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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
GENERAL FRUIT MARKET
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2Z-Fancy an
SS.00@20 90; cranberries, $S.5O@5. .OO; navel
oranges, a.O0QS.50; Mexican lines, Sc OO0
500; common California lemons, sill 30;
fancy. 500; bananas, $10O@250; pineap-
pies, $4.00q6.OO.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Treasury Statement
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. April 27.-Today's
statement OF the treasury balances
show: Available cash balance, S249,
945,O gold coin and bullion, $685.
110,342; gold certificates. $40.SS6,71O.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
DAILY MINING CALL

Official sales-3OOO Goldfield Wild Horse
at 71a@10c; 5000 searchlight Parallel at
@g53sc; S@g3s 1000 Joseph Ball at Coo (B. 9O);
solidated Mines at 1Ac; 1000 Cal. Hills M.
Co. at 3hc; 5000 Johnnie Con- at PIC (B.
800; 1000 Eldorado Canyon at &c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Drouth In Kansas Encourages Bulls
to Buy Wheat-Provislon
Market Dull
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 27-The drouth in
bulls in wheat with enough encourage.
ment to buy and influenced shorts to
cover, but the profit taking was sufficient
to prevent any advance.
} The market was only slightly influenced
by reports Of cloudy weather in Kansas
and by an advance at Liverpool. July
ssss@s4c. The ciose i1so was Weak Weak, July. &c
lower at S31s -174c.
Profit taking was. was the primary impulse
ported drouth.. Oklahoma likewise was
on the bull side. advising that corn was
being rapidly fed. July closed 1sc higher
at 4Sssc. May closed at SOC.
There was an excellent demand for
oats, but considerable selling on a fore
cast of rain kept prices about station
ary July closed shade lower at 41%Q
The provision market was very dull and
closed 2h@5c lower.
Market Ranges
Wheat-May s0Ac: July, s3b g
ssI: eoraxMay: r1z n MsS: soc; July. 4s%o; septem-
: oatsg1May'- 44Ac; July. AK @41%o;
September, 35%c.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Firm; winter patents, $3.1O@
$40; straights, $2.90@3.25; spring pat
ents, $S.40@350; straights, $S.0o@3.SO;
Wheat-No. spring, $50 sec; No, 8.
75@85c; No. Q red, S0A Q80Bc.
Corn-No. 2, 50@5oAc; No. yellow,
Oats-No. 2, 444c; No. white, ASH
D46c.; No. 3 white, 41h @44hc.
Rye-No. 2, 6S1sc.
Barley-Fair to choice mailing, 500
Flaxseed-No. 1, s1.14; No. north
western, $1.21.
Prime timothy seed-$4S5.
Clover-Contract grades, $15.25.
Ribs-Short sides Qoose), $S.37h a
Pork-Mess per bbl., $15.75@15.S7A,
Iard-Per 100 lbs, $8.67k.
Sides-Short clear (boxed), $3.50
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Cotton and Wool

BY Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, April a.-Wool steady, me-
dium grades combing and clothing, 2260
26c; light fine, 20Q2lc; heavy hne, b0l7c:
tub washed, 296f31c
NEW YORK, April 27.-Spot cotton
closed steady; middling uplands, ll.30c;
do gulf, 11.55c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Credit BaIances

BY Associated Press
ances, $1.7S.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
LOS ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE

Official sales-2O Home Savings Bank
at $139 so; 500 Central Oil at $1.14; 10 AS
sociated Oil at SAL (S 3W; 5000 olinda
Land Co. at 16c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

Everything you want you viii ana In
the classified page. One cent . word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Produce Prices

Produce Prices
The following official quotations are
established by sales, bids and offers on
the floor of the produce exchange
creamery firsts, 45c; dairy, zoe.
HoNEY-7Water white, 60-lb. cans
wStsr ssG Whts EhfmeHF @ as ISL saoRizfSmH %S
9isc; light amber. 14o; beeswax, S7c
CHEEsE-Northern. lie; storage,
1so; Anchor, large, 1Sc; Young America,
19c; twins, Ice; cheddars, 16@16hc,
Longhorns, 32c; Daisy, zoe; Swiss, i'm
ported, age; Swiss. domestic, 22c; linn
cAlII.@ @Eysasporated. 1s@1sNc; sun
ds poTAToEs az Sa GSl per 100 lBss@MEosrly o
gons, $2.25; sweets. $500. 1dahos, $500;
Colorado $500; Wisconsin Burbanks,
$2:Oo; Minnesota Burbanks, $500.
sESSs No. 9ail gso gff ioG fims 10 s4S N9
white. $3.50; biacikeye, $500; Garvanzas,
$3.50 o1qS; GS;oS; German, de Ientils. 12% @15e:
ss5o BsFmuGas sr SS asS qs gsrlc
@10c; silverskins, $500.
APPLEsmBsle6e1rg, a1! MIsso;Iaa s,75; choice
thans, S sa.5O@a.75; biacR tWigs, Wigs 5000 5000
CRANBERRIES-$9.0 a barrel.
BAKERS FLOUR-Made of easrern
hard wheat per bbl., s5.25; blended
wheat, S4.90: eastern, $5.25.
CEREAL GOODS-Wholesale prices
are as follows:
Al flour, per bbl., $3.50; Globe flour.
bbl., $3.50; Silver Star flour. bbl:, $40;
xxx -four DBL, $3.50. Eighth bbls. 2Oc
per bbl. higher.
Bakers Flour
Globe flour, bbl, $500; eastern graham,
bbl., $500; eastern whole wheat, bbl.
$500; bakers AL flour, bbl., $4.70; bakers
Magnolia flour, bbl., $780, eastern rye,
bbl., $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Given Free

Four 800 shares intrinsically worth
s9S00 each. given with each $500 first
mortgage bond of the Colorado Yule
Marble company. Absolutely safe.
Charles C. Polk
42S-9 MERCHANTS Trust RIde.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
BEAUTY CHERRIES
At $500 A BOX
LIMITED CONSIGNMENT COMES
FROM CoURTLAND
Produce Dealers Rush Through the
Saturday Call Session on 'chsnoe.
Light Receipts Of Butter
and Eggs

special feature Of interest in the pro-
duce market Saturday was the arrival of
the first cherries from Courtland, in the
sacramento valley, received by the Zal-
ser Bros. company The consignment en-
braced only two 3O-pound boxes that
quickly sold at SO a box, or s0c a pound.
Principal dealers in the market will re-
ceive cherries regularly until the middle
of August.
Business in the general market was
quite active, the demand for all supplies
growing steadily every day with the in
crease In the number of visitors in the
city.
All prices are steady. Even potatoes and
eggs and butter are flrmef.
he call session was brief; no sales and
no changes in quotations.
Fish in abundant supply.
The quotations below show that the
price of flour has advanced zoe a barrel
The advance is said to be general over
the state. Northern mills marked up
the price some days ago.
Produce Receipts
EBss, cases ;..'''''''''''.''.''.'''. 409
Butter, POUNDS .''.......-................ 4,44
Cheese, POUNDS .......................... 2,20S
Onions. sacks ............................ 4S0
Potatoes, sacks ........................ 1,505
Sweet potatoes, sacks ..................none
Beans, SACKS .'.''...................... none
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

Hitizens National Bank
- 8. w cor. Third and Main. Capital, s
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

Ctate Bank & Trust Company
- N. w cor Second and Spring Capital s50i
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Clearing House Banks

merchants National Bank
AVA N. e. cor. Second and Main.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02

or he was fShed out and brought up
over the side he apologized for insult
ing the American flag.
Admiral Evans is one of those com
manders who do things hrJt and wire
the navy department afterward. Aft
er the Maine was blown up in Havana
harbor he told Secretary Long of the
navy that in his opinion the officer in
command of four war vessels which
happened to be in the vicinity of Key
West ut the time should have steamed
straight for Havana without waiting
for orders and Informed the Spanish
captain general that he would stand
guard over the mine connections to see
that no further accidents" happened.
Secretary Long replied that any Off Ter
who would have had the audacity to
do that would subject himself to the
severcst reprimand.
''And he would have been elected
president of the United States ut the
next election" retorted Fighting
Bob
1t was about this time that Evans
made his famous remark to the effect
that if the department wouldyend hin
to Cuban waters Spanish would be
the only language spoken in hell fol
the next six months"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02

No: that was not "FighfinC Boh's"
way His right leg was so stiff that
he could not walk without crutches,
and man on crutches to be sure. is
not of much use aboard A warShip
Evans induced distinguished surgeon
to break his leg over again and let it
grow at an angle that would permit
him to walk. The operation was sue
ceSsful. and the youth threw away his
crutches for the lifelong limp which
distinguishes him from every other of
ficer in the navy. Then he made a
fight for reinstatement. congress pass
ed n special bill restoring him to the
navy. and he was promoted thirty
numbers.
Nearly everybody is familiar with
the spunky attitude of Evans in the
harbor of Valparaiso, Chile. in 1891.
when, as commander of the gunhoat
Yorktown, surrounded by Chilean war
vessels, he cleared his ship for action
and threatened to fight unless the Chill
cans quit throwing rocks at his sail
ors. \ somewhat similar incident ear
lier in his career is not so we'll known.
In 1870 Evans was one of the officers
on an American cruiser in eastern wa
tiers, when the baShaw of Tripoli in
suited the United States consul Ev-
ans was sent ashore to request the
bashaw to make amends. The latter re
fused. Then the characteristic Flight
ing Bob's' spunk arose to the surface
and emitted fire, smoke and lava in a
linguistic sense. The American officer
told his dignity. the bashaw of Tripoli,
that if he didn't fire a salute of hun
dred guns to the American flag at once
there wouldn't be enough left of his
city to make respectable mosque.
/ This was what poker players would
| call bluff, for Evans was not in com
mand of the ship. However, the ba-
shaw wiIted and kowtowed. He re-
| GREETED that he did not have powder
enough to fire the required salute, pu,
he had plenty of food and drink and q
chef who knew how to tickle the epicu
! rean palate. and he invited the United
States naval officers to be his guests al
dinner, where he apologiZed to the
consul and drank to the health of Pres
ident Grant.
Shortly after the Valparaiso episode
| the Yorktown was sent to the Bcrine
sea to protect American interests
against Canadian seal poachers. 4
sloop commanded by n husky Canadian
skipper hove alongside Commander
Evans was amazed ut seeing the skip
per standing on deck, a British flag
wrapped about his body, wildly gestic
ulating and loudly articulating, as he
pointed to the American flag flying or
the Yorktown. Evans boarded the
sloop and discovered that the Canadian
was cursing the American flag and de
flying anybody who fought under it
Polite remonstrance awaited not Ev
ans was more amused than angry. He
picked up a big blubber fish, a pasty
thing like jellyfish, soft and slippery
and. after swinging it around his head
struck the skipper full in the face. The
blow knocked the ulan overheard. Aft
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02
Rear Admiral Bob Evans,
Fighter From Way Back.
Strenuous Career of Naval Commander Who
Wants Government to Own the
Anthracite Mines.
Always Ready Tumble Argument When Boyhow ne
Navy Fight ThereSaved his Legs
by Spunk-Instances of His Pluck-Stands For
the Dignity of the American Flag
American Sailor

and after becoming physically dis
ahled in a fight he had to fight again
to he rcinstatcd in the navy. He Is
what a wcsterner might call a fighter
from away back.
When Roblcy ID. was about ten years
old his father, Virginia country doc
tor and farmer. died The boy went
to live with an uncle in Washington
where he entered the public school
The story goes that he was expelled
from school for soundly trouncing an
other boy who sank toy ship manu-
featured by the future admiral. The
territorial delegate in congress from
Utah met the boy and took fancy to
him. You ought to be in the navy"
said the delegate, and if you'll go and
legal I'll appoint you" Robley man
aged to raise funds enough to get to
Utah. making a large part of the over
land trip in a prairie schooner. On this
| trip he had occasion once or twice TO
use Il big revolver on Indians who at
! tackled the party. But that there was
nothing whatever of the dime novel
hero in young Robley's makeup was
| proved by his sticking right down to
| business after he reached Salt lake
In due time he received his appoint
ment and entered the Naval academy
! being then only fourteen years of age.
That was in 1850. and the next
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02

year, when the civil war began,
without consulting him, sent in his
resignation. The mother expected
him to return to Virginia and fight
for the COnfederacy, as his brother was
doing, but the boy was of different
mind. The resignation had been ac-
ceDted without question. 1t took just
twcntyfOur hours of teiegraphing to
Washington and back to Annapolis for
him to secure reinstatement. This in
cidcnt serves to show that Evans, even
in his bOyhood, knew what he wanted
and went after it
Uncle Sam needed naval officers in
those days. Evans was graduated a
year before his time and immediately
went to fighting. He was eighteen
when in January. 1865, he volunteered
to lead Il land assault against Fort
Fisher. In the desperate charge he OBJ
served that Il Confederate sharpshooter
on the parapets of the fort had select
ed him for n target. 4 bullet in one
leg, below the knee, brought him down,
but he tied a silk handkerchief around
the leg to stop the flow of blood, got up
, and went forward. Inside the stockade
another bullet crashed into his other
knee, and he was out of commission.
AS he lay there he watched the sharp
shooter fire at him. The fifth bullet
cut off the end of one of his toes.
"For some reason. l don't know
why" wrote the sailor many years
| later, this shot made me unreasonably
angry, and, rolling over in the sand so
as TO face my antagonist. addressed a
| few brief remarks to him, and then,
| just rs some one handed him freshly
| loaded musket. l fired. aiming at his
| breast. | knew ill the time that /
! should kill him If | shot ut him. but
had not intended TO do so until he shot
me III the toe. My bullet went little
high striking >he poor chap in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02
By ROBERTuS LOVE,

TVERY now and then Rear Ad-
- miral Robley D. Evans, COM
~ mandcr of the splendid North
Atlantic fleet, does or says
something that makes the public pay
attention. Just now he has said some
thing that attracts international atten-
ton. He proposes that the govern
ment of the United States should at
once possess itself of the entire anthra-
cite field of Pennsylvania and retain it
for purposes of national defense" Adj
miral Evans admits that the PROPOSE
ton is startling. but he believes its
sOundnCSs can be demonstrated. He
lance of anthracite coal as fuel for
war vessels. 1t is practically smoke
less, which is 4 great advantage. The
United States produces nearly all the
anthracite in the world, and the ad-
miral would have Uncle Sam buy the
conl fields and hold them in perpetuity,
thus giving our navy distinct advan
tage over all other nayieS.
This is n highly interesting PROPOSE.
ton. but not more so than Admiral
Evans himself, who for score OF
years has been known as our navy's
most picturesque character Nearly
everybody knows him better as Flight
ing Bob" than as Admiral Evans. Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02
The AdmiraI's Other Side.

Admiral Evans, for all his rough and
ready language, has Il gentler side.
Once he disobcyed orders in an eff
fort to save the life of a sick sailor
who was on board his ship. His orders
were to proceed to a certain point for
target practice: but. knowing that the
conclusion of the guns would imperil
the life Of the sick man. he remained
where he was for ten days until the
sailor died.
At the close of the naval battle off
Santiago the wounded Captain Eulate
of the sunken battleship Niscaya was
brought aboard the Iowa, commanded
by Evans. Captain Eulate unbuckled
his sword. kissed its hilt and handed IL
to Evans in token of surrender. Evans
Immediately handed it back.
Admiral Evans stands up not only
for the dignity of the American flag,
but for the dignity of the American
sailor. Quite recently he declared that
never again, except under positive or
ders. would he take his ships to two
or three New England ports where
some of his sailors in uniform have
been Disseminated against by certain
elements of the population. 4 few
years ago Admiral Evans was sitting
at a table with local dignitaries in the
palm garden cafe of the Palace hotel
at San Francisco when he observed
that two of his jackies had been eject
ed on the ground that the cafe had 4
| positive rule against the admission OF
bluejackets in uniform. The admiral
called the men back, invited them tC
sit at his table and said, Boys, what
will you have?" There they sat fol
an hour, and nothing was too good fol
| them.
| President Roosevelt and Secretary
| Bonaparte of the navy are Of one opiu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02
Cure for Drunkenness
OrTine Treatment is to Be Used a
Home Without Publicity or Loss
of Time from Business.

Thousands of persons VINO really
want TO quit the use of whisky or beer
realize that they cannot do so with
out medical help, yet they can not af-
ford the time or perhaps the money to
20 TO q sanitarium. Happily a new
cure for drunkenness has been discOv-
cred which is to be taken at home and
costs less than the average drinker
will spend in day for drink
In using Orrine there is absolutely
no publicity, as the remedy is sold by
the leading druggists in nearly every
city and town. or it can be sent by
mail. Sure relief is positive when Or
rine is used. So uniformly successful
is this treatment that in every box is
a registered guarantee which entities
you to a refund of your money if Or.
rine fails to effect cure.
OrTine is in two forms: No. 1. Sc
cret remedy, absolutely tasteless and
OdOriess. which can be given in fooi
or drink without the patients knowl
edge; No. 2, in pill form for those who
WISH W oc IuiSu. Inc piICe VI eituti
form is 81 box. Send to the Orrine
company, Washington, D. c., for free
booklet and consultation blank.
The desire for liquor is soon destroy
ed after Orrine treatment is commenc
| ed, and before long the patient is free,
from the terrible drink craving, ant
the drink will not be missed.
Orrine is for sale by Harper hous,
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02

is said that Admiral Evans himself
dislikes his nickname. This may be
because he fears that in time he will
forget his surname altogether. Just
before he started for Cuban waters in
command of the battleship Iowa to
take part in the destruction of Ger
vera'S feet Evans entered a shop in
New York to make purchase. He
was in uniform. though the German
clerk was unaware of his identity.
Il hat son in der navy" said the
clerk.
Indeed! And what ship is he on?"
He ISIS on der Iovay. and he ISIS
going to Cuba NIT Bob Fighting"
How He Got the Title Fighting Bob"
The admiral's navy record of forty
six years proves that he is Il fighter
no matter how or when he came by his
popular title. 1t is said by some of
his old schOolmates in Floyd county,
Va, where he was born, that Evans
was always ready for d rough and
tumble argument at the slightest pro-
vocation, and no boy could put chip
on his shoulder without getting Il
broadS!de in the face from one of
Robley's fists. There is another story
to the effect that when Evans entered
the Naval academy certain town
character in Annapolis named Robert
d. Evans, a notorious drunkard who
always fought when he was drunk.
had just died. When the cadets learn
ed that they had another Il. d. Evans
among them they gave him the de-
ceased drunkard'S title OF Fighting
Bob"
But the important point is that Ad-
miral Evans can fight and does fight
upon occasion and that he threatens to
fight when he does not get what he
wants when he wants it, He had TO
fight 10 get his appointment to An
naroiis; he had to fight to stay there,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02

ion with Admiral Evans in insisting
that the uniform of the enlisted man
in the Savy must be respected. Not
long ago the president contributed 500
out of his own pocket to help pay the
costs in a suit brought by sailor for
damages on account of being elected
from Il public house. Fighting Bob
is on the outlook for all such cases,
and his language is plain when he
speaks of them.
In fact. though he talks and acts In
n way that is termed picturesque
Fighting Bob" is no swashbuckler, but
a plain, blunt man of war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02

throat and passing out at the back of
his neck. He staggered around after
dropping his gun and finally pitched
over the parapet and rolled down near
me, where he lay dead
No Double Stumps For Him.
Some days afterward young Evans
got into the naval hospital at Nor
folk, and there he came very near hav-
ing another fight to save his legs.
When they put him to bed he slipped
his loaded revolver under his pillow.
The surgeons came in and examined
his wounds. Take both legs of in the
morning" lie heard the chief surgeon
order. That night the eightccn-year-old
boy did some serious thinking. He
was too young to spend the rest of his
life-he might live Il long whilc-on
double stumps. He resolved that he
wouldn't do it; he would die first.
When the doctors entered the ward
next morning and gently explained to
him how serious knee wounds were he
Informed them that he had overheard
the order to cut off both his legs.
"And / won't permit it." declared the
young ensign.
But You know" said the doctor to
whom the instructions had been given,
Eve must obey orders"
Evans reached under his pillow and
brought forth his big navy"
There are just six bullets in that"
he said. THE moment | see you fell
lows entering that door with anything
that looks like surgical instruments I'll
begin firing. and I'll kill six of you as
sure as shooting"
This created an uproar. but Evans
saved his legs. On account of his
spunkiness it appears that the doctors
neglected him for the time being. and
| he almost died of fever Il owe my
life he gratefully acknowledged. "tC
| the wife and little daughter of the
very doctor whom l mG,!e so mad
| they attended me and brought m,
| through
But his troubles in connection witt
the Fort Fisher episode were by n,
means ended. After Evans was abb.
to walk about on crutches his nam,
went up for promotion, and the med
zeal board examined him and recon
mended his retirement for disability
| Accordingly he was retired ONLY
nineteen and his fighting career closed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02
Rheumatism Cured in a Oay,

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cured in one to
three days. Its action on the system
is remarkable and mysterious. 1t re
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits; 10 cents and 81
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second ave
nue., Rock Island; Gustave Schlegel
oon, 220 West Second street, Daven
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02
EMPLOYERS ARE NOT LIABLE
Indiana Supreme Court Decides Work
man Cannot Recover.

Indianapolis, March 2.-The employ
ers' liability act is unconstitutional d.
applied to all corporations except rail
roads. This is the effect of a decision
of the supreme court in reversing the
case of the Bedford Quarrie company
vs.. Martin S BouGh, in which judg-
ment was recovered for injuries caus-
ed by the fall of "a stone in a stone
sawmill. alleged to have been due 40
the carelessness of the foreman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-02

throat and passing out at the back of
his neck. He staggered around after
dropping his gun and finally pitched
over the parapet and rolled down near
me where he Law dead"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-21

Lexington. Willie CundifG. the
ten.year-old son OF Frank Cundif. re.
siding on a farm in Muhlenburg coun.
ty. had a very exciting experience
with . large blscksnake. The boy
went into the chicken house to exam
inc some eggs in an incubator. When
he removed tn drawer he discovered
a large blacksnake among the eggs.
part Of which had been devoured.
The reptile sprang at him and wrap.
ped his body about his legs. The
boy fell to the floor in faint, after
calling several times for help. His
father and one Of the farm hands
went to his rescue The snake did
not release its hold until it had been
literally cut to pieces. The reptile
was seven feet long.