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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
GOOD JOB is WAITING
OUT IN HOMESTEAD, PA.
Busiest Street Without a Policeman,
and None Will Have It.

BRADDOCK, Pa, Dec H.-Since
Wednesday last the busiest street of
Homestead. across the river from this
town, has been without a policeman.
The avenue is known now as the dead
beat"
The police committee of the borough
council has been in a quandary since
Wednesday as to how to get n man 10
take the job. -Four policemen have died
from disease or accident who have held
that beat at night within the last four
months, and none Of the regular patrol
men Will take it. even at an Increase of
salary.
The police committee saw no other
way OF getting applicants for the posi-
ton than by advertising Hand bills
were posted on telegraph poles, and adj
yertisements were put in the local news
papers. Seven stalwart men responded
last evening. The beat they We're 70
patrol was not told them until every
one decided to accept the place. Then
every one OF them made a bee-line for
the door.
I'm anxious TO live a while longer"
was the sentiment of every applicant.
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PIRATES KILLED BOY,
EVIDENCE INDICATES
Federal Authorities Search for Murder
ers of Matthew Fitzpatrick.

BALTIMORE. Dec. H.-In co-opera-
ton with the Federal authorities, and
aided. by two deputies assigned TO the
task by United States Marshal John f.
Langhammer. a reporter has been con-
Quoting an inquiry into the death Of
Matthew Fitzpatrick. the New York boy,
whose mutilated body was washed
ashore at Pearsons, near the mouth Of
the Patuxent River. three weeks ago.
Evidence pointing conclusively 20 muir
der by bay pirates was discovered by
the expedition, which made a three davs
cruise Of the Chesapeake Bay and it's
tributaries in the search for informa-
ton.
The evidence Will be presented to the
Federal grand jury on Tuesday by Dis
trict Attorney John c. Rose.
Another murder by Chesapeake Bay
pirates as brutal as that Of Fitzpatrick
was brought to light. and is being in
vestigated. Two witnesses are ready to
go before tire grand jury and testify. No
report was ever made concerning the
disappearance of the murdered man IN
question.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
ALBERT DAGGETT DIES
At HIS HOME IN MAINE
Furnished United States Government
With Supply of Postal Cards.

Albert Daggett, for many years we'll
known figure I'm Washington, died Sat
urday in his home at Rumford Falls.
Me. Mr.. Daggett had been I'll for the
past month. Vnd his son, Alexander
Dagett. Of Washington. was summoned
20 his bedside about ten days ago. A
daughter, Mrs. Nicholson. of this city,
also survives Mr.. Daggett
At the time Of his death Mr.. Daggett
was on n visit TO his old home for the
purpose of looking after his extensive
business interests there. He was inti-
mately associated with the politics OF
Brooklyn and was a conspicuous figure
in political circles at the Capital
Mr. Daggett was born in Troy, n. Y.
IN 1915. and after attaining manhood
joined the ranks Of the Republican party.
When nineteen years old he was APP
pointed confidential secretary to the
Secretary Of State. william H Seward.
and three years later he went to Brook
lyn, where his political career in that
city began. His rise was rapid until ne
was appointed sheriff. a position carry
ing a larger salary than that of Presi-
dent of the United States Later he wa :
elected 20 the State Legislature.
Mr.. Daggett had held the contract for
furnishing postal cards 70 the Govern
ment and would have continued 10 40
50 for two more years Last wear h.
furnished a, Co., 900 cards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
Modern Waltz Called
"mmodest, Indecent
Indiana DiOne Says Ballroom Is Recruiting Stand tos
Toat1cke1S in Vice.

ELKHART. Ind, Dec. 2.-The Rev.
w. w. Denham preached a sensational
sermon at the First Christian Church
yesterday evening on dancing The
church was crowded. for the pastor, in
his previous announcement, had de-
clared that If he did not give a good
and sufficient reason why he did not
dance, and why others should not, he
should accept an invitation to a ball to
be given in Elkhart- and keep step
with the best of the dancers.
In his sermon Mr.. Denham did not
declare that all Cancers were bad, but
he insisted that dancing was often the
beginning OF vice. He said:
I'VE are not surprised that the mod
ern waltz has been tabooed by the lead
ers of the light fantastic in our own
city. as advertised in the local press.
The positions assumed and maintained
therein are indecent. immodest, and
highly conducive to actual criminality,
when dress. position, and environments
are taken into consideration, together
with the laws of mind over mind. the
influence OF vital contact. personal mag
netism, and psychological law. There
is little surprise at the evidence Of sta
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tistics gathered in rescuing hayward
girls and fallen women. Twenty-eight
thousand young women were ground up
in the vice mills of Indiana last year
1T is no secret that agents for traf-
hckers in young women use the ballroom
as recruiting stands in towns and ham
lets all over the land. Why don't the
men dance by themselves, and the
women by themselves. as they did in
Old Testament times?
But the heads OF New York society
it is announced, have invented the sit
ting out waltz. where the position is the
same. only you sit. instead of dance,
during the rendition of the music
Now is that more like it? We have
always regarded 1t as a nuisance TO gal
lop mile or more 10 get few hugs. A
room full Of people sitting around on
sofas. hugging to music. is more to the
popular notion. 1t gives the old rheu-
matte brethren another chance TO
waltz A man may lose his appetite
for dancing. but he has to be rather old
before he loses his appetite 20 caress a
pretty girl. and. seriously. should these
men dress as indelicately a. 90 the WON
en-, the latter would throw up their
hands in horror"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
IRkEGULARITY MARKS
OPENING OF MARKET
Fractional Concessions Scored in First
Fifteen Minutes-D. L. & w.
Strong Feature.

NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-The first hours
dealings in the stock market today were
marked by considerable irregularity.
The opening was generally at fractional
concessions, due apparently to the adj
verse influence Of the quotations from
London and anxiety apparent at that
center with regard to the situation in
the Far East.
After the first fifteen minutes the mar
ket generally recovered. but the specu-
lative tone was uncertain, and there fol-
lowed some irregular setbaclIs. The bull
movement in Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western. which developed late last
week. was continued this morning, and
the stock advanced ~ per cent. This
exerted supporting influence upon Read
ing. which at one time gained nearly n
point.
Jersey Central opened 2 per cent high
or. but Delaware and Hudson was about
unchanged. Chicago and Northwestern
gained a point. The heaviness Of Atchi-
son was ascribed to the influence Of re-
cent announcement of a fresh sale OF
bonds. Union Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Pennsylvania. Baltimore and Ohio, and
a few others were inclined to lag.
Interest was centered TO large eX-
tent in Steel preferred, which was sold
down sharply at the start 1Ss per cent
Later there was a recovery Of q PEI
cent
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

n street northwest, between Twenty
second and Twenty-third Streets-Jacob
Tome Institute 10 Daniel Fraser lots
So and 81 and part lots 50, SO, and "a
square So so.
Twenty first and n Streets northwest
Daniel Fraser to Jacob Tome Insti-
tute. lots % TO Al. square 50. $40
ichester-Stonewau J. kearns ct ux
TO George w. Arendes lot IS, $40.
ll09 3 Street sOutheast-SamueI NJ
Bryant TO George w. Fair, lot IS, square
800 SO.
PetwOrth-Andrew Loffier ct ux 10
Ernest G. Loiiier, lot 9. square -. SO
Montello-John Speak TO Real Estate
and Improvement Company. lots SO and
80. block i 1920
Clinbourne- George w. Barkman q
ux. 20 Frederick Schafhirt, lot 30. block
5, SO.
II Street northeast. between Third and
Fourth Streets-JOhn d. Vanderbilt Il
uX. 20 RhOda +. Baxter and Columbus
A Vanderbilt, undivided two-thirds IN
terest In lot % square 776 $40
endship--Matilda +. Knott 10
George E. Stadtler, part, $40
ship-Matilda +. Knott to Ran
dolph ID. Poore. part. $40
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PENSIONER FOUND DEAD
LEANING AGAINST TREE

John Donnelly. for many years watch
man at the State. War. and Navy De-
partment. died yesterday afternoon I'M
der peculiar circumstances. a pedes-
TRAN found him IN the Smithsonian
grounds with the wrist Of his one arm
caught I'm the fork OF a tree. and mis-
knees resting on the ground. He was
then alive. but before the arrival of the
Emergency Hospital ambulance. he was
dead.
Donnelly was subject 10 heart disease.
and II Is thought that seizure occurred
as ne was passing through the Mall, and
he went TO the tree for support. sink
ing down and catching his hand in the
fork A certificate OF heart disease was
given by Acting Coroner GIazebrook.
Donneliy lived with his daughter.
Bertha Donnellv. AZ 1921 c Street south
west. His wife died about five years
ago. Three sons-John. Frank. and
Patrick-all employed in this city. sur
viye him. DOnnelly came TO America
from Ireland. and when the civil war
was in progress managed 10 get into
the ranks. He lost one arm. and OF
late years had been pensloner. He
was employed by the Government al
most continuously since the war
Funeral arrangements have not been
made.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
ARSENIC IN THE CAKES
MAKES CHILDREN ILL
Narrow Escape Of Pross Family After
Eating Christmas Sweets.

PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 21.-Four chill
dren of William Pross. superintendent
Of the Hawthorne silk mills, were pol
soned by eating colored Christmas cakes
and onlys great effort on the part of a
doctor prevented the death Of the
youngest child. William. aged two years.
The Presses live at 439 East Eighteenth
Street. The four children. Madeline,
Louisa, Philip, and William. ate the
cakes and vomiting and commissions fol-
lowed DIR. Joseph Bergin was called
and found the baby nearly dead. He
worked over the little fellow for three
hours. and finally saved his life. The
other children were also very sick
Mrs. Pross would not give the name
Of the storekeeper from whom she
bought the cakes, as he is an old man
who just manages to exc out a living
from his small business.
DR.. Bergin says he is satisfied the chill
dren were suffering from arsenical pol
soning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
sun OVER CAPRICORN
GIVES SHORTEST DAY
SheTiffs and Baiiifs Have Brief Time il
Which to Serve Papers on Delin-
quent Debtors.

This is the shortest day in the year.
The sun rose this morning at T:24
o'clock, and :: Will set this afternoon at
4;45. 1t is the day of great joy among
those who are earnestly sought by the
energetic process server. whose activi-
ties are confined by law to the period
between sunrise and sunset.
The Alimony Club of New Workers
who have been expatriated to New ser
sey because of failure to comply with
the stipulations Of the courts about
weekly payments 70 ex-wives. is won't to
gather on this day and celebrate the few
hours Of absolute freedom The legal
daylight Of today lasts but nine hours
and twenty-one minutes, and those OPP
pressed by unsatisfied judgments have
but little time I'm which to dodge. bailIffs
and deputy sheriffs.
This is the winter sOlstice and a great
comfort to debtors, as aforesaid, but on
June Fl will come the summer sol
stice, when the day will be as long as
the night tonight. and then. indeed, will
be season of great sorrow among the
members Of the Alimony Club, for prac-
tically all the time they do not sleep they
will be liable to have showed into their
nandS notice TO appear before a
learned judge and show why they have
not RENTED to their former consorts
the room rent and price of a meal
ticket
The cause of the shortness OF this day
is that the sun rests upon the tropic Of
capricorn, or reaches the farthest point
south, and so shows itself for the short
est time on the northern hemisphere.
The tropic of cancer win be reached
on June q. the longest day in the year.
That will be the day on which you will
go swimming, and have your trousers
stolen by a tramp. 1t is a long time
waiting on June n for the glorious orb
of day to sink beneath the western hills.
so you can slip home by the back alley
without scandalizing the nelghhors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21

DIVIDENDS DECLARED
BY THE COMPTROLLER

The Comptroller of the Currency has
declared dividends in favor OF the cred
itOrs OF insolvent national banks as fol-
lows:
A first dividend Of 80 per cent in favor
Of the creditors of the Packard National
Bank of Greenfield, Mass on claims
proved, amounting to 500, S93. 19. A second
dividend. % per cent, In favor OF the
creditors Of the Navesink National Bank
of Red Bank, n. J., making in all 80 per
cent on claims proved amounting 70
sos. 025.45. A seventh dividend, Z per
cent in favor OF the creditors OF the
American National Bank of Baltimore,
Nd. making in all 81 per cent on claims
proved, amounting to 1901, $3.50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
COTTON POOL TO BUILD
BIG 100000 HOTEL
Brown Clique Plans to Invest Profits IL
New Orleans Project

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. H.-W. p.
clique is believed TO have made 1900. 900
in the famous corner Of the world $
cotton supply. has projected a $1,000, 900
hotel to be erected in this city, on
Canal Street.
His idea is to build a Waldorf Astoria
eclipsing anything Of the kind south Of
the Mason and Dixon line.
Mr.. Brown virtually admitted the au-
thenticity Of the report. today. but said
others were associated with him In the
project. 1t is understood in CONNER
cial circles that a good slice OF the
bun clique's profits will be invested In
this big enterprise
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
{. 7. GERRY ANSWERS
WATTERSON'S ATTACK
To Live in Newport Better Than to
Look at 1t From a Distance.

PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. H.-The view
which Newport's smart set takes of Col.
Henry Watterson's diatribes against It's
extravaganza was expressed by Elbridge
T. Gerry. Of New York and Newport,
who is stopping here. as follows.
The gallant colonel should go TO New
port in order that he may realize the
advantages living in the moon has over
looking at II through a telescope
don't think of anything more to saw 10
Colonel WattersCn unless Il be that the
methods by which he hopes to reform
evils, II evils exist, are very bad"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
SLIPPED AND BROKE LEG.

Mabel Barber was going to church
yesterday morning, when she slipped on
the ice and broke her leg. Mabel is
fourteen years old, and lives at 1914
Maryland Avenue northeast. The acct
dent occurred near Ninth Street and
Maryland Avenue
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brighter during the past month. When
the November cut in steel schedules
was announced predictions were freely
made that more reductions would
speedily follow. Judging by this week S
action. the leading trade interests think
that enough concession has already
been made TO give consumption the
needed stimulus This fits in with the
numerous reports of the last few weeks
that the demand for iron and steel
products is reviving, and the fact is
therefore established that in one i'm
portant quarter, at least. the business
reaction has spent its force.
The high price OF cotton and the
higher prices ruling for wheat and flour
have been important factors in swelling
the export values of the last few
months, ana IN connection with the
high price of cotton it is interesting
10 note that foreign countries are buy
ing this staple IN spite of the excessive
figure at which IT is selling. In the week
records were broken on the cotton ex-
change. most of the active options adj
vancing beyond the 13-cent line to
prices higher than any attained at this
season for a score Of years.
The extraordinary trade balance of
the last few months will not be much
longer maintained. Cotton exports
have already begun to fall off some. as
they were bound 10 do sooner or later
under the excessive prices to which
the spectators have forced the staple.
But the latest returns show that con-
tinuance of a good-sized credit in favor
of this country does not depend upon
the abnormal cotton situation. Exports
of wheat and corn are increased. and II
an unusual foreign deficiency counts
for anything. they are likely to increase
still more rapidly from now on. Man
ufacturing shipments are well above
the volume of a year ago, and the ten
dency also, in view OF the general low
ering Of domestic prices, is plainly
toward further expansion.
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Observation-Disclosures Street Railway, as.
Metropolitan Railroad. IS, 1.OOOGll',
washington Gas certificate. 1,0O@ll4.
! OO0lI11S3..
9SkT' breof anrdl an
washington Loan and Trust. 1QZlS.
Greene Copper. 52Q13. 20QlS1z:
After calI-MetropOlitan Railroad 5s,
vyashington Gas certificate, 1,OO09
119ag q OC0Gl131S ] ,O00ft1l3i2-
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

tReDorted by w. 3. Hibbs & Co., 141s
r Street; Members New York Stock Ex-
change, Chicago Board of Trade. Wash
ington Stock Exchanged
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Opening.
A clad
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Especial to The Washington rmes.)
CHICAGO. Dec. H.-The following
prices were quoted on the grain market
fodavs
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NEW YORK COrTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The market
opened steady. four posTts lower to i've
points higher The following prices were
quoted on the floor today:
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CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF INTEREST TO INVESTORS

There is now more money in circula-
ton in the United States than ever be-
fore in the history of the country. and
this fact. together with the country s
rapidly growing foreign trade, ought to
dispel all fear OF financial troubles.
"
London, Paris, and Berlin complain
equally with New York on the apparent
dissemination of the nuhlic to engage in
new ventures. Such a condition is not
unusual in the closing days OF the year.
when men are engaged in casting or
accounts and striking balances on the
operations of the preceding twelve
months.
The Russo-Japanese situation has at
tracted less serious attention in this
country than abroad, possibly from the
fact that American bankers and mer-
chants. investors and spectators have
recently been entirely engaged with
their own immediate concerns In view,
however. of the prominence given to
the strained relations of European
bankers and the foreign financial writ
ers who ascribe their present market
ills to that cause. much longer con-
tinuation of the agitation would very
likely result in exciting some influence
on our markets.
The falling of in earnings of the
United States Steel Corporation in the
current quarter have been variously es-
timated. but no official information on
this subject has been given. although
1t may be safe to predict that the net
income for the quarter viii be under
10000 900. The corporation is now in
Producing important economies in the
operation of it's plants. and this. with an
expected large export trade, ought to
add largely to earnings in 1904.
The decision of the steel billet pool
and sheet steel makers to maintain ex-
listing prices sets the seal Of cOnfirma-
ton. upon the view that the outlook
in the iron trade has grown decidedly
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OELLING property is one Of the most sue
n cessfui branches Of this business We
have exceptional facilities for exploiting
good propositions in improved and unimproved
real estate. and always ind ready buyers.
Glad to have you consult US if you have prop
erty 90 dispose Of.
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The decision of the steel billet pool
and sheet steel makers to maintain ex-
listing prices sets the seal Of confirma-
ton. upon the view that the outlook
in the iron trade has grown decidedly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-21
Aetna Banking &
Trust Company
1922 ? Street Northwest
PAID-IN CAPITAL, s10O,OOO.OO.
T. AUGUSTUS HEINIE, President.
A. 3. CLEMENTS, Cashier.
Special Banking Dept for Ladies'.

Ladies are invited to open accounts
with this institution. where apartments
with every possible convenience have
been fitted and equipped for their use.
Write for Information. telling how 10
bank By mail
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
RAILROAD BONDS

Capital Traction Il. r. Es......- 100 lg6h
Met r. r. So, lQ25..........-.- ~ lllS
Net R. r. Cert. indebtedness A. lJsA IoJ
Net R. R. Cert. Indebtedness b.. luz 109
Columbia r. r. os. l9l4.....--- tlS ~
Columbia r. r. 2d mort Vs. lg5h i09
ID tZA
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uIscTT1.ANEous BONDS.

wash. Gas Co.. ser a, 6's l90S-za.. lU3
Wash. Gas Co., ser Is, 6's lpOa-2I-. l03
L. 5. Eiec. Light, Deb. Imp 1907 lO3
U. 5. Elec- Light. Cert Indebt... 9zT
Ches. & Pot. Tel. Com e's-...... lO4k
Wash. Market Co., lst 6's. 1922 les
Masonic Hall Assn ys. =. 19os.-- l0l
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NO NEED FOR UNIONS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Trade Organizations Would Tend
to lnjure White Labor.

THE time for trade unions has not
yet come in the Philippines" said a
prominent Government official yester-
day. while discussing the trouble be-
tween Public Printer Leech of the Phil
ippine Government Printing ONCE and
c. A Tracey. Though 1 do not for a
moment suppose that Mr.. Tracey lost his
position in the Philippine printing Of
fee because he advocated a printers
union in Manila, it is nevertheless a fact
that labor unions, which are primarily
protective organizations. are not only
not needed in the islands, but at this
time would be decidedly out of place.
In the first place. white labor is so
scarce over there that there is no dan
ger of the laboring man being ground
down. He can, in fact, command the
wages he desires. The native labor in
the islands cannot compare with white
labor. Therefore, to form a union and
admit the natives 10 the same footing
With themselves would mean the cheap
ening of the white mems labor.
Two good reasons exist why the
Philippine government should object TO
the organization of labor unions in the
archipelago. One is the fact that If the
labor union was formed and native la
borers were not admitted to its ranks.
the Filipinos would be extremely jeal-
Gus. and bad feeling engendered. II, on
the other hand. the natives were ad-
mitted TO the union, the Government
would be forced TO pay them as high
wages as it does to the white laborers,
oil Nerh haU "a "
ficient. At present the natives are paid
according to their ability, and. in con-
sequence, do not receive one-half the
wages paid to American laborers. The
Government pay rolls also show that
they are paid in Mexican silver dollars.
while the Americans are paid on the
gold basis