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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
CONDITION OF TRADE.
"Dun's Review" says:

Violent fluctuations in cotton ind uncertainty
regarding the situation in the Far East were the
during the holiday week. In most branches Of
except for moderate shipments of supplementary
orders for seasonably heavy goods, Jobolng ana
sions of confidence are heard regarding the future
however. especially at the West and South. Manu-
featuring plants have taken LONGER N@cauon Ia1h
last year. hut many announce resumption q worA
ON Being seneraf at IRON and Steel plants
and ii is encouraging hear that the AmaIsanated
accepted the proposed scale without controversy.
Textile mills are confronted with lack OF proper
proportion between prices of raw material and
finished products. and 1t is evident that costs OF
Rmuch machinery viii become Idle Transporting
lines well engaged In handling grain, live
stock. fuel and lumber. while earnings thus far
reported for December exceed the previous year
an average of 90 per cent Less than the custo-
mary year-end furry occurred in the money mar
ket although rates ruled high Foreign exchange
and there decidedly higher level Of prices
for stocks toreSn commerce az this port or the
experts GonPaGed %ith !as Seek last ya
corresponding week last year, and az other leading
cities there was a decrease of A. per cent
''Bradstreet's" says:
Clearance sales by retailers and jobbers have
furnished about all the activity noted in dstrb-
utive trade in a week usually quiet and devoted
largely to stock taking and Inventories Holiday
business closed with a rush and a volume of trade
equal most TO the best heretofore recorded
visions and seasonable goods.
Less than expected disturbance to the money
market was noted as the result Of year-end prep
arauOns, and the position is one OF growing ease
Collections improved slightly as the result Of
holiday expenditures. but room for Improvement
still exists.
Except in securities. which are quite strong,
speculation has been descending scale. and
prices have inclined downward \ notable check
to the heretofore steady rise in cotton came tuis
week. the exhaustion Of the short interest finding
the market unable 20 assimilate enormous HQuida-
ton bag profits The long side was apparently
widely extended. and the market full of pyramids
which crumeled under pressure. not. however. be-
fore high records made. spot cotton
touching 1+1O on December IS and reacting to 1850
later while the highest priced option, July. sold
at 1427 on December 2S and % The close is twenty
points lower on spots than last Thursday. Re-
ceipts are large, and the tendency look for a
equal TO last year is growing The scarcity of
actual cotton, however. renders the short side a
DANGEROUS still
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CLEARING HOUSE EXCHANGES.
COMMODITY PRICES IN 1908.

Following are the highest. lowest and closing
D-,cas for staple commodities in New-York during
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-09-17
The Solar Motor.
From the Range News.

From the Range News.
There arrived in Wilcox a
solar motor. 1t is proposed to
erect the machine as soon as pos
sible and demonstrate to the pub
lie that it is not, as some are
inclined to think, in the expert
mental stage, but is practical in
every respect and will do all that
is claimed for it by the owners.
1t will likely be erected upon the
ranch belonging to John May.
Following is a good descrip-
tion of the machine and what it
will do, taken from Iron Age:
The efforts to harness the
suns rays to do mechanical work
in the arid regions Of the South
west and in Lower California is
even more successful than using
windmills for driving electric
generators. This part of the
country has long been kept from
proper development through the
lack of adequate fuel, and
it is doubtful if it ever
could reach a high point of
prosperity without solar motors.
1t is true that the cheapness of
petroleum and the invention and
perfection of oil machines have
enabled parts of the arid regions
to develop within the past few
years, but there is a limit even
to this work. The oil must be
transported a considerable dis
lance, and it's cost increases with
each 100 miles, so that in parts
of Arizona, it is not much cheap
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-09-17
FOR SHERIFF.

hereby announce myself as
candidate for election to the
Office Of Sheriff of Apache Coun-
ty, subject to the action Of the
Republican County Convention.
DIONICIO DURAN.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-09-17
FOR SHERIFF.

hereby announce myself as
candidate for reelection to the
office of Sheriff of Apache Coun-
ty, subject to the action of the
Republican County Convention.
SYLVESTRE PERALTA.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-09-17
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The following prices will be
charged for announcing cam
didates for office:
For Delegate to Congress SIS. 90
For County Offices. .... 500
For Precinct Offices .. $50
Special announcements or
write-ups in the interest of the
candidates will be charged for at
the rate of 10 cents per line, and
must be signed by the person
announcing himself.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-09-17
er for fuel than coal.

invention has given such an i'm
petus to the development of the
arid lands as the successful opera
tion of the solar motor. There
are vast regions in Utah, Colora-
do and surrounding states and
territories which depend upon
the same conditions as lower
California for their development.
The solar motor is being introduce
ed III these sections to operate
mine machinery and pumps that
are located far away from the
railroads and all natural fuel
The skies are almost ClOudless in
these regions the year round, and
the suns rays are so warm that
the machinery can be put in Opcr-
alton within in hour after
sunrise. The size of the solar
motors now in use averages from
to 10 horse power, and expert
ments have shown that it is un-
wise to attempt to build larger
ones. By constructing them III
groups, however, the same results
are obtained, and in several plants
two or three are being construct
ed to produce in the aggregate
from 20 to 40 horse power. It's
cost also is so reasonable that it
! is not likely to limit it's use to
particular lines. For individual
farms of 10 to 100 acres it is
emlnently suited, either for
pumping purposes or for general
ing electricity for lighting and
power. For mines and general
pumping stations it is equally
we'll adapted.
The reflector looks like a huge
inverted lamp. 1t is 80 feet in
diameter at the top and l3 feet
at the bottom, The inside of
this disk is made of glass, but
not in large plates. There are
! 1,788 pieces of glass all arranged
at such angles that the suns
rays will be directly focused upon
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-09-17
FOR TREASURER.

l hereby announce myself as a
candidate for reelection to the
office of Treasurer of Apache
County, subject to the action of
the Republican County Conven-
tion.
LEANDRO ORTEGA.
Subscribe for THE SNIPs-HRRALD
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-09-17

Ad, srtluinE rates furnished on application.
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and by no means for what they are,
that people have come to sanctify and
venerate these ruinous masses of
buildings on the four mounts. The
streets. houses and inhabitants of the
Holy City are as filthy as those of any
other Oriental city, if not worse. The
very city reeks in filth. and it's tow
ering masses of ruins and wretched-
ness mark the spot where the greatest
tragedy in the worlds history took
place.
If we take the Mount of Olives from
the Christian religion. from the time
when the Saviour's feet first trod its
dusty paths until the moment when
from its heights He ascended into
heaven. there would be destroyed one
Of the saddest pictures that uplifts
Of the most beautiful as we'll as one
mankind. Every foot Of that mount
is sacred earth. even to people who
have never seen and never expect to
see the place that Christ hal.oWed by
prayers and benediction. The days OF
its glory ended when the feet OF the
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DOMESTIC.

w. L. Collins, former cashier Of the
Indiana National Bank, at Elkhart.
pleaded guilty in the Federal Court to
eighteen charges in connection with
the failure Of the bank.
The Rev. Father William Mayer.
pastor of St. Mary's German Catholic
Church, Richmond, Va, suffered
stroke of apoplexy while saying Sta.
tions of the Cross in his church. and
later died in the church residence.
A Grand Jury returned two in
dictments against James Mcdonald
in connection with the murder Of Miss
Sarah Schafer, in Bedford, Ind. One
indictment charges murder, while the
other charges statutory assault.
The car barn of the Chicago Union
Traction Company, st Blue Island ave-
nue. and Leavitt street, was destroyed
by fire. The loss Is estimated at $780,
900. Crossed electric wires caused tie
blaze.
The customs authorities at Eagle
Pass, Texas, have arrested Joe Liebes,
a wealthy New Yorker. on the charge
Of smuggling diamonds worth $1oGO
and other dutiable articles.
D. D. Field, said to be the son of
prominent and wealthy physician Of
New York, died In hospital at Pueblo.
COL, from the effects of Gose of car
bolic acid poison.
F. Augustus Heinz. President of the
Montana Ore Purchasing Company;
Superintendent Trerise, Of the Rarus
Mine, and Superintendent Frank, Of
the Johnstown Mine. Heinze properties.
charged with living refused admit
tance to Federal inspectors, were re-
leased on parole ut Butte, Mont.
Mrs. J. G. Fleming and her daughter
Lottie were instantly killed by a west.
bound passenger train at Hanlin's Sta
ton, OHIO.
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Tinted Spectacles For Beauty.

"Tinted spectacles. said an opti-
rian who displays q sign advertising
that he makes a speciality of them,
ARE mainly for women who demand
that their beauty, as we'll as their
sight, shall be considered. A light
gray or a pale blue looks very weak
and unattractiye through ordinary
eyeglasses. BY slightly tinting the
lens we can add very much to the
color of the pupil Of the eye and to
the general attractiveness Of the face.
The tinting does not at all interfere
with the magnifying properties of the
glass. In fact. some ocu!ists send us
prescriptions for tinted glasses, main.
tanning that for blue or gray eyes they
are far superior to the ordinary crys-
tai glasses. Blue eyes absorb more
light than brown eyes, so that any
tempering of the suns rays is sure to
be beneficial York Times.
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FOREIGN.

The annual report Of the Hamburg,
American Steamship Company shows a
net profit for the year of S5,500,OOO.
Former Premier of France Waldeck.
Rousseau, after three months danger.
Gus illness, has gone to the Riviera.
He is able to walk and it is believed he
will entirely recover.
At King Edwards second leTee held
in London the Americans presented
by Ambassador Choate were Louis G.
Hay. of New York; Walter Neef, of
Chicago, and Herman Kinnicutt, of
New York.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
Princess Victoria and Prince and Prin-
cess Charles of Denmark attended a
performance of Elgar's "The Dream
of Gerontius." at London.
Six persons accused Of selling forged
Turkish decorations to people in vari-
GUS countries were sentenced to fifteen
years penal servitude. while seventh
was sentenced to a year.
The Peruvian Senate has authorized
the Government to arrange the pend
ing questions between it and the Peru
Wan Corpora ton.
The French Chamber Of Deputies,
by 31S to 231 votes, adopted the first
section of the bill prohibiting mem
bers of religious orders from giving
any kind Of teaching, primary, Sec
ondary or superior.
In the German Reichstag Dr. Steu.
bel, Director Of the Colonial Office, an.
nounced message from Colonel Lieut..
vein, Governor of German Southwest
Africa, saying 800 cavalry. with two
mounted batteries, were Indispensable
for subduing the Hereros.
Albert Jaffe, partner in the Frank
fort banking firm of A. Jaffe & Co.
shot and killed himself. Jaffe lost sew
eral million marks in private specula
ton
Serious anti-rcligious demonstrations
took place at Ealladolid, Spain. The
gendarmes fired on the rioters; one per
son was killed and many were
wounded.
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PANAMA APPROVES LOAN
Constitution Gives the United States
the Right to Intervene.
The Salary Of the President of the Re-
public Fixed at S15OO-Goverument
Authorizes Sale OF Gunboats.

Panama.-The Assembly has passed
4 resolution approving the loan Of
100000 gold. suggested by President
Amador. to be negotiated preferably
in the United States.
A resolution has been passed author
izing the sale or charter OF the Gov
ernment gunboats. The republic at
present has two gunboats, the Padi!la
and Chuicuito. The Padilla is fair
type of vessel and specially adapted
for coastwise trade. being a light
draught boat and not over 300 tons
gross. 1t figured very prominently in
the last Colombian revolution. the Lib
erals obtaining it from Salvador COM
mercial firm. The Chuicuito is sort
of tugboat. not of much account. 1t
was purchased by the Colombian Gov
ernment from the Pacific Steam Navi-
CATION Company during the last revolu.
ton to be used in operation against the
Liberals.
The Assembly has EXed the salary of
the President of the republic at $500,
Colombian silver. month, with $4,000
a year for entertainment. Of course,
when the currency of the republic is
decided upon his salary will be pay
able in that currency.
A law in regard to the footing of the
army recently passed the last read
ing. This fixes the footing Of the army,
including officers, at 250. The fact of
the matter is that an army is not
needed in view of the guarantee of the
United States to preserve the independ-
ence of the Isthmus. and there is no
fear of any internal disturbance at
present. The Panama Constitution
gives the United States the authority
to intervene even for the purpose of
quellng a revolution within the re.
public.
1t was intended that Mr.. Ricardo
Arias should leave for Washington as
special representative of this Gov.
ernment for the purpose of negotiating
supplementary treaty with the
United States in connection with canal
matters. However. it has been decided
that the United States will send a rep
resentative here. This will do away
with the necessity Of the treaty passing
back and forth between the two Gov
ernments for signature, as with the
canal treaty proper
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The Crusade in Brief.

A drunllard is a man who commits sui.
eide on the instalment pan.
The production of beer is now more than
hait barrel for every man, woman and
child in the United States.
OF every 100 alcoholics attacked by pneu.
moaa seventy will die, while OF every 100
non-alcoho. les so attacked only twenty.
three will die.
When London has decided whether OF
not it eats too much says the Chicago Trl
brne. it will find il equal y profitable tc
ask itself if it doesn't drink a little too
mucn.
4 new 100000 ho:el, with 240 rooms es
pecia,ly for the moral, religious travelling
hubble is one of the latest projects in In
dianapo.is. 1t will be without bar OF
billiard room, and card playing will not
BE- allowed.
General Coronnat, commander.ln-chle'
OF the French troops IN lndo-Chlna, n
making especial effort to suppress drunk
cnue.;s among the soldiers. lie expresses
his regret that warnings concerning the
serious effects of drinking habits upon the
health are not heed o.
The Mayor of Toronto, Canada, lately
refused to allow some LIQUOR which hac
been seized in an unlicensed dive to hs
sold for the city's benefit. He said No,
it would i'll become the town to derive I'M
come from the sale of that which degrudee
and brutalizes its citizens.
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MINOR EvENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Chief Justice Fuller announced an
adjournment Of the United States Su-
preme Court for a fortnight.
President Roosevelt signed the Dip
lomatic and Consular Appropriation
bill the first of the big supply bills to
become a law. He also signed an act
authorizing bail in criminal cases on
appeal in the courts Of the Indian Ter
ritory.
Senator Clark, of Montana. returned
to his seat looking we'll in spite of his
recent severe illness.
The Senate passed bill authorizing
the location of light and fog signal.
lighthouse. and light vessel at the
entrance to Ambrose Channel. New
York Harbor.
The House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries favorGbly report
ed the Senate bill .equiring all supplies
for the Army and Navy to be trans
ported in American vessels.
Representative George W. Croft, of
Aiken, S. c., died at his Eone. He
had been i'll six weeks as the result of
an injury caused by a splinter in his
thumb, from which blood poisoning re-
| suited
Senator TilIman Of South Carolina
was operated on to relieve an abscess
on his left tonsil. The result was pro-
nounced satisfactory. and his condition
| was reported to be much better.
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toiling Master ceased their journey
and the cloud OF God enveloped and
bore away from its summit the great
Regeneration of the world.
The most important building in Je-
rusalem is the Church of The Holy
Sepulchre, supposed to be located on
the ancient site of Calvary, and said to
cover the famous sepulchre in which
the Lords body was laid after the cru
cifxion. This chapel, while not large.
was magni6cently decorated and
formed part of a church over the
rock upon which the cross was erected.
The Crusaders. during their occupancy
of the city, added considerably to the
extent Of the structure, which they
found in existence. After they were
expelled by Saladin and his hosts, the
Greeks succeeded in getting possession
of a portion of the place. To-day the
church is controlled by a syndicate
of faiths of tine Eastern Christians
but with the Turk seated as guardian
in the bazar into which the area front
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5ELF-STOPP4NG
BOTTLE
>eeeptacle For Liquids Which Gle So
Its Mouth Automatically.

Any one who has lost the stopper "a
bottle which it was very necessary
should be kept we'll corked when not
in use will appreciate an idea of q
Massachusetts, man upon which pat
ent has just been granted. This af-
fair consists of a bottle that not only
carries its stopper with it. but auto
naticaIly closes itself when set down.
The attractiveneSs Of the thing is
further enhanced by the fact that the
bottle is 4 sclf-opener. as well as
se!f-closer. IL hat is necessary for
the person who desires to use scme OF
the contents of the vessel is that be
should invert the bottle. In so doing
he causes the stopper to slide up into
a cylindrical head extending above the
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3ottle'S top. This uncovers the holes
through which the liquid flows. Hav-
ng drawn sufficient of the latter, the
bottle is righted, and this brings the
sliding valve back into place, covering
he holes which form the mouth of the
Ingenious contrivance.
The idea is clearly illustrated in the
accompanying picture. A permanently
itted arrangement in the place Of the
ordinary cork or stopper is fitted in
he neck of the bottle and carries the
extension head, which is hollow. Near
The base of the head. however, are the
lpertures designed for the egress OF
he liquid contents. Within the hollow
aead Is The sliding head, which hts
over the apertures when the bottle
sits in its normal position. The act
If inverting the bottle causes the valve
% slide up into the extension, and
thus uncovers the holes, which are left
free for the passage Of the contents
as long as the receptacle is held in this
1OSitiOn
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THE EGG-OPENER.

and pastries, and those other palatable
dishes which delight the taste at the
table, but which perp!ex the maker and
the baker in the kitchen. The open
ing of an egg is simple enough mat
ter, but the operation is'not and can
not always be performed in tidy and
economical manner.
A Connecticut genius rises to his
feet to present mankind. and more par
ticularly womankind. with an egg
opener that fills the bill. The little af-
fair is placed surrounding the egg
the tiny spear points are forced
through the shell. L slight twist is
given the apparatus. and you have
rour egg neatly and nicely divided.
None of the contents is spilled, and
aone of the shell falls into the egg.
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Mortality From Alcohol.

It is remarked that even in countries
where alcoholism is denounced, the NOR.
tality from it. as given by statistics, ls
low, apparently because the cause Of death
is not eact,y declared. Professor Mahaim,
Of the University Of Lausanne, drew atten::
tion to the matter in the congress OF
Brussels. and proposed 4 method of certi-
fying the cause of death, which would give
exact statistics while respecting private
feelings. In Switzerland it is already done
bv certificates bearing numbers, and to
identify the number requires long re-
search. The plan has been in use fifteen
wears in the towns and two years in the
country and given satisfaction: It appears
that onehalf per cent. of the deaths (male
subjects over twenty years. are caused by
delirum tremens. Alcoholism alone, acute
or chronic, is the cause of three per cent.
of the deaths. s.-London Globe.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

OUR ADOHlGD lSLANOo.
The efforts of Samuel Gompers,
President of the American Federation
Of Labor, to unite the two insular la
bor organizations in Porto Rico have
proved unsuccessful. owing to personal
and political differences between the
labor leaders.
The Porto Rican Legislature has ad-
journed. 1t passed forty bills. The
Governor placed his first veto since the
establishment. of the Legislature on
a bill increasing the powers of muni-
cipalities.
Several defeats of the troops of Pres
ident Morales. Of San Domingo, with
heavy losses, have been reported.
The Spanish Army Commission will
shortly remove from the forts Of Porto
Rico the guns which were not pur-
chased by the United States.
The Supreme Court Of Porto Rico has
confirmed the death sentence Of Pedro
Dlaz, Of Humacao, who murdered Oc-
tavio Reyes on August 26. 1902, dur
ing election riots in Humacao. and he
will be the first man to be hanged. on
the island.
The forty-three ST. Louis Exposition
Commissioners from the Philippines
include Justice Arellano, Attorney Gen
eral Areneta and Governors Cailles
and Mechon. Eleven of those to whom
places upon it were offered declined on
the ground that their services were
needed in the Philippines.
Wireless telegraph stations have been
established at San Juan and on Guile
bra Island, the only stations Of their
kind in the West Indies. One is to be
erected at Guantanamo, thus connect
Ing American naval bases in the Carib-
bean Sea. .--r-r!:s .'.;':!! l. -: - *s a.s'
.11:;-T--.'
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always reviving 10 become again the
gprey of contendins powers.
! The history of the Holy City" is the
Igtory of nation, narrative Of incre-
kdible wars, or. irrepreSSible religious
faith. Of peace that was slavery. Of
Wonderful rulers. Of prophets without
peers, Of vitality and valor that are
EAstounding and Of i conclusion so pit
&ful that even now the civilized world
LIS moved with sorrow when it reads