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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
War0housemsa and csitea BgekeFslY

weather the belt generally hes been exper,, encins. The Government weather bureau l, bulk of the crop has been gathered and roes turtner oy stating that the yield will be below
 . .ne average and that there is no prospect of s sup c.op. our private reports say that the generally observed in December as they ars picked clean. The early morning noted a bet. ter feeling In the local spot market, which
 ister in the day was emphasized by a good de. mand at an advance of from E to 3-I6 over yesterdays quotations and they appear to bs 2 generally hardening tendency, with the eliu- nation rom the situation os beayish conditions noted we would say that time had arrived to assurne an, aesfessivs buiiish position How ever. until there Is . rift In the war and nnancisi clouds We look for huctuatins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Oct. t3-Treasury balance $227. 29. .64S: gold, $toS. .oe7.3t7.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

S4AS&A0 SA044 U4&o 6 4JNt94UHHs
 CHICAGO. Oct i3.-A good cash demand and a smaller increase in the worlds visible than had been expected caused q strong up- turn in wheat today and December closed &4 Nc higher. December corn was up kG%; oats were hc higher and provisions were 2hg5q 7hc higher for the January products.
 Firm cables in the face of the big decline here yesterday were buIi factor at the start and DecembeFf wheat opened a shade to 1Ac higher at 7eA@7s%. Outside markets were weak, however. and this fact in addi- ton to the favorable weather in the North west brought out considerable selling Vrtcrs during the first hour and weaker tone de- veloped. St. Louis houses were leaders in the early selling movement. With but little de- Minneapolis due to better demand for flour and a strong cash demand caused asharp rally later. The bull feeling was augmented by the comparatively small incrsss in the worlds vis. a year ago. There was some influential buying late in the session with but little disposition to sell on the part of any one. Closing prices were near the top. December was NR7sc high CT at 79x after touching 79%G79h Clear ances equaled 226.s bushels, Primary re- ceipts were 1892. 800. against l.6o5, 500 a Mirne DO g md Duluth reported 77e. a {. ;a of 97i. against l.ls4 last week and 1, l96 a year ago.
 Corn ruled weak early due to mild weather throughout the West and on the weakness in wheat. Provision interests were again on the selling side and there was an absence of any bull support. The late strength in wheat stinl- ulated buying on the part of local traders and the market turned strong. closing at the top, win December h@9sc higher at 45E after sat In5 between AZ and 46N. Receipts. @3S cars S. rvntr9" >ade.
 Oats were easy at the start under selling by commission houses with little support appa- rent to prices. Toward the close some of the early sellers turned buyers and a firm tone de. veloped. final figures December being f higher at 37%, after ranging between 36Ad 30K and 37&. Receipts, 22T cars.
 Provisions were hrm at the opening due tc the steady hog market and on covering by shorts with some demand from foreigners for December and January lard. Continued selling by packers and attempt on the part of scalping longs to realize caused a break later, but the loss was all Iegained before the close January pork closed 21Ac higher at SIP. 10; lard 5971sc higher at SC. so96 s211 and ribs were 2h95c up at $6.471kG65o.
 The leading futures ranged as followsi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
Naval &t0Pea

WILMINGTON. Oct t3,-Turpensine-Firm at 56; receipts, al.
 Rosin-Firm at @. 10: receipts. s2.
 Tar-Firm at SI.eo: receipts. a.
 Crude turpentine-Firm at s2. .ese3eo; re- ceipts. 73.
 SAVANNAH, Oct. l3.-Turpentina-Ffem d ssE; receipts. Sai; sales. 5k; exports s42. Rosin-steady; receipts. 2.rs3: ssies. 2,etS c. S2 SS; H. 82.7o; I. S3so; K. &4. 10: M s4.26; N. s4ao; window siass. s%4o; watel white. $4.7o,
 CHARLESTON, Oct. I&-rurpentine--N -Nomi nal.
 RosinL Steady: A. 3. c. sa 10; D. se 20; E S2. 30; F, ca. 4S: c. S2.6o; H. S2. 66; | Sa.4o; K. 34; N. $4.l8; \. S4,ao; window glass ,S4. 30; wather white, S4.6O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
MT. Kennedy Not Killed.

Delaware. O., Oct. 12.-Rev. F. L. Johnson of this city. has received word disproving the report that Rev. C. w. Kennedy, a young missionary from this city, had ben killed by Boxers in China. MT. Kennedy Is now at otaru, Japan, en- gagged in mission work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
A. B. Baxter 6 Co.'S Cotton Letter. ! t-.- IRu Erivafa Iaaxnd 1Hirnn =. !


 NEW YORK. Oct Is.-cables were much better than looked for today. although there was no sign of frost in the belt as indicated yesterday. The underlying tone Is very bullist. Every effort to keep prices down seems to fail and confidence in bear quarters is waning. These people are making much of Wall Street and the fears of war between Russia and Ja- pan. but 1t is q question how far they can keep prices from adyaricing on that account so long. Reeeipts are not 3fpereaeing sgnore rapidly. The hfst half of the second month has not gone by and the receipts fail to gain as looked for and crop accounts are no better except in a that the crop is a short ons and that the worlds needs will justify higher prices than Prices opened i@2 points higher with little doing. Slight changes followed, Receipts at all ports were estimated at 6o,ooo. against 63,O0o last year. A reduction of the New York stock to eo.ooo bales attracted atten- tion. Signs of frost in Texas made shorts nervous near noon. Cables were 365 points higher. The interior movement Is stili very moderate,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
Available suppIy of Grains,

NEW YORK, Oct. ls.-spsc,al cable and teiegraphic communications received by Brad streets show the followins changee In avail able supplies as compared with the previous account:
 Wheat-United States and Canada, east es the Rockies increased t.eeS 600 bushels; afioat for and in Europe increased 2. eoo. 600; total increase. {, Les 600.
 Corn-United States and Canada, east of the Rockies decreased l. 2O3 oo0.
 Oats-United States and Canada, east of the Rockies increased 1000
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
New York Drv l+oods.

NEW YORK. Oct. IS.-The dry goods mar ket Is quiet with more or less irregularity in certain ines although inducements made in order to sell quantities are not as c rule ef- fectual. Buyers are fin a waiting attitude. looking for further declines while the seller foresees favorable activity when buying once commences for the Spring trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
New York cosse ard Sugar.

NEW YORK. Oct. i3--cohee-spot Rio. firm; No invoice. 6N: mild. steady,
 sugar-Raw. firm; refined. steady. Coffee fatures opened eteady at unchanged prices to points lower and ruled nlcderatety active. The initial decIinss were due to re- alizing in connection with . slightly less e. tive demand and while afterwayds these losses were regained. the market In the afternoon
 was slightly easier and the close steaAy. net
 unchanged to s points lower. Sales. 3l.ooo haan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
Local Cotton Market.

There was a better feeling in the cotton mar Ret yesterday. The grades of cotton being re- ceived here continue to be good. Strict middlinR was quoted at sh cents and middling g cents
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
F. ( 3. Beers cott,n Letter.


 NEW YORK, Oct i9.-Notwithstanding Liy- market opened @@5 points lower on ceiling or- ders to realize. Subsequently,, buiiish cables from Liverpool and the continent the lighter receipts at the ports and interior towns, the unfavorable weekly weather report and the good demand for spots at higher prices caused shorts to cover and brought Tn fresh buying supertnducing an advance of Is62i points from the bottom. 2 Near the close values eased on slightly. making the net gain II@t5 points on the day. The following h the summary of the weekly weather report issued by the local director: Favorable wsather for cotton pre- vailed during the week in most sections, al- though slight delays occurred in some loca1i- ties as result of showers. slight delays oc- Eastern States. In Texas the bulk Of the crop has been picked. especially in the southwest and central portions. and from one-half to three-ffths of the crop has been picked in many other sections. No top crop Is report ed. The yield Is generally below an average" Numerous crop reports of a pessimistic char acter were circulated from the interior. some claiming the out-turn would be less than last year. In addition to these advices it soon be- came apparent that there was a very good demand for spots locally and throughout the The class of buying seemed to be of a better character. and considering tine unsettled condi- ton of finances in this country and the pos sibfiity of war between Russia and Japan. 1t only proves that even In the face of these dis- cotraging and disturbing factors that senti- ment is in favor of cotton. On the whole, if receipts continue on decreasing scale, and the spot demand improves, 1t Is probable that prices will seek a higher level.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14
New Orleans Sn~ar.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. l3.-Susar-Dull open kettle centrifugal. SKGss; eentrifuEai whites. A; yellows. Sl3-ie@%H; seconds. New cane syrup. 8.
 Molasses--Dnll; centrifugal s0lS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14

natives. 800 Texans: eern fed cattle quiet and steady: wintsred wesAsrus slow; cow steady; stochexs and fssdsrs steady to strong; quarantine slow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-14

Kansas City Live Stock. KANSAS CITY. Oct. t3.-Cattle-R I6. 800 natives, i, POO Texans;- calves. 2.7oo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
FIND CYCLONE CURIOS.
Illinois Farmers Make Collection of
Wind Scattered Articles.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The farmers of Buren, county, Ill. are
engaged in collecting cyclone cur.os. They
gather them from their own fields. for the
twisters that have prevailed i'll this s ction
of the state this summer have cut some
queer antics.
The first violent blast was at Mendoza,
where a wide swath VS. cut through the
town, blowing down houses, pulling trees
by the roots or breaking the trunks as IL
they had been pipe stems and killing five
people,
Later another disturbance of the elements
blew down circus tent and killed one of
the pioneer scouts vino had followed FIRE.
mont across the country in his historic ex-
petition.
The articles that have lie n picked up in
the fields form curious collection. ana
when the finds of all of TIE collectors are
put together they form vertable museum.
One farmer has a wedd ny skirt that is
known to have belonged TO a woman in the
south end of the county. Another has the
limb of tree that was broken OF a tall
oak ten miles distant Another man has
half of door frame and lot of new lurn-
Der, the owner of which cannot be located
inside the county.
Another man picked up n bundle of checks
and notes that had been blown from the
neighborhood of Princeton
There are a great variety of other articles
that are known to have trave:se1 the entire
length of the county in a swift fight In the
air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29

FREE LUNCH CONTINUES.
Local Liquor Dealers Decline to Abolish
the Custom.

Contrary to expectation the Federation or
Liquor Dealers 81 the District of Column
b,a, at its meeting yesterday afternoon did
not abolish the, free lunch in the estab-
iishments of the members of the organiZa-
ton. The annual election of officers result
ed as follows:
President, Hugh F. Harvey; first vice
president, Myra Fisher: second vice presi-
dent. ]. B. LAWYER; third vice president.
r. M. Leonard; recording secretary, G. A.
Davidson; financial secretary, r. G. Stoner:
treasurer, W. Mcclure; sergeant-at-arms,
M. ]. Sheehan, and guard, J. ]. Minchan.
These officers ard the following members,
elected at the same time, will compose the
executive committee of the organization: E..
g. Jordan. Samuel Stewart, w. T. Whalen,
Michael Hayden, ]. c. Leonard and Thomas
Walsh.
Messrs. ]. C. Leonard. Myra Fisher and
William Mcclure, the delegates to the ma
tional convention of the organization, held
recently in Pittsburg, announced that an
agreement had been entered into between
the organization and the Central Labor
Union, in which the former agrees to en-
ploy only union labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
SENTENCE SET ASIDE.
Soldiers Desertion Due to Hazing-
Gen. Chaffee's Action.

The record of the court-martial proceed
ngs in the case of Private James II. Cum
ningham, 47th Company, Coast Artillery,
stationed at Fort Washington. Md, shows
that hazng is not confined to military
schools and colleges. Cunningham was
convicted of the charge of desertion not
outstanding his plea that he was COM
PEELED to desert because of a severe haZing
by his comrades. He was sentenced to
IMPRISONMENT for one year.
Major General Chaffee, who commanded
the Department of the East at the time,
set aside the sentence. In his review of
the proceedings Gen. Chaffee said:
"From the evidence of record the re-
viewing authority is of the opinion that
the main cause of this soldiers desertion
was the rough treatment. commonly known
as haZing to which he had been subjected
by the men in the company, and the re-
viewing authority deems it essential TO in
yite the special attention of the command
ing officer of the company of coast artillery
TO which this soldier belongs to this par
ticular case While this is no excuse for
the crime of desertion, cit may be considered
a mitiga ting Circumstance In view OF all
the circumstances the sentence of the court
Is RENTED, and Private Cunningham will
be returned to duty
1t is said atythei War Department that
this is the first, case on record where haz-
ing was responsi bier for the desertion of 4
soldier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
Goose on Michaelmas.
From the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
There have been many speculations coz
corning the origin of the ancient custom OK
eating goose on Michaelmas day. The pop
ular. but erroneous, belief is that the GUS
tom arose from Queen Elizabeth being en-
gagged in eating the bird when Information
arrived of the victory over the armada, ana
that in grateful remembrance she always
dined off goose on Michaelmas day. But
the fact is that in numerous grants from
lords of the manor to their free tenants In
the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries.
the lords. besides other rents and services.
stipulated for goose at Michaelnlas, and
it is probably from this immortal custom
the origin of the ''Michae!mas goose" arose.
When there was no express stipulation the
tenant usually presented the bird, custom
referred to by the sixteenth-century poet.
George Gascoigne. in the lines:
And when the tenants come TO pay their quarters
rent
They bring fowl at Midsummer. . dish q
fish in Lent;
At Christmas eapon, Mt Mchaelmas . gooee, 4
And something else nj CbriEtmastide, for IL
their lease fly Loose. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
COATS FROM OLD HATS.
New York Firms That Buy Dilapidated
Headgear to Make Shcddy.

From the New York Times.
In Hudson street not far from the old
New York Centrars first freight station,
with Commodore Vanderbilts statue IN
front of it, is firm that gathers in all the
old hats it can get from all parts OF the
United States. In the lofts are thousands
upon thousands of old hats of every size,
shape and description; hats that have been
worn by men, women and children In every
part of this country. San Francisco New
Orleans, Chicago, ST. Louis and other west
ern cities send more old hats to New York
than are collected in the city itself. In
fact the old hats collected in New York
cut slight figure in the market.
The trade in old hats is most peculiar. 1t
actually has a quotation in the wool mar
ket, usually cents pound But New
York purchasers pay much more than that
when the supply runs short, and also when
some man out west offers a few tons OF
damaged hats that have come to grlef IN
a fire The collectors In the west DO not
stop to sort or strip the old hats or their
frames or Innings. The New York firms
must buy old hats they are, and have
the trimming done after the purchase has
been taken off the scales
The old hats are put into steam presses
of tremendous power. and packed into
bales of 300 pounds each, and from that up
to 500 or even 1000 pounds. 1t Is too ex-
pensive to ship them by rail. There Is no
hurry, so the cheapest route is the best
West of the Mississippi they are sent by
river to New Orleans and from there up
by coast steamers or sailing vessels. East
of the Mississippi the great lakes and the
Hudson river are called into service. But
go as they will, the shipper from San Fran
cisco counts on . cents pound to get his
goods to New York, and the Chicago ship
per counts on / cent pound. There is no
market for old hats out west, comparative
ly speaking because there are so few shod-
dy mills there. The fasteners have mo-
nopoly of the old hat business.
When the hats reach New York the bales
are cut, and gang of women put at work
sorting out the different sorts of material
and casting aside the frames. What is left
of the old hats is again put into a press
and packed In bales of 500 or 600 pounds,
much tighter, and in a far superior fashion
than the bales received from the west.
When the bales from far-of cities reach
New York they are bound with cord SO
loosely that one might cut them asunder
with a pocket knife. When sent away from
New York to the shoddy mills, paper mills,
or wherever else a market can be found,
they are bound with wire as thick as tele-
graph wire, and so tightly fastened that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
RUFFLED GROUSE.
Some Pointers About q Much Misun-
derstood Bird
From Outing.


The ruffied grouse is curious bird-in
fact. 1 don't believe anybody thoroughly
understands him. A ve.y common form of
cover is wh,re comparatively narrow strip
of thicket fringes tall timber In such a
case if have a comrade, always volun-
teer to go into the cover. Most men prefer
to stick to the open in the hope of getting
a clear straight-away shot as the grouse
darts for the timber My plan is to move
along behind the thichet. The grouse IS
certain to make for the wood, and in so
doing offer me crossing, instead of a
straightaway chance. AT first glance this
would appear more difficult but it is not
A grouse driven from outside has
nasty habit of whisking behind the nearest
tree trunk and then keeping that saving
screen between himself and the gun. a
bird crossing the line of fire cannot do this.
and while he certainly will pass behind
trees, he also must cross open spaces, which
affords the gun much better chance. -
Another point worth bearing in mind is TO
keep your eye on the bird so long as you
can see it. If the vanishing form appears
to lower, or merely maintains its line of
flight the odds are greatly in favor of the
birds alighting upon the ground, when, OF
course 1t may be followed and again
flushed. Should the line OF flight gradually
rise. or there be sudden upward move
ment, the bird viii almost certainly tree"
within a few yards of where the rise oc-
Cured Then the only thing to do is to
follow and endeavor to locate the quarry.
This is not as easy as 1t sounds. for a freed
grouse is hard to locate. The surest way Is
to examine tree after tree by scanning
limb after limb from tip to junction with
the trunk The bird. probably Will be sit
ting stiffiy erect and motionless and well in
toward the trunk. Curiously enough,
freed grouse appears to know the instant 1t
IS discovered. and likely as not 1t Will at
once dash from the perch 1T may have been
holding for many minutes. A bird thus
leaving lofty perch is as bathing mark
as q glutton for difficult work could des.r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29

when one of them parts it is with a spring
ana snap like broken violin string.
There are only three firms engaged in the
business in this city. and they are very
reticent about their affairs. The fact that
the one near the old freight station has
been there ever since that structure was
built is sufficient evidence of the fact that
there is money in the trade. The old hat
buyers won't tell where they sell their
wares but one of them admitted that any
number of New YCrkers wearing cheap
suits are likely not carrying around
small fragments of old hats raked in from
all parts of Uncle Sans wide domains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
Where DO You Live?

Riverdale, Woodside, Berwyn and
Brightwood residents may purchase
at the Palais Royal with the assur-
ance of prompt wagon service.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1903-12-31
Capt. Harrison Dead.

Captain William Fl. H. Harrison
died Wednesday after very short ILL
ness. He was a well known figure in
the community and had very many
friends. Capt. Harrison was in the
Civil War, gallant soldier and upon
the field of battle lost leg. He came
here from Newark and as fancy sign
painter and decorator he had very
fair business. Owing to the mental
troubles of his wife. he lived alone,
his rooms being on South Laurel
street.
Capt. Harrison was sincere man,
a member of Central M. E. Church,
and one of the most charitable men of
the community. He did splendid
work among the poor, but quietly SO
that few knew anything of it, but
those who were benefited.
Capt. Harrison was a great lover of
the water, and spent much Of the
summer along the shore. He always
owned boat his latestsproduct being
a fine modern houseboat, "Oomfort. :"
In this pretty cabin home be lived all
last summer down about Fortescue.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1903-12-31
ENDICOTT is
APPOINTED JUDGE,

Trenton, N. j.. December 80. The
appointment by Governor Murphy to-
day of Allen B. Endicott, of Atlantic
county, as Circuit Court Judge to
succeed the late Judge Nixon ends the
spirited contest waged between the
friends of Judge Thomas Trenchard,
of Cumberland county, and the learned
Juriss from the coast The appoint
ment of Enoch A. Highee to succeed
Judge Endicott as Law Judge Of At
lantio county is also announced BY the
Governor.
Governor Murphy's appointment of
Judge Endicott comes to him after a
long career as a civil lawyer in the
courts of South Jersey. He was born
at Mays Landing. March 1857, and
received his education at the Peddie
Institute, Hightstown. His preceptor
in law was Peter L. Voorhees,, of
Camden. He attended the law depart
ment of the University of Pennsyl-
vania and was given the degree of LII.
b. in jane, 1879, and was admitted
to the bar June. 1880. He settled in
Mays Landing, where he began prac-
tice. He married Ada Fl. Davis,
daughter of the Rev J. B Davis, in
1881, and has an interesting family of
one daughter and two sons. In 1888
he moved to Atlantic City and the
same year was elected Collector of At
lantio county. He was elected City
Solicitor of Atlantic City in 1887 and
has held the position continuously.
Judge Endioott is also LARGELY in
terested with financial Interests of At
lantic City and is president of the
Union National Bank
Enoch A. Higbee was born at Leeds
Point, N. j., in April, 1868. He
studied law with Judge Endicott.
whom he succeeds to the Court of
Common Pleas bench. and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1896
An active Democrat in politics, un-
til Bryan was nominated, he was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland as
customs collector at Somers' Point
and later held other political offices
including Mayor, city clerk and post
master. He has written numerous
historical works and is in demand as a
public speaker.