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Grain, Provisions and Cotton Market.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The annual meeting of the Bankers Asso-
citation of Washington was held yesterday
afternoon, when officers were chosen as
follows: President. John H. Moore. vice
president Citizens Bank; first vice presf-
dent, Albion X. Paris Of Crane. Paris &
Co.; second vice president. John Joy Edison.
president Washington Loan and Trust
Company: secretary. William A. Mearns.
Lewis Johnson & Co.: treasurer, Frank H.
Smith. Union Savings Bank: council of ad-
ministration. the president and vice presi-
dents and Charles E. White. cashier Bank
of Washington; w. ]. Father. assistant
cashier Riggs Bank; c. F. Norment. presi-
dent Central Bank and 8. Thomas Brown.
president Farmers and Mechanics Bank.
Delegate to the American bankers con-
vention. which meets in September. f.
Southland Parker. president, Metropolitan
Bank; alternate. John H. Moore.
An appropriation was made to aid the
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MEN, NOT PLATFORMS.
Mr.. Livingston's View of the Coming
Political Issue.

ut seems to me that If the Parker cam
paign is managed rightly there should be
no difficulty in securing his nomina ton"
said Representative Livingston today after
returning here from Georgia, where the
state convention recently instructed it's
delegates for the New York judge.
But we must consider the fact that
with Hearst holding 300 votes he can prob
ably. under the two-thrd rule. prevent the
nomination of any one.
at should be remembered that the in
structions of the Georgia delegates are not
ronclad- The delegates are instructed to
vote Tor Parker as long there is 'rea-
Sondbl" pruAH hittE OF his nomina tion. A
majority of the Georgia delegates can turn
the vote for any candidate at any time.
Inc night IN Georgia was against Hearst
Parker was picked out as the man who
could most surely beat Hearst. While II e
delegation is for Parker it is in no way
against German or Olney, for instance"
Asked what he thought the democra tic
platform would declare for, Mr.. Livingston
replied:
Roosevelt will be the issue in this cam
paign and the more the democrats put him
forward as man to be beaten the better
II Will be for them. Men are to be the
main things. People haven't great conf
dence in Platforms which they so general
ly see ignored. Two years ago / chal-
lenged an audience of republicans in New
Jersey to point out one promise of the re-
publican platform of 1900 that had been
kept They couldn't give a reply People
do place confidence in men. We want a
strong, conservative man and then we
want to make the issue between that man
and Roosevelt"
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KILLED BY THE CHINESE.
An American Newspaper Correspond
emit Shot-Consul VIII Investigate.

SnC 000C-NOu80 ~ IA AASVSSA6sSsS'
NIUCHwANG, June IA private tefe-
gram received from Shanhaikwan says that
Lewis Btxel, correspondent of the London
Telegraph. and Ernest Brindle of the Lon
don Daily Mail were fired upon by Chinese
soldiers while in a junk between Schwan-
taitze and Erdiko. Ethel was killed, but
Brindle is believed to be safe. They left
here June to investigate the movements
Of some bandits.
Etzel was a native OF Butler. Pa. and
his father resides now either at Denver,
Col, or San Diego, Cal.
United States Consul Miller has left here
by special train for the scene of the killing
of Etzel. He will make a personal invesd-
cation of the death Of Mr.. Ethel.
BUTLER. Pa. June Louis Etzel, re-
ported to have been killed by Chinese soi.
diers. Is believed to have been son OF
Gabriel Etzel. formerly prosperous busl-
ness man of this town.
The family moved from here several years
ago, and. 1t is thought, settled in Colorado.
Victim Known in New York.
NEW YORK, June lit is believed by
persons formerly resident in Tien Tsin that
Ethel was one of number Of young Eng
lishmen and Americans engaged in various
business enterprises around Tten Tsin.
where he had resided for number OF
years He was in Tien Tsin at the time OF
the Boxer uprising. and was one OF the
little band of civilian defenders OF the city
in the trying days before the arr1vai OF as
sistance from the fleets at Taku. During
the advance on Picking by the allied col,
umns and the subsequent operations ne oio
some newspaper work.
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JUSTICE STAFFORD'S DUTIES.
Work He Will Have to Do After TAX
ing the Oath

When Wendell Phillips Stafford qualities
as associate justice of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia he will be as
signed to preside in Equity Court No. and
in the Probate Court. Justice Gould will
transfer from Equity Court No. to Grim
iTal Court No . and will also attend to the
business of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia. sitting as a District
Court of the United States. Justice Wright
has already moved from Criminal Court
No. to Criminal Court No. /.
The following assignment of the MEM
bers of the court for duty at the city
hall during the summer recess has been ar
ranged:
From Friday, July L. to July 10, Justice
Gould: from Monday. July IS. to July 81
Justice wight: from Monday. August 1,
to August 10. Justice Barnard from We'd
nesday. August II, to August 81. Justice
Stafford; from Thursday, September 1, to
September II. Justice Anderson, and from
Monday. September 10. to October 3. Chief
Justice Clabaugh-
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ASK FOR NEW TRIAL.
Caveators to William w. Galts Will
File Petition.


In the contested will case involving the
estate of William w. Gait deceased. the
cayeators this afternoon filed a motion ZOE
a new trial upon the following grounds;
Because of errors In the rulings or the
court during the trial as to the aomlssi-
bilty of evidence. - 4,
because the verdict as to the second IS
sue was contrary to the weight OF the e'i-
dence. .oo
because the counsel for the caveatee,
at the beginning Of his final argument 10
the jury. without reasonable g.oula 40 U
so doing, conveyed to the minds or the
jury the impression that they should renp rer
a verdict in favor of his client without re-
gard to the merits of the case on trial. IN
order to establish the right of the Jury TO
decide as against the court questions u
fact and to pass upon the credibility OF Wit
nesses.
because the verdict shows that the
long interval which had elapsed between
the presentation Of the testimony In the
case to the jury and the rendition or the
verdict had made 1t impossible for the
jury to properly weigh the evidence.
The motion was filed through Attorneys
A. S. Worthington and A. b. DuVall.
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DENIED AT PARIS OFFICE.
French Mediterranean Squadron Not
Ordered to Tau0ier ---.-

PARIS. June 1.-THE published statement
that the French Mediterranean squadron
has been ordered to Tangier meets with a
specific denial at the foreign Office here,
where it Is added that no French squadron
will be sent to Tangier unless extraordi-
nary developments arise.
The officials say that the present efforts
to obtain the release of Messrs. Perdicaris
and Marley are entirely along diplomatic
lines. and they are earnestly hopeful that
there will be no occasion to adopt more
energetic measures. A telegram from the
representatives of the sultan has reached
the diplomatic officials at Tangier saying
that letter is now on it's way fully defin-
ing what the sultan is willing to do in order
to secure the release Of the officials.
The arrival of this letter Is expected
shortly and the officials hope 1t may bring
the basis for an adjustment of the difficult
ties
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The Aristocracy Of Birth.
From the Atlantic.


Why did the aristocracy Of parentage
fail to hold its own? Why did it die out
in America and. practically speaking In
all the British colonies? 1t had every ad-
vantage at the outset; 1t held the inside
track. 1t failed because two great laws of
the universe were against it; first, the
laws of arithmetic, and, secondly, the laws
of physiology. 1t violated the principles
of arithmetic because It required that each
individual or household should have dis
tinct line of ancestors. and 1t would thus
be discovered In a few generations that
there were not nearly enough ancestors to
go round. leaving people In the position of
Mark Twain. who declared that he had
mo parents to speak of. only a father or
mother or So" 1t was contrary to the
laws Of physiology. as shown by the de-
terioration of one royal family after
another In Europe, these having come to
resemble those English race horses which
have SO much blood that there is very little
horse. and 1t must be replenished from a
more plebeian stock.
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Concessions Made by Dela-
ware Democrats in Caucus.
ENDORSES JUDGE GRAY
RESOLUTION FOR ENDORSEMENT
BUT NO INSTRUCTIONS.
Both Factions Satisfied With Settle
ment Of Disagreement-Six Dele
gates Will Be Unrestricted.

DOVER, Del, June 7.-Indications point
to harmonious democratic state conven-
ton. Peace to great measure is due 10
concessions made by both the Gray and
anti-Gray men. Through the efforts made
last night by Andrew c. Gray Of Whining
ton. son of Judge George Gray. aided by ].
Harvey Whiteman, also of that city, and
with Water Commissioner Peter ]. Ford of
Wilmington, as intermediary a resolution
was agreed to by ex-senator Richard r.
kenney, State Chairman Willard Sauls-
bury. and other members Of the state COM
mittee, indorsing Judge Gray for the demo-
cratic presidential nomination and request
ing the six national delegates from Della
ware to use all honorable means to secure
his nomination.
This resolution was prepared by Mr.
Whiteman, and is the key to the situation.
The convention. which meets at o'clock
this afternoon. will doubtless ratify this
action by the formal adoption of the reso-
luton. The platform which will be adopted
by the convention will be brief.
Delegates Meet in Caucuses.
The delegates from the three counties met
in separate county caucuses at II o'clock
today for the purpose of selecting the six
delegates to the national convention, two
being named by each county When these
cducuSeS began II was stated slnaC the ma
tional delegates will be Willard Salisbury
and Peter j. Ford, from New Castle county;
ex-senator Richard r. Kenney and Alex
ander w. Daily from Kent, and probably +,
c. Dukes and either John P. Holland or
Colonel William r. Records from Sussex
Peter ]. Ford will be the temporary and
permanent chairman
Judge Gray's Letter.
Notwithstanding that Judge Gray ap-
peared to have a majority of the delegates,
the agreement to instruct the national dele
gates for him, which was arranged at last
nights conference, received a setback from
the judge himself. In letter written to
David T. Marvel, a prominent democratic
politician of this state, Judge Gray said
that the democratic national convention
should be left free to select as the candi-
date for President the strongest and most
available man. He therefore requested
that the delegates selected to represent
Delaware at the ST. Louis convention be
not bound by instructions, but be left free
to act as the best interests of the dem
ocratic party seemed to require.
Notwithstanding this statement. a conSid-
ell able numbar of Gray delegates insisted
upon carrying the fight for instructions
into the convention.
Caucus Nominations.
The different county caucuses made the
following nominations for national dele
gates:
New Castle county-Willard Salisbury,
L. Irving Handy.
Kent-Richard r. Kenney. Alex NJ. Daily.
Sussex-Joseph E. Holland. Elisha c..
Dukes.
Unless objection is made on the floor Of
the convention these county caucus seec-
tons will go through the state convention
without change.
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Tests Every Way Satisfactory.

NEWPORT, r. l., June THE SUBJ
marine torpedo boat Fulton, which was
sunk to the bottom Of the ocean last even
ing for test. remained there over twelve
hours, coming up at lilo today. The men
were on duty in watches of two hours each,
the remainder of the time being spent in
reading, playing games and sleeping. All
the members Of the crew were in good con-
dition today and appeared to have rested
well. BY order of the trial board, fresh air
was pumped in every four hours.
Naval Constructor Woodward said this
afternoon that the test was inaevery way
satisfactory. Hitherto only six men had
gone below for any length of time, but on
the Fulton there were nine men. and they
could have stayed in the boat under water
ten days without coming to the surface.
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A Wife,s Allowance.

From the London Telegraph.
1t is desirable that wives should enjoy
a fixed monetary allowance for their own
disposal for dress and such personal
expenses as are continually arising? The
question is put forward in the pages Of
leading authority on matters of femi-
nine interest. and Is answered from vari-
woman urges that man should not give
his wife unlimited credit at shops and
then be indignant II her expenditure is
large. On the o&Aand. says This lady.
an allowance sps1S on a woman to live
within her means. and teaches her the
value of money. A lEwyer lays down the
maxim that a man owes II to the girl he
marries to keep her free from financial
worries. There are those husbands who
admit that they are only glad to hand
over the larger part IL not the whole.
indeed. Of their income to careful and
managing wives. leaving them to ar
range the scale OF household outlay. and
taking what they regard as necessary for
their own and chiIdren's dress.
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A Great Musician at Ninety Nine.
From the London News.

From the London News.
Manuel Garcia, the famous teacher OF
singing and inventor of the laryngoscope.
was born on March II, 1905. SO that today
he has completed his ninety ninth year and
has entered on his hundredth. He Is still
In possession of his faculties and takes an
interest in the affairs Of the world as well
as in the art of singing. Open what book
you may on the art Of singing and you
will find that he is mentioned as the fore
most exponent of voice production on the
lines that gave the world the great singers
of the past
Manueps father was famous as tenor,
teacher of singing and a composer or
operas. He died in 1882. His three chill
dren fully inherited his musical gifts. The
most famous, Malbran, Is still household
word Pauline Viardot Garcia was hardly
less famous. and his son Manuel. though
not highly gifted as a singer has carried on
the tradition of the Garcia family as the
most prominent of singing teachers the
nineteenth century has known.
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SIMPLE RULES
PREsERvArIoroF THE ROADS OF
THE COUNTRY.
More Damage Caused by Water Than
Anything Else-How It May
Be Prevented.

Among the elements and forces of ma
ture there are several enemies of good
roads, but the greatest of them is wateer,"
remarked an advocate of good roads. 1T
washes away 1.-The material of the road. 1t
soaks into the road and softens II so that
the wagon wheels cut into the surface.
making ruts and holes. It permeatees and
softens the founda ton so that the surface
OF the road sinks or breaks up. In the
winter the water that is in the road freezes.
expands and loosens and disintegrates the
road material
The most important thing in the build
Ing of roads Is to lessen or prevent the
ravages OF water; yet no feature OF the
work is so neglected as this. Many local
read supervisors seem to give no consld-
Grafton to the question of drainage. and the
result is regular mud blockade during
several weeks or months Of the year.
The following are a few simple rules the
observance Of which would go far toward
lettering the roads Of this country:
'First-The road should be so located
and constructed as to avoid steep grades
down Which the water rushes during heavy
rains. tearing up and washing away the
road material.
''Second-The foundation of the road
should be thoroughly drained by open side
bitches, which will carry of the water.
and. where necessary, tile drains should be
lain in the foundation itself.
''Third-The surface of the road should
be hard and smooth and have sufficient
slope toward the sides to shed the surface
water.
'Fourth-Ruts and holes on the surface OF
the finished road should be filled as fast as
made, so that no water can lie on the sur
face to be worked up into mud.
These rules are simple and easy to fol-
low, and any one who gives any serious
thought to the matter can see the wisdom
of following them. Still they are almost
universally ignored, as the condition Of our
roads abundantly proves
What this country needs Is a radical
change, a new era in road building. The
people have been moving in ruts In more
senses than one, and if each local commun-
ity is left to work. out the road problem
alone, all will continue to move in the same
ruts, and every year millions of dollars
will be thrown into the mud, to say moth
ing of the losses resulting from the use Of
bad roads.
Lectures on road Improvement seem to
do very little good. Books and bulletins
on road building appear to have very lit
tie effect.
What the local communities need is
practical object lessons and actual as
sistance, and these can come only from
the state governments and the federal
government. 1t is for this reason that
road refcrmers everywhere are turning
toward state and national aid as the only
solution of the road problem
THE bad roads of the United States are
blight, curse, a disgrace. and all patri-
grand united effort to wipe them out and
vanced nations. of Europe in the matter
of roads,"
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Banana Crops Come Often.
From the Mexican Herald.


There Is evidently an erroneous idea
abroad concerning the harvesting Of the
banana CROP said Edward M. Watson.
who has been for seven years on a planta-
ton In Honduras
1.-The statement that four or FIVE crops of
bananas are harvested year is entirely in
correct. A crop is harvested on an average
of every fifteen days throughout the year.
Each thrifty banana plant has many SUCK
ers or stalks growing from single root at
the, same time. One or more punches OF
the ripening fruit IL cut from single stalk.
while the other stalks growing from the
same root are left untouched and in fifteen
days another OF the stalks is shorn of is
fruit. This process continues necessarily
during the year. In July and August 1t Is
necessary to cut of the ripening punches
every ten days. while in December and
January about once month Is sufficient.
the average throughout the year being
practically fifteen days.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
Baltimore Markets.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. June T.-FLOUR-Quiet, IN
changed receipts, 1915 barrels; exports. 150S
barrels.
wHEAT-Dull: spot, contract. 1.03a1 .03h: spot.
No. red western. DIAL .04A; June. 1.0Sa1 o3h /
July IS asked August ssh asked; steamer No.
red. 9Oa9OA receipts $50 bushels; southern by
sample. coal .0s; southern on grade: cool .03.
CORN-Ffrmer; spot 5Sa53A; June. 53a53h;
July 54a54A; steamer mixed, 498a49& receipts,
T. 345 bushels: southern white corn. 51a57; south
ern yellow corn, 51a57h.
OiTS-Firm; No. white, 4Sisa49; No. 2 mixed,
44s4a45A; receipts, 2,540 bushels.
RYE-Dull; uptown, No. 2 western, 79aS0.
HAY-Dull, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS- Steady, unchanged
BUTTER-Steady; fancy imitation, 1920: fancy
creamery 23a24; fancy ladle. 15a16; store packed,
12a13.
EGGS-Firm, 17a1S.
enthusiastically: large, 10Ha1Oh; medium, 10A
all: small. 11ha11x.
SUGAR-Ftrm; coarse graduated. $40; fine, $40.
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WANTS STATEMENT.
Communication Regarding Estate Of
the Late Martha p, Myers.

In referring to the recent alleged de-
falcation by Willard H. Myers. COM
munication was received today by the
register of willis from C. M. D. Browne of
LA r street northeast, husband OF Julia
Myers Browne. oldest heir under the will
Of the late Martha p. Myers.
Mr.. Browne asks that upon the ex-
pected appointment of the National Safe
Deposit. Savings and Trust Company as
executor in place of willard II. Myers,
detailed statement of the character and
value of the estate left by Martha p
Myers be made for the information and
benefit OF all of the heirs. "the late ex-
ecutor having failed to make such
statement"
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local chapter of The Bank Clerks Institute
to secure perma nent quarters.

10 secure permanent QuaItcIS.
The statement that has been In circuia-
ton TO the effect that the Western Mary
land Railroad Company now part of
what is commonly spoken of as the Gould
system. hiss abandoned the building Of the
Cumberland extension is denied by an on
Ger of the company. He states that the
work of building the sixty miles of road
Cumberland anr the West Virginia Central
railroad Is going on. and that IL is expected
II VIII be finished on contract time, namely.
April of next year.
On .hc first of next month will be finish
ed and opened the extension OF this road
TO the water front In Baltimore. A large
sum OF money has been spent on the ter
minal IN that city and arrangements have
been made to give the new road dock room
on the cocks which are to be built by the
city.
Attention is called by the Wall Street
Journal to the present rapid increase in the
circulation of national banks 1t is ex-
planned that this is due to the fact that the
banks are issuing circulation. not in re-
Spouse to any unusual demand for money
but because Of the decline i'm the prices of
United States bonds by which circulation
Is secured. thus making the taking out of
notes profitable. In fact, ii is stated the
profits on circulation are now greater than
they have been I'm some time Secured by
2 per cent bonds. IT is estimated there Is at
least profit of Los per cent in circulation
The securities of the Washington Railway
Company were again at the meeting of the
stock exchange today the most active Of
the entire list The buying was strong and
the aggregate of sales of the bonds reached
alarge amount.
The greatest amount sold In one lot was
$4,000 and another lot of $4,000 changed
hands. although some $4,000 in the bonds
were traded in one OF the biggest aggre-
gates III this security that has been
corded as the result of one days trading
on the exchange
There were no bonds offered at less than
as and the demand for them at that figure
was not satisfied and continued after the
call. Yesterday the closing bid was 71A.
with the asking price at 7s. Today. when
the bonds were called. all offerings at ~
were promptly taken. and then the price
advanced to 1875, at which level there were
numerous sales. At the close the asking
price was ISls and the bid 1S
sales OF the preferred stock were made at
both above and below 60 The asking price
at the close was 81. There was trading in
the common stock of the company at IL
and at 15A.
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Pens and Swords.
From st. Nicholas.

FROM St. Nicnchas.
Nations founded by the sword. sustained
by the sword pass and are forgotten. But
the written words. the words of men en-
tfrely great" outlast the very civilization
amid which they were penned. Who can
leave out of account. even today. the work
of Homer. Virgil. Dante. Shakespeare,
Moliere. Cervantes. Goethe? Even today
every thinking man must acknowledge their
sway. must live in the kingdoms Of thought
these men have founded. Let US then put
among the relics OF the great the tools of
their goyernment-and let US hold precious
the pens and inkstands that have outlasted
and overcome the swords OF conquerorH
the scepters of the kings.