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After Four Hours of Alter
nate Decline, Activity
Increases
New York, August 11.—After four
hours of alternate declines and ad
vances todays stock market took on
an appearance of strength and activ
ity in the final hour, transactions in
that period more tlwn equalling all in
the other hours of the session. The
leader was United States Steel, in
which large buying orders mado their
appearance, ostensibly from influential
sources. There was no news to ac
count for the sudden inquiry for steel.
The buying later comprehended Can
adian Pacific, Union Pacific, St. Paul
and many of the grangers whose ad
vance was ascribed to belated recog
nition of the benefits to be derived
from rains in the middle west. Can
adian Pacific’s gain of almost 4 points
preceded the declaration of the regular
dividend.
\\ hilt* considerable realizing was seen
in the later dealings, the market lost
little of its advance, average gains ex
tending from 1 to 2 points. Southern
Pacific was almost the sole stock of
prominence to show some backward
ness.
London, which sold a small amount
of our stocks here, was listless and the
^rtual failure of another^colonial un
proof that the British market for se
curities is still In congestion. A rise
in feutes was the only feature of the
I aris market and Berlin’s bourse sug
gested a halting attitude.
Hie bond market was irregular, but
hardened towards the end in sympa
thy with stocks. Government bonds
were unchanged on call. Total sales,
par value, agregated 11,260,000.
Bonds
* • rc'f- -9, registered . 98
U. 8. ref. 2s coupon . 98
U. 8. 3s, registered . 102
U. 8. 3s, coupon . 102
U. 8. 4s, registered .] 110**
U. 8. 4s, coupon . 110*4
Central of Georgia 5s. 302*4
Illinois Central 1st ref. 4s. 89*4
Louisville <fc Nashville un. 4c.... 93*4
Seaboard Air Line adj. Os . 74
Southern Railway 5s .* 302^6
Southern Railway gen. 4s. 75
New York Money
New York. August 11.—Call money
steady, 2*4#2% per cent. Ruling rate,
r 4’ *-k>*lng bid, 2*4. Last loan, 2*4; time
loans steady.
Sixty dayis to 4*; per rent. Ninety
days 416; six months SS.4Jt8 per cent
Prime mercantile paper 6@6Vi per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, 4.33.20 for 60
day bills; 4.36.65 for demand. Commer
cial bills 4.S3. Bar silver 69',4. Mexican
dollars 47. Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds Irregular.
Treasury Statement
Washington, August 11.—The condition
of the United States treasury at the EB
glnninjr of business today was;
Net tlhlance In general fund, $131,893,1X14.
Total receipts Saturday, $3,262,183.
Total payments Saturday, $2,971,374.
Deficit to date this fiscal year, $9,495,
845, against a deficit of $1,743,275 last
year, exclusive of Panama canal and
public debt transactions.
French Money
Paris, August 11.—Three per cent rentes.
87f 49 centimes for the account; exchange
on London, 25f, 244* centimes for cheques.
Private discount rate. 3*. per cent,
(ierman Money
Berlin, August'll.—Exchange on Lon
don, 20m 40 pfge. for cheques; money,
41* per cent. Private rate of discount,
4T* per cent.
Linseecf Oil Market
Duluth, Minn., August 11.—Cash linseed
HP*. September 1444*, October 1444*. No
vember 1444* bid. December M24* bid.
English Money
( London, August 11.—Consols for money.
73*4; consols fur the account 73*4; Illinois
Central 110, Louisville and Nashville 1384*
Southern Railway OS**.
Bat silver firm, 27 5-lGd per ounce
v Money. 2*4 per cent. Discount cates;
Shcrt bills, 34*c; three months, 37*573 15-ltic.
Metal Market
York, August 11.—Copper steady,
enandard post and August, $14.5o@ 14.75*
September 14.87@15.75; October, $15.20@15 75*
Electrolytic, $16.750.18.00. Lake. $18; cast
ing. $16,505/1.1.82. Tin steady; spot, $4190
@42.87; August, $41.205,42.25; September to
October $41,324*. Antimony dull; Cook
son. $2.40542.50. Iron steady:'No. 1. north
ern, $1'16(18.25; 2 northern $15.50®!5.75; No. 1
®PU*f’.erj1; $15,257(15.50; 1 do southern soft,
$15.2o@15.,jO.
London markets closed as follows
S°pp®,r- f'r"V„ spot -Y«S Us Gd; futures',
2-bS K,s 3d, Tin firm; spot, £189 17s lid;
southern, $15.2.1(1(13.50; No. 1 southern soft
rants 54s ]044d.
Live Stock Market
St Luuis August 11.—Cattle; Receipts,
b.iU including 1000 Texans; steady c+ioiee
Mrni steers. *8011; gdod to choice steers'
$..2i>08: dressed and butcher steers, $5,500
Stockers, 85.'2507.50; Texas steers.
$6.2507.75; Texas cows and heifers. $1 "50
6.50. w
Hogs; Receipts, 9500; higher; pigs and
lights, $6.5009.35; mixed and butchers, $8.90
00.30; good heavy, $809.
.Sheep: Receipts. 9000; lower; Iambs, 26@
idc; muttons, $4.2305; yearlings, $6.2506
lambs, $5.50@C.50.
Chicago, August ll.-Hogs: Receipts, 38.
ooo: steady (o 5c litgber; bulk of sales,
$8.3008.95; light, $8.9909.35; mixed, $8,100
9.30; heavy, $7.850 9; rough, $7.8508.05; pigs
$1.7008.50.
Cattle: Receipts. 14,500; strong to 10c
•higher: beeves, $7.2009.20; Texas steers,
$.8507.90: cows and heifers, $3.6508.60.
calves, $8.25011.25; Stockers, $5.4007.75.
Sheep: Receipts, 37.000; mostly 15020c
lower: lambs steady to 10c lower; native
$3.8004.85; yearlings, $5.1005.85; lambs, na
tive, $5.2507.40.
Kansas City, August 11.—Hogs; Re
ceipts. 6500; steady; bulk of sales, $8,250
8.76; heavy, $8.2508.60; packers and butch
er:!, $8.2508.75; llgnts, $8.2508.80; pigs, $6.25
7.50.
Cattle: Receipts. 1500, Including 306
southerns; higher; prime fed steers, $8,500
8.S5: dressed beef steers, $7.5008.50; south
ern steers, $5.2506.75; cows, $3.7506.50;
halters, $60 8.25; stockers, $5.3007.70; calves,
$5.5009.
Sheep: Receipts, 6800; lower; lambs, $5.75
(h'1.85; yearlings, $1.5005.50; wethers, $4.25
05; ewes. $3.2504.40.
Louisville, August 11.—Cattle; Receipts,
3400. Generally steady. Range $2.5003.00.
Hogs 410t* Steady, 10 cents lower. Range
$5.4K>tt/9.15. Sheep 1700. Lambs steady,
O^c lower; sheep 3$ie down.
Coffee Market
New York, August 11.—The steadi
ness of Brazil In the face of accu
mulating receipts and apprehensions
of lower temperatures In Sao Paulo
Hubbard Bros. & Co.
Tot loti Merchant*' Hanover Sqtuire, IV.
V. Members New York Cotton Ex
change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
New York Produce Exchange. Asso
ciate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso
ciation. Orders solicited for the pur
chase ana .sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oil for future delivery. Special
attention and liberal terms given for
. consignments of spot cotton for lit*
' livery. Correspondence invited.
_ THE CLOSING STOCK LIST
_ _ _oaica. jnigu. JLtOW. V. 1 OB' •
Amah Cop. 16100 72% 71% 72'%
Amer. Agrl-... 46%
Amer. B. S. 400 27 % 26% 27
Amer. Can.S000 34 % 32% 34
<1° Pf«l . 900 93% 93% 93%
Amer. C. & F. ... 800 46% 45% 46%
Amer. Cot. Oil .. 100 43% 43% 43%
Amer. 1. S. 22%:
Amer. Linseed. 9
Amer. Loco. 400 31% 33% 33%
Alier. Smelt. &
Refining .‘ 600 66% 65 66
do pfd .101%
Amer. S. R.110
Amer. T. & T. ... 100 139% 129% 129%
Amer. Tob. 100 235 235 230
Ana. Min. Co. ...1400 36% 36% 36%
Atchison . 700 97% 96% 97
do pfd . 100 97% 97% 97%
Atlantic C. L.121
Bal. & Ohio. 100 96% 96% 96 %
Bethle. Steel .... 400 36 35% 36
Brook. R. T.5900 DO 89 89%
Can. Pacific .7100 220 216% 21!)
Cent. Leather ... 100 23% 23% 33%
Ches. & Ohio_2000 66% 5o% 66%
Chi. G. W. 13
Chi., Mil. &
St. Paul .6700 109% 108 109%
Chi. & N. W. ... 200 130 129% 129%
Col. F. & 1. 700 32 31 % 32%
Consol. Gas . 100 132% 132% 132%
Corn Prd. 200 10% 10% 10'%
Del. & Hud. .... 157
Den. & R. G. 100 21 21 20%
do pfd . 33 %
Distil. Secur. 100 13% 13% 13
Erie .4200 20% 28% 29 %
do 1st pfd .... 600 47 % 46 47%
do 2d pfd... 37%
Gen. Elect. 200 141'% 141 141%
Gt. Nor., pfd ...1800 129 128 128 %
Gt. Nor. O. ctfs. .. 200 35% 35% 35%
•Illinois Cent. ... 400 10% 106% 106
Interb. Met.4200 16% 16% 16%
do pfd.11400 61 74 60% 61%
Inter. Harv. 200 108 108 107%
Inter-Marine
Pfd. 16%
Inter. Paper. 9%
Inter. Pump. 7
IK. C. Sou. 300 2674 26% 26%
Laclede Gas .... 100 95*4 96% 94
•Ex-dividend,
Sales. High. Low. Close.
Lehigh Val. .....1000 1M 11 130** 131 %
Louis. & Nash.133%
Minn., St. r, A
Sault St. M.127%
Mo., K. A T. 1500 23% 23 23%
Mo. Pacific.4100 33% 32% 33
Nat l Biscuit - 200 120 119% 119%
NatT Lead .. 47
Nat. Rye. of M.
2d pfd . 11%
N. Y. Cent.,1000 99% 98% 99 %
N, Y., O. & W. 29%
Nor. A West.2200 100% 105% 105%
Nor. Amev. ...... 100 71 71 71
Nor. Pacific .2400 112% 111 112%
Pacific Mail. 21
Penn.1800 113% 113 113%
Peoples Gas.114
Pitts., C.. C. A
St. Louis .. . . ■ • 89 %
Pitts. Coal. 19
Pressed S. C. ... 200 25 24% 24%
Pull. Pal. Car_ 100 153% 133% 153
Reading .23400 160% 158% 160
Rep. I. A S. 200 25 24% 24%
do pfd . 100 87% 87% 87
Rock I. Co. 800 18% 17% 18%
do pfd . 500 29% 29% 29%
St. L.A San F.
2d pfd . 300 7% 6% 7%
Seaboard A. I,. .. 100 19% 19% 19%
do pfd . 300 44% 44% 44%
Sloss-Slieff. S.
A Tron. 27%
Son. Pacific_27100 92% 91% 92
Sou. Hallway ...1000 25 24% 24%
do pfd . 78%
Tenn. Cop.1300 31 % SO % 31
Tex. A Pacific ... 100 16% 16% 16
Union Pacific ..23300 133% 151% 153%
do pfd . 100 84 Vi 84% 83%
U. S. Realty_ 100 61% 61% 61
U. S. Rubber_ 300 60% 60% 60%
U. S. Steel.84100 64 61 % 63%
do pfd . 400 108% 108% 108%
Utah Cop.3300 30% 49% 30%
V. -C. Cliem. 26%
Wabash . 900 5 4 % 4 %
do pfd .1400 14% 12% 14%
West Md. 100 43 43 41
West. Union .... 200 68 67% 68
West’h. Fleet. .. 300 64% 64 64 %
W. A L. E. 100 3% 3% 5%
Total sales for the (lay, 276,100 shares. _
LOCAL SECURITIES
Ala. F. &. J.4 60* * 65
Amer. C. Rys, pfd. 6 66 68
Amer. C. Rys. 35 37
Amer. T. & S. Bank... 8 170 180
Avondale Mills, com... 8 11.0 117
Avondale Mills, pfd.. 8 100 105
Bessemer C. & 1. 4 45 65
B'liam, & B., com... 9 11
B’liam, W & B., pfd. 6 30 38
B’ham Baseball Asso.. 140 170
B'liam Realty Co. 4 170 190
B'liam T. &. S. 8 250 268
Cham, of Com., pfd ..7 74 80
Com. Bank & T. Co.. 90 97
Corey Land . 70 76
Bast Lake Land . 55- 65
Blmivood Cem. Co. 4 87 95
Bmptre Imp., pfd.8 104 110
Bnsley Land . 112 125
First National Bank .,12 258 268
Great .Sou. Life . 10 18
Interstate Casualty 4 8
Interstate B'lre. 4 7
JelT. Co. S. Bank.10 158 162
Jefferson Fertiliser .. 8 130 135
L, J. & L, com. 45 60
L, J. & L, pfd. 7 95 98
North B’liam Land .... 15 22
Protective Life . 10 13
Prov. Oil & Gas . 1 4
Realty Tr. Co., com.... 8 110 126
Realty Tr. Co. pfd, ... 8 100 IIP
Traders Nat. Bank ... 9 165 IS)
BONDS
Rate. Bid. Asked.
Ala. State ref.. 1920... 4 95 100
Ala. State Renew., I960 3Ya 88 92
Ala. State Renew., 1956 4 100 102
Ala. State Fair ...... 6 75 85
Amer. C. Rys.5 80 91
Bessemer C. & I.6 100 103"
B'ham, E. & B. 5 -65 69
B. R., L. & P. 6 98 100
B. it.. I * & P.• 88 90
B’ham Ice Factory ..6 100 106
B’ham R. & E.5 100 102
B’ham Watexworks ... 5 107 111
B’ham Waterworks ... 5 109 112
City of Birmingham .. 5 100 104
City of Birmingham ..6 105 108
Continental Gin .f> 102 106
Country Club . 6 95 100
Jefferson County .... 5 103 108
Jefferson County .... 6 105 110
Jefferson County .... 4*4 100 102
A|ilner Land Co.6 100 102
Nashville Railway- 5 100 102
Pratt Consolidated ... 6 83 88
81083 I. & S.6 102 105
S1088 I. & S. 4>£ 92 95
T. C. I., gen mtg.5 100 102
T. C. I.. Tenn. Div.6 101 103
T. C. i.? Ship Bldg./... 6 102 104
T. C. I.. B’ham Div. ^..6 100 102
T. C. I. Cahaba Div.. 6 IPS 107
seemed responsible for active cover
ing In today’s coffee market. Euro
pean cables showed decline early, but
rallied later. New York after opening
firm at 2<&>9 points up advanced 26
to 30 points on bull support.
Rumors that a French authority had
reduced its Santos estimate contributed
to the advance. The close was off
from the best under realizing. August,
8.75c; September, 8.83c; October, 8.94c;
December, 9.16c; January, 9.23c; March,
9.46c; May, 9.57c; July, 9.62c.
Spot steady; No. 7 rio, 9Vic; No. 4
aSntos. J2c. Mild dull; Cordova, 13@
16tfcc nominal.
Havre unchanged to % franc higher.
Hamburg unchanged to % pfg. lower.
Rio 50 reis higher at 500. Brazilian
receipts 84,000, against 55,000 last year.
Jundiahy 64.000. against 48,000. Santos
unchanged; Sao Paulo receipts for two
days, 75,000.
Naval Stpres
Savannah, August 11.—Turpentine
firm, 35% to 36c; sales, 1025; receipts,
989; shipments, 84; stock, 34,033.
Rosin firm; sales, 1924; receipts. 1715,
shipments, 13332; stock, 171,431. Quote,
A. B. $3.55; O, D. $3.70; E, F, $3.85; G,
H. $3.90; 1. $3.95; K, $4; M. $4.30; M.
$4.35; W. G. $6.10; W. W.f *6.40.
Cotton Seed Oil
New York, August 11.—Renewed
heavy outside liquidation of October
contracts demoralized the whole cotton
see# oil market today and severe de
clines occurred in all months. There
was also considerable selling of fall
months against offers of new crop
crude. Final prices showed 10 to 30
points net loss. Prime crue nominal;
do summer yellow spot, 8.70#9.50; Au
gust, 8.75c; September, 8.72c; October.
7.74c; November. 6.85c; December, 6.65c;
January. 6.61c; February. 6.60c; March,
6.61c; prime yellow and summer whit*
8.75c. /
Signatures for the petition to place
the name of Vassal- L. Allen on the
ticket for the election of commissioner
of Birmingham are being solicited ln
Ensley. According to statements made
last night the petitions are being freely
signed and It Is predicted that many
more than the required number will
l^e obtained within the next few days.
Enslej- voters are very much inter
ested In the race for president of the
board of commissioners and many fa
vorable comments on Mr. Allens an
nouncement were heard yesterday. Fall
ing In the effort to put a suburban
candidate ln the race for commissioner,
local politicians and others Interested
in the movement, are now looking to
the new candidate with special inter
est. Since Ensley and vicinity poll
more than 1000 votes this feature of
the campaign will be watched with un
usual Interest, and It Is expected that
the campaign will be waged with much
vigor ln the Steel City.
All arrangements for the Baraca ban
be held ln the b«s«nent of the
Methodist church Wednesday evening
have been completed. Plates will be laid
for more than 100 and the affair will be
one of the greatest successes ever held by
the Baracas Is promised by those ln
charge of the arrangements. The enter
tainment will be given by the members of
the Red team in the membership contest
recently hold by the Reds and Blues ln
which the latter were the winners, and
who will be the guests of the losing team.
Jonathan Walker, 73 years of age. aied
yesterday morning about 11 o'clock at Ills
residence at McDonald’s Chapel after an
Illness of several months. Mr. Walker
had* lived ln this vicinity for more than
10 years. He Is survived by a widow
three bous and three daughters. The fu
neral will be held this afternoon at 2
o’clock and will be conducted by the Rev"
J. W. Akin.
Miss Julia William* of Ensley High
lands Is visiting friends and relatives in
Montgomery.
Miss Marlon White of Attalla Is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. John R. White at
Helena Heights.
Troops Advancing
Klu Kang, China, August 11.—The ad
vance of the northern troops on Nan
Chang haB proceeded almost without op
position from the rebels.
•e
COTTON MARKET
QUIET BUT STEADY
% -
Continued Drouth Sustain
ing Influence — Scat
tered Selling
New Orleans, La., August 11.—The
cotton market was quiet, but steady
today, the continued drought In the
west being the chief sustaining In
fluence. Very little buying for long
account was in evidence. The scattered
selling was fairly well met by the de
mand from shorts who wanted profits,
except in the early afternoon, when
the market went below last week’s
closing level.
On the opening the tone was steady
and prices were 4 to 9 points up on
good cables and dry weather in the
west. Both Texas and Oklahoma sent
in bullish crop accounts, considerable
damage being claimed in some sec
tions as the result of boat and lack of
rain. After the call the most active
months stood 7 points up. The fore
cast ol weatho** for Oklahoma was con
sidered a veiy favorable feature, and
it stimulated selling, which put prices
1 to 2 points under Saturday’s final
figures. At noon the market steadied
and recovered, but in the afternoon
fell off again to a net loss of 3 points.
Toward tile etid of the day there was
another recovery, the market closing
New Orleans Cotton Futures
6pef>. "High. Low. ci.Bd
August . . . 11.39 11.44 11.41 n744
September ... 11.12 11.12 11.09 11.11
October . 11.09 11.12 11.02 11.07
December .... 1 1.08 11.10 11.00 11.06
January . 11.12 11.11 11.01 11.05
March . 11.22 11.22 11.10 1 1.16
May. 11,33
New Orleans, August 11.—Cotton fu
tures opened steady at an advance of
4 to 9 points on good cables, and con
tinued dry weather In the western
cotton belt.
Reports over Sunday from Texas and
Oklahoma were bullish and encouraged
buying for long account.
The first prices were about the high
est In the trading early as after the
first demand was satisfied, the inquiry
fell away.
With the end of the cal! the active
months stood 7 points higher. The
forecast of unsettled weather for Okla
homa increased selling orders, an<f at
the end of the first half hour of trad
ing prices were 1 point down to 2
points higher, compared with Satur
day’s closing.
STRIKE CONDITIONS
NORMAL IN DULUTH
Duluth, Minn., August 11.—Conditions
are nearly normal In the Duluth harbor
tonight. Boats were loading all day at
the Missabe, the Soo and in Superior,
at the Allouese. From the records of
departures at the tug office, the swing
of lake traffic Is nearly normal.
The strikers In Superior are still
solid and the work Is being done by
outside men.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
Issued yesterday In the office of the
probate clerk:
E. A. Rogers of Montgomery and Miss
Lena Ellison.
J. W. Alexander of Palos and Miss
Josie Milligan.
» W. E. Edney of Gadsden and Miss
Emma E. Brooks.
Henry James of Morris and Miss
Kate Boling. |
Clifford L. Saunders of Birmingham
and Miss Murie Butler Holland.
E. D. Cowgll] of Palos and Miss Josie
Warnlx.
T. R. Humphries of Birmingham and
Miss Ellen O'Neal.
G. C. Blackwood of Birmingham and'
Mlsa, Helen Cardan.
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PRICE OF CORN IS '
GIVEN SETBACK
Finish Trading Nervous at
Net Decline—Wheat
Unchanged
Chicago. August 11.-Rain relief, which,
however, missed Kansas and most i*f
Missouri, brought about a setback today
in the price of corn. The finish of trad
ing was nervous at a net decline of r*,
to %. Wheat closed unchanged to %
higher. Oats the same a % Saturday
night to % up and provisions varying
front a sitade off to 25r advance.
Heavy selling took place in the corn
pit, especially at the opening. Many be
lated longs were sacrificed and some
shorts became aggressive, taking the
ground that the current prices more than
discounted all of the damage in sight.
A noticeable increase in rural offerings i
of old corn added a good deal to the
bearish sentiment that prevailed.
Rallying power on the part of the
bulls made itself felt most in the latter
half of the day.
Southwest reports were still very se
; rious, heat and drouth continuing and
the crop being represented as past help
in a large number of sections. Besides
the stock on hand In Chicago had fallen
off during tile week nearly a round
million bushels.
Wheat developed firmness as h result
of options that cool temperatures in the
Dakotas and Minnesota and Ih6 persist
ent rains there might exert a damaging
Influence, as a large proportion of the
crop In that region Is ready to cot.
Weakness early was due to sympathy
wlth corn and to lower cables and good
sized world shipments. Primary re
ceipts of wheat were 2,226,000 bushels; a
year ago 2,105,000 bushels. Seaboard
clearances of wheat and flour equalled
1,198,000 bushels.
Threshing delays and possible Impair
ment of quality because of wet weather
gave strength to oats. Bears, though,
had control at first, owing to the break
In the corn market.
Provisions ranged lower after a brief
upturn caused by higher prices for hogs.
Corn, less expensive, and selling cred
ited to packers, were responsible for the
decline.
Future quotations were as follows:
Wheat— Open" High"! Low. Close.
Sept. 86% 86!, sl!% 85%
Dee. 89% 90% 89', 89%
May . 94% 95 94', 94%
Corn—
Sept. 72% 72 71% 72
Dec. 67% 68 66-% 86%
May . 69% 69 % 68% 6S' .
Oats—
HePt. 42% 42% 41% 41%
Dec. 44% 44% 43% 42%
Ma.V . 47 47 % 16 % 46 %
Pork— *
S*Pt.20.85 20.85 20.65 20.62%
Oct.20.30 20.30 19.97% 20.00
Jan.19.40 19.40 19.12% 19.12%
La rd—
Sept.11.37% 11.37% 11.15 11.15
Oct.11.47% 11.47% 11.25 11.27%
Jo".10.82% 10.82% 10.72% 10.72%
Rtbs—
Sept.11.15 11.17% 10.97% 11.02%
°ct.11.17% 11.17% 11.00 11.05
la". 10.20 10.22% 10.12% 10.15
C hicago Grain
Chicao. August 11.—Cash wheat. No.
2 red, 87c; No. 2 hard. new. 86c; No. 2 hard
white. 83c; No. 1 northern, 91@92c- No °
northenff 90@Mc; No. 2 spring, 'iW-Hlilc"
V al vet chaff, 87@91c; Drum, 84<fiR5c.
Com, No. 2, Ti>84@7684c; No. 2 white, 72ifi>
72Hc; No. 2 yellow, 718407284c. Oats, No.
2 new, 4084c; No. 2 white, new, 4184042c;
No. 2 white, old, 42c: standard new, 410
4184c; standard old, 418i@4i V- No. 2 rye,
6384c. Barley, 50@58e. Timothy, 84(04 90
Clover easy. Pork. 822.50; lard, 211.2'xffl
11.2284c. Ribs, 210.65@11.75.
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City, August 11.—Cash wheat,
No. 2 hard, 8584c; No. 2 red, 8284084c.
Corn, No. 2 mixed, 77c; No. 2 white, 770
7784c. Oats. No. 2 white, 4284c; No. 2
mixed, 4184042c. Wheat, closed, Septem
ber, 88c; December, 88%c. Corn, Septem
ber, 8684c; December, 8584c.
Visible Supply of Grain
New York, August 11.—The visible sup
ply of grain compiled by the New York
Produce exchange shows: Wheat in bond,
941.000 bushels, decreased 255,000; wheat,
904.546.000 bushels, Increased 3,828,01X1; corn,
5.222.000 bushels, decreased 1,167,000; oats',
17.157,000, increased 26,000; oats in ' bond,
537.000 bushels, increased 4000; rye, 468 000
increased 86,000; barley. 1,284,000 bushels!
decerased 35,000; barley in bond, 8000, de
creased 37,000 bushels.
St. Louis Produce
St. Louis, August 11.—Flour steady Hay
steady, prairie, 810®, 13. Whisky, 21.40. Iron
cotton ties, 96c; bagging, 1084011c. Hemp
twine, 8c. Pork unchanged; Jobbing, 2250
35. Lard unchanged. Prime steam, 810.870
19. Dry salt meats unchanged; boxed ex
tra shorts, 213. Clear ribs unchanged
short clears, 1314c. Bacon unchanged!
boxed extra shorts, 14c; clear rihs, 14c;
short clears, 1414c. Receipts: Flour, 21,000
wheat. 333,000; corn, 44.000; oats. 213,000
Shipments; Flour. 10.000; wheat, 68 000
corn, 15,000; oats, 32,000.
Liverpool Wheat
Liverpool. August 31.--Spot wheat easy
No. 1 Manitoba. 7s 9d: No. 2, 7s 5d- No V
7s 2V4d. Futures steady; October, 7s li/*rl]
December, 7s l%d. Corn, spot firm; Amer
ican mixed, new. 6s 6d; American mixed,
old, 6s 6d; American mixed old via Gal
veston, Os 3d. Futures irregular; Septe'U
ber-October, Ijl Plata, 6s 3%d. Flour
winter patents, 28s 6d.
4 Cincinnati Produce
Cincinnati. August 11.—Flour steady;
wheat, steady; No. 2 red, 87®88c. Corn,
steady; No. 2 mixed, 75Vi4(76c. Oats, easv;
No. 2 mixed, 4lVifc42c. Rye, steady; No.
2, 62®64c. Hay, firm; timothy, $H«I8.5I).
Bulk meats, bacon, lard, butter, poultry,
steady; eggs, firm; prime firsts, 20Vie;
firsts, 18c; seconds, I4e.
•Produce Market
New York, August 11—Petroleum steady;
refined New- York hulk. Be; barrels, 8.70c;
cases, 11c. Rosin steady; strained common
tv good, $4,164(4.25. Turpentine firm; ma
chine barrels, 38c. Rice steady; domestic
prime to choice. 3Vi@fic. Molasses steady;
New Orleans open kettle, 35©55e. Raw
sugar steady; Muscovado, 3.23c; Centri
fugal. 3.73c; molasses, 2.98c; refined
steudy; cut loaf. 6.50c: crushed, 5.40c;
mould A. 6.06c; powdered, 4.85o; powdered’,
4 80c; fine granulated, 4.70c; diamond A,’
4.70c; confectioners' A, 4.55c; No. 1, 1.50c.
Rice Market
New Orleans, August 11.—Rire: Rough
Honduras very strong; Japan ' No. 7.
nominal; Honduras strong; Japan steady.
Quote: Rough Honduras, 4.40®6c; Japan,
nominal; rlean Honduras, • Japan]
2%<§Ac. Receipts: Rough, 1321; millers]
132. Sales, 2222 sacks rough Honduras at
3.504?6c: 729 pockets clean Honduras at 2V
&6V4c: 1353 pockets Japan at 21i®3 5-16c.
Technical Discrepancies in Henry
Montgomery, August 11.-(Special.)—T.
M. Espy of Dothan came to Montgomery
today to confer with C. E. McCall, chief
examiner of public accounts, about tech
nical dlecrepancles In the accounts of \v.
Y. Carr, treasurer of Henry county, and
S. B. Wood, probate judge of the same
county. ExaiVners of pvhllc accounts
recently reported th%t Mr. Carr had been
found to be due the county $3000 because
of technical discrepancies and Judge
Wood about »13Ci>.
V fj
Flurry of Covering Fol-;1
lowed by Reaction and
Fresh Buying
New York. August 11.—The failure ol
today's weather report to show rains In
the southwest, as predicted on Saturday
caused a short advance in the cotton
market at the opening, hut a flurry of
ecvering was followed by reactions and
fresh buying seemed to be restricted by
reports of good rains in Arkansas, in
creasing new crop receipts, and favorable
crop advices from the eastern belt. The
close was steady with last prices 3 to 6
points net higher.
Business was active early and many of
Saturday's sellers appeared to be buying
back their contracts on reports that noth
ing more than a few light showers had
fallen in Texas over Sunday. fables
were a shade better than due. which con- 1
tribute# to the nervousness of recent sell
ers, and first prices were 10 to 11 points
above the closing figures of last week.
The first flurry of buying seemed to ex
haust the immetMate demand, however,
while the market met considerable cotton
above 11 cents for December and prices
soon began to sag off. Business be
came less active on the decline, and after
easing off to about the closing figures of
Saturday the market was again steadied
by cavering, with the. close showing ral
lies of 3 or 4 points from the lowest. Re
torts of good rains in sections of Arkan
sas and an official forecast for unsettled
weather in Oklahoma encouraged private
predictions of a breaking in the south
western drouth. Tlie detailed weather re
port showed continued high temperatures
In both Oklahoma and Texas, with a few
light showers in the eastern part of the
latter state and noon weather reports
showing no change in conditions helped
the closing rally. Weekly reviews of the
crop outlook generally noted deteriora
tion in tlie western belt, but claimed con
tinued favorable progress east of the
river.
New York Cotton Futures
0p< ii. iilgin Low. < i.H-i
August .. 11.55 fL65 lTVu 11~61
September ... 11.30 11.30 11.25 11.23
Tie to be r ...... 11.15 11.12 10.95 11.03
November . 10.97 10.97 10.95
December ... 11.04 11.05 10.94 10.97
January . 10.95 10.95 10.83 10.80
February. 10.8S
March . 11.04 11.01 10.93 10.86
May . 11.05 11.05 10.98 11.02
Port Cotton Movement
Galveston: Quiet; middling, 1l%c; net
receipts, 3453; gross receipts. 3453; sales,
724; stock. 19,787; Great Britain, 2525; coast
wise, 2162.
New Orleans: Quiet; middling, llV*e;
net receipts, fOO; gross receipts, 100; sales,
47; stock, 19,246; coastwise, 54.
Mobile: Easy; middling, ll'&c; net re
ceipts, 3; gross receipts, 3; stock, 229.
Savannah: Steady; middling, ll%c; net
receipts, 355; gross receipts, 365; stock, 15,
5C8; Great Britain, 1068; coastwise, 632.
Charleston: Nominal; net receipts, 5;
gross receipts, 5; stock, 1787; coastwise,
61.
Wilmington: Nominal: Stdck, 93S6.
Norfolk: Steady; middling, 13c; net re
ceipts, 204; gross receipts, 204; sales, 230;
stock. 19,166; coastwise, 879.
Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 12 Vic;
stock. 3478.
New York: Quiet; middUng, 12c; gross
receipts, 1629; stock, 32, *•'*»■.» inent,
Boston: Quiet; middling, ft j mi re
ceipts. 703; stock. 6629.
Philadelphia: Quiet; middling, 12.25c;
stock, 833.
Texas City: Stock, 569.
Brunswick: Stock, 5471.
Jacksonville: Stock. 380.
Total today, at all ports: Net, 4120; Great
Britain, 3593; continent, 2258; stock. 136,95011
Consolidated, at 'all ports: Net, 3416;
Great Britain, 8993; continent, 2S58; Mex
ico, 50.
Total since September 1, at all ports:
Net, 9,816,970; Great Britain, 3,489,957;
France, 964,466; continent, 3,502,510; Japan,
381,351; Mexico, 17,143.
Interior Cotton Movement \
Houston: Tone, quiet: middling, 11%;
net receipts, 5394; gross receipts, 5394;
shipments. 5283; sales, 2156; stock. 27,819.
Augusta: Tone, steady; middling, 12c;
net receipts, 160; gross receipts, 160;
shipments, 185: sales. 185; stock, 9162.
Memphis: steady; middling, ll%c; net
receipts, 22; gross receipts, 61; ship
ments, 39; sales, 26; stock, 16,203.
St. Louis: steady; middling, 12c; net
receipts, 100: gross receipts, 125; ship
ments, 125; stock, 8682.
Cincinnati: net receipts, 213; gross re
celtps. 213; shipments, 81; stock, 23.330.
Little Rock: Tone, quiet: middling,
ll%c; shipments, 3; stock, 10,311.
Greenville: Tone, steady; middling,
11.75c,
Total today: Net receipts, 5879; gross
receipts, 5943; shipments, 5716; sales, 2366;
stock, 95,507.
Liverpool Cotton Market
Liverpool, August 11.—Cotton spot
moderate trade Easy, Middling fair,
".Old. Good middling, 6.73d. Middling]
6.41d. la>w middling, 6.21d. Good or
dinary, 5.Sid. Ordinary, 5.35d. Hales,
7000, including 6200 American and .700
for speculation and export. Receipts,
1000, including 000 American. Futures
closed ciulet and easy. August, 6.16Jfcd.
August-Septemlter, 6.08d. Heptember
October, 6.9!>d. October-November,
6.96d. November-December, 5.90d. De
cember-January, 6.90d. January-Feb
ruary, 6.9Id. February-March, 6.92V^d.
March-April, 6.94d. Aprll-May, 6.96d]
May-June, 5.99d. June-July, 6.96U.
July-August, 5.95*id.
Dry Coods
New York, August ^ 11.—Men's wear
agents state that they are getting a wide
distribution of spring orders. Cotton
gc ods markets hold barely steady. Job
bers are doing a good general trudc. Raw
silk is rtrtn and tending higher.
Hubbard Bros. & Co’s Letter
New York. August 11.—(Hpeclal.)—No
rain fell in Texas and Oklahoma worthy
of note, but portions of Arkansas had
good rains and predictions indicate a
continuance of present weather condi
tions over Texas and Okluhoma for
several days. At the opening prices ad
vanced some 10 points on the weather
reports than the local traders expected
rain tonight and being very bearish the
market lost the advance closing steady
4 to 6 points higher.
Foreign letters state the feeling
abroad to be that the cotton will come
to market to be sold without any
American investment demand. Ho long
as the^Clarke amendment is pending
Europe believes they will be the inly
buyers, as no one will wish to buy In
a market liable to be closed by legis
lation. Regardless of crop advices they
feel it foolisli to buy Just now before
the rush of cotton to be sold. Ttiat is
the natural idea for them to Jake and
one which any rriun will admit must
tend to lower the price paid the
south.
F. S. Cody Buried
Aldershot, Eng., August 11.—The body
of F. S. Cody, Anglo-American aviator
killed here in a hydro-aeroplane accident
on August 7. was buried with military
honors in the soldiers' cemetery here tills
afternoon.
FRADE SLOW DUE I
TO HOT WEATHER
'orn Still Going Up—New
Supply of Cantaloupes
Received
The sweltering weather, which has pro
filed for the past^month, continued to
hrottle brisk business on Morris avenue
rVhlle the demand for products was fairly
rood yesterday, practically no changes
>cc i.rred in prices.
One notable exception, however, was the
iso In price of corn. From Saturday
eserday corn quotatinss advanced from
►tic to 98o a bushel. The rise was. not
inexpected for during the past week corn
uis advanced from lc to ‘Jo a day. Mor
dants predict that within the next three
)r four days the price of corn will be $1
>r over.
This gradual rise is attributed to the
tot winds which are blowing over the
•orn belt, which is parching the crops, and
o the lac kof rain in the same locality.*
^raiii merchants state that until relief is
•ecelved the price of corn will continue to
»oar. The prloep of other feed products
‘(-main stationary.
A new supply of cantaloupes was re
ceived yesterday and the demand was
gocd. Other fruits are in good demand.
Several reductions occurred in meat yes- ■
;erday. Lard went (Awn %c, while res
jlai ham ami skinned ham each dropped
4c. Other prices temain firm with no
ndication of either a decrease or a rise.
Standard granulated sugar w'ent up ,-*c
n price.
Prices of poultry and eggs, fruits and
produce, and fish and sea foods remain
firm. Business in the latter Item is good.
Red snapper continues to sell for 9c and
10c. and gray snapper at 6c.
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
IF . $11.50
2F . 11.00
3F . 10.30
Gray Forge . 10.00
IS . 11.50
2S' . 11.00
Local Cotton
Strict good middling . 11%
Good middling . 11%
Strict middling . 11%
Middling . 11%
Strict low' middling . 10%
Meat
Lard, 13%c; compound, ll%e; dry salt
short, ribs. $13.45; bellies. 14.57%; ham
butts, lo.50c; Boston butts, lt>c; pork loins,
17%o; spare ribs, 13c; breakfast * bacon,
274428c; smoked bacon, 17c; regular hum,
20c; skinned ham, 21%c.
Creamery Products
Country butter, 204/-25c; fresh creamery
butter, 32e; cheese, 17c; imported Swiss
cheese, 31c; German brick cheese, 20c;
limburger cheese, 19c; imported Roquefort,
35c; Neufehatel cheese, per dozen, 45o,
Pimento cheese, $1.35; process butter, 30c.
Fruits and Produce
Apples, new, Sl.o0®2: Florida Valencia
oranges, $5; California oranges, $5 box;
limes, $1 per 100; Irish potatoes, $1.10 per
bushel; sweet potatoes, Dooley, $L.50@1.75
hamper; onions, red globe. 2%c per
pound; lettuce. $1.50442.50 per crate; cu
cumbers, per crate, $1.75; tomatoes, Flor
ida, $2.25@2.75; cabbage, Virginia, 3%c lb.;
new Texus onions, crate, $1.50; beans, per
hamper, $1,254*1.30; peaches^ $2.50443 crate,;
squash, per hamper, $14*1.26; cantaloupes,
$2.5o443; watermelons, 154425c; peppers, per
crate, $1,504/2; lemons, box of 300, $66/6.50;
Okra. $2442.50 hamper. Pears, per box,
$3. Plums, $2. Georgia « anteloupe, $2.50.
Louisiana canteloupe, $2,504/3.
I'ish and Sea Foods
Red snapper. 94* 10c, in bbl. lots; gray
snappers or groupers, 6c; Spanish mack
erel in bbl. lots; pompano, 20c; mixed fish,
lOo in bbl. lots; pompano, 20c; mixed fish,
3c in bbl. lots; crockers, 6%c in bbl. lots;
mullet, 6%c in bbls.; small trout, 8%c;
fresh water cat, dressed. 12%c; salt water
cat, 8%e; speckled trout, 12%c.
Flour and Breadstuffs
Self rising flour, $5.00; Tennessee flour,
>5; Oklahoma flour, $5; pure wheat
shorts, $33; pure wheat bran. $28; C. S.
hulls per ton, $16; prime C. S. meal, per
ton, $35; C. S. feed meal, per ton, $30;
No. 1 timothy hay, per ton, $23; mixed
Alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton, $20;
alfalfa hay, per ton, $22; Johnson grass,
per ton, $10; mixed feed, $34; outs, 58c
bu.; corn, 98c.
Poultry and Eggs
liens, per pound, 134/14c; fryers, 1%44
1% lbs. average, 184419c; fryers, less than 1
lb. and under 1% pounds average, 17c,
ducks, 13c pound; guineas, 30c; roosters,
30c; geese, 404450c; live turkeys, 16c; fresh
eggs, case candled, 174418c; extra graded
candled eggs, 21c.
Coffee and Sugar
Arbuckle coffee. 31.80c; Luzanne. 23c per
pound. Sugar, standard granulated, 5%c
per pound.
CORDOVA BAPTISTS
HOLDING MEETINGS
Stirring Addresses Made in Behalf of
Missionary Enterprises of the
Church
Cordova, August 11.—(Special.)—The
Baptist of the North River association
opened r two weeks’ missionary cam- j
paign with three services at the In
dian Head Baptist church yesterday and .
last night. Rev. Clarence D. Graves,
field secretary of the Southern Baptist
Foreign Mission board, an5 Rev. E. P.
Chastain, a missionary to Mexico, now
on furlough in this country, were the
principal spakers. As a result of the
stirring addreses of these men tlie Bap
tist here determined to adhere strictly
to the Bible plan of finances which is
expected to result in much larger con
tributions, not only for pastor’s sal
ary, but for the various missionary en
terprises of the church.
These two gentlemen were joined at
Dora today by Rev. Bunyan Davie, a
Sunday school field worker of the Bap
tist church, and other pastors of the*
association.
BRONZE BELL GIVEN
BACK TO RUSSIA
Paris, Agust 11.—France today gave
back to Russia the great bronze bell taken
from the cathedral at Sebastopol and
brought to France as part of the spoils
pf the Crimean war. Since then It has
beet* in one of the towers of the cathedral
Df Notie Daine In Paris. The bell weighs
upwards of three tons. It was formally
presented to the Russian ambassador this
ifternoon.
Was Schoolmate of Cleveland
Gakman, August 11.—(Special.)—Mrs. A.
R. Hendrix of Birmingham, who Is a
guest at the home of Mrs. A. W. Jones
pf Oakman, Is an old friend and school
mate of the late President Grover Cleve
Irnd. Mrs. Hendrix is a native of Fay
etteville. N'. Y., and was baptized by
president Cleveland's father, who whs
pastor or the First Presbyterian church
it that place for several years
MEDICAL CONGRESS
PROVES INTERESTING
Doctors From All Over the
World Gather in London to
Discuss Medical Science
_
London, August 11.—Public interest In
the International Medical congress ia
growing, especially in itsf less technical
side, such as the* discussions on eugenics
tbc« social evil, malingery, heredity andi
cognate subjects, which appeal to the
people in general.
Since the opening of the congress there
has been a continual arrival of new dele
gates. Seven thousand medals cmnmem
cuitive of the gathering were struck for
presentation to those in attendance, but
ah these have been distributed and an
uther thousand will be required.
A discussion today of the Piltdown
skull which was fourwd’ 'on l’lltdown
common, Susex. last year, and sine©
has been the subject of various theo
ries, revealed wide divergence of views.
1»r. Arthur Keith, curator of the Mu
seum of the Royal College of Surgeons,
declared the skull as modeled was an
impossible skull—in* fact, was th«
dream of a diseased imagination. He
said that if Dr. Arthur Smith Wood- . )
ward, keeper of the geological depart- . f
ment of the British Museum at Kens
ington, who constructed the skull, was
right in giving the jaws of a chim- n
pan zee to a skull that was human, then
all the rest of the wforld was w'rong.
Dr. Sigma of Buenos Ayres gave Inter
esting particulars of a peculiar affection
which attacks the nose or throat and
caused an inflammation exactly resein- 7 £
bling cancer, lie said It yields readily
to potassium Iodide, lie added that the
disease required careful diagnosis to dis
tinguish it from cancer.
Dr. John Frederick Rldlou of Chicago
contributed a paper to the orthopedic sec
tion dealing with the mechanical treat
ment of tubercular joints. He expressed
the belief that very few cases of liip dis
ease required operative treatment of auy
kind. Dr. George W. Crile of Cleveland
read a paper on “Shock," in the path
ology section.
Lord Strathcona, high commissioner for
Canada, gave a reception this evening to
the delegates at the Royal botanical
gardens.
WILL ASK ALL 10
Governor Wants Clerks to'
Be Given Opportunity
to l)o Share
Montgomery, August 11.—(Special.)—Ev
ery merchant In Alabama will be urged by
Governor O’Neal to close his store Au
gust 14. 15 or lu and allow his clerks and
employes to work the roads in their
county. Governor O’Neal will issue a
proclamation when he returns from Bir
mingham, where lie went to attend the
funeral of Senator Joseph F. Johnston.
Reports from all counties of the state
indicate that the proposition to use Au
gust 14. 15 and 16 in the common cause
of Improving highways In the state is one ,
of the most popular ever started for th* v
public good. In many counties the ladies
are preparing for basket picnics and the
road workers will spend several hours
each day grading roads, digging trenches,
placing gravel on the road beds and im
proving bridges.
Estimates are that if every community
organizes and Improves its main high
way, improvements amounting to more
than $1,500,000 can be done during the thro#
days. Governor O’Neal issued a procla- '
mation several days ago setting aside the
days for road work and since this time
his office and the Alabama Good Roads
association have been working together
j to create Interest in the campaign.
PLEAD GUILTY TO
FRAUD CHARGES
Pensacola Commissioners Charged
With Illegal Voting—Fined
$10 and Costs
Pensacola, Fla., Auaust’ tl.—John
Constantine, C. F. BHkkh, Jr., Staph
Garastaphl. and George Brantley, four
of the nine men indicted for frauds in
the recent election of city commission
ers w'hen arraigned today entered pleas
of guilty. They were charged with il
legal voting, some being under age
and some non-residents of Pensacola,
tiie Greeks not oven being naturalized.
Each was fined $10 and costs. Commis
sioner Pou, Registration Officer Maura,
Deputy Registration Officer Kennedy
and the other two had their cases sen
for trial on September 4. Those five
are charged with conspiracy to alter
or change a public document, the reg
istration books.
ANNISTON’S PLAN
TO ASSIST ROADS
Anniston. August 11.—(Special.)—The
plan adopted by Mayor J. L. Wikle of
this city to make the observance of good
roads days in thin city practical In tha‘
way of improving the city’s streets was
given indorsement Sunday when John If.
Noble contributed tin; first dolla** toward J
the fund which the mayor hopes to raise.
Some time ago Mayor Wilkie suggested
that every citizen in Anniston not subject
to road duty contribute at least $1 during
good roads days in this state toward
upbuilding the streets and bridges in the •
city. Automobllists. he said, ought to
make a larger contribution. Mr. Noble
was tlie lira to act on the suggestion.
Mayor Wikle says that he hopes to ma
terially increase the available funds of
the city for road work by this plan, and
It is believed that the example of Mr.
Noble will he followed by many others
this week.
JAPS EMBARRASSED
BY I)R. SUN YAT SEN
Toklo, Japan. August 11.—The Japanese
government is somewhat embarrassed by
the presence in Japan of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
and (joneral Huang Sing, leaders of the *
recent Chinese rebellion, both of whom
arrived in disguise.
The government was at first disposed
to refuse them permission to land, but ,i
eventually consented in view' of the fact
that if they were deported to China,
where a price was sent on their heads,
it meant their arrest and death.
It is reported that Dr. Sun Yat Sen
does not intend to proceed to the Unite*!
States, but will try t<> gather funds to
continue the campaign against Provis
ional President Yuan Shi Kai.
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AMD CHILD. t
Mas. Winslow’s Soothino Syrup has been
used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It
SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS.
ALLAYS all PAIN ; CURES WIND COLIC, and
:s the nest remedy for DlARKKltKA. It is ab*
snlutely harmless. Be sure und ask for “Mrs.
Winslow’s Soot mip," and take uu othef
k.iud. Twenty-uve cents u bottle, f