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From tbe Atlanta Journal.
Mr. John T. Roddey, formerly of
North Carolina; bot now one af the
best known men on the cotton ex?
change in New York, writes a com?
munication ta The Journal which will
be read- witb- great interest The
Joarnai cannot subscribe to all of
Koddey*8 views-bat he pre
them so strikingly that we take
pleasure in printing them.
His position ia a very unusual one
-especially for a broker on 'change?
nt the farmers will no doubt re?
cognize in brm a friend, and his cour?
age is to be admired. Mr. Roddey
writes as ibll ws :
To the Ed i tor of The Journal :
Mo doubt the late civil' war cost
the south many lives and an immense
amount of money, but in my opinion
since the war the south' has lost at
last Sve times the amount through
. exchanges on cotton; in fact the
amount of money lost by the son them
' farmers and speculators during the
past twenty-five years by having the
price manipulated by professional
speculators will amount to many mil?
lions of dollars. I believe the aver?
age town in the south of 5,000 peo
pie baa lost by sp?culation and hav?
ing the price manipulated against the
farmer from $250,00(Uo $1,000,000
and think of the number of towns !
A professional gambler ia gambling
only ruins the individual with whom
he is gambling, bot professional
operators, in order to accomplish their
ends, not only ruin the'indi vid nal but
also min many millions of individuals
by effecting markets which effects
them all, in order to make their prof
' its. Supply and demand for spot cot;
ton cjbear not effect the price, bot
supply and demand fer fat ur es es tab
Hakes the price.:
? $*Qr instance, every spot buyer
simply asks how is the future market,
and if the future market is 10 points
lower, he immediately lowers his
limit equal to the drop in futures, and
every farmer that markets bis cotton
simply suffers from the drop specula
tors cause. In other words, spot
buyer?? and mill men only have to
break the future market in order to
buy their spots at whatever price
they care to fir, knowing absolutely
that the average farmer must sell on
account of his pro ver ty at least a por
tion of his crop at whatever price
they may fix ^ .
Large American and European
spinners never give themselves one
moment's uneasiness about getting
their supplies, in fact they simply
reason that they will get together,
sell thousands of bales of fatares,
which will put down the" price, and
as they contiaue to sell the lower the
price will be, and when they get the
price barely where the farmer can
exist they then buy their spot cot
ton, realizing that over a million
bales per month will be marketed at
absolutely any price they may fix
Ths professional operator nearly
always takes the bear side. Why ?
Tate for granted that the bulls and
bears are equally divided, the out?
siders as a general thing attracted by
the low price, and statistical position
take the bull side and the profes?
sional operator takes the bear side,
now say in a crop of nine million
bales one hundred thousand bales are
marketed during the day, the spot
buyer buys your spot cotton ; be has
not sold probably all the spots that
he has bought so he immediately
sells futures against the spot pur?
chase It is not therefore apparent
that there most be more bulls than
bears to prevent a decline ? The
professionals anticipate the sales of
these spot buyers during the spot
season, and of course help them
drive, prices lower.
Many farmers owe for their sup?
plies and fertilizers and simply must
sell, and the lower the price the
stronger the creditor insiats on his
money, because he fears that at the
low price the crop will not be suffi?
cient to pay, whereas if cotton was
at a good price the creditor would
know be need not worry about bis
money, and would not insist on hav?
ing the crop rushed to market and
forcing a sale.
When an operator with ten thou?
sand dollars can sell the crop of an
entire county probably representing
the interest and effecting ten thou?
sand souls to say the least of it it is
placing little valuation on their labor
one dollar per annum
It must undoubtedly be very dis?
couraging to the farmers that before
they begin planting many wealthy
operators are willing to sell them
what they expect to make at a price
at which they can barely exist
There is no other class of labor ex?
cept the farmer that has the product
of his labor traded upon by a people
that neither know or care anything
welfare or,, prosperity.
'of uninterested people could get
together and trade in the future labor
of this class of people, one party
would offer to get a clerk that is now
receiving $1,000 per year for $900,
another will offer to fill his place for
$850, another for $750 and so on,
eyen sell his labor tu a point where
be can barely make cods meet, the
clerk must either accept the salary
the speculators fix or allow his family
to starve, and the lower bia salary
can be kept the less chance he has to
improve his condition in any man?
ner.
Now it; is just this way with the
farmer, be is allowed a price for bis
labor which -enables him to barely
exist, bot bow is it possible for him
ever to improve ? In case he should
receive a legitimate price for bis labor
for a few years be would be in a posi?
tion to have something to say as re?
gards his future labor, and would not
allow a price to be fixed by people
who know nothing and care lees for
his labor.
If the formers of the south were in
an independent condition, outsiders
would not dare attempt to set a price
on their labor, but as it is they dare
do anything knowing that on account
of their- necessity they must submit.
Would any class of laborers except
the farmer allow'their Tabor to be
bought and sold for a year in advance ?
No .You are considered as being
the most ignorant class and these
shrewd operators would not attempt
it on any other class of 'labor, yet at
the same time in ruining you they
are ruining every other class of peo
pie with whom you come in contact.
Nearly every class and race of peo?
ple mast have your production, bat if
you think that foreign countries aod
even other sections of this country, will
not force you to take as little as possi
bl? for your product, theo you had bet?
ter realize it at once; don't ?look for
sympathy.
lt is to their interest to keep you
down, for if once you became independ?
ent you would be the most powerful
as well as the richest country in the
world, because the balance of tbe world
is dependent upon you, whereas you
should be and could be absolutely in?
dependent of any section. What are
you going to do about it 1 Let things
roll along as they are ? Many continue
to work for 40 cents per day ; strong,
able-bodied, sensible, good white farm?
ers for $12 per month. Or will you
wake up as you seemed to do three
years ago wheo yon discussed the
situation and seemed determined that
yoe would give the matter more thought
and attention, when you threatened
these operators.with the Hatch bill and
made them think yon were doing your
own thinking, and the market advanced
$20 per bale, or will you take no inter?
est whatever io your future condition
and give renewed energy to those that
are injuring voa ?
* JOHN T. RODDEY.
. New York, Nov. 1, 1897.
THE, CHOIR- STRUCK OUT
OP SYMPATHY.
Their Leader is a Cuban, and
Rev. Thos. Dixon Jr., Ad?
vocated Election of
Low.
New York, Nov. 6.-The chorus
choir of the People's church, of which
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr , is pastor,
consisting of about 40 singers, re
fused to sing to day out of sympathy
with Prof ?gramonte, their leader,
because the pastor last Sunday advo?
cated the .election of Seth Low for
mayor.
Prof Agramonte is a Cuban and a
member of the junta here. His son
has been in a Spanish prison ou the
island of Cuba for two years. The
Cubans say that Seth Low was op?
posed to any intervention of this
country in Cuban affairs and has stood
against the cause of Cuban liberty
since the outbreak of the last war.
Mr Dixon, in his sermon to day,
said that be sympathized with Prof.
Agramonte and had advocated the
voting for Low last Sunday only be?
cause he stood the best chance for
election against Tammany. He was
opposed to Low personally.
"Christian Crusaders."
New York, Nov. 6.-A farewell re?
ception was tendered to-night at the
Bowery Misssioo to a band of seven
Christian crusaders who intend to start
Monday morning for tb J Klondike gold
fields to establish among tbe oncers a
permanent mission.
Under the leadership of Alexander
Desota, who originated the idea, the
missionary band will travel on foot all
the way from this city to Denver, pass
iog en route through New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District
of Columbia, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
and Colorado Gospel services will be
held along the root?;.
Johnson's Chill and Fe?
ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. It cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
24 Hours.
J. Z. McConoel, ex-judge of pro
bare pf Williamsburg county, bas been
EIGHT HUNDRED CHI?
NESE MINERS
To Take Place of Strikers in
Northern Illinois.
Chicago, Nov. 7.-The Times Her
aid says : Chinese coal miners are to
take the place of Americans in the
northern Iliioois district An attempt
will be made to break the strike that
exists and 800 .skilled Celestials have
been picked for the work. They will
ail bear arms, live inside a gatling gun
equipped stockade and be body'guarded
by 100 former Chicago policemen.
Au agent of the Chinese Six Com?
panies was in oharge last week and
made a contract with the General Wil?
mington Coal Company to deliver the
800 Cbioamen at the mines of the Wil?
mington Braidwood district. The first
consignment of 200 will arrive next
Tuesday aod the others will be on hand
as soon as provisions oan be made to
take care of them. Arrangements for
an additional 1,000 Chinese mioers
bave been made conditional on the suc?
cess of the first venture.
Elaborate preparations have been
completed to take care of the first 800
Chinamen and to give them ample pro?
tection
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British Consul Says There is
Much Bitterness But no
Danger of War.
. New York. Nov. 6 -Captaio Wii
Ham Wyndham, who has been trans?
ferred as British consul at Chicago
after three years* service in a similar
capacity at Barcelona, Spain, was a
passenger on the La Bretagne, whicb
arrived from Havre to day. After
spendiog a week with relatives ic
Philadelphia he will leave for his new
post at Chicago. He said :
"The feeling tn Spain against the
United States is ope of great bitterness.
There have been no demonstrations in
Barcelona or thereabouts within the
last year against the United States and
the Spanish government is taking care
that there shall be none. The bitter
ness, however, is very marked* parti?
cularly in Barcelona. Before the
Coban war Barcelona, one of the great
man a factoring centres of Spain pros?
pered chiefly in its trade with Coba
and Manila. Tbs war in Cuba and the
Philippine islands has cat off this trade.
Baroelooa has lost the best and most
lucrative market she enjoyed. Only
one-third of the men hitherto employed
in ber factories are now working and
the j are on reduced time. Ali over
the manufacturing centres there is simi?
lar commercial prostration. The
Spanish cannot anderstand why the
United States, a friendly nation, should
allow so many filibuster!og expeditions
to get away safely to Coba. That
fact makes tbem additionally bitter.
Wheo I left Spain there were no symp'?
toms of anger against the late minister!
of the United States to that country,
Hanois Taylor The Spanish were too !
?neb absorbed io what General Wood
ford, ?our new unoieter, might say and
do. I heard no talk there of war wirb
the Uotted States Spain baa net the
money to wage a war with yen As
for the reported prospective npri-ing
of the Carlists, I do not think there is
mach danger of that now. Tbe Car
lists wooid not stand mach of a chance
of gain as things are now governed io
Spain."
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CARD FROM MR. TAYLOR.
His Recent Article Written
Prom a Sense of Duty.
Washington, Nov. 6 -Hennis Tay?
lor, ex-minister to Spain, to-night made
the following statement:
To the Associated Press :
As certain journals have deemed it
necessary to assert that the present
administration is in nowise responsible
for my acts as a private citizen, I feel
it my duty to ratify that statement.
The recent publications signed by me,
and based upon data accessible to
everybody, were made upon my sole
responsibility from a grave sense of
public duty which I cannot doubt is
fully appreciated by the people as a
whole, who were entitled to my testi?
mony. I am sors that the present
administration is doing its entire
patriotic doty and 1 have for it DO
adverse criticism whatever. On the
other baod, I eaonot believe that any
one authorized to speak for it has ven?
tured to oriticise me in any particnlar,
as all know that I have discharged
every obligation doe to it whether
personal or official, with punotillious
fullness. Hannis Taylor.
Attempted Assassination of
President.
Washington, Nov. 6.-United States
Mioiator Conger, at Rio, has cabled
the slate department thin brief confirm?
ation of the r-'porfed assault upon the
president of Brazil :
' Brazilian soldier attempted to as?
sassinate the president to day Miois
of war, defending bim, was killed
Great excitement, but not general
alarm
Tbe Brszi'iar, Ipgation bas received
thc following cnbl-gram from ?h" min?
ister of foreign relations at Rio de
Janeiro :
"To day, tbe 5th, the minister of
war was killed while defending the
i??l?fi??l??iH?i??tti?lhI?l
Yan Wvck of South Carolina
And How a South Carolinian
Saved His Uncle Maverick.
To the Editor of The State :
In your issue of the 4th instant
you state, that Augustus Maverick,
the uncie.of the mayor-erect of New
York, and the son of Mr. Sam Mav?
erick of Pendleton, was engaged in
the war between the Texas republic
and Mexico, and was at one time
made prisoner by the Mexicans In
this connection, the following incl
dent showing how on this occasion
the life of Maverick was saved by a
South Carolinian may be of interest lo
your readers :
The Texas prisoners were required
to draw lots, and every 10th man
was to be shot. Maverick was one
of the unfortunates, and he was to be
executed in the public plaza with
those, who like himself, bad drawn
tbe death lots. Early in the morning
of the day upon which the execution
was to take place, Gen Waddy
Thompson of South Carolina, then
minister to Mexico, learned of Mav?
erick's impending fate. He went at
once to the palace and asked tc see
the president, Santa Anna The
guards refused bim admission for the
reason that at that early hour the
president was still in bed and could
not be seen. Gen. Thompson, disre?
garding the orders of the guards,
made his way to Santa Anna's bed?
chamber and secured the pardon of
young Maverick, who afterwards re?
turned to Texas and became the
greatest cattle owner in America
HISTORY
New York, Nov 6, 1897.
Mr. W E Henley, in his edition
of Burns, has made it clear that some
of his most successful songs had been
floating for years among the lowland
peasantry before he caught and
crystallized them in print. Fresh
proof of this ie added by Mr S J.
Adair Fitz-Gerald in a book which
he is about to publish. It is called
"Stories of Famous Songs," and is
the result of 15 years' labor in track?
ing the worlds, moet popular songs to
their source Th? origin of '-Auld
Lang Syne," for example, is thus
disclosed in a letter from Burns to
George Thomson; the editor of the
famous collection of Scottish music.
"One song more," writes Burns,
"and I am done-'Auld Lang
Syne 1 The air is but mediocre, but
the following song, the song of the
olden times and which has never
been in print, nor even in manuscript,
until I took it down from an old man's
singing, is enough to recommend
any air." ''Home, Sweet Home,"
"Robin Adair," "The Mi?tletoe
Bough," ^The Star Spangled Ban?
ner,' and "God Save the Queen" are
among the songs treated by Mr. Fitz?
gerald.
WORK OF FIRE BUGS.
Jacksonville, Fia , Nov. 7.-A
special from St. Augustine to the Time*
Union and Citizen says : The Hotrl
San Marco, one of the finest ard most
commodious hotel properties in this city,
was barned to the ground this morn?
ing, entailing a loss of about ?250,000,
with less than $50.000 insurance.
It was a ffw minutes past 6 o'clock
when Jake Masters, from the Onragus
^residence, discovered 6re in the boiler
room of the Hotel San Maroo. He
immediately fired a pistol, and notified
Edward McBride, who bas charge of
the property, and who lives in the
hotel. Marshal and Officer Benet were
soon on the Bcene, and after firing their
pistols an alarm was sounded, it was
discovered that the incendiaries had cot
the fire bell rope, and steam whistles
had to be restorted to Those who
gathered at the first call did not wait
for the engines and hose, but attached
the hotel hose to the well on the grounds
and commenced to fight
One engine reached the scene, but
its work was delayed owing to persons,
presumably the "fire-bugs," having cut
holes in the suction pipes which supply
the steamer with water from the hy?
drant, and in screwing up thc coupliogs
so tight that time was lost in loosening
them"
The flames spread from woodshed
and boiler room into the kitchen,
then to the dioing room and thea?
tre. Those structures were three sto?
ries high, and to the west of, but con?
necting with the main building, which
was six stories high, with towers in tho
center and on each wing Hundreds
of men &88ts'ed in removing the furni?
ture from the main floor, and a large
quantity was taken oat, the main floor
being almost entirely bare before the
?re drove the workers away.
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Murder Near Hurtsville.
Special to The State.
Hartsville, Nov 5"-Henry Suton,
colored, was killed by VV. B. James,
whita, about four miles from this
place last night. It is reported that
the colored people were having a
party, and James entered the house
and asked the negro why be was
there, and then shot him. The kill?
ing occurred on Mrs James' place
- HM . . ? ? ? im" -
Quinine and other fe?
ver medicines take from S
to IO days to cure fever,
m's Chill and Fever
Washington Letter.
Washington, Nor. 8-Senator]
Jones, of Arkansas, Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, ar?
rived in Washington in a decidedly
jubilant state of mind over the re?
sults of last week's elections He
said on the subjecL : "Weil, you
bet I'm tickled. It makes me feel
25 years younger and makes me UQ
derstand that the American people
have not been bought or blinded this
time. The results are an omen of
coming and greater good. It just
takes opposition and sorrow to de?
velop the fall strength of the demo?
cratic party. This result convinces
me that the silver sentiment grows,
grows and grows, and that by the
next Presidential election, it will
have grown to an irresistible
strength Just mark my words.
Error dies from a pin scratch, but
truth survives the cyclone. The
democratic party is Truth .When it
comes to a long race and a hard race.
the democratic party gets there. I
am very sorry because of the turn
matters have taken in old Maryland,
but hope for her is not dead in my
bosom yet. Of course it would have
been more desirable had Mark Han?
na been inhumed under an avalanche
of democratic votes, but when a
great man saves his scalp only by tbe
skin of his teeth, it is virtually a de?
feat "
One of the most interesting stories
growing out of the Ohio election is
now being told on the quiet in Wash?
ington, and it finds believers, too.
According to this story, Secretary
Sherman has been approached by
Foraker republicans and offered an
opportunity to get even with Boss
HaBna and Mr. McKinley for the
shabby treatment they have given
him, not only by preventing Hanna's
election to the Senate, but by secur?
ing his own return to that body Mr.
Sherman is too old a bird to gobble
up everything tempting that is placed
before him, but he is said to have
this proposition under consideration
and to be making a quiet investiga?
tion, through trusted agents, as to
the probability o? success shoaM he
consent to enter the anti-Hanna com?
bine The scheme in brief is for the
Foraker members of .the Ohio legis?
lature to stay out of the republican
caucus, which will, of course, nom?
inate Hanna for the' Senate, and to
nominate Gov. Bushnell or some
other thick and thin Foraker man as
the anti caucas candidate. The Fo
rakeritea claim to have members
enough to bring about and keep up
for an indefinite period, a deadlock
in the legislature, and they argue
that after Hanna sees his own elec
tion to be an impossibility, he will
be willing to join Bushnell in with
drawing and in agreeing upon a com?
promise candidate who can get the
entire republican vote and be elected.
That is where the Forakerites tell
Mr. Sherman that he can come in
They say that they will suggest him
as a compromise candidate for the
Senate, and that much as they would
like to, neither Boss lianna nor Mr.
McKinley will dare to object. There
are too many "ifs" in this scheme,
but it indicates how harmonious the
Ohio republicans are
Consul General Lee has received
his final instructions and will ibis
week return to Cuba. He is as care?
ful as ever about discussing Cuban
matters, but there are good reasons
for saying that he is confident that
there will be peace in Cuba in a few
months : It was because of this be*
lief on bis part that he agreed, when
urgently requested to do so by Mr
McKinley, to remain in Cuba until
the trouble was^over.
The 9rmy of pensioners still steadily
grows in numbers, notwithstanding
the assertion of several Commission?
ers of Pensions that it had reached
high water mark and was about to
start on the down grade. The an
nual report of Commissioner Evans
shows that there were 5,336 more
names on the rolls on June 30, 1897,
than there were one year before, not
withstanding the dropping, during
the fiscal year for death and other
causes of 41,122 names. There were
976,014 names un the roll at the close
of the last fiscal year, and, unless,
death claims an unusually large num?
ber, it is probable that the million
mark will be passed before the close
of the present fiscal year.
From al! directions come com?
plaints about the tremendous 'rise in
the price of almost everything, ex
cepting the only article that more
than half of our people have to sell
their labor. An expert says of the
effect of the Dingley tariff upon the
price of men's clothes : "A suit of
clothes that could be bought last year
for $15 00 cannot be duplicated now
under ?20 00 and that fact is an annoy?
ance to dealers and customers alike
With meu of ample means, who have
their clothes made by fashionable
tailors ?5 00 or ?10 00 advance on a
suit is hardly noticed, and if notieed
evokes no complaint, lt is very dif
ferent, however, with tho whose
have to be carefuf in their
expenditures, for to this class ?5 00
represents a considerable sum The
number of men who buy $15 00 and
$20,00 suits is largely in excess of
those who pay tailors $40 00 aud
?50 00 for a suit, and it is from the
poor and thc middle class that the
kick against the Dingley tariff is sure
to come."
Marshal Blanco Indicates a
Line of Policy.
HE ISSUES AN EDICT.
Habana, Nov. 8.-Marshal Bianco
has issued the following edie:, officially
described as "expressing the magnani?
mous sentiments of the queen regent
and the firm determination of the
oational government
"I pardoo in full all those who have
been prosecuted for the crime of rebel?
lion. Bebels prosecuted for common
crimes, independent of rebellion, such,
as spoliation, immorality and the like
will be pardoned as rebels but judged
for other offenses committed by them.
"Those suffering sentences imposed
prior to the date of this edict will have
their sentences commuted to a certain
extent and perhaps in some oases io
full. Pardons should appear before the
civil and military authorities at their
respective places of residence, watch
they will designate and which wi I be
communicated to me. Should they
designate places of residences outside
the principal towns, they will be ad*
vised of the necessity of residing with?
in the military zone of cultivation.
The military authorities will be care?
ful not to invade the jurisdiction of the
civil authorities. Therefore, those
pardoned cannot change their residence
without obtaining the permission of both
civil and military authorities."
At the solicitation of Senora Etc ila
Quesada, widow of Seuor Arteaga Q je
sada, Captain General Blanco has par?
doned ber son, Julio Qaesada, a
nephew of Senor Gonzalo Quesada of
the Cuban junta at New York. The
young man was under sentence of
death.
Seven insurgents were tried by court
martial here to-day and 53 insurgents
were sent to the penal settlement cn
the Isle of Pines.
HISTORY OF QUESADA'S CASE.
New* York, Nov. 8 -Dr. G. J.
Qaesada, when informed to-night of the
action of General Blanco, was almost
overcome witb joy He said Julio
Ortega Qaesada was the young man's
name and that he was 21 years of age.
"He is a man y young fellow," said
Dr. Qaesada, "and two years ago be
was a member of tbe sophomore class of
the College of the City of New York.
Wheo hostilities broke out he insisted
oo joining the Cuban forces. We
tried to talk bim out of it,, but be re?
sented our interference and said his
place was ac tbe front. He joined
General Bermedez's army and was
operating in Pinar del Rio prov:nee
when captured May 25
"Julio took sick and was very weak
at the time. He was swimming HO a
small stream when he became detached
from his companions and fell into the
bands'of the Spaniards. He was taken
to the San Ambrosia military hospital
as a prisoner, and later sentenced to be
shot.
"The boy's mother left no stone un?
turned to save her boy, but ?he met lit?
tle encourageaient from General Wey
ler.
"Several times the lad was about to
be shot, but something providentially
intervened. Years ago wheo Captain
Geaeral Bianco was governor of Caba
he formed a warm friendship for Jul?
io's father, then a professor in the
medical university in Hanan*. When
Blanco superseded Weyler, Mrs. Qaes?
ada took up the cause of the young
mao, and *hc seems to have been suc?
cessful. I know of no reason for
Bianco's clemency except bis friendship
in former years for Julio's father.
Let UN hope that his action is a good
omen, and that hence the war will be
on civilized ?ines "
Young Quesada's father died three
years ago in Mexico.
Habana, Nov 8.-Young Qaesada
was set at liberty late this afternoon
and delivered to his mother by the
order of Marshal Blanco.
A Whiskey War.
Greenville, November 8.-Original
package men, blind tigers and all
whiskey dealers are worked np to-day
on account of the action of the city
police For several days the police
have been quietly laying traps for the
tigers. Last night a few were picked
up, to-day a general raid was made at
the same time io different parts of
the city. The work was systematic,
and bottles of liquor labelled
with the names of the sellers are now
at police headquarters, together with
kegs, jugs, bottles, flasks and all the
implement* of travelling and stationary
tigers. One cell of the station house
is packed with the whiskey and beer
captured The police are on their
mettle, and to-night raiding parties
will capture other tigers.-News and
Courier
COTTON MARKIBT.
Sumter, S C., November 16.-Market to?
day 4| to 5 Receipts 100 bales.
Liverpool, Nev 9, 1897 - Market opened
quiet, closed steady.
Opened. Closed
Oct. and Nov. 3 08$ 3 08$
Nov. and Dec. 3 06$ 3 06$
Dec. and Jan. 3 OGh 3 06$
New York, Nov. 9, 1897.-Market opened
steady, closed steady.
Opened. Closed.
November, 556 560