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The age-herald., 1897-08-20
Stock Letter.

Birmingham, Ala. Aug. 19.-The stock market was again under the hammer of the bears, but business was slack when. prices were reacting and improved only; when there was an attempt to cove r shorts The bear traders apparently com ducted their campaign for depression with a view to losing as little stock as possible. London lower quotations were an early selling incentive, but the arbi- trage sales tapered off somewhat from recent daily records. In the afternoon sharp rally in the Anthracite coal shares followed our announcement of improve ment in the trade which will be reflected in the net statement of the Reading com- pany. The recoveries in these issues ex- ceed per cent. Missouri Pacific was ag- excessively strong. The feature of the industrials list was the cratic movement in eugar, which sold up to 150 but after wards broke over 1 per cent. Consoli- dated Gas advanced sharply and Brook
 yn Rapid Transit rose over per cent
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE. Shortest and Quickest Line to Cincin- nati-Convenient Schedules to
 Louisville.

The Alabama, Great Southern Railroad with it's connections formerly the Queen & Crescent Route, is the shortest and quickest line from Birmingham to Cincin- natl. A solid vestibule train leaves Bir- mingham at 3:35 a. rn.. daily, carrying Pullman's handsomest drawing room sleeping cars to Cincinnati without change, arriving at Cincinnati 7:30 D. m Cafe and observation car on this train from Chattanooga to Cincinnati. Close connection at Lexington with chair car fer Louisville. arriving Louisville at S:15 D. m.
 The train leaving Birmingham at 245 D. m. carries Pullman sleeping cars Bir- mingham to Cincinnati, arriving Cincin- natl 7:30 a. m. Pullman union sleeping car Chattanooga to Louisville on this train, arriving Louisville 7:55 d. m.
 For comfort and speed travel via the Queen & Crescent Route.
 c. M. BILLHEIMER, Traveling Passenger Agent, No. T North ' Twentieth St. Telephone S46.
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New York Cotton Market.

New York, Aug. 19.@The cotton market opened steady, at am advance of 2@S points, further advanced 1 to points, then broke 5G13 points and closed easily, at net loss of 2@S points.
 There was some eqlcoura cement for a time in the early morning session, based on more favorable cables than had been . expected. At Ghe same time crop ac- counts were somewhat conflicting. Later cables were less favorabIa, but the crop news was regarded favorably. In the absence of outside speculative support ahs market weakened and declined to 13 points from the highest prices of the morning, with the loss chiefly on August contracts, following active liquidation. ss During the afternoon selling was quite active,
 ] Ccitton quiet and st ally; middling, Sc; nsia' recelSts, none; gross receipts, 10 bales; sales, 932; spirners, 4S2; stocks, 49, S76.
 Total today: Ne. receipts, 2.526 bales; stock, "A, ,422.
 Consoaidahed: Net receipts. 14,6s6 bales; exports to Great Britain, 3,421; to France, 1 21s;, to- the continent, 4,590.
 Total since September 1: Net recep S, 6,6f1 034 Bales; exports to Great Britain, 300S, ,51S; to France 700, 792; to the con tinent, 2,149,24S; to the channel 5,4S1.
 Cotton futures clonsd easy, sales, 99,000 bales. Closing prices: January, 6.75; Feb ruary, 6.7S; March, 6S2; April, 6.S5; May, 6.SS; Juria and July, =; August, TAG; Sep lembsr, 6.9i; October, 6.S0; November, 6.69; December, 6.71.
 Cotton on srpct closed quiet ard steady. NtdEBling uplandH, Sc; nliddling gulf, 8Ac; sales, 932 bales.
 sGotten futttres opaned steady at the advance, sales 4,200 bales. Opening pricss: Jenslary, 6.S0; February. 6.S2; March, CSC; May, 6,93 August, 7.55; September 700; October, i6.S7; November 6.74; Deca mber, SITS.
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
Grain Letter.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 19-The itrada in wheat today has nCt been as lafge as the waad fluctuations would seem to iul1i- o2lte, buf tine market F-a's been extr msly narvous and easily influenced by ord IS of even small proportions. The twlzi, which sh-rd5 got just befors the clese ye.serday put tasm on the alert usd3y and they were not d.epose1 to ssll much wheat, but. on the ethlr hand. wsra m5d- ep,le buyers again. The opening was saigtat decline from yesterdays final fig- llrR9 but the market almost immediately eldY2mced about sIcar'ts per bugAel mak- ing a new high record. At the advanae th9ne was an attempt made to market httIib which resulted in a quick decline of over ? ceEts per bushel, which was fully recovered again, but Goss during the last hour, when prices broke 2$4 cents; fer eign markets wtre strong and higher. Liv- eppool being up 21a to 27s and Paris and Antwerp from 30 to 50 cen -fnnss. Reports from the sea.board, however, indicate a lack of demand among exporters and some selling of futures for continental ac- count. Messages from the northwest were very bullish and 'ahe estimated yisld of the new crop is being very materially re- duced.
 Primary receipts were light on 792,000 bush is, agalns. S03,00O bushels last year, while of the fifty-one cars received at Minneapolis onily four graded No. 1 north ern. Total clearanoes aggregated 623,000 bushels.
 The corltirmad Night receipts, netwith- standing the high price and the large oleararIoas teEh to make the market very nervous and unret.le'd
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GENERAI, COTTON MARKETs
Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool Aug. 19.-4 p. m.)-Cotton, spot, fair demand; prices hghar; Ameri- can middling fair, 4 13-32d; good middling, 9-32d; American middling 1-Sd; low middling 4d; good ordinary, 3 7-Sd; ordi- nary, 3 11-16d.
 The sales of the day were 10000 bale of which 1000 were for speculation ard export and included $500 bales, ,Ameri- can. Receipts none.
 Futures opened steady, with fair de- mand; closed barely steady at the ad- vance, American mi1dling. l.. M. c. Aug. 4, old buyers; August and September, 3.6o @6ld buyers; September and October 5. 3 4Sd sellers; November and December, 3 54d buyers: December and Jnaua ry 8 44d buyers; January and February 3 44d sellers; February and March, 3 44@45d buyers: March and April. 4504ed sellers;
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] , 4 [f E. -4 fa >en the prospeets-e9s early eirrangs1n ents for closer bridge traffic between New York and Brooklyn, The markeit closed Irregular, with ape6ber bear ra11 1n pro- gress assigned to check the advance. 2 Earrings for the second week of Au- gust: Increase, s42,os5; c. & o. inerease, SS1 ,927; Southern Railway increased $49.- 69S anu Ontario and Western decreased S5610
 Tenne57ze Coal ard Ir-n was featurelezs today, but firm around 27i5 to 271l The demand for iron is increasing and prices are advancing slowly. Sometime this fall a genuine boom is looked for and whsn it comes Tennessee Coal and Iron, it's friends say. VII be selling a good deal higher than S28 per share.
 J. P. MUDD 6 co.
The age-herald., 1897-08-20


 New York Aug. 19--Wheat gained 114@ in price at one time today. establishing another record figure for the year. but lost h1any~frisnds in SO doing. Conserv4zl tive traders felt that news from Europe did not warrant such sensa tionaI jumps, as the market experienced today, and withheld their support The result was an irregular list of values all day, cov- ering a wide range of prices. By putting forth all their efforts the bulls succeeded in running September up to 95A or 11sc above yesterdays highest point and 1Ec higher than last nights close. They were aided by extreme nervousness among shorts and strong southwestern news. The quotations for No. 1 northern aflcat in this market at one time today on the nominal basis of Ge over September was $101A and No. ? red 99A to $1.00 af1oat, but dollar wheat in the trade aoez-t- anee of the term refers to the September option, in which most of the trading now canters. At the bsst point today this op- tioa was only 414c away from the goal. It was found impossible, however, with out support from all sides, and steady European demand to maintain this and late in the afternoon prices gave way suddenly, closing 1s4e on September and 214c December from the highest point, uh- der heavy and excited selling by sealpsrs for foreign houses and others. The close was very nervous on the basis of 94e for September and 9234c for December. Still later on the curb September ralli5d 10 9418c. One of the days features was the absence of foreign seiings orders, rep rese9tng proft-takings on recent pur- chases, new short accounts. sales, etc. Later private cables asked for offers but the actual export transaction were d.s- appointingly small, about 100000 bushels. Everybody on Chang is filed up win the idea of dollar wheat. The toal future sales for the session were S,S65,000 bush els
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
Chicago Live Stock

Chicago, Aug. 19.-In cattle there was the accustomed active demand from all classas of buyers at strong prices, and cattle of nearly all classe were 10@15c higher than at the close of last week. Cattle are now selling at the bss, prices of the year, native beef steers going to- day at S40D4.50 for common up to $505.50 for good to prime dry fed To $. Sales were largely at $4.70G5, 20, choice lots being rather scarce. The exporters were Gair buyers at $5@5.3O. The stocl1er and feeder trade was active, as the offerings wiM ad- init, chiefly at $3S0@4.25, prices b5lng 15 @20c higher than last week. Cows, heif- CTS and bulls averaged little higher than last week and choice veal calves sold up to $625@6.5O Western range cattle were largely 10@15c high than last week, with sales of choice 1,235 to 1,24O pounds at $4.40@4.471s.
 Chicago packers and eastern shippers were again good buyers, and prices were s ironger early, shrowing ths usual weak rNss after most of the hogs were sold Sales were largely aI5 $3.S5@4. Hogs sell ing all the way from $3.5500375 for heavy packers up to s4@4.05 for olhoic- light and medium weights, while shippers paid $4.071a04 121a for prime assorted hght Pigs sold mostly at sS.2504.05.
 There was a slow demand fer sheeo and lambs and prices ruled weak ard about 10c lower than yesterday. The buy CTS are generally weM stocked up and sheep were slow of sale at $2.25@250 for the poorest 70 $375@4 for good to choice natives. Western range sheep sold at $9.35@3.65 for feeders a,nid at $3.7O004. 10 for good killers. Rams sold at $2 256D2. .50 Lambs were slow of sale at $35005. .25, the bulk going for $405.
 Receipts: Cattle. 15,0o0; hogs, 35,OO0; sheep, 15,000.
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
Chicago Change.

Chicagoe Aug. 19.-sepbs mber wheat came within very small frac ion of touching alIe 90 Cent mark, but slumped irlg1oriously and cSosed at S71sc., drop of 1sse-s Ihea market was an extremely ner- vouEs, one, with fluctuations very vi3le1lt. Some ,bsarish crop reports. foreign sea- board selling and latting go of considera bfe holdings by the bul clique were fea- lures in he decline.
 Cornand oats were slightly affeoasd. corn declining hc. and oats about the satne.,
 KPrcvisions showed frmneSs, closing un- changed to 715c higher
 Leading futures ranged us follows:
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St. IOIlia.

St. Louis Aug. 19.-Flour, higher; ad- vsneing in sympathy with the rise in wheat yesterday. Patents $i.>t1p4 SO; straiehts, $4.4O@45O; clears $4.09Qf1O; medium, $5.25@3.75.
 Wheat. spot dull; higher. No. 2 red cash elevator, 9215c bid; track, 93kd95c; No. ? cash hard, Ss0S9ssc track, August 9SAe; September 9Sc asked; December, 92Ac asked.
 Corn, spot higher; No ? cazh 27S4c.
 Oats, spot higher; No. 2 cash elevator, 1S14c bid; track 1Sh@1se; No. white 221A@28c; September, 1SAc bid; May, 21% Q21kc.
 Bran advanced. sack. at country poin s Ale; east track 44c bid; on track this side, Acc.
 Butter firm; creamery. 11&16; dairy, 9014.
 Eggs, firm; lie.
 Whisky higher, S1.20.
 Pork, firm: standard mess jobbing, $9.00. Lard, better prime steam, S4.32h; choice, $40.
 Baeon boxed lots, extra short clear, $5.87h; ribs, $6.00 shorts. s6.f2%.
 Dry salt meats, boxed shoulders, $500; extra short clear, $5.371A; ribs, $5.50; shorts, $5.621Ac. --.
The age-herald., 1897-08-20

Trains Nos. 57 and 53 carry Pullman vesti- bule sleepers between St. Louis and Jack Trains Nos 33 and 3s carry pilIiman vesti- bue sleepers between Cincinnati and Jack sonyille. gomery and Savannah on trains 57 and 5S. No. B connects at Dupont with through sleeper for Port Tampa.
 Train No. 5S, ieavlng Montgomery at T:25 D. m., connects at Port Tampa with Plant steamship line for Key West and Havana Any Information regarding routes rates and schedules will be Furnished upon appll- cation to
 Montgomery, Ala.
 B. w. WRENN, r. T. M,
 Savannah, Ga. H. c. McTADDEN, A. c. P. A.,
 Savannah. Ga,
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
Markets by~ Telegraph.
Cotton Letter.

New York, Aug. 19.-The rear.1onary tendency of the cot.oa market continued this moaning. IiyerpcoI ser. quit cheer ful cables, that markets advance 2 to S-64ths, thus encouraging real buyers. and prices here were to 5 points higher elE the opening. Some local demand and bidding for the nrorl- hs by the bull in- terest caused a further advance. Al CT the opening the buying power soon ex- hausted itsslf, however, and the market gradually eassd. New Orleans and the south sold in the af1srrbon, and a small net decline for the day was ts .ablishs1. JarCary opisned at 6.80, advanced to 6.S3r declined to 6.76 and closzd at 6.75 to 6.7e. with the tone of the mauket easy. We think the chances favor bower prices. 2"
 ( KOREAN 6 co.
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.

Train No. 3S, leaving Birmingham at b.s5 a. m., carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars between Birmingham and Atlanta unitinp at Atlanta with and forming part of the Washington and Southwestern Vestibule Limited, running solid between Atlanta and New York. thus making no change be. tween Birmingham and New York
 Nos. 55 and 36 carry Pullman sleep;nr cars between Atlanta and New York east. bound.
 Additional information as to schedules rates, sleeping car reservation. etc.. cheer fully furnished upon applIcation to office of travelling passenger agent, No. z North Twentieth street. Birmingham, Ala; tele- phone, S46. reD 1T 1fl,
 J. M. Culp. Traffic Manager, Washington, D. c.
 Washington, D. c.
 W. A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington. D. c.
 c. A.. Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chatta- nooga, Tenn.
 J. F. Billups. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala.
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
, Iopening Highest Lowest Closing

Cash quotauons-Flour firm, prices ad- vanced 25c; No. spsirg whsat, S79s GS9; No. spring wheat. S4@87; No. red, 90; white, 21@2S; No. 8 white, 191s@211k; No
 2 rye, 461s; No. 2 barbay, nominal; No 8 f. 0. b.. 3O@SS; No. 4 f. O. b., 2S4a@S4 No. 1 flax seed. s1.091a@t .f11s; prime timothy .seed l$2.75; meis pork per barrel, SS.55@ 'S.60; lard per 100 pounds, $4.521a; short ribs, Moose, $4.95D525; dry salted shCnl- dsrs, boxed. 5@5A; shout clear sidss, boxed, 5A@5& whisky, distillers' finishel l goods, per gallon, $1.20; sugars, cut, loaf, urchanged; granulated, do.; standard "A" do. On 'Jhe produce exchan nge today the. butter mark.It was firm; creameries, 11@1e5a; diaries, 1OQ14; eggs, firm, fresh,
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans Aug. 19.-CoIJ on futures quiet, sales 22,50O bales. August, 700; Sep tembsr, 6.55@656; Oc. .oIbar, e.42@6.43; No venber, 6.43@6. .644; December, 6.44@6.45; January, 6.470649; February, 6.50@6.52; March, 6.52Q6,54; April, 6.54Q656.
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J. P. MUDD & co.
 BROKERS

Buy and sell for cash or on margin Stocks, Bonds. Cotton, Grain and Pro- visions.
 Private wire to all principal market ts. Daily Quotations mailed on applica- ton.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES. CENTRAL M GA. RAILWAY CQ.
 Trains are run by Central Time. i Effective May 2, 1897.

For further information as to scheduIes. rates. etc., call on, or write to s. Jacobs. Commercial Agent, Jack w. Johnson, u. T. A.
 Theo. D. Kline, General Superintendent. J. c. Halle, General Passenger Agent
 SaYannah Ga
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
Dry Goods.

New York, Aug. 19.-The dry goods market: There was no change today in the firm attitude of sellers in both first hands and, jobing markets. Ia the latter the continued presence of many bIyers induced heavy trading in nearly all de- partnssnts. The reports from cut of town iobbers show that business with them has been quite brisl1 in spite of the rush to the New York market. In sam ple cottons the demand for brown goo1s for domestic use is well sustained. though exports have fallen off and buying for foreign account is not hsavy.
 Print cloths are firm al 265e. Sales of extras for September delivery to the eX- tent of S0,000 pieces were made yester- day.
The age-herald., 1897-08-20
The New Yorls Grain Ddarket.

April and May, 5 46947d sellers; May andSl June 3. 4794Sd sellers; September Cid. --
The age-herald., 1897-08-20

No. carries Pullman Sleeping Cars Bir- mingham to Cincinnati and from Birming- ham to New York without change. T.' No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car BIirmingham to Cincinnati and Pullman J. M. Culp, Traffic Manager, Washington, Washington, D. C.
 mingham.
 ". A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington. D. c.
 C. A. Benscoter. A. G. P. A., Chatta- Ala. -'
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NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD
 COMPANY. Time table No. 8, in effect Monday, Jan {, 1S97 at 5:09 a. m.
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No. carries Pullman Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to New Orleans, and Pullman Union Sleeping Car Birmingham to Shreveport.
 No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car Birmingham to New Orleans. DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO CIN-
 C1NNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON
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The Iron Market.

Birmirg'ham, Ala, Aug 19.-The fol-, lowing are the latest iron and coal quo Lations on the Birmingham market:
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BIRMINGHAM & ATLANTIC R. R. co. Time table No. 21. taking effect a. m. July
 1. lSy6 -'
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.a 6L SsaWE
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-05
Is Murder ON the Increase?

The superintendent of New York state
prisons has compiled statistics showing
that the number of executions in that
state has greatly increased since the
electrocution law took effect in 1890.
Since that time 40 executions have
taken place, while from the creation of
the state until 1890 there were but $50
hangings. This is an increase of more
than 200 per cent a year.
Charles N. Baker, chief clerk in the
prison department, considers that the
increase may be ascribed to one or both
of the following causes: That juries,
believing in the humanity of the present
system of execution, are more willing
to convict, and that, the place of execu-
ton being removed from the county
where the criminal is known, there is
less likelihood of applications for exec
utive clemency. New York World.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-05
THE TIMES BRUNSWICK Ca THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST S. 1897
THEIR APPROVAL.

Fleming duBignon's interview has
caused much comment throughout the
state. The Constitution has inter-
viewed the state house officials, with
interesting results. Governor Akin
son SAID:
"The ideas expressed by Mr.. duBig-
non, are the same which were ad-
va need by the press and party work
ers during the campaign of 1896 and
accepted and acted upon by almost
every gold dem ocratin the state. at
the conclusion of that campaign we
were, with rare exceptions, a united
party. Palmer and Buckner received
only $500 votes in the entire state,
and the policy of President Mckinley
has already brought these into the
ample fold of democracy. Our party
in this state was never more COM
pletely united than it is today"
Secretary of State Allen D. Gambler
SAID: "The best thing that could have
happened to the democratic party in
Georgia is the course which has been
pursued by the president of the United
States in giving all the little three dol
lar crossroads postofiices to the popu-
lists, and all the important federal Of
fees to the negroes. The result of
this is that all of the populists who
are democrats at heart, and this means
more than half of the entire party in
this state, will come back home where
they belong, while those who are in
the third party only for what they
can get out of it Will go to the repub
lican party, where they belong"
Representative Blalock, who is pi
lOting the investigation committee,
says: II do not recognize That there
are now or eyer have been two kinds
of democrats. It was proper that we
should differ as to party expediency be-
fore the Chicago convention, but after
that the man who opposed the declara-
tions of that platform was no more a
democrat than Mark Hanna is"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-05
RICHARDS VISIT.

Mr.. NJ. V. Richards, the land and
industrial agent of the Southern rail
way, who is now visiting Brunswick
and Glynn county, is a gentleman
who has been of much service to this
section. He keeps in close touch
with the seekers for homes in the
South, and Glynn county offers at
fractions that Mr.. Richards and his
department will find no difficulty in
presenting to these prospective set
tiers. Therefore, his visit to us is an
ImpOI tant one, and THE TIMES hopes
he will stay as long as his business
will allow.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-05
A FEMALE DlPLOMATlST.
She Would Like to Be Minister TO Co
lOmbia.

She Would Like to Be Minister TO Co
IOmbia.
If Mrs. Marilla M. Kicker of New
Hampshire succeeds in her ambition,
she will be the first woman in the world
to hold an important diplomatic office
She is a candidate for the office of min
lister to the United States of Colombia,
job worth $40, 900 a year to the holder
Her application is on file, and, strange
ly enough, is Endorsed by some of the
prominent party leaders close to the ad-
ministration. A singular coincidence in
her case is the fact that the man whom
she aspires to succeed is a namesake of
the president, "Parson Mckinley, who
also halls from her native town, Dover,
N. H.
81 can wait until the tariff is settled, :"
she said recently. 81 know we need a
tariff to pay the expenses of the govern
ment and that it is of more Importance
than office seekers.
Mrs. Kicker ridicules a Washington
dispatch to the effect that President Nc
Kinley would not appoint woman to
any important position.
''Mr. Mckinley would not say any
thing like that" she said. 81 do not
believe it. Why, he is strong woman
suffragist. Last week he appointed two
women postmasters. 1t would perhaps
be good thing for him if he appointed
woman to some high Office, perhaps
not me, perhaps Mrs. Weed, for in
stance. "-Philadelphia Press.