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LOCAL.
wheat and Other Grains.

wHEAT-Foreign futures were weak Chi
cago was &c higher on the day with the
Northwest buying. The San Francisco cash
market was firm. with sales at top quotations.
but futures were lower with active selling
of May by the brokers who were bearish.
otherwise there nothing new Wheat
freights arc weak and dull at 16s "a usual
European options with vessels still leaving
in ballast seeking business.
CASH WHEAT
California Cub. 81 45a1 52k: California
white Australian 81 COOL 62B: Northern
club 81 5OQ1 90; Northern Bluestem. 81 coo
Ell co.,: Northern Red, 81 47Is per cti
FUTURES
Session to IL 80 a. ~
Open- High Low Close
May .s 81 45s4 81 45A 81 AK 81 44%
Iecenber-No sales.
Dec. dsool.. 1 sols 1 32s 80 30
p. Session
May-$1 AL bid. 81 44z asked
necember-S1 435k bid s. Al asked
BARLEY-The only news Of Importance is
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New york Grain and Produce.


NEW YORK. Dec. 16-FTOUR-Receipts
1000 barrels; exports, 1o7e0 barrels; market
quiet but steady.
WHEAT-Receipts. 5000 bushels: ypot
market irregular; No. red. nominal elevator
and 81 171k T. O. b. ahoat; No. ! Northern
Duluth. 81 % T. o. b. anoat. Good support
and liberal Northwest buying promoted further
advances to-day. the market closing &c
higher. May closed at 81 12A; July 81 oSl5
December. 81 17x.
HCPS-Steady.
sUGAR-Raw, steady: fair refining 4ssc;
centrifugal. 96 test, 47sc. molasses sugar. 4Ikc:
refined. firm: crushed. 6.35c powdered, g. 75c: /:
Eranulated. 8 CSC.
closed steady, 1od15 points higher Sales
$4,000 bags. including December Z .S09T 4oc
Jeruary .40c: February 7.5oc March, L roc
May, 7.Scle7. Csc; July, 1858. I0c: August
s 2oc: October s.25dSs30c
BUTTER7Unchaused
cHEESE-Unchansed
EGGS-Cnchaneed
PETROLEUM-Quiet
HIDFS-Steady-
WOOL-Frm.
DRIED FRUITS.
EyAPORATED APPLES-Flrm. Common.
3isQ4c; prime, 4hQ4&c; choice. 5G511c
PRuNEs4Easy. Quotations for California
varieties range from &c to &c. according to
grade
APRICoTS-Are In light supply and firm
with choice at 10c: extra choice. 1O1k@1ic:
fancy. 111s 9l5c.
PEAcHES-Are reported increasingly scarce
and the market seems to have an onward
tendency. Choice e1zc; extra choice IOHA
1cZc; fancy. 11it612c.
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Beans and Seeds.

The market continues neglected and Of a
holiday character
PEA gEANs.gsySs s2gs 81 sogs 5 Pea sss ssgs 50 So
large White. 81 4od2 60: Pink. 50 1908 so:
Red 81 2564 so; Lima. 81 1904 20: Red Kid
neys, So 50G4: Blackeyes, 81 30 per ctl; Horse
Beans 81 S592 40
SEEDS-Browr Mustard. nominal-no good
lots offering; Yellow Mustard 3i4 932sc: Flax.
s2a2 10: Canary. eizc: Alfalfa. i2is afsc;
Rape, 1hQ2hc; Timothy 5%c: Hemp. BAG
sac per lb: MiIiet 215g312c: Broom Corn
Seed, $20q21 per ton
DRIED PEAS-Niles. 81 T5d2 80; Green
Peas, 81 1892 so per ctl
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Hides. TaIIo,v. Wool and Hops.

HIDES AND SKINS-CulIs and brands sell
about 1a61c under quotations. Heavy salted
Steers lie: medium 1oc; light. 9Hd1Oc; Cow
Hides 9k61Oc for heavy and 9ls010c for
light: Stays 76715c: Salted Kip 1OIc; Salted
Veal. LG11hc; Salted Calf III 912kc: dry
Hides. 171561sc; dry Kip. 15c: dry Calf zoe;
Sheepskins shearlings. 25Q4Oc each; short
Wool. 50q75c each: medium. 9Oc4$1 10: long
Wool. 81 25G1 T5: Horse Hides salt S3 for
large and 81 so for medium 81 5O62 for small
and SOC for Colts: Horse Hides. dry 81 IS for
large and 81 so for medium. 81 for small. 500
for Colts. Buck Skins-Dry Mexican. 3Oc: dry
salted Mexican, 25c: dry Central American.
3Cc: Goat Skins-Prime Angoras. 75c: extra
large do 81 25; large soc; medium. 35c;
small 2Oc.
TALLOw-No. rendered 4a41kc per ID;
No 2 3Hc: Grease. 2ISG3c
WOOL-Fall clp-San Joaquin and South
ern. 9d11c; Southern. Sf9c: Southern Noun
tain. 9Gl1c; Middle Counties. free. 12G14ci
do defective 10G12c: Northern free 12914c.
do defective l0G12c; Humboldt and Mendo-
cino 16G1Sc per ID
HOPSI19o4 crop 26d29c per Id: 1905 crop.
1I1sq1Sc. with most growers holding out
for 20c.
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FIour and Millstnffs.

FLOUR-California Family Extras 81 sO6
10, usual terms; Bakers Extras, 81 7095;
Oregon and Washington. jobbing S4G4 so
per bbl
MILLSTUFFS-Prces IN packages are as
follows: Graham Flour. So 25 per 100 lbs;
Rye Flour So 25s Rye Meal. So: Rice Flour.
81; Corn Meal 81 so: extra cream do S. so;
Oat Meal. 81: Oat Groats 81 25; Honiny
SO 60q3 S5; Buckwheat Flour 81 25: Cracked
Wheat, 50 rs; Farina. 81: Whole Wheat
Flour, So so; Rolled Oats bbls S6 T5d7 so; in
sacks, 81 25: Pearl Barley So: Split Peas
boxes. So 80; Green Peas. IS so per 100 lbs
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New YORK Cotton Nfarket

NEW YORK Dec. 16.-Cotton futures
opened steady at the decline: December. e71c.
January: 9.T5c March. 7.74c; April. 7s2c:
May. T.s5c; June. T.9oc; July. 79Sc: August
Futures closed steady: January. 1850; Feb
ruary. f.63c; March T74c; April, 7S0c: MAY.
IS6c; June. 7-e1c; July, 7.9ec; August 4 96c.
October T.79c.
Spot closed quiet. points lower: middlins
uplands, 7.95c; middIing gulf. s2oc; sales.
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EASTERN MARKETS,
Ne,v Yorl- Money Nsarloe-

KEW YORK. Dec Is-CIose-M Money On call
vas steady AZ a. per cent: closing bid
and offered 2 per cent
Time loans were easy. with 60 and go days
81 3G5is per cent and six months at BY ass
per cent
Prime mercantile paper. ~ as per cent.
Sterling eZchargc was frm. with actual
business in bankers bills 81 81 .S7I5d4 $40
bills
Posted rates. -. s5G4 .S5ls and 81. S7h
Commercial bills 81 So d4-S4A
Bar silver Gf7Sc.
Mexican dollars fslsc
50nds-s5oxerunnenr steady railroad strong
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rtousiy quoted the official range standing from
IL IS 10 s15 for electrolytic and from S14 90
- sl4 10 Tor casting, while some dealers are
holdlng a little above the outside figures men
toned.
Lad ruled steady. but unchanged at s4 COG
10 in the local market and eI2 15s in the
London market.
Spelter unchanged at e25 in London and at
50 300 s. = in New York.
Iron closed at SIS Sd in Glasgow and ASS in
Middlesbcro Locally iron was quiet and un-
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Articles
Gosh Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Cash quotations were
as follows: Flour. steady No. 2 spring
wheat 81 05G1 Is; No. 8. s1a1 10: No. red
81 12%q1 15h: No. corn, 4515 646c; No. 2
yellow, 45IsQ46c; No. oats. 299sc; No. 2
White 81 &c: No. 3 white, 3O631c: No. rye
73c: good feeding barley, 3793Sc: fair TO choice
mating. 41G4sc; No. / naxseed, 81 161a No.
l Northwestern. 81 1415; prime timothy seed,
81 72Is; mess pork per bbl. $11 3oQ11 40
lard per 100 lbs Sc so; short ribs sides
Coose). s6 25Q6 so; short clear sides (boxed).
So 62L6G rs; whisky, basis Of high wines,
81 "a: clover, contract grade s12 IS.
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Northern Wheat Market.
OREGON

PORTLAND, Dec 16.-Wheat for export
Walla walla sic: buestem, S5c: for East
Walla walla. S3ds5c; bluestem, 9Oc.
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA Dec. 16-wheat unchanged:
bIuestem, SSc; club. Sc.
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New York Meal NIarlset.

NEW YORK. Dec 1G.-The London tin
market was rather Irregular. with the pre-
MUM In spot shrinking some extent and
final quotations standing at sl36 for spot
and ~ElSl 5s for futures Locally the price
% 90.
Copper was lower in london. with spot at
cG5 rs Sd and futures at ESQ. The local
market il dull and practically nominal. Lake
Ga -r-SssE- @Ie~traivfto and casting
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Rank Ciearinns

NEW YORK Dec I6.-The following table
complied By Bradstreet. shows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the week ended
December 10. with the percentage OF increase
and decrease as compared with the correspond
ing week last year:
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Northern Business.

SEATTLE. Dec. 1e-clearings. ss53. 1888;
balances $50. 6s1.
TACOMA. Dec 16--Clearings. $3.50. 4S1 {;
PoRTLAND. Dec. 1s.-clearings s5o1. .654;
sPoKATE. Dec. 1e-clearings. s5o7. .ss7;
hslances S6o 597.
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that the December shorts have now practi-
cally settled their contracts Both cash grain
and futures were steady yesterday at un-
changed quotations.
CASH BARLEY.
Feed. 81 10Q1 13&: Brewing and Shipping,
81 1901 171ai Chevalier. 81 15Q1 20 per ctL
FUTURES
Session 9 to II 80 a. m
May-S1 co.
December-s1 125
p. m Session = f~zl
May-$1 0eh asked.
OATS-The Oriental order mentioned yes
terday has about cleaned the spot market out
of Reds. and il would take but little to ad-
vance the market. Prices however remain
unchanged
White. 81 42l1q1 sly Surprise. 81 55G1 eo
Red for feed 81 321sd1 IS for No / and
81 22hd1 30 for No. 2; extra fine for seed
81 4211G1 so: Black 81 30G1 35 for feed and
CORN-Sellers asking 81 45 for yellow
and white but say they cannot get over
81 421 They report a weak and dull market
Western sacked 81 40G1 10 Cor Yellow
White and Mixed; California large Yellow
81 40q1 40: small round do. 81 65QI So White
81 40Q1 As; Egyptian, 81 3541 37l for White
and 81 171aQ1 20 for Brown.
RYE-$1 40G1 45 per ct
BUCKWHEAT-$1 50d1 75 per ctl
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Foreign Futures.
Ct Louis wool NTarI.et

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1G.-Wool steady: medium
grades combing and clothing 23Q2ec: light
fine, 1Sd22hc; heavy, fine. 14d1Sc; tub
washed 34H46c
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Poultry and Game.

Another carload of Western Poultry was ~
hand and the receipts of domestic stock were
about so coops. The market was in fair shape
and large chickens were gradually cleaning
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Rntter. Cheese and Eggs.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-On the Produce Ex-
change to-day the butter market was steady;
creamsries, f6G26c: dairies, 16d22c; eggs,
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON Dec. 16-To-day's state
ment Of the Treasury shows: Available cash
balance. s145, ass s66: gold. sS6, %, 1886.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Exchange and Bullion.

and silver is also frmer. Local Sterling F,x-
change continues firm. but International Is
weak.
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Meat Market
The demand continues light and prices show
no change.
DRESSED MEATS

The demand continues light and prices show
no change
DRESSED MEATS
Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers
are follows:
BEEF-ee7c for Steers and 415a6c per 10
for Cows
VEAL-Large 61S09c: small. s99c per 10.
MCTTON-Wethers. 76scs Ewes. 614gI15c
per ID
LAMB-s15 d95kc per ID.
PORK-Dressed Hogs. 6iz6S15c per ID.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations are for good sound
Livestock delivered IN San Francisco less 400
40 per cent shrinkage for Cattle:
SAIFLE-Steers- Ii4Qf15e: Cows and Heif-
ers. 5iad6Ihc. thin Cows 4d5c per ID
CALyES-4G415c per ID gross weight
SHEEP-Wethers. 31S43&c: Ewes 3G3Hc
per Id (gross weight
LAMBS-s2 5062 50 per head
'HOGS-Live Hogs. 200 to $50 lbs AZ 645kc:
130 TO 200 lbs. 5d5Ac: so TO $50 lbs. 4&d4&c
soft Hogs. not wanted: Sows 20 per cent on
Bears. so per cent of and Stays 40 per cent
on from above quota tions.
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Totals. L. S. SO, I75, ,a31. .3Ts 40.
Outside n. z. saSs. SQp. COS l3.i

Totals. Canada S65.4S1. 194 21.3 ~
Not Included in totals because containing
other items than clearings
mot included in totals because of no COM
parison for last year.
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.

UNITED STATES BONDS.
FRIDAY Dec 49, pm
Bid Ask Bid. Ask
q or COUP .1O69s 1O6Ss As ar cp new-131 18fH
4s or reg 1858 1885 IS or coup. - 1O4A
MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS.
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the issue of THE CALL
H LIDAY EDITION,
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London CIosing Stocks.

Money-lI592A per cent
The rate Of discount in the open market
for short bills is 2+4 ops per cent and for
three months bills is 25s per cent.
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Continued ON Page Fourteen
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Mushrooms. ID. ..15630
Onions. per lb. -. "A 5
Okra. dried. Id. .2C4-
Potatoes. per lb.1kd2
Parsnips. per dz. 1920
Radishes, dz bch-15t920
lb % 8
Sage. dz bnches. 25q-
String Beans,Ib SQ12h
Summer Squash
per ID ....... S410
Sprouts. per ID. a 8
Spinach. per lb.-4 5
Sweet Potatoes. lb-G 2
Thyme. dz bnchs. 25G30
Turnips. per doz--d15
Tomatoes. ID ...-Q15
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-04
The leadership at st. Louis.

That the democratic party has a prob
lem of the greatest difficulty TO solve at
ST. Louis is admitted on all hands. That
the problem to be satisfactorily solved
should be tackled in its latest manifesto
lions by the ablest men in the party needs
no argument And IT the reports from
St. Louis show that the list of absentees
Is a notable one.
Mr.. Cleveland is fishing at Buzzards Bay
He journeyed thither on the palatial yacht
of L. c. Benedict, a Wall street magnate
The democracy has been fighting Wall
street for years. and still, in its platforms.
abhors trusts and spectators.
Mr.. Olney, dressed, we may suppose, In
n flannel suit. is playing his favorite game
of lawn tennis at his country place in Mas
sachusetts The fate of his so-called boom
appears to be a matter of Indifference to
him. Mayor Collins OF Boston Is In charge
OF it, while Geo. Fred Williams is its i'm
placable foe.
Mr. German fingers at Laurel, playing
farmer and quizzing visiting reporters. He
was slated In popular expectation for a
place on the platform committee of the
convention. and much was expected of him.
The hope was that ne would help Mr.. Hill
combat In committee the policies of Mr..
Bryan. His absence is explained by the
statement OF his friends that he is re-
ceptive candidate for the presidency. What
ever the reason, his party loses by it.
John II Mclean is deservGdly a man CT
influence in his party. He led the way.
several years ago. in demanding a return
10 sanity and conservatism" He is still
demanding that But he is demanding u at
the distance of "A thousand miles. He re-
mains here at home. while his lieutenants
wrestle with the situation at close range.
Henry Watterson is absent. lecturing on
Abraham Lincoln. the greatest of republic
cans In the days when the democracy was
potent Mr.. Watterson was "a leading figure
at his partys national conventions. The
new times have brought new men. but the
whole OF the Kentucky delegation to St.
Louis convention rolled into one would not
amount. politically speaking, to a little
finger OF Mr. Watterson.
And 1t goes. Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Bryan
and John Sharp Williams are the only
men OF first rate. consequence at St Louis.
The others are heutenants. or less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-04

form and was In those terms made part
of the act Of 1908 which provided for
union station for the two roads.
The Star then recognized that the day
for opposition and criticism had passed
and the day for work had arrived. While
still deploring the decision of Congress to
continue the inequitable fiscal provisions
of the Baltimore and Ohio act of 1901, 1t
urged prompt action to the end of quickly
eliminating the grade crossings on the best
possible engineering terms. 1t was DIS
posed to regard the great gain Of union
station as In large degree offsetting the
mulcting Of the District in the sum Of
three-quarters Of million dollars.
The suit brought by citizen OF the
District was calculated, il granted by the
courts. to throw into confusion the whole
enterprise Of eliminating the grade cross
ings and perhaps indefinitely to delay the
rescue of the city from the deadly condi-
lions which the growth Of the railroad
terminals has engendered. The Star did
not share in the view that the act was un-
constitutional 1t merely had deplored the
act of Congress as unfair. not illegal. 1t
seized every available opportunity to point
out the unfortunate consequences of the
enactment upon the local treasury. 1t took
ing this and other such money burdens as
part of the current maintenance Of the
District. payable out of current revenues.
But such issues were subordinated to the
greater good OF rescue from the deadly
conditions at the railroad lines and the
gain of a monumental station building
with every safeguard for the benefit of the
public.
The failure of the suit, short of an APP
peal to the higher courts and a prolonga-
ton of the case, clears away the legal OBJ
staces to the prosecution of the work. It
Is inconceivable that the enterprise should
be suspended or delayed even a day in
consequence of this effort to destroy the
law Even with the possibility Of a SUI
preme Court decision in favor of the plain
tiff in this case held in view, the, corpora
lions and the District will of course con-
tinue to rush the work at top speed. If
In the years to come such a decision
should be rendered Congress would BE
called upon for a recasting of the fiscal
terms Of the enterprise. But such a pos
sibility seems remote today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-04
Mr.. Cleveland.

The letter which Mr.. Cleveland addressed
to st. Clair McKelway last winter attract
ed great deal of attention. 1t was hailed
in some quarters as the deliverance of an
unselfsh patriot who had put all questions
of personal preferment behind him and
was sensitive on the subject of the further
use of his name in connection with the
White House. The Star was of the other
opinion, and for suggesting that the letter
was probably a plant" and would be fol-
lowed by increased activity in Cleveland
circles was lectured by some of the eX-
Presidents admirers. The esteemed Phil
adelphia Ledger in particular was very
outspoken, and was confident that The Star
itself could not have put OH paper an ex-
preston of withdrawal more direct and I'M
qualified No man, it was intimated, with
the least regard for Mr.. ClevelandS feel
ings would in future use Mr.. Cleveland's
name in a connection now so positively
forbidden by Mr.. Cleveland himself.
Behold the result. Just one ardent Cleve-
landite really accepted the letter as final.
Mr. NICK lway be it said to his credit, at
once pronounced with more emphasis than
ever for Judge Parker, and has continued
to be one of his most earnest boomers. The
other followers of the Sage of Princeton
have been working for him night and day,
and from Wall street in particular wires
have been pulled in every direction for
bringing the st. Louis convention to
recognition of his transcendent virtues.
Even the esteemed Ledger, which was so
certain that Mr.. Cleveland's attitude was
unaltcrable. has within the past ten days in
quired of him publicly by special messenger
if he stands now where he was thought
formerly to stand. The reply to the ques-
ton, it nay be said in all frankness, was
as plain plant as the McKelway letter.
Observe how adroit politician Mr.. Cleve-
land is. If the st. Louis conventional
seems today most unlikely-is stampeded in
his favor, he can and will accept the nomi-
nation. on the score that the people have
overrued his personal feelings publicly ex-
pressed and he must obey. The voice OF
the people is the voice of God. If, on the
other hand-as now seems likely-Judge
Parker is nominated, Mr.. Cleveland can and
will point to his declaration for him-which
had the effect, however, of making, with
but one exception, every Clevelandite buster
than ever in Mr.. Clevelands own behalf
as evidence that he was a Parker man all
along and that the conventions action
suits him to a T. If the Parker hold on the
convention grows stronger, showing that
Mr.. Cleveland has no chance, shall We have
a grand stand play from him in Parkers
behalf on the eve of the nomination?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-04
Independence Day.

The republic Is one hundred and twenty
eight years old today. 1t is comparatively
youngster among the great nations OF the
world, but yet a power OF the nrst maghi-
tude. Age counts for but little when there
are concentrated in so large mass Oh
people. spread over such a great area. the
qualities that distinguish the United States
from all other ma tions. 1t has drawn these
qualities from all sources. 1t stands as
a composite of the world forces that make
for progress, Intelligence, capacity and sue
cess.
When these states in union were but a
quarter of century old they held the
germs of a great advance. When they were
fifty years old they had cleared the last
obstacle to undisputed national existence.
They were menaced chiefly from within.
rather than from without. When the re-
public was seventy-ive years old these IN
ternal dangers had become acute and were
swiftly approaching a crisis. That crisis
came In the fourth quarter-century of the
republics life. and through 1t the union
passed in safety. but at a great cost In
blood and treasure.
The crisis passed, the completion of the
first century of national life found the re-
public strong within and absolutely immune
from external perils. Prosperity swept the
land with beneficent thoroughness. The ma
ton began to assume its rightful place
among the world powers to expand Itself
internationally. to send it's trading agents
to the remotest corners of the civilized
globe Just as the fifth quarter-century
was closing its duty called II to task
which made of it world power In point
of territorial holdings. as 1t had for some
years been as regards trade and influence,
setting its flag in far distant regions. and
now in the sixth Quarter-century, 1t Is
recognized as entitled by its own right to
stand in the councils of the nations, fac
tor for world betterment.
This birthday anniversary finds ;he re-
public prosperous and assured of continu-
Gus prosperity. Its problems are not be-
You'd solution in wisdom. its opportunities
limited only by the restrictions of the natu-
raj laws. High standards are maintained
despite the occasional disclosures of per-
yerted citizenship. With all the tendencies
observable here and there to debase local
government to corrupt ends, with all the
straining against the laws Incident to the
assemblage of a great mass of people under
a form OF popular government. the moral
health of the republic is good. 1t can. with
clear conscience. celebrate this day feeling
that 1t has justified the expectations Of Its
founders and given to the world an ex-
ample of righteousness.
independence day is by no means q mere
ly local celebration. 1t makes for world
uplift to the extent that every celebrator
holds in mind the principles upon which
the United States is founded and deter
mines to live according to them, in every
relation in life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-04

within which gasoline stove was burning.
The chances Of explosion were in such cir
cumstances at least fifty to one. 1t would
have been little short of a miracle II nre
had not resulted. Was 1t Ignorance of the
nature Of the fluid or sheer thoughtlessness
that lay at the root of yesterdays evil con-
sequences? No one can now ascertain, for
the woman who was using the gasoline is
dead. Her fate is shocking reminder to
all people that this Is most perilous
method of cleaning, that gasoline is a
treacherous medium in all circumstances,
and that its use, for whatever purpose,
must be hedged about with the greatest
care. II its sale cannot be stopped those
who are permitted by the authorities to sell
1t should be required to accompany each
delivery of the fluid with a plain warning
as to the character Of the stuff and the few
conditions under which it Is comparatively
safe to use IL.