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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06

The volcanoes the world over are
erupt1ng. Omen Of a regular Pelee Of
a campaign next year.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
SPORTS At SEABRIGHT.
Feature of the Hoiday-The Non
mouth Contests.

SeabrighJ. \. J.. July (SpeciaD-Au roads in
this vicinity to-day led to the polo grounds this
afternoon. Il was not a polo match that attracted
but amateur horse show, given under the direc-
ton of the Rumson Polo Club. that attracted cot
tagers from far and TO witness the closing
day of the show.
Some ten classes were judged the Runson
campus. and the sight presented was an interest
ing one
Not everybody went TO the horse show, as golf
for the Independence Day Handicap and the Have
meyer cup, and the regatta OF the Meadow Yacht
Club attracted those who love to chase the white
ball over the green fields, and others who delight
TO sail on the Shrewsbury in a spanking breeze
The season here has opened with a rush all Of
the hotels being filed, while applications for rooms
during July and August are many. The season
promises to be good one. notwith thstanding that
up to the past few days II has been backward due
of course. to the copious rains which made every-
BODY feel blue.
All of the hotels gave hops tonight while at
Monmouth Beach a special attraction at the Coun-
try Club was the Fourth OF July dance which for
many years past has marked the opening Of the
gay summer season.
The season al Monmouth, too. ushered in
this week. The first open air concert by Nahan
Frankos orchestra was given on Thursday after
noon before a large audience. During the season
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

six concerts will be given, three in July and like
number in August
These concerts have for years been drawing
card II was the common talk last season to hear
that Monmouth Beach had the music craze
There was something in the report. TOO, for the
attendance at the afternoon concerts increased as
the summer days went by
Women will have a tennis tournament next week
for the Dominick cups. Already many OF the best
women players have entered in the contests at
singles and doubles. which closed yesterday The
tournament will close week from to-day
The active golfng season will begin next week,
when cup events will attract the men. Hugh
Miller. captain of the team. has arranged for d
series of events that cannot help please players.
In another week the new boulevard which was
started early last fal win be completed It will
cost in round figures S35.000 and is two miles in
length, extending from the end Of the Seabright
borough line to North Long Branch.
II was the original intention TO build a sixteen
foot road of stone. Later the cottagers got their
heads together and agreed raise $4,000, IL the
State and county and township would raise
much more and make fifty foot boulevard. which
was agreed to. The street was then cUrbed The
recent rains prevented the completion of the work
by June l, anticipated The Monmouth
Boulevard is the beginning of what is expected viii
be a continuous fifty foot road from Seabright to
Asbury Park in the future.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
CONDUCTOR AND GUARD sLAsHED.
Negro Offered Whiskey Instead of Fare
Cut Them With Razor, It Is Charged

After Offering drink Of whskey in lieu of fare
10 Charles Maniey. conductor of a Bath Beach
motor train its way from Coney Island ar an
early hour yesterday morning. Calvin R. Fergu-
son, negro drew and. the police say,
slashed the conductor and cut the guard and after
terrifying the carload Of passengers jumped from
the rapidly moving train.
The negro got on the train At Timer Park hold
ing flask in his hand, according to the police.
When Manley. the conductor asked for his fare
the negro produced no money but offered him q
drink OF whiskey- This happened several times.
Then the conductor tried 10 put the off Fer
g7lson drew razor. IL is declared, and slashed
Manley's hands and face. George Bender, the
guard. who came 10 Maney's assistance. was also
cut the hands and arms. Then the negro ran
through the car brandishing his razor. Several
men who had started 70 stop him ducked in a
hurry.
Jumping from the platform Of the train into the
marsh grass, Ferguson escaped. The train was
stopped and Z posse Of started back after the
Fugitive Word also sent to the Bath Beach
police station. and the reserves were started out.
They found Ferguson hiding IN the meadows be-
tween Eath Beach and BensonhUrst. He enpt!ed
. revolver III his pCrsuers before he captured
M2ney and Bender had their wounds dressed by
ambulance surgeon and then went home.
Ferguson was locked Up a charge of feloni-
o2s assault. and viii be arraignec tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
WHENCE "sUcKETsHoP"?
From The Milwaukee Sentinel.


Trading was dull on change the other day. and
little group OF brokers were discussing the
kets and gOsSiping Finally the converse ton drifted
into reminiscent vein ana the group fell to tell
ing stories of that famous crowd OF spectators
who made the old Chicago wheat pit a famous
SPOT in the palmy days of thirty years ago During
the progress of the conversation some made
use of the term 'buCketshop" using IL in the gen
orally accepted sense Of to-day That reminds
me said Thomas II. Doyle. that I was present
when the word 'buGketshop was first coined It
Was-et me see-thirty years ago. when the old
Chicago Board of Trade stood at Washington and
La Sale SITS. William PierOnette, of the old
time brokers of Chicago Abel Adams, of Mime
apolis and myself We're entering Henry Lindsen's
buffet, Exchange Place and Gamblers Alley.
was. I regret TO say. about to indulge in mild
hbation, This interesting situation was interrupted
by the sudden appearance of Bill Lincoln, we'll
known character on change, who rushed Up TO
Pieronetta and said: Let me have $40 for stake
and | will go on the open Board of Trade and
buy thousand bushels of wheat What! roared
Pieronette buy wheat in that id buCketshOp?
Not with my money. Come in and I will buy you
a drink. but il shall be said that l. a member
of the Board of Trade. encouraged a man TO buy
his wheat in q place where he could buy thousands
of bushels and carry away his holdings in a bucket
The other witnesses to this christening Of the open
board (Which not justihed) and to the coming
Of the word which was afterward universally
used, Iron Jaw Brady, Fog Horn Sheldon
and Henry I.indsen. the proprietor of the buffet"
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
FIFTEEN AGAINST THE CONDUCTOR.
Refused - Take Car Ahe9G-Assault Fol-
lows Attempt TO Collect Another Fare.

When ar inspec,or OF the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
ST Company ordered the passengers on Coaey
Island motor train over the Brighton Beach di-
vision 10 transfer al Frsnklin-ave. at an early
hour YESTERDAY a crowo OF about forty noisy
young men refused % get or They declared that
they could not be mace 10 take the car ahead" >"
sud demanded that the train be run through 10
Manhattan as announced
The train was started back for Coney Island
with the protesting young stin aboard In
trying 10 collect another fare the conductor was
assaulted. and a merry time ensued The train
as stopped st q way station lcng enough TO tee-
phone 10 the police 20 meet TIE train at Coney
Island There ffteen men we're arrested and
locked up.
They were all discharged when arraigned in
court
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool July 4closng: Wheat-spot dul 40 red
western winter Gs %; 10 Northern spring. 6s Sd No
f0rnia. o-3d: dull September
6 Sd. Corn-spot quiet American mixed. IS 1oIsd
dull July : SID; September 54sG; October
nominal Fi9Gr-St Louis fancy winter quiet. IS 80
Hops Sndon-I'aclc Coast steady 10 l5ssBf6
dull IS SID. Beef easy India mess 70s
Pork easy: prime mess Western Sis 81. Hams quiet
Il 10 1G ~ 5is. Bacon quiet Cumberland
26 20 80 - AS short ribs l6 10 "a 70, long
HGdes. light 2S 20 % 70. SIS long clear mid6ieE
heavs . 70 30 H. 3s shot clear backs 6 70 20 ~ 49s
bEes. Ia l6 n. ShouldeTsSquare. TO
quiet, 3Ss. Lsrd-PTtme Western. tierces quiet
sos Sd American rehned in pals dull 3es ed
Good United States steady. Js- Cheese dull American
finest white, SOS Cd DO eolored 5ls Sd TaioWPrime
CITY firm, 24s %; Australian ip LOnGcl, steady SOS
Turpentne-Spirts steady. 39s g. Rosin-Common
steady 5s 80. Petpoeum-Rehned steady 63d. Lihseed
22s -
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

The innovation Of allowing brigade commanders
to exercise control of their brigades than in
former times is further developing, and Major
General Roe has authorized General James McLeer.
commanding the Second Brigade, report a
camp site on Long Island available for the entire
brigade in it is authorized to go into camp
a body next year. Among the sites suggested are
Ne5K It IS mot pTobaS t fns IS sa ano that boyG tbs
M Plrst Brigade may also use the Long Island site
forming a division of the two brigades in command
of Major General Roe
Bids for constructing the new armory for the
list Regiment will be opened on Wednesday.
The First Division of the I'd Naval Battalion will
be in camp at Highland Beach to-day and continue
che camp on Saturdays and Sundays until Labor
Day
Company I Of the eth Regiment has elected ] P
Stuart from civil life captain of the company vice
Williams resigned. Mr. Stuart formerly served IN
the volunteers.
Companies and OF the 28d Regiment are plan
ming n arch outs to be held over Saturday and
Sunday during this month.
An election for lieutenant colonel of the 47th
Regiment in place of the late Lieutenant Colonel
Quick, will be held on July 49, which is expected to
result in the choice of Major Henry C. Barthman.
First Sergeant Everett H. Miller. Of Company K.
23d Regiment. has been elected second lieutenant.
The 18th Regiment leaves for camp for ten days
at Fort Terry. Long Island, on Friday,
The following quantities of rations required
10 feed the troops of the Third Brigade in camp
recently: One hundred and twenty sacks Of poIa-
toes, $50 heads of cabbage, 200 quarts OF onions,
20 crates Of fresh tomatoes, 300 pounds of sugar
2250 pounds of coffee 500 pounds of cheese. 400
pounds Of soap. 500 pounds of salt 100 pounds of
butter, 915 Of beans. 200 pounds of oatmeal
COO pounds of rice. 200 dozen of eggs chests
of tea, $50 gallon cans of beef stew 10 barrels of
ginger snaps, one barrel of flour, so gallons Of
pickles, sO pounds OF raisiCs 100 dozen gallon
of tomatoes and mock turtle soup. 1900 pounds Of
bacon Psi pounds of ham, 1875 pounds of corned
beef, lSl5 pounds OF steak. 1850 pounds of beef
stew. 1876 pounds of lamb. 1875 pounds of fresh
$500 quarts Of milk, 12,900 pounds Of ice and tubs
of lard.
There Is considerable dissatisfaction among the
members Of the 22d Regiment over the fact that
they have received no pay yet from the State for
the performance of their camp duty at PeekskilI
from June IS to 20 The troops on camp service
are supposed to be paid before they leave camp
for home.
The Non-Commissioned Officers Association Of
the 12th Regiment will hold its annual outina at
Donnely's Grove College Point on August Is.
The following officers of Company A 7th Regi-
ment have performed 100 per cent Of duty in the
last driu season: Captain Schastey, Lieutenants
Towne aad Fisk. Quartermaster Sergeant Bulwin-
Those who missed one rollcan were Sergean mt Naisa
NaId ana Corporal smith.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

Owing to the holiday. the local exchanges
were closed yesterday. For the convenience Of
readers Fridays closing prices for stocks are re-
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
WEEKLY STOCK CHANGES.
| Saturday. Friday. Net
! June -. July .. changes

The usual weekly table of price changes for the
active stocks follows.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
INACTIVE STOCKS.

q F1Tnlsasa oy Wllllan p Niea0ls O. 10 IS war--,,
Int Int
rate pe-iod IA .,.s
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05
FERRY COMPANIES.

FURNISHED by William = NcAol. s Co. No Is wau-.,)
IzL period. Bid ASKED
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05


Amer Light s Trac ......
DO pref q per cent ...---.
Sing Gas fs- mtg G.. 1888
10 stock .s.-.-----.s -
B.ng L n 3 2 Isl IS 1892
EUtt z 3 ? Co Ist mtg 5.
GolGm Gas co lst is. 1882
D O * z = lst Con s.. I9,l.
DO stock -,- -...-..
= W Cas- co lst 6s. 1898
= Rap G L Co lkt IS. Ieis
hud Co Gas lst F-on 5s, I94e
lnd!a2aP Gas E5t is. la2e
90 stock
! & W y Gas lst 6s. 1925 .
New-Haveu GasI ICo stock
y y & , + I III e Co stock
do pref ...-... ........
Ohio & Q 1st rAtE 6s. 1925
co stock .....
Syracuse c 1st rstg IS. i946
81 Joseph Gas Is, 5s. 1887
s. Paul Gas G = IS. 1874
Westea I Co lsSnlg IS. 1886
do pgef stock 49,.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

The 18th Regiment leaves for camp for ten days
at Fort Terry. Long Island, on Friday.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

MISCELLANEOUS GAS COMPANIES.
Furnished BY William e Nichols & Co No IS val-sll
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES.
Furnished by William z Nichols Co.. No. 10 WslI-stl
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

STREET RAILROAD BONDS.
FURNISHED by William z Niehas & Co Nc. Is VaI-sil
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

ment have performed 100 per cent Of duty in the
last driu season: Captain Schastey. Lieutenants
Towne and F.sk. Quartermaster Sergeant Bunwin-
kle and SergeaHts Scriven. DoUgherty and Dunn
Those who missed rollcall Sergeant Naisa-
valid and Corporal smith.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

There Is considerable dissatisfaction among the
members OF the 22d Regiment the fact that
they have received no pay yet from the State for
the performance of their camp duty at Peekskil1
from June IS to 20 The troops on camp service
are supposed to be paid before they leave camp
for home.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

The Commissioned Oflcers' Association Of
the 12Lh Regiment will hold its annual outine at
Donneily's Grove College Point, on August Is.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

IN search Of fishes corals. sea anemones, mol
lusks and water plants Miss Anna B. Gallup,
sistant curator Of the Children's Museum in Bed
ford Park, a branch of the Brooklyn Institute OF
Arts and Sciences, left town yesterday for the
Bermudas. on the stea mship Trinidad. Of the Que
bee line. She will be gone six weeks and expects
to rough i" and have many curious experiences
IN her search for specimens She goes in the COM
psny Of a large party % scientists from Harvard.
the University Of Ohio, Radcliffe Wellesley, Mount
Holyoke and other institutions.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05


] ss s' % 3 ssss' Reserve deposits
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

First Sergeant Everett H. Miller Of Company X
2Sd Regiment. has been elected second lieutenant
vice Goedet, promoted.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

Total sales for the ...... > O6l foq
Total preceding week / 5i al 7
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

An election for lieutenant colonel Of the 47th
Regiment, in place of the late Lieutenant Colonel
Quick, win be held July 49, which is expected TO
result in the choice OF Major Henry c. Barthman.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

Int. . Int
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
WHEN WATCH SPRINGS BREAK.
On Cold Nights of Hot Days-A Re-
pairer's Statistics.
Philadelphia Bulletin.

Eulldutlpilld DullellU.
Watch springs snap in the cool nights of
the hot season. This an epitone of all hu-
man knowledge about the mysterious little
coils whose eccentricities have worried
men more since their invention than all the
sands Of Araby in hour glasses.
The prudent man of method screws up
his until the ratchet clicks no
longer, lays 1t on the bureau. and falls
conSclentiOuSly to sleep. Three hours later,
In the first chill of early dawn, at the hour
when death touches most Of its victims
the feeble, with a faint twang the
tempered ribbon parts and vibrates slow
ly to quiescence. To the jeweler he runs,
and meets many fellow-townsmen going in
and out with hypocritical watch chains and
unanchored fObs.
Charles Murset, an expert matchmaker
in this city, has kept a table of observa-
tons covering a period of ten years, and
admits he Is not very near a full knowledge
in any other month";" he said, when asked
TO throw some light on the matter. July
is next and September third. while Febru-
airy and January have the fewest wrecks.
Moisture in the air also affects the delicate
springs, but just how is uncertain. When
one is wound w full in hot weather, for
example, suddenly transferring ii to a cold
place causes contraction of the expanded
steel, and it has 20 break. Tightly Tapped
on itself, IL has no space to shrink into,
and flies sometimes into a dozen or fifteen
pieces.
three hours after winding is what puzzles
me. Age and long service have little to do
with it. a new spring is just as unreliable
as an old one in this regard. The difficulty
in making them is TO get a higher temper
without excessive brittleness, or a tough
band with enough elasticity to hold il in
shape. The highly tempered ones are the
best-if they will stand it-for the soft ones
soon get set in a worthless close coil.
For the curious among your readers
here's my table of figures averaged after
the observations OF ten consecutive years.
The percentage column shows the proper
ton of the watches we repaired in which 1t
was necessary to replace a broken main
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
A TINY BRITISH COLONY.
Seventeen Households on the Island
of Tristan d'Acunha.
London Times.

A Blue Book (Cd. 1,6O0) Just issued in
London. containing further correspond
ence relating to the island of Tristan
d'Acunha," gives some information of in
terest about the condition of this diminu-
tive colony. In January Tristan d'Acunha
was visited by H. NJ. S. Thrush, and Lieut..
Watts-Jones and Surgeon Lobb, of that
vessel. drew up a report on the island.
the Colonial Office, to be laid before the
secretary of state on March &c. The popu-
lation, says this report, now consists of
seventy-six persons, divided into seventeen
families or households. All but four of the
inhabitants were born in the island, two of
the exceptions being Italians, who are de-
scribed as being probably the best educated
persons there There lave been no mar
riages in the island for three years. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

islanders. though sunburned. are described
as being practically white" The men are
hardy, but not of fine physique; "the
the men; their features are regular, pleas
ing, and of somewhat Semitic type. The
children are clean, fat, healthy and well
cared for, and surprisingly well clad"
There is no defenite sign of mental or
physical deterioration arising specifically
from the system of intermarriage. The
people generally, say the officers, were very
anxious about the education of their chill
dren. and the difficulties attending this
seemed largely responsible for the views
they expressed on the subject of leaving
the island. Their staple food is potatoes,
milk, beef, mutton and poultry produce,
and of these there Is an ample upply, but
for anything beyond the inhabitants are
entirely dependent on passing ships. Rats,
which prevent the growing of any grain,
are the curse of the island. Fash are plenti-
full, but the islanders are chiefly a farming
community.
The Thrush" says the report, took
thirty-three cases to the island, all of
which came from the Cape; this does not
include the mails and some books which
forty-five packages, addressed to various
people in Cape Colony, as the islanders said
that unless they could send some of their
things to their relations in the Colony they
would get no clothing" The schooner trade,
which used to be regularly carried on with
the island. has come to an end. 1t is
pointed out that the island might In the
future have a value, should a large carry
ing trade be established between South
America and the Cape, as an intermediate
station for wireless telegraphy; but this
and the occasional assistance given to ship
wrecked people seem the only imaginable
reasons for occupying IT. The great ma
jority of the people said they would like to
quit the island if they could realize or re-
ceive compensation for leaving their stock
behind them. Admiral Moore, In his dis
patch to the Admiralty covering the report
of the Thrush, says that 1.-The possibility
of removal having been presented to the
islanders, / submit it is very desirable a
decision in the matter should be arrived at,
and communicated to them at the first pos
sible opportunity, in order that they may re-
main no longer than is necessary in any
doubt as to their future"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
SECRET OF CHEAP WINES.
Fictitious Beverages Not Extensive i'm
England.
London News.

LONDON news.
Ingenuity, not to say deception, has, ac-
cording TO a medical journal. entered into
the manufacture of cheap wines, and many
consumers will probably learn with surprise
that some brands of champagne have home
made limitations. A member of one of the
largest firms of wine merchants, doing an
extensive business in London and the coun-
try, confessed that the impeachment was
based on fact, though, he added, solemnly,
Heaven forbid that we should be among
those who thus deceive the public"
The basis OF these cheap wines was be-
lieved TO be grapes concentrated by evapo-
ration. This fruit was fermented in Eng
land, end the different brands were pre-
pared by blending, on scientific principles,
the juice of black cherries, crushed raisins,
pulveriZed cinnamon and crude tartar. In
dhe case of homemade champagne, cognac,
with the addition of a few drops Of sui
phuric ether and extract of celery roots,
was an indispensable ingredient.
And, despite this formidable list of in
gradients, the wines are palatable, though
as to the extent to which the human stom-
ach is benefited or deranged by their con-
sumption l have an opinion which l prefer
not to express"
Has the Excise ever interviewed in this
phase of English manufacturer
"A few years ago the attention of the
chancellor OF the eXchequer was, / believe.
called 10 1t, but as certain brands bear the
names of foreign-made wines there seems
TO be a difficulty in bringing them within
the scope of the excise laws. 1t is. therefore,
exemption from duty that enables the man.
ufacturers TO undersell the retailers of gen.
uine imported cheap wines"
This view is supported by a wine mer-
chants evidence before the Departmental
Committee on Food Personalities. Home
made claret is. for instance, offered TO
the public at about Cd per bottle. as against
Is for the cheapest imported article. The
reason for the cheapness of the latter is ex-
planned by the fact hat In the wtne-pFo-
ducing countries the juice of the grape is
so plentiful and so cheap that there is 40
reason for adulteration In continental coun-
tries a still cheaper wine Is made from
raisins. but this production is so low In alco-
holic strength that II can, as a witness point
ed out. never be shipped. for IL would not
stand the journey.
1t is reassuring TO learn, however, that
the manufacture in this country or ficti-
ttous wines 10 not extenalVe-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
Diseases of Metals.
Harper's Weekly.

Certain metallurgists in Germany have
come 10 the conclusion that metals are
capable of being infected with diseases. A
leading scientist. Professor Heyn, has
found that in the injury done 10 copper
from overheating the metal is poisoned
with what he calls copper protoxide. a dis
order which causes sickness and structural
Steel that has been poisoned by
hydrogen Is deteriorated until il becomes
almost as brittle as glass. Another scien-
fist has discovered a certain kind of tin
pest which inhabits roofs. He found also
that when the diseased metal was brought
into contact with healthy tin the latter soon
became infected and was finally destroyed.