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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17

Charles X. Churchill, one of the
wealthiest and most widely known
citizens of Stowe, died suddenly of heart
trouble last week Tuesday evening He
was stricken at the home of his sister and
died before he could be taken home. Mr..
Churchill was born and had always
lived in town and it was here that he
built his fortune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
A Badly Burned Girl

or boy, man or woman, is quickly out of
pain if Bucklen's Arnico Salve is applied
promptly. 6. ]. Welch of Tekonsha
Mich, says: Il use it in my family for
cuts, sores and all skin injuries, and find
it perfect" Quickest Pile cure known.
Best healing salve made. 25c at Flint
Bros. and F. G. Landry's drug stores.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
NORTH WALDEN.

Elder Squires, of Newport, expects to
hold services at the Four Corners church
next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Barnet and Mrs.
Arthur Beals went on the excursion to
Boston last week.
Dea. Powell of Fairfax, accompanied
his sister, Mrs. Darling, and her two
sons, to their home in this place for a
few days recently.
Miss Agnes Kittredge, who has been
working at East Hardwick, has return
ed home.
Three inches of snow fell last week.
A new telephone line is being set for
the Molly Falls Co., which makes three
for this vicinity.
A few from this town attended the
dedicatory exercises of the Hazen Road
monument at Hardwick street, Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17

fyou have lost your boyhood spirits,
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Flint Bros, and F. G. Landry.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11
HOW sHoNrs woN Els WIFE.

That Mr. Shonts has a habit of ac-
comprising to the queens taste what ne
sets out to do, is illustrated by two Incl
dents furnished by his career.
AS young men will do, there came a
time when he fell in love with a young
lady. She was the daughter of General
Francis NJ. Drake afterwards Governor
of Iowa. and a musical enthusiast
Somehow, Shonts got it into his head
that to win her he would have to become
proficient in music, and, nothing daunted
by the circumstance that from his earliest
boyhood he had never been able to carry
a tune or distinguish one note from an
other, he set resolutely to work to master
the art. 1t was hard work, but he kept
at it, and before long he was being COM
plimented by Miss Drake on his unsus-
pected accomplishment Still later he
was rewarded for all his trouble by gain
ing from the young lady's lips the word
he Ionged most to hear. To this day,
music is one of Mr.. Shonts' hobbies He
has only two-the other is work.
The second incident occurred in Chi
caeo. the Shonts' home town. A rail-
road contractor who harbored a griev-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11
THEODORE P. sHoNTs, chairman


and executive head of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, soon received
this word from Mr.. Roosevelt, and he,
IN turn, lost no time in passing it on
to John F. Stevens, chief engineer of the
Commission and his right-hand man.
After many weary months of preparation
and of waiting for Congress TO deter
mine the type Of canal, these two men
now have we'll under way the actual con-
structi5n work connected with the biggest
engineering job ever undertaken by man,
and along the whole length of the canal
route the dirt is flying with characteristic
American energy.
1t is peculiar fact that until both Mr..
Shonts and Mr.. Stevens were selected
for their present work, their existence
was undreamed of by the great Ameri-
can public, which now has their names
on its lips daily
When the President determined to re-
organize the Canal Commission he nat
urally looked about for the proper man
to head it. Elihu Root refused the task !;
he was welded to the law. Henry c.
Prick did not want it; he had already
done his work. One day Paul Morton,
then in the cabinet as Secretary of the
Navy, suggested the name of Theodore
P. Shonts, friend of his.
AS the good old expression has it, the
President took to Mr.. Shonts at once,
and when the latter frankly stated that
he would not consider taking the posi-
ton unless he could have full authority,
and his judgment would be final in all
matters wherein there was difference
of opinion. that settled it. Mr.. Shonts
was straightway offered the position un-
der this condition, and as promptly &c
cepted, thus leaping from obscurity, as
president of third-rate railroad, to in
ternational prominence, as executive head
of the worlds greatest engineering I'M
dertaking.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11
I'LL STICK" SAYS STEVENS.

Mr.. Stevens was born down East fifty
three years ago. To be exact, his birth
place is West Gardiner, Me He is three
years older than Mr.. Shonts, who was
born in Crawford County, Pa, but was
raised in Iowa Mr.. Stevens did not go
west until he had given up teaching
school for engineering, being led to take
the step largely because he had an uncle
who was famous engineer in his day
II am going TO STICK Mr. Stevens
announced, when it became news that he
was to succeed John F. Wallace as chief
engineer of the canal.
The mans logged determination and
his ability to preserve cheerful face and
crack a smile in the face of apparently
insuperabie difficulties, are leading char
acteristics. They have done lot to win
him the devotion of the men who work
under him, as well as to pull him
triumphantly through numerous tight
places.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11

When the United States Senate, a short
time before the Adjournment IOf Con-
gress, unexpectedly voted for a lock
canal across the Isthmus of Panama,
thus cOncurring with the House, the
President said:
GAS soon as receive official notice of
the action of Congress, I'll tell ShOnts
to cut loose"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11
THE RECORD BUILDER OF RAILROADS.

An equally restless and hard worker
is Mr.. Stevens. He is every bit as true
a friend and good hater. He also is
able to inspire the enthusiasm of men
under him. He, too, knows railroading
from top to bottom, is of the Middle
West, and accepted the Presidents offer
largely because of his love of doing
things that look hard.
In the twenty-nine years that he was
connected with railroads IN some engi-
neering capacity Mr.. Stevens managed TO
construct more miles of railroad than
any other man in the world down to date.
He began to build track in 70, as engi-
neer and superintendent of surveys of
the Sabine Pass and Northwestern Rail
way. Two years previously he had begun
his engineering career as assistant city
engineer of Minneapolis. He was then
twenty-one. When he left the railroad
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11

world he was chief engineer and second
Yice-president of the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific
His greatest engineering feat was ac-
complished while he was in the employ
of the Great Northern, James J. Hills
road. At the same time he had his most
thrilling adventure, or, rather, series of
adventures.
It was in 1890, the year that he went
with the Great Northern as principal as
sistant engineer, that he undertook to
get the road across the Cascade Noun
tains and Washington State. To find a
pass in the mountains through which the
road could be run, and to locate the line,
Engineer Stevens disappeared one day in
the wilderness with two Indian guides
and pack mule. There befell adventure
sufficient in scrambling up mountains,
skirting yawring precipices, treading vir-
gin territory; but on top of all this the
guides turned deserters and the pack
mule lay down and gave up the ghost
Imagine yourself in an untamed coun-
try under such circumstances. Would
you push on intrepidly? That is just
what John F. Stevens did, and he not
only discovered Stevens Pass (named
after him by grateful employer), but
in addition located the line so admirably
that it remains unchanged to this day.
This bit of strenuous endeavor made
Mr.. Stevens chief engineer of the road
FIVE years after going with it, and some
time later he became its general manager.
AS such he did much to make the road
the wonderful property it is to-day. From
the Great Northern he went to the Rock
Island, as chief engineer and fourth vice
president.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-11

ance against Mr.. Shonts called on him IN
his Office for the express purpose Of
getting even with him" AS soon as
Mr.. Shonts became aware of the con-
tractors intentions he sprang to the door.
locked If, and fifteen minutes later, when
the door was unlocked, the caller sneaked
through it, as badly thrashed as any
telling of the encounter, Mark Morton,
a brother of Paul, said The chairs were
broken, and the room looked as if
typhoon had swept through it" In other
words, Mr.. Shonts had simply wiped up
the floor with his man.
Prominent railroad men are authority
for the statement that probably no man
is --ore accurately informed on all the
details of railroading than is Mr.. Shonts.
Acquisition of right of way, construction,
the handling and choosing of men, opera
ton, traffic, finances, the relation ola rail-
road to the public-all of these problems,
among others, have been wrestled with
by him at some time or other since the
day he gave up his newly begun law prac-
tice, at the solicitation of his father-in-
law, and joined him in the work of
building the Iowa Central
Mr. Shonts does not need the salary
that Uncle Sam pays him. His income
from his private fortune exceeds hun
dred thousand dollars year. He likes
to do things. 1t is passion with him,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement.

Galveston-Quiet; middling, 10 3-16e; net receipts, ll,SS4; gross receipts, 11,S3i; sales, 1919; stock, 366,951; exports to Great Britain, 14,091; to France, 6791.
 New Orleans-Quiet; middling, 1O1sc net receipts, 15, 425; gross receipts, b, ,425 sales, 465O: stock. 175, ,439
 Mobile-Steady; middling, 91S-16c net receipts, 1864; gross receipts, 1864; sales, 50O; stock. 34,21S; exports coastwise 50
 Savannah-Easy; middling, 10c; net re- ceipts, 14,9i4; gross receipts, 149i4; sales 1505; stock, 14i,S15; exports coastwise, 251S
 Chareston-Nominal; net receipts, 2052 gross receipts, 2052; stock, 22.7S; exports coastwise. 232.
 Wilmington-Firm: middling, 10asc; net receipts, 3201; gross receipts 3201 stock, 2775S.
 Norfolk-Steady middlng, 10 5-16c; net receipts. 2l99; gross receipts. .2199; sales. 499 stock, 41 .303; exports to Great Britain, 999; coastwlse, 447S.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 10hc net receipts, 9S7; gross receipts, 5062; stock 262S; exports to Great Britain, 577s; to the continent, 5404.
 New York-Quiet; middling. 10. 40c gross receipts. 2925; sales. POO; stock 92,317; ex- ports to Great Britain. .49e
 Boston-Quiet; miadling, TO- 40e; net re- ceitps, ,; gross receipts, 113; exports to Great Britain. 2l53.
 Philadelphia-Quiet; middling. lo .65c. . gross receipts, 1505: stock. 5460.
 Port Townsend-Net receipts. Jol5: gross receipts, 5015; exports to Japan. 5075.
 Brunswiek-Net receipts. 9i33; gross ge- cepts, 9l33 stock, 15,S52; exports wise, 150
 Newport News-Net receipts. 397. receipts, 397: exports coastwise. s97
 Jacksonville-Net receipts. 9: grs cepts, 9: exports coastwise. 25.
 Total today. at all ports: Net, 666si. ,..- ports to Great Britain. 23,517: to France. 6791; to the continent, 54oi; to Japan, 5e,5; stock, 999.579
 Consolidated, at all ports: Net. iS0. .317 i: exports to Great Britain, 157 l0d 10 France 54,614; to the continent, 1SS,5li; to Japan, 5102.
 Total since September l, at all ports: Net. 2,656,S9l: exports to Great Britain. 765, ,565; to France, 191 ,504; to the conti- nent, 673.1S2; to Japan, 274I9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
COTTON IS WAX
 AND UNSETTLED Reaches New Low Levels for
 the Movemnt SALES WERE 3O0,O0 BALES There Was Enough Coerine at the Decline to Market Slightly, But
 No Fresh Buyir5 for
 the Accoun.
SALES WERE 3O0,O0 BALES

New York, November The cotton market was very weak anc unsettled dur ing today's trading, and reached new low levels for the movement The close was steady, but within couple points of the bottom at a net ,ecline of B to 19 points. Sales for the lay were esti- mated at 300.000 bales.
 The market opened ste,dy at an ad- vance of 1 point on November, but gen orally 3 to points lower in response to lower cables. renewal O bear pressure and the liquidation. The decline to 999 for January and 1017 for March caught no stop loss orders of consequence, and the market rallied a few p)ints, but pres sure was renewed on the ldvice and the market weakened after private crop report was issued. showing an improved condition of the crop foi the last two weeks of per cent instead of deteriora- tion as looked for. The sesond break un- covered stop orders and January touched 9.91 and March 10,07, or 19a20 points un- der the closing figures ol the previous day. and about 140 points town from the high point reached on October 15. There was enough covering at the decline to steady the market slightly but no fresh buying for the account.
 Record breaking in insight figures helped the bear side
 Receipts at the ports today. 66, 691 bales against 64,524 last week and 5O.1S7 last year. For the week. 4S0, GOO bales, against 467,4l5 last week and 35O.2s0 last year. To- days receipts at New Orleans, 15, 425, against 6oSo last year. and at Houston, 19,2S0, against 1s.I0S last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
Cothran's Market Letter.

The close of the commercial week finds the market maintaining it's downward tendency, notwithstanding values to, have worked below the l0-cent level for winter positions.
 The bearish features are the weather. clear and cool, receipts. which are nn- usually heavy, and an accumulation of stocks in the worlds visible supply of American cotton, this evenings state ment, of which is expected to be bearish, both as to spinners' takings and 10 addi- ton to stocks.
 The movement to market during the week was, to say the least colossal, fig uring 29O0O bales. the largest on record, by about 26,eo0 against sS,Om last year and 57500O year before last
 The into-slght for the month of October was 2351 ,OOo against l.99S,vo year ago and 239s,Oo0 in 1891, and~ thus far this season. 3,5o9 900, against S,iDVY last year and 3.971 Ooo year before last, the deficit of about 3lo0oo bales of two weeks ago
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having been displaced by an increase, when compared with one year ago, of about 10000 bales. which excess will probably be added to from week to week.
 Shorts find much comfort in the heavy run of receipts, and point to them as in- dicative of large crop ideas.
 Longs, however, are just as confident of the arrivals representing nothing more than the rapid movement of a moderate crop to the ports for shipment to Europe and refer to large exports to foreign shores to substantiate their claims.
 The market having reached level which it is thought will check free offer ings by interior, and indirectly affect the movement, at distributing points by caus- ing a comparatively lighter run of ar rivals. traders are 10th to follow the de cline except for short turns, although a continuance of the heavy movement would probably encourage shorts to work energetically for lower prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
Fruits and Produce,

Lemons-Per box. extra fancy, S6.506T Limes-Per 100 Sl@L95.
 Peanuts-Fancy, per pound Gc: No. 2, sc. Cabbage-1A@11ac pound.
 Pineapples-S0, 36 and 40 sizes. $3.25d3.50. California Peaches-Per crate, Sl50 Egg Plant-$2.25.
 Grapes-Per 4-pound basket iGc; & pound basket, 2Sc.
 Western Apples-Barrel. S9n3.5o Bulk Apples-Per barrel 8. Onions-New crop, pound. Pc. Spanish Onions-Per crate, sl75. Northern Potatoes-Per bushel 75mS0c Sweet Potatoes-Per bushel, Sl.50@2. Eggs-Candled, 25c: Tennessee. 27c. Hens-35G40c; broilers, 25d35c. Butter-Fresh, S0p10e; renovated, 25c, creamery, 30c.
 Cheese-Full cream, per pound, 1Gc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
Live Stock Market.

Chicago, November 2.--Cattle: Receipts about 5500: steady but slow. Common to prime steers M7.3D; cows. g.. .650t4. 75; ; heifers, g. .60M5.30 bulls $2. 40s4 44.50; calves, s317. 50; stockers and feeders. g. 4044.5O.
 Hogs: Receipts about 15.O10; strong to 5c higher. Choice to prime heavy, s6.35Q 6 45: medium to good heavy, s6.20G6 90; butcher weights, $6. 90d6.4 45: good to choice mixed. s6 10G6.25 packing, s5.sO06; pigs, s5 5oa6. .25.
 Sheen: Receipts about zoo; steady to strong. Sheep. s465.75; yearlngs, s5.5o4 6 s5; lambs, s6m7 i9.
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$s.9OaS,95; D, sss5@4; E. s4O21aa4O5; F, $4.05q4, ,121a; G. s4.1Oq4,15 H, A.12ih; l, $40; K, A.6o; M, $49o; N, s5.4O window glassfl $6; water white, $6 Turpentine steady, 661zc.
 Savannah, November 2.-Turpentne firm, 66Ac; sales, 6SS; receipts, 800; ship ments, 335. Resin firm; sales, 2225; re ceipts, 2490; shipments, 1160; stock, 65,- 07S. Quote: A. B, c, 8 .9OdS. .95; D, s 95d4; E, $4021Rd4.05; r, $4.o514. .121a; c, $410@ 4.15; II, S4.121a; I, $40; K. 40; M, $i.90; N, $5.4O; VIC, s6: wv, $6.
 Charleston. November 2.-Turpentine firm, 66c; sales none. Rosin firm; sales none. Quote: A, B, c, $685. D. $3.95; E. $4.05; F. s4.07; c. S4.1o; H, S4.15; l. a.25; K, $4.65; NJ. S; N, $5.S5; VIC, $5.s0; wv, $600
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
Hester's Weekly Cotton Statement.

New Orleans, November 2.-Secretary Testers statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton made up rom special cable and telegraphie advices compares The figures of this week with last week. last year and the year before. It shows an increase for the week closed of 279,- 9S3, against an increase Of l5s,lO6 last year and an increase of 22S,G1l year before last.
 The total visible ifs S,2s0,2s1, against S.O0O29S last week, 5,S2l,322 last year, and 2 t55 SS7 year before last Of this the total of American cotton Is 2.522,2Sl. against 2.2 .25o 29s last week and 3,O99S22 last year. and 63s37 year before last, and of all other kinds. including Egypt. Brazil In- dia. etc. 75s. GOO. against 750,0oo last week, 795. .Do0 last year. and i92,0" year before last.
 The total worlds visible supply of cot ton as above shows an increase compared with last week of 9799Ss: a decrease com pared with last year of 54i,oil, and an in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
Coffee Market.

New York, November 2.-Spot Rio steady: No ' invoice, 77sc; mild steady
 Futures opened steady at unchanged prices to d decline of } points in response to somewhat lower European cables and little selling against firm offers from Brazil These sales were well absorbed however. and the market improved during the session on buying, which was cderitcd to some of the leading trade interests The close was steady. net unchanged to 10 points higher. Sales. 72,2o0 bags, De- cember, 6.1006.15; January, 6.25; March. G. 40a6 45; May, 6.55M6.G0; July, 6.75 Sep tember, 6.S5ll6 90.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
liverpooI Cotton Market.

Liverpool, November 2.-Moderate busi- ness done in spot cotton; prices points lower; American middling fair, 6.SSd; good middling, 594d; middlin, 5.S0d low mid ding, 5.5Sd; good ordinary, 5.22d; ordinary, 1 9Sd The sales of the day were 1000 bales, of which 5O were for speculation and ex- port and included 6500 American. Re ceipts, 5000 including 3S,S00 American.
 Futures quiet and steady. Closed easy, American middling c. o. C.: November. 5.A9; November-December, 5.43la; Deeem- ber-January, 5.43; January-Fe February, 5.45; February March, 4714; Mareh-April. 5.50; April May, 5.52ia; May-June. 5.55; June July, i .5Gia; July-August, 5.5S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
Takinqs of American spinners.

New Orleans, November 2.-Secretary Hester gives the taking of American cot ton by spinners throughout the world as follows in round numbers
 This week 357,0O0 this year, against 326,- O00 last year, and 3ii000 year before last.
 Total since September 1, this year, 1902 coo. against ,OO4,yO0 last year. and 1,774,- O0O the year before.
 Of this northern spinners and Canada took 34S 900 bales this year, against 406,- GOO last year, and 4l9.00O the year before; southern spinners 493.0o0 against 4SI ,0c0 last year. and 44S,000 the year before; and foreign spinners 1,o6l 900. against 1lll, oo0 last year, and sl2,OO0 the year before.
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Total Net Receipts.

New York, November 2.-The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports, since September l.:
 Galveston, 1,114456; New Orleans 452,- 34i; Mobile, 62, ,449; Savannah, 54509O; i; Charleston, 66,S34 Wilmington 150 729; Norfolk, 142,922; Baltimore. 412S; New York, 10s; Boston. 66; Newport News, 629; Philadelphia, 500; San Francisco, 16,- 5S9; Brunswick, fl, ,470; Port Townsend 10,524 Pensacola, 20,022; Port Arthur and Sabine Pass. 22,102; Jacksonville, SO3; La redo, Tex, 29i; minor ports, 4537. Total, 2,656S91 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
Metal Market.

New York, November 2.-fin higher in London, spot closing at e195 5s and futures at e196 5s. Locally, firm; spot, S42. 70 bid. and $43 asked. Copper higher in London, spot closing at G9S and futures ate9S 15s. Locally, very quiet. lake, 21.75N22 .5O; electrolytic $21 .50122; casting. s2l 25M2l. 70.
 Lead unchanged at s5.75m5.95 locally, and al e19 5s in London. Spelter lower at G27 12s 6d in London. Locally quiet; spot $6. .20n6.30. Iron unchanged abroad. stand ard foundry, BIS Sd and Cleveland war rants, DIS 7i&d. Locally unchanged. No. foundry, northern, $24. 25d25: No do do, s23. 75M24. .50; No. l do. southern. s24n2l 50; No. do do, $23. .50M24
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
a0 U rHERN RAILWAY co.

SeheduIe in Effect April 29, 1908. \. B. .-Foilowing schedule figures pub Ished only as information and are not guaranteed
 $40 am No. s. for Atlanta, Waabip~. ton. Baltimore, Philadelphia New York and the East. Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Car. Birmingham to NsW York. Dining Car. Blrmins- ham to Atlanta 500 a-m.-No. 19. for MontevaIlo. Ma plesvile Selma and way sta- tons.
 n:5 p.m.-No. s5. for Columbus, Wess Point, Winnna. Greenwood and Greenyiiie; also Sheffield and Florence and North Ala bama points. SEQ p.m.-No. 10. for Cordoya. Oakman. Corona and way stations: aIsI Blossburg.
 5:45 a.m.-No. 22. for Anniston. HeflIn ana way stations: also Rome Ca s:Co p.m.-No. S6, for Atlanta, Charlo.,e Richmond, Washington, New York and the East. Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham ts Richmond Va t.o6 p.m.-No. "A Anniston. Atlanta --.a way stations: also Tor Jack eonvtlle and all Florida points. also Tailadega. Ara. Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham ta Brunswick
 1o.20 p.m.-No. s7. for Columbus. wes. Point. Winona. Greenwood and Greenville. Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to Greenville. lo:25 pm.-No. q. for Selma, Mobile ana way stations. Pullman Draw. ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to Mobile. Il 50 pm.-No. 9S. for Atlanta, Annlston and way stations. Pullman Sleeping Car. Birmingham to Atlanta. Sleeping Car can os occupied at Union station s:3a D.
 ro- detailed information and sleeplnR car ervations apply passenger office. Morris Hotel Building. Telephone sos1 Bell and GIT Peoples. A. If. BONE, D. P. A
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