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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03
New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans. November 2.-Spot cotton was active, firm and higher. and some sales were reported lsc above board fig ures; sales, 9S50 bales. including 6o50 to arrive. Quota tions advanced 1-16; mid ding, 10 13-16 Futures opened IS points higher than Tuesdays closing prices, in- fiuenced by more active Liverpools and the improvement yesterday in New York. In the trading December opened up IS points at 10. .66, sold up to 10.73. and finally receded to 10. .65. Trading quiet. The mar ket closed quiet, with net gains of l74 IS points.
 New Orleans November 2.--Cotton fu- lures steady; November 10.57 bid; Decem- Der. 10. 65a10. 66; January, 10.75@1076; Feb ruary, 1O.84G10. .s6; March, 10.95Qi10 96; April, 11@1f.02; May. Il .09@11.10; June, II .16Q11 IS: July, II .22dD11. "A.
 New Orleans. November 2.-Cotton firm; sales, ss50; ordinary, sh; good ordinary 6-16; low middling. 10 3-16; middDng 10 13-16; good middling, II 1-6; middling fair, 11%; receipts. 94o3; stock, 16s,4o0
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Interior Movement.

Houston-Steady: middling, 10&c; net re- ceipts. 130o5; gross receipts, 13,055; ship ments, Il 1943; sales, 2s9l; stock. 92.S99.
 Augusta-Quiet; middling, 10sse; net re- eeipts, 2792; gross receipts, 2S99;' ship ments, 2s74; sales 1907: stock S1,174
 Memphis-Quiet; middling 11c: net re- ceipts 4376; gross receipts, 5340, ship ments, 964 sales. 1900; stock, 57,022.
 St Lonis-Steady; middling, lie; net re- ceipts, 55: gross receipts, 123S: shipments. 1851; sales, 25: stock, Il S0s.
 Cincinnati-Net receipts. 97s: gross re- ceints a7a shnnents. se5' stool i0,i21.
 Louisville Firm; middling, 111sc.
 Total today-Net receipts 2l,257; gross receipts, os,5l1; shipments, l7,627 sales, 6323; stock, 253,6l9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03
Coffee Market.

New York, November 2.-The market for coffee futures opened steady and un- changed to points higher on scattering demand on the absence of aggressive or ferings and later showed increasing firm ness as a result of bullish private cables from Brazil claiming less favorable outlook for the coming crop and predict ing an advance in prices. There was some nearby liquidation, but this was mainly in the way of switching, and the market closed steady at net advance of 10ll 15 points. Sales. 65 750 bags, including De- cember at 6.50@6. 50; March. 6.s0@6 30; May. 7@7.05; July, 7.15@7.20; September, 7.3og TAO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03

Williamson Iron Co. .............. O
 Local Staple Groceries. Sugar-Granulated, 5c; r. C., 4lsc. Flour-Fancy patent, $500; standard patent s475; straight, s450 cofee-Green, 1iVl3c. Arbuckles Porto Rico. sl5.05.
 Meat-Dry salted ribs. g. 90; dry salted rib bellies, sac; extra clear 7atc hams. fancy. 13c. medium 121ac; becon bellies. nhe; California hams. sAc. Lard-Leaf, 8c. Compound lard. sac basis. Molasses--Centrifuzal. l6Gs5c; suEar- house. 40c: Georgia cane. 36c. Beans-Navy, g.. .25 per bushe; Lima, 6l1c EFT pound. Gr, s--o2 pounds. s1 6. Meal, lD
 Feed Stuff. Corn No. mixed or white. ce : bushel sacks Toe. Oats--No. 2 mixed. d0c: No. 2 white, 42c. Wheat bran, 80 or 100. s2t. Cotton seed feed meal, s2350; prime. s25.
 Purlna food. s26 Corn chops, Sl.20. Corn hearts. s20. Shorts, 100 pounds, s24 Hulls sack. 30M35c. Hay-Choice timothy. $500; No. timo- thy. sl6.5o. Johnson grass. si2. clover. s15.
 Fruits and Produce. Lemons-Per box, extra fancy s5.50. Grapes-Concord. h. 25c pony. 15c. Apples-Northern grown per barrel bulk stock. s325; fancy, $4n5. Limes-Per 100, $11O. Bananas-Per bunch Fancy stock $lGt1.50 bunch.
 Peanuts-tsncy. yer pound. oc; No ( 5La6c.
 Pole beans, sl 50 per bushel Cabbage-2c per pound. Potatoes-Irish potatoes, $1. Eggs-Per dozen, case count. 22c. can- died, 25c.
 Hens, S0n35c; chickens. large. 20Q25c; medium 20c; small 14m15c. Butter-Fresh, 15420c; renovated. 23c: creamery, 27c.
 Hides and TaIlow. G. s. hides. 1fM11I2c. Dry flint hides. No. l. 17c. Dry flint hides, No. g. 17u1sc Dry salt hides No. 1, 19c. Dry salt hides, No. ?. 15Q16c. Clear washed wool. Ss@40c. Unwashed wool, 27d29c. When it prints good. 1t IS The Gawk Engraving C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03

Chicago Change. Chicago November 2.-Renewed rioting in Russia caused a strong finish today in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03

When it prints good. 1t IS The Gawk Engraving C.
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I,soo7oo shares
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03
Hides and TaIIow.

IFFucs dHu f1fV"s G. s. hides. 11M1lI2c. Dry flint hides, No. l, l7c. Dry flint hides, No. 2, 17q1Sc. Dry salt hides, No. 1, 19c. Dry salt hides, No. ?. 15Q l6c. Clear washed wool. 3S040c. Unwashed wool, 27a29c.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Wore Orange and Black.

It was this freshman crew that
Brought the first rowing triumph to
Princeton. and, that too. in the first in
1ercoIleSiate rowing contest the col
lcge ever entered Yale and Brown were
the other entries IN this race One rea-
son why this freshman race should al
ways be remembered by Princeton men
is that il was the first occasion Prince
ton ever used tae orange and black as
college colors. Until this time the :wo
colors were never associated in the
minds of the undergraduates with The
college. Pref. w. Libbey, ~, was re-
spOnsible for the adoption Of the colors
The summer before he entered coll
lege he saw in a Cambridge shop win
dow a large placard bearing this in
scription, The Duke of Nassau's col
ors." and surrounding this a lot of
half-width stripes of yellow and black
Mr.. Libbey bought a lot of this ribbon
and some time after he had entered
college in the fall he remarked to his
roommate that these colors would be
suitable fer Princeton. Nj. W. Jacobus,
his roommate, dared him to wear
neclltie of these colors. Luckily, as
later events proved, he did For some
weeks later Rutgers College in
search for coIors, desired TO adopt
orange and black. But d rumor had
reached Rutgers that these colors had
once been worn at Princeton and ac-
cordinglv committee was sent to New
: Jersey to look into the matter They
found abundant evidence that the col
ors had been worn there So the orange
and the black was saved for Princeton
! by q necltie.
When his class decided to send a crew
! to Saratoga Mr.. Libbey attempted to
/ buy these colers for them to wear, but
! found it Impossible to buy them on this
side of the Atlantic. But finally through
! his father he was able - obtain from q
/ Paterson silk mill a thousand yards of
| orange and black ribbon When the rib
| hon arrived he gave the crew and Off
! Gals pieces of II to wear as hat bands
! and sent the remainder to a store in
! the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga TO
| be sold as the Princeton Colors. Every
! inch of it was sold after the freshman
/ race and from this time the colors have
| remained Princeton s
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Princeton's First Navy.

The beginning was modest when it did
come at Princeton. Eight of the college
athletes net one evening in West Col
lege. When the man who had called
the meeting announced that its purpose
was 10 organize navy he was met with
d general laugh and three of the men
assembled refused 10 have anything
more to do with the project But the
other five persevered III their detcrmina-
ton. and untying their purses as well
as their efforts, they bought from the
Yale navy two siX-oared gigs. From all
accounts the boats Tesembled the ark
built by one Noah rather than racing
boats and the Yankee oarsmen had
worked their New Jersey cousins for
good thing" One of the boats manned
by six lusty but inexperienced oarsmen
Travelled hundred yards from the
starting place and then gracefully sank
and the crew swan ashore. The second
gig had a better fate and was used all
the spring and summer months on the
canal. Encouraged by the exhibition
given by the faithful few a college boat
club was organized with &. W. Kasc,
~. president; S. L. Ewing, -; treasurer;
A. Devereux. 70. secretary, and Il. w.
Guernsey, -. captain.
In spite of frequent discOura gements
the beat club kept steadily at work for
the next two Yeas. Princeton first
! BOAT race against outside crews took
| place in June, 1872, on the Schuylkiil
course at Philadelphia. In the four
cared race over d mile and half course,
Princeton finished fourth in an entry
list of seven. that included some of The
hest amateur crews in the country, The
| crew that represented Princeton was
light, the heaviest man in the four
weighing but 154 pounds, and the light
! est 1S3 pounds. This defeat, which was
encouraging despite of it's being a defeat,
proved a stepping stone to future pro-
gross, and the boat club was reorgan~
| lied on a broader basis.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

present is about $4,000. The trustees
Of the university have agreed TO ad-
vance the balance necessary TO complete
the building on condition that the class
es raise $4,000 additional during its con
struction When the building is ready
for occupancy the trustees agree to pay
to the alumni dormitory committee d
per cent interest per annum on pay
ments made by tn, several classes.
When a class shall nave paid its $4,000
it will cease to draw interest and if
twelve years shall have elapsed since
the graduation Of any class without that
class having paid $4,000, that class shall
cease to draw interest unless its annual
payments shall be at least $1,000 year
The new building viii occupy posi-
ton east of Brokaw Field and south of
Brown Hall. It is the beginning of d
series Of buildings which the trustees
propose to erect in the future on the
east and south sides OF the field.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

rest of the colleges on IL. water when
there was no place for the Orange and
Black oaTsmen to practice except the
narrow Delaware and RaTitan Canal,
with canal boats constantly passing
and low bridges to interf IRE al frequent
intervals. it would be strange. indeed.
if with Il large lake close at hand an
other and more successful attempt We're
not made. Though boating at Prince
ton has become Il mere tradition, and
the fact that the university ever had
a crew is known and remembered by
few outside the graduates OF twenty
years ago, nevertheless the records
show that for sixteen years-from 1870
to 1S&6- there was Princeton navy, and
crews were entered in the regular in
tercollegiate races several years.
The old boathouse used by the crews
in those days still stands on the edge
of the canal. and is used today by the
Canoe Club, which has succeeded the
Boat Club 1t is large and spacious.
roomy enough to accommodate twenty
shells, and could, if necessary, be re-
nodeled and used again for Princeton
varsity crews. 1t is probable. however,
that with the reorganization of rowing
u new boathouse would be erected and
the old structure left to the canoelsts-
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Tiger VIII Take to Water.

Although the organization OF a Prince
ton navy similar to that of Harvard
and Yale is still only matter of
speculation. and there appears to be Il
difference of opinion on the advisability
of such a move among the alumni, it is
alnos: foregone conclusion that the
Tiger will take to the water like a
duck With men, money, and water at
hand it is as sure that there Will be
boating as that when Irishmen and
whisky are in the same neighborhood
there viii be drinking And boating to
tho c0lleeian means the formation of
boat clubs and racing.
Considering the strong effort which
Princeton made to compete with the
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
LMseauHzX..
The Inexhaustlble Stream of Dollars of the
Great lronmaster Being Used to Give
Old Nassau a Needed
Waterfront
Waterfront.

town of Princeton will benefit by its
construction. Plans have been made to
build a boulevard around the edges of
the lake and 1t is probable that a colony
of attractive cottages will spring up and
here and there a, hotel, making a pleas
ant resort for those who are weary Of
the city and glad to escape to the coun-
try for rest. The drive VIA be ele-
waited and shaded by trees, most CT its
length being through a wooded park.
Bridges over the lake will be constructed
at Washington and Harrison Streets.
These bridges will have four spans. of
one hundred feet each. The roads about
the town of Aqueduct will be raised above
the level Of the lake. In the spring and
the fall. when Princeton is q its best I'M
doubtedly hundreds of old grads will
return to stay III these cottages and
hotels where they can live over again
their own college days. A raceway and
a lock will connect The lake with the
Delaware and Raritan Canal. which
will permit light draft boats to come
to Princeton by way of the Delaware
River at Trenton and the Raritan River
at New Brunswick. Owners of yachts
may find it possible to visit Princeton
as they travel along the coast.
The lake is to be stocked with game
uSl winch VIII Dt CdiS4a4lS III -SSi t5ti
and the fishing will be governed by
strict game laws
a private association has charge Of
the construction Of the lake and has also
bought the old Kingston grist mill prep
erty to be maintained partly as pic
turesque feature of the place and partly
for the convenience of the farmers in
the vicinity. The contract for the work
on the lake itself has been recently
awarded the Hudson Engineering and
Contracting Company Of New York.
As soon as the frost IS out of the
ground about two feet of the present
top soil of the meadows will be removed
and a layer of dead soil spread, for the
bed Of the Jake to prevent the growth
OF vegetation. This together with the
constant inflow of water from the vari-
Gus streams and the outlet over the
dam will keep the lake clear and clean.
1t is not the purpose, however to make
the lake a reservoir for the use of the
| town. The university and towns people
will continue to get their drinking water
| from the present source.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Yale's Artificial Lake.

Yale has an artificial lake also, Lake
Whitney. which. while it does not be
long to the college, Is much used by the
students for canoeing. The annual fall
and spring regattas of the Yale Boat
Club are held on it. Lake Whitney.
however, is used as a reservoir for New
Haven.
When Lake Carnegie is finished it viii
be only a short mile walk from the center
of the old college 10 the waterside And
the new college, which is constantly eX-
tending in the direction OF the lake, will
overlook 1t. Already ground has been
broken for a new dormitory which is
the gift Of the ten ci>=sses, 80 to % in
elusive. This dormitory. which is. to
have ten entries, one for each OF the
classes erecting it, will cost in the
neighborhood Of $3.50. 900. This makes it
necessary for each class to subscribe
81, 600 The total amount of cash held
by the ten classes for the dormitory ut
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Stories of the Old Canal.

Many are the tales told of Prineeton's
old waterway, the Delaware and RarItan
Canal The stories ran from the hazlng
of fresh freshmen to that of the yacht
with the siren whistle, and an angry
owner who was held up on Sunday be-
cause the keeper OF one of the locks
refused to open it for him till the Sab
bath closed. It was soon after the IN
vention-of the deyiI-of the siren whis-
tie, and when the owner found himself
held ND in this summary manner he
turned his whistle loose, and soon had
the whole college down al the canal 10
find out what the trouble was When in
formed Of The cause of the disturbance
the students went back to the college
and collected all the firearms in sight
and came down again 30 the canal
..nrined for bar" They threatened to
blow the keeper and his house off the
face of the earth if he did not open the
lock sharp at L o'clock Sunday night.
In the meantime a select company was
entertained aboard the yacht, and ev-
erything was as fine as a big bassoon in
a county orchestra. Promptly at Il
midnight, The siren whistle was again
turned loose. and as every gun and re-
yolver in the crowd was fired the yacht
entered the lock and steamed away.
much 10 the relief of the Iockkeeper.
Another incident in connection with
the old canal which is we'll remembered
at Princeton is the story of the fresh
freshman, Leopold, who thought ne
knew everything about football and was
foolish enough to say so TO the coaches.
The coaches told the sophomores that
If something was not done to reduce the
size of Leopolds head they would take
the matter in hand themselves. The
sophomores could not stand for that for
a moment Leopold was captured that
night. As he was being taken past the
canal he broke away, jumped into the
canal and swain TO the other shore The
| scphs could not find him i'll the dark,
and were afraid that he might have
| heen drowned in the ice-cold water.
However. Re turned up the next day. He
had spent the night in farmers house
/ scared sreener than ever. He complained
/ to the authorities not only of the col
| lese. but also OF the county, and NUM-
| Der of men i'll the haZing party were
! expelled, and it cost one of them 500
| to square matters with the civil au-
| .horities.
| That Carnegie Lake VIII add greatly
| to the attractions Of Princeton no one
will DENY 1t will probably cause a
large increase in the number of stu
dents at the New Jersey university,
orofs bly, much larger than any other
gift the phiianthropic millionaire could
| make.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
<5Honlua Larzrz1RuKen-ezz0 zaae 1ee7ees

n univ arsity-than there is today, this
argument appears futile. With her
smaller number OF men Princeton has
turned out baseball and football teams
equal to the best turned out by the
larger Yale and the still larger HaT-
ward. But Princeton is not a small col
lege- It is a large university with about
LOO students, number sufficiently
large to make it both possible and prob
able to chose good cams. For dealing
with numbers above the thousand point
the advantage given by another thou
sand is small. The difference, for in
stance. between the eleven best foot
ball men, chosen among 400 college
men. and the eleven best men chosen
among 2,S00 is in most cases nil.
Also. there is undoubtedly a large
number of men at Princeton-as there
is at Yale and Harvard-who are not
cut cut for baseball or the track. and
whom no amount OF coaching would ever
put on the scrub, not to mention the
varsity. Many OF these men would fit
well in a boat. At present they are idle
or distributed among the minor teams
of the college. Boating would give them
an opportunity which they lack.
It is argued. too, that Princeton row
ing on q small inland body of water
| would not have the advantage of prac-
ticing on rough water. This, it is said
would be a drawback because the
courses at Poughkeepsie and New Lon
| don are frequently rough on the day
of the intercollegiate races. But 8 stiff
| breeze can very well kick up whitecaps
on a lake four miles long, by about
| half a mile wide and the Orange and
| Black oarsmen will undoubtedly learn
| something about handling themselves
and the boat in rough weather. The
| lake VIII be almost the right length to
I get in four-miIe practice course, the
distance rowed in all the intercollegiate
races.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

w 3 n 'S II s55s :: 5 Is: :S;::
long by half a mile wide.
whose waters will touch the back
campus. Old Nassau will have leaped as
If by magic from the dry land class Of
institutions OF learning into that class
whose growth and traditions have al
ways been intimately connected with
life on the water, but not necessarily
the water wagon A new era in the
development of the Jersey university
will have begun.
The magic whereby this transforma-
ton will be made is the inexhaustibIe
stream OF dollars possessed by Andrew
Carnegie. It has been said the enter
prise will cost upward of a million be-
fore it Is completed, but with the Iron
Master" behind II there is no danger
OF its falling through. Already the land
which the waters Of the lake are TO
cover has been purchased about / 100
acres in all. The survey for the lake
has been finished. and the work of
clearing away the timber and under
growth along the meadows is now be-
ginning. TWO hundred men are en-
ployed on this part of the work, and it
VIII be finished by the end OF the winter
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
A Dam Six Hundred Feet Long.

Lake Carnegie win be built along the
north side of the Delaware and Raritan
Canal, of ancient and honorable fame
and will stretch from that part of the
universitys property known as the
back campus to Kingston. At Kingston
q large concrete dam is to be con
strucJed, to hold in check the combined
waters Of Milestone River and Stoney
Brook. 1t is to be GO feet in length. ex-
tending from the canal towpath to the
macadam road leading from Kingston
to Princeton. Twenty-seven feet high,
It will extend seventeen feet below the
bed of the lake and ten feet above.
With this barrier the Milestone River
and Stoney Brook, insignificant streams
now, viii be backed up TO the lower
borders OF the campus The natural
depth of the lake VIII vary from
4 10 L feet. One border of the
lake will be the embankment Of the
canal, the other the high ground toward
the old Princeton and Kingston turn
pike The water will be kept alive at q
depth OF about eight feet, by the inflow
from Stoney Brook, Milestone River,
and the smaller streams emptying into
them. There viii be an overflow Of
water at the Kingston dam forming Il
beautiful waterfall.
While this enterprise has no official
connection with the university the lake
is being constructed primarily for
Princeton. The plan was conceived with
the idea of beautifying and adding the
one feature to the historic institution
which it lacks, a body of water suftic-
iently large TO make boating a POSSIBLE
fly. A Philadelphia with a stutter and
a family tree as long as California
sequoia. when asked If his great grand
father was signer Of the Declaration
of Independence. replied:
~ d-d-don't know, but he was a
s-s-sine qua non.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

In January. 1874. Princeton was ad-
mitted TO the Rowing Association Of
American Colleges. TIE members Of the
association were Amherst, Bowdoin. CO.
lumbia, Cornell. Dartmouth, Harvard,
massachusetts Agricultural, Trinity.
Williams, and Yale. Wesleyan was adj
mitted at the same time with Prince
ton Il was after this that the boat
house which still stands at Princeton
was erected. The crew which was 30
wear Inc Princeton colors at Saratoga
began TO train in March. eighteen candi-
dates turning out. \ freshman crew
was training at re same time.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Boating at the Jersey University May Now
Become More Than the Mere Trad
ton It Has Been for Many
Years.

Childs' Challege Cup in 1871. Columbia
also entered d crew. Princeton finished
last in this race. But in 1881 the Orange
and Black was awarded first place in a
similar race. Princeton's last intercol-
legiate race took place at Saratoga in
1894. In this event the Princeton crew
finished third. After this, though
number of the men continued TO row
on the canal and the boathouse was
kept open, everyone felt that Prince
toms rowing days were over. III 1856 the
boat club went out of existence. and
turned over $50 to the athletic execu-
tive committee.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Rowing Dies.

In the following years the showing
made by Princeton on the water was
discouraging to say the least, and inter
est in the sport fell off rapidly The
boat club got into debt and there was
no way to raise more money. Princeton.
however, accepted Pennsylvania S chai-
Ienge to race at Philadelphia for the
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Enough Men for a Crew.

II has been said that there are not
enough men at Princeton to permit the
formation of varsity crews as well as
the baseball, football. track, ana other
minor cams, which now exist there.
But in view of the good showing Prince
ton made on the water in the days she
cid have d erew-in those days there
was Il still smaller number of men at
the university; in fact. it was not then
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
No University, no Lake.

That is exactly the position the uni
versity occupies in regard to the pro-
posed lake. Undoubtedly. however. the