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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
MINAL RAILWAY SUBURBAN TRAIN

Eastbound-Leave Eighth and Gratiot streets
ca. G1ai.iycslo :ee. 500 $50 p. m Except Sunday.
4:vf- SIG. i3i. 1o:31 a. n. Ie:0S 40 s:02 D.
Saturday and Sunday ouly--iI:17 p. m. Sunday
o1!y.s:-i; :05 a m: i2:25 0. m,
Leave Washington avenue. daily-9:I a. !:
2:e5 500. SIS D. m Except Sunday-4:0s. e:21.
~ s:z4 80. if:lo a. m! AS. s:i5 .. m Sat-
u7iay and Sunday only-lf25 D. Sunday only
-s:2s. 7:lo m: 12:29 ..
Westbound-Leave Granite City. daily = 1:11.
GtS. 5:5s 1:l2 n Except Sunday-6:15, 6:04.
7:o2 s:24 $40. l11o a. m: AIS. s:l1 p. m. Sat-
1900 a M Saturday and sunday only-ii:sa D.
n Except Saturday and Sunday.5;2 p: m.
Leave Madison. daily-i:lS 2:iS SOS T:if D.
Except Sun1ay-5:1a 500. I:S s:2s. 9:55. I1:1i a.
m. 4:3i. ?:21 a, m. SATURDAY only-i:5l p. m:
Sunday only-5:eN. sos. f0:15 a. m Saturday and
Sunday ouly-lI5S n m
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New York. July 2-Th. dry goods market is
practically at a standstill and is l!key 70 be in
TINS same contitI"n until after the Fourth BUY :
efs Will p.rdte in II gery conservative manner
as long as prices continue on their present high
level. Buyers are parsnG practically hlgh
prices are quoted. but no speculation will be
indulEed in under present conditions.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
ROYAL sRCASuM.

FELIX COUNCIL, NO In0-REGIr-
AEE lar stated meeting Will he held on Fri
sEHY day evening. July 3. at West Gate Hall
Grand ard Eastun avenues. at S y. m.
Visiting brothers respectfully invited.
w l.. STECKER. Regent
]. II. W. Bockstette Secretary.
M GRAND COUNCIL MISSOURI
-EHp Royal ArcanuEi. 239-sll Holland
SC6&So BuildinE-A cordial welcome to yiair.
lHnN o-s frien1s, brethren and members
fSS5eo|8 from at-uad. F. Il. BACON. .. R.
EXH Jno. g RtirRswoTth. Grand Sec'y.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03

Joplin. NJ. July ed Houk. a ground hos.
~ the " ~ Clair mine. near Chi;yood. was
killed Instantly this morning at s:ao O'Clock.
He was being hoistef out OF the mine. vhea
h was overcome By gas from exploded powder
atDut twenty feet from tre surface. He fe
back ieptE cf l2j feet Several other mine-s
n the ground were almost asplyXiated by the
csaIig tunes. nut thsy recovered after bsi1a
taken t. th- surface.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03

To-Day's Weather.
.ening. with probably storms
Arrived.
Departed.
River RinIto Brevftie.,

Alex Prichard, clerk Of the Rees Lee. who
was formerly clerk of the Kate Adams. is visit
ing st. Louis and called at the Lee Line Of
fees yesterday
Captain Sims eavs that repairs on the ma
chinery of the Lotus Sims completed and
that she will depart for Memphis this afternoon.
Tho City of Savannah arrived yesterday from
the Tennessee River with a large lumber trip.
She will depart the return this afternoon.
The Quincy of the Diamond Joe Line will
arrive from st. Paul tomorrow and depart on
the return trip Sunday afternoon.
The Sunday excursions OF the Spread Eagle
are being largely attended. She leaves St. Louis
at 2 a. m. and returns at p. m.
The Cape Girardeau came in from Commerce
yesterday morning and will depart the
turn this afternoon.
The Peters Lee will be in from Memph'. 80
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
ARE BANiSHED FOR LIFE.
Sentence Passed on Late President
of Hayti and His Followers.

Washington. July 2.-AccordinG TO United
States Minister Powell at Port Au Prince,
by n decision OF the Court of North. more
than fifty Haytians have been doomed to
perpetual Punishment among them being
the late President FirInin and family, and
General Salnave and brother.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
MOBILE AND OHIO.

KATT.0
Depar. Arrive.
S:B an SO pm
S:3: pm III am
Tf:i5 Pm $50 am
.s::32 pm T:T am
BRIDGE
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ST. LOUIS, X. C. AND COLORADO r.. h.
CFRoM UNION DEPoTJ
Train. Depart. Arrive
1oi and 1oc. Mail and Express
Gasconade River and inter- -
mediate points ................ s7:15 am ss:3o pm
FROM FORSYTH JUNCTION.
1o5 and los. Union Accommo-
datiOn ........ 's:,5 pm 's.H pm
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Depart Arrive.
1850 am % am
20 pm .s6 am
.S:l5 am fl:lo pm
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Government Report.

DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture. Weather Bureau
meteorological observations received at St Louis
July .. 1903, 659 D. m local time ana s D.
m seventy-fifth meridian time. Observations
made at the same moment of time at all stations.
Statlons Dir. .Tp. NIX Rain. Weather.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

DE SMET COUNCIL, NO. 742. KNIGHTS OF
Columbus. meets every second and fourth Thurs
day In the west nall. Century building Ninth and
Give SITS. Visiting knights are invited
c. 7. MONAGHAN. Grand Knight
VI. J. McGrnne R.corder o'-'
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03

New York. July 2.-Butter r~reigts Ii27i phss.:
steady: state dairy !slzu2c: creamery 15izT2bizc.
Cheese-f.ecsipts s.sts pkgs. duh and weak:
State fun cream ami fancy co!ored and white
l1Hsc: large colOred ana whit iCi.c.
Chicago. July 2.-Butter steady: creanleries Is
@2ec; dsiries i5Hl.c. Cheese stead: twins .ci1c:
daisies lgATilc. Young Americas ilIIi1-c
Philadelphia. July 2-Buttcr unchanged. Extra
" "est.rn creamery 2ic: near-bs prints &c. Cheese
quiet but st"hd". New York full creams choice.
new lie. faIr d god lll. lla.c
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
TRIBE OF BEN HuR.

ST LoiiIs COURT. NO. 4. T. b. H, MEETS
every Friday night at southwest corner
avenue. Sons and Daughters of Hur from
other courts and out OF the city are hereby ex-
tended a cordial invitation to visit BY @: der OF
J. E. MULKEY. Chief.
Attest: Grace Kuelpe., Scribe. No. ssa Evans
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
Washington. July 1T is said here t

Washington. July 1T is said here that
the trip of the gunboat Bancroft to Trim
idad is for inspection and investigation. and
also is due to a desire on the part of
officials to have an American vessel in close
proximity 10 Venezuelan waters in the
event that the operations Of the revolution
lists. who are said to be very active in East
ern Venezuela just now. render her pres
ence necessary TO the protection of Amer
lean interests.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
AMERICAN GUNBOAT WATCHES
REBELLION IN VENEZUELA.
Officials Desire to Have Bancroft Close
at Hand I'm Case Situation
Becomes Serious.

San Juan. Porto Rico July 2.-Thn United
States gunboat Bancroft is coaling here. She
has received orders to proceed to tie Island
of Trinidad
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
ST. LOUIS TINE.
IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.

hhoN hot ~ AIN
Train.
Texas Fast Mail to L.ttI.
Rock. Texarkar1. Dallas.
Fort Worth and Abilene.
Delta. Columbus and Cairo
Express
Fast Day Express-Dailas,
Eg-t Worth. Austin, San An
tGHiJ. Houston and Galveston
Texas. Mexico and California
spsc!el-Hot Springs, AK:
Dallas. Fort Worth. Ei Paso,
Los Angeles. Galveston, San
Antonio and Laredo ....... .
Memphis Express ........
FOURTH STREET AND CHoG
STATION.
De Soto and Bismarck Ac-
commodatioa ............
ILLINOIS DIvIsI
s. ia-is and Chester Express.
= LOUIS and Chester Express.
l., II. q; ST. L. RY. (Hend
Train.
Fast Mail-owensboro. Clover
port. Louisville and the East.
Eastern Express Owensboro.
SIoEsrpo-t. Louisville and
the East-...-..---...........
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
TOLEDO. ST. LOUIS AND WESTERN.
GLOVER LEAE R0I-TEA

Train. pepart A-rivs
THE Commercial Traveller
Toledo. Buffalo and New York. sI:s0 pm sT:i0 am
Eastern Express-Illfnois In
diana and Ohio points.....-.. sT:2s am s5:0s pm
Cayuga Accommodation. s1:4 pm '12:ls pm
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Open Friday night till 10 o'clock. Closed
all day saturday. July 4th. G. H Boehmer
Shoe o.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03

13c: DO. dry-pIcxed prime i3c: DO. heavy coarse.
12izdl3c. Old roosters 9q3Izc.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
ST. LOUIS-PEORIA LINE.
See g 2 & ST Il
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

ST. lille LINES.
Train Depart Arrive.
Princeton. Louisville. Lexing-
and way stations. Chat
taDooga Rome Atlanta. Mat
tDon and points In the South
east ...................... 's:94 am $3.50 nm
Mount Vernon Accommodation 10 504 nm i9:41 an
Mount Vernon Accommodation t6 :oi pm t9:i0 an
Princeton. Louisville. Le1ing-
ton and stations KNOX
vile. Asheville. Chattanooga,
Rome. Atlanta. Augusta.
Charleston. Macon and all
points Florida and the
Southeast 10 .0f s1S1
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
BURLINGTON ROUTE-u.

Train.
For Hannibal. H. & s. );
points. Quincy. keokuk and
burlington ----.---.---.-.---
Local TO Hannibal ........
For Quincy ard Keokuk
For 81. Pail. MINNEAPOLIS. via
East Side line. Illinois and
Wisconsin ..........- 49,.
The Burlington-Northern Pa
cific Express. Tor Kansas
City. St. Joseph. NOTtnwes.
Nebraska. Black Hills. WyO-
ming. Montana, Washington.
Puget Sound. Portland and
Oregon -.-..............- .--.-..:.
Twin City Express. for St.
Paul. Minneapolis ard Iowa.
The Nebraska-Colora!o EK-
press. foT Denver. Colorado.
Utah and Pacific Coast. via
81. Joseph .----.
might Northern Express. for
81. Paul. Minneapolis and
For Illinois. via East Side lire.
TO Rock Island. Clinton. "a.
Savanna and Dubuque------.-
For -kan:a- CITY. Council!
Bluffs. Omaha. S.. Joseph.
Denver. Nebraska. Colorado,
Utah and Pacific Coast..-..
Local for Hannibal "
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
COTTON BELT.

ST. LOUIS SoUTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
Train. Depart Arrive.
Arkansas and Texas Express
via Bismarck and Deltal.... SOD am ':l5 pm
Arkansas and Texas Fast Mall
(va Bismarck and Dslta).... s:iO pm I:Vo am
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
L. & n. X. r.

Train ns,,-, .--,,.
Florida Limited via Nashville,
atlanta, CnatIanooga, Macon
Ihonasvi!Ie Jacksonville, St
Augustine and Tampa 400 pm l:So nm
tast Mail - Evansville. Nash
vile. Birrniugharn Nortgor1-
e!y, Chattanooga Atlanta
Mobile. New Orleans ard
Jacksonvtie. Fla: Charles
si ton: 8 $50 am 7:1s pm
TtLe: Nashville. BIRMINGHAM
Mobile. New Orleans Trorl-
asvil!e ac--sonville PaIac-
ka. Ocala and ST. Petersburg s:B pm To An
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
FRISCO SYSTEM.

Trains Depart Arrive
Valley Park Accommodation. ie:50 am e:25 Am
Valley Park Accommodation &. 20 pm = ID am
Pacific Accommodat ion .S:l5 am Tl:lo pm
Texas and kPnsas Mail-For
Springfield. Fort Smith Par
is Dallas. Ennis. Houston.
Galveston. Carthage. joplin
and Wichita 900 am so:45 pm
Pacific Accommodat z 10 pm HOES am
Valley Park Accommodat I'll as pm iTi:3<pm
Meteor - For Springfield. Car
thage Joplin. Wichita. Vim
itn. Oklahoma. Denison.
Sherman. Dallas Fort
Worth Waco and Brownwood s2:51 pm eli 30 am
Valley Park Accommodate on. 1880 pm 1870 am
Valley Bark AccoTTodar rion-.. 1874 pm i6:01 pm
Pacific Accommodation. 1924 pm II:i5
Pacific Accommodation. & 10 pm
Texas and Kansas Limited
Springfield Eureka Springs.
Fort Smith. Paris. Dallas.
Greenville Ennis. Corsicana.
Houston, Galveston. Austin,
San Antonio. Carthage. Jop-
lin. Wichita, Burton and
the West. 's:35 pm 80 an
Western Expression Spring
field vinita. Denison. Sher-
man. Oklahoma. Carthage
and joplin. 5000 I'm .I:l5 am
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
NJ, X. & T-.THE

Train.
Jefferson City, Columbia. Boom
VILE. Sed7lia, Fort Scott, In
Clan Territory and Texas
Express
Re Katy Flyer" for Dallas,
Fort Worth. Houston. Gall
weston. San Antonio. Mexico
city and intermediate points
Jefferson City. Columbia. Boom
Vile. Sedalia. Kansas. Indian
Territory and Texas Express
Missouri. Kansas. Indian Ter
Tltory and Oklahoma Flyer.
81. LOUIS MERCHANTS
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ID. az ". g " II
Train.
Cincinnati. Louisville. Wash
ington. Baltimore. Ph!ladei-
phia and New York Express .
Cincinnati. Louisville. Pitts
burg. Washington. Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York
Fast Mail--..-.-.......-
Cinfinnati Acconmodation......
Cincinnati. Louisville. Pits
burg. Washington. Baltimore.
Phila ladelphia and New York
ROyai Blue Limited .....
Nlnc.nnes Accommodation.
Flora Accommodation ou.....
West Baden and French Lick
Springs. via Molon Route.
BIG FOUR.
LAKE SHORE. NEW YORK
HUDSON RIVER. BOSTON
AND CHESAPEAKE p AND {
Train.
Indianapolis Express. ...........
New yCgk anu Boston Limited.
knicherbOcker Special New
York. Boston. Washington.
Baltimore and Philadelphia
Sattopn and Alton Accor-no-
cation
Nation and Alton AccOmmo-
cation ......... ...............
Boston. New York. Cincinnati,
Washington. baltimore and
Philadelphia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Cincinnati. Davton. Springfield.
Columbus Express .------....
Fast Express
AltoD-Lehves 1910 a NJ. II
m Arrives .s.n0 a N sI:4h Z.
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CHICAGO, PEORIA AND
RAILWAY.

c.. p & ST.
Train.
Springfield. Jerseyville. Graf
ton and Alton n-...........--...
Alton. Chautauqua and Graf
ton. Commuters Special-.....
Alton. Springfield. Peoria and
Grafton Express -.-....-..-...
Alton. Chauiauqua and Graf
Alton. Chautauqua and SPRING
field Iail ...-....-...-.-.---.
Alton. Grafton and SPRING
field .-.-.....-....-..-
Alton. Chautauqua and Graf
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
ST. LOUIS AND CALHOUN PACKET co.
STR. BELLE OF CALHOUN

Leaves wharfboat, foot of Locust street every
Wednesday and Saturday at p m for Ham,
burg. Mozier's and all Calhoun County landings.
H. ". SEBASTIAN. Agent
Phone Main IS. Kinloch D So2.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03

sos am T:35 pm
$500 am T:Is ,n
'2:2l pm 7:Io pm
I'm pm. T:is am
40 pm 100 am
'TEAU AVENUE
$50 pm $50 an
ON.
1850 am ss:D an
's 90 pm S:55 pm
erson Route.D
Depart Arrive.
$50 am 7Is pm
's:S Pm Tao an
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
fIRNsccd Quotations

Chicago; July 2-Flaxseed was quiet and easy
nrice' being -sNlr under yesteTiay. SEPT spIG
at 81 and closed at 81 90, sellers. oct. was
NorthwcaterH sold at 81 Gi and No. I was &c sid
sece!pts were cars here. IS at Minneapolis and
q at Duluth.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-03
ST. LOUIS AND HANNIBAL RAILWAY:
CHICAGO AND ALTON.
Chicago Trains,
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.

Train. Depart Arrive.
Fast Mail @.J1 am 1895 pm
Local Express ....-....-..-... '1:55 am '5 80 pm
Dny Express - Kansas City.
Pueblo Denver. Salt Lake
civ and san Francisco. 900 am 1901 pm
Washington Accomm0dati0n.. tS:25 pm t7:55 am
81 Joseph. Joplin. Wichita and
Kansas Limited and South
west Missouri $50 pm sl:20 am
Kansas and Colorado Express. .'l0:l0 pm '7:l0 am
Creve Occur Lake trains leave Union Station At
.s:I5 a. m. .e:I5 a; m E:s9 p m: and 'isI ?. IN.
m TlO:l0 a. M. 10 90 u. and &c 20 D. m.
a. wiiirkwood trains leave Union Station at 1900 4
y, AZ a m. 1850 a. Yn I'll 20 a. m, 400 o.
m. ..i:io D. ts:4b a. 1890 D. '6:a5 ..
-, 20 o. m.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-06
The Idle Cotton Mills.

Augusta is by no means the only city
where work is suspended for a time in
the cotton mills. In our own State the
same conditions exist in Lewiston,
Lisbon and Brunswick and in many of
the cotton manufacturing centers OF
New Hampshire and Massachusetts
the gates are closed and the spindles
are idle. This general shutdown is
understood to be only for a few weeks
and is due mainly to the high prices in
the cotton market and the hesitancy of
purchasers of goods to agree to any
marked advance while any raw mate
rial, purchase before the rise. remains
in the storehouses. 1t is expected that
many more small mills will be closed.
AS many contracts are unfinished, a
general agreement to close for stated
period or for a certain number of days
each week was deemed inexpedient.
In our own city the period of idle
ness is being used to make important
repairs and improvements, and to. a
large part of the operatives the en-
forced vacation is not altogether I'M
welcome. In the long history of our
own mills there has never before been
a period of idleness, except an occas-
ionai day in the spring caused by hlgh
water in the river. and labor troubles
have been wholly unknown. 1t is a
splendid record, and we all hope that
coming years may fad the city as for
tunate in this respect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-06
.,-.aA PoliticaLGhost Dance.

Whe are J., S. Felter.sI. Mullett, Dr.
r. H: Reae,r,eifri.. A.4Poynter and Frank
w. owens? These are the leaders OF
that recent convention at Denver in
which certain fragments of Populism
got together and issued statement
of up-to- date Populist doctrine. Who
ever heard of them? Where were Will
liam ]. Bryan, Marion Butler, Thomas
II. Watson, William A. PETER, Charles
A Towne. Hamilton B. Lewis, James
p. Weaver. "Sockless jerry" Simpson
and the other strenuous heroes who led
the Populist party when it had 1900
600 voters enrolled in it's ranks, and
was able to rend the Democracy assun-
der? Only one familiar name IS men
toned in the accounts of that Denver
gathering We read that William V.
Allen. the Nebraskan wind storm who
broke into the United States Senate,
was present. He must have felt like
one who treads alone a banquet hall
deserted"
1t was plainly loneliness, rather than
zeal for their cause or any hope Of MAX
ing themselves felt in the political
world, which drove together the few
'sia~tvfng~Popunsts."e Some of the old
|. time leaders are plutocrats, and most of
the others are $50 busy trying to be.
|. that they have no time for calamity
politics. If ever a political party was
deader than the Populists, or a politi-
cal belief deader than Populism. his
tory has failed to record it. The Den
yer affair was the merger of phantom
armies, a ghost dance in the grave
yard Of buried follieS.
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MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Aug 5.--The hour for. clos
.ng of today's stock market was nailed
with relief by the highly strung men OF
he Stock Exchange The day. was one
If excitement and alarm and the fading
away of the prices of securities was so
rapid and comprehensive as to nrouses
grave fears of the consequences. Inc an
nounceinents of two failures We're the
only actual disasters to develop ana mel
Their of these was Il surprise. some OF
the days liquidation was supposed 20 be
firms, although it was officially announced
IN one case that tho creditors had decided
30 withhold the collateral from the mar
net in it's present condition. II was eFt.
dent that Il very general closing OUT OF
collateral in loans was in progress ana
much of II was allowed to go Tor what
it would bring. AS the demand Tor STOCKS
IS still exceedingly light, the natural re-
suit was decentralization OF the market
and the pressure grew more acute py the
reactionary effect Of the selling IN 1orcirB
Shrinkage of the collateral III other
loans.
So far as the news Of the day was con-
cerned there was = slender basis for the
sacrifice of securities beyond the uneasy
sense that collateral could not be readily
realized on and the consequent desire to
convert it into ready money. This is the
essence of decentralization IN any market
and it had its natural result. tooay; EX-
pectation was at the high pitch at the
opening and decentralization was prevented
at that time only by the most vigorous
and determined support on the part OF the
banking interests and market managers
for various prominent stocks me result
was a pretty general recovery from the
opening declines. Then came the an
nouncement of the first failure, that OF an
important house with commitments in a
the close The liquidation was intermit-
tently pursued with an occasional rally
on short coverings.
There was an eager rush to cover
but even then there were renewed breaks
at other POINTS and the closing was ex-
tremely nervous and excited with very
irregular fluctuations. BONDS were weak
par value. s4,6f0,OOO United states bonds
were all II changed on the last call
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New York Cotton Market.

New YORK, Aug. 3.
In the last few minutes the cotton mar
steady around last nights prices, became
much more active and broke sharply un-
der more or less general selling led by a
former prominent bull leader who was
desperate in the May deal of last spring.
September attracted the chief selling. de-
cining to 1045 against 1885, the opening
figure, while the later months showed
losses from the opening of from y to %
points. August sold as low as 11.55. The
closing was weak and at the lowest of the
session on all except August with prices
at a net loss of Is to 81 points.
Cotton spot closed steady. Middling up
lands 10; do. gulf. 1275. Sales. 1877 bales.
Cotton futures closed weak. August,
11,70: September. 1915; October. 9.S4; No
vember, 9-62; December, 964: January,
965; February, 9.6I March, 9.G6
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West Pointers in a Minority.

The Boston Transcript gives some
figures to correct the erroneous belief
that the graduates of West Point con-
stitute a majority of the officers of the
army which seems to be general with
the press. 1t shows that of 1851 army
officers at the date of the publication OF
the last army register, 1885 We're grad
yates of West Point and 1926 were non
graduates. Under the circumstances
it is inevitable that nom graduates
should hold a majority of the higher
places in the service. With the excep-
ton of the engineers, there is no branch
of the service that either is or can be
wholly Differed from West Point. The
annual graduating class usually is not
large enough to fill all the vacancies in
the grade of second lieutenant existing
when its members receive their diplo-
mas. To bring about an increase of
the graduates TO the point where they
shall constitute a majority of the Off
GERS of the army on the active list
would call for a very great addition to
the strength of the corps of cadets,
with a corresponding expansion Of the
academic plant.
1t is not to be denied that many of
the best officers in the army at all pc
RODS of our history have been men
! who rose from the ranks, and this pos
sibility of promotion is one of the inn
| portant factors in the making of good
private soldiers West Point does a
| noble work for our army and the West
| Pointers could not be spared but there
! are many good officers who never saw
| that institution, and since they are
largely in the majority their frequent
| occupancy of the higher places in the
| service should arouse no feeling. The
| army understands this, and the out
siders who criticize the administra-
ton in the matter of promotions are
usually ignorant of the facts or care
nothing fdr them.
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Though things are everywhere look
ing rather blue in the shipbuilding line
as we showed, yesterday morning, the
outlook on the Great Lakes is less du
bieus than on the sea board. The in
dustry, there is special: the ships are
not like other ships; the shipping is not
like other shipping; it is not made UP
OF a multiplicity of things as is ocean
carriage, but is confined to a few items
in bulk; these items are likely to con-
tinue to be moved for years in a con-
stantly ascending scale and ships will
continue to be built to carry them
Moreover. a fair part of existing tom
mage on the lakes is wooden; it is old
and decaying and must go the way OF
all craft; and it must be replaced by
new and more modern carriers. Thus
shipbuildirg on the lakes for many
years is assured, although the number
of orders for the coming year will fail
considerably off the business of any of
the past three years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-06
Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.

New York, Aug. D.
FLOUR-Receipts, 29,4S1 bills; exports,
1929 bbls.: sales, 10000 pkgs. Quiet but
WHEAT Receipts, $3.50 bu.; sales
2.46O, 900 blu. futures; spot steady; No. 2
red, S3A elevator; No. 2 red, s43s b
afioat; No 1 northern Duluth, s69s o b
afioat; No. hard Manitoba, s67s o d
CoRN-Receipts, 6l,7OO bu.; exports, 50, :
1873 bu; sales, 10000 blu. futures; spot
steady; No. 2. 5sA elevator and 594 Q b
afloat; No yellow, 59A; No. white, So.
OATS-Receipts. 25,5O0 bu.; spot easy;
No. D SO; No. 8, 371a No. 3 white, 40:
track white, 3eG46; standard white, 4022;
No. white, 407@.->
BEEF-Dull.
CUT MEATS-Quiet.
LARD-Steady; refined dull.
BUTTER-1rregular; extra creamery,
10; state dairy, 1441F2-
CHEESE-Steady.
EGGS-Strong; state and Penna. fancy
mixed, 21
SUGAR-Raw, firm.