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STATE PRESS ECHOES.
The Prattville Progress very wisely
Bays the democratic party cannot gain
anything by a bitter contest for the gu
bernatorial nomination.
• • •
Twisted the Lion’s Tail.
Says the Gurley Herald:
“Senator Morgan gave the British
lion's tall a twist last Mondays* the sen
ate. and at. the same time gave Sir Jn
lian PaunCeforte a severe attack.”
• • •
Should Weigh the Calls.
This is what the Russell County Regis
ter thinks:
"Mr. Clarke should be deeply sensible
indeed to the weight of the calls made
upon him to run for governor before he
decides to run.”
• • *
Chicl Causes of Strife.
The Selma Mirror strikes the follow
ing keynote:
"The great greed for office and the
longing desire to satisfy ambition are
the chief causes of strife in the democrat
ic camp in this state.”
• • *
Would Have the Country by the Leg.
The Jacksonville Republican very wise
ly remarks:
"If our national law-makers should
carry out the suggestion of Mr. Cleve
land and destroy one-half the money now
in circulation the money power would
then most assuredly have the country
by the leg."
• m •
Let in Those Who Will Vote the Ticket.
The Prattville Progress agrees with
the Russell Register as to who are enti
tled to vote in the party primaries:
“The Russell Register is right. Every
one who will promise to vote for the
democratic nominee should be allowed to
vote In the democratic primaries. The
test is sufficient for those who wish to
be democrats, and not any other kind are
likely to apply for the privilege of vot
ing in primaries.”
• • •
That Contraot.
Had the editor of the Chilton View, who
penned the following, read Governor
Oates’ rebuke of the Mobile Register on
this charge of a contract, he would have
sneaked out of his office and hid his face
from the grin of his army press, on
which it was printed:
"The State Herald, the mouthpiece of
Capt. Joseph F. Johnston, continues to
defend Governor Oates. This Is no mat
ter of surprise, as it is in keeping with
the contract made between Oates and
Johnston."
* * *
You Don’t Want Harmony.
“The Birmingham State Herald says
the Montgomery Journal swells 'just like
an old toad, and now it has exploded.’
We call upon these free sliver organs to
play In harmony. How can we harmo
nize with you If you are out of tune with
one another?—Mobile Register.
When the Mobile Register and Mont
gomery Advertiser agree to any sort of
harmony postmasters Will quit drawing
a salary and Wall street will turn to a
pillar of salt.
• * *
Wants War With England.
The Alexander City Outlook is betting
its money on Editor Hobson’s fighting
qualities:
“The Tuskaloosa Journal, a reformer
of reforms, believes that nothing better
could befall the United States at this
Immediate juncture than a war with
England. Well, perhaps you will have
abundant opportunities to test your
nerve with the red coats before a great
while, Brother Hobson. We are betting
on you as one who will he found in the
thickest of the tight. Don’t disappoint
MS, pray.”
• * «
From What Source Will It Draw Recruits?
The Selma Mirror does not think if
'democrats are shut out of the primaries
they will march up and vote the demo
cratic ticket at the general election:
“We would like to know from what
source the Advertiser would draw re
cruits to the democratic party if not
from the men who have In the past op
posed that party. Then if they are to
come from that source how are they to
be obtained if they are not allowed to
participate In the primaries? Shut them
out "of the primaries, will they march
up and vote the democratic ticket? We
think not.”
• * *
Crisp and Watterson All Right.
"Charles F. Crisp is for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1. He
was named by a caucus of democratic
congressmen as leader of the democrats
In the house. Tilts Is eminently proper.
Free silver men have ever been good
democratic leaders."—Jacksonville Re
publican.
And Henri Watterson has repudiated
President Cleveland, iipt Captain John
ston must keep ills mouth closed both
on Mr. Cleveland and the financial Issue
or else suffer ostracism at the hands of
his party—that is at the hands of that
element who think they own the party or
will at least attempt to control it.
« • •
The Advertiser Named Oa tes.
The Alexander City Outlook is troubled
to know whether or not the Montgomery
Advertiser favors Governor Oates for the
United States senate:
"Will the Advertiser please name its
candidates for gubernatorial and sena
torial honors? Be quick, time is precious.
The question is asked in all earnestness.
—Alexander City Outlook.
"Wudon’t remember that the Advertiser
ever had the honor of naming a guberna
torial candidate, but after the naming by
the convention or otherwise our impres
sion has always been that the Adverti
ser has done more than any other daily
In the state to elect our democratic gov
ernors since the late war.—Southern
Aegis.
"Thanks, brother, for your promptness
in answering questions put to the Adver
tiser. Pardon us, but we are inclined to
believe that your memory is slightly de
fective. Did not the Advertiser havis the
empty honor of naming Governor Oates
for a second term a few weeks ago? So
far as what you say about the Adverti
ser's! good fights we can endorse It. We.
have never mado any fight against the
“old lady.” We simply put the questions
to her to find where she was "at" just at
the present Juncture of the fight. Of
course, if the Advertiser does Its duty
after the convention meets, its position
will be known. As you are in touch with
the Montgomery organ, will you please
tell us whether or not it favors Oates for
the Senate?”
• • •
The Advertiser’s Peculiar Methods.
Says the Montgomery Journal:
"The Journal has heretofore took occa
sion to refer to the peculiar methods of
attack of the Montgomery Advertiser.
Here is another Illustration of its in
genious assaults:
“ 'But the fact is well known. Inde
pendent of the State Herald's many ut
terances of that sort, he has made no
secret of his own position, privately or
publicly. He is on record that way. At
the conference of silver leaders in Bir
mingham last September he made a short
speech, and it was reported at the time In
more than one paper as follows:
“ ‘Captain Johnston arose amid much
applause. He thought the audience a
fine collection of populltes, as the gold
bugs called them. Two years ago Car
I --
lisle was the prince of these populltes.
We are not only fighting for free silver,
we are also fighting for honesty In the
party. First thing you know they will
call every man who advocates a free
ballot and a fair count a popullte. I
have never been called an intimate of
John Sherman. Some men get their de
mocracy from postoffice windows or
from Buzzard's Bay. I get mine from
Montteello.
” ‘I don’t want to restrict the democrat
ic party to three inspectors in each beat.
I want to see all the white people In one
column.'
"This was a speech that does credit to
the patriotism and good sense of Captain
Johnston, and is in thorough accord with
the sentiments of the party in the state.
It is exactly what the party platform has
declared for in the past, and is exactly
what the democratic convention will de
clare for in the future in its platform.
It is no crime to declare for honest elec
tion methods, but It worse than criminal
to attempt to destroy a public man be
cause he does not declare against dis
honest methods in politics.”
• * •
Rule or Rum.
The Jacksonville Republican rebukes
the Advertiser:
“When the Montgomery Advertiser
was engaged in the task of announcing
the candidacy of Governor Oates for gov
ernor without his consent it took the po
sition that the differences in the party
mdst be harmonized, and that the patty
was in no condition to stand a repetition
of the Oates-Johnston contest of last
year. It went so far as to insist that
such a contest would very probably turn
tile state over to Moseley, Bowman and
their followers.
“But what Is the Advertiser doing to
day? It Is bending its every effort to
bring about a repetition of the Oates
Johnston contest of last year. It now
laughs to scorn the idea of harmonizing
the differences in the party in the state.
It Insists on a fight to a finish. This,
too, In the face of its prediction that
such a fight would bring defeat to the
democratic party and place the state in
the hands of the republicans and popu
lists.
"But the policy of the Advertiser is
one of rule or ruin, and rather than fail
In Its effort to defeat a worthy democrat
like Captain Johnston. It had rather
sink the party in the state and aid In
the Inauguration of Bob Moseley as gov
ernor of Alabama.
“But are the ‘sound money’ men in
Alabama willing to be led to this ex
treme by the intolerant spirit which di
rects the policy of the Montgomery Ad
vertiser? Some of them have already
boldly spoken out and denounced the
ruinous policy of the Advertiser and de
clared that the. nomination of Captain
Johnston is the very best thing that can
be done to save Alabama to the demo
cratic party. Others arc waiting and
will support any man in the state whom
the Advertiser declares as Its candidate.
They are now eagerly waiting for Its
announcement, and as soon as the com
mand Is given they will fall into line ami
march to the music of Frank Glass."
* * *
An Animated Contest.
The Prattville Progress thinks the
breach will be widened:
“From all indications there will be an
•animated contest in the democratic par
ty for the gubernatorial nomination in
this state. The Progress believes that
this is no time for wrangling among
democrats, and it has hoped that some
man would be selected as leader on whom
all democrats could unite. Then the usu
al bitterness occasioned by a contest
would be avoided and the party would
be in better trim to meet the enemy. But
it seems that such is not to be the case.
Since Governor Oates has declined to be
a candidate to succeed himself the antt
Johnston democrats, headed by the
Montgomery Advertiser and the Mobile
Register, have been looking around for
an available man to put in the field, and
it now seems that Congressman R. H.
Clarke of Mobile will be the man. If a
.bitter fight is to be waged, If the breach
in the democratic ranks is to be widened,
Mr. Clarke is the man to pit against
Captain Johnston, as he has already
made himself obnoxious to the Johnston
element of the party by leaving congress
last year and using all his influence in
the state against Captain Johnston.
“So far as the Progress is concerned,
whether it be Clarke or Johnston, Tomp
kins or Bankhead, chosen at the head
of the democratic party next year it will
give the entire ticket its loyal support,
and we believe we speak for every loyal
democrat in this county. But If there is
to be a contest between the elements of
the party, if rancor is to be engendered'
in the breasts of the people, there are
hundreds and thousands of democrats
who may be either driven from th» party
or weakened in the cause. For this rea
son the leaders of the party who have at
heart its future interests should make an
effort to place forward one of the most
conservative and substantial democrats
and thus avoid a contest that can do the
party no good.
“This is no time to waste our ammuni
tion among ourselves, for all of It will
be needed to fight the enemy next year.”
Your pocketbook will smile
at the bise you make of it
when you draw it out at
J. BLACH & SONS’
Manufacturers’ Sale.
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB
Will Entertain Their Friends Tomorrow
Night.
The Commercial club has Issued Invita
tions to an entertainment which will be
given at the club rooms tomorrow night.
The Invitation reads as follows:
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 14, 1895.
You are hereby Invited to attend an en
tertainment at the club rooms on Mon
day evening next, December 16, at 7:30
o’clock. There will be two short ad
dresses on the subject of "How the In
dustrial Development of Birmingham
Cart lie Best Promoted.” One by Mayor
Van House. Also, other features will ren
der the evening a pleasant one, as well
as Instructive. You are at liberty to
bring any guest you may wish.
By oriter of the club.
GEO. M. CRUIKSHANK,
Chairman Committee on Social Features.
Wo move to our own splen
did new building this coming
week, but that makes no dif
ference now, for we won’t
stop a single minute handling
the largest, the best, the fresh
est, the most elegantly select
ed stock of fancy and staple
groceries in the city.
J. FOX’S SONS.
We are headquarters In California
wines, such as sherry, port and clarets.
We canot be excelled in quality and
prices on Imported and domestic liquors
of any kind. Give us a trial and be con
vinced. M. & A. WISE,
Cor. Morris ave. and Twentieth street.
Many people want what
many others want to get rid
of. Brief mention in the State
Herald’s “Cheap Columns”
will All the bill. “Situations
Wanted” three dmes free.
Nominal charges for other
“ads. ”_
Good Ashing at East Lake.
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THE MARKETS.
St$le Herald Office, Dec. 14, 1896. i
Money In the local market is In active de
mand at from 6 to 8 per cent, according to
/the security offered.
Rates of Exchange.
New York exchange , rates rule from 50
cents discount to par. k
Local Cotton Market.
Cotton was in good demand at 8 cents.
Strict middling.8
Middling . 7T4
Strict low middling .^....7%
Low middling.J.7%
Strict ordinary .... ..♦•••7j/4
Good ordinary...
Ordinary. 7/4
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WHOLESALE PRICES.
Proviaions.
Bacon—5%©5%,
Bulk meats—4%©5.
Grits—Per barrel, $2.65©2,85.
Cheese—Summer, I0©nc\
Bran—Per hundred pounds, 75©80c.
Hams—14-pound avenoge, 10%©llc.
Hay—No. 1 Timothy, $19.00; choice, $20.00.
Corn—White milling, 38c.
Rice—Good, 4%®4%c per pound; prime, 5%
©He; fancy head, 5Vi©6c.
Corn meal*—70©80c per sack.
Salt—125 pounds, Virginia, 60; Louisiana,
85; 200 pound ground Liverpool, 85.
Syrup—Fahey New Orleans reboiled, 25©
35c per gallon; other grades, 18©30c per gal
lon.
Oats—Western feed, 28©38c per bushel;
Texas, 35c.
Laru—Tierces, fancy leaf, 6*4: refined
tierces, 5; smaller packages, usual differ
ences.
Flour—Common to best, $3.85©4.35.
Sugar—Granulated, 4%©5c; standard A, 4%
©5c; cut-loaf, 5Vfec; fancy yellow clarified,
4%© 4%c.
Country Produce.
Cabbage$2.00.
Apples Per barrel, $2.50 to $3.00.
Onions—Per barrel, $2.00.
—-Cotton seed—Per ton, $7.00, f. o. b.
Cotton seed hulls—Per ton, $6.00.
Cotton seed meal—$18.50 per ton.
Irish potatoes— 50<h'55c per bushel.
Sweet potatoes —40c per bushel.
Syrup—Country, per gallon, 25 to 35c.
Butter—Country, 15©20c per pound; Jer
sey, 30©35c.
Peas—Lady, $1.75 per bushel; white crowd
er, $1.00; mixed; 75c.
Dried apples—Peeled, 4c per pound.
Poultry—Well grown chickens, $2.60 per
dozen.
Eggs—21c per dozen.
Evaporate-d peaches—Peeled, 20©25c.
Vinegar—Apple, 8©22c; pure double
strength, 20©25c.
Hay—Guinea grass, small bales. $12.50 per
ton; German millet, small bales, $15.00 per
ton; German millet, from wagons, 40©60c
per hundred; No. 2 Timothy, $15.00; No. 1
Timothy, $16.00; choice to fancy, $17.00.
Hides, Wool, Etc.
Hides—Green salted, 5©6c.
Hides—Dry liint, 7©9c.
Hides—Dry salted, 6<h’8c.
Beeswax—24e per pound.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Cotton Letter.
New York.Deo. 14.—(Special.)—The slender
movement of cotton during the past week
seems to have stiffened the demand in Liv
erpool, which ignored the weakness at the
close yesterday, and sent us a moderate ad
vance tbi9 morning. The trading here today
was dlill and without feature. March open-:
ed at 8.41. declined to 8.38, rallied to 8.44 and
again declined'to 8.38, once more rallied to
8.43, and under pressure of liquidating sales
gave way in the final dealings, closing at
S.38#8.39, with the tone barely steady. The
prevailing feeling here continues bearish,
although the persistency of the light re*
ceipts is beginning to have a far greater
influence upon traders than hitherto. Th4
leader among the German bears, who is re
garded as one of the best posted and most
discerning of the local operators, now makes
no secret of flie fact of this change of
views and was openly buying today. Many
are expecting a spurt In receipts next week,
owing to the desire to provide Christmas
and to meet January obligations, and this
expectation causes buyers to hold off. But
the feeling is growing that with the turn of
the year the drop in receipts may be sudden
and startling, and few care to incur the
risk of short sales. The dullness of specula
tion and the fact that there is a great deal
of long cotton awaiting, buyers has a ten
dency at the moment to check every ad
vance, hut if the anticipations of those who
are watching the movement most closely
are well founded there will be no lack of
buyers within the next thirty days, to take
all the cotton that holders may care to offer.
In the meantime it may he well to take
profits upon bulges.
RIORDAN & CO.
In Wall Street.
New York, Dec. 14.—Speculative interest
at the stock exchange was confined almost
exclusively to the industrials today. These
issues were buoyant, and there was a scarm
ble to get back short contracts. Keene
brokers were tbe largest buyers and bid up
prices all around. Tobacco fed the list both
In point of activity and advance, rising
nearly 5 per cent, to 76%. Rumors were cur
rent to the effect that, steps had been taken
looking to a settlement of the fight with the
manufacurers, but nothing official was given
out. Leather preferred jumped 2 per cent,
to 70, and brokers of the leading trade in
the industrial^ were large buyers. Chicago
(las sold up to 71%. the highest price for a
long time past. The stock was bought on a
belief that the Whitney case, now before
Judge Bisehoff, will be decided in favor of
the company. Sugar dragged for a time,
but in the final trading rose to 104% from
102%- Pacific Mail advanced to 3276 on the
announcement that the deal with the Pana
ma had been concluded at last. Railway
stocks were dull and featureless. The sell
ing of Reading continued and the stock fell
to 8. The reorganization plan is expected
on Monday. On the other hand. Northern
Pacific bonds were in b<Hter demand and the
seconds rose to 1X)8. The grangers and an
thracite coalers were quiet, but steady.
Speculation left off dull. Net changes show
gains of V6(y l per cent in the railroad list and
%(fjJ4 per cent in the industrials.
Bonds were strong; the sales footed up for
a half holiday the large total of $885,000.
The sales of listed stocks aggregated 82,
270 shares, and of unlisted stocks 53,295
shares.
New York, Dec. 14.—Money on call, 1*662
per cent; prime mercantile paper, 4*6fr’5*6
per cent.
Sterling exchange was steady, with actual
business In bankers’ bills at $4.87V6#4.87% for
sixty days and $4.88*6^4.88% for demand;
posted rates, $4.88*6@4.89*6; commercial bills,
$4.86*6(64.87%.
Bar silver, 66c. 91
Go vernment bonds were firm.
State bonds were dull. /
Railroad bonds were higher. .
Silver at the board was dull.
Treasury balances—Coin, $80,801,443; cur
rency, $98,385,253; fb,
Closing bids—
American Cotton Oil.... 18 >d
American Cotton Oil preferred. 66%I(
American Sugar Refining. lui^
American Sugar helloing preferred. OSS'*
American Tobacco... 70%'
American Tobacco preferred. 99%
Atchison. 16 ! I
Baltimore and Ohio.*. 47%
Canada. Pacific..*. 54 VP
Chesapeake and Ohio.*.. 17%
Chicago and Alton.V. 156 H
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. 8^*£.
Chicago Gas. 7o<W
Delaware, Lackawanna aod Western.... 166%0
Distillers and cattle Feeders. 19lhp
Erie.(. 124}
Erie preferred. 23'
General Electric... Jiff
Illinois Central. 96%
Li»ke Erie and Western. 21%
Lake Erie and Western preferred. 74
Luke Hhore. ... .i.. 151%
Louisville and Nashville... 01%
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago_ H%
Manhattan Consolidated. 101%
Memphis and Charleston.1 15
Michigan Central. looty
Missouri Pacific.,. 28%
Mobile and Ohio... 23%
Nushville, Chattanooga and St. Louis... 75
United States Cordage ... 6%
United States Corduge preferred. 12%
New Jersey Central....vr.,.... 10b%
New York Central...• 100%
New York and New tin^lanfi. 52
Norfolk vind Western preferred. 9
Northern Pacific..... 4
Northern Pacific preferred... 11%
Northwestern. 104
Northwestern preferred. 150
Pacific Mail. 33
Striding. *
Rook Island. 74
8W Paul. 7 4%
S' Paul preferred. . 129
8; ver certificates.. 66%
Ti nn<^aee Coal and Irofc...:. 32%
Ti nuessee Coal and Iron preferred. 8«»
Ti xaa Pacific...J.. 8%
TTffTon Pacific ... 6%
Wabash . 7%
Wabash preferred.;. 18
Western Union... 85%
Wheeling and Lake Brie....,.... 15%
Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred. 41
BONDS.
Alabama, class A,...,,....*.110
Alabama, class B. 110
Alabama, class c. 101
Louisiana stamped 4s. 99%
North Carolina 4s. 104
North Carolina bs.. 124
Tennessee new settlement 3s.*. 87
Virginia 6s deferred.. 6
Virginia Trust Receipt 4s. 6
Virginia funded debt... 63
United States 4s, registered. 13 1
United States 4s, coupon. 112%
United States 2s. 96%
Bouthern Railway ns...*.*... 96
Southern Railway common.»...<. 9%
Southern Railway preierred. 32%
South Carolina 4'as.... 107
♦Bx-dlvidend. fold, jAskeil.
C. BEHNEY, F. W. DIXON,
President. Vice-President.
State Loan and Trust Company,
2015 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala.,
-DEALERS IN
Stocks and Bonds.
WANTED.
BONDS.
$/o,qoo to $20,000 Georgia Pacific
first mortgage 6s and ys.
$70,000 Georgia Pacific second in
come.
$5000 Eureka Company ys.
$3000 to $7000 Alice Furnaee Com
pany ys, 7892-7902.
J. P. MUDD.
11-30-tf
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bought and sold for cosh, or carried on a
margin of 3 per cent, commission one
sixteenth each way. Fractional lots dealt
in. We either execute positive orders for
our clients or operate for them at our dis
cretion. Our pamphlet and daily market
letter mailed free on application.
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COMPANY, 47 Broadway, New York.
12-15-su-3m
Chicago Board of Trade.
As many complaints are coming to the
Chicago Board of Trade showing that per
sons intending to deal in grain and pro
visions through members of the Board and
subject to its rules and regulations, are mis
led Into dealing with persons or firms who
have no connection with this Board, the
public is cautioned against dealing with
such persons or firms, and is notified that
GEORGE F. STONE, Secretary, will an
swer any inquiries as to whether any partic
ular person or firm is a member of such
Board.
GEORGE F. STONE, Secretary.
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WHAT IDO YOU
-WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
SPECULATION?
Grain, Provisions, and Stocks Bought and Roid
on limited margins. Hulse’s Manual for Specu
lators sent free on receipt of two-ceut stump.
Correspondence solicited.
JAMES C. HUL8E & CO.,
Rooms 453-455 The Rookery, Chicago, Ills.
12-l-sun-13t
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Dec. 14.—The week’s business in
wheat, which still remained open this morn
ing. was cleaned up pretty well before the
close, and for a half holiday there was
quite an active session. The liquidation of
“long” property exceeded that of “short,"
as demonstrated by the position of prices at
the close. Outsiders were evidently without
interest in the market judging from the
limited number of orders received, and
apathy prevailed in the local crowd, in so
far as transacting new business wras con
cerned. A decline of c at Liverpool af
forded no encouragement—and was the
cause of a fractionally lower opening, which
however, proved to be the outside quotation
for the day. May wheat opened at 60%c,
declined to 60c, where it closed, %c under
yesterday. Cash wheat was weak and
Vfcc per bushel lower.
Corn—The sentiment in corn was decided
ly adverse to prices. May corn opened at
28*40, declined to and closed at 28*4 c, %c
under yesterday. Cash corn was steady, but
closed nominally easy and lower.
Oats at the beginning was the strongest
grain market on the floor this morning, but
in the last hour became tiie weakest and
lost. %c from yesterday. The early buying
was for "short’’ account and by the eleva
tors. The selling which precipitated the
break was general, with many of the early
buyers quite active in the opposite direc
tion. May closed %c under yesterday. Cash
oats were, weak and per bushel lower.
Provisions—The receipts of hogs this week
wrere just a trifle below expectations, and a
' moderate decrease in the arrivals next week
is looked for. That fact and the strength
of the market at the yards stimulated pro
ducts a little today. Whilst there was no
particular vigor to the buying, there was,
however, less inclination to sell. At the
close May pork was 7^c higher than yes
terday and May lard and ribs each 6c high
er.
The domestic markets were firm and for
eign steady. Receipts were fair and ship
ments liberal.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Articles opening Highest Lowest Closing.
Wheat
Dec...... 56% 56% 56% 56%
Jan. 57%: 57% 56% 56%
May. 61% 61% GO Go
Corn
Dec . 25% 25% 25% 25%
Jan. 25% 25% 25% 25%
May. 28% 28% 28%i 26%
July. J*% 29% 29% 29%
Oats -
Dec. 17 37 36% 16%
May. 19% 19% 19 19
rl Pork
Dec . 7 90 7 90 7 90 7 90
J*n . 8 47% 8 52% b 47% 8 50
May. 8 82% 8 90 S 82% 8 67%
Lard
Dec . 5 15 5 15 5 15 5 15
£in. 5 30 5 30 5 27% 5 30
May ... 5 50 5 Aft ft 50 5 52%
rnKiba— •
nee. 4 40 ’4 30 4 30 4 30
ybn. 4 27% 4 30 4 27% 4 30
May. * 50 I 4 55 4 60 1 4 52%
*'Cash quotations were as follows;Flour
Hfras dull and barely steady. Wheat—No. 2
spring, 5G%(li57%c; No. 2 red, 60^6Hic. Corn
£-No. 2. 25%c. Oats—No. 2, 17%<(*>17%c. Mess
pork, $7.87%<4S.OO. LanL $5.25&5.27%. Short
rib sides, $4.25^/4.55. 'Shoulders, $4.50^4.75.
Whort clear sides, $4 W’hisky, $1.22.
^ Sun’s Cotton Review.
ONcw York, Dec. 14.—The Sun’s cotton re
yiew says: Cotton rose 7 points, reacted
ftnd closed barely steady at a net advance
of 1 to 2 points, with sales of 68,800 bales.
Liverpool was firmer and unchanged on the
spot, with sales of 10,000 bales. Futures
there advanced 1 to 1% points, and closed
very steady. Port receipts were 32,703 bales.
Spot cotton here was quiet and unchanged.
Today's features: It was a small affair
today, the cotton speculation, nor is it ex
pected to be other than small. Jor some
weeks to come. But though the market is
narrow it is believed to be Just about as
hard. At any rata it advanced today, and
though part of the advance was lost It
closed at some infprovement on the day.
One of the best features is the continued
activity in Liverpool. Lancashire spinners
are replenishing their supplies with acelleri
ty. W'hioh gives evidence of their l»elief that
the American crop Is short. Providence and
Fall River manufacturers, It Is stated, are
drawing on their reserve stocks. The re
ceipts in the main are smaller, notwith
standing that a certain amount of Christ
mas cotton Is likely tr> come forward at’
about this time in acoorriAlice with a good
old custom of the south, where a hearty fes
tival is traditional. Nevertheless the arri
vals, not only at the ports, but at such
leading interior markets as Houston and
Memphis are far below those of a year ago*.
Toward the close today there was more or
less southern W’lre business in the shape of
long liquidation for operators who trade for
about a points, as usual around the holi
days. This liquidation and a little local sell
ing caused the recession. The exports lat
terly have shown a tendency to increase,
and although they are considerably less
than a year ago, and the total since the
opening of the season is 1,000,000 bales be
low that for the corresponding period last
year, it Is of interest to observe that in spite
of this fact the stock at the ports Is 261.602
hales smaller than at this ttme in 1894. But
the bulls at the moment are more encour
aged, because of the phenominal activity in
Liverpool, than by anything else. The Ger
man operators bought today.
General Cotton Markets.
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Cities. = » g" : ?
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Galveston... 8 3-16 6461 . 50 137381
Norfolk. 8*4 3054 385 18508
Baltimore. btyfc . 681 .... '26123
Boston. 8 9-16 046 2780 .
Wilmington. 8 1109 . . 24039
Philadelphia. 8 13-10 166 1116 .... 12224
Savannah— 8 3563 4o9 88502
New Orleans 6Vfc 1276S 13528 1400 367464
Mobile. 8 210 .‘ .... 32262
Memphis,... 8VJ, 2680 2790 2750 151631
Augusta. 8Vfc 796 * 601 . .. 42595
Charleston .. 8 1557 200 50109
Cincinnati. 8U 090 . 350 8791
Louisville 8«4 .
St. Louis. 3 3-16 897 4592 1406 6o235
Houston. 6Vfc 6896 . 85G S0O39
New York Cotton Market.
New York, Dec. 14.--Cotton was quiet:
middling gulf, 8 13-10c; middling uplands,
8 9-16c; net receipts, 145 hales; gross receipts,
4678 bales; exports to Ore«at Britain 103 hales;
exports to the continent, 80 bales; forward
er, 2628 bales; sales, 152 bales, all spinners;
stock, 180,862 bales.
Total today and so far this week: Net re
ceipts, 32,703 bales; exports to Great Britain,
5381 bales; exports to the continent, 3234
bales; stock, 987,154 bales.
Total since September 1: Net receipts,
2,919,316 bales; exports to Great Britain,
833,199 bales; exports to France, 245,006 bales;
exports to the continent, 715,972 bales.
New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans, Dec. 14.—Cotton futures
were steady; sales, 22,600 bales. December,
8.18; January. 8.13; February, 8.17; March,
8.21; April, S.24; May, 8.28; June, 8.32; July,
8.35; August, 8.31; September, 7.98; October,
7.90.
New York, Dec. 14.—Cotton futures dosed
barely steady; soles, 68,800 bales. December,
8.27; January, 8.28; February, 8.33; March,
8.38; April, 8.43; May. 8.47; June, 8.50; July,
8.51; August, 8.52; September, 8.23; October,
8.12; November, 8.21.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, Dec. 14.—12:30 p. m.—Cotton
Demand was fair and prices firmer; Ameri
can middling, 4%d; sales, 10,000 bales, of
which 9000 bales were American; for specu
lation and export, 1000 bales; receipts, none.
Futures opened steady and In fair demand.
December and January, 4 32-64d; January
and February, 4 30-64G£4 31-Wd sellers; Feb
ruary and March, 4 30-64d; March and April,
1 30-64^4 31-64(fr 4 32-64d ; April and May, 4
3t-64fh’4 32-64d; May and June, 4 21-64®4 32-W6
4 33-64d; July and August, 4 33-64d; August
and September, 4 33-G4d. Futures were
steady at the decline.
Liverpool, Dec. 14.—1 p. m.—Cotton futures
closed very steady. December, 4' 34-64@4
36-64d sellers; December and January,' 4
32- 64®4 33-64d buyers; January and February
4 32-64®4 33-64d buyers; February and March,
4 22-64(q4 33-04d buyers; March and April,
4 32-64® 4 33-64(1 buyers; April and May, 4
33- 64d buyers; May and June, 4 34-64d sellers;
June and July. 4 34-64@4 36-64d buyers; July
and August, 4 35-64d buyers; August and
September, 4 34-64d sellers; October and No
vember, unofficial, 4 24-64d values.
The World’s Visible Supply.
New York, Dec. 14.—The total visible sup
ply of cotton for the world is 3,906,090 bales,
of which 3,540,490 bales are American,
against 4,399,032 bales and 4,070,832 bales re
spectively Inst year. Receipts of cotton this
week at all interior towns, 171,576 bales.
Receipts from the plantations, 257,743 bales.
Crop In sight, 4,183,427 bales.
New Orleans.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 11.—Open kettle
sugar, according to grade, 2%'jv‘i l-16c, mar
ket strong. Centrifugals were quiet; granu
lated, 4%r<t4 5-16e; white, 3%®4%c; yellow, 2%
<S>3%c; seconds, 2Vi<fr3%c.
Molasses—Open kettle, according to grade,
18®34c. Centrifugals, 3<&>18Cj syrup, 17fq22c.
Refined sugar—Powdered and cut-loaf,
5c; standard granulated, 4%c; confectioners’
A, 4VjjC.
Rice was steady: prime, 4,/ac; fair, 2%@
3%c; common,
New York.
New York, Dec. 14.—Flour was dull, but
steady; winter wheat, lowr grades, $2.25®
2.65; winter wheat, fair to fancy, $2.65®3.30;
winter wheat, patents, $3.45@3.75; Minneap
olis clear, $2.50't/3.10; patents, $3.15(^4.10; low
extras, $2.25®2.G5; city mills, $3.90®4.00; Min
neapolis patents, $4.0tK?i>4.26.
Southern flour was dull, but steady; com
mon to fair extra, $2.10<§'2.80; good to choice,
$2.90^/3.00.
Wheat was weaker and quiet; No. 2 red,
in store and elevator, 69c; afloat, 70Vi'fi‘70%c,
closing weak; January, 66c; March, 67%e;
May, 67c; June, 66%c; July, 667/Bc; December,
Corn was weak and quiet; No. 2, 33% in
elevator; 24%c afloat; options were moder
ately active and weaker, closing weak at
%6/%c decline; December, 33% c; January,
33%c; May, 24% c.
Oats were dull and lower; options were
dull and easier; December. 22%c; January,
22%c; May, 24%c. Spot prices—No. 2, 22%#
22%c; No. 2, white, 24#'24%c; mixed western,
236/24 c.
Hay was firm; spring, 70#75c; good to
choice, 90c6f$1.00.
Wool was Arm, but slow; domestic fleece,
16#22c; pulled, 15#34c.
Beef was dull, but steady; family, $10.00#
10.50; extra mess, $7.506iH.f»0.
Beef hams were quiet at $15.006/45.50.
Tiorccsl beef w'as steady; city extra India
mess, $16.00.
Cut meats were dull and weak; pickled
bellies. $4.87%; shoulders, $5.00; hams, $8.25#
8.75; middles, nominal.
Lard was dull and unsettled; western
steam, $5.52%, nominal; city, $5.10; December,
$5.50. Refined was slow; continent, $6.00;
compound, $4.62%#5.00.
Pork was dull, but steady; old mess, $8.75#
9.25.
Butter was In fair demand, choice was
firm; state dairy, I3#23c; state creamery, 19
#26c; western dairy, ll@19c. Elgins, 27c.
Cotton seed oil was steady.
Rosin was quiet.
Turpentine was quiet and firm at 27%#
28o.
Rice was firm; domestic fair to extra, 3#
5%c; Japan. 3%6/4c.
Molasses was firm; New Orleans open ket
tle, good to choice, new, 28#36c.
Peanuts were steady.
Coffee options were quiet and unchanged
to 5 points down; January, $13.70; March,
$13.55; May, $13.00. Spot Rio was dull; No. 7,
14%c.
Sugar was dull and easy: fair refining,
3%#3%c. Centrifugals. 90 test, 3%#3%c. Re
fined was quiet and unchanged.
Freights to Liverpool were quiet, but
steady and uncha?iged.
St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., Dee. 14.—Flour was dull
and unchanged.
Wheat was lowor; December, 56c; May,
60%c.
Corn was lower; December/ 23%c; Jan
uary, 23%c; May, 25%c.
Oats were lower; December, 17%c; May,
19% o.
Pork—Standard mess, $8.50.
Lard—Prime steam, $5.10; choice, $5.17%,
Bacon—Shoulders, $5.25; longs. $5.12%; clear
ribs, $5.25; short clear side**, $5.37%.
Dry salted meats—Shoulders, $4.62%; longs,
$1.50; clear ribs, $4.62%; short clear sides,
$4.75.
High wines were steady at $1.22.
Chicago Cattle Market.
Union Stock Yards, 111., Dec. 14.—Cattle
Receipts, 600; murket steady; common to ex
tra steers, $3.00#5.50; Stockers and feeders,
$2,256/3.65; cows and bulls, $1.60#8.50; calves,
$2,506/6.00; Texans, $2,706/3.65.
Hogs—Receipts. 16,000; market firm and
slightly higher; heavy packing and shipping
lots. $3.45#3.60; common to choice mixed,
$3.35#3.60; choice assorted, $3.50#3.75; light,
$3.406/3.57%; pigs. $2.40#8.55.
Sheep—Receipts, 2500; market steady; In
ferior to choice, $1,756/3.40; lambs, $3.00#4.40.
Cry Goods.
New York, Dec. 14.—The dry goods market
today presented a decidedly quiet appear
ance In all departments. The tone has con
tinued easy on staples, with prices ruling
Irregular, but not appreciably lower than a
week ago. Woolen* and worsteds have
hardly sold up to expectations, and ad
vance* In price made at the opening of tho
season In new heavy weight* have not al
ways been retained. The best feature has
been the retail business, which is reported
to have shown decided improvement under
favoring weather influences.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New York. Dec. 14.—The weekly state
ment of the associated banks shows the fol
lowing changes:
Reserve, decrease.*1,902,960
Roans, increase.3,170.91)0
Specie, Increase. 123,900
Legal tenders, decrease . 1,684,600
De|ioslts,l ncreuse . 1,369.000
Circulation, decrease. 12,990
The banks now hold *18,391,325 in excess of
legal requirements.
A SOCIAL STIC EXPERIMENT.
Rife and Rules of Work at Lane’s Labor
Settlement In Paraguay.
Cosine Is the name of Lane's labor set
tlement In Paraguay, an outcome of t lie
abortive socialistic sett lepient of New Aus
tralia. Tho Cosino Monthly gives some
account of life at Cosine. Labor Is rough
ly divided into outdoor and Indoor depart
ments. Bosses, not so named, are - In
ohnrgo of various subdepartments of each
kind of labor. Workmen are busied in
clearing, farming, gardening, dulrying
anti several mechanical trndos. Tho cook
ing Is done mainly In a common kitchen,
only two families maintaining kitchens of
their own. Two cooks are on duty In the
common ldtchon, and there are three re
lays of oooks for this service. Married
persons have their meals sorved at home,
but singlo men eat In the large dining hull
at tables seating four persons each. Tho
women attend co-operatively to tho wash
ing and mending of tho single men. Other
such work In the colony is douo In the
family.
Tho colony works eight hours a day five
days a week. No work is done on Sun
day, and them Is one other weekly holi
day. Most persons take a half holiday on
Saturday afternoon and the other half
holiday at some othor timo. There is a
midday summer siesta of thru? hours and
two quarter hour “sinakoha’s” dally.
Breakfast Is at 6:80 o’clock in summer
and 0:30 In winter. Tho cook’s horn reg
ulates everything In tho settlement. Ev
ery adult has an allowance of three Para
guayan dollars weekly, and children linvo
1\\ Paraguayan dollars. Men must pay
62.76, women 62.50 and children 00 cents
woekly to the kitchon. What Is left may
bo spent, at tho settlement storo. Tho worn
en nau ior n unie an extra allowance or
$1 a week for the purchaso of luxuries,
obiefly floUr, sugar and meat. The stock
of these luxuries gave out, and tho allow
ance was discontinued. Mon may use tho
value of their holiday time in tho purchaso
of artioles mado by holiday labor. No
price is yet charged for boots. Men buy
home grown tobacco at 20 cents a pound,
petroleum, monthly magazines and soap.
There are books and piles of newspapers
in tho dining hall, and these are free to
every ono.
Every night at dusk thooolonlsts gather
In tho dining hull, whioh is also an assem
bly room, to boar “evening notes” read.
These are artioles prepared for publication
In the press of the outside world, letters
from friends und newspaper clippings.
The dining hall Is lit up at night, nnd the
colonists road and play ohoss or ohockors.
There Is a Spanish class going twico a
•reek, and a dancing doss has been
formed. Evory gathering now ends in a
dance, though women, nnd especially sin
gle women, are scarce. There is a glee
club, and tho singing class moots twice a
woek. Saturday night Isu gala time, and
tho Literary and Social union takos charge
and provides entertainment.—New York
Sun._
An African Cook.
Deria All was our swarthy chof, a little
wizonod up old follow, much given to
com (flaming of und quarreling with the
othor mem burs of tho outfit, but, on tho
other hand, a first class jungle cook. Ho
had seen a good deal of the world, having
visited Melbourne and other placos In
Australia. Not finding thorn to his lik
ing, howover, he had returned to his na
tivo Jungle. His wardrobo was, liko Sain
Weller's knowledge ftf London, “exten
sive and peculiar.” Ono day ho would ap
pear wearing a tarboosh, two yards of cul
loo nnd a spear; the noxt day very tight
trousurH and an old militury overooat; an
other day an undent and porous mackin
tosh, of whioh ho said, “Him cost me £5
at Melbourne.”
On the march his duty was to drivo tho
shoep—poor, white, fat tailed things.
They got so used to marching that after a
few days they needed no driving and
would follow llko dogs, getting grnduully
klllod off day by day till they woro all
gone, and a fresh lot had to bo bought to
1111 their places. It was necessary to take
sheep with us in order to keep tho pot
supplied when our tiino was devoted ex
clusively to the pursuit of llonH. On such
occasions It would liavo been fatal to sport
to discharge a rifle In order to supply our
selves with food. Ono sheep marched with
us for about 240 miles, his day of execu
tion having boon postponed to tho very
last because wo had become so mutuully
attached. Wbon ho was klllod, ho was
barely eatable.—Nineteenth Coutury.
Patriotic and Diplomatic.
In Sir Walter Scott's journul ho speaks
ropeatodly of tho superior appearanco of
English youths over those of Scotland. Ho
theorizes that their nianners ripened ear
lier and moro thoroughly in a sunnier cli
mnlo. Wo aro accustomed to think of
England us something other than a hot- '
houso, but thoro may bo a germ of truth
in tho idea. Every one acknowledges tho
graoo and cose of even the most ignorant
peasant in southern countries. In tills
connection may bo cited a speech made to
un American who attended sonto conven
tion in Genoa some timo ago. Slio wore
pinned to the lapel of her coat a tiny badge
which hero the llnliun flag. Wliilo on a ,
wator excursion she noticed a vessel which l
floated tho stars and stripes. A thrill of 1
hoim-weh shook hor voice as sho said im- n
pulsivoly to her boatman, “Did you ever
see anything more bountiful than that
banner?” With a courteous bow he an- *'
swored, “Novor, madam, except tliut
which you honor by wearing over your !,
heart.”—New York Times.
__ ,,
English ClmrchCB. y
The English people havo a deep seated
love for their old churches and cathedrals, !'
and they spend money lavishly for their ^
preservation. In tiio last 20 years not less ,
than £10,000,000 lias been expended in the ,
restoration of those edifices, and tills does ,,
not lncludo any sum below £500.
In London alono £800,000 lias been thus >
spout. In addition £9,000,000 1ms been .t
devoted in tho oountry at inrgo to the erec
tion of new churchos. Another notable 11
fact Is that most of tho money raised for
these purposes lias been derived from pri
vate gifts.—London Letter. ,1(
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With Emphasis.
Noiglibor—Bertie, your mother Is call
iDg you. ?.
IJcrtie—Yos'um, I know it, but 1 fancy
she don't want me very had. r.
Nclglilior—Slio hus called you soveu
times already.
Bertie—Yes, I know, but she hasn't
called “Albert” yet.—American Hebrew.