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holders, but have accumulated surplus
which gives them financial strength and
enables them to afford ample guarantee to
insurers that the risks are fully secured
The question has been raised as to whether
transfer of the control of local companies
to outside interests or the substitution Of
foreign concerns for local corporations
even when the financial stability OF the
former Is beyond question. will result In
the retention of the local business by such
pakies remain In which local business men
are interested. In other words. the point is
made whether the transfer of the business
OF local company to an outside company
can De made permanent.
The offer to reinsure the fire insurance
risks now carried by the Riggs Fire Insur-
ance Company was considered today at
meeting of the directors OF the company
Thus far the consideration given to this
matter has been on the part of a commit
tee OF the board and their report was favor
able A recess was taken by the directors
until this afternoon. when another session
will be held.
win not favor the acceptance OF the propo-
siti,rl and in that case, 1t is thought, 1t
viii not be submitted to the stockholders
The principal objection to the ofYer is said
to be that II does not free the Riggs Conn
pany from liability during the life of any
policy now outstanding, and for that 4rea-
son it would be Impossible to lIuufdate tho
company until after the expiration of Ave
years which Is the longtime period OF pol
.san assls.-sss So $500 81
Among the brokers the story is being
freely circulated that this stock IL going to
take jump after while. In explanation
of why the stock is to sell higher It is al
legged that another extra dividend Is among
the possibilities OF the near future A this
= q professional opinion. It may be looked
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Benning Entries Tomorrow.

The following is the card Of entries for
the races at Befnlng track tomorrow:
First race handicap three years and
up; nve furiongs-City Bank. 126; Bon Mot,
liz: Mrs. Frank Foster. Ill: Monte Carlo,
IFS; st. Juvenal, los: Sontag, 30; Tomcod,
o. T.,
Second race. two-year-olds: four and one
half furlongs-Melrose, 107; Preen 107;
Deiavat 1le; stlyback. f07: Allen Avon. 107.
Third race. selling. four years and up; six
and e-half furlongs-Ben Battle, 107; Iri-
descent no; Tugai Bey, 1U7: Rabunta. 107;
Coonist. no; Belle OF the Ring. 105: Du-
pont, l02; Jessielyu. 100: Hilarity, 1O2.
Fourth race, selling. two-year-olds; four
and one-half furjongs-.Broadway Girl, 10S:
Grand Champion. 1O2; Little Woods. 10i;
First Boon. " al sczrlet,s99; Fergus. 81;
Mayoress. 81.
Fifth race. selling. three years and up;
seven furlongs-Springbrook 100; Meister-
singer. I07:- Unterock. 1UB: Thorneycroft,
l06: Queen Elizabeth, los; Setauket. 107:
Paul clifford. lo6; Past. 104: Dark Planet,
100: Fustian, ILL.,, Prealness. 81; Torch
light. los. sss..-t.-. ..-.-
Sixth race, three years and up: mile and
Observation-Disclosures Advocate. Ia: Eclec-
tic. ~; Scotch .r,histe- o. NcWiliiams. 125;
ts&rfy. Eye. 1lX<sS .xsfa ~ EstSF
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torney General Knox, being from Penn
sylvania also, may have some one to pre-
snr,f
DECIDED AGAINST COLOMBIA.
Legal Obstacles to the Transfer Of
Canal Concession.

PARIS. March 31.-The first civil tribunal
of the Seine today decided the case of the
republic of Colombia against the Panama
Canal Company in favor of the defendants.
The decision holds that the complaint of
Colombia is not receivable and condemns
The plaintiffs to pay the costs of the action.
This decision has the effect of removing
the legal obstacles in the way of the
transfer Of the canal concession from the
company to the United States.
The decision is a long document, fully
reviewing all the early circumstances of
tine concession and setting forth the vari-
Gus acts of the Colombian congress, the
treaties, etc, particularly articles 20. q
and y, of the treaty of March DO 1878,
whereby the company acquired It's rights.
..These articies's' the decision says. have
the manifest purpose of assuring the full
exercise of sovereignty over the canal. 1t
results from what is established before this
tribunal that Colombia is not in possession
of the territory traversed by the canal. BY
coming before a French court In order to
sustain Its rights over the canal Colombia
tacitly admits its inability to itself control
the canal 1t, therefore, follows natur-
territory traversed by the canal 1t also
appears that this sovereignty is maintained
by the new republic of Panama, which is
in actual possession of the authority and
power of administration and Of police IN
der such circumstances 1t remains for the
Panama company to accept the actual
situation of authority and the fact relative
to the territory embraced by the concss-
sion. Therefore, the action commenced by
Colombia is not receivable.
The decision closes with the specific re-
cital under the French code that none of
the claims set up by Colombia Is valid,
that its request to enjoin pending actions
is not warranted. and it's plea for costs
against the company is not justified
and that the entire costs of the procedure
are assessed against the plaintiff.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL. NEWS.
!, ong9 MIA q The Riers t,rs r

The offaf made to the Riggs Fire Insur-
ance Company for the reinsurance of its
line of risks ~ the German-American In
surance Company Of New York has given
rise to considerable gossip in regard to pcs
sible offers no other local insurance com
panies. As far as can be ascertained no
propositions OF the sort are before any of
the companies. The representatives of
some OF the companies have been APP
preached, and In IA general way this subject
has been. discussed but nothing of def
mite character as far as known, has been
submitted, "A Is well. known, the stock
holders of the local companies to q large
extent are in a position to control the risks
carried by their respective companies. and
II Is to their interests naturally .tosshaFe in
the profits which the Insurance they con-
arol directly Or ipdirectlY yields, TO the
(! Owing to this circumstance IN the organ
tization OF the local compaaies they have
been enabled to place themselves on sub
.stantiai basis. and fake rank among the
leading companies OF the country They
have not onIy p4id good dividends to stock
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UNEXPECTED RESULT.
Murder Trial Closes With Acceptance
of Plea of Manslaughter.

The trial of Stuart Tibbs. indicted for
murder in the first degree In connection
with the death of John Graves, January
8. last. reached an unexpected termination
late this afternoon In Criminal Court No.
l. At the conclusion Of the Introduction
OF testimony counsel agreed to accept a
verdict of guilty of manslaughter and a
verdict in accordance with the agreement
was thereupon rendered. Tibbs will be
sentenced later.
Immediately after~the' close of the trial
Justice Pritchard remarked from the bench
that the practice of one witness fatty con-
tradcting another is becoming too preva-
lent in this District. The court suggested
that prosecutions for perjury would very
likely abate the practice. Assistant United
States Attorney Turner replied that his Of
fee would take steps along the lines indi-
Gated
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by sample, 97Hf06; southern on grade, 97al .O5.
CoRN-SteadyH 9pet, 52a52h; March. 52a52K.
April, 52a621sfs May, b2s6a62N; steamer mixed.
46Aa46ss; rFeeipet O. 1a5 bushels; southern white
corn 40a52; southern yellow corn, 4Oa52
OATS-Firm Nc WHITE 4Ska49; No. 2 mixed
46a4eh: receipts, l.159 bushels.
RYE-Firm; uptown, No. 2, 6zass; Ne. west
ern, "a bid; receipts 1855 bushels.
HAY-Aetive,E 8lsehanged. So
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet. unchanged.
creamery. Is; f66ey ladle, I7a1s; store packed.
EGGs-FfShh. irssssfse:
12N; small s19a fS11.
SuGAR-Rirms Isssse graduated. $50; fne $50
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Chicago Convention Expenses Settled.

Mr.. Elmer Dover, secretary Of the repub-
lican national committee. has returned to
the city from his trip to Chicago in behalf
OF The subcommittee on arrangements for
the national convention. Mr.. Dover said
this afternoon that a complete and AMIGA
BILE understanding had been reached be-
tween the subcommittee OF the national
committee and the local Chicago committee.
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upon as designed to stimulate business In
this security. s
+ At the meeting of the stock exchange to-
Gay. It was decided to hold no session to-
day.
.Twenty-fnur was bid for twenty-five
shares Of Potomac Fire Insurance stock.
nut there was none for sale at that figure
The bid was withdrawn and the quotations
at the close were % bid. . offered
! Eight and quarter was bid for Riggs
Fire Insurance stock. the same as that of
yesterday. Ninety shares were bought at
that figure, and the bid was repeated for
loo. shares. but without result.
Gas stock was freely offered, both during
the call and afterward. at S. hut there
seemed 10 be no demand. except in a small
way. Some seventy shares represented the
57K, "'-'
One hundred shares OF Mergenthaler were
sold to the broker who bid 177h. In1me-
diately afterward the same seller let ten
shares go at quarter of q point advance
The purchaser OF the 100 shares wanted
another similar lot, and repeated his bid.
but he did not get IT. Fifty shares were
offered at I'D and quotation lot at 17ek
The closing bid was 117A
After call bid OF 74h for Waslinkfon
Railway bonds brought out -four 81. 200
bonds They continued to be o0ered at that
figure, but HERE was no further market.
so
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular coll. IL o'clock noon-Chesa pea ks
and Potomac Telephone 81, 81 600 at s1O3N
Riggs Fire Insurance, 80 ut 81
Washington Cas- 25 at g. 10 at s.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100 at 177k 10 at 177k
Lanston Monotype 10 at Sh, at 81.
Greene Copper. so at LAY
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat 10 at 235
After cali-Washiington Gas, 20 at So, at IS,
at IS. ~
Washington Street Railway Is, 81 900 At 74x.
$1,000 at 74b, $1,000 at TAN. 81 600 mt 74h
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New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers, 1419 F ST.. members New York
stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade
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Grain, Provisions and Cotton Marksts
Baltimore Markets
tch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. March af-FfOryR- .rsss,,,
unchanged: receipts. LIZA barrels
WHEAf-Duli: spot, contract, 1.O4lka1 O4H .
spot, No. red western i.05.5a1. 05sx Mare6
I,o414ai ON; April. Losss; May. Los; steamer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-31

Both houses OF the New York legislature
passed bin authorizing the payment by
that state Of q pension OF $72 per month to
Hirman Cronk last American survivor Of
the. war o. 1872 Both republicans and DEM
ocrats supported the bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-31
Today,s Government Receipts.

Today's Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today for
redemption, $9OO,916; government receipts
from internal revenue, S576.207: customs,
$841 1856: miscellaneous, $460.964; expend-
itures, secs 900; available cash balance,
S223 642. 1864.
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FINANCE AND TRADE
Stocks Dull and Active by
Turns.
GAINS IN THE LIST
GOOD BUYING OF THE SHARES OF
SOUTHERN ROADS.
Louisville and Nashville a Favorite-
Steel Advances and Then
Reacts.

NEW YORK, March 3I-The tone of the
opening stock market today was hesitating
and prices of different members of the
same group moved In contrary directions.
A rise of v in st. Paul was the most con-
spicuous change. Union Pacific opened
down Is and then rallied ~
The uncertain tendency at the opening
gave place to general Improvement in
values when United States Steel preferred
was bid for in large blocks and advanced a
point. Several other stocks rose as much,
including Union Pacific preferred, Chesa
peake and Ohio, Chicago Great Western
B." Peoples Gas and Tennessee Coal
Active stocks sold fractionally above yes
terday's close, st. Paul, Union Pacific and
Missouri Pacific showing especial strength
Selling of Union Pacific forced 1t back to
below So, and the whole market reacted.
The more important leaders fell back to the
opening figures or below.
The assignment of a Cleveland trust
company hurt the market and trading d.
unfinished to nominal proportions. Union Pa
ciflc rallied ", but the gravitating tendency
was renewed and prices sank lower than
before. Atchison lost point and U. s.
Steel preferred lost its gain. Bonds were
steady at noon.
Union Pacific. St. Paul and a few others
made half-point recoyeries. There was
also moderate active buying of some of
the southern stocks. Louisville and Nash
vile and Denver and Rio Grande advanced
a point each, but trading was very dull.
some additional recoveries from the low
est were made after 1 O'clock but the
general movement upward was slight. Peo-
pies Gas was bought freely at an advance
of nearly points and the southern stocks
maintained their gains. General Electric
dropped IN, Lackawanna, 3%, and West
ingnouse Electric, points.
Will Close for Good Friday.
NEW YORK, March 31.-The Good Fri
day Easter holiday will be generally OBJ
served in financial and commercial circles
In this city. The stock. produce and con-
solidated exchanges will be closed tomor-
row. The cotton and coffee exchanges will
close both Friday and Saturday. The sugar
trade offices will transact no business on
Friday and Saturday. All exchanges
abroad viii be, closed until next Tuesday.
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Hr. .Harrison,s Funeral.
The, remains of the late Burton c. Harri-
son were inferred in Ivy HIN cemetery, near
Alexandra, today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-31
Young ITEMS Clothing.

Every consideration given to
the selection of the patterns that
are suitable, stylish and exclu-
sive, and specially selected
weaves are put into our own
tailors' hands and modelled into
garments that have all the char
acter and individuality that skill
and: cloth can express. This is
the result that we accomplished
through having the facilities of
our own work rooms.
Young Mems Suits,
S Salse S7.45
Young Mems Single and
Double-breasted Suits, in plain
black thibet, plain blue serge
and fancy mixed cheviot. All
wool, fast color, Italian lined.
Broad-shouldered coat, stylish
cut trousers. Sizes IS to 20
years. -9
Young Mems Single
and Double Bre asted
Fancy Suits.
Value Gn7E
$3.50 PSsZC
In Cheviots, Worsteds and
Cassimeres. All wool, fast col
or. Broad-shouldered coat, styl-
ish trousers. Sizes IS to 20
years.
Young Mems "Fit
S s,,ifs $3.50
Combining all the latest STYLES
for nobby. stylish Young Mems
Suits. Single and Double
breasted, in serge, tfibet and
fancy effects. Sizes IS to 20
years, or 81 to 60 chest measure.
Young Mems Top Coats.
In all the latest designs and
patterns. Plain and neat striped
effect. Cut with broad Shout
ders and the new full skirt.
Sizes IS to 20 years.
Prices range from $7.45 to
$1,000.
Young Mems Rain Coats.
Cut in the newest styles. The
single-breasted coat with the
belted back, the double-breast-
ed with belted back, and the
Frock back. The newest STYLES
for young men. Sizes IS to 20
years. 80
Prices range from $1,000
to SIS. 90.
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We are ready for your Easter
shopping. Great preparations have
been made for the Little Boys Eas-
ter Outfits. From head to foot
everything that is new and worthy
is represented in Our large stock.
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Easter Furnishings for
the Little Chaps.

A0SAVE FuFtlRSHhlH1XS RVA
the Little Chaps.
Boys Negligee Shirts in the
new spring styles. Plain white
and fancy figures. Sizes r to
Ia neck.
Csc, value, soc.
Boys Blouse Waists in plain
white and fancy figures. Either
with or without collar.
Csc. value, SOC.
Boys Russian Blouse Waists
in plain white and fancy pats
terms. Sizes 212 to 7 years.
75c. value, SOC.
Boys PajaInas in plain white
and fancy patterns. Well cut
and made. Sizes q to IS
years. Value, $I.oo.....7Sc.
Boys Neckwear. All the
latest shapes that are made for
men are duplicated here for the
boys. Plain shades and fancy
patterns. Regular soc.
SILKS. ............... ZSC,
Buster Brown" Collars.
Made by the maker of the
Buster Brown" Suits. Buster
Brown stamped on each
coliar.. .............. IYC.
Buster Brown" Ties. All
the newest shades. The
latest thing in Boys
AICS. sOQBC.
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Young Mems Top Coats.

In all the latest designs and
patterns. Plain and neat striped
effect. Cut with broad Shout
ders and the new full skirt.
Sizes IS to 20 years.
Prices range from $7.45 to
$500.
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upon as designed to stimulate business In
this security
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Boys and Children's
Headwear.
Everything new can be found here.
Boys Felt Hats.
A new shape, the Princeton. for
boys to IA years of age, low crown.
rolled back, dipped front. All fur felt.
silk band.
Price, $I.oo.
Boys Caps, soc.
Every shape, Norfolk, Yacht,
Golf and College. A better as
sortment of patterns, a better
made cap than you will find
elsewhere for this price.
Children's
Tam O'Shanters, soc.
A special lot OF Atwood serge
Tams, in Navy Blue and Red,
silk-embroidered anchors in
front.
We are the exclusive
agents for the s.Buster
Brown" Headwear.
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BLACK FOR THE SENATE.
FINE OPENING FOR
AMERICAN LABOR

The Los Angeles Times prints this
remarkable dispatch;
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Wm. Haywood
representative in this country of Ha-
waifan sugar planters, has just return
ed from Honolulu. He says that busi-
ness is thriving there and the Repub-
licans Will win, but that the great need
of the island is good labor.
Il could guarantee to provide good,
steady employment for $4,000 Amer
lean workingmen,' said Haywood to-
day, "if they would be willing TO live
in Hawaii. What our people need
more than anything else is labor. Every
person who leaves the islands TO visit
a foreign country has his expenses
paid by the planters if he viii agree
TO look about outside of the beaten
paths of travel for some good laborers.
our people would be willing to pay
liberal wages to 10.000 Americans who
wanted to become permanent citizens
of that country.
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ton sale was going on; upon Hotel
street two more auctions were under
way, and the ice cream parlors in the
vicinity did rushing business, for it
is always around Christmas time that
ones best girl gets the biggest plate of
ice cream and hubby takes his wife
there to feast upon the freezing luxury.
And then the street carsi If ever
there was any doubt that Christmas
time makes the white mans burden
heavy, let the scoffer watch the crowds
bet a board the streets cars at the down
town corners. Even the biggest cars
didn't have enough room for the mis-
cellareous freight which almost con-
ceaIed the proud possessors from sight.
The conductors had a weary time of it
collecting fares, for with huge bundles
overtopping them. the holders could
barely get their fares out of their pock-
cts.
It was glorious night-for the mer-
chants and the buyers too.
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STREETS ALIVE
WITH MERRY
HOLIDAY CROWD

The activity throughout the business
district last evening was enough to
bring broad smile TO the hard-work-
ed merchants. They were busy selling
their holiday wares with both hands.
| Fort. Hotel and King streets were as
animated as if a fiesta were at hand.
From all sides came the ding-dong of
auctioneer's bells, the music of Hawai-
ian orchestras, the resonant tones of
monographs and tin horns and the mer-
ry gabble-gabbl of the people who
thronged the thoroughfares. Every dis
play window was brilliant with illumin-
ations wherein We're shown everything
that Santa Claus could think of seat
tering among the good people of Ho-
nolulu on Christmas night. The stores
within, brightly lighted, showed busy
corps of clerks serving a rush of Gus
toners.
1t looked good for fine holiday trade,
and there is yet whole week and an
other Saturday in which to exchange
filthy lucre for presents to bring smiles
upon the faces of mothers, fathers,
wives. sweethearts and children.
1t was . good-natured crowd. The
sidewalks were too narrow to accom-
modate the strolling masses and the
streets We're used. Carriages had a
difficult time working through the !
crowd, but it needed only the honk- I
honk OF an auto-ear trumpet to scatter
it.
And what lot of amusement the !
throngs had at their command. The I
time -henored custom of Dimond & CO. {
TO furnish Hawaiian music from their
balcony caused a crowd 10 mass on
the opposite side of the street; a box
ing contest separated several hundred
people from their money: wedgeed be-
tween these two attractions a big auc-
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ERNEST G. WALKER.

The agent writes that there are pos
sibIy five hundred families willing to
take passage for the Hawaiian Islands.
Tt is said also that about the same
number could be obtained from Madei-
ra.
The effort to obtain Portuguese for
work on the plantations first originated
during the reign of Kalakaua, when
under the auspices of Minister of the
Interior John E. Bush, the first emf
grants were brought here and scattered
among the plantations. They were
among the best workers ever
brought here. When their con-
tracts were finished they generally
took up small homesteads on the various
islands and with a thrifty purpose set
about to build up modest fortunes.
Their frugal, hard-working capacity
showed in many ways and many of
the original immigrants and their de-
seendants now own their homes. One
thing is In their favor. They generally
spend The means for their livelihood in
the islands. The japanese and Chinese
send the most of their earnings back
to Japan and China.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-18
AN ARTISTIC TRIBUTE TO
HAWAIIAN MISSIONARIES

A bronze tablet has been exhibition window of the
Pacific Hardware Company memory Reverend and Mrs John
S. Emerson This tablet be rveted boulder
Emerson lot in the Waaua ehurchyad
Saint Gauden through from his brother Augustus
Saint Gauden during
his whole artistic
This tablet but another of the proofs
of firm belief P.
of Pttsburg Pennsylvania with HARRISON
visited Hawaii in
When Mr. HARRISON that tablet contemplated he
asked Rev O. P Emerson permit him the of
token of his for the character these deceased
high appreciation by early
Hawaii
Louis Saint Gaudens the sculptor wenown and
of high them the great
the Boston Public Library The
of his would doubt easily distin
did of wodamed sculptor
his brother, Augustus Saint Gaudens.