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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-04
: 1":-,N SNn NAVAL STORES.
t<ss-"1n:~ ~ Cotton md Naval Stores
Of the Port OF Wilmington Yestef.
day.
C.-3S6 bales cotton.

G. C.-386 bales cotton.
w. and Wis bales cotton, 2
casks spirits turpentine, II barrels
crude turpentine. .
W. c.. and A.-2,12o bales cotton.
10 casks spirits ~turpentine, IL barrels
rosin, 43 barrels tar, 8 barrels crude
turpentine.
A. and Y.-65S bales cotton, 20
spirits turpentine. Z barrels rosin. 2
barrels tar, 9 barrels crude turpen-
tine.
W. and N.-S9 bales cotton. 2
casks spirits ~turpentine. s barrels
rosin, II barrels crude turpentine. /
Whitlock-S casks spirits turpen-
tine, SIS barrels rosin. .
Johnson-2O bales cotton, l cask
spirits turpentine. 6 barrels rosin. As
barrels tar, 6 barrels crude turpen-
tine. -
T~otaI--4,00 bales cotton. ~ casks
spirits ~turpentine, SO barrels rosin, g
barres tar, 46 barrels crude turpen-,
tine. -!
Last year-4,265 bales cotton, So
casks spirits t~urpentine, 373 barrels
rosin, 9 barrels tar. 80 barrels crude
~turpentiTe. Is y rzasazzsg2essA
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Gaveston quiet at 12Ac; net receipts
7,14S bales.
ceipts 1856 bales.
Mobile quiet at Ike: net receipts
70S bales.
Savannah steady at 11Ac; net re-
ceipts 1852 bales.
Charleston quiet at 11kc; net re-
ceipts 1888 bales
Norfolk steady at 11Ac; net re-
ceipts 3,06S bales.
Baltimore nominal at 12c.
New York quiet at 11.60.
Boston quiet at 11.60>
Philadelphia steady al 11.S5c.
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MONEY MARkET,

New York, October 2.-Money on
call strong 44a@8 per cent, RULING
rate s, closing bid s, offered at 10
Time loans dull and firm; sixty days
so per cent, and ninety days and
six months 6 per cent. with actual
business in bankers bills 4.8580@85
for demand and at 4.82@4.S245 for
sixty day bills. Commercial bills 4.S2.
silver 66%. Mexican dollars 51K.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

Chicago, October 2.-Wheat prices i'm
the local exchange advanced more than
n cent per bushel today because of
higher prices in the principal Euro
pean grain centers. At the close the
December delivery was up 3-8@1-2c.
Corn was down 7-801c. Oats were
a shade lower, and provisions z 1-2 to
II 1-2620c lower.
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT

Houston steady at II 1S-16c; net re-
ceipts 4,921 bales.
Augusta steady at 11?c: net receipts
3,407 bales.
Memphis steady at 11Kc; net re-
ceipts 1858 bales. G-fA
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. 2 spring wheat,
S1.06 q ITO; No. 8, 9S@$1.O5: No. 2
red, 95B0 $3.50; No. 2 orn 61k q &c:
No. 2 yellow 81 "a a 62Ac; No 2 oats
51Bc; No. 3 white Z @50kc; No. 2
Y SEC; fair to choice mailing $40
1.01; No. 1 northwestern 1925: clo-
yer contract grades $16.75; snort ribs
sides loose) s7.6507.75: mess pork
per Dbl s13,S5 @13.s5 lard per 1Se
lbs S8.92h: short clear sides (boxed)
s8.s$98.7sh; whAskeg basis OF h6sA
wines kf4H
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HIGH H1CRAE I CO..

Beg 10 announce the removal CT their
offices to rooms SIS, SIC and SIT, fifth
floor of the Southern Building. where
they will be pleased to have their
friends and clients call.
Special attention give cash ord1r2
for stocks and bonds listed on tn
New York and Baltimore stock ex-
changes.
Cotton mill stocks state bonds and
Deal securities.
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New York, October Cotton: Spot
quiet; middling uplands 11.6e; mid
ding gulf 1185: sales 125 bales.
Futures opened steady and closed
ctaa1v
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NAVAL STORES.

SPIRITS OF TURPENTEIE -
Steady, Size.
ROSIN-Quiet, s2.3e
TAR-Quiet, $3.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Hard.
se.75: dip. $500; virgin, s4.25.
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St. Louis, holiday; net receipts lis

bales.
Cincinnati, net receipts, 5s6 bales.
Louisville firm at 12Lc.
Total today-Net receipts. 12,els
bales; gross receipts. 1850 bales;
shipments, 1,O10 bales: sales. 1893
bales: stock, 101,551 bales.
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RECEIPTS AND EXP ORTS.

New York, October 2-Receipts at
the ports today 27,771 bales against
29,945 last week and 20. $40 asst year.
For the week 100000 bales against
220,199 last week and 313.576 las
year. Today's receipts at New Orleans
1,476 baes against 1901 last yea and
at Houston 1921 bales against 12,438
last year.
Total today. at ali ports-Net re-
ceipts 27,771 bales: xpores to Great
Britain,0: continent. 14.1~%; stock.
419.342 bales.
Consolidated at ali ports-Net re-
ceipts $1,000 bales: exports to Great
Britain, 1922; France, 1864; CONT
nent. S3.15S.
Total since Sept 1sr at all ports
receipts 652.5e5 bales: exports to
Great Britain, ~164,591; France, TO-
ia; continent, 1886: Japan, %.
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/ Noff0 ~ Movements g. Ouoahons local & Fornsn ~ n O /
wv i Financial News & Other Market Reports

421z q 4Sh; good off summer 4Sh9
40; prime white SIS; prime winter
yellow 5Sc.
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LOCAL COTTON MARKET
Wednesday. Octobel

WeUntSudY. OCIUUCI =
COTTON-Steady, 11Ac.
Receipts of cotton today-4,0of
bales.
Receipts same day last year-4,265
bales.
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RECEIPTS TO-DAY.

Al casks spirits t~urpentine.
SO barrels rosin. 8.
81 barrels tar. e.
46 barrels crude tu~rpentine.
RHECETPTS SAME DAY LAST YEAR
SO casks spirits ~turpentine-
373 barrels rosin.
9 barrels tar.
% barrels crude
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Chicago, October 2.-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
Open High LOW Close
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PRODUCE.

COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanut3-NOrth Carolina prime
$1.35: extra prime, $1.AO; fancy, $3.50;
Virginia prime $40; fancy s1.20;
spanish $40.
REFSWAX-27c.
EGGS-18 zoe.
CONGRATULATIONS, 4ec: springs, rs
30 soc.
PrHK--S to 10c.
REEF--Cn foot 2 to SIC.
SWEET POTATOES 800.
N. C. BACON-Hams (old) lie:
shoulders ~ to 13c: sides IL to 13c.
SFIINGLES-Per 1000: 5-inch saps
81. 90: 5~inch hearts $3.50: 6-inch saps
$500: 6~inch hearts 1915.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Southern National Bank

At Wilmington. in the State Of North
Carolina, at the close OF business
August 22nd. 1907.
PECOIIPCEC
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Loans and Discounts. =. SO. S92O,6O9 81
OVeldrafts, secured aLd unsecured. Isl II
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation. 20O.uO1 IT,
e. S. Bonds to secure r.. 5. DEPOSITS $1,000 &c
prem1umS on n = Bonds Q 2Ni ~
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SLIDE.
st. Louis Browns Are Poor when
They Get on the BASES

St Louis June l5.-ln the present dis
cussion Of base-steallng fans should not
lose sight Of the fact that there is
great deal in knowing how to slide Not
every player can slide ike Chance. Wag-
ner, and Bresnahan, each Of whom gives
the baseman only the toe Of his shoe 70
touch
II the bagman is standing inside the
runner will slide outside and touch the
bag with his left toe. II the man who
is taking the throw stands behind the
bag the runner will slip inside and hook
the pad with his right toe. always throw
ing his body as far away as he can
without taking his toe beyond touching
distance Of the bag.
Not one man on McAleer's team can
make this slide with anything ike proper
skill, speed, or precision. Niles cannot
slide feet first in any fashion, and can
only go one way, straight in. hands first.
the least effective and most dangerous
TO the runner-slide Of all. Pickering
Jumps straight in with his feet. Stone and
HemphlH modify this bit and 20 In
side. or out. fairly well but not with any
thing ike the skill they should. Then,
not one Of these men gets anything like a
good start.
On Monday last, Bresnahan, even with
his cricket guards on mis- legs. showed
spectators at League Park how easy il
was only a good runner to steal third
Twice he slid so far around Byrne that
he came into the base from the foul line
The third baseman did not have any idea
where he was. While he was looking for
him TO his left, Bresnahan was actually
on his right. having gone clean around
him. and come in from the opposite direc-
ton.
Bresnahan is far from fast. The cricket
guards did not assist his speed. But he
got a good start and knows how to steal
A man with the speed Niles possesses
should be able TO steal bases almost at his
pleasure Yet much slower men-Flick,
ConrOy. Oldring, D9ugherty, DOnohue, &c.
-immeasurably exceed him in perform
ance. -Four of McAleer's fast men, Niles.
Stone. Hemphill. and Pickering far exceed
all of these leading base runners in speed
of foot Yet, not one of them cuts any
figure in the way of stealing bases.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
ANOTHER STAR FOR PENN.
Hammer-thrOwinE Marvel from In
diana Normal school.

indianapolis. Ind, June l5.-Prof. Jack,
who has charge Of athletics at Indiana
Normal. has done wonders with his boys.
In the dual meet with Kiski Indiana
just walked away with the meet
Prof Jack has produced another Talbot
in the person of the giant Empheld.
Empfield will be even a more valuable
man than Talbot. OF Mercersburg. Talbot
is Just good for the weight events. while
Empfield is not only good in these, but
won the high jump at feet inches. and
was jumping so easily that he might
have cleared feet In the broad jump
he Just stepped 70 feet 8 inches.
In the hammer throw Empfeld could
nowhere find space enough to throw il.
He threw IN a space that had been cleared
In the woods This would have been
ample for an ordinary man, but so high
and far did Empfield huH the hammer
that he always hit the trees. Once ne
actually threw it over a seyenty-fye-foot
tree. and in all probability would have
tied Talbots record Of lgS feet. but the
hammer struck another tree, and this
stopped its progress. Even at that. It
was one of his best throws. going 137 feet
inches
Prof Jack will have his young giant
I'm Pittsburg on the Fourth, and promises
to do wonders with him, If the fireworks
and crowd do not have a tendency TO
scare him He enters Penn this fall and
viii make a record-breaker under Mike
Murphy.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
ALTROCK'S MINSTREL TROUPE.
How the White SoK XIII Time on n
Rainy Afternoon.

/ 81. in the Chicago Tribune
/ Nick Altrock has a scheme 20 cut out
! the comedy baseball which the Sox
/ have been playing at times lately, and
| switch to negro minstrel performance
He had the sox rehearsing at the
/ Arlington, end has an idea Of invit-
/ ing President Roosevelt and his Cabinet
/ 70 witness the initial performance on any
stage II the players meet his expectations
/ as comedians.
/ Altrock. as librettist. has exempted him
/ self from taking active part Excerpts
/ from Nick's libretto follow:
Interlocutor BardeH asks Bones Hahn:
We'll. Mr.. Hahn. how are you feeling
/ tonight"
I feel just ike a kitchen stove, profess
sor.'
"Hows that. Mr.. Hahn2'
Crate. professor"
/ Here Manager Jones enters. pours two
gallons Of STANDARD oil on the CRATE,
/ lights a match, and blows OF. sending
Bones OF the stage.
Interlocutor turns 70 Tamho Quillin
with solicitude as TO his feelings.
/ We'll. professor. I'm feeling Ike A
/ compete Of cantaloupe and green apples. %
"How's that, M Quillin?'
! "Melancholic. professor.
| After a brief wait for the audience to
/ drive the perpetrator of this one of the
platform the S0x quartet soothes the
/ spectators by rendering with barber shop
| harmony The Old Oaken Bucket"
The quartet is composed OF f. Walsh.
| first base; y AltroCk. second base, Z.
/ Mcfarland. third base, G. White, home
/ base. doc lives here
Quiet being restored. Bones IsbeN asks,
Professor. what's a lemon fshr
Who ever heard OF that2 Can YOU tell
me. Mr.. Isbell. what is a lemon fish,
Yes. sir, a ssrdine.'
Somebody told YOU
Tambo Donohue cuts IN here with.
doc. why is 1907 like a lumber wagon
You've said something. Mr.. Tambo. but
don't know what. Now, why is lum-
Der wagon ike 1902
Because there's no spring in #. pro
fessor."
Sledge hammer chorus by travelling war
correspondents interrupts the programme
here. after which B. Sullivan inquiries:
Professor. since scientists have disc0v-
cred in our Nick the missing link between
man and the animal kingdom. can you
tell me what is the link between the ami
NAL and the vegetable Kingdoms
That's too easy. Mr.. SulIivan-hash, Of
course. Pass the mustard. please
"Cut ouJ the mustard" interrupts Man
ager Jones What you all need is ginger.
| in carload lots"
/. This produces a period Of roughhouse,
during which the stage is cleared for the
aftsr-piece In this the topline features
include an exhibition Of tame performing
cells by Messrs. Walsh and Smith, black
face monologue by Mr. NJ. Welday en-
titled Graveyard Dust is Graveyard
Dust. That's All"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
PENN'S TEAM WITHDRAWN.
Field and Track Athletes Out of the
Meet at jamestown.

Philadelphia, June 15-Penn's athletic
team. which won the intercollegiate at
Boston. had expected 10 be taken 70 the
college championship contests at the
jamestown Exposition. but the athletic
authorities AT the Quaker institution have
decided otherwise. and consequently. II
any of the Red and Blue boys compete
in the South IL will be under other col
ors than those Of their university.
There were several reasons for the ac-
ton on the part Of the authorities. In
the FIRST place. the men have not been
keeping up their training and are not In
as good condition as they should be. They
were pointed for the intercollegiates. and
after that meet they naturally let down
I'm their training The result would be
that their performances would be consld-
erably short II their best There would
be nothing to gain al jamestown but
some trophies, and II would add very lit
tie 10 their prestige.
In addition. several Of the Quakers are
going % compete in the New York games.
which follow closely on the jamestown
meeting. and when the men begin train
ing again they will be pointed toward
these games. Taking a long trip. with
the accompanying hustling around they
would do, would put them in poor shape
for the events in New York
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
AMONG THE BOXERS.

Hughey McGovern and Eddy Kelly will
meet at Niagara FANS June IS.
Harry Harris and Kid Singer have
been matched TO box in New York this
week
Joe Gregg and Maurice Savers have
been matched to box at Milwaukee
June q
Tommy Murphy and Charley Neary
have been offered a Sl,5O0 purse to box at
Milwaukee next month.
Mayor Becker. Of Milwaukee. will not
stand for any new boxing clubs being
opened in that city. He considers three
sufficient
a Denver promoter has offered Cans
and Jimmy Gardner a 5000 purse to
box on July T. Cans wants $1,000 added
to the purse.
Jim Coffroth, the San Francisco pro-
moter, who is going to pull off the
Burns-Squires battle July I. figures II will
cost him $4,000 TO hold the bout. With
big car strike on and other promoters
going to hold the Britt-Nelson fight the
night before, Coffroth does not feel GER
tain Of getting that amount back
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
Her Fortune as II Was Told ny m
Irish Crystal Gazer.

Mrs. Wiggtn married George c. Riggs
In 1905. says the Book News Monthly.
Since her second marriage she has
spent a large part Of her time abroad;
her summers on this side are passed in
Hollis. Me. where she has picturesque
country home. and where she has done
most of her writing recently. The Saco
River flows close to her house. and this
musical stream figures in some Of her
books-"Rose y the River" is. in fact.
a romance Of the Saco The reign is
beautiful-an ideal spot for cultivating
the imagination. Quillcote Us a Colonial
mansion. roomy and comfortable. and
the little village of Hollis. with its sur
roundings. is full Of interest to one
who has tender recollectiOns of child
hood days passed there.
Mrs. riggs has written a number Of
books on kindergarten methods. but
these. of course. take second place
among her achievements. Her greatest
work has been done in portraying little
people as she has seen and known
them-hCr whole Interpretation being
saturated with sympathetic apprecia-
ton. There is one interesting story
told that will bear repeating Mrs
Riggs was in County Meath. Ireland
and crystal gazer told her fortune.
You have many children" she said
L have no children" replied the au-
thor.
But l see them; they are coming
still coming. Oh, so many little ones:
they are clinging to you: you are sur
rounded by them. They are the chill
dren of a relative?" she queried. No?
II cannot understand. l see them, >"
she insisted.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
TURNER'S GOING TO MEET.
Columbia TurnVerein viii Send
Gymnasts to Wilmington Tourney.

There is a stir within the circles of the
Columbia Turnverein as the biennial
gymnastlc meet of the Philadelphia dis
trict OF the North American Union. in
Wilmington. Del, June o, a, and .. is
drawing near.
The Columbia Turnverein Is TO be rep
resented at the meet by a team OF eight
and two substitutes, it being the first
team that has been sent 10 any meet in
the last fifteen years. and. according to
the veterans Of the society. it is the
strongest team that has ever been sent
TO any gymnastic meet within the history
Of this society
The members of the society are conf
dent of the success of their team at this
meet, although they realize that some Of
the best gymnasts will be entered
The Philadelphia district of the \. A.
c, L. is composed Of fifteen German
gymnastic societies, comprising the cities
of Philadelphia, Pa; Baltimore, Nd; Will
mington. Del; Riverside. n j.; Reading.
Pa. Tioga, Pa, and Washington. D. c,
making a representation of over $50 active
gymnasts who viii participate al that
meet.
The members Of the team sent by the
Columbia Turnverein are Robert H.
Stelzner, In group 3; Karl Kollmer, Alvin
Schmidt, Paul Arndt, John ShedIer, Her
mann Schmidt, Herbert Becke and Rube
Dinowitzer. In group 2; with Gustav
Schmidt and Joseph Wilson as sub
stitutes.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
A. Britt0n. handicap. 6.
Z 2 2
THE OUTLAW.
BY WILLIAM KIRK.


The grimy little magnates Of Manhattan's East Side
league
Had figured out the schedule and were painting with
fatigue
The managers had signed their men, at wages within
reason.
And everything was ready for another baseball season.
And Skinny Pete was worried. for his club was not
complete
Till Patsy Flynn reported-Patsy Flynn. Of Hester
stree
He'll come, all right" said skinny Pete; he
dassent t'Tow me down
Dat kid would sooner pitch for me dan any guy in
town.
He's got de SWEETEST snitball dat pitcher ever vet
And if he comes-o' course, he'll come-well. we're
de one best bet"
Scarce had this declaration passed the lips Of skinny
Pete
When Patsy Flynn, the twirler, hurried in from
Hester street.
We'll, kids" he said, de stuff is OIL s'pose dat
I'm a dub.
But can't buy uniform to play wild dis here
club.
It's Jest cap and shirt and pants wid trlmmin's
on de side.
ne mudder wants to stake me. but she couldn't, if
she tried
l know shed like TO buy dem toys. because seen
her cry;
guess III chuck de East Side league and be an
outlaw guyl'
The Washington herald., 1907-06-16
.PENNSY MAY GET Big MEET
Smaller Colleges Strongly Urge Sc
lection Of Franklin Field.
COrneIrs Vote viii Decide Where
the INTERCOLLEGIATE Games VIII lie
Held Next Year.

Philadelphia. June 15-The next l. c.
\. \. \. A. track and field championships
may be held on Franklin Field, If the cry
of the smaller colleges and two members
of the Big -Four is hardened to by the
executive committee
All of the minor institutions Of learn
/ ing. and they have certainly a positive
/ right 20 demand consideration. and their
plea that Cambridge is untitled as a place
TO hold the big games, is not without
reason. favor IT,
Michigan. PENIS bitterest foe and best
friend. strongly urges Franklin Field as
the best place. The Wolverines scored %
points. one less than Yale and Harvard
combined. and being the farthest away
from the scene are entitled to all the
consideration that can be given them.
Athletes who have competed In all sec
tons Of the country do not hesitate TO
say that Franklin Field has the finest
cinder path in the country, under any
conditions.
Coaches all admit that the commodious
Weightman gymnasium. with its splendid
equipment. is large enough and conven-
/ iently near the track TO suit all com
petitors. When the new training house is
completed. and 1t is nearly built now, the
Red and Blue team would give the entire
space in the gym 10 their rivals.
The Eastern colleges are all familiar
with Franklin Field. and more so than
any other but their own, because they
compete yearly here IN the famous relay
games. Even Michigan. Chicago. Illinois,
and several Of the Western institutions
come to Philadelphia for these games and
know more about Murphy's track than
any other In this section Of the land
From a financial standpoint the games
would be q huge success. There is no
would be a huge success. There IS no city
in the United States which ranks with
Philadelphia as supporter Of college
sports. and instead Of a scant 300. as
came 10 Cambridge, Mass. the games
would attract at least 1900 spectators,
and possibly more
4 90 yards susightaway and a quar-
ter Of a mile with a single turn can be
had on Franklin Field. and the hammer
throw may be held inside Of the field and
not off on a lot as was the case at Cam
bridge.
The choice for next seasons games is
said to be between Penn and Yale Cor
nelTs vote is said 70 decide the matter.
and the IthaCans will probably cast their
vote where the Crimson does. as they
have been quite chummy with Harvard
here Of late