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The Washington times., 1904-01-02
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF INTEREST TO INVESTORS

who viii be benefited by employment
IN spinning the cheaper staple. and the
millions who will be benefited by cheap
eI clcthing. There is no corresponding
de 70 stock market specula ton. The
poor and needy neither produce nor
consume securities, and rises and falls
are confined TO limited circles.
At this time OF the year it is not un-
natural to look forward to advancing
values, and now there seems to be
greater reason for expecting an up
ward movement, owing to the long
period of declining values in the last
twelve months. II should be borne in
mind, however. that the market has al
ready enjoyed material Improvement
from the low prices of the fall, i'm
provement that in some cases has
amounted to more than Is points, while
in a few issues even greater advances
have been recorded. For instance. Man
haitian is now selling IS points above
its low level of the year, while Metro
politan is selling 26 points above its log
level Brooklyn Rapid Transit p points.
Union Pacific IA points Amalgamated
Copper Il points. and Reading 10 points.
An average Improvement OF 10 points
has been recorded in the greater num-
Der OF securities.
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CUBAN HOUSE INDIGNANT
OVER PRESIDENTS VETO

HAVANA. Jan. 2.-The members. Of
the lower house Of congress are in
dignant over President Palmas veto OF
the bill making them immune from
prosecution in the lower courts for any
crime whatever
They severely censure the chief eX-
ecutiYe for not granting his approval
Of the hill
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Salas-MetropoIitan Railroad ISL. 000n
us .. -
176A. o-e--,, 81
G51lz. q ooozs
United States Coupon I per cent-2.oOoq
I07 gle. ,oo1z
Washington Street Railway 4s-lV1V4
~. 500012lS O00T721s. 1.O0JQtZSs, JVOu
l2ss 1 0GO0I22s 500d12ss. 1,O00dIZs
l,rocr,. l,nr.uer-1nlf l21h.
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H. G. BURT RESIGNS
FROM UNION PACIFIC

OMAHA. Jan. Al. c. Burt. presi-
dent Of the Union Pacific has offered his
resignation.
He Will give no reasons. but an Of
fetal announcement of the fact has been
issued By the company.
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The most plausible explanation for the
strength In Steel is that the directors o.
the Steel Corporation will see their way
clear at their forthcoming meeting in
the early part of January to continue
the present dividend distribution upon
the corporate tons common stock. Specu-
1ative Wall Street has to a very large
extent assumed that the hour for the
suspension of these dividends was near
at hand. 1t is not at all improbable
that these bear spectators have, as on
so many occasions in the last three
months, been mistaken.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported by w. 3. Hibbs & Co, 1919
+ Street, members New York Stock Elk
change. Chicago Board of Trade. Wash
ington Stock EXCHANGE
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II has been the experience of good
many brokers lately to receive from
clients who refused to be interested in
stocks inquiries concerning speculation
in cotton and coffee. Inquiries about
coffee are the latest People from all
over the country are writing TO Wall
Street 10 learn how they are to specu-
late in coffee on margins.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Especial TO The Washington Tmes.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-The following
prices were quoted on the grain market
today:
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COTTON MARKET CLOSED.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-The cotton ex-
change is closed today
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No Excuse Offered.

The consensus Of opinion is. however.
that steps should have Deen taken the
day following the expiration of last
years license. instead of waiting two
months. The Assessor is the one who
should have known these theaters were
operating in violation of law, and should
have brought the transgresssors before
the court Immediately.
Commissioner Mcfarland said. how
ever. that he believed the Assessor was
not supposed to keep track of all per
sons or corporations which are without
licenses. and that that is the province
Of the Police Department.
The whole matter seems to resolve it
self into the question whether the AS
SCISSOR or the Police Department should
have acted. No official of the District
government denies that some one should
have acted long before they did.
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AMERICAN SECURITY
And TRUST COMPANY
Capital and Surplus,
$4,000 600.
Banking Department

Conducts a general banking business
paying interest on deposits at the rate
of per cent per annum. Loans on
real estate and collateral at Lowest
rates, foreign exchange, letters OF
credit, collections. Special banking
facilities for ladies'
CHARLES J. BELL, President.
]. W. WHELPLEY, Treasurer.
II. S. RESIDE, Asst. Treasurer.
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Cause Of Petitioners.

The petition sets forth that there are
several banks in the District which own
buildings far greater than is necessary
for the accommodation Of their business,
and from which they derive considerable
revenue I'm the way of rents 1t was
claimed by the petitioners that such
money so collected should not be brought
forward for personal taxation under the
law. for the reason that It is a revenue
from real. estate On which there has
been paid a tax. The bankers further
argued that there should be no discrim-
ination between the bank. as a holder Of
real estate, and the ordinary citizen
taxpayer. The bankers requested an
opportunity be given the petitioners to
discuss the matter.
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REAL ESTATE NOTES.

Another evidence Of the constantly
growing quest for desirable property
along the line OF the Chevy Chase Rail-
way Is the letting of a contract by the
Chevy Chase Land Company for the
grading of a tract of land on the east
side of Connecticut Avenue extended
opposite the Connecticut Avenue High
lands subdivision. and extending as far
north as Fernwood- About 100. 600 yards
OF grading is TO be done by Thomas Nj
Bond. and the work will consume about
five months. After grading the proper
ty will be improved by landscape gar
dening.
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The Southern Pacific and Union Pa
cifc companies. having. greatly curtail-
ed the expenditures FOR improvements
upon their lines, will probably hereafter
make brilliant monthly showings of net
earnings Moreover. Southern Pacific
as a controlled rather than controlling
stock. is I'm no way directly affected by
the case against the Northern Securi-
ties Company now pending in the
United States Supreme Court.
The public has lost an enormous
amount of money in Wall Street in the
last twelve months. but as profits from
commercial enterprises continue in most
cases heavy. the outsiders Will doubt
less soon be in position 10 make ven
lures in stocks in the hope of recover
ing the losses sustained in the last year
This at least is the view taken by Wall
Street traders. The stock market in
the new year ought TO prove exceedingly
/ interesting IT is worth while record
ing that a number Of people IN the
street predict lower values in 1904 than
were recorded in 1903. while just as
many people arc OF the opinion that
quotations will not sell within ten points
of the low record of the last year.
There is a serious side TO the collapse
of the cotton market Sympathy with
the gamblers who stand to lose the for
tunes they had i'm their minds is sub
merged in sympathy for the thousands
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Views of the Assessor.

Assessor Darneille says:
The board OF personal tax appeals
carefully considered the assessments re-
turned by the appraisers against the
national banks and trust companies
under the personal tax law, particularly
with regard to the inclusion of interest
on United States bonds and revenue de-
rived from real estate investments.
THE board determined unanimously
that both items are properly returnable
under the law as part of the gross earn
ings of said companies. AS "A general
rule the banks themselves interpreted
the law in the same manner and made
returns accordingly. The board Of APP
peals adjourned on December 10. IL
would seem. therefore. that it is too
late to consider the appeal Of the bank
ers this year.
while l am firmly OF the opinion
that. including earnings from real es-
tate for purposes OF taxation in the
gross earnings Of such companies is
burdensome and unjust, still; from a
careful reading Of the law and from
the fact that the companies themselves
carry such amounts i'm their reports to
the Treasury, there seems 10 be- no
doubt as to the legality Of the assess
ment which includes earnings from real
estate"
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TO DETERMINE BLAME
FOR OFFICIAL DELAY
Inquiry Into NOn-EnfOrce-
ment of Regulations.
ASSESSOR OR. THE POLICE
Commissioners, in Absence of Mr.. West
Decline to Express Opinions on
the Subject.

There il some difficulty in placing the
responsibility for not having insisted
two months ago upon a strict enforce
ment of the building regulations in re-
gard to fireproOfing at Chase's Theater.
the Academy Of Music, and the EN-
pire. The licenses issued last year eX-
pired November 1. and the houses were
allowed to remain open until December
80 without a license.
Commissioner West, who has super
vision of the Assessors Office, was not
at his desk today. and therefore no
opinion could be obtained from him.
Commissioners Macfarland and Biddle
declined to make a statement in the
absence of Commissioner West, pre-
ferring to leave that matter TO the
Commissioner having direct charge OF
the two departments involved-the As
SCISSORS Office and the Police Depart
ment.
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Two Of the oldest houses on Ninth
Street northwest have been sold. They
are 72l and 723. and have been in the
hands Of the late owners for nearly
half century The purchaser is Rudolf
b. Behrend. and the price paid about
SIS. 600 IL is understood that he intends
to have a modern dwelling erected on
the lots
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MISCELLANEOUS BONDS

Wash Gas Co., ser a, 6's isOL-Zl- lOl
Ma.h Gas Co ser u, &c 19O421-- l11 49,.
u 81 Eiec. Light, Deb. Imp 1909. l03H 80.
u. S. Elec. Light. Cert Indebt..- l0zz
Ch-s. & Pot Tel Com. gB....... lO2 lO5
WASH. Ma-Eet Co, lst 6s, 1892 lys -.
TH.sS,v ton C as; ia u5S
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GOYERNMENT BONDs.
ERAILRoAD BONDS

CAPITAL Traction x. K. fu....-.- Dos l06S
Met r r. 5's, lg25............- llIA lzO
Mel r. r. Cert. indebtedness A.. l93 lg5
Met r. r. Cert. indebtedness B. lV3 lO3
Columbia r. r. 6s, l9l4----.--- 1Ss 1zO
Columbia r. r. 2d mort Ss..-. lO5S 10
wash Street Railway Ss.....--- ~ 'z8
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06
VIII Locate "LoSt Creeks"

Muskogee, IT. The Creek land
Office is preparing a list of the
Lest Creeks" which will soon be
published in the newspapers in
the Creek Nation in order that if
they are living they make applica-
tion to get on the rolls before
September LIST. The "LOst Creeks
are those whose names appear on
the Greek rolls of 1890 and 1895,
but which cannot be located by
the Dawes commission. There
are 4, 100 of these names, which
will be published in the MuskOgee
Times. Muskogee Phoenix, Okmul.
gee Signal, HOldenville Times,
Sapulpa Light, Indian Journal and
Wagner Sayings, together with
a statement from the Dawes com.
mission that If these persons are
now living they must appear and
make claim for enrolment.
1t is likely that 30 per cent. OF
these persons are dead. Some
are women who have married and
have already gotten on the rolls
under some other name.
The publication of this roll is
likely to lead to attempts to de.
traud,persOns representing them
selves to be those whose names
are on the list. But this will be
carefully guarded against. 1t has
been tried before and the commits.
sion discovered the error in time.
If this is done the chairman of
the commission announces that
the persons thus found gvilty will
be prosecuted for perjury.
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Y. NJ. c. a. Items.

State Secretary j. l.. Scoheld Of the
MICA. met with the citizens COM
mittee in the director ) room of the
Citizens Bank last Tuesday morning to
discuss matters pertaining to the erec-
tion of the Y. NJ. G. A. here. Mr..
Scofeld presented to the committee the
copies of the contracts for the building.
its fittings and decorations, which
footed up SlS, S25. He stated that ac
cording to present indications all work
would be completed by September 1st,
and that very likely the dedication
would take place on October 1st, He
reported that Mr.. Geo. A. Shipp, man
Of experience in association work, had
been selected to manage the M. CA.
here.
1t will be necessary TO collect the
total subscriptions by our citizens by
the time the building is finished and
fitted up, and they ask those who have
not already paid to do so as soon as
possible.
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06

Van Buren and every other town Of
any preteutions in the state wants TO see
the amendment permitting cities to vote
bonds for public improvements become
y law, We are especially interested in
this as now we are bound hand and foot
by franchises to electric and water
companies, But their charters gives
DE towp the power to acquire them by
purchase at some future time and when
that time comes we want to be prepared
10 take them in, and this can only be
done by having authority to borrow
money and issne bonds, Every one
knows these corporations are making
immense profits on their investments
and they should be operated for the
benefit Of the town, then the revenue
over and above expenses could be used
in oancelling the debt Van Buren, has
Also arrived at n stage when a sewage
system is becoming n pressing necessity
md this We also cannot get except by
the samt means The towns want these
ihings, which will not cost the people
Df the country one cent and they should
Rssid IN giving them the opportunity
by voting for The amendment In Spptem.
bey,
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Confederate Pension Board.

From the Little Rock Democrat
The Confederate state pension board
met Wednesday in the office of the state
auditor. all members being present,
Secretary of State Crockett, Auditor
Monroe aud Gen T. J Churchill The
board found that nearly all of the county
boards had sent in their applications
Tor new pensions which had been APP
proved by them, about 400 in all, and
5hese will be passed upon by the state
board. TIE board decided that there is
nothing in tse law that authorizes it TO
grVlt an increase in n pension after II
has once been allowed by the board and
entered upon the books Many appIica
tious for increase have come in from
various counties, and of course, all Of
them will have to be refused After n
pension has once been allowed it stands
for each subsequent year 50 long AS
certificates Of continued mdigency are
sent in by the county boards.
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Too DlctatOrial.

Tishomingo, |. IA clash is
now on between the governor of
the Chickasaw Nation and the
principal chief of the ChOctaw
Nation on one side and the secre.
tary of the interior on the other.
The secretary maintains that all
patents to land issued to allottees
should be issued with his approval,
and the Indian chiefs assert that
the treaty makes provision for no
such procedure. A large number
Of allottees are entitled to patents
on their holdings, but the trouble
between the Indians and the
secretary has resulted in delay.
The Indians for various reasons
DO not desire to incur the i'll will
Of the cabinet officer, and have
refrained from making any bold
assertions, but it has been learned
that at a recent conference be.
tween the governors tneS mutl-
ally agreed to stand together and
resist to the last ditch what they
consider the unauthorized inter.
ference on the part of the secre.
tary; and if the Indians are forced
to do so, they will have forms for
deeds printed aud issue from their
own executive offices patents to
allotted lands over their own
signatures, without consulting the
secretary, 1t is also learned that
these deeds will be acceptable to
the allottces, who in common with
their chiefs will resist the efforts
of the secretary in becoming too
dictatorial,
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which works wonders for weak women,
Weak aud stick women are invited to
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why the Twice.a.Week Republic Has
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Ants and Wccyils.
ON the Kansas City Journal.

From We kansas Cily Journal
The agricultural department has
made good its promise. Four
thousand red ants have been i'm.
ported from Guatemala and are
now at New Orleans awaiting dis.
tribution throughout the cotton
belt of the United States. These
insects have been introduced upon
the guarantee that they will attack
the cotton boil weevil and eytir.
pate him from the land. The value
of this new species ofants depends
upon its capacity for acclimatiza'
ton, ON the rapidity Of its propog.
alton and on its innocuity to other
plant and animal life besides the
weevil,
A Texan has brought an injunc.
tion suit against the department
10 restrain the importation Of the
red ants. He alleges that the
ants would be more pcstiferous
than the wcevil, and would so
irritate the workers in the fields
that the picking Of cotton would
become difficult or impossible,
The department has ignored these
legal proceedings, II gives assur.
auce that these new departmental
pets are the most harmless Crea.
lures alive, II is asserted that
they attack neither man nor the
friend Of man, but couAnc their
hostilitics entirely TO the iuEects
which they were apparently born
to eNterminate, Although carni.
vor0us they care not for human
flesh, African or Caucasion, They
pass by lady bugs aud such small
deer as are inoilensive TO man.
kind and his works, nor would
they attack the wcevl except for
one thing, The wecvil IN It's de.
structive operations IN the cotton
fields kills thevcgctNtion aud food
OF certain innocent and almost
microscopic insects which the ants
raise and keep IN large droyes for
the same reason that We keep
mlch cattle, This outrage mad.
deus the ants, aud hence their
perpetual aud strenuous warfare
upon the wceNils,
This is u beautiful theory and
1t is to he hoped that it will work
ont IN practice.
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06
E. A. Starbird Suicides.

Report was brought from near
Haroldton Saturday that Earl Starbird,
son-in-law of &C. Montague. had com
mitted suicide at the home of his parents
that morning.
For some cause his wife had returned
to her father home sometime previous
and worrying over this is supposed to
have unbalanced the young man 6
mind. That morning his parents heard
the report of a small rifle near the house
and on investigating found him in a
sitting posture with a 22-cal. rifle be-
tween his limbs, with which he had
shot himself through the forehead.
The young man was well liked by
those acquainted with him,
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06
Foreman Clark shot by Former En-.
plOyc, Pat Kinney.

Foreman Pat Clark Of the round house
Of the Iron Mountain ut Mer Rouge
La. was shot and mortally wounded
Saturday afternoon at 5;l5 by Pat Kin
ney who was formerly employed in the
boiler shop ut Barring Cross
One day last week Kinney, who has
been out Of employment some time came
to the master mechanic s Office here to
obtain pass TO Mer Rouge in order to
70 to work at that place. The pass was
given him in accordance with II letter
from the foreman at Mer Rouge and he
left 1T once, 1t seems that he went to
work on his arrival there and for some
reason he did not give satisfaction, and
Friday night he was discharged by Pat
Clark the foreman under whom he was
working, Nothing was thought Of IL at
the time, but Saturday afternoon just
before the close of the day work Kin
ney went 20 the Office of Foreman Clark
and without a word drew II pistol and
fired two shots into him, The wounded
man WAS taken to his home at once and
medical attention secured but 1t was
seen at once that he could not survive,
and he expired the next day,
After shooting Clark Kinney turned
and walked out of the Office and was
seen no more for the time, but as soon
as the surgeon stated that 1t WAS impossi-
BILE for Clark TO recover search was
made for him and he was placed In jail
to await the outcome of Clark 3 in.
juries,
Kinney was employed In the boiler
shop here for sometime, but owing to
some trouble between him and the fore
man here, he WAS discharged,
Machinist John Meyers, who has been
in the employ Of the Iron Mountain at
M-r Rouge some time has been appoint.
ed acting foreman Of the round house,
pending the appointment Of Clark =
successor, - Little Rock Democrat
Mr. Clark was night foreman In the
shops here for some time,