davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
HAS REORGANIZATION PLAN
Delaware e. Eastern Asks APP
proval of Upstate P. s. G.

A committee or hrst mortgage bondhold-
ers Of the Delaware & Eastern Railroad
Company. which went into the hands n re-
ceivers in February. 1910. following the
failure Of the private banking nrm ~ Scar
irg & Co.. bankers for the road. has pre-
scented petition TO the upstate Public
Service Commission asking for the ap-
provsl OF proposed plsr and agreement
OF reorganization.
The plan provides Tor the organization Of
6 new corporation. 70 be known as the
Delaware a. Northern Railroad COMPANY
having an authorized capital stock Of g.
250Oo1 OF which S25000 il 70 ~ per cent
cumulative preferred and the remainder
common stock The bondholders of the
road are 10 pay the committee an amount
equal 10 X per cent Of the PAL value Of
heir respective holdings II bonds. the to-
tai amount OF such subscription 10 equal
II all bondholders subscribe. the amount Of
the preferred stock. $4,000. The plan pro-
vides further that the entire stock OF the
Delaware N Northern Railroad COMPANY
shall he issued for cash and for the prop
erty Of the Delaware q Eastern Railroad
Company. The commission is asked that
the Delaware a. Northern be allowed 10 is
sue sl.e0.011 common stock and Sl25.o0J OF
the preferred stock.
The reorganization agreement has already
been signed by the holders n Ss'1.00 Of
the $1,000 eno outstanding bonds Of the Del
aware s. Eastern Railroad Company.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
DISCUSS TOBACCO PLAN
Third Conference Among Trust
and Federal Representatives.

The third preliminary conference among
the judges Of the United States Circuit
Court. representative of the government
and counsel for the American Tobacco Com
pany and its subsidiaries concerning
plan for the dissolution Of TIE trust In
compliance with the mandate ot the Su-
preme Court was held Yesterday in the
Pcstofice Building
After a session or almost three hours
Attorney General Wickersham announced
that the next conference would be held on
September a. He said that progress had
been made. but that no definite plan has
been adopIcd as yet for the disintegration
of the trust Mr. Wlckersham announced
that the conferrees agreed that the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company should bear the ex-
penses os the reorganization committee.
though no formal order 20 that end has
been issued by the court
Judges Lscombe and Noyes were present
yesterday. but az the next conference il is
expected that Judge ward will he back
from his vacation. No intims;ion was
made when the public hearings might begin.
The conference yesterday was attended
by Attorney General Wicsershan and
James G. McReynolds. fer the government.
and Junius Parker. ". " Fuller. De
Lancey Nicoll. Lewis Cass Ledyard. j.
Norris Miller and Sol NJ Stroock. as
counsel for the tobacco companies.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01

yellow. bag. 81 1882 Ohio. v-iite. crate. $40
81 ~ yellow. I0o-lo bag. 81 l5gY2' conneet.sss
valley. bag. 81 sCNsl -. leans. stste, stssa, s1a,
ton. box. 5ocaki. up-siysg buGhel. JocE:i; neas a.
bunchss. 81 a5asI 80: CARROTS. Dbl. sfdti %,
So 80: CELERY. bunch I01 1s0c. CORS. 100 .sc
asl 70. CUcrMBERs. stat. BASKET. Rg'ST.
up-river 50uTic; Long Island. bbl, l3cusl ~,
Jersey. bbl. 50casl -. CUCUMBER PICKLES.
bbI I5cQsi 30: Oop 81 JO9x2 20. cHIcoRr.
Dbl 25aT5c. cAULlFryOwER. state, bbl, s. 20
a$3 10; nearby. sld<. ESCAROLE. Z,1l3c;
EGGPI.ANTS. Jersey. bb, 73c0ti -; HORSE
RADfSH. 100 n s3uS5 LIMA BEANS, potato,
bag or basket 75cGSi - fat. bag or basket 20
075c: LETTUCE. box, 2jcnSi basket. ly4eoc:
Dbl J1cdSl. OkRA. bushel basket O4IDc
small basket go Sc: box, 2545Oc: PEAS, laFSe
basket sds2 small 15c3si - bags. large 81
aS2: small. T5cdsi -. PEPPERS. Jersey. bbl.
75cdS1 -. basket BOdTJc box 25dJOc; Rp-
MAINE. state, basket. 25975c: nearby. bbI. bc
9ki. SQUASH. marrow. hbl, J0d75c. yellow, 20
nTjc: white. soHTjc TURNIP4 rutsbaga. bhl.
75Gg0c. white s1dSi 80. TOMATOES. nearby.
u h-rRCRFSS. no sfas2
ITLE AND CREAM The exchange rate
remains AZ 3itc quart IN the shipper IN the
2fc zrne. or 81 81 f0-guarf can delivered IN
New York Owing N the slow demand causef
by tho weather conditions there 10 surplus IN
the market sufficiently great ~ make change
IN the rat" ~ - present time UnWsrrsn'ef.
The receipts of mix end cream. IN soausrt
cans. Tor the week ended August % were an
follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
LIVESTOCK MARKET.

New york August 81. 1911
EYEs-Receip's. 70 cars or -.l"s neaa.
iiya ssigbt Feeling steady for al grades.
Dressed beer IN FAIR demand az 36l FOR
n1tiye sides extra beef l2iac.
Cs,YES Receipts 29e head l22 on salA
MEDIUM veais Sc n so Southern fed calves.
S. So Dressed calves firm A. II iec for city
dressed vsais. % BE fOr country dressed, a
few f8i5c
sales-S Sanders. Al virginia calves Ia5 10
average. IS 25 per 100 10 81 isi 10, - %.
: Judd 4 CO 80 state vsals. 10 10. 50
sHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts 25h cara
e- ''2' * la-s on ale shssp wsrs .teahy: good
and choic4 lambs firm. others steady. Tho
pens were nor cleared Common 20 good sheep
prime lambs ~ s51ST IS culls q, - Dressed
mutton slow ~ ca Sc dressed lambs az 100
sales2Kerns Commission company 2ss
West Virginia lambs. 80 no average, s. Is per
100 ID ~ Ksntgeky y 70 s.: los 81 ,. 10.
ginla 81 lb 81 50. . Kentucky sheep. iso N.
SIS -. ~. III 10. 50 20
Nsvton . CO. ?2e West yrFiH.a ~ ia Ian1ss 1ss - -
lb q. Se75. 255 Virginia. ss N. 81. sheep.
Tobin & shannon 100 Kentucky lambs. Al
H. So 50. 20 Ohio 81 10. So Kentucky year
linSs. - 10. 81 50; los Kentlcky sheep. io7
Mcpherson g CO.: III MARYLAND lambs. ss
h. IS So . eulis. as H. s.. % Maryland
sheep 1o3 ib So
: Sanders Is virginia larnns. II N. Sc 30
Jelline. Wright & Co. - state lsmhs. IS u.
se p. -. es ih 81 3S state sheep. 90 lb. 81 so
HOGS-RecAipts. II cars. or 1881 head. all
for slaughter except few head Narfet wesk
a. 81 81 q g FOR heavy 70 light hogs
Salos-S Judd & CO.. o srate hoge. 1T5 ID
average s. per 100 lh 7 rough. 450 10. SO 50.
" r Hume date yesterday. ins state
hogs lac lh. IS o5. 70 100 10. s. 0J; IS 2os n.
s. 05: - r0uEhs 292 lh. So -. 7 stag. 80 ~.
S4 30. ! boar 370 lb. g..
Andrew Mullen date yesterday. 65 state
hogs 1893 d. 81 %. - roughs. 2s2 No. 90 -.
stag. 4i0 DO. 81 1u.
s sanders date yesterday tG state hogs.
2o- fh g 90
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01

spot quiet Al ~ points decline on The basis
Of 61o for r'iddlfnE No sales Deliveries
on contract. Il 800 bales Estimated receipts AZ
Leading ports for FRIDAY. A. New orleans none
are expecte> against 1858 last week and -
last year A. Galveston $500 10 1900 hales.
Iiverpoo cables. Spot cotton hardening. a. -
points advance. sales, 1900 bales. speculation
and export. 500 raies. American, 5000 No
imports MddIing upland. 692d Futures
opened firm. pr points advance. Liverpool
closed steady az a net advance ~ II 20 IL
points September. +2d, September October,
I'D. October November. 6f2l2d. November
December GG9iad Decemher-January 6o9 I'd,
January February. 6.i0f. February March,
8 f2d. Nlrch-A April. S13i7d. April-May. 614ied.
Manchester. Yarns very nrm. but prices asked
check business cloths quiet and hfm.
COFFEE-The market was q LITTLE Irregular
at the opening with September ] point ioWer
and other positions 70 points higher hn' dui
ing the fav gained strength with covering ~
September and December IS well az some new
long huyuE In the later months. and nnai prices
were 2 % points net higher with total safes
for the day amounting % 1880 bags shorts
ga September were particularly nervous. dhl III
was claimed that there were fears that coree
Pure Food Department, but all steamers over
the bar had been released LAST night. with tne
exception OF the Terence. which had nr" IN
the hold the way o. this port ana mis- -aI-o
Wns being held M pending inspection. Ihet"
are however other steamers a0oat win couee
frr September delivery and. owing 20 'he mar
row margin N time and the possibility or 10
lav- it is not unlikely that some Of the shorts
who were bringing this coffee 100 had become
nervous and covered. There was compardtNeiy
l.ttie feature 20 the European markets. Local
contract prices.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
OTHER LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

chicago. Aug 81 -CATTLE-Rsceirts 1000
head market weak 20 shade lower, heAves SO
s. Texas steers. s. 40a$o 30; Western steers:
s4QS7 st0cksrs and feeders. Sass 20 cows and
hsif-rs s. 35Ts8 p calves. S66Sa. HOGS
Re-eirts. is. O00. market weak 10 - lower than
yesterdays average lish, s. logs1 % sliSe4, ~ .es
s.. good 10 choice heavy. S7GS7 %. pigs. S31
s. IS. bulk of sales. s. o5dS7 30. Sill EP-Re-
ceip;s %. 600. market strong. native s2GS3 -.
Western 81 25fS3 80. voarlings. s4ls+ 70, lambs.
native sass -. Western - 3on 81 ~
Kansas city Aug 3f-CATTLE--Recert
dressed beef and export steers. sass. ;air %
good. - 25ds6 70. Western steers s. 25as5 -;
stockers and feeders So 900 s. - southern
steers. S4Qs6. southern COWS. 81 75q$4 90 na-
tive cows. S3dS5 % na,ive heifers. 81 25fS7 ~;
hnlls. SO 50qS4 80. calves. - 5'qNt 80 HOES
sales s. l0Gs7 25 heavy s7ds7 -. pafkers and
butchers s. iodS7 %. lights. - i5GS7 80.
$ sass q: ysariings. s'aS4 50: wetaers .s3g
50 -. ewes. 8 1888 30. sto-Sers and feeders.
cincinnati Aur. 8l.-cATTLE- Receipts.
fll4 steady and quiet. steers. 81 e5dSG -.
refr.rq e. 25Ts- Is cows Sass calves active
and steady. S3GSs 80 HOGS Receipts 2.i87.
los % osar ro' rac.ers ~ s. s5as7 en- stags. So 25s
81 5D. common sows - 2a4SS ~. piss snd
s,esdr 81 2jGS3 %. lambs good strong. other
grades weak S3dS7
East Buralo. Agg 3i-CArTIE,s5 e. s5eoslr'ss: rs:
active. Do higher 81 co4.g - HOGS-Rs-
ceipts 2 800. fairly active. loGl5c lower heavy
and mixed - ~0Tx7 ~. rorksrs s. 60qST ~.
pcs. 81 25TS7 IS. roughs s. son s. - stags. s5p
Is - dsiries. 81 25asT 80 SHEEP AND
LAMBS Receipts Q ono head active and steady;
handy ambs SsGS7. yeariings 81 mHS5'
werhers S4aS4 g. owes g. 250s3 -, sheep.
mixed. - 5Oas3 IS.
Et Louis. aug 81 -CATTLE Receipts. si02
e-d. fairly active and s'oadv 10 choice steeis
steers s4TST. heif4rs. s. t0NS1 - cows s2H
a. 35. Southern steers 81 70TS1 - HOGS
Re.eipt- So head. SLOW and g. lower. cnoice
medium weight. 81 i5G$7 = bulk OF -a.es s. 30
Fair io SGaS7. rigs - 25IS5 %. sHEEP.-Re-
CENTS 40-2 head sheep steady. ianhs lin -
lower lambs SJ0S6 70. cu'l Iarlps. N7SA .;
she.p. e lO0S3 n. common s2dS2 ~
Pittsburgh. Aug - .-CATTLE-Sup ight.
stae4y. choice Sc 7JdS7 %. prime. 81 23fs9 so;
veal calves = 5n0s9. SHEEP AND LANsSo--
supply light. steady. prime wethers. - spH
e. -. cuils and common. xlnS2. lamns. efU
Ss s. HOGS Receipts 1o double decks steafy,
nr,rna hesvies s. 70dST -. mediums and heavy
Workers. SSTSS o.: light Yorker 81 Ihns-. pigs.
sGdS7 21 roughs 81 5oQSI
IBv Telegraph 20 Tho TRIBUNE
louisville Aug 31-Receipfs of sheep and
lairhs were 8eI head. for the four DAYS this
Veek a0ls head The market ruled quiet
-lrofgh0t with prices iust about steady. ne h@st
ION lambs 81 TGr seconds. g.. Culls 81 do"n.
p,3t sheen steady a. B. down. common sheep ve'I
anil some inquiry for the best Nestera stocx
ewes. plain and common ewes very dull
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.

London August 3l.-Consols closed 4.
higher AZ 7S2, for money and 7Si. for &C
count Anaconda was unchanged a =.
Canadian Pacific 2is lower az 1855 Grand
Trunk a lower AZ 2Sa.
Money was I'm better demand The heavy
gold exports caused firu1eT discount rates.
The stock market concluded the settle
rrent with no apparent difficulty A
rather better tone prevailed. and Consols
improved on the good bank statement.
Mexican rails and foreign bonds advanced
on fresh buying hut home rails were
weak on the labor unrest
american securities opened quiet and
steady, and during the forenoon advanced
moderately on fair buying The strength
Ia Wall Street added % the frmness, but
prices saCged in the last hour, and the
market closed barely steady
Paris. Aug 81 Three per cent rentes
closed unchanged ~ ~ francs 81 csntimes.
FriCes were heavy on the BourSe.
Berlin. AuS. 3i.-Trading was quiet and
prices improved slightly on the Boerse
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. Aug. 81 Unexpected strength in tor-
.irr markets. the result mainly ~ war risks
having been advanced brought about today
higher prices here FOR wheat. The close v as AT
q gain of as0Nc over last night. Other leading
stables all rose. too corn = t0 -dlc. oats = 70
-s01c ard provisions 2izH'e 70 iVd u &c. 10
decided change In the character ~ the news from
across the water would apparently have ied 20
a more radical uu'un here nut Tor hesNy
Uo,iidat.rz sales in the September option. Tne
unloading of that future though. VAS rot with-
0ut some rompeusatin. effect. BEING toen as
sirn of light deliveries TO morrow, ana 10 that
extent forming a bU.lish influence IN saditloh
10 the bollicoso possibilities ln Lurope ii. iess
vsrahle harvest reports from Russia .olsL .u
the bears. Talk ~ prouaoie rel-.'5u, ,, u. -,
0gt al the German duty or corn nad uH-n -
AZ NTH a bulge in tho market for mat cerea-.
oats as we'll as corn received an upward iniRetus
from, tho shortage OF feed in Germany lhefs
VAS good speculative buying here high ana
ow points touched for the December delVery
were gis045i4c with last sales ar toc, an iHl-
Drovement Of sale over Iasf niSht FacAers
,ye~e buyers on an soft spots i1 the msrAe, Ior
hog nrodurts In consequence, tne end OF the
session left higher dgures for ne entire ilst
pork up 10 loo. lard > to l"Hl- &C. ana TUB
2isN5 % i0c. Range OF prices
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
THE WEATHER REPORT.

eeicial Record and Forecast. Washington.
Aug 5l.-rnsre has been a decided fall In
pressure over me northeastern portion Of the
oounuT. ana tonight a narrow trough OF nno-
sTatslr low pressure extends from Georgia and
Southern New England. Pressure IS Still ah-
normslly high over Northeastern Canada. ana
vsry heavy and genera rains occurred over the
states covered by the low area above mentioned.
Thsre was no other rainfall of consequence over
'he country. except IN Florida and the norfh
upper lake region where there we're showers.
Low temperatures continue in New England.
TIE Middle Atlantic States anc the upper Ohio
Naify Elsewhere except on the Pscihc Coast
Snn ne p!atsau region they nave risen general
-. WIN return 70 summer conditions 10 me
@itsaolri valley and me plains states
- fala VIII continue Friday IN the Atlantic
,.9H tiates as Tar south south Carolina.
.N.io"ed bv generally fsir pearher SafurdsN.
- showers VIII also continue in FlOrioa, but
TTs-@nei@ me weather Will 8e generally fair
Do ana saturday, with rising temperature
rs-f y ne 'sEe reE on and fne OhN valley,
- on SATURDAY in the Atlantic states over
S+u Mst st nat ~ ihs country fhe temperature
WI Nfange bar LITTLE
az Block Island
1000 warnings have been Issued for the Neuss
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01

ELDt X ANb ht'l--f iouI iHdtilEr a!o
prices unchanged. Spring patents $ 5JnS1 90
winter straight. 81 i5Ge4 80. winter patents.
81 al0Sl 80. spring clear 81 3o4s4 90: extra
ys a5NS3 %. KGnsas sfrai~rts s. ioG$4 g. '1ucy
spring paten.s 81 25ds6 so RYE FLOUR
STEADY ,air 10 good. 81 d1IS+ so choice a.
farcv. a. "0TS1 i0 CORNNEAI.-Firm. kiln
dried g. - BAGMEAI.-Tim. fne white and
yellow 81 400 81 - it. coarse. - 35nSl 40. FEED
~ estem -tcadv: siJ, steady. Western srring
.ran. 81 fu: standard mcuiins. - ~ nour 20
Ssl n. rci dog 50. Ia. ,itv bran S28 go bulk
81 io socks. Ei.d.in. - 100 NaE 80, Ied log
Sa2 30. homilv Chop. So 20 bulk SO - sacks
PROvIsIONs-Narketw was easier during the
early part of the daf. Win consideIaoie seii.ng
log market huf a. the dav advanced a steadler
feeling developed IN sympathy win inc hrInnssS
30 corn and closed n,m ?, a5ou' , ine be' s,d S sS
short clear. Sl6 I5GSH 20 .Et-strad{ i.,se; ,se
si2 50dSl3. family Sia NGAlt packet & ST
ste 81. extra India mess. SlaTSl9 %. REEF
iiMS-Firrn $50 5oGSi2 80 DRESSED NOES
pareiv steady. haconf. lie. iso n lie. 700 lh
li'.c lto n. t.c, iEs u g GrJ IhA ~ =,
i2aieL e.. - n. Ilisc. oiokled hams STEADY. i4a
i4.c TALLo" strong city ~ m n'Tina. NINA.
aAaassr: city hrm. 9hTeAc. refined frm
~or,h Arcrica lo75c. Continent n.'oc hrszil
INE-Flrrrer. oieo. t0c. city lard ii'efi2c
STGtV-Thc market Tor refined sugar was
firm and ; % 20 points higher WIN standard
-r7nuia,ed uuoted ~ 25c American 20 h3'c
ne, Iess , r@~ cent cash. The market for raw
sugar vas strong ana higher. with g. bid for
September Shipment from .nha, when rs equal
no 2 3Gr here \ moderate amount NJ september
shI pmeut was offered AZ fNc equal 70 oAs'ac
ei'rorsd here Prices arc now higher than tn"y
have been since $50. WIN me nrlce WaS = y
.,,-,r or CTor hore November J2vas were
ataiishie A. i5s "a cost and freight. equal 70
r 07c here. and there were rumors tnat Angns'
f,vas we're offered m los al. equal 90 oSic here
The market f7r beet SUGAR a. Lonaon was l'aT
4irs bjghe- win Afrus' ana Sentembsr A. i5s
ne rfar af
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
FOREIGN MARKETS.

Liverpool Aus 20 WHEAI-rpot arn,
SO and 20 Manitoba no st2ch 30
Vsuuoha = ad. f4fures FIRM. october g
sLd. Decomber Is H+d. March - -,
cory spot steady. new American mixed o.i
,,i kun dried no stock American mixed, IS
% futures casy. september. 1s 20 oeie-
b.r - gi.d FLOUR-Wi Winter patents rs
"a Hops fn London tpactnc 'oastl. new
crop fsRfif BEEF-ENtre India mess. sss
~ poRk-P~irle fnsfs. Western. hls. itAMS
short ont Tts BACON-Cumoefisnd cut.
eos ~ ,rf r,h 60s clear bellies. 6ls. iong clear
llas light 62s. heavy, ttsi short Gear
p.ces sSs eHOULDERS-squarc. Sls %
LARD prime western. ueices - ; %, A.sa Aiurs,
esn reGned pals. as 81. HtEsE-- ans ga, ~ =,
s,,sxt whtre new G1s colored, SIS TAlLOW
""Sst 80. r,,v ms ad TI'RPESrINE-spirits.
9ss "a RoslN--Cc,mEion - -, PErh9LESTr 81 EN-
panned esd ITNSEED OIL as 81 COZ.
--C,s-sr-Fb oT-fuW rerned. spot 2,s %.
TsTLOW-A Australian m London. SIS ed
London Aug n --SUGAR-Raw eenttifpSat'
- "a r,usccvado Ne 81. her' sugar. august,
15s "a IINsEED-C alcutta AUG ust sepiem,
NJ "a 9d luseed en- AZ 81 sperm OIL. t'.b
i0a 5FTRCI EUM- American refned SD
snir,ts 6Id TTRPENTINE- Spirits. Sss ~
RostN-AmerieAn strained, los 3D. nne' lss
lAd.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01

LEAD-Dull; 4f5a455c New York. ssoa4 40c
East 81. Louis London. fi4 6s "a. sPELIEf
Irregular: J.s5d5.a5c New York ; 1898, s2,zc
East 81 Louis london fgT los Sales IN the
local market. 10000 pounds, East 81. Louis
spot delivery az 5.s2tsc. ANTIMONY-Dul.
Cooksons, s.30Ts50. IRON-Cleyeland war
rants 45s i0ad in London. Locally iron wss
steady. No ] foundry Northern. s15 3onslo:
10 2. SIS 25nsl5 ~ ~ southern and no
Southern soft. S151SI5 30 Pig iron nominal.
MOLassEs AND sYRUPs-Dull owing to
the storm.
NAVAL STORES--spiriis turpentinc dull
and about unchanged here. but firm Savan-
nah. Rosin firm. with tar steady and un-
changed
Ois-Linseed OIL unchanged Refined pe'ro-
leum reported steady AZ recent prices
COT1ONsfED Oif.--There was sharp GOV
ering movement IN The market FOR cotionseef oil,
and prices firm. closing at an advance Of
20 u POINTS October shorts appeared 10 be PSI
ticularly nervous owing 10 the fact that cor
siderable of mad been sold in anticipation of the
crop arriving In time for delivery. Buiis
rf 70 also disposed 10 support values and oner-
ies wore comparatively small Influenced 70 some
extent bv less favorable reroris regarding the
ccttQn crop Local contract prices;
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
MESSENGER soY LOSES COUPONS.

a messenger boy fo- the New York
Stock Exchange firm OF Potter. Choate &
Prentice. OF No. So Wall street. yesterday
lost one hundred interest coupons of
southern Pacific convertible per cent
bonds on hts way from a bank. where
the bonds were deposited as collateral
for loan. to the firms office The cou-
pens represented 2 half years interest on
the bonds ann were payable September Z.
their value being 5000. Payment on them
WAS s-0upnT
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
AUGUST COTTON SCARS
Shorts in That Option Badly
Squeezed" by Bulls.

The shorts IN August cotton were rather
badly squeezed" yesterday by the bulls.
II was the final delivery day for that op-
ton. and the efforts OF the shorts TO cover
their contracts sent the price of August u7
100 points. or 81 A bale.
The squeeze in the August option did
not influence the remainder Of the list al
though prices of the various options ad-
vanced from 13 to IS points in anticipation
of bullsh government report to-day. In
the later trading prices eased of about 10
points on favorable weather reports from
the cotton belts. and the close was steady
a. a net advance of point 10 A decline OF
. points in the various options.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01

And zane Fear rivers ~ North Carolina and
fJr the Altsmaha and Lower Ocmuisee rivers
The 1irds along the New England COST VIII
be brisk northeast 90 ncrfh. becoming Nariauie
eafurda.. along the middle Atlantic coast mod
crate 10 brisk north. becoming variable -alur-
dsy: alona the south Atlantic Coast. moderate
mostly south and southwest. aioug mo ehst hli, ,
Coast light variable. along the west buf
Coast Light 70 moderate east 10 soutneasi. on
me Great Laket moderate. variable
Steamers departing Friday Tor Euf opean ports
viii have moderate 20 brisk north "inis. ram
Fridav morning followed by ialt weather. 10
the Grand Banks
Forecast fer special Localities.--For Eastern
Nea York. cloudy to-day. rain in extreme south
ern portion. slightly warmer IN interior moo
crate ~ brisk north winds
For Western Pennsylvania. far f0-dhr ana
saturia-. SLOWLY rising temperature. HIht 70
rncderafe variable winds
Pr Western Nep York fair io-Gar. slightly
warner In eastern norton fair ana WARMER sai-
,rdev. uroscrate variable winds
FOR West virginia. slightly warmer ana gen
e,alir fair TO-DAY, faiT snd warmer SATURDAY.
For New England ciouqv to-laN rem ~ tssi
eru portion brisk north Winds fair ana sHshuF
warmer SafuI day -,
For virginia. cloudy TO-DAY, rain near me
,oast. 81 ghtiv warmer m Northern portion, talr
ara warmer saturdav moderate. Fariaoie wlnas
FOR the District ~ Columbia Asryisnd arr
vss,srp Pennsvivania cloudy ana shght'Y
o-sr-ner today fair and warmer SATURDAY hght
% moderate north winds becoming variable
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
BOSTON BROKERS ASSIGN
C. a. Putnam & Co. Dealt Heavily in
Bell Telephone Recently

Boston. Aug 3l.-The stock brokerage
5rm of C. 4 Putnam & CO.. member Of
the Boston Stock Exchange, announced
its inability 10 meet its obligations Just
before the close Of business to-day.
The firm has Offices AT No So state street
and mas been A member OF the local eX-
change since 1855 The only surviving mem
ber 0f the firm Is Walter =. Middleton.
During the last few weeks the firm dealt
largely in Bell Telephone, Whlch to-day
gose sharply TO 134i, No statement Of the
FIRMS affairs was available. II was re-
ported that the liabilities would not be
large
New-York tribune., 1911-09-01

New YORK August 81. 1911.
GRAEN-WWEAT-A staadfer feeling pre-
vailed in the market owing largely 70 hrmness
abroad ard covering for over september deliv-
hrv "a. The nrmnsss In coarse grains also nad
= good deal ~ influence on sentiment. especially
as the market had a good decline recently and
was IN a frrer technical position. II was pre-
dicted that sentemher deliveries 4 Chcas Q
would be heavy. probably amounting = as mich
as 5 go 00o bushels but private reports receives
during the fsv, indicated heary changing Or
September into December. with the differences
az the widest point 90 Gar reached ranging from
81 % 5lsc CDRE-The market was fairly ac-
tive ana prices during the day developed decided
frrn-ess, closing a, an advance II Sac n 1c. The
cables were little lower than expected, but
offerings a. interior points were gflt and there
was good buying by prominent commission
houses Receipts were smaller than last vear
and there was a general absence of pressure
both In futures and IN spots OATS-There Naa
more active trade and prices we're very Arn
closing ~ an advance Of 7sc % l. Receipts
wer@ small. with reports that the country was
not disposed n sal az present prices and the
market was Influenced 10 a considerable extent
~ reports n q decided shortage IN feedstuffs
IN Germany. RYE-Nor1inal. BARLEY Nom
n