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The Washington times., 1903-12-23
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF INTEREST TO INVESTORS

The flooding of the stock exchange
with call money this week has made
the trading element somewhat shy of
the short side, at least for the time
being. IL is inferred that the big finan-
cial institutions are friendly to the mar
ket, else they would not be providing
money so freely for speculative pur-
poses
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

tReDorted by W. b. Hibbs & Co., 1913
f Street; Members New York Stock FIX
change, Chicago Board of Trade, Wash
ington Stock Exchanged
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Especial to The Washington Tmes.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 23.-The following
prices were quoted on the grain market
today:
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me pre-holiday dullness has reduced
to a minimum the trading possibilities
of the stock market. The exchange will
remain closed from 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon until 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing. On the approach OF any such
unusual market hiatus. traders become
reluctant to make fresh commitments
for either account. and are inclined
rather to reduce their lines. The reluc-
tance to carry long stocks over pro-
tracted holiday is most pronounced. The
preference is for short stocks, on the
theory that anything unexpected de-
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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Market opened steady, ! point Low
D Z points higher. Noon firm.
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buying power in the market of very
considerable force exists I'm the large
short interest that has accumulated. In
two or three stocks this short interest
is undoubtedly Of very large dimc dsions
and professional operators fcr Che fail
are disposed to seize profit that accrue
10 them from their transactions. even
though these profits be extremely small.
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veloping IL the interim is more likely
to be bearish than otherwise.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
RAILROAD BONDS.


wash. Gas Co., ser A, 6's lpO1-2I.- JOB
" ash. Gas Co., ser b, e's leO4-27.- LOB -.
U. s. Eiec. Light, Deb. Imp. 1909. lO3k Jos
u. 5. Elec Light, Cert. indebt... l021
Ches & Pot. Tel. Com 6s....... l04E 1903
(ssh. Ma=set Co., LIST SIS. 1902 los 80
Mssonic Hall Assn S's. =. 1907 100
Warrington Gna. ll@H ll5
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Commercial paper is negotiated each
day on terms which favor the bor-
rover. reversing the rule which has
steadily prevailed for over six months;
and that merchants are thus enabled to
sell their paper more freely is assuredly
a factor OF very great Importance in es-
timating the present and future of busI-
ness conditions.
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SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST STOCKS

! National Safe Deposit and Ir1st-..- DO i
Washington Loan ami Trust. elJ 2
Amer Security and Trust. 20 %
Washington Safe DEPOSIT. 40
Union trust and Storage. ........ lO6
Washington Savings Bank..-...-.. l04k
American Sec. & Trust ........ ll0
Home Savings Bank. ...-...--. 10
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
Changes az the Capitol.

The Denver Republican of April lst
says:
This will be moving day at the cap
itol. antedating by full month the
customary day for that interesting
event of the spring months. From the
court upon the highest floor to the or
binary appointive offices in the base
ment changes are scheduled for to-day.
In many of them all the formal part of
turning over the affairs of the offices
were gone through last evening. leav-
ing only the opening of the Office by
the new hand for to-day
The term of Judge Adair Wilson of
the Court of Appeals expired at mid
night. he retiring in effect yesterday
afternoon. When Judge ]. p Maxwell
will take his place depends upon the
Senate. which has the power to confirm
him.
Louis S. Carpenter. the new state
engineer. does not intend totake charge
of his office until either Saturday or
Monday. His term is presumed to COM
mence with this day. but he has other
business on hand that will keep him
busy for day or two. ]. NJ. Wood
ward. the new game and fish conf ais
sioner, expects to take office this MORN
ing and will introduce his force of
-whiskered deputies to the world.
In the basement there will be many
changes. Adjutant General Gardner
locked up his desk last night and gave
the key to Adjutant General-elect
Sherman Bell. who will open Office this
morning. The minor officers under the
adjutant general were all appointed
some time ago and have been familiar
izing themselves with the affairs of the
department. Clarence l.. Hagar will.
take Office as secretary of the State
Board of Charities and Correction. re-
placing Clarence L. Stonaker. Mrs.
Lucy Harrington will probably remain
as stenographer in this office.
Mrs. Mary Wright will assume the
office of dairy commissioner. taking the
place held for two years by T. l.. Mon
son. Her daughter has been selected
as her deputy. Charles Taylor will re-
place Thomas ]. Kane as inspector of
boilers.
No change will be made in the office
of the commissioner of mines. Lyman
]. White, the new commissioner. has
informed both Mr.. Lee. the old COM
missioner, and the attorney general
that he believes his term begins With
to-day, but has been unable to convince
those authorities that it really does.
In addition to the clerks he previously
announced he has appointed Mrs. Nick
erson and Bert Canning to hold posi-
tions under him.
S. H. Wood also takes his new posi-
tion as secretary to Governor Peabody
to-day. He spent part of yesterday
with outgoing Secretary Maxwell IA
miliarizing himself with his new du-
ties.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON CUBAN
TREATY AND TARIFF QUESTION

Minneapolis, April 5.-President
Roosevelt and party arrived here at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon. drive
through the principal street. with the
mayor acting as escort, ended at the
Nicollet hotel. where a short reception
was held The President was then
taken to the banquet hall, where hun
dreds of the leading men of the city
gave a hearty reception.
After the banquet President Roose-
welt was introduced and spoke on The
Tariff" in part, as follows:
MY Fellow Citizens: At the spe-
cial session of the Senate held in
March the Cuban reciprocity treaty
was ratified. When this treaty goes
into effect it will confer substantial
economic benefits alike upon Cuba. be-
cause of the widening of her market
in the United States. and upon the
United States, because of the equal
widening and the progressive control
it will give to our people in the Cuban
market
Under the Platt amendment Cuba
agreed to give us certain naval sta
tions on her coast. The Navy Depart
ment decided that we needed but two.
and we have specified where these two
are to be. President Palma has con-
cluded an agreement giving them to
us-an agreement which the Cuban
legislative body will doubtless soon
ratify. In other words. the Republic
of Cuba has assumed special relation
to our international political system,
under which she gives us outposts of
defense. and we are morally bound to
extend to her in degree the benefit
of our own economic system. From
every standpoint of wise and enlight-
ened home and foreign policy the rati-
fication OF the Cuban treaty marked
step of substantial progress in the
growth of our Nation toward greatness
at home and abroad.
Equally important was the action
on the tariff upon products of the Phil
ippines. We gave them a reduction of
twenty-five per cent, and would have
given them reduction of twenty-five
per cent. more had it not been for the
opposition. in the hurried closing
days of the last session. of certain gen.
tlemen who, by the way. have been
representing themselves both as pc
culiarly solicitous for the interests of
the Philippine people and as special
champions of the lowering of tariff
duties. There is distinctly humorous
side to the fact that the reduction of
duties which would benefit Cuba and
the Philippines, as well as ourselves,
was antagonized chiefly by those who
in theory have been fond of proclaim
ing themselves the advanced guardians
of the oppressed nationalities in the
islands affected and the ardent advo-
Gates of the reduction of duties gener-
ally. but who instantly took violent
ground against the practical steps to
accomplish either purpose.
Moreover. law was enacted put
ting anthracite on the free list and
completely removing the duties on all
other kinds of coal for one year.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
TWAS PERNICIOUS
ACTIVITY DID 1T

Washington, April 5.-The United
States civil service commission yester-
day made public a statement declar-
ing the recent supplanting of Surveyor
General c. c. Goodale of Colorado by
the appointment of J. F. Vivian to be
be due to an investigation made by
that commission. This investigation
was upon complaints against the sur
veyor general and some of his assist.
ants for violation of the civil service
law by collecting political assessments
against employees of the office. The
commission states that the payments
were so regularly demanded that they
were called the dog tax. and they were
apportioned among the clerks so that
each had to pay one or two or three
days salary per month. as the needs
demanded. Employees paid these as
sessments irrespective of their own po-
litical beliefs, and under both Demo-
cratic and Republican administration.
The clerks were also asked to do po-
litical work, and some of the women
in the Office were directed to go from
door to door and ask persons who were
strangers If they were registered, etc.
work which they found very disa-
greeable. In addition to the retirement
of Mr.. Goodale. two clerks in the office,
Charles J. Christian and John G. Flem-
ing, who were most active in collecting
the assessments, have been dismissed.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
Proposed Dynamite Salute.

San Francisco, April 6.-The Yosem-
fte Valley Commission will make the
visit of President Roosevelt to the Ia
nous valley q memorable one. He
will be given salute by battery OF
dynamite cartridges, the effect of
which will exceed anything the Presi-
dent has ever heard in his war expe-
riences. The walls of the valley are
5000 feet sheer and the report of a
top pistol within them reverberates
up and down and around the valley,
sounding like series of volleys by
heavy artillery.
An enormous bonfire will be built
on the overhanging rock of Glacier
Point, the dimensions of the illumina-
tion being only limited by the surface
area of the rock. The great mass of
fire will be thrown over the side of
the projecting rock to the bottom of
the valley, 5000 feet below. and the
presidential party will witness streak
of fire such as few have ever had an
opportunity to see.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
New Water Commissioners.

Governor Peabody on April 1st made
the following appointments of water
commissioners. many of them being
Republicans who succeed Democrats:
District No. 1. Charles l. Caldwell.
Snyder; 2-Charles NJ. Jump. Platte
vile; 3-John l.. Armstrong. Fort Col
lins; 4-Joseph Anderson. Loveland; |;
5-A. L. Gibson, Longmont; 6-Moses
Hoover. Boulder; Nv. NJ. Davis.
Golden; S-Samuel F. Couch. Golden;
9-John w. Mclean, Morrison; 10
William Fitzgerald, Manitou; IL
Charles Spencer. Leadville; 12-John
Kile, Rockvale; 14-George l. Boyd,
Nepesta; 15-H. C. Pennebaker, Pu-
eblo; 16-David E. Farr. Walsenburg;
It's. w. Cressy. Rocky Ford; 19-
w. H. Cooley. Trinidad: 20-George c.
Windman, Monte Vista; 21-Armand
Choury, San Luis; CIV. A. Johnson.
Saguache; 28-W. l.. Bennett, Gunni-
son; 33-Hans Aspass. Content; 35-
T. L. Wilcoxon, Fort Garland; 9Th.
w. Nelson. Gypsum; 3S-J. p. McMil-
Ian, Basalt; 40-M. H. Payne. Delta;
41-W. o. Hersum, Olathe; 45-Alvin
NJ. Soule, Rifle; 46-James B. Riache.
Larimer county; 47-W. l. Beckwith.
Longmont; 4S-Walter G. Decker. Lar
inner county; 53-A. R. Plummer. Nc
Coy; 5S-W E. Wheeler. Yampa; CO.
j. w. Glandon. Pinon; 61-W. L. Hen
derson, Sterling; 65-John S. Shaw.
Kirk; 9Th. H. Mcdonald. Lamar;
6S-P. F. Mooney. Ridgeway.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

The Senate concurred in the HOUSE
amendments to the bills attaching part
of Adams county to Yuma and Wash
ington counties. The terms of the
changes contemplated by the measures
include payment by Adams and Yuma
counties of the expense of the division
election. Adams county is to receive
all 1903 taxes on property within its
newly defined boundaries.
The following bills were passed on
third reading in the Senate. March
2Sth: H. b. No. 206, Garman-Regu-
lating the sale of convict made goods.
The convicts in our prisons are not
permitted to manufacture articles for
sale. and the state is said to be the
dumping ground for Missouri prison
made shoes. Wyoming brooms and Ne
braska brushes. The license and pen
alties make the act prohibitive. II. b.
&C. Dolph-Increasing the number Of
judges in the Fourth judicial district
to three. II. B. IS, Dolph-Providins
for the notification of the defendant in
divorce cases. and requiring the plain
tiff to give all information possible uD
der oath. II. b. 166. Warner-Provid-
ing two-fifths mill levy for the bene-
fit of the State University.
Wnen the Drake ANTITRUST Dill came
up for third reading in the Senate,
the spectators were furnished with
plenty of oratory. This is the bill
backed by the National Live Stock As
sociation, and a similar measure is
pending in many other state Legisla-
lures. There was much opposition to
the measure, those fighting it moving
to recommit with the idea of smother
ing 1t. Senator Cornforth made a
strong speech, in which he said that
the question was not party matter,
but that all hinged upon the idea OF
you let us alone and we will let yor
alone" He said that II the bill could
be amended SO that 1t would not hit
certain" combinations. those combi-
nations would favor the bill. The
measure finally passed, by vote of 20
to 13,
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

"The present phenomenal prosperity
has been won under tariff when was
made in accordance with certain nxed
and definite principles the most i'm
portant of which is an avowed deter
mination to protect the interests OF the
American producer. business man,
In making any readjustment there
are certain important considerations
which cannot be disregarded. If tar
iff law has on the whole worked well.
and IL business has prospered under 1t
and is prospecting, 1t may be better to
endure some inconvenience and in
equalties for time than by making
changes to risk causing disturbance
and perhaps paralysis in the industries
and business of the country
"One point we must steadily keep in
mind. The question of tariff revision.
speaking broadly. stands wholly apart
from the question of dealing with the
trusts.
mo change in tariff duties can have
any substantial effect in solving the So
called trust problem.
Certain great trusts of great cor
porations are wholly unaffected by the
tariff. Practically all the others that
are of any Importance have as matter
of fact numbers of smaller American
competitors, and, of course, change in
the tariff which would work injury to
the large corporation would work not
merely injury but destruction to Its
smaller competitors. and equally, OF
course, such n change would mean dis
aster to all the wage-workers connect
ed with either the large or the small
corporations. From the standpoint or
those interested in the solution of the
trust problem such a change would
. hat ha trtt
was relieved of the competition of its
weaker American competitors and
thrown only into competition with for
eign competitors. and that the first eff
fort to meet this new competition
would be made by cutting down wages,
and would. therefore, be primarily at
the cost of labor In case of some OF
our greatest trusts such change
might confer upon them positive
benefit. Speaking broadly, it is evil
dent that the changes in the tariff will
affect the trusts for veal or for woe
simply as they affect the whole coun-
try. The tariff affects trusts only as it
affects all other interests. 1t makes
all these interests, large or small.
profitable. and its benefits can be TAX
en- from the large only under penalty
of taking them from the small also.
ITO sum up. then, we must as peo-
pie approach a matter of such prime
economic importance as the tariff
from the standpoint of our business
needs. We cannot afford to become
fossilized or to fail to recognize the
fact that as the needs of the country
change it may be necessary to meet
these new needs by changing certain
features of our tariff laws. Still less
can we afford to fail to recognize the
ftr. =, f,x-A
not be made until the need for them
may result
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
MORMON LEADER
PREDICTS A PANIC

Salt Lake City. Utah. April 5.-Presi-
dent Joseph F. Smith. head of the Nor
mon church and its revelator. seer and
prophet. made remarkable address to
$1,000 Mormons at the seventy-third
annual conference held in the great
tabernacle yesterday.
Speaking as one inspired and as the
mouthpiece of God, President Smith
declared financial panic was due. He
warned his hearers to prepare for a
period of hardship.
Millionaires and farm hands were in
the great auditorium that was SPELL
bound by the prophets words. In
opening his address President Smith
said: Il desire to mention one of two
subjects which l deem worthy the at
tention of the brethren who shall
speak by the holy spirit One of these
is:
I'm this time of prosperity. it is
highly proper for the Latter Day Saints
to get out of debt. We may prepare
now for a period of great depression. y
Then. referring to the New York
newspapers attack on Mormonism, he
said: There never was time when
1t was SO necessary as now for the
Latter Day Saints to live their religion.
See the activity of the enemies of our
religion. When the heathen rage and
the wicked inveigh against the follow
ers of this religion, you may set 1t
down as a fact that the devil is not
dead"
President Smith scored the genteel
professors without mincing words.
THE vast majority of these" he de-
clared, "are worthless. They are
leeches upon the body polite
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
In Memory of w. N. syers.

Denver, April 6.-The legislative
committee appointed to drsst resolu-
tions upon the death of William New
ton Byers submitted the following to
the two houses. The Senate yester-
day adopted the resolutions by
standing vote. The same proceeding
took place in the House Saturday.
The resolutions:
Whereas, An all-wise Providence has
removed from the walks of life that
sturdy pioneer and kindly Christian
gentleman, the Hon. William N. By
ers. and,
whereas, The deceased, since the
beginning of civilization within the
borders of the state of Colorado, has
been intimately connected with every
enterprise that tended to upbuild the
great West and make our beloved
state what it is to-day, and was one
to whom the people always looked for
assistance in any enterprise to in
crease their prosperity, add to their
enjoyment or foster their moral well
fare: and,
Whereas. 1t is fitting that the Leg
islature of the state of Colorado as
the representatives of the citizens of
this commonwealth, should express
their sorrow in the loss of such a citi-
zen, and affirmation of the state of
his many virtues as man and maker
OF this state; now, therefore, be it
Resolved. By the Fourteenth Gen
eral Assembly of the state of Colorado,
that we deem the death of the Hon.
William N. Byers an inestimable loss
to the people of the state of Colorado,
and we do hereby express our pro-
found sympathy for the bereaved wife
and children.
Resolved. Further, That a copy of
these resolutions be spread upon the
journals of the Senate and House, and
an engrossed copy be sent to the fam.
lily of the Hon William N Byers.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08
Reported Offer of Compromise.

Denver. April 6.-The Colorado
Springs correspondent Of the Repub-
lican, under date of 1:30 a. m. to-day,
telegraphs that the executors of the
Stratton will have made an offer to
compromise, which was then under
consideration.
The News, controlled by Senator
Patterson, attorney for the executors,
makes no mention Of any such nego-
tiations.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

A scientific sharp in Germany as
serts that he has found 100000 mi
crobes in a quart of Strawberries. This
calls to mind the old saying that
doubtless God might have made bet
ter berry than the strawberry, but
doubtless God never did.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Efforts are being made to improve
the quality of the whiskey now being
sold in Paris. Perhaps it is the Paris
ian brand of liquor that is responsible
for the development of so many rattle
-,rained anarchists in France.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

When the Duke of Devonshire
paused a moment in the mad whirl OF
parliamentary life to remark that the
speech of King Edward was not full.
it may be that he was throwing sop
TO the Woman's Christian Temperance
union.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

That Berlin custom of introducing
pet tigers to high society functions is
at least preferable to the New York
fashion of inviting monkeys in to din
ner to lend an air of intellectual depth
to the conversation.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Perhaps the minister who had in his
possession when he was arrested out
in Attleboro little book entitled
How to Mix Fancy Drinks" was pre-
pairing to deliver an address on tenn
perance.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Talk about our democracy if you
will. but kindly note that an ex-tramp
and present working cooper succeeds
Lord Charles Beresford in the British
commons.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

The lamented Jingo weighed 10000
pounds and was worth $3.50 a pound.
The death of an elephant of that sort
must be unusually painful.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

A new and positively successful
remedy for nervous prostration of
women has been discovered by
New. York man. He sent his wife to
a sanitorium and she eloped with
doctor.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Sidney Lee, our distinguished Eng
lish visitor, says there isn't nearly so
much rush and hurry in American
life as he had supposed. Mr.. Lee has
evidently formed an agreeable i'm
preston of Philadelphia.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Federal officials have decided that
betting on horse races is not a lottery
Certainly not. In a lottery you have
one chance in thousand to win
something.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

London is to discard the old
Thames penny steamers for some
thing better. Now here is a chance
for Canada to make start with her
new navy.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Stirred up perhaps by competition
from Mt. Pelee, Vesuvius is now
throwing up ashes and explosive in
candescent globes-something new.
apparently, in the way of volcanic fire.
works.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Ex-Explorer Baldwin says that If
$15O.O0O were placed at his disposal he
could get to the north pole and back
But he doesn't expect to get it out of
backer Ziegler's check book.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Surprise is expressed because the
sale of Zolas furniture and curios
brought only 100000. Yet 100000 is a
tidy sum.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

After years of delay Mr.. ]. Pierpont
Morgan is building library for his
personal use at cost of 100000.
Could he have been waiting for an Of
fer from Mr.. Carnegie?
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

But. does the fact that Lady Cor
don was born in this country make
her an American? If so. let us have
more race suicide"
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Investors have about reached the
conclusion that there is no way to get
rich quick, and Mr.. Carnegie has
clearly demonstrated the fact that
there is no way to get poor quick.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

II the allied powers object to the
use of the English language by The
Hague tribunal, why not use Ameri-
can?
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

The proof of the pudding is not sc
much in the eating as in what happens
after you've eaten 1t.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Mrs. Burdick may have been indis-
Greet. but she has her good points. too.
She doesn't exhibit an inclination to
go on the stage.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

the cZar.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Announcement is made that King
Edward has been married forty years
an unusually long reign.
The Lamar register., 1903-04-08

Innocence and wickedness may re-
semble each other for moment, but
longer acquaintance illustrates the
vast gulf between them.