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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
WONT TELL OF COtL CONTRACTS.
Refuses TO Testify Despite the Commerce
Commissions Rulin-.

The second days hearing before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in the
Federal Building Yesterday Of the charges
that the coal-carrying railroads had dis
eliminated in rates for carrying coal was
marked by clashes between Clarence J.
Shearn. counsel for W. II. Hearst, the pcti-
toner. and the legal representatives al the
railroads,
secretary OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company. said tina, he was
instructed by counsel no, TO reveal any Of
the contracts made by the company. MIR.
Shean insisted and the commission de-
cided in his favor, but the witness still
refused, on the advice OF Judge Campbell.
his LAWYER
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

Coffee made a new low record on selling BY local
bears There was an absence OF any noteworthy
demand, the shorts being the principal buyers
There MAS q holiday In Brazil. Interior receipts
were 2o.7N bags. showing some Increase over the
recent movement.
MNrAIs.-- London. tin declined iSs. for spot
aud Ia cd for futures To klse los and fiS lis. %
Copper In London declined lbs. Cd for spot 70 col
~ "a. aud was iss lover for futures Al csi r. Cd
was Is. 3D. lower abroad at Ei2 los. Herr the
market was unchanged. Spel,er was unchanged
points. Prices here as follows Copper lake.
iteis!7sc: electroiy,is spot 70 April. isan ,sc !.
,a pSs s 4 min sss sHs Sa
warrants, nominal; s,eei rsis a. mil. S5s
NAVAL sTonns-sp,I.s o. iurptn, sc,4esie.
PKovIsIoss-Lard was 1uist: rehned Oontinent.
sio!s; we.,em prime slo.n: Brasil k.Es. sl1sa;
sT fov sse VIZ bss.:.a ~" Sss: %'s ~
ioc; Bus.sr-cresmery. sxsres. Me.: hrsts, nNo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
THE OUTSIDE MARKET.

In the absence of nearly all the prominent
brokers from the curb market after deciding
TO close to-day three or four brokers tried
TO do bushes but gave up the attempt after
one hour, Considerable dissatisfaction was
expressed by quite n number OF the more
prominent curb operators, who came down
change when they heard OF this attempt
Manhattan Transit was put up from %
to o. where about 1870 shares changed
hands New York Transportation was another
issue which was forced up nearly per cent
to 10: 100 Montreal and Boston was dealt ~
uf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

The rise In cotton was due largely 10 unexpcct.
eddy strong Liverpool cables. but pa rtiy To pretty
general ,de: that the time fot a. rally had come
after decline Of some 50 points of late. The crop
movement, both TO the ports and Interior towns.
was liberal and the weather east Of the Mississippi
al that could be desired. hut the other hand
IL was still dry west az the Mississippi. where, &C
cording to the Government weekly report. rain Is
needed and the season IA well known 10 be several
weeks late. Private Liverpool cables predicted
larger takings by Lancashire spinner. during the
next couple OF weeks and reported better busi
ness at Manchester. Leading bulls here and In
New Orleans were buyers early In the day. but they
and August 10 some eyient and Liverpool Is under
stood 10 have bought here on fair scale. Al this
vance Of 10 TO Is points. a good deal OF which was
held up to the close IN spite OF heavy realizing.
CorrEf. Rio on the spU was easy a. SAG: for
No. Sales 5000 san 30. al &c. and 900 Mara
calbo Futures declined S points elosilg steady
but Loaf II, Hamburg unchanged. American
warehouse deliveries. SIS bags Holiday In
Brazil. Prices here as follows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS.

NOTICE Is HERRBY GIVEN that a meeting of
the STOCKHOLDERS Of PLASMON COMPANY OF
AMrRfCA will BE- held at tho once OF the Com =
psny. Room 20. No. Tic Broad Street. In the city
Of New York. on the Sth day OF April. 1908. At 80
O'Clock In the afternoon OF that day for the pur
pose OF elccng I'VE directors for the ensuing year
and two inspectors OF election to serve at the
annual meeting and for the transaction of such
other business as MAJ properly come before said
meeting.
20th 10 April Nh inclusive.
New Yors city. April is. 1908.
II. a. Br'TTERS.
II. Y. WRIGHT.
4. g. DAVIS
directors
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
More Locomotives for the u. 4 o.

BALTIMORE. April 22.-The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company will order
from 100 TO $50 new locomotives for de.
livery during 1904. These additions will
represent an outlay Of from d .500, 900 TO
q 800 900. The road has spent In the last
ioooneives now under construction. clos
70 eSffoOoo for motive power. .....
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
Northern Securities Dividend.

The directors OF the Northern Securities
Company declared yesterday the regular
quarterly dividend OF ~ per cent, The
Great Northern has declared its dividend,
but such action has not yet been taken by
the Northern Pacific, whose directors met
here with President &. s. Mellen on Tues
day. The directors usually declare the
dividend few days before May !. when II
has heretofore been payable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

state. 4 e.. small. An. made. cc,9rsd. fancy.
iIhs,iSc sssSsis and Psrn,yly.nps isss;;
we're lower. Liberal resiirns sales In pork and s
ribs by Ohio interests and large sa,es o. Arg Dy
Of the lard was the principal buyer OF the nps'
Attention was directed ven eenssay 70 'n nn ~ "a
"a noo. as compared with 5000 a year ago.. a.
,SCoAR-Raw was Ann at ti-l6c: b'd hor ~ .es.
at &C.. cost and freight: 2soo tons mossses ~ tes
Al 5-i6t.. duty paid. Refined was IN fair demand
and nrm at 1909 b.05c. for graduated.
CUICAoo Auril ~ -These were TO days prices:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

Cable advices announced firmness for
American shares In the foreign markets,
but with the traders abroad disinciined
20 operate to any extent with the New
York Exchange closed, A reduction In the
minimum rate Of discount Of the Bank
OF England. II was thought. will take place
tomorrow, or, N not then. next we~k. The
following table gives the closing prices
for British consols, also for American shares
on the London Stock Exchange. the New
York equivalent prices. and Comparisons
with London's closing prices Of Tuesday
and the final prices on the New York Stock
Exchange on the same day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
PROFITS OF GENERAL ELECTRIC
TEN MILLIONS LAST YEAR OV
Az ENORMOUS BUSINESS.
surplus Of sA.4s7.O AFTER Dividend
and Interest Payments, Patent. Buying
and stock Increase-Many I1onE.Dis-
lance Transmission Plants Installed.


The annual report of the General Elect rio
Company, signed by c. A. Coffin. president,
for the year ending Jan. 81, 1908, was issued
yesterday. The total sales Of electrical
apparatus and supplies for the fiscal year
amounted to $so,6s5,5ss. while the orders
received amounted to s39,94,4 being
an increase Of 1914 per cent upon orders
received during the year ending Jan. 81,
1902. The profits of the company includ-
ing a profit OF Ss73, $40 upon securities sold,
after deducting all general and miscells-
neous expenses and losses for depre-
citation. were Sl0,277.l8o. After making
allowance for the purchase of patents.
chiefly those Of the Sprague Electric Com
pany, and after a stock issue restoring the
percentage Of reduction made in 1898 Of
SIS, 746,i3s, and after paying dividends and
interest on debentures, there remained
a surplus at the close of the fiscal year Of
A,4S2, 70l.
The report Of Gen. Eugene Griffin, Arst
vice-president Of the company. in charge
Of sales. shows that the orders received
during the year included 900 horss
power in generators and rotary converters
900 horse power in railway motors.
800 900 horse power in transformers, ie,OcO
stationary motors. and more than $1,000
arc lamps.
The report OF f. W. Rice. third vice
president. in charge Of manufacturing
and engineering. states that many new
long distance transmission plants have
been installed using pressures Of from
10000 To 10000 volts and delivering power
Of diatapcoa frnp IN Tn IN milaa A notahls
instance given is that OF the transmission
Of 5000 horse power from the falls Of the
Cauvery River to the Kolar goldfelds in
Mysore, India a distance Of ninety miles.
1t also states that six Of the eleven 5000
horsepower generators ordered for the
Niagara Falls power plant are now in
operation.
The consolidated balance sheet shows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
Arrivoa-wEpSr,DAr. April -

NTTTVcU-W FDNF FDF 7, NUTN =
IS Alexandra. Stettln. March %.
IS Regina Elena. Girgenu. March 10.
IS Gcorsr Liverpool, April u.
81 British Empire, Antwerp. April ..
\, Bcaron. Port Antonio. April ia
S. bly,. port Antonio. April ~
IS Cca-enSe. Para. April p.
- Monroe. Norfolk. April ~.
81 Nacoochc. savannah, April ~.
SIS Mercator. Gonaives. April ia.
=, Rio Grandr. Mobile, April ~
SIS Alamo. Galveston. Ap-.l IL,
IS RlueneldS, Galveston, April Is.
IS Whitney. Bosio l. April ~.
Us t;oldsbo Philadelphia. April 81.
IS Horatio Hall. Portland. April 81.
BARK Erminia. Genoa Fen. {.
Bark Mary c. Hale. femandlna. April II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

Frank r.. Fitzpatrick. wholesale dealer In
leather at f7s William street has filed petit
tion in bankruptcy. with liabilities sso.7s7
and assets sft, AS. -
been hlcd saInst the American Buchu Com.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

Wheat advanced early In the day under the
Stimulus Of bette. csSl a than 1mr1
OUTSIDE markets and covering OF shorts, while
the offerings were very light. Then. too. the
In that region were strong there was some outside
buying and there were evidences OF Armour sup
close a on re- BS ,hrrs was no
short selling in spite of very favorable domestic
weather and crop reports. Some OF the foreign
%ss said Thai buiilsS oieis German report had
been published. though u turned out that This
stated at IS for wheat and for rye. as against
acondtion OF % for both year ago; Cold weather
weather In the main was fair and warmer though
frost was reported a, several points In the south
west Paris advanced to 10 een'im ne and bud =,
including S OF contract grade; Primary receipts
Shipments $500 Tne stsbSsGd fec.ieed
bush. and cleared 10000. Corn advanced on
Hs .ome s1" house,
OF shorts. Chicago received only q ears:
Including OF contra grade. Primary receipts
s Tsrs T o sS.h The rscesed
With other cereals. Seeding IS backward. and some
think this means q smaller acreage, Chlcago
o. sS ws. S and I
fIorR' firmer with wheat. sales. 5000 bbls.
30 bols and go sacks. Winter In bbl, sup..nns
spfns IA Sbis,: ci.s1s. $3.50 s'Isish,s.
ss-s0dss7o; patents. Ads0. Rye hour. v'o 10
COTTON. Spot cotion here sdvanced 10 points
last year: New orleans and Gulf io,7oc. against
s sSS m Ssrpoo rrsss ws points IL
the spot With sales OF 5000 bales: futures advanced
S TO ! points Manchester was quiet. The move
~ u As n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
AMEND SHERMAN LAW.
So ss to Prohibit Only what Ia lnressen'
able, suggests Board OF Trade.

The Board OF Trade and Transportation
has directed it's committee on legislation to
study the workings Of the Sherman Anti
Trust law to see II II SHOULD not be so
amended as TO prohibit only unreasonable
contracts and agreements.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
CAsEIN COMPANY OF AMERICA;

A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF TWO tn Per
Cent. will be paid on the preferred stock of this
Company May II, 1908. to stockholders of record
81 the close OF business April 80, 1908. Checks
viii be mailed from the once OF the Company.
The transfer books will close at ~ noon. April -.
1905 apd reopen at 10 4. NJ, May II. 1905.
'CASElN COMPANY OF AMERICA.
MAURICE BARNETT. Secretary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
ALLIs-CHALMERs COMPANY.

NtW 1OfE, NprII To-, WI
The Board OF Directors has this day declared
the regular quarterly dividend OF ONE AND THREE
QUARTERS u4 20 PER CENT. on the Preferred
STOCK OF this Company payable May l. isoS TO
stockhoders of record on April rs, ie0s. The Pre-.
ferred Stock Transfer Books will be CLOSED 81 the
close OF business Saturday. April rs, 1908. and
o'clock a. M.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
Peuai Frauds Ne Not before This
Grand Jury.

United States District Attorney William
j.. Youngs yesterday denied that the Fed
eral Grand Jury, now in session in Brooklyn,
was engaged N thu. investigation OF the
alleged post Office frauds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
OFFICE OF
WestinRh0use Electric and MIG. Co.

i NO. 40 Broadway, New YORK, Aprl 2z. lSS
At a meeting held this day u was
RESOLVED, That quarterly dividend Of one
and three quarters per cent. ds1 sG upon the As =
eenting Stock OF the company be declared pay
able May Is. 1919. to stockholders OF record at the
close OF business on April 20. 1904 and that the
transfcr books for the Asserting stock be closed
on April %. 1908. at three o'clock p, NJ and opened
on May H. 1905 at ten o'clock a. a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
ANAIGAMATED COPPER COMPANY.

A. meeting OF the Drectoss OF the Amaig amsted
Copper Company. a dividend OF oNE-HALf OF
ONE PER CENT. "a of 10 was declared. payable
May 25, 1908. to stockholders OF record a. oclock
r.. NJ. Thursday, April %. 1908. Transfer books
close At o'clock r. NJ, Thursday, April %, 1905
and reopen At 10 o'clock A. NJ. Monday. May &
'WM. q. ROCKEFELLER Secretary ATr..,ur,r
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
NORTHERN sECURIIIEs COMPANY.

-rh,r, ~. 49,, ~, iVrH' ~ aPnI; isN,
cent on the capital stock of this company, pay
able May 4, ieus. 10 stockholders OF record on the
books OF the company on that date.
The stock transfer books will be closed at 8
O'Clock p. NJ, April IS, 1908. and reopened al 10
o'clock a. NJ. May D. 1903.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
Di.tiIicr.' Securities Corporation.

The Eoard OF Directors OF this Company have
declared quarterly dividend OF one per cent. nsS,
upon the stock of this Company. payable April 81
1909 20 stockholders OF record at the close OF the
trnr sfer books AT three y. NJ. April IS 1908.
The transfer hooks viii be closed from April is.
1908, al three O'Clock p NJ, until April D. 1919 at
10 O'Clock a. NJ.
r. " HOMES Axx, Tr.nSu,er
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINi,ruRy ALu,SAc-rHIs DAT.
Sun rises. sill Sun sets o:e Moon rises 3'oi
mon wATER-THIs DAY
sandy HOOK. .3.4S Gov. I'd. 40 Hell Gate. ..s:i3
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

Oats were strong; Sales, 1900 l bush No. 49,.
unchanged. May. +0'3c. Rye was hrn,. No :
western. S?l1 a5t,c. c; J. Burslo Car lots Stats
bush. mainly for export here and at The outpors
No. mixed In elevator, 5sr.. No. white, hsc.;
No 2ycow. 52l1c. Futures CLOSED a &C. TO 'ac higher.
Snles o. 600 hush. Prices As lOl!oMN;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
OUTGOING srEAMsHIps,

sAtIED PROM FoREIoH PORTS
IS Oceanic. from Liverpool for New York.
IS Mcnominee, from Southampton for New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

Quarterly dividend No. of ia % on the Pre-
:. 10 stockholders OF record April rs Transfer
books close al ~ NJ April 25 and reopen al 10 A. N.
RICHARD TRIMBLE, Secretary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
COMMERCIAL.

Grain HiGher-Csbies BETTER THAN EN-.
pect ed-Armour Support In wheat
Cotton Advances Modcrateiy-Cabies
lIuiiish-Stiil Dry I'm the Southwest
Receipts Lberal--CofTee and Pro-
visions Easier.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23
SECURITIES AT PUBLIC AUCTION.

These securities. among others. were sold At
public auction to day:
es SHARES Merchants' National Bank ....... 1856
sshAres Bank Of New York. n. a. b.. 325'.
Ssnarex Title Guarantee and Trust Co eco. AS
IS shares Mercantile National Bank ......, AyS
IS shares Trust Co. OF America ............. PAS
IS shares Stuyvrsant Heights Bk. of B'klyn., I75
20 shares international banking Corp. 1850 iss
10 shares Trust Co. Of the Republic NM. G5
~ shares Market and Fulton National bank 2'3ls
20 shares Morton Trust Co. .............,...i0 1910
200 shares Mexican Trust Co. common. ..... i0iis
10 shares broadway Safe Deposit Co. .,..... 20
shares Consumers Park brewing Co.. 90
20 shares Northampton Gas Light Co. OF
Northampton, Mass. So. >. ,.............. 10
50 shares brooklyn Fire Brick Works. ...... ~
IL shares Exeter Ca T. ght Co OF Exeter. NH 85
neid. Mas ~, .. ~ Ss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-23

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-17
TWO NEW ADMIRALS.
Promotions Of Capts. F. A. Cook and.
p F. Harrington.
Both Have Excellent Records and
Are Worthy Of the Promotion
They Have just Received-One
Is u Hero Of Santiago,

" The nominations of Capt. F. A. Cook
and Capt. p. F. Harrington to BE rear.
admirals in the navy were confirmed
by the senate before it's recent ad-
journment.
Rear Admiral Cook, who commanded
the cruiser Brooklyn in the Santiago
naval battle with the Spanish, is an old
seaman of wide experience and a thor.
ough master of the theory and prac:
tice of. navigation. He was born in
Northampton, Mass. in 1S43, was grad
uated from the high school of. his ma
tive town, and was preparing for col
lege at Dudley institute, when, Sep
TENDER 20, 1850, he received an appoint
mentt to the naval academy. He left
the school then at Newport, r. l., with
the class of '63, and was assigned to
duty on the Seminole, then engaged in
blockading Texas. Capt. Cook began
service as ensign under Farragut, who
commanded the gulf squadron. Soon
after he was ordered to the gunboat
Tennessee and thence to the Lacka-
wanna; on which he remained till after
the fall of Mobile. After Lees sur
render he. proceeded to the Brooklyn
navy yard with his vessel. which was
then ordered out of commission. After
a months furlough he was ordered to
the Vanderbilt, which, with,th Monad-
mock, under thAcommand of Commo-
dore. John Rodgers. made a voyage
around Cape Horn, across the Pacific
and return to San Francisco. This was
notable as the first long cruise of an
ironclad. After this voyage he was
promoted to master and transferred
to the Saranac, of the North Pacific
squadron. February L, 1867, he be-
came lieutenant, and a lieutenant COM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-17
The New Capitol.

An addition of three months to the
working time on the new capitol was
made in an opinion from the attor-
ney general, allowing the state capt.
toll commission to reconsider the bids
for the woodwork received last De-
cember. When the bids were received
last December the lowest was made
by the Butler-Ryan company. The
firms bid Of $111,703 was in excess of
the estimate and was rejected by the
commission.
The additional appropriation of
$1,500,000 made it possible to take
up the work again. The commission
ers thought they should advertise for
new bids for the work, which would
set the work back at least three
months. The opinion received stated
that the commission may accept the
old bid.
The price of material has increased
at least 10 per cent since the bids were
received, but the Butler-Ryan COM
pany accepted. the contract and will
begin work on the interior at once.
The interior stone and marble work,
for which bids were received last De-
cember, was awarded to the Butler
Ryan company for $782,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-17
STRIKE SPELLS WAR.
Clarence S. barrow Makes Some
Lively Assertions.
Chief Attorney for CoalM Miners Calls
Judges Tools and Servants of q
- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Unions :.
:; 80. Not Perfect. ~,

Clarence S. barrow in>an address
delivered at Springfield, ILL.,, before
the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, on THE Anthracite Coal Strike" .
compared the striking miners to the
colonial revolutionists, denounced
federal judges. who enjoined labor
unions $ quite as much the servants
of the railroad companies as their
section hands,"
"Not a thing was done by the
miners in Pennsylvania that was not
done by our revolutionary forefa-
thers;" declared Mr.. barrow. "In
Revolutionary times dwellings, were
burned, property: was confiscated: and
1o0,0 900 persons were driven out of
their country The refugees settled
Nova Scotia and those. who drove
them out of this country then as now
were denounced as hood1ums, MUIR
derers, cutthroats, assassins and out
laws. Yet~they were the respecta-
BILE people of those days and we are
proud to be known as descendants of
these same revolutionists.
"In a great strike as in war men
stand by their friends, and it will
always be so as long as men take
sides on great public Questions.
"After this strike threatened great
danger President Roosevelt sent for
Baer and the other railroad presi-
dents in the coal region and they
came and lied to him. They told him
they paid the miners so per cent.
more than they did, and when the
president asked them to arbitrate,
they said there was nothing to ar
bitrate and asked for more protec-
ton and more troops.
"The report of the commission is a
great victory for union labor. 1t
shows that when the strike was en-
tered into it was the fault of the
employers. This whole strike was
brought about because the employ