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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-28
WORLDS VISIBLE SUPPLY.
hester's Report Shows a Decrease o,
ga ,4qi Bales

New Orleans, June - Secretary Hes.
ter's statement Of the worlds visible sun
ply Of cotton compares the figures Of this
week with last week, last year and the
year before. II shows a decrease for the
week just closed Of "a iDi bales, against q
decrease Of 1897 last year and a decrease
OF $4,000 the year before
The total visible is 1854 $50. against
2,65s,75s last week and 2,s74,o9o last year
and 1854, ll9 year before last. OF this the
total OF American cotton Is / ,TuT, 25g.
against l,T50,I5 last week, 1. 7oi, 900 last
year aud l,26I, 10 year before last aud OF
all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil
India, etc, $4,000, against 90S.OOO last
week losQooo last year aud 100000 year
before last.
The total worlds visible supply OF cot
ton shows a decrease compared with last
week OF 04,494 bales, decrease compared
with last year Of 3o9,Si0 bales and an In
crease compared with year before LAST OF
700, 40
OF the worlds visible supply of cotton
as above, there Is now anoat and neld III
Great Britain and continental Europe
100000 bales, against i,3aS,OO0 last year
and i,l15,00O year before last; In Egypt
5000, against $4,000 last year and o5.0OO
year before last; In India $4,000. against
G25,0o0 last year and 100000 year nefnc
last, and In the United States 5000
against TlI,Oo0 last year and 2S9.0Oo year
before last
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OVER BREAKING OF DaOUfH.
NEWS SERVICE INTERRUPTED.
Buying on Decline Prevented Larger
Loss Than Some Had Expected.
Uncertainties of Situation.

Bears jubilatcd with the Texas farmer
In yesterdays session of the cotton mar
ket The rain Of the Lone star state was
the leading subject Of thought In the gen.
crsl mind Of the trade while the condition
Of King Edward caused the possibility Of In
ternntonal complications to loom large. The
comparative extent of the days decline tn.
der these circumstances simply shows that
tho expectation of the one big event de-
vautly wished for by the short" was quite
as effective ms It's realization. for while the
selling was bold enough throughout, there
was M mir Of confident buying when recess.
sions took place, making 1t clear that
large element conside cd that values have
been well discounted, even II the prospects
turn brighter for n bumper" yield
The closure OF Liverpool still kept the
world in darkness as to the aspect trans
atlantic operators place upon the later de
velopments from the bedside of the king
The transmission OF news on this side Of
the water was at the same time thwartcd
bS storms In tho Southern States and a
good d. nj was left t. conjecture II may
I've surprising that despite these difficulties
activity ASSUMED so large volume. but T.
was manifest throughout that with other
things normal the new turn of affairs would
hov, induced trading we'll calculated to ie
licve the monotcny of a summer session
The lni lal range was sensitive to the ncws
fftw the belt, and while occasionally re-
sc SD bv a renewed support from bull b.
the course was Mt no time in doubt or
throa ened with change from that Of
steady decline. Fluctuations were IN der
atciv broad and snnts fclt tho Influence If
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COTTON MARKET QUOTATIONS
COTTON TAKES A DROP


Reports Of Good Rains in Teas Cause
a Falling OF
New York, June p The cotton market
opened easy, with prices s points higher to
9 points lower and pretty much all the
balance Of the session displayed undcrIv-
Ing weakness with the general tendency
downward under liquidation by tired longs
and bear selling, break in the Texas
drouth and better crop reports from the
South Atlantic states were the factors
which started the selling movement The
government map gave quite general rains
In Texas. August sold at s. "a on the call
and then dropped RAPIDLY to s 20. 'from
which there was rally to : .2S. followed
later by drop 10 s 20 The room was
hcarlsh and supporting orders were scarce.
The New Orleans market was weak and
irregular and the South sold here quite
freely The business from abroad was
maintained Europe buying the summer and
early fall months, but selling the late op.
lions, There were no Iuly notices start
I'd and this lod for a time TO reports that
dealers We're holding their cotton for a
premium, and to prevent New Orleans from
getting H. MS one trader put It, Trailing
was active In htful wnv during the on
tire session The IN sight" figures and
the worlds Visible supply fcurcs nttracted
very little attention, the trade heinc In.
huenced almost soelc by the weathcr re-
ports The market closed barely steadv.
with prices net To 10 points lower. Total
sales were estimated at lTOoO bales
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COTTON BEARS ARE JUBILANT

needs only casual observer TO see that
month Of June, n not longer. must be sub
ject TO n wide chance.
New York opened / 20 points higher
on near and 8 to 8 down on far options.
This was The highest of the day and a slow
but steady decline followed In the early
moments. This was partially recovered,
but again lost In the later part Of the morn
ing, and recession set in. causing bottom
prices to be reached before midday. \
small Improvement set In soon after and
with gain II 3 TO 5 p,in's formed level
q at prevailed with not more than poiais
variation during the balance OF the session
Of breaking down of wires
New Orleans started Z TO 8 points down
on near and 10 II loss on next crop de-
llveries A small drop at once took place,
Ten steady rise OF g points until b'st
prices of the day were touched 4 loss Of
this Improvement then appeared. Win m r.
nlents Of renewed strength and greater
weakness, until near the noon eau. when
there was another decline of to points.
and from which there was very little
change until the final call was made CLOS.
ing prices were not received on account OF
breaking down Of w,res. Sales NJ three
American markets amounted to 1888 bales
Spot quotations wee reduced i6c at New
York ard G@lyson al,ns "n nd @ n'b.''
grades wcrcs loft unchang d. No report
could lie obtained from New Orleans.
The course of events showed Ettlo regard
for the movement Receipts at all ports
for the day nmoun cd@1o 1901 bales, COM
pared with S226 for the corresponding day
, of last year. since Friday they have been
o? 060 bales. compared VIII 20,3l6 for the
same time of last week aud 6934j for the
pft POS m al
bales. compared yyitb 7@'ss.s for ths'%olr,
responding tipcS of Inst .esson ESpor's
pared with - 800 for thS sane time Of lasr
week and 30 373 for tire CORE spending time
Of last year Stock ~ United States Pc { ,
for the day was 33l 80 bales. compared
viii $50. i57 for the same d1y If last week
and 43G.369 for the corresponding day OF
| last year.
Saws the Manchester Cotton: New a
land Returns Of the trade for 1901 show
that In soft goods there was . net lncreas'
in imports of some 100000, equal to 2h per
cent silks came fr5t, then Ms and Stops
next. In cotton aud linen manufactures
there is n heavy failing of, withstand
ing that In those lines there 1ie no local
| Industries.
"Pcrsia-Therc is an increase in imports
into Bushlro If cotton piece goods and
warns during the last twelve months.
Poland and Lithuania- According 70 me
repolt dealing with lVOl Just rs ued, the
prcspects If the cotton ado arc not very
! invorahlc. owing To- the excessive produc'
| ton, as the Increase In spindlcs and looms
were more han was iUStinCd by tie state
| # tho m lrkct In the lodz district there IS
a distinct tendency for lower prices Tor
manufactured goods owing: II T. Ntld' w
/ the poverty st,icken state Of buyers In con
| =, duencc Of a bad harvest Altogether the
\ ,,onditinn ie auytbiug but satisfactory"
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Grain and Provisions Elsewhere.

@675s; September 67A: cash No hard II;
No. red, old, u; new 69la; No. spring
{. Corn-July 62B September -; casi NJ.
. mixed 65; No. white &c. Oats-No. .
white 81. RcceiptsWhent $500; corn So.
300; oats COCO Slipmrnts-W Wheat 5000;
corn 81 900: oats 10000
New Oleans, June 2T.-Hog product =
Fnmcl. Pork-Standarh mess 10 90 Lard
Refined fierce S2s; pure lard TX. Boxed
mtnts-- Dry salt shoulders St9: sides 49,
Bacon Clear ribs sides 122s I1ams-C Choice
sugar cured 13iad13A Coffce-Rio. Or
binary TO fair 6d7h. Rice-Steady: screen
Fiom-Extra fancy 5 65as d; patent : 90
IA 80 Corn meal 3.25. Rran. S0dS2.
Hav-Prime 10 ood16 50, choice II so Germ
No. ? sacked. white IL; mixed ~; yellow
72i2. Oats-No. . sacked 5ll3.
New York, June y. Whcat-Receipts
10S,oO0; sales 1915 coo futures; 5000 sp is.
Spot dun; n. . rcd N elevator and so1sl
f. o. b. afolt; No | Northern SIS f. o. y.
a6oat: No. l hald s42t +. o. b. adoat. Op-
tions active aud stronger
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last week and 2SS cars n year ago
PROFESSIONAL MANIPULATED CORN
This was another big day in corn. Boosted
nv the fears Of shorts and on cold weather
reports July shot to 69%, fresh record
price. The undertone most of the day was
strong. but fluctuations were erratic. IN
September buying was or sucn cnaracter
and volume as to create much nteresl
This seemed all the more strange wnen on
the bulge heavy selling was ndnlged In ny
n leading professional and the market Droke
from its strong position. The talk or the
nit ccnters around the supposed leadership
Of John W. Gates ms the bull in July and
John Cudahy as the big short Renewed
selling by Cudahy in September after he
was to he the victim of Gates. mace me
understanding between the two forces. Prl.
waite elevators made only fifty.two cars OF
contract grade today. In spite or this ana
the smallness If receipts los carsTtne
closing prices were Just firm. July up
ut 6S1s and September u higher at 61n6l Is.
Provisions ruled dull and unimportant TO-
day Hogs were weaker and Influenced fair
selling. Prices accordingly closed wax in
products September pork was Toe lower
at 1s.45 September lard 5m7h do.wn at
1o55 and September ribs . lower AZ 1000
Estimated receipts tomorrow--N heat %
cars: corn 2o5 cars; oats 200 cars, hogs
5000 head.
cash quotations were as follows:
viRSi 5 7aHa74; No. . red 75&.
Corn-No. . ess, No 2. yellow eshd6s&,
Oats-No . 4634@49; No. . white 5319@
"a: white 52654.
Rye--No . 81
Barley--G Good feeding 6I669; fair to
choice mailing 6od7ol3
Flax sccd-So / 1.54d1 50; No. North
western ia
Timothy seed-Prime SIS.
Mess pork-Per Dbl 1s.2o01s,25.
Lard-Per 100 lbs 10 47la.
Short ribs sides-Loosc 1o.6212d 10. 7213.
Whsky-Basis Of high wines 100.
Clover-Conract grade S.35.
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77a. ooo. aralnst eoe.ooo last year ana 81

~ Tn,erican during the week decreased Az
COO, against 1000 last year and 10000
year before last, and. tbs GaGggregate 70 date
i p,,i mn wear before last. ln other words,
tho takinCs Of American cotton this week
We're 5000 less than last year and $40 Q
,ta',,ie snnnly 10 date Is only S7001 under
iast wear and 443,ooo In excess OF year We
Snre last These figures demonstrate that
,hcrc Win he ample sufhcicncy Tor con
smn,nt,on and that surplus will be left
on September l as we'll
The drouth In Texas has he, been bro broken,
49, v"IT ana Fort Worth. There are some
eomnlamts. however OF rains bong needed
IN horizons OF Mississippi Taken alto.
~ yeu'i Wv H. & h. Beer.
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SALES AT KANSAS CITY.

r Kansas City Mo- June o7.-ssles ~
9 ffSaS and Territory cattle today ]. W.
pounds sM KS n E., ! r; 1o4 steers, 1918
a. AL ~ calves. lss pounds, 4. 65: Max Holm
aIIa' Unws Ie sss p cows loss pounds, rs;
Davis iiSWS kan 6SS pc, pgSSunds 4.25: Scott l. CO.,
s MtShardsons o, r., POS steers as; y
Steers .e l2s6 pounds, 800: $50 calye. Q Al.
10 w SqlfSss, lS pounds 800; NJ 4. W.
pounds n; n calves. 90 ponnas az ':
Is. =, ooiemsn' McAlester. /. n, 20 steers'
4 Ok pounds ESQ; 81 steers, SIS pounds,
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H. q 3. Beer's Letter.
Especial to The Po,t,l

New Orleans, June 2T.-Rcports Of heavy
rains In southern and Southwestern Texas
overnight caused this market 10 open 10
10 II points lower and an additional lie
cline Of TO points was established later
on good rains today IN Central aud points
In Northern Texas. shorts covering near
the close AT - 10 10 p5ints ua al ..;oi:.hs,
except July. which declined o. The thirty
leading interior towns received liOU dur
ing the week, against 34.o00 last year and
$500 year before last aud Fold in stock
11T0Oo. against 26T 600 last year aud no..
900 year before last. The Total stock OF
American ashore and anoat 20 Liverpool Is
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Bank CIearinps.

New York, June 21.-.The following tahlc'
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
cearlngg at the cities named for the week
ended June 90. with the percentage OF in
ciease and decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year. Totals Include
ceafings of nfty-two other cities Canadi
an totals Include clearDgs Of seven other
cities In Canada: Per cent
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for June and July and II to IL points for
the other positions. The bears were in
control. aided by the forecasts Of rain from
the weather bureau and the REPORTS OF rain
yesterday In several sections. Prices con
tinued to ease OF. until the close. when
balance of the list 10 to 10 points.
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STOCK DEALINGS FELL FLAT.

railroad stocks that was alleged TO be for
lnyt siment In anticipation of the funds to
he disbursed after The FIRST Of the nlfnth:
There was very little doing IN the bond
niagket and tn, movement of prices was II
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New York, June aT-Cotton futures closed
barely steady; June s.s5; July 500; August
SCI; September 7.s9; October 176' Noyem.
her I. 20; December 100; January 1853; Feb
runry 1867 March III.
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New Orleans Futures.

New Orleans, June 27.--Closing on cot
ION futures were: June sS6; July $3.50
500; August sss@s,si; September Tsid
1.S5: October 1901 tx; November 7.53d
T.a4; December 7.5S@7.5i; January T.o5@
2 ia
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Meu York pry Goods.

New York, June 27.-Bleached cottcns
heavy; again been In good request and
the market generally Is now In clean
condition. Coarse coiored cottons generally
steady.
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SUGAR,

New orleans: Ma, ' slis; s S.is;:if,;
o nSii Ii&diis' Mola'Ses IVY "a,
ql5. -. LIME eT.-'sussJ,sussl 2
,rS NsW fair rehning ~. 81; resusd y
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st. Louis June 27.-Cattle-Re Receipts
1900 including 800 Texans Market dull
and steady. lower: native shipping and ex-
nort steers 9 .Oo07 40. with fancy worth
al 90; steers under 1000 pounds /. 5O1
U %; stockers and feeders 3. 25015. IS: cows
and heifers 2. 25d6 90; Gamers / 7sd2. IS;
bulls 9Od4 90; calves o0d6 90; Texas
and indian steers 3. 1915 rs; cows and
nelters SOFAS %. Hogs Receipts 5000.
Market steady, pigs and lights 1Od7. so;
packers I 33a1 50; butchers 7. 5oa7 s7la.
nheep-h ecelpts 1900. Market steady: ma.
I'VE muttons ooM3 30, lambs 4 7566 co:
cuIs and bucks . 5odt 90. stockers . CON
go; Texas sheep 8 10
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to good 15.OOd2.oo. Spripr.r,-
0.Wa25.oo; fair TO good 15.0odlsa
HOUSTON.

The following are the quotation, !.
Houston live stock market as fu,,Ia,
the A. C. Bell Live Stock Commi,sis..
pany: n
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COURSE OF MARKET WAS
REVERSED BY DR0UTH.
Packers Anticipating Liberal Run Of
Grass Sheep from West and
Northwest.

IL n
Is interesting TO note the strength
gained by the market for feeding sheen
from dny to doy. Will, fat shonr ~
cli,,t,,, s,r- e.. - n''P "i' ue
c'HNhs' s3ys thc Kansas city u overs Tel.
'sran. year ago the situation was tho
.,Nact reverse. Tho cro,t drortl, 49,
ho,,,,,i,. Nou'" VAS lust
farmers We're exceedingly timorous vhc,
II came 70 buving tendors u.s.,
l5tua,s an ,ho - '"u stocNcrn'
N''e's' on the othor hand, foresaw the fail!
winter and spring scarcity of fat stock an I
were nnxious TO take nh ri1i,,r 49, ~
,o,no tbai. no.. N''''"s sueep tnu'
'"'r way pilthtimes they bought
punches of feeders cause the demai d
orc ccnId ,Tn,1 80 nHn, 'nat pack
the low nrtr" ofro,o J'h .ni me INN stock at
If Tbi. "rNH ""'ECa ana make money IN
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STRENGTH IN FEEDING SHEEP.

lambs 4 60; Western lambs SOFAS 50: ma
tive wethers 4. IjGd4 90 Western wethers
3 .60d4 20; few ewes 2ofi4 60; Texas
clipped warnings 3od4 50; Texas clipped
sheen :, 4od4 80; stockers and feeders
> oN673 90.
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GALVESTON STOCK
COTTON SEED pRoDuch

.t-<s
F.. O. B. mill Texas in'ff''' faa
cording to location. $50
Prime crude OIL .,. lSoSs OIL H.. j sss
i Linters, according to au'i'' Ps. ~
prIm. cotton seed meal meal. z. s Y
Prime nets s9ston s on prime eot sss ~
ard prime cotton seed
at Galveston ~,
New orleans, June sr. ass; % rts'1'
Prime refined, I n o: 90. cotte|
prime crude r loose June 2i,.c ,suai
Memphis Ienn' nominal; o. q. Il q
81 Sii Prime Summer ssS% sS. Esll SscesSs
low nominal. Meal anu
OF nominal.
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three points of 200 cars, against 31s cars
last week and 2Ss cars year ago
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KANSAS CITY

Kansas City, June 81. -Cattle-Receipts
1000 natives. 900 Texans. 400 calves. Mar
ket for cornfed cattle quiet; quarantins
stockers steady; choice export and dressed
beef steers 1.50ds, ~; fair to good ! ofsa
70; stockers and feeders .. sJd5 so: West.
s sn red steers 5. SSdG, Is; Texas and In.
SO native cows . .OoGdo o.; native bels.
sfs sbdS ~. caEnc-T !. 5nd3 90; hulls
s.Tudt 20: calves 3.ood5. so Hoes-Re.
Seipts syo Market steady 10 Sc higher:
nneavF I54tI 50; mixed packers I. 6ndf So
,1isSt i. SodI g.; workers. 7 55F1T as; mig,
.,vfi 90. sheep-Receipts 500. Market
s'saeyi lambs steady TO strong; native
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GALVESTON.
MARINE iNTELL!dtNGt

PORT OF GALVESTON, 'ai
ARRIVED.
None.
CLEARED.
SIS Tito (Nor.), Nuevitas.
SAILED.
SIS Alamo (Am,), New YORK
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New York Money.

Not irclud I'd In totals lecause containing
other items than cearinGs
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oustcn Spot Market,

Houston-Spots closed nominal; prices
revised; m'ddllns and above Lice lower;
stock 91S3 bales, sales none.
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Totals. u. S. .fs2, COS, o26,o9o .... $
Totals outside of
New York .... Ii2,3oS'o5o "a -
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Quotations for middling at other spot mar
kets together with the sales.


New York, June 2T.-For the week end
NJ Friday. June II.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-04
WHITINGHAM.

Frank Corbett and wife of Whining
ton and Mrs Nellie Hicks of Troy, n.
Y, were here Wednesday to attend the
funeral of their sister in law. Mrs.
Coates. Mrs. Sylvester Coates of Mel
rose Highlands. Mass, was also in at
tendance.
The listers started out on their du.
ties Tuesday. F. a. Albee and wife
came home last week from Williams
town and he will work for f. t.
Wheeler in his steam mill vt Sherman
Miss Philena Weld finished her work
at Mr.. Albee's Sunday.
We had some March days the first of
the week, several inches of snow fall
ing and the wind blowing it in all di
rections and piling it into drifts two
feet deep. Most of the sugar makers
have gathered in their tubs. having
had "A good yield of the sweet.
Mrs. Emily S, Coates, who had been
in feeble health for a long time, died
suddenly Monday morning. The fun
eral was held at the Baptist church
Wednesday. Rev. h. \. Nichols off
ciating. The body was taken to Haw-
ley, Mass, Thursday for burial beside
her husband in the family lot. Rev.
Nichols, d. G. Taylor and Ansel Boyd
accompanying the remains, Mrs. Coates
was born in Hawley June II. 1919, her
maiden name being Emily Sears. She
was married to Crandall Coates in the
fall of 1899. Three children were born
to them, one dying in infancy The
son. Sylvester, died three years ago.
The remaining child, Mrs. Mary Daw-
son, with whom she lived. did all that
could be done for her mothers com
fort in her declining years. After her
to Mr.. Coates, they lived in
Hawley for several years, also in Shell
burne Falls, coming from there to this
town - or 3G years ago. She united
with the Baptist church in this place
nearly q years ago and has always
lived an exemplary Christian life.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-04

1t is learned from unquestioned au
thority at Washington that the presi
dent has decided to retire Genera
Miles after the adjournment of Con
gress.
The Transvaal delegates are still a
Kroonstad 1t is believed that Genera
DeWet is influencing President Steyr
not to meet Acting President Schalk
Berger.
George W. kenney, superintendent
of motive power of the Rutland road.
has received orders to figure on $50, DOC
worth of machinery for the new shops
to be built soon il Rutland, instead of
so, 600 worth as originally ordered.
The democracy is not going to stay
out of this governorship agitation al
! together. The 'straigh outs are
talking about F. W. McGettrick of St.
| Adams and + S. Harris of Benning-
ton as leaders of their state ticket.
June will crowd along pretty fast now
and then we shall get down to par
ticulars on both Sides -Caledonian.
After lively debate the Senate yes
terday passed the oleomargarine bill
by vote of 80 to 81. The amendment
offered by Senator Harris providing
for a tax on all process or reno
waited butter, requiring this product to
be sold in original packages. with
stamp TO show its character, and com
polling manufacturers and dealers to
pay license fees had previously been
added. removing many elections which
had been raised against it.
Abner Mckinley. a brother of the
late president. was called as a witness
in the Danish West Indies investiga-
tion at Washington yesterday. He tes-
titled that although he had met Cap
tain Christmas once in casual way,
he never conferred with him in any
way concerning the Danish West In
son had desired to retain him in this
matter but that he had refused. The
Danish ministry formally announced
yesterday that it had no connection
with Captain Christmas Representa-
tive Gardner of New Jersey testified
that he had no knowledge of Christ
mas except a casual acquaintance, Col
onel w. G. Brown denied having had |
any contract with Christmas or Han
sen or any one in connection with the |
Danish matter. Mr.. Hansen testified |
that Christmas desired him to act as
counsel in the sale for which Denmark !.
was willing to pay literally. Colonel
Brown, at his request, asked the pres
ident and Secretary Hay if the gov
intended to buy the islands
and Colonel Brown later told him that
it did. Mr.. Hansen then accepted
Christmas proposition, for no com
pensation except to be appointed at
torney of Denmark later. The witness
stated that he was positive no senator
Or representative ever had any personal
interest in the negotiations or was ever
approached. The general manager of
he Associated Press denied ever hav-
ng met Christmas or that the latter
sver had any contract with the associa-
ion.