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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17

enough along to indicate their bear
ing on the near future. There has not
heen that SlaCkenlng of CONSUMPTION,
which in course of time seems to be
necessary in view of the small avail
able supply. In southern Texas dry
conditions of soil still prevail at the
initial states of the season.
Houghton Mich-There is nothing in
the Calumet q Hecla fire to occasion
alarm. The fire started in No. shaft
in the Calumet branch. and was ex-
tingushed in q few hours delaying
operations there for single shift only
Operations were again resumed this
morning and all danger is past. The
mine is equipped with fire walls
through and nothing like "A general
confagration is possible. The damage
is small.
Salt Lake City--Mining of ore from
the underground workings of the Utah
Copper Co. was virtually abandoned
the first of February. The company
had q force of about 50 men employed
in it's underground workings, but re-
suits were proving so unsatisfactory,
compared with those obtained from
steam shovel work that it was deter
mined to be The better plan to devote
al energies to developing and mining
with the shovels. This is. of course.
directly contrary to the reports which
were circulated some time ago that
the company contemplated abandoning
steam shovel mining.
Roston-The United Fruit Co. has
sold more than half of its 1910 sugar
crop. To late something like $4,000
bags or 10 cargoes have been sold and
the company expects to have 16 more
cargoes to sell. If production continues
20 run ahead of estimates as it has
for the last two months however
something more than the estimated
500. 900 bags will be made.
n. Y.-Chicago & Northwestern. dur
ing the calendar year 1909, showed
earnings equivalent to 9.94 per cent. on
the total common and preferred stocks
outstanding. For fiscal year ended
June last, the company showed an
earning power Of 11.42 per cent. on its
combined stock issues and in the cal
endar wear 1908 Northwestern earned
~ per cent, in 1907 11.SS per cent ana
in 1906 III per cent. but this latter.
comparison is qualified by the fact that
the capital was increased from sH,-
900. 900 to 1922, oil 1888 not long after the
close of that year. 1t will thus be seen
that the company made the poorest
showing during 1909 of the past three
wears. No account is here taken or
the new stock issue on which no divi-
dends accrued during 1909.
N. Y.-The average price of 20 active
stocks at the close Tuesday was
122 96, a decline of so compared with
Mondays close. A year ago the aver
age was 49, 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
TheMarkets.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings In Al
The Leading Stocks.

Now York, Feb. 16.-Subtract the deal
ings in Reading from today's stock mar
ket and only a meagre aggregate Wohld
remain. Even United States Steel. the
Hnvarying leader OF the market for many
/ months past, was completely overshad-
owed.
No news developed to explain the Read
ing movement beyond the revival of the
professional element in the operations IN
stocks This mystery has to do with
the supposed concealed assets of the
Reading Co. and as variant the prlVl-
lege the company has to exchange its sees
ond preferred stock for common and first
preferred stock, half of each. The re.
vval of these rumors seems to be OF
never-faiing effect in stimulating TINS
stock to furious activity. The point made
in the present movement is that the conf
pany will be obliged to make report
under the terms of the corporation income
tax law, which will disclose its conceal
ed assets" The second preferred stock
was marked up today, as is usual in
these speculative turns, to conform to the
supposed exchange into common and first
preferred stock. This privilege was pro-
vided when the first preferred privilege
made that stock more valuable than
either the second preferred or common
stock and when the chances of the com
mon stock for sharing in dividend pay
ments was problematical. so that the ex-
change of half tho second preferred INTO
common stock might present a financial
of such an exchange now with the com
mon stock receiving larger dividends than
either preferred stock is not clear.
The conspicuous fact about the general
list was its lack of responsiveness to this
movement in Reading. The tone was
quite positively weak in the morning and
the recovery. with the extension Of the
rise in Reading. was dragging and dull
Special stocks Of minor Importance made
sharp advances but the market was not
strong until the last half hour
feature of the day was strong re-
covery in rates of foreign exchange in
spite of decline in the private discount
rate in London. Preparation for the
coming payments of NV York City bonds
held in London is a factor in exchange.
There figured in the days discussion the
heavy increase in the European visible
supply of copper shown by the fortniShtly
publication of statistics today. The cop
per industrials moved slugSishly, but the
report throws light on the failure of the
favorable American copper statistics pub
lishcd last week to help the copper stocks:
The price of the metal declined here and
in London today. No good effect was
produced by the movement towards
Strike in the New York building trades.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par
value. $2567,00N. United States 2's coupon
and the AS coupon advanced ! per cent.
on call
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New York Produce Market.

New York, Feb. 49,
FLOUR-FirmlY held with a fair local
trade; receipts 21.5i0; shipments 20.
WIIEAT-Spot firm; No. red 100 sale-
elevator domestic and 129a nominal /
afloat; No | northern Duluth and No
hard winter 1895 nominal b ahoat
receipts 1890: shipments 5000.
CORN-Spot firm: No. nominal ele-
vator domestic and delivered and 72l NOM
inal o b anoat: receipts GJ,250.
OATS-Spot firm; mixed 26M32 lbs. NOM
inal: natural white 26032 lbs. 52i6f55i ::
clipped white 34@42 lbs. 534n56!; receipts
64,05O
PORK-Steady: mess 245OG25; family &c
02650; short clear 4.75M27.
BEEF-Firm; mess 13G13.50; family II
M1150: beef hams 24M26.
LARD-Strong; middle west prime 1896
M13O5
SUGAR-Raw firm: muscovado 50 test
367; centrifugal 96 test AZ; molasses SUI
gar 50 test 342: refined sugar steady.
BUTTER-Firm on top grades; receipts
3I16; creamery specials 80; extras %; third
to first 25G2S: state dairy common to fin
est 23M2S; process first to special 241Gt2 6l :;
western factory 21aG23; western imitation
creamery 24M23
EGGS-Steady, unchanged; receipts 12,-
435.
OTATOES-Irregular Bermuda second
crop per Dbl. 3115m6; sweets Jersey per
basket 30M$l.
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From New York for An.
nua| European Vacation.
Caught Finally by a Snap Shot
Artist and Merely Laughs.
Told Reporters Little and Son Lit.
tie More About His Plans.

New York. Feb. 16.-J Pierpont
Morgan sailed today on the White Star
steamship Cedric for his annual vaca-
ton in Europe. The financier said he
was going to the Mediterranean and
that his trip had no special Significance.
On the pier were a number of the
bankers relatives and friends. Among
them were j. p. Morgan, Jr., the lat
ters wife and little daughter Mabel
and Herbert Satterlee.
Mr.. Morgan arrived at the pier in an
automobile and as he stepped from the
machine several photographers tried to
take his picture. The banker swung
his heavy cane in the direction of one
OF the photographers, who sprang back.
After reaching the pier Mr.. Morgan
was overheard to say to a friend:
Huh! One of those photographers
tried to take my picture but / chased
him about 10 feet
AS Mr. Morgan was walking up the
gangplank photographer lifted his
camera. The bankers little grand
daughter plucked at his sleeve and
cried: Look. Grandpa, look" The
f1nancier glanced over the side and
when he saw that the photographer
mad been successful he laughed.
j. +. Morgan, Jr., after the sailing of
MS father said to the reporters: did
my father tell you anything about his
plans?' =
Not much, was the answer. 'art
wen, he didn't tell me much more. I"
said young Morgan. N. "A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
Days Financial
News and Gossip.
Feb. 1880.

Feb. 16.l9l0.
Boston-The persistent strength in
Massachusetts Electric Cos. stocks in
the face of a general weak market IS
explained by the practical certainty
which now exists that the $20,53o1, 40o
perferred will be placed upon a
straight per cent. basis with the May
declaration of the July semi-annual
dividend.
Globe. Ariz-Since the shipping Of
ore from the Superior & Boston NINE
was begun on Feb s. shipments
| amounting to between 81 ana 30 tons
of per cent. copper ore nave peen
going to the Iizonia-Commerclai
smelter daily. The ore to make UP the
shipments has been taken partly from
the supply already on hand III the pins
and partly from the two raises Deing
put up on the Great Eastern VEN from
the sixth level. One of these raises
located 100 feet east of the Great East
ern WINE, measures % feet: the other
raise put up at a point 70 feet west
of the WINE has been extended 9o
feet.
New York-The election of Daniel
Willard as president of Baltimore q
Ohio Southwest Railroad. Thursday,
will in all probability be followed soon
by formal REIMBURSEMENT by Oscar G.
Murray of all positions in Baltimore
&, Ohio companies. The executive du-
ties connected with these companies
devolve upon the president of the en-
tire system.
At Is cents a pound. or SIS a bale,
the cotton market has apparently
reached one of those stages in which
the various factors in determining
prices are content to assume for the
time being waiting attitude. Spin
ners are not as yet in need of buying
for spring nor are crop conditions far
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Baseball Notes

Robert l.. Hedges. president of the St
Louis Americans denied Wednesday thai
he had any intention of trading Outfelder
George Stone and Shortstop Bobby Wal
lace to Cleveland for catcher Clarke and
First Baseman Stovall
George Merritt, an infelder of the Jer-
sey City Baseball Club of the Eastern
League. may lose his life from the bite
Of a dog. The ball player was bitten a
few days ago and is being treated at a
hospital in Paterson, n. j. Soon after
In answer to Capt Haverkahn's call,
80 candidates for the West Point base
ball team reported at the gymnasium.
Sammy Strang has been secured to handle
the men this season. The Army and Ma
wy game will be played at Annapolis May
% and that with the University of YER
mont on April ,.
William T. Temple of Red Springs, N
c., has signed with the New York Ma
tional League club. Temple is an A. & NJ
College boy. having played with this in
stitution for three years. He can pitch,
catch and play the outfeld. He is a 300
hitter ana has played star ball in minor
leagues.
The services of Jim Dowd of Holy oke,
pitcher on Holy Cross for the past three
years. are being sought for by big league
managers. Dowd will complete his course
at Holy Cross in June. and several clubs
have made advances to him. The latest
manager after Dowd is Griffith of the
Cincinnati Reds. The Holy Cross man
will not determine his course until after
graduation
James W. bug" Holiday. by far the
most popular baseball player in the Unit
ed States. died Tuesday at Cincinnati
For IL years Holiday was the star bats
man ofsthe league and ran up many ia
nous records, one of the best of which
was four home runs in one game lie
played at Cincinnati from 1883 until 1900
later umpired In the American -Associa-
ton, then became boollmaker on differ
ent race tracks. and three years ago was
injured so that one of his legs had to BIZ
amputated.
Pitcher Barbcrich former Providence
Eastern Lacquer, and formerly with the
Worcester New England League cham
pions, but this year with the Red Sox. Is
the latest one of the Boston American
stars to report upon his condition since
vaccination. Barberich sent in word
Tuesday to the American League quar-
tiers that he had been operated upon and
that the arm was Just about getting over
the sore stage. The former minor
fy1I iS
promising box men for the coming season
with the Red Sox and is preparing to so
South
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Lewiston HOrSemen
Decide to Hold
Races for Ribbons.

Lewiston, Me, Feb. 16-Whether
they would have ribbon OF oat races
at the tWo-dayS event Feb 22-3. was
question for much debate at the
meeting of the Lewiston &. Auburn
Driving club. Lx-Mayor Wilson, Pres
idcnt Wiggin and George A. WEIGH
or purses. George b. Bearce DR. Smith
and Frank Hayden were among those
who wanted ribbons. After much dis
cussion il was voted by one majority
with - present to hold ribbon races
The points won will count in the gem
cral summary for the awarding of
prizes ut the end Of the season
Entries for these races must he made
with Secretary Libby before Thursday
night. Entries for Fridays races must
be made before A. NJ. Thursday
Several matched races besides spe-
cial attractions will be arranged for
this meet 4 list has not been COM
pletcd but VIII be ANNOUNCED in few
days.
It was voted that hereafter each race
be completed before another is started
W hich will not ondanger the health OF
the horses by oblising them to stand
around after being warmed up.
Some Of the members said they I'M
derstood that +. G. Farr of Spokane
Wash, formerly an enthusiastic Lew
iston horseman. would attend the races
and that he had intimated that he
would offer Il prize for two of the spe.
a,ial nNHMIS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
WORLD OF SPORTS
Boxing Gossip

Dick Iiyiand and Grover Hayes are
again matched for FEB - at NE" vi
leans.
Mike Glover of South Boston mas
been matched to box Cy Smlth III Troy
Feb. %.
Tommy O'keefe wants to meet Matty
Baldwin at 1873 pounds weigh in at
o'clock
Dave Deshler has been matched 10
box Frank Picato of Los Angeles a'
New Orleans Feb. 70.
Eddie Murphy, the South Boston
lightweight. who was training IN New
York for several bouts, broke his lelt
hand during a bout with his partner
and wa. forced to call off all matches.
cord,, Ferguson and his brother-in-
law Charlie Mason, have gone 10
Pttsburg. Sandy wants TO get on d
match with Tony Ross or some other
heavvweight. Mason is ready to tackle
ANYTHING at 1873 pounds. railing 10 get
q match in Pittsburg. Sandy will &c
to the coast where he hopes to be able
to take on Langford or Flynn.
NIattv Baldwin and Ray Bronson will
meet in the main bout at the Armory
A. A., Boston. next Tuesday. In the
preliminares, which are of six rounds
each. Max Landy faces Al Limerick,
RiIlv Nixon takes on Jerry Meskill, the
United states army champion and
Alger will have Ralph Tickle for an
opponent.
Freddy O'Brien is in rare trim just
now for his championship bout with
John,y Lynch, which is to be decided
Frit,ay night at Brockton. Lynch is
al.caa.- at weight, but is doing a lot
oc fas. york with his partners in his
Quarters at Cambridge. Chelsea and
Cambridge fans figure an attending in
large numbers.
The knocking out of Joe Coster by
Harry Forbes at New York in eight
rounds was one of the biggest upsets
of recent years. Coster, who had all
the better of the first six rounds. evil
IDENTITY tired or grew careless. Still it
was clean-cut win for the boy who
yielded up his championship to frankie
Neil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
BAN JOHNSON REELECTED FOR
20 YEARS SIS, 900 A YEAR.
American League Adopts Schedule Without
Change and Decides on 20 Years AS
Term for Renewal of Agreement Which
Expires in November of This Year.

clause forbjdding any club owner OF
holder of stock in any club to hold
shares in any other club in the league
except as an emergency measure" Al
the other article: of the agreement
were retained in the new one.
Uniform tickets. with rain checl
coupons practically the same as now
in use in the National League were
adopted.
4 schedule of ia games, opening on
April IA and closing on oct. was
unanimously adopted. This schedule
was the only one submitted to the
meeting and was chosen without
change. 1t was announced that the
dates selected would be retained
whether the National League play 154
or lSS games.
While no official announcement was
made that Mr.. Johnson's salary l3d
been increased from $4,000 to $4,000,
it was said on good authority that
such was the case Mr.. johnson re-
fused to talk on the reported salary in
crease, but smiling said that 1t was a
personal matter His is the lG lScSt
tenure of office to which any ba ieball
president was ever elected.
The adoption of 20-year agreement
was said to be in the nature of COM
promise. Some of the club owners
favored the renewal for 10 years, while
others spoke for perpetual agreement,
such as now exists in the National
League.
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National League
Magnates Still
Unable to Agree

New York. Feb. 1.-THE National
League magnates are still deadlocked on
the schedule question. As was the case
yesterday. they convened at o'clock this
afternoon and remained in session until
tonight unable to decide on either the
16S- or the l54-game schedule. According
~ at the night session it was decided to
turn to discussion of rules and to re-
sumo the schedule debate at o'clock to-
morrow.
There were numerous consultations
among the magnates during the morning
and In some quarters hope was expressed
that when they get together in the after
noon for the resumption of their regular
session some sort of basis for a compro-
mise might be reached. The bitter fac
tional feeling engendered by the Ward
Heydler deadlock at the December meet
ing seemed to have broken out again,
however. and 1t was difficult to guess
yAss common ground for an agreement
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Chicago Secures
!ssMany Good Dates.

Chicago. Feb. 16.-The American
League announced its schedule fol
1910 today. The list, as usual, contains
1874 games.
Chicago, as usual, has the greatest
number Of conflicting dates. There are
eight clashes between the two local
clubs st. Louis has the only other
conflicts.
The Chicago club drew many of the
choice dates, having July A. Labor day,
II Sundays and IA Saturdays.
The season will open on April IA,
with the following games: st. Louis
at Chicago. Cleveland at Detroit, Phil
adelphia at Washington and Boston at
New York.
The first sectional series will open
in the East on May 10. with Cleveland
at Philadelphia. Chicago at Washing
ton. Detroit at New York and st,
Louis at Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
YOCkNOW GIVES LORAiN
FIGHT FANS A SURPRISE

Cleveland Feb. lotto Kocknow
.of Cleveland surprised 1900 sports at
Lorain Tuesday night by staying 10
rounds with Tommy kilbane of Cleve-
land to a draw. Yocknow was the clev-
erer and had the better of the first five
rounds. in the last two Kilbane APP
pedred the stronger. Both We're tired
at the finish. kilbane used rough tao
tics throughout
In the preliminary Matt Brock
brother of Phil. and Tommy McGinty
both Of Cleveland. went six rounds to
a draw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
PAL MOORE AND JIMMY
WALSH ARE MATCHED.

New York, Feb. 16.-Pal Moore of
Philadelphia and Jimmy Walsh of Bos-
ton We're matched here Tuesday for a
10-round bout at the Olympic A. G..
stag at Harlem on March t. The deal
was closed when Jess McMahon man
ager of the olympic Club matched the
pair.
This is a 10 strike for New York
boxing fans, for it was thought the
Armory a. A. of Boston. or one of the
Quaker City clubs might grab the
match which is most important in the
bantamWeight class.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-17
SAM LANGFORD HAS
FOUR BUSY WEEKS AHEAD.

Los Angeles, Feb. Lett looks as
though the local victory of Jim Flynn
over Sam Langford has forced some of
the aspiring heavyweights to come
from under cover and test their ability
with the colored whirlwind. Langford
has booked three bouts in the next
four weeks. On Washington's birth
day he will meet Nat Dewey, a big
colored heavyweight of the West. for
20 rounds at Cheyenne, Wyo. Tony
Ross will be Langford's opponent on
March 3 in a six-roupd bout at Pitts
burg. Then Langford gets a chance
to score revenge on Jim Flynn. whom
he meets in this city in a Aground
tight on March II.
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Feb. 16.
Wheat capped a steady advance with a
sharp gain of one cent in the last ID min
utes of trading, closing Is to cents up.
Corn was also strong, with less spectac-
ular activity and oats kept firm front
through the day. Provisions, from a
weak start. worked up to a strong finish
helped on by the upward trend of grain
prices
WHEAT-May 1144as; July 1Oiga1o5;
CtoRN@May ISL: July es7az; Sept. ss9.
OATS-May 4SsMs; July Az; Sept. All.
MESS PORk-May $50: July 23.52l.
LARD-AIay 12.72a; July 1267a.
SHORT RIBS-May $40; July 1e35.
FLOUR-Frm.
RYE-No. > S0dfS1.
FEED-Or mixing barley 6oGbSt.
MALTING-69d13 10.
FLAX SEEDING. | southwestern 2oS
No. northwestern us.
TIMOTHY SFED-405.
CLONER-14.00.
MESS PORK-23. 23M23.1J.
MESS PORK-23 62lG23.75
LARD-12. 72!m1275
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New York Cotton Market.

New York, Feb. t.
Spot closed quiet 20 points decline. Mid
ding uplands 1880; do. gulf 1905. Sales
GAL bales.
Galveston quiet, 15 New Orleans quiet.
"A 15-16 Savannah nominal. IA 15-16;
Charleston nominal, II 15-16; Memphis
quiet, 49,
Net receipts for five days $3.50
Exports to Great Britain 1850; to
France 6lS3; to the Continent 55,6Sl.
Stock 66i,S19.
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Hard Colds.

People whose blood is pure are not
nearly so likely to take hard colds as
are others.
Physiology goes into the reason.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
blood pure, causing healthy action OF
the mucous membrane and giving
strength and tone to all the organs
and functions.
This great medicine RECEIVERS the
system after a cold, as no other does
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BRAN-tnchanged. o7nLo1. ~.

BRAN-Unchanged, 27Nl2750
BuTTER-Unchanged northern 33qi33
western 81.
CHEESE-tJnchanged n. Y 1SIG1g.
CORN-l'irm: No $ yellow 73l074
EGGS-Unchanged: choice 30m32; west
ern 27M2S
FLOUR-Cnchanged; mill shipments
spring patents 515M630
HAY-Higher: No. l 2450l2J.
LAMBS-tfnchanged 12M14
1IARD-Cnchanged: pure 15s.
MINED FEED-Steady. 21.I0n30
OATS-Cnchangcd; No. clipped white
PORk-Iiigher: medium backs - 5yu2S.
POTATOES-Firm; white 105nll5.
SUGAR-Unchanged granulated $50.
NEALS-U nchanged. Hale.
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Portland High a.
Edward Little 10.

Auburn, Me, Feb. -(SpcciaD. The
Portland High school basketball team de-
feated Edward Little High this evening"
in Auburn hall by Il loose score of "a to
-. Both teams played good clean ball
The passing, blocking trick plavs and
shooting, especially by the visitors. were
fine Mccarthy for the visitors excelled
followed close by Libbey and Rounds IN
all-around work. Capt. Beals did some
nice shooting from the field. The team
work of both was exceptionally worthy
of mention. BY Portland High winning
toniSht's game brings them nearer to the
goal for High school champions Edward
Little fought hard, but in the first half
Portland put up a stiff game finishing
the half with q score of IS to in their
favor. In tho second half Edward Little
played hard and prevented Portland from
scoring any points but the lead was too
great to overcome.
p. H. S. EL H
rounds (HameD, lf......rf, Beals Capt.
rnifen; II .......-................ IF. Hood
iI piIord tDogherty). .......... c, Seavey
l.ot'hdy capt.. r. ........... lg. Solomon
oscore,Pcrtland High Il. Edward Little
~ Goals from fioor--Libbey 3. Mccarthy
:, Rourds >. Beals }, Solomon ., Seavey 1.
Ioals ffon Fouls-McCarthy 10. Beals l.
Umpire, Skinner. Referee. Woodman.
Timers, Weber of Auburn and McDonald
Of Portland. Scorer. Atwood. Time. 20m.
periods.