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ANTi-GORPORATION TALK DEPRESSES LIST Obstacles to Grantlug Immunity lo Chicago & Alton Gausas Prices to Tako a Tumble. COPPER HARKET CAUSE FOR WORRY It Will Have to Settle Into a Stahl? Condition Before the Market Can Be Active and Strong?Decline In Wheat?Total Saleo and Closing Quotations. (By AHHoclatcd PresB.1 NEW YORK, Soid. 4.?The reaction | In prices of Stocka today was regard? ed as being due, for the most pan i< the natural running nut of tho forc?] toward recovery which has been oper? ative for more than a week now. Hut| besides tiV; normal reactionary ten? dency dim to technical conditions there wag some revival of positive factors of depresRrtjn. These had to do mostly with the phase of atitl-cor poratlou agitation. The incidents of most Influence in reawakening the subject weru the apparent obstacles| raised ktgojlnst (she grauling of im? munity to the Chicago Alton for | the testimony used In convicting the Standard 1)11 Company of rebating and| the reopening of Iho hearings ill tlx local tr net Ion Inquiry which Is being | conducted by the Public Service Com? mission. In the Chicago and Alton ca^e the assumption thai a decision against immunity would throw serious obstacles In the way of future at tempts of the government to prose cute rebating offenses was Ignored or escaped notico in tho prevaleent tendency of speculators to give heed to forced r? action. Another source of uneasiness was the doubt whether! the copper market would settle into] a stable condition at Iho lower price level established by yesterday's cut. The close correspondence between I the extent of the reaction in American| Smelting and Its sudden advanci yes? terday was Inactive of the rcail/.ing| nature of the selling which was go? ing on In that and other stocks. The most notable gainer in yesterday s| movement were the severest sufferers! in today's decline. Tho effect of the situntlon in the copper market was aggravated by the consideration given to the reported ombarrassmeut of the Union Iron and Steel Com? pany. Although tlie company Is a] small one and Its troubles are pro-| nouncrd not to be significant of gen? eral conditions speculative sontlment| did not escape the discouraging olfoct of the announcement which was fearodl as 'a symptom of conditions in the trade. Tho sharp decline In wheat was] not disregarded In the stock market.| although It was attributed principally to foreign crop conditions. The profit taking toward the end| of tho day on the part of the benri reduced the declines to some extent | hut the closing lone .was easy. ?' Hunds wi re firm. Total sales, par value, 11,028,0001 U. S. Registered Is declined 1-1 and tho coupons 1-2 per cunt un call. Total sales stocks today 417,Mu Scares .including: Copper 49,200.1 Smelting. 43,0uJ; Coast line, 200; Q & O.. 1,600; Reading, !)7.8u0; so. Ry.,| l.fion; U. P.. 01,000; V. C. C inn. Adams Express . 160 Amalgamated Copper . 7l%| American Car and Foundry.... 35%] American Car and F'ndry, pfd t American Cotton Oil . 32% American Cotton Oil, pfd. 86 American Express . R'2 Am. Ilido nnd Loatohr, pfd. .. 16% American Ice . 45 American Linseed oil . 8 American Linseed Oil, pfd. is American Locomotive . 63%! American -Locomotive, pfd. .. 101 Am. Smelting and Rh fug. !>!>% Am. Smelting and Ring., pfd... 00% American Sugar Refining. 118% American Tobacco, pfd, certlf.. 7i> Anaconda Mining Co. 46 Atchlson . 86%| Atchlson pfd. 90% | Atlanilc ' Coast Line . 82 Baltimore and f)hlo . B0% Haltlmnni and Ohio, pfd. Nit Brooklyn Rapid Transit . 17:.V Canadian Pacific . 165% Central of New Jersey . 17h I Chesapeake and Ohio . 33 Chicago Great Western . 10 Chicago and Northwestern ... H-i--)* Chicago, MD- and St. Paul _ 121% Chicago Terminal nnd Trans .. 4 Chi. Terminal and Trans, pfd.. 18 C. C. O, & St. Lbu|s . Colorado Fuel and Iron . 24% Colorado and Southern . 23% Colorado and Southern -st pfd. 5-1 Colorado and Southern '2nd pfd. 46 Consolidated Oas . 105% Corn Products . 14% Corn Products, pfd. i?6 Delaware and Hudson . l?:t Del., Lakawaima and West_ 4?4 Denver and Rio Grande . 3:!-% Denver and Rio Grande, pfd. .. 66 Distillers' Securities . 55% Erie . z4% Erie, 1st pfd. f..i Erie, 2nd pfd. 37% General Electric . 127 "? Illinois Central . 135 International Paper . 14% International Paper, pfd. Tl International Pump . 20 International Pump, pfd. 65 Iowa Central .'. li; Iowa Central, pfd. 3514 HAMPTO Kansas City Southern . '-' Kansas City Southorn, \tM.al1* Uoulsvllto anil Nashville . 107'4 Mexican Central . jJ'AI Minneapolis ami St. Louis. - 39 , Min., st. I*. nnd sauit. ste. M. .03 Min.. St, I?. & Sault St.. M . |lfd 12? Missouri Pacific . ,!'J .Missouri, Kansas and Texas .. 36% Missouri! Kansas ami Tex.. |)fd ij.l National l.eail . 53 National It It. ol MoxICO, pfd.. 44V4 Now Yorli Central . 1"'4 *i New York Out and Western . . XI Norfolk and Western . 79% ] Norfolk and Western, pfd. 7S North American . 59 Pacific Mall . 26% Uiisytvtyhia . 118% ?(flde's tins . Wi Pitlshurg. C. C, and St. I.ouis li.r? Pressed Steel Car . 2'.> Pressed Steel Car. pfd. St Pullman Palace Car . 155 rvoudiug . ?ov? ailing, 1st pfd. 83 j Heading, 2nd l'fd. 77 llepubllc Steel . 21% Republic Steel, pfd. 711 Itoek Island CO. 29% | Hoik Island Co., pfd. ... IS St. I.onls A San Frrin., 2nd pfd 34% si. Louis Southwestern . 13HI St. I.onls Southwestern, pfd. .. 45% Sontheim Pacific . 84% Southorn Pacific, pfd. 110% Southern Railway . k-'s Southern Hallway, pfd. 55% Tennessee Coal ami Iron . 1311 I Texas and Pacific . 8fi% Toledo. St. Louis and West.. 23% | I Toll do, St. Louis ft West, ptd.. ALU Union Pacific . rjsvj Union Pacific, pfd. KU United States Express . 81 Halted States Realty . 51 Hulled States Rubber . 31 United states Rubber, pfd. 80% Culled SlaK s Steel . 31% I United Slates Btcel, pfd. si7k| Virginia Carolina Chemical .?0% Virginia Carolina Chemical, ptd Dfi Wahash . 11% Wahash. pfd. 21 Weils Kargo Express .25? Wcsiinghouso Electric . 130 Western Union . Tii Winding Shd Lake Erie . g? Wisconsin Central . 114 Wisconsin Central, prd. :n Nor. Pnc. 122 Vi Cen. Leather . ]S% Do. pfd. . 84% Class, Bbef. Croat Northern, pfd. Int. Met. Do, Pfd. New York Money Market. NEW YORK. Boot 4.?Money on | call firm, 2 a 3 per cent.; ruling rati Ii: closing hid 1 11; offered at 2 1-2 Time loans easy and dull; sixty day 5 a 12 and !"T days 5 3-4 n 6; bIx| months six. Close: Prime mercan? tile paper ii a 0 1-2 per cent. Sterl? ing exchange easy, with actual bus? iness In hunkers- hills at ISti.20 \ 4SC.25 for demand and at 482.40 .. ( 482.45 for 50 day hills. Commercial Idlls IS2 1-8 a -IS2 14. Rar silver CS | 1-1. Mexican dollars 53. Baltimore Produce Market. BALTIMORE, MD., Sept. 4.?Floni ?firmer; winter patent 400 a 41 spring patent 510 a 540. Wheat ? strong spot contract !>S 99. New sou tin-in by sample 7T. I) Corn-strong, hut dull; spot mlxi 05 1-1 a 1-2; No. 2 white r,5 3-4. Oats?steady. No. 2 mixed 52 1 53. Rye?quiet ?Butter?firm, unchanged; fancy imitation 23 a 24; fancy orenmery 27 n 27 1-2; ancv ladle 20 a 21; store packed 17 a 17. Eggs?steady, unchanged 22 a 23. Cheese?firmer, unchanged; large 14; medium 14 1-1; small 14 1-2. Sugar?unchanged; coarse granu? lated 510; fine 510. Sent to Jail for Five Montihs. S. C. Bailey, otherwise known asl "Sam Halb y," 17 years bid, was senl| to jail for five months by Mayor L P. Furnoss, of Phoebus, yesterday for| stealing goods from W. A. Mays. Lnndscer, Lelghton, Dickens, I'ugiu, the eminent architect; Rousseau, Uie| philosopher; Scott, Tennyson and Dar? win were all passionately devoted canine pets, while going still further I back one Unds that Chaucer, Sir Isaac | Newton, Hubens and UotfiirUi regard? ed them as the bust uf companions. AIR LINE FERRY STEAMERS Eleanor, Squirrel and Gouldman Will land you at the new government] Pier at the Exposition Grounds. Leave Leave. Old Point Exposition I A. M. A. M. 8:00 8:00 8:45 8:45 0:30 9:30 10:15 10:15 11:00 11:00 11:45 11:45 P. M. P. M. 12:30 12:30 1:15 1:15 2:00 2:00 2:45 2:45 3:30 3:30 4:15 4:15 5:00 5:00 5:45 5:45 6:30 6:30 7:15 7:15 8:00 8:00 8:45 8:45 9:30 9:30 10:15 10:15 11:00 I Schedule subject to change with-' out notice. I Last Boat Leaves Exposition at 11:00 p. m. ' Special Continuous Round Trip Tickets, 25c. Good after ; o'clock P. M. _t_;_ umor ENGAGED ON SIGHT. Tho Story of a Bright. Up to Date Of fico Boy. Ho was a freckled faced, foxy look lug boy ?f thirteen or fourteen und not more than About half as hlg as he ought t>> lie, hot ho was why ami his uyoa wero clear. Tbc proprietor of I the store was lu bis OtUcu when the boy entered. "Do yon want a hoy here?" nsUcil the youngster with confidence. "What do 1 want With a hoy':" re? plied the proprietor with itu Intent to have fun with his visitor. "I don't know," was the unabashed response. "I guess they huve buyu , around stores sometimes, and 1 thought you might want one." "Well, since you have mentioned It. 1 do." "What kind of a hoy do you wiintV" The proprietor looked lilin over with U more or h'SS HUS|llcl6UH eye. "I want a good hoy," he said slowly, j "Then 1 wou't do." sold the young ' itcr. I "Why wou't you? Are you it had boy V" j "I'm um?or," hesitated the caller. "I'm Just u hoy. that's all. There's I touietlilng wroug with 'em when they're good." He started out, when the proprietor railed him back. "Held on." he said. "Mayhe you aru ' what I want." "If you want u good thing, I'm it," | nnld the hoy, "and you won't have to push me along, either." "How much do you want?" "I want a million, but I'll take $3 n I week." "When can \ou beginV" " This very minute If you'll give inn I my supper. I haven't hud anything to cut for tluvu weeks." "Nothing to eat for three weeks!" excluliuvd the proprietor. "Nothing tit. I've scraped along oa 1 could, bu*. 1 haven't hud a Bquuro meal, with pic on the side." "All right. You shall have your sup? per. And where will you sleep'/" "Dil. I won't sleep at all. I'm going to sidy awake of nlu-hls when I ain't, busy no's 1 can feel how good It Is to ' have a joh und got money In my clothes. Hully gee, there's a kid out there trying to got uwuy with u piece | of lead pipe. Let me crack him once." . And the new employee dashed out uftcr thu offender.- Washington Star. Ho Knew Hio Busineis. The colored man who was llsblng In the river st Mobile had Just ono poor1 little Ash to show for his catch, and as be held It up to view I hoped blui but-1 tcr luck next time. ? "Dai's nil right, white man," be re? plied as he put the dull In his pocket. I "It don't weigh ober fo' ounces, an' I'aol spent de hull urternooti, hut wld dat 1 fish in my hand 1 kin go home an' make de old woman believe that one welghlu' ! ten pounds dim got olT my book an'! will bu wnltln' round fur me tomorrerl" A Few Thing? Lacking. "I got a box of matches," said the eld colored brother, "en ef I des had a load cr wood I could make n Hie, en ef I des hud S side er meat en a suck er Hour I could cook It un dut lire, en atter I cooked It dcy ain't no question hut what I could cat It, ka/.e nil 1 got at do present time Is a empty house eu a all porwndllV Appetite."?Atlanta Constitution. j Finding tho Way. "I will win her yet!" he cried, with determination. "I lovo her, nud love wilt tlnil ii way." Of course he wits clearly behind tho times. Love can still occasionally llnd n way, hut It Isn't anything like su quick und good a pathfinder as money, und as usual It reached the citadel somewhat lute?Chlcugo Post Ready to Exchange It. "Can you distinguish between a hur? ricane, a cyclone mid u tornado';" "No. I cau't. Dut I'm certain of one thing." "What's that?" "If I were afflicted with any of them, I'd lie sure to want to trade It off for either of the others."?Cleveland Plain l tealcr. Tho Effect of Marriage. McJIgger?Ho should have had sense enough not to marry Miss Htrougiuiud. lie was very stupid. Thingumbob? Yes, but hu'b sinewed bow.?Philadelphia Press. Guying the Guileluss. Funny Man (suddenly)?It looks llko SO cents, doesn't It? Innocent (guilelessly)- What does? Funny Man A nickel and a quarter. ?Detroit Free Press. Let Ua Hope So. "."-Jay, inn, I bei 1 klu beat ycr run ulu." kyj IS AND OL! CHILDREN OF STREETS How Thousands of VoungB t is in New Yoik's Lower Strata Have a Good Time. Four hundred thoUBand clilldron swarm In ihi> parks, streets, alleys, ami COIirta of the Vit St City Utldor conditions wlilch Fho average person would think utterly discouraging and offensive, and yet thoy rind New' York one <>f the fines; playgrounds in tho world. In n charmingly II lusirnted rirtlctti in Applolon's for Hep> leinhor, flennte Culvert says; From tho linttery to th? tlronx, from tho ICurI RIyer to tho Hudson, Iho streetH and pinks teem with children at piny. They play In halls of ten.nis. on thin sidewalk Jostled by the contend' iii): current of traffic, and under the heads of horses dodging troloy ears! ami nutoinopllos, und risking their lives a score of times a dav. Thoy phi) In the parks, overlooked by amiable policemen and white capped nurses. They, piny In the roof Har? dens of the public schools or on Iho flat tops of tenements. Negro and white, .lew and poiltlle, Italians of Mulberry Bend, Syrians of the Syrian ipiarter of Washington street. Irish from Kleventth Avenue, and Hermans from Avenue A., poor youngsters In their "skOOters'1 trundling along the sidewalk mill children of the rich In their uuiomobllboa touring through the parks, to nil of Ihem the city gives Its freedom without distinction. While the rich have private play? grounds on Hie roofs, and well kept nurseries, there Is no playground ex eepi iho streets for the vast major j by of children, nod to the sireotB they throng In numbers like the sands id tho son. Mile alter mile tbel visitor may walk and still the child is omnipresent and his play contin? ues. Hero is n cluster of youngsters In tnttnrs and more or less dirt, leap? frogging h over the hydrant at the corner, and there their slaters, scanty of gown and bare of leg, urn playing hopscotch on a court marked out up? on the flagging?a most Interesting game If one could but understand its intricacies. In the welcome shadow of a tenement-house hallway a collcc ? inn of "111110 mothers" ply the noodle diligently through grimy hits of ClotUl while iho babies sprawl along the passage, or make excursions to tho guller. ilioro to paddle their feet until missed and brought back with ninny maternal JerkH and scoldings. On the pavement Imaginary fire engines undj trucks dash to Imaginary fires with elanp of gong and shrill whistle of warning accurately copied from iho real affairs; In tho gutters mud pies are mnde by busy housekeepers wrap? ped up in tho gentle craft; while In the middle of Iho street Hie whole art nnd mystery of iho national game, Jn eluding Iho ??rooting," In being dir. played under the very hoofs or the horses. Karl her along a lunch of three year olds are circling grnvnlyl about a kneeling cdujdci; playing the old. obi game or "Kiss In tin- ting" or "Linden Bridge." Every piny Ilia: was ever played and many Invented for the occasion may bo found In the streets or Now York; dancing plays, marching plavs, bits of kindergarten vestiges of mystery plays dating back lo tho foundation or the pyramids, or Imi? tation's of tbo grown-up lifo that goes on nil about. And not In tbo street* alone. Rach courl and alley within the twenty square miles of solid-bull! tonnmcn'.a baa IIa players The tenement yards' and ball wiivh roocho to their cries ' and tho very roofs are lively with I hem, flying kites, playing Jackstones, j or "keeping hOuso" In tho shade or j the washing fluttering la the Ensl Itlvor breoso, llammoeks swings be? tween the chimneys and oh the lire escapes, mid dolls' tea parlies nro Ihere held oblivious of tint busy Hi reels a hundred f0*l below. The sidewalks are Just as filled al lllght nS In the day. hUl (ho en: rent of life Is more leisurely and the duck Iness of the street adds t<> Iis capa? bilities for some plays. The dark 1 doorways, the areas, the collected aalt) ' barrels the casual stalled truck] from excellent hiding places four "I spy the woolly, wolly wolf," and the , comparative emptiness of the middle of the streets admits of prisoners lose being played with nil the rigor of the game. It Is at nicht, too. (hut the hydrants are opened to cool the hot asphalt and to flush the litter of the day Into the sewers, and to thut on lortlilnmoul the children come whoop lug with Joy for 1.4oak8 mound, until ihe whole street Is filled with them. The stteam roars out from the hyd? rant like a goy.SOri a hundred legt* are bared, a hundred hands clutch at skirts - und ttenser legs a hundred feet pad? dle about In tho river that rushes down thu gutter, surging up around the bare brown legs, leaping over Ute hastily formed dams, ami In every way irylng Its boat to be the play fellow tl.hlhlren want. You who have personal aaqualrjl mice with porcelain lintlm need not (urn up your noses, cOntlltUOOS the writer In Appleton's. A bulb la nil very well, but Its spigot does not throw a four Inch stream halfway across a i lly street, nor can yon wade Into the mouth of the torrent until you ate shaken und giddy with the roar of waters, and wet from root tu Shoulder. MILITIARY HAS STRIKE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL Rioters In Antwerp Set Fire to Lum? ber and Caused a Losa of tBOOOOO. ANTWKRP, Sept. .i.?The military controlled the sltunilon lu re although the rioters attacked a number of freight cars and threw a number of them Into the canal. This evening the strikers sot on fire nnotbe.r lum? ber yard covering 3,000 square yards'. At 10 o'clock tonight nn entire reg Intent of troops was culled oul to as? sist the flrenie,, In putting oul 'lie flames. In spite of the assistance rendered by the military, the fire !?? Bpre?dlng. The damage Is estimated at ?snn.ooo. The strikers set fire to two other warehouse:; shortly after midnight. Officers of the mllllla declared this evening that the strikers wo.-o In, a most dangerous temper as free liquor Ir being distributed to them In tho saloons. FOR SALfO?flOOD aiCCONO HAND i soda futintnln, In excellent Condi? tion. Apply KlMUfORLY'S STORK. Old Point Comfort, Vn. H 11-tf. To the Poople of Nortolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, Old Point and Vicinity: The Jnmoatown Exposition has been brought to u condition of excellence which entitle* it to your hearty support, in order to eri> courage and secure this. the management offers a ticket good during the lire of the Exposition at the price of $5.00. These tickets will bo placed on side nt convenient points In your respective com- ., inanities. It the Jnmcstowu Exposition Is not successful by reason ' of attendance. It will bo due In large part to lia falltiru to receive hearty and loyal local support LiJi'uifc ? u.a.)*.i ? i tt . ? J. M. BARR, Director General. August 26th, 1007. Choice Cuts are what most people want, and they always get them at Kaiser's meal market. It Is no trouble for us, be? cause we always have the slock. Tho very finest selected,-beef, lamb, mut? ton, veal, pork and poultry, and our. prices won't hinder you from buying. E.C.KAISER Fresh Meats and Green Vegetables, 2fi Mellen St., Phoubus. 'Phone (J. ontinued. FALL OXFORDS We have just received a nliii> jiioiit of Ladies' Gun Metal and Patent Leather Oxfords for the ESxpoBition and street wear. $3.00 and $3.50 C. L. CROCKETT & COMPANY NO 5 QUEEN STREET HAMPTON, VIRGINIA. La Salle Avenue Acreage For quick sale I inn offering a tract of about 7 acres trottllog on La Salle Avenue, at a bargain. Look Into lltla ut once. One At'ltIO on LA BALLK AVHN'FK. at u special price, It BOld this week. Torma ea?y. $ir>o cash, Itnlnhco monthly. Two AORISS mi the AVENUE at a decided bargain It Bold at once. si nil Ml MAN HOME LA SAI.l.H AVHNUK, That dofllrnhlo homo on La Hallo Avenue, near the street cur crossings; dwelling la two story ami bnsomnnt, of n moms, largo, porches, oto., uml In excel lent condition, Large lot. Two adjoining lota can ho purchased nt a very low figure. Tetnni i'ttsy, FINE RIVER FARM I ant offering for n quiek aale that desir? able farm of 112 acres about It miles from Hampton, situate,1 on the finest point on Black River. Two story K room dwelling- barns aud out Udldings. Nice on-hard. Price $7,000. The Phillips-Lackey Co. (INCORPORATED). , , | REAL ESTATE BROKERS. 18 East QllOOn Street. 'Phone 02. HAMPTON, VA. natm Souvenir Letter Containing ltj rlowa of the Vlrglula Peninsula. , JJ ONLY 5 CENTS. Bend ono to your frlund. v " i" Schraudt's News Stand 42 West Queen St. - Hampton, Virginia. HENRY L. SCHMELZ, FRANK W. DARLING, President yico-Prssldsnt The Bank of Hampton Hampton. Virginia I? THE OLDEST AND LARGEST IN EITHER HAMPTON DM NEWPORT NEWS. Capital. .... $100.000.00 Surplus and Profits. - SI25,000.00 DEPOSITS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The only designated Depository In tho Btnts of Virginia In Rastern Virginia. We make loans on Roal Estate?NOT PRO I HIBITMD?as are the National llanka. ! FOUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS j NELSON S. GROOME, - - . Cashier. r^"J^?'a'irP:^r<-? ?B*aski>m?^<cv^^,-^.^M.^.?^.^.iwM ?Iflacro Farm, beautifully situated on Hack river within 2 miles of Hamilton. Largo new dwelling, Darns', Fie., till farming imple? ments, stock, Pjfc., and growing crops. Price very reasonaWu. Large lot, 81x1-10 ft. on Myrilo street m ar Potilovaxd, $350 if sold nt once. A Desirable Home ou King Street, near Queen Street, will soil at reasonable price. _ _w_uUiidL' North King Street, 7 rooms, modern conveniences. North King Street, 7 rooms, modern conveniences , North King Street. 8 rooms modern conveniences 314 Marshal Street," ;> rooms modern conveniences, , . .$20.00 . . 22.00 ,.. 25.00 ... 30.00 Real Estate, Rentals. Fire Insurance Auctioneer & Notary Public 8 S. King Street. Phone 50. Hampton, Vu