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IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WIIPNEHDAY. .‘.nilST 1*. 1*W. 11 JOSEPH B. LIVELY ( THE GEORGIAN’S RECORD OF MARKETS AND FINANCE Hgjggf LIVERPOOL WEAK, 5HARPLY_ LOWER Oi»oned the New York Op tion Market 5 to 10 Points Lower. SENTIMENT BEARISH Longs Were Active Sellers with ^Almost No Sup port From Bulls. Bj Private Leased Wire. jfew York, Auf. 15.—The loci! market open^I at a decline of 6010 point*, or lower than due on the cables from the market •t Liverpool, which” were decidedly poor. There was hearjr pressure from bear soun-ee. slid also some active selling by longs. with almost no support from the buHs, Indicating that even at these new low uvcl* for tbs season with every option under 10c, sentiment Is fully as bearish «• when quotations were u half cent higher. Cotton In Liverpool was lower than ported. Iwith spot tnd futures showing elded weskness. At the close In that market, apot wm S ooted 7 points lower at ft.(8d for mid- |j»g uplands, while futures were 1010 point* lower. on the opening cables, New-\ork ahonld have opened about 2 point* lower, hut In- •tend Initial prices were at a decline of tftlu points. Trade fnfriy active ami an Increue In •utdde business noted. The market held at>•*dr after the opening break, but there There will be no crop condition rei iMued on Septemlwr 3, as a recent net congress directs that the condition report of the cotton crop shall be issued on the situo tiny ns the first glnnera* report of ai-tunl cotton ginned In each month, re spectively. dnrihg the months In which Mb condition reports and gingers* reports nrc Issued. Therefore, the Bcntember re port will l>* Issued as follows: Agriculture report nt 1 p. m.. New York time, and census glnuers* rejport about 2 n. m.. New York time, probably September 7, 8 or 9. Semi-weekly movement at thirteen Inte rior towns. Receipts 12,031; shlpr‘“*“ 437; stocks 84,611; twnnarstlv Friday, stocks have lot 1,871 imlea. At Galveston, 1.278 lutles new cotton were *ved today, Houston l,f i mid Augusta 1 each, compared with jretti York, the final figure, —... of 17019 points, or within attaint or two of the lowest of 'the day, with the tone barely steady. SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, qnlet nt 10c. New York, steady at 10.33c. New Orleans, quiet and easy at IMic. Liverpool, qnlet nt 6.58d. Augusta, qnlet at 10*4e. Savannah, weak at 10l-18c. Hr. Louis, dull at 10%c, Galveston, steady at 102-lle. Memphis, nominal. Boston, qnlet at 10.40c. _ rhllrtdeiphla. steady at 10.lic. Mobile, quiet at H4f. Norfolk, quiet at 10V4c. Houston, qnlet nt lOVfte. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Liverpool, Aug. 15, 12:15 p. ro.—Cotton, spot business moderate, with prices «stsler; middling uplands 5.58d; sales 6,000; Ameri can 3.900; speculation and export 800; re ceipts 5.000; American 200, Futures opened quiet. »now. » vife 1:3 »:S1S kept..Oct, I »<•<*.-Jan. , , J*n.-Feb. ., Feb.-March. . Mnreh April. , April May.. . .6.17-5.26 5.21 6.30 .5.284.22 ft.O4.20 6.19 ,.1.284.24 5.30 ft.? Closed Irregular. Ki «**» » 5.18 TODAYS PORT RECEIPTS. The following tabla shows receipts at tbs gofu to«iay, compared with tba.aams day N**w Orleans. Gnlveston. . Mobile. , , # Hawninnh. . Charleston. Wilmington. Norfolk. . * , \ ' Boston. . . • Total. 1904 190ft tl fjjj 3166 ct IfK b 1134 19 M 11 6 U S3 1038 80 4872 8424 m INTERIOR MOVEMENT. , The foliowthg table abowa receipt* at th# Interior towns today, compared with the same dsy last year: ~3c6 Houston. Augusta. , Memphis. L. J. ANDERSON & CO.'S DAILY MARKET LETTER. . New York. Aug. 15.—Another sinking mar- today on nothing more than has been for nearly a month. Crop report* ••III eonflMIng. but complaints are very more nnmerena thaa In Ike post. . are of the opinion that the decline ha* now become artificial and It Is about •Ime to call a halt. There Is no if In be* £ m,n « an eleventh lmnr bear and .having l? pay for the experience. Even If the slt- natUm warranted It (and we do not think «• doe« past experience has taught n# that t!»*» big operators do not want everybody Jvu.'wiBjj In their traiL There I* Mrdly n fe' n Wt* the band wagon la fall of beare. •V bottce a tendency on, the part of the Jdg trade to cry. ••Atop, a Tally la doe. It i« more than nkely that they will en- f^vor to reduce their following so as to + able to take a better hold at « higher t'* 1 ; rare future developments prove •hf large estimates which have been dr* rt ilstlng the ring. NEWS AND GOSSIP Of the Fleecy Staple. Private Wire to Oibert A Clay. Aug H-Uvenwol open<Nl ft down. Was doe about 4 down. Carpenter, Btfgott * Co. say: "We think the market fa going to work lower and favor safes na rallies, but would suggest rare In operations, as any <^treaiety ImmI weather might cause a rush of shorts to cover that will tend to put price* liliher ««? now seems ^reliable." * JMck Bn>*. Jt Co. say; “ruder the cir cumstances, we can not see our way dear to adrlsi> buying, cither for Investment or for speculation/' The Journal of Commerce says: "Wiarp advances In staple ginghams and colored cottons were the features of the day’s bust- Advances In wide sheetings and <1 sheetings are still peudli though most linns nre virtually nt awaiting an advance of. nt least. _ .... cent, and possibly more within thirty days. Trading for the day lacked some of the vigor of Inst week, as buyers arc waiting to test the effect of lower cotton as quoted on the exchnuges." We understand that the Giles report wul * Issued by Hatton A Co. at JX P tw# Friday. Ltvcr|KM>l continues selling here. The n ket la easy on continued Itearlah news. Carpenter a ldg buyer of December and January again this morning. New Orleans. Ang. 15.-.The overnight longs are liquidating, causing further do-. E rosslou, but would only sell when the tint et sticks Its head up. Might have sllg reaction shortly on covering by satlsfi shorts. . Liverpool cables: "Think the market In weak position. Confluent selling ueai months against Imports." Waco, Tex., wires: "Weather perfect; less demand; spots eosk»r." Private Wire to Ware & Leland. ; New York, Aug. 15.—Liverpool futures opened-quiet, S down. At 12:15 p. m.. 508 down and easy; sales 5,000; spots 7 down of 6.l8d. Futures due about 3 to 4 dowu. Liverpool cables: "Market affected un favorably by poor New York report and liquidation continues In near mont’is In view of feared increasing Southern offer #, i**." The New York cotton market opened weak on poor Liverpool chbles. Pearsall traders apparently anxious to follow the selling side. Trade fairly large and well dls- tlve market. Order* and nt»out evenly dlvlueu. nuns are mi; Ing on the reaction theory, and short •re covering freely, but there nre enough fresh selling orders to meet the demand. We nre getting reports from places that _ »ve heretofore reported perfect conditions that crop Is rapidly deteriorating 1»y shed ding. Net stock of cotton here Is 14,273 bale*, against 55,165 last year. Amount of cotton on shipboard Is 18,029 bales, against 18,1! 1 last year. FutuTe* are steadier, but the market shows little sign of reaction. Liverpool Is altogether too bearish* to have Its In fluence removed quickly. There Is nothing ' i the spot department. Scattered showers are shown over the larger part of the cotton belt on the weather map. Some call the map unfavor able. hut moderate temperatures itccoro- L til * — pany the rain. High temperature* are more to l>e feared than anything else Just THE WEATHER. LOCAL FORECAST. WEATHER IN COTTON BELT. Texas—8nu Antonio cloudy and warm; light shower this morning. Houston clear nd pleasant. Dallas clear and hot. Mississippi—Jackson, Natchex and Yaxoo City clear and warm. Meridian clear and lot; hard rain yesterday. Ilaxlehurst, llrookheven. Greenwood and Vicksburg Clear and hot. Amory cloudy: light rnlu yesterday afternoon. Holly Springs and Aberdeen clear and pleasant. Alabama—Troy partly cloudy and pleas ant. Balms cloudy and hot. Birmingham ly cloudy and hot. Huntsville cloudy S lensant. Montgomery partly cloudy eaaant. Opelika fair and warm. Mo bile portly cloudy and warm. Georgia—Albany partly cloudy and hot: bad a very good rain last nigh New Orleans clear and hot. WEATH^ iTlFO R EC A8T. rgta. Hast Florida, Weat Florida—Lo ll rains Wednesday and Thursday. , !,oulida!ui, Mississippi and Alalsuua—Local ‘na Wedueaday: Thursday fair, last Texas-Fair Wedueaday and Thure- West Texas—Fair In south, showers and cooler In north Wednesday; Thursday fair. Arkansas—Showers Wednesday; Thursday fair. MARKET WAS FULL OF BUYING OBOERS Material Gains Were Made in All Departments in First Hour. TRADING WAS ACTIVE Stoeks in Early Trading Bought Without Regard For Price. By Private (.eased Wire. New York, Aug 1 . 1ft.—The stock mar ket . this morning wu stronger and more active than at any time this week. Prices were higher In all departments of the London market also, and our list took Its cue at the start from the foreign attitude. But the main Incen tive to the trading lay undoubtedly In the heavy buying at rising quotations of a few choaen issues. Union Pacific -acid near to the highest point of tna January rise and Southsm Pacific al most equalled Its high record of fig ures of 1902. The reason f >r thesv ad vances. of course. Is the belief that an increase In the Union Pacific dividend and Initial payment on Southern Pa cific presumably at the rate of 4 per cent. Changes at the opening of the market were advances generally. Reading gained % lu all. Texas Pacific row* %. Pennsylva nia, Missouri Pacific, Atchison, Union Pa- Ific, and Mt. Paul gained >4- The market was full of heavy buying ders nil through the first hour, ami prices In that period made material gains In al most all the departments. Consolidated Gas rose to 140. The galus made In the .various securities were not large, but were Important be- l the price. London liought 15,000 shares on Italnnce, ehlefl** Krle, Honthern Pacific, Union Pacific and Pennsylvania. Governments unchanged. Other bonds are firm. LONDON 8T0CA MARKET. Anaconda..., .. .. ,, .. Atchison Canadian Pacific Chic.; Mil. and Ht. Paul.. Erie * ' Illnola Central Iemlavllle and Nashville. . . Heading i*ennayTvsnla Honthern Pndfle,. ,. ,, „ , Union Pacific.. COTTON REGION BULLETIN, . -Tor th* 24 hour* endlnr at s ■. m.. nti mesldlau time. August RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Amalgamati-ti 1‘oppcr. Anicrlenn Hugar llefiuliig,,... ...... Atlantic Coast Line........ A M:i - -Mi.I i Allied.un (.onmiutlre (It'S prefiTTe l AtueiT«nit Sm* .tmg Refining.. do. preferred.......... Atcldnou do. preferred American Cotton Oil Haiti more and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio.. Colorado Fuel and Iron Central leather.... do, preferred.,... Chicago and Great Western Chicago, Milwaukee ami 8t. Paul Delaware and Hudson Distiller** HccurttFes Erie do, preferred General Electric Illinois Central...A American lee Securities Dmifsvliltr and Nashville Mexican Central Missouri Pacific New York. Ontario and Western National l<eaU Sortbern Pacific New York Central Norfolk aud Western Pennsylvania .. People** Gas .T. Pressed Steel Car ...» do, preferred....... Pacific Mall Rending I 148 14? ir*% \T< 37* ftl Rending •••••• ....»•««» Republic Steel Rock island do, prefer red...,,. United State* Rubber do, preferred * Southern l’nclic ,*,■%.••• Southern Railway do, preferred ftlnM-KhciriFltl Tennessee Coal aud iron Texas aud Pacific Union Pacific * United States Steel do, preferred Vlrglnla-Carollna Chemical do, preferred,.. Western Union Wabash do, preferred..., a Wisconsin Central stock sale* today i.ooG.urri shares.* 1 in? UK lx>w TWf c I 1 1 RANGE OF THE COTTON MARKET NOTES ON GRAIN Pointers on Provisions. AT NEW YORK. Aug. , • Sept. . . Get. . , Nov. . , Dee. . . Jan. . . Feb. . . March. , 133 $3 0.67 9.8448 !:S| 9.8448 9.8940 Closed Imrely steady. AT NEW ORLEANS. Nov. , Dec. Jan. . 9.* .... 9.68 9.58 ».«J i'M'»:» tss a WEATHER CONOn IONS. The weather continues more ( The rains during the Inst 24 hour* hav* V«r llitl. <-bnng* In t.mpi'r.tur. ha. w'- nirnwl „wnt . N. !».. «iw Mil-. City. Jlont.. «bpre It U W oold.r tun at tb« urn. boar TiHWda, n*"raadm«M f..or the -l-reletaueiit of local thuniler ahnw.r. la tbla teetloi. to- algbt and Thuradar B MAHItt/RY, Mellon Director. WARE * DaVlY MARKET LETTER. inrp atuup’ I *'tSe 'ottoa'SrK' J'" 1 */™ ,ae FailureUven"«l ‘"ff ysssa *s?vSs fen'll -IT? SSSi- tS uTo*,*^ port of Importance, and curering from time to time tbe roarket »« derold of the bujlng that waa needed to nsrUMHSaSBSi g development of cotton could haraly »y de r iu,| I,* tMturew Under these circum stances, and In view t rtSfft«irfBle Informed people ■ ( crop accounts, such a* are now romure tarTmsrer le.for. been recelrjd at tbl. ■on of the year. It I* tery difficult to ^ how there can l*e found a genuine IissIb tor a IhiII speculation In cotton at the P The*entire market lacks buying, and as mnremrnr Is Iwglrnlng to show op heavy there I* Ukely to be a farther decline In STATIONS OF ATLANTA DISTRICT. ^Atlanta, cloudy. . . . •Chattanooga, cloudy.. . Uolunibua, cloudy. . . . Gainesville, dear. . . . Greenville, cloudy. . -. Griffin, Hoar. .... •Macon, cloudy. . . . . , Moiitlcello, cloudy. ... Newuan, cloudy Rome, p. cloudy Spartanburg, cloudy. . . Tallapoosa, p. cloudy Toccoa. dear West Point, dear. . . , . *Mlnlm«m temperatures are" for _ hour i»eriod ending at 8 a. m. tbta date. HEAVY RAINFALLS. Greensboro, Ga Evergreen. Ala.. .. .. •• .. *. .. Albany, Ga.. Tuacumbla. Ala ..2.84 ..192 ...3.» e • 1.52 ** C. ALABAMA «T. GIBERT & CLAY STOCKS 5- COTTON. OR A IN. correr. psovisions N- T«b Stoek Ereh.nWN.w '^"^AT^aUoa Prirste Wires teed fcxebaug'*- Local and Long DlsUncs TsUphont 5298. ATLANTA. OA. V/. R. FAGAN, Manxgar, CENTRAL STATION. Atlanta. . . 1 Augusta. . . Charleston. . Galveston. . Little Rock. Barr-.-. Montgomery. New Orleans Oklahoma. . Havnnnah. . Dlat. Averse**. T»rap*ture. JUx. Min. *4 88 ft 88 94 fj 88 JW ft K s 92 ■9 78 98 72 ¥ Indicates inappredn REMARKS. . Over the eastern portion of the belt the temperatures were slightly lower than for the previous 24 hours, very little ebange waa shown In the western district*. Mod- erate ralna were reported In nil districts. Heavy mint have fallen In Georgia and Alabama, J. B. MARBURT. Section Director. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. By Private leased Wire. Chliagp. Aug. 16.—I logs— Rceefpta 22.WI. Market steady; quality fair; left over 8.228; bulk 86.MBA16; estimated for tomorrow JS.- 008: light hugs S8.7I4K8.26; mixed. B-TOtt .'»(!!<■—E«I|I)I,T«I t*ctfpf» 50,09). IX.rk.t rtmdr to Mo hlfhrr: «Mlltf f.lr: l«N*rr« M.S4M.K: m«, Sl.Mpl.M: bHfrr. Jim MO; rilm MO7: good prim, unn It.SO Hi; poor ,o mrdl-iw tibOt.lt; ttorkm "Sh^SSStlmatM mmfpfa U.fn M«rk,t &TISJS b — Httn M.M07.J5; Mmlm hot VMM. prtob Imfor. «b* do—nw,rd more belt*. New York, A eg. 13.—Further ebw'. row ing orrtirtwl I. the eertg trading todeg under the leederehlp of eperUltlm, end .Mr rilent, -ttb promlee or runner Mg- Ing from that eo«rr» tomorrow. -ben lie market will probeldy -orb nnwerd fer- tier In enttrlpetto. of rood bank ettle- moot, indt- -iti-l l«r the .nirtmtenry opera- Hone. We think tie I- drrrhlp of eprrlgl- lire, haring been eorreedr.1 by 1-oa.ler Inlying, nIrene that the henklng element be obarrrrd upon Ike general market for r time, with eebTtnJ Iwnre boo.-bt Jtidl- dotiely for urn*. EXPORTS FOR JULY SHOW A DECREASE fly Prlrnle Leaned lVIre. Wanhlngton, An*. 14.—The department of commerce nnd laltor bulletin for inly ebowt that the Intel npnrli of brred- atuffe for the month —ea 17,510,125; celtle, eheep end bote, t3.t44.i70; urorlelune, tit,- doe,74,; mtton, t9,6«0,74»; mineral ulle, M,- 0487405. The total ei|mrte for the month wee 111,1:0,717, ae tgnln.t Jtl.t2t.5M for June. The total egporte of brendetulfe for the eeren moutha eudlng with July —ere 1100,241,101, a, nirelnat tt4.ai.iej for the cot ree|(oiidlng eeren niimtba of IMt. eeren mnntbe ending wllli July, tel rnlue of the r,porta ending with July -ne *417,175.471, ae agnlnet W»,5tt,4«0 fur the drat eeren mmtbe of Uet year. SERIOUS - LEAKAGE IN COTTON BU8INE88 .. i. ..nlon, enld: "Thera ■erloiie Irebnge In Ibr rottnn ImeliieM, ne nt preeent ennUiirted. All of nr cotton that gone nhragd la enld at net weight. That la In nge ‘ ro mm. im» ie no naoi. [,rw,,ie, —e get pnld for the actual unmln-r of |munda lit rerh hale, ee Ihe price Is more when iKinght at net weight tlup at grnaa weight., lint abttaea have crept Into the buaUeaa nntll miller anrh eglaltng roMlUona we are making the lioyera a preeent of eight or ten pouuda of net cotton with every bale wa aell them, or almnt 50 eenta a bale at Deaths and Funerals. Mr. I’nlrln wild that there were two rem edies for Ihla elliMtlon. One waa to make the liale lighter, the other to aell all cotbm at net weight. OIBERT A CLAY'8 DAILY COTTON LETTER. New Urleene, Aug. It.—In IJrerpool H|4 Ilona were Indue need by extremely favors — prices i toe points mr . rel*. Moot quo l ehlee ihdteatod'lree eelllng by eohllnenlai lutereete of near numlha against purchases for Import. I.'om-luolre proof waa fwnlabed today of tka trade's willingness to fully respond to Indnencea favorable to lower levela. Bo much kas Iwen said and written of late of the expected lyartbm that a feeling of ncr- ronaneM luia fonn.I hslgmeni In tbe minds of not a few. lint when Improreatenta do occur very little. If any, da .Ire la manlfeat to rapport the market. Aa far as market Indueoree ere rooeernwl, the weather I. naturally tbe predomlnent featnrs. bat there mast alao \» reckoned edtb the al ready free morement of new Jotton, amiI to day we hare It from Texn. ow goo,l anthM- llr that tbe deninnd foe spot cotton 1. de ellnlng end that nrlera are easier. From Ibis It may be Inferrad fb*» eo«e nnrale taka hie crop scare mast necemrlly oeenr before an/tUng like a permanent improve ment In the market's undertone takes place. BRYAN QUITS PARIS FOR MADRID, SPAIN 1 ' T Pa r I e * 'a u? ”7*5.—W'i 11 la m Jenlnnga Bryan left thin dty for Madrid et noon today. Mr. Bryan had to leeva town without maetinc I'reshUnt Faillerea who rant the American traveler word that he would not be able to arrange hie appointments so as to give tfr. Bryan an audience. Mrs, J, D, Jones. lift. J. D. Jones, 28 years old. died Tuesday evening at ( o'clock at her residence, 45 Bonnie Brae avenue. The funeral services will be held at I o'clock • Thursday afternoon, and the following pallbearers will meet at If, O. Poole's undertaking establishment at 2:111: B. R. Pritchett, J. a. Smith, Warner Peck, Cleveland Htephena, J. T. Mlddlebronks and Arthur Hpurlln. The Interment will be at Wsstvlew. Mrs. Rosa Kelly. The funeral aervlcea of Mrs. Rosa Kelly were held Tueaday at Poole's un dertaking parlors, and tha Interment was at Weatvlew. t Effia May South. Tho funeral aervlcea of Bffle May ftouth, the *-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse South, were hald at the residence of her parents, 171 Waat North avenue, at it o’clock Wednesday morning. Tha Interment wts at Holly, wood. Mrs. Lixxlo Rlehgrds. Funeral aervlcea of Mrs. Llaxfe Rich ardg ware held at 10 o'clock Wednes day morning at Barclay * Brandon's undertaking establishment. The fbiur- ment was at Hollywood. Samuel L. Land. Samuel I. Land, 03 years old, died after a long Illness at 2 o'clock Tues day afternoon at his residence, 2(0 I^twson street. The body wee carried to Toccoa for funeral services and In terment at 7:10 o'clock Wednesday morning. He Is survived by a wife and several children. Mr. Hennerde Is Elected. By Private Leased Wire. London, Aug. It.—Mr. Hennerde, Liberal, was elected by a majority of nearly 2,100 In the by-election In the cast division of Denbighshire. Private Wire to Ware 4k Leland. Chicago; Aug. It.—Cables not _ weak a> our market and we mey get some recovery today In -beat. Rupport in wheat poor. It drage gad will drag lower. Reactlonlsta are buy Ing. uete market very dull until Helm hols sold about 300.900 May. PI crowd principal buyer*, but are now trying to sell out. Looks as If Rankin In trying to cov sr a little May wheat sold yesterday. Scalpers buying In, some wheat sold yesterday also. Ottering not Isrge. Buying of December corn hy Finley Barrel! Ie holding Ihe market. Finley Barrel! Just bought 20«,00e December corn and etlll bidding for It. Private Wire lo oibert A Clay. Chicago, Aug. 1*.—Believe wheet Is not far from bottom. Corn and oats In our opinion are a purchase. Record-Herald saya; There waa con elderable activity yesterday In call for oal* and corn to arrive. Raise eagre gated 117,000 bushrla. Armour woe the leading buyer of corn. Provision man were Helming Ihef lard was down to an export basis yes terday and that name of the little out side packer* had been sailing some of Cash sales In Chicago were 21.005 wheel, 115,000 com end 71,000 net*. A petition started by F. P. Frasier to reduce th* commission rats* to the old basis prevailing before Merrh 1 re ceived enough atgnaturee to tsk* It be fore the directory, but the latter dis approved It on the ground that suf ficient time had not elapsed sine* th* rule waa passed lo decide. Chicago Inter-Ocean: Kansae has fallen Into line with the other winter wheal stale* and reported a big yield, th* second largest crop on record. King, of Toledo, wired the Kansas report last night, making 51,400,040 bushel! wheat. The last report on con- dll Ion In Kansas wa* 70. Th* gov ernment report* Kansas 11,000,000 bushels. Tbs average yield per acre I4.T bushels, against 11 bushrla a year ago; quality high. Corn condition II, against 75 In June nnd 80 last year. Two-thirds of the com counties report the condition 80 to 100, or above, the other third cetnprleae some of the big communities and the average down. Crop last year 150,000,000 bushels. The word “new" In tlyi iiviMUIon ”> oate In Chicago will be dropiied after today. . "The oat crop In Michigan Is light weight, weighing 20 to 2t pounds pat bushel," raid Henry L. lineman, of To ledo. "The crop In Ohio and Indiana has been discolored by ralna wl\|le In the shock. Corn In ths eastern elate* Is doing nicely, and th* greater part of the crop will be nut of danger by Heptemher 20, but there la some com that will require longer to mature." The tOc com bulls wsr# vsry busy selling com yesterday at 4t 1-lc for May. The wheat crop of Rpaln Is given nt I5l.000.00n bushels. or (0.000,00(1 bushels more than Inst year. This In crease I* so large that It raised some doubts as to Its correctness. In 1904 the crop w*e 9«,ooo,0«o bushels and In 1502 ft was 104,000,00a huehete. Half Ihe wheat nnd oat* crops In Ok lahoma. has been ruined liy recent heavy rains which fell for 21 out of 21 days. The grain Is sprouted and dam aged. This report came from a trav cling man, and wo* sent from Hobart, Oklahoma. There Is * bl* crop of cotton, though the acreage la rsduerd. THE COFFEE MARKET. New York, Aug. It.—Ths coffee market laieord steady at unchanged prlcea. lint noon enoed off nnder i renewal of Uqalda- nd Kurunrau Usr pressure with prleee Id-day alenil unehiugad to 10 |e,luta There waa same Heptemher IlipUda- tlon on Ihe deellse, whlell teemed In alert the ilowuward mnvrnwut. ea the early naira of Der-eniher and liny i'ere aouie t i-.lnin nrrr Ihe rinsing bids of yesterday.-Glhert A Clay. Following was lb» opening range sod clear In Ilia Naw York coffee marksl to day; ■ AT THE Initial Prices Were Frac tionally Lower on Bear Pressure/ SUPPORT WAS LIGHT Cables Were Firm iu Face of tho Decline iu CUi- cago^Yestertlay. Ily Private Lcnaed Wire. Chicago, Aug. It.—-Wheat closed 5-1 <M-4c lower. It was a case of the longs getlng out of their holdings and the bulla refusing to inset tbem. Coin closed t-l(57-lc lower and oaU !- •' l-4(2l-2c. Hog product* were up - l-l «P!0c. Cash sals* were 21,000 bushels when'. 206,000 bushel* com and 140,bunt- els oat* at Chicago. Ten Inada ■>( wheat, f Inada corn and 100,000 bushels oata at th* seaboard. At no tlm* was the market In ren dition to encourage the bulls. This « »s * fact In wheat as wall as In the cmrno grain*. Primary receipts of wheal *32,090 bushels end corn 4(2,000 bushels >..Ta pered with 74t.OOO and 077,000 bu-I,-Is respectively a year ago. CHICAGO QRAIN MARKET. Chlrsgn grain nnd prortslona qaelallnns for today follow! Prerloss Open. High. Low. rinse. Clou. ip rv a i fa- 8 * «•! fe 8 fi JST:v. S:S Bl LARD— V £r ?:S ' HIRED— Hepl.. ».«« $ 8.71 7.10 ?:?h .Opening SOUTHERN EXCHANGE Oldest Bstabllshed Office (tooth COTTON STOCaS BOHK GRilti Ground Floor Gould flulldlng. Dally market letter nnd market manual milled on application. L. J. ANDERSON & CO Bankers and Brokers, COTTON, STOCKS, 6RAIN CormpoRdiat's Capital $250,000 mcrcSCNCK, THE NEAL BANK PHONE I-M7, PRUDENTIAL BLDG J*uu*rr...... Kctininry. ... Mirrb.. .. .. fiBK:.-: ;•/' Hcptriiilicr Ortalw*r NorimilHT |Nri#»ntl»rr ('lured strsdy. 55 82 B:S B:3 ! §» S S 7.I7H t.Tt t.WH 3.87)* m ?:S ’ NORTHWEST CARS. MI linen |m)IIh. , Duhitli. ... Tod at. Tffrek. Ye LIVERPOOL QRAIN MARKET, IVlirni “»• lowrr; hi i;#■» p, "i , low»*r, nnd Hired UQ%<* lowrr. rorn-njM'uif) uin'Iiniitfnl; nt 1^9* i». iti., na iiiiebmiffiHl lo He hlKhir; clored PRIMARY MOVEMENT. ■n»c fultowlHE fliuri** fire iiivi'infMit «*f whrel and «in» Wh(»Et—Rrerlpf* I(m!*2 W.W> amliiit itt.uou l»n*li^lii lant yonr. Muj- ui4*nf« tathtjr Mt.mO luMbil*. nguloBt non ImuIicIn Inat jwir, Curn—RreH|»tM ludny 444,«D) tax •Setlnnf 878.008 huatirU but jr*nr. siili.ii li*.lny 13,800 liUihcN, *ff*|ii«t 493/e f,.i lant year. CHICAGO CAR LOT8. 8.9M.5 8,187.88 THEY STILL FEAR MEXICAN REVOLT I7y I’rlrate fwasetl Wire. Han Antonio, Texas, Aug. 16.—Thsr* have arrived from various points In Mexico a number of refugee*, mostly men with their families, who do not propose lo tsk* any chances In regard the anti-American .uprising which has been threatened In Mexico for Septem ber 16. After eeelng their wived and children placed earely, th* men s* a rule propose to return to Mexico sad see the thing out. Wheat.. • 'urn., mn.. . lings-- COTTON SEED OIL MARKET. New York, Aag. If.—'Tbs market far Mt Inn aned oil wts dell, aoowlag Htopsksl ehsngih. Angunr aa<l gspteran-r sre -'.1- lly held, nr! effMtnga Irani ilm- i-i I line are taken by the lending lulerests. Oci-.l-.-r S UM a little' men Ik- low point, end ere appeared tn Im ,-rr lllll- pre.Mirn on ihe market. Iwirr didlrerira reniluue to Mg, led with n >err sneill trn-l,- I'rl-es 6 Ihe rl,*e were qerknng-d I rein Mninlnr. ere wse no business reported w.ie * land. ( | | | Align.I.. .. Hepteiiile-r.. O-leher Nnrsml lleeein)M*r. Jssosry litwiiitwr .. 8MUII, 37 V r, i iuhwr a.Voflr.v ivmittrr.. I>< $.n>4 'rwmbwr .. »» Mry fj*os4 Hair*. I0H Anguat *t S- * on>I 600 D* < -uiiy«f at XH4. LOWRY NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS Foreign Exchange, Travelers' Checks, Brown Brothers' Letters of Credit available in all parts of the world. WAR COTTON, GRAIN, Hn Orittat. E A LELAND PROVISIONS; STOCKS, BONDS, it. l Win si., hmn g.'Wbq Mnk, Cllnfi Pfi'l • I Trait. Cbitac* $1o<l0tl(h4*gt. art Coiftt l VIKBCKS: frw r*ri C#ffM UtUtmr. Hew Orltant Callot tithmgt. LIttrooo! Cotta* Aiio'uho". hiiait Wlrti la N»* lark. Mam Orttaai. Chltaga. Balt Rut IW- $ts*4ar4 t W2L I- FEEL Freakiest. ROBT. F. MADDOX. Vlra-Pre*. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. CAPITAL $200,000.00 SURPLUS AND PROFITS .... $500,000.00 ACCOUNT* INVITCO We Invite accounts of individuals, corporations, bonk* nnd Imnkere and offer tbe boat term.s consmtent with eonservalive banking. Id our Havings Department w* allow Interest nt the Rate of 3 1-2 per cent. Compounded Semi-Annually.