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VOL. LI I. NO. 29.
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TODAY COMES TOE
FINAL TOG Os WAR
Effort to Force a Vote on
Reciprocity.
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PARTIES ARE BADLY SPLIT
Cushman Attacks the Power of the
Speaker.
MORGAN MAKES'A SPEECH IN THE SENATE
For Four Hours He Talks of the Great Canal
Project and Strenuously Argues For
the Selection of the Nica
raguan Route.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., April 17.—The gen
eral debate upon the Cuban Reciprocity
Bill closes tomorrow at three o’clock and
it is the intention of the House leaders
if possible to force a final vote upon the
passage of the bill before adjournment
tomorrow night.
All day long the leaders were count
ing noses and preparing generally for
the final struggle tomorrow. The Demo
crats are so badly split up on this prop
osition that a caucus was held tonight.
The opponents of the bill occupied most
of the time of the debate (oday. The
feature being a vigorous speech by Mr.
Cushman (Washn.), Republican, against
the measure. Mr. Cushman arraigned
the Committee on Rules and the House
leaders in a breezy and at times sensa
tional fashion. A portion of his criticism
was in a semi -humorous vein, but some
of it was decidedly caustic.
Mr. DeArmond, one of the lead
ing Democrats of the House, de
livered a forcible speech in fa
\or of tariff reduction on trust articles.
The other speakers were Messrs. Pierce,
(Tenn.j, W. W. Kitchin (N. C.), Douglass
(N. Y.I, and Daeey (la.), for the bill
and Messrs. Jenkins (Wis.), Gaines (W.
Va.), Warner (Ills.), Gardiner (Mich.),
Jones (Washn.), and Loud (Cala.),
against it. Mr. Loud declared that di
rectly and indirectly Cuba had already
cost the United States one thousand mil
lion dollars.
Mr. DeArmond, of Missouri, employed
his \itriolic comment upon the attitude
of the members with his x accustomed
freedom. Calling attention to the tact
that members on both sides, whether
they opposed or advocated the measure,
justified their course by an appeal to
th<ir party principles, he remarked that
viewed from tihese divers standpoints
the .measure was indeed a remarkable
departure in legislation. He comment
ed upon the statement of Gen. Grosve
nor a few' days ago that later the high
rates of the Dingley law' would be re
duced and revised by the friends of that
act. Jf the rates were too high he saw’
no reason why the reduction should not
occur now and in this connection re
ferred sarcastically to the Babcock bill
to place steel on the free list Its au
thor had voted against the bill in com
mittee and he intimated broadly that
the purpose of its introduction was to
hold up the steel trust and other kindred
trusts for the benefit of his party in
the coming campaign.
Mr- Cushman, of Washington, de
clared that a majority of the Republi
cans of the House were today opposed
to the bill, although a majority were
undoubtedly today convinced that it
would be better for them to be in favor
of it.
THE SPEAKER A OZAR.
He intimated that the Speaker’s posi
tion was responsible for the change of
attitude of many of the members and
followed this statement with a very
outspoken and almost sensational criti
cism of the power administered by the
Speaker. He declared that he was pre
pared to make the statement that no
bill, public or private, could be consid
ered without the Speaker's approval.
“If there is any one here who desires to
deny that statement,” said he. pausing,
“I am here to bear valuable testimony
for his benefit. Who is the Speaker of
this House who sets up Tils immaculate
judgment against that of tb* 1 members?"
he asked, and then proceeded to de
scribe, amid the applause of the Demo
crats and many of the Republicans, how
a bill after its introduction was finally
worked through committee to the cal
endar. “Calendar, that is a misnomer.
It ought to be called a cemetery.
(Laughter.) For therein lie the
whitening bones of the legislative
hopes. (Laughter.) When the bill is
reported, what does the member who in
troduced it and who is charged by his
constituency to secure its passage do?
Dees he consult himself about his desire
to call it up? No. Does he consult the
committee that recommended it? No.
Dees he consult the will of the majority
of this House? No. I will tell you
v. hat he does- He either consents that
the hill may die on the calendar or he
puts his manhood and his individuality
iu his pocket and goes trottyig
down that little pathway that leads to
the Speaker’s room. aye. the Speaker’s
room. All *he glory that clustered
around the holy of holies in Kiqe Solo
mon’s temple looked like 30 cent#. (Pro
longed laughter and applause.) Yes.
looked like twenty-nine cents, com
pared with that jobbing department of
-
this government.” (Applause and
laughter)
ENSLAVED BY RULES.
Mr. Cushman then quoted Cassius’
allusion to Caesar as the colossus of the
world and continued:
“I make no onslaught on the individual.
I have a high regard for the Speaker of
this House personally and for him po
litically, but the fact is that we have
I adopted a set of rules in this body that
J are an absolute disgrace to the legis
lative body of any republic (Applause on
the Democratic side). They are un-
Republiean, they are un-Democratic,
they are un-American (Applause on the
Democratic side). We need the patriotic
duty in this body today of rising up and
formulating a new declaration of inde
pendence. We need to restore this House
to the great patriotic plane on which the
fathers of the Republic placed it, where
every individual member on this floor
stands on an equal and an exact plane
with every other (applause). We operate
here under a set of rules confessedly de
signed to belittle the House and dwarf
the ambitions of the individual members
of this body, and at the same time to
vest more power in the hands of one or
two men than was ever enjoyed by
Oriental despot or a ten-button man
darin. I say to you, my friends, that the
system is rotten at both ends. It is
rotten at one end because it robs the in
(Continued on Page Five.)
MOfiDIOBY RIVAL
Young Man Waylaid and Shot
by Another Maddened
by Jealousy.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Trinity, N. C., April 17. —Lawson
Parker, who lives near here, was shot
through the throat by Ed. Sawyer and
died last night about eleven o'clock.
Parker was on his way home after ac
companying a young lady from a party,
and Sawyer waylaid and shot him, the
ball entering the right side of the throat
and coming out at the back of the neck.
Parker was a young man of good
morals, only seventeen years of age,
and Sawyer was supposed to be a quiet
fellow. Another fellow by the name of
Morris was thought to have had a
“hand in the fight,” but upon investiga
tion he was released.
The trouble seems to have arisen from
the fact that the girl had treated Saw
yer coolly and was showing more respect
for Parker.
As yet Sawyer remains unseen, but the
public opinion in the neighborhood is
that he is not far away.
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
One Hundred Buildings Ooing np at High
Point Evidence of Prosperity.
(Special to News and Observer.)
High Point. N. C., April 17.—1 t is now
only a matter of form before High Point
has free delivery of mail matter. The
required annual receipts of SIO,OOO has
been passed and every day keeps grow
ing. The inspector, who was recently
here, says the High Point postoffice is
making enormous gains and (hat every
time he comes he is pleasantly surprised
at some part of the service.
Mrs. < has. H. Gattis, of Raleigh, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. C. Barbee.
The Sawyer mine in Randolph county,
is now in operation and employs a large
force of hands.
High Point .now has all night tele
phone service, the change being made
Monday night.
Robert Booker sustained painful in
juries from falling a distance of forty
feet while playing on the water tower.
Mr. Geo. R. Day, promoter of the re
frigerator factory for this place, has
bought a lot from the Kendall Improve
ment Company, on which to erect his
factory. The company has been or
ganized and work will commence in a
few days.
One hundred houses are now in course
of construction here. These include
store buildings, factories and dwellings.
The total expenditure is in the neighbor
hood of SIOO,OOO.
A theft occurred here yesterday after
noon. Mr. W. C. Stepp, a contractor of
Greensboro, had hung his coat and vest
on a nail not far from *where he was
working and when he went to get them
he found that they were gone. The gar
ments contained a silver watch, a gold
chain, pair of gold spectacles, check on
the City National Bank of Greensboro,
signed by C. W. Banner for $5.00 and
made” payable to him (Mr. Stepp); Odd
Fellows badge; also jstqflen from the
spot were one pair of shoes. The police
in the surrounding towns have been noti
fied.
Editors’ Great Time.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Hot Springs, Ark., April 17.—The North
Carolina delegation are all having a de
lightful time here, and we expect the
next National Editorial Association to
meet in Asheville. The meeting is a
great success.
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal
Church convened at Cincinnai yesterday
to select bishops of Salina, Western
Kansas. Honolulu and of Porto Rico and
probably of Mexico and to transact other
business that was referred to the recent
session in San Francisco, to this ad
journed meeting. The election will oc
cur today.
Miss Virgie Paddock, daughter of
Mayor Paddock, of Fort Worth, Texfl|
is selected for the chief maid of
for the Confederate re-union to be
in week.-
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 18, 1902.
GREAT SHEEP HUNCH
To be Established in Neigh
borhood of Asheville.
A Lady Gives Five Hundred Dollars to Trinity
Episcopal Church. Bees That Her
Name be Withheld.
(Special tc the News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., April 17. —George
Douglas Miller, of Albany. New York,
who recently bought 1,000 acres of
mountain land here, known as the
Swiss Dairy Farm, will start a big
sheep ranch there. ,He thinks that
there is assured profit for such an out
lay if the enterprise is conducted on a
sufficiently large? scale. The whole
tract will be surrounded by a substan
tial network of wire, which sheep can
not get out of and dogs cannot get into.
Mr. Miller is very sanguine of success
in his venture and thinks Buncombe
county has a great future for cattle,
fiuit and dairy farms to men willing to
put in mind and money and muscle-
Visitors will be allowed over portions of
the farm, from which some of the finest
views in the country are obtainable.
The Southern agents of the New York
Life Insurance Company, with their
families and a number of the officials,
will spend three (lavs here on a pleas
ure trip, arriving Tueday on a special
train- There will be about 100 in the
party. T hey will stop at the Kenilworth
Inn. A program of drives to places of
interest will be given, also a banquet.
.Asheville will next week entertain the
New York Monument Association party,
which includes twenty persons. They
will arrive Tuesday merring en route
RELEASING FROM POLL TAX
IN PRITCHARD’S COUNTY
Republican County Commissioners Doing Just What
the Senator in His Letter Charged the Demo*
crats With Doing.
(Special to ihe News,and Observer.)
Marshall, N. (’., April 17.—The lie
publican Commissioners of this, Madi
son county, have been releasing at every
meeting for several months back au
unusually large number of tax-payers
from the payment of their poll-tax. On
the first Monday in April fifty-five were
thus released, many of whom had con
siderable property, and very few of
whom had any physical disability. The
board then adjourned to meet on April
28th, when they expect to release as
many more as they see fit.
Th 0 ‘ Madison County Record" will
print in thiis week’s issue the releases
as made by the Board of County Com
missioners. The Democrats here are
from Chicamauga Park. The party
lunches at Battery Park and leaves
Asheville Tuesday afternoon.
It is understood that the movement
of the first squadron of the Seventh
United States Cavalry from Havana to
Chickamauga, which leaves Havana
Saturday, will be via Asheville. Sev
eral hundred persons are in the party,
including olfieers, enlisted men and
members of officers families.
Geo. W- Vanderbilt has bought two
hundred more acres on Avery’s creek.
A visiting church member has donated
five hundred dollars for improvements
to Trinnity Episcopal Church with re
quest that her name be withhold-
A teachers’ institute will be held in
Madison county if Fros. P. H. Claxton
can be secured as instructor.
THE TOBACCO CROP OF 1899
North Carolina With 203,023 Acres Produced
127,503,400 Pounds Valued at 58,038,691.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 17.—The Census
Bureau has issued a report on the to
bacco crop of 1899, showing that the
305.317 farms which reported a produc
tion of tobacco had an acreage of 1,101,-
483, with a tolal production cf 865.163.-
275 pounds, valued at $56,393,003.
The principal States producing to
bacco are as follows:
Kentucky with 381.805 acres producing
314,288,050 pounds, valued at $18,541,982;
North Carolina with 203,023 acres pro
ducing 127,503,400 pounds, valued at
$8,038,691; Virginia with 184,334 acres
producing 122,884,900 pounds, valu.-d at
$7,21C,195; Ohio with 71,422 acres pro
ducing 65,957,100 pounds, valued at $4,-
864.191; Tennessee with 71,849 acres pro
ducing 49,157,550 pounds, valued at $2,-
748,495; Wisconsin with 33,830 acres pro
ducing 45.500.450 pounds, valued at 82,-
898,091: Pennsylvania with 27,760 acres
producing 41,592,620 poinds, valued at
$2,959,304: Maiyland with 42,911 acres
producing 24,589,480 pounds, valued at
$1,438,169; South Carolina with 25,993
acres producing 19,895,970 pounds,
valued at $1,297,293: Connecticut with
10,115 acres producing 16,930,770 pounds,
valued at $3,074,022.
The Board of Directors of the Oxford
I Orphan Asylum were in session last
night in Oxford. Mi. G. Rosenthal and
Mr. N. B. Broushton, members of the
Board, left yesterday for Oxford to at
liifLlhe meeting.
SPEECH B[ KUCHIN
Vigorous Talk on Cuban Re
ciprocity Bill.
Let Republicans Opposing Trusts Vote to Re
move Differential Tariff on Sugar. J.
Wiley Attacks Simmons.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, D. C., April 17. —Repre-
sentative W. W. Kitehin, in the course
of* a forty minute speech on the Cuban
Reciprocity Bill, declared that w'hen the
amendment is offered to removfc the dif
ferential tariff on refined sugar, every
Republican who is against trusts, if there
be any, should vote with the Democrats
iu favor of it. He said that the bill
tends in a Democratic directiqn, but that
It is not such a bill as any Democratic
committee would offer. He contended
that Congress ought to forthwith repeal
the tariff upon those articles made and
controlled by trusts, and w’hich by the
trusts are sold cheaper to the inhabi
tants of Russia and Brazil than to our
own people. He advocated lower tariff
for all sugar so the consumers can get
it cheaper. The sugar grower of
Louisiana and the beet sugar grow'er of
Michigan who, under the protective
tariff sell their raw sugar for $3.70 per
hundred, ought not to oppose this bill,
which will enable the struggling Cuban,
just emerging from the desolation of
war to sell his sugar at $2.30 a hundred,
when the testimony shows that other
wise he cannot get actual cost for it.
So long as w r e hold control over Cuba,
we should consider the good of her peo
ple in our legislation. Mr. Kitchin did
not want any other or further race
problem on our hands. He opposed the
determined to do their utmost, even if
they release every Republican in the
county from payment of his poll-tax.
Every effort is being made to get the
Democratic voters to pay, and it is con
fidently expected that the Republican
majority in the county will be re
duced, in spite of all that they can do.
The above facts are of especial inter
est, in view of this being Senator
Pritchard's own county, and recalling
his circular letter to the ppopie a short
time ago- in which he charged the
Democratic County Commissioners of
the various counties with having the
purpose of releasing all Democrats who
had not paid their poll-tax.
imposition to annex Cuba, which had
been advocated in the debate, we do not
need it for protection. We do not want
it for plunder.
Republican members frequently inter
hupted him while speaking. In reply to
Mr. Henry, of Connecticut, he spoke in
great praise of the cotton mill men of
the South. He spoke without notes and
in vigorous style, and had the close at
tention of the House, a compliment paid
to few members. This gifted young
North Carolinian added to his already
established reputation by his able
speech today.
Lieutenant. Governor Turner spent the
day here as the guest of the Metropoli
tan, returning from New York, where he
went on legal business.
Senator Simmons today called the at
tention of the Secretary of the Treasury
to a scurrilous communication, written
by J. Wiley Shook, an internal revenue
deputy collector, and published in the
Asheville Gazette, in which Shook severe
ly criticizes the Senator's action in op
posing Mullen’s confirmation as post
master at Charlotte. Senator Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, the acting chairman of
the Committee on Postoffices and Post
roads, has appointed Senators Beveridge,
of Indiana .and Clay, of Georgia, as the
sub-eommittee to investigate the
charges against Postmaster Mullen, of
Charlotte. The witnesses will probably
be summoned to appear in a fe w days.
AN ALDERMAN BESION3.
Result of the Conflict With the Mayor Over a
Question of Authority.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. C., April 17.—As the
result of the revolutionary’' proceedings
by the “majority” Board of Aldermen
at its meeting last Monday, in taking
the appointment of standing commit
tees cut of he hand.- of the Mayor, Al
derman Louis H- Sk inner last night
tendered his resignation, which was
accepted. I here are rumors that the
remaining two minority members, those
favoring the Mayor, v.iii also resign.
Mayor Waddell was absent it the
Charleston Exposition when ha was
shorn of his authority in the matter of
the committee appointments, but he re
turned this morning and will probablv
have “something to ray” before the
surrender of what he olearl\ thinks are
his prerogatives. The board meets
again tomorrow nicht.
Rev. J. L. Vippcrman, of Dallas, N.
C., accepts a call to the pastorate of
Brooklyn Baptist Church, this city, and
will arrive early in May.
Mr. J. Byard Clark, of Clr.rkion. won
the handsome sold modal offered by Dr.
J. M. Wells, of this city, in (he joint
declaimers’ contest between representa
tives of the Clarkton and Faison Pres
byterial Academies, here last night.
Cape Fear Lightship was towed into
pert today for extensive repairs at
Skinner’s marine railway. About $5,000
will be expended by the government
for the work, which will require about
two weeks to complete. A relief light
ship was brought from Charleston to do
ser\io c . off the Cape Fear bar while the
repairs are being made.
May Festival Notes.
This is what George Henschel, one of
the greatest of living concert singers,
writes to Mr. Glenn Hall, who is to sing
for us at our May Festival. His letter
will give an idea of the estimation in
which this young singer is held by a
great interpreter of both musical and
dramatic vocal music. He says:
I must just send you a line to let you
know how delighted everyone was with
your singing this afternoon, and thank
you again. Your singing was indeed ex
cellent and quite a feature of the even
ing’s programme.
BALL SEASON OPENS
The National League Springs
on the Diamond,
Gotham Shu's Out Quakers. Cincinnati Beaten
by Chicago’s Evasive Pitcher. St. Louis’
Duel With Pittsburg.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 17. —The baseball
season was opened here today on the
Pclo grounds with a game between the
New York ar.d Philadelphia teams,
which resulted iu a victory for the home
club by a score of 7 to 0. Pitcher
Mathewson succeeded in shutting out the
visitors, and his fielding and pitching
were the features of the game.
Score: R. H. E.
Philadelphia 0000 00 0 0 o—o 4 2
New York.. 00050200 *—7 13 2
Batteries: Felix, Voorhees and Jack
litch; Mathewson and Yeager. Time,
1:55. Umpire, O’Day. Attendance 24,000.
Cincinnati, April 17.—The Cincinnatis
lost the opening game here today mainly
through their inability to hit Taylor.
Score: R. H. E.
Cincinnat i 10000000 o—l0 —17 3
Chicago 0102 00 2 0 I—6 11 2
Batteries: Swormstedt and Bergen;
Taylor and Chance. Time 1:*50. Umpire,
Emslie. Attendance 10,000.
St. Louis, April 17. —Pittsburg won the
opening game against St. Louis at League
Park today. Both pitchers performed
brilliantly, and it was a great duel
throughout.
Score: R. H. E.
St. Louis 0000 00 0 0 o—o 7 4
Pittsburg 0000 01 0 0 o—l 8 0
Batteries: Yeikes and Ryan; Phillipi
and O’Connor. Time 1:43. Umpire,
Cantillon. Attendance 10,000.
New York, April 17. —The opening game
of the season between the Brooklyn and
Boston baseball clubs at Washington
Park this afternoon was a pitcher’s bat
tle from start to finish, in which Donovan
outtwirled Willis.
Score: R. H. E.
Boston 0010 00 0 0 o—l 3 0
Brooklyn 00010100 *—2 7 3
Batteries: Willis and Kittridge;
Donovan and Farrell. Time 1:30. Um
pire, Brown. Attendance 9,000.
No Game at Chapel Hill.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Chapel Hill, N. C., April 17.—The game
scheduled for today between the Univer
sity of North Carolina was not pulled off
on account of rain. The Georgians left
for home this afternoon.
LEWIS SAYB HE’LL DIE HARD.
Ho Sees Counsel in Regard to Buits Brought
by Pope
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., April 17
Postmaster Lewis, of Madison, who
held up Lawyer D. K. Pope, of Char
lotte. at Martinsville, Va., a few weeks
ago and made him surrender two nates,
given for campaign purposes, was here
today consulting counsel in regard to the
indictment in Henry county, Virginia,
ar.d the suit for damages, brought by
Pope. Mr. Lewis stated that while he
regretted the affair very much he was
in it now and he proposed to protect
himself regardless of the injury that
might befali his party. “I think Pope
is acting as big a fool now as I did
when I made him surrender the two
notes given him by me,” said the post
master.
Mr. Lewis admitted that, if the Gover
nor of Virginia issued a requisition on
Governor Aycock and it is recognized
he wifi have to go to jail, as the of
fense (highway robbery) is not bail
able, according to the laws ot Virginia.
Mr. Lewis talks as 'if he has no fears
as to the result of the two suits when
they come to trial. When asked if he
did not think Mr- Pope’s plan was to
kick him out of office, the postmaster
eaiu: “The last drop of water to go
over tne wheel will be my resignation.
If it is requested I will take the mat
ter to the department at Washington
before I will surrender.”
I\u_ <TVE CENTS.
MORGAN MASTER OF.
THE UNO N, ROAD
There Will b* no Contest For
Its Control.
NO CHANGES TO BE MADE
And There Will be no Cornering of
Stock.
THIS MUCH IS GiVEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Terms of the Agreement Were Settled Yes
terday by Representatives of Interests
Involved, But Reticence as to
Details Was Observed
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 17—The following
authoritative statement respecting the
Louisville and Nashville situation was
made today by a member of the firm of
J. P. Morgan & Co.:
‘ The public as well as the speculative
community should hear in mind these
three thiicsa:
“1. There will be no ‘corner.’
“2. There will be no contest for con
trol.
“3. J. P- Morgan absolutely controls
Louisville and Nashville.
“The rst is assured by Mr. Gates and
the manner in which he has disposed of
his stock. Mr. Belmont’s statements
are assurances as to the second ana J-
P. Morgan A: Co. are sponsors for the
third.
“Further, the Louisville and Nash
ville will be operated in the future as
it has in the past and there will be no
change.
“J. P. Morgan & Co. say positively
that the present status of the road re
mains as it has been heretofore except
that J. P. Morgan controls and directs
absolutely and without qualication.
“These who intimate that Mr. Gates
might possiiblv make trouble in the fu
ture, or that e is in any position to da
so, are much mistaken. The only one
to be reckoned with in the management
of the Louisville and Nashville is Mr-
Morgan. If that fact is borne in mind
there will be no misunderstanding and
no need of guessing. The situation is
controlled by him and that should be
sufficient, guarantee to everybody.”
Charles W. Gates, son of John W.
Gates, made several trips to the office
of J. P- Morgan & Co. during the morn
ing and conferred with Mr. Ferlcins.
Francis Lynde Stetson, Mr. Morgan’s
attorney, was closeted with other repre
sentatives of the rm and it was reported
that all the essential details of the
agreement between Messrs. Belmont
and Gates had been completed.
Mr. Belmont had nothing to say for
publication. As foreshadowed yesterday
the regular monthly meeting of the
Louisville and Nashville directors,
scheduled for today, was indefinitely
postponed for lack of a quorum.
“The statement of . P. .Morgan & Co.
seems to be a very thorough summing
up of the situation,” said August Bel
mont. “It covers the ground and I
have nothing to add to it.”
John W. Gates saw Mr. Perkins at
neon, but he bad nothing to say for
publication except to deny a rumor that
a hitch had occurred in the agreement
negotiation.
Mb Gates, when shown the Morgan
statement bearing Mr. Belmont's cn
doisennent, said:
“I lully concur with the sentiments
expressed in the statement and am glad
that they meet with Mr. Belmont’s ap
proval.”
The legal representatives of the form
er contending interests in Louisville and
Nashville met in the- afternoon and ac
cording to trustworthy reports nettled
the terms of the agreement. It is not
likely that he exac details will be made
public, as all concerned say the matter
is of a private and condcnt.ia! charac
ter.
H. & B. Beer’s Market Letter.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
New Orleans, La.. April 17.—Liver
pool advices were not very encouraging
but our market 'nevertheless opened 1
to 2 points higher, declined two shortly
after but subsequently advanced 16 to
17 from the bottom owing to heavy
•buying by straddlers and the mines* of
spots, easing off lightly near the close,
making the net gain 11 to 13 points on
Real months arid 3 to 6 on late. The
Bombay receipts for the week were
59,000, against 54,000 last year, and the
aggregate from September to date is
1,739,000, against 1.306,000 last year. The
total exports from India to Europe from
September Ist to dale is 304.000, against
461,000 last year The amount to be
brought into sight for the week is es
timated about 75,000. as compared to
87,000 last year, and it is expected that
the visible supply statement will be
bulHth. Good rains were again report
ed in Texas -and crop advices from that
State are favorable. Sentiment is very
bullish locAlly but outside speculation is
restricted. As long, however, as buy
ers are willing to pay present prices for
spots, the chances are values will be
maintained and with any encouragement
further enhancement may be estab
lished. H. & JLS. BESlii