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12 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1508. COTTON PRICES HOLD VERY STEADY Efforts of Bears Are Not Ef- fectLye in Forcing Ma le rial Decline. SPOT DEMAND HEAV.Y This is Sustaining Influence in Keeping Futures at Present Prices. NEWS AND GOSSIP of the Fleecy Staple. - orpool cnMon: ‘'Recent upot tales In elude large purebntet agniuat c. I. f. eon- tracts." The glnnert* report will he Issued on Mon day ami the government crop eatltunte on Tuesday. •„ Rlordaii bid. 10.18 for 5.000 January. ' Howard Wilton pulling the invket. New York. Her. 6.—The cotton market •pen«*d steady this mornjog. Wall atreet was a buyer through several of the room’ broker*, and the cables displayed notable Steadiness on positions beyond December. The weather In the 8outh was seasonable •od generally clear. The Liverpool market was encouraging this morning, In that futures were better than due and spot 6 points higher *at' 6.<J$fl for middling, sales of 10,000 bales being re ported at the advance. The close was Irregular for futures. Do cemher, showing a decline of 1 point, while the later positions were U?i34 points high •r na compared with yesterday's closing. Following is the range to tbs active months In Liverpool today: J -*, ta-s- , Open. High.. I<ow. Decemb£>.rT; ..\l 74 I.V$ 6.67 •nnaryJFe&riiarjr 5.67 torch-AprlL.* 5.67. fay-Jane.. ..*..' 6.71 6.72 ' 5.6* New York refused at first to follow the advance In Liverpool, opening unchanged to 3 points up, whereas the market was due to open 3©6 points up. Immediately after the first call, _ rapidly morM upward some 3fflo points,' on the strength of spots In the Month. The New York Commercial In Its reTlew Wednesday morning says the leading room traders are simply log aside ami looking on. rt The goods market continues firm, with prices being advanced every day and the •pot markets of the Mouth refuse to pay attention to the decline In futures. The South I* not selling st these prices—hut Is, and the somebody seems very sud for the moment appears to o control the market. "The one argument of tho bears seems somebody Is. and the somebody seems very confident, sud for the moment - — be able to control tlm market. "The one argument of tho ■ _ to be that the forthcoming government re ports are to be very bearish, and It Is certain that a bearish glnners^and a very bearish government crop guess are being discounted." i In Its '‘Cotton Causerle." of the same date, the following lnn<vcent Item appears. "It Is said thnt a Wall street crowd Is selling the market, and the name of J. H. Hoadley was used In this connection jester day." Is this the same Hondley who figured so prominently as n bull last year at top prices; the party that Induced the farmers of the Mouth to hold their crop for 18e,i the minimum price fixed by the Southern Cotton A*NOc!ntloii; unloaded on tlieml around 12ffl24t* and left them with the "bag to hold? If the Above Item states a fact, can It be that lie will advise the farmers to sell cotton, now that the price Is above tho minimum fixed by the association, and re verse his position of last year, and unload on them at the bottom, and thus force them lo accept another loss In order that he may further add to the rtchea of a few? The Southern farmers. will not follow his leadership-In Ws * Aflforts for lorn - prices. Comparative receipt* at all U. 8. porta*] Net receipts today Same day Inst year Increase Total receipt* for five days.. , .. 66,898 .. .. 38.(08 . .. a.«oo _ .... 377. *J Home day* last year 242,701 Increase 134,M0 Total receipts since September 1.... 4,055,628 Same time Is at year 4,245.0C7 Increase , 410,561 Estimated tomorrow: 1906. 1906. New Orleans.. .. ..13,000 to 15.000 6.617 Galveston 15.000 to 18.000 9.344 Houston. 8,m .17,000 to 13,000 Movement at Atlanta: Receipts today Hame day last year Increase Shipments today Same day last year .. .. . Decrease Stock on hand today.. Same day last year.. Increase Trading during the afternoon was very dull, though the undertone was stead.*, with the tendency slightly toward a lower 1.505 631 874 1,545 17,455 8,886 8.569 : of tb 1 point may's The New York cotton exchange will he dosed December 21 and 25, and opeu De cember 31. SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, easy;, middling 10V. New York, quiet; middling lie. New Orleans, steady: middling W Augusta, steady; middling 11c. Mavannah, dull; middling l'*V- Memphis, steady; middling 10 1516c. Baltimore, nominal; middling ll^e. Mobile, firm; middling 104c. Norfolk, firm; nihhiilng 10*«e. f TODAY’8 PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the Interior towns todny, compared with the •ame day last year: before ns. It would make little dlffcreiiM If the bureau of statistic* estimated the crop at 12,400,000. for it would seem that there was no basis for such a conclusion." National Glnners* Association estimate of Intiers 9,859.000 un to Decemtar 1. The short torerlng still continues, nnd it Is estimated that .Price brokers taught nboiit »,#» bales so far. We do not think they have anywhere near finished. Expect a still further advance on the theory that the market will feel the effect of buying -ow later In day. Journal of Commerce: There Is less dispo sition In the market to sell late contracts at prices materially lower than the prices asked for spot goods. Is'accounted for In some measure by the fact that the mills are becoming well sold through June on many cotton lines and . through April on the heavier sheetings and drills. Home very flattering offers have been turned down by mills within the past few days for goods to be delivered In April, May nnd June. "Cotton Causerle" In New York Commer cial: The market seem* to have about dis coursed a government guess of 12.600,000. The bulls do not seem to.hare any fight MARKETS Edited by Joseph B. Lively if RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS Mr. Lively** twenty-five ▼ears' experience of ed iting msrkets In Atlanta and the South ha* mad* him * recognised tu- thorttr In tola •pcctolty. NAME OF STOCK. to sustain the marl of weakening. Local statistician* now figure on a week'i ,nto "*gbt °* between 540.000 nn< 650.000 bales, against 637,856 Inst week, 444. SSL 1 ** 1 J«*r, olM48 In 1904 and 491.384 In 1903. It I* the general opinion 1lint n gfnners' of 10,900.000 would about meet the market's ■ uVcry susOlcb figures. CTbe i the market iff about »'Is'lib government cotton . odd selling power In the market that the ring does not understand. It Is no wonder that the public Is keeping out of the umrket this week. pool ... fected Jiy American ami European buy.ns orders during the present week. Confluent •I operators are buying heavily of the neu — -- steady on shorts cover- * n ffl ow,n * to the fear that glnners* Monday will prove less than popularly supposed. Trice reported ns covering freyly In New Hpiit* are reported nleody with only |b D«\ for* by • unfavorable QIBERT A CLAY’S DAILY COTTON LETTER New Orleans, |iw. «.-Tho excellent dc -J*tid for cotton continues nbroad, todnv’n sales, while not nr large as those of the two previous days, nevertheless amounted to 10.000 hsles nt 6 points higher. Options reflected the strength of the spot situa tion nnd closed 2g3 points higher than yesterday’* levels. Speculative Interest In the market appear* to l>e at Itw lowest ehh, and this disinterestedness hid* fair to con tinue until Impending «»*■•«*• *»«.•«•••••• «».- tulllxod. The strength * ices, no more th y that any . . - — f the ordi nary will lie furnished by this department until, nt least, the estimates of the govern ment become public property. The week end figures tomorrow aye exported to con- filjn the liberality of the present day move ment, hut Influences such a*. theyc at tract hut .pnsNlngf attention,- find jtfci to a targe cxtWit overshadowed by fimre' Im Hirtant events which the Immediate future bold*. AFRICAN COTTON HIGH GRADE. Washington, Dec. 6.—In British Central Africa,.according to particulars given 111 the report of the commissioner of the protec torate, the quantity of cotton exported In the last fiscal year was 776,000 pounds, ns compared with 285,000 pounds'In the preced & nmatad Copper, -h* Coast I doe. . America* Sugar Rtf. . Anaconda American Locomotive. do. preferred. « . . Am. Kmtltiog Kef. . . do. preferred. . • . Atchison. do. preferred. klyn K _. _ Canadian Pacific. . _ . Chicago k Nortbw’n. . Chesapeake k Ohio. , Colorado Fuel k Iron: Central Leather. • . . do. preferred. . . . Chicago k Great W. . Chicago. M. k 8t. P. . Delaware A Hudson. . DtatfUer’a Securities. . Erie do. preferred. . . . General Electric. . . . Illtnofa Central. .... Am. ice Seeorltlee. . . Louisville k Noah villa. Mexican Central. . . . Missouri Pacific. . . . NAME OF STOCK. N. V;, unr. k Wet urn. National Lead. .... Northern Pacific. . . . Now York Central. • . Norfolk k Western. . Pennsylvania People’s Gas. Pressed Steel Car. do. preferred. • • 6!ots-Sheffield. . . . Tenn. Coal k Iron. . Texas k Pacific. . . . Union Pacific. .... United States Steel. do. preferred. . • Ya.-Car. Chemical. . do. preferred. . . Western Union. ... Wabash. . . ...... do. preferred. Total stock sales today 653.500 shares. totes In New Tfan. Feb. . March. April. . May.. . June.. July.. . Aug. NEW YORK. Ills tl York io. lj; 10.6. 10.2310.1s IP ld'fa m6t-06 10.13-14 10.21-23 10.*110.39-31 10.5110.42 10.42 io.B2 10.46 mm 10.67)10. Closed steady. . ,10.38,10.40110.38 10.04 10.12-13 10.20-22 10.28-29 10.35-37 10.41-42 10.45-47 10.49-50 10.30-36 LIVERPOOL. range and close, compart Futures opened easy. Opening Range. .6.74 -5.72 give the opening •ed with yesterday: Previous p. m. Close. Close.- December.. .6.74 -5.72 5.70V* 6.68 5.69 Dec-Jan. . .5.68 .... 5.6.) a.64 Jan.-Feb. . .5.07 -6.644 5.65 |63Vi 5.614 Felt.-Mar. . .5.67 -6.684 .... 6*» 5.62 Mar.-Apr. . .5.67 -5.66 6.C6 6.J44 5-624 Apr.-May. . .5.69 -5.674 5.68 6.664 8.614 May-June. . .5.71 5.704 6.69 2-664 June-July. . .5.73 -5.72 .... 6;704 n.674 Jnly-Aug. . .6.74 -5.734 5-7-4 | Anff. Mcpf 5.65 5.t>0 •.-sept. .......... :ioaed Irregular. Cl. NEW ORLEANS. The following la the range In cotton fu turealn New Orleans today: Doc. . Jnn. . Feb. . March. April. May.. . . . IK-.:-.: To37 £lo*ed quiet. 10.67 5.1 ■Ri. ,10.57 1».43 10.43 11 f ■I 10.48-49 10.57-58 10.63*10.54 10.63-54 10.61-621 ■■■10.57-O8 10.66-67 10.67 10.67-68U0.76-77 10.71-72,10.80-81 110.79-80! 10.88-89 NOTES ON GRAIN. Pointers on Provisions. < hlengo Evening Pont: Mlnnenpolls inea- ange wnltl: “It begins to look na though Duluth would Im* strong hlddera for the movement of spring wheat throughout the winter. They paid ns much or more than Mlnuenpollfl prices yesterday U» arrive dur ing December, which nrotiRpTudlcatc they would continue buying, nnd movement would be divided between the two markets, Instead of nearly nil going to Minneapolis, na la uaual." The Importation of wheat Into France for the first three months of this crop tflour In wheat nnd exportation deducted) have been 1,260,780 hectoliter*. These figure* have been larger only four times In the last ten years—In 1903-1904 with 2.068.199 hec- tollten. In 1902-1903 With 1.661.433 hectoliters. In 1898-1899 with 2.049.125 hectoliter* nnd In 1897-1898. when during the three mouth* had Imported 3.201,684 hectoliter*. Logan A Bryan shld: “The strength In the iiorthivoNt markets, together with the active demnnri for tho Decemtar wheat here, Is causing nervousness among more or le** of our local shorts and some of them re coining nshore." Official rnhle from secretary of ngrlcul ture of Argentina says: "Whent crop; 147, 334,000 binthels; linseed crop, 27,000,000 Imsh- el*; estimates growing cori* crop at 233,- 000,000 bushels. sort of provisions will par profit before spring If held," Is the vl taken by H. 8. Whitehoiise, one of the successful veterans «f the provision trade. *‘7Ve were hulling provisions a year ago. i the theory thnt high-priced fatal- ban ten up the surplus meats. This pros perity has lieen extended from a )>erlod of eighteen months to a |M»rl<M| of nl»out thir ty months, nnd the high-priced laborers In this country are still eating. One must h!*« not lose sight of the prosperity Unit prevails throughout Germany, where the consumption or produce Is heavy. Every little village and hamlet Is as hu*v be. ft. _ r — tiinrketrii quality of the fiber I* said to be high, some parcels bringing ns much ns 18 <Vnt* American sorts. btaDied for Egyptian and NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. arranged nnothe which to take care of Ived New York, Dec. 6.—The nrfonuncpment thntt he Mailtos government had tMtsItlvelv losn of $la;tw,fi00 with * plus coffi-e was re- (mlllsh factor, nnd the market ndvaneed 1U^20 points. This may stop the decline for the moment, na It will furnish new power on which to bull prices, but It Is not going to hold the market until Its actual effectiveness on available supply for consumption : I* a safe paying Investment Oder, who gets 6 per cent fi ~1 receive ‘ THE WEATHER. LOCAL FORECA8T. •curtly SUM) worth of y»f- Following W Opening llnuge. ..,.5.65-6.66 ... L.6.66-5.75 .. ..6.75-5,85 .. . .5.90-5.95 .....6.00 .. ..6.06 6.15 . ...6.20 .. ..6.30 6.35 6.40-6.45 6.45-6.50 WEATHER CONDITIONS- Inches. The advance of this caused general rain* to the s track and snow to the north falling at St. 'Paul. Mnniuetts, Portland. Me., and Ronton, white iiuu’wnn falling at Meridian. Illruilnghnni. Nashville, Wash ington, Itnffiilo and Oswego. The greatest 24-tiour falls oceurred at Buffalo tl.lb ami t’hlengo tl.121. s’ Moving In from the norttiwfst, la’iyi arei of high pressure u< coimhialed- by eolde it mi elearliig weather. The conditions fat weather In this seeth in lul in urn tempera tun PRICt OF WHEAT LED OFF HIGHER Higher Northwest Markets and Western Blizzard" Were the Factors. Chicago. Dec. 6.—The wheat market was firm at the opeuliig, and showed n frac tional advance. Influenced chiefly by a higher market In the northwest ami reports serro blizzard raging in thnt sec tion. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET for today Open. WHKAT- Pee 744 May 784 July 774 CORN— Dec 424 May 434 July 44 OATH— Dec 338* May 254 July 1*0 RK— Jan... 15.05 May... 15.36 LAUD— Dec... 8.62*i Jan.... 8.5R .. May... 8.574 »-75 8.574 8-7U HIDES - Jnn.... 8.10 8.50 8.10 8.45 May... 8.20 8.47Vi 8.W ‘41.424 CAMII WHEAT- No. 2 red 764©76 nominal; No. 3 do nominal; No. 2 hard winter 75411*7 not No. 3 do 731176 nominal. 424 424 434 474 43% 444 H 444 iSvj 35% £<l 3S4 33 s . 33% 15.474 13.66 15.15 15.80 16.35 16.75 8.674 8.624 8.® THE LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. Wheat—opened unchanged; nl 1:30 p. ui., tn-haiigeil: closed 4 lower. Cihh—Opened um-lniugcd: nt 1:30 |*. tu.. i higher: closed um-iiangeil. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Wheat. Corn. . Outs. . Hogs. , fair i tonight and Friday: tmilglit about to ib ftlOAR. Minimum and Maximum Tsmperaturea and Rainfall. OhiM’rvntlons taken at 8 a. a»., i*5th meri dian Hum. New Orleans. . Galveston. . . . Mobile Mavannah. . - - Charleston. . . Wilmington. . , Norfolk New York. . . Boston. • Philadelphia. . Toti 3ZZ INTERIOR RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at tha Interior towns today, compared with tha same day last year: Houston.. Augusta, . Memphis. 17078 2195 59C6 1356 6159 3422 188.1 27767 I 26 C3 Treasury will anticipate Intercut on taud* dim from January 1 to Mny 1, estimated nt about 812.000,000. GROCERY TRADE NOTES. New York Commercial. Wall *tr%*et gave out n "tip" Tuesday buy coffee and many people did Just be cause It was a tip. Iui|Nirt* of walnuts Tuesday numbered .»20 bags on the steamer from Southampton and mr) cases on the Cretle from Naples. A cable advice from Sicily Tuesday quoted the full equlialent of uv pound laid down on Sicily filberts for prompt shipment. .Offerings.ef black ultye* inimtgnj bar- ilWSiVwAfe.rtiT nu InkflN*tor here at He per jMtfind for large au<Lf4c per pouud for hiudeil 1.5-m ^tlnnetiuka frqnwLoiidon In tided 1, (•xes «< ’vaism*. s.*8) quarter can fco bagh ^ .fciroanta. mid 6lo,om> | N »: rbl's visible supply of coffee He wn* 13,808,836 tag*, against 13.1®.- November 1 ami 13.000.349 bag* Ik» Inst year. The Increase during - wns 643.IR*). a gainst an Increase nue mouth ln*t year of 83.606 bags. COTTON SEED OIL. Decemtar. February. Febnui ry. Mnn-li. . . Mny. . . . July. Opening. »'Inning. 28 4f3S4 38 364<i564 30%e37 3646(364 36441.164 — jg 11364 36 M364 35%«364 ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO., ► , PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS ’ Empire Building. Bell Phone, 'Maid 858. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. . ■? ew York,-Deg, 6.— Local refilled r u in I rqw sugar steady and unchaugiHl. London beet steady. LIVE STOCK MARKET. ChU-ago. Dec. 6.—Hogs—Estimated re ceipts 26.0HG. Market strong tu 5c high er: hulk 86.25176.45; light lings 86.15^6.45; mixed 86.10^6.50; heavy 8S.90tJ6.524: rough 85.9064.10; pig* $5.60«6.55; yorker* I6.374U 6.424: g«xsl to choice heavy 86.4006.524- — * * * - •* . Market 8L 2504.60; STOCKS REVIEWED BY NEW YORK SUN New York. Dec. 6.—The Sun says; "The opening; rate for call money was 18 per cent, and It slowly advanced from this figure until It touched 32 per cent in the'late afternoon. Loans In dribbling Quantities by a single na tional hanking Institution at 6 per cent were, of course, without tiny effect whatever upon the ruling price • of funds. Time money rates were again no more than the subject of nominal quotation, as there is very little time money offering at any figure. The stock market seemed to he buoyed up yesterday, even more than was the case Tuesday, by the hope that strong measures of relief for the money situ ation would be put In force within the Tiext twenty-four hours by the secre tary of the treasury. Dispatches from Washington reported the secretary as saying that he did not regard the money situation In New York as such that Invited alleviation at his hands, and In high banking circles the belief was not entertained that the secretary would. In the near future at least, do anything to make money more plenti ful. It was nevertheless persistently asserted throughout the day on the floor of the stock exchange nnd else where that the secretary of the treas ury would almost Immediately put n large sum of money Into the banks, and predictions of this kind, though they dhl not result In particular advances In stocks, prevented any declines of con sequence."— Gibert & Clay, WORCESTER RESIGNS BU TAUTHORITIES WILL NOT ACCEPT TIPS FLASHED From Wall Street. Private Wire to Gibert & Clajr. NVw York; 'Dta. 6T—MnrSb:lll. Spader & Co. u- "The market today should show strength, nnd we expect the leadership to Iih la Copper nnd the coaler*, though It Is consistent to expect strength In all of the western trunk lines when money rate* per mit outside support" After the close of business yesterday, Secretory Hhaw announced that on account of the accumulation of treasury surplus revenue In Noveuitar, and expectation of surplus this month, he would prepay De cember 15. interest maturing January 1 and May 1. 1907. ou government tands. which Is expected to release about 812,000,000. Dow-Jones* summary: Americans In Lon- In west threatens to re- .uctlon. Pacific hns new equipment vai- Mimic demand for Reading, Union Pacific and St. Paul in bum crowd, and Now York Central continues scarce. Northern Pacific business now heaviest In Ita bis- torr. Fourteen roads for the fourth week lo November show an Average gross Increase of'7.91 per cent Twelve Industrials advanced .04 per cent. Twenty active railroads declined .49 per cent. New York Financial Bureau: A 5-polnt jove up Is this morning predicted for Reading. Union Pacific Is displaying a much stronger tone, nnd we believe It will ad vance materially, support not being Iso- total. Central shoufil advance again, but meets speculative profit-taking oil fair bulges from the closing level. We think Filel will ta put considerably higher on a shortage. There Is no reason to change the bull posi tion on Copper, which will work to very much better levels Inter. We hear bull tips from good source* ou Steel. Atchison If Mugai _ . — lug just above 137. the 145 tin can be made if, without much opposition; ,.V are still Imlllsh on Louisville, nnd Nashville sad Southern railway; also Hock Island. MOVEMENT EARLY Strong Opening Was Sales Induced by High Money Rate. 1)7 ATLANTA MARKETS. FRUITS AND PRODUCE. EGOS—Candled, active, 29c. LIVE POULTRY—Hens, active, 224©26« ich: chickens plentiful, 16025c each; oeks. I*ekip; 36e each; puddle, 26®O0c .jcti; geese, full feathered,. 65c'each; tur keys. dull. 14c pound. DRESSED POULTRY—Geew. undrawn, r, 100124c pound; turkeys, undruwo, active, 15#18c pound; hens, undrawn, ac tive. 124c pound; ducks, undrawn, fancy, 15c pound; fries, acjlve, 14c pound. PRODUCE—'Tennessee rib* and lione*. 8c; Tennessee sausage. 9c; lard. 10c lb.; horns octlve, 14c !!>.; shouldcraactive, 10c lb.: sides active, 10c lb.; butter active, 150224c lb.; beeswax, active. r*e pound; honey, bright, octlve, 8c pound: honey In 1-pound blocks, active. 12c pound; chestnuts active. 34.01 bushel; dried apples, 6c pound; white peas active, 12.60 bushel; lady pens. 83.00; *tock, ^GAME-Qnall. active, 15c each; doves, ac tive, 5c each: ducks, mallard, active. 40c each; duck* mixed, active. 20023c each; wild turkeys, active. 16c pound; rabbit*, ac five, 10c each; squirrels, active. 10c each; opossum, dressed, active, 124c pound; opos* sum. live, active, 8c pound. ' FRUITS—Lemons, fancy Messena. 34.600 „.00 Balianas, per bunch, cull*, active. 9Or0S1.OO: straights. 31-3002.00. IMuMipples. Florida stock, per crate. $2.00. Oranges Florida stock, owing to *l*o am* conditio* tn arrival, per tax. $1.5002.25. Apples, choice. Ben Davis. $2.7503.00; fancy, 83.25; New York state apples, winter varie ties. choice per barrel. $3.0003.50; ,toner, $3-750-4.00. Grapes. New York state. toMn. LONDON WAS BUYER Early Feature Was Wj,| e Movement in Great Northern Pref. >uer on cl] opened «t J2 per eent. hl-h 8. foweat 20; last quotation 25. ° v York. Dee. «.-The atoek nj.rk.t JP*"*?. »t •'moat general adrancei. dlan 1'aclfte atarted lo 2*4 polnta ldat,,. American Hmeltlnr up *i. Colorado F,t,i and Cbaanpeake and Ohio % hteher; preferred and Pennajrlranla up « and h'ri. and Amalgamated U litcher. New {‘St Central declined % In all. r * Tile market movement* during the n rit hour of the atoek market wera Irregular i atrong opening tvna followed bjr aale,, i„. duceii by continued hlgb rata for r.'i money. A feature of tho trading wna wide movement In Great Northern nr" ferred, which fell front 280 to 23*. London bnuaea bought 25,000 aharea here, MS l aloa VtclBc - Government bonda unchanged, mi,,, bonda lower. MINING .8TOCKS. Arcadlnn 10; (Hr in. i;Si C SPC* r . n * II *er«l: (Juln. cy 103; Parrott M: Mohawk 78; Dale fre,t a)),; Shannon l*H. . GIBERT 4 CLAY’S DAILY STOCK LETTER. N’ew York, Dec. S—After a atrong opening following a. higher London market, and the announcement from Washington that the government would anticipate payment of $12.000.oon in tercut coupon*, due before next .May, the market yielded again to pre.-amV, as a result of high call money rntea, and announced lose of nearly I6.OOO.1JOO to the banks through aub-treasurv op. eratlons. The price movement In Great Northern and ore land certificates I, re-assuring to holders of these Issue, and while the advance In Canadian Pa. clflr possessed very little local algnlil- ranee. It was nevertheless an assuring factor In the day’s trading, largely the result of German and English buying. If the action qf the secretary of the treasury Is anticipating government bond Interest payments so far ahead be.part of a plan to relieve the money market, “If business conditions requite It," his action Is much more signifi cant than the amount Involved In this particular Instance. There Is very lit tle else nt this time under consldera* tlon In the ltnanclal market. LONDON STOCK MARKET. stock, owing lo slse tied color, per lio* B-W 93.00. I.lmes, Florid* stock, per hundred. 40c. Nuts, fsney mixed, tn boxes, per pounds. K'i'tiUr. Coconnnts, heavy rullans, sack of too. active, at RWI sack. Peanut* in sacks averaging 100 pound, each, owing B ™LT;^TaRlk»—Beet?’ cabbage erstea active, 13.00 crate; cabbage, standard craloa. l%«’ pound; roblm*?, barrels. 14c pound, plant, mfiw. 12-50 cr*t«*; cucum- tarn, $1.50 rrnfe; »omnto<*s. fancy, actlvs. 83.60 orate; tomatoes, choice, active, $2,000 2 25 crate: beans, round Breen. 83.00 crate; onion* dry. nctlvo. t5c bushel; Irish tats* tni§. actlvo No. l. Nn bushel; celery. Jan- 650818* bunch; peppers *» p * iiPSf Auml*tmated Cop;»er.,,. per barrel, iu.w Anaconda .. npe _ fruit. . Atchlaon » do. preferred.. 102 .. ... I1M1 .... ..M& .... active. 21.75 crate; nkra, six linskida. small;--tha* -crate; caVillliower. active. 8BIO0 pound: lettuce, beaded. IJ.0Wn.50 drum; sweet ponitoea. >el. low, dull. 50c I lush'd: sweet nolntees while dull, 40e bn.heli kraut. half l)arrel. n.75. nlial.nga turnips, like. Strnwlierrle*. .-dfdoc crate. Augusta, Gtt., Dec. 6.—The resigna tion of u'aptttiti Rupert Worcester, commnndlntr Company I, Third Geor gia regiment, which was tendered Sev ern I days ago, ha» been declined and he will Have to answer the charge pro- , — , , ferred against him by Colonel J. V. i ^t^n^itandard /patent^ Tu5j e haTf piit- Twljjp, I mt, t’aptaln Worcester, who left the city on October 23 on a leave Huh not returned yet. and uurr miny : days have passed after his leave of ab- Sirii ncrl sence has expired and he Is not here, an OATS-Uholcc ’white cllpned, 5fc; No. Inventory of his goods furnished Com- while, 4V; N»>. 2 mixed, 47c; Texas rust- puny-I will be taken and If found short proof. Ke. , . . in any particular, Worcester's bond of ^MEAL"1 jjfwJm^iSffiL^r^nsh^iSlh 13,000 Will be forfeited. ! lutes, nsr hn.h^l *0c. FLOUR. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. FLOUR-Highest patent, 86.W: best pat* $4.10; standard patent. $4.2.»: half pat* $C90; spring wheat patent. 85. - , i,,, V1 ,» . ^.OuN—Choice red cob. 68c; No. 2 white, ive of absence. ! 57c: No. 2 yellow, C7c; mixed. 67e; old crop nd after thlrtv 1 choice, 68c: old crop No. 2. 67e; old S? £251 if ”i y I mixed. white. 65c; crack I $1735; pure limn. il.»: mixed brand. $1.13. I ^lAY—Timothy, choice large bntos, fl.25. | do., cnolcc small bales, $1.25; do.. No. 1 nt) unmwoti clover, mixed, $1.20; do.. No. 2 clover mixed HOLDS w 1TNKSS IIUS. «;holce Hmmla. 90e. BYE—Georgia, $1.UU; Tennessee, 90c. Bar- PITTSBURG J ENGLE New York. Dec. 6.—It Is learned that Ida V. Klmonton, the syrlter, whom Dis trict Attorney Jerome wanted as a witness In the case against Harry K. Thaw, has not been to Houth Africa to study the language of monkeys, as re ported several days ago, but has been In Pittsburg with her brother. She Is said to have come to New York Tuesday ami made a statement I j^uinF nirtive tirlce* nn* f. o. t». Atlanta. njfg ** PROVISIONB—Mupreme ham*, lie. Dot* bams, 16c. California ham*. 89.00. Dr/ salt extra ribs 9: bellies, 20.5 pounds, 10.25: fnf backs 8: Plates 8; Supreme lard, 10.25, Know Drift compound 8.50. FISH. Mullet. $9.00 per barrel; er 10c | Baltimore and Ohio... Cnnndlnn Pacific.. .. Chesapeake nnd Ohio. . Denver nnd Rio Grande. . pr« !*_" Great Western.. Illinois Central .. .. Kansas ami Texas... do. Lntilav.... Mcxb-nn Central.. New York Central Norfolk nnd Western.... Northern Pacific Ontario and Western.. . lyimsylvnnln Philadelphia nnd Heading.. .. Itoek Island,. Southern Pacific.. Southern Railway do, preferred.. Mt. Paul Union Pacific.. .. Opn :i 68 do. Steel.. i354|i»; , 4 80" 1*44 187 s * STATE REFORMATORY TS OPENED AT LAST I’nttle— E*tlmat**il receipts 8.500. Rteady; beeves $3.9Cfi7.45; cows 11.25(74.(9 hellers 82.2565; calw* 85.5067.50; gisi prime steers 15.40^7.45; n»*or to ine*lhu *3.9065.15; *tiN*kers nnd feeder* $2..V*04.5 Mhci*|»-Estimated receipt* 16,000. Market strong to lfs- higher; ounlity fair; native $3.4Mf5>5; western S3.2&6190; yearling* 85.6-) 66.40; luiubs $4.75(i7.S5; western $4.75(17.*5. Coal Company Organized. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 6.—The Ma- nosco Coal Company, of Townley, Walker county, with a capital stock of $20,000, has Informed the secretary of state of tta Incorporation. The fol lowing ate the Incorporators: O. W, Hickman, N. K. Smith and D. T. Bo- to Assistant District Attorney Garvan concerning the Thaw case. It Is said Miss Hlmonton went to Paris at the request of Stanford White to see Evelyn Nesblt and her mother before Thaw and Mis* Nesblt were married. PILOTAGE BILL BEFORE HOUSE Washington. Dee. 6.—Representative Littlefield's pilotage hill was the special order of the house today. pouud; snapper d; blue fli k? pound; i „ . , 6c per pound; fresh water trout. *tflOe GROCERIE8. SUGAR—Standard gran Minted, $5.1*. New York tefined. 4\e; plantation, lo. COFFEE—Roasted Arbiickle's. $16 86; hoik In tags or barrels. I3}kc; green ll(fl2r. RICE—Carolina, 44^7llc, according to th* grade. CHEESE—Fancy Dill cream dairy, lW4c; twin*. 15e. Shr**dde<l biscuit. $5 cnae; No. 2 rolled o«t*. 83 cose. Mack grit*. 92 pound bags. 11.66. Oyalers. full weight, $1.75 ense; light weight, 81.16 cuae. Evaporated apples »\c pound. Pepper, 18c. Raking iiowder*. 85 .*ns«*. Red salmon. $5 case. Pink salmon $4.36 cose. Cocoa. 39«*; hhocolnte 35e; snuff. 1-pound jar*. 48c. Roust beef, $1.30 cave. Corned l»e<*f. $1.30 case. Catsup. $1.80 «-nie. Sirup: New Orleans. 35c gallon; corn 28c* gallon: CnlMi 35c gallon; Georgia cane, 35e. Malt, 100-pollud so** **•<-» ——— •» "* ke - Mmla SOUTHERN EXCHANGE Oldest E-t»bll*!:ed OftJce South. COnQN STOCiS—BOMS CHAIN Ground Floor Gould Building. Daily market letter snd market manual mailed on epiillratl'-n . aOv. Axle nreaie, |1 arkev*. 6*4v ihhiimI; lemon 7He; o.ve- Ilsrrel ennuy, per poiiml, 6c; mtx- . I ■ per pot!Dil. 6!i<\ Toms toe,. 2-pouod; ■ 11.30 ense; Inoond. 12.25. Navy beans, 12; I. lnm Ihcuis. ,'V'. li. -l mstebes, tier oroc*. II. 65. Sine*nnil, 6Vj«7c per p<nmil. Iter- •line, mustsrd, $3.25 cnee. I'otusb, $3,250 180 ense. I’ennuts. 584e. Bm ton JSVai*. Soap, After months of unavoidable but an- noyln* delays the state Juvenile re- formatovy on the prison farm near Mll- led^evllle Is to be opened at once for the reception of the youths of the state. Governor Terrell will Issue a procia- matron to superior court Judge* Thurs day afternoon announcing that the re formatory Is open, and youths not older than 16 year* may be sent there at the discretion of the Judge. ; No prisoner older than 16 years run be sent there, and any youth of that age or under mny be sent to the re formatory for any crime except for a capital crime or one under a Ufe sen tence. * ■ ARR ESTED^FOR MURDER OF A CONVICT GUARO. Richmond. Va., Dec. 6.—A ion so Good man, alias Jim Brown, colored, has been arrested here charged with com plicity In the murder or a guard of the Houth Carolina penitentiary lost August when he and two other-desper- ute prisoners escaped. VIVA ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK ~V rnM ATLANTA. GA C. e. CURRIER, President. A. E. THORNTON, Vice-President. H. T. INMAN, Vice-President. GEO. R. DONOVAN. Cashier. JAMES 8. FLOYD, Aex’t Cathltr. Capital $500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $500,000.00 We Solicit Your Patronage. HUBBARD BROS & CO., Sms Atlanta Office*. 119-221 Century Building. Members New York Cotton Exchange, New Or leans Cotton Exchange, Liverpool Cotton Asso ciation, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Cof fee Exchange, New York Produce Exchange. Business solicited for the above exchanges. Direct wire servlte. Correspondence Invited. Phones 454, Long Distance 39. A.S. Kustace. Msr.