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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03

Charming Society Event in Fayette-
viIle-Improvements to Telephone
System.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Fayetteville. n. c., October 30.-LaSt
evening in st. Johns Episcopal church,
the rector, Rev. l. W. Hughes, per-
forming the ceremony, Mr.. H. NJ. Penn
berton a young man prominent in the
state. was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth H. Underwood, a beautiful
brunette, youngest daughter of Capt.
J. B. Underwood. The wedding march
was finely rendered by Mrs. l. w.
Hughes at the organ, and the decora-
tons of the church interior We're taste
full and elaborate in white crysanthe-
NUNS. ferns and palms. The usherS
were MesSrS. l.. A. Williamson, L. 3.
Hale. A. A McKethan, Jr.. G. Is. IN
derwood, j. c. Thomson and j. 5. Nc
Neill. There We're no bridesmaids. the
lovely maid of honor being Miss Ellen
Underwood. The bride wore white
crepe de chene, panne velvet and chif-
fon, with rare old lace, a family heir
loom, and her bouquet was of lilies
of the valley. h maid of honor was
goWned in White chiffon over t~affeta,
ana carried bride roses. In reserved
seats in front Were three most intimate
friends of the bride with their scortS:
Miss Maud b. Haigh and Mr.. n. H.
McGeachey; Miss Kate II. IIaigh and
Mr.. P. w. Haigh; Miss Kate Hawley
and Mr.. J. F. Harrison. Misses Maud
and Kate Haigh wore white silk and
Miss Hawley crepe de chene. Their
flowers were pink carnations. After
the marriage ceremOn Capt. and Mrs.
j. B. Underwood delightfully."- entertain
ed the bridal party ana guests at their
lovely home on Green street. where
the hall and parlor decorations were
roses and ferns, and the scheme Of
color in the dining-room was pink. Mr..
and Mrs, Pemberton left on the north
bound train at 10 o'clock for their we'd
ding trip.
Mr.. E. r. McKethan offers for sale
a piece of property in east Fayetteville
which has an historic interest, as there
was the homestead of Gen. Dolph
Davis of Revolutionary fame. For
generations the property has remained
almost intact and undivided through
a succession of heirs. and it's wner
ship is now mostly rested in the Nc
dowell and Gillespie families of Baden
county.
Mr.. George A. Holderness. of Tar
boro, general manager or the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Company. IS
meeting with the Fayetteville patrons
of his exchange in the city hall this
Afternoon, with a view to changes and
improvements in the service.
Miss Georgia Hicks has gone to VISIT
relatives at FaiSOn.
Rev. J. n. Starr has returned TO his
duties as rector of a New York church,
after spending his vacation with his
parents. Col. and Mrs. J. B.. Starr.
Miss Sue NJ. Motley has taken Il
position as stenOgrapher with the law
firm of Messrs. Robinson & Shaw.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
MURDER OR SUICIDE:
The Dead Body of William Engle
Found in the Kitchen of His Home

Vincennes, nd, October 30.-In his
own home, William ]. Engle, secretary
of the Vincennes Distilling Company,
was shot last night and died from the
wounds today.
Engle had risen to take a train for
st. Louis. He was dressing to go to the
station when he is said to have heard
a noise in the Kitchen. He went down
stairs and as he reached the kitchen, so
the story goes, he was met by d volley
of shots. Two bullets entered his head
and he fell unconscious to the floor. He
remained in an unconscious STATE until
he died.
1t is reported that the officers of the
audited the books last week
and that a shortage of from $4,000 to
$50. 900 was found. The death of Mr..
Engle started an investigation and to-
night rumors of suicide were heard.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
~CHEERLESS OUTLOOK.
How the Future Was Frightened for a Well
Known Wilmington Man.

With an aching back that makes the
daily toll a torture. and that robS sleep
Of it's restful properties, the future
holds out little promise to a man, no
matter how successful ne may be in
business. To such a sufferer relief
comes like the dawn Of the Arctic day.
A Wilmington business mar who found
relief of this sort tells his story of his
case.
A. Y. Horrell. proprietor of restaur-
ant at sos South Fourth street, says:
81 Used Doan's Kidney Pills and they
did me a lot of good. I have been a
great sufferer with backache, which I
supposed to be rheumatism, and used
all the rheumatic cures I could get hold
of. 1 was completely laid up with 1t
and could scarcely get around, to do
any work was simply out Of the ques-
ton. Ny sister. reading about Doan's
Kidney Pills and knowing how I suffer
ed. went to Bellamy's drug store and
got me a blk. Thay acted like a charm.
NY backache or rheumatism, whatever
it was, has entirely left me, nd I give
all the credit to the use Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills"
For sale by al dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, n.
Y, sol. agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no substitute.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
KRIKORIAN UNDER ARREST.
demanded Proof of the Charges
Against Him and Plead NOT
Guilty"

Boston. Mass. October Outstanding
before a United States commissioner
today. Vahtan Krikorian. the Armer-
ian poet. journalist and orator. who
was arrested yesterday upon his arr
val from London. demanded TO know
on what charge he was being held.
Upon beiIE old that he was charged
with being 4 fugitive from justice De-
cause OF having committed political
murder" NrikOriaE demanded proof
This the commissioner was unable 10
give at this time and asked krikOriin
to plead. Krikorian pleaded not gull
". Pending the arrival Of direct
charges. Krikorian was sent back to
jail.
To the police. Editor Kureghian. OF
Young Armenia state that krikorl AZ
Is the head ef the London cent1a
and that il was he who o.
dered Kureghian's murder and at
tempted personally to aSSaSSinate HIN
several months ago when he was edit
ing 4 paper in London.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03

Jury Returns Verdict After Beine
Out Three and One-HaIf Hours.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, n. c., October 30.-The
jury in the case of William Headen for
the murder of Dolph Causey, after be-
ing out three hours and a half brought
in a verdict of guilty" of murder in
the econd degree.
The case against William Headen,
was given to the jury just before adj
journment for the loon recess today.
The testimony on the part of the
state showed that deceased was shot
without p~rovocation, and that he had no
weapon of any kind. After the killing
the aSSailant fled and was not caught
until two months ago when he was
arrested after three years absence In
Florida. The defendant took the stand
and swore that at the time he shot.
the deceased was offering to strike
HIM with brass knuckS, and was also
advancing on him with a drawn pistol
and that had he not shot Immediately,
his own life would have been taken.
He was corroborated by several CON-
panionS of the negro dance.
Speeches were made by Colonel H. w.
Thompson, representing the solicitor,
who was attending the supreme court;
Settle for the prisoner. Each side in
sisted that witnesses. pro and con had
committed perjury.
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Another Crank Tries to See the
President.

Washington, October 30.-Edward
zerland. and a crank, tried to see the
president today. out he did not get far
beyond the doors of the executive "f-
fees before his condition was discOV-
cred. He was taken 70 police head
quarters and later to St. ElizabethS
insane asylum. His delusiOn was that
he was being continually pursued by
airshipS. He thought the president
would make them stop bOthering him
Tanner said he had a wife in NeU7phiS.
Tenn. but that he came direct from
northern Montana TO see the president.
He has been in the city since Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents $500 to
1920; Straights $3.50 to 81. TO-; spring
patents $500 to $50; straights $3.70 to
So 80; bakers $3.50 to $3.50: No 2 spring
wheat 81 to "a; No. 3 IS to SO; No. >
red S1A to 82R; No. 2 corn "A; No. ,
yellow 4412 to 44A; No. 2 oats 355s; N.
3 white 30 to 37h; mess pork per bar
rel S11.50; lard per 100 pounds $3.50 to
$6.6212 short ribs sides QOose) 500 to
$50; short clear sides (boxed) s7.25 To
$50; WhiSkey basis of high wines $1.c5.
New York, October 31.-FLOUR-
Quiet but firm; winter patents $500 to
S4.35; Minnesota patents $4.60 to $4.SJ.
WHEAT-SpOt firm; No. 2 red ~.
Option developed considerable firmnes
on decreasing northwest receipts. The
close was very firm on further cover
ing. Prices Is to NC nat higher. May
S3&s; December S7A.
CORN-Spot firm; No. 2. 81. Option
market was advanced by the heavy
southwestern rains, checking receipts
and in sympathy with wheat. The
market closed firm and Is to &c net
higher May 40; December 51k.
OATS-Spot firm; No. 2. AZ.
LARD-Firmer; w4stern steamed
7.20. October closed 7.2O nominal; re-
fined steady; continent $40; compound
6s to 7%.
PORK-Steady; family $3.50; short
clear s13.25 to 1900; mess $500 to $3.50
BUTTER-Steady; extra creamery
2212; state dairy 10 to 20.
CHEESE-StrOng;. state. full cream
fancy, small cOlOred September liz;
October 11A; small white September
liz, October II
EGGS-Firm: state and P~ennsylvd-
MIA fancy mixed q.
RICE-Steady; domestic fair TO extra
4 TO o; Japan nominal.
MISUNDERSTANDING New Orleans
open kettle good to choice 81 to ~.
steady; fair refining
2&s; centrifugal Sc test 3A; molasseo
sugar 3B: refined quiet; confectioners
$3.50; mould a $500; cut loaf $3.50:
powdered 4.85; g~ranulated s4.75; cubes
$500.
POTATOES-Steady; Long Island
s1.75 to $2.09; jersey SIG to s1.86; state
eastern ard western $3.50 to $40; Jer-
! sey sweets $50 to 1925.
| PEANCTS-Steady, fancy h~andpick-
ed AZ to ).
100 $500 to $500; per barrel Is to & 100.
COTTON SEED OIL-Dua but fairly
steady prime crude fob mills q to %;
prime summer yellow So 10 3Sk spot;
November 90 to 33kc; off summer yell
low 1872; prime white AZ; prime winter
yelloH 43.
NAVAL H
New York. October 31-TurpentIne
steady 591z to so. Rosm firm; strained
common to good 81. 20.
charleston, October 3I-TurpentiHe
steady 55k- Rosin steady; A 8 c
S2.G5; Sis; E S2.25; F s.. 40; c. s2.45:
H $3.50; l $3.50; K $3.50. NJ $500; n
$3.50; w G $3.50; w w $40.
Savannah, October 2~1.-Turpentine
56A to 56k; receipts 649 casks; sales 6S1
casks; exports $40 caske. Rosin FIRM;
1 YaNafntC $500 ha rrQ1c- S21 harroIc- nv
ports 1914 barrels. A B G. $3.50: E
1875; F $3.50: G 1885: H $3.50; I $40;
K $3.50; NJ s2.05; n $3.50; W G $3.50.
" w S4.10,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
Disastrous Wrecks.

Carelesness is responsible for many
a railway wreck and the same causes
are making human wrecks of sufferers
from Throat and Lung troubles. Bur
since h advent of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. ever the worst cases can
be cured, and hopeless resignation is
no longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg.
Dorchester. Mass, is n Of many
whose life was saved by DR.. Kings
New Discovery. This great remedy is
guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
diseases by r. R Bellamy. druegis-.
I'cioc Soc. AID sl.00. Trial bottles
flee
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03

Allentown. Pa, October 30.-The cor
oner's inquest in the case of Mabel
BechteI whose body was found in an
outside her home on Tuesday
morning last. vas concluded this even
ing with a verdict by the jury that the
young woman's death was due to frac-
tured skull from d blow inflicted at her
home by some person in the house.
known to the jury. The verdict says:
We believe that the inmates Of the
house. Mrs. Catharine Bechtel, Myrtha
BechteI. John BechteI. Charles Bechtel
and Aloise Eckstein are accessories af-
ter the fact of the crime"
Warrants for the arrests were serv-
ed on Mrs. BechteI and the members of
her family and Eckstein this evening.
They were taken before Mayor Lewis
who accepted bail for Mrs. BechteI in
$1,000, Myrtha BechteI in $500 and Eek
stein in $500. John and Charles Bechtel
were committed to Jail.
Application for a writ of habeas cor
puS will be made tomorrow.
Charles and John Bethel, who were
taken into custody after the coroner's
inquest into the death of Mabel Bechtel
their sister, were not Informed of the
suicide Of their brother Thomas, until
today. They occupied the same cell last
night. Neither appeared to be concern
aH 9hpI1r hir nncitiop Tn a,cu-or TO
questions today, the men said they were
not aware that they were suspected of
a guilty knowledge of their sisters
murder. They denied e~mphaticalIy that
the girl was killed in her own home on
Sunday night, and declared she was not
at home that night.
The police officials say they searched
fThomas BechteI thoroughly before he
was placed in a cell. They believe he
"a the knife with which he killed him.
Information was today lodged against
Mrs. Catherine Bechtel, Miss Myrtha
Bechtel, John and Charles Bechtel,
charging them as accessories after the
fact in the murder of Mabel BechteI.
The inquest was resumed this after
noon. Police officers testified to finding
blood spots in the Bechtel home on car
pets, wall paper ana IOOT. MIS-. 6eCl-
tel. Miss Bechtel, Mrs. BrObst, . mar
ried daughter. job and Charles Brech-
tel. and Eckstein were separately called
before the jury. Each refused to ans
Wer any questions whatsoever, stating
that they might say something that
would tend to inCriminate themselves.
1t was while Mrs. Bechtel was in the
court room that she learned that Thorn
as was dead. Her attorney, Mr..
Schaadt. asked Chief Eastman: Where
Is Thomas now"
The chief hesitdted and said: Il guess
at the morgue He committed suicide
in his cell yesterday"
With this Mrs. BechteI broke down
completely. weeping vigorously. DR..
EshbaCk was quickly ut her side and
she was led from the room in a state
OF collapse.
DR.. John Lear. Biologist of Muhlen-
berg college. testified that stains on
hatchet. wall paper. bed sheet and
overaIlS were blood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
Booth-Tucker Pays Tribute to His
Dead Wife.

Chicago. October 3O.-Surrounded by
5000 Salvation Army mOurners WHO
had gathered at Princes Rink tonight,
TO pay ribute to the memory of Mrs.
Booth-Tucker. who was killed IN i
railroad wreck last Wednesday night,
Commander Booth-Tucker. in a sermon
full of pathos. told of the many good
deeds performed by the dead leaGc:.
While speaking. the husband. grief
stricken and weeping. stood at the
head of the casket. At the conclusion
of the ceremonies the casket contain
ing the body vas removed to tn
Pennsylvania depot and vii be taken
70 New York tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
PLEASED WITH APPOINTMENT
NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR WANTS
TO COME TO AMERICA.
Says. Will Not be Great-His Part
at Washington Will be Social
Rather Than Diplomatic.

Madrid, October 30.-Sir Henry Nor
to Spain, who was recently appointed
British ambassador to the United
States. was interviewed today by a cor
respondent of the Associated Press. at
the British embassy here. The ambas-
sador who is tall and of athletic build
most courteously. Concerning his APP
pointment to Washington he said:
Il confess it was somewhat Of a sur
prise, though a pleasant one l am de-
lighted to go to America, which I
have long admired and have been anx-
ious to visit. The leading American
statesmen are only known to me by
reputation. so 1 have yet t o acouaint
myself with American men and at
fairs"
When asked what line of policy he
would follow the ambassador an
swered:
THAT is difficult to answer, owing to
my unacquaintance with but
naturally I shall follow the lines laid
down by the foreign office and British
interests. Regarding the difficulties of
my new position, unless I am much
mistaken. they will not be very great.
perhaps less than at Madrid. owing to
the number of pending international
questions here. The relations between
the United States and Great Britain
are most cordial, there being no serious
LITIGATION pending between the two
A~nglo-Saxon nations and l am person.
ally convinced that Great Britain Will
use every endeavor to avoid causes for
friction, as made evident by the sub
mission Of the Alaskan questions to
arbitration. The political horizon be-
ing therefore. cloudless, 7 imagine my
part at Warrington will be social.
rather than diplomatic."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
Nut Growers Elect Officers.

New Orleans. October SO.-The Ma
tional Association of Nut Growers to-
day elected h following officers:
PreSident-G. NJ. Bacon. Dewitt. Ga.
First Vice President-William Nelson.
New Orleans.
Second Vice President-J. B. Curtis.
Orange Heights. Fla.
Secretary-Treaurer-J. F. Wilson.
Georgia
st. Loui, was chosen for the next
place Of meeting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
Not a Sick Day since :

L va taken ssN erely sick viii HI i
ney trouble | II ed all SOS ~ med
c.Ess. hone OF witch relievet: ire. o."
day I saw an ad. of your Electric Bit
tiers and determined to try that. At
ter taking a few doses 1 felt relieved,
and thereafter was entirely cured. and
have not seen a sick day since. Neigh
bOrs of mine have been cured OF
rheumatism Neuralgia Liver and
Kidney troubles and General Debil-
ity." This is what 3. F. Bass, of Ere
mont, n. c., writes. Only Soc, at r,
r. Bellmy's, druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
Noted Robber Arrested.

Hot Springs. Ark. October 3O.-Chas.
Gavin, alias Goeble. IS years of age,
was arrested here today. There IS a
reward of 1000 for Gavin who. It IS
charged broke into a bank in Denver
in 1882 and secured $50. 000. He is
wanted also in BiSbee. Arizona, on a
charge connecting with a 5000 dia-
mond robbery. Ehe authorities at Bis.
bee and the Pinkertons at Chicago
have wired To hold Gavin at any cost.
He admits his identity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
JUST WHAT YOU NEED.
ChamberIain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets.

When you feel dull after eating.
When you AVE no appetite.
When you nave a BAD taste in the
mouth
When your liver Is torpid.
When your bowels are conStipated.
When YOU have a headache.
When you feel bilious.
They viii improve your appetite,
cleanse n invigorate your stomach.
and regulate Your liver and bowels.
Price % cents per box. For sale by
all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03
FOR MURDER
Jury's Verdict Causes
Arrest of the BeCh-
tel Family
INQUEST ENDS

COrOner's Jury Says Mabel BechteIs
Death Was Due to n Fractured
Sku1I-The Inmates of the G
Home Are Charged With Being Ac-
c~essOries After the Fact of the
ties Were Released On Bail and
Two Others Were Committed to
JaiI-AppIicatiOn for Writ of Ha-
beaS Corpus viii be Made.
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y

2S
Receipts of the season to date-156.S27
bales.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-FEm at
56 cents.
ROSIN-Firm $2.15.
TAR-Firm at 81 80.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm: hard
1925; dip $3.50; virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
t~urpentine firm at Acc: rosin s1.10 and
s1.15; tar firm at s1.45; crude turpen-
tine firm at s1.35 and $3.50.
Receipts today-50 casks spirits tur-
pentine. 293 barrels rosin. "a barrels
tar. 215 barrels crude t~urpentfne.
Receipts same day last year-54 CASKS
spirits ~turpentine, sos barrels rosin, 139
barrels tar, SO barrels crude turpen-
tine.
SALT-Prices car load lots-2J0 lbs
coarse 79c; $50 lbs coarse re; 100 lbs
c F Acc; 200 lbs G F soc: 200 lbs F f
Table 9Oc to s1.15: 200 lbs Rock Cattle
1.50.
DRY SALTED SIDES-S to 81.
BUTTER-27 to SOC.
COFFEE-7 to 1Oc.
FLOUR-Straights S4.2O to s4.3O; 2nd
patents $4.4O to s4.50: full $3.50 to $500.
MOLASSES-S. House IA: New Or
leans Brights % to 20: Porto Rico 90:
Cuba %.
SUGAR-Granulated S4.S5; w. c. X.
No. 3, $4.65; No. : $3.50; No. 9 $3.50; No
II. $40.
LARD-CTierce Basis Pure SA cents
Compound ~ to 7Ac.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS-NOrth Carolina 50 to 70:
Virginia 60 to 20; new Spanish 20 to -.
BEESWAX-26 to &c.
CORN-67 to 20.
CORN MEAL-60 to 62K.
EGGS-1S cents.
CHICKENS-Hens SO to 4Oc; sprlLg
10 to 80.
TURKEY-12 cents.
BEEF to 4c
\. c. BACON Hams (old) 16 cents;
shoulders 12E2 to 13c; sides 1919 to 13c.
SHINGLES-Per 1000; 5-inch saps
$500; 5-inch hearts, $3.50; 6-inch saps
800: 6-inch hearts 81. 90.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Extra milling. ..s7.50@S.50
Mill prime .$o.UoVo.
atlll lar $f.ooVo
inferior to $500 .0O
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What to do Until the Doctor Ar
riyeS.

One Of my children was taken with
cramp collie and suffered severely"
says S. B. Elzee. of Monet, Mo. 4
teleponed for a doctor. then CAV a
dose of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and a few
minutes later a second dose. Before
the doctor came the child was reliev-
ed" For sale by all druggists:
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PORT

q tSlOn lTIl al VA IIel ISGSlDlS
1928 bales
Norfolk steady at 9 15-16c; net re-
Celpts 2,777 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 10S.3715; net re-
ceipts 5,773 bales.
Boston quiet at 10.60: net receipts
IL bales.
Wilmington steady at 10Ac; net fe-
ceipts 1850 bales.
Philadelphia steady at 1875: net re-
ceipts Is bales.
Savannah steady At 1014c net receipts
S.191 bales.
New Orleans quiet at 10Ac: net re-
ceipts 1885 bales.
Mobile steady at 10Bc; net receipts
1.349 bales.
Memphis firm at 1O4c: net receipts
Augusta steady at 1880: net receipts
3.21S bales
Charleston firm al Zoe; net receipts
1905 bales.
Cincinnati dull at lie: net receipts
452 bales.
Louisville firm at 1S4c.
St. Louis firm at 104c: net receipts
Houston steady at 1OAc; net receipts
1904 bales.
New York. October 3O-Cotton steady
at 1860; gross receipts 1928 bales;
sales COO bales: stock 1920 bales.
1OIdl To-Day at all SedpoflS-Nel Re
ceipts 1924 bales; exports TO Great
Britain 47,214 bales: to France 1860
bales; to the continent 1926 bales:
| stock $40, 725 bales.
Consolidated at all seaports-Net
receipts 1924 bales; exports to Great
Britain 41.214 bales. to France 1850
bales: to the continent 1926 bales: 10
Nexico 1880 bales.
Total since September LIST at all sea-
ports-Net receipts 2.A31,414 bales; eX-
ports to Great Britain 633,659 bales; 10
France 2O6. 500 bales: to the continent
548, 161 bales; to Japan. $50 bales; to
MeXicO 4.S9S bales.
Futures closed very steady; NoVe1n-
Der 1913: December 1916: January
30: February 1916; March 1915,
April 1915; May 1O.4S; June 1915: July
1916; August 1884.
Suot cotton closed steady, 10 points
higher; middling uplands 1860; mid
| ding gulf 1895; sales 600 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago. October 31.-The leading I'd
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low ClosI-
Wheat NJ
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
N

New York. October 31.-MOney or
camille paper 81 to 6 per cent. Sterling
exchange weak with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.S4.75 to S4.S4.S75 Ter
demand and at $4.S1.25 to S4.S1.50 for
sixty days. Posted rates $4.S2R to
S4.S3 and $4.S6 to $4.S6Ha. Commercial
bills $4.S012 to $4.S1. Bar silver 59A.
Mexican dollars 45&.
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Liverpool. October 31.- p. m-Cot-
ton: Spot in limited demand, prices ull-
changed. American middling 5.4. n
sales of the day were 1000 bales oil
which 400 were for speculation ana
export and included $500 American.
Receipts %, 800 bales, all American.
Futures opened quiet and closed
barely steady: American middlinS q.
o. c: November $50: November and
December $50: December and January
5.4Sd5.49: January and February SAT;
February and March 5.46@5.47; March
and April $40: April and May 5.450
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