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* AMERICAN: THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1915.
Al
potton, Cattle, Grain and Other Markets-Railroad and Finanria
es
Ate
ar
—
Capitol andDepa
es
ASON AMOUNT TO 4,073,275 BALES
ictive, '
1
IN CRIMINAL
T
Country offerings of oats
moderate.
Cash transactions of corn
NEW YORK FUTURES.
It
tory to packers.
9.32
«ve
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Open. High. Law. Close
to
CHICAGO GRAIN FUTURES.
nery
Open.
High.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
76%' 77%
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS.
Feb. 17.-
OOTTONSEED OIL.
was unconstitutional.
badly, dropping 5 points.
Support was
CRIMINAL APPELLATE COURT.
This reaction was hastened by a drive
ed for a
pool who
Cash, 60%c;
BUT ONE QUIET TILT FARNSWORTH HEARD
Travis
Bernice Staples from Smith. •
PREPARING FOR RUSH
ST. LOUIS BANK CLEARINGS.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.
Re-
to choice
to
tor
CI RB MARKET
Central debenture
TEXAS WEATHER.
ST. LOUIS LIVESTOOK.
69c lower.
Pigs and lights, $5.00
&
♦1
65
NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS.
High. Low. Close.
A
m. I. O.
•*
m Smelt. . 64 *
157% 1563 156%
$5*
122" 132
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
SUPREME COURT.
1023 102% 102
METAL MARKET.
\
HIVERPOOI, PROVISIONS.
102% 102
12%
127% 128
V. « Steel 42
COFFEE MARKET.
1. 110 M. nominat.
at
ris County:
Invitea la nad
the
an
OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE LOANING
RUSSIA $250,000,000 ON GRAINCROP
-JUROR VERDICT
L DIES IN SENATE;
WOMAN’S MOTION FOR
REHEARING OVERRULED
7014
80%
AGAINST PHONE BILL;
TO KILL UTILITY ACT
raised
pring-
60%
56*
78%
80%
150% 100
100% 10214
103
108
appointment is felt over the slowness
of the revival of trade in this Indus-
Salome
I of the
ire con
is four*
FORT WORTH CATTLE STEAMSHIP MAN IS
RECEIPTS ARE 2800 OPTIMISTIC; LINE IS
range,
rown,
‘each,
in the
UH
120
ms Do Not Show Famed
ighting Spirit’ After Kill-
ing Butler Measure.
$7.5068.85; fair
$6 00 6 6.55; good
to
i str
a ]
.. .163
.. .136
15%
21%
>4%
34%
113
66
10%
83%
iight.
hl is az
IRON AGE REPORTS
BUSINESS IMPROVES
86
21%
351
23%
176
pherd
f col-
rd.
ADVANCES OF WHEAT
PUT FLOUR PRICES UP
70
10%
04
10%
31
11%
%
■%
•2%
102%
12%
35,0006.40; good to
$3.60010.50; heavy
9.60.
32%
»•%
44%
»%
61%
•2%
33%
44%
»%
*1%
26%
03%
30
11
Dallas Man Charged With Forg-
ery Given 2 Years; 5 Other
Cases Disposed Of.
8.07
8.36
8.54
8.85
8.05
3.85
8.68
8.84
8.07
8.36
8.54
8.85
17 —Hoga:
market 106
17--
i aa in-
vocates
cline in wheat and the settled weather
for the movement of both corn and
oats overshadowed the export trans-
actions, which amounted to 500,000
bushels of corn and 600,000 bushels
of oats.
... 811
... 8.40
... 8.69
. .. 8.86
Wheat:
May . ..
July . . ..
Corn:
May . ...
July . ...
Oats:
May . ...
July.....
iulimant
ireth
Allitson
68%
394
46%
91
64%
26%
86%
R Island
R. 1 pfd
Ho. Par.
Bugar . .
Tex. Tar.
Tex Oil
Un. Par. .
South
r w
Spot tin declined
gained 10s.
TS
ME
I. K.’S
NESS
Nnr Par.
Pa.....
8.38
8.82
9.07
9.24
sales
%
. 1 %
88%
.102,
. 13%
.129
.119
Ilsh Kite
hat they
e. They
nds and
ur Tem-
d that as
strong it
to add to
r instead
itrueturv.
Thirty -
f Dallas
ning and
e Austin
he had
building
Ulas. He
ned him.
> be ded-
l of his
• choice
choice
Cottonseed
spot, 1%
March ...
May.....
July.....
October .
8.40
8.72
8.90
Petroleum, refined, 9%d.
Reein, comm * “ i
88
%
1%
88%
.. __ 103%
104% 104% 104% 104%
Reading. .143% 143% 142% 142%
Read 2d Pfd 84 .......
The London cable quoted spot and
futures copper at a net decline of 7s
6d for both.
FRIEND OF POOR FALLS
12 STORIES TO DEATH
EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY
LAW WILL BE TESTED
December .... 9.98 ....
Spots, 8 1-15c middling.
The following proceedings were had
in the Court of Criminal Appeals yes-
terday:
then appealed to the higher court to
prevent the County Court trying the
case, on the grounds that that tribunal
was without jurisdiction.
Now that the writ has been denied
the case will doubtless be tried before
County Judge von Rosenberg.
COMPTROLLER REFUSES
TO PAY $50,000 FEES
NEW YORK. Feb. 17—Dr Franeis
Hustace, a wealthy philanthropist,
who confined his practice to the poor
of the city and refused to accept a fee,
plunged twelve stories from the win-
dow of his aparifent today to his
death.
Relatives declare the fall tho re.
suit of an attack af vertigo, but tbs
police declare hb committed sulcide.
Standard of New Jersey, 4000 402;
160 Standard of New York, 1860188.
Hog news was bearish and this was
reflected by the depression in the pro-
vision pit. There was quite a large
volume of selling by scattered hold-
ers, while packers were credited with
Lead was le 8d higher and spelter
gained 7a 6d.
fifty-year sentence
AFFIRMED FOR
Corn: .
July, 81c?
Oats:
July. 58c.
Power nna Light Company, car
quemuon.
Open.
January-February ... 5.14%
May-June........... 4.84
July-August . ....... 4.95
October-November .. . 6.07
88%
NEW YORK BANK CLEARINGS.
NEW YORK, Feb 17.— Clearings,
3287.824.567 against 8310.388.420 laat
year, a decrease of 322.7(4.863
On brief for State: Henry Chum-
ley, from Sabine County; I. Vasques,
from El Paso; Gonzalo Carfias, from
El Paso; Henry Abernathy, from Dal-
at Baltimore were said to be enor-
“anoxama"SWak.MAYWHEATPNICESOROPONNEWS
BONDS ARE ACTIVE
14
%
1%
88 %
There were renewed reports of Ar-
gentina offering cheap wheat in the
importing countries and this was par-
tially accounted for by the poor qual-
ity of the grain, as the damage to
wheat in that country has been quite
pronounced because of the heavy
rains.
According to a special cable re-
ceived here from the editor of the
Liverpool Corn trade News. there is
Spot cotton closed quiet and revised.
IoW middling, 7.13c; middling, 7.94c;
good middling. 8.63c Kales on the
spot, 1350 bales; to arrive 1020; de-
livered on contract, none.
Submitted on brief and oral argu-
ment for both: Ascension Arias, from
Medina County; R. R. Sparks, from
Clay; Houston Jones, from Lamar,
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 17_0ose.
”e0H: Mday. 11.63%:
Motion for a rehearing of the case
of the State ex rel Lillian Bergeron
vs. the Travis County Court was over-
ruled.
The woman was recently convicted
in police court on charges of conduct-
ing a disorderly house and appealed
the case to the County Court. She
CHIGAGO, Feb. 17.—Cattle:
mous, but at Chicago they were only
190,000 bushels and of oats 200,000
bushels.
The spectacular event has been the
rise in prices of galvanised steel and
Iron pipe of $6 and $4 a ton, respect-
ively. and in galvanized sheets of 86
because of the exceptionally high
price of spelter, sine blends in Mis-
souri having reached a record price.
------ Uneasiness la again developing over
NEW YORK, Feb 17.—On the lo- the nupplies of Ferro- Manganes. The
volume of stocks le Indefinite m le
also the possibiiity of domestic selling
of the alloy. Meanwhile. It has de-
veloped that holders of Enghah con-
tracts nt ante bellum prices of 388
are being approached with the wt3H
tion that embargoes may be lifted In
the event that current priees of $68
are paid for the phipmenta, thun pro-
teetihe the nellers againet the igh
ocean freighta.
Refusal of the trial court to sub-
mi the manslaughter issue caused the
court to reverse and remand the cane
Re- of Napeoleon MeCampbell, from Bee.
an unusual demand in all European
centers for flour from abroad. Italy
pur wa and Scandinavia are bidding freely
sharply, for American and other flours. which
makes it certain that supplies of flour
from abroad wil continue to find a
ready market.
NEW ORLEANS.
e Wiley meapure dealing with
rm prices, which its author
• wjll ellminate unfair competi-
la set, for Friday at 3 o'clock
ins 3 •-1503 11-16; 760 Ando-Anin..
13*013%; 76 Ohio Oil, 1210123: 70
F J. Cos. assistant auditor of the
Sunset Centre! Unes, with headquar-
ters in Houston, arrived in Austin
yesterday for a visit of several days.
James Marks. district passenger
axent of the Chicago, Rock Island a
Guir, with headquarters In Houston
arrived in Austin for a visit yester-
NEW WAREHOUSE OFFICERS.
The State Cotton Warehouse De-
partment is to be stationed in the cor.
ridor near the east entrance to the
Capitol. The department has been
quartered in the Department of In-
surance and Banking.
08,50: cows and heifers. $6.000 8.26:
.Stockers and feeders. 15.2501.25:
12 Texas and Indian steers. 35.7501.15:
“'cows and heifers, 34.000 5.75; native
Permits to do bustness in Texas
were granted New York and Browns-
ville Improvement Company. N«w
York, capital stock, 31«.«««; Texas
headquarters to be at Brownsville.
A permit to sell the stock of the
R M Means Oil Company of Sour
Lake, capital stock, $12,000, was
granted R. M Means.
Dallas. clear, cool.
Iongyiew, cool; (1.
Houston. clear. pleasant.
Hillsboro, cloudy; 73.
Ban Antonio, clear; 43.
Galnesville, clear; 50.
El Paso, clear; 66.
Big Springs, cloudy; (I.
Texarkana, clear; 54.
Palestine, cloudy: 50.
Amarillo, clear; 60.
Waco, cloudy; 84.
Wichita Falla, cloudy; 88
----a » e
Boy Plunger Goes Broke
Dabbling in Stock Market
The pig iron businens has not en-
joyed any large sales. but It is looking
upward and not a little encourage-
ment is taken among merchant fur-
naces in the decided improvement in
machinery building circlos.
Foreign buntnens continues. Besiden
the sale of billets noted in our cable
report this week, other buminess in
billets has been done with Scotland
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 17.—Spot wheat
closed firm today, % to Id higher.
Quotations: Wheat. No. 1 northern
Manitoba, 13s 8d; No. 2 northern
Manitoba, 13s (%d; No. 2 hard win-
ter, 13s 6d.
Spot corn. 8s *d.
Oats, 4s 5% d.
TOEDO GRAIN.
. C‘an. Par ..157
price in r. M & R P. 86
Erie......21 %
Erie, pfd 36%
Sterrett, commissioner
Causes submitted Hassett Blake-
ly vs. W. 1. Kanainan st al. from Har-
against a recently formed
Lehigh Val 112
Mex. Petrol. 69%
M K A T 10%
N. T Cent. 84
principally of a local character. Crude
oil continues very steady on a basis
of 4(c and its action discourages any
special pressure locally. There was a
slight decline based on the setback In
the lard market but it was generally
conceded that operations were devoid
of significance. Closed: February,
71501.230: March, 7.1901.210:
April. 2.2107.236; May, 7.3307.24c;'
June, 7.3507.38c; July,' 7.4207430:
August, 7.5207.530; September. 1.63
@ 7.85c. ,
[By Broadan Wall.]
- c. . I NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Stocks de-
Spot. 7120 7.25. Bales. 10,200 bar-1 dined today. The downward move-
retS I ment was gradual until ths late deal-
_ Ings when sales for the short account
The 50-year sentence in one of the
most offensive rases the courts of
Texas have recently passed upon was
affirmed yesterday by the Court of
Criminal Appeals when Judgment was
handed down in the case of Robert
Euen. from Fayette County. Neither
a statement of facts nor a bill of ex-
ceptions was filed in the appeal. .
The case of D. A. Walderon. from
Dallas, was also affirmed. He was
given two years In the penitentiary on
a charge of forgery.
stFve other cases, none ot them ot
statewide prominence, were affirmed
AmonE them was that of ex parte
John Adams, who had been held in
contempt of court In connection with
a preliminary hearing before a Jus-
tice of the Peace in Johnson County,
where an alleged viplation of the local
option laws was on trial. Adams re-
fused to answer questions.
The court condemned delay in con-
nection with an opinion rendered in
the case of Della Jones, sentenced to
two years on charges of selling intox-
1sat2n8 "guors in Taylor in March of
try.
Mexican Petroleum again slumped
< parse grains were again lower. Re-
cesslons of 1 % to de were made for
corn and 1 to 1*6 for oats.
May, (l%c; Johnson; Robert Herrin, from Panola;
Jesse Clark, from Tarrant; Della
March and
HIVERPOOL, Feb 17. — Rams,
short cut. 14 to 16 Iba.. 42s (d
Bacon. Cumberland cut. 26 to 30
lbs. Ma; short ribs 14 to 34 Ibe., 03s
4d: riear bellies, 14 to 18 lbs, 42s:
long clear middles light. 28 to 34 lbs .
(6a; long clear middles heayy. 86 to
(0 Iha., (4s; short clear backs. 14 to
30 Ha , 87a Shoulders, squars. 11 to
13 Iba , 40s Id..
lard. Prime western In tiercen, new
68s; old. 14s 3d; American refined in
palls, 560 »d: 64-lb boxes, 14s (d.
Turpentine spirits, 42n,
Linseed oll, 81a
, $85048,75,
Flour sold in Austin yesterday at
82.86 per forty-eight pounds This
is the price that prevails generally in
Texan The advance in the price of
wheat a short time ago brought about
a connequent advance in the price of
rlou and the bakers in Austin ob-
served the advance by selling smaller
loaves.
Meal sells at 80 cents per thirty-five
pounds The corn market has suf-
fered no recent advances and the
Affirmed: D. A. Walderen, from
Dallas County; Robert Buell. from
May, 79 %e; Fayette: C. C. Younger, from Hender-
son; ex parte John Adama, from
PT LOUIS. Mo . Feb
Receipts, 10,000 head;
buying riba and lard around the inside
price. Investors bought pork. Cash
trade conditions were still unsatisfac-
Bar Silver.
NEW YORK. Fab 17 — Rar milver
in London was H higher today at
22 %d per ounce. Today's New York
price was also Mc higher at 48 %e.
Mexican dollars unchanged at 37%
@42c.
Claims aggregating nearly $50,000.
which are for witness fees, have been
refused by Comptroller Terrell be-
cause the act passed at the first called
session of the Thirty-third Legislature
appropriating the money was vetoed
by Governor Colquitt.
Comptroller Terrell holds that he
is not in a position to issue either a
warrant or a deficiency certificate to
any of the claimants.
ceipts, 9000 head; market steady to
10c higher. Steers good to choice,
87 99 @ 8.75; yearling*. good to choice.
heifers.
cows,
calves. |
$7.50
RAILROAD PERSOXALS.
.Billie Young, commercial agent of
the Iron Mountain Route of San An-
tonio. arrived in Auatin for a abort
visit yesterday afternoon.
Standard of California, 3830384;
Standard of Indiana, 4240426;
Sheep: Receipts, 11,000 head; mar-
l [By Joseph F. Pritchard.J
CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—With the sup-
> ply of wheat in the United States tied
up tightly and little or no grain to
। come, out of other exporting nations
for the time being, professionals have
enjoyed smooth sailing. In the far Country offerings of oats were
as ance Russia now looms up as a larger, while of corn they were only
prgbable early exporter. —- — - ------ ■ '
Cable advices say that arrangements
haxe.been completed for a $250,000,-
000 loan to Russia, which is to lie
raised equally in Great Britain and
France and that arrangements have
a80 been made for Russia to ship a
considerable quantity of grain in the
way of a partial security for the big
loan and that these shipments are to
be made in a few weeks.
It is presumed this grain will come
via the northern routes, as the Dar-
danelles are still closed to commercial
and ether vessels This caused heavy
Hellin' of wheat during the morning
and when the dust anti smoke had
cleared away it was seen that the
May future had dropped from 31.63
down.to $1.57 % and the July reached
30% as a low point compared with
$1.36 as the highest level for the lat-
ter during the morning. The mar-
ket was an unsettled affair and this,
too, with the volume of trade only
moderate. The May reacted and ad-
vanced from 31 67% to 31.60 and the
July from »1.30% to 31.32%. These
prices, which were the closing ones,
showed declines of 2%c for May and
4 %c for July.
facilities. Steel issues moved down
with the rest of the list. Some dis-
s as the
B capa
galleries
a hand-
sands of
and gas
ure that
even on
Ding. A
built, a
ded and
E le de-
oms (or
Timothy, prime cash,
The de-1 April, 58.12%.
price quoted on cornmeal in Austin
Is In line with the welling
other markets in the Slate.
607; 200 Goldfield Con., 1%1 9-15;
7000 Jumbo, 80682: 50McKiney-
Darrah. 420 45; 400 .Nevada Hills, 29
030; 3000 <»ro.. 1016111; 800 Ton-
opah Extension. 2 11-1662%: 3600
Tonopah Merger. 3S040; 1800 Riker
Hegeman, 1 % 6 1 % ; 1900 United CI-
rar. 90914: 8500 United Profit Khar-
County Court et al, from
County.
Clover seed, prime cash, 59 05'
88 aruary and March, $9.05; October,
..Alsike, Prime cash and March.
38.80.
ton Stephenville, North
Texas Railway Company
Recent selling for German account
has Increased the short position to an
42 and . futures
Only 10,000 bushels of wheat were
sold at Chicago today and this was
taken by millers. Chicago and sea-
board export concerns were reported
to have sold 2 000.000 bushels of
wheat for export late Tuesday and
today. It is said nearly all of this
wheat was at the seaboard, from
where is will be loaded Into vessels
and shipped abroad as quickly as pos-
sible.
POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS.
CHICAGO. Feb 17.'—It was a dull
market In butter but the present low
figure ought to stimulate the demand
and it is doubtful as to whether any
further reduction in values will oc-
cur.
The egg market has a firm under-
tone. There is a good outside demand
in evidence and aa the Lenten
opens today thia will cause a mater-
ial increase in the consumptive de-
mand locally.
Butter: Receipts, 8455 tube*
creamery extra. 29c; extra firsts, 28
@28%c: firsts, 26027c; seconds. 240
25aPacking stock, ladies.
Eggs: Receipts. 5478 cases: mis-
cellaneous lots. 22025c; ordinary
firsts, 24024%e: firsts. 2502540 ex-
tras. 2902940; seconds. 14015c*
dlrtlte. 20c- Retrigerator ega.
NEW CHARTERS FILED.
Charters filed yesterday follow:
Oxygen Gas Company, Dallas; cap-
ital stock, $10,000/ Incorporators: J.
N. Humphreys, F. Nuttleman, E. E
Norquist and others.
lake Austin Association. Austin; no
capital stock. Incorporators: M. M.
shipe, A. C. Goeth. Harvey Harrell
and others.
National Metal Weather Strip Com-
pany of Texas, Fort Worth: capital
stock. 81408. Incorporators: R. J.
Pence, W. F. Fry. E. A. Jackson.
Ten Strike Oil Company, League
At.Galveston County; capital stock.
54000. Incorporators: B. C. Perkins
Aug Schenk. J. E. Labuzan Sr.
Houston Home Investment Com-
pany, Houston; capital stock, $25,-
000. Incorporators: L. E. Mills N
L Milla. E. N. Mills. ’
broke prices smartly, uncovering stop
loss orders and bringing general weak-
Open. High. Low. Close, ness at the close.
- -- 8.40 Support was lacking and a general
Rye: No. 2, 81.25.
complimenting the so Iona on the work were operating on the bull side. Spe-
they are doing. He was introduced I cialties suffered generally with losses
by Leutenant Governor Hobby, his of from 2 to 6 points
successftl opponent in the. recent pri- Canadian Pacific displayed strength,
maries.
Cattle: Receipts. 1500 head; mar-
ket steady Native beef steers. 87.09
when issued.
**:*the first of the year. Reading held
[well until the final dealings when it
succumbed with a loss of a point or
I more. New Haven was sold down
Amend menu were filed by Ander-
son-Filler Investment Company El
n ,05082"*
Company. Beaumont, increasing cap-
• ital stock from 540.0*0 to 590,000;
Landslide Oil Company, Houston. de-
creasing capital stock from 550,000 to .
510,000. r
0.75; mixed and butchers. 56.60
6.85; good heavy. $6.7006.80.
David G. Black, general freight
agent of the Great Northern Railway
Company of Kt Louis, arrived in Aus-
tin on a visit yesterday.
w. I* Miller, traveling passenger
agent of the Mallory Steamship Com-
pany. with headquarters in Galveston,
was in Austin yesterday and spent the
day as the guest of old friends here.
r atu.
Ur im4
ha Euj
cha nqq
» mor
i mud
>r md
< n rt
r n rfi
pply"
lacking. Smelting fell off
calves. 86 00«10 25
Sheep: Receipts. 2300 head; mar-
The case of Charles Middleton vs.
the Texas Power and Light Company,
which involves the constitutionality of
the Texas employers* liability law
passed by the Thirty-third Legisla-
ture, was submitted on oral argument
in the Supreme Court yesterday. I.
cently the Third Court of Civil Ap-
peals held that a section of the act
Cash, 76 %c;
dlums. $6.7566.85:
d at lbs
the task
Ive and
symuet-
Unse or
nth by
nd as if
og whtcli
ral util-
huil, refined.
Kb provides for betting under the
.mutual system. Is down on the
endar as special order for Mon-
as is the car shed bill
file Senate passed the House bill
asing the size of the Alice inde-
dent school district; the Belfalls
pendent school district bill; the
r Corpus Christi school district
land the Laporte school district bill
induced by Senator Halley of
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET
NEW YORK, Feb 17—Mercantile
paper. 304 per cent.
Sterling exchange, strong; 60 day
bills. 84 79 50; for cables. 84 80.75; for
demand. 84 80 60
Time loana. steady: <0 days, 2% a
3% P*r cent: 90 days, 2% 03; 6
months, 3% 434
Call money, steady High 2% per
cent; low 2; ruling rate. 2; last loan.
3%: closing bid. 2; offered at 3 %
Texas Railway Company of Texas vs.
J. Jl. Long, from Caldwell County-
In the case. Western Union Tele-
graph Company vs. W. P. Riviere,
from Williamson County, the court
determines the judgment excessive in
the sum of 5600 and allows defend-
ant In error until March 3 in which to
file a remittitur in that amount. In
which case the judgment wHa be af-
firmed for the remainder, otherwise
judgment will be reversed and cause
remanded.
Reversed and remanded: B T
Rich et al vs. M. C. H. Park, trustee,
from McLennan County.
Reversed and rendered in part and
In part affirmed: International A
Great Northern Railway Company and
T J. Freeman vs. W. R Walker &
Sons, from Travis County; two cases
Dismissed for want of prosecution:
R. E. L Mann vs. International &
Great Northern Railway Company,
from Robertson.
Submission of case passed by agree-
ment: International & Great North-
ern Railway Company vs. A. H Davis,
from Falls County; Iangdon Harris
Vs. James Shear, from McLennan to
April 7.
Cases submitted: Nslle A Co. vs.
J. L Costley, from Travis County;
Coleman Vitrified Brick Company va
W. M. Smith, from Coleman; .St
Iouis, Southwestern Railway Com-
pany of Texas vs. R. O. McDermott
et st. from Hamilton: St. 1 .mile
Southwestern Railway Company of
Texas vs. Stevo Ballou, from Hamil-
rare horse bill.
W YORK. Feb. 17 —Trading in
ttonseed oil market today was
58% 69%
54% 65%
Close:
Wheat: May. 51.60; July, $1.52%.
Corn: May, 77 %c; July, 791c.
Oats: May, 59%c; July, 55%c.
Pork: May, $18.82%; July, $19.25.
Lard: May, $10.77%; July, $10.90.
Ribs: May, $10.17%; July, $10.42%.
The Federal Company still holds its
price for standard granulated to the
basis of 6 cents All other refiners
continue to quote $5 75
Muller
on Ed-
bpeegie.
Moody,
r. Elgin
William
odman,
rd Jef-
‘risweli,
Krohn,
seph H.
well K.
men G.
ler. Er-
C. Con.
> Tandy
de Pol-
lton W.
ert < *.
Harrett,
rs o.
. Oscar
ins. Dr.
dge Jr.,
Veaver.
. Potts.
Wroe,
8.65 nervous feeling was abroad in the
8.83 financial district. While the selling of
9.08-stocks for foreign account was not in
9.25 large volume, the buying was thin.
200 Illinois Central dropped 2 points.
lights. $6,600
ETIt Over Secretary McKay.
JjA touch of spice was added to the
Ate when a resolution was intro-
d by Senators ("lark and Robbins
that the Attorney General be
to give sn opinion as to
ther the Secretary of State ran de-
Mami the privilege of inspecting
reports of certain corporations
■ ere now on file in the Secretary’s
K But this little touch did not
Pa chance tn materialize into any-
pofa fiery nature, however, for
it had grown into a respectable
A ••clash" Senator Bee poured oil
Pe troubled waters and would not
bit anything even remotely re-
Pling a slap at the new Secretary
ate. Mr McKay
Matora Clark and Robbins com
hed that when they had requested
[■Atton relative to certain private
orationn they had been told the
rination equid not ba fort hoom -
[ After the Senate had voted down
nl amendments and substitutes
the original resolution, all intro-
id with a view of modifying the
■Ing of what some Senators
M to think was a jab at the ad-
stration'A chief appointee
P. Bee explained that he did not
La brief for Mr McKay and that
[essra Clark and Robbins could
■at satisfaction in any other way
[should resort to mandamus pro-
ings in the courts. He would not.
bver, he said, favor a resolution
cast a reflection on the Secre-
pf State After a substtute by
M King had been killed. Sena-
Pee's substitute was adopted
Powing the tilt over thia matter.
to lower Lambs, $8.0008.45; ewes,
$6.0006.35; wethers. $6.0006.75.
las.
On record: Walter Parker, from
San Augustine.
On brief for appellant: J. Christ-
ma, from Kaufman County.
. On brief for both: E. J. McCas-
keyy from Harris County.
On motion fo* rehearing: Sam Hill,
from Colorado County; E E. Medford,
from Fannin; Tom McHenry, from
Hardin.
Cases set down for submission on
March 3: Mrs. R. T. Bodine, from
Galveston County; George Hatch,
from Fayette; J. 8. Rutherford, from
Wilbarger; Will Glasper, from Hous-
ton; Will McAnthony, from Burleson;
Abran Cisneros, from Bexar.
CIVIL APPELLATE COURT.
NEW YORK. Feb 17--Coffee
prices advanced one to two polnts to-
day. There waa moderate local buy
Ing which held values but interest was
small and prices wers easily influ-
enced. (Hose: February, $5.5505.60;
March, $5.6045.68; July, $6.87 06 89;
September, $7.0007.01; November,
$7,127.14; December, $7.1807.20.
ales 1,500 J
sharply to the new minimum price of
-15547 and the impression prevailed that
247 the stock will be made to appear weak
*-mvuntil consent is received from the
’ 75 1 various State Legislatures for the
spots 4 8M miaaiing: sales, 56006 proponed bondissues.
bale,; receipt, 17 800 Copper stocks were heavy on the
. prospects of the curtailing of shtpping
Mn a H. Flake, president ot the
San Marcos So rote. Club, and Mia
Ane“pR°S"A,"a"ratAm:
home economics lectures and the art
NEW YORK SUGAR.
NEW YORK, Feb 17 — Raw sugar
was firm with moderate offerings to-
day at slightly higher prices Cen-
trifugal, 9 6-test, 4.51; molases, 89-test,
Schrank, from Hamilton; William P
Carmichael st al. vs. W. A. Miller,
from Travis; John Woelfel st al. vs.
McKean. Ellers A Co. et al., from
Milam.* C. W. Gill vs. E H. Flynn st
al. from Brown; Houston A Texas
Central Railroad Company vs, Emil
Bukowsky. from Travis
Submitted for rehearing Phillip-
Carye Company vs O. B Manea. from
Coleman County; Norwich Union Fire
Insurance Company vs. Crate Dalton
from McLennan.
J. E Farnsworth of Dallas, the vice
president of the Southwestern Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, was
the principal speaker against the bill
which would put telegraph and tele-
phone companies under control of the
Railroad Commission before the Sen-
ate committee ns internal improve-
ments last night.
He quoted figures to show that the
night rate on long distance rails was
abolished in the interest of the tele-
phone users at large, because the call*
piled up in such volume that bad
service resulted and the revenue of the
company was cut down He declared
he had not heard of complaint from
the traveling men of the State until
Messrs. Lee Shannon and T T Mc-
Donald of San Antonio had appeared
before the committee asking that long
distance charges be regulated and he
said these complaints would receive
consideration He declared that the
cal metal exchange today tin showed
a loss of %c with lead and spelter
net unchanged.
ket steady. Native muttons, $5 00 0
6.75; lambs, $8.0008.70; yearlings.
$7.0067.50.
NEW YORK, Feb 17.—New York
profitable prices to the mills: ____
The strurtural market haa passedTezas
rough A lean week. iyfM
Special to The Americhn
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb 17.—
Cattle receipts were close to 2800 head
and 300 included in the offering were
two trainloads of Mexican steers.
Beeves, 54.75 ©6 75; stockers. 55 50©
6.85; heifers, $5.0007.50; cows, 58.25
©6 00; bulls, 83.25© 5.25; calves.
34 00©8.25.
Hog receipts were fully 4000 head.
Through sympathy with other places
the market was fully 10c lower
Heavy, 56-90© 7 00; mixed. 56 60©
7 00. mixed. $G.6026.80; light, 56.25
0 6.60; pigs, $4.2505.50.
Little was available in the sheep di-
vision: Lambs. 57.50©7.75; year-
lings, $6.5006.75; wethers, 55.60©
6 75; ewes. $5.0006.50; goats, 52.36
©3 50.
telephone system in Texas Is recog-
nized as the best and most compre-
hensive service in the United States.
The committee rescinded its action
just before adjourning and put the
telegraph companies back Into the
bill, which was then referred to a suh-
committee composed of Senator.
Brelsford. MeNealus and Wiley to be
.redrafted.
A long series of speeches in oppo-
cltion to the Robbins public utility
bill were heard before the Senate
committee on State affairs last night
Mayor Holland of Dalian, one of the
principal speakers, declared that his
chief ohjections to the bill were that
it undertook to regulate and control
municipality owned plants and the
service of the other public utilrties;
because It was Impractical In many
particulars and because It would over-
ride the will of the people and in
many instances turn order into chaos.
uncomfortable degree and foreign
houses find it difficult to borrow
shares for deliveries.
Bonds were active with weakness in
many of the old high grade issues
that were offered for German account
through Amsterdam.
Banking circles have grown decid-
edly conservative regarding stock mar-
ket prices and some of the larger
semi-investors have withdrawn from
stock market operations temporarily
until the situation becomes clearer
It is not understood that they have
sold their holdings for the stock mar-
ket has become too narrow to permit
this, but they are not seeking new
commitments and are not disposed to
support their specialties.
Jones,, from Taylor.
Reversed and remanded: Baltazan
Solis, from Aransas County; L. N
Schenk, from Archer; Napoleon Mc-
Campbell, from Bee; 8. L. Jeffers,
from Coke; Mollie Schulman, from
Harris.
Notice for rehearing overruled:
State ex rel Lillia Bergeron vs. the
NEW YORK. Feb. 17—The Iron
Age says:
Tendencies in the next few weeks
In finished steel prices will have an
important bearing on betterment tn
general. The creeping improvement
in volume Is being sustained and in
spite of the email part contributed
by the railroads and. In fact, because
of it, the trade is optimistic of the
future.
The official argument may be ad-
vanced that not enough can be at-
tracted by price declines and It la be-
lieved that ehould a break occur,
prices will go below those of last De"
cember. A stabilizing Influence in
that contracts were driven in at cur-
rent prices for the second quarter
prior to the late advances.
ket opened strong and closed weak
NEW YORK. Feb 17—Jesse L.
Uvermore. boy plunger and one-time
cotton king, who came here from Chi-
cago and startled all Wall Street with
his coups, is broke. He today filed a
petition in voluntary bankruptcy crt.
Ing his liabilities as 5192,474 and hie
assets as a few suite of clothes and
one or two trinkets.
W. L Miller of Galveston, passen-
ger and ticket agent for the Mallory
Steamship Company, spent yesterday
in the city. He stated that hia line
had been doing an excellent coast line
business all the fall and winter, de-
spite the war situation, and there was
every indication that it would do a
very heavy passenger business this
spring and summer, notwithstanding
the Pan-American Exposition at Kan
Francisco and other counter attrac.
tons.
March ....... 8.45
May*......... 8.73
July......... 8.90
October ..... 9.14
December ... 8.38
Spots, 8.55c middling:
bales; market quiet.
Charite Middleton vo.
I
1
'Southern Railway preferred lost 2,
Norfolk & Western fell below par and
Baltimore & Ohio sold at 67. All of
these declines were attributed to for-
eign selling.
Union Pacific was one of the firm-
est of the international issues. An odd
lot dealer made the statement that
fully 50,000 shares of this stock had
been taken by the small investor since
Support Is Lacking and Genera
Nervous Feeling Is Abroad in
Financial District—Copper Is
Heavy — Mexican Petroleum
Slumps.
were active on the curb today and
continued to fluctuate sharply. Ad-
vancing from 101% to 102%. heavy
realising developed and a setback to
101% occurred rading in stocks was
generally quiet. Oils were heavy, sen-
timent being affected by the reduction
of the National Transit dividend
Close: 8000 Atlanta. 3 5% ©26; 190
Fraden, 6% 0 7: 3000 C. <1. O. Con. |
his con-
nly city
athedral
m. The
ditorfum
uipped
s rights
approxi-
^■Rito an excellent speech made
Benator Townsend in its behalf.
Butler nine-juror verdict bill.
Wh recently passed the House with
colors, was quietly and without
ny put to death in the Senate
Iky by a vote of 16 to 10 after
been adversely reported on by
peiary committee No 1.
with this exception the session of
b Benate was almost uninteresting.
| several attempts of various mem-
re to "start something"* in the fire-
rks line proving futile, although the
per branch of the Legislature la-
jed long after dusk Many House
B were passed and several meas-
8 of great importance to the State
large were made apeclal orders of
■ness but the session lacked that
rit of fight which has made the
■Tty-fourth Renate one which can
rly always draw a crowd
Mat< bill 78. which is the Bailey
Harris measure known as the Texas
npany bill, was made a apeclal or-
Okr Friday It gives many char-
powers to pipe line companies, but
snot give them the right of pro-
Hogs: Receipts. 40,000 head; mar-
ket 56 10c lower Prime heavy butch-
ers. 86.65©5.76; fair to fancy light.
56.70© 6.75; prime medium butchers.
$6.65606.72%; prime meidium heavy.
$6.55 66.70: heavy mixed and packing.
$6.6066.70; pigs, fair to good, 56 00
©4 25
Sheep: Receipts. 8000 head; mar-
ket strong Native ewes. 85.00©6.85;
native wethem. 86.00© 7.35; western
ewes. $4.7566.75; western wethers.
$5.5007.25; western yearlings, 56-86
©7 25; native yearlings. $6.0067.50;
native lambs, $8.0008.75.
Low. Close.
I was squelched almost aa quick-
[ it developed, the Senate de-
I back into the hum-drum busi-
f the day
committee on finance reported
blythe House bill by Mr Dixon
napproprinting 8600 to war
Eimtre ranker.
EAadppeth and I aft I more bill
Ang tales under desde of trust
^■ ai waa the bill by Mr
making the (heft of ag
rroptn m felony Henate bill
bhich provides that the re
t Gateaville can spend
as on hand from the nale
9 remnodeling and repalmng
dhy wem passed. Senator
ebill relative to the giving
br qnalifying of Inmtrumenta
Ek. pansed
hpare of ths late afternoon
pearance in ths Senate
B B Sturgeon of Paris.
bte for ldeutenant Govern
other speakers heard were: C. W
Breech of Cleburne. R P. Durrah,
City Attorney of Texarkana; E. F.
Ferguson. City Attorney of Beau-
moat; J. T Suggs of Denison, J. Har-
grave. for the Mackay Telegraph and
Cable Company; I J Nathan of Mar-
lin. F. N Drane of Corsicana, T H
Spooner of Gonzales, Edgar Scurry of
Wichita Falla anil J W Wallace of
Jacksonville, representing light, water,
power and electric concerns.
Anaconda .. 26%
Atchison . . 94%
B.R.T. . . 86%
Cal. Petrol . 15%
KANSAN CITY LIVESTOCK.
KANSAS CITY. Mo . Feb. 17 —Cat-
tie: Receipts, 2000 head; market act-
ive. 106250 higher Steers, 86 60©
8.25; cows and heifers. 54 00©7.9$;
stockers and feeders. $4.0007.50;
calves. $5.00011.00.
Hoga: Receipts, 1 1.000 head; mar-
ket opened steady to 6c lower. Closed
10015c lower. Top. $6.90; bulk,
$6.60006.80; heavies. $6 60© 6.80; me-
HT LOUIS, Mo . Feb 17 —Clearings
today. $14,046,731 againet $13,741,991
last year, an increase of $304,740
E(By Edward Low Ranlett.]
EW YORK, Feb. 17.—The tend-
Eto reduce or even up out-
contracts in the cotton mar-
Es in evidence again today.
■ere has been so much talk of
| might possibly occur- after Feb.
■mi considerable nervousness nas
■created and there has been much
Eering liquidation of investment
En88 in anticipation of some un-
Ang development either in the
e of increased German subma-
ctivity and ashock:to shipping
■'Connection with the cotton fu-
I bill which becomes effective to-
bw morning.
■ire was further trade buying of
bort that has absorbed many of
Fontracts recently liquidated by
EStreet and Western interests and
Hemand was sufficient to take the
qued offerings on a scale down,
opening was at a decline of 6 to
Inta and while there was a rally
For 6 points during the early aft-
bn on the continued large ex-
L prices eased off again, reach-,
the lowest level in the late trad-
Mid closing at a net loss of 11 to
bints
Kt all the technical details of the
Contract operating under the pro-
ks of the United States cotton fu-
act are not yet clearly settled,
ndicated by the fact that the re-
9 committee of the New York ex.
se aagin adjourned today with-
stablishing differences It is an-
|ted, however, that all necessary
mation will be available before
nd of this week, when differences .
Ing to the March 1 deliveries :
bo established.
lay’s exports amounted to 59.293 <
. making a total of 4,078.275 so
his season. 1
ithern apot markets were un-
fed for the most part with quo-
is ran ring from %c lower to 4
1 higher
Open.
Amal. Cop. . 68 %
Am. Ht Sug 39 %
Am C. R Oil 46%
SHIP COMAL ARRIVES.
GALVESTON, Texas, Feb 17—Ar-
rived: Steamshipk Comal and El
Norte, from New York
The following proceedings were had
in the Supreme Court yesterday:
Judgments affirmed T. D. Hen-
nessy et al. vs. J. M. Blair, from Leon
County; M. J. Barlow vs Joseph Co-
tulla, from La Halle; Wichita Cotton
Oil Company vs. William R Hanna,
from Clay.
Judgement of the Court of Civil Ap-
peals affirmed: E L Hogue vs
Texas Traction Company, from Dallas
County.
Reversed and remanded. J. h
Mitchum vs. Chicago. Rock Island &
Golf Railway Company, from Clay
County.
Motions for rehearing submitted:
W. La Diamond vs Eugene Duncan,
from Dallas County; J. W Munson at
al. va B. F. Lgoney, Attorney Goa-
oral; Adam's Fish Market vs. W. G.
U. H. R pfd 104% 104% 104% 1041
Ww Un ..61% 68% 68% 62%
The following proceedings were had
yesterday In the Court of Civil Ap-
peals. Third Dirtrict:
Affirmed: Missouri. Kansas A
207-----
HT. LOUIS METAL.
KT^LOUM. Ma. Feb. 17.— Lead,
78 78%
I WiI-
alter a
Hoy H
8 Nel-
Ham T
119% 118% 118%
48 42 43
Livermore lost about $a,000,000 in
an attempt to corner the cotton mar-
ket in 1910 and the market haa naa
almost steadity againnt him ever since
In March, 1813. he was sued by th,
liquidating partners of the defunet
stock exchange firm of Mitchell A Co.
end sfter that he dropped from pub-
lic view until today. At the time of
his failure LIvermoro declared ha her
Invested 3400,000 In an annulty which
brought him 870.000 a year and could
not be touched. Nothine is said of
this annuity in his bankruptey peu.
tion.
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