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The Washington times., 1903-10-22
FIRM MARKET AGAIN
WITHSTANDS SHOCK
Suspension of Allegheny Bank Produces
Hardly a Ripple on the Floor of
the Exchange.

NEW YORK, oct. 22.-The stock mar
ket this morning again demonstrated
the control held by the bull faction.
The suspension of a small bank in Allie
gheny Pa. produced hardly a ripple.
and there was no confirmation Of re-
ports circulated late yesterday of a
large commercial failure
Prices opened with some irregularity.
but slightly higher for many issues.
and in the first hour upward progress
was almost general The principal ex-
ception was Amalgamated Copper.
which sold ex-dividend. and opened
equivalent to last Nights price An
Improvement Of y per cent took place.
but subsequently there was a decline of
"A point as n result of unfavOrable fore
casts OF the Montana courts decision
i'm the pending suits for receivership
of the subordinate Amalgamated prop
critics.
In the railroad department, Union
Pacific advanced 1 per cent. and then
showed slight hesitation. Rock Island
preferred advanced over 5 per cent
Toward the close Of the first hour the
speculation developed a stronger tone
and in the active list the average i'm
provement was a point or slightly over
In Governments. there were advances
of Is for the rs and old As. and 4 per
cent for the IS and new as. Railroad
bonds were firmer.
London did only small business, sell
ing about 1909 shares on balance.
The rally during the first hour was
largely a matter engineered by a few
prominent traders. There seems TO be
renewed active manipulation in AmaIga-
mated, pending the expected Minnie
Healy mine decision
The market opened with some irregu-
larity. The earliest quotations were
unusually devoted to industrials. The
tone was not weak even at the begin
ming. and shortly afterward positive
strength developed in a considerable
proportion of the railroad list
The maximum decline in the entire
active list was y per cent In Canadian
Pacific on single transaction. Car
and Foundry, Smelling common. and
Sugar were y lower. Pennsylvania, St
higher. The last two named subse-
quently developed sugniEcant strength.
Chicago and Alton was prominent. sell
ing up IA in all on about 1000 shares.
There were full recOveries in Erie and
Atchison. and Southern Pacific de-
veloped strength.
The bond market WAS without feature.
After ten minutes trading the market
for stocks was largely I'm hundred share
lots, but the tone varied only from
firm TO strong
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
MAY SUE BRIDGE COMPANY.

PITTSBCRG, oct 22.-Damage suits
aggregating $4,000 may be brought by
the Structural Iron Workers Union
against the American Bridge Company
charging negligence in the construction
OF the Wabash Railroad bridge. where
a disastrous accident occurred Monday.
1t is alleged that the company had
been raising eighty tons OF iron on a
traveller at the bridge instead OF thirty
tons
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
CARDINAL SAYS MASS
FOR A DEAD PRELATE

ST. LOUIS. oct. 2.-Funeral services
were conducted yesterday over the BODY
Of Archbishop John J. Kahn. who died
last week at Baltimore. Cardinal Glib
bons celebrated the pontihcal high re-
QUEEN mass. and five archbishops and
bishops performed the rite OF absolu-
ton. Archbishop Keane. Of Dubuque,
Iowa. delivered the funeral sermon. The
body was buried IN Calvary Cemetery
beside the grave Of Archbishop Kenrick.
who preceded Archbishop Kain, his CO.
adJutOr. IN this diocese.
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
MILES IN OIL DEAL.

NEW ORLEANS. oct 22.-J. N
Bruck, OF Boston, vice president and
manager Of the Bruck Solidihed Oil
Company, reached here yesterday from
the Louisville oil fields. which he has
been inspecting for General Miles. The
original arrangement was that General
Miles, Sir Thomas Upton. and Mr.
Bruck We're 10 visit the Louisville fields
with the purpose of investing I'm them
II the outlook seemed promising.
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
STEAMSHIP LINE EXTENDED

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 22.-The United
Fruit Company has extended it's line of
fruit and passenger ships from this port
to Colon. Colombia. making It possible
70 send through freight from New Or
leans to San Francisco via New Orleans
and the Panama Railroad
The Washington times., 1903-10-22

WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

SaIes-Washington Street Railway As,
81 .OOON72 ...
Washington Gas certificates, 5OOa11S.
100QI1S
Washington Gas, 5d58.
Graphophone preferred. l0009.
Norfolk and washington Steamboat.
Id22S 1lfZ30. 1d233. 1d235.
After call-Washington Gas. Jd0S
washington Street Railway Is. $1,000
G717s. S500d717s. $5O0QTs. S1,Oo0g7l3s.
81 .0O0fIIA-
Mergenthaler, 1N170ls.
Washington Street Railway 4 s, Sl,OJVH
71at. S5,O0OdI19s-
Mergenthaler. 4d17OA. 1Od1695s-
Washington Street Railway As, $l,OOO
Gu% 81. O00ft71ts.
Mergenthaler. 1@1IO. 2dl69$4-
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$4,000 POLISH MEMBERS.

WILKESBARRE, oct. Pit was an
nounced at the convention Of the Ma
tional Polish Alliance delegates yester-
day that the association had been in
creased by the addition of 10000 mem
Ders in the last two years. and that
the membership is now $4,000.
The Washington times., 1903-10-22

L am convinced financial values are
fast seeking their level" +. II. Harri-
man is quoted as saying in an inter
view. Il do not believe the operations
Of thu future will be so historical as
have been those in the past. The last Ave
years has been period of extraordinary
preparation on the part Of railroads
Every one Of Importance has been re-
built on generous plan. which will
provide transportation for the country
Tor many years TO come
Late cable dispatches from London
today report practically no change in
market conditions there since the heavy
opening, except a fractional rally. Ad-
vances were recorded I'm Steels. Union
Pacific. Louisville and Nashville, Penn
sylvania, and St Paul over the closing
quotations here. Prices in the remainder
of the list average from Il to = below
parity.
Unfavorable reports now in circulation
have failed TO receive verihcation. but
even those bullishly inclined admit the
general situation is not in shape for a
pronounced recovery. Substantial sup
port by important interests will prevent
a heavy decline.
Further exposure of weak spots in
financial Institutions throughout the
country are expected before the end of
the year. AS far as New York is con-
cerned. there are no rumors current.
and it is believed all the reputable
banks and trust companies are I'm a
sound condition.
President Langfitt. of the defunct
Pittsburg bank, declare. -:i-=. the bank
has had no loss which could not be
paid out Of undivided profits, and that
every depositor VIII be paid I'm full
surely, with handsome salvage TO share
holders. II these are the facts. the
''regrettable incident" is not explained
away but il loses it's malefic influence
to disturb confidence in the general sit
uation. But questions OF banking theory
and practice are raised IN abundance.
The wisdom OF chains" of banks is
impugned. and the ratio of reserve to
deposits is seen to be no protection
when loans are FIVE millions and depos-
its two millions. The lesson upon pres
ent information would seem TO be
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
DIED OF DOGS BITE

GUTHRIE Okla. r, oct. 22-Wil-
liam Lamumion. living on "A farm be-
tween Carrier and Enid, died Sunday
night IN a series Of commissions follow
ing The bite of rabid dog. The previous
night one OF his children died In terri
bic agony from the same cause
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
SENT TO PRISON FOR SIX YEARS

Coleman Lee, alias John Cole. plead
ed guilty today in Criminal Court No
TO charge of housebrealSine He
was sentenced to Imprisonment I'm the
penitentiary for six years bv Justice
Pritchard.
The Washington times., 1903-10-22


The conditions are exceptional in de-
gree. If not in kind. Deposits are bought
too dearly in New York also. and the
range for large figures prevails I'm cir
cIes which might be thought superior
to It, But New York bank windows do
not contain signs Offering per cent on
deposits, nor is IT known that the insti-
tutions swap deposits" There has
been excessive banking, as well as IN
dustriaI activity, at Pittsburg, and
neither Is defended. Yet the showing
when the climax has arrived Is not such
as pessimists paint II. To disburse half
of a banks deposits in a fortnight would
try the resources of concerns not in
Plttsburg.
The Baltimore Trust Company failure
and the suspension Of the Federal Bank
of Pittsburg do not foreshadow general
financial disturbance. In Mondays mar
ket the course of values reflected Wall
Streets unwarranted assumption that
the collapse of certain financial insti-
tutions in other cities was a forerunner
of trouble at New York, but the move
nlent Of prices on Tuesday and yester-
day indicated a return Of reason in
speculative circles and an intelligent in
depreciation Of the slight Importance OF
the disturbance In Baltimore and Pitts
burg The strength Of New York's big
financial institutions is unquestioned
Baltimore, which has just been helped
out Of it's troubles by New York, will
corroborate this statement
Sterling exchange has exhibited an ad-
vancing tendency in the last few DAYS.
under the influence of a better demand
for remittances and light supply of
bills. There now appears to be little
chance Of gold imports this fall. es-
pecially as the New York banks are
well supplied with money. but on the
other hand the advance in exchange
rates does not foreshadOw gold exports
at once. The supply OF bills ought soon
TO increase, as the shipments OF cur
rency from New York TO New Orleans
indicate a large movement of cotton TO
market. and. of course, Increased ex-
ports Of the product.
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
Bulltsh Faction Gets Control Of Market
NH Stocks PhabIe 10 Their Operations
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

tReported by W. B. Hibbs & Co. 1419
Street; Members New York Stock Ex-
change, Chicago Board OF Trade. Wash
ington Stock Exchange
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF INTEREST TO INVESTORS

against bad banking-excessive loans
upon slow securities in narrow markets.
The argument to the general situation
fails unless conditions are similar else
where
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Especial to The Washington Times.)
CHICAGO. Oct 22.-The following
prices were quoted on the grain market
today:
The Washington times., 1903-10-22

Market opened easy. unchanged to rs
points lower. Noon. steady.
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
: II LIILII|I = ~ =
GOVERNMENT BONDS
MsCELLANEOUs BoNDa

Wash. Gas Co., ser A, 0's i9o2-25.- l03 80.
Wash Gas Co, ser B. Ga l9O4-Z7.. lob
L. 5. Hlec. Light, Deb Imp 1907 1894 lOsa
L. 8. Elec. Light, Cert Indsbt... l1l 49,
Ches 4 Pot. Tel. Com. Vs.. 100 Ito
Wash Market Co., LIST Gs 1892 los
Masonic Hall Assn Ys. Z. l90S... l0z
Washington Gas.....-............ III Jls
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
Only Half Rates Charged

For selling Real Estate and Collecting Rents
Bond given TO insure and guarantee satisfaction.
DUNLOP, Real Estate Broker, Mrt1crott Bldg.
Ocl2-SOt
The Washington times., 1903-10-22
SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST STOCKS.

National Safe Deposit and Trust. lS4H
Washington Loan and Trust. 2O7 30
Amer. Security and Trust. zoo S23
Union Trust and StoTage-......-- lJtH lO5
Washington Savings Bank. 1917 ITO
American Sec. & Trust Rs........ III lo5
Home Savings Bank. 10
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26

which barely left room for the stamp.
There was a singular look upon his
face, on which establishment seemed
struggling with some other emotion.
Then he drew a long breath. After
all these years!" he said to himself.
80 he has kept his word, after all"
He recrossed the hall, re-entered his
study and closed the door. AS he did
so both the young people heard the
key turn in the lock. Evidently their
father was anxious not to be disturbed
in the perusal of the mysterious mis-
sive, whatever IL might be- Neither
Of them said any more on the subject
at the time, but their minds were full
of It as they each turned to go their
different ways; the one to the billiard
room for a little private practice, the
other TO the drawing room to try over
the last new song.
81 wonder what It was?" sollloqulzed
the former, and what made the
guv'nor so queer and unlike himself
at the sight Of IL? However, it's no
good troubling myself about it,"
Mr.. silas Burritt remained shut up
in his study all the remainder of the
evening, and only encountered his
son and daughter at breakfast the
next morning-being Thursday-when
he appeared to have regalned his or
binary manner; Notwithstanding to
two pairs of inQuisitive young eyes
there still seemed to be a certain abb
5ent expressiOn--the expression OF a
man mot that they described 1t to
themselves in any such words) who
has been reviewing the past, and
whose thoughts still linger behind him
among the years that have gone by.
There was also a slight suspicion Of
nervousnness about him, and several
times he seemed on the point Of saying
something, which he put OF from one
moment to another. At last he made
up his mind to epeak.
my dear" he said. addressing his
wife, Il am thinking that is. have
made mp my mind--at any rate. am
going away for a day OF so. At least
" Here he. found that he had BY
no means misealculsted the effect Of
the announcement, for his voice a
this iuncture was drowned by fam
i lily trio
! where tor What for? How long
shall you stayG How strange"
This last remark. emanating as Il
did. from HIS son and heir. seemed tc
cause the object Of 4 some little annoy
ance.
strange Tedif slightly knitting hii
broWs as be spoke. What do you
meant What q there siranee q my
leatias home ior dayea eaeippsei
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
WOULD HONOR NOBLE WOMAN.
AiabFma Remembers Mrs. Hopkins
Devotion 70 the South.

AisbFma Remembers Mrs. Hopkins
Devotion 70 the South.
A bill has been introduced in the
Alabama legislature to place the por-
trait OF Mrs. Juliet Opie Hopkins. the
so-called Florence Nightingale Of the
South, in the Alabama portrait gal
lery Al the beginning of the civil
war Mrs. Hopkins disposed of her val
liable estates and gave the proceeds.
amounting 10 some S200.0OO. to the
confederate government to be used in
establishing hospitals. When the hos
pitAl corps was organized at Ricn-
mond Mrs Hopkins was appointed
chief matron. She was also closely
associated with the hospital work Of
Lees army. Mrs Hopkins became
destitute after the war. but refused
n purse collected for her from the i'm
pOveTished confederate soldiers. When
Mrs. Hopkins returned again to her
southern home she was given a ire
mendOus ovation. When she died in
Washington she vas inferred at Ar
5ingtOn with military honors.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
cHAPrERu.
aAftsr All Thee Ysara.n

Mr., Burritt arrived at his destination
between six and seven. Alighting,
he gave hasty and comprehensive
glance round; as though he thought it
half possible that he might be net by
someone. Then he left the station and
proceeded in the direction OF the Lord
Warden"
Arriving at that famous hostelTy he
made a certain inquiry of the walter
who came forward to meet him. TO
which the reply was, that the gentle
man referred to had crossed by the
boat that morning and had engaged
private sitting room, leaving word that
he expected friend from town, who
was to be shown up immediately on
giving HIS name.
MY name is Burrittp was the reply.
Then please to walk this way. sir ("
The man ushered him up q flight Of
stairs and along q corridor, then, In
dicating particular door. said: rThia
Is the room the gentleman has taken."
Il win announce myself said Mr..
Burritt, and the man withdrew.
Then, after a pause Of a few sec,
onds, he tapped lightly az the door. a
voice from within cried: Come fnla
and answering the summons he turned
the handle ana entered The occupant
Of the apartment, q tall lean. elderly
man, who was looking out 81 the win
dow turned round sharply ana con
fronted the visitor. A look "a 1lfaaRe
Wondefine Intent look passed -
tween them Then, he ai1ansel
made step i0FEart a|ia "A
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
The Real Thing in Toothaehes.


"Geewhltaker! Jumping Moses!
But it was the worst case of toothache
I ever bumped against" he said. ut
was easy in the early part Of the even
ing, but when midnight arrived it got
busy for fair. Eminent. hot and cold
water and all the rest of the standard
remedies were applied without avail.
Seven thousand devils, with seven
thousand red.hot sledges, hammered,
hammered and hammered away at the
throbbing nerve That tooth stood
upon its head, rolled over the carpet
and hung out of the window. It
growled, grumbled. moaned and NUT.
tered. laughed, cried ran. walked, trot-
ted, galloped, sailed, few, dug and ex,
cavated, and did everything under the
heavens but quit and go 10 sleep like
a decent tooth and stop monkeying
"
"But why didn't you have It ex-
tracted?"
'Just as soon rs Brown could get to
the dentists he
Great Scott, man! Wasn't Il your
tooth9"
NO; It was Browns"
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
CHAPTER I.

I'VE Shall Find Il out Some pay.H
About the beginning OF the month Of
April. 1884, the family of Mr.. Silas Bur
rift observed certain alteration in
that gentleman's habits and demeanor
II appeared to those who studied
him that he became imbued with an
air Of antlcipatlon-that he started
when a knock was heard at the door,
and that tho advent of the postman
was awaited by him, n not with anx-
iety, at any rate with an amount of
eager expectancy which was. in q gem
eral way. quite foreign to him.
II was also observed that the nearer
they drew to the end of the month,
the more these symptoms became ex-
aggerated; and, as day after day
went by unmarked by an unusual Oc-
currence. he was observed to shake
his head with a half-smile and a half
sigh, and mutter. as he thought to
himself, Dead or forgotten?" After
which, he remained plunged In refiec-
ton for a considerable time.
Il was his son Edward-more gen
orally known as "Ted''-who happened
to overhead these words, and they
caused him no small amount of be-
wilderment.
He stood with his sister May in the
hall Of Mr. Burritt's large, old-fash-
toned house at Dulwich. II was about
seven o'clock in the evening that, as
the brother and sister were talking in
low voices, the former was interrupted
by the sound of an abrupt, loud, double
knock.
There's the seven O'Clock post"
said the girl. II wonder II there's any
thing for father this time? II there
Is, Ill--"
But as she turned towards the direc-
ton of the letter box, the study door
was thrown hurriedly open and an
elderly gentleman rushed across the
hall, and extricated from its receptacle
one letter in a thin foreign looking en-
velope. the direction on which was
written in a large, scrawling hand,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26

An old friend said to Senator Tel
Ter the other day: Don't you feel odd
70 be called a demoeratg" The Colo
RADIO man replied; Not 50 odd az you
might think. It was With the demo
cratic party that I AFFILIATED when a
young man. before left my native
place, Allegany county, New York,
and settled IN Morrison H., to prac-
tice Law. attended the chieaso con-
venlion which nominated Lincoln aud
then iolned the republican,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
HAD FUN WITH GOODWIN.
Actor ls Still Wondering Which Of
His Many Friends to Blame.

Actor ls Still Wondering Which Of
His Many Friends to Blame.
Nat Goodwin. the actor. owns fine
residence on Riverside drive. New
York II is one Of the most attrac-
tive places in the vicinity and Mr..
Goodwin has spent a good deal Of
money on It. One evening recently he
was called to the telephone and the
first thing he heard over the wire
was: Mr.. Goodwin. will you take
100000 for that place of yours on
Riverside driver This was a good
deal more than the actor thinks the
property is worth, but he answered
with just the right amount of hesita.
rion: Yes, / will" ANY mortgage
or incumbrance on the property"
Certainly not Who are you?" And
you'll take 100000 for it?" said the
man at the other end, ignoring Mats
question. Yes, I'll sell 1t for that
amount 81 thought you would.
'Good-by," was the laughing retort, and
now Goodwin is trying to find out who
was having fun with him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
IT, - EnaIlahman.

At a dinner party 10 London Miss
Beatrice HeFford was taken down by
an Englishman whom she discovered
10 be 8 fellow OF the Royal Geographic
society and who protested 70 know BY
name all the places on the map Of
England Miss Herford had long strug
gled with such names as Cholmondeley
,Shumley,) Crichton. (Crytousl and
the rest. and this struck her as an 81
portunity !.
As d geographer, and especially IS
a Royal Ge0grapher she said YOU
win be able 70 tell me whore Wlnkle
Is.R
The Royal Biographies WAS pusaled,
ana asked II she was aure ahe had pro
nounced It properly, ana bow 4 wes
gpeiled
q pronounced 4 % ne most Hnglioh
way coula said ailss Herlprd n
IS atsiled W fhsdso.f Q1'sf l.s Nee
Ilms
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
LAD 70 use Some Lanauane.

The original report on the postal
investigation was of enormous vol
ume-several hundred thousand
words. Mr.. Bristow made a $4,000
word abstract, later cutting it down
to 10000 AFTER several trials. The
president wanted this cut in half, but
Bristow protested that it could not
be done. why not?" asked the presi-
dent. You we're an editor out in Kan
sas before you became fourth assist
ant postmaster general, were you
not?" Yes" said Mr.. Bristow, but
even a Kansas editor has to have
some language with which to express
his thoughts. Chicago Chronicle.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26

I The last words came after barely
! perceptible pause
ooh, then, IL - business, after all"
broke in his daughter May, with an air
OF hardly repressed triumph. II knew
II was. | said so directly saw the
letter--didnt l Ted?"
Her father turned round upon her,
rather sharply. What letter."
"The-the letter that came last
night" she stammered, disconnected
by the unusual tone. Then, reassert-
ing herself. Il was in the hail, you
know, when 1t came, and | thought 1t
looked like business"
Her fathers frown relaxed as he
patted her on tho shoulder.
"Inquisitive little GIRL" he said;
what does It matter to you what my
letters are about?"
But it was business, wasn't it,"
she persisted, secure in her position
of spoilt child.
"Well-yes-that is, partly So" he
answered. AT least, 1t was from an
old" He seemed to remember
something and stopped short AT any
rate" he continued, Il have to go to
Dover"
"DOVer!" re-echOed the family.
yes" he said, rumpling his hair,
and apparently taking some care in the
choice of his words; 81 find | shall
lave to go there It is rather incon-
venient just now, but 1t can't be help
ed; though 1t will not be more than
a couple of days at the outside. BY
the-by," turning towards his helpmate,
1T is not unlikely that may bring a
friend back with me. No: it's no one
you know" responding to the question
he saw trembling on more than one
pair of lips. AT any rate you had
better have q room prepared in case
of that event"
Half an hour later Mr.. Burritt took
hasty but affectlonate farewell OF his
family, who as they watched his de-
parture and waved their hands TO him,
said to themselves that he would soon
be back again among them. In spite
of this belief, however, they craned
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-11-26
Noted Chefs N oontsnf.

Two chefs, one named Petit and
employed in a Pittsburg hotel the
other named Dowst and superintend-
ing the culinary department of a hos
telry In Montana, are going to have
q cooking contest Each will serve a
dinner OF seven courses, the one pro
dueing the best meal to receive $1,000.
Dowst believes in cooking without the
use OF liquors, while Petit contends
that many viands can be greatly inn
proved with dash OF brandy or wine
The contest viii not only test the skin
OF the men, but show whether fine
cooking can be done on lines Of tee
totalism.