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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31
USE MUCH GOVERNMENT INK.
Official Signatures Consume Quantities
of Black Fluid.


of Black Fluid.
There has been considerable news
paper talk of late about the amount of
labor involved in signature signing on
the Part of certain treasury depart
ment officials. 1t is said that Assist
ant Secretary Armstrong created
record by writing his name to 5000
official documents in a single day,
while others of his associates have ac-
quired hand paralysis and other ills
by constant use of the pen.
G. F. Adams, the assistant register of
the treasury, enjoys the reputation of
using more ink and running more pen
points in his daily work than any other
the absence of Register Lyons, Mr..
Adams signs all the bonds and interest
checks. At certain periods of the year
this involves a great amount of work,
and Mr.. Adams is kept busy from 9
o'clock to the hour of closing. When a
big pile of bonds is brought in for him
to sign he pulls an extra large inkwe1l
up near the papers and goes to work.
He uses a pen that carries a generous
quantity of ink. Mr.. Adams bears
down hard in writing, so that the
strokes are very broad and consume a
quantity of ink. He dips his pen into
nature, and when he finishes the final
sweep there is very little ink left on
the point. At the end of the day Mr..
Adams inkwell is practically empty,
and he has broken up five or six pens.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31
Changes in Warfare.

Smokeless powder, machine euns
AMI quick-firing rifles tend to make the
attacking OF small states by powerful
ones more and more impossible Sue
cessfui attacks on countries like
France, Germany, England or the
United States are now quite out of the
question Formerly it was considered
sufficient IL the attacking party ont.
numbered their opponents by two or
three to one. In South Africa Il VS.
demonstrated that the proportion muat
- more than ten to one
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31

there was some demonstration of en-
thusiasm, and the roofs of the city
became thronged as if by magic with
interested parties of sightseers. Mr..
Spencer passed to the east of the
dome and then moved to the north
west The wind now got the mastery
of the balloon, and although the aero
naut fought stoutly with rudder and
tractor Gas the screw is called, owing
to dts being fixed at the bowl. he was
forced to continue his course to the
north.-Illustrated London News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31
/. Air Ships Old and New at the Al
exandria Palace Exhibition.
!. Mr.. Spencer's Air Ship in Flight.

The navigable balloon or airship
with which Mr.. Stanley Spencer has
experimental for some time past was
put to a severe test on the afternoon
of Sept. II, when the aeronaut started
from the Crystal palace to attempt to
steer his machine round the dome of
st. Pauls, says the Illustrated London
News. A great deal of public inter
est was excited in the event. Several
thousand people had assembled in the
polo ground of the palace, and re-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31

ceived Mr.. Spencer and his invention
with cheers. The air ship, as is usual
with such contrivances, gave good
deal of trouble before it could be per-
sueded to make proper start, but
about ten minutes past five it got
clear away and moved northward at
rate of about fifteen miles an hour In
the region of ST. Paul's large crowds
awaited the coming of the aeronaut.
Then as soon as the air ship became
visible at a height of about 700 feet,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31
Primitive Farming Utensils.

In southern Greece many primitive
agricultural implements are still in
use, including plows similar to those
used here in the age of Pericles-the
pole, bent-bow hayrack, common in
America in pioneer days. and hand
made hoes and shove1s. the hoes with
blades as large and as heavy as the
American spade.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31

'that 1 should be, the cause of all this
trouble
'sYou,'' he exclaimed, as he paced
the room, thoroughly vexed. You the
cause; it's nothing but the everlast-
ing obstinacy of these two internal
old-fools-that all this annoyance and
vexatlon has been brought upon US.
What have we to do with a quarrel
that took place between them years
before we were born? Leave her at
the station? Indeed, Wen do nothing
Of the kind"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31

During the month of July s3e horses
were slaughtered for food in Berlin.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24

month by those who sold the cotton.
This is rather serious, and if it keeps
on losses are likely to be serious. There
is no way of bringing irresponsible
people to time. If spinners will make
contracts with dealers of no standing
this sort of thing must be expected.
When Liverpool advanced to-day the
local market ran UP to 11.24c for May,
back to 1l.19c and back to 11.24c. Then
the price slid off to 11.15c. There is
not the outside business necessary to
carry on the advance. When profess
SIGNALS buy the market up and then
try to unload, there is no one to take
the cotton off their hands, and as a
result, prices decline. The only rea-
son May broke 10 points at noon, was
the fact that outsiders failed to take
the cotton. New Orleans was steady,
more so than on Friday or Saturday.
Liverpool showed strength, but New
York continued rather uncertain. We
do not see just now how prices could
decline very much before the bureau on
Dec. 3, now only ten days away, and
regard the situation as likely to IA
vor fluctuations between 11.00c and
1125c. 1t now looks as though the
movement this week would be mod
crate as compared with last week. On
advances, it is advisable to take profits
until the market shows which way it
is going.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24

New York, Nov. 23.-Prices were con-
siderably higher in the early market
and there was good business. There
was an improved feeling on account of
the sharp rise in Liverpool y and a
small crop estimate by "a leading house
here. Shorts were covering. Mail
news as to the crop was very bullish,
rapid marketing and freezing all, over
the South being the rule. The move
ment was only fair and the excess over
last years daily figures are being re-
duced slowly but surely. 1t is difficult
to see how with the information at
hand the crop is going to prove more
than small. Weather was warmer in
the belt. Outside business was in
creasing. Anything like a sharp de-
crease in receipts would lead to a great
advance no matter how high prices
may be at the time. The Agricultural
Department figures Dec. will I'M
doubtedly be very bullish, likewise the
census report shortly after for this rea-
son selling is dangerous. The market
eased off after the opening. Receipts
$4,000, last year $1,000. Very bullish
reports come from Mississippi and
Arkansas. A perpendicular fall in re-
ceipts six weeks hence was predicted
Gables 8 to 8 points higher. Estimates
for tomorrow: Houston, 10000 to 81,
900, against 1883 last year; New Or
leans, $1,000 to $4,000, against 26,212;
Galveston, $4,000 to $4,000, against 22,-
722 last year.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, Nov. 23.-In the spot
cotton market there was a good in
quiry and factors demanded a shade
above Saturdays figures. The i'm
provements caused by better Liverpool
and decreasing wagon receipts at the
smaller outlying points. Sales, 6,400
bales, including 1900 to arrive. Quo
tations 1-16c higher.
Futures opened steady; prices were
from 9 to 10 points above Saturday and
soon gained 2 to 3 points additional.
Liverpool cables were much better than
expected. Shorts covered freely at the
advance and rumors had it that Texas
buyers had laid down on 10000 bales,
which they were under contract to de-
liver to Liverpool. In consequence
Liverpool was forced to enter the mar
ket again for this amount. The gem
eral public appears to have gone into
the market on the long side and buy
ing orders were free in the first half
of the morning. The volume was par
ticularly heavy in March. In the fore
noon January sold up to 11.13c; March,
11.32c; May, 11.4Sc, and July, 11.57c,
From these figures the market receded
gradually to the close when the list
showed net gains on November of
points, February s, April 5, and to 4
points on the other positions.
Cotton futures steady: November,
10.94c, bid; December, 10 94@10.95c;
January, 11.03@11. 04c; February, 1112@
11.13c; March, 11.20@11.21c; April, 11.27@
11.29c; May, 11.34@11.3 5c; June, 1889
II 40c: July 1142M11 43c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Nov. 2S.-To-day's stock
market stood up well in the face of a
number of untoward circumstances
and closed quite firm at the top Level
of the day and on the most active
market of the day.
Southern Pacific assumed the lead
ership of an early advance, which was
rather decidedly checked by an out
pouring of United States Steel pre-
ferred, which carried that stock down
to 5Oh and awakened renewed appre-
hension of it's further demoralizing ef-
feet on the whole stock market. The
persistence with which assertions have
reappeared that the dividend on the
common stock is TO be suspended and
that on the preferred stock to be de-
duced has made impression upon spec
ulative sentiment The suggestion
which found its way to the public to-
day with the appearance of being in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
BULLISH NEWS THE FEATURE.
INTEREST EXPRESSED OVER PROB
ABLE TURN OF THE MARKET.

Not Currently Believed Prices Will
Lang Linger Around Their Present
IeveI-Good Demand for Cotton
from the Interior, With the Offer
ings Limited-Turpentin Firm at
E6 1-4c-ROsins Firm-LOcal and
TeIegraphic Markets.
The Morning News Office,
Monday, Nov. %.
THE cotton futures markets moved
within narrow range to-day, with the
,losings quiet and steady above Sat-
urday. At New York the closing was
las points up, and at New Orleans
4a8 points up. 1t was what the COM
mission people call a holiday market,
with trading limited all around and
all disposed to wait to see the cat
i,nu This jump will be on Dec. 3,
when the government will give its final
estimate of this cotton crop.
The market was influenced to-day by
another crop estimate, this one being
from Latham, Alexander & Co., New
York, putting the crop at 100000
bales. For a while the belief was eX-
pressed that the present volume of re-
ceipts would stop all short crop
guesses. and the fact one comes from
a firm so prominent and authoritative
in the trade gave renewed promise to
the bulls of the correctness of their
position. The current belief is that
the government report will be bullish.
Another influence on the market was
the failure of Texas firms to deliver
SPOT cotton to cover contracts to spin
ners. who were forced in the market
to supply themselves.
Turpentine closed firm, at 56Ac,
breaking the pegged price which has
prevailed for some time. Resins closed
firm at the decline. The demand was
on the whole satisfactory. The whole
sale markets closed steady. Details of
the different markets follow:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
COTTON FUTURES.

New York, Nov. 23.--The cotton mar
ket opened firm at an advance of go
II points on better cables than expect
ed, bullish crop estimate by a local
mouse and prospects for rather lighter
receipts for the day. After a little fur
lher hrmness the market became less
active and the estimate for to-morrow's
receipts at Houston rejecting a very
large movement, the general ruling be-
came rather easier. There was liqui-
datlon and soon the advance had been
cut down to a matter of 6@9 points on
the active months. Then came a par
tlal recovery on a renewal of covering
by room shorts, but with the weather
OF favorable average and the esti-
mates for to-morrow's receipts at New
Orleans and Galveston also very heavy
the market soon began to sag off, and
While more or less irregular, ruled
rather weak during the balance of the
session. The close was at a very slight
recovery, the range being net los
points higher, with the tone quiet and
steady. Sales were estimated at $780,
900 bales. Trading was not so active
as tho r-cent average, and there still
seems to be a disposition among both
classes of traders to await the bureau
report before operating.
Cotton receipts at the ports to-day
59,61S bales, against 1850 last week,
and 1854 last year. For the week 400,-
900, against 447, S97 last week, and 302,-
$40 last year. To-dayS receipts at New
Orleans were 1854 bales, against 1884,
681 last year, and at Houston 1890
bales, against 1859 last year.
Cotton Futures at New York, Nov. %.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool, Nov. 23-Cotton-Spot,
moderate business done; prices, points
higher; American middling, fair, 6.34d;
good middling, sled; middling, 6.0Sd;
low middling, 6.02d; good ordinary,
sod; ordinary, SGD. Sales of the day
were 5000 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export and included
5000 American. Receipts, $4,000 bales,
including 26,S00 American.
Futures opened steady and closed
quiet and steady; American middling
good ordinary clause: November, 5.96
6597d; November December, 5000
591d; December-January, 5.87@5.SSd;
January February, 5.S6d; February
March, 5.S565S6d; March-April, $3.50
esd; April-May, 5S5@5.S6d; May-June
5S5d; June-July, 5.S4Q5.S5d; July-Au-
e1lst $4,000 SD
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
COTTON.

Spot cotton closed firm at an adj
vance of &c on Saturday, with sales
at the opening of $40 bales, noon 5O7
bales, and at the closing ITO bales. To-
tai sales for the day, 9S7 bales. The
receipts We're 1886 bales against s.
736 bales last year. In the f. o. b.
market the demand was good, though
trading was along limited lines. The
country was not disposed to sell. The
ruling quotation was IL S-16c. Brokers
reported the inquiry good enough, but
with the country backward about Of
fering cotton freely at the prices ex-
porters seemed willing to pay.
The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market
at the Cotton Exchange to-day:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
NAVAL STORES.
Monday, Nov. %

Monday, Nov. %.
TURPENTINE-The turpentine mar
ket opened firm at sec, sales none, and
closed firm at 56Ac, sales AGO casks.
The demand was on the whole good,
with the offerings about taken. Factors
viewed the outlook with satisfaction,
believing that the rise is the forerun-
ner of others that will result in carry
ing turpentine materially higher The
day was without special developments,
and the closing was without feature
from the standpoints of either the
market or the movement. Receipts,
6S2 casks; exports 1913 casks.
ROSINS.-The rosin market ruled
nominal and unchanged at the open
ing, sales none, and closed firm at the
decline, sales 5,50S barrels. The demand
was good at the decline. Receipts, g.
1S9 barrels, exports 2,60S barrels. Prices
as follOWs
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
NO. 20. daily, from New York, Wash.
Nlgton and Cincinnati. $40 a. m.
no: 80, daily, from New Y,Gk ana
washington 500 y. m,
No. 50. daily, from all points West.
via Jesup. 11;5S D m.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Onion Depot.
Trains 20 and 80. THE WASHING
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Eestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman Drawing-rVom Sleeping
Cars between Savannah ana Cincin-
rati' through Ashevills and THE Land
Of he Sky"
For information hs 10 rates. sched-
uleo. ETC., apply to
c. II. ACKERT. @. H., Washington.
9; H HAR0w1cK. G. p. A. Wash
ington. D. C.
W: Il. TAYIoE. A. G. p. A. Attain
ia, Ga.
r. c. BLATTNER. Depot Ticket
Agent. Union Depot, Savannah, Ga.
e. @. THOMSON. C. p. & T. A.. Sa-
vannah. Ga. 141 Bun street. Phones
$50
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
MONEY MARKET.

New York, Nov 23.-Money on call.
strong; 41k@71a per cent, closing bid
8, offered at 4; time loans, dull and
firm; sixty days. per cent; ninety
days and six months, 5A per cent. +;
prime mercantile paper, 6@61k per
cent. Sterling exchange, steady, with
actual business in bankers bills, at
$4.S4@4S4O5 for demand and $48055@
AGO. 60 for sixty day bills; posted rates,
S4.S164S11a and $4.S41k@4S5; CONNER
cial bills, $4.S01s. Bar silver, 5Sc; Mex
lean dollars, 4415c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
DRY GQQPS.

New York, Nov. 23.-Value in dry
goods seem to be hardening in good
many instances and predictions are
not infrequent that before long prices
will show an advance. This outlook,
however is not causing any greater in
terest on the part of buyers, who are
still conducting operations in very
conservative manner.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
Savannah Bank
and Trust Go.
Capital. S35O,OOO.

IoSEFH ID. WEED, President.
JOHN c. ROWLAND, Vice President.
VIM. #. McCAULEY, Cashier.
SAML. l.. CLAY, Assistant Cashier.
A general banking and exchange
business transacted.
savings Department., interest
computed quarterly.
Accounts of merchants, banks
ana corporations solicited.
american xpress COmpany's let
ters of credit issued available In all
parts of the world.
collections carefully made and
promptly accounted for.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Storage
vaults for rent.
Correspondence invited.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
ware & LeIard,s Cottop Letter.

New York, Nov. 23-The market to-
day was no less erratic than last week
Liverpool ran up s to 10 points on
Latham, Alexander & Co.'S estimate
of 10000 900 bales. Also on the failure
of some Texas dealers to deliver the
cotton sold early in the season. 1t is
reported that between $4,000 and $4,000
bales have not been delivered this
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
SEA ISLAND COTTON.

The sea island cotton market ruled
aC'lVe and firm during the early days
~ the week, and closes firm, but with
'ess eagerness on the part Of export
. yrs about buying. The demand is
s suH good, however, with the inquiry
sIactory. The exports show a. wide
GGIstrloution, going to all quarters of
me consuming world. The character
~ lhls distribution is regarded as
IL rlces about as follows:
roHcy tloridas .............23
Choiiea cnolce Florldas ........21ia@22
A0e f4orldas .......,..sss"20ha
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24
HARRIS, GATES & co.

MEMBEtIS.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
NrW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE
cHTCAGO STOCK EXCHANGE.
cHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
NEW YORK COFFEE EXCHANGE.
C0TvroN DEPARTMENT 10 Wall St,
New York. -,,-,--
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24

spired, that reduction of the dividend
on preferred would consort poorly with
the corporations privilege to issue
$50 900, 900 of second bonds to retire
preferred stock seemd to have a more
reassuring effect on the spectators
and helped in the recovery of United
States Steel preferred. The stock
closed with net gain of one point.
The stiffness of the call money mar
ket was another deterrent factor to-
ward the close. Call loans touched IN.
While the demand for money which
caused this rise was unmistakable, it
seemed to be viewed with equanimity.
The demand for money is regarded as
normal for the last week of the
month. Another factor of possible
disturbance was the collapse in Repub-
lie Steel preferred, which lost points
on the day. There was no sympa-
thetic response to this outside of a
few other iron and steel stocks. Cir
cumstantial reports were in ctrcula-
ton of the necessities Of the COM
pany for additional capital, which 1t
is alleged, will be met by bond issue,
as well as by reducing the dividend on
the preferred stock. Considerable sus-
tanning influence in the market was
the strong tone of the local traction
stocks, led by Metropolitan Securities,
with an extreme rise of Az. The priv
ilege extended to Brooklyn Transit to
extend it's line over the new East
River bridge and through a New York
street in which Metropolitan Street
Railway tracks already lie, was ac-
cepted by spectators as confirmatory
of rumors much current lately of a
general merger of New York traction
companies. A more cheerful tone on
the London market was a help to the
local market.
The bond market was more active,
but quite irregular. Total sales, par
value, $2,529,O00 United States bonds
were unchanged on the last call.
Total sales stock were 456, 400 shares,
including: Atchison, 1870; Baltimore
and Ohio, 1850; Chesapeake and Ohio,
500; Erie $500; Louisville and Nash
vile, $3.50; Metropolitan, $500; Nor
folk and Western, 500; Pennsylvania,
S.24O; Reading, $3.50; st. Paul, 1870;
Southern Pacific, 74,200; Southern Rail-
way, 1920; preferred, 1920; Union Pa
cific, Pitts; Copper, 1850; American
Sugar, $500; Brooklyn Transit, 1888;
Republic Steel preferred, 27,450; Ten
nessee Coal, 1910; United States Steel,
20, 40; Steel preferred, 1882.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24

New York, Nov. 2S.-Cotton-Spot
closed steady; middling, uplands, 11.30c;
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-24

ldlly COTTON MARKET.
Galveston-Steady; middling, 10 1916;
net receipts, 1860; gross, 1850; sales,
Is; stock, 253,9S0. Exports-Great Brit
ain, $500; coastwise, 1925; continent,
S'0; France, 1886.
Norfolk-Steady; middling, IL 1-l6c;
net receipts, 3,777; gross, 3,777 sales
$40; stock, 22.232. Exports-CoastWlse'
Asp
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 11.25;
gross receipts, 275; stock, 5,O96.
Boston-Quiet; middling, 11.SOc; net
receipts, so; gross, 2,210.
Wilmington-Steady middling, 1887;
net receipts, 1,94S; gross, 1,94S; stock,
25,252. EXports-Continent, 5,l36.
alphabetically; middling, 1l,55;
net receipts, 30; gross, 251; stock. 1851.
SaVannah-Firm; mlddling, 10Bc; net
receipts, 1896; gross, 1876; sales, ST.;
stock, 124, 341. Exports-CoastWlse, $50;
continent, 1858.
New Orleans-Steady; middling,
10 l3-l6c; net receipts, 1854; gross, TO-
BAL; sales, 6,400; stock, 246,716. Exports
Great Britain, $780, France, 11,154.
Mobile-Quet; middling, 1O%c; net
receipts, $500; gross, $500; sales boo;
stock, 444O1.
'Mempnis- middling, 1O7c;
net receipts, 6,S42; gross, 12,479; Sales
1000; stock. SO, 1913.
*Augusta-Firm; middling, IL 1-16c;
net receipts, 152S gross, 1,52S; sales,
500, stock. 1926.
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 1O%c;
net receipts, 977; gross, 977; stock, III, =
lZ5. EXpOrts-Coastwise, 97S.
'Cincinnati-Du1l; middling, lie; net
receipts, 355; gross. 355; stock, 5,4SS.
"Louisville-Firm; middling, 11Bc.
st. Louis-Firm; middling, lie; net
receipts, 500; gross, 999; sales, $50;
stock, GOAL.
'Houston-Steady; middling, 10 1915;
net receipts, 1890; gross, 1890; sales
9lO stock, 60,574.
New York-Steady; middling, IL. SOC;
net receipts, 100; gross, 1899; sales, o.
2,2O7.
Port Arthur and Sabine Pass-Net re-
ceipts, $500; gross, $500. Exports
Continent $500.
savannah deduct 100 bales from ex-
ports, Great Britain, since Sept. l.
Total to-day, at all seaports--Net re-
celpts, 59,6lS; Great Britain, 10000;
$3.50.
Consolidated at all seaports-Net re-
[Celpts, 125,9S1; Great Britain, 1857;
france. 15,S09; continent, 61,5OO: Mex
leo, 1000.
\. Total since Sept. l. at all seaports-
NET receipts, 1887 $50; Great Britain, L.
S%-'S6l; France. 1885, 042; continent, 971,-
OVoi Japan, S,S62; Mexico 1873.