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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. qouai, mutism m:it it, im/r. COTTON FUTURES 0PENJ_ BETTED Induced Frfcsh Liquidation and a Sharp Slump Followed. BROKE LOW RECORD Prices Steadied At Midday On Condition Report of Miss Giles. NEWS AND GOSSIP of the Fleecy Staple. Kpeeial’to The Georgian. • v J F v on .' Vick k Ofnrk.) Kept. 17.—Bartlett, Frailer & Uurrlugton; Liverpool hjih line Oil 7 point* oner on near nud 7%6£ points lower oil late months. opened Arm 1 jxtlnt lower hear ami 2 points lower on late. At 12:15 Maher oU >^nr JJMl 4H®5 points higher on late mouths. J^t 0 *** l M J ,,, t* lower; middling 6.89: Mies B.GOO; Auierlcnti 5,500; speculation and export 509; Import! 5.000; Auierlcaii, none. 1 he Liverpool market turns suddenly b . Wverpo°l market turn« suddenl; nrouud. The crowd caught abort througL the extreme declines are hastily covering lu Liverpool a rally f* (nit natural iu tbo New York, Kept. 17.—Business at the open ing of the local cotton market today was anil traders were excited. The up- the ■ cotton markets lucsday morning evidence of having recovered from leinomllxatlon of the past three or in that all centers rejiorted a considerably higher better feeling mid prices nil 1‘ouud. Liverpool led off with unexpected strength, and at one time prices were points ulmve the closing figures of Monthly, whereas <%i8 points loo* was due on New York’s closing Monday nlglif. however, was practically the hL r li point .of the day. a downward move ment starting shortly after the session lie.- gan. The decline was rapid for the re- nialuder of the season, the close being quiet with the early advance wiped out, last prices showing about 2<&9 points de cline as compared with Monday. LIquUlii- th*n continued on a heavy scale. Following Is the range In the active tiioiiills ill Liverpool today; Op nigu. Low. 6.10 Spot ieelIu ais 6. l(i 3 point! takings . middling 6.£9. Spinner aggregated 6,000 hales. Ill** advance In Liverpool was reflected in the New York market, opening prices being SifilG points better, hut offer gain ing a point or two additional the market, eat to pieces, resulting In n rapid decline, Weather forecast Is favorable for pleklni ’til. and after a sharp upward look for auother set back. Advise sales ou bulges. Miss Giles will Issue her seuil monthly cotton report at noon today. Think udvun^ this morning is As far as It will go at the moment. Opening was disappointing, considering Liverpool Schlll, Mitchell mid Gwnthney bought. Dick Bros., Hutton and Will street generally sellers. Market rallies hard and must bin's better buying to hold It up. Following nre 11 a. in. bids: September 10.87; October 10.97; January 11.19; March 11.30. • Wig ring and January, probably lO.Ofr) bales, thinks for Price or Carpenter crowd. flier steadier, but nfhrket Is paying little attention r« anything but heavy offerings of spots nud futures which must be til gested. and there seems little rot the bull side. Gifford bought 3,003 January at 11.16. Ger und Schlll heavy sellers. New Orleans also selling here. New Orlenus. Sept. 17.—Ilayward, Vick k Clark: Good Liverpool Is explained by In terior not offering nt the decline, and newspapers mention a tropical disturbance In the gulf. Bad weather alio a bullish last effort to depress . . have not been able to so short a time ns the decline occurred yesterday, but cotton Is now safe buy. Market looks healthier. Sellers scarce. Even the big long lines nre unw liquidated. Selling mostly by scalpers following the trend of New York. Edited by Joseph B. Lively. MARKETS Mr. Lively's twenty-five years* experience of ed iting markets In Atlanta and the South has made him n recognised au thority lo his specialty. RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME OF STOCK. GOVERNMENT WEEKLY REPORT ON WEATHER. ing selling off from 11.13 lit the open- ».W; December from 11.24 to 11.02: ... . cut decline. At midday an Improvement was In prog ress. the iiitlueiice being a condition re port by a Indy statistician, placing the eon dltlon »1 71. against 72.8 on September 7, TVS August 10 and 72.5 for September, last report: The temperature In the cotton region averages about normal or below, except along the Atlantic roast, where there was an excess of 2 to 4 degrees. The greatest deficiency was 2 to 4 degrees over Lulls- bum and Arkansas. Rainfall generally over the cotton region, but the amount -was very unevenly distributed. More than 2 Inches foil ut n few points lu southern and eastern Texas, routlieru Louisiana, central Alabama and Florida, southern and eastern Georgia nltd the southern portion of South I'lirolinn. The only pin res receiving more than 4 Inches were Galveston, Tex., wltli 6 Inches, and Greensboro. Ala., with 4.66 Inches. Less than half an Inch fell over arras of considerable extent, especially lu continued up to the close. Prices were viineed some 20 points from the lowest, with the close steady, net C4i9 points lijgh- er, iis compared with Monday’s flual*. SPOT COTTON MARKET. Orlcnn Middling 11?4- gusta; quiet; middling 119-16. * • llfiij, ' Savannah, quiet; middling 11%. Galveston, easy; middling 12%. Mobile, easy; middling 11 7-16. Norfolk, dull; middling 13c. Wilmington, nominal, r>.'iltlnioro, nominal: middling 1314. Boston, quiet; middling 12.20. I'hlladclplda. quiet: liilddllug 12.50 INTERIOR RECEIPTS. T he following table shows receipts In tb** Interior today, compared with the same day last year: HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER. New Orleans. Kept. 17.—Offers of actual rot ton were evidently not ns plentiful. ti'»r as low ns might have been exa cted " 11h the break lu New York futures for l.ivei-|H»ol where offers of actual cotton «*■•• the first consideration did not meet ■•nr decline. Futures In the English mar- •-•■t were nhout 14 points better than due '•P to the time bnsliiess commenced oil '* .r side, when strnddje selling caused a loss "f 7 points. Liverpool, however, showed lyslstnnee to further decline, und If pro- dtieers resort to Judicious umrketlug. con- s ’"iiits’ demand will soon ticrotuc a snp- kortlng feature and further loss could Is? •voided, Xow Is the time to carry out -fiaolutlous about holding for the proper Price, for If producers become der; ore •!*•*.• 11 1 this time when mnulpulntloii \n In con trol t.f speculative influences, the markets "ill not bo able to stand the pressure ft all. Spinners will hardly buy as long r- they see It getting cheaper every ilfiy. I le v only buy In steady or rising markets. I t trades here were at alsmt l't points im-aiice. As the fnterior sold ou the tiu- P " i , nu»nt and, trading Is timid, fearlug f ' 1 tlier pressure 111 New York, n decline M,,, n followed, and futures were below yes- !' nlay’s dosing figures Inside of an hour, '■'••ii the larger and well protected long ; '"■* have ii eliminated by this sharp ' r".ik. and the selling todny wn* decldeilfy '"ore bearish character and by scalpers b-ii..wing the trend of New York. Freqnvnt showed that the markets are In a * * ililder technical condition. Spot •news f[ ill the Interior It so mixed In character ,,r " no Impression of a tendency can be tmuen therefrom. On the whole, however, 1 soentN ng If the weakest holdings have disposed of. There Is too little hen* s* far to make a standard mark'd. N* w York, Kept. 17.—Bartlett. Frailer k \ ,r ' nfton: The Liverpool market was evl- '• ..t!v rigged by the bear element today »' r -harp advances were scored over night ‘ die Fngllsli board, and a rush of shorts in New York and New Orleans opened our slightly below normal In the northern. Koine nights were cool. The sunshine wn deflcl#nfr Istonily. henry rains occurred In deficient. Drought continues in a few north western comities. Georgia—The weather was abnormally the 11th nud 12th, but wus warm- urred lu till districts during the first three days and In tlie southern portion the rest of the week, but the rainfall was con siderably below uoriiinl, except in the southern portion. The sunshine was defi cient. the smith. Mississippi—The weather was quite cool until Saturday, when a change toward warmer occurred. The mean tempera turn slightly below normal. Ilnln fell on three days. Th6 amounts were light to noi'erate In the northern portion nud con- rally heavy In southern, being eipoclnlly .jenvy In extreme southeastern comities. Sunshine was nearly normal. North Carolina—Temperature wns nbout normal In the western dliftrlct. Elsewhere It wns nearly 3 degrees nbove. l*reclp|. needed. 8uusblnc wns sufficient. Oklahoma nud ludlnn Territory—comer •fid. generally elver weather prevailed dur ing tlie week. Mean temperature wni lie- low normal the deficiency netng due to cool nights. Hnnshlne wns nbore normal. There was-no preelpltntlou of consequence after the general rnlus of the 8th and 9th. Mois ture Is needed lit some localities. K'outh Carolina—Mean temperature was above normal, but the nights were cool In the western portion. Showers occurred fre quently, nnil parts of the state received ample rainfall, but In n few places more rain would lie benefidnl Sunshine wns below normal. Tennessee—Temperature wns slightly low* normal. The mornings of the 11th and 12th were unusually cool. General rains occurred on the 9th and 10th. followed hy fair ami cool weather. J’reclpltatlmt was generally above iiormnl except In some cen tral counties. Sunshine wns ample. Texas—Khoweri on three day*, but there Aiual Copper. , . .. Am. Ice Securities. , . Aui. 'Sugar lleilnery. . American Hiueltlug. . Ait. Loconitlve. . , . do. preferred . . . Am. Cnr Foundry. . . American Cotton oil. . Aunconda. ...... Atchison do. preferred. Atlantic C. Line. . . . Brooklyn Itnpbl T. . . Baltimore N Ohio, . . Chesapeake A Ohio * Canadian Fnclflc. . .. Chicago * Alton. . .. Consolidated Gas. . » . Central Leather. . ... do. preferred Colorado Fuel A I rod. Corn Produce .... Colorado Southern. . . Delaware A Hudson. . Denver A ltlo Grand!. Distillers’ Securities. . Erie . * . do. preferred. , , . General Electric. . Great Western Great Northern pfd. . Illinois Central Interlniro , do. preferred. , , . Kansas A Texas. , . « •i s o s S 52 634 *iU 634 .614 111% Bu 61% iiT R 1 % at at 174 R 82" IF A f & 91 JSi 1::: si 82*’ r .S| P 87 82*’ 46% 91 38% 166% 22** 22ii 22” 22% 168 158 ‘ 158 23% 52 ids 62% 624 21 204 21 127^ *5% 128% 127 Vi ii nt T - TS 9 SBH *4 NAME OF STOCK. Kansas X Texas pfd. . Louisville A Nashville. Missouri Pacific. . . . Mexican Central. . , . , New York Central. . . , Northwestern National I.end. . . , . . ■Norfolk A Western. ., , wort hern Pacific Ontario A Western. , , , Pennsylvania. ...... Pacific Mall People*! Gas Co Pressed Steel Car. . . , Beading Uoek Island. ...... do. preferred Republic Iron A Steel, , do. preferred, . . . , Southern Pacific Southern Hallway. . . , do. preferred. . . . . St. Paul. ........ Tenn. Coal A Iron. . • , Texas Pacific. ...... Union Pacific. ...... U. K. Rubber do. preferred. . • . . U- N. Steel. . do. preferred Western Union. , , . . , Wabash do. preferred. 83 NEW YORK. LIVERPOOL. 2 p. m. Following Is ths opening range, nud close, Compared with yesterdi Futures opened steady. Opening Previous Range. 2 p, in. Close. Close. September.. 6.39 -6.43% 6.43% 6.88 6.17 Sept.-Odf.... 6.22 -6.28; Oct.-Nov.6.18 -6.23] Nor.-Use.,.. 6.16 -6.2JI Iler.-Jan6.13 -6.19* t an.-Feb..., 6.13 -6.18 Vb.tMar ........ Mnreh-Aprll. 6.15 -6.20 CM 6.23 6.16% 6.24 6.20% 6.13 6.16 .... 6.11% 6.14% 6.18 6.11 6.14 6.11% 6.1“ __ 6.12 6.15^ April-May... 6.11 -6.20% 6.20% 6.12% 0.16 May-June..» 6.16 -6.21 6.29 6.13 Closed quiet. NEW ORLEANS. tuT^iff ,l ^?, r l rj n l : B .r n y '* ™ ,,on ,o TIPS FLASHED From Wall Street. Kept.. , Get. . . Nor.. , Dec.. ... Jail., . Feb.. . March. Anrll . May. . s 5 rsiff.-j 1 Closet! steady. *2 11.43 ■ 11.37^ 11.34 II. 34 Itt 1 III. 38-36 11.3tT[ 11.43-49 11.50 52 11.2 11.24- 26 11.25- 28 11.26 11.39-40 11.42 NOTES ON GRAIN Pointers ou Provisions. Special to The Georgian. (From Hayward, Vlek A Clark.) ’ , Chicago, Sept. 17.-Bnrtlett, Frailer A Carrington: News . from the Canadlau Northwest was more alarming, there being n continuation of thd unfavorable weather which has luereaied the damage to the crop. Temperatures of .28 to 34 Sunday night were reported, A confirmation of the reports of Saturday, telling of damage, were received from different sources Monday. One report said that only 40 per cent of the entire crop hns Met cut auil ouly 60,000 bushels threshed. . . . . Chicago Record-Herald: American wheat ..ad flour were In active requeat In all the lending market* at the end of the week. Milwaukee claimed that continental Europe was bidding freely there for flour, and aouthwestern markets did not deny that the flour trade was In excellent position both ou domestic ami foreign «ccount. Cash wheat brokers here claimed that the chief HOLIDAY IN CHICAGO. Chicago, 8ept. 17.—No grain market to dny on account of election. ATLANTA MARKETS. FRUIT AND PRODUCE. LIVE 1- rol't.TnV-lIl-n. flrtlvp. rblrkrn. (fre.U), 22V4t(SO<-. Duck. (l>klu) »• meh; pmlillo, 3Sc t-acli. Turk.)-, octl.c, J6c P Di/b88ED POULTRY—Turk.,., ilrtwn. pnODUCB—L«rd; IS. pound: hum. nrtlr.. tic pound: .boulder, notlr., lOtflic pound: tldr. ncUr«, llo pound; butter dull, lofililir pounil; lerenwni netlre. Sc pound; TOlSSSSkaPW M-Menn. .. ... Swift A Company's sales of fresh beef In Atlanta for the week ending Saturday, TO per VVEATIIER REPORT. difficulty In closing up business was In September 7 average 6.70 per pound, flndlug a buyer who,was willing to let f»»»bnimnns. 4e pound: plnenppes. Florida nt a reasonable price. Bids from Eastern stock, none; limes, Florida stock, 60 per the middle and upper const counties, the gran test being 6 Inches nt Galveston. The imriuai wns also exceeded lu several south western nud ii few northeastern counties. Sunshine wns ample. Days were warm niul SHORTAGE IN ALL CLASSES ‘ STAPLE AND FANCY COTTONS New York Commercial: I’rlees nt rlose of tlie week were stronger than nt any time earlier In the month on staple and fmiev cottons. Most of the selling agents are In n position where they enn command their own prices for goods to he delivered within three months. It Is the shortage of •iff. Whether gray, brown or colored cot tons nre considered, the fact stands out l>nuiilncntly that mills can not keep up with heir order*. There Is no r *— *~ -** L this side of January. From the experiences that Jobbers nre hnvltig It Is apparent they can not replenish their fall stocks of cotton, knit goods, white goods or linens. The agents who are able to neeept small spot orders for Imported hosiery, underwear, silk piece goods anil Dim* dress goods have to apportion their merchandise among their patrons to the best of their ability. On cot toll yarns trade haa Increased somewhat since the revision of prices on medium nmi low counts. It la said by agents of woolen mills that prices on dnpllrates for soring nre working up slightly on the lines that have sold well on inltlnl orders. All brunches of retnll trade nre reported ns do ing n Immnlng business on fall lines, and tlicli- calling for goods ou duplicate orders hears out this statement* . Print Cloth 8nles Light. Among the cotton goods brokers and sell ing agents It Is stated that spot nud near by delivery goods In narrow and wide print cloths nre sold up ao completely that new business from day to day naturally figures up small. On gray goods for future delivery Into the spring mouths mllla nre more in clined to consider projiosnls. Sateens and twills keen firm, na spot demand Is more than sufficient to take up goods coming Into the market. Regulars continue to be quoted nt 6!ie. exporters and from abroad curried the price here for No. 2 rad if Inter and No. 2 bard to lc Imlow t'hleago-delivery e. I. f. Buf falo. The last previous sale had.been at l%c below Chicago December. Philadelphia wns the storm center for export demand early, but the Inquiries spread out to New York and Baltimore later. Comparatively ,U00 bushels wheat and 85.000 b There were charters of vessel room acre jnr 100,000 bushels wheat nt l%e and for 100,000 . * ‘'uffnlo ‘ * Berlin owlnj _ 'or ens! grain ht advancing prices/ Uusstau crop re- iris «*ontlnue very unfavorable. Broom ity- the advance thnt the opnortnn- ot lie let slip. The deelln.s r York and New Orleans opened our forced at nfiqnt uooii was due to the » up from Sttlo points After a fur- Giles report, which was Interpreted as bear- mlP, .Jill,.* Pfrt- l»h. WVath.r rjl.dlUoM ftraraWe. " ns put •»!! prices and lower lev-1 Prices now WOWn. Wfl poiius. anil mar ore reewnlrd” tllan SeSml yestenbiy. \ kef shows i* such an nttrartlve proposition for j nnsettled feverish mnrki t with t«ndeney ear crowd to Jump * quoted the wheat futures advancing owing to small receipts nud large demand for cash finII cabled that the ontlook for the Gerisnii potato crop had Improved and thnt there had been tL small Improvement In wheat An Argentine cable brought the official report that the acreage nnder cats there had Increased 40 per cent. After reviewing at some length the con ditions which have made « short crop of spring wheat In the American and Canadian Northwest snd In Russia, Ames-Rrooks, of Duluth, say: "Summing the situation up ns a whole, we would aay that the possibili ties In the wny of prlce-mnklng this year nre ns large as In any recent rear, and we shall probably «*« wider and more rapid fluctuations In the price of wheat the com ing twelve months than we bnve had In this country *n *!•• last six years, not even ex cepting the rust year. It will not tic atir- C rising to see wheat In the primary mar- ets of Duluth and Minneapolis sell us high ns $1.76. and. on the other hand, sharp break*, of 5c to 10c per bushel may come any time from natural causes alone. To our foreign friends we would say that we be- Hove the policy of the American financial Interests tnls year will t»e v as far na they the crop or gral na to convert It Ii badly needed III o... "Chicago red winter wheat Is cheapest wheat In the World," said W. S. Crosby, "and It will not remain long nt Its present discount. It makes as good flour grain nfid Its sale abroad ao ‘ Into ready money, which Is hundred; peanuts In sacks averaging 106 pounds eaen, owing to grade. 6%1T8c pound; cantaloupes active, I1.2mi1.60 crate; water melons, 5610c each 1 , Georgia peaches. $1,606 1.76 per elate; rhubarb. 7oc. VEttETARLKS-rptatoes (new), 88.00 per barrel; per bushel, $1.00. Onlona (Georgia), 10690c bushel; Spanish. $1.25 crate; kraut, % barrel, $3.76; cabbage, 2c pound. GROCERIES. j», 6fl6%c; head. 6®7e: fancy ic, according to the grade. [—Fancy foil cream 16%c; Georgia “ ^ JL. ..••v •. *•..*) —-r* pouml. lemon. 8c; oyster, tc; barrel randy, per pound. 6%c; mixed, per 8 pounds. 6%c; toma toes. 2 pounds. $2.00 case: t popup! navy beans, $2.33; Limn lieana. •%*. matches per gross. $1.66: macaroni. 6%67c pound: sardines, mustard. $125 case. SUGAR—Standard granulated 6.50; New bulk In bags and barrels, lfe; green, 11012c. Shredded biscuit, tt.00 case; No. t rolled oats, $125 case; sack grits, 96-pound bags, $1.86; oysters, fnll weight, $1.00 ease: light WEATHER CONDITION*. The high pressure.area thnt wns centered In North Carolina nnd Virginia yesterday morning oeeuples practically the same posi tion today, but dfie pressure Is somewhat lower throughout the entire eastern half of Hie country. With decided ftfils noted In tlie northeast. I^iw ureas nre centra! nt Portland, Me., and Yellowstone Park. Cloudy weather prevails over the lake re gion. Ohio and Mississippi valleys nud the northwest, and rain has fnllen In the last 24 hours In the states uloug the northern and southern Imrdeni of the country, nnd nt n few sen tiered stations elsewhere. The temperature shows mi mnrked change,' hut the tendency bns been to warmer weather lu most sections. Existing conditions Indicate continued threatening weather lu this section tonight and Wednesday; probably showers Wednes day. COTTON REGION BULLETIN. Special to The Georgian. .. (From Hnywurd, Vick A Clark.) New York, Kept. 17.—Bartlett, Frailer A Carrington: London market for Americans Wised. Union Pacific, Reading and Ht. Paul are all fractionally altove purity. Home of Inactlves nre lower. Copper situation reported as very unsatis factory nnd a further reduction In price of metul looked for. Judge Gary, of the Steel corporation. Is optimistic ns to the future of steel while admitting a curtailment on pnst quarter. Railroad list shows some disposition to break away from Industrials. Earnings continue to show fair lurrenses mid ex penditures are falling uwuy, leaving larger net returns. The Standard Oil case will be an Influen tial factor for some time to eouie, the hear ing beginning today. Several prominent men have been railed to the stand. It Is expected the esse will lie a long drawn out affair. A further break In Industrials would not Ik» surprising, while railroads should show more stability front Investments. Irregular ity Is expected nt tile opening. Heavy covering throughout the list. In cluding Industrials. Northern Pacific shows up exceedingly well, and Ituylnq there is said to be of good character. Northern Pacific keeping well In the lead. The Idg earnings reported on lllll roads basis for tlie advance. Strength lit Steels raring sentiment around to bull side. The most general tip on the floor Is to sell Steel short. The demand for this stock In the loan crowd would Indicate thnt the tip Is being followed to quite till ex tent. Missouri, Kansas and Texas common Is a good low-priced stock to buy for lilghe prices. Its earnings nre excellent. Town Tuples: Bearish attacks on the gei; rnl list are growing weaker, nnd ou eve natulnnl concessions the better rails are lu In* picked up by blinking Interests thnt feel Increasing confidence lu (be monetary eruditions and outlook and the underlying situation. Whlli* the Iienf pnrty may 1m* ex pected to continue Its demonstrations against the Poppers. Steels nnd Industrials generally. It would require only the ann**n Atchison nnd Ht. Many of the Industrials are also heavily over-mtld nnd ire urge ngnlnnt a too ln'iirlnii attitude toward this section of the list. Scarcely any further effect Is likely to grow out of the Standard Oil hearing, at least until the matter more nearly approaches n conclusion. The falling cotton prices will tiring about n large foreign demand which will add to the aiu.mtit of gold we will soon be Importing, n most helpfnl Influence, while the Coppers would see in to tetve discounted the effect of a ppssllde reduction In the An aconda rate of dividends this week. The market will lu all likelihood bark and All for n few days, but advantage should Im> taken of all recessions of n isdnt or so to boy the good rails, especially these men. Gourd, which should Im» held for large prof- Its. Hell cotton on nil bulges. Bur the grains only for turns and mi breaks for u couple Cent per bushel. The early l^itulrn iwlres for American* show fractional Improvement. STRONGAND BETTER Majority of the List Showed Advances At the Open ing. COPPER STRONGEST Opened 1 Per Cent Higher. Fractional Gajns Were Numerous. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. •w York. Kept. 17.—The quiet resistance ug the railroad stocks which has been eed constantly for several dnys had Its logical sequel tills morning lit n sharp ad- •e In prices nil along the line. There • no dcvcbqunfuts lu the antslde news pt that the MtM>euliitive copper pinrket lu London showed for the first time very positive signs of recovery. Itumora worn circulated also, and credited l.i many quar ters. that the Anaconda director*, who meet today to declare tie* quarterly dividend, would make no reduction In the rate, Uu- , der these clrcuniMtanrc* there wns n vigor-* ous rally ngainst the short Interest In the copper shares which bad assumed considera ble proportions and the stimulus of this apparent In other departments of tbo by tb - accumulative movement which went «»n more openly In Northern Fnrlfle storks and which was m-canpniiled by predictions that nn extra dlKtrlluitlon of maim sort was In store for holder* of these shares. Tho : entire list rallied early, quickly continuing . the favoraldc oiuilyslN of the technical stt- tuition which bad been made on the pre vious days. New \ ork. Kept. 17.—Tlie stork market t opr or I strong. Initial prices showing gains of 1 per cent-In Amalgamated. % In South ern Pacific and Kcndlii*. % In Northern Ibl- rltle nud *4 In United States Meet common. I nh»n Pacific • pened % higher nnd gained In all %. Smelling gained % nt the outset and lu nil 7f. Steel preferred opened % higher and renefed it. St. Paul openeil % higher. Kansas and Texas gained %. ('losing bids fid low : Hai'way Stocks. Atchison R7 do. preferred I The following figure* gtvi a age sad dose of the New York coffee mirket for toilsy New York I'eunsyl vii ula Reading .. ., the openjn* Rock Island - — -> n|| | _ Baltimore nud Ohio Catiiidlnii Pacific Chicago and Nor! Ii western , ('(dorado Koatberu .. .. Denver end Rio Grande Erie .. Itoulsrlllc nud Nashville .. Mexican Central Missouri Paetflc ' *• -• nt rt ,| March April . Slay .. June .. July .. Opentni; Range. ..6.664.16 ..6.19-6.20 . .6.9) 6,25 ..6.2D-6.39 ..6.884.86 ..6.304.40 ..6.354.40 . .6.864.95 ..5964.00 ..6.054.10 Close. 6.61-6.65 6.C54.11 6.164.15 6164.20 6.254.36 6.254.35 6.304.35 6.354.40 5.86 6.85 LtfAJD 5.H6-5.65 5.954IU Closed barely steady. Salt*!*28.750 twigs. COTTON SEED OIL MARKET. Following Is given the opening and clos For the 24 ho«r. 7nW „» I m.. ntb .'inVkVt'" ,b ' N ' W V ° r ' 1 C °" m *" J «»rM|nn time. Sent cm her )7. too:. weight, $l.)0 esse;, ing powder, $6.00 case case: pink salmon. $4.f m- jssa esse; corns I.ling nt our stock, It will uot take long to dissipate It." Corn will be pressed Into sorrier more largely Jn the brewlhg Industry this year than ever before. Milters are paying SOe to 82c In the country for a bushel of ~ to 47e.^^® Canadian Bank of Commerce estimates of the grain crops of 3ISnltolNt, Saskatchewan and Alliertn nre 11.811,030 bushels of wheat. 76.W6.000 bushels of ofits, nud 20,743,000 bush * of barley. A large majority of the triub .itlmntcs of the wheat crop of the Canal itinn Northwest are brio# 76.000,000 bushels, and most of them are between 60,000,030 and fiLOOObOOO. MONDAY’S MARKET LACKED FRIENDS AT EVERY STAGE. i the market this upward. HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK, COTTON, STOCKS, BONDS, CCFFEE, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Carondel.t end Gr.vl.l- Sti., New Orleans MEMBERS: Sr S! , « n ‘ »•«!» 88SSJZ*SkSJWiflWlSat York. York Cotton Exchange, Gr.-cctoti Cotton Exchange. fssarsgssr \>w York .nd Chlcp> rorretpondMli. j. 8. BACHE &. CO., AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER A CARRINGTON, private WIRES TO ALL POINTS. New Orleans. Sept. 17.—The Tlmes-$)em ocrat: "Yesterday’s cotton market lacked friends nt every stage, the high price men seemingly haxlag reached the conclusion thnt tb^ source of greatest anticipated strength, the spot market, was no lunger to lie relied upon. The trouMes start**.! almnt two .weeks ago when Savannah lie gau nndernelllng Texaa by a full cent on actual cotton. Since then Texaa haa de clined more rapidly than haa the future market, and by the best available data yes terday had over mat the dee!In* *M siHraulatlre market by about %c. plus having gone toward meeting eoni|>etltlon. Thu* the situation at the Host of the market was anything other Gian encoaraglug for the reason the talent can not hope for a return of steadiness until the farmers and Interior merrhnnts who have cotton for kale put on the brakes. Most of the distressed cotton has now been thrown over, lint this telegram from an authoritative Galveston sourra re veals a new cause of confusion: 'Spots quotations at Galveston nre a Carre. Strict middling «obl here yesterday at 12 t-16c. ihMMfhnni'HnjiiafJ, Vick rniHf. I'ln. w ihiuii, ▼-• —- . .^, t. , chocolate. 33c; snuff. 1-pound Jars, 48c; roast lieef, 12.60 case; syrup (New Orleans), ~ FLOUR AND GRAIN, FLOUR—Highest patent. $5.75: best pat ent, $5.25; standard patent. $4.75; half pat- per bushel, 85c. rillUKEN FRED—Fifty-pound sacks. $!» Funla ehlek feed. $2.00; Victor feed, $1.65. OATS-No. 2 white. 68c; No. 3 mixed. 66c; Golden oats, 65c; white clipped, 70c; fancy W M l }?Al!-ftnln. 72 irar 96-pound sacks, 86c; 48- pound sacks, 82c; plain, 24-pouud sacks, 83c; germ, ft.66. HAY—Timothy, choice large bales. $1.35; do., choice small bales, $1.30; No. 1, one third bales, $1.25; M I one-thlrd Imles, $1.20; choice prairie, $100; Bermuda, $1.00. SHORTS’—Choice white, 81.70; fancy, f 1.61 brown (HO to ino pounds). $1.60; bran, $1.40. COTTON SEEb MEAL—Prime per tot 50; No. 2 pc? ton, $24.00; hulls per to: Atiumu, cloudy, . . . . . G'hnttnnoogn, p, cloudy .. Columbus, p. cloudy.. . . Gainesville, cloudy. . . . Greenville, clear Griffin, cloudy ’Macon; clear MoiitlceRo, clear Rome, p. cloudy xMpiirtniihurg, dear. . . Tocooa. clear West Point, dear. . ., Delayed data. Sept. 16: cloudy. . . MoiitlceRo, cloudy. New nan,, cloudy. . . TnllniHman. cloudy.. r ^Minimum temperature* are for 12 hours ending 3 a. tn., this date. xReceived lute; not Included In district averages. m PROVISIONS. PUOVIRIONfi.*—fluprrm, lumi, IS!*-: I„l- II... 20«2S pmind. un-raff. 1*4; r.t l>»i-k«, «.»: 8opr.nl. I.rfl, 104. rurlijr e*ni|H>iind. *. C.lllornl. bam,^: dry nit .11,., 1.3). FISH—tlimm, 70c poimd ponnd; trnnt. if ponm pompnno. 10c pound; ■ pound: an.nprr. 10c 111; iilu. flab. Jc pound; m.ck.r.1, 124. pound; rmh wutcr tir— ^ AND TIES. f AOGINU-14 III, 104c: 2 111., lie; : r>- mllcil duH-ond hand), T‘tc. 1ES—New 11.10 Imnrb. ai-eond-h.. W puuillli L , mlicd fl'g-^Q({ing * ’J!. , IT» ,r<,u L **• 24 lb.. ha.d M HTtH-Kttfiurmnn. ISc; Ferffunn, Ki!i. r '»27S.- 4 k.ff* 11.60; Dupont and Itnrnril anink.lnni, halt k.(. lll.B; 4 keff. B.»: I-lli, i-.iil.icr.. 11. lea. 25 per cent. Tndidorf vnokrlc pow er. l-ln. ennt D. 8IIOVKIJ4—(• tn III p*r doten. t’AUDH—t'ottnn, S4.T5 per dorm. i’LDW BLADES—fie per pound. IIION-24C per pound bone; Swede, 44c pound. AXES—17 per dmen line.. I.F.AD-04: bar 74. nouud. NAII.8—Wire, IT.fc keff. I«*e; cut U*> jfllOKK-IIorni-, 64.2504 75 keg; mule .hoc, 64.2544.75. BUCK ETS—Paint. 11.7# doten; wklt. <w d.r. throe hoop., 54.K . rilAIN’H—Trace 644* d»*oo. tlD.V POWDER—‘ Ibot. M.Vi BHOT—62.46 Kick. Pot ko», Auatln crack LIVERPOOL GRAIN. 4'issr , ru^^^/,r , *‘ l! » «• 1 Corn opened unchanged and nt 1:80 m. unchanged. Closed % higher. diswct mums. H V .t ill I Opening. Ki'ptember .YlWfir.l OetolNT W%4»51 d Closed firm. Closing. 63 ft 55 5)«4rt5-)% 43146) 44*4 41 «l41>4 8 Konthcrn I’aHflc ' sMi Si hi them Railway ja Union rnelfic * TValtash il2 Iutcrb.ni* Mi-ti-o|iii||inii .. 8% Great Northern .. .. .. jjj' Miscellaneous. Amnlgnmnted Uofi|H>r 61% American far and Foundry.. 37% American Ux-omotlvc 6i% do. breferred.. Brooklyn Rapid Transit., t’(dorado Fuel and Iron.. Xntlounl l.ea(l rtorlfie Mall ('(Hiplo’M Gas I'ressed Steel Unr Uagnr Tallied States Steel United Sts tew Steel preferred., Ms<■ say * otttiainy nreferred.. . Maekav t'omisiuy preferred.. .. \ Irglnfu-t ufinltut Cbcmlsul.. •• v . the METAL MARKET. ..: P -’ ' a rK* •*? 0 I ,J - 17.— Copper showed an K emphln. . . . oldie Montgomery. . New Orleans.. * # Oklnhonin. . Hnvutiuab. . . Vlekshiirg. . . Wilmington. . . ' T. indicate* insiqireclslde rainfall (1) For yesterday. (2) For 24 hours ending I a, 76th meridian time. ••Missing. Remarks. The temperature changes for the pnst 24 hours are not * * *'•“ lielng very smi . Light nhowers occurred In nil districts except Augusta, the amounts being Inappre ciable lu Atlnnta, MoblK*. Montgomery, and Wllmlugton districts. WEATHER FORECAST. Washington. Kept. 17.—Weather conditions nnd general forecast: Conditions nre generally unsettled this morning except In the South nnd Houthwcst. and there were showers over the northern tier of states from the Pacific to the At lantis*. There were also light local sbowere In the South and In the lower Missouri nnd middle Mississippi valleys. Temperatures continue high east of the Rocky Mountains except in the upper lake regiou. ranging from 6 to IS degrees nliove the. seasonable average. Wednesdnjrln the south Atlantic snd Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight; Wrdne* Ninth Carolina, Georgia, Eastern Florida. Western Florida. Alalmma and Mississippi— Fair toulght; Wednesday local showers; light to fresh northeast to east winds. LIVE 8TOCK MARKET. Chicago Kept 17.—Ilogs—Receipts 15,00,1. l]*ht t6.96flfi.66: mixed 15.69 Cr«.62%* henry K.Wtd.'X-, rough ffi.3Je6.67; P'K* $5.5fl^6.4(>: yorkers $6.56^6.63. Cattle-Receipts 10.000. Mnrkef steady; Lriiyi!? $ti$7.25l«>ws$Lafi6.60; Texas steer* w.pffo; calves $5.^07.75; western cattle 844i 6.10; stockers and feeders $2.60^5. Khee|e—Iteceliit* 22,000. Market 10e lower; w r" tPn ‘ W.25«6.86; yesr- U»»g* 36.fiiJg4fi.40; lambs $5^7.60; western $3 t/7.65. ATLANTA CAMP TO HOLD MEMORIAL Th. iA-nual memorial rorvlre In hon or of member, who have died within the pant yenr of Atlanta Camp No. 153, Confederate Veteran*, will be held on the evenltiK of October 3. At a meeting of the camp Monday evening, held In Cnptnln "Tip" Hur- ilMon'* office In the capital. Rev. T. P. Cleveland, chuplnln of the enmp, wn. r.| pointed a committee of one to ar range for Ihe memorial service. Since October 1, 1606, to tn. date the camp hua lost twenty-one member, by death, the largest number ever re corded In one yenr. Lieutenant IV. R. McEntlre, it Text., a former Oeorglnn, v-aa tho gut at of the camp Monday evening, and wua given a cordial ri ce Wlon. MAY PROSECUTE WESTERN UNION Columbia, 8. C, 8ept. 17.—There wan a lengthy dlai-UHalon before the ntnte railroad romnil.Mnn thl. morning upon the queatlon of whether the West ern Union Telegraph Company haa been guilty of fraud upon the citizen, of thla alate by It. admitted practice recently of mailing telegram* filed and prepaid for wire tranamlnalnn. The rommlnalon haa not yet announced Its decision. It I. likely that the commis sion will ask for more evidence before deciding whether to institute criminal proceedings. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. ■w York, kept. 17.—Money .on call. J4«4: suSr«£"!f ''ogi. 64464; W iftja, S%fi5^; six moil ib*. r# prr cent. P4i*t , M) rates: Htcrilug cxcbangP. $4.82%0 1,1 bankers* irflffi at $4.Sa|iK(i4.JOoO for (leuinud ami at $4.8l*& for iffilay bills. J’rinio mer<*niitilc paper iiucliuugrd. V^mihin bar silver sternly % lower at 8tW<L New York bitr *1|rer 67%e, Mexican dollar* 52%c. MINING 8TOCKS. Boston. Kept.17.—OpenIng storks: Greea*. c SIMIU1I 9%. North Butte 47. Hhanuoa 10, t*s 1 nmet-Arfsotia 112. Copper Range 07%, Utah mining 35. Market strong. THE LONDON 8T0CK MARKET. 8TOCK8— Auaeoiidn Atrhlson do. preferred AmalganiNted Uopuer .. . Baltimore und Ohio .. .. Chesapeake and Ohio .. ., ’n nnd Ian 1’arlttr Erie do, preferred .. .. .. Illinois Central laoutsvtlle nnd Nashville Hanna* nnd Texnn .. ., do, preferred Mexican Central New York Central Great Western , vnnta Ontario aud Western .. , Northern Fnrlfle Norfolk and Western Fhllad * K(**k Houthrrn . . Moutheru Hallway .. do. proforrad .. Kt. Until Union Partite United 8tn((*s Hfrrl do, preferred 4% | UNION __ savings Bank Could Building CAPITAL STOCK ... ft00.000.00 - 0 . I RESOURCES ' ft/ 4/0 $250,000.00 4% THE SUGAR MARKET. New York, Kept. 17.—The domes! lo refined sugar market wus steady aod unchanged. Lov*bI raw* steady. The Iaondon l**et sugar in .rket was steaily; Heptemlier. %d higher at 10s; October 1%*I higher at 9s ll%d. ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA. GA C E. CURRIER, Pre.ld.nL H. T. INMAN. Vlee Prc.ldenL GEO. R. DONOVAN, Cathlcr. JAMES S. FLOYD, A.ilitant Cathlra. Capital $500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $650,000.00 We Solicit Your Patronage. ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. AUDITORS AND BANK EXAMINERS, Audit., Sp.ci.l Examination*. Costing and Sy.t.m.tiling. EMPIRE BUILDING, ATLANTA. GA.