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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET

New York. March 16.-The cotton
market opened steady It a decline of
2 to 5 points, which was rather better
than due on the cables. and steadied
up a point or two during the first few
minutes on covering. But the Houston
estimate for Monday was large, senti-
ment around the ring seemed bearish
and in the absence of bull support the
market weakened and sold off about 1G
to II points. Trading was moderately
active on the decline but almost en-
tirely professional.
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NEW LEA MARKET.

New Orleans, March 16.-Spot cotton
closed quiet and unchanged; middiing
10 1916; sales were 900 bales Cd the
spot and 200 to arrive. Futures opened
steady from 3 to Z points below yes
terday's close. This falling of in the
prices was attributed to the unfayor-
able response of the Liverpool market
to the advance in New Orleans and
New York Yesterday. Sales were small.
The closing was quiet and steady prices
ranging from six to nine points below
yesterdays close. .ttlffr
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The c. w. PolyOgt Co. Opening.

The ladies of Wilmington and nearby
towns will read with delight that an
.nOuncement of the c. w. Polvogt Cos
opening Tuesday n Wednesday of
this week. This firm will show a swell
line of imported pattern hats and Gre
ations from their own work o TIE
millinery department will be decorated
with Japanese lanterns, potted plants,
cut flowers and drapery. Souvenirs will
be given away during the opening days.
During these two days the coat and
suit department will exhibit the largest
assortment of ladies suits ever shown
in Wilmington.
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PRODUCE.
Corrected by
w. Il. Cooper, Wholesale Grocer

CCFFEE--9A to 12h.
FL.OUR-Straights $3.75 to s4.06;
second patents $4,25; full patents
$3.50
MOLASSES-S. House l5c: New Or
leans brights FAC: Porto Rico 81 to 40c
SALT-Prices car oad lots 100 lbs
c. F. 41Hc; 200 lbs c. f. 75c; 200 lbs.
F. F. soc; less than car load lots, 100
lbs c. f. 45c
SUGAR-Granulated $3.50; w. c.
X. No. 5 $3.50; No. ! $4.35: No 9
S4.25: No. II $4.25.
compound &c.
CORNING. 2 mixed 6-h to 10.
MEAL-North Carolina $1.31; Wiz
ginia $1.31.
OATs-No. 2 mixed SIS to zoe, white
seed oats 60c.
HAY-No. 1 Timothy S23 to s25.E
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina prime
SIPS: extra prime $3.50; fancy $40;
Spanish $1.40.
BEESWAX-27c.
ECGS-18 "a zoe.
CHICKENS-Hens 35c: springs 20
to sec.
TURKEYS--Alive zoe; dressed 25c.
PORk--S to 10c.
REFF-On FOOT 2 to Sac.
SWEET POTATOES-$l.25.
\. c.. BACON-Hams (Old} lie;
shoulders II to f3c: sides IL to 13c.
SFINGLES-Per 1000; 5-inch saps
$500: 5 .incE hearts $3.50: 6-inch saps
5000; 6~inch hearts $5.75.
TIMBER
Per M. Extra milling. So so to $40 90
Mn prime -. 80 to 90
Mill fair ...... SO to S 90
Common mill :. :. 6 90 to I SO
LOGS-Select $500: No. l $3.50;
knOtty $3.50.
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PORT MOVEMENT OF COTTON.

Galveston quiet at II 3-16c: net re-
ceipts 11,787 bales.
New Orleans quiet at 10 15-16c. net
receipts 1903 bales.
Mobile quiet at 102c: net receipts,
100 bales.
Savannah quiet at 1014c: net receipts
3,00f bales.
Charleston firm at 1O1zc; net re-
ceipts = bales.
Wilmington steady at 1O14c: net re-
Ceipts $40 bales.
1912 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 11Zc.
New York steady at 11.25c; net re-
ceiptS As bales.
Boston nominal at 11.25c: net re-
ceipts 4S3 bales.
Philadelphia nominal at I1.50c; net
receipts so bales.
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NAVAL STORES MARKET.

New York, March 16.-Turpentine
steady at 77h0 IS. Rosin quiet; strain
ed, common to good, S4.45G $50.
Savannah. March 16.-Turpehtlne
firm 74&c bid; sales n receipts Il;
shipments 3.5S.
Rosin steady; sales $50; receipts So;
shipments 1882; stock 50,219.
Quote: 4. 3. c. D. s4.20; Z. s4.25; r.
$3.50; G. s4.35: II. s4.55;I. $3.50; <.
$3.50: NJ. $3.50; n. SIS: w. G. 60;
W. W. $6.25.
Charleston March 16.-Turpentlne
and rOsin n doing.
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WILL MEET HERE THIS WEEK
Inter State Convention of Young
Mems Christian Association
Nearly o Delegates Expected to At
tend-Govcrnor Glenn to Make Adj
drcss-Tcntative Programme as An
nOunccd Ivy Secretary Huntington.

The most interesting event Of the
coming week will be the interstate
convention of the Young Mems Christ
ian Associations of North and South
Carolina, to be held in this city Tor
three days beginning with next Friday.
Every indication points to the fact that
there will be a very large attendance,
something in the neighborhood Of 200
delegates being expected. The members
of the Woman's Auxiliary have under
taken to find homes among the friends
of the association for all these visitors,
and while they have met with a meas
ure of success, there still remain quite
a number unassigned.
The tentative program for the con-
vention as recently announced was as
follows:
The conference of student association
presidents will be held at 10 a. III. in
the association building, Mr.. c, D.
Daniel, Interstate secretary, presiding.
The convention proper will be called
to order at $3.50 o'clock IN the after.
noon. After a devotional talk by Mr..
A. G. Knebel, of New York, who was
formerly Interstate secretary for the
Carolinas, the formal organization will
take place, and the annual report of
the Interstate executive committee will
be presented.
The service at night will be held IN
Grace M. E. church at which time His
Excellency, Governor r. B. Glenn, will
deliver an address on "The Need of
Christian Young Men in the CaroliEas''
Mr.. Knebel will open the convention
with another devotional talk on Sat
urday morning and will be followed by
the religious work director, of tne
Washington, D. c., association, Mr.. H.
W. Arnold, who will conduct a cen
ference upon the religious work Of the
association.
The annual meeting of the inter-
Estate executive committee will be held
at l .. m.
I At the afternoon session MI. W. D.
WeatherfOrd, of Atlanta, Ga, will pre-
sent the topic, After College What?'
and Mr.. Chas. r. Towson, industrial
secretary Of the international commit
tee will present twentieth Century
Boys Work"
The ladies of Wilmington are pre-
pairing to give a banquet to the dele
gates and business men of this city
Saturday afternoon. at which time
there will be a number of short adj
dresses on the different departments
of association work by specialists.
The services on Sunday will be OF
popular interest. a fellowship meeting
will be held at $50 a. m. and the D IL
pits will be filled by visiting speakers
at IL a. m. A mass meeting for men
will be held at the Academy Of Music
in the afternoon, Mr.. A. G. KnebeI con-
Quoting the same. A meeting for bows
will also be held with Mr.. Charles R,
Towson as leader.
The closing session of the convention
will be held that night at the First
Baptist church.
The annual conference and dinner
of the employed officers of the associ-
alton will be held on Monday at which
time topics relative to employed Of
fcers' life and duties will be presented.
-
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CONDITION OF MIKE BRYANT.
Injured Man Holding His Own
Thought Slight Improvement Has
Been Made.

Inquiry at the hospital last night
concerning the condition Of Mr.. Mike
Bryant who was shot, and it was at
first thought fatally wounded IN IN
encounter with Mr.. Tom Simmons,
which occurred late Friday afternoon
at Fifth and Castle streets. brought
out the news that the injured man Is
somewhat improved and the chances
are thought to be fair for his recovery.
He is not considered by any means
to be out of danger, but he has held his
own so We'll. that hopes are given out
for his recovery.
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Cotton Movements H'osn sc & Quotations 70 G,ss.1 Local ss 8 Eerssn
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

New York, March 1.-THE dry goods
market was generally quiet today, with
prices holding firm. Linens and bur
laps were higher. White goods were
scarce. The jobbing house trade held
good.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, March lG.-Grain prices sui
fercd sharp declines today on renewed
selling by discouraged holders. buy
ing by shorts, however. caused "a stead
Ter tone during the latter part of the
day. At the close May wheat was of
IA. Corn and pats were cach down is
and IA. Provisions were unchanged
10 7 Lee lower.
Chicago. March I6.-Thc leading Cf-
lures ranged as follows:
ODen Iirh Inw CInrn
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT of COTTON

Houston steady at 11hc: net receipts
5.515 bales.
Augusta quiet at 1890; net receipts
1,347 bales.
Memphis steady at 10 3-1Sc; net re-
ceipts 2.152 bales.
St Louis. net receipts. 1 bales.
Cincinnati. net receipts. so7 bales.
Louisville firm at lie.
Total today net receipts 9.S22 bales;
gross receipts. 1886 bales: shipments.
s.77s bales: sales. 2,45s bales: stock,
2a7.tI1 ktRnL
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COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
Receipts of Cotton and Naval Stores
at the Port of Wilmington Yester-

at the Port of Wilmington Yester-
day.
C. C.-22 bales cotton, IA barrels
tar.
w. and W-37 bales cotton, 1 bar
rel crude ~turpentine. ......
w. c. and A.-344 bales cotton, 2
casks spirits turpentine, il barrels
rosin. AZ barrels tar, II crude turpen-
tine.
A. and Y.-G6 bales cotton, ? casks
spirits tu~rpentine, 43 barrels tar.
w. and N.-157 bales cotton.
Alice--14 bales cotton, Al barrels tar
2 barrels crude ~turpentine.
Raft-|7S6 barrels rosin.
Total--64O bales cotton, 5 casks
spirits turpentine, sos barrels rosin,
144 barrels tar, "A barrels crude tur-
pcntine.
Last years. bales cotton, 6 casks
spirits ~turpentine. 326 barrels, rosin,
III barrels tar, 81 barrels crude tur-
pentine.
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RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.

Total today, at all ports, net re-
ceipts 1898 bales: exports to Great
Britain. ",491 bales: c%ontinent35. sos:
stock, 99964I.
Consolidated at all ports, net re-
ceipts 1898 bales; exports to Great
Britain, 9,491 BALES: continent, $500.
Total since September lst, at all
ports, net receipts, S,665,S35 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain. 3.047,s11 bales:
France, 763,4G3; continent 2,701,25a.
Japan, 1925. -
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THE MONEY MARKET.

New York. March 16.-Money on
call nominal. Time loans not strong:
sixty and ninety days 62 to Z per cent:
six months 6 bid. Prime mercantile
paper 606A per cent; sterling ex-
change fairly steady with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 4.831Om
4.S32O for demand and 4.7S6O04.7S65
for sixty day bills. Posted rates 1900
4.80h and 4.S4R@4.85. Commercial
bills 4.78.A0h. Bar silver 67E; Mex
lean dollars So.
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COTTON RECEIPTS

NSsy York. March ts.-RecstDts at
the ports today 25.ssG bales against
SO. s0i bales last week and 1870 last
year For the week t~cstiTnat~dl l60,-
900 bales against lS1.5s5 last week and
l15, AS2 last year Today.s receipts at
New Orleans $500 bales against 3.SS6
hast year. and at Houston J.5is bales
against $500 last year.
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Wheeling. W. Va, March 15.-The
crest of the flood passed this City at 9
.. m. The water reached a stage of al
most so feet and then began to re
cede at the rate of one inch an hour
The city and surrounding towns on
both sides of the river are completely
cut off from the world by rail and
steamer. Every foot of Wheeling
is submerged and 1000 residents
have been driven to upper floors. It is
estimated five thousand homes are
flooded, affecting $4,000. people. The
property loss will reach half a million
dollars. One fatality is reported that
a Wheeling island resident who is
missing and was last seen in a skiff
last midnight. t@.}s
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The winds Of March have ma terror
for the user Of DeWitt's Carbolized
Witch Hazel Salve.. 1t quickly heols
chappeA and cracked skin. Good too,
for boils and burns. and andoabte1ly,
tAs best reAek for Piles. Sold here by
r. II. BeIlauEy. r
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LOCAL COTTON MARKET.

Saturday. March 16.
cOrTON-Steady, 10kc.
Receipts of cotton todav-646 balES,
Receipts this season to date
304.21O bales.
Receipts same day last years
bales.
Receipts same season last year
282.016 bales.
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q. S. AND OTHER BONDS.

L. s. refunding Is registered ...1o5
L. ). refunding IS coupon ....1O5h
Z. 5. IS registered. :. ..103h
u. >. SIS COUPON . =. 1882
q. S. old Is registered ......1OOM
e. S. old As coupon. ....1O1%
.. S. New As registered ........13O
U. S. new As coupon ......13
American Tobacco As .... 70
American Tobacco 6s ...1O8
ArchiSOn gen. As =. .....,.1OOH
Atchison adjustment is ........ 90
Atlantic Coast Line As ........ 94A
Baltimore and Ohio As =. 1ooH
Baltimore and Ohio 316s -. 91H
Central of Georgia as -. ....1OSK
Central of Georgia 1st Inc ..... SO
Central Of Georgia 2nd Inc -. IS
Central of Georgia 3rd Inc =. :. 66
Chesapeake and Ohio AIS ..1O1
Hooking Valley 4hs ......1O3Z
Denver and Rio Grande As s4k
Louisville and Nash. Unified As ..1OOA
Manhattan con. gold As F.. ...., 99k
National r. f. of Mexico con. As 85b
New DIRK Central gen. 31As -. 91%
Pennsylvania CIV 31as -. ....... e4h
Norfolk and Western con. As .shrsh
S~eabOard Air Line As -. "a
Southern Pacific 1st As cert 49,. 91b
Southern Railway 5S =. ........109
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CLOSING PRICES

New York. March i6.-Cotton- Spot
closed steady. middling uplands Iils.
middlinS gull ll.5O. sales TO Futures
closed steady
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MAshEO Between CARS

Accident Occurred in a Georgia Town
on Thursday and Details Have Not
Yet Been ACKNOWLEDGMENT Was
Formerly a Well known Young Git
iZen.
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5 casks spirits ~turpentine.
0 barrels rosin.
IA barrels tar
II barrels crude turpeEtine.
.1.<Eti'iS SAME DAY LAST YEAR.
8 casks spirits turpentinc.
326 barrels rosin.
Ill barrels tar
81 barrels crude t~urpentine.
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SCHOONERS.

board.
SCHOONERS.
India (Swedish). G62 tons, Hamr1ar-
lund. Heide and Co.
J.. B. Rabel, $50 tons, Griffin, 6. d.
Mafftt.
Charles J.. Doomis, COS tons, War
rem, to Q. D. Maffitt.
Ella NJ. Story, Ar tons, Green. to
c.. D. Nafftt.
R. T. Rundlett, 219 tons. Johnson,
C. D. Mafftt.
Perry Setter, 1,26S tons, Blake. c. D.
Mafftt.
HoratioL. Baker. 720 tons, Mohr. c.
c.. D. Mafftt.
Horace P. shares, 392 tons, Flynn,
c. D. Mafftt.
Everett Webster. 3Ss tons, Maxwell.
c. D. Mafftt.
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NAVAL STORES.

NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE -
Nothing doing.
ROSIN-Firm, s4.12A.
TAR Firm, $3.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Firm
hard 1885; dip $3.50: Virgin $3.50.
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Buy a nice lot at Mercer Place. 1t
will pay city rents and saw city taxes.
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NASH u"uoIdIlOnS We're as follows
flour easy: winter patents S3I0m
$40: straights 2.9O63.15: snring pat
ents $&.4OQ3.5O: straights $500 N ). 2 o
Bakers $500 n ESQ: No. , spring
wheat, 790S3; No. 3, 72m82; No 2
red 72& D74Bc: No. . corn, i3Ac: No.
2 yellow 44Ac; 10. . oats. 39Mc; No. .
white Az 42c: No. 3 white 1914 IN
41c; No. 2 rye Csc: fair to choice malt
ing 69D72c; No. | flax seed. tI.i4Z 4:
No. ] North Western Sl2iA: prime
timothy seed $4.45: clover contract
grades $14.75: short ribs. sides QooseD
1888 $40; mess pork per Dbl
$15.S7k m16.0O lard per 100 lbs S.p2h.
short clear sides (bOxedD S.87hm9.2J:
whiskey basis Of high wines. Si.29
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STOCKS N Hs.yDs

Southern cotton mih stock fer the
week ending Saturday furnished by
HUGH MacRAH & Co., bankers. Will
mington, II. c.
Bid. Asked.
A. -. L. Of Con. IS ......1os -
c. r. L. and p. Co. pfd. ..1e0 -
c.. r.. L. and p. Co. eom. 60 -
earsffna Insurance CHE
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VESSELS IN PORT
\

Cayo. Largo (Br.) 2.223 tons, Davey,
Alexander Sprunt and Son.
Ossabow, (Am.) 2,045 tons. New
York. Webb, to F. A. Fetter, agent Sea-
board.
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e... .so ,1hs Kina You raya Always Bousk
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a. c. L. of Cor ST. -
w. n N As -. 80. 97h 80
North Carolina IS . ....lOoA l0lis
North Carolina 6s ..-- 1894
C. r. L. and p. Co S.. 90
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Accidental Happenings.

w. c. Albrecht. twenty years old,
died in Chicago from injuries received
during a football game.
A f1ve-story building at 226 Lake
street, Chicago, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at 5000, 600.
Five men were drowned at Katalla,
IN Alaska, according to information
brought by the British steamship Sar.
atoga.
Two miners are known to have been
killed and at least three injured in an
explosion at the Kimberly mines two
miles east of Jacksonville. Ohio. The
mine employees about $50 miners, but
1t is not known Just how many were
In the mines at the time of the explo.
sion.
Four persons were killed, ten are
In the hospital and more than a score
were more or less injured in a head.
on collision Of two Sherman Heights
street carr. near the city limits Of
Chattanooga Confusion of signals is
said to have been the cause of the &C.
cident.
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T@f[fGRAPHfRS
NOW SEEK PEACE
NEW PRESIDENT SENDS COMMIT.
TEE TO THE COMPANY OF.
FlClAlS,
MAY REJECT MERGER SCHEME

Milwaukee. Oct. 81. - The conven.
ton of the Commercial Photographers
union adjourned sine die last night
after electing w. w. Beattie of Wash
ington, ID. c., as president; II. ]. Horn.
Cincinnati, first vice president, and A.
9. Ewing, st. Louis, Mo-, third vice
president.
Orville A. Glen retains his office as
second vice president. Frank Likes
of Chicago and c. M. P. Smith of Salt
Lake were added to the executive
board.
The first official act of President
Beattie was to appoint two commit
tees, of three each, to go to New York
to endeavor to negotiate with the Off
Gals of the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies. respectively,
with a view to bringing about a settle
ment of the strike.
May Be Rejected.
Another committee consisting of five
members was appointed to go to st.
Louis to meet officials of the Order of
Railway Photographers relative to the
PlOpOolllou vi dllIdlSolllcLlOu Will lciL
order.
That the Order of Railwa., Telegra.
pliers will refuse to accept the Union
of Commercial Photographers to melu-
bersnip under a plan of amalgamatiin
suggested was the declaration of a
Milwaukee railway operator, who says
that a large majority of his %organiza-
tion is opposed to the move.
Accuse the Companies.
The convention adopted resolutions
declaring that the telegraph compa-
MES have been accepting messages
which have been sent by mail to des-
tination and there copied for delivery
to the persons addressed.
Local unions are urged to appeal to
their senator's and congressman to
support a movement to secure investi-
CATION by congress.
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Grimes,

William G.. Cummings, a laborel
aged seventy years, was held up and
robbed of II cents at Waterloo. low
it is alleged, by two Italian tramDs.
Angered by the frequency OF his
wife's visits to a dentist prompted G
e. Burch of Chicago to kill his wife
and then turn his revolver upon him
self. Both are dead.
Mrs. Bertha Niederpruden commit
ted suicide by throwing herself in
front of a trolley car at Detroit. Hel
body was wound up in the gear of the
car and dispembered.
Following a quarrel over a transfer
slip on a Polk street car at San Fran.
cisco, Charles Moss was shot and in.
stantly killed and two other passen.
gers wounded by the conductor.
Crazed with drink and jealousy
William Rainey, a young grocer Of
Brunswick. Ga, shot and mortally
wounded his wife. He then placed
the revolver to his head and fired, dy.
ing instantly.
Engaged in a fistic encounter at
Marquette, Mich, with a playmate
aged fourteen, Edmund Leroux, sew.
enteen years old, suddenly fell to the
ground and expired. The quarrel orig.
mated In a dispute at a football game.
An inquest will be held.
Amassa Campbell, the millionaire
lumberman from Amigo, Wis, slayer
Of DR.. Harris, is in the hospital at
the county jail in Chicago with a
broken leg. Campbell received his in.
1uries in a fight with his cellmate in
murderers' row. According to a story
told by his attorney, Campbell, who is
a most exemplary prisoner, was at.
tackled by his cellmate because OF
some slight affront.
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Hurryina to the Scene.
MAKE EVANS VICE ADMIRAL.
Plan to Raise Rank of Commander oil
Great Battleshin Fleet

Washington, Oct. 30. - The great
battleship fleet which is to make its
way from the Atlantic to the Pacific
will probably be commanded by a vice
admiral, and that officer is now Rear
Admiral Robley d. Evans. OF course
this is conditional upon congress CIV
ing it's sanction to the proposal that
will be made by the executive to es-
tablish this new rank in the navy.
Rear Admiral Evans is going to sail
in command of the most powerful fleet
that ever gathered under the Ameri-
can flag. Not only that; he COM
mands more battleships of modern
type than any other naval officer in
the world. and the only officer whose
blue pennant floats over a more nu-
merous fleet of all kinds Of warships
is Lord Charles Beresford. and he is
OF even greater rank than a vice adj
miral, being an admiral like Dewey.