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[ DOES HOT APPEAL Brokers Stay Out of Market Un? til After Tobaeco ; Decjsion. STOCK PRICES WAVEF Uproirious Bull Campaign Like ly if Suprcme Courts Finds for Defendant. [SpoclnLto Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch. I New York, March VJ.?biuctt prlcei wavorcd ln Wall Street to-day attcr i strong opening. The strength at th? beginnlng of trading was due to rn ports of a compromise reached at Clii ? cs.go betwetn the swltchmen and tlu rallroads. Luter, reports tlmt tho lo? comotive flremen had been unable tc make any agreement wlth the lntor atale Commerce Commlssloners who are stttlng a^ an arbltratlon commit? teo started selllng. There wcrc aist renewed upprohcnslons In regard tc the deoislojt which many bollovo thc Suprcmo Court will hand down in thi tobaeco case Monday. WbUc, of course, nobody know.' whether the Suprerne Court wlll ren dor its tobaeco declslon Monday, thc matter Is so extremely Important that many traders havo gotten out of th? market completely, If it be not ren 1 dered they wlll buy stocks in the aft? ernoon, for it cannot come untll Aprll 4, If not rendcrcd Monday. Oplnlon ln the bost legal, banklnx and specujatlve quarters is that a de? clslon in favor of the tobaeco company wlll cause an uproartous bull market at once. A drastib declslon agalnst tlie company wlll savo an Immcdlato and prdfound depresslon. ? Bu$ a declslon agalnst the company yet permltting it to do business wlth certaln reutrlctlons that corporatlons could adopt without complete reorgan l/.atlon would causo a qulck break, followed by an Immedlate recovery and an important upward movement tn all stocks. Even those who Be? lleve the company wlll wln wholly or ln part have been lottlng tho market alonc tho last- few days, feellng lt bet? ter to pay more for thelr stocks, lf necessary, after the declslon ls ren dered than to take a gambllng- chance. The market for tho past week has re flected nothing more thafl the cross currenfs caused b? the evenlng up of opcratlons. It was a reallzatlon of the growlng Ktrongth of tho steel trust as much as anything else that checked tho down ward movement ln the stock market thc past week. The publlc was familiar ln a general way wlth the flgures pub llslied quarterly, but the dctallcd pamphlet statement presents steel ln a forclble way. For Instance, tho trust has put more than $400,000,000 of earn? lngs into replacementa and new con ttructlon. Thls ls equal to practlcally the market price of the common stock. lt has lncreascd tts kurplus of net a. rets from tho orlglnal $25,000,000 to $1-1.000,000, and has exactly doubled Its manufaeturlng capaclty. Earnlngs at present aro at the rate of nearly 20 per cent., or" about four tlmes tho hlgh tst dlvldend that any ono expects tho btock t opay. The trust has 200,000 em? ployes, and operatcs a rallroad system of 5,000 mlles, on which there aro 50, i/'j'i cars and 1,200 locomotives. The steel trust ls tho biggest com? bination the world has ever seen, and titither tho new Standard Oil Company nor tho new copper corporatlon, whlcn everybody expects wlll be floated this year, can compare with it In financial or business lmportance. Flnanclally, |t is just about as blg as the United States government, and the United States government ha_ in vestigated its business methods ln a way that has In6ured lmmunity from attack by the admlnlstratlon. Thtfs it is strong flnanclally, legally and xnorally. The sugar trust also made a pubUc statement which convlnced the publlc that thls slnner in the llst ot corpora? tlons has flnally seen the error of its ?way. It earned, net, tn 1309 more than $1,000,000 ln excess of the provi , ous year. but the conscfenco fund ab sorbed nearly $6,000,000, so that the year's opcratlons'??how a deflclt which was supplled out of the surplus. The sqrplus ts stlll, however; above $21. 000,000, and the oompany has a very large amount of cash on call in Wall Street all tbe tlme. The steel trust, by the way, has more than S3S,000,000 spot cash on hand. Vast cash holdtngs by tho corpora? tlons, of which the steel and sugar trusts are only two, made the finan? cial world pay eXcIted attentlon to'ari advance in tha stoek of the National Bank of Commerce the past week. The bellef was world-wide that Morgan was plannlng: to consolldate the Bank of Commerce and the Na. . tlonal , Clty Bank. It ls known that his power in tho Na? tlonal Clty Bapk is now practlcallv equal to that of the RockefeMers, lf indeed he be not tho master. a con eolldatlon of those Instltutlons is plan - ned in an indcllnlte way, and wlll un? doubtediy be aceomplished spmo day. Among offlclaj developments of the "week was tho announcement of a forthcomtng convertible bond issuo of $37,200,000 by tho CheSapeako and Ohio, lt is oxpootea that thls money wlll bo used partly for taking over eontrol of tho Hock'lng Valley Rail? road. The, blg Hawloy rallroad merger cannot be pbstponed much longer, and will furnish ono of the Important mar? ket influences of the near future. The prosperlty of the rallroads is , proved by the reports of the New York Central, showing tho greatest tonnage of loaded cars on record. On the Curb. Trading on the curb market was qulet to-day and prlces were reaction ary. Standard OU and American To bacco wero neglected. Intercontlpen fcai Rubber lost a fraction,- but was steady. ; Chlno deollned half a point . fr6m Its high record figure mado ln Thomas Branch & Co. (EtUbUshed 1838.) MEMBERS New York Stock Exchange New Yprk Cotton Exchange '..'-., .. " * Private Wires to SALES! Co... 10% 12 65% Amer. Agrl. Chem Allls-Chalilmers . Allls-Chalmere, pfd. 1^600 Amalgatnalod Copper ... ew American Can . 10. American Can, pfd. 70. Amor. Cor arul Fpundry. Amer. Car and Foun., pfd ... American Cotton Oil..... ,1,000 American Locomotlve ..,* 62% o00 Amer. lAJComotlve, pfd../ 114 6,100 American Smelting ...... 80% 200 American Beet Sugar,... .*-.!. i. 109 ArneriCnn Sugar ....'.126% %<XK) Amer. Tel. nnd Tel. Co... 141*4 13 Amorltan Tobacco, com. 460 IW American Tobacco, pfd.. 00.4 800 Anftconda Copper. 49% 2,-00 Atch Ison .1.16% Atlantic Conft Line. A. C, L. of Connoctlcut. ... . 600 Baltimore and Ohio.11214 1:575 Brolri'yn Rapid Transit. 76.4 200 Canadlan Paclflc .179% Contral Loathor. 13;010 Choflapeake und Ohio.... 58*4 200 Chicago' dr<_#t Western. 31 Chl. Great West., pfd. C.500 Chl., Ml.l. and Kt. Paul... 144-4 .TOO ChlhcagO and Northwcst. 154% 200 Ciev., Cin., Chl. and St. L 90 300 Colorado Fuel and Iron. 40*4 Colorado and Southern. Col. and South.. lst pfd. 200 Consolidated Gas .145*4 Delaware and Hudson. 110 Don. and Itlo Gran., com. 41% Den. and Rio Gran., pfd. ... 100 Dlstlllers' Kec. Cor. 23% 800 Erle. 00% General Electric . 1,500gPreat Northern, pfd. 4007jreat Northern Ore ctfs, Jlllnols Central. 400 Int. Metropolltan . By THOMA3 BRANCH. & _ Bld. Asked. Open. Hlgh I _>w. Closing. 130 69*. 112.4 16% 179V* ?'/_ 31' 144% 154% 90 41 41% 33.. 30,4 13.% Wi 22% Low. 66 6.4 13 r>3 _ii. 153% 152 129% 133 112 76% 17914 87% ?% _4_% 154% 89% 40% 11694 145 41% 33 Ti 30% 133% 69% CO., Bankers and Brokors. SALES: O ?W 47% 2,000 Int. Metropolltan, pfd.. 11.4 12V_ 150 Int. -.*.. Martnc, som... 42*4 45 600 Internatlonal paper .... 200 Int. pnper, pM. 200 Kan. Clty South., com.. Kansas Clty South., pfd ... 1.100 Lou-nvltle and Nashvlllo 153% Manhattun . Metro. Street Railway. 700 _Io? Kan. and Texas.... 43.4 Mo,, Kan, and Tex., pfd. ... flOO MlsBOtirl Pacino . 70 2_0 National Lead .? .3% 2,30QNew York Central.125 600 N. l'? Ont. and Western 40 4,_tt> Norfolk and Western... 106*4 1,000 Northern Paclflc ._34!_ Paclllc Mall . 8,5-0 Pennsylvania .137% 600 Ptople's Gae ;.110% Pressed Steel Cor. 41 Pressed Steel Car, pfd.. ... 100 Ry. Stcel Sprlng, com... 44 46,000 Reading.168% 3C0 Republic Iron and Steel 89 Republic L and S? pfd. 4,200 Rock Island ..:. 49% 2,000 Rock Island.. pfd.>. 91.4 200 Sloss-Shoffleld . 78% 8,300 Southern Paclflo .128% 100 Southern Raltway. ja 200 Southern Railway, pfd.. 60% 16 Standard Oll . 646 Tennessee Copper. 200 TeXaa Paclflc . 30 27,700 trnlon Paclflo .188 200 Unlted States Rubber... 44 42 58,10) Unlted States Steel. .6% 81 100 Unlted Statea Steel, pfd 121% 33% 6,500 Ve.-Car. Chemlcal . 59.4 30% Va_-Cor. Chemlcal, pfd. 154% 155 500 Wabash. 21% 136% 33-JU 1,700 Wabash, pfd... 4S% 69 70 Western Unlon .t 140% 141 Total sales for day, 247,700 shares. 21% _2 Total eales for week, 8,2-8.400 shares, 257 112% 76% 179% 42% 87% 30% 67% 143V) 26! 112 75% 17.% 42 _7.4 30% 67 143% 154% 155 89% 91 39 40% 61 63 V) 83 144 114% 174 175 41 80 33 30'/ -3% *70 ?_% 125 40% 10-% 110% 44 '44 168.4 39 '49% 9 78% 128% 29 -5.4 515 '36 188% .44 80% 121% 69% "_1% ?t-% Bld Askoa. Closing 5. 65% ?'i 6.1 12(4 13 61 54 37% __% 69 70 361% 3__% 13554 138 42% 'ii 83 124 45% 105 Ti UO 44 '.-i 166% 39 '?% 91% 78 12j% 29 68 646 30 1-6% 44 _5% 1-1% 68% '__% 47*4 15 42'4 11% _-',_ 83 124% 4f% 106 131 70 ?-?-%! 124% 100% 131% 82 33 136% 13>3% UfHi IU 43 44 102 101 42 44 1-5% 166% 39 40 lf?% 101% 48% 4.% 91 D_ 77 78 120% 126% 28% 29 C5% GO 640 515 82% 33V 30 30V 185% 1S6% 44 45 -6% 85% 121% 121% 68% 69 126 127 21% 221 47% 68 70 75V CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS Amerlcan Tel. and Tel. conv. ts... 104.4 Amerlcan Tobaeco .u. 87U -\--jiorICan Tobaeco _s. 107% AlHilion conv. 4? fbld;. 11a AKhison conv. ts. 118"" A__anMe Costt Llno Int 4s. __*; Broolclyn Rapld Translt conv. 4s. .,;^j Ccbtral or Georgla Ss. lOSii Chesapesko anrt Ohlo 4>.4b (bld).102 CUpsapealc. and Ohlo rvt. T,n.105U Clflcago, B. and Qulncy Jolnt ts. 8_.i I Chlcago, B. anrt Qulncy gen. it. M._ 1 Ctricago, It. I. anrt Pac. R. R. col. 4b.. %i CJiSeago, R. I. and Rac. Ry. rfg 4S.... 00.4 tho prevlous sesslon. OU flelds of Mexlco was ofllclally traded ln-for the flrst tlme at 30' 1-2 to 93 1-2. -Its shares are 160 par. ln tbe Street. Number of shares sold to-day, 216. 015: a year ago, 215,501. Par value of bonds sold to-day, $1, 228,000; a year ago, $1,367,000. Toledo, St. Louls and Western col lat'eral trust 4 per cent. bonds were admltted to trading on the Amsterdam Exchange to-day. Bankers, for tlme money to remaln flrm, ln view of the fact that many corporatlons wlll have to float bond issues both here and abroad. Tho Netherlands Bank of Amster? dam advanced its discount rate 1 per cent. to 4 per cent. The 3 per cent. ra!te had been ln effect since October 13 last.. RICHMOND STOCK MABKET. Richmond, Va.. March 13, 1310. SALES AT BOARD. Vlrjlnla Rallway and Povrer Co. com roorj?00 at 27Vj. STAT__*"SECURITIE._. Bld. Asked. North Carollna tt. C. 1310. ?9 Virginia 3s. Old. C. and R., 1S32... l%\$ $9 Centuriee. 2-3, C. and R-, 1531. &!j 53 CITY SECURITIES. Richmond Clty 4i, R.. 1920-__3?. 1<XHJ Rlch. Clty 4s, C. and R., 1938-1930. lOOVi RAILnOAD BONDS. A. q. L. R. R. Con. Tr. 4 p. ct.. M C- and O. R. and A. Gen'l M. 4Vis.. 103 Gecirgia Paclflc l?t $*. C. 1322.113 Georgla. Sou. aad Fla., 1345.ics Ga. and Ala. Con. 5s, 194S. 10. Nor. end Weat. Ry. 4b, 1S5.. 39 Nor. and Wesr. Poca. Ai, J536.... .9 Rlch. and Dan. Gold 6s. C. 1315.... IM Seabourd Alr Llne 4s, 1350..-.. S4'i .., Southern Rallway let 5b, 13W.105 Sc_ R. Dev. G. M. 4?, A. 1356. 78 Western N. C. 1st 6s, C. 1314.106 STREET RAJLWAT BONDS. Va. Ry. and Power Co. 5s, IM4... KM 83 STREET RT. STOCKS. j Par. Va. Ry. aad Power Co. pfd'....100 70 72 Va. Ry. and Powor Co. com....100 26!4 28 RAILROAD STOCKS. Far. Atlanta and Charlotte.100 130 Atlantic Coast Llne com.100 180 Chesapeako and Ohlo....Kov...103 S7ij ... Norfolk and Western corn..<-....300 ICS ... Eoutb.m Railway pfd.;....100 __ $outhern Rallway com..100 ISH ... BANK AND TRUST CO. STOCKS. Amerlcan Natlonal.100 165. Broad Street Bank.35 42VJ ... Bank of Richmond.100 128 .... Clty .,.... 25 ai Capltol savings Bank.20 28 ... Flrst Natlonal...100 505 Merchants Natlonal...;...100 600 Natlonal Bank of Virginia....100 _ro Natlonal ? Stat? Bank....:..:....100 1S5 ,.\ Planters National.........409 600 Virginia Trust Co.100 107 MISCELLANEOUS. Va.-Car. Chetn.xpfd. 8 p. c't....l00 135 ,'.. Va.-Car. Chem. com...,.100 MV4 ... Va.-Car. Chem. 1st Mort. 5s, 1333.. SS'i ... Quotations for Intcrest-paylng bonds are at a prlco, to which interest must be add. ed. Incomo bonds and cortlflcales of lndebt edness aro ilat. ? COTTON MARKETS. New Tork. March 13.?/tht> cotton market failod to rcspond to bettor cables than ex? pected at tho opening to-day, and later weakened under roalizing ? and rumors ot raln_ln Weat Texas. wlth tha closo easy at a rtet dcclin0 of atgll polnta. Tho market opened steady at an advanco of 2 polnts to a dccllne of 1 point, a better responso to tho sti-ongth abroad belng preventod by selllng of th0 near months, which was at trlbutod to tho bull leaders. Rumors ^ot thls sort caused eonsiderable scatterlng 11 qutdatlon. and whllo bear pressure wa* held ln c-heclt by the contlnued reports of a good trado dosnaud in MancUest.r, tho bulllsh natlonal glnners' flgures and apprchenslona Ul tliat bull support would bo'renowod on any R materlal brcak, tho market gradually cased m off. Thero was a sllght rally during the mlddlo of the mornlng on covoring, but tho Improvement was lost and prlcos sold at tho lowest point of tha day in the lato trading on rumors of rains In tho Soutb west. Tho weathar map showed no preclpl tatlon ln Texas and tho of(lcial weather forccast called tor partly cloudy, rather than wot, wcatbor ln Texas and Okltfhoroa to-nipht apd to-morrow. Stlll prlyate re? ports clalmed raln ln West resas, and th, possiblllty that thls mlght b? refleoted In Monday's weather map seemed to stlmulata roftllslng by recent buyers for over tbo week-end. Tho flnal glunlng report of tho season wlll bo issued by tlie'Census Bureau at the opening on Monday mornlng. Frl vuto culilt-s sald that the Livarpol market had boen influenccd by a, good trado de? mand, and the natlonal splnners' report o.{ 10,081,000 balot ginned for .tho season, oluslvo of llpters, ond placlhg the latter at 2.5.M. bales. Jt was reported that WesU sni .iobbers of cotton goods had announced a cut of 10 per. cent. ln prlces. Recelpts at tho. ports to-day wero 16,077 iirIcs agalnst U,S54 las; woek and 16,064 laat year. For the weelt 75,000 bales agalnst 76,st7 last weok and 03,044 last year. To day's recelpts at New Orleans p,7S2 bales agalnst 1.40S last year anrt at Houston 2,10* bales agalnst 6,753 laat year, cotton futurcs opooed ste?dy aad closed assy. Open.-High. I?ow, Close, March.15.17 15.03 15.00 14.01 Aprll . U,9J Way .i..,,16.06 15.06 ~. 14.90 14.90 Juric .,..14.78 14.73 14.70 14.73 Tuly .14.7U 14,78 34.68 14.6J .Vugust ...,.14.25 14.25 14.1S 14.19 ieptamber ,,,.,. ,..,..,18,8.. 13.33 13.25 13.35 October -.12.SJ 12,96 12.88 H.SJ November .,...,.,,,,,,?,,,, ?,, . ,.,, J2,fi| Deoember '...?,'..,. 13,77 i:.7fl !?.?. 13.61 ranuary ...,,.?lt.7i .,.. '..,. U?? .m mm t_y?f^ mui y_wiiRr-f 1J1 u Colorado and Sou. ref. and <y.t. 414-.... 9J? 3enver and IUo Grando 4s (bld). M'.i Denver and Tlio Orande ref. ls.... izy, Srli conv. 4a. serles "A"....'.. .1 Irio conv. 4s, serles "B".... "J" nferborough M-tro. 4T4?..'. M-_ nter. Merc. Marlne 4.Ss. 6SVi Canras City Southern lst 8s.... 73H -roulsvllle and Nasb. Un. 4a. ...! ?Corfolk and Western lst con. 4s. ?9Vi t'ortolk and Western conv. 4s....;.IK'A ?enjisylviw)ia conv. _'As (19l?;. 97 'ennsylvania conaol 4s (bld).104% St. .Louis and San Fron. gc-n. ts... - SO. nl<__lln|r uplnods. U.1B; mlddllng _rulf, 15.40. lalea 3,-7. bal .s. Cotton, quiet; mlddUng. 15.15; stock. ___.? 31 bales. Total to-day at all ports?Net receipts, 5,<_7 bales; export U> 'Oreat Britaln, 8.KS 'air.!.; to tho Contlnent, 7,51 bales; stock, 22,395 balce. Consolidated at all ports?Net receipts, 5,077 balea; export to Qrcat Britaln, 8,956 ales; to the Contlnent, 7,351 bales. Total slnce September 1 ai all ports-Net oce.pts. 6.2S3.-S3 bales; export to Great .rltaln, 1,754,355 bales; to France, 797,11: ales; to the Contlnent, 2,078,74-> bales; to apon, C1.S76 bales; to Mexlco, 13.SU bales. New Orlcans, Lo., March 19-?Cotton?Spot otton easy and unchanged; mlddllng, 413-_6c sales on tho spot 7_. bales; to rrive. 370 bales; hedged cotton. 500 bales. "uturcs opened steady at a decline of 1 olnt on tha old crop months and unchaneu o 1 polnt up on the now. Cables wero etter than expected. The weather map -as dry ln the West, an dthe outlook ap earcd to be for nor> dry weather over undaS" Around tho ralddle of the morning .a_-_ applled conslderablo pressure to the aarket. Toward noon somo llttlo selllng ame from longs who did not carry fhelr otton over thft census report on glnnjpg, 'hlch would be Isued the first thing Mon ay morning. Short themselves, however, urned buyers and checked ths decline. The sarket closed etcady at a -jct decline of 5 !- polnts on the old crops and 13- polnts n October. Tho results of the week ln tha cotton __..-__&t aro an advance of IS. polnts on he old crop months and an advance of 24 & 7 polnts on tho new. Thls worklng apart f the new and the ojd crops was due to he shjftlng of a considerable long Interest rom the near to the dlstant months, and 3 Intfeaalng uncertalnty over the out ome 'of the M3y and July deals as well s to tbe contlnued drought ln ths West rn portlons of the cotton belt. So far as j'.d be learned. the leadlng bulls still held 11 of tholr old crop contracts. Saturday atteri was cherged wlth unloadlng 10.000 ales of May In the New Yor* merkot. his rumor was quickly denlad* but it af :ct_d prices to some extent. The weathoi f the week hardly favored elther slde. Tha chief supports of the market were ie accounts of the Ixmnense business belng one ln Manchester wlth. Cblsa and Indla. rlvate cablesgrams sald tbat many mllls ere runnlng full tlme, tbat prices belng lalized for cloths allowed a good mar In.of profit. and. that tha depiand for raw ateriol was ln excess of the supply. Tbe ilaf bearUh arguments used were that tha eather and soil conditlons in the Central ?tU Eastern sections of the belt were Ideal nd what would bo lost in. the Western belt ould be regalned elsewbtre. On the week-; id.- statlsties showlng mill tak|nga foi I ie we?k of 204,000 bales against 289,000 tbls eelc last year wero used to encourage iort selllngs as were reports from Chicago iat the principal dry goods houses thert _d cut prices ln cotton goods 10 per cent i tbA spot market prices gained U<v, iddllng elostny at 1413-160. against 9-ic year' ?_*_? bales on tbe spot amounted i 4,2(5 bal<*? against 5,409 lost weo1: and 530 thls week last year; sales to arrlve ?aounted to' 1.070 bales against 2,050 last aek and 3.42- this weak last year. Futures closed steady. Closing: March, .69(3114,70; APrtl. 14.75?14.77; May, 14.60? .tl; June. 14.S5014.r7; July. 14.BO0_4._1; Ugust 14.23 bld; September, 13.33 bld; Octo. !r, 12.&4S. 12.55; November, _2.74flU2.77; Do. :mber, 12.65@12.70; January, 12.72<5>12.77. NEW TORK FBODVCE aiABKEI, New York, J_arch 19.?Flou'r_-<julot and ichangod; sprlng patcntB, $b.75@5.S0; wln r patents, J5.50gi6.CO. Rye Flour?Firm. .rnmeal-rSteady. Rye?Qulet. Barley omlnal. Wheatlrregular; No. 2 red, $1.J4',4 1.25 c. 1. f.; No. 1 northern, $1.25%, open g navlgation. Options' closed at .>4?%c. it decline.. May, $1.23; July, $1.16?i; Sep mber, $1.11%. Corn?Barely steady; steam ., 6194c, apd No- 4. 62'ic.. both elevator, :port! basls. Options closed unchangal to c. net advance. May, 72c.; July, 74c; sptembsr. liMc. Oata-_S?_ady;' mlxed. imlnal. Options closed unchanged, May, Wc. * Beef aod Lard?Flrm. Tallow, Petroletjm. jsln and Turpentlne?Steady. Rlco and olassas?Steady. Sugar?Raw, steady'; re ied, etsady. Coffee?Futurea closed net tchanged to 5 polnts lower. Spot, qulet; lo, No. 7, SU-16@S*4c; gantos, No, 4, 9!lc; Ud, qulet; Cordova, 9?12Jic. Potatoes and tbbages.?Qulot and unchanged. Frolghts Llverpool?Quiet aod steady; cotton by aam, l|c--vBMP! rhe eottonsecd oil market was. qulot and rely steady wlth moderato selllng by ro nt buyors and a scattered demand. Prices i jsed trregular at 3 polnts.'decline to Ints advance, wlth sslee of 2,200 barcls. a,rch, 7.40(97.42; May, 7.46?7.46i July, .7.56& 8; 6eptem,ber, 7.61^17.63. Prlmo eruds, 7jJ$,53; prlae sununer yollow, 7.40@7.45,' Ime wlnter' yollow, 7.4.?7.03| prlmo sum sr' whlte; 7,M(8?7.99. CHICAGO OBAXN MARKET. _htcago, 111., March 19.?Wheat prlcea spondod readily to woather reports to y, declinin-t on early news of raln ln thp tlthwoatorn wheat country aad rallylnp ten contradlctory stateme.nts oam? to the re. May cjosed %(_>U<-.'UP ahd July 9K. '. Lnquldatlon gpvernfld the ?orn phtJ ich of the day, week-end covering givlng flnn tone to the close. ,and. jnuoh the iiio procoas waa obflo-rved ln the oats plt. ovlslons wero rather easlor, lnfluonccd tho grain weakness smd many unsoid Idlngs ln the packing centrcs. Pork .sad 12*4t8-S_H<- otti lard HBohanged t? o. dowp, ood rlba unt!han*id to a'/jc. up, 'he leadlng futures rangoilas follows: ,. Open. _U?h. ixiw. close. tlBAT-1 iTy.1-UT4 U214 1.11% 1.12% uly. 1-06 LOtli 1.05V4 i.Offm ept..;... 1.0314 1-04H '1.08%' l.OiVi RN [fty. BIV, 62 81% 6U4 uly'..... 64 04% ? 68!4 6?i OPt. ..?.??.. ?'.' ?'.,?- .?% 65 TS? " ! [ay .,,.... 43% . 43Ji ,48% 4354 uly ./??? *l% 4-' 4114 4t% 9Pt.......' J9V4 8_% * 3914 89J4 : 85.78 25.73 _._?_ii_yia__il i St. Louls S'weJrtern l?t gold Is. 9314 S.aboard Alr Llne ts. S3'j Southern Rallway ls. 1** Southern Rallway gen- 4........ 78 United States rcfundlng 2s. reglstered.. 100?i United states refundtng 2s, coupon. 100% United States 8s, reglstered. H?H United States ts, coupon. 10_.i Unl_?4 States 4s, reglstered....,. lufc United States 4s. coupon. 114?i Union Paclflc conv. 4s'.'.10M? United States Steol 2nd 5_i....... 105. Virrlala^Car. Chem. 6s. W.b _ WabSah ist and ext 4s..?. "3.? 5*pt.25.10 26.80 2S.42_i 26.42H LARD?Par 100 Ibs. May ._..14.13.4 U12VJ 14.07t_ 14.10 July .18.33 18.95 13.00 13.32}4 Sept.13.8214 13.85 13.80 13.85 SHORT RIBS?Per 100 Ibs. May .13.73 13.73 13.70 13.72.4 July .13.40 13.45 13.40 13.424 Sopt.13.3254 13.S7VS 13.32 13.22.4 Recelpts?Flour, 46,700 barrols; wheat, 84. 000 bushels; oats, 340,000 busbels; oats, 406.SO0 bushels; borley, 147,000 busbels. Shlpments ?Flour, 26,400 barrels; wheat, 35,300 bushels; corn, 279.300 bushels; oats, 300,000 bushels; barley, 16.000 bushels. Cash Wheat?No. 2 red. 81.19.S>1._0; No. 3 red, 8L1701.1S; No. 2 hard. I1.UH8L12.4: No. 3 hard, $L_7?L11.4: No. 2 northern. $_._1??'?1.1S; No. 3 spring, 81.O80U3; No. 1 northern, nothing doing. Corn?No. 3, E6_p 59c.; No. 3 white, _l@6l.4c.; No. 3 yellow, C9S63HC-; No. 4. 54@53c.; No. 4 whlte. 53? 69*;C.; No. 4 yellow, 64H?56c Oats?No. 2, 42=.-.: No. 2 wlUte, 45.4?4?o.; No. 8. 42V4&: No. 3 whlts, _2>4@44%e.: No. 4 whlte, 40? il'.it; standard. 44%?45c. Baltlmore, Md.. March 19_?Wheat-Easler. Spot, contract, $1.18*4; southern on grade, $_._J%?L1SM. Corn?Easter; spot, contract, Si'JtiliC. Oats?Easter; No. 2 whlte, 51c nomlnal: No. 2 mlxed, 43@49%c. Rye?Dull; No. 2 western, do'meatlc, S6@S3_. RICHMOND OBAC. MARKET. Richmond, Va., March 19. 1310. WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS ON 'CHANGE. WHEAT-Car lots. No. 2 red, Western. ?81-15 No. 2 red. Virginia. ? L24 No. 3 /-.ed. ? 1.23 Steamer.L13 ? 1.21 Virginia (bag lots).........?_ Sw @ 1.20 CORN?Car lots. No. 2 whlle.-.-.- ? 73 No. 3 whlte...... & 70 No. 2 raixed. ? 63.5 No. S mlxed.-. 67$4 Virginia (bag lota). 70 ?. 73 OATS?Car lot*. No. 2 mlxod. ? WA No. B mlxed. 13 ? 43H No. 2 wblto. 61.4 No. 3 white. 49>,i Winter seed (bag lota). 50 ? 63 RYE?Car lots. No. 2. Nomlnal No. S. Nomlnal Virginia (bag lots.. ??omtnat CATTLE MARKETS. RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET. (Sales at Union Stock Yards.) Richmond. Va., March 19, 1910. Report of tha llvo stock market for the week endlng March 14: Recelpts?Cattle. 301 head; hogs, 973 head: sheep. ?2 head; calves, 112 bead. Cattle?Best steers, 6%c; medlum to good, 5'.'.3oUc.; common to falr, 4>4?5Uc; besl heifers. 63.c; medlum to good, 5U@SV6c., common to falr, 4%?6c; best cows, 5Uc.; medlum to good. 4%?4.90; common to falr, SUS-c; bulls, 4%?5Hc. Cows and calvej, S__5@55.00 per head. Calves, 5_4@7V4c: ex? tra, Sc; best sheep, 6V4?7c.; common to falr, 4?8c.; best lambs, S>.4c; common 10 falr, 6H@Sc; best hoe,vy .hogs. lOHc; llght to medlum,. 9V_?10c--' shoats, 8?9c.; rough bogs. SS'S'ic. Quarantlne cattle. 6!i@5.S9; extra, hlgher. Chlcago, 111., March 13.?Cattle--Rocelpts estlmated at 200 head. Market steady. Booves. (5.60@8.70; Texas steers, $5@?.S0; Western steers, ?5@6.S0; stockors and feed ers, .3.7o?ja.63; cows and helfors. $2.75?7.10; calves, SS.26@10.00. Hog6?Recelpts estlmat? ed at 6.000 head. Market strong. Llght, 010.6O@10.90; mlxed. 810.60@_.00; heavy, $10.65 ?11.05; rough, .?10.65?10.SO; good to cholca beavy. J10.S0? U.05; plgs. J9.80?loa6; bulk ot sales, 510.S5@10.35. Sheep?Recelpts estlmat ?d at 2,000 head. Markot steady. Natlve, $5.3_@8.23; -western. J5.76@S.50; yearlings, $.@3.10s lambs, natlve, ?8.50@10.00; western, J3@10.35. ' New Yorlc March 19.?Beeves?Recelpts l;645 head. Nothing doing ln llvo cattle. Flrm feellng. Calves?Recelpts 330 head. Market steady. Indiana veals, .7@10.6b; fod do., 86.25?6-C0. Sheop and Lambs?Re? celpts. 3,546 head- Sheep flrm at ja@7.75 for ewes; lambs full steady iat $9.? 10,60 ior poor to good: up prlme here, Hogs?Re? celpts 1,530 head. Nomlnally'flria on Buftalo advlcea. RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET. Bjchmpnd, Va., March 13, 1310. Brlgbts?Unohanged. Falr recelpts. Mar Aet qulet but flrm. Dark Tobacco-vMarket contlnues steady at <iuotat(ons wlth llberal recelpts. Sun-Curod?Recelpts decreaslng and not so heavy as heretofore. Market contlnues active at prices quoted. DARK STEMMENGr-NEW. Lugs..$4.50 ?$7.00 Short leaf.*.,. T,00 ? s.so Long leaf.??.;, 10.00 @ 13,00 BROWN SinPPING?NEW Lugs .i 6.00 ?J6.80 Short leaf...._.,.. 7,00 ? S.50 Lons leaf..';;. 9.00 ?12.00 Wrappers .10.00 ? 15.C0 BRIGHT.!. 5MOKERS?Common. 7.00 ? 8.50 Medlum. 9.00 ? 1LO0 Flne.13.00 ?13.00 2UTTE1W5~-O.nu.ion ,..._.,...., xt.co ? 13.50 Medlum . 13.00 ?14.30 Flne .......??.16.00 ? 13.00 ' Fajjoy ,...-.!.......,............> 18.00 ?20.00 ?ILLERS-Coni?no? ..,..,,,,..,, 8.00 ? 10.00 ftledlum.??.,....,.:., 11.00 ? 12.00 Good ..,?,.,........,...,'._l__._o ? 13,50 Flno.14.00 ? 18.00 MILLER $ CO. BANKERS AND BROKEBS, 1107 B. Maln Street, ? Members New Ytork Stock Exchange, New Vork Cotton Exchaugc, Chicago Qoard of Trade, Orders executed for nvestmerit or on margin on all excJiangca. bo' Private wire* to New Yqrk, Chicago and vl< \r?w Ork*na. ?? '? ..,?, ?M&liKilOTWi-.MHiaftJa ^.lAP.*-.__is?Common .15,00 ? !7._o Medium .aoo et 20.ii_ 2??^.25.00 #20.00 ?,n-. 32.50 tfl* 7.7.50 I'*_oy.40.00 Ut 45.C. _U_-.-Cl._-El-?N.8W. - JiUss, eommnn to good. 5.M ifp 7.5fl T-ti?, good to primo. ..fl. ? s.so Hhort leaf.10.00 ?12.50 I/_nc ]eaf. 11.00 Wmppers .1...C. ? 35.00 1'rtrnlngn . 1,00 _-0__CE__L.lNEOf8 MAKKETS. PEANT7T MARKET. R.poriod by RodgArs, McCabe & Co.) Potersburg, Va,, March 19.?Pcanuts.? Bpanish.? Market stendy nt $1,3') ner bushel. Rooc-Ipts llght. Vlrglnlas?Mr.riv-t qulet. Jumbo, WtPiXc.: fancy handplclied, 4? 4'ic; machlne plckod, 8tf?39?e,; shelllng stock, 2ttS_r? ' DRT GOODS MARKET. New Tork, Marcb 13?Agents handllng bl.ached cotton have followed the cut ln prices named yesterday, fruit of tho looro lltivlng boen reduced to 9c. Atlrtthor cut has been made ln wldo sh.etlngs and brown' cottons by the It. B. Clatlln Company, nnd buslnesa ls broadenlng at tho lower flgures. Flne and fancy cottone on. cclllnif better for fail dcllvery and mor0 rcorders aro comlng forward for sprlng. NAVAL, STORES. Wilmlngton, N. C. March 19.?Splrlts Tur pentino?Receipts 12 casks. RoMn?Steady at $3.75; roc.lpt* 55 barrels. Tar-^-Flrm at $2; receipts 100 barrels. Crude Turpentlne? Flrm at S35Jt.ro and $6.75; receipts IB bar? rels. Savannah, Oa., March 19.? Turpcntln* Iflrm at 60?{c.; sales 31 casks; receipts 33 casks; shipments 341 casks; stock 12,1__ casks. Rosin?Flrm; sales 590 barrols; re? ceipts 872 barrels; shipments 1,173 barrols; stock 91,091 barrels. Quoto: B, $4.20. MABEST. INTETJJGKNCE. PORT OF RICHMOND, MARCH 19, 1310. ARRIVED. Stearesr Berkeley, Shelly, Norfolk, xner chandlao and passengers, Old Dominion Line. Steamer Pocabontas, Oraves, Norfolk and James Rlver landlngs, n_ercha_,d!se and pas? sengers, Vlrglnla Navlgatlon Company. Steamer Aurora, Furman, Fetersburg ana ?lames Itlver landlngs, merchandlso and pas tengcre, PhlUtps Line. SAILED. Stoamor Berkeley, Shelly, Norfolk. mer? chandlso and passengers, Old DomlnloaLlne. Steamer Aurora, Furman, Petersburg and Jamea Rlver landlngs. mercbandjse and pas tengers. Phllllps Line. Treasury statement. Washlngton, D. G, March 1?.~_0_? condi? tlon of tho Treasury at the bsglnolng of business to-day waa as follows: Tru?t Funds. Gold coin.$554,282,863 fillver dollars...'. 489.394.W1 Sllver dollars of 1890.... 3.314.000 Sllver certiflcates outstanding.489,394,000 Geoeral Fund. Standard sllver dollars In general fund.-.?.* i-i-Hl. _urrent llabllltles. 9-,.-7,127 .Vorktng balance in Treasury offlces 22.17C.0j4 [n banks to credit of Treasurer of * the Unlted States. 85,917,459 .ubsldlary sllver coin. :**?.?.'?. Ulnor coln.;.. _1_,1_51,!?_ fotal balance ln general fund. 82,?S-,77l BANK STATEMENT New York, Macch 19.?The statement ?f clearing house banks for the we<___ ihows that the bank3 hold $9.44.9,4_i5 noro than the req.ulrem.ents ot the 25 ier cent. reserve rule. Thls la a de xease of $567,325 ln the proportlonate _ash reserve, as compared wlth last veek. Tho statement follows: Loans, $1,243,617,500; decreaso, 31.? 173,500. Depoejts, $1,241,012,700; decreaso 34 126.700. Clrculatlon. $47,929,700; decrease, .02,600. Legal tenders. $63,412,900; decrease ;110,?.00. Specle, $256,289,700; decrease. $L 128.400. Reserve, $319,702,600; decrease, 31. 139,000. Reserve requlred, $310,253,175: de .rease, $1,031,675. ._.?_ Surplus, $9,449,425; decrease, $oC7. 125. px-United States deposits. $9.884,5-J5' lecrease, $538,228. The percentaso of actual reserve of he clearing house banks to-day "wa. 6.24; r Tlte statement of the hanks and rust companles of Greater New Tork .ot reporting to the clearlngr house hows: .Loans, $1,159,384,600; Increase, 33. 56,100. M .??_ Specle, $126,915,800; decrease, $73o. 00. Legal tenders, $20,595,900; decrease, 67,500. Total deposits, $1,329,742,000: de rease, $2,528,000. _ I.V JODBING CIRCLES. 'onslderable Actlvlty Notwltbstandlng tlie Expected Early Sprlng; Lull The long expected eirly sprlng lull j the wholesale territory seems to be ather slow materiallslng. Business mong the jobbers contlnues brlsk, and a all of the^. lines the wholesalers were ept busy the past weefc. The shoe obbers. say business ls unusually ac Ive for the season, and they are belng :ept very busy fllling orders tbat ?ere unlooked for, that.ls to say, new rders froro thelr regular customer's .'ho bought sprlng stocks months ago, ut have found out that ,they dld not uy all that the Increased trade calls .r. The dry goods and notlon men have Imilar reports to malte* s.ad .the hat nd clothlng wholesalers say they ave no complalnts to make. During the week there was not a ittle actlvlty ln the hardware line. Tders. and large orders, for buildlng laterial are comlng in by every mall, nd this is supposed to bo .evldence hat throughout that part of/ the outh that trades wlth Rlchmohd ls n tho verge of a sprlng buildlng oom. The groceVs and the provislon deal rs report buslnes3 falrly active, and, a fact, all of the wholesalers are .earlng smlles and are Unod up wlth tie optimists. Good business always lakes optimists. NEW BANK FOIt AMHERST. VlU Open "Wlthln Xcxt Feiv Woekit Wlth Capital of 330,000. FSoeclal to The Tlmes-T-lspatch.! Amherst, Va., March 19.?Farmers' lank of Amherst ls the name of a new ank whlch wlll open for business wlth n authorlzed capital of $50,000 wlthln few weeks. Tbe charter has already een, obtained, and the buildlng whloh wlll ocoupy ls belng put ln shape. T. B. Bandldge, clerk of the Amherst Ircult Court,. ls president of the new mk. R. _? Cox. one of the most ?omlnent business men of tlie county, 111 bo cashier. W. V. Mussle, of San dge. a farmer.- ls vlca-pvesldent. Mr. asalo la also president of tha Far Lors' cor-operatlve and Educational nion o? the county, H0SPITAU 0N RAU_S ?Iss I'cderul Ball way to Fit Va Pulluiaas for Iuvalidi. rgpeclal Cabl, to.Tho T|mc?-piflpatch.l -eneva, Mariih ID^^rThe Uwlq# .Faderal dlway has .ordered four Pullman ooaohea eolHly fitted for tho tratj-Port of Invallds. ioy aro b?lng bullt at Ncuhausen, aud 11 be reudy for use ln three mouths. 3aoh parrloge. costlng 313,000. wlll be dl lod into sflvon compartmentsr-the entlro miiartmant bolng provldod for tho pa nts. Thoro Is to ba ati oporatlng thoatra ? urgeut caseti roquIrliiK Immodlato sursl I troavroon'i 'aud atiQlltui' compai'tment II - lio equipped-as a pharmady. < lOleotriq 1 tvarmort* aad bath h-aiors wlll bo pro-i lod. Nio rest pi! ^he'compartawnt-'ivlir be ?j^^^^^~^^V\M i Certificate y Approving Increase of Capital Stock. Treasury Department, Office of the Com'ptroller of the Currency, Washington, D. C, March 16, 1910. WHEREAS satisfactory notice having .been traos mitted to the Comptroller of the Currency that the Capital Stock of THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, has been ln? creased in the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOU? SAND DOLLARS ($100,000), in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress approved May 1, 1886,' and that the whole amount of the increase has been paid in, and that the paid-up Capital Stock of the Bank now amounts to the sum of FIVE HUN? DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000); NOW IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Capital Stock of THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, having been increased in the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL? LARS ($100,000), and the amount of the increase. paid into the Bank as a part of the Capital Stock ? thereof, the said increase of Capital is approved. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hcreunto affix ray offical signature and seal of office. |se.i| Lawrence 0. Murray, <?r-* Comptrollar ef th. Currency CAPITOL SAVINGS BANK THE BANK THAT PAYS ' ? 4-/o A% on $1,000.00 for one year is.. .?...?_^^.?_.$40.00 3% on $1,000.00 for one year is_.,..,..$30.00 $10.00 Difference of 33^?/o Is the difference worth saving? We want your business and give you first-class facilities, with absolute safety. Accounts from ?1.00 up.gladly received. Assets nearly $700,000.00. " Capitol Savings Bank 907 E. Main St. Richmond, Va. OFFICERS. JNO. GARLAND POLLARD..'.President TONATHAN BRYAN.,..,.Vice-President RO. M. KENT, Jr.;V.Cashier CLINTON L. WILLIAMS. Jbsistanl Cashier DIRECTORS. Jno. Bagby, A. R. Holladay, Jonathan Bryan, Robt. Lecky, Ir., ? v G. L. Fairbank, Jno. Garland Pollard, C. C. Pinckney. *m.?*mm~*~~~mm^**??m+m2^m^SSESSZSSSS*S5SSs^ESSZSSS*?^EEaS 5 Per Cent. Money 5 Per Cent Money Stop Paying Rent BORROW MONEY AT 5 PER CENT. SIMPLE INTEREST PER YEAR AND BUY A HOME.. _ ?^ We will loan you any amount to purchase or improve real estate at an aver- . age payment not to exceed $9.64 per month, principal and interest, pa each $1,000 borrowcd. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO OWN REAL ESTATE IN ORDER TO SE- ' CURE A LOAN. If interested, let us explain our plan, and how you can In a short tlme b? your own landlord, or how you canhft tliat mortgage on which yoii are paying an exorbitant rate of interest. If it is not convenient to call, we-caa-naafile-^. your business by mail. ?..?. Our Investment Contract guarantees 12 per cent. per annum for the average time for the amount paid at raaturity of contract. Call on or address THE CAPITAL SECURITY COMPANY, Home Life Building, Washington, D. C, NOONAN & MASON. STATE AGENTS. 523 Seaboard Bank Building, Norfolk, Va. Anderson Real Estate Law Cfo Resideut Agent? for Richmond and . Manchester 11th & Main; Richmond, Va. Phone Mad. 845 Eaergetic Agents Wanted. ITS? MKfflPrM_lM.NI> 1117 EAST MAIN STREET. Twenty-one yeara old, and has always served its, cuatomera with the utmost care and-fidelity. We ipvite everybody to' do business with us. ? . One dollar srqrts an account, and Interest allowed. We lepd money on Jmproved Real Estato-rno better security in the world. The responsibility of a bank is largely dcterraiopd from th'? .men behind it. Look at our Ust of directors. R.A. PATTERSON, PresJdent. I. Z. MORRIS, Vlce-Prcsldenc. JAMfcS M. BM,t, C??_U?. DIRECTORS, 6. Alton, ga |J. M. Ball, Geo. L. ChrlatUa H, Th.odore Ellyion,^ Jno. VV. Gonloni B. M. Gwatlnn.y. R. A. Pattsraon. 1| Z. Morris. R. A.-Puttction, Granvllle G. Valentlne, F. Sltterdlnir, K, Seldon Taylc* Wllllam H. ZlmrueHnano. P WlUtloclf *** iranch Cabell &Co. BANKERS, IS S. Maln St Phoaea Noa ?1 aod 79M .letobtra N?w York Stoc*i B?el!?iig?; l.ra FORTUNES MADET IN WHEAT. I C1A buys options on 10,000 bu. of $1V wheat. No further Ri?k, '.??_}?. lc movement from option price nujew $100; 2c, $200; 5c, $500, etc. Wrif? ler fr?jc clrculaw. ', , Colouial Stock aad Grain C*, j ^PI!?__?-_!!__5-5S-ii_L'