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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, November 16.-Spot cotton in good demand, but many factors cov- cred their samples and refused to sell at the quotations, Sales POO bales including 1sa0 to arrive and 250 f. O. b. Quotations unchanged middling. Il He.
 Futures openee to z points lower than yesterdays finals, but the activity of tho bull element soon sent the market up 13 to 15 points. The fluctuations were numer- ous and fairly wide. Several times the advance of 10 points from the lowest of the day was beaten down by the bears, but every time it went back again. and each time a little higher than before. In the trading December opened points low CT at l0.64, and finally advanced to 10 S9. The markeh closed very firm at the top, showing nA gains of 19 to 21 points.
 New Orleans, November 1G.-Cotton fu- lures strong; November. 10.SS, nominal: December, 10 .89M10.90; January, 10.99Q11: February, Il .oS@11 10; March, Il 23@11 .24; April Il .2sQ11 30; May. II .S1a11. .Ss; June, il .43al11 .45. July. Il 49an 50.
 New Orleans November 16-Spot cotton very steady, sales. 210o: ordinary sss; good ordinary. 99-16; low middling, 10 7-16; mid- ding, Il 1-16; good middling, Il 7-l6; mid ding fair, 1124 receipts. 14.3O3; stock, 234,- 1q4
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New York, November 16.-Coffee-Spot Rio quiet; No. invoice. Sss mild, quiet; Cordova, 912Q12
 The market for coffee futures opened steady, unchanged to decline of points in response to lower European cables than expected Wall street and Euro pean houses were moderate sellers and the market eased off during the middle session to a net loss of about points, but steadied up toward the close on de- mand from trade interests and smaller offerings. There was less switching than yesterday, but about SS.Q00 bags of the total reported represented. exchanges from near to late months. The market closed steady. net unchanged to points lower. Sales, 122.900 bags. December, -6.55; Janu- ary. 6.7ons75; February, 6S5: March, 6.e0; May. 7.1o; July. 7.25; September,
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TO MERCHANTs.

EHective Wednesday, Nov. 18th, lO:25 a. n. Bessemer freight train will % to Bes- sener via South Bessemsr limo and return via NoI tn Bossener line.
 Birmingham Railway, Light
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Steady.
 wheat-No. ? spring, s51A@s7c; No. 3, S0aS7c; No. 2 red. S6s+@e7ssc.
 Corn-No. 2, 4S1ac; No. ? yellow. 521ac Oats-No 2, BOG; No. white, 30s4 @32Ac; No. 8 white, 3eqS2e. >s Rye--No. 2. roc.
 Barley-Good feeding, 371k@3sc; fair to choice malting, 42q46c
 Flax Seed-No. 1, 9ac No. northwest ern, q.
 Timothy Seed-Prime, 30. Mess Pork-Per barrel, SIS .75G13 .S71s. Lard-Per 100 pounds, s6.95@6 STE. Short Ribs Sides-Loose. s7d7 .12if. Short Clear Sides-Boxed. $7M7 .1212. Whisky-Basis of high wines, Sl 90. Clover-Contract grade. s13Q1325. On the produce exchange today the but ter market was steady; creamery, 1715@ 23e; dairy, 17M30c.
 Eggs-Steady. 17G23c; firsts, 23c prime f1rsts, PIC; extras. 29c.
 Cheese-Firm, 13@131ac.
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Live Stock Market.

Chicago. Cattle-Receipts $500 head; market steady; common to prime steers. s2. 2.90@6.55; cows. s275@4.0o; heifers, s20O@ 5O0; bulls, S2.00G4.0O; stockers and feed CTS, s2.15415; calves, $2.O0@7.00.
 Hogs-Receipts, 2S,0O0 head: lower; good to prime heavy, s4S5@495; medium to good heavy, $4.75G4S0; light weight butch CTS, s4.7514.9O: good to choice heavy mixed, s4.60a48o; packing, 4.20d4.S0.
 Sheep-Receipts. 22,000 head; lower; sheep, s4.00@5.6O; yearlings, s550@6.O0; spring lambs, S6.50G7.20
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Iiv.rnooI Cotton Market.

Liverpool. November 16.-Spot cotton in fair demand; prices 1M3 points lower; American middling fair, 6.39; good mid ding, 8.07; middling, 5.91; low mddling, 575; good ordinary. 5.57; ordinary, 5.41. The sales of the day were 10000 bales
 of which 300 were for speculation and ex- port and included 780O American; receipts, 4000 including 3700 American; futures op- ened quiet and steady and closed steady; American middling, E. o. C.: November, 5.73; November December. 5.73; December January, 5.76; January-February, 5.60;
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Ronds.
Money on Call.

New York, November 16.-Money on call firm. eos per cent; closing bid, 611; offered ': time money easier; sixty and ninety days, 6; six months, 5A@5s4.
 Prime mercantile paper, per cent; sterling exchange very strong; actual business in bankers bills at 4s6. .55d4S6.6 50 for demand and at 4S2 .7504S2.8 80 for sixty day bills posted rates, 4S3d4s31z and 4s615Q 4S7. Commercial bills 4s21h. Bar silver 64. Mexican dollars, 49A Government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular
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Dry Goods.

New York November 16.-No great ac- tivity was apparent today in the dry goods market but conditions are very firm and buyers are operating with the knowledge that they cannot obtain goods for immediate or nearby delivery. Many, however, are conservative, but future buyers
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Cation Saea Oil

New Orleans. November 16.-Cotton seed oils steady; prime refined. in barrels. 2sc, off refined, in barrels. 27c; prime crude, loose 23c.
 Memphis. November 16.-Cotton seed oil, prime crude. 23isep2sc; prime summer vel low, 2Gis6l27c. Prime meal, $22.50; prime cake. s22. .25G22 .50.
 New York, November 16.--Cotton seed oil barely steady; prime yellow, 27M2Sc. Petroleum, firm. Rosin dull; strained. common to good, sa1o asked. Turpentine weak, 66k asked
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Chicauo Change.

Chicago, November 16.-Continued ur- gent demand for cash wheat at Minneapo- lis had strengthening effect today on the wheat market here. At the close wheat for May delivery was up A. May corn was unchanged; oats were up 1sqA. Provisions were 2lRQ15c higher.
 The leading, futures ranged as follows:
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Metal M arket.

New York. November 16.-Tin was higher by about 2s 6d in London; spot. e152 5s sai futures. f151 12s Cd. Locally. quiet anc firm in tone. Spot, S33 256o a. .37Is. Copper higher, f75 15s for spot in I,ondon Futures unchanged Locally, market firm. Lake, s16.621sM17.O0; electro lytie. NGs2ika1s.15: casting. s16. .25@166 62lk: cad. higher; e15 7s Cd in London. Lo-
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cIearInas and Exchange.

Memphjs. November 16.-Clearings, S,- S47, ,4s7; balances, s312,9S9.
 New Orleans, November 16.-Clearings s5, ,725. .5S9. New York exchange, s1 per s1OOO premium; commercial paper. s1 per slOOO discount
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Naval Stores.

New Orleans. November 16.-Naval stores steady; pitch. $2.25 per barrel; pine tar, s4.7 coal tar, s3.50 Rosin. per barrel of 2s0 pounds: A, B, c. s4.25; D. s4.3O: E. s4.45; F, $.70; c, A.75: H. $4.S0; I, A.S5: K, s5; M. $. 20; N, s. 30; VIC. g. .55; wv. s5.65. Spirits of turpentine very dull at GIG.
 Charleston. November 16.-Turpentine and rosin, nothing doing.
 Savannah, November 1G.-Turpentine dull. 62c: sales. 800; receipts, TOT; ship ments, s29. Rosin, nothing doing; receipts, s4.2p; D. $4.ao; E, s4.45: F. $40; c. s4.75; H. s4.sO; I, s4.s5: K, $; M, $5.20; N, s5.3O; window glass, s5.55: water white, 5.65.
 wilmington. November 16.-Spirits tur- pentine, nothing doing; receipts casks. Rosin steady: unchanged receipts 260. Tar firm, q .s0 receipts, 40. Crude turpen- tine, firm, ss.a5, s4.75 and $4.75; receipts. 194.
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Ireasurx Statement.

Washington. November 16.-Todays treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve, show available cash balances, S133, ,S7O, ,56S; gold, sS4,2 ,9oS.
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New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement.

alveston-Steady; middling, Il 1-l6c; net receipts, 1,169; gross receipts, ll,les; sales, 1107; stock, 240,S6s; exports coast wise, 2299.
 New Orleans-very strong; middling, Il 1-l6c; net receipts, 14,3OS; gross receipts 14,S03; sales, 23S0; stock, 2S4'ls4; exports lo the continent 10O0
 Mobile-Irregular; middling, 10 11-16c; net receipts, GA; gross receipts, 644; stock b1. .250: exports to the continent 2l6
 Savannah-Nominal; middling, 1Ol2c; net receipts 2,070; gross receipts, l2,0i0; stock' 209, ,267; exports coastwise, 4733.
 arleston-Nominal; net receipts, 511; gross receipts, 577; stock, 5S,S29; exports eoastwise, 1ll5
 Wilmington-S Steady; middling, 10I2c net receipts 1494; gross receipts, l494' stock. 3S,0S7.
 Norfolk-Steady; middling, 1ossc; net re- ceipts, 6s42; gross receipts, 6S42; sales, lS9 stock, 7O695; exports coastwise, 710l.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middlng, He; gross receipts, 14s7; stock, S357.
 New YorlS-Quiet; middling, .15c; gross receipts, 237s; stock, 22S,527; exports to Great Britain, SIS.
 Boston-Quiet; middling, II .15c; net re- ceipts, 15O6; gross receipts, 40S2; exports to Great Britain, 139.
 iladelphia-Steady; middling, II 4oc; net receipts, 20; gross receipts, %; stock 23S3
 Miscellaneous-Net receipts, 529; gross receipts, 529
 Total today at all ports: Net 49,557; ex- ports to Great Britain. 952; to the conti- nent, 1000: stock 1,159,O16.
 Consolidated, at all ports: Net, 314,613; exports to Great Britain, 66,393; to France, DO 295: to the continent, 65,1S3.
 Total since September 1, at all ports Net. 3262, ,4O6; exports to Great Britain, s16, 459; to France, 294,6S5; to the continent S32 ,O56; to Japan, S32O; to Mexico, 3So.
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smoIlen & Co.'s Market Letter.

The stock market was very strong again today, with prices much higher Shelters was the leader in the advance, and rallied from 14las to 1475z, the high est point reached Copper advanced over per cent, and Brooklyn IA Tennessee Coal sold up to ss1h Sloss was also higher selling above 7s. Union Pacific, after selling at 130l4. advanced to 132M Money was much easier. The opening loans were from 7s to per cent, and later in the day had been reduced to 51h to 6 per cent. Under these conditions the market should sell some higher
 Springs was very active again today and after selling at 5slf rallied to 611h This Is one of the best trading stocks on the list and will sell much higher.
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February March, 5ss; March-Aprii, b.ss; April-May 5.S7; May-June, 5.s9; June July, b.S9, uly-August. 599.
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seaboard Air Line.
Coffee Market.

Baltimore, November 16--Seahoard Ar Line, common, 30a32; do. preferred, 5oA.
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Interior Movement.

Houston-Quiet middling. He; net re- ceipts, 6294; gross receipts, 6294; shipments. II 6ss; sales, no; stock, 10S, 495.
 Augusta-Nominal; middling, Il 1-l6c; net receipts, 1275; gross receipts, 6SS4; ship ments, 1254; sales, $50; stock, 92,S66.
 Memphis-Quiet and nominal; middling il 1-16c: net receipts. 7205; gross receipts S37s; shipments. HI; sales, $50; stock, sS,066
 st Louis-Quiet; middling, lilac; net re- ceipts, 200; gross receipts, 5447; shipments 54s2; stock, 16,524
 Clncinnati-Net receipts. 797; gross re- ceipts, 797; shipments 415; stock, 1O.5S9.
 Lousville-Firm; middling, 11asc.
 Total today-Net receipts, 15771; gross receipts 22,79s; shipments, 2OOlS; sales. 2210; stock BIC, ,449.
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Local Staple Groceries. ugar-Granulatad, 4% Y. C.. 4Ac. Flour-Fancy patent, $5.2b; standard patent, $5; straight. A50. Coffse-Green. 11613c, Arbuckies Porte Rico, s15.05.
 Meat-Dry salted ribs. $780, dry salted rib bellies SAC; extra clear. TAG; hams, fancy, 13c; medium. 121ac; becon bellies, i1Nc; California hams. sNc. Lard-Leaf. Sc.
 Compound lard 6c basis. Characterization. lb0asc: sugar house 40c: Georgia cane, a6c. Beans-Navy, s2.26 per bushel; Lima efc per pound. Grits-s2 pounds. $1 .65 Meal, S1.20
 Birmingham Macaroni 6lac pound.
 Feed Stuff. Corn, No mixed or white. Ss | bushel sacks, FOG.
 oats-No ? mixed. 4Oc; No. 3 white. 42c; white clip +c.
 Wheat bran, 80 or 100, s21. Cotton seed feed meal, s24; prime. s25. Corn chops. $1-2.
 Corn hearts. S20
 Shorts. 100 pounds, $24 Hulls, sack, 30435c. Hay-Choice timothy, $500: No. 1 timo. thy. S16.50 Johnson grass. yl2: clover. SIS.
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Fruits and Produce.

Tiuitc 1tt1 TfthdSNs Lemons-Per box, extra fancy s. 5U Grapes-Concord. 8 lb., 25c; pony, 15c. Apples-Northern grown. pe- barrel. bulk stock $3.25; fancy. $4d5. Limes-Per 100. s1 10. Bananas-Per bunch. Fancy stock $1q1 50 bunch. Peanuts Fancy. per pound. Sc; No . 5hD6c.
 Pole beans, s1 50 per bushel. Cabbage-2c per pound. Potatoes-Irish potatoes. $. Eggs-Per dozen, case count, 25c, can died, 27c.
 Hens, 30G35c; chickens large, 20025c; medium 20c; small 14@15c. Butter-Fresh, 15@20c; renovated, 23c; creamery, 27c.
 Hlues and Tallow. G. S. hides, I411Kac. Dry flint hides, No. 1, 19c. Dry flint hides, No. 2. 17g1Sc. Dry salt hides, No. 1, 17c. Dry salt hides, No. g. 15916c Clear washed wool, 3s@40c. Unwashed wool, 27Q29c. Sheep skins. 25Q75c. Tallow. 4Q4lac.
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the Union station. Bir- mingham:
 (sffective October %. 19O5.) Louisvill- and Nashville Railroad.
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Gilbert & clay's Market Letter.

1ibCft A Sidy HdTkCl LckIcF.
 Liverpool again tried to express it's con fidence in the smallness of the crop by sending over early cables showing an advance of or points above what was expected. but the usual course of the bears WAS repeated and that market and values were depressed by heavy sell ing for the purpose of influencing opin- ion on this side, until most of the gain was lost before the opening of our mar kets.
 A continuation of yesterdays manipu- lation caused a recession in figures on this side, the decline reaching in the New York market a few points below yesterdays minimum figures. Subsequent rallies caused an advance of 20 points and the market is peculiarly susceptible to buying orders because of the large speculative short interest.
 Pending the issuance of next Rinners' report about one wek hence, the prob ability Is that we shall have a scalping market presenting many opportunities for taking short profits on both sides.
 We continue to unhesitatingly recom- mend the purchase of cotton for a long pull Contracts we'll margined will be almost sure of a profit during the next sixty days.
 Mike Thomas is out with a crop esti- mate of 9,929,000 bales.
 Spots strong, holders indifferent about selling and refusing to meet decline
 If President Jordan's efforts to have the producers hold 100000 bales from the market are successful it will mean 15c for futures before the season is over.
 Ware 6 LeIand's Market Letter
 There was another very interesting cot ton market. In fact, in point of activity and excitement generally, the market was one of the most attractive of the month.
 It was a market that did just as it should have done under he circumstances and this sort of a market is always satisfactory.
 To thoroughly understand just what is meant by this it is necessary to go back to Mondays developments and to find them the beginning of the decline that was apparently halted today.
 When brokers came down town Mon day morning and found the money strin- gency had caused heavy selling abroad they were convinced that the bull market had received a blow and nothing could be expected but a decline. It will be re- called that we felt that it would take a decided change of conditions to do anything but prevent weaker market as the selling week wore on. March was selling at 11.35 and this morning sold at 1077. Enough said.
 Throughout the early trading 1t was evident that every effort was being made to break the market and bring out long cotton It was equally evident that the price had reached the point where the south would not sell and where the trade was willing, nay eager to buy. This is generally a pretty safe guide and conser- vaHve traders were not slow to sense the position.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

OERTAIN insects. Tor some
time suspected Of habit
uaI offenses against the
common veal. have recently
been arraigned for and con
victed of high and notorious
crimes. Death-in other words,
determination. as far as may
be practicable-is the penalty
adjudged against them, the
evidence having shown con-
clusively that nothing short OF
the most drastic measures can
secure even d partial protec-
ton for the human population
of the world against these
dangerous and unrelenting foes.
The recent epidemic Of yellow
fever III New-Orleans. for ez-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
)R. JOHN v. SETOEMAMER

persuaded to bite other rats which were free from plague
WhereuPon these promptly contracted the disease
"a result proved beyond possibility OF mistake by
bacterial examination.
lust as there can be no yellow fever without
the StcgoUsyf1 mosquito, SO it may be that plague
cannot become epidemic without the aid OF PHIef
cjls0bis in accomplishing its distribution. At all
events the facts already asCertalned are OF an IN
terest and Importance not to be Overestlmated IN
view of the enormous destructiveness of the maady,
which in the fourteenth century killed something
Ike twenty-five million people III Europe and
thirty-six million in Asia. In Naples, IN 1850,
it took three hundred thousand lives in five months,
and during the so-called Great Plague of London,
nine years later 1t wiped out siXty-nlne thousand
OF the population. The bacillus that does the
mischief was discovered by Dr.. Kitasato, Japan
csc, II 1904.
Now, there seems to be good reason for believing
that feas may also be responsible for the spread
of leprOsy. At all events, the assertion IS made
with confidence by DR.. Albert S. Ashmead OF
New-York, a leprosy expert, and we have recent
news that DR. Juan Carrasquilla OF Bogota claims
have found the bacillus OF eProsy IN the testlres
of the flea 1t is the flea of the dog, cat and hog
that IS specially concerned, and suggestion is made
that the rapid progress OF this dreadful disease after
its introduction into some of fea-lnfested
Southern cities may be due to Hea-bltes When
the local eas generally have acquired the lntectlOn
through biting sufferers from the malady leprosy,
according to this theory, becomes epidemic
X
Dr. Ashmead is now working the problem with
Dr. Morgan Of the University of Tennessee, and
DR.. Dupree of the University of louisiana Fleas
trapped in 1eper asyluns, and therefore supposed
to be infected, are being sent from Louisiana,
Venezuela, Colombia, Hawaii and Japan to Dr.
Ashrlead some of them IN bottles OF alcohol and
others alive, the idea in view being not only to
examine them for bacill but also to breed them
1t is desired to ascertain by the latter process
whether the disease microbes are transmitted by
the ieas to their offspring.
DR.. Ashnead also hopes to obtain cultures"
of the bacilh and to secure eventually an anttOXn
which may serve as cure for leprosy. The disease,
which he believes to be difficult of cure mainly be
cause of constant reinfectIon by fiea-btes IS be-
coming a serious problem in the Southern States
and esrecia1lv in louisiana Proved to be contag-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

ample has been wholly attributable to one species
Of mosquito, Without this insect, indeed. there
can be yellow ftTe--a disease which Tor centuries
has been scourge of the Tropics, destroying
MANY thousands of lives annually. In earlier
DAYS It sometimes attacked Northern cities with
severity-the mosquitoes being brought by ships
from infected ports. probably-and on one oc-
casion about one hundred years ago It wiped
out a large fraction OF the population of PhiIa-
delphia Only within the last half-dozen years
have we come to know the cause Of the mischief
and TO recognize the deadly enemy IN the StegoHy1a
f1sciIta, which Is sole carrier OF the germs OF
the disease
Unfortunately, the disease-carryIng Insects-at
al events the worst OF theul-are the habItua1
COMPANIONS Of man, and have been such ever since
prehistoric times. The distribution OF mosquitoes
over the world has been accomplished largely by
ships railroads and other means OF transportation
which we have furnished. Flies unquesrionably
scatter the infection OF typhoid fever, and our IN
invited but ever-present house guest, the rat,
harbors certain kind of flea which Is more than
suspected of being chiefly instrumental in the spread
Of the dreaded bubOnic plague, otherwise known
as the black death"
This particular flea was discovered first in Egypt,
and on that account was named PALeT Cjfe0PlS,
after the builder Of the great pyramid; but It has
since been found be plentlfully distributed among
wharf and house rats all over the Tropics. Unlike
the ordinary rat-ea It readily transfers its atten
tons to human beings and If infected, Inoculates
them with the disease by It's bite. During ePldeTn-
les of the plague, rats well as people die OF It
by thousands-a fact which has naturally led to
inquiry as to the part played by the rodents IN the
spread of the rnalady- The investigation IS still
in progress; but it has already been proved
beyond peradventure that the flea in question,
taken from an infected rat, IS able to transmit
the rnalady-
In London there dvve1ls q man of high scientific
attairrrents, Charles Rothschild, who has the
greatest collection OF fleas in the world-number-
ing It IS said no fewer than twentyseven thousand
species I have heard that or one occasion he paid
as much five thousand dollars for single rare
specimen. which a monkey had been persuaded to
relinolish The other day, in private letter
he wrote
Puck as5e5 has been virtually proved to be capable
of trarsr1litting the bac Of plague Specimens were