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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Iondon Stock Market

London, May 1.-The stock market, after quiet opening, developed activity amongst the specialties, and closed the week quiet with a steady undertone. A further reduction in the bull account in home rails made the British section LOOK unsteady, but easier money and re vival of investment demand helped gilt edged securities at the end, while the prospects of the reopening of the Oar danelles removed the uneasy feelings which had developed earlier especially in the foreign section. Italian bonds, how ever closed. lower on fears of fresh bor- rowing by the Italian government.
 The feature of the week was the re- markable slump of 70 points in the shares of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship company on the announcement that no amalgamation was contemplated, but the syndicate which previously had been buy ing heavily again supported the stock and lifted prices 20 points above the low est Royal Mail Steam Packet stock also declined, but recovered in sympathy. Oil shares continued to receive strong SUD- port. while Marconis, under extensive buying. easily recovered an early decline caused througir forced liquidation.
 American securities were affected by labor troubles, and the unfavorable quar- terly statement of the United States Steel corporation Prices sagged throughout the week and closed at net losses ranging from 1 to 1 points, Canadian Pacific was supported and finished point higher ori good traffic statements.
 Discount rates hardened at the end of the week owing to disappointment due to the Bank of England maintaining the minimum rate of discount at 3lz per cent. The supplies of money. however. are nor plentiful, and with foreign exchange weak the market is not so confident re- garding reduction in the rate next Thursday.
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account was the principal feature Of the weekly statement made by the New York clearing house institutions, ac- colupanied by a loss in cash of over sI 000, ,0Oo instead of the gain forecast by the weeks movement Of currency Deposits rose $4.77S,000 and the in creased reserve requirements added to the loss in actual cash caused a de- crease of $5.400,3o0 in reserve held in excess of legal requirements, leaving the present surplus at s14,276,75O. These figures show the actual condition.
 In the statement of averages, loans Increased s12,43S,OOO and deposits s14,- 714000, while cash showed nominal loss of S239.O00. The large expansion in loans Is probably the result of ar rangements made for taking care Of New Yorl<'s s65,000, 900 bond sale next week as well as financing connected with the May l interest and dividend disbursements and Is interesting also from the fact that the increase comes after the banks had contracted their loans some ss0.Ooo.Oo0 dollars during the month of April.
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Coffee Market

New York, May 1.-The market for cof- fee futures opened steady at a decline of from Il to r points in response to a sharp break in the European markets. Trans actions here were rather small, and the market improved a point or two, but the selling became heavier late in the morning on rumors of more favorable new crop news and talk of rather an easier spot sit uation. The close was barely steady and from 10 to 19 points net lower. Sales, 31,- 25e bags. May 1339c; June, 13 .44c; July, Soc; August, 135Sc; September, B. 65c; October and November, 13 63c; December, January, February, March and April, 13 62c.
 Havre was s4 to 1 franc lower. Hamburg was 1a to 3s pfennig lower. Owing to the holiday yesterday the early cables from Brazil were missing. The special Santos cable reported the market barely steady, but unchanged for fours this morning, with Sac Paulo receipts of 12,000 bags. New York warehouse deliveries yesterday, 9342, against s3S0 last year.
 Spot coffee quiet; Rio >No. T. 14ssc. San tos No. 4, 16c. Mild coffee quiet; Cordova, 16M1S1sc nominal
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PRICES IRREGULAR
 AT THE OUTSET Additional Evidence That Market Continues to Suf-
 fer-Close Active

New York. May An the two hours .bf todays session of the stock exchange slhere was additional evidence that the #market continues to suffer from a sur 7feit of manipulation in the total shares .being 482.SOo.
 z Prices were irregular at the outset. xThey failed to respond to London's close. (which recorded a majority of gains for
 bur securities.
 Dealings in the early stages were com Sparatively small, but became more active Bin the course of the first hour at the ex- spense of quoted values.
 Reading and United States Steel were #again the main objects of attention on sthe part of the bear party and signs of kpiquidation of long stock were not alto <eether lacking. Support during the early <Fcore was only half-hearted. The move #fnent became more normal in the second Hhour. Prior to that almost 20 stocks, ranging from the important to the insig- Eniscant, had yielded from1 to almost <points.
 0 The professional bears apparently were #pdisposed to press their advantage of
 the previous day. a condition which con #duced to more or less general recoveries.
 The close was decidedly steady. There
 vas marked strength in Union Pacific, #Iehigh Valley, Canadian Pacific and sev- zeral specialties elsewhere.
 4 There was little in the gossip that bore Every directly on the movement in rail- froad stocks and the industrials. Further "details from the south attested the in- =creasing seriousness of the weekend
 flood situation along the Mississippi river.
 NV ord from the federal capital intimat- |ing revival of antitrust activities by 'the department of justice, this time di- Erected against the so-called coffee trust
 Hailed to excite the financial district.
 On the credit side of the account il
 8was asserted in Pittsburg dispatches that 4April booking by the United States Steel Hcorporation was expected to show a |healthy increase henceforth, and that Hoperations by mills at that center are Eclose to full capacity running. The situation with regard to the coal Iminers and the eastern railway engineers Hand frenen remained unchanged II The bank statement upset all calcula- |tions as to the cash movement and net |Heposits. The actual loss in cash was |kliehtly more than $4.000,000, whereas 3 |Eain of as much more had been expected Il Actual loans increased by over $l2,o00,- Hoo. with decrease in the reserves of |k5, 100000 In the main the statement was |bonsidered a. reflection of the uncertain |Hies which attended the May settlements |kn all parts of the world and particularly |tn the United States. Some reason fol 1.-the recent rise in American Beet Sugar kvas furnished by the company's annua |teport, issued this afternoon, which khowed an increase in the balance fol dividends on the common stock much ir |lexcess of the preceding year. Bonds were easy. Total sales, par value |E9S7, 900.
 H United States coupon Ss advanced ssc the 3s registered advanced IF point and |IPanama ss coupon decline 1s on call dur Hing the six days.
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New York Cotton Futures
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, May 4.-Cotton futures opened steady at an advance of to F points. The English market vase mucn higher than due and the weather map was cloudy and wet. Reports from the interior said that rains would cause de- lay of several days to farm work
 After the call offerings from the long side were rather heavy and prices would have sagged but for the weather forecast, which promised more rain over the gl eater part of the cotton belt. At the end of the first half hour of business prices were 10 to l3 points over yesterday s close.
 The new movement developed fresh strength around the middle of the morn ing on reports from eastern and central sections of the belt that continuous rains were beginning to have q very injurious effect on the crop outlook Some reports from Alabama said that recent rains were nothing short of appalling. Shorts be- came nervous and bought covers heavily. Some fresh long buying was also in evil dence. Late in the forenoon prices were 20 to 23 points over yesterdays close The close was steady at net gain of 16 to % points at midday.
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WHEAT OFFERINGS
 SCANTY AT START
Market Closed Steady at Net Advance - Other
 Staples Gain

Chicago, May 4-Statements from ex- perts that crops had deteriorated rapidly in northwestern Kansas led wheat traders today into lively movement to buy There was also fear that the government report next Tuesday would count hard against the bears. The market closed steady at net advance of 1ssd1ikc to lAa7sc; oats, 1s0ssc to 94e, and provisions 21sc to 12hdl5c.
 The finish in wheat was almost at the top point of the best bulge of the week May delivery sold for s11Slk, the highest price this year. Most of the days busi- ness. however was in later options, which failed to equal former extreme rec ords.
 Offerings of wheat were scanty from the start, fact that made the market re- sponsive to buying and eager for bullish news. Dispatches from Kansas lit the flame. It was said that half the crop in the northwest part of the state had been destroyed by winds which were drifting the dust like snow. What wheat remained would not, according to the reports, yield more than half the normal average per acre. Oklahoma and Missouri were also alleged to be making poorer showing than had recently been expected. Firm ness of cables added also to the force that for the time being swung the mar ket wholly to the bull side. During the session July ranged from H.10A@11S with last sales $1l2a4( a rise of 124q17sc, com pared with 24 hours before.
 Nervousness about delay in planting had much to do with an advance in corn. Shorts competed with longs who thought the decline had gone far enough. There vas fair cash call. but tenders from the country were slim. July huctuated between 7619c and 7712c, closing firm, at the first named figure. a4d7se over last night. No. ? yellow was quoted at SIG S1Ac.
 Forecasts of cold weather strengthened oats The upturn in other grain tended further to improve prices. Upper an1 lower levels reached for July were 53I2c and 52ssc. with the close Ss@sae dearer at 5Sl6c.
 Purchasing for European account helped the provision market keep step with the ascent of grain. Trade as a whole. how- ever, was not large Pork showed the chief increase in cost 12ikQ15c.
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Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston Steady; midding, IT. c, net receipts, 2752; gross receipts, 2752; sales, 1878; stock, 194,OS4; coastwise, 76S
 New orleans: Firm; middling, II 9-16c; net receipts, 1881; gross re- exports to the continent. 563 coastwise, 2107.
 Mobile: Net receipts, 7S2; gross re- ceipts, 7s2;. stock, 1o,19si coastwise. 209.
 Savannah: Nominal; middling, H. Hc; net receipts, 2595; gross receipts. 2643; sales, BIO; stock, 91 ,636; coastwise. 5i6.
 Charleston: nominal; middling. il 1ae; net receipts, A; gross receipts. Il; stock, 26,S42.
 Wilmington: Net receipts, 12e; gross receipts. 129; stock. 1o.5O2, exports 10 Great Britain, 9162; to the continent, 5700, coastwise, 200.
 Norfolk: Steady middling. 11Ssc; net receipts. 999. gross receipts, 990; sales, SOP; stock, 46,Ss5; coastwise, S70.
 Baltimore: Nominal; middllng, II ssc; stock, TIA
 New York: Quiet; middllng, 11.50c; gross receipts, 2613; stock, 151, 1,052; ex- ports to Great Britain, 21; coastwise. 236s
 Boston: Quiet; middling, 11.50c; net receipts, 92; gross receipts, 424a; stock, 15,795
 Philadelphia: Steady; middling, 11.75c; stock, 2421.
 Brunswick: stock. 5112.
 Gulfport: stock. 1006S
 Texas city Net reeeipts, 10, gross receipts, 10; stock, 567.
 Total today, at all ports: Net, S634; exports to Great Britain, 91S3; to the continent, 6363; stock, 652,225.
 Consolidated, at all ports: Net, S634; exports to Great Britain, 91S3; to the continent, 6263
 Total since September l, a all ports Net, II, ,fS4,635; exports to Great Britain, 3,97S,06l. to France, LII, 1,491: to the continent. 4,111,s3a to Japan, 4S6, ,432; to Mexico, 6600.
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same interests which appeared as a large buyer yesterday afternoon and wnose affiliations are with the wet and overflowed districts of the Mississippi This demand advanced the market some l6 points from last nights close
 Showers are expected over the South Atlantic states over Sunday, while judging from the movement of the barometer the weather over the south west promises to be clear during the same period.
 Liverpool reports a slackening of the demand from spinners but closed firm on an American buying demand and poor crop reports
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Liyernool Cotton Market

Liverpool, May 4.--Spot cotton closed dull Prices l point lower. American msddling fair. 6.9sd; good middling 6 60d; middling. 636d low middling, e 0sd: good ordinary, 5.64d: ordinary , Bod Sales of the day 5000 Of this $40 were for speculation and export and included 1900 American. Receipts, ,o00, including 400 American. Flu lures opened steady and closed very steady May May-June. 6.16Hd: June l. July, 6.1Thd July-August. .1Sd: Au- gust September, .16d: Septembe Octo- ber. 6.125zd; October November, 6.10hd. Novembe December, 6.0shd Decem- hcr-January, January-February, .0Sd f; February March, 6.oS1sd; March-April. 6 091sh
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, May 4.-Cotton seed oil steady, trading being largely profess sional. There was some covering of shorts on account of the frmness in lard and cotton and scarcity of crude offerings. Sales amounted to 13,200 barrels. Futures closed generally point higher to points lower. May, 739M7.40c; June, 7.32 @7.34c; July, 735 @ 7.36c; August, September, 1890 7.41c; prime crude, s.13 6.27c; prime summer yellow, 1900 7.50c; prime winter yell low. 7.5oqs.00c; prime summer white, 7.40 O S.00c.
 New Orleans, May 4.-Cotton seed oil Prime refined in barrels, per pound. 6.15c; choice meal, 8 per cent ammonia. per long ton, $2s.25; choice cake, 8 per cent ammonia, per long ton, $2S.25.
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Weekly Naval Stores Review

Savannah. May 4.-Turpentine was strong during the first half of the week and the price advanced until the opening Wednesday. when a sale of 50 casks was made at soc. This proved the high point for reactionary tone set in and the price irregularly receded until the close, which was at 49c. This is L4c above the outside figure week ago. Sales for the week, 34s6 casks.
 Receipts for the week were 419s casks. against 5167 over the corresponding week last year, shipments 3669 casks, 1850 for elgn and 1719 domestic. During the week the stock increased 527 casks. There were later foreign clearances of 750 casks
 Rosins were irregular, but generally firmer. At first the tendency was upward for all grades but later the low grades became heavy. The close strong for hign grades and weak for the low grades. ranging from an advance of about 55c for pales to about 15c for B. Sales, s52s bar rels
 Receipts for the week were 1878 bar rels, against 14,040 last year; shipments. 1o.s3s barrels. 5250 foreign and 55s9 do- nestle. During the week the stock in- creased 1037 barrels. There were later foreign clearances of 3o5o barrels.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady: middling. Il 1l-l6c; net receipts. 1490; gross receipts, 1490; ship ments, 2l2S sales 10S0; stock, 59l73.
 Augusta: Steady; middling, l1a,c; net receipts. 314; gross receipts, 3l4 ship ments. 1e43 sales, GO; stock, 51,9l4.
 Memphis; Quiet: middlng, l1ssc; net receipts. 3sG; gross receipts, 79S; ship ments. 2031; stock. 41,s9S
 St. Louis: Steady: middling. nssc net receipts. 693; gross receipts. 32G4 ship ments, 159s, stock. 22.21
 Cincinnati: Quiet; net receipts. 53s gross receipts. 53S; shipments. 566; sales. 300; stock, 1S.595
 Little Rock: Middling. 1issc; net re-
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City May 4-Cash wheat. No. ? hard, s1.15 No. red. s1.141ka1. .14s4: No. 2 corn, mixed, soc; No ? white. s0casOJhc. Oats. No. white, 5s1kc; No. ? mixed, 561hcm57c. Close, wheat, May S1.09l4. July s1.04A11 04is. September S1.022td1 .O2is. Corn May 791kc. July 76ssc@76s.c, Septem- Der 715c December 5s5sc. Oats. July 51c, September 42Isc
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Dawn With the Rake

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Maud Muller took down the old rake.
 Pm getting tired of this everlasting summering stunt" she said. "Al the judges have quit riding by and there's so much bottled water now that nobody ever thinks of asking for a drink from the old spring. I guess I'll fool the par ody makers and go to town and turn typewriter. If can't nail judge I may grab off a junior partner
 And she knocked seven teeth out of the rake and flung the handle in the corner.
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Flour and Fondstuffs

lCorfected by Iennes3ee NH Co)
 Self raising flour. S6: Nellie King flour. per barrel. s5.55; bolted meal, per 9e pound sack. s2; No. ? corn, per bushel, kiln dried. $i.l0. pure wheat shorts, $35; pure wheat bran, sS4; c. s. hulls, per ton. sll. prime C. s. meal per ton. s31: c. S. feed meal, per ton, s26; No. timothy hay, per ton, $35; mixed alfalfa and Johnston grass. s26; corn chops, per 100 pound sack, g: white oats' 7oc; alfalfa hay. s36; Johnson grass. s26
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St. Louis Produce

St. Louis, May 4.-Flour active. Hay firm; timothy, $26dS0; prairie, s21@25. Whisky. s140. Iron cotton ties, 91c. Bagging. s7sc. Hemp twine, 7i1c. Pork unchanged; jobbing, s165o. Lard un- changed; prime steam. s9.9o010 Dry salt meats unchanged; boxed extra short. I0s4c; clear ribs. 10s4c: short clears. lie. Recon unchanged; boxed extra short, 11Ac: clear ribs, 11%c; short clears. 12c. Receipts: Flour. 6400; wheat. 1900; corn, 1Os, 600; oats. 70,000. Shipments: Flour, 63o0; wheat, 1900; corn. s9,tO0; oats, &C., mo
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New York Money

New York, May 4.-Call money, nom Iinal; time loans steady: 90 days, 30 ': per cent; 90 days, 3A a31a per cent
 eix months, 3h per cent. Prime mer- bantile paper, 4d4R per cent; sterling txchange. steady, with actual business tn bankers bills at s4.S4.25 for SO Hay bills, and at s4 96. 90 for demand; ; Commercial bills. S4 s31s Mexican dol Bars. 4sc; government bonds. easy; rail-
 foad bonds. easy.
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, May 4.-At the beginning today of business the condition of the United States treasury was; Working balance, s63.175S4s; in treasury offices, banks and Philippine treasury, S3S363, 2S2; total balance in general fund, $126,294 7S9.
 Ordinary receipts yesterday, s2,279,072 with ordinary disbursements a,7S,18; deficit to date this fiscal year, s11, ,S24 las against a deficit of s134,276 at this date hast year. Figures exclude Panama canal land public debt transaction.
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New York, May 4.-The cotton goods ma rkets are quiet with prices steady Bids for underwear for spring 1913 de- livery are being received on a basis of last years opening prices but are not being considered Yarns rule quiet Job hers have had a fair house trade for the week.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, May 4.-Spot cotton firm. unchanged; middling, II 9-16c: sales on the spot. 36O; to arrive, 220. Low ordinary, Sc; ordinary, 13-16c; good ordinary, 10Ac; strict good ordinary, 1O5sc low middling, 10 l5-16c, strict low mddling, Il 5-16c strict middlng, 117sc; good middling, 12lsc; strict good middling 12 5-16c; middllng fair 12ssc nominal: middling fair to fair, 13c! fair. 1ozsc. Receipts. 1881; stock. S1 ,353
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Grain Receipts and shipments

Kansas City, May 4-Receipts Wheat 4O,ooo. corn 76OO0, oats IA. oOo Shipments: Wheat 30,OO0. corn 49.000 oats 10000.
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HUBBARD EROS. & co.

EottOn Merchants, HanOveF Squaro. N
 I. Members New York Cotton Exs (hange, New Orleans Cotton Exchanre
 New York Produce Exchange. Asso.
 Hate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso. [iation. Orders solicited for the Dur, [nase and sale Of Cotton and Cotton Beed OH for future delivery. Special ot.
 |ention and liberal terms given for eos.
 |sgnments of spot cotton. fer dslivss1. invited. -
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Metal Market

New York, May 4-Metals, dull lake copper, 16SQ16Ac; electrolytie, 1s@161sc; casting. 15ss Q15Bc. Tin, s45 .5545.7
 Lead, s4.10G4.17k. Spelter, s6. S096.90.
 Anthony, Cookson, ss.
 Iron, unchanged.
 Bar silver, 609sc.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis. May 4.-Cash wheat. No. ? red. si.19d1.20; No. ? hard. s1.17. Corn, No. g. s2c; No. white. s21acas3c. Oats. No 2 SIC: No. white, 5Sc65sikc Close, wheat, May $1.16. July $1.13as, September s1osAc. Corn, May s2c. July 7ss4c, Sep tember 757scG75ih. Oats, May STAG July 527kc.
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PnuIfrv and Enna

(Corrected by Garrett & Hine)
 Hens. 35q50c; live. per pound.' 12Q13c: large flyers. l5c h., medium flyers, 25c per pound; small. te ducks. 300 40c each: guineas. 25c: roost- CTS. soc each: geese. Aug soc: live tur- keys. 1sc: eggs, fresh l9c; country butter, 20Q25c lb.
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Grain Statistics

Liverpool. May 4.-Spot wheat steady: No. western winter. ss 5d. Futures steady; May, Is 11hd; July, 7s sAd october IS I'd; spot corn. American mixed, new unchanged: old American 6s 11s4d new American kiln dried, quiet. 6s sgd; futures easy; May 6s I'd: September, 5s 3%d
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cotton
Pig Iron
Meats

tCorrected by Armour & Col Lard, 127sc; compound. 10ssc; D. S. short ribs, 1l.9Oc, rib beliles F. i5c. ham butts, l31zc, Boston butts, 14c; pork loins, l51sc; spare ribs, He; breakfast bacon. 20Q22c. Star Reg. ham. 161sc; Star skinned ham, 1Fs4c.
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Coffee and Sugar

Corrected by Franklin. Stiles & ffank-
 lin..-
 Coffee: Arbuckles. s2s.so per 100 lbs; Luzanne. 27c lb. Sugar: Standard graA- ulated. 6kc ib.
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pigs and lights. s5 .25a7 TO; mixed and butchers, $7 6Ol7 80; good heavy. s7. FOOT .S5.
 Sheep-Receipts, 100; market steady; na- tive muttons. s6a7.55i lambs, g 25q7 40; stockers, 8. .25Q4 %.
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Naval Stores

Savannah. May 4.--Turpentine firm, 4sc: sales. GOT; receipts. 255; shipments, 221: stocks. 19.Sso. Rosin firm: saler. 1928: receipts. $40; shipments, Ss5; stock. 4s.657. Quote: R. ss25; D, ss5o; F. $6.75; F. c. H. I. s7.02h K, s7.o5. M. eZ1o; N. $7.15; VIC. $7.20; wv. S7.z5.
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ceipts, 1903, gross receipts, 1903; ship ments, 303; stock, 17.503
 Total today: Net receipts, 1923; gross receipts, 646 shipments 7657; sales, 1880; sincl 2n5.h2h
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New Orleans Rice Market

| New Orleans, May 4.-No trading in
 rice today Quotations unchanged. Re- l ceipts 5432 pockets clean rice.
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Memnhis Spot Cotton
Dry Gnnds

Memphis, May 4.-spot cotton, easy niddlRg. ilesc.
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Hsbbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, May 4.-(special. )-Large purchases were made today by the
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LOCAL SECURITIES

DtaI sales for the dny, 432,s00 s
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-22
MRS. ASToR RECOVERING,
TELLS EXPERIENCE

New York, April 22.-The
young widow of Colonel John
Jacob Aston rapidly is recovering
from the shock of passing
through the Titanic disaster, and
losing her husband of a few
months.
She was able to tell something
Of, her experiences while drifting
about in lifeboat, waiting on the
rescue ship, the Carpathia.
She most emphatically denied
that her husband ever tried to get
into the lifeboat with her, as was
at first reported.
sThe place he might have
taken was stolen by man who
showed through the crowd and
jumped into the boat, she said.
$500 ko5z