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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-18
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Oct 17.-Yesterday's sharp
recovery in prices brought in a large mum
Der of buying orders this morning and
the stock market was very active during
the first hour. By the end OF that time
it became very evident from the narrow
movement of prices that the demand was
being freely fed to take profits on, yester-
days rise. The bears thereupon became
less solicitous to cover their short con-
tracts and ceased to buy. The sellers al
lowed prices to slip back to about last
nights close, at which point there was
marked decrease in the volume of bust
ness with the movement of the market
brought practically to a standstill. The
market for the rest of the day was some
what hesitatlng and irregular. An al
vance OF about point in Amalgamated
Copper, United States Steel preferred and
Union Pacific had a re-assuring effect and
steadied the market but failed to lift it
to materially higher level A number of
the industrials which had suffered violent
losses during the week made sharp re-
covery and the high priced coalers were
marked up several points at a time on
the professed confidence that accumula-
tons Of steam sizes of anthracite are be-
ing worked off. The bank statement was
regarded as favorable. The further con-
traction in loans is satisfactory deve-
opment and the small decline in cash
reserves IN face of the apparent gain BY
the banks on the weeks currency move
ment is attributed to possible with
drawals by the trust companies. The
market did not hold and closed easy but
dull. The weeks decrease in bank clear
ings again centers in New York, Pnlla-
delphia and Boston, due apparently to TIE
decline in speculation, while the averag.
for the rest of the country shows an IN
crease over last year. Imports of mer-
chandlse at New York for the week show
decrease of 1892 COO from last wcek
and of $1,624,o 900 from the corresponding
week of last year. AS bearing on the
exchange situation this showing marks
an increase of our power to draw on for
eign centers for money needs.
The railroad bonds market has not been
active at the Stock Exchange but prices
have been fairly well maintained and
banks and bond houses reports rather
better business over the counter, with
some evidence of a growing demand.
U. S. bonds on call have been I'm
changed.
Today's total sales of stocks were 409,-
100 shares, including Atchison POSTS; Bal
timore aud Ohio 1880; Cincinnati and
Ohio 1000; Erie 24,76O; Louisville and
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Ware g. Leland'S
Cotton Letter.

The general feeling in the pit is that
the South sold ahead heavily for October
shipment and the movement has not come
up to expectations. A lot of this cotton
has been covering in the market and ac-
counts in part for the strength. The visl-
BILE supply is many hundred thousand
bales behind other years and as long as
this continues there is not much pros
pect of a declining market Business is
getting active, and should the monetary
and stock situations improve We can look
for an active speculation in cotton. The
market today lost some of yesterdays ad-
vance on profit taking, before Sunday, but
the tone was firm. On a good break Mon
day we would be inclined to buy moder-
ately The market has enjoyed a note,
worthy advance and reaction of 20 or
80 points is in order. Receipts will IN
crease next week and we would only buy
on a good break
WARE & LELAND.
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Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents, $780, straights
s3.50G3.90: bakers S260d3.40; clears S335Gl3.50;
spring specials si.2o; spring. patents S3.0o@44O;
red, sO1{@S2;; corn, No; 2'45H@ No;2 yellow,
$685. rye, No. 2, So good feeding bar
ley, 4l@i2; fair to choice mating, 47@5l; flax
seed, No. /, 50: No l northwestern, l02H
ii 25@l lbs; lard per lOOfe., 6.55@660; short
ribs sides (loosel 7.506S.00; dry sailed Shout
ders (boxed), 6.l29.2 %; short clear sides
(boxed) SOOaS.l2; whiskey, basis of high
grade wines, rs; clover, contract grade0. 1878
NEW YORK PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7-Flour-firm;t winter
patents S39o@4.3O; Minnesota patents $4,000
AS.
Rye fiour-firm; fair to good S9.90@330
choice to fancy S2;90@3.25
Buekwheat flour-dull; Sl.90@2.l5.
Corn-meal firm; yellow western Sl.l0.
Rye-firnl: No. western 6l12.
Barley-steady; feeding g; mailing NaI g. Son
Corn,sp6t frm; MOI IS; May, 1875; Sep
tember. 5211s; November, =; December 521s.
Beef-firm: family si0.io@n. so; mess 5000
$50; beef hams p .50@24.0O; packet lo.5O@ll:
Cut meats-rregular picked bellies 91a9ll
picked shoulders 1906; picked hams, li@l2
Lard-firmer western steamed, $40; refinde
firm; continent no; compound 71s@7as.
Pork--easy; family l9.OOgl9.5O short clear
14.5091650 mess 1880 l450.
Tallow-dull; city per package ass, country
41z@H.
Rosin-firm; strained common to good 2.35@4O
Turpentine-frm, $4,000.
Rico-steady; domestic, fair to extra, 1905 3,
Japan 454C05l4.
Molasses- sieady New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice, 3l@42.
Coffee-spot, Rio firm, No. 2 invoice D %,
mild firm, cordova 76D1l.
Sugar-raw, firm; fair refining %; molas-
scs 33S refined, quiet.
Butter-frm; extra creamery q, state dairy
5000.
Cheese-steady; state full cream small COL
ored 1914 white fall made, ~.
Eggs-firm; state and Pennsylvania 2o92o.
Potatoes-Long Island l.75@220, new South
ern l25GIl.57, Jersey sweets 2.00(G2.75.
Peanuts-steady; fancy hand-picked, 434@6,
domestic 3@412.
Cabbage-steady; domestic per 100 1906.
Freight to Liverpool 20c.
Cotton seed oil was dull but steady; prime
crude I. o. b. mills S@2S, prime summer yell
low 1910, off summer yellow 81, prime white
46; prime winter yellow AZ, prime meal N.0O@
$3.50 nominal
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Oct. l7-Flour quiet; winter
patents, S410G4.40, spring satents S4.65@5.0O.
Wheat-steady; S5iac9S6, Southern wheat by
sample 73@Si
Corn-steady; spot 5o15@5s, Southern white
corn 50(d5i.
Oats-hrm; No. 2 white 42@%.
Rye quiet; No. 2, 5Sd1a.
Butter--nrIn; fancy Imitation E@lS, fancy
creamery 20@2l.
Eggs-steady; fresh 22@.
Cneese-firnI; llN large llT@llR.
Sugar-strong; fine and coarse graduated
Olh.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans, Oct. 17.-Spot cotton quiet
and steady; sales 1900 bales. including
2 800 to arrive. Quotations unchanged.
Futures at the opening were I to
points lower than the close of yesterday.
After the first half hour of trading there
was a recovery, which carried prices well
up to yesterdays closing level. Later in
the morning unfavorable Liverpool and
the decline in New York, together with
liquidation by longs sent prices down 10
to II points. The trading was quite act
i've but the market closed very weak at
about the lowest figures of the day. Net
losses were Is points on October, Novem-
Der IS and IL to II on the other positions.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. I7-Cotton futures
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BY BYRD s. BALDWIN
BROS,
AuCtiOneers

Rare opportunity to purchase small
truck farms in the direction of Norfolks
growth, and of the jamestown EXPOSE
ton grounds.
By virtue of authority vested in us, we
will offer for sale at public auction, on
the premises on Tuesday, the Goth day of
October, 1903, at II a. M, the following
property to-wIt
These certain tracts of land, embracing
about 46 acres at Lamberts Point on the
Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal COmpanys
electric railway, which runs entirely
through the tracts lying north of the
lands of James H. Summons and w. J.
Vanderberry and south of the lands of w.
J. Robinson and Sinnadine Brothers, and
of the power house of the Electric Railway
Company. Said tract being formerly OWN
ed by Weir and others, but lately known
as the TAFT and Holmes tracts. These
tracts have been sub-divided into eleven
tracts, numbered A to X, and containing
each from about to acres. At the sale
the several tracts will be offered sepa-
rately, and then the TAFT tract will be
offered as a whole, and the northern half,
and the southern half of the Holmes tract
will be offered as whole and the property
will be sold whichever way aggregates the
highest price.
This land lies northwest of Norfolk city,
about one mile from its corporate limits,
in the direction of the city's most rapid
growth.
BY the electric line, for five cent fare,
the heart of the city is reached in ten or
fifteen minutes The S-inch water main
of the Norfolk County Water Company
following the line of the electric roads
right of way, runs entirely through the
tracts.
The land being in high state of cultiva-
ton, is suited for small truck farms, poul
try raising or dairy, nurseries, green
houses and hot beds, etc, while its loca-
tion in the direction of Norfolk growth,
vii make it of great value to be sub
divided into building lots, which the cleo
trio line and water main will readily make
available for dwellings,.
Plats of the property, with further par
ticulars as to terms of sale and all other
information will be furnished by mail, or
at our office on application
Free transportation from Norfolk will
be furnished those who attend the sale
by the car leaving the station of the Nor
folk and Atlantic Terminal Sewell's Point
car at 1890 a. m
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Biggest Snake Story Yet.

Rocky Point Cor. Ponder Chronicle.)
Mr.. K. j. Armstrong, Of Scvans Point,
asks correction OF the statement in
Sundays Messenger to this effect The
RATHER that he killed had four tails in
stead OF two, post norton held dis
closed the fact that his snakeship had
swallowed three cat squirrels instead of
one as before stated. This was on Fri
day, and on the following Sunday, himself
and friend, Mr.. Hardy, on passing the
carcass found a huge live RATHER eu-
twined around it.
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
Port.
WEEKI,y BANK STATEMENT.

New York. Oct. 1.-THE statement of
averages of the clearing house banks of
this city for the week shows:
Loans sos, 265, 800, decrease Si,S96,0oO
Deposit 1891, III 400, decrease $5,S43, 100
Circulation $45, 1928 200. increase $500
Legal tenders s6S, sos, 300, decrease SILL
800 Specie Sill, $40, 500, increase $S0I,
Reserve $24O376, 100. decrease $6Oi,S00.
Reserve required $222,942,S $50, decrease
S1,460,925. Surplus ST., $50. increase
SeoS,125. Ex-U. S. Deposits $26,742,725, in
crease S94S,2T5.
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Nashville 2,400; Missouri Pacific 1890
Norfolk and Western 1850; Norfolk and
Western preferred 200; Pennsylvania so,
rs; Reading IA, 400; Rock Island II, 100
St Paul 10000; Southern Pacific $780,
Southern 300; Southern preferred 1,525
Union Pacific 1880; Amalgamated Jop-
per $685.; American Sugar $3.50; Brook
Ign Transit 1875; Tennessee Coal and
Iron $500; U. S. Steel 10000; U. S. Steel
preferred $1,000.
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The Bull, the Bear, the Lamb.

The Bull is wicked creature indeed, and
the Bear a terror Is he.
But the Lamb is an innocent little thing,
and gentle as he can be.
When the Bull and the Bear Are Tired OF
Strife and want to rest up bit,
They look around for an easy mark and
the poor little Lamb is IT.
New York American.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, Oct l7-Turpcntine nothing
S. receipts Is casks.
RosinIfirm at 9 10, receipts Is bbls.
Tar-firm, 1.S0; receipts 81 bbls.
Crude--firm, 2.2593. S0@3.S0; receipts IS bar
rels.
CHARLESTON, Oct. l7-Turpentine nom
inal 55b, receipts ....;., sales -, exports -.
Quote A, B, C, 205;D, 2,15 f, 225; f, 2l0; G, 2l5
II ,26O /, 3. Isl X, 3.s5; NJ 800; N, 3.95; VIC, 4O5
WV, 4.35.
SAvANNAHl Oct, l.1Turpentine, firm
Rosin firm; receipts 5000 sales 1907 export.
606.
Quote A, B, G, 2l5;D, 2.25; E, 2S5; +, go; G
2.55; II, go; /, $40; X, 410 NJ 4.25; n, 4.30; VIC
I.40: WV. 40.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

nolnin at ...@2: closing ia. time money
easy 10 days, "A: 30 days, m5 six months
5g; prime mercantile paper 5s4@6; sterling
bills at 4S5.50@4S165 for demand. and at 1872 80
for 10 day bills. posted rates 4Ssa4S6l5a
commercial bills 4S2, bar silver 6lsz Mexican
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AN EARLY DEMAND
VERY FREELY FED
Seeing This the Bears Cease
to Cover.
AND PRICES SLIP BACK
Cotton Opens Weak and at a Dec inc, But The
Weather Proves UnfavorabIe Rains Being
Reported Over the Eastern and
Central Belts.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York Oct. 1.-THE dry goods
market shows signs of increased activity
and although transactions are not gen
orally much larger in volume they ex-
hibit a desire on the part of buyers to
operate for their future requirements.
While there is no improvement in prices
in certain quarters there has been dis
position to withdraw certain of the con-
cessions which have been made during the
last few weeks.
NEW YORK COTTON
New York, Oct. 1.-THE cotton market
opened weak at a decline of to 8
points following lower cables and real
izing in the absence of the general frosts
predicted for the Western belt. The
weather. however, was not favorable,
rains being more or less general over the
Eastern and Central belts and with frosts
at Abilene and Fort Smith, there was hit
tie disposition to sell for short account
pending Sunday, and the market alter
the initial decline was steady to firm
with prices advancing slowly on further
covering, some buying by the recognized
bull party, and purchase of March for
prominent exporting interests. The frosts
reported were not in important localities,
but added to the uneasiness of the shorts,
thought to be for long account.
and about all the early selling was thought
to be for long account.
NEW YORK, Oct 17-Cotton spot closed
dull; =. points higher, middling upland, $50
gulf 1905. sales .... bales.
Futures opened weak and closed
steady
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nened and closed steady.
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.

Receipts yesterday .............. II bales.
Price .J1S W 3Al
Receipts same date last year. =. 1877 bales.
Price ....................71s to S
Receipts this week 706 bales
Receipts this week last year. =. 692 bales
The rain storm of yesterday accounts
for the small receipts here. All reports
still show that the crop in this section
is small.
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LIVERPOOL.

mod dvEf business oct prices 2 points higher
American middling fair, 6.26; good mddling,
sos; niddling, 500; low middling, $751; good
day were 5000 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export and included 8, 100 AM
erican. Receipts 800 bales, including 900
American.
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wheat was the predominating influence to
day and resulted in strong close. De-
cember being up Il to &c.
December corn closed nc. higher. Oats
were off q and January provisions 12hc
lower.
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S. A. L. STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMORE, oct, dashboard Air Line
common, 1901. preferred @2212.
Bonds-Ps 6434M6514.
Atlantic Coast Uncommon 10i@l0i; pref
erred :. =. N0sales.
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Q scripture Promises for MIR. Morgan
prov. XII. 25.)

The liberal soul shall be made fat, and
he that watereth shall be watered also
himself
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GRAIN AND pRov1s,oNs

Chicago, Oct 1.-THE high premiu,.ls.
which prevailed in all markets for cash
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SPECIAL RATES TO RALEIGH,
C. AND RETURN ACCOUNT
North Carolina State Fair, October
18th to oath.

; The following rates from points on
; Seaboard Air Line Railway will APP
: ply to Raleigh, N. C. and returne.
; which includes one admission to Fair
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Washington Stock Exchanpe

Cas- sslss s-t 1n call p o'clock
60 At !: se$; so at ssA Union Trust at io ,i
e cslicapitsl Tr asans.'n SO Gas at
S. $500 at iosN G. and p a Telephone e. S.
81 600 at 105. Graphophone, com. ii at sM. Mer
Ee gen Linotype, 10 at 1928. 10 at 17s, at
,o Rai Ia Bo1dsmcapital Traction IS, 1os bid
s. 1s GS 19
Metropolitan cert: indebt:.. B. los bid. io7 asked
io4E BID g. t i1sh e l2 asked Columbia
tia and Potomac Sc. 90 bid Washington Railway
and M,i Electric 4s TX bid = asked
Gas H. lso 1lS
spssss iR9 fSss%se
sonic Hall Association IS. 1902 bid
Safe Deposit and Trust stocks.-National Safe
a:s American American Sc
ton savings Bank. 1864 asked. Home savings
Railroad Stocks.-cap,tal Traction, .1as bid
assH ask ssked Washington Railway and Electric.
PREF R,e ssS DID, ~ asked Washington Railway and
~, SatiGns, Bank stOctsBsnk Of Washington 42s
and 500 bid ent6 ctinens ea
bid: Columbia, 175 bid Capital. 1856 bid Trad
$50 asked. American. 113 bid.
-, Insurance Stocks Is bid. IS asked.
Frankltl, Al bid. 50 asked. Metropolitan 60 bid.
Corcoran. 70 bid. Potomac, 81 bid, 591s asked.
Arlington 80 bid. German American, 26O bid. Ma
t1onal Union, asked. Columbia, 10 bid II asked
Riggs. 81 bid. Peoples, bid. I asked. CONNER
cial, bid, 51a asked. Colonial. so bid.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title go
bid. 95 asked. Columbia Title. bid, AZ asked
Washington Title, bid
and Potomac, 39h bid. Al asked. American Graph
ophone com. s15 bid. sN asked. American Graph
Gas stocks.-Washington Gas. COX bid. 60 asked.
Georgetown Gas, 20 bid.
Type Machine Stocks.-Mergenthaler Lfnotype
.l73k bid. 173 asked. Lanston Monotype, ~ bid,
6h asked
Miscellaneous StOcks.-Greene Con. Copper 17b
bid, 1874 asked. Washington Market 16 bid. Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat. 215 bid. J. Maury
Dove, $50 bid.
eEx-dfyidAnd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-23
TO MEET AT PORTLAND.
Army Officers to Consider Electrical
Appliances.

A board Of officers has been appointed to
meet at Portland, Me-, October 1. for tho
purpose of considering the entire subject
of electrical installations and electrical ap-
pliances Of all kinds in use in connection
with the defenses at that point. including
telautographs. telephones. telegraph instru-
ments; search lights. their location. size,
means of operating distant lights, whether
from central stations or isolated plants;
motors for rraversing and retracting guns
and for operating hoists.
The subject of fire control will be care
fully considered. and in this connection the
horizontal base stations definitely deter
mined for that locality. in order to CO.
ordinate the system with that approved by
the Secretary OF War upon recommends
ton of the board of ordnance and fortifica-
ton as result of the test of an expert
mental system of fire direction and control
at Forts Barrancas, Pickens and McRee,
Fla.
The detail for the board Is: Col William
r. Stewart. Artillery Corps. district COM
mander; Maj Solomon w. Roessler, Corps
of Engineers: Maj. Henry L. Harris, Artil-
iery Corps: Maj. Charles d. Parkhurst, Ar
uilery Corps: Capt James. n. Williams,
Artillery Corps.
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BEAVERS ARRAIGNED.
Gives New Bond in New York and is
Released.

NEW YORK, September 23.-George w.
Beavers again surrendered himself today
and was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Ridgway on the two indict-
ments recently returned against him in
Washington for alleged conspiracy in con-
nection with contracts between the Bundy
Time-Clock Company. now known as the
International Time Recording Company, of
Binghamton, N. Y, and the Post Office
Department, In connection with which trans
action State Senator George E. Green of
Binghamton was indicted.
Commissioner Ridgway fixed the examin-
alton for next Wednesday and Beavers
was released on $4,000 bail on one of the
two indictments. being permitted to go on
his own recognizance' upon the second in
dictment. 1t was agreed by counsel to ac-
cept a Baltimore bonding company as
surety and to reduce Beavers bonds on the
two pending indictments from s. 600 to ST.
500 each.
One Of the warrants based upon the two
Washington indictments charges Beavers
with unlawfully conspiring with George E.
Green and other persons unknown to de-
fraud the government IN connection with
al Time Recording Company. Green prom
Using to pay Beavers 10 per cent Of the
purchase price on every clock purchased
and alleges that On December Ii Beavers
received a check for 1926 signed by George
e. Green in payment. The second warrant
alleges that Beavers accepted the check for
1925 from Green III tie furtherance of the
corrupt and unlawful conspiracy, and that
1t was paid to Influence him concerning GER
tain matters then pendfnN before him as
head of the salary and allowances divis-
ion of the postal service
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MIR. GILMoRE's STATEMENT.
Denies Charges Made in Fight Between
Two Associations of Carpenters.

Mr. w. F. Gilmore, business agent of the
Amalgamated Association of Carpenters.
stated today that the carpenters and join
ers belonging to his society deny the state
ments appearing in papers regarding the
strike of the United Brotherhood of Car
penters to the effect that the war was
waged against the Amal8amated because
they had no set scale of wages. Mr.. Gill
more says the Amalgamated Associations
scale of wages is $3.50 for work day of
eight hours. and adds:
For over year our scale was 1925. while
that of the United Brotherhood was So"
They claim. also. that they were dis
charged by the employer This also is I'M
true. Before going strike they were in
formed by their employers that they, the
employers, would not discharge any of their
men. If they choose to quit, they could do
so, but none would be discharged The
fight is not one for wages. but for suprem-
acy. The United Brotherhood proposes to
drive the Amalgamated out of existence.
The L. y. claims it is for recognition of
the building trades card, while everyone
who has followed the actions of the u B.
for the past two years know the brother
hood carpenters have no more regard for
the section card than they had for the de-
cision of the arbitration in the case of their
fight with the Amalgamated Wood Work
erS
In this instance they agreed to arbitrate
their differences and when the decision was
against them. they decided to utterly ignore
1t. and continue their fight. And the Amer
lean Federation of Labor is today issuing
circulars urging affiliated organizations to
stand by the Amalgamated wood workers
in their fight with the L. B.
THE United Brotherhood of Carrenters
also claims that the employers are import
ing men from other cities and hunting lodg-
ing houses for mechanics brought here to
fill their places.
This. also. Is incorrect. The employers
are only aiding each other in this unjust
fight. Since the strike no men have been
imported, nor is their any likelihood of any
being imported. the bosses claiming they
can get along with the number of men they
now have