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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-12-31
Liverpool Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Market.

NEW oRLEANS-Firm; sales. $780, ordi-
nary, 1915; good ordinary .77I6; low
middlng. IN: mlddllng. Sas: good middling
9 SIG; middling fair. sh; receipts. 1925;
GALvEsToN-Firm; middling 81: sales.
2.367; receipts. 1918; stock. 2os.2I6,
MOBILE-Firm; middling, 3l6: sales L.
500; receipts. 2. 1871; stock. 81, 500
SAVANNAH-Firm; middling. Sk sales. IT,
3es; receipts. 7,45I: stock. l74.oe3.
CHARLESTON-Firm; middling, 6h: re-
ceipts. $50; stock, 2o7e7
WILMINGTON-Firm: middling. BIZ; re-
ceipts. I.4oi: stock lI.+7e
NORFOLK-Stesdy; middlng 71l6; sales
I.465; receipts. 2,e2i; stock, 10000.
BOSTON-Quist; middllnB, 8. S5; net re-
ceipts, 22I gross, e,24I
PHILADELPHIA-Steady middhng. 9.I5;
receipts, LOG: stock. 7.ol4.
ST. LOUIS-Firm: middiing. Sk: sales l47;
receipts. 7,04o; stock. 27 6I5
NEW YoRK-ouiet; middling. 8. 90: net re-
ceipts. 275: gross. 10. $50; sales. 300 stock.
I6o, 474; exports to Great Britain. 80: to the
continent I,457; to France. 2.26I.
Total today at all seaports-Net receipts, So.
57s; exports to Great Britain. "a. 76s; TO
France, 2.26Ii to the continent. H.. 500; stock
I.io4.35e.
CONSOLIDATED receipts. AZ, +e4: exports
to Great Britain, so, sos; to France. 2.2ei
TO the continent 47.oo2.
Total since Sept ! at ali ssaports-Net re-
eeipts. 4.e45.e37; exports to Great Britain.
I,6o2.6i3; to France. 4oo, 4o6; to the con-
tinent I.439. 6S6.
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MARKETS FOR FUTURES
BEAR CAMPAIGN STOPPED BY
THE BULLS.
Attempted Raid on January Results
In a Route for the Shorts.
=, Small Receipts and
Good Cables.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3o.-The cotton aJnarset
after opening firm at unchanged prices to an
advance of points ruled very active and
strong. with great excitement at intervals
prevailing. For many weeks the market has
been dominated by claims and counter claims
regarding the existing of a large Ions interest
in January contracts and also regarding its
financial ability to take care OF the large
quantities of cotton accommodating at New
York and at nearby points. which the shorts
promised to deliver with market smash ng
January pool caused a furry by advising any
of the scattered longs who might prefer to hold
their contracts while being without financial
ability to do that places would be pro-
vded on timely notice, so that selling would
not be necessary under notice pressure. This
statement was variously received, but the
course OF today's market indicated that 1t
was made In good faith and that II was also
made good. And notwithstanding notices to
the extent of nearly 100. 600 bales were is
sued they promptly stopped" and a
scramble for January contracts became i'm
mediate and very active. This position ad-
advanced 7alI points Then followed a pc
Rod Of realizing profit-taking under which
prices gave way a few points. but the market
was finally steady at net unchanged prices
TO an advance OF points. Other factors ex-
planning the advance, now a matter OF about
&c since the middle OF November were con-
tinued small receipts. an advance OF I-I69kc
in the spot markets of the country, unfavor-
able weather in many parts of the cotton belt
and strong cables. the latter reporting an ad-
vance OF 7Sd9 points on futures and on
spot prices. Total sales futures estimated al
SOC. 900 balss.
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New York Cotton Futuras.
NEW YORK Dec 30-The ruling prices In
he Cotton Exchange today were follows:
Local Cotton Market.
r. M. Scale & Co.'S Cotton Lettsr.


NEW YORK. Disc. 3o-Anothsr day Of &C
tivity and higher prices. In every way the
most satisfactory two DAYS Of this month.
buyer was able to buy and seller to sell
any quantity OF cotton and TO the average
trader this Is sufficient cause for rejoicing.
AS was to be expected cotton came out over
az cents, but the general change In feeling
was such as to increase the demand and this
absorbed all the cotton. The feature today
was January. Some 10000 notices were
started. but apparently all the cotton was
wanted for January shot up into the air
about 5Ec. The people who delivered Janu-
airy have bought March at q big discount.
And will take the cotton back later II 1t is
stili here in New York In case the January
people ship the cotton out they will have to
get cotton here to deliver or come into the
market and buy back their March 1t looks
as though there a short interest still In
January which will make that option unset
tied all the month Shorts will get nervous
and may rush into cover. Then the amount OF
cotton held back be determined as the
trade 10 waiting for the January corner here
to send in cotton for delivery But In the
meantime receipts more moderate and "a
long as to accumulate the increased specuia
ton ia likely 10 advance prices Everything
will depend movement later. As long al
receipts are moderate and January Is moi
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Murphy & Co.'S (Inc.) Cotton Letter.
inv wtrel

NEW YORK. Dec. 3o.-The upward trend
In cotton was further accelerated this NOM
ing. The air full of bull talk and a iadi-
cal change In sentiment seemed to be going
on in quarters where least expected. People
a few weeks ago who were sure of bumper
crop now fai Ito see darkable field, while
those who looked for considerably over L.
600. 600 privately admitted they see no likeli-
hood of much more than last year. When
study the movement to date and the sig
niicant fact that outside of few local bears
there are few people. IL any who are even
INDUCING in prophesy of an Increased Janu-
airy movement. Private cables indicate I'M
easiness abroad in English and continental
spinning circles while New England mills are
believed to be fast reaching the point where
reduced supplies will compel active buying Of
raw material Big issues Of January notices
had a temporary depressing effect on the early
market, but this soon gave way to more
confident feeling and good buying followed.
Longs In January who were short Of March
covered literally of the latter. Port receipts
year.
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New Orleans Spot Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS Dec. 30.-Spot cotton was
fairly active and frmer, influenced by the
further improvement in Liverpool, which slim
ulated buyers somewhat and caused the fac
forage element to stand for still higher prices.
However, yesterdays prices were considered
the limit and only upon terms embracing
hoard figures were buyers willing to trade.
Sales, $500 bales, including $50 to arrive
Quotations Lie higher on all grades.
The market for contracts also reflected the
sharp advance on the other side. which resulted
in opening gains of lQ3 points. Stimulated
further by the conditions in New York. active
buying ensued which carried prices up 5G7
points on all positions. Then came q rush Of
profit taking selling orders, which caused a
decline of SOS points Thereafter prices
backed and filled, the board at the close
showing net losses of Q3 points.
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LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.
Provisions.
CORRECTED DEC. "a.

CORRECTED DEC. "a.
. Bacon-IOhc,
Dry sailed sides-9hc.
Iard-Tierces. leaf ll1ac: compound. BIC.
Neal-56c per bushel.
oats. White, 49c: mixed. 45c.
Corn White, SIC; mixed. coo per bushel.
sait-Liverpool csc sack: Virginia. 47c,
kichixan, 2eo-1ound barrels. SLIGO.
Buttsr-Jsrssy. 26@3oc: Tennessee country.
Syrup-Fancy. 4oc: reboiled. 800
Flour-Patent. SAGA. 35; straight. $500
sugar-Granulated. 5h; Y. c.. 4xc; cut loaf
5% cents.
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New Orleans Sugar.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec, 3o.-sugar-ouiet:
open kettle. 2%q3 Il6 open kettle centrif-
ugal. 3%a3 To- centrifugnl sTanulate cd
3-l6q44: whites. 37G4 LIS; yelIows' 81
d3%; seconds. 2bd3 5-i6.
Moiasses-Quiet; open kettle, 1890; cen
trifugal 642l; syrup, 2IG24
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longer a bull menace. buyers will have the
better end of the bariain. With increased
trade and a better business in every direc-
all weak spots. All that is needed is trade
to put the price up For weeks there has
been no business. Now that speculative ac-
tivity Is awakened there should be better
chances of making money on the buying side
than there has been in some time. Until we
increase in receipts and more cot
ton than demand we believe in buying on all
breaks.
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Available SUPPLIES Of Grain.

NEW YORK Dec 3o.-Special cable and
telesraphic dispatches to Bradst eet's tbs week
show the following changes in available sup
plies as compared with last accounts:
Wheat-I nited States and Canada, east oil
the Rockies increased BIS 600 bushels; ahoa'
for and in Europe, decreased 2,5oo,ooo; to-
tai supply decreased 2, S5' OOo
Corn-United States and Canada, east OF the
Rockies increased ,044. 600.
Oats-ITnited states and Canada, east OF thu
Rockies decreased l63. 600.
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WILMINGTON. Dec. 3o-Turpentine-Firm
at So; receipts. 81 casks
Rosin-Firm at $I.359i 40: receipts. 2Io.
Crude turpentine-Firm at Si.7593: receipts
5 casks.
Tar~Firm at 81. 60: receipts -i5e.
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cincinnati Provisions

CINCINNATI. Dec. 3o.-Flour-s
Iard-Quiet at $40.
hulk meats -Easv a. SO 25.
Racon-Easy at SIo.5 so. 49,
Whiskey-Active at Sl3l.
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cash quotations as follows:
Flour-Quiet and firm. .o,,z,
No. Spring wheat. "a; No. 3. 6elaG74'
N No. 2 corn. 44a44N; No. yellow. as
= 10 2 oats, s2H; No: 9 white s2%S34H
short rib sides 0oose). SO. 371kd9. 62i5
Dry sailed shoulders boxed. So. 25gS So
Short clear sides (boxed), S949. IN
Whiskey basis Of high wines. Si.3i.
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THE WEATHER.

Daily Local Weather Report-Daily
River Bulletin.
u. 8. Department OF Agriculture.
Weather Bureau
L,cal observations. Central tins.J
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Dec 80.
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ST. Louis Provisions.

ST LOUIS, Dec. o-Flour-Unchanged.
Whisky Steady at SI32.
Dry sailed meats-Quiet; boxed extra shorts
SO 2la; clear, 50; short clear, SO So
Bacon-Qu'et: boxed extra shorts. SIo.5o
clear ribs. $40 so; short clear, Sill.
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New York Coffee and Sugar.

NEW YORK. Dec so.-Cofee-spot dull
Sugar-Raw, nominal: refined, quiet.
Coffee futures opened steady and unchanged
and was very quiet under featureless foreign
news and the approaching holidays. For q
time the market was steadied to partial ad-
vance of points by buying for scattering
accounts then became more active and eased
off again under sales led by spot houses and
Europe. finally closing net unchanged to 5
points lower. Sales. Al 500 bales
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Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3o.-Treasury balances
s2II,2I2267; gold. Sl2o, 200. sos
cbicaeo Grain and Provisions.


CHICAGO Dec. ao.-Prospects Of bearish
Government report caused an easier teeiins
In the wheat pit today and the close was 4
az lower for May Corn was ;.,o Lover so sad
oats also on y. May pro'lsons eioseu
from 5Q7h to loc lower
Wheat was only moderately active and prices
were disposed to slump OF, t das hut later on
a fair export demand and decrease In the
worlds bisible supply. together with covering
by shorts. a partial recovery followed: Quite
opening was the cause for the break IN
prices. May being affected by the casn montn'
1t was expected that the W nm afternoon
would show a good increase over the previous
estimate and this tended to weaken the mar.
point May opened unchanged at 76BGI! and
ranged between 7ehq76ss and ~. closns
kqhc lower at 7eh Brads5re es o ~0r' hshsls
compared with a decrease the corresponding
week last year of 81 3, 900 bushels Clearsnces
of wheat and -four were equal 70 SeVooo
bushels Primary receipts were 4s7 900 bush
els, against 6l4,ooo year ago Minneapolis
and Duluth reported receipts Of 2Ie cars.
total total receipts for the three points of sse cars
against Ar last week and 52e year ago:
Inactivity was again manesLen With the
good weather for the grading and movement
resulted in an easier undertone throughout the
day The weakness in wheat was the pin
cipal bear factor although liquidation by To-
calls late in the session added to the general
depression. The close was easy May lower
AT 43H a43s. after selling between 43k94SA
and 4sS Local receipts, 6o2, contract.
oats were fairly active and the ma ket was
quite steady after a fractional decline early
along with other grains. There was consid-
cradle liquidation at the start, but the oner-
ings were well taken. Commission houses were
the best buyers. There was less doing IN the
with May y lower at 33N after ranging be-
tween 33N and 34h034H Local receipts
238 cars.
situation due to extremely heavy receipts.
there being So 600 hogs posted on the arr val
sheets and prices at the yards were LOG &c
BY locals and there also q good deal OF
| January lard sold by brokers. presumably for
| the account OF some of the packers. There was
| a good demand for May lard. which helped
prices The close steady with May pork
| 7hSIoc lower at sl6.459l 6.47h; May lard
was ~ OF at $685. and ribs were &c lower
| at So 6211
rhs leading futures ranged as fofiowsi
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Naval Stores.

SAVANNAH. Dec. o.-Turpentns-Firm al
52h: receipts. 946; sales. 7s9; exports. 40.
Rosin-Firm: receipts. 2. IA sales. $50
exports, 2576: A. B. C, D, Si.45; E. sI.5o
F. si.55: SI.7o; H. So; I. So IS: K
So. IS: M So IS; N. s3.55; window glass
So. 30; water white, S42o.
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New York Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3o-Dry Goods-There
has been no change from previous quiet con-
ditions at first hands far home buying
goes and the market throughout has been
without feature. Print cloths firm with
good demand for narrow odds Good orders
come forward again today for heavy brown cot
tons for export
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CHARLESTON. Dec. 3o.-Turpentine and
rosin-Unchanged
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Indicates riaa. Indicates fAIL
River Forecast.
The Coosa will rise slightly remain sta
tionary and the Alabama VII continue to fall
slowly remain stationary during tonight
and Wednesday.
Temperature and Rainfall.
u. g. Depal tment Agriculture.
Weath~~ RTeSu
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 80.
The following shows highest and lowest tenn
peratures and rainfall at Weather Bureau sta
lions during the twenty-four hours ending
= M today:
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STATIONS.
JANUARY WEATHER.

FRANK p. CHAFFEE,
Section Director Weather Bureau.
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Kansas civ Live Stock.

| KANSAS CITY Dec. 3o.-Cattle-Receipts.
| 2 800 natives 100 Texans; calves, 500 oil
natives steady.
! and dressed beer
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New Orleans Cotton Futures.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. so.-cottOn futures
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-11
NATURAL HISTORY,

: A whale can remain under water for
an hour and half.
A lion In a jungle will jump twenty
five or thirty feet from a standing
start ILL.,. r..
A horsedy will live for hours after
its head has been pulled off. The head
Of the mosquito hawk will continue
eating its victim when separated from
the thorax. Link. - -
n Mud Wasps manifest great ingenuity
not only In building their nests, but in
placing them in localities where they
will not be injured by rain or preda.
cious animals. ii, -. =.
The gray buzzard Is said to be thu
heaviest bird that flies, the young
males when food is plentiful weigh.
ing nearly forty pounds. The bird Is
nearly extinct.
The wasp, like the bee and almost
every other insect, is infested with
parasites. Wasps have been captured
which had two or three dozen parasites
clinging to their bodies. "7>
The alligator never leaves fresh wa
ter, while the crocodile often goes tt
sea and in the West Indies has some
times been found many miles from
land, heading directly for an island
possibly out of sight. ~.~
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-11
The ryranny OF rravia1 outings.

I The great emotional experiences Of
life are belittled by the same insist
ence upon the trivial. Life and love
look into each others eyes, man and
woman elect each other from all the
world, but the joyful solemnity Of
marriage is ruf1ed by the details Of
the wedding, perhaps by family SQUAD
bles over flowers and gowns and invi-
tations. Or great death comes in at
the door, and the little human soul,
overwhelmed with grief, appalled, by
the sudden opening Of eternity before
its eyes, yet fuses there is no other
word for it, over mourning" over the
width Of the hem of. the veil or the
question Of Grape buttons or dull jet,
This may be shocking or mournful or
ludicrous, as one happens to look at it,
but It is certainly unciv1lized - Har-
per's Bazaar.
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HAS NO AUTHORITY TO ACT.
President Roosevelt Replies to the
Message of New York Board
of Trade. s:

Washington, June 7-After con-
ference with the members of his cab
met Friday President Roosevelt de-
cided that there is no legal ground for
interference by him in the settlement
of the dispute between the coal oper-
ators and striking miners. The resolu-
ton Of the New York board of trade
and transportation requesting the
president to appoint commissioners to
visit the anthracite regions and inves-
tigate the situation, was discussed at
great length, but as the law of 1892,
which conferred authority upon the
president to appoint such an officer
has been repealed, the president has no
desire to assume the responsibility
which the New York board of trade
suggested. $50.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-11
Climate and Crop Bulletin.


In the Red River valley advantage
has been taken Of the favorable
weather and great deal of work has
been done seeding barley, oats, fax,
potatoes and some corn, and the seed
ing Of these crops is well advanced,
but fax will be seeded on new land for
some time yet. The small grains that
are up are growing splendidly and
stooling well In some counties rain
was beginning to be needed before the
rain Of the list, which will be bene-
fetal. In central and southern por-
tions the small grains are in excellent
condition, and they are stooling salts
factorily. Corn and potato planting
is about finished, though in the heavy
soils Of the extreme southeast the
ground has been too wet to plant until
this week; generally these crops are
nicely up, and the earliest are being
cultivated Corn has good stand,
there having been serious trouble with
cnt worms in only small areas. A
great deal Of fax is up, and growing
we'll Rye is in head. Timothy seeded
last year is a failure, owing to the
heat and dryness of last summer, but
the old timothy fields are nearly all
in very fine condition.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-11
ELECTRICAL LEAKAGE.


0ns OF the Great Dangers which
Tkreaten Mem.
The greatest dangers which threaten
man are generally invisible to the Vic
tim, and among these none is more
productive Of disastrous consequences
than electrical leakage Z the selfsame
leakage used by the natives OF all hot
climates to lower their temperatures
Al no organic function can take place
except BY means Of electrical currents,
90 Is can he easily understood that IL
these currents leak from our bodies
the loss OF power must be distinctly
harmful a common instance OF this
loss Of electricity from our bodies con-
sists Of what we call nervous shock,
the scientific explanation being that q
sudden egress OF electricity takes place
owing to the violent mental impress
sions inyoluntarily forcing current Of
power through channels which had not
been previously open to receive them.
9 This, /" remarked scientist, SIS but
one case among thousand Of the ways
In which we uselessly expend our vital
power. The electrical waste Of per-
son is entirely due to his surroundings
the seat upon which you Sit, the ta-
BILE upon which yuu write, the floor, the
ceiling, the fireplace, the rays and col
&ors Of Light which surround you, all
may be instrumental in absorbing your
electricity. to the great detriment Of
your health. Red or yellow light waves
excite electricity within you, blue and
violet waves exhaust it. while green
waves are practically neutral in their
effect.
The air you breathe places you In
direct communication with the walls,
windows or hearth Of your room: IL,
owing to the manner in which they are
constructed, they place you in electrical
communication with the soil on which
your, house is built, an earth return is
formed, and the electricity in mans
condenser-the brain-is drawn out of
the body. When one stands In the
vicinity of place of electrical exhaus-
ton one ought to face it, as the base
Of the skull and spine, being the center
of the nervous system, are more SEN
sittve to outside Influences than is the
more covered front Of the body. This
is why one feels so tired when sitting
with ones back to fire; the flames
serve as conductors ard extract the
force from the exposed nervous cen
tiers. Magazine.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-11
JOLIET UNDER WATER.
the Loss OF Property Il Esfi-
z - mated at 100000.

Joliet, Ill, June "A cloudburst
submerged half the area covered by
Joliet, killed at least three persons,
destroyed property to the value Of
100000 and ruined hundreds of acres
of growing crops in the vicinity Of
the city. Joliet is now without street
car service; the number Of trains be-
tween, the point and the outside
world is limited; the waterworks are
impaired and hundreds of persons are
living on the charity of the citizens.
The dead so far as known are: Ed
die McGovern, aged il, son of Felix
MEG overn; Lizzie MEG rath, aged %,
and Miss Mabel Kennedy.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-11
VOLCANO DESTROYS CITY.


San Francisco, June Another
city in Central America las suffered
almost complete destructioA and huE-
dreds Of its inha bitants have been
killed by volcanic erupt ions.
The steamer Palena, which arrived
Friday from southern ports, brings
the news that the town Of Retail.
bulen, situated at the foot Of Mount
Tacoma, in Guatemala, has been
buried under mass OF lava, stones
and ashes thrown from the volcanic
crater. and probably 4, 600 Of it's PEG.
pie have persisted.
The volcano is about IS miles from
Champanico, and near the town OF
Tapachulo, which, it is believed, also
suffered severely.
The eruption occurred several days
before the steamer Palena arrived at
Champanico. The vessels officers
were informed by the company's
agent at that place that the volcano
had shown signs of impending erup-
ton for several days previous to the
outbreak. In fact, Mount Tacoma had
been restless ever since the great
earthquake Of April IS, which de-
stroyed the city Of Quezaltenango.
e. For weeks a black pail Of smoke
hung over its summit and the glare
from the crater frequently illuminated
the sky. Many Of the inhabitants OF
Retalbulen fed from their homes to
places Of safety and these escaped
frightfuI deaths.