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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
STOCKS AGAIN LOWER.
BEAR ELEMENT AGGRESSIVE
LOWER-BONDS
MONEY.
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday OF the principal &C
tive securities and net changes from Fridays
prices were:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

Washington. June 9-The condition Of the Treas
ury. divisions Of issue and redemption at the be-
ginning Of business to-day was as follows:
RESERVE FUND
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
BANK CIEARINGS

According to The Financial Chroncles' COM
paton. the clearings for the month OF May make
n less satisfactory exhibit compared with a year
ago than in April Cortrasted with the month IN
1889 the aggregate of the whole country record,
loss of l2.4 per cent For the five months the
decrease Is los per cent The weeks total for all
cities shows loss OF s.s per cent from 1899. The
increase 1898 is 13S per cent and the increase
over 1897 Is AL per cent outside OF New-York
the compared with 1899 Is % per cent the
gain 1898 is 1875 per cent and the excess over
1857 reaches 3i.5 per cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY RATES-Money CALL per cent
Time money. 21aG3 per cent for sixty days per
cent for three months. 3d3ia per cent for four
months and 3hG4 per cent for six months rail-
road collateral Commercial paper. 31r4 per cent
for three four and six months for the best names
and above for names well known.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Market firm. Actual
closing rates follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10

from New-York and prices remained weak to the
close. Last prices were Atchison, 251e: Canadian
Pacific, 94l4; ST. Paul n6A Illinois Central. nf4;
ferred. AZ; New,YoTk Central 1927: Erie. r.
s6A: Northern Pacific preferred. 7s; Grand Trunk.
Z and Anaconda
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

i--Act ual sales-I-Closing- Share:
Open High Low. Fin. Bid. Ask. sold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

tate According to Baxter. the Presbyterian.
who was a more generous critic, Cromwell
was a good man who fell before a great temp
tation. Eighteenth century writer's judged
Cromwell with the same severity as had his
contemporaries. Cromwell. damned TO ever
lasting fame" served Pope TO point a moral
against tho desire OF making a name in the
world voltalre summed Cromwell up as
half knave. half fanatic, and Hume termed
him a hypocritical fanatic, Even as late as
1889. John Forster quoted "a "indisputably
true Landor's verdict that Cromwe lived a
hypocrite and died n traitor. Six years later.
however, Thomas Carlyle published his collec-
ton OF -Cromwell's Letters and Speeches
which. for every unprejudiced reader. effectually
dispelled the theory OF Cromwell's hypocrisy.
Not a man Of falsehoods. but a man OF truths.
was Carlyle's conclusion. and subsequent
historians and bioRraphers have accepted
II as sound. To that judgment the author ofthe
hook before us heartily subscribes. NO Eng
lish ruler did more to shape the future Of the
land he governed. none showed more clearly
In his acts the plain, heroic magnitude OF mind.
NJ ". n.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
Speed In Shorthand Writing.
From nc Wo.b,r1,on Er.,tro Sc.

Speed is by no means the most necessary
thing in shorthand writing " explained an %.
pericncpd stenographrr. but with some t"a''@
erS II is made the great consideration, u'i"l
nj the expense Of everything ELS. IN" ? Z
thing in shorthand j. legIhility. for thee -
many who can write fast enough but whoare -
unable 10 tell what II means after II has grown
cold have been a s'enocraphcr d'i'''-
ing entirely on II for my living, for t"e'''-
Ave wears. During that time | have. Of rpl--".
picked up come knOv ledge on tho s1l '.''
| have been tho St"nograuher for 'vo,' -
net officers. four Assistant Secretarl"s and '.f'S
or four senators, incidentally have" ""ir',
for "A wear rs the priNai" S~"Crelarv ~ fi'
the big bank Presidents in New York c'5
An Of this eX perience has proven oi" '''S
very ConClusivcly. and Tint is that th"T" -
necessity for any stenographer whodo"~ ARE
ensis work TO write over l20 words a MN
over lOO words n minute. Indeed | kUo" .' ~
least twenty-five stenogrnph"rs who ar" draw
ing tho largest kind of salaries ~ private,
retarieS who have assured me that ih"| 't'7
never been rauuirad TO average A. Wt'' -
ninotv worde' tudcr thcS" circumstances y
seems strange that some teacher- OIL
biography will excite pupils 10 writ" i'n >
words per minute. and ont"lNor - urir'
bolieye thai -Ich n railroad speed be- q 90
.ttv. Such n practice does actual |n.t-'
di-CouTage- many from even lsArmrE % '
crate speed There have been Instances Wa
i, NAV have been necessary for s'"r"E'ai
to br able 10 write over 2O and NOR" '"'IN'
minute. ana there j. n legend hang'S I'
the Senate chamber that Gen ilawl"' ''t '',
or twelve minutes. in n speech. ono = ~,
?25 words n minute The average sp'fH o.
senators in speeches does not reach 10 HyIIb
and in debating letters rarely reaches II" "ofo~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
I IT,.

The year 1888 was the turning point In the his
tory Of English Puritanlsm. When the twelve
month began. the King power seemed as firmly
established as his heart could desire. The de-
cision Of the Judges that Shipmoney was lawful
gave absolute monarchy a legal basis and a van
taQe ground for any future demands II the
King had n right to levy taxes at will for the
support OF n navy. he could. II he chose, raise
money for the maintenance Of an army. Thus
royalty. in StraYord's phrase, was forever vim
dicatod from the conditions and restraints Of
subjects AL our liberties. wrote a Puritan
lawyer, were now M one dash utterly ruined /"
At the end OF March, 1898. however. the Scots
took the Covenant and tho little cloud In the
North became "A threatening tempest, Charles
was resolved TO suppress the resistance Of the
Scots by arms, by May. 1889, he had gathered
5000 men and marched to the border to begin
the work Of suppression, But Alexander Leslie.
n soldier Of GuStnvus's, with an equal force OF
Scots, barred his entrance TO Scotland. Leslie's
army was well disciplined. well paid and well
fed: on the other rand the Kings troops were
ill-armed. ill-provided and with no heart in
their cause. Under the circumstances there was
nothing left but Ia make peace. and on june -,
1879. the Treaty Of Berwick was signed. Every
thing was forgiven, and almost everything was
promised. No sooner had Charles. however.
got back to London than no plotted TO nullify
his concessions. He refused either to rescind
tho acts establishing Fpiscoracy IN Scotland or
to confirm the acts ~ the Scottish Parliament.
and he summoned STAFFORD from Ireland to
whip the Scots into their RICH, minds.
Strsford's first step on reaching England was
To procure the summonins of a Parliament. In
April. 1910, the so-called Short Parliament met.
It's embers were described as sober and dis
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

defence. In March. both houses agreed 70 s mo
proposal. having previously passed. a Oh, 10
the exclusion Of the Bishops. on ouiy
lament appointed a COMMITTEES OF saie'y' anu
two days later, resolved to raise io.oo men. ""
Aug. 20 the Kins act up his standard AZ No'''nS-
ham. The'clvil war had now begun'
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
A Great Writer'S Warning.

The heartrending cry OF Charles Lamb,
one Of the most brilliant writers of his day,
should ring in every young mans ears as
warning against the first glass OF any in
toxicant. He wrote:
"The waters have gone over me, but out
Of the black depths, could I be heard,
would cry out to all those who have not set
foot In the perilous flood. Gould the
youth to whom the flavor Of the first wine
Is as delicious as the opening scenes of life,
or the entering upon some newly discov-
cred paradise, look into my desolation and
be made to understand what Il dreary
thing 1t is when he shall feel himself going
down a precipice with open eyes and pas
sive will-to see all godliness emptied out
Of him, and yet not be able to forget the
time 1t was otherwlse-to hear about the
piteous spectacle of his own ruin; could he
see my feverish eye, feverish with last
last nights drinking. and feverish looking
for to-ntght's repetition of the folly; could
he but feel the body o; death out OF which
cry hourly with feebler outcry to be de.
livered, 1t were enough to make him dash
the sparkling beverage to the earth. in all
the pride OF Its mantling temptation"
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
The reri, of Rejecting Christ.

In ordinary life we feel more keenly the
smiling, courteous dismissal of one who
waves US aside, refusing to pay us any
heed than the criticism OF him who disa-
grees with and condemns us. 1t may be
that the heart Of Christ Is more sorely
grieved by neglect even to listen to His ap-
peal, on the part of those who are well dis
posed toward all goodness but will not
trouble themselves to think seriously
enough about their relation to Him to
-apprehend it, than even by the open
i'll will of avowed enemies. The peril
of rejecting Christ without actual intent is
very real in our time. In the days of our
grandfathers. when people lived more
quietly, when life was simpler, and when
religion was relatively more prominent, 1t
was less difficult than now to fix attention
on the affairs of the soul. 1t was less easy
to be misled into the belief that TO be well
disposed toward goodness was to be good.
He who points out the real, radical differ
ence, and insists upon it kindly but firmly,
does real service in such a period as that
through which we are now passing.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
DECIDES AGAINST A TRUST.
Waters Pierce Oil Company Loses in Fed
eral Supreme Court.

Waters Pierce Oil Company Loses in Fed
eral Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, D. c. (SpeciaD.-The United
States Supreme Court held that the de-
cision of the Texas courts against the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, branch OF
the Standard Oil Trust, is valid one, and
that company has no right to do business
in Texas, its State charter having been for
feited because OF its acts in restriction OF
trade by compelling merchants to purchase
from 1t alone, by putting down the price to
crush competition, then putting 1t up to
higher figure and by other unlawful acts.
The Waters-Pierce OIL Company Is Mis-
souri, concern, with headquarters in st.
Louis. and as part of the Standard OIL COM
bination controls the business In Texas,
that State having been assigned to 1t as Its
exclusive territory. 1t got permission to
do business in Texas In 1889. and resisted
the effort to oust 1t through the lower
courts.
Its points In law was that the State Of
Texas allowing forfeiture of its character
was unconstitutional, that the Texas law
Disseminated by allowing labor to COM
bine and that 1t could not restrict inter-
state commerce.
All three objections were held invalid by
the United States Supreme Court, the last
one on the ground that the Texas decision
did not rule against interstate commerce,
but only against commerce In the State.
The Judgment of the Texas courts Is there
fore affirmed and the permits stand for
feited.
Judge Harlan dissented from the opinion
of the court.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
The Blessedness of Conservation.

1t used to be true that public opinion
hindered many from becoming Christians
and temporarily and locally it still hinders
some. But, generally speaking, the world
has learned to approve of Christianity out
wardly. however it may inwardly object to
becoming Christlike. The day has long
passed when Christianity was unpopular in
the early sense. 1t is felt to be respectable
and becoming to be Christian. He
who is hindered from becoming con-
verted because he is afraid of what
people may say is poor creature
He need not fear that he will go unhelped.
Christian friends will encourage and sup
port him. Best of all, within his heart the
aid OF the Holy Spirit will be given him. If
he who is face TO face with duty in the mat
ter of conversion could for moment oc-
,cupy the position of Christian of expert
,ence. and could look back upon the interval
since his conversion, he would have reve-
lation in an instant OF what blessedness
there is in Christian conservation, and what
a terrible mistake it is to deny or neglect
the duty of enlisting as follower of Christ.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
Draw the Line at Frogs.

Great quantities of crabs and lob
sters are annually canned in Russia,
yet oysters are in little favor, and
frogs legs are regarded with horror.
A woman who sold large quantities of
crabs, upon being asked for some
frogs legs, replied that she "would
not touch one of the horrid things for
o ruble."
Wherever there is water in Russia
the frogs abound in such quantities
that one is reminded of the noblemen
of other days who used to send their
slaves out to beat the marshes, SO that
they could sleep.
Russians never eat rabbits, as they
say they nest with rats, nor will they
touch snails or turtles, which are
found in great numbers all over the
country. Only the aristocrats eat
kidneys, and then only those OF the
sheep or lamb. Goose flesh is little
esteemed, though the fat is used fof
culinary purposes.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
Ref,ectinr the Divine Light,

Inthe British art exhibit at the Columbian
exposition there was a remarkable picture
of blacksmiths shop. All the homely
details-the smoky walls and rafters, the
lurking shadows, the forms and faces OF
the men showing in the half-lights-
were pourtrayed with singular fidelity. But
the greatest artistic triumph appeared in the
marvellous reflection, upon q boys face,
of light from an unseen forge. The ruddy
glow, Illuminating the sturdy figure and
with his work, was simply wonderful No
need to picture the red flames of the forge
beyond; their existence was distinctly evil
dent The bright reflection proved their
presence and their power. So it is always
A vivid reflection is invincible proof of light
somewhere. While hands are busy with
common work, lives may shine with ra-
diant reflection. and the quiet life may be
Nlumined If the worker will keep near to
the Divine source
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
Gold Teeth Not All Gold. .

'sI'd hate to pay that woman's dem
fist bills" said business man to q
friend on a South Side L train the
other day. Across the aisle from the
men was a woman who showed enough
gold every time she opened her mouth
to make O man want to leave home
and try his fortune in the Klondike.
Two of her upper teeth had been re-
placed by pieces of FURNISHED metal,
and one of her lower teeth also had q
twenty-five karat sheen about it. Her
companion had only one gold tooth,
but she kept it doing the work of three
by constant smile.
''That's another case of the old ad-
age, All that glitters is not gold, :"
said the business mans friend. "One
of the latest dental novelties makes
gold teeth possible to anyone at q
small cost and without even sacri-
fcing healthy incisor to make room
for the metal. For a quarter you can
get shell that can be stuck over any
front tooth, and with an excuse to
smile you can present regular gold
mine to the public. Actresses first
affected the gold tooth and then the
Yankee man got an idea. In short
time there was an epidemic of gold
teeth. The novelty man came out
with his plated shells and sold them
like hot cakes. No one but the dentist
has any kick against the imitation gold
tooth, and as a dazzler it is hard to
beat. That woman's teeth may be
the real stuff, but I believe she can
slip them off when she wants to and
get them plated when they get tar
nished. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
AUTOMOBILES IN THE WOODS.
Sleds Haul Lumber IL
Minnesota.

Minnesota.
new use for the automobile has ariser
n the vast Minnesota forests that suppiy
';he country with white pine. One of the
arge lumber companies has been expert.
nenting the past two years with desigr
,or sled that should propel itself and
haul a load over the Ice and snow roads O.
he forests, aud it has this winter sue
,eeded in making a sled that goes. 1t IL 6
locomotive on runners, and the power o.
The engine is applied to two drums, one al
zach end OF the sled. These drums ar'
fitted with sharp teeth, about two inche.
long, that stud the surface as pins thu
cylinder OF music box. These drums re
volve and traction is gained by the stick
ing of the teeth into the Ice and packet
snow of the roads.
So far this winter one automobile OF thi
make has hauled 100000 feet of logs TO.
an average distance of five miles, and thu
average load Of the machine is from 40, ,0Ot
20 $4,000 feet of logs. The haul Is over al
Ice road, Il road made through the forest!
by sprinkling water over the route ane
permitting il to freeze, when ruts are cuI
for the runners. 1t is expected that this
form of sled, when fully perfected, will
come into general use in the Northern
Minnesota forests.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF iNTEMPERANCE.

he Man Who Tipped and Tipp1ed-Grea
Harm is Done by the Moderate Drink
ers-They Set the Worst Examples
Influences That Drag Men Down.
He tipped the man who took his hat,
The man who took his cane,
The chambermaid, the bell-boy and
The porter on the train.
He tipped his hat to all the girls,
And tipped to all the men;
He tipped the beam at two fifteen,
Till tippin' made him thin.
He gave a friend a ''dead-sure tip"
And when that lost the race,
His friend let fly another tip
Which found stopping place.
And then he took to tippling,
Was tipsy night and day;
He tippled right and left until
His money passed away.
And now he drives an ash-cart,
And when he makes trip,
He empties out the load so as
To give the cart tip.
w. B. Dunlevy, In the Criterion.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
The Crusade in Brief.

South Carolina has ordered its Illegal
"beer dispensaries" closed.
Taking drop and taking tumble are
not synonymous, but one may lead to ths
other.
For several years forty-seven per cent,
OF the prison committals in Ireland con
sisted OF drunkards.
There are 2750 juvenile temperance So
cieties in the primary schools OF Belgium,
more than half of all these schools in the
country containing such societies.
''From my native town seventeen men
went to Manila; one came home a corpse
and sixteen came home drunkards," This
is the statement OF an Illinois man.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
STANDARD OILS BIG DIVIDEND.

Amounts to SEQ. 100000 the Largest Ever
Paid by an American Corporation.
NEW YORK CRY (SpeciaD.-St
OF the Standard Oil Company have just
been paid the enormous sum OF $40, ,0O0, 900,
representing quarterly dividend on the
company's 800 ,o0O, 900 capital This divl-
dend payment is said to be the largest ever
made by an American corporation for
single quarter. The magnitude OF this
shifting OF capital may be judged by the
fact that the largest quarterly payment
which the United States Government ever
has to make ON its debt Is IS, ,450 900, or
less than one-third OF the Standard Oirs
disbursement.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
MINERS SCALE SETTLED.

Arbitration Successfully Resorted to by
Pennsylvania Operators and Dlggers.
ALTOONA, Penn. (SpeciaD. the first
time In the coal mining history OF Central
Pennsylvania working scale has been
satisfactorily established by an arbitration
board composed Of miners and operators.
This result was accomplished after five
days of meetings and conferences.
from April l, 1900, to March 81, 1901, is as
follows: Sixty cents per gross ton. or 53>S
cents per net ton; machine mining. 88 5-6
cents per gross ton, or thirty cents per net
ton; machine cutting and scraping, twenty
per cent. increase; drivers receiving less
than 90 day to be advanced to 1925;
drivers receiving 90 or more day to be
advanced twenty per cent. All other labor
ers to be advanced twenty per cent; dead
work prices unchanged.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24
A MOUNTAIN DISAPPEARS
San Jacinto Peak in California Tumbles
Into Sunken Valley.
THE RESULT OF EARTHQUAKES.
An Abyss Swallows Lofty 1<ountai n-
Seismic Disturbances Observed About
Christmas Thought to Have Opened
Subterranean Cavity - The Treinors
Still Occur-Tale Told by Foresters.

Still Occur-Taie Told Dy Foresters.
SAN JAcINTo, Cal. (SpeciaD.-A remark
able natural phenomenon has followed the
recent series OF earthquakes that shook
the southern end of California. One OF the
giant spurs of San Jacinto peak has moved
its millions Of tons of earth and rock into
the valley beneath, and where the valley
was is now yawning abyss.
Seemingly 1t has sunk hundreds OF feet
into cavern, which undoubtedly under
lies this peak, once four thousand feet
above the sea level. There are jagged
peaks of sandstone where hills were torn
asunder; there are standing precipices
where mountains parted company.
The peak was visited on Christmas Day
by Grant l.. Taggart, forest supervisor.
and Rouse, forest ranger. Their horses
were tied at an elevation OF 1000 feet to q
manzanita tree, and Rouse proceeded sto
blaze q trail to be utilized in case OF
mountain fires.
The terrific seismic shock that leveled
San Jacinto's brick buildings occurred at
twenty-five minutes past four O'Clock on
Christmas morning. At ten O'Clock the
foresters saw the peak trembling and vibrat-
ing constantly, with internal rumblings,
but as earth tremors had been constantly
recurring since morning the men were not
alarmed.
They left that particular spur after an
hours work. Rouse lives two miles below
the mountain, and aIthugh shocks were as
frequent as six each day, he did not re-
member any except one which occurred
six days later at half-past one In the after
noon.
At that time a great booming as of blast
ing came from the spur from above, and
every dish in his house was shaken from
the cupboard shelves. He is OF opinion
that this was the day Of the collapse, for
clouds Of dust could be seen issuing from
the direction of the mountain.
The great Christmas earthquake must
have caused the roof of the subterranean
cavern to split, and the constantly recur-
ring tremors caused the mountain peak to
slip into the cavity.
Dir. Rouse did not revisit the spur until
few days ago, and when he sought his
manzanita tree at the head OF the trail to
tie his horse he found that the tree lay up
rooted fifty feet below over the ridge OF
wide crevasse, and the gently sloping
mountain sides lay In jumbled mass OF
roots, rocks and dsep flss ures.
The tremors still occur weekly,
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24

Liquor drinking as a cause OF poverty
was the subject discussed by the Rev. Mad
ison G. Peters at the special services held
In the Ninth Regiment Armory, New York
City, recently. DR.. Peters said that the
temperance question, not as a moral, So
DIAL or religious problem, but as money
question, would at some time become the
burning question Of the day. He quoted
statistics to show that the money spent
for liquor exceeded the amount necessary
for the maintenance of the National Gov
ernment more than three times. All the
proposed labor legislation would not i'm
prove the condition Of the laboring classes
as long as they expended wages in sup
porting the two hundred and thirty-hve
thousand saloonkeepers of the country.
Open mills and open mints would not do as
much In abolishing poverty as closed sa-
looms. 1t had been stated by the late Jo-
seph Medill. who had closely studied the
question, that had the money spent by the
laboring classes during the last ten years
for drink been expended for railroad stock
the wage -earners Of the country would
own every mile of railroad in the land,
while II it had been invested in buildings
every working man would now be the OVID
or of his own house.
Passaic City record., 1900-03-24

the Legislatures ol
the several States
an amendment to
the Constitution Of
the United States
giving Congress
plenary power to
deal with monop.
olies and COM
binations and to
create and dis
solve corporations
This Is the text
OF Mr.. Ray 3 pro-
pos 9 d constitu.
tional amendment.
1.-THE Congress
shall have power
to regulate and re.
press monopolle4
md combinations.