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The Washington times., 1903-01-21
Range Of Prices 4 Trifle in
Advance Of Yesterday S
CloSing-AmeriCan List
Dull But Firm in London.
Southern Pacific Maintains
Strength Despite Discus
sion of Effect of Bub0nic
Plague on It's Business

NEW YORK. Jan. 21.-The stock mar
ket dealings continued in extremely
small volume when business opened this
morning, but the transactions for the
most part were effected at d slightly
higher range of prices than prevailed a.
the close Of business yesterday.
American stocks were dull bat firm in
the London market, and foreign houses
had small buying orders here.
No matters of novelty were presented
Tor consideration in this mornings news.
The Venezuelan situation again came in
for some discussion, rs did the extension
of the 5ubOnic plague on the Pacific
slope. Neither matter, however. seemed
10 cut much figure in the trading.
Conspicuous features of the railway
list were Chesapeake and Ohio. notably
strong; AJchisOn. Union Pacific. St. Paul,
Erie. and Reading Southern Pacific was
firm, Notwithstanding the discussion Of
the effects upon business OF the possible
extension Of the plague.
Outside of the railway list the dealings
We're IN very small volume The features
were Sugar Refining. corn products. and
National Lead. The local traction stocks
were comparatively neglected.
Following were the stock quotations at
J D n today
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Sixteenth Street northwest. between NJ
and \ Streets-James a. Handy ct ux.
to AIonzo O. Bliss, lot IS, square 1S2. $40.
Fourteenth Street northwest. between
" Street and Florida Avenue northwest
Wilson c. Thomson ct ux. to Charles p.
Stone. lot ~, square 234, SO.
Alley, between y and O, Fourth and
Fifth Streets northwest Bessie R.
Rogers TO George Henderson, lots 81 TO
So, square 5I2. SO.
Alley. between \ and O. Fourth and
Fifth Streets uoTthwest-George Hender-
son 10 Frank o. Beckett, lets 81 70 So.
square Jl2. $40.
Fifteenth and L Streets northwest
John J. SChenck et w TO T. Franklin
Schneider. part lot Is. square 198. $40. 4
Fourteenth Street northwest, between
S and r SrFeets-Thomas Z. Landou ct
IL TO William A. CopeELaver. lot pos
square 200. SO
II street northeast between Eleventh
and Twelfth Streats-Chanuiug III Ed
wards q u--. 10 Roger Edwards. part lot
81. square Ssh, $40
N Street northwest. between Twenty
eighth and Twenty Streets-Pat-
rick Pagan 10 Joseph KruII, part lots 10
and y, IN Holmcad's Addition TO George
town and part lot 175,.square 1912. $50.
lie DToit PaTk-The f e Jackson
@0mpany to Guy r. D0ane, lots q, %. sc.
b. 3D. block &, $40
UgIesidC-DaVid more ct uy. TO Gera Id
81. Johnson, lot C. block l. $40.
IugIesidC-GeraId NJ Johnson to NJ
Regina Moore. lot $. block !. SO
Moore & Barbour's kddition-AIfred
Reiehman 10 John ". SLnemetz. lot 20.
block I, $40.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
TRADING LIGHT EXCEPT
IN RAILROAD STOCKS
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.

The market opened weak this morning.
and prices soon broke. but on the break
considerable strength was displayed. evi-
IDENTIFY caused by the covering Of shorts.
There Is no doubt about the size OF the
short interest in the market It began
TO develop a week OF more ago. and has
steadily grown. until now il is the con
trolling factor in the market However.
the position Of the shorts may turn a,
any moment. and with every break there
is now covering OF their contracts
In the general situation there is not
much TO encourage SagginE of prices.
so far as business is concerned, but il
.as zen apparent IoT some time that
there is lack of buying power. This
i..eg re accOul.Cd lCl By reason OF i'm
pending legislation against trusts, and
the probability thar nothing viii be done
by Congress concerning the amendment
OF the currency laws The speculative
element. composed almost entirely OF
roOm-tTaders. quickly noticed this alb
Sence- and reasoned If prices viii not
go up they should 20 down. As a con
sequence there has been created large
following on the short side, and prices
may 90 low enough to meet resistance
OF an aggressive character which viii
bring about revuIsion of sentiment, aud
probably q quick advance in prices In
the loan crowd last night there was al
active borrowing demand of St. Paul
Missouri Pacific Manhattan. and Rock
Island,
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
SIMMONS CONSCIENCE
GAVE HIM NO REST
Philadelphia Embezzler SuuendeTs to
District Police Authorities and
Is Sent Back

Troubled with an uneasy conscious
Samuel Simmons of Philadelphia walked
into police headquarters last night and
told Detective Horne that - was wanted
in Philadelphia for embezzlement, and
wished TO give himself up.
He said that he had embezzled the
sum Of $1o0 from each of two hrms-the
Acme Tea Company and Robinson &
Crawford He said he was repenJant
and wanted to go back and take the con
sequences Of his deeds.
Captain BoaTdmaD at once commUni-
Gated with the Philadelphia au horities,
who wired that the man was correct In
his seIf-acCusatiOu, and that he would
be sent for. This morning detective
from Philadelphia took Simmons into
custody The man had held minor pc
sitiOus Of trust with these firms.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
GETS BENNING TRACK.

The Washington Jockey Club yesteT-
day afternoon leased the Benning race
track TO the Winchester Racing Asso-
citation. The lease is to run for twenty
years, and the rental is $4,000 year
with the privilege Of a renewal of the
contract for another period Of twenty
years. Just before the lease was put
on file in the office Of the Recorder OF
Deeds for the District. a bill OF sale
was put on file by august Belmont, con
veying ali the personal property ana
buildings on the Benuing track TO The
Winchester Racing Association. The
consideration named IN the bill of sale
is So
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
No Definite Answer.

No Definite Answer.
The boatmen discussed the matter
briefly. but owing to the nature of the
proposition they could not give Mr.
NicoIson a definite answer whether or
not they would accept the terms They
were asked TO take the matter under
consideration and make their decision
known later. While some are in favor
OF accepting the terms, other demuF on
the ground that they can make more
money boating by the present freight
system, which. however. is not satisfac-
tory
According to the figures of boatmen.
+ calculating on the basis Of the above
proposition. it would cost SIS for q
steersman and 81 each for two drivers
making a total for hire of $40 q month.
In addition 10 this it would cost $50 TO
S24 a month to feed these men. bringing
the actual expenses up to about $64,
/ leaving the captain about $34 for his
J services In some cases, particularly
where boatmen Own their teams, they
claim to have made more money in past
1 seasons than they could make from a
salary.
/ It is understood that the syndicate
/ has purchased all Of the boats owned
/ by the Consolidation Coal Company and
/ those Of H C. Winship and negotiations
are now pending for the Mertens boats.
/ There are about 150 boats on the canal,
of which number the Consolidation com
+ panv owned over 100. and the syndicate,
/ according to the reported sale, there
/ fore controls the situation, and the
I boatmen have no other choice than to
/ accept the terms offered or abdicate,
/ In the present light OF events those
I holding pessimistic views relative 10
the future Of the canal think that it
will not last lors as a waterway, and
expect to see a railroad on its banks
within few years
Backed by the Railway.
/ The syndicate, it is believed, is
/ backed by the Baltimore and Ohio but
nothing definite is known as TO this
I Mr.. NIcoison will be one of the man
ayers Of the new company. He says
! the syndicate will purchase about 200
more mules and make all arrangements
( for pushing business on the canal next
/ season. It is expected to operate boats
/ day and night.
/ L Is thought that one Of the main OBJ
/ jects Of the proposed change is to do
away with the demands Of the boatmen
1 for increased freight rates The boat
men. as it appears, If they will not &C
! ccpt the offer TO work for salary, will
have 10 step out and make room for
Others The boatmen have been active IN
( their efforts to get an increase in freight
rates for next season, demanding 80
/ cents to Wnliamsport and s. to George
town, but their hopes VIII be shattered
/ if the syndicate prevails.
It is authoritatively stated that the
syndicate has bought the Consolidation
and Winship boats. The syndicate pur-
/ poses to have its own stores at which the
boatmen can deal The shippers at VIII
Transport. it is understood, VIII advise
their boatmen to accept the proposition
/ Mr.. NIcolsou left WilHamsport for
Hancock to meet the boatmen. and from
+ there ne goes TO Cumberland on the same
business
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
SEEKS 4 DIVORCE

Charles Edward Bishop. through his
counsel. j. Med Darlington. has dIea
suit for divorce from P0cahoutas Bishop
OF statutory grounds They were mar
riea u Rockville, lid. June y, 1888.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21

There is one factor which has entirely
disappeared from the market, and that
is what is known as The Western
crowd" They did not participate in the
quick advance OF prices from the low
level in December. and because they
We're not wise enough to buy then they
have abstained from buying at prices
which are considered by them TO be too
high It Is said the Western crowd is
gravitating toward Palm Beach, and win
soon be assembled there in full force.
John ". Gates is the leading genius Of
this aggregation.
It Is said negotiations were resumed
last week to purchase the American Can
Company by the United States Steel Cor
poratiOn. The Can Company is con
trolled by the Moore Brothers. and if II
is possible for them to sell It, there is
10 doubt they viii do so This TufnOr,
however. Is a revival OF one that ema-
mated soon after the formation Of the
Can Company
Suit has been brought by certain hold
ers Of St. Paul convertible bonds who
failed TO connect them before the bonds
fell due January /. and who now contend
they are entitled to be paid OF at 81 500
a bond. approximately the value Of the
ten shares Of preferred stock into which
the bonds were convertible
The decline in Southern Pacific, Union
Pacific. and 10 some extent that Of Atch-
iscn. was attributed to the spread Of bu-
bonic plague in California. and the posi-
biltty Of a strict quarantine.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
SYNDICATE BUYING
c. ( 0. CANAL BOATS
New Plan Submitted for Cap
tainS' Approval.
RAILWAY BACK OF SCHEME
Boatmen Offered a SaIary-Syndicat
to Furnish Mules, Feed and
Rigging.

HAGERSTOWN. Jan 2L-A plan has
developed and was unfoIded Monday at
WiIliamsport in regard to the future
business policy Of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio canal whereby navigation on the
waterway is to be controlled by a syn
dicate OF transportation company. Tho
proposed change came as a surprise to
the boatmen and caused a decided stir
il canal and business circles.
G. L. NicoIson. general manager of
the canal. had conference with the
representatives of the shipping firms and
a number OF boatmen at the office of
SteGey d Findlay. and to the boatmen
he made a proposition whereby the syn
dictate offers TO engage their services 10
take charge of the boats at a salary OF
500 a month, each captain 10 hire. board.
and pay the usual crew Of men. a steers
man, and two drivers and furnish the
bow lamp and OIL, while the syndicate
agrees to furnish the mule team and
feed and boat rigging. Mr.. NicoIson
also stated that the pay would go on
in the event of the boats being stopped
by a break or any delay. He further
stated that the syndicate would purchase
the mule teams OF boatmen at a fair
The Washington times., 1903-01-21

Wuss. Gas Co, UeT 4, 5's 1921. =
Wash Gas Co, ser B, G's 1891 I!-
[. s Elec. Light. Deb. imp. 1902 100 I
L. {. EIec Light, Cert Indebt- D.. i05s
Ches- & Pot Tel, Com 5's----- l045z
wash. Market Co, LIST 6's, 1877
The Washington times., 1903-01-21

Masonic Hall Assn SIS C, 1905 i0f
American GraphophCne Deb. SIS. -
sAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST STOCKS.
National safe Deposit and Tr1s. - i65
Warrington loan and Trust 800 2iU 2i5
American Security and Trust go 2i57z 20
Washington safe Deposit ,.,-.... -
Union Trust and Storage -------- 10 Il0LT
Wash. Savings Bank 1U2 uU
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
COMMITMENT BONDS
RAILROAD BONDS

Capital Traction K R Es------- I0x4 I0sH
Met. r. r. SIS 1925---.----.-.--- ~ i.
AeU R z. Cert. Indebtedness A t57 100
Tef r Cert. indebtedness B.. 1854 I07
Columbia r r. 6's 1ql4-...-.--- t2J I2I
Columbia r T.. D. mort 5's-... 10
City & Suburban 5's........-.... 81 -s''
W.gzIl Sneg. Raf rgzy IS ..-.. s. SIX
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL EsTATl
MONEY TO LOAN.

Money 70 loan at 81 70 per cent, In sum-
Of 81 900 10 10000, on o. G. real estate PAL
Of 8 and T. per cent mortgage and begin anew
ali transactions conducted sith economical con
alteration for borrowers
VA Il SAUNDERS & co. 1907 St
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06

In ancient times the beds we read
about were simply rugs, skins or thin
mattresses which could be rolled up
and carried away in the morning. At
night they were spread on the floor,
which in the better class of houses
was of tile or plaster, and as the shoes
were not worn in the house and the
feet We're washed before entering Il
room the floors were cleaner than
ours. After a time n sort of bench,
three feet wide, was built around two
or three sides of the room about n
foot above the floor and, covered with
a soft cushion, was used during the
day to sit or lounge on and as Il sleep
ing place at night. The bench was
sometimes made like a s%ettee, movable
and of carved wood or iyory.-London
Standard.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06

Pastry should be cooled off in n
warm room; taking it suddenly from
the oven to n cold larder will make
1t heavy.
A too large cork will often fit a
bottle quite well after it has been
soaked In boiling water for a few min
utes.
TO shell shrlmps easily, put them in
a colander and pour boiling water over
them. Shell them as soon as possible
after they have drained.
Turpentine will cleanse zinc and
make it look like new. Wash the zinc
first in hot soda water and then rub
with a flannel dipped in turpentine.
A large manila envelope, pasted in
the inside of the cover at the back
of n cook book, Is n very handy re-
ceptacle for clippings and copies of
recipes which one intends to try ut
once.
The daily supply Of food may be kept
In the cellar If n wire safe is used,
but this is doubtful wisdom unless the
housekeeper is prepared to inspect the
safe every day to see that no scraps
are left lying around.
Never leave empty wooden tubs and
pals standing in the sun, or in a hot
part of the seullery. In very hos wealth
err they should be left full
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06

Bacon and calves liver is a common
dish. but especially attractive to men
who enjoy rich food. Calves liver is
much more delicate than beef or even
lamb. Slice II fine and lay 1t in cold
water for at least ten minutes. This
draws out the blood and makes the
liver better food. Fry a dozen pieces
of bacon cut in waferlike like slices
10 every quarter Of a pound Of calves
liver. Let the bacon be ice-cold and
crisp 1t quickly on a very hot frying
pan until 1t forms. In a few minutes,
into little brown rolls. Take up the
bacon and fry the calves liver, which
has been dried ON a clean cloth, in the
bacon fat for ten minutes. or until 1t is
well Drowned on both sides. Dish ii
and decorate 1t with the crisp rolls of
bacon. There should be no grease
about this dish, and there will not be
IL IT Is properly cooked.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06

The young man who had spent his
efforts for several years without re-
suit in studying art was talking with
his practical uncle, who had patiently
paid the bills.
"Of course said the young artist,
Il know | haven't made much of Il go
of it, but | don't think you ought to adj
wise me to try something else. You
know it's best TO put all your eggs in
one basket and watch that basket"
I'm! That may be, Charlie; but did
you ever think how foolish it is TO put
SO many baskets around one bantam
egg?"-Youth's Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06
Emcrson,s nest neonest.

The best thing that Emerson has left
us is his spirit. fine and high, stern and
sweet. He took life in a royal way.
and bore himself toward the eternal
mysteries with serene courage and
dauntless hope. His essays, which are
his most characteristic work, have their
chief value not as revelations of the
moral ordC< of life, not as discoveries
of the final meaning of things. but as
disclosures of his own spirit. There is
IL these essays an immense mass of
truth, uttered in picturesque and men,
orable words. There is in them also
an immense mass that is not true. The
Emersonian hit and miss are upon
every page, and side by side with a
golden and perfect sentence II finds
sonorous eccentricity. The origin of
this strange compound of oracle and
imposition in Emerson lies in the con-
fessional character of his writing. Ho
speaks from within, and his generaliza-
tons hit or miss according as his per-
sonal experience embodies a law of
humanity or n mere idiosyncrasy. That
Emerson speaks so often and so royalty
for man is his great distinction. That
he speaks so frequently for the idiosyn-
cratic, the isolated and vain is his chief
fault. We have n right to hold him at
his best, and through the richness and
majesty of the confession we are
brought face to face with the confessor.
Rev. George A. Gordon, d. D., in
Atlantic.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06
One of the only ssf<el's" Plays.

An ancient baseball fan tells this
story to illustrate the quiekness and
thickness of Mike Kelly, the one time
king of the green diamond:
~ game between Boston and Wash
ington was played at Beantown. Char
lie Bennett was catching. and Mike
Kelly was sitting on the bench when a
foul which Bennett could not possibly
get goes up in the air toward the
bench, and Kelly, being captain, yells
to the umpire that he will put Bennett
ont of the game, and at the same time
he puts on a NIT with lightning speed
and catches the ball. He then tries TO
make the umpire allow the catch, but
the umpire, after wrangling n long
time with Kelly, decides the ball was
in play and Bennett could not be re-
moved from the game until the ball
had been caught by a player in the
game, so he ordered the batsman 10
hit over. This was quick thought of
Kelly, even if ii did not work."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06
KITCHEN suPERsTITloNs.


why Most Cooks Always stir Their
Batter One Way only.
Take u good lump of fresh butter
and roll 1t in flour, place it in a lined
saucepan with a half pint of good, rich
cream, stir it gently over a low fire, al
ways the same way, till it begins to
simmer"
This recipe for the making of melted
butter is quoted from al old fashioned
cookery book of n century ago, but the
direction TO stir always the same
way is observed as religiously today
D it was then, and probably will be for
n thousand years TO come.
All cooks of all nations stir not only
the same way. but also from east TO
west, n sure indication that the prac-
tice originated with sun worshipers.
Speaking of stirring brings to mind
that in most English households-coun-
try ones at least-the practice of the
whole family joining to stir the Christ
mas plum pudding is still In vogue.
There are many peculiar, old fash
ioned superstitions connected with
cooking.
For instance, in Scotland. when oat-
cakes are being baked, 1t is still GUS
tomary to break off a little piece and
throw it into the fire.
At one time, whenever a baking was
made-which was perhaps once a
month only-a cake was made with
nine knobs on it. Each of the company
broke one off, and, throwing 1t behind
him, said, This ! give TO thee; preserve
thou my sheep mentioning the name
of n noxious animal-fox, wolf or eagle.
\ roast pheasant is usually sent up
with the tail feathers. This practice Is
a memorial Of the days when a pea
cock was skinped before roasting and
when cooked was sewed into its plum
age again, its beak gilded and so served.
Tossing the pancake is another inter-
esting food superstition. Formerly the
master of the house was always called
upon to toss the Shrove Tuesday pam
cake. Usually he did it so clumsily
that the contents of the pan found their
way to the floor, when n fine was de-
manded by the cook. The custom is
still kept up at Westminster school,
where a pancake is tossed over the bar
and scrambled for. The one who Sc
cures II is rewarded with a guinea.
The origin of the cross on hot cross
buns is n matter of dispute. There is
little doubt that cakes partly divided
into four quarters were made long be-
fore the Christian era. At one time it
was believed that bread baked on Good
Friday would never grow moldy, and
n piece of ii grated was kept in every
house, being supposed TO be n sover-
cign remedy for almost any kind of
ailment to which man Is subject.
In many parts of England 1t is con
sidered unlucky TO offer a minee pie 10
n guest. 1t must be asked for.-Boston
Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06

Put into a bowl the yolks Of seven
eggs, five ounces of sugar and n gill
of cream; whisk this for ten minutes
oyer n very slow fire. not allowing ii
to boil at all. Then add a little less
than an ounce of pulverized gelatine
dissolved in two tablespoonfuls OF wa
ter. Add the whites of the eggs. stl. y
whipped. the juice of one large or two
small lemons, pour into a deep dish
and set in the ice cave for two hours
or longer. When unmolded for sery-
ing surround with n border of whipped
cream which has been tinted a light
green with some vegetable colorlng.-
The Epicure.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put toBether'
and until the last few years was supposed TO be
inourable. For a great many years doctors pro,
remedies, and by constantly failing 10 cure win
local treatment, pronounced II incurable'
Science has proven eathrrh TO De = cons,itu'
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
factured by r. J. Cheney Il Co, Toledo, ONO, II
the only constitutional cure ON the market II
teaspoonful. IL acts directly on the blood ana
mucous surfaces of the system. They ofer one
hundred dollars for any case IL tails 70 cure
send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, f.. J. CHENEY CO, Toledo, u
Sold by Druggists, 7hc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06

Beat the yolks of five eggs thick with
a eupful of graduated sugar, n pinch
of salt and three-quarters of a cup of
flour. which has been sifted with half
n teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Add
TO ii carefully the whites Of seven
eggs. whipped very stiff, a %teaspoonful
of lemon juice and n tablespoonful of
orange juice. This cage must be baked
in a pan that Is slightly Toured MS
well as hnttered. 1t is said that the
yolks, sugar and flour should be beaten
twenty minutes before adding the
whites.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-06
S6OO For 500.
Antony.

The modern interest in science
through observation has become
more or less Of a mania. Even the chill
dren are bitten by II. The Little Chron-
icle says that George, aged five, takes
n great interest In physiology and anat-
omy.
one day some members of the family
had been studying a dissected porcu-
pine and making drawings of the
bones.
Not long after his sisters took an old
lounge apart. and George watched
them. Presently he came running to
another member of the family, his eyes
on fire, his checks flushed and his
locks flying behind him.
Come! Conner he cried. IF you
want TO study p%hyserology now's your
chance. The girls have got the lounge
all to pieces!'