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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-08
Ware e. LeIand's
Cotton Letter.

Raleigh N. c., Jan. THE early break
TODAY carried the price within twelve
points of the bottom. Below thirteen
cent there was buying of the better sort.
and this turned the market to thirteen
thirty. In other words, prices broke for
ty points early and advanced forty points
later total fluctuatlon OF over three
quarters of cent in less than two hours.
This record is enough to startle anyone.
1t is 70 market to have much to 40 with
until it gets quiet and gives a man a
chance for his money. With such fiuetua-
| tions as we have had this week, it is
enough to make a holder sell out, and
only buy cotton on such smash as we
had this morning. Below thirteen cents
the outlook is a little different from
around fourteen cents. We cannot believe
! in huvine. or advances and think holders
should take from every upturn enough
money to repay possible mistakes in the
| future For awhile the market should be
a purchase on breaks below thirteen cents
| IN the event Of war, continued large re-
ceipts. there can readily be a serious
break which will cause anxiety. But for
awhile we are inclined to be less beaIish,
after a break below thirteen cents. Ii
! war is really declared do not buy cotton.
The situation may change TO such an ex-
| tent that prices will evaporate rapidly
There is nothing in the cotton situation
to encourage buying for higher prices.
There should be money in buying on
breaks for a turn. but it must not be for
gotten that the bloom is off the rye, and
| it looks as though we were in for period
0F lo1ypp prifpS
| WARE & LELAND.
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now invested IN London discounts TO take
care of French holdings OF Russians The
market closed rather easy at reactions.
Bonds were dull and irregular. Total
sales (par valhe) $1.S5O. 900.
United States bonds were unchanged on
call.
Total sales. were 419, 200 shares. includ-
ing Atchison p. $50; Baltimore and Chic
1890 Chesapeake and Ohio SEQ: Chicago
Terminal and Transit $3.50; Chicago
Terminal and Transit, preferred, 20975;
Colorado Southern 5000; Erie $3.50; Louis
vile and Nashville 1920; Missouri Pacific
$500: Norfolk and Western 200: Pennsyi-
vania 1896; Reading $50: Rock Island
1850: St. Paul 1920: Southern Pacific
$500; Southern Railway 2.150: Southern
Railway. preferred 100; Union Pacific
$500; Copper 1880; American Sugar
Refining $3.50; Brooklyn Rapid Transit
81. $50: Tennessee oal and Iron 1910;
United States Steel 21,e00; United States
Steel, preferred $4,000.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans, Jan. Spot cotton very
oaiet; offerings slight and buyers holding
off. Sales 500 bales, including 400 bales
to arrive; delivered on contracts 900 bales.
Quotations &c. lower
Futures opened irregular; prices 20
points higher to II lower. Soon after the
opening London cables reported a de-
cine of 1850. in consols. This caused
somewhat a panic and longs threw their
holding overheard in the most reckless
manner and bears hammered prices Wig
orously. Later in the morning there was
q recovery of several points on buying
Nv the bull leader. who bid 1926 for
- Coo bales of March cotton. No definite
news in regard to the war situation was
received and the only bad feature in this
direction wi,s the decline in consols. Later
IN the mornin.- cables said that consols
had recovered sc and this Immediately
had a favorable eject on prices. In
the trading May first advanced points
10 1884. then fell off 20 points to 1925
advanced to 1855 and then Tell off TO
12.51. The market closed firm with net
gains of . to II points.
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A NEW HOTET

New Hotel Olivette opened at MT Olive
rate Sz.oo day. strictly modern The
best place to stop when in Mt. Olive.
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A Kaleidoscope
TIME IN COTTON
1t Opens at a Gain on
Higher Cables.
THEM a SHARP DFcllNF
THENASHARP DECLINE
The Market Finally Steady at a Net
Advance Of Ten to Fourteen
Points. Pro!it-taking in Wheat
Causes the Loss of a
Cent.
CBy the Associated Press }

New York, Jan. 1.-THE dry goods mar
ket i outwardly quiet but there is CON
siderable inquiry and more or less OF az
undercurrent of activity resulting from
buyers who are in need of goods for Iti
med ate delivery.
The outlook is for increased buying 50
soon as little more light is shed on the
raw cotton situation.
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, Jan. THE cotton market
opened steady at an advance OF to j.
Toints. This gain was more directly the
result of cable advices from Liverpool
which were Of a better class than re-
CURED to match the closing of the local
market the previous day. But the extent
OF he response at New York was aot
considered satisfactory ana an active sell
ing movement set in. This resulted III
sharp decline that carried the trading
level down TO a net loss of to 20 points
as compared with the closing figures o.
the previous day. Then followed a sharp
rally with the market finally steady at
a net advance of 10 to Il points.
On the decline there was heavy Hqui-
dation and some pretty energetic sell
ing by the bears who apear to be on the
watch for renewed efforts on the part
o. the bull parties to SELL But at the
decline the bull leaders, instead of sell
irg. as many expected they would do. he
came active buyers and lmediateiv
started in to cover. At the same time
q more peaceful turn in the Russian
japan affair, as locally interpreted, start
cd a new buying wave from outside
sources and FOR time the market was
very active with local shorts eager to
cover their sales of yesterday and this
morning New Orleans figured as Eeavy
buyers As indicated by the total trans
actions the market was less than one halt
the record for activity but closed with
& firm undertone at the advance noted
Sales 100000 bales. estimated.
Receipts at the ports today 31.a41 bales.
against 1890 last week and 23033 last
year. Fer the week 225, COO bales, againsc
297. 73S last week and 275,179 last year.
"-oday's receipts at New Orleans Were
e.777 bales, against 11.2O1 last year and
at Houston 1O.44l bales, against 6,O24 last
year,
NEW York, Jan. 7-Coulon spot closed
quiet 20 points lower, mddl!Dg upland, l3 IL
ulf Ii s.; sales ll9 bales.
Futures easy AMI closed strong
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Opening. Highest. Lowest. CLOSING.
cash quotations were as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady. winter patents, $40; Straights
a. 7os. Is: bakers s25O634C; clears $3.50. so;
spring specials si.2!; spring patents $1,000 n Az;
wheat, Nc. z spring, 81: No 3, &c.. a; No
Re Tsd OATS s7 So fsaE M amle eS No G
ley a s7..; fair to cholce;naltng, i3@5S; fax
seed No 49, No norh west nar l 6bS
i3l2Gl2 $50: lard per l00b., 675G6S3; short
ribs sides (oose), 6.37a650; dry salted shout
ders boxed 775@S5; short rtsi clear S hgb
grade wines, l21; clover. contract grade. H.3o
NFw YORK PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7-Flour-quet: winter
patents sl.0G@4.35; Minnesota patents s4.5o@
Rye four-quiet; fair to good sS259a'4o;
choice to fancy S229003.z5.
Ruckwheat fiour-dull: s2.2oG2.a5.
Corn-Ineal steady; yellow western S29O.
Rye-nom.; No. 2 western 81.
Wheat irreg, No. 2, ST.; May, 9lT; Sep
TENDER, -; December, Ia.
Corn-spot quiet; No. 2, 81; May, 53]4; Sep
TENDER, -.; November, -; december .'
Reef-stesdy: family sio. Oo@ll.o 90: mess 5000
$50; beef hams 950a22 90: packet l0.5o@ll;
Cut meats--quiet; picked bellies 112g8%.
picked shoulders 1906 pickledhams, 1870
quiet; continent 7.40; compound $685..
Pork steady; family l5.Oo@l short clear
Is. 00&e13.J0, mess l4.50@l5.25.
Tallow--quiet; cityper package as country
Rosincfrm: strained common to good 2.60G1. :.
Turpentne-easy, 6006l1a.
Rce-steady; domestic, fair to extra, 1906,
Japan 4s4@5A.
Enthusiastically New Orleans, open Kettle,
good to choice, Sl@38.
Coffee-spot, Rio quiet, No invoice ~,
mild firm, cordova 8h@ll.
Sugar-raw, steady; fair refining ga; molas-
ses 81, refined, quiet
Butter-frm; extra creamery a., state dairy
I50i9
Cheese-steady; state full cream small col
ored l2Qe, white fall made, l0A.
ECgS-qujet; state and Pennsylvania 3J@...
Poiatoes-Long Island 2.25@2.5O, new South
ern. ...69..., Jersey sweets l.50@S.50.
PeanutS--steady; fancy hand-picked, 4A@5,
domestic 314@5.
Cabbage-steady; domestic per 100 5000
Freight to Liverpool l2c
Cotton seed oil was dull but steady; prime
crude T. o. b. mills 5000, prime summer yell
low ST. a -, off summer yellow, prime white
1850 nominal
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Jan. Flour quiet; winter
patents 81 35@D4.60 spring satents S4.65@4.yO.
Wheat-dull; S9@e9A, Southern wheat by
sample 73G1s9GG
Corn steady; spot 5O1S@.~, Southern white
corn 44@5l....
Oats-steady; No. white AG.
Rye-frm; No 2, Co.,.
Butter-firm fancy imitation 1920, fancy,
creamery as.
Eggs-firm; fresh 36N...
.Cheese-tirm; la, large 1870.
Sugar-steady; fine and coarse graduated
1861.
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QUOTATIONS OF COTTON YARNS

New York. Tan. NO. 1851 warps
21-21R; No. 14s-1 warps at %; No 16s-1
warps at 22-221a No. Is to los yarn at
1872; No 1851 at 201a-21; No. 14s-1 at
211a; No 1es-1 at %: RIO. POSI- at 221A:
No. 22s-1 at %; No. $50 ply soft yarn at
2O-2Oh No. 1852 ply soft yarn at Zig
%; No. $50 ply hard at 1920; No 1882
ply hard at 21-2115: No. 1882 ply hard at
221a; No. 14s-o ply at 90; No. 1852 ply at
231a No 20s-2 ply at 241a-25; No. 24s-2
ply at 251k; No. 1852 ply at 251A-26; No.
3Cs-2 ply yarn at 81 No. 4Os-2 ply at 81;
No. 8s-3, and 5 ply at 1920; No 2Os-2
ply chain warps at %; NO. 2is-2 ply chain
warps at 26; No. 26s-2 ply chain warps
at 2614; No. 3Os-2 ply chain warps at 271a /;
No. 1888 ply hard twist at 23h; No.
2Os-3 ply hard twist at 241a25; No. 26s-3
ply hard twist at 25H-26.
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liam 1-Cotton futures
LIVERPOOL

~ yERPooI, ran. !, 4p. m.-Cotton spot
mod ,b1s. v,.ozs 2i@ points lower,
ANGLICAN middline fair, 722 good mddling
.0g: IN 'ddling, 6 3d. low middling, $50; good
ordlnar,, $50; ordinary, $40. The sales of the
day we're 1900 bales, ofwhich 1000 were for
speculation and xport and included I, 200 Am,
erican. Receipts $500 bales, including 2SiO
American.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, Jan. 7-Turpentlne moth
55@; receipts casks.
Rosin--firm at 30 receipts IS bbls.
Tar-frm, $780, receipts =. bbls
Crude-frm, 225@3. S0@3SO; receipts 1 bar
rels.
inal 5tS4, receipts sales exports
Quote A, Il, G, 2.l5;D, go E, 22O; f. $50. q oao.
HISS; I, $50; X, 2.75; M, 2S5; N, 800; w q 3J5'
WV, 3.45.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 7-Turpentine Steodv.
500: receipts lbs sales III. exports N' ,
Rosin firm: receipts 635 sales 25j exports
g, 9u3te a =, 3, q 225;B o. ESQ E2s5 F22 @,
$50; WV, 3.55. "
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Raleigh 0Cape Fear
RAILROAD CO.

Effective 1901 A. NJ. Sunday, August
so, 1903
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OF PARLOR AND
DINING CARS ON SEABOARD AIR
LINE TRAINS NOS. 81 AND Is.

Commencing on January 9Th. the Sea-
board Air Line Railway will inaugurate
daily Cafe Dining Cars on trains Nos.
q and &c. between Hamlet and Washing
ton, and on January 18th they will inaug-
urate Pullman Parlor Cars tri-weekly on
trains Nos. q and &c. between Washing
ton, D. c., and Pinehurst.
For further information apply to
C. II. GATTIS. C. P. and T. A,
Raleigh, n. C.
Z, p. SMITH, T. P. A., Raleigh, n. C.
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.ures opened easy and closed cary.
aE RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.

THE RALElGH COIION MARKET.
Receipts yesterday ........ &c bales
Prices yesterday .............. Ii to 1874
Receipts same date last year. 40 bales
Prices same date last year,. 81 to S1s
Receipts this week ........... sc bales
Receipts same week last year SO bales
Receipts to date .............11,9S 1854 bales
Receipts last year to date. .12,250 bales
The spot cotton market made an advance
Yesterday despite the war talk, and the
fluctuations in futures. Prices seem in
csjned to stick close to thirteen cents, and
spot is holding its own well. What will
happen to prices now largely depends on
results in the East. War will send the
market down.
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ThOS. ].
MCADOO
All Kinds of Electrical Supplies.
Porcelain Wires All Sizes
Tubes Cross-arm Braces.
Cleats InsuIators.
Resets Bracket and pins
Also Agents for Edison Lamps
GREENSBORO, N. C.
LAND SALE.

BY virtue of decree of the Superior
Court of Wake County, I will sell by auc-
ton, for cash, at 10 O'Clock a. M, on the
22nd day of January, 1904, at Reddish's
Store. nine miles north of Raleigh, that
portion of the J. A. and Mary Honeycutt
land known as "The Webster Place." con-
tanning 10 acres. This tract adjoins the
lands Of Shaw, Reddish, Walton and
others, and lies directly on the new road
that has been ordered, which will shorten
the distance from Raleigh to the northern
part of the county some mile and a half
or two miles and will be the principal
northern road to Raleigh. This tract con-
tains two story dwelling nearly new
and is divided into tenable LAND and wood
land, and has mcuh wood and some fine
timber on it. j. H. FLEMING,
1223--t. d. s. Commissioner.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New YORK, Jan. Z, Up. m.--Money on call
easy at 2,..@3; closing Co.. time money
easy 60 days, as: 80 days, 1905 six moths
1905; prime mercantile paper 5@51a; sterling
bills at 4e4l5@IS5.25, for demand, and at 49, 10
for 60 day bills. posted rates 4S2@4SSN.
commercial bills 1921 bar silver 57s4 Mexican
dollars 1881
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NOTICE.

The Directors of the North Carolina
Railroad Company have. declared an an
nual dividend on the canal stock of the
company. OF z per cent. payable semi
annually on the 1st Of February and LIST
of August, 1904. The books of the com
pany will be closed. for the transfer Of
stock from January 10th, to February
LIST. 1904.
D. II. MCLEAN,
Secretary and Treasurer.
January C. 1904. 1-S-t d.
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A 4. SrOOKS AND RONns

s. A. L. STOCKS AND BONDS.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 7-Seaboard Air Line
common, 95st@l0 preferred lS1a@l9.
Bonds-4s $3.50.
Atlantic Coast Line common l06150I02..; pref
erred .... No sales.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
NEW PHONE LINE
THRU TO CHICAGO
MINNEAPOLIS MAY GAIN AN.
OTHER LONG DISTANCE HELLO
United States Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company, New Corpora
ton, May Make Deal With Twin
City-Win Send Both Kinds of
Messages Over One Wire. J..

Minneapolis may gain an additional
long distance telephone connection
with Chicago. Articles of incorpora-
ton were filed in Springfield, ILL.,, to-
day by the United States Telegraph &
Telephone company, which intends, it
is said, to absorb the National Tele-
graph News company of Chicago, and
the Chicago & Milwaukee Telegraph
company Of Milwaukee.
The company plans, by the use of
new inventions, to employ the same
wires for transmitting telephone and
telegraph messages. The headquarters
will be inChicago and the system
will connect with st. Louis, Kansas
City, Omaha, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
Duluth and Milwaukee. .
This is not a new thing" said
President E. H. Moulton of the Twin
City Telephone company, to-day. "a
short time ago an attorney represent
ing the promoters called to ask If the
Twin City Telephone company would
lease them wires between here and
La Crosse. I asked him to submit his
proposal in writing, but I have heard
nothing from him. We would be glad
to be able to furnish our patrons with
Chicago connection, and will be will
ing to cooperate in any move to that
end. I understand that the new COM
pany expects to string wires to La
Crosse.
"Telephoning and telegraphing
upon the same wire Is not altogether
new, as such devices are now in oper-
alton on several Of the eastern rail-
roads,"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
PORT ARTHUR BLOCKED

Japs Reported to Have Sunk Seven
Vessels i'm Channel.
New York Sun Special Service
Toxic, March 25.-Port Arthur is
blocked. ........
Seven merchant ships we're sunk in
the channel by the Japanese during
the terrific bombardment of Tuesday,
and the entrance to the harbor is i'm
;passable. This announcement was
made here to-day semiofficially, and
an official bulletin is expected to-
night, when details will be known.
anese fleet, officers and bluejackets,
volunteered for the desperate coup, in
which it was almost certain they
would lose their lives. Only a few
men were needed, however, and when
they were chosen they were wild with
joy. H.
Soon after the bombardment began,
sixteen warships escorted seven mer-
chant steamers to within a short dis
The waFships stopped, but the mer-
chantmen, under cover Of a furious
fusilade from the fleet, ran:i in and were
sunk at the desired spots. Then the
fleet retired. I'd
WHAT became Of the officers. and
men who performed the perilous duty
is not known here. Dead or alive
however, they are hailed as heroes
in Japan. H. :.
With the Russian squadron bottled
up IN Port Arthur harbor, or, If out
side, unable to return for coal or re-
pairs, it is considered certain that the
fortress will be in the hands of the
Japanese in a comparatively short
EE--z,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
/ COUNTESS SLANDERED
FORMER MISS HUBBELL OF DES
MONIES NOT HERE FOR MORE.
DOWRY OR TO GO ON THE
STAGE.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 25.-
stories sent from here by a sensations.
alist to the effect that the Countess
Wachmeister, formerly Miss Beulah
Hubbell Of this city, had come from
Paris to secure an addition to her
dowry from her father and that she
had gone upon the vaudeville stage,f
are untrue and are resented by. all her
relatives, and may lead to suits for
libel against certain Chicago papers,
The countess is in Des Moines simply
on visit, having been away from her
old home for several years. She re-,
luctantly consented to take part in a.
home talent entertainment for the.
benefit Of a fund to build woman's
clubhouse.
The countess is one of the trustees
Of her fathers estate and shares with
the other children in the earnings OF
SIS, 900, 900, which has been placed in
trust for three generations. Mr.. Hubs
bell has made will covering the res
mainder Of his fortune in which the
countess and other heirs are mems
toned and all are satisfied.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
CLASH in MERGER
RANKS REPORTED
Differences Over Distribution Are
Believed to Exist Despite
Denials.
Wall Street Flooded With Stories
Of Dispute Between
Interests. Z
Courts May Be Asked to Direct
the Transfer of
Stocks.

New York, March 25.-The differ
ances of opinion which have developed
regarding the distribution Of the
Northern Pacific stock held by the
Northern Securities company con-
tinued to-day to hold the attention of
fnanciers and Of the speculative
world.
In spite of official denials that lack
Of harmony existed and notwithstand-
ing more or less general opinion
that the talk of trouble was being en-
couraged in some quarters with the
object of influencing prices on the
stock exchange, Wall street was food
ed with what purported to be authors
tative statements Of the points Of dis
pute between the Uni on Pacific and
Great Northern capitalists.
One Of the statements sets forth
that the matter was entirely legal:
one and that eminent attorneys had
been. called in to arrange a basis for
agreement by which all concerned
would be fully protected in the steps
necessary to be taken, including the
Great Northern stock as collateral for
the Oregon Short Line bonds issued
to pay for the $78,O00,000 Of Northern
Pacific stock originally bought by the
Union Pacific group Of f1nanciers.
It was regarded as possible to-day
that this point may be submitted to
the courts for judicial determination.
Should this plan not prove feasible,
an alternative suggestion was that the
United States courts be requested to
enter a mandatory decree setting forth
exactly the manner in which the
Northern Securities holdings of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
should be liquidated. Such decision,
however, could not be had promptly,
and in the meantime there would be
a tieup of dividends which it was be-
lieved all interested desired to avoid.
The report that Mr.. Hartman,
president of the Union Pacific, was
holding out 70 rthe return of the $78,-,
O0O, 90 of Northern Pacific stock
which he and his associates turned
over to the Northern Securities COM
pany was denied to-day by a director
of the Union Pacific, who said there
would be no fight and that the differ
ences would no doubt be adjusted.
A representative Of the Hill-Morgan
interests said:
t3...,Tsh,e interests of the Northern Sc.
curitfes company are now going over
the situation, and the result will
doubtless be satisfactory to ALL
Union Pacific stock was active on
the exchange to-day, 100000 shares
changing hands in the first two hours
of trading, at prices raining from 1914
to 1875.
Trading in the merger stocks
on the curb was light and irreg-
ular at the opening. Northern
Securities broke LIS points to 96As,
but soon recovered half Of it's
loss Great Northern preferred sold
at 169 and Northern Pacific opened at
124k on sales of "a few hundred
shares. The market hardened soon
after the opening.
EARLY afternoon prices on the curb
were: Northern 49, Securities, $685.;
Northern Pacific, 1864; Great North
ern preferred, 170A. &
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
FRESHMEN SPURN
SCHEME FOR FAIR
Gaelic League Prefers Exclusively
National Exhibition to More '.-
Ambitious Plan.

Dublin, March 25.-Members Of the
Gaelic league have succeeded in de-
laying. il not in defeating, the organ
ization of an international exhibition
which was proposed to be held in Dub
lin next year under the patronage of
King Edward.
Sir James Murphy, president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, at meeting
held yesterday, proposed the interna-
tional plan, but was opposed by John
McNeill vice president of the Gaelic
league, who advocated an exclusively
national exhibition. This scheme had
the support Of the majority of the
league and ultimately the meeting
broke up in disorder.
Later the supporters Of the national
movement attempted to hold a meet
ing, but were dispersed by the police.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
SICK MAN AGREES
TO MAKE REFORMS
Turkey Acquiesces in Austro- Rus
sian Compact Regarding
Macedonia.

Constantinople, March 25.-An
agreement is said to have been
reached between the Porte and the
Austro- Russian embassies in regard to
the organization Of the Macedonian
gendarmerie under European officers.
It is therefore believed that before
long the reform scheme for Mace
donia, agreed upon by the emperors of
Russia, and Austria. at their meeting
last year. in support of which Austria
has been alleged to be mobilizing
troops, will be in full operation.
In an interview at Sofia March "a,
Boris Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader,
said his party intended to await the
result of an Introduction Of the re-
forms before launching fresh insur-
|rection.