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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-09
review OF THE WEEK
IN WALL STREET MARKET
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. March S-Heary liquidation.
some of which WAS very cleverly concealed
under the guise CT apparent short sales,
marked the course OF the Wall street mar
ket for the entire week.
The Developments during the week were
favorable to the bear party. but to even a
casual observer il is difficult to account for
the extent of such declines as IA points in
Union Pacific, ~ in Atchson common. SIS
in St Paul, ~ in Canadian Pacific, 5ls in
Northern Securities. in Baltimore and
Ohio, in New York Central and in South
ern Pacific. and 30 on through the list OF
standard shares. The shares which suffered
the greatest loss are widely diversified and
for the most part of excellent character in
no way involved in the alleged dispute be-
tween the minority and majority holders Of
Southern Pacific stock.
The reported heavy selling by the bear
interest and the threatened litigation of Mr..
keene against Mr.. Hartman may all be
true Under any circumstances 1t made a
plausible excuse, by which Wall street was
unable to explain all the reactions which
occurred in the market.
Far. more dlsquieting to the average spec
ulator or investor than any quarrel between
Mr.. Keene and the great party in control
of the Union Pacific Company-the proper
Of the AIdrich bill to become a law, the con-
tinued drain of funds by the Treasury, the
excessive calling of loans by banks the
dOEduCe cI time anu call money 10 b per
cent. the poor reception accorded the Steel
Corporations conversion plan on the s-point
break in the new second mortgage bonds.
the disquietude of labor from the Atlantic
to the Pacific as the spring season APP
proaches. crowned. finally. on Saturday by
a bank statement which showed the sur
plus reserve all but wiped out, and a COM
mercial failure which possesses come Wall
street flavor.
We are again upon 6 per cent tine and
call money basis. and have not. IN fact.
been upon better time money rate than
~ per cent for the entire year. How the
market viii extricate itself from its present
dilemma remains to be seen. II the situation
arose from speculative demands alone,
stock liquidation. extensive and drastic.
would speedily work the correction but the
present situation does not arise from stock
speculation SO much as from the burdens
placed upon resources by corporation and
commercial borrowing of huge sums for
nxed periods. and by the transfer of float
ing capital into fixed evidences OF debt upon
which men find difficulty to realize.
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This action on Mr.. Prices part was gen.
orally construed as aligning him among the
bears, although he denies this. and says he
simply advised his friends to take profits.
but did not advise them to 'go short of
, the market.
NEW BULL LEADER.
After Price had sold out his cotton, and
thus voluntarily abdicated the bull leader
ship Mr.. Sully, who comes from Provi-
dence. r. l.. and had hitherto been a COM
paratively inconspicuous figure in the trade.
commenced buying.
Fortune seemed to have favored Mr.. Sui
ly. and the coincidence of a very active
trade demand for raw cotton ard success
sion OF storms throughout the South. which
lnterfered with the crop movement, i'm
parted great strength to the market and
carried prices up to more than 10 cents a
pound
The advance was assisted by the conspic-
uous operations of Mr.. Sully. who is sup
posed to be backed by a clique of New
England capitalists and manufacturers. and
1t is conceded that his manipulation of the
market. which was conducted through the
firm Of 8. NJ Weld & Co.. who are very
prominent New England cotton merchants.
with Offices in both Boston and New York,
was exceedingly adroit.
The market advanced with ease under the
stimulus of Mr.. Sully's purchase, and it
was rumored that he had caught Mr.. Price
heavily short, and that the profits of the
New England clique were largely drawn
from Mr.. Prices pockets and more than alb
sorbed any profits made by the latter gen.
tleman earlier In the season.
Opinion upon this point must be. OF
course. entirely conjectural, as neither Mr..
Price nor Mr.. SuIly is willing to say any
thing about 1t. They are good friends and.
while differing in their present views Of the
market, meet upon terms Of cordially. and
the struggle between them has been re-
markable for its freedom from personalities
OF an offensive character.
PRICES CIRCULAR.
At all events, It vas not until February
Is. when May contracts were selling at 1903,
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPCBLlC SPECIAL.
New York. March s.-Rarely, IL ever. has
speculation in cotton attracted such wide
spread attention as It has during the last
week or ten days. While the fluctuations
in the price have been sensational they are
not without precedent and the public inter-
est in the matter centers more especially
around the personality of the two. men " no
are reputed to be the leaders of the re-
spective speculative factions than in the in
trinsic and commercial facts of the situa-
ton.
These two men are Daniel ]. sully and
Theodore H! Price. Mr.. Price has for a
long time been prominent figure in the
cotton market. In the spring of 1900, he
was the head Of the firm CT Price. Nc
Cormick & Co.. which failed with liabili-
ties of SIC. 900. in attempting 10 do. so it
is said. exactly what is now being at
tempted-namely, advance the price of cct-
ton through control of the entire Sur
plus supply.
Since his failure Mr.. Price Is said to
have recouped his fortune in part through
q succession of operations in cotton which
have made him, more or less conspicuous.
Last year he commenced buying cotton at
" cents pound. and when the price
reached cents sold out a line, variously es-
tinated at from 10000 to 100000 bales at a
very handsome profit
During the present season Mr.. Price at
tempted to repeat the operation. and hav-
ing accumulated during the months Of
August and September last very large line
OF January contracts in the neighborhood
OF. a cents. carried them until about jan
uary 1. receiving in one day about 10000
bales of spot cotton. valued at 500 200. As
. result Of this operation the price advanced
to about 81 cents per pound, when Mr..
Price surprised the trade by announcing
that he had sold out the cotton he had been
carrying for about siE months.
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DO you think your success in taking the
duty from anthracite coal has had mucn
effect poi!t.cally?"
II do not think that taking the duty from
anthracite coal has completely broken down
the Dingley tariff law, but II certainly has
caused the lowering of prices and COM
mitted the Republicans to the admission
that taking of or reducing tariff duties on
the trust articles is the proper remedy for
the relief OF the American consumer. They
We're compelled either TO repudiate the rec
concentration of President Roosevelt that
the duty should be taken from anthracite
coal or admit that he told the truth in his
message when he said that taking of the
duty would give remedy. In the event OF
a crisis in coal prices
If removing the duty in the case OF an
thracite coal is the proper remedy in or
der to escape from the clutches of the coal
barons the same remedy is the proper ole
in the case of all other trusts, and from
this there is no possible escape The trusts
are created and sustained by the enormous
duties of the Dingley law, and the DEM
Gratis should make the fight in 1904 for a
revision of the tariff
'I did not include the removal Of the duty
from bituminous coal in my resolution. but
contented myself to apply only to the an
thracite COAL SO that the Republicans in
Congress would be confronted by the rec
mentioned anthracite coal only in his mes
sage. I think the duty should be taken
from all coal and have SO fought and voted.
but I thought it best to confine the issue
within the limits fixed by the President"
do you subscribe to the idea that the
Senate is a decadent bodyg'
II do not think the Senate has degen-
Grated in ability or patriotism. but in case
of numbers has brought into that body
many new and inexperienced men. who can
not at first equal the older Senators. Be-
sides this, distance lends enchantment to
the view, and the farther We recede from
public men the greater they appear.
Then, too. the era In which a public man
lives has much to do with his career and
characteristics. The present age is essen
TALLY a commercial one. and representative
men partake to a large degree Of the mate
rial and commercial feeling. which has IN
creased greatly in the last half century,
II mean by this that more Importance IS
attached TO the efforts of a public man al
to economic and absolutely practical ques-
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public.
Our people are just as honest and pa
triotic as in the days of the American Rev
olution. and willing to make as many sacrf-
fees for the country. but they are too busy
to spend much time on the heroic and sem
timental.
Il think It would be great mistake to
elect Senators by a popular vote II the
people cannot be trusted to elect a member
of the State Legislature from among their
own neighbors. whom they have known for
years. l do not see how It improves the
matter to have candidates for the United
States Senate selected from political State
conventions. to be voted for by members Of
the respective political parties
Il am In the minority on this question,
but cannot see 1t in any other light"
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LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


The Reverend c. L. Kloss. pastor Of Web
ster Groves Church, and Mrs. Lizzie
Wright, agree that It is sometimes profita-
BILE TO lie.
Great excitement prevails in Madison
County. Illinois, over the discovery Of oil,
and four companies are being formed TO
prospect.
Mrs. Ida Robson Of Belleville reioices
over happy ending Of exciting romance
A. G. Brodsky and Mamie Pitt observed
orthodox Hebrew custom by signing con-
tract to wed.
Arthur Allen. a Jefferson Barracks sol
|die-, is injured by street car on Eads bridge
and may not recover.
E. L. Bazzeil. Kentucky merchant. came
to St. Louis to buy mel chandise and will
surprise his friends by taking home a
bride.
Adjutant General Corbin of the United
Fair officials relative to dedication eere-
monies.
Pet dog at Jefferson Club displayed I'M
usual maternal instinct in efforts TO revive
dead puppies.
United Hebrew Congregation presents
Rabbi Messing with $1,000 check on anniver-
sary Of Passionate.
Death of Java joe" Pet monkey,
casts gloom over whole neiyhbor1 ood Inn
pfessive ceremonies at funeral
Decision to tax property OF Fair Grounds
means passing of famous So. Louis Fair
Large crowds daily watch workmen wreck
the old Emile building
Success Of A. q. Bird. traffic manager Of
the Gould system. due to action of deacons
who withdrew from his bond when a Post
master.
Three thousand bricxmakers will 40 ON
strike to-day, because Of Inability 10 eff
fect compromise OF wages and labor Ques-
iion
Railway clerks will appear in production
Of Tine Consurs Daughter" a, South side
Turner Hall
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GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Merchants or the anthracite region an
uclpate the largest spring trade in their
experience when tae miners receive several
millions of dollars in back pay expected
wnen the strike commission makes its re-
port
George ]. Gould's special train from nick
limited train bound for New Yorx. ma rs
ie miles in l52 minutes, making a new
southern record.
James H. Blount, Commissioner Para
mount TO the Hawaiian Islands under Cleye-
land. as dead.
Figures from the class records of Yale
support the statement made by President
Eliot OF harvard that university mems
families are decreasing.
money. are trying 10 solve the problem Of
Improving the English alphabet, in order
10 make spelling ;er.
F. B. Kenr ner Chief Of Police OF
St. Loi,'- <ieased from prtson IN
Ca.>
S<& Persons were burned to death I'm n
hotel fire at Letter, Nd.
The Governor of Washington has signed
The bill making gambling felony.
Armour & Co. will test The Marconi
system with view OF abandoning leased
wires.
Alfred Russell wailace's latest essay.
Mans Place in Nature giving to man
the position OF supreme Importance in the
universe, Is criticised by Camille Fam
marion, the noted French sayant-
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VEST AN 0PTIMIST;
INTERESTING OPINIONS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.


Washington, March S.-George G. Vest OF
Missouri rotires from public life an optimist.
His four years advocacy In the Confeder-
ate Congress Of cause that was lost. and
his twenty-four years in the American Con-
gress, during two-thirds of which time his
party was in the minority. has in no way
affected his confidence in the Republic or
his faith in the people.
Although physically wasted and now viz
tually an invalid, he looks at the world
gladly and hopefully. He does not believe
cadent body.
''Our people are just as honest and pa
trlotic as in the days Of the Revolution and
are as willing to make many sacrifices for
the country Mr.. Yes. said in an hours
conversation to-day. Then he added: But
they are too busy to spend much time with
the heroic and sentimental"
After discussing politics at some length.
Mr. Vest was asked:
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KENNETH TO BE RELEASED.
Former Police Chief of st. Louis
in Prison in California.

Los Angeles, Cal. March s-Action on .
letter received in this city from Governor
Pardee, F.. b. Kenneth. former Chief OF
Police of st. Louis. and well known in 20.
litical circles in that city. will be released
from the California State Prison in a week
this city about nine years ago on account
OF a dispute over money. which Kenneft
claimed was due him for services as q prf-
vate detective. Influential friends In st.
Louis have been at work to obtain Ken
nettS release.
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Marine Intelligence.

New York. March S.-Arrived: Steamers
Cevic. Liverpool; Philadelphia. Southamp-
ton and Chsrbourg.
The Lizard, March s.-Passed: Mime
tonka from New York for London.
Scilly, March s.-Passed: Main from New
York for Bremen; Vaderland from Antwerp
for New York.
Liverpool, March S-Arived: Bowie from
New York.
Rotterdam. March sailed: Ryndam for
New York via Boulogne and passed Prawle
Point March s.
Liverpool. March 7.-Sailed: Siberian from
Glasgow for Halifax and Philadelphia
Queenstown. March S-Sailed: Ivernia
from LiverpooD for New York
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Laces-Trimmings

Last year the mode was for severely
plain gowns-this season they are
deliberately trimmed.
We hare prepared TOR a larger
sale Of dress accessories than fer
many season.
The variety is very great-Persian.
Egyptian, Chinese and other bands
Of Eastern embroidery are very cor
rect-also fringes Of silk jet or balls
braids are selling freely to be used on
cloth. silk. chiffon and muslin gowns
Combination effects and colOred laces
are also big sellers.
A new line of Cluny bands with
edges to match. prices CIEO
16c per yard to. 14sUU
Black Cluny and Escurial bands up
to 10 inches wide, Coc0
prices zoe to OO.OU
Fancy silk pendants in colors of pink
and blue. black and white, and Per
sian-a big assortment, ranging in
price for a yard 25c C1En
up to ....;..:.............SJ.VU
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sTO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.

Socialists. led to rioting and the dispersal of
the mobs by the police.
Pope Leo is greatly improved. Yesterday
he insisted on seeing pilgrims despite the
advise Of his physicians
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinins Tablets. Ali
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure.
Z. w. Groves signature Is on each box. lie.
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SPORTING

SPORTING.
Browns departed yesterday for Baton
Rouge, to practice for seasons games.
Scotch Dance. a Missouri-bred colt, owned
by Doctor ]. Z. Parrish, Is best :-ycar old
at Little Rock
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Our fabrics are all NEW No old chest
nuts here. Harlan Bros, Taflors Sixth and
ST Charles streets.
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Company Failed With s16000000 Liabilities Only
He Reported Have Recouped Part of
His Losses-When He Recently Abdicated Bull
Leader Suy a Horse Ratified Out of
the Ruck and Took Command
COTTON FLUCTUATIONS IN /
BATTLE OF BULLS AND BEARS.


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New NeCkWear

new NeCkWeaf
T0-day-on6 few hints.
Stocks new round tab effects of
white butchers linen, trimmed with
small pearl buttons, edged sO.
in white on black. .OU(
New pointed tab stocks of white
taffeta silk-embroidered dots in all
black or white, white on IN
black and black on white. JUG
Dainty twicearound white null
stocks. hemstitched and embroidered
in white, black y, ko c1sn
and cOlors. ...... JJk ~ JksOU
Decidedly different-new-are some
Persian embroidered black and
white taffetas. turnover IL
Sets Of collars and cuffs that match,
of white butchers linen, embroid-
cred in white and en
III DiacK. 900. ................. Jul
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FOREIGN.

1t is reported that the Honduran Govern
NEST forces were defeated and that General
Ferrera was killed and General Lopez cap
tured-
Street demonstrations at Budapest by 1000
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A Sale of Hair Brushes
from "a to u less than usual prices

500 agINbe n safe, ofth to-day.
They the celebrated brush manufacture S. E.
make of Howard" hair brushes.
bought seconds"
imperfectas sellhey
third half less than what regularly
All have solid scratched-of genuine ebony
olive finished bse the kind for
which the Howard" is noted. Now the price:
17H TO II brushes that sell en-
tn Toe, at 81 90, this JUL
9I IS sell less than S125
ats $780, lC(
Let yoOs Of 6risA $780, $3.50 q,
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Wash Materials
1T Prtcss Gr tie EnrG.

At Prices BY the Yard.
Embroidered st. Gall Swisses. the
latest shipments contain those clear
light blue shades SO much in demand.
they are embroidered In white roses
and ferns, also wreaths of forget-mn-
nOtS.
Florentine stripes in black on. blue:
also the complete color assortment of
pinks, navy, greens, tans. grays, etc.
A inches wide, per yard, O.
Sl.2J 10. Ok
French Batistes, embroidered in self
and contrasting colors, with open
work braid. lace aud ribbon orna-
mentation, all are 40 inches wide AMI
range from, a yard, rl1e
French JacOnaS-this sheer fabric is
again very faSlliOnablc-wn have a
limited assortment of light and dark
grounds, printed in stripes and fS
ures, 81 inches wida. az
yard ..... kOk
Organzine. thin as organdie without
being stiff. printed in organdie ~
designs, price, Il yard. ...... JJL
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Wash Goods Sale!

| wnb n Therew bhundrd
| Of tyesoff buyers
| these styles exclusive OF Louis
Yards of Wash Fabrics
| pck the American then rerwho
| cache coming yh a far SUPER to u hmnrha
syu-hh m, on 10 Aa
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Silk Petticoats
Late arrivals.
A special lot Of colored silk petticoats
specially priced new Spring shades.
made with accor1ion-plaited flounce
edged with hemmed GLE
ruffie ................. .94.4J
OF black Taffetas. made exclusively
for us, with deep Paquin accordion
plated fiounce edged with hemmed
foot ruffle and silk underlay CT IN
an unequaled value. $50. ps'CV
Just received-a lot of plaid Taffetas
silk petdcoaIs, made to sell for S11.50
and S12-we bought them greatly un-
derpriced. and our price COTE
to-day will be .....-.... ~o'AO
Arriving daily-latest novelties in silk
petticoats for Spring-prettier- than
ever.
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Linen Fabrics

HI brifed BY the yard.
Canvas. 2Jc to Zoe.
Woven Irvine. soc.
Woven knotted Irvine. 75c.
Grass Linens. DC to 40c.
Linen TweedS. soc.
Linen Poplins. Toe.
Linen Crepes. 25c.
Linen Crashes, 25c to 40c.
Silk Chambray, new fabric in
stripes and figures, the patterns are
produced in heavy raised designs
wrought In brilliant silks, the effect
Is very rich all cOlOrs, % IN.
inches wide, yard. Jul
Madras Cloths, all foreign goods. for
mems shirts, wcmen's shirt waists
and suits, and children's dresses. in
a thousand styles, ranging in IT,
price from 25c to lJk
Oxford Cloths. Anderson's best quail
tiles and newest designs. big range
of styles Of this well-known O.
make, a yard, 25c UP to. 1l
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Four-Mile Events Attract Slight
Attention.

Veteran turfmen. who raced four-mile
heats. are prone to mourn the decay or
the American thoroughbred" because there
are not any Harry Bassets, Longfeilows
and Ten Broecks on the turf to-day. They
measure the greatness Of horses by their
ability to go distance. The standard of
preme test OF merit-speed and ability to
carry weight up to a mile and one-half.
They run the first half of derbies now
adays In 49, the six furiongs in liza, the
mile in 1:39. and then go on, with l22 pounds
up. To win derby or any other race now
adays horse must have speed to get po-
sition IN big field, and speed to keep it
while they are running 1t all as sprint,
ability to stay when they go past the mile
and power to pack weight over 1t all.
The results of the Bush Cup at New Or
leans, two and one-quarter miles; the Wa
terhouse Cup in California, same distance.
and the Thornton Cup in California. four
miles, prove that Americans, owners and
public, do not want long Substance races be-
good horse to try for them They are won
by skates. Aim, who won the Bush Cup
last year, is at New Orleans. You can buy
him for $50 Siddons, who won the Water
house and Thornton stakes in California,
could not win race around st. Louis last
year. He Is worth some 81 900. The winner
OF this years Bush Cup Is not worth $500.
He could not win a cheap race at st. Louis
last year.
siddons is by wadsworth. a good horse
and potent sire. But who would trade
house Cup. for siddons. either as a race
horse or a sire? Cunard is by Goldfinch-
Lucania, and boasts one of the finest pedi
grees in the stud-book. He can win-if up
to a race-from six furlongs to one mile and
a half. In good company. which Siddons
could not hope to keep within striking dis
lance OF. Siddons carried l07 POUNDS in the
ST. Louis Derby of 1901. TO Silvcrdale's LII
SIX furlongs, Duelist and Silyerdale We're
pulled double in rating. siddons could not