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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY Associated Press.

Dy AbSOCldleu EIcSA.
CHICAGO. Jan, ls.--wheat price on the local
exchange declined more than rs today because
Of free selling by long holders. At the close
the May option was off 2ls@2ko. Corn was lie
lower: oats down ssa%c and provisions
we're 2ts9sscalOc lower.
The wheat market was weak the entire day
but the severe break in prices did not mater
iaize until late in the session. The market
opened easy owing to moderate offerings by
pit traders, who were influenced by the con-
tinued liberal movements in the northwest.
The market closed weak with prices almost "a, 20
the bottom. May opened lAGp3sc lower at S1.OlSs
611. 04ss sold off to 81 02 and closed at sl021sq
1.02M. Clearances Of wheat and flour were
equal to $685. 600 bushels; primary receipts were
73y, 600 bushels, compared with $4,000 the cor
responding day last year.
Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported
receipts of $50 cars against 300 cars last Vice.
and 226 cars a year ago,
Cold weather and the break in wheat had a
depressing effect on the corn market The
market closed weak. May opened lS@hc low
err at 6O% 96O7sc, sold off to soc, where II
closed
Trade in oats was dull and featureless May
opened ls914c lower at SAC, sold at 5i3sc and
then declined to Sac, the closing price.
Provisions were rather inactive and senti-
ment was inclined TO DO bearish. At the close
Mary pork was off 1oc at $1s27ls; lard was 2is
a5c lower at 500, ribs were 71a4loc lower at
sizes.
Market Ranges
wheat-May, slOsh@1. o2h; July, s71sas7ssc;
Sept. s45ac. -,,,-
corn-May, 6Oc; July. 5ss495s7sc; Sept. 5Slac.
Oats-Biay, old. b4c; do new, 52hc; July old
47isc; do new, 46lae
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet and barely steady winter pat
erts, $45OQ49O; straights, &.25941O; spring
patents s5bOa5.75; strsights, s4.5O@5.1O; bakers
S. a093.40; No, spring wheat s45cq5lo; NO
red, s7c@sl oOA; No. corn. soc; No. yell
low, 62@62hc; No. oats soc; No. 3 white'
ae1ka62c; No. rye, SEC; fair to choice malt
ing barley S6@96c; No. l northwestern flax
seed, s1.1s1s; prime timothy seed $40; clover
contract grades, $500; short ribs, sides, loose.
IL s7ls; lard, per 100 lbs, s7.721a; short clear
sides boxed. s6.7597Oo; whisky. basis of high
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19

II must be great to be so rich you can tell
subscription commlttees without hurting your
0napciai standing that you can't AFFORD 10
give anything. New York Press.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
FINANCIAL

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1S-Bank clearinge
were sl,45a4o S.1s against Si,seO, OO7.2s for the
date last year. decrease of
s4O5, eO2.l7. Following is comparative state
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1s.Wheat weak
and unsettled; May. sl649i.65; cash, i.6214g
1.65. Barley easy; May. s1.521s; cash, $l5oq
1.52ls. Corn steady; large yellow N.7oal'fo'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
New York Stocks
BY Associated Press.

BY Asaoclated Press,
NEW YORK, Jan. 1s,-Following were the
closing quotations today;
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19

GRAIL, AND FEED-(iOo lbs )-wheat No.
L Sis: do u00-lb sacks) 3190: corn. sl.60:
crack / corn. 3i.65 feed meal. 70; bran.
hesvy. $40, relied barley. $50; oil cake,
meal. s26o: seed rye. sLf5 shorts, si.b6;
Ekyp corn. 81 60: white oats. Si,f5.
HAY-Seiling price per ton: Choice wheat
hay. Sl6@17; No. / wheat. wheat and oat
sl4Gl5; choice tame oat s1e,oO9lT50; wild oat
$40: alfalfa SIS straw. t69s.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
Retail Prices

Following prices for leading articles Of con-
sumption prevail at the Los Angeles stores:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS

9sO,57O 1884, sos.25
sPer thousand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
SAVED BY A VISION.
Sailors Who Had "Warning' of DIsas'
 ter Tell Their Experience.

Galveston Dispatch to the New York Her
 aid. u.,,
 Martin Landrigan and Samuel We'll man two sailors from the British steamship Tolesby, which went down in a storm off the Newfoundland coast on the night of January 13, are heroes in the eyes of their mates in this port. As Landrigan says, Many sailor has nredicted disaster and been forced to sea with sinking heart, and many a lad has claimed to have been given warnings of shipwrecks after one oc- cured but in our case we told Of the vision we had had of the sinking or the Tolesby and we stayed safe on shore"
 Landrigan is a native of Liverpool and is 53 years of age. He went to sea when IA years old, and has fol lowed this life ever since.
 My family has been somewhat noted for seeing things as you Amer jeans call peering into the future ,'' said he, "and it is common record that my father and grandfather predicted disasters at sea. We are not spirit ualists, and I make no boast of my supernatural power, but l see these ships in the night and something seems to pound my heart that some thing is going to happen. Twice be- fore I escaped shipwreck by taking warnings of these visions, and l don go much on superstition, although every sailor has his signs and queries, as we call 'em, which he obeys like the captains orders.
 "The fate of the Tolesby I saw pic tured as the phantom of the Flying Dutchman has been seen by thousands of sailors. We wefe four days out from Buenos Ayres. when shortly after eight bells-midnight-I was on watch,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10

saw the Tolesby line for line loom off the starboard side appearing about a league away. No, was not sleeping, and the night was clear, with smooth sea running. I hadn't had drop or liquor for two days.
 "The ghost of the Tolesby, if you like to have it that way, was in dis tress. She was riding mountainous sea. and the Hurricane seemed to be breaking her amidships. I called my mate, Wellman, and he said he could see something strange, but couldn't make out the lines like I could. We watched it for a half hour, then it faded away and left the clear sky line touching the sea- With the glasses We could see nothing. We told Captain Payne next day and he laughed, but our mates were afraid it might be true I saw the same thing twice after that and Wellman once. At Galveston we began taking on cargo for Havre, and I begged the captain to let me go. He refused. We quit and were arrested for assertion and taken before the United States commissioner at Calves ton. I told the court what had seen and asked the magistrate if he would go to sea with such warning from Providence, and, says he, No We agreed to ship on the next boat or any other ship if not forced to ship on the Tolesby, and we signed papers to that effect. You know the Tolesby was driven out of her course and went down in storm.
 The two sailors were freed from their parole when the news reached here of the sinking of the Tolesby, and they will reship'o her sister ship, the Maltby, which reached this port today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10

to make it up in the city's free eiemen- tary night schools. The boy who has got his elementary training studies office work in the '. M. c. A. The young office worker goes to school after hours to master stenography or bookkeeping. The stenographer or bookNeeper or onice manager attends the night courses Tn New York university to get law degree or knowledge of banking and finance, or to progress into the new proIessioh or public accountants--the business diagnos- ticians who are now getting such large rewards by clearing paths through finan- cial jungles It is small wonder that ed- ucators are pointing out that the scien- tific study of business is one of the most important educational developments in the metropolis today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
The Rage For Haste.

From Leslies Weekly.
 The rage for risk in this country is only equaled by the rage to make haste. It is an old proverb, but one peculiarly applicable to our present tendencies, to make haste slowly" Yet this proverb appears to have no blievers in our trying and strenuous age. The papers are full of deaths by drowning of those who have ventured upon thin ice, in haste to avail them selves of a winter outing. The daily chronicles are filled with accidents to life and limb by those who will insist on trying to catch trolley car flying past. Time flies, and every one pur- sues it, regardless of what may hap pen. New Workers who few years ago spent an hour in reaching their homes from their offices rush frantic ally to catch subway train which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
ELECTRICITY IN JAPAN.
American Concern Builds Large Plant
 In That Country.

The activity of American industries in foreign fields Is again evidenced by the completion of the first 60,0O0 volt electric plant in Japan. This plant. which cost nearly two million dollars. has just been approved by the Japanese government ac- cording to the customs of that country and is now furnishing the city of Tokio with light. heat and power. Nearly all the electrical equipment of this enormous plant was furnished by the General Elec- tric company. The apparatus was install ed by American engineers after the most approved American practice.
 Twenty-Five miles from Tokio the Tam agawa river has been converted into a gi- gantic storage reservoir. The water is carried by canal to the edge of a steep hill, from which it plunges down steel conduits to the waterwheels in the pow CT house below.
 The 26,000 horsepower is transmitted a distance of twenty-five miles at 6o,O0O volts, nearly double the voltage of any other transmission line in the empire to the main sub-station at Waseda just outside the city of Tokio. From there the Current will be carried on under ground cables to twelve smaller sub-sta- tions about the city to be distributed to the company's many patrons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
Alone for 25 Years.

Louisville Dispatch to the New York
 Herald.
 After life of solitude, with not soul allowed to remain in the house overnight. for the last garter of a century, Miss Margaret Ham, an eccentric recluse % years of age, died at her home in Muh- lenburg county, this state. She was the last of four sisters, all of whom had ta ken VOW to never marry. Their parents died when they were very young. the old est being but 16 years of age, since which time they occupied the old mansion of the family with never a man even to care for the horses. One by one the sisters died, until only Margaret was left and she survived for more than 20 years. When the infirmities of age became too heavy relatives in the neighborhood sup piled her needs, but she refused ta allow even cousin to remain overnight under her roof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
FOR MORTGAGE LOANS
 SEE MESSER REAL ESTATE 6 INSURANCE CO., 224 N. 21st St.
LEGAL NOTICES
Bids Wanted.

Bids will be received by the Board of Revenue of Montgomery county until F noon February 1T for grading and gravel ing 10 miles of the Flowers road and for graveling 3.S5 miles of the Old Pike road and 35 miles of the road connect ing above mentioned roads
 Specifications, profles and plans on file in office of County Engineer.
 The right to reject any or all bids is reserved J. T. BULLEN,
 County Engineer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10

will take them the same distance in a quarter of the time, and are impa- tient if they miss it, though they know another will be available in two or three minutes; the fastest ocean steamers are crowded, though the voy- age is too short for the rest and change which should be the accom- paniments of sea travel; even our ele- vators must shoot us with rocket like velocity to the tops of our sky scrapers. What these and the other manifold hurries of modern life mean to our national and physical health the neurologists can tell us, and their report is not reassuring. It is, per haps, too late to warn this generation against the vice of hurrying, but per haps later one may develop a saner philosophy of travel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE. One-half acre near car line; fronts pike road inside 5-cent limit car line; 1850. 10 acres within 190 foot of South Bes- semer car line, between lone and Maplehurst stations. $1250 cash, ball. ance one, two, three and four years, with interest.
 FOR RENT-1s00 11th Ave. S.. rooms. bath, gas and servants house. Six acres of land and seven-room house, with stable, etc.. close in.
 l.. G. PETTYJ0HN Phones 1101 and 466. 1S26H 3d Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
NOtiCe!

Our telephone number is now 379 Bell. Our office number Is now POT N. Fist street. We can suit you on real
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10

FOR SALE-Cheap, broom house nlee lot for s17OO: also lots, $500 each, at Owenton station. on South Ensley car line. Lots at Fairview, $500. Lots at Hill Top S225 Lots on North Hlgn= lands, $500. Lots in city. S6o0 up. O. room house on large lot. 4oth street. half block ear. for S10OO. Acreage close in for subdivision 2 Truck farms, $50 to s200o Also farms 5000 up. Brown
 and red ore; also coal lands. Whson Bros, 2d floor Jefferson County pank
 bldP 1---AA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
WANTED-AGENTS.
PERSONAL

PEAT7TTFTL young lady, very wealthy
 desires early marriage; no objection to workingman. Give age, etc. $. club, 351 Park avenue, Chicago. 2-s-t1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
FOR RENT

TALK WITH ALAN JEMIsON.
 2115 THIRD AVENUE. 2-4-St
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
WANTED.

sHAvING--i0c at 1921 4th avenue. s-1s-tf NANIED-o dstomers Iur showcases, iron safes and Carrara paint. Alabama Gro-
 cery company. l-l-u
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-10
FOR SALE

4--~~~~~--~~~T4S>~S%---e--~ TALK WITH ALAN JEMISON.
 BELL 49f: PEOPLES 619. 2-4-Slt
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
A9ToEI Ia.
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COURT HOUSE NEWS.
PROBATE COURT.

Inventory and schedule OF
debts filed and order granted to
sell personal property at private
sale in assignment of Folger &
Willis. Sale reported and hear
ing on confirmation set for JAN
uary 2 at 10 o'clock.
Last will of Gilbert Lowe was
filed for probate; hearing set for
December 81 at 9 o'clock. Same
was admitted to probate. En-
ma V. Lowe was appointed ex-
ecutrix under said will. Bond
$500.
Inventory filed in estate of S.
R. Riegle, also petition to sell
land. ...
Final account filed in guard
ianship of Raymond Kester.
Solomon and P. C. Brewer were
appointed administrators of es.
tate of Barbara Brewer. Bond
$4,000.
Last will of Henry Stuhlman
was admitted to probate and re-
cord. Widow elected to take un-
der the will. Elizabeth Stuhl-
man was appointed executrix un-
der said will. Bond $500.
Final account filed in estate of
Christina Wasson.
Order to appraise real estate
issued in estate of Peter Disher.
Order to sell real estate at pri-
vate sale issued in estate of Sa-
rena Overholser.
l. N. Kimmel was appointed
administrator Of estate of Will
son Peters. Bond $4,000.
Final account filed in guard.
ianship of Daniel Wilt.
S. C. Reigel was appointed ad-
ministrator Of estate of Ira A.
Landis. Bond $40, 900.
Mary c. Mote, widow of Mel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
tereSts.

The Ways and Means commit
tee has concluded its sittings
with the testimony, if it may be
so called, of Andrew Carnegie.
The persifage and collOquial fen
cling between the chairman of
the committee and the disting-
uished witness was a fitting fl
male to the farcical investigation
that has continued for some
weeks. 1t has not had and should
not have any effect on the tariff
bill, for not one new fact has
been elected, no real information
brought forth. Mr. Carnegie a.
vailed himself of the privilege of
old age to be loquacious to his
official superiors and played the
part of Polonius better than is
often seen on the stage.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

w
willing to forego the tariff on
shoes if the tariff on leather and
hides is removed. This is the
question that is up to Congress. s.
The shoe men claim that the du-
ty on hides is for the benefit of
the meat trust and that the tar
iff on leather only adds to the
riches of the leather trust. But
the meat trust has something to
say on the subject. They declare
that the tariff adds So to the
price of every animal that the
trust buys from the farmer. 1t
is said that figures do not lie,
but it is also said that liars fig
ure. The tariff on hides is only
15%. and if that adds So to the
cost of the bullock, the entire
hide should fetch 500. From
this it would appear that in some
instances the skin is worth more
than the beef. The shoe manu-
facturer is firmly established in
the west. st. Louis manufact-
ures an enormous output of boots
and shoes, as does Nashville and
other cities; while Massachusetts,
and New England are feeling
this western competition and re-
alize that if their shops are to
continue in business, they must
conquer foreign markets and this
is why they are clamoring for
cheaper raw materials. The spec
ial session of Congress to be call
ed to revise the tariff, will have
much to do with making or mar
ring the prosperity of many in
terests.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
Watnhnakera' Oil.
Tha Starhsh.

Watchmakers' oil is from the Jaw
bone Of the pOrpOise.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

Statistics show that Great Brit
ain is the only country that sends
out to the world more leather
footwear than the United States.
England exports about nine mil
lions of pairs of boots and shoes
against six millions from this
country, but it appears from the
same statistics that our shoes
profit the exporters eleven and a
half millions, while the British
exporters get but ten millions.
This would seem to indicate that
the American manufacturer with
his machinery is the more skill
full of the two and of course the
most sklllful in the world. The
American shoe is made by ma
chinery and the cost is the least
in the world, although the wage
of the operator is the highest.
The manufacturers of Massa-
chusetts declare that if the tar
if is taken off of leather and
hides, they can outsell the rest
of the world, and the biggest
manufacturers say that they are
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
THURSDAY, DEC. 81, 1908.

Two members, at least, of the
cabinet of President-elect Taft
have been finally decided upon
Philander Knox, Senator from
Pennsylvania, as the head of the
cabinet and Mr.. Hitchcock for
Postmaster General. Mr.. Knox
is a wealthy man and owns a fine
house in Washington. He can
sustain the inevitable expense of
entertainment expected of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, for
this is the relation which the
portfolio of the Secretary of
State involves. 1t is said that
Representative Burton's reason
for declining a cabinet position
was because of the expensive
social necessities that attached
to it. The salaries of cabinet
officers have been recently raised
to $4,000 a year and this to
many would seem ample to sup
port a person of American tastes
in Washington, where living is
not necessarily high. But it is
we'll known that wealth is nee
essary accessory to high official
position. A regime of million
aire senators has set the pace
and the Rooseveltian era has been
one of brilliant hospitality.
1t is given out that President
elect Taft is expected to intro
duce a simple-life in his admin
istration at home and abroad.
He disapproves, for example,
the lavish entertainment of the
American Ambassador to Great
Britain. No successor to Mr..
Reid that he can appoint, will be
able to keep the pace set by the
ambassador; and it has been said
that other governments are dis
pleased, because none of them
have been able even to approach
Mr.. Reid in the prodigality and
brilliancy of his entertainments.
Mr.. Reid, as is well-known, is
something more than a mere
money spender. He has been
a candidate for vice president of |
the United States; he was for
four years American minister to |
France; he has been a writer and
an editor for forty years; and
has made special study of for
eign affairs. Where would it be |
possible to find another man with |
such equipment and accomplish
ments in the multi-millionaire |
class?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
A Scotch Custom.

In many parts of Scotland it used to
bp the custom to place ON u mans
tombstone the symbclI Of his trade.
Thus a sugar cane would decorate the
grave Of u grocer; an ax and saw,
with hammer and nails. would be
found on that Of a carpenter, IAN awl
and hammer on a shoemaker's grave,
and so on.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
Notice for Parole.

NOTICE Is hereby given that Frank Cur
tlce, prisoner now confined In the Ohio
State Reforms atOry, 10 entitled under the law
and rules governing paroles from said tnstI-
tuition. To Recommendation to the Board OF
Managers by the superintendent and Chap.
lain as worthy of Conside alton for parole.
Said application will be for hearing on and
after January 10, 1909.
J. E. CLARK, Chief Clerk.
Dec. "a, l9OSw3
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

son Mote, elected TO take under
the will of her late husband.
Mary Dresher, widow of John
Dresher, elected to take under
the will of her late husband.
Report of mortgaging real es-
tate filed in guardianship of G.
f. Medford.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
, -"FT"nrE1Tmm

Or. Christians of Venice left 6O,OOO
forms for the maintenance of his three
dogs. a Mr.. Harper settled $500 on his
"yOung black cat" and a Frenchman
named Souchat left his entire fortune
to his tortoise.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

The starfish, netted, commits suicide.
1t dissolves itself into many pieces,
which escape through the neshes or
the net. Then kind Of resurrection
takes place, each piece growing into
perfect Sturtish.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

The Servians are of the Slavic fam
lily and came from Galicia in the sew
enth century. Their language is also
Slavic, but is distinguished from kin
dred languages by the predOminance
Of vowels, which render 1t soft and
malOdiouS