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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
Chicago Grain apd Produce.

Chicago Grain and Produce,
 Chicago, Oct. l1-Wheat prices in the local market slumped 2 cents from the high point of the day because of heavy the loss was realized on covering by shorts. the December delivery showing 2 decline of only lie. at the close. Provisions were 1-2@17 1-2c lower
 The market opened firm on active buying by shorts. but prices soon weak ened because of increasing receipts fin the Northewst and as decline in the principal grain centers of Europe The market was also bearishly affected by a decline in the cash and export demand. When prices had dropped Pc from the top, they recovered quickly on buying by shoRts. The market closed steady. December opened 1-8c lower, sold off to $1.03 3-S and closed at S1.O4 3-4. Clear ances of wheat and flour were equal to 702.000 bushels. ~
 Exports for the week. as shown by Bradstreet's. were equal to 5,259,000 bushels. Primary receiptsxw were s70,- 900 bushels against I,05e ,000 bushels on the same day last year. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of I'll cars, against 663 cars last week and 646 cars one year ago.
 The corn market opened firm on an active general demand, but weakened In sympathy with wheat. Heavy real king sales, favorable weather for the ueW crop anu !ncreAseu iocaI receipts also depressed the market. Prices ral- lied along with the late advance in wheat, and the market closed firm. De- cember opened 1-4 to 3-sc higher at 61 IA to 61 3-S. sold off to 50 S-8 and closed at 61 1-8. Local receipts were 40S cars with seventy-three of contracs grade.
 The trade in oats was small and the market was weak all day. December oats opened at 1-S higher at 55, sold off to 54 3-S and closed at 54 1-2. Local receipts were 194 cars.
 Provisions were weak on the expecta- tion of increased receipts of live hogs because of the prevailing high prices At the close the January pork was off IT 1-2c at s15.92 1-2. @
 Lard was down T 1-201O at $9.05.
 Ribs were 1-2c lower at $S.15.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
sT. IOrIs CRATN A4Apur.,r

st. Louis, Oct. 11.-Wheat No 9 red cash 3.105h @&1.06h No. 2 hard 0i.0sO s1,o6M; December $1.02X @S1.0s; May s1.0s@k.
 Corn No. 3 white 84hc.
 Oats No cash 51 he: December B3Me' No white 54c. Poultry steady lac lower.
 sutter crsamsTy 2Ia-aess 5 z. -- '--',,. .,c- Eggs lsc.
 Lead $4 50.
 EpeItAR aS,AAI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12

(ocrrected DatIy.) These prices are at wholesale and not to e consumers.
 pearl l14ci gloss lump lc; nickel goods 6. Lard-Leaf 1ohc; compound 9%c; :t Eis tierces.
 :, Ries-Extrs taneyhsad :Ke: fancy head saIt-Liverpooi 31: Virginia soc.
 Vinsgar--Per gallon 1e@22c.
 Coffee--Green common sh @10c; prime candies-stick 7ci fancy 70ioc.
 craksrs-xxx Soda exc: XXX Ginger Snaps To.
 sardines-Amerioan mustard ss.7B: K-oil ts.7B. '''''''
 Cheese-FuIl cream daisies IsMc; singles 1sc; 1 lb. outs. square 19c.
 orits-per bbL a.. 10: per sack ss.1s. Meal-Pearl SIC; peerless e5c.
 Hams-Dove lie: others 14h @1dc.
 Breakfast Bacon-1s@22c.
 Flour-Basis barrels: high patent SC. 10; fancy patent S6. 50: half patent s5.oo Grain and Hay-Bran S1. B5; shorts Sl 80; 65c; white SIC: white clipped CSC: timothy hay s1.lo; Johnson grass SIS.
 Fruit and Produce-Fancy Eastern apples s6.25; Ben Davis apples s5.5o; fancy lem ons ssos per box s4. .25; Irish potatoes per bu. s1 %; onions red globes, per bu q .oO; cabbage per crate g %: Rutabagas per bag $2.1o; Spanish onions S1.4o; Two Crown raisins 1.so box; cocoanuts S4. 25; fancy H. P. peanuts 7hc lb.; choice H. P. peanuts To lb.: Navy beans $3. % bu; fan cy full cream cheese 17e lb
 Beeswax-24c. Wool-Clean 22hc; bury wool 12Hc: to 1sc; washed wool zoe.
 Hides-Dry Hints 12c: dry saIted 1Oc: green salted 6hc.
 Prime Cotton Seed Meal-$27. %.
 Molasses-Georgia cane bbl 37c gallon: cases. gallons $S.25 per case; maple syrup, Log Cabin brand. gallons t14; Ls gallons S7 50; quarts $4.25 per dog.
 Chickens-Hens 35 @ 40c; fryers 3O@3bc: broilers 25c; ducks soc. sugar-Granulated 5Sc: F. Y. c. sKc. Eggs-22hc.
 Country Butter-lbc per lb.; Jersey But ter soc.
 BaEging-New Jute 50 yd. pieces 2 Ib 11hc; new sugar sack 1% lb. 9hc; 2 ID. 1oc; second hand sugar sacks 7h QSMc. Ties New Arrow $1 20.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
KANSAS CIrY GRAIN MAprrr

Kansas City, Oct! 11.-wheat, December sNc; May S1.o4skc; cash No. hard S1 Os s@$1 .O4; No. 2 red $1.06.
 Corn, December 54hc; May 5sMc; cash No. mixed 5s& 0soc; No. white soA Q 6Ohc.
 Oats No. 2 white 40Hc; No mixed 4s@ hc.
 Butter creamery soc; packing stock 21kc Eggs extras 24c: firsts 21c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
THE METAL MARK ETs.

New York. Oct. l1.-There was a further sensational decline in the London tin mar ket with spot closing at 141 pounds and futures at 13s pounds. 5s.- Locally the mar ket was weak and unsettled with spot quot ed at $32@S32 50.
 Copper had a sharp break in the Lon don market closing at 60 pounds 15sa for spot and at 59 pounds 5s for futures. Local ly the market was weak with lake quoted at SIS. ST 1A O Si4. 12M; eiectrolytic at SIS 50 Q$13.75: and casting at t1S.S71s o SIS. .62 ls
 Lead was unchanged in the local market but declined at IS pounds 16s in London.
 Spelter and iron were unchanged In Lon don and on the local market.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
NEW YORK RnNns-

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 oo. coupon -. s'.' '.'. HEN American Tobacco Is .... ...... el Atchison gen. 4s .. .... ,... ... S6k
 do adjustment 4s .... .... .... s7k Atlantic Coast Line 4s .... ...... ss Baltimore Ohio As .... ....,. STA
 uo. S42s ..'' -... ...' s'.s .....s SsA Brooklyn R. T. cv. As .... 4h Central of Georgia 5s ..... .102
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 do. 1st. Inc 70. .. ...... ...... 15b Minn X st. L, Is ...s .... .... .... S6 Ms, K. & Texas 4s .... .... ...... 95H
 do. Ends .... .... e. .. ........ s1A Nat. R. of M con 4s ...... .... Q. 77M N. Y. Central gen. 3hs .... ...... sS% N. J. Central gen. 5s .... .... ....119M, Northern Pacific Is .... .... ...... 9S%
 uo. US .sssss ssssss oS Norfolk West. con- As .... 92A Oregon Short Line Ffdg. 4s .... e. .. ST Penn. cv. 3las -. -. .... ........ s3% Reading gen 4s .... .... .... ...... e3% St L. I. M. con. 5s .... .... ..1o7b St l.. X x r fg Is .... ......., 95 St l.. S'west con. 4s .... 63 seaboard Air Line Is ....... 65 Southern Pacific 4s .... ... zee. s6
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
NEw YoRK PRODUCE.

New York Oct. 1l.-Cotton seed oil firm. Petroleum firm; refined New York $S.75, Philadelphia and Baltimore sS. 70.
 Sugar raw steady: fair refining sS 45; centrifugal 96-test $5-95; molasses sugar S3 10; refined steady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
n,v-xv voprx nRv coons.

New York. Oct. 1.-The dry goods mar ket continues very quiet in most lines For ward buying is very light and current trad ing Is of a conservative character. Brown and bleached cottons are beginning to show slight declines. Colored cottons, prints and ginghams show no change.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans. Oct. 11.-with a nominal market there were no changes in spot cot ton Middling 11%c. Sales were 375 bales on the spot and 925 to arrive.
 Futures opened steady three to nine points above the close of yesterday. Around the opening the market was steady in sympa- thy with the tone at Liverpool and soon after the opening predictions of frost in north Texas started a good buying move ment After these bullish features had characterized the market bear pressure and a good weather forecast carried prices down somewhat. At the close which was steady, the active months ranged from to 1T points above the lose of yesterday.
 October high II O4; October low 10. 92
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12

Texas & Pacific 1sts .... ... .1f1K Toledo. St L. w, As .... .... .... 72H < ohion FaciIic Ss4 .... .... e9
 oo' cN' 4s ..'. .... -...s sS.. s..ss Sb Jsl U: s. steel 2nd. bs .i.. s-.. e2% Western Md. As :. .... 6s Wheeling & L. Erie 4s .... .... .... 76 Wisconsin Central 4s .... ....... .. sI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
REMARKs.

T-Indicates inappreciabIe rainfall. e--For yesterday t--For 2S hours ending a. rra . T6th meridian time.
 REMARKS Dry weather has prevailed. Cool weather continues over the entire belt. with light frost at Clanton. Alabama. and Waynesberc. Mississippi, the day temperatures have ris- en in eastern districts.
 NoTE-TheAaverage maximum and mimi mum temperatures and the average rainfall are made up at each center from the actual number of reports received The "state of weather ts that prevailing at time of obs servation.
 FRANK F. cHAFFEE.
 Section Director. weather Rureau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
NEW YoRK COFFEE MARKET.

New York, Oct. 11.-Coffee futures clos ed quiet at a net advance of 5Q10 points Sales were reported of 6.750 bags. including November ss'' '-'s ''o % December ,.... .... .....'o-V V0 January s''s '''' ''o au May '''' ''''''''o 70 % S September ...s ... ''.o. 10
 Spot quiet; No. Rio hc; Santos SIS c; mild coffee dull; CordOva 9@12kc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12

sT.-L0UIs LIVE STOCK. St. Louis, oct. 1i.-Cattle receipts 5000 including 1000 Texans; market native slow. Texas steady;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
MARKET OPENS UP
ADVANCE FAILS. HOWEVER, TO BE
 MAINTAINED.
Street Receipts Are Light and Trading Moderuxe--T0me Is Steady, Prices Remaining About The
 Same.

Unfavorabie crop reports and expect cd cooler weather upsn which hopes of better market had been based failed to matertalize yesterday as on Thurs day. the local prices of yesterday res maining Il 1-4 for middling and Il s-s gor strict middling.
 The market opened, however, sympa- thetically with crop and weather re- ports. with an advance of a few points but this was maintained only briefly and before the end of the days trading they had declined to the closing prices of the previous day.
 Receipts on the street in Montgomery were light and the trading moderate. The tone of the market was steady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
CTNCTNNATT PRODTTCE.

Cincinnati, Oct. II.-FIour steady. Wheat steady s1 s1.O9@$I.1olk. Corn firm 67M @6sc. Oats steady 54@54 zc. Rye firm 91 093c. Provisions steady. Whiskey $l.34. Butter steady. Eggs firm 20@22c. Poultry firm unchanged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
RIVER roREcAsr,


 RIVER FORECAST.
 The Cocsa and the Alabama will remain nearly stationary. WEATHER CONDITIoNs AND sGENvRAL
 FORECAST.
 Rains have fallen in Southern Florida under the influence of low barometer area south of Key West Another low barometer area moving eastward over Lake Erie. has caused showers In the Lake region and Ohio valley, otherwise, fair and cool weather pre- vails over the entire country. under the in fluence of an area of high barometer cen tral over the upper Missouri valley and spreading southeastward.
 Light frost occurred in ncrth-centrai Ala bama and eastern Mississippi and heavy frost occurred in north central Alabama and eastern Mississippi and heavy frost in the mountain districts of North Carolina this morning. & Temperatures have risen over the north western districts. but have fallen consid- erably in the upper Missouri and upper Mis- sissippi valleys.
 COTTON REGION BULLETIN. Montgomery. Alabama, for the 2< hours ending at s. a.m. 18th Meridian Time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12

x-Received too late te be included. in district averages.
 DISTRICT AVERAGES.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12

than for years at this time of the year, but simply because Of there being little or no demand for the actual stuff and little or n~ request for contracts. near or distant. shrinkase in the value of silver. 1t having lost 2hc at London during the past weet and when compared with the shigh prices of the past year 32 7-1sd. today's quotation of zs s-lsd. represents a loss of shc to the ounce This development will probably in con1nnction with the abnormaily high price of bread-stuffs have an unfayorabie effect on trade with India and China. and will no doubt. be shortly complained of by Man chester, as the purchasing power of the far East win have been reduced to that extent.
 As to the future of the market. very much remains with the spinner to decide. With the Southern speculator practically eliminated from the market they have little to fear as to the market running away from thems consequently they are not dispos- cd to buy freely as yet. preferring to per 1t the farmer, as he has chosen to do, to care for the crop unassisted. and by doing so take the chances of the market decIin- ing further and thereby adding to his al- ready large margin of profit. based. as it has been openly admitted on 1Ec cotton at which the output of the mills has been contracted for for many months ahead.
 Weather conditions having been favorable during the week, especially fin Texas. where there have been general rains of late. 1t Is said that some improvement in the condi- tion of the crop has taken place. Never theless, the rains have been too late to be of material benefit to the plant. However. should the present favorable weather con- tfnue for any length of time. increased crop estimates are apt to be circulated whether they be justified or net.
 Being at the mercy of the foreign manip- ulators, the Southern markets will be toss
 Yours very truly,
 C. O ARERCROM 4 Cn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
SELMA COTT0N MARKET.

Selma, Oct 11.--(Special 1.-The prices of spot cotton quoted in the Selma cotton mar ket today were follows:
 Good middling ..1 1-l6c strict middiinS '... ..lI b-iec Mlodiing .sss sss'l1 S-1oc Strict low middling ..-. .... III 1-16e Low middling ..?. ....l0 1S-l6c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
nnrrnN prrrInI.s,
MONTGOMERY CURRENT QUOTATIONS
(corrected Datly.)

Total .... ...... s... .... ..s7e,15
New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
ASoUITH AND GREY SPEAK.

London Dec 19-Herbert II. Asquith, Chan
cellor of the Excheauer. speaking at Aberdeen
Tonight and Sir Edward Grey, Secretary Of
State for Foreign Affairs, speaking at Berwick,
declared that Mr.. Birrel Chief Secretary for
Ireland in attempting to govern Ireland with
ont recourse to coercion had the full approval
and sympathy of every member of the Cabinet.
Sir Edward maintained that but for the
Anelo-Russian agreement there would be. with
Persia In "A virtual state of revolution, a great
termination for either Great Britain Russia
to interfere. In his opinion Persia should be
allowed TO settle her affairs. long as
there were no attacks on foreigners or anti
foreign agitation in Persia.
He regretted that the nations could not be in
duced to compare their naval programmes in
advance with view to achieving mutual re-
ductions He did not desire to carp at or criti-
else Germany's programme, as he was
satisfied that Great Britain's naval position
was safe for year two. but if her neigh
bors continued to augment their naval forces
he said Great Britain would be compelled to
increase
New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
TEHERAN CALM DISTURBED.
Negotiation to Settle Trouble Broken Off
and Battle Lines Reformed

Teheran. Dec l9-Matters looked more hopeful
for brief period of time this morning. and at 10
o-cloc the armed factions that have occupied the
streets of ,he Persian capital since Sunday began
70 disperse. Suddenly few random shots were
fired in the public square. and this caused speedy
reassembling OF the opposing forces.
As result Of the deliberations of last night be-
tween the Shah end the Parliamentary party 1t
was agreed that the negotiations could continue
with a chance of success only If both sides struck
their tents and dispersed Accordingly the Reac-
,ionaries who were bivouacked in Artillery Square
and the Consti.utsonalists. who surrounded the
assembly building. started to withdraw from their
positions.
number Of shops had recpened, the people
we're beginning TO circulate on the streets and the
members of the Assembly were celebrating the
hest solution Of the crisis. when the firing from
.be SQUARE was heard Each faction thought II
had been deceived. and the followers of each at
o,c. seized their guns and stood ready for any
develonment In the course OF the early afternoon
large and fully armed forces representing each Side
reoccuped their former positions The attitude or
each faction is largely defensive The Assembly
has received kilograms from the principal cities OF
Persia promising help.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
RUSSIAN MINISTER DIES IN THEATRE
N. Filossofoff Faints During Rendering of

ST Petersburg Dec. I'm Filossofof. Minis
ter of Commerce and ex-Controller of the En-
pire died suddenly at the Marie Theatre during
a gala performance tonight. He had spent the
day at Tsarskoe- -Selo. and returned home in
excellent spirits.
During the rendering of the national anthem
at the beginning of the programme in the the
atre he tainted. Attendants carried him from
the box and hastily summoned physicians but
NJ Fflossofoff died while the doctors were ex-
amining him. The of death was an
nounced as apoplexy. For a long time the min
lister had been suffering from angina pectoris.
Despite the tragedy the audience. which was
largely composed of members Of the Douma and
the Council of the Empire, Joined in tremen-
6ous patriotic demonstration cheering and hur-
rahing Glinka's imperial anthem. for which
there was a dozen encorcs.
NJ Filossofoff served Controller of the En-
pire in the Witte Cabinet for a brief period In
1905 and succeeded NJ Rukhlof as Minister OF
Commerce in August. 1905 He was the young
est member OF the Cabinet ard was reputed to
hold liberal views Recently he had completed
the drawing up of project Of law. which was
to have been introduced in the new parliament
xemovtnx the restrictions on emigration.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
SNOWY GARB FOR CzAR's TROOPS.

ST. Petersburg Dec. 1e-The name day OF EN-
peror Nicholas which was celebrated with the
usual ceremonies at Tsarskoe-Selo to-day, has oeen
signalzed by order restoring 10 the Russian
army the picturesque uniform worn In the reign
of Alexander II. This order will transform thirty
five out of the ffty-hve sobery clad drasoon resi-
nents into IIussars and Uhlans, whose oriiiant
and snowy Garb is expected to popular1ze the ser
vice in the eyes recruits and the population gen
eraliy This change is made. according 10 the
phraseology of the order. because during a long
period of peace the uniform must be brilliant ana
beautiful.
All the Russian grand dukes returned from
abroad for the celebration of the Emperors name
dav The Empress unable to take part IN the
festivities on account of illness. The American
and other diplomatic representatives ATTENDED, the
festival mass In St. Isaacs Cathedral
The list of day honors fills sixty-nFe col
umns in the "Oficial Gazette" but Is barely half
as long this year as IT in 1896. General kaul-
hars whose administration Of Odessa has been
much criticised Is given the Alexander NeVsky
Order set in diamonds and General OF CaVairF
Skalion Governor General of Warsaw, is promoted
full generalship.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
ITALY M4KES COMPLAINT
Kentucky Tobacco Raids and As-
s0ults on Laborcrs Taken Up.

Washington Dec. 19.-At the request of the Italian
Ambassador Secretary Root has called upon the
Governor of Kentucky to intervene 10 prevent the
further destruction by might riders of tobacco
belonging to the Italian government and stored in
Kentucky The representation is based on the
burning by might riders at TIopkinsvie. Ky. of
a warehouse containing large quantity of tobacco
purchased by tine Italian government. which main
monopoly of the sale of tobacco Of all kinds
in Italy Governor Wilson has reported that he Is
investigating the matter.
Other matters about which the Italian Ambassa-
dor complained related to the treatment of Italian
laborers in Louisiana. Mississippi and Florida. In
the first two states, II is asserted. laborers had
been abused because they Italians and came
into competition with the native labor. while in
Florida 1t is charged that they were made the
victims of system of peonage which was worse
than slavery.
All that Secretary Root could do, owing 10 the
limitations upon the exercise of the federal power
was to promise to communicate with the execu-
tves of the four states asking them 10 investigate
the complaints and endeavor TO extend to the ita-
fans the protection guaranteed them by treaty
l. 4 C'oronlilas the newly arrived Greek Minis
ter sppeared at the State Department to-day for
the first time The report from New Orleans that
tho Iaborers assaulted and killed near Chathams-
ians as first stated indicates the possibility that
tho new minister may have to take up the matter
with tho State Department soon as he has pre-
sented his credentials as the Macedonian element
is numerous IN Greece