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LISTA DE pREClOS.

Estampador De una Inca, no mas que 2 liz pulgadas de largo. .15c
Cada Inca adiconal en- 81 mismo e~stampador,1 Toe.
~Estampador de una Inca mas que 2 liz pero no mas que 8 IL pull
gaoas de largo ..... . .... (. b. \. ...... n. u. 200
Cada Inca ADDITIONAL en- Ell mismo e~stampador, 15c.
~Estampador de una Inca, mas que 8 12 pero no mas que cinco pull
gadas de largo, por pulgada. N. IN. &c
Cada linea ADDITIONAL, 81 msmo precio.
Lineas encorbadac en- Ell contador del Estampador como dos lineas.
ornamentos De todas fornas, en- Inca De tres ~pulgadas, 2c adicio-
males.
Tamanos mas grandes q precos proporcionados.
Donde Ell tpo que Sc ua es mas que media pulgada en- tamano. car
gamos por una Inca por cada una media pulgada 0 Fraction.
FECHAS, ETC.
Fechador local. cualquier plaza, y fecha pr dnz amos. ". I. 1. 100
Fechador del Diario, mes, da ano en- liz %pulgada. U. ...... SOC
Fechador Regular de Linea. v. 35c
Defiance 0 Fechador Banda de Molde 4. ... $3.50
Firmas Fac Smile, Estampador dc Hule Grabado de Palo. $3.50
Protector "Pearl Check. 800
TABLETAS PARA TOMAR LA TINTA
PARA LOS TYPOS DII!JANSE IA LA
El Nuevo mexicano., 1907-01-26

sencillex, Ia cual sirvi6 para dar
realce q la OCCASION.
Los discusses fueron escucha.
dos con interes y aquellos que los
pronunciation fueron .aplaudldos
con f~recuencia.
No hubo discordia alguna, sino
que prevaleci6 una harmonic que
.hnria honor al gran Congreso dc
los Estados Unidos.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-16
NO TARIFF REVISION
Cannon Says Will be Undertaken by
Next Congress.

Washington, August 14.---There
will be no revision of the tariff by
the Sixtieth congress-. said Speaker
Joseph G.. Cannon. of the house OF
representatives, tonight upon his ar
dival 1rom Danville, H.. en- route
to Lake Champlain. n. Y, where
he will spend several laws with for
mer Representative Joseph C. Sibley
of PENNSYLVANIA
THE sepublical party will meet
in national convention mex June"
Mr.. Cannon added. land formulate
new policies or adhere To its present
platform and we who are republi-
cans VIII abide by the conventions
decision.
Two years ago we made the fight
on the issue OF let we'll enough
alone and as for me, I shall certain
ly advocate q continuance of h let
we'll enough alone policy"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-16
CHARGES OF REBATING
Hearing Against Chicago N Alton
Road Postponed.

Chicago, August 11.-Judge Lands
in the United States district court
today postponed until September 3rd
the grand jury Investigation of the
charges OF rebating against the
Chicago and Alton road growing out
of the recent trial which resulted in
the conviction of the Standard Oil
company of Indiana.
I wa t h original intention to
begin their investigation August 81
but Judge Lands said lie had re-
ceived notification from Attorney
General Bonaparte hat h Chicago
and Alton railroad had been prom
Used immunity, md the Judge order
ed the adjournment in order that the
records of the case might be looked
into.
The transport of the record in the
case will be sent to Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte for examination and
if he concludes that the rail.
'L!oad fulfilled its, promises in the
Standard Oil case the grand jury
will not investigate further.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-16
POLE ACROSS THE TRACK.
Accident on Wrightsyille Beach Last
Night-No Cars Could go Further
Than the barrymore Hotel

A peculiar accident occurred on
the trolley line at the Beach last
night which put a stop to all traffic
above the barrymore Hotel after
the 11:15 city bound a had passed
tina point. At the beginning of the
long curve to the Banks Channel
trestle the trolley wheel on the ear
flew off and the trolley pole hit with
considerable force the guy wire which
holds the trolley wire in position,
making such a heavy strain that the
pole was pulled from the upright
position in the ground owe on the
trolley wires. blocking the track.
Luckily the trolley wire did lot break
as this would have caused a complete
suspension of traffic on the entire
suburban line.
The scores OF visitors at the ho-
tells, the clubs and Lumina had to
walk from Retrospective places the
length of the Beach TO the larry
moore hotel to catch a car for the
city. The accident occasioned a good
mornings early car.
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New York. August l3.-Secretary
of State Elihu Root, Assistant Sec
rotary OF State Bacon and 4 number
oil prominent New York city bankers
held q conference in a New YORK
banking house today
1t is understood that Mr. Root OBJ
tanned from the bankers their views
on the railroad and monetary sit
uation with the view OF informing
President Roosevelt OF the existing
conditions in financial circles
Those who are said to have con-
ferred with Secretary Root were
James Stillman. president of the Ma
tional City bank of this city; three
other presidents and two railroad
presidents. Each of them were sum-
moned by telephone to meet Mr..
Root.
The conference lasted two hours
after which the conferees departed,
None of those present would discuss
the developments Of the confer
ence.
Oyster Bay, \. Y, August 10
Secretary OF Safe Root came to Oyste
Bay late tais afternoon. He spent a
create. part @. the day in New York
On his arrival he denied alb olute y the
widely published report tat h hat
been in conference Wit a numter .
New York bankers in lie Office of j
P. Morgan & Co.
There is absolutely no foundation
for the rumor," he said. Il had 70 con
ference with Morgan & Co, or wit
any other New York bankers, or Wit
any 4 else"
The secretary who was accompanle
by Mrs. Root. went at once to Sagamor
Hill. where he will remain over nlgh'
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COTTON

New York, Aug. 14.-The cotton
market was unsettled by the renewed
weakness in Wall street and closed
barely steady at a net decline OF 10
to IS points.
Sales for the day were estimated
at 225, 600 bales.
The opening was steady at an ad-
vance Of 6 points to a decline OF :
points which was about as due on
the cables. Rumors of trouble in
manufacturing circles, talk OF rain
in the southwest and the absence OF
fresh support caused liquidation by
Yesterdays buyers during the early
Session and prices sold off to a net
decline of about 10 to - points.
The market then steadied by covering
on reports that rains in Texas were
no more than light showers along the
coast, and the official forecast call
ing for continued dry weather, but
after selling up to within Two OF
three points of last nights finals.
price, eased off and reached the low
est point late in the day, under Wall
street liquidation and bear pres
sure.
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NEN YORK

New York August 14-FLOUR
steady. Rye Hour dull.
CORN MEAL-Firm.
WHEAT-Spot firm. No 2 red Gle
elevator. Options u to pc higher.
September 94c, December CSC, May
s1.O2A.
CORN-spot firm, No. 2 Gle ele-
vator. Options without transac-
tons.
OATS-Spot lrm.
LARD-Steady. refined quiet.
PORK-Steady, family $500.
TALLOW-Steady.
RICE and MOLASSES-Quiet.
SUGAR - Raw quiet. refined
quiet. e+i
COFFEE-Spot quiet. unchanged.
Futures 500 points higher.
r. CHEESE-Unchaneed.
EGGS-Steady. nearby selected 26
t@2so, choice 23@25c, brown n
mixed fancy 23@25c. firsts 1Sk
1913. Seconds 1914 Use.
EANUTS-Quiet, unchanged.
POTATOES-Weak. Long Island
per barrel s2.35@2.50, Jersey s2.12
@2.37, southern $1.50@2.25, south
ern sweets per barrel s2@5.
CABBAGES-EaSy. unchanged.
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THE o MARKET.

New York, Aug. l4.-Trading in
he stock market today was active
and sensational toward the close,
when heavy losses were registered
under a food of liquidating orders.
The days developments were for the
most part distinctly unfayorable.
embracing, as they did, announce
ment of receivership proceedings
against a very prominent New Eng
land manufacturing concern, whose
embarrassment was brought about
nv lack of working capital. The
market held moderately firm in the
early session but in the final hour
under a succession of concerted bear
attacks. together with forced liquid
alton prices broke from z 10 polnts
in almost al 1.-The active issues, while
many of the specialties fell with
,reater violence. In fact, the mark
ct was for a time without support
and stocks were unloaded with ap-
Darant disregard for. values. The
market continued its
course almost to the end
The closing was extremely active
and with a Sigh rally resulting from
covering of short contracts.
The level recorded at the n OF
the day was the lowest, in many in
stances for six years. In fact, not
a few issues sold as low as in the
memorable panic of May 1901. The
days business aggregated almost a
million shares, much Of which was
done in the last hour, when the excite
ment was at it's greatest. The days
extreme declines, from which there
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FELL BETWEEN Oaks
Terrible Accident Which cost the Life
of q Young Man.

The following account Of a recent
horrible accident nea Contentnea
Creek is taken from the Wilson
Times:
"A horrible accident occurred last
night at about 10 O'Clock a short
distance this side of Contentnea
Creek on the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad.
1T seem that Il young man by the
name of R. G. Hoyle, of Dunn, \. c.,
had been working for the Dennis
Simons Lumber Company at Kenly,
Is miles south of here, boarded the
through freight going north with a
view of coming TO Wilson.
"The conductor discovered him on
top Of the cars and went forward to
warn him of his danger and have
him come back and go into the cab.
In his walking back he made a mis-
step and fell between the cars. Both
legs were mashed off, one just below
the knee and the other Just above
the right ankle. His hands and face
were bruised up badly, and some of
his teeth knocked out, face and head
covered with blood.
1.-The unfortunate young man was
brought to this city and taken to the
sanitorium.a as quick as possible, with
a view of giving him such surgical
attention as his condition indicated
He had hardly been laid on the operat
ing table before he expired, at least
before anything could be done for
his relief.
His remains were taken to Dunn
today for interment."
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Liverpool. August 14-Cot1on spot
increased demand. prices eight points
higher, American middling fair 8.46,
good middling 7.92: middling 1888,
low .maddling 6.sS. good ordinary
6.24, ordinary 5-64.
The sales of the dav were 10000
bales of which so were for specula-
ton and export and included 8,4OO
American. Receipts 5000 bales, in
Guiding 500 American. Futures
opened steady and closed quiet and
steady. American middling G. o.
C. August 6.96k. August and Sep
tember 6.S41A. September and Octo-
Der 6.69h. October and November
6. IS, November and December
6.62k, December and January 6.61,
January and February $50, Feb
ruary and March 6.6OB. March and
April 6.61h. April n May 662k.
May and bune e63%.
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Portsmouth. August IA. The
union operator here struck today.
The manager and one woman oper-
atOr are working in the Western
Union office. The manager alone is
in the Postal office.
Lynchburg, August 1.-THE only
union operator in the Postal tele-
graph office here walked out today
Both companies are getting off all
the business offered to the relay
points.
Newport News, August 14.-The
Western Union office here is now
with but one operator. the manager
One of the two operators vas o.
vacation when the second today
walked out.
Toronto. Canada. August Ito.
"a Manager McMichael of the Grear
Northwestern Telegraph Company
at a conference with the striking
operators refused the mems prOpO
sal TO return to work in condition
that no operator would be required
to work with American Offices tina
are on strike.
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only partial recoyery,

was only partlal ecoSery, IN
clude:
Amalgamated COPPER, s; Union Pa
cifc preferred Z; Union Pacific 65s
American SmeltiAg 6%s Reading
6h; Great Mort nern preferred Ga !;
Delaware and Hudson "a: Brooklyn
Transit 5; New York Central Az;
st. Paul A. and Canadian Pacific
Az
In the special class the losses were
even grea ter, extending TO twelve
points il Thid avenue. The entire
transac' ion was very weak. On a
single transaction Wslls-Fargo stock
broke. twelve points. and other So
called investment issues suffered
s~ev'erefy.
Conditions in the money market
W ere nomirally Unchanged. In real
i.ty all time accommodations were
sitter, practically few oVer-yea1
4 loans being made at less than per
cent.
The bond market was weak in sym
! uathy with the movement in stocks
Total sales par value We're Sl,8l2'
600. United States government
bonds we're unchanged. Total safe:
today 967,SU0 shares.
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THE CAROLINA BEACH AND
SOUTHPORT STEAMBOAT LINE

Boats leave daily At 9.15 n. m. ana
2.3O D. m, except saturday.
Leaves Saturday at 40 n. m. ana
$50 p. m.
Leaves Southport daily except Sat-
urdav at 700 a. m. and 11.45 n m.
caves Southport on Saturday AT
700 a. m. and 4.45 p. m.
Carolina Beach daily except Satur-
dav. Boat leaves 9.15 a. m. and 2.46
n. m. Train leaves Beach at 12.45 a
m. and 600 p. m.
Leaves FOR Carolina Beach on Sun
da.s at go n. m, $50 p. m. and 7.5b
.. m.
Leaves for Southport on Sundays ~
$40 a. m. and 2.30 p. m.
j. w. HARPER
ty 7 I'm =
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PORT MOVEMENT OF COTTON

Galveston quiet al 12A@c net re-
ceipts 200 bales
New Orleans quiet at 1880. net re-
ceipts 500 bales.
Mobile firm at 12Ac, net receipts
2O2 bales.
charleston nominab net receipts
SO bales.
Wilmington nominal. net receipts
] bale.
Norfolk dull at 1870. net receipts
IS bales.
Baltimore nominal 1T 1880.
New York quiet at 13.25c.
Boston quiet at 1880. net re-
ceinta "a bales. .
PhfIadelphia steady at 1850. net
e~ceintS Is bales.
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COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
Receipts of Cotton and Naval Stores
ut the Port OF Wilmington .Yester-
tIaV-

G. C.-16 barrels tar. 30 barrels
crude turDentine.
w. asd W. caSkSs spirits tur-
pentine. 6 barrels crude t~urpentine.
W. C. and A.-2 casks spirits tur-
pentine, IS barrels rosis. 20 barrels
tar. II barrels crude t~urpentine.
A. and VI bale cotton. IS casks
spirits ~turpentine. 102 barrels rOsln,
6 barrels tar. 7 barrels crude t"rpen-
tine.
Whitlock-29 casks spirits sLurpen-
tine, ia barrels rOiSn.
Total bale cotton. Il casks
spirits turpentine, 234 barrels 'rosin,
AZ barrels tar, co barrels crude tur-
Deptiue.
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Yellow Fever in Cuba.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Advices
from the War Department report
that Sergeant Wesley E. MetcaIf of
the army hospital corps, died at Glen
fuegos yesterday from yellow fever
and that here are only nine other
cases Of yellow fever there, all of
them light.
The infection is attributed to an
unrecognized case, in the civil end
Of the hospital.
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MONEY

New York, August 14-Money on
call strong 2k@4h per cent: ruling
rate 31k, closing bid ., offered at
2h. Time loans strong and dull, 60
days 6 per cent? 90 days eh@sA. 8
mohtns 6k to 7 per cent. Prime
m~eAcantile- paper 6@6k per cent.
Sterling exchange steay with actual
business in bankers bills at 1865
for demand and al 4.S220 for so day
bills. Commercial bills 4.S1A. Bar
silver 69h. Mexican dollars 53%.
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Rockefeller Denies the Interview

Cleveland, O., Aug. 13.-John D..
Rockefeller, referring to a widely
circulated interview, criticising the
present administration, purporting
to have been given out by him and
printed, said:
There is certainly some mistake
about the matter. | neither gave
out nor authorized the state
ments attributed to me-"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-16

Peanuts-North Carolina prime
Abs: extra prime, $1.4Q; fancy, $3.50;
Virginia prime s1.1O; fancy :S1.2O;
Spanish $1.40.
REESWAX-27c.
EGGS-18 q zoe.
CHTCKENS-Hens, acc; springs, rs
to 3ac.
PORK.--S to 10c.
REEF-On foot 2 to SIC.
SWEET POTATOES|S2-25.
NJ. C. BACON-Hams [old) 17c;
shoulders ~ to 13c: sides - to 13c.
SFINGLES-Per 1000: 5-inch saps
81. 90: 5-inch hearts $3.50; Srinch saps
$500; 6~inch hearts 1918.
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.;ESnlpTS AND Oltrs.

Total today, a. all ports-Net re-
ceipts 1911 bales, exports to Great
Britain 100, stock 299,6OO.
Consolidated at all ports-Net re-
ceipts 5,534 bales, export to Great
Britain 100, France 345, continent
1914.
Total since Sept 1st al all ports
Net receipts 9,S49.152 bales. exports
to Great Britain 3,755,920. France
S92,944, continent ~3,402.O39, Japan
94S 0S6 Mexico 60
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TOtfor Movements & Quotations Local aF"een n
~OIIOl Financial News g. Other Market Reports

- rye 73G75c, good feeding barles
: nrfme timothy seed $3.50,
clover contract grades SIG. 90. short
ribs. sides Coose) s8.50Gs.75, mess
pork per Dbl. s16.e5G16.10 10, lard
per 100 lbs IS. 80. short clear sides
boxed sS.z5G9.00. whiskey basis
IF high wines S1.21.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Aug 14-Firm cables and
a brisk demand from exporters for
American wheat caused strength to-
day in the local market, the Septem-
Der delivery closing at a net gain of
Nc. Corn was up sc. Oats rs to
&c higher. Provisions were a shade
10 2kc lower.
Chicago, August 1.-THE leading
futures ranged as follows:
Open High Low Close
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y. ~. MOVEMENT OF COTTON

Augusta net receipts 203 bales.
Memphis steady at 1870. net re-
eeipts so bales.
St. Louis quiet at 1870. net re-
ceiDtS 40 bales.
CINCINNATI net seceipts 27S bales.
Louisville firm at 13Ac.
Total today-Net receipts 500
bales, gross receipts $50 bales, ship
ments. 2,O25 bales, sales 106 Epales,
stork 60,403 bales.
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TO INFORM ROOSEVELT
Imp0nant Conference With New
York Bankers

Said TO Have Been Held Yesterday
81 Secretary Root-Their Views
On the Railroad and Monetary
situation Discussed-Later Root
Denied that Such an Interview
Had Been Held.
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What would you do If you we're
in my place? asked the government
clerk of a friend.
Why, / would simply draw my sal
airy same as you do.-Yonker- States
man.
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Savannah, Ga, Aug. 1.-THE
telegraph messenger boys here struck
today in sympathy with the telegraph
ers. Between twenty and thirty boys
walked out.
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Rear. thu sIhs Kind Yua Have Awars Bought
s'ss :: &ZZzw

Nodd-The trouble with women is
they don't concentrate their minds
on one thing.
Todd-Can't they. You just look
in some day on a woman't bridge
club.-Life.
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The democrats were accused of
stealing the populist platform and
nov it seems impossible for them
10 get rid of it.-Durham Herald.
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COTTON

New York. August 14.-Receipts
at the ports today 1911 bales against
1856 last week nd 4.973 last year.
Estimated for the week 10000 bales
against 7.440 last week and 31,1s3
last wear.
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<,,\A YORK COTTON MARKET

New York, August 14-Cotton:
Spot closed quiet. 5 points lower,
middling uplands 1925, middling
gulf 1880, sales PIG bales.
Futures opened steady and closed
ha RELY steady.
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pErurErE WILMINGTON AND
SANFORD.
WILMINGTON AND
TEwBERE.

Trains Nos. AZ and Al carry PuIlnlnI,
SIaening cars between Wilmington anu
Washington. connecting with fehh
vania r. r. for all points east. AIS"
ctv,een Wilmington and Norfolk.
Trains Nos. As and 40 carry Pullman
parIor cars between Wilmington an"
Norfolk.
General Passenger Agent
w. J. CRAIG.
Passenger Traffic Manager.
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NAVAL STORES

SPIRITS OF TURPENT1NE -
55Ac. e,oa
TAR-Firm, $3.50. ~
CR11DE TURPBNTINE Hard
IS 90. dip, $3.50: virgin, $40.
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ported fourteen men out with ten
men in all available for operating
duty.
The Postal Company has eight
men out. Two are working.
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LOCAL COTTON MARKET

Wednesday. August IA
COTTON-Nominal.
Receipts Of cotton today oaie n
Receipts same day last year
bales.
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RECEIPTS TODAY

II casks spirits turpentine'
pa barrels rOsln.
AZ barrels tar
"a barrels crude turpentfeH.
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atlantic COAST LIk


These arrivals and departures are CIV
en- as information. as well as connec-
lions with other companies. but Arrivals
and connections are not guaranteed
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STRIKE SITUATION

Continued from First Page-D
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MARkET-

Corrected by
~ r. Cooper, wholesale Grocer
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schedule In Exec. August lst, 1907.
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W. j. n
Passenger Traffic Manager.
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sourHBoUND.

HRrwEEN WILMINGTON AND rHE
SOUTH
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-05-21
One Passenger j. N. Rhodes
and Four of Crew
Perish.
MANY ESCAPE IN SMALL
BOATS TO STEAMERS
Loss S250.O00-- Hulk of Burned
Vessel Is Being TOWed to Grand
Haven by Tugs.

Grand Rapids, Mich, May I'll
Four coal passers are supposed to
have been burned to death and one
passenger, ]. NJ. Rhodes, of Detroit,
was fatally burned, when the Crosby
line steamer Naomi, formerly the
Wisconsin, burned to the water
edge early today in the middle OF
Lake Michigan.
Fifty passengers and all the crew
except four coal passers were taken
off in small boats by the steamers
Stratford and Kansas.
The loss on the Naomi. which was
in command of Capt Thomas Trail,
is estimated at $25O,O00.
A barge is towing the burning hull
to Grand Haven.
1t is said to be possible that the
four coal passers, who were unable to
escape from their quarters below
may have been saved by crawling
into one of the ballast tanks.
Rhodes died after arriving at the
hosital He was a lumber expert fol
the Detroit branch of the Diamond
Match company.
The burned bodies of the missing
coal passers were found in the fore
castle of the Naomi when the hui
was towed here.