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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-31
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-31

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

the passage of the bonds to allow the
present registration to expire, and call
the election when the registration is
very light?''
I'm afraid said Mr.. Doran in an in
jured tone, that you are trying to put
US up to something naughty"
What is now delaying the calling of
the election?' was asked.
well, we are trying to agree with
those people who live down there on
that street on some terms of settlement
OF their claims for damages. These ne
got1attonS are progressing and at the
same time the engineers are figuring on
the plans for the structure so that thew
will have the proper grades and all
that
The sentiment in the east part Of
town is naturally in favor of the com
Struction of the viaduct, and if the pro-
perty owners whose real estate will he
injured can be appeaSed, the bonds will
probably find their strongest support in
East Topeka and the shop district. In
the west part of town however there
is good deal of sentiment against the
proposed bonds. A new line to Oakland
is one of the things which the people Of
Topeka need. The present line is block
AIDED every time the river rises TO a
high point
Present indications are that the bond
election will not be called until after the
hrSt OF the year. In order to get If in
before the end of December. it wouId
have to be called almost Immediately
and there seems to be no prOspect thai
this will be done.
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what have said.
''First-I caught the Standard Oil
crowd loaded.
'.Second-I caught the plungers and the
bulls loaded.
t'Third-The selling was by the people
who got good prices and much higher than
those that will prevail.
IF I sold share of Amalgamated
stock during the entire panic, or did any
thing in the market in Amalgamated in
any way, manipulated or otherwise, di-
rectly or indirectly, except to buy every
time the market got dangerously weak; or
if 1 had any connection, directly or indi-
rect1y, with any plungers or bears during
the time of the furry on Tuesday, We'd
seen Henry H. Rogers or any one con-
nected with Standard Oil, or directly or
indirectly had any connection with them
looking to a truce or patch up or ending
of my fight; or if ever do in the next 100
years, I will, soon there is any proof
to that effect, pay over to any committee
of editors of the leading dailies the sum
of 81, 100000, to be used in any charitable
bonds to that effect at once
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THAT vIADUCT PLAN.
Almost Too Late to Hold Election
This Year.

Is the Branner street viaduct bond
election to be held?
There have been rumorS to the effect
that the obstacles in the way of the
construction of the viaduct are such
that the city railway management had
decided to allow the matter to drop,
for the time, at least.
One thing is certain: unless the cleo
ton is held before the end of the
present month, time will have to be
given for a new city registration before
the election. The entire 1904 registra-
ton expires on January 1, and no one
is eligible to vote until his registration
is renewed.
1t is possible that this is exactly
what the city railway management is
waiting for. A very light registration
and very light vote would tend to
help the prospects which the bonds
now have of being carried. T. F.
Doran, attorney for the street railway
company, was surprised, however,
when informed today that the bond
election would have to be held during
December to come within the present
registration.
81 had completely forgotten that the
registra ton would expire this month";"
said Mr.. Doran, land I'm much obliged
to you for telling me. 1 will have to
look into the matter and see what will
be done.''
wouldn't it help the prospects of
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jobbing accusations were

the stock jobbing accusations were
proved.
Mr.. Barron declares at the outset of
his statement that his valuation OF
Amalgamated Copper intrinsically at
$3.50 a share never has changed, al
though he asserts that the company is
in a stronger position today in some
respects than ever before He goes at
Wall street tipster, intimating that the
Lawson panic has thrown a great light
on the subject. He says:
1.-The striking feature of every great
stock market of late years has been
the circulation of reports or tips of
what stocks were to be moved upon
certain days. Day after day one has
been able to learn. often before 10 a.
M, what was to be the feature of the
days market.
steel common was the card one day.
Another day it was Steel preferred. Then
Pennsylvania was to be moved up from
1873 for five points, and along it went.
Another day Colorado Fuel at So was
the purchase for that days speculation.
The last great tip was Louisville &
Nashville, which was declared before 10
a. to be the purchase in that days
operations, and it advanced from 141A
above 14S before p. M
Mr.. Barron dates the stock manipu1a-
ton of the week back to the Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation issued by Mr. Lawson
which created a slight furry on the day
following. This was designed to enable
Wall street to take the measure of the
lambs, Mr.. Barron asserts. He tells
how the break in the stock market was
engineered, saying:
Thomas w. Lawson this week played
a part in the operations of the system
which he affects to expose, but careful
ly concealS. He has been used, whiting
ly or unwittingly, by gigantic forces.
AS before, he will be used and abused,
and possibly in the end annihilated-
when large market deals are in op-
Grafton Lawson is engaged, directly or
indirectly, one who has nothing to
lose, everything to gain, in rounding up
the flock of lambs, and it is immaterial
to him whether he is to be used to pro-
mote Amalgamated Copper or deal in
sugar shares.
when the mine was ready for firing
Lawson suddenly was called away from
other activities, such as sustaining
Trinity or advertising his magazine ar
ticles. His four column warning to
the world to sell Amalgamated was
sprung Tuesday morning. 1t was the
psychological moment The whole
country was awaiting the message from
the president-elect to be presented to
congress Tuesday noOn-
1.-The market on Amalgamated had
been measured up. Brokerage holdings
had been tabulated through banks and
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trust companies. 1t was clear there
could be no further advance in Deem
Der in the copper metal market. Every
body who wanted Amalgamated had it,
No. 26 Broadway had it not, and Law
son, as so many times previously, was
put forward to lead the lambs to the
slaughter.
ct is ridiculous to suppose that IA, 900
shareholders in Amalgamated could be
reached in a few hours and warned and
advised to sell Amalgamated. To whom
could they sell? They could not sell it
to each other if they were all Lawson
lambs. Lawson had the old following
again in the pen for slaughter. 1t was
a killing
Lawson exposed to view the highest
art of the manipulating tipster during
the days of his slaughter of his follow
ers in Ama1gamated- He sent tissues,
kilograms. and circulars to all leading
houses, newspapers, and prominent OPP
orators. He poured into the news Off
ces nearly dozen kilograms a day.
supp1ementing this advertising by nam
ing the hours and prices at which
Amalgaraated would be sustained and
at prices from which it would fall.
''It was the most masterful piece of
tipster manipulation that has ever been
seen in Wall street. The mine under the
Amalgamated market has been honey
combed with stop loss orders placed
there by Lawson himself or his assocl-
ates, who had given many brokers or
ders to sell on stop 5000 shares when
ever certain points In the depression had
been reached, and also to make other
executions of orders at certain times.
These stop orders acted as battering
rams in the market, multiplying in force
as they came pounding one upon anoth-
err and Lawson fddled on the telegraph
wires all over the country and yelled
that his Amalgamated Rome was burn
ing and that he had nothing to do with
applying the torch. He was Nero and
fiddIed as fireman and incendiary.
And shame to tell it, it was only
part of the great Wall street conspiracy.
Lawson in his operation was part of
this great SYSTEM which has been de-
nouncing his newspaper and magazine
articles.
But the end is not yet. It approach
es''
Thomas w. Lawson gave out state
ment in reply to the so-called exposure.
in which he says:
81 spoke my piece on Amalgamated
fairly and squarely in the open. It was
true and Amalgamated smashed. That
was all there was to it. Still there is a
mighty effort being made to make it
appear that it was stock jobbing and
manipulation that brought about the
smash instead of the people selling their
inflated securities because they know
there is worse coming. I will clinch
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covered from 1 to 1 q points from the
lowest Sugars rally was 3 Il, United
States Steel preferred 21S and Brook
lyn Transit, Colorado Fuel Tennessee
Coal, Amalgamated Copper, Norfolk
& Western and Reading from 1 5s to
over 2 points. The buying demands
showed no inclination to follow prices
was comparatively quiet by noon, but
the tone continued feveriSh.
Sentiment changed to the extent that
brokers advised their clients to buy
standard stocks. The situation was re-
versed insofar that early sellers were
later buyers. Business which in the
first hour attained tremendous proper
lions behind the market fell off about
midday.
Another break less abrupt and extern
Sive than that al the opening set in,
Amalgamated Copper, which was chief
ly affected, being lower than at any
previous time of the day. The steel
stocks also were very heavy Reports
the selling came from interests other
than those which caused the early de-
cline. During the noon hour the mar
ket showed brief periods of extreme
dullneSS but activity was soon reSum-
ed and by 1 O'Clock the heavy selling
movement was again on.
The demand for stocks proved very
languid.
By the early afternoon the market
had slipped back on comparatively light
offerings and many stocks were lower
than during the morning. Amalgamated
Copper touched 63A, Colorado Fuel fell
an extreme So, Union Pacific 4, Louis
Steel, Pennsylvania and Illinois Central
q bOl1f 2
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Amalgamated Leads u Heavy De-
cline in Stocks ON Wall Street,
Hand Of Thomas F. LaWsonAgain
Felt on Change.
PREVIOUS TAG TIC
Are Repeated and Cause a Re-
neWal of the Panic.
He Is Accused Of Working for
the "System."

New York, Dec. 12.-There was an
other opening smash in prices of
stocks today. The trouble again CEN
tering in Amalgamated Copper. Heavy
unloading of that stock carried it
down Az and 10000 shares of
United States Steel sold down an ex-
IRENE 1 y on running sales. St Paul
dropped two points on two successive
sales and there were opening losses
all the way from 1 to 1 q in the lead
ing Pacific, Changers, Coalers. Trunk
lines and specialties. The market
f1uctuated unevenly after the opening
price for Americans before the open
gave no hint of the storm hanging
over this market.
The opening break created consider
able uneasiness, though nothing like
last Thursdays decentralization follow
ed. Nevertheless the feeling was one
of vague alarm. Traders seemed of the
opinion that last weeks liquidation had
not yet exhausted itself and it was clear
that a great number OF accounts were.
being closed London was reported to
have sold 10000 shares including a great
deal of steel common and preferred.
Wire houses also sold and representa-
tives of local brokerage firms were OPP
emily bearish. Brokers operating for
Boston were said to have sold copper
stocks extensively.
There were some vigorous efforts
made to support the market but by IL
o'clock there was another bad break.
Amalgamated slumped 61z from Satur-
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days closing. Sugar fell So, Tennessee
Coal and Brooklyn Transit g. Colorado
Fuel AZ, st. Paul Az, United States
Steel preferred 4, Reading 31s, Union Pa
Pacific and Baltimore & Ohio 25s, Leath-
er preferred pa and Erie, the first pre-
ferred, Missouri Pacific, Louisville &
Nashville. Rock Island, Leather and
New York Central 2 to 23s.
The extreme weakness of the mar
ket came as a general surprise to all
observers in the financial district. The
vigorous rally of the latter part of
last week encouraged the idea that the
decentralization was over for the pres
ent and the effective advances in Lon
don this morning furthered this view.
1t was not expected that there would
be any further great rise in prices
and it was even anticipated that there
might be a dull sagging movement,
according to the usual presidents in
such cases. These was no news to ac-
count for the renewed fright, but the
movement of prices was convincing
evidence of the timidity felt by Sc
curity holders. The renewal of SEN
sational proclamations through adj
vertising mediums from the same
source that preceded the successful
raid of last week had a notable effect
on sentiment. The selling was gem
eral from all sources. The offerings
of money at Il per cent on call
showed that no stringency in that de-
W
liquidation
An enormous amount of selling or
.ders came into the market at the
opening and later when it was seen
that the list was without support the
selling orders increased from every
quarter One of the best known COM
mission houses reported sales of 1885,
600 shares of the active issue in the
first half hour. The western houses,
those with Pittsburg, Cleveland and
Chicago connections, were among the
largest sellers of steel. For various
reasons a great deal of the unloading
in Ama1gamated Copper came from
New England. Many brokers pro-
fessed surprise at the extent of to-
days break. They were loath to be-
lieve that any individual manipulation
could be responsible for the decline
The absence of support in most of the
high class stocks in the first hour was
largely responsible for the sharp de-
clines- Nevertheless there was quiet
buying on a small scale. This was
particularly true of Norfolk & West
ern, St Paul. Baltimore & Ohio and
the Pacifics. Call money opened at
to Il per cent. 1t was offered freely
before noon at 3 per cent.
There was a lively bound in prices
of stocks after the liquidation had
spent its force. A score of stocks re-
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ACCUSES LAWSON.
G. w. Barron Declares He Is a Part
of the System"

Boston. Dec. 12.-Denouncing Thos.
w. Lawson's remarkable bear move
ment on Amalgamated Copper and
other principal stocks in the Specula-
tive list, initiated on Tuesday last, as
part of "a great Wall street conspir-
acy," Clarence w. Barron fatty ac-
cuses Mr. Lawson of being a part of
the system, which he affects to ex-
pose but carefully conceals," and of
being used, willingly or unwittingly,
to further stock jobbing in Wall street.
Barron asserts Lawson led his own
following to the slaughter by his four
column warning" published as an
advertisement in the press of the
country Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Lawson followed the Barron
charges with an emphatic denial, Of
fering to give 100000 to charity il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

Sdeboards golden weathered Antwerp
mahogany
Dressers, mahogany $775 to 100000.
Tables,
ChiTopers
Iron Beds all white 1925 $25OO
Beds, $3.50 % $500.
Hall golden oak 1913 to $4,000.
Hall Mirrors golden weathered $275
Writing Desks, mahogany $4,000.
Desk Chairs, mahogany 3d.
Cabinets,
Music Cabinets
Book Cases, oak mahogany, $500 $4,000.
Sectional Book
makes of sectional
Pedestals oak mahogany, o
Go-Carts, kinds. from
mahogany $1,000
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Robbed Postonice Of s2.soo.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 12.-Robbers en-
tered the postoffice at ReinbecJ1 Ia
during the night and got away with 50
300 An exchange of shots took place
between posse of citizens, but the rob-
bers made their escape.
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The farmer loves the rolling plain.
The sailor loves the sea;
me girls they love their lovers.
And their Rocky Mountain Tea
-Ctatlin DrY1or r.
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Every family should have its bo,,s.,..,,
meolclne chest-and the first bottle T., ~ ~
SSnnould pc Dr. Woods Norway Pine ssvI1,In.~
MANURE remedy Tor coughs and colds ~
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Rare Oriental Rugs

Money
in diamonds
in value with time Then. possible
they of fashion.
No gift a
a Oriental a valuable
his Then the mystery of the strange symbolic designs
wonderful
fascinating
a rooted in history the
marks wider knowledge appreciation
Oriental Rugs Christmas and
placed
all customers pleased
purchases
Ghioedi
ShrVan
Persian
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Go-Carts, the latest improved kinds from So. so
$1,000.
We Mission Carpet Sweepers, the very newest: hand
and most appropriate for gifts. $500.
Other Carpet Sweepers, oak, birdseye maple and ma
hogany finish, from $3.50 to $500. =
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-09-02
WARREN.

Nev. Hopkins d. Cady conducted the
mid-yeek devotional service at the NJ r.
church last night to a large congregation.
Rev. Herman w. Wstjen preached to
large congregation at the Baptist church.
The weekly session OF the district court
was held i'm the district court room or the
town hall yesterday. number OF cases
were heard by Judge q. l.. Bosworth.
who rendered proper judgment.
The band concert at Bristol last night
was attended by number OF local people
The cars OF the Suburban company
carried the majority OF the crowd
Martin Burke is having a cellar opened
on Child street preparatory to moving the
three-story house on the corner. formerly
known as the Allen house. The house
Is 10 be moved so as to make way TO erect
a modern business block.
Warren lodge, X OF p, met IN Odd
Fellows hall last night number or
the members were present and consider
able business was transacted. followed by
a program OF social exercises.
Mrs John Bray OF this town left here
yesterday 10 visit relatives at Uxbridge.
Mass
Mrs James Seymour held n children's
party we her residence on Child street
yesterday afternoon and about 70 little
children enjoyed their nrst party. The
early part Of the afternoon was given up
TO the infants. while the older children
enjoyed the latter part.
Mrs. William Mckenzie has recently re-
turned home from a visit 10 friends at
Boothbay, Me-
Daniel l.. Lusen, a local young man, Is
camping out with party OF friends at
Prudence Island.
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PkWTUCKET.

Edward Mcmahon and James Short yes
terday In the District court retracted
their pleas OF not guilty TO an assault
upon John Nelson. and though Il was
sought TO have tho cases settled on pay
ment Of costs. Judge Tuck nned each OF
the men arrested s. and costs. The two
men fined threw stones through window
and hit Nelson.
The initiatory degree was worked on
two candidates at last nights sessions Of
Prosperity lodge, ~. r.. q. y. Warden
Ricard NJ Browning presided. Winter
work will begin the first Thursday IN
October
Jimmie Gordon. we'll known local
character was adiudgcd insane IN tho dis
trict court yesterday.
Real Estate Conveyances-Chsrles IL.
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direction Of John O'Connell. Palento Pa
duin. Joseph Appleton. Andrew l.. Gan
non and NJ II. Corrigan. The building
will remain open until dark and all are
most cordially invited TO call and inspect
the same.
MISS THE WHITE POLE.
Those who have been in the habit Of
taking a car at the corner Of Westminster
and Boush streets for the last few days
began TO think that motormen were losing
their eyesight, for would-be riders were
left standing at the corner like slough
ton bottles" This has caused a lot OF
real hard talk for when some of them
took the trouble 10 look up the matter
they found that the pole at that corner
that at one time was known "a a white
pole" had been changed and that the
next nearest white pole was In front OF
the Church OF the Messiah. The change
was made on account OF a switch being
located near the corner. but those who
have been in the habit of taking a car
here have not noted the change.
A PLEASANT EVENT
Yesterday afternoon Mr. william Rass-
mussen. who Is quite prominently con-
nected with the Brown & Sharpe Co,
had for his guests at his summer resi-
Frank r. Rossiter, James Morgan
William Spencer. John Leonard. Albert
Duncan, Nelson Anderson. Thomas CHI
bons. Benjamin Burdick, Frank Noyes
and Elmer Willard. They had a most
enjoyable afternoon and the leading at
traction was. OF course. clambake.
There was a l5O-yard foot race with y
starters and was won by Butt Duncan.
STOLE CREAM
Harold Corey. Fred and Robert Ford
John and Theodore Schliske Fred Walsh
Joseph Mullgan. Lawrence Smith. John
Doherty and Charles Muldoon. boys from
II 10 Is years OF age. had their nll OF ice
cream last evening, but had 10 settle for
the same at the Juvenile court this morn
ing.
The Second Presbyterian church held an
entertainment last evening and the ice
cream for the event was left on the steps
ot the church at an early hour by the
Banspach Brothers and II was found by
the boys who had a feast.
MINOR MENTION.
Christopher 'Brien. n young politician.
is getting together a ticket I'm opposition
10 the return OF Councilman David ]
Barr of tho Eighth ward.
Mrs. Hugh McConnor and daughters
Mamie and Frances. OF Lawrence. Mass
are the guests or Mr.. and Mrs Frank
kiernsn at their residence. 2iO Plsinneld
street
Mr.. John Ferguson has added q new
and up-to-date delivery wagon 20 nj. es-
tablishment on Westminster street
Mr.. q. w. Browne. who for some time
has been convassing this district I'm the
interest OF Frank Loslie's Magazine. re-
turned 20 his home at Minneapolis. where
he was called on account Of sickness IN
his family.
Court Thomas A Doyle. Foresters Of