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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23
ALTON AFFAIRS.

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
5 Acton; VA, Oct. 22-Mr. Cha rles NJ G.
Cue and daughters are guests OF rcla-
btlves in Ashland. ".
Mr.. Douglas AfacGregor Of Richmond;
Mr. John Mills Goodloe, Of Big Stone
Gap; Mr.. Teddy Tyde, of Washington
and Mr.. Bowen. OF ChnrlottesT'lillfe,S are g
guests at Locust Dale"
Mr.. NJ c. Morton and wife. OF Boston,
spent Il few days with old ac1uainttlnces
at Alton on their way home from 81.
Louis. TX
Rev. j. II. sherrard and family. form
ery OF Alton, who have been visiting
friends here for few weeks, have rent
ed the tt"Mallace" place; near Iiillsboro
and left today for their new home
, Mrs George Cunningham. Miss aCmiN
{ LYMAN Mrs. q e. .. Wlneied and fans
lily, Miss Greer, and Mrs. II. G.. Leigh
Jr, left for their homes III Richmond
this week.
Miss Ralncy, who spent seYera months
at the Alton House, left for Louisville
Monday.
The dry weather has shortened the
chestnut crop very materially: the burrs
drop to the ground unopened, and not
fully developed.
The large ssDw-mill belonging TO J g.
Parr, opera ted ON Mr.. ". S. Rodcss
place, was burned this week 1t Is, be-
lieyed to have been set on. fire. inc
machinery, Is badly damaged.
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SALEM SOCIAL,
Especial 10 The Times-Dlspatch,l

Especial 10 The Times-D lsnatch,l
s.Al.i1At, VA, Oct. 22.--Mrs.8 II, p, Pllgll
glyn h, very delightful ouchlieipnrty Frl-
day evening at her home on the Houle-
yard The house was PRETTY decorated
With ferns and golden rod, and the guests
wore entertained by the hosts In her usuail
charming style. After a lively contest,
the head prizes we've won BY Miss Bessie
galloway and Mr.. Marshall McClung, and
the consolation prizes We're awarded 70
THOSE present were Mrs. C,1NN, Lewis,
Mry L.. NJ. hcReynolds, NJ secs l-una
iB!sgs. Bessie Galloway, Kule Garrett,
MAY Garrett, Matte Grown, Grace Wiley,
Emma Ayres, Aida ktlllanl Mrs. Mas Ma
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tons Of war, the output is much larger
At Toxic and elsewhere deadly explosives
are anufactured by the ton. The great
guns for the artillery service. whose I'M
mense range and wonderful accuracy have
caused the Russians to retreat from SO
many strong positions. are also mannfact-
sured at Osaka, The arsenal at Toxic ! s
Of Fabulous capacity 1t was there the
Marasa rife was manufactured. but is
now superseded by the ''30th year gum
a japanese invention, which Is said to
be one of the finest in the world.
Every modern device. in transportation,
in the preparation and preservation of
food supplies for the army, and in rapid
communication have been adopted. Field
telephones, during battles progress,
have enabled the commanding officers to
handle Their forces more efficiently Wire
less telegraphy has helped the battleships
TO report to each other the movements Of
the enemy, and TO more readily form their
line of battle for attack. From the Yalu
River northwards Gen. Kuroki has built
a little railroad for fifty miles or more,
over which army supplies have been push
ed to the front by coolies in defiance Of
rain ana mud. Surgeons with X-ray in
strupents, and every modern appliance
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MILITARY GENIUS OF. JAPAN
by nISIzoP CHARLES b. GALLOWAY, D. D., IL. D.

y4AGAsAKl, JAPAN, Sept. lo.-The adj
ntirable equipment OF the Japanese army
and navy and their remarkable efficiency
iii This War. have occasioned at once pro-
found aston,shment and eHtravagant ad-
,niration. But those who have watched
The quiet construction Of arssnals and
naval stations for the past ten years are
rot surprised. With q patient persistence
quite unusual 10 japanese character, for
the. :.re prorsrbially an impatient peo-
yle, these modern equipments have been
secured Selected officers Of the army and
navy have been kept in Europe and Amer.
s:ca studying every new suggestion for
Improving both arms ot the service. They
.at4ye lost no opportunity tn.educate them
selves In the arr u warfare, and have
made prompt ana volunlinous reports to
ahe home government 1Eaess officers
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when sent abroad have taken positions in
foundries, machine shops, gun factories,
etc, and they have made themselves
masters of the several crafts. This simple
and technical knowledge has been brou ght
home and naturallzed in the shipyards
and arsenals of Japan. indeed. though
not regarded as an inventive and original
people, being by nature initiative, they
have recently turned out guns and e&-
plosives Of their own invention that are
said to be the most effective in present
use. A faculty for improving on the ideas
Of others is frequently observed among
these people.
TURNING OUT zAArMUNITTON.
The arsenal at Osaka turns out ammuni-
ton at the ordinary rate of million
rounds a day. Now. with an increased
force, and the stern necessity for muni-
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shall McClung, Mrs. Blanton Barnett, Of
Catawlp; Messrs. ]. C..Inglc of Roanokei
Paul Garrett, Marshall McClung, y, S,
pierce. Andrew Ityres Howard Holland
and Dr.. q. r, Koontz,
Nj. g. u Dent ana Mr., ". NJ. Francis
returned home Monday, after an absence
OF two weeks spent In attending the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. w, NJ, STROLLER. of Lynchburg, IL
visiting at the homo of Col, A. NJ, bow
man, On High Street,
Mir. o. Il. Stearnes, who bus been away
on business for the nnst i've months, re-
turned TO Salem Tuesday,
Gole and Mrs. ". a. cockrell, who nay.
been spending tile sunmeria the home Of
Mrs. q. g. Tompklns, ycturned on Friday
10 their home in Jacksonville. Elorlda,
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lace, we want to meet yoti--to
facilities for catering to your
etc. a large and well selected
booming our "CUT-RIGHT'
z Success and has meant a
YOU arc trading elsewhere YOU
If there's anything
It is in towil--we have it. II it.
else. We deserve and solicit
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II their patriotism is undying. i is is. Ses-3
,timated that the war is costing Japan14a
million yen every day. How long she can
beurt this tremendous expense IS the prom
lem. Every friend of the heroic little
people ought to pray for peace. warfare
OF olden times was bad enough but moo,
e1n conflicts are too expensive to be Of
long duration
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SALE OF VALUABLE LAND.

BY virtue of judgment of the Superior
Court OF Wake county, North Carolina,
MADE and entered at the February term
1854 OF said court, in the case of f. B
Barbee and c. b. Barbee, trustees ol G
bB. Afford and his wife Texanna @. Al
tord, vs.. Sanders Battle and his wife
CiaTah Battle, / will offer for sale at
public cutlery, to the highest bidder,
tor cash, at the court house door, said
county, in the city of Raleigh, N, c.,
on Monday 18th day of April 1904, al
Il o'clock M, the following described
tract of land, viz:
LIST tract. Situated in Buckhorn town
ship, said county and State and adJoin-
ing the lands of Samuel Norris, Margaret
Hamilton and others, and more July
described in deed from Samuel MOI lis
and wife to Sanders Battle, containing
thirty acres, excepting thereirom hfteen
acres sold to Richard T. Wilson.
End tract. Situated III Buckhorn town
ship, said county and State, adjoining
the lands of J. II. Collins, w. IL. OVERLY
and others, beginning at an ash on the
banks of Carys Creek, running down the
members of said creek. 90 poles to
stake. thence south 10 w. 20 poles to a
stake thence east As poles to a stake,
thence north 50 poles to the beginning,
containing 16% acres, more or less.
WIN. B. JONES, Commissioner.
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, March 15.-There was a od
crate and well sustained demand LOT
stocks today which resulted in suostaa7
tial advance in prices throughout the iial
Business was not larger than Yesterday
while the delivery of the Northern securi-
ties opinion was in progress; but toda!
market was entirely lacking in the lever
ish tone and the cratic fluctuations
which characterized yesterday market.
The buying was somewhat intermittent
but there were no intervening backsets
IT was the general conviction that TINS
buying came from a short interest which
has counted upon a decline following the
Northern Securities decision to buy
stocks at a profit There was no evidence
today of any pressure to sell on account
of the decision and the bears upon per-
ceiyipg this. proceeded to buy to cover
their short contract. They found only
moderate offerings of stocks and were
Obliged to bid prices up considerably be-
fore they were able TO supply their needs.
The Northern Securities case was still
the point on which the whole market
hinged 1t is evident that aside from fhe
embarrassment incident to redlstrlpu-
ton of securities the financial communl-
ty has materially modified its feeling OF
Taiue of the Northern Securities device
since the period when it's mere mention was
sufficient to conjure up buoyant activity
in the stock market. Another important
| influence upon the sentiment OF operators
was tie assurance conveyed iii Attorney
General knoXs statement that "the gov
crnmcnt does not intend to run amuck.
THIS was accepted as an intimation that
the powers now undoubtedly secured to
the executive and believed 20 be appIi-
cable to many other important operations
which have been pointed to as vulnerable
under proceedings based on the case just
Undermined were conspicuous in today's
upward movement. Northern Securi
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lopenine Highest Closing. Loves
rash ouotat,o rs were as foI ows:

straightS 81 5Ut04-7O spring paIsntS rug 4;oV
pring s2Sss; No 3 s,s So 10 No; ye, reG
5 z Oats, No = a;No swEitea a s n, awhi,e
ley..7S 40 fair to choice mailing, l5@55;aax
seed No. /, lilo: No. northwestern. LOG /,
prime timothy seed. BIO, mess pork per Dol:
ribs des (loose), 7.OO@7l2,: dry salted shonl-
d fsoxed io9s s s75o wnsk eo basis of high
Grade wines, les; clover. contract grade. ll2'
@...-
NEW YORK PROVISIONS
NEW YORK, Mar. Is -Flour-quiet winter
5 80. do bakers a.H0@5.l0;
Rye flour dull fair to good sI.S0@4.55,
choice to fancy s4:6o94.s', :, ooao,o
Buckwheat flour nom: S2.0O@2lO.
Corn-meal steady yellow western sllS@
kiln dried iodi 20.
Rye-steady. No. 2westPrn S2b.
harley quiet e1lng 50: MAILING hNa65.
Wheat-firm, No 2 red, l02@; May, l021s; July
g75l September, &H.
corn-spot firm, No. 2, nom; May, 59A; July
81. Ang: h7sEC97E Sept. So.
Oats dull. No 2, 20,
Beef-steady: family sll;so@l25E mess 9ona
80: city extra I ~ lna ., o mes packer
Cut enthusiastically. :pickled bellies, 1H@s
picked shoulders6M: picked hams l0aL
Lard-casy, western steamed DC; renrso
easy: continent u.s. compound. 67s67.
Fork steady; family ls00@i65): short clear
" .OOal675 mess Is 5O916OO
Tallow-easy city(S5A per packsge), country
51s05h ~ :,
Rosin-steady; strained com. to good 2.75G 50
Turpentine-weak R2K@63
Rice-steady; domestic, fair to extra, S1a051s,.
Janan nominal.
Molasses-f1Im New Orleans, open Ketue,
good to choice. 3I6D37.
Coffee-spot Rio steady: No invoice o}s,
mild steady cordova l0nl3.
Sugar-raw Efirm, fair rein 3, CEN
trifugal Us test 3 IA, molassessugar,. "a
refined firm. confec; * a.7U, dnped =
eran Suh cubes $50,
potatoes-steady: Long Islands. ON93.3 Jerseys
? 7503l2 Jersey sweets l.5O@4.OO, state and
Peanutswsteady: fancy hand-picked. @52
other domestic 3H06H. a.
Clbbage-hrm; domestic per ton 2o.OOG $500.
Freight to Liverpool 40
Butter-auiet extra fresh creamery a, state
oairy l4@ll factory l21z9l5
Cheese STATE inli cream rn. do na wSit nT r.
Eggs~unset state and Penn. nearby
average finest 20 western firsts
Cotton seed oil was quiet ana ......;-
crude f. o. b. mills 3l@Sl%, prime summer yer
| low 37M. off sum. yellow nom, prime white
| il@; prime winter yellow il1a@,
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS
| BALTIMORE, Mar. l5-Flour quiet winter
patents Si5@ 5.3J, spring patents, so'zogoo :,
/ w np3L-0I1 oPON,
i0ia March 1o5 90 2red western i0lh@.
r,orn-firm' spot 525s, Southern white 4o@o2E.
i March slNa@3s. ~
Oats-sleady, Now 4S@M.
| Rye-firm, No. 2, S0aSl, uptown, no. Z, o0e B..
69e170. 80
Butter-steady fancy imitation @2O, fancy
creamery Ala, fancy ladle GIL
| Eggs-hrm i9m. T
Cheese-steady, small 12aM for sept and
early Oct l0ta6li Nov, Small l2GA Lar Jept.
sugar-strong; fine and cOarse sr'huia'eo
| an
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ERvER. WEDNESDAY MORNING MAR Is 1904.

slie itancy, prices rose slow
ly at first due to short covering which
became more urgent with the progress of
the session and before the close the mar
ket had become fairly buoyant. advances
of two points or more being common
throughout the list.
The increased activity and strength veri-
fees the predictions made that the an
nouncement of the decision would mark
the end of the bear campaign which has
been in effect for several months.
Wheat made further progress IN CHI
cago. With the exception Of some slight
weakness which developed around noon
tht market ruled exceedingly firm and
during the last hour advanced sharply
to the highest points reached on the raj
ly Corn firm, oats steady provisions
irregular and unchanged. With strong
ly increased milling demand for wheat
predictions are freely made that July
will cross the dollar mark before becom-
ing cash.
Cotton opened lower on Disappointing
cables, receded further, but turned strong
again on improved later cables and under
the active manipulation of the local bull
leader. Spots were dull but firm. Re-
ceipts at ports estimated at 5000 bales
against $4,000 last year
w. 3. SMITH & co.
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fHE NEWS

ties itself and securities of the compah-
les Immediately affected were strong ana
gave sympathetic tone to the rest OF
the market. A rush of belated shorts
to cover who had waited in hopes OF re-
action, made the closing strong and active
at about the top prices of the day The
Pacifics. Fries and the Pennsylvania
group show gains of points or upwards.
The hond market was firm and more
active in sympathy with the strength OF
Burlington joint As and United States
steel End SIS. Total sales fZlr value)
81, TO- 600.
L. s. bonds were unchanged on call
Total sales were $4,000 shares, includ
ing Atchison. 1S,4O0; Baltimore and Ohio,
% 900; Chesapeake and Ohio. LOO St.
Paul, 2S.1O0; Erie, 4S,6OO do LIST preferred,
$500; do, End preferred 400; Louisville
and Nashville. 3,7OO Metropolitan Street
Railway, 1890; Missouri Pacific, 1900;
Norfolk and Western, 1900; Pennsyl-
vania, $4,000; Reading, 1890; Rock Is
land, 1900: Southern Pacific, $4,000;
Southern Railway, $500; do. preferred,
500: Union Pacific, SO, 700: Copper, 2240O;
Brooklyn, % 3oo Corn Products, 1900;
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 2,400; Z. S.
Steel, 4,40O: do preferred, $4,000
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SALE OF LAND.

By virtue of authority conferred upon
me as commissioner by order Of the Su-
pcrior Court, in special proceedings No
lbs, entitled w. II. Burt, executor OF
Penina Stinson, deceased vs. James Low
ell Wood ct ais, will on the 21st day Of
March, 1904, at u o'clock m, offer for
sale at public auction, for cash on the
premises in Holly Springs Township
Wake County, State of North Carolina
that piece or parcel of land adjoining
the lands of James Norris (colored), de-
ceased, on the West, d. T. Adams on
the North, and others, bounded as fol
lows, to-wit: Beginning at a stake and
pointers, Norris corner, and runs as his
line N. 2 degrees, East $3.50 chains to q
pine stump, d. T. Adams corner, thence
rs his line South SIS degree, East Is
chains to stake in said Adams line
thence South degrees, west 27.25 chains
to stake; thence North 50 degrees, West
Is chains to the beginning, containing
41.S1 acres more or less.
This 10Th day of February, 1904.
w. III. BURT.
Commissioner.
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notice TO THE CREDITORS AND
CLAIMANTS OF THE ELLINGTON
LUMBER COMPANY.

The undersigned, having been appointed
permanent receivers OF The Ellington
Lumbcr Company, hereby gives notice IN
pursuance Of the order OF the court Tor
all creditors and claimants OF The Ill
lington Lumber Company TO present to
him at the Commercial and Farmers
Bank, in the city of Raleigh, n. u, all
their claims against the said The Lllllng-
ton Lumber Company and to submit proof
to him of the same on or before the 23rd
day of April 1904, upon pain that all
creditors ard claimants failing to so pre-
senr their claims within said time shall
he forever barred from participating in
the distribution Of the assets oil the said
corporation.
The undersigned will, on the 9th day
of Anril exhibit to all creditors and
claimants who desire to see the same, a
full and complete list of all creditors and
claimants who have SO presented their
claims and the amount sscertained by him
IN Ia duo on each of said claims, and
wil, flo . LIST of the same on said day
in tho oftce of the clerk of the Superior
court of wake county. Any creditor or
claimant shall have leave during the
All Torn, nc wake Superior court to file
| OXCpOtIOnS
coiver as to his own claim OF 10 the claim
Of any other person against the defend
ant, The Ellington Lumber Company,
said exceptions to be pdsseu upon accord
| ing to law.
The undersigned also gives notice that
at an carly day he Will offer to sell at
the town of Ellington ~ =" ali the
mules live stock. ETC., belonging to the
defendant nj, and viii also, solf. either at
Ellington or at the place Of business Of
the defendant near Ellington al other
properties Of the defendant and due no
t;co of ~ ~ inc and place Of said sales
VIII hereafter be given -
Persons desiring ,, qmnfr a P,1n sm mSi
new. should investigate this prop pert
This. the 10th day OF March r,hsa lSo4
= i''''0 permanent Receiver,
Raleigh, N. c.
PoU & FULLER, attorneys I, ssa,., \
| 3-11-tw got
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Futures OPT ned quiet and closed fiir

American.
Futures opened quiet and closed finn.
Feb. and March .......... $3.50
March and April .......... $50,
April and May............... S.3td
May and June ............... S.46G
June ana Juy.... ..,.......... $3.50
July and august S.3,d
August and Sept.mb>r-. S.04@
Sept. ana Oct Lila .
Oct. and Nov ............. $50
Nov. and Dec ESQ
RALEIGH SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Receipts yesterday Al bales
Prices yesterday ......... .159s@153 cents
Receipts same date last
year IA bales
Prices same date last year 95s@9M cents
Receipts this week. AZ bales
Receipts same week last
year . -. ........... 30 bales
Receipts to date .....,... 1859 baes
Receipts last year to date 1885 bales
Cotton held yesterday about as the fig
ures of the preceding day. The market
was steady at the figures quoted.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
New Orleans, March 15.-Spot cotton
very quiet caused by the spot decline in
Liverpool and the unsettled condition of
futures locally.
Futures opened Is to "a points lower.
The lower opening was attributed to the
disappointing Liverpool cables which re-
pcrted wide declines in both spots and
futures. Later in the day futures in I,lv-
crpooI advanced and the American mar
ket followed the recovery. The profit-.ak-
ing by shorts who sold yesterday. togeth-
err with heavy buying by longs on the
strength of the imDrovement in Liverpool
late in the day more than overbalanced
the short selling that was going on and
for time prices we're we'll sustained. In
the trading May first lost " points at
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NEW YORK MONEY.

Sew York, Mar. Is, p. m.-Money on call
steady 1902 closing no, offered time
m ney steady 60 days 30: 30 days, 3@% -.
mos 3HG4; prime mercantile paper 41a@jM,
sterling exch. firm with actual bus. in bank
crs bills at 4o6 6l9.7o. for dem. and at 1890
"a asa for 80 day bills. posted rates 4.S4%m
MIG; conn., bills 1870, bar silver 5o7s,
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clined to 1926; July first lost "a points
at 1854, advanced to 1854 and finally de-
clined to 1915. The market closed quiet.
ct losses were March to July each 3
points, August 4, September 6, October 3,
and ovember unchanged.
New Orleans Mar l5-cotton futurnc Stoodr
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w. B. Smiths
Market Letter,
1snccial 10 News and ohso,.,

Especial to News and Observer
New York, March 15.-The opening az
The stock market was watched very close
" today for indications of the perma.
nent effect of the Northern Securities do.
rision. First sales were ut an advances &c
from a to ia per cent, and after a
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON. Mar. Is -Turpentlne steady
80; receipts, IS casks,
Rosin-...... at $50 receipts 51i bhls.
Tar--irm, Ii5; receipts 10 bbls.
Crude-frm, 2.25@4.00Gi.00; receipts 50 bar
rels.
CHARLESTON, Mar. Is -Turpentine nom,
......, receipts safes ...exports
Rosin-nom.
SAVANNAH, Mar. l5-Turpentine ....,..
20; receipts 49, sales -. exports 20.
Rosin 1rm, receipts oo6 sales PA, exports
Quote A, B, C. d, 2.l5@; ESQ F,265, q.
260 Fl, 255; |, ? 95; K, $3.50; NJ 3.55. N, $40. We,
%: WV. @s5,o0.
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RICHMOND, VA.

Capital Tobacco Fertilizer.
National Special Tobacco Fertllizsr
National Fertilizer.
Beef Blood and Bone Fertilizer.
Capital Bone-Potash Compound.
Traveru' Dissolved Bono PhospE alta
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, March 15.-An unusually active
demand for cash wheat buoyed up specu-
lative prices today and caused strong
finish. May wheat shows a net gain OF
SIC, and July IA to l 3Sc. Corn is up
1-2c Oats are off 1-Sc. Provisions are UNI
changed to sc lower.
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s. A. l. STOCKS AND soNDs.

BALTIMORE, Mar I5-Seaboerd Air Line
common l9HIl055. preferred l73s9T Is
Bonds-4's 49,. "a.
Atlantic Coast Line common lOoA@lo7; pref
erred ........
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IteceIplS IdSI year 70 UdIF - Io,ofu UdIeS
Cotton held yesterday about as the fig
ures of the preceding day. The market
was steady at the figures quoted.
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LIVERPOOL.

Liverpool. March Is, 4 p. m.-Cotton spot
mod business, prices q points lower,
American middhng fair, Sos gooo middling,
sxj, middling S.i., low middling s.ir, good
ordinary S.36, ordinary sic. The sales of the
day were 500, of which SEQ were for specu-
lation and export and included 100 Amer-
can. Receipts 1900 bales including Zi,L00
American.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-09
GIRL REFUSED ESCORT.
Victim of Cincinnati Degenerate Was
Tired and Started Home.

Victim of Cincinnati Degenerate Was
Tired and Started Home.
Cincinnati, Nov. S.-Miss Alma
Steingeweg, the telephone operator
and choir singer who was mistreated
and brutally murdered on street cor
ner on her way home last Wednesday
night, refused the company of her
sweetheart, saying she was tired and
would go home alone.
Joseph Renner, young business
man, called her UP by telephone two
hours before she started for home, and
offered to be her escort, as usual. He
is heartbroken now, because their
stroll in Lovers Lane" was postponed
and the girl thereby came to her
death.
That the degenerate who murdered
Miss Steingeweg also killed Miss Mary
Mcdonald and Miss Lulu Mueller re-
Gently at almost the exact spot in Low
ers Lane, an obscure pathway, where
Miss Steingeweg's body was found,
the police now say they have little
reason for doubling. The fatal
wounds of all were on the head, crush
ing the skull at about the same point
Of the forehead and were inflicted with
the same sort of weapon. In each
case there was no other motive, clear.
ly, than criminal assault or the fiend.
ish delight of witnessing the death
struggles of young and handsome vic.
Tins.