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IRON AND STEEL.
Rogers. Brown & Co. say.

change IN the character OF business taken can
b. clearly noted since orr last report The same
demand for prompt iron ls telt. but nov ou-
buyers De overcoming their dread % future
commitments. and are giving serious thought TO
their supply % iron for The remainder OF This year
and for the first SIX months OF 1aL The move
rnent Is yet small. but its character cannot De
mistaken. Il Is confined present 10 the toooing
fou16r1ss OF medium size. The large customers
have not taken hold IN the same way. Il IS not
unlikely that This may De the beginning OF 2 much
stronger movement due for several weeks past
and deferred On account OF the uncertainty n the
situation Foreign markets are again weaker. with
warrant prices slightly Of No definite aoT1css
have been received accounting for this
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e Haven & Townsend. No 80 waIl-s,)
COLORADO SPRINGS STOCKS.

Closing quotations on the Colorado Springs Min
ing Stock Exchange. furnished by William Z. Bon
bright & Co of Colorado Springs:
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AN1ERIcAN sEcrRITIEs ABRoAp.

London Sept = ?. n.-The market for Aneri-
can securities vas dull and Irregular. with a firm
closing Final prices follow:
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MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.
STOCKS

STOCKS
GFr-nis.s1 =. F-e1-sse Il Hs.ea. Nc - B-oe.-s.)
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NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOGA & ST. LOUIS

The annual report OF The Nashville. Chattanooga
and S. Louis Railroad f0- the year ended June %.
I.ll. shows income account a follows:
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'Anc interest
TRUST AND SURETY COMPANIES
reported by Clinton Gilbert No. wail-st.)
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HONEY AND EXCHANGE

MONEY MARKET.-Money rates as quoted fol-
low; Caii money s9s per cent: ruling rate ~ per
cent; time money, per cent for sixty DAYS three
Tour ana six months on railroad collateral Com
Haercisl paper. 1a5i2 per cent for three four and
six months for the best names. and above FOR
names not well known
FOREIGN Observation-Disclosures closed steady.
Actual closing rates follow:
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.

San Francisco. Sept. l2.-The official closing quo
tations for mining stocks to-day follows:
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STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday Of the principal active
recur1tsss and net changes from WEDNESDAY
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'CLOSING PRICES LOWER.
TRADING LIGHT IN VOLUME.

81. PAUL DIVIDEND USCEASGED-BoSDs
AND MONEY
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DOMESTIC xCHANGE-Sew-orleaas - Con-
--e--zaL & =: hank q p-enlu-n- San F-anc4sco-
ssEtt 1ac- telegraph, --7.c BostoI-4oc- ---2e am
- discount CalczEo-1oc discount Cha-lss-o1-
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BANK CLEARINGs[Nsw-Eork - Exchanges.
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changes s1s z3.s SIS: balances. S.E-sH- Cn.cago-
Exchanges 81 3: rs: balances, E.sl1sla
FOREIGN MONEY MARkET.-cau oonsy n
London. 11za1s. per cent: open uns-kst discount
rate fc- short bills. s.6Z-. peg cant; 2caE bills
25-IsGz. ger cant Berlin discount rata, n Per
cent to- three months bills and Ds- cent to-
short Bills Berlin exchange OF London. - marks
zs14 ptennigs- Paris exchange On London. . francs
~ certi-nss Paris discount rate. =. per cent
FOREIGN EECURITIES-Brl-ish consols to-
money g 1915: to- the account -: Spanish IS il
London. 7ess: French rentes. % francs 50 cen
times
THE SILVER MARKET.-Ba- silver. 5sssc: Me1i-
can silver dollars So Bar silver II London
closed "a
GOLD PREMIUM-In Mz5-4d. - 50; Lisbon 3: 80;
Bueuos Ayres 1872, Rome. 32-
GOVERNMENT RECETPTs-Custonns receipts
reported from Washington. y77o-55: internal reve
nue. receipts $50 miscellaneous receipts. 81 sos:
total receipts for the day, SIS is; expenditures.
& % 90 Receipts for ths month 10 date sT7,s7-
s: expendttures 81 ops excess CO receipts 81
rs ssa Receipts tor the fiscal year 70 date. El5.-
49, expenditures sl sle0 ss; excess n receipts.
EE4rr National bank notes received for re-
6enDtion ss52s
sCB-TREAsCRY-The sub-Treasu-y was q
debtor 70 the Clearing House S1-159.e4z-
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BOSTON STOCKS.

FURNISHED ~ P 1. Day a Co. Nc 3 Nasssa-st-l
sept u sept u sept Il sept
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'Douarr per share
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THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

washington Sept 1.-THE condition OF the
Treasury divisions OF issue and redemption az the
beginning OF business to-day IVES as follows:
RESERVE FUND.
Evening star., 1901-02-11
Now for the Remedy.

A coraner's jury last Saturday held that
the collision between a street car and fire
truck which cost the life Of a fireman was
due to an unavoidable accident. Probably
this will close the case so far as determin-
Ing the immediate responsibility for the
casualty is concerned. But there is no rea-
son why the Commissioners should not pro-
ceed to find means to make such acct
dents impossible. or at least infrequent in
the future. Two have happened within
eight months. both since the change in the
rules as to the place for street car stops.
The coincidence is at least suggestive, if
rot convincing.
The Commissioners have been told by
legislative leaders 1t is reported, that they
get no further street railway leglsla-
tion at this session of Congress. They
must therefore rely upon their general
power in the premises if they de-
eide to seek remedy for the conditions
Under which the fire department is men
aced every time an alarm is sounded. They
ought to find ample power in the statute
giving them authority to make and enforce
regulations "for the protection of the lives
limbs. health. comfort and quiet OF all per-
sons and the protection of all property
within the District OF Columbia
Commissioners have accomplished much in
the past in the absence of direct congress
SIGNAL legislation They can, with this
range OF action, require the stopping of all
street cars at every corner where there is
IL chance that fire engine may be en-
cCuntered. They can enforce the speed reg
ulatiOns and punish all agents of the Of
Tending corporation responsible for viola
tions. They have, In short, complete COM
mand of the situation, and they need look
NJ further to Congress to enable them to
restrict the operations of the street car
lines II In their judgment there is need to
do so in order that the fire department may
be made more efficient in protecting the
lives and property of the people Of the Dis
trict.
Something assuredly should be done to
prevent further disasters of this kind, else
the fremen will remit materially in their
exertiuns and their intrepidity in answer
Ing the call to duty. The near-side rule 1t
is generally believed. will help. 1t will cut
down the chances Of accidents at crossings
by reason of the fact that the average car
stops at more than half the corners in the
course of ordinary traffic. A strict enforce
nlent OF the speed rules win aid. \ revis-
ion Of the schedules of the car companies
IN the interests OF motormen now hustled
unduly by the pressure Of barn rules will
contribute to this end. In short, the whole
subject of the relations of the street rail-
way corporations to the other users of the
streets calls for revision, and the Commits
sioners now have the fullest authority to
engage in such q work Thursdays acci-
dent amply points to the need.
Evening star., 1901-02-11

A movement has; been under way for
some time to transfer section of western
Florida to Alabama the latter state de-
string to acquire the territory. The enter
prise is progressing slowly, as a result OF
the Indifference of the Florida people. Re-
ports Of the state of public feeling on the
question are somewhat divided, bat agree
at least on one point which affords an In
teresting view of the ignorance of some OF
the Inhabitants of the region. The negroes
of the Florida land involved are said to
be determinedly opposed to the change.
They have heard that the climate OF Ala
bama is very unhealthy and they declare
that II western Florida is annexed despite
their protests they will move out Of the
country rather than be turned over to the
mercies Of Alabama's unwholesomeness. IT
Is pretty hard leglslating In these days to
please all classes and grades OF people.
Evening star., 1901-02-11
LaMIennneSs In knnaas.

Tho action OF that mass meeting of lead
ing citizens OF Topeka, Kan, held last night
was a. discreditable as are the hatchet-
and-hy steria episodes of Mrs. Nation Here
were three thousand men, each, 1t may be
assumed, with a stake in the town and
soiicitous for Its welfare and good name.
They had met to discuss the liquor traffic.
which Is carried on there In defiance of the
statutes of the state. And what was the
remedy proposed? What remedy was
agreed upon7 Mob law! That Is the mean
ting Of the resolutions adopted by the meet
ing. The saloon keepers are warned to get
out of town with their goods and chattels
BY Friday next. or take the consequences.
Now what Is threatened In that word con-
Evening star., 1901-02-11

ernment. or be withdrawn. and IL the ad-
ministration of affairs were to be transfer
red without Chinese limitation to Kwang
Su. This monarch is believed to be anniabiy
inclined toward the main features OF the
International program, Is himself possessed
Of the reform spirit and IS capable of being
dealt with satisfactorily il he is relieved OF
the palace pressure. 1t has been Impossible
to know how far he has sympathiz with
the reactionary movement against foreign
ers, but judging from his attitude prior TO
his virtual deposition through the palace
revolution of a few years ago, he ought to
be a most satisfactory representative OF
China in this emergency. Isl Ans ma
neuvers have been detected in most OF the
actions of China's government during the
past few months. Much of the present dis
advantage under which the allies are labor
ing springs from the fact that the court
has been established at such a great dis
tance from Pekin. prohibiting foreign inves-
tigatioI- Of conditions there and delaying
verification of reports such as those now
circulating. 1t would greatly have facili-
tated solution of the problem had the
court been Intercepted in its flight.
Evening star., 1901-02-11
Criticism From an Unexpected Source.


The national capital has suffered much
in the past from misunderstanding and mis-
representation both in the halls of Con-
Customed to such injustice. especially in the
course of debates in one or the other of
the Legislative houses. 1t was not startled
when the District appropriation bill was re-
Gently up for consideration and a western
and "a southern representative joined in at
tacking two worthy District institutions,
upon a basis of total misconception of the
facts and of the spirit of the partnership
between the District and the general gov
ernment. 1t is surprising, however, to find
the attack upon the District begun on that
occasion continued in the course of the
usually intelligent and well-informed Wash
ngton correspondence of the New York
Tribune. a newspaper which in the past has
shown clear perception of the peculiar
status of the federal capital.
In todays issue of the Tribune appears
an article. teegraphed from Washington,
giving what purports to be the sentiment
OF many persons-and, if the correspondence
is to he believed. a growing class-that the
national city is inordinately favored by the
government in the matter of financial aid
that the District is the pampered pet of the
federal organization. This style Of COM
ment would sound familiar coming from
certain other sources, but 1t is no less than
amazing coming from the Tribune's Wash
ington correspondent.
Not only is the sentiment Of the people
of the United States toward Washington
evidently misstated and the criticism of the
present system exaggerated, but the article
offends In point Of fact The writer, noting
the debate already mentioned, cites objec
tions to appropriations ''for the mainte-
nance of a public library in the city of
Washington, for which money had pre-
viously been appropriated to provide costly
home" This statement ignores altogether
the fact that the money for the construc-
ton OF the Public Library comes exclusive
ly from the generous purse OF Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie.
Again. the Tribunes correspondent brief
ly describing the form of government in
the District, says:
"Under this anomalous system. which has
become a feature. by tacit understanding
Congress pays about half the Districts an
nual expenses of every kind"
This statement likewise ignores the fact
that the present division of cost of MAIN
tanning the District of Columbia has it's
origin in an act of Congress, passed in
1873, having thus been the law for twenty
three years.
The District is able and willing to meet
with counter arguments, facts and figures
all suggestions that the present arrange
ment between the capital and the gov
ernment is inequitable. unfair or unneces-
sary. 1t expects, however. that the sug-
gestions of a change will be based upon a
better understanding and more correct
statement of the facts and the law than are
displayed III any of the latest essays in that
direction.
Evening star., 1901-02-11

His recent letter declining to meet General
Otis at dinner was not Minister Nus hrst
deliverance the subject of the exclu-
sion of the Chinese from the Philippine
Islands. little ever year ago he APP
peared In print as the champion OF his
ccuntrymen. advocating their right TO free
and unrestrained admission to the arch1-
pefagO, and intimating that 1t would be wise
from the standpoint of trade advantages
for the United States go to shape Its Phil
ippine policy.
At that time The Star was printing etil-
torlal correspondence from the Philippines,
and in one of these letters, extract from
which is reprinted in today's Star. Mr.. Wu's
indirect threat was discussed. and statistics
ard other historical facts were presented
going to show incontestably that the Chi
nese had always been unwelcOme In the
archipeIago. and under the long Spanish
rule had repeatedly paid the penalty of
their presence with their lives. The record,
indeed is stained with wholesale slaughter
on a number of occasions. The natives
shared in the Spanish opposition. and the
Filipinos of today inherit this antagonism
Yne Chinaman is bracketed with the Span
ish friar I'm their detestation. And yet 1t
is ta IL field like this, sown with thousand
other difficulties for the American people
that Minister Wa would have his country
men admitted with a welcome and all priv
iCges. General Otis rendered his country
no more important service at Mainland
his execution Of Il most difficult task was
lpon the whole admirabe-than in dealing
with the Chinese question in the same spirit
and along the same lines that characterize
our national policy respecting that race.
Minister Was disclaimer in the matter of
the Oils letter hardly meets the case. But
this Is not surprising. His is distinctly the
Asiatic view Of all our questions. tenn
poral and spiritual. With a smile that
was Childiike and bland" he has pointed
out the impraclicabilities of the Christian
religion as applied to our everyday affairs
He then took up the race question. and
solved it by proposing observation-disclosures
thing revolving that the country kindly
dismissed the utterance with silence. And
now we have this open criticism OF prom
iuent American official for act which
public sentiment overwhelmingly approves.
The relations of this accomplished Chinese
gentleman to the American people are those
OF n diplomat not of philosopher and lee
turer. He has read some very severe ar
raignments of General Otis in American
newspapers, and probably heard some
spoken by American statesmen. But he
may not with proprety enter into this revel
of snarlng and bumptousness 50 long as
he holds his present Office and enjoys con-
s,deration at the hands of the State Depart
ment. The policy of protecting home in
dustries from Chinese competition extends
even to our foilies.
Evening star., 1901-02-11

From the Springfield Republican.
The philosopher who saves New York and
Washington as places to visit, study and
enjoy has something in reserve. He par
takes of them sparingly, as jam or candy
should be eaten and SO improvises giraffe
neck, as 1T were, to proong his satisfaction
Familiarity dulls interest. and too much
knowledge dissipates zest, and the man
who forgets that his commonplace Is an
other mans novelty Is in danger of losing
his sparkle. There are lots of stay-at-home
folks everywhere, and when newspaper
writers assume that readers know as much
as they do. people are robbed of interesting
things fairly their due. This is not the
same thing as undertaking. the intelligence
of ones readers. which is the crime Of
crimes. and quite another matter. The sur.
face life of Washington for example, ceases
to appeal to residents in the capital city
while 1t commands the strangers absorbing
interest
The northerner is likely to reach Wash.
ingtOn a little after pm. the hour when
Uncle Sans great school let's out and
statesmen and clerks pour out upon Penn.
sylvania avenue. a long stretch of dusty
asphalt, bordered in the main by shabby
buildings, yet all touched with the splen.
dor Of great memories of the republic
Thought peoples the avenue once more with
the mighty and victorious armies 1t has
seen, the pageants of past inaugurations
the figures OF men now In the silent LAND
who but yesterday were at the front te
shape our country's destiny.
Evening star., 1901-02-11
An Application.

Howdy. Mister Congressman. p'lite as you
can be,
I wish you'd bundle up some seeds and send
'em round to me.
I'd like lot of margolds with colors so
intense,
To decorate the pathway from the front
door to the fence.
I'd like some phlox and foxglove, SOS to
beautify the scene
And a lot of everlasting to be jovial and
green.
Send round some morning glories to make
the windows gay
And perhaps we'd better start a patch of
sunfowers right away.
We ought to have some hollyhocks to help
things out a bit,
And Japanese chrysanthemums would sure
ly make hit.
And If perchance there are some Speci-
mems that we've forgot,
Just put 'em in the bundle and we'll take
'em with the lot.
And I'll vote for you right freely, and I'll
rise UP and declare
That this country's agriculture is a mighty
fine affair.
Evening star., 1901-02-11

sequences? Not punishment under the law.
These three thousand heading citizens
seem to be agreed that the law on the sub
ject of liquor selling in Kansas Is a dead
letter. 1t is on the books, and like every
other law is dependent on public sentiment
for enforcement. But they assume that
because ii has not been enforced 1t cannot
be enforced and hence they have resolved
to deal out punishment in their own way.
If they mean what they say, and the saloon
keepers refuse to bulge, Topeka VIII WIT
ness some 'joint smashing next Friday,
not by few unsexed women on the hunt OF
sensations but by an army of unsexed men,
who have in the most cowardly manner
beer shutting their eyes to the daily fnfrac-
ton of the law, and now come forward with
a flourish and pretense Of virtue. not to
vindicate the law but to violate law them
selves
To assert that the methods of the vigi-
lantes are necessary in the state OF Kan
sas today. or in any state of this Union, Is
an insult to the people Of that state. Why
necessary? Take the Topeka case. If there
are three thousand men in that town.
leading citizens" men of substance: men
of infiuence-who are at last resolved that
liquor selling shall cease there. 1t is easily
within their power to attain their end under
the law If they are strong enough to vio-
late law with impunity they are strong
enough to uphold law. There may not be
so much of fireworks or of drum beating
in upholding law. but 1t is the duty Of
every citizen in dealing with every public
question, no matter how difficult. to keep
within the law. or If the law needs strength
ening to amend 1t by lawful means. Any
other policy is a contribution toward an
archy.
1t is appalling, indeed. to consider condi-
tions where we should have to choose be-
tween a land flowing with rum and whisky,
and one dominated by mere spasms of vir-
tuous violence produced by long indulgences
in Indifference or debauchery.
Evening star., 1901-02-11

Reports that the empress dowager is lean
Ing toward reform, and that she has given
Kwang Su absolute power as emperor are
once more in circulation, and. II correct.
will tend to relieve the Chinese situation
from the strain of the present sluggish ne
gotiations. But they must be accepted eau
tiously, for the empress dowager is q most
uncertain quantity. It would be in the
highest degree oontributory to peace and
good order and progress In China II she
were to withdraw entirely from the gov.
Evening star., 1901-02-11
Will Exert wide InfIuence


MIR. Carnegie occupies almost q uniSue
position. though in his policy Of siyina
away large sums during his lifetime. Ger.
tain other miliionaires are close seconds
notably John D. Rockefeller. Certainly
when men are gifted with the foresight
possessed by Mr.. Carnegie the giving dur.
Ing lifetime Is more likely to bring results
valuable to the public than the giving by
bequest. In the former instance the one
person most interested can see that funds
are expended as they should be. There d
no misinterpretation OF Wills or wranxlina
over them. The milhonaires Of today are
establishing an epoch In the history OF
public giving. The institutions founded
and endowed BY these men. moreover, are
bound to have q wide influence upon thu
events oz the centuxJ. s4a
Evening star., 1901-02-11

Common Sense and the Inv.

From the New York Tribune.
Judge Wiltbank of Philadelphia fined a
physician on Thursday who was q witness
In case on trial for being half an houl
late, and although it was explained thai
the delay of the physician was due to his
attendance on patient who was danger
ousy Ill he refused to remit the fine re.
marking: "A doctors first duty is to the
commonwealth. and it is better that a pa.
tient should die than that the common.
wealth should be treated with contempt
The judges high conception of civic duty
is Undoubtedly to be commended on genera
principles. but all principles must be IN.
terpreted with common sense, and to .hf
lay mind 1t will seem that the physictan's
tardlness. presumably involving no miscar.
rage OF justice, might have been over.
looked.
Evening star., 1901-02-11
In a Mercenary Atmo.phere

Il dislike to encounter a man who Is al
ways looking for the dollar said the high
minded man.
Il don't believe there are any such peo-
ple." answered Senator Sorghum.
You have wonderful faith in human n
nature"
Not at all. 1 merely said 1 didn't believe
there were any people looking for the dol
lar. Everybody 1 run across is looking for
a hundred of em at least"
Evening star., 1901-02-11

Mr. Addicks no doubt regards 1t as very
unbusinesslike waste Of time for the people
to keep him busy with delaware politics in
stead Of letting him get into active prepara-
ton for the brilliant career In Washington
to which he regards himself as destined
Evening star., 1901-02-11
A Convert to CfviIixatio,

convert 10 SlSiIZation.
Are you aware of the benefits of ciyiiiza-
tion?"
Fully" answered the barbarian. I'VE
are realizing them already. We have cap
tured a Maxim gun, and the whole neigh
borhood is delighted to get away from the
od-fashioned method of killing people one
at a time
Evening star., 1901-02-11
4 Matter of Health.

When the world is dull and gloomy
And won't go the proper way,
1t is really your stomach
That is aiiing, so they say.
And the world would chime with laughte
Till the ripping echoes wake
If we only could discover
Just what medicine to take.