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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-09
Murphy & Uompany's Stock Letter


New York, September S.-The stock mar
ket this morning was moderately active,
and for the most part was heavy. Active
dealings however, were confined to few
specialties, namely Gas, Brooklyn and
Sugar, all of which were notably weak.
The decline in Gas was again based wholly
on informa ton as to the course of the trade
war now in progress in Chicago. Selling
for both accounts appeared in the stock
and there was no support apparent .ex-
cept that arising from the occasional COW
ertng of short contracts. The reactionary
tendency of Brooklyn was without any
particular explanation, nor was there any
thing definite in the way of news bearing
on the tendency of Sugar. Aside from these
stocks little of interest was developed in the
trading In the railway list the anthracite
coal shares reacted under pressure, which
was of course referrable to the apprehended
labor troubles in Pennsylvania. The bulk
of the dealings, however, in this quarter
was in Reading first preferred, and the
transactions in the other were in very linn
tied proportions. The price changes in the
Changers and the other standard railway
stocks were very limited Missouri Pacific
was steady on a renewal Of purchases of
the same character as appeared in the
stock yesterday. There appeared to be no
particular motive in the dealings in the
market at large. The London market was
closed
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New York, September S.-Sugar-Raw
firm; fair refining 4hc centrifugal. 96 test,
415-16c; molasses sugar &c; refined firm:
No $500; No. T. $3.50; No. s. $40; No.
8, $3.50; No. 10. s5.25; No. II, sS.25; No. Il,
S. 20; No. H. and No. IA. s5.15: standard A.
$595; mould A. Sc. 49, cut loaf and crushed,
cubes, $3.50
Coffee-Spot Rio barely steady; No. Z
invoice, S9sc; mild quiet; Cordova, 9A@14c.
The market for coffee futures opened
steady at a decline of 10920 points and
ruled generally easy under lower European
cables. Trading local and cautious In alb
sence of cables form Rio and Santos, ad-
journed for holidays. The market closed
quiet at the lowest point 1920 points net
decline. Total sales were 1880 bags. in
Guiding September 7.15q720 October 7.25;
November 1901 49, December 7.4Gl7. As;
March 1901. co. April 7.6O; May 1901 .65
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New Orleans, September S.-Cotton firm;
sales ], 100; ordinary S 5-16c good ordinary
9e low iniddlng 95sc, middiing lVhc; good
middling 101ac, middling tair 1oa4; receipts
2,0J1; stock s2,9lt.
Consolidated statement: Net receipts as
go; exports TO Great Britain 400; exports
to France 450; stock LIS, 40
Note-Local cotton brokers of proml-
hence received cables this morning from
their Liverpool correspondence to the effect
that action OF the Manchester spinners
yesterday when they agreed not TO buy any
more September cotton at ruling prices
was all a farce, that they did not buy any
more cotton as an association of spinners,
but the members Immediately began buying
as individuals as soon as they left the
meeting room.
New Orleans, September S.-Cotton fu-
lures steady. September 9,s549 81; October
8 32n9 SO; November 9.04l;9. 05; December
902Gr3 %; February 9.03ll9 "a; March 9.04@
905; April 9o5G9. CO. May 9.05a9.G7.
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COTTON AGAIN
TURNED SKYWARD
-
.s.a
The Current Month Shot Up
Twenty-six Poinls.
SENSATIONAL CABLE NEWS
Comes from Liverpool-Showed Wild
Panic Among Spinning interests
Exciting Developments Pre-
dicted for Next Week
SENSATIONAL CABLE NEWS

New York, September S.-The cotton mar
points and ruled feverishly firm during the
early session on nurries OF general buying,
in which the foreign contingent and south
ern shorts took the lead. The commission
house element and prominent room bulls
sold on the rise for profits as precaution-
airy measure pending developments over
Sunday abroad and the receipt of Mondays
government report The cables from Liver
pool were the most sensational yet received.
They showed a wild panic among the spin
ming interest. The current month shot up
70 points, equal to 70 points or more here.
Our market became tolerably quiet after
the CALL but was intensely strong in the
absence of sellers. Reports from southern
spot markets declared excited demand from
exporters Was advancing prices rapidly and
causing sellers to hold off.
The weather reports and crop testimony
was Good and receipts showed marked in
crease, but these influences proved feeble
measures of restraint upon bull sentiment
in the pit. Some exciting developments were
predicted for next week, when TWO govern
llent reports will be received.
New York, September S-Cotton steady;
middling los, sales, 225; stock, 2S,i1b.
Total today: Net receipts, 10, $50; exports
to Great Britain, 4,2c0; exports TO France,
$50; stock, 125474.
Consolidated Net receipts, 1920; exports
to Great Britain, 4,200; exports to France,
49,
Total since September I: Net receipts, 66,-
7o7; exports TO Great Britain, 1855; exports
to France, $50; exports to the continent, g.
142.
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STORES FOR RENT.

IL south Goth street. STtgsE
1902 to ITO LIST avenue 4ltggesx&
2012, 2ol4 and 20l6 Avenue A. ngIl55f*ysf
1910 and 1912 Avenue D. lSSfTaS
112 and ia North oath.
2121, 1928 I'd avenue.
We also have some very desirable offices
for rent.
FOR RENT RESTDENCES-soUT
No. SIG 18th street, 5-rooms.
No. $3.50 Avenue e, 9-rooms.
No. 1922 Avenue Il, 8-rooms
No. 519. 81, 523, 529 South 18th street, G.
rooms each.
No. 1890 and 1906 goth street. 6-rooms each.
No. 2115 Avenue G, S-rooms.
No. 1913 18th street. S-rooms each.
No. 1922 18th avenue, 5-rooms.
No. 1887 18th avenue, 6-rooms.
No. 1880 18th avenue, S-reoms.
No. 2519, 253i, 25o7 Prospect avenue, T.
rooms each.
No 721. 7O9 and 713 25th street, 5-rooms
each.
No. 2521, 2125. 1884, 2513, 2516, 2513 and 2525
Prospect avenue, 4-rooms each.
2915 Juniper street, rooms.
2225 Arlington avenue, Z rooms
FOR RENT, NORTHSIDE RESIDENCES
No. 2222 and 2224 7th avenue. s-rooms
each.
No. 2405 4th avenue, 5-rooms.
No. 1903 Huntsville avenue. S-rooms
Cottage Fountain Heights, 4-rooms.
No. 2525 4th avenue. 6-rooms.
2514 5th avenue, IL rooms.
w. N. MALONE & CO.,
Real Estate, Rental and Insurance Agents,
2017 First Avenue
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SHOWERS FURNITURE co. sses 's5o asssus.

shade lower. Top $5.521a; mixed and butch
ers s.. 05l15. 52ha; good to choice s. 1905. AZ;
rough heavy $4.9Oap5O5; light $o.15Q5.52;
bulk of sales S. 15Gpo IS.
Sheep: Receipts $500; sheep and lambs
steady Good to choice wethers 80. 5O0l3. So
fair TO choice mixed S3.35Q3 GO; western
sheep s.. 50603 IS; Texas sheep s2.s043. %;
native lambs 81. 2515.75; western lambs "a.
50ly4. 65.
Receipts this week Cattle $500; hogs
1s1 .OO0 sheep $1,000 Last week: Cattle 49,
400; hogs al 500; sheep 91,700.
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, September Sd p. m.)-Spot
cotton moderate demand; prices higher;
American middling fair 7 1-32d midding
25-32d; low middling 1924; good ordi-
nary Slid; ordinary SD. The sales of
the day were 5000 bales of which 200 were
for speculation and export. and included
900 American. Receipts 1000 bales, in
Guiding 800 American
Futures opened weak and closed excited.
American midding, l.. M. c.: September
$40 sellers; Experimentation 6.3i sellers;
October November 5.131l5 II seIlers No
vember-December 502Gr5 03 buyers; Decem-
ber-January 4.62 buyers; January-Febru-
airy 4.59a4 60 buyers; February March 4. 81
sellers; March-April 4.55 sellers: April
May 5.53 sellers; MayJune t51G04. so buy
ers; June-July 449Q450 buyers; July
August 4.45 buyers.
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Galveston-Firm middling f0c; sales SGT;
receipts 5,756; stock 1908,
Mobie-Irregular; middling 9Ac; sales
$780, receipts 20; stock 4,97S
Savannah-Steady; middling 97sc; sales
ga; receipts 4.392; stock 2s,S12.
Charles ton-Firm; middling 11-16c; bid
receipts 7S3: stock 2l35.
Wilmington-Firm mddling 9Ac receipts
1,544; stock 12,6l7.
Norfolk-Firm mddling 10c; sales &c;
receipts 72i; stock 5,052.
MISUNDERSTANDING; middling 1014c: stock
3S1.
Boston-Quiet middling 101sc; receipts,
gross. 1.54i
Phladclphia-Firm; middling 102sc; stock
1896.
ST. Louis-Firm middling 97sc; sales IS;
receipts %; stock $3.50.
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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN,

All purchases and sales are made direct
IN the Exchange for which the order is
given.
IN lee & Co.; Purnell. Hagaman & Co
New York; Fairchild & Hobson, New Or
isans: Ware g. Leland Chicago.
Nrs-sz=zs-<sfss National Bank of Bir-
bingham; First National Bank of Rome,
Ga.
TELEPHONE No. LAS.
Special attention given e, orders over
telephone and orders sent from out of the
city.
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Cotton letter

Fafrchild and Hobson's Cotton Letter. to
II. d. Cothran and Company.
New Orleans, September S.-The Liver
pool market did not respond to the extreTrs
weakness developed yesterday on this
side. Liverpool has finally thoroughly
awakened to the fact that she is out of
cotton, and that there are no holdings
here from which she can replenish. and
that for her supplies she is entirely de-
pendent on the growing crop, and as the
American mills have got to supply them
selves from this crop too, she sees that
holding off for lower prices is but puttis.
off the evil day.
Spot sales there were 5000 bales at an
advance of seven thirty-seconds. Cen+
tracts were practically unchanged from
yesterday. Our market opened up 10 to 20
points, sold off about points on a rather
bearish Chronicle report but the fear of
the bullish government report Monday
started a fresh buying movement which
carried prices to above the opening figures
and the close was steady at an advance
over yesterday of Is points.
New York Cotton Futures
Nv Private Wire to H d, Cothran a. Co
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WANTED-Dry Goods Sales
man and window Dresser.
Write giving age, experience
and reference.
The Rogers Mercantile Co.
Columbus, Miss
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Live Stock Markets

Live Stock Markets
Chicago, September Seattle: Receipts
$780, weeks receipts largest of year; nomi-
nalIy steady today; natives, good to prime
steers IS. 60fl6 90; poor to medium "a .e5d5 so;
selected feeders s4614.75; mixed stockers s.
"a 80; cows 81. 75Q4 90; heifers $2ap5. 90; can
ners s292.75; bulls $2.5o04. 60; calves $50
750; Texans: Texas fed steers 81 25@5. 90;
.Texas grass steers 50 .25@4. 20; Texas bulls
81. 5Og3. 40.
Hogs; Receipts today. $4,000; average
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FOR RENT.
South Highlands:
BEAUTIFUL S-room dwelling. with modern
convenences, near car line, $40.
NEW GROOM DWELLING, with all mod
ern conveniences, gas, cabinet NANTES,
etc, on car line, In nth avenue, $685.
North Side.
SPLENDID 7-ROOM DWELLING with all
modern conveniences, in It'll avenue, one
block from two car lines. s45.
A. r. DEARBORN g. CO..
9-9-4t-su- tues-th-sun Agents.
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BONDS
Treasury Statement

Washington, September S.-Today's state
ment of the treasury balances in the gen.
eral fund, exclusive of the $50. 900 gold
reserve in the division of redemption
shows: Available cash balance $136 042, AS;
gold $6S, 196,700.
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NOTICE.

On or about Sept. 20 we will
move to 2O22 Second Avenue,
Moor & Anderson's old stand.
Read our Removal Sale adj
Vertisement on page 10.
r. v. Boardman & Co.
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H. D. COTKRAN & co.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade.
Rooms / and Alabama National BanL
Building.
Private leased wires to New York, New
or,aanS and Chicago.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
was quiet winter patents, S3.S0dioO
straights, $3.10@3.70; clears. So 1908 80;
spring specials, 40; patents SO. 500
400 straights, s9.OOl3.5O bakers $4,000. 10.
No. spring wheat, 7s1AGD74c; No. red,
75%c. No. corn, 4Ok@41c; No. 2 yellow,
40&@41c. No. oats, 217s@2214c; No. 2 white.
241zd25c; No. white, 2918a25c. No 2 rye.
5OAc. Good feeding barley, 500; fair to
choice mailing. 43@47c. No. 1 fax seed,
$149; No. ! northwestern, s1.50. Mess pork,
per barrel, s1110011. IS: lard, per 100 pounds,
Sc 75a6. S2ts; short rib sides, loose S.30@7 60;
dry sailed shoulders, boxed. 69s@G9sc; short
clear sides, boxed, $795@S05 Whisky, on
basis of high wines per gallon, $1,26. SUI
gars-Cut loaf, unchanged Clover-Con-
tract grade, s9.504960. On the produce ex-
change today the butter market was quiet;
creams, 1S1sGG21Ac; dairy, 1411Sc. Cheese
was firm at 10A@111zc Eggs were firm;
fresh, 141aQ15c.
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The birmingham Conservatory

The birmingham Conservatory of Music
n. Guckenberger director, announces the
opening of its sixth academic year Septem-
her /. 1900. All aspirants for certificates
and diplomas must enter on that day.
s-19-sun- ed-fri-1m
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REAL ESTATE


FOR SALE-HAVE TO HURRY.
81, COOS feet list avenue; improved.
s., 000-Resdence 50x140, list avenue.
S., 250-1st avenue 25X1S2, near 21st street.
$5,0O0-Powel avenue between 18th and
Goth streets.
SIS 000-No 2O26 I'd avenue, four stories.
$12.00c-2d avenue, near 21st street, three
stories.
S,500-2d avenue corner 18th street.
S12 000-2d avenue corner 22d street, i'm
proved
49, 00O-2d avenue between 18th and 10Th
streets.
81, 500-190 feet on Railroad
s., 250-5th avenue residence.
S.. 750-100 feet on 9Th avenue.
81 ,500-Residence rooms Avenue F; easy
payments.
S,29-Sth avenue residence.
I,50-Lot Avenue II near 10Th street
81, 30-Seven houses Avenue H.
No bargains genuine without the sigma
ture Of
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LOCAL MARKETS,
ccaI Cotton aIarke'
The Iron NJ arket.

Birmingham, September THE following
the nresent tinns
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Chicago Change

Chicago, September S.-Wheat was dull
put steady today, October closing 1s9Ac
higher. Corn closed 5sc and oats &c i'm
proved. Provisions closed 106121kc higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows.
Articles Opened Highest Lowest Closing
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(By Private Wire to Murphy 6 Coz
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Nev York Cotton Futures
BY Private Wire to H D. Cothran & Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-06
warIikc signs in China.

After much trouble and bad temper the
various powers seem to have gotten to-
gether sufficiently to render it probabls
that they can meet and discuss a settles
ment of~the Chinese question without COM
ing to blows among themselves. But
when this desirable point has been reached
1t unfortunately happens that TIE Hsi and
Tuan get tired of being good, and order a
resumption of hostilities in the southern
provinces of China.
There is every indication that serious
war will be on in the Empire before an
other month, and exactly as predicted by
Sir Robert Hart. This prospect empha-
sizes the unenviable position of the Ad-
ministration in Withdrawing our troops at
a time when It seems probable that all the
available forces of civilization will be re-
quired TO suppress the new outbreak.
The Chinese do not In the least realize
that they have been whipped. In the south
of China, where what they know of the
war is by way of hearsay, the popular i'm
preston is that the imperial troops have
been victorious and the foreign devils de-
feated. In proof of this the native on
Gals are circulating reports to the effect
that the Americans have been compelled
to retreat from China, being unable to
stand against her brave defenders. The
disgrace of Prince Tuan, insincere and
perfunctory as it certainly is, has cnraged
that leader. and he is making mischief in
consequence. We shall be much mistaken
if Field Marshal Count won waldersee does
not find plenty of military work to do be-
fore he eats his next Christmas pudding
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RRADsTREET ON THE WEEK.
Ge,:eraI Confidence in the Outlook
fSr Business Notable.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Despite some irregularity both as to
demand and prices. due partly to warm,
rainy weather, but likewise reflection OF
a hesitancy to embark largely in new
business the general trade is favorable
one and condolences as to the outlook for
business for the balance of the year is
notable. Some diminution in the volume
OF iobbing business Is noted at larger
Western centres and continued rainy
weather in the Northwest alike checks
the movement Of wheat to market, Injuries
the grade of the same, and discourages
retail and jobbing distribution
''Ten-cent cotton is the key to the very
favorable report which comes from the
South. and the character of reports from
this section is more nearly favorable than
for many years past at this time. The
indisposition to contract heavily as to
the future is perhaps most marked in the
iron and steel trade, and here also the
most marked tendency toward weakness
in the cruder forms of production IS noted.
The industrial outlook has been improved
by the signing of the tin plate scale, but
the anthracite coal situation is, on the
surface at least, rather more unfavorable
than week ago, more mines and miners
being idle and the product steadily dimin-
ishing
Special weakness is noted in the sugar
trade, owing to the practical break of
the raw sugar corner as much as TO the
passing of the canning season and the re-
ported intention of the refiners to re-
open the war in prices. Special strength
is noted in provisions and hog products,
in wbick the very strong statistical po-
sitioa is receiving more attention. The
strength OF the railroad situation is re-
Elected in earnings fully equal to last
year and in some instances larger, and
the announcement that rates are to be adj
vanced November l.
Business failures for the week num-
Der III. as against 159 last week, 146 in
this week year ago, and 1853 in 1882
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Clerical Pnupcrz-

The faculty OF the Yale Divinity School
has decided 10 changes ts plan Of offering
loans without interest to poor students, SO
as to limit these loans to exceptional
cases of harship. This is probably a
wise decision.
There was time when 8 fund employed
in such way would do an immense
amount OF good in this country, but con-
ditions have changed. The population is
much larger and better able to educate and
support clergymen. Seventy-fve years ago
there was but little ready money in the
land and a college education could not be
obtained withou; sum of hard cash
which many worthy young men were una
bic to raise. There are hundreds Of cler-
gymen Of the old school who worked their
way, as the phrase is, going to college
for year and then staying out to teach
year or two in order to get money to go
back Thus they did not come to their
work IN life until after the age of thirty.
7his was not in itself disadvantage. In
.hIs profession a man is all the more COM
esetent for having had great deal of mis-
celIaneous experience Of life before taking
charge OF 3 parish, and moreover IL these
young fellows had the pluck and determi-
nation TO stick TO their purpose for eight or
ten years of preparation and hard work, as
some Of them did, it was fairly good
proof OF their fitness for 1t when they were
finally ordained.
Except in some OF the States which are
hardly as yet reclaimed from the wider
ness, these conditions do not now prevail.
and there is less opportunity for such
youths to work their way than formerly.
They cannot teach, because the places in
the public schools are rightly filed by men
who intend to make teaching their bust
ness. and have had thorough preparation;
they cannot engage in other secular work
for much the same reason. The old-time
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HAVANA PAVING CONTRACT.
Municipal Officials Discuss the Pro-
posals Made by Dady

HAVANA, Oct. Sat a meeting of the
municipality of Havana tonight there was
a long debate in regard to the contract
for the sewering and paving of the city.
which 1t is proposed in some quarters to
award to Michael ]. Dady, Of Brooklyn.
No definite conclusion was reached.
Senior Zayas made speech, in the
course of which he proposed that the re-
vised plans should be accepted and that
the whole matter with all the papers
bearing on the subject should be referred
to the civil governor who is to decide
the question as to whether the work shall
be put up for public bids. Senior Zayas
argued that no good would be accom-
plished by putting the contract up for
public bidding, as no one would go to
the expense of submitting a proposition
against the Brooklyn man who was on
the ground and cognizant of all the con-
ditions
He added that the work OF making the
plans and the Investigations had already
cost Mr.. Dady $500, 900. Senior Zarrainz re-
piled to Senior Zayas. He argued that the
municipality should put the work up for
public bidding. He insisted that cs the
municipality had the responsibility for the
whole matter 1t should see to it that every
otcp tdheu De the advantage Oh
the city in securing the lowest price for
the best work. The fact OF putting the
contract up at auction, in his opinion could
not injure Mr.. Dady in the eyes of those
who thought his proposition the best one,
because IL Dady's offer were really the
most advantageous one in the matter Of
price, public bidding would only make that
doubly apparent.
The members of the municipality ex-
oughly and 1t will be taken up again next
Tuesday. Nobody is opposed to the build
ing OF sewers and as a matter of fact ali
the conncilmen appear to be anxious that
something should be done in this direction
The newspapers in Havana and in the
various provinces appear to be somewhat
excited over the question as to what town
shall be selected as the capital of the ISL
and when Cuba is declared to be indie
pendent. Several places have been sug-
gested. One paper rejects the suggestion
that Cienfuegos shall be made the capital
on the ground that il could be bombarded
by hostile feet.
The revenue cutter Viking. which was
conveying Governor General Wood and
other officials to port in Santa Clara prov
ince and which ran on a reef on Tuesday,
arrived at Cienfuegos yesterday. She was
stuck on the reef for twenty-six hours
Arrangements are being made for a ban
quet of the veterans OF the Cuban war on
October 10. General Maho. the old Presi-
dent of the Cuban provisional government
council has been invited to attend.