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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-14


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Fruits and Produce.

Alabama Peas-Crate, $2.
 Florida and Alabama Green Beans Crate, s1.75.
 Alabama Strawberries-Crate, $2Q3. I,emons-Per box, extra fancy, S5. 25GD5 50 Cabbage-New South Alabama, per crate, s2,5OaS; home grown, per doz., 75c@ $1.00.
 Western Apples-Ben Davis, s600q6.50. California Seeding -Oranges-$3. 75t94. .50 Onions-New crop, pound. Be; Texas Silver skin in bu. crates. $2.00.
 Northern Potatoes-Per bushel, S1 Hens-35Q45c broilers, 15q40c. Eggs-16c. .
 Butter-Fresh, 121kc; renovated. 2sc; creamery, 34c.
 Cheese-Full cream, per pound, 17Q18c. Tomatoes-Florida $3; choice, 225. New Turnips-Per crate, g 2.25 Nuts-English walnuts. 15c per pound: pound; hlberts, 12lac per pound: oceans. zoe per pound; mixed nuts. 121xo per pound.
 Raisins-Two crown layers, g; three crown layers, g. %.
 Dates-Per case, 30 pound case, BPS. Figs-Layers. crown, $1.10; crown. s1.25 per box.
 Peanuts-Fancy, per pound. 71kc; choice. SEC.
 Alabama Lettuse-Crate, s1 .50fl1.7 Cucumters-Crate, $2d2.50
 Egg Plants-Crate, $2q2.50
 Squashes-Crate, s2Q2.50
 New Irish Potatces-Crate. s1.75; barrel.
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Will Attend Tournament.

Gadsden, May 1s--(Special. )-Sixty mem- bers of the local fire department, together with some of the fire fighting apparatus will leave here tomorrow morning to at tend the two days tournament of the GeorglaAlabama Volunteer Firemen's as- sociation at Cedartown, Ga. The Gads- den firemen have been engaged in practice ing for the past several weeks and are confident of winning several of the prizes. This city has one of the best volunteer fire departments of any city in the state, and in many respects 1t is superior to some of the paid departments.
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NEW HIGH PRICE IN
 COTTON MARKET Old Crop Months Close a De-
 cline MANIPULATION IS FEARED Wall Street Is Good Buyer of Cotton, Fearing the Crop Shared the
 Damage Done to the
 Wheat Output.
MANIPULATION IS FEARED

New York May 1S.-The cotton market was a little less active than the averaee day of last week. but trading continued In fair volume, sales for the day being estimated at SOO,00O bales. Fluctuations were somewhat irregular with the old crop leading the advance and selling at A. new high record for the movement. The close was steady on the old crop and easy on the new advance of ' to points on the near months to a decline of 266 points on the later positions.
 The opening was Steady at a decline or to 10 points in response to lower ca- bles good weather map and the favor able character of the early forecast. There was a good deal of realizing and selling for a turn early, but offerings were very well absorbed at the decline and toward the middle of the morning the market began to advance on cover Ing and bull Support. July led the up- ward movement and fear of manipulation In that position accelerated the covering or shorts, who were also influenced to some extent by the western belt forecast calling for showers and lower tempera- tures
 wall street was a good buyer, believing e'i''t coHultlon causing damage to winter wheat in the southwest had also damaged cotton seriously and July sold up to 10. .Ss or 10 points net higher.
 Later positions rallied to about Satur- days finals, but in the last few minutes the whole list sagged off, led by the late months under realizing southern spot markets were generally unchanged.
 Receipts at the ports today S3s3 bales against 10,264 last week and 11.9N last year For the week 5000 bales. against 59,S32 last week and s0,S74 last year. To- days receipts at New Orleans 1594 bales. against 2923 last year, and at Houston S69 bales against 1895 last year.
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LiverpooI Cotton Market.

Liverpool, May 13.-Spot cotton in fair demand: prices 3 points lower. American
 midding fair. TSP; good midding, 7.23;
 middling. 6.74; low middling. 6.4O good ordinary, 5.34; ordinary, 5.36 The sales of the day were 5000 bales of which 5000 were for speculation and export and in- cluded 7400 American. Receipts 4000 bales, including POO American. Futures opened easier and closed and quiet and steady. American middling. good ordinary clause: May 62311; May-June. 6.-,; June-July. 6.14; July-Agust, c.09; ust-September, 592: September October. 5.S61k October November, 5.7S1z; November-December,
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Strong.
 ', heat-No. , spring 9sc@sl; No. 3, sOc@ S.; No. red, 92AM941ac.
 Corn-No. 2, 524d521hc; No. yellow 24@53i4c.
 Oats-No. 2, 45a4c; No. white, 451SQ46c No white, 421kG45l2c.
 Rye-No. ?, 7S@79c.
 Barley-Fair to choice malting, S1QS3c. Flax Seed-No. 1, $1.2t; No. ] north western, SIPS.
 Prime Timothy feed-$4.3O. Clover-Contract grades, $l5.
 Short Ribs-Sides, loose, sS.S71aa9 .12la. Mess Pork-Per barrel. $l6. 75416.S7ls. Lard-Per 100 pounds s937h.
 Short Clear Sides-Boxed. S9 .1212d9. .311a Whisky-Bass of high wines, $l.29I On the produce exchange today the but ter market was weak; creameries, 18423c dairie;, 17M21c.
 Eggs-Weak, at mark, cases included 1514c; frsts. 15c; prime firsts, 16c. Cheese-Steady, 14d15c.
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Chicaqo Change.

Chicago, May 13.-Wheat today on the Board of Trade crossed the dollar mark. Both the September and the December options passed that figure at the opening of the days trading amid the widest excitement Despite reaction throughout the day, caused by heavy selling for profits, the market closed strong and with the demand apparently unabated. Final quotations found the July option up cents at 955s@95s4c. The report of the option was at 4c, higher at 979sc. Decem- Der was up As at 99lsc. July corn was 1@@11sc higher. Oats were up A@9sc. Pro visions were 71ac lower to 5@1219c higher.
 The leading futures were as follows:
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Sanders-Lovejov.

Gadsden, May 13.-(Special. )-Lenard II. Lovejoy and Miss Florence Sanders were married last night at the residence of the bride on Ewing avenue at o'clock, the Rev. Will H. Howell officiating. The bride is one of Gadsden's most attractive and cultured young ladies. and possesses rare musical talent. The groom is a son of ex-Probate Judge J. H. Lovejoy, and Is young man of splendid business qnal- ificatlons.
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Dry Goods.

lyew York. May 1S-The dry goods mar ket opened firm today. Greater activity was noted in the retails stores in and around New York and In the late aft ernon. The jobhers were active. Mail orders were large for the day. Cotton goods was quiet generally at first hands and prices hardening. New lines fo plaid dress goods from foreign and domestic mills are being shown.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

Nv Orleans, May 1S.-Spot cotton closed easier with prices unchanged; middling, Il 11-16; sales were 200 bales on the spot with none to arrive
 Cotton futures opened steady from 10 to 15 points below the close Saturday as q result of early advices from Liverpool of a disappointing nature. Manipulation in July, the posting of the forenoon weather forecast, which predicted show CTS for the western belt, and further re- ports of crop damage, all combined to give the market a bullish tone and brought about a. marked advance fin prices. The early losses were soon re- gained and at the close, which was steady, prices ranged from ? to points above tine close Saturday.
 New Orleans Cotton Futures.
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Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York May 1S.-Money on call steady, 2Q1s21s per cent; ruling rate 2&a per cent; closing bid, per cent; offered at 21s per cent; time loans dull and steady, sixty days, per cent; ninety days, 40 A per cent six months5% and per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, 51A per cent; sterling exchange, steady, with actual business in bankers bills at $4S6. .2Oq for sixty day bills; posted rates $4s4 and $4S7; commercial bills, $4S3; bar silver 65s4: Mexican dollars, 5O1a; government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular.
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Naval Stores.

6s1Ac; sales, 254; receipts, 626; shipments, 655. Rosin firm; sales, 2126; receipts, 129G; shipments, 1262; stock, 24,s2O. Quote: A, B. c, 40; D, $4.45 F. $4.65; F, $4.75; G, $4.SO; H, &.S5: I. $4.s71s; K. $5.25; M, $5.3O; N, $5.35@5. 40; VIC, $5.55; wv, $5.65.
 Charleston, May 13.-Turpentine and rosin, nothing doing.
 Charleston, May 13.-Turpentlne and rosln, nothing doing.
 Wilmington, May 13.-Spirits turpentiue unchanged; receipts. 34 casks. Resin steady A.S21h; receipts, 2S1. Tar firm, $2. 80; receipts, 112. Crude turpentine firm, $S .5O $4.S0 and $5.25; receipts, 42.
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Cotton Seed OH.

New York, May 13.-Cotton seed oil strong; prime crude, f. o. b. mills, nom nal; do. yellow, 56c. Petroleum steady. Rosin firm. Turpentine steady. Rice steady. Molasses steady. Sugar, raw, steady; fair refining, 3.37; Centrifugal, 96 test, 3.S7; nolasses sugar, 3.12; refined steady.
 New Orleans, May 13-Cotton seed oil, prime, 46c.
 Memphis, May 13.-Cotton seed oll, prime crude. 37c: choice meal. $23. 50.
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Local Staple Groceries.

sugar-Granulated. 53sc; r. C., 5c. Flour-Fancy patent, S5.25; standard patent, $45O; straight, s3.75. Cofree-Green, 11413c; Arbuckles. S16Oo; Porto Rico, $l6.05.
 Meat-Dr7 salted ribs, s%c; dry salteo rib bellies, 10he extra clear, 10c; hams, fancy. 15ac; medium. 149sc; bacon bellies. 13c; California hams. lie. Lard-Leaf. 10%c compound lard. 9Ac. Molasses--Centrtfugal aOq3o; sugar house, 4Oc; Georgia cane. Sic. White peas-Per bushe:, Sz85. Beans-Navy, $2.0o per bushel; hand picked Lima, 7c.
 Grits-92 pounds. S1.50. Meal-"Jim Dandy" Toe per bu, 96 lbs. bags.
 Macaroni,. o1ac.
 Feed Stuff. Corn-No. mixed, 75c. Oats-No mixed, 43c; No 1 white, 5Sc; white clip, 5Sc.
 Pure wheat brai- 80 or 100. s1.30. Cotton seed feed meal, $26; prime, s27. Corn chops-$120.
 Corn hearts, 25.
 Shorts-100 pound sack. $1.35. Hulls S0-lb c. s., s9 ton; 20-lb. c. s.. 40c sack: 1O0-lb c. B., s11 ton: 100-lb c. S., 45c sack; 100-lb sack hulls 60c. Hay-Choice timothy. $27 No. 1 timo- thy, s25; Johnson grass, SIS; clover mixed, s2i.50.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures.
 Open High Low Close

New Orleans, May 13-Spot cotton closed easier; sales, 200; low ordinary, 67s nominal; ordinary. 7% nominal; good ordinary, 03-16 nominal: low middling, 1O9s; middling, 10?; middling, Il 11-16: good middling, 12 9-16; middling fair, 13 9-16 nomnal; fair, IA 3-16 nominal; receipts, 1594; stock 125 256.
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DR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY SPECIALIST $ PRIVATE DISEASES,

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Live Stock Market.

Chicago, May 13.-Cattle receipts, 29,000; market steady. Common to prime steers, s4q6.5O; cows, $3,25M5; heifers, $3Gt5.50; Duns, $3.50d460; calves, g .75d6; stockers and feeders. 8. .9095.25.
 Hogs-Receipts 42,000; market steady to cents lower choice to prime heavy, s6 50d@6.52 medium to good heavy, s6. 4596.471z; butcher weights, s6. 52150 6.571a good to prime, 6.4715@6.50; pigs, s5. 50d6.50; bulk of sales, $6. 4546. .55.
 Sheep-Recepts, about 10000; market steady; sheep, s4 25Gt6 10; yearlings, 8. .75@ G. 75; lambs, s5.50M8. 75. sF
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, May 13.-Todays treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve shows: Available cash balance, $255,55O,- OO3; gold coin and bullion, $96, S9S,S S55.
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Clearings and Exchange.

r New Orleans, May 19.-Clearlngs, $2, 407- 71o. New York exchange, 25 cents dis count Commercial paper, and per cent.
 Memphis, May 13-Clearings, a59,79S; balances, 67,31S.
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Interior Movement.

Houston-Steady; middling, 12c; net re- ceipts, S69; gross receipts. S69; shipments, 1913; sales, 296; stock, 29,035
 Augusta-Steady; middlng, 111ac; net receipts, 31S; gross receipts, SIS; ship ments, 403; stock, 21,S61.
 Memphs-Steady; middling, 11Kc; net receipts, 1856; gross receipts, 2S63 ship ments, 2194; sales, coo; stock, 133,9S5.
 St. Louis-Quiet; middling, 111ac; net re- celpts, 145; gross receipts, cos; shipments, sales, 2S; stock, 37066.
 Cincinnati-Net receipts, 75; gross re- ceipts, T5; shipments, 67; stock, 9202
 Lousville-Firm; middling 11hc.
 Total net receipts today, 2943; gross re- ceipts, 4733 shipments, 5266; sales, 924 stock, 231,149.
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sales. Hlgh. Low. Close.

ing were the principal factors in the strong closing.
 Bonds were regular; sales, par value. $1136,000.
 United States bonds were unchanged on call.
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Indefinite.

From the Baltimore American. How do you like my cottage so far?'
 thought you were going to have a Mansard roof"
 "oh, that's another story"
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Metal Market.

New York, May 1.-The London tin market was unchanged to 5s higher, e192 15s; futures. a1s7 5s. Locally quiet Spot, 43.70d44.25. Stopper, low CT abroad; spot. e102; futures, e101 5s Locally unchanged; lake. 2475d25 50; electrolytic. 24.25a2475: casting. 9 75@23 25. Lead unchanged, 6.00m6O5 locally and fl9 15s in London. Iron higher abroad; stand
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6.76: Deeember-January. 5.7s1k: January February. 5.73; February March, 5.7s1k; March-April, 5.74l5.
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ONhSC WdIhCbb
 New York, May 13--The market for cof- lee futures opened at steady, unchanged prices, to an advance of points and ruled generally steady at unchanged prices to an advance of points; generally steady on some buying The close was steady, net unchanged to points higher Sales were reported of 17500 bags, includ- ing May, 5.55; July, $40; September, 53Od o.S5; December, 5SO@5.35; February, $40; March, 5.4OQ5.45 Spot quiet; Santos No. 4, 71A; mile, quiet; Cordova, 9q12A.
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Coffee Market.

ard foundry, 62s Id; Cleveland warrants, 62s Sd. Locally unchanged.
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the Union station. Birmingham:
 (Effectve May 5. 19O7.)
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Hides and Wool.

Green salt hides, 71aQ8c. Green hides, 6Q7c. Dry flint hides, 15Q16c. Dry salt hides, 13Q15c. Sheep skins, 25075c. Goat skins, 10Q25c. Tallow 41zQ5c. Beeswax, 25426c. Washed wool, 30c. Clear unwashed wool. 19d2oc. Burry wool. 9G1Oc. Ginseng, s3.50q4.5O per pound
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THE LOCAL MARKETS
Inoal Cotton Market.
L.e.al Securities.

Corrected by Otto Marx & Co.,, Brown
 Marx Building.l
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THE CLOSING STOCK LIST

Sales. High. Low. Close.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-06
Loss Will Reach Nearly a Quar- ter of a Million of Dollars
 10 Owners
PUMPS WERE CLOGGED
Fire Started in Hold of the Vandalia.. Vessel Was Depressed While the Hold Was Filled With Water
 and Fire Extinguished.

New York, March 6.-Damage from a fire at sea amounting to fully quarter of million dollars was re- ported by the German steamer Van dalia, which arrived here to-day from China and Japanese ports. The fire started in the Vandalia's hold on the afternoon of February 25 and was subdued only after the hold had been completely flooded with water.
 The flooding of the Vandalia's hold depressed the bow and lifted the stern until the screw was out of water. An effort to trim ship by pumping the water from the hold was made, but the pumps became clogged and for two days the steam CT drifted at the mercy of the high northwest gale which prevailed When the sea calmed sufficiently to permit men to work on the forward deck the forward tanks were emp tied and some of the water in the flooded hold was shifted to water compartments toward the stern. An opening then was made from the for ward tanks to the hold and the water pumps began work to free the tanks. In this way the hold was finally drained.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-06
CITY IN REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
Property on Watertown Road May Be
 Put on the Market.

It is likely that the department of charities will soon branch out into the real estate business and will commence operations by throwing all the land belonging to the town farm abutting on the Watertown road on the market. Lots along that street are worth considerable money and in the opinion of the city fathers it would be god economy to dispose of as much of the property as fronts on the main thoroughfare The first step towards selling the lots is to have survey made so that the board may be Tn a position to know just how many buildings can be erected on the entire stretch and then they will be better able to put a price on them. Lots are selling in that dis trict anywhere from $500 to $I,0OO and over so that in all probability at least $100,000 will be realized on the sale. provided they can all be disposed of and there does not ap- pear to be much doubt about that.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-06
BROTHERS COOL
Celebrated Culpeper Case is Drawing 10 a Close-One
 Who Was III Better
LEGAL PHASE OF CASE

Culpeper, Va. March 6.-By late to-day the Strother brothers, James and Philip, charged with the murder of William F. Bywaters, their broth er-in-law, will probably know their fate.
 Attorney R. Walton Moore will ad- dress the jury in behalf of the de- fense when court opens to-day. He will present the legal phase of the case necessary to support the plea of mental Arrangement at the time of the shooting, contending that the Strother brothers acted on a sudden, uncomfortable impulse, impelled by sense of wrongs to their sister, Mrs Viola Bywaters. John L. Lee will follow with the additional plea of justification as contained in the ''un- written law"
 In the afternoon Captain Micajah Woods will strike the final blow for the prosecution, with legal argu- ment intended to combat Attorney Moore's reasoning. Although Judge Harrison has placed no restrictions on the time consumed by the counsel, it is not thought that three speeches will occupy more than six hours.
 The two defendants still retain the remarkable composure that has char acterized their attitude since their arrest, nearly three months ago. Philip, the younger, whose sudden illness yesterday threatened for a time to bring the trial to an abrupt halt. was considerably improved this morning, and no delay on this score is likely.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-06
SPEND TOO MUCH
Prof Bailey Thinks That Yale Students Have Too Liberal
 an Allowance
MAKES A COMPARISON

New Haven, March 6.-The dan ger of too liberal allowance to stu dents at Yale university is set forth in statistics gathered by Prof William 5. Bailey of the department of Po- litical economy and made public to- day. He obtained his data from five hundred students and considers that fair average Is reached in attempt ing to estimate the expenditures of the Yale student and the differences of expenditures between the poor and the rich student Five groups were made beginning with the students who spend less than $500 during their college year, up to those who spend $2,000. The average amount spent by students working their way through college is $292.30. The largest group spend between $500 and $1, 1000 while but nine spend over $2,0O0. The man in the $500 group spends six per cent on clothes while 1t is twenty-five per cent with the man who spends more than $2,O0O a year. The, wealthy students are lavish with gifts, spend more on in- toxicants than on tobacco and liber- ally patronize the theaters. Statis- tics show that the pipe is the favorite with the Yale smoker, and that for every dollar spent by the poorest students the wealthiest spend $S.43.
 In table of per centage the ratio
 the wealthiest students spend eighteen times as much on pleasures and eighty two times as much on to- bacco and intoxicants as the poorest students.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-06
WILL BE UP TO TAFT.
The Question of Cockfighting in the
 Island of Cuba.

.
 Washington, March 6.-One of the questions that probably will confront Secretary Taft upon his arrival in Cuba In the course of a few weeks, will be the propriety of abrogating Governor-General Woods decree for bidding cockfighting in Cuba. Nearly all of the planters favor cockfighting for a rather novel reason. according to an official who has recently been in Cuba.
 When the sport fourished the Cuban laborer worked four days a week to support his family. Another days wages he set apart for the lot tery and the last of the secular days he worked in order that he might se- cure funds to back his favorite cock in the pit. Now that the lottery and cockfighting have been stopped the laborers and farm hands simply stop work for the last two days of the week, having no incentive to con- tinue. This practice Is said to have had really injurious effect upon the development of the island industries and to have considerably curtailed production.
 Probably Secretary Taft will adopt the expedient of permitting cock fighting outside of Havana and the larger Cuban cities, just as he did in the Philippines. to the satisfaction of natives and their employees. .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-06
Unearthed Q Skeleton.

New York. March 6.--While mak- ing some excavations yesterday in New Rochelle. workmen unearthed the skeleton of man believed to be Bartholomew Lispenard. one of the Hugenot founders of New Rochelle, who fled from La Rochelle in France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes. The bones. which had been buried 150 years. were found en- cased in solid stone. The only mem Der of the Lispenard family now liv- ing is said to be Lispenard Stuart, a real estate broker of New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-06
SUN SPOT STORM ON TIME. Snow. Lightning. Thunder and a Gale Follow Astronomers Prophecy.

Pittsburg, March 6.--The electric al disturbance which John A. Bar shear, the astronomer, predicted would come as a result of his recent ly discovered sun spots, broke over Pittsburg last evening shortly after 6 o'clock. It was one of the most remarkable storms that has visited this city Tn many years.
 The day had been bright, balmy and spring like, with no threat of bad weather. Suddenly the sky darkened, fierce gale blew up which increased until it reached AS miles an hour. Heavy snow began falling and while the storm was at its height there was a vivid flash of lightning, followed by peal of thunder. The snow continued for about fifteen minutes, while the wind blew a hur- ricane for an hour. When the storm started the temperature stood at 40. In fifteen minutes the mercury had dropped to 26.