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The Washington times., 1904-09-09
READING SOLD
BY GATES CROWD
all Stock Put Out by Them
Readily Absorbed.
Eries Still FavOrites, With Harriman's
Pacific Roads and Steel Preferred
Holding Their Own.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9-The stock mar
ket opened stronger, but without ex-
element and entirely free from wild
fluctuations. The reported call for stock
deposits from the Metropolitan SeCuri-
ues company syndicate was Interpreted
= ana metropolitan Street Railway ]
per cent. Rock Island was unusually
prominent and held It's q advance.
Steels practically unchanged. Chicago
Great Western rose / per cent.
a number Of bull parties opened the
market this morning with a rush The
early prices were very strong. but with
IN half hour it was seen that a num-
Der OF Chicago houses were selling the
list, especially the Western railroads.
opening were HOLSTER and Babcock,
probably $500 shares. G. q. Gates < Co.
were the heaviest sellers. and the traders
followed them rather than the buyers.
Baruch Bros. bought GOO shares Of Penn
sylvanIa, with &. @. Gates & Co. the
largest sellers. Clark Dodge e. Co. We're
largest buyers OF Southern Pacific,
which was not especially active. The
bun party In Rock Island distributed
their orders well, mostly In 1000 and
800 share lots Chauncy g. Co., had an
order 70 buy 1000 Consolidated Gas. and
had TO pay 200 for some Of It. The cam
paign in Erie has been aggressively
pushed and is second only TO that in
amount Of short covering figures in buy
ing OF METROPOLITAN stocks There is
pressure Of long stock in Amalgamated
Copper Union Pacific and United States
Steel stocks have not been conspicuous.
The liquidation Of a steady supply OF
long stock is the feature. but IL is well
taken and prices hold well enough to
rally little whenever the general mar
ket gets decidedly strong. Government
bonds unchanged; ether bonds strong
and active
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RESULT LIKE,
GRAND JURY VERDICT
Secretary Wilson Says No Apathy Exists and Looks for
Like Returns Elsewhere-How Voters Regard Parker.

Vermont is a grand jury. composed
Of exceedingly intelligent people. They
got the case first and passed on it in
favor Of the Administration"
This is the way Secretary Of Agricul-
ture James Wilson today summed up
the political situation, on MS return
from a campaigning trip in Vermont
and Maine. with one speech on the way
home in New VI X State. He thinks the
result in other States Will show that
the other granS juries' take the same
view OF the same case.
No Apathy Exists.
THE people are wide awake up there
and thoroughly understand the issues. -
continued the Secretary. II am sur
prised to hear stories that there is some
Indifference regarding the outcome Of
the election. That IL all a mistake
There is not particle OF apathy in the
States I visited. and there hasn't been
not particle.
Vermont is a farming State. and
knows IL can only have good prices
for products If the American working
man Is well paid Hence the people
are afraid to put the Democratic party
IN power again, with its avOwed hos
tility 10 the protection principle lest
the record Of lSS3-lS97 should be re-
peated
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BUTCHERS GO BACK
ON PACKERS TERMS
Receive Less Than When
They Walked Out.

CHICAGO. Sept. 9-The action OF the
executive board of the United Butcher
workmen last night in ordering its mem
bers back TO work was followed this
morning by the strike committees Of the
other trades involved. taking similar ac-
ton. thus ending a struggle in which the
men have been beaten almost from the
start.
The men receive less than they were
getting when they first walked out. ana
much less than was given them in the
agreement which terminated their or
iginal strike. begun July y, the struggle
continuing for eight weeks and three
days
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mite statement could be made as to what
could be done until after the complaint
has been received and the Attorney
General has passed upon it,
From other sources. however. It was
learned that the United States VIII be
powerless to act beyond making a pro-
test. If the sender Of the money is a
citizen OF the United States. Said an
officer:
The responsibility of the United
states ends when the mails are delivered
at a port of entry. For instance. IL the
mail Is intended for Russia, and is sent
by the way OF St Petersburg, the
United States is responsible only until
the mail is delivered 10 the Russian
authorities at St. Petersburg. II the
money IS taken from the letters after
mat, why. Ii is "A matter between the
cltlzen of Russia and the government"
me officer stated, however, that X
the money should be sent by a citizen
Of the United States the Government
might make a protest.
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Vermont bret,u'en in seeing what IL hest
for their home interests.
No Cheer for Parker.
In your tour what view did YOU find
the people take OF the PARTICIPANTS
ucketZ'' was asked
In replay. the Secretary related the
story Attorney General w. II. H. Mil
ter OF indianapolis. used to tell about
his unexpected appointment to Harri-
sons Cabinet. Seeing the old hack driv-
ana lnquiring solicitously what the pco-
pie thought of his (Aiiller's) sudden rise
10 fame, the cabby replied: They TEST
LATED - 49,
The similar estimate in Vermont. the
secretary added. has already been
shown by the State's election refurns-
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CONGRESS NOMINATIONS
IN BALTIMORE CITY

Primaries held by both parties in Bal
tmore yesterday. in the Third and
Fourth Congressional districts. resulted
as follows:
Third-RCpresentat Frank c. wach-
Ter tRep-1 renominated, no opposition
Lee 3 Meyer DEM. no opposition.
Fourth-W liam c. Smith CRep) won
over Martin NJ Hulhall by 400 major
lty; state Senator John GIN DEM ,. sup
ported by the city Organization, beat
Representative James W Denny BY as
plurality. Francis +. Curtis was also a
'cancidate, and Gill'T majority was co.,
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Sales-Washington Street Railway
O00dS3z 1,0o0GS3ss 1,00o0S3ss 1.000GS3ss.
Anacostia and Potomac, o0oa102.
Washington Gas certificates .OOOGI 40.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
]. 00Od104.
Washington GaS-3Q5S, 25qolts. 1O0u5S.
25d5s. 50G5S1s Z5Q5Sls. 1c0G5S1s.
Mergeuthaler-1091S5. 1OQ1S5, 1Oa1S5is.
10d1s5-
Larston-100d9h
Norfolk and Washington Steamboats,
018S5k, SAFE, 5Q34O
After call-American Security Trusts
00O0.
washington Street Railway-5l69h.
Capital Trsction-2dl29, 2u12S1k. zQ12S.
CfrXERN AfF-nT-T K.cNra
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Summer Diarrhoea in children

During the not weather OF the s,,r,-
mer months the first unnatural Iooss-
ness OF a chiids bowels should have -
mediate attenuon, 50 as 10 check the
that is necessary is a few doses 81
Chamberlain Collie. Cholera. and Bi.r-
rhoea Remedy followed by a dose OF
castor oil TO cleanse the system. The
Rev NJ. .. StOckland, pastor or fhs
First NJ +. Church, Little Falls. Mimi
writes: I'VE have used Charnberlafn,s
Collie. Cholera, and DiarrhOea Remedy
for several years and fnd fl a very valIi-
able remedy, especially for summer dis
orders IN children" Sold by all drug
gists.
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Russia SeizeS Money
In Registered Letters
Miners in Pennsylvania Complain That They
Are Unable to Send Wages to Their Fam
iIies-This Government Helpless.

MAHANEY CITY, Pa, Sept 9-Rus-
Sian miners In this locality. who have
been In the habit of sending considera BILE
money 10 their relatives In the land Of
the Great White Gar. are receiving let
tiers from their families stating that the
Russian government is opening regis
tered letters and extracting the money
announcing that the government viii
keep the money I'm trust for the peonIe
for whom it is intended.
According to the statements made by
the miners. dozens OF these complaints
have been received. The matter will he
called to the attention OF the United
States Government
The dispatch from Mahaney City has
raised the question Of the authority %
the Postofflce Department IN the matter.
and this morning Acting Postmaster
General Shallenberger said that no def
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Landslide Not Due.

People who think they see victory
ahead for Parker do not realize that
tho Only hope for Democratic success
Is In general landslide. Well, 7 have
not seen the faintest beginnings Of such
o thing in the three States I visited
on this trip. II any lands ide has come
this year it IS all on the Republican
side In Vermont
Then I'm the West. there 5 no sign
OF anything but Roosevelt Why, that
entire section holds out TO the Demo-
Gratis no chance for a successful at
tack anywhere. The people do not want
20 run any chances wien they are 50
well satisfied with Republican Adruinls-
tration of the Government"
Asked what effect State pride yyould
nave on Parker's vote IN New York
the Secretary said that as he had made
only one speech in that State he wouIl
not want 70 express any opinion as TO
the whole State. Judging from that one
meeting, however. he thought the New
fork farmers We're as quick as their
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NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF STOCK MARKETS
WASHINGTON.

The local stock market was again
fairly active today. and prices. with few
exceptions. were I'm advance, in the is
sues dealt in, of the preceding days
sales.
Washington Gas was one Of the stocks
selling at "A higher level. or the 32S
shares sold. 175 were taken at the top
price OF ISIS, an advance Of "a. while rs
sold at IS, and Is at 57zs.
notable advance was recorded for
the Anacostia and Potomac . per cents.
which have been lowering around 100
Ola Tor some time. Tuesday one OF
these sold at l02, and the closing ouota-
Tons were lOl@ bid, with 1O21l asked.
Mergenthaler advanced a good frac-
ton, on sales of 40 shares TO 1851. that
being the closing bid. with 1851 asked.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
made a squirt from $50. which has been
the bid for some time. Five shares
were sold at 2SSlk. five more ST go and
another five at 24o, which was the clos
ing bid figure, with 25e asked
There was but little trading in the
Washington Railway issues. only s4ooo
OF the bonds being sold. the majority
at $50. and but five shares OF the pre-
1erred stock at 6sh. The closing figures
Tor the latter were IS bid and 69H asked.
G. Bowie Chapman. local manager for
+. r. Chapman & Co. New York brol,-
ers, with offices at Thirteenth and L
streets northwest, was TODAY elected n
member Of the local stock EXCHANGE
Mr.; Chipman paid $500 for the seat.
stnu y as believed that hereafter no
II at that figure WV
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Weak Hearts, Weak Blood,
Weak Nerves
REL!EE IM SO hIMmrEe

DR.. AgneWs Cure for the heart neve,
fails to cure the heart and nerves ana
20 enrich the blood. II relieves I'm 70
minutes 1t Is beacon light 10 lead
you back 10 health. w. n Mussplman
of 6. A. r., Weissport. Pa. says. Two
bottles OF Or. Agnew's Heart Cure en-
tlrely cured me of heart palpitatlon and
extreme nervousness It's value cannot
be estimated"
DR.. ARuew's Ointment relieves eczema
ana letter In day. 35c.
Sold by
klcczews!i's Pharmacy, 500 9th ST.
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Rejected Better Terms.

week after1the strike was first call
cd they made peace with their employ
ers under a favorable contract which
gave them practically all they had de-
manded. The second waIkout occurred
on the morning work was 10 be zesumed
under the contract
Ihose ccuYersant with the conditions
~ the stock yards believe that almost
Monday and that the men will he rein
stated While the packers will not dis
char=e a once any OF their new en-
pElo3yes, they viii afford them every "a
ci-ity 70 leave
The police have been instructed 10 use
lence. Y Wv
As today will be taken up with the
1phslueration ~ details Of the retrun to
VIZ ana as tomorrow Is a light day
an the plants. the stampede back viii
nol come mnLIL MnndaN rnnrrIrLc-
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NEW YORK.

Inc London market Is strong Steel
preferred showing the greatest advance.
amounting to y per cent
IT was continually being reported from
.ne moor or the stock exchange that
[iaoeIs were selling the market short on
the advance In corn options and the nm
IaNoraole reports concerning the condi-
uon OF the crop. but in the loan crowd
aI.eT the close OF trading there was
iothlng 70 show that the short Interest
had been Increased TO any considerable
extent The borrowing demand for
stocks was Indifferent The short inter
est IN the market is not so large as some
SOuIo wish 70 have II. Short selling has
Deen so Improbable of late and traders
nave lost so much money trying TO find
the top. that the bear element has ne
come thoroughly inundated II puts
out STOCKS now and then. but is afraid
TO go home short OF the market ana ts
easily induced 10 cover
There was a revival Of interest in the
railroad equipment issues. Such COM
panies as Pressed Steel Car and Aneri-
can Car and Foundry are expected tn
Denent by the lower prices for raw ma
lerlaL People IN touch with the business
OF those companies say there are indIca-
lions OF an increased demand for cars.
It Is understood that a plan Is being
formulated for a reimbursement of the
securities OF the Consolidated Tobacco
company which Win be advantageous TO
the holders Of the per cent bonds The
heavy buying Of these issues in the last
week apparently has been due TO fnfor-
nation regarding the intentions OF the
company concerning the Encouragement
or IT'S securities. Ii Is understood that
the dominant interests IN the COMPANY
are Following the same plan in the pres
ent case as they did when the common
STOCKS OF the American and Continental
1rtgfr nsla-
tired. These securities were bought nm
by representa- lives OF the two companies
ana deposited as security fof the per
cent bonds or the Consolidated company.
There is good evidence that the bonds
are being bought up in the market I'm
the same way
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4Hembted Corn Crop Scare
Fails TO LnsetHle Stock Market
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported By W. B. Hibbs Co.. 1919 ?
street Members New York Stock Exchange.
Chicago Board Of Trade. aud Washington Stock
Exchanged
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. Sept. s.-The following
prices were quoted on the grain mar
ket today:
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81 Harpers Ferry and Martingbu,g. 3.

and return. Raltiuor. ana
Ohio Railroad, leaving station E.05 q -,
Sunday, September IL Splendid oon1,--
UNITY for country outing
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The Safest Inyestme

Are those that DO not depend upon the
financial responsibility or the stability
OF any individual or corporation First
deeds of trust tmortgage) notes NberaII, \
secured on good real estate In the Dis
trict of Columbia constitute ..gilt-edged-
Investments. TICse are the only kind
we make and sepply 10 investors. They
Dear interest. payable semi-annually. al
the rate OF . per cent per annum and
may be had of us In amounts from 500
ana upward at par and accrued Interest
send for booklet Concerning Loans
and Investments"
B. H. WARNER co., 9l6 F ST. nv.
Everything in Real Estate"
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AUCTION SALES.
s. 5ENsINGER,
Horse and Carriage
Bazaar, GAO La Ave.
Rn-GnFonn

At our big sale Saturday. September
10, Messrs Campbell q Reid tE 81
Louis. Ill.) consign ! car fine young MI
nOls drafters and drivers
10 head good horses and mules from
Virginia
10 head for local parties
Also Tor private sale. Messrs Gillen &
Heiman tE st; Louis. Ill consign one
car fine young Kentucky mules.
Vehicles. harness. etc
se'-tf 5. EENSGNGER. Auctioneec.
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Stock Handlers Go Back.

The Union Stock Yards and Transit
Company 10 reinstate' all s;fiEing live
stock handlers as rapidly az possible.
This concession was granted by Gen
eral Manager Leonard OF the stock Yard
Company. II represents the only change
from the proposition ON which the
butchers voted Tuesday.
With 10 per cent of The members of
the organization casting ballots. the
peace terms were then rejected.
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Agreement Reached.

The terms offered By the packers and
now accepted by the leaders OF the
b. Jchers are as follows
Ihe packers agree TO give work 10 as
many or the strikers as are needed. Civ
ing preference IN future 10 tbe old No.,
IN hiring employees
f'rcStnt non-union employees TO he kept
50 FAR as they Wish 10 remain.
wages or the skilled men 10 be the
same as before the strike
The packers agree TO treat the labor
ers fairly. and declare that IN the fI-
ture the plants will be run more evenly
the six days OF the week
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Colonial Beach.

Those who wish TO VISIT Colonial Beach
Tor days outing VIII have to take
suVanta=e OF the trips Of the Steamer
ArroWsmith tomorrow afternoon ana
sunday morning for these will be the
last trips Of the season. The Smith
VIII leave her wharf here at 5-4J 70. m
VIII make quick trip TO the beach. and
dLler unloading her passengers will re-
turn 70 leave again Sunday morning
Wo steamers viii be used for the sun
DAY trip The bathing at the beach IS
sun excellent, and the rabbing and
lshln& cannot De surpassed. Stops will
be mace at Alexandria. and the fsra For
the round trip will be but 80 cents.
SI.7s to Baltimore and Return, B. & o.
r. r., Saturday and Sunday. Al trsing
both ways, both days. except ROYAL
Limited Hourly Service" Saturday,
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Inc London market IS strong Steel
preferred showing the greatest advance.
amounting to y per cent.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
The following prices were quoted on
he New York cotton market today:
OPENING

Market opened easy. unchanged 70
points lower. Noon, quiet.
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RAILROAD BoNDa

Capital Traction R. R. 4s.......- IO7X e..
Net ST. r. r. So. I925........... III lie
Net. r. r. Cert. indebtedness A. l03S l07
Net r R. Cert indebtedness B.. lie I2l
Columbia r. r. 6s. 19l4.........- IO5H I07
Columbia r. r. I'd nscrt. ss.....- lsOh
CITY & Suburban 5s............. i0IE 1923
Tash. Street Railway 4s.......... sax as
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RAHROAp srOcKa
NATIONAL BANK sToCE

Capital Traction Co.............- IssY 100
Washington Street Railway pr. 8s Se
Washington Street Railway CON-. I9E IN
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MIsCELLANEoUa

wssh. Gas Co. ser. A, Is 19O2-27. I)l
Wash. Gas Co. ser. B. 6s 1S04-27. lJ3
Washington Gas cert............-l f9f
Z. s. Elec. Light, Deb. Imp. 1909 l35k
U. s. Elec. Light Cert. indebt..- 100
Cbes- & Pot. Tel CO. 5s.........- 1914
wash Market Co. LIST O.. 1872. iO5
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Vermont bret,u'en in seeing what IL hest
for their home interests
The Washington times., 1904-09-09

National Safe Deposit & Trust. I5I2
Washington Loan & Trust. su5 >
American Security Trust. So >
Union Trust Storage. .-.......-. NY
Washington Savings Bank. ....... l05
Home Savings Bank t4j
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-10
OPENED BY TIE kIrla.
Edward Reads His Speech to ParIia-
Inent In House Of Lords.

Hnsnt IN mouse OF Lords
King Edward opened Parliament Tues
day with all the ceremonial that has
been in vogue since his accession to the
throne. None Of the familiar outdoor
features was lacking The weather con-
ditions, however, were too depressing to
permit Of much enthusiasm. Early in
the day came the time-honored search of
the vaults of the House OF Parliament
for conspirators and later came the
crowds, under forest of umbrellas. al
ways eager FOR anything in the way of
pageantry. but their ranks were thin
ned by the Indictment weather.
In the passage of the royal procession
along the troop-lined route from Buck
iugham palace to st. Stephens there was
no novelty introduced and the effect was
sadly marred by the drenched ap. ear
ance of the cortege.
On the arrival OF the members Of the
House of Commons King Edward read
the speech from the throne
Touching on the Alaska decision, the
Kings speech said that ON some prints
the verdict was favorable 10 the British
claims and on others it had been adj
verse. Much as this last circumstance
was to be deplored. it must neS ertheless
be n matter for congratulation ehat the
Observation-Disclosures, in which ancient
boundary treaties, made in ignorance of
geographical facts, are SO fertile, have
In this case been finally removed from
the field OF controversy
The crisis in the far East Is touched
upon briefly in the Kings speech as fol-
lows: Il have watched with concern the
course OF the negotiations between the
governments of Japan and Russia in re
gard to their respective interests in China
and Korea and disturbance OF the
peace in those regions could not but
have deplorable consequences. Any as
sistance which my government can USE
fully render toward the promotion of
pacific solution will be gladly afforded,
Another point of interest 70 the Unit
ed States was a reference 10 cotton, ms
follows:
The insufflciency of the supply of raw
material upon which the great cotton in
dustry OF this country depends has in
spred me with deep concern. | trust the
efforts heing made in various parts of my
empire 60 increase the area of cultiva-
tiGn may be attended with a large meas
ure of success
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The Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cifc have opened an Office in Kansas
City.
The adoption OF electricity for suburb
an service on steam roads seems to be
growing rapidly.
The chief of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Carmen claims that the organiza-
ton has a membership # $4,000, with
345 lodges.
Tie output Of anthracite coal from the
PENNSYLVANIA mines for the eleven
months ending with November was So
103. OS2 tons.
President ingalls, Of the Big Four has
placed an order with the Pullman Com
pany for forty coaches to be delivered by
May 1. 1901
The National Railroad of Mexico has
inaugurated through Pullman drawing
room service daily between St Louis and
the City OF Mexico. in connection with
the Iron Mountain lines through Laredo,
Texas,
The Missouri Valley Car Service As
ISOLATION has j1st issued revised set OF
rules for 1904 The most important
change is one which does away with the
forty eight hours of free time allowed
TO cousignees in which TO order DISPOSE
ton of cars.
1t is believed in Wall street that the
Southern Pacific will be placed upon o
dividend basis during 1904. As the Union
Pacific holds S00O00,000 Southern Pa
cifc stock, it is figured that 5 per cent
dividend on that would enable the Union
Pacific TO pay per cent on S2oo,ooo.-
GOO of common stock.
The Chicago. Cincinnati and Louisville
has announced the removal Of the mo
tive power department from Richmond
Ind, TO Peru, where the new shops are
located.
The sleeping car service OF the Louis
vile and N@,ayuie and tile Nashville
at.d Chattanooga and ST Louis has beer
extcn,led 70 Augusta. GA, in connection
with The Georgia Railroad
Oficial returns from the majority -
the railroad companies in the couUtry and
figures furnished H. the State railroad
commissioners show that Approximately
5.652 miles IF new u,aIn track have beer
buslt in the United States during The
calendar year 1908.