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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-11-16

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is to bring to our
town such an assort-
ment that it will not
pay you to go else
where to buy. Our
long experience in
business will assure
you that our stock is
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ed by the promise to
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with all who may
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You will hear further from
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-11-16

The undersigned. attorney for the heirs at
law Of John l.. Richard. decd. will otter AT
public auction. before the Entler Hotel, IN
ShenherdstOWn. W. Va, ON
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
Current Topics.

The University of Chicago closed the years business with balance of sa4 in the cash box.
 Miss Lona Dare. an Indiana school girl, makes $50 out of each acre of a small In diana farm.
 The Baden Produce Company. of Winfield. Kansas. Is feeding 14.O00 chickens for the market.
 Housemaids in livery are the latest inno- vation in smart London houses. One fash ionable woman has attired her maids fin neat skirts tight-fitting bodices. with natty double-oreasted waistcoats Of yellow and black. tiny brass buttons on either side
 After passing unscathed through A hun dFed battles and skirmishes one of Mosby' s guerriiias has just died In a Washington hospital as the result of falling into a lake of icy water last winter.
 For selling beer brewed in Amsterdam as Munich beer a London saloonkeeper was fined $50 and costs the other day
 Four burglare. arrested in the act by the LoHdon police the other night were all wearing gloves. in order not to leave eingsF pEints behind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
WALL STREET REVIEW
BURST OF ANIMATION CAME AT THE
 CLOSE.
Last Prices Had Record of Being High est for the week, Showing Con-
 siderable Gains-Market Be- N gun Very Dull.

New York. Sept 16.-There was a burst of animation with the closing dealings in stocks today, making the at considerable gains over last weeks closing. Today's market was very dull until after the appearance of the bank cessors of the week in being largely professional in character. The under tone was strong throughout as confi- S,s,s denGe was so strong that the banks ing of surplus reserve by the shifting or loans to trust companies and other Institutions. as was done, last week. Justified this confidence, and was fol- lowed by the final outburst of demand which made the strong closing. The only about two-thirds as large as the unparalleled contraction effected last week. The decline in cash reserves Stock market comment shifted to the prospect of further gold imports next week as relief from the continued decline upon the bank reserves by the sub-treasury absorption and the move ment- of funds to the interior. Reports from London of demand for gold upon that center from other sources were studied with interest as a bearing upon the chances of securing for New York the large shipments of gold now nov ing towards Loondon from South Afri- was the report that Paris was compet- ing to secure some part of these ex- pected arrivals. If London becomes ply, 1t Is expected that the demand from New York will be shifted from that center to Paris. The special strength CT Canadian Pacific in the market was due to report of an offer for the pur- chase of the company's land holdings. Chesapeake and Ohio reflected the sstronog showing of its annual report. Some special demand also continued for the Wabash issues. Total sales of bonds, par value, $I,2sO0O,
 NEW YORK sTOCxx VYar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
Telephone Etiauctte.

Providence Journal. .-.-:4 ,
 It has occurred to a Missouri news paper. the Carthage Democrat, to point once more to the violence done to the amenities of life in the employment of the telephone as means of communi- cation. some people haven't sense enough" exclaims this stern and vigor- ous critic, "to know that when they ring up a person good manners make it necessary for the one calling to in- troduce himself before engaging in conversation. Some ill-bred people have the lvulgarity and impudence to try and force the party called to give his name first" t-,
 Some people! Very few people have presence of mind to churn with the right hand, hold the receiver with the left hand and cling to their good man. ners with their teeth. As a consequence Q they drop their good manners. Hello" Is their greeting. Who is this?" or "Who is that?' or Who is it?" Is the query put; and because the that" or ''it" addressed does not resent the inn pertinence we have gone from bad to worse, to the destruction of common civility in ordinary intercourse. Would a woman of refinement hello at an acquaintance on street or promenade? |? Would a polished gentleman" nerv- ously pacing a parlor, preface his open ing remarks to a hostess with an '.Is that you?" or Who Is it?'' Yet in compelling the telephone to minister to our needs such solecisms are the rule and not the exception.
 What is this word hello" never dig nified, never in the best of form, which has fastened itself on the language? It is a corrupt and corrupting variant of "hallo" or "halloo" with no derivation. no ancestry. to recommend, 1t, chosen for its arousing effect and originally employed for the setting on of a dog in the hunting field,
 Some popular chief
 More noisy than the rest, but cries hal
 loo,
 And, in a trice, the believing herd
 come out"
 sings Dryden. So much for the old days. Now all chiefs and underlings, equally noisy, cry hello" and. if in a trice there be no response again the impa- tient hello" hello" rising higher and shriller.
 And not only is it customary to insist that the person called shall give his name first. but, on occasion 1t is re- quired that he shall give his first name, occupation and references bearing on his ability to pay fixed charges. It may be urged that good manners do not al ways demand that "the one ealing should Introduce himself before engag- Ing in conversation" Now and then both Introduction and conversation may be properly omitted. The three Of Il kind of the called displayed against the small pair of the called speaks elo- quently and tells its own story There Is nothing to be said.
 However, it is the telephone and not draw poker that Is under consideration. The telephone Is a much abused instru- ment; so Is the telephone girl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18

West. There had been a killing about ten days before at Las Vegas. had just finished reading paper a day or two old and brought up the subject of killings and the justice meted out to the murderer I am afraid that my remarks were not wholly complimentary to the courts and the Iaw-abiding citi- gems, while my guide insisted that the whole State was now in an extremely peaceful condition--really dull. as far as excitement was concerned.
 Why said he, thirty years ago there weren't no papers. and if there had been a small thing like a killing wouldn't a got no mention. remem- Der one case in particular, when the parties officiating were more or less prominent, and 1t really did cause a stir in these parts There was a man by the name of Johnson-Sheriff Johnson. but he and Old Man Williams had had trouble going on year or more. What the hard feeling started about I never heard. but one afternoon Old Man VII Hams meets Johnson out in the coun- try and rides up sort o' casual like and says he's going to kill him.
 As it happened. the sheriff hadn' any guns with him. and makes re- mark to this effect, and the old man. seeing the pint, tetls nm mat ne an lowdown enough to kill a man without giving him a chance, and says: You gwan home and git your gun and some back here and I'll kill you
 Johnson rides off to bis boarding house. gets his irons, comes back and the old man makes good his word. Johnson being pretty well known, his death causes no little excitement and the boys git together to decide what's to be done with Williams. 1t being necessary for some formal action to be taken. The facts of the case were presented and Williams was called on to make q statement. He explained exactly what had taken place. how he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
Another Mark TwaIn story.

Mark Twain. while at his summer residence prepared one evening to take drive and. expecting to remain ous until late, told his hostler that ne heed not wait for him. He instructed the man, however, when he had finished n ms work to lock the stable ana ptsce the ne key under d stone. the location ot when actuess. When the humorist reached home after his drive he was surprised to ind that the key was not In Ine plaCe s selected When his patience nau psSn S exhausted he awoke the hostler. wno explained. as he started out e nlla ne missing key, MT Clemens, lound better place to hida tt s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18

shade to 1-s@1-4c. higher at A 3-4 to ~ T-s. sold up to 45 i-4 and closed at 45. Local receipts were s6o cars. 16o contract grade.
 Influenced by the easier tone of wheat the oats market was subjected to considerable profit-taking resulting in slight declines. message from New York claiming that export de- mand had suddenly ceased tended to increase the selling pressure. Decem- at 2s S-4 to 7-S@2s; sold of to 2s 1-2 and closed at 2S 5-s.
 A cent advance in the price of live hogs had stimulating effect on ths provisions market. In addition, ship ments of meat and lard were large. Trading was fairly active and the market was firm the entire session. AZ the close January pork was up 1-s at 12.37 1-2 Lard was up 2 1-2 at 6.SS. Ribs were unchanged at 6.+7 1-2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18

met Johnson, had told him he was go- Ing to kill him; how he told him to go back and get his gun; how he had gone back, and on his return he had shot him.
 "Tn view of these facts, the Court came to the conclusion that 1t was a case over which they had no jurisdic- tion: that It was not murder. but, on the contrary. 1t was suicide, as he had been told that if he went back for his gun he would be killed. He went back and was Killed. The reasoning being that a man knows if he jumps into inc water and can't swim, or if he falls on A peak in the Grand canyon he will be killed, and if he does 1t voluntarily he com mits suicide? The decision of this Court is on record in the minds of many of the older inhabitants of that section" ..-L
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
MARKET FOR FUTURES
LOCAL BEAR PRESSURE HAD GOOD
 BACKING.
Gables Were Lower and weather Fine --shorts Covering Caused Tone to Steady After Opening at
 q Net Decline.

New York, Sept. 16.--The cotton mar ket opened easy at decline of to 6 points on the response to lower cables, rood weather and further pressure from local bears. There was considerable demand from the account of shorts cov- ering for over the week end, however, and the market following the call Bteadied a couple of points from the flrm and selling nearly even with De- cernber at net advance of 1 points. Trading was moderately active at first, but the market later was very quiet. Receipts at the ports today, 2s.146 bales against. s2,6s7 last week and 30,T24 last year. For the week (esti- r1ated) 25o,000 bales against 2i3.4sS last week and 2se,f44 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans. e9s bales against 2,903 last year and at Houston 11.sS4 bales against l2,661 last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
ChIcaro ProvIaIonn and CrDrn

Chicago. Sept 16-Proft-takinE on a large scale led to weak finish in the wheat market today. At the close i-s@i-4c. Corn is up i-{as-Sc. Oats show loss of 1-4c Provisions are practically unchanged
 In wheat at the start no signs of weakness were in evidence. On the contrary sentiment was quite bullish. np 1-S@i-lc. at ST l-2 to s4 5-Sc. Gen formed the chief basis of strength, al- though there were a number of minor influences. The most important. per haps. was the continued strength of
 At Minneapolis No. northern was quoted 3 to 12 over the September price During the first hour of trad ders. A leading bull also was report ed as buying quite freely. Under this demand December advanced to S& 7-S. bull leader. who had been an active buyer earlier in the day, had t.rned seller on the bulge. This stated gen erai selling. which resulted in consid- declining to S4 Is. The market was weak the remainder of the session. quotations at the close being practical nal quotations on December were at S4 1-861-4. Clearances of wheat and -four were equal to l01.G00 bushels. esmparsd % WitR s2s.e6e bushels SSSsE Pusssr yeas ago. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of s32 cars against sos cars last week and 6s9 cars year
 The corn market was firm as a re- eulf of wet weather throughout the 3ftddle West A considerable decrease e e values cash houses and shorts were the principal buyers, The mar ket closed Arm. December opsaed a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
xrvv nRTrANa corroN

New Ofleank, Sept. .I6.-Spot cotton m moderate demand; sales. 800 bales includ- tnG 400 to arrive. Quotations unchanged.
 Futures opened quiet and 315 points down. After the first call there was an ad- vance of few points, which was attributed f0 shorts covering. Later on there was a slight reaction due to scalping longs taking profits. while all the news from the coun- try Is that the farmers are holding their cotton tight enough, yet the holding does not seem 10 have the desired effect on prices and the movement has not yet shown any sikns. Of dimnuticn. The active tradere- bulls and bears atike-say that everything depends upon the movement during the next few weeks, and if it shows a marked falling of then prices will advance; otherwise they will go down some lower. The market closed steady and unchanged to points net higher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18

in seamanship and navigation as well as in engineering, so that they would be qualified either to take the bMdse or to take charge of the engines. This was the outcome of a long and bitter fight between line and staff and was regarded as a happy compromise. The men who hate compromises, who look upon them as cowardly and always a mistake, predicted that the scnems would be disastrous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
A cOroner'u Verdict.

Chlcago Cnronicle.
 Burton Holmes. the lecturer and trav- eller, recently told the following story of a court decision presided over by Judge Lynch in the early '70's;
 Tt was while on my first trip out in Arizona. he said. that I met one of the most interesting characters in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18

LOCAL COTTON MARKET. Tn the local market yesterday spot cotton was quoted as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18

mistake, predicted that the scnems
 would be disastrous.
 It is claimed by the opponents of the scheme that it has resulted in making naval officers bad seamen and worse engineers. They are now neither one nor the other. A modern battlsship ts of the most delicate and intricate ma- chinery, and this machinery is the very life of the ship. Without it q vessel Is simply a useless hulk. 1t re- quires not only a skilled engineer but an engineer of long experience to be master of his machinery. The engi- neer officer of the Bennington was q young officer. practically without ex- perience in charge of engines. Possi-
 biy the Bennington's boilers would
 have blown up. anyway; if they were as rotten as 1t is alleged they were there was no help for them, but the best boilers would be in danger if they
 were placed in charge of young and inexperienced man. It fs naturally difficult to get at the
 facts. have been told that never has the machinery of the navy been in
 worse condition than 1t is today, and. on the other hand, I have been told that 1t was never better. Not long ago
 Admiral Dewey told me that, while or isina1ly he had opposed the amalgarna-
 tion of the line and stan, now he was
 In favor of 1t. and believed that 1t was | in the best interests of the navy. Yet there are other officers, almost as
 prominent as Admiral Dewey. whose l experience has been almost equal to his, who denounced the new system bit-
 terly and say if it Is continued 1t win | bring about complete demoralizatiou. These officers say that it makes a na- val officer a jack of all trades and
 master of neither seamanship nor en- gineering. naval onicer, by hard
 work and much study, can hope to be a master of one branch of his profes- | sion, but only of one branch.
 An investigation of the whole sub ject by Congress this winter seems all
 most certain. Walter wellman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
Interior Movement,

Houston--Quiet, 10 1-16c; net receipts. H. ss4; gross 11.3s4; shipments, 1o.255; saleI 7 AuKusta--Firn. foAe: net receipts, l,- ise; gross, L4se; shipments. z.455: sales a. 31e; stock. sl.162
 Memphis-ouiet. lonc; net receipts 141; gross i41; shipments. 555; sales 12s: stock. Q t96.
 St Louis-ouiet, i0Hc: gross rceeipts. SO2; shipments. 40s: sales, 3k; stock. g. S4sa.
 Cincfnnati-Net receipts, 1ef; gross, 167: shipments. 90: stock, s,37s.
 Louisyille-Firm 10he
 Total today: Net receipts, i5eSo; gross. is,tso; shipments. 1s.s72; sales, 7,1so: stock se, 40s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
DAILY COTTON MARKET.

NiOVGmCHts
 Gaivestcn-Easy, 10kc; net receipts. r. 7le; gross. 1,I4s: stock, S7.sss; shipments. coastwsse, 1,70B.
 New orleans-z-steady. 10 1-1se; net re- caipts, ee6: gross sa6; safes, 800: stock, Bk.k03: shipments. to continent, 50; coast Mobiie-Qufet. szc: met receipts, 1.5ss; gross 1s6ss; sales: sO;- stock 11.s4s: ship xnents coastwise. 100. l0,Toi; gross, 10.701; sales, 2.s47; stock. sz.sss; shipments to continent. 20: coast wise. 1,s3e.
 charisston--ouiet. s%c; net receipts r. res; gross 3.T9a: stock. 10,s25; shipments fo continent. lss; coastwise, 1.sos. Wilninston-steady. Iobe; net receipts Eorfoik--steady. 1oSc; net receipts E. Tss: gross. 2.7s3; sales. 2os; stock. 22.5ss' shipments to continent 1,3s4.
 Nominal. iO%c; gross re- eeiptn, 4,SS4; stock. 1,650.
 New York-oaIet. 10 .T5c: gross receipts s.7ss; ssies 4s1; stock, l4i,so1: shipments Co Great Britain. aga: to France. 1000: Boston--Quiet. 10 .75e: net receipts 3s gross, 1.1is; shipments, to Great Britain 90os to continent. 510.
 Phfiadeiphia-steady He: stock. l.1Ss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
NEW YORK DRY GOODS

New York Sept. 16.-The week Tn dry goods ended with orders of moderate strength but buyers were less inclined to hold out for concessions. which the seller would grant Difficulty in securing de- Iiveries was still very great.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES. NaN Orleana. Sent IS. Cotton future
NEW ORLEANs sPOT COTTON.

saies. 500; receipts sss; stock. ss,sos
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
Nryv YOnK COTTON ,FUTUREs.
FTyrRPOoI, COTTON rUrUREs.

'TSyerpooI. Sept. ls.--cotton futures open easier and closed steady American
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
Total Movement.

Total today. at all uorts, net 2a1Gs; ship 1nents to Great Britain. 4.622; to France. 1000: to continent. 2o,S5s; stock. 45a.b1S
 Consolidated, at all ports, net 2g,146: ship rusnts. to Great Britain. 4.s22; to Franc~ 1000: to continent 20.eb
 Total since Sept. 1, at all ports, net 4is.- gS2; shipments, to Great Britain, e6f5e; to France, 22.1oi to continent. 115,23o; to Ja- pan. 800; to Mexico. 100.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18

By coincidence received today two letters from widely separated parts of the country. One was from promi nent Senator and the other from an equally prominent member of the House' Both of my correspondents wrote about purely personal matters. but both, curiousIy enough, referred to the Bennington disaster, the mistake apparently made by Congress in merg- ing the engineer corps of the navy in the line and the advisabinty of Con gress using the Bennington disaster as reason why there should be an in- vestigation by Congress of the efIi- ciency of the officers of the navy.
 Tn the opinion of a great many men, oihcers of the navy as well as profes- sional men who are not connected with the navy. disasters far greater than that of the Bennington threaten tbe navy unless immediate steps are taken 10 restore the engineer corps to it's former efficiency. The reader perhaps may remember that a few wears ago Congress merged the line and stan ana provided that officers should be trained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-04
DIED BY ACCIDENT. T
Coroner's Inquiry Into Death Of Sam
uel HARRISON.

An inquest was held at the morgue this
forenoon over the remains of Samuel Har-
bison, an employee of the Potomac Electric
Lighting Company, who was electrocuted
about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon by
live wire which he was repairing. The ia
tality occurred, on Newark street in Cleve-
land Park.
After hearing the evidence of several wit
nesses the jury rendered verdict of death
by accident.
1t was shown that HARRISON was seated
upon the top of pole when he received the
fatal shock of electricity. The force of the
current caused him to topple forward on
top of the pole, where he hung until taken
down by several citizens by means of a
rope.
When lowered to the ground he showed
feeble signs of life and was hurried to the
Georgetown University Hospital, but died
before reaching that institution, and his
body was taken to the morgue.
The testimony today showed that all the
fuses had been pulled out of the cut-out
box at the end of the local system, and
Coroner ]. Ramsey hewitt communicated
by telephone with Electrical Superintendent
Allen, who lives near the scene of the fatal
accident. That official informed DIR. hewitt
that the condition of the wires there is gen.
orally good.
ut was one of those unfortunate affairs ..
said the coroner, that we cannot account
for"
The police are endeavoring to locate the
relatives of HARRISON, who had only been
employed by the company a short while.