col. George Washing
ton for e36 los, being the highest
price paid
The woodwork and walls are white,
which seems to add to the surround
ings charming air of purity and sim
clicity. There is the altar, With its
heavy canopy, on each side of which
are large panels containing the origi-
nal doctrines of the church printed
in bold, old-fashioned letters. Direct
by Charles Alexander. To the left of
the font is the reading pulpit In the
wall on each side of the chancel are
set tablets. The one to the left is in
scribed ITO the Memory of George
Washington" and the one to the right
ITO the Memory of Robert E. Lee"
In the middle of the room hangs an
elaborate chandelier which was pre-
scented to the church in 1855 by Wash
ington; it was made for candles, they
being used for Illuminating until 1853.
Over on the left side of the church
is the pew which Washington bought
for e36 los. 1t is high box, about
five by eight feet in dimensions, and
has straiOht-harked seats m thrpa
sides. All the pews were originally
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19

Even the names of the streets in
Alexandria are reminiscent of the old
regime, the principal thoroughfares
rejoicing in the names of King, Wash
ington, Princess, Duke, st. Asaph, Pitt
and Fairfax. There may yet be viewed
the Lowrason or Smoot house, where
Lafayette and his suite were CHARTERED
when the distinguished Frenchman
was so royalty entertained upon the
occasion of his visit to Alexandria in
1925, and on King. street is the Mar
shall house, where Col Ellsworth of
the New York zouaves paid the pen
atty of his life for tearing down Con-
federate fiag-one of the most Drama
tic incidents of the civil war.
Even the houses which have no par
ticular historical association are so
strange as to give the visitors the i'm
preston that he has suddenly been set
down in a foreign land in another coun-
try. Rich carving ornaments the stair
cases; there are quaint old porticos.
Century old walled-in gardens contrib
ute an air of mystery, heightened by
damp courtyards and sepulchral wine
vaults, and, finally, stately mahogany
furniture, treasures in old china and
somber old family portraits aid in car
rying out the impression. For all that
did it not happen to be on the road
from Washington to Mount Vernon it
is likely that Alexandria would be al
most entirely neglected by the modern
tourist.
The most interesting place in Alex
andria, however, is the old Christ
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19

OF all the interesting reminders of
George Washington probably the least
known and decidedly the least appre-
little town of Alexandria, nesting on
sae banks of the Potomac few miles
fellow the national capital. In the
Gays when Mount Vernon was the
center Of American heart interest and
the site of the present city of Wash.
ington was but a broad expanse of
green meadows Alexandria was city
Of consequence and the capital of a
social domain quite as brilliant in its
gay as that which now holds sway
1t the American seat of government.
George Washington always took the
greatest interest in the welfare of the
little city, whittier he turned alike for
supplies for his plantation and for the
social diversions of which he was no.
toriously fond. The great cobblestones
in Alexandria's streets were laid by
the Hessian prisoners under Washing
tons directions. Here the Masonic
lodge of which he was worshipful mas
ter held its festivities, here he came
to Sunday services in old Christ's
church, sitting with his family in the
old square pew which yet bears the
silver plate with the facsimile of his
autograph, and here, finally, he came
to indulge his proverbial fondness for
dancing at the celebrated birth night
balls" instituted in his honor.
However, George Washington's con-
nection with Alexandria dates back far
beyond the time when he was feted
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19

here as the nations hero. In this
community of a by-gone age with it's
colonial doorways of the Georgian pc
riod, its Liverpool warehouses and
mansions set close to the pavement
are the records of young Washington's
enlistment in the French and Indian
war and indeed there is the old house
in which Gen. Braddock held council
of war with five colonial governors. At
Alexandria, too, Washington voted for
the candidates for the house of bur-
filled with the first mutterings of the
impending storm of revolt.
Old Alexandria is rampant with fas-
cinating traditions relative to the
greatest rebel of all times. 1t is re-
lated that when as boy he was study
ing surveying and living at Mount Yer
non, then the residence of his brother,
he was wont toride into Alexandria as
many as ten times a week, each time
mounted upon a different horse, any
one of which would have delighted the
heart of a cavalryman. The future
leader of the continental army took
great interest in training the Alexan-
dria militia and many of its people
accompanied him on the campaign
which ended with Braddock's defeat.
After Washington married and in
herited Mount Vernon he greatly
shocked the aristocratic society of AL
exandria by sending his market cart
to the city to dispose of the produce
of his estate, but he endeared himself
to the humber portion of the COM
munity by his work in securing the
erection of the first town pump. In
his younger days he had been an en-
thusiastic member of the Alexandria
volunteer fire company and assisted
in extinguishing many blaze. In
1775 he purchased, at a cost of $500,
small fire engine, and sent it to his
fellow firemen in the little city on the
Potomac.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19
may Auction Indian Pastures.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE United
States government may conduct an
auction sale in the new Kiowa-Co-
manche country, which will be as un-
ique and stupendous thing in its way
as the Kiowa drawing. The house
committee on Indian affairs has en-
dorsed the bill to dispose of the sos, 900
acres of pasture land set apart for the
Kiowas and Comanches to settlers, and
outline a public auction of 16o acre
tracts as the proper scheme. At So an
acre the sale would bring 81. 500, 600.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19

street and a big door with brass
knocker, and Congress paid Mr.. Os-
good $4,000 to fit it up for the Presi-
dent. Some people called it the pal
ace"
j. Here Washington dwelt in fine state
ly fashion. When he attended the halls
of Congress, in Wall street, he rode in
a gorgeous coach drawn by six horses,
with liveried outriders, powdered foot
men and an escort of gentlemen.
mounted. Those who desired to pay
their respects to the head of the state
sent their names to his secretary be-
forehand Once week there would
be a levee. The company assembled
in a room bare of chairs, so that none
might sit At the hour named the
President, in black velvet, and wear
ing a court sword, entered, and the
gentlemen were presented to him by
Col Humphreys, who had been attache
to our legation at Paris, and who knew
all about such matters. There was no
handshaking. The President carried
his cooked hat in one hand, and the
other rested on his sword. After hav-
ing said something to each of his
guests, he bowed and retired Con-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19
TWO ROUTES TO THE COAST.
Panhandle Cutoff To Be largely
Used For Freight Traffic.
A HARVEY EATING HOUSE.

Wichita, Feb. IA contract has
recently been let to Messrs. B. Lantry
& Sons, Strong City, Kansas, for build
ing the first sixty miles of track of the
Eastern Railway of New Mexico "a
part of the Santa Fe system), the same
to include the grading, bridging and
masonry work. This section extends
from Belen, station on the A. T. & S.
f. railway, 80 miles south of Albu-
querque, eastward to Willard, a station
on the new Santa Fe central line. The
work on this section is quite difficult
When completed the Eastern New
Mexican railway will extend from
Texico, on the Pecos Valley railway to
Rio Buerco. station on the A. I. &
S. T. coast line, "a miles west of AL
buquerque. 1t will be about 200 miles
long and will be finished during 1904.
The Santa Fe will then have two
routes to the coast; the present one
through La Junta, Ration and Glorieta
passes, and the new line through
Wichita, the Panhandle country and
Pecos Valley. When the latter is
ready it will be largely used for
freight traffic, owing to the easier
grades, whereby greater tonnage can
be hauled. The saving in trans-conti-
mental mileage was not SO much of a
factor in locating this cutoff as the
saving in grades
With the above news again comes
word that the Harvey people will pur-
chase site and erect large hotel and
railroad eating house here.
While there has been nothing def
mite given out by Mahan Bros, the own
ers of the 100 feet of ground directly
opposite the Santa Fe passenger sta
ton, there has been rumor current
for the past several days that the
Harvey people were negotiating for
the site and it is not at all improbable
that the deal will be closed in short
time and the announcement made that
plans are out for building.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19

church, where Washington and Lee
worshiped. There among the trees it
stands, simple and unadorned in its
architecture, and, with it's old red
brick walls and stately steeple, it
looms up as a monument to the past.
The north side of the building is al
most entirely covered with ivy. To
the left of the church stretches the
churchyard, with its solemn tomb
stones, century old, standing like
sentinels guarding the last earthly
resting places of the dead forefathers.
That Washington was faithful in
his attendance at the meetings of his
church is conclusively shown by the
diary kept by himself, some of the en-
tries in which are as follows:
''1760, Feb. 9, Rev. G. Green dined at
Mount Vernon.
"176S, May s, went to church from
Colonel Bassett's.
"176S, June 5, to church at Alexan-
dria, dined at Colonel Carlyle's.
"176S, July 10, vestry meeting.
''176S, Sept. 9, vestry meeting at the
new church, dined at Carlyle's.
"1769, April, church from Eltnam
and dined with Colonel Daingerfeld at
the pastors.
"177S, May 8, to Alexandria with
Nellie Calvert.
"1774, June "a, to church at Alexan-
dria.
"17S5, Sept Is, sent my chariot to
Alexandria for Miss Sally Ramsey and
Kitty Thompson, to be bridesmaids
for Fanny Bassett. Rev. DR.. Griffith
and Rev. DR.. Grayson came to dinner.
After the candles were lighted George
A Washington and Miss Bassett were
married by Rev. DR.. Grayson.
''17SS, Nov. 4, Mr.. Herbert and lady,
Mr.. Potts and lady, Gen. Lee and lady
dined here, with Count Mostier and
the Marchioness of De Bretan."
In 1865 the vestry ordered levy OF
1,1S0 pounds of tobacco to be made
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-19
Marship. to Honduras.

San Francisco, Feb. 12.-All the war
ships in Admiral Glass squadron have
started from this port to Honduras.
With the New York are the Boston,
Marblehead and Ranger. On the New
York there was a small fire in the pay
masters cabin just before starting. 1t
was easily extinguished, only part of
the woodwork in one room being de-
stroyed. Somebody dropped a cigarette
into the waste basket and started the
blaze. The revolutions in Central
America make their presence needed.