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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
THE FOREIGN MARKETS.
Money Plentiful in acknowledgements
Declined-Prices Firm.

Declined-Prices Firm.
LONDON, April money was more plen-
t1ful In the market today, due to the release
of 100000 in dividendsand interest over
shadowing the calls for Sc, 25O00O. Dis
counts declined in expectation of easier
money.
Prices on the stock exchange were firm,
owing to signs of an expansion of invest
ment business, though the Indian loan OF
SIC. coo at 3 per cent, at a minimum issue
price of 81, restrained trading in gilt-edged
securities. Business was quiet. Consols
hardened
Americans opened steady at about parity.
but were dull and dropping. Operators
were cautions, in anticipation of a bad New
York bank statement. which restricted busi-
ness. Pennsylvania was maintained. Union
Pacific was the feature on bear covering,
according to report The market closed
quiet and irregular.
Foreigners were firm. Some Continentals
were harder. The new Japanese bonds
were firm, while tours were easier Inn
perial Japanese government Is of 1904 were
quoted at 1861.
Berlin Boerse Firm.
BERLIN, April 1.-frices on the boerse
today were rather firm.
Bourse at Paris Firm.
PARIS, April 1.-The tone on the boerse
today was very firm owing to optimistic
views regarding the situation in Morocco
and the far east. Russian imperial As were
quoted at $3.50 and Russian bonds of 1904
at sos.
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ECHOES OF THE STREET.

New York banks lost about 81, 900. 900 Of
cash the past week.
Drexels are Offering to the PHILADELPHIA
public the 100000 of Market Street Ele-
waited per cent bonds at 1O1.
There are several Philadelphians whose
profits on Tonopah stock range from 81 OOO.-
600 to 81, 100000 EACH
Crude rubber, which was % cents a pound
year ago, is now S1.40.
Interest rates for call money are getting
little SITTER in Philadelphia The rate
went to AZ per cent in Wall street
1t costs the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany 100000 to have its new bonds un-
derwritten at par by the banking syndicate
The Baldwin's shipped 214 new locomo-
tives from their shops last month
When all the applications for Japanese
bonds had been counted, it was found that
Philadelphia subscribed for about $15, OOO,-
600.
Pennsylvania shares have advanced 3
per cent since the $1O0.OO0,000 bond issue
was announced.
The reduction of 80 cents ton in an
thracite coal prices is the regular spring
cut AS heretofore, the price will be ad-
vanced 10 cents a ton at the beginning of
each of the five succeeding months
St. Paul railroads net earnings in Feb
ruary fell $4,000. But for eight months
of the fiscal year the net gain was $166, 200.
the company for that period.
The advance of from 10 to - per cent in
the other Japanese bonds since their issue
gives the new ones good speculative
value, especially now that peace seems
near at hand and because they can be
carried for sixty days on the payment of
10 per cent Of the purchase price.
Besides the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
pany, the Sloss- Sheffield and the Alabama
Consolidated, it is expected that the pion-
eer plant of the Republic Iron and Steel
Company and possibly one or two smaller
concerns will be included in the predicted
southern iron merger. The capitaliza ton
and liabilities Of these prop critics are in the
neighborhood of s125. 100000
The New York Central Railroad COMPANY.
having arranged to close its fiscal year on
June 80 instead of at the end of December,
has issued report for the six months end
ed December 81 last, its previous one hav-
ing been issued as of June 80. The half
yearly report shows that gross earnings
were S42, 110, 400. an increase of $780, 9S7 over
the corresponding period last year. Elk
penses of operation were SGT ,S2S 271, a de-
crease of $252, 53S. In addition however,
s12l5.622 was spent for new. construction
The, net surplus amounted to $5,072 O07, an
increase of $13S. S75. Two dividends, aggre-
eating 21a per cent, were paid.
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Seeing London in a Fog.
From the National Magazine.


He knew his London well. We went
forth in fog that was OF a pea-soup
variety. 1t seemed useless to wait any
longer for it to clear off. The days were
all alike and were darker than twilight
ever dared to be. 1 chung to Mulford's
coatsleeve for 1 knew If he were once
to get beyond my reach 1 could never
hope to find him again. We CROPPED
blindly among the streets, where the at
mosphere was only less palpable than the
houses that walled us in. At intervals
we inquired where we were, for otherwise
we could never have known at ALL We had
to feel our way carefully and take sound
as we paused in space, Here is Temple
Bar" thought 1 saw something that
might have been the ghost of an arch
hewn out Of the solid fog. The top of it,
Temple Bar, now gone forever from the
place where It's gates once swung in the
wall of the old city. 1t was here her gra-
cious majesty Victoria Of England was
wont to receive the keys of the city from
the hands of the lord mayors when she
drove in state to St Pauls Cathedral. We
threaded Fleet street, but could hot see to
the farther shore
Here Is her majesty's tower" said Prem
tice, but nothing of it was visible, not one
stone upon another. We crossed London
bridge almost without knowing it,; the wa
tiers of the Thames, which are but con-
densed fog, were invisible from the para
pet, and the steam ferries were picking
their way cautiously and looking very like
marine monsters In muddy aquarium
We crawled through the tunnel for foot
traffic under the Thames. which was like
a hole in the fog, and for hours carried
the sky about on our shoulders; 1t was
woolly. greasy and ill-smelling sky. Our
nostrils were clogged with cinders, like
chimney fues, and there were smudges all
over our faces. Sometimes for moment
or two we saw a spot overhead that was
like a pale red wafer and we knew it for
the sun, now lost to u.s. The lamps that
burned all day were like giow-worms for
dimness; and SO we explored the wonders.
of the town and saw as much OF It a. 3
HIND man aeaa hut no mora
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Finance and rade in
Markets of the World

the sum of the decrease in loans plus the
loss of cash being only s773, 200 less than the
reduction in deposits. The daily average
of bank clearings was $319.G0O,OOO against
1902 CCOOOO in the previous week, the in
crease probably being due to shifting o.
loans and operations incident to the Japa-
nese bond negotiation.
Clearings reported on Saturday, rejecting
Fridays business, were $500, 1S4, 404 a re-
markedly large aggregate. Comparisons of
changes in loans by individual institutions
show that nine banks decreased this item by
$40, G0000O net; five banks lost one and two
ffthS millions net cash
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NEW YORK IMPORTS.
Reports of Various Markets at the
Saturday Closing.

NEW YORK, April Total imports of
merchandise and dry goods at the port of
New York for the week ending today were
valued at $13,264,O7O.
Total imports of special at the port of
New York for the week ending today were
$4S. 101 silver and $779,561 gold
Total exports of specie from the port OF
New York for the week ending today were
1925 200 silver and $3.50, 100 gold
Metals.
The metal markets were generally quiet.
with prices unchanged Tin is quoted at
$30a$30.15, lake copper at S15.371ha$15. 80.
electrolytic at SIS 25aS15371s and casting at
$14S71aas15.25. Lead is quiet at $4 5OaS4 60:
spelter quiet at Sc Iron is somewhat bet
ter demand but remains unchanged
Coffee.
The market for coffee futures opened
steady at unchanged prices to a decline of
five points. under scattering liquidation.
promoted by easier European cables and,
In spite of smaller receipts, the market later
increased the loss somewhat owing to indi-
cations that the visible supply decrease
would be smaller than expected earlier in
the month. The close was steady at I'M
changed prices TO a decline of 10 points.
Sales were q, $50 bags, including Nav at
$50, July at $50, September at l. October
at 1.05, November at lis and December at
100
Fruits.
The market for evaporated apples shows
no Improvement, demand being light. while
some fruit is offering more freely Com
mon are quoted at 4a5c., prime at 5.35a5. 10,
choice at 6a631c., fancy at &c. Prunes were
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unchanged, with 81 ot Irikes ranging from
21sc. to SIC, according to grade for Cali
fornia fruit. Apricots remain firm at recent
prices. Choice were quoted at 1Oa11c.. extra
choice at 111ka12hc.. fancy at 12a1oc.
Peaches also are frrn At recent prices.
Choice are quoted at f0a1Oi4c.. extra choice
at 101sa10&c.; fancy at 11ka12kc. Raisins
are quiet. Loose huscaH els are quoted at
4Aa6Ac., London layer at 1.O5a1.25; seeded
rasins at 51saGAc. -
Mining Stocks.
Adams Con. %: sAnd4J 80; Breeze, 30;
Brunswick Con-, 8; Comstock Tunnel, q;
Con. Cal. and Va, 155; Horn Silver. 16o;
Iron Silver. 325; Leadvitie Con. .05; Little
Chief, 6; Ontario. 275; Ophir, IT'S; Phoenix.
6; Potosi. 10; Savage. n; Sierra Nevada.
81; Small Hopes, 25; Standard, 100.
Dry Goods.
In dry goods the week ends with compar-
atively little activity and yet agents are
permeated with the idea Of firmness and
little desire to operate except at full mar
ket prices. Jobbers are less active. but be-
lieve in a continuance of fair business as
long as retail operations improve. The
weather is expected to play very import
ant part in this connection.
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Look here young man." cried the excit.
able Mr. Roxiey. II saw you kissing my
daughter"
well. declare! exclaimed the youn9
man. your sights good yet. isn't itfs1
Philadeiphia Press.
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H1aH-PRIcED MEMBERSHIPS.
Record Prices for Exchange Seats at
Boston and Philadelphia.

sold yesterday for $4,000 the highest
price ever paid for membership IN the ex-
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New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. h. Hbbs & Co., bankers and
brokers, 1fl9 + street, members New York stock
exchange. Washington stock exchange and Chicago
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
PERSONAL FRIEND
OF LINCOLN DEAD

Special to The Herald.
SAN DIEGO, March 12.-The death
of Major William Henry Bailhache oc-
CURED this morning at his home In
Coronado, after an illness lasting only
few days. Last Sunday he was feel
ing remarkably well. but on Tuesday
he caught a cold which turned rapidly
into an attack of pneumonia.
Major Bailhaohe was born in Chilli
cothe, o., and was almost brought up
in a newspaper office. his father hav-
ing been, the editor of the Scioto Ga
zette in Ohio and later of the Alton,
ILL.,, Telegraph and of the Illinois State
journal at Springfield. of which Major
Bailhache was the manager for years
at about the time of the birth of the
Republican party.
At that time the major was the per-
sonal friend of Abraham Lincoln and
hts report Of the famous Blooming
ham, ILL., convention became a part Of
the history of the Republican party.
Ir 1S63-4-5 Major Bailhache was IN
the army by appointment of President
Lincoln in the quartermaster's depart
ment. In recent years he has been
connected with the treasury and immj-
grafton departments of the governmen.
here. He will be buried by the milf
tary order Of the Loyal Legion on
Tuesday.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
OYAMA REPORTS
RUSSIANS Loss
NINETY THOUSAND MEN WE'RE
KILLED AND WOUNDED
MORE THAN 10000 PRISONERS
He Enumerates Large Quantity Of
Arms, Equipment and Provisions
,Taken-Ensagement Named
Battle Of Mukden
nv Associated Pres.

BY Associated Press
TOXIC, March 12.-Field Marshal
oyama, reporting today says: Prison.
ers, spoils and the enemy's estimated
casualties against all our forces In tho
shakhe direction follow, but the prison.
ers. guns and spoils are ipcreasing mo-
mentarily:
''The prisoners number over 10000, in
Guiding General Nachmoss. The killed
and wounded are estimated at 10000.
The enemy's dead left on the field
number 26,500. The spoils, include two
flags. about sixty guns, 10000 rifles, t5O
ammunition wagons, 1000 carts, 100000
shells, 25,O0O,OOO rounds of small arms
ammunition, $4,000 bushels of cereals,
275,000 bushels of fodder 1000 horses,
1000 carloads Of clothing and accoutre-
ments, 100000 rations of bread, 10000
tons of fuel and 5000 tons of hay, be-
sides tools, ten bullocks, telegraph wires
and poles, timber, beds, stoves and
numerous other property.
mo report from the Singking direc-
ton has been received.
"The battle has been officially named
the battle of Mukden."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
PIER IS WRECKED
At OCEAN PARK
DAMAGE TO CITY AMOUNTS TO
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
Three Hundred Feet of Wharf De-
stroyed and One Hundred Feet of
Santa Monica Pier Car
red Away
.AAAAnA.AAAAA44A

Special to The Herald.
OCEAN PARK, March 12.-"This
storm has already cost our city thou
sands of dollars and there is no tell
ing where it will end,' said Dana
Burks, mayor of Ocean Park, in an in
terview this evening.
For little more than twenty-four
hours Ocean Park has been in the
throes of one of the worst and most
destructive storms of recent years.
Rain has fallen steadily, accompanied
at times by high wind that carried
three hundred feet of the Pier avenue
wharf to splinters and more than one
hundred feet of the Santa Monica pier
has fallen victim to its fury. Hun
dreds of dollars worth of gaudy cariii-
val decorations have been ruined and
this afternoon hang Imply in the
breeze as If in mockery to the carnival
promoters who are as gloomy as the
streets are desolate. Not one dime has
been paid into the box office by s
o'clock, although the grand opening"
was billed for yesterday. Inside the
vast inclosure dozens of men and
women stood about under the folds
of leaky tents discussing the probabili-
ties of let-up in the storm and those
merchants who had stocked up in an
ticipation of carnival rush were dis
couraged at the outlook.
a. ftlnt sol
to merchants by the storm will fall on
the Dutton Drug company, whose
large plate glass show window was
blown in shortly after noon.
At Venice no apparant damage has
resulted, although the uncompleted
wharf has at times been almost hid
den from view by mighty waves which
wash far up on the beach.
Tonight dozens of men and boys are
busily engaged along the ocean front
saving lumber from the wrecked piers.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
BIC PROFIT MADE
BY MEAT TRUST
PACKERS AVERAGE OVER 81
FOR ONE STEER
Figures Slow That the Combine
Makes Fifteen Per Cent Per Head
on, AlI the Cattle It
Purchases

Special to The Herald.
KANSAS IcITY, Mo, March 12.-
Cuthbert Pc well, commercial editor of
the Uournal,l for more than a quarter
of centur! in close touch with the
packing house and live stock interest
of the west has prepared an extended
article, bas on accurate figures
showing tn L Commissioner Garfield
did not kr bw what he was talking
about whenIh Ihe reported that the pack
ers made sl profit of only 80 cents a
head.
Mr.. Pow1l shows that the average
net profit,tlo the packers instead of
paltry Il Er cent on the price of the
cattle, is ltlt1 head, or 15 per cent
on the pN of cattle, and that this
profit is hF9ned every two to four
weeks-twhA to twenty-four times a
year. 4,
kftaIue of Steer
Taking tpt actual figures in one Of
the largesjwklants as a basis for his
calculation Mr. Powell shows, by an
average oAo HE operations for year.
that the IL Mage value of a dressed
steer is as Follows:
Hides, s7k2 fats. 1855; offal, 1925
Total. $15.1k
This takeE no account of the clear
meat, which averages from fifty-two
to sixty-twd pounds to the hundred as
the animal stands on the hoof.
A steer Weighing 1000 pounds in the
yards will FIELD 1000 pounds of mar
ketable bed and by-products worth
$3.50 besid@.
cpst of Cattle
Native st{erls average on this mar
ket $4,75 per hundredweight, which
would make, their cost at the yard on
the hoof $572S.
Taking from this the value of the
offal, the cost of the net carcass to
the packer is S42.09. Now, for this car
cass, the same date, packers were re-
ceiving an average Of 71s cents per
pound. This would give for the 700
pounds of meat $52.50 for the average.
From this must be taken the cost of
killing. which is approximately so
cents per head leaving $52 net for the
carcass. Deducting from this s42.Os,
the cost of the live animal after allow
ing $15.14. thd value of the offal, and
there remaindI a gross profit to the
packer of s9.S1 per head.
These figures iake no account of the
heavy profit in stock yards charges or
the rich yield rom the private car
lines owned by the packers.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
CHICAGO WILL
BE UNDER WATER
SCIENTIST SAYS 1T WILL BE
SUBMERGED SOME DAY
Depth of the Great Lakes is Increas-
ing, Which is Cause for RejoIc-
ing Among the Ship
owners

CHICAGO, March 2.-Scientists and
marine men are at loss to explain
the phenomenal rise in the waters of
the Great Lakes during the last ten
years. The ship owners rejoice over
the unusual condition. for every foot of
added draft for their monster ships
means thousands of dollars in freight
earning capacity. Scientists. however.
shake their heads and recall the
prophecy by Prof Maury of Columbia
that the entire lake region is fitting
toward the Mississippi river and in
will be submerged. At the present
rate. however, it will not be so long
by several Thousand years, as figured
out by Prof. Maury.
During the year Lakes Michigan and
Huron have increased in depth one and
two-thirds feet. Lake Ontario has
gained three feet, Lake Superior is
almost stationary the gain being but
q fraction of an inch. Lake Erie has
increased almost two feet.
Heretofore, as far back as any record
has been kept. there has been an ebb
and flow every seven years. The
highest point would be reached every
seven years and then the decline would
be steady for corresponding period
But the seven years expired three
years ago and the increase has been
very much larger proportionately
since. The vast new volume of water
is not due to increased rain and snow
fall. because the precipitation for five
years has been below normal.
The generally accepted theory is that
the lakes are being fed by hidden
springs. but the fitting process of the
entire vast plateau. advocated by Prof
Maury, finds acceptance among the
leading scientists. Even this theory is
hard to square with the fact that If the
increased depth at this side of the
lake is due to fitting of the plateau
there should be a corresponding shall
lowness at the other side. This is not
the case. The increased depth Of water
extends over the entire lake and the
lake region.
When the drainage canal, carrying
millions of tons of water to the gulf
was opened, engineers generally pre-
dftted a lower stage of water in the
lakes and Canada even proposed to en-
join the draining of SO great body of
water. Contrary to predictions, the
water in the lakes has been rising ever
since they We're tapped.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
LOS ANGELES NAVAL
MILITIA WILL CRUISE
viii Go South with Pacific Squadron
Today foi Target Practice

Speclal 10 The ftefalo.
SAN DIEGO, March 12.-The Pacific
squadron, under command of Admiral
Goodrich, will sail for the south to-
morrow noon for target practice and
the Los Angeles division of the naval
militia of Los Angeles will go with
the flagship as a part of the squad
ron, The Los Angeles members Of
the naval militia arrived this after
noon, twenty-sx strong, in command
of Lieut.. Woodbine, Chief Engineer
crostiesan and Ensign Maniel.
The San Diego division will turn out
about eighteen men in command of
Lieut.. Commander Roscoe Howard
Lieut.. Frank SArgent and Ensign
Claude Hisar They will go aboard the
Chicago tomorrow morning at Q o'clock.
II is expected that the trip will oc-
cupy about two weeks and that the
California sailors VIII be brought back
by the Chicago or by one of the other
boats If the flagship does not return.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
Wind Attains Velocity
of Fifty Miles
an Hour
RAGING SEAS CARRY
AWAY LARGE PIER
Traffic Impeded, Wires Down,
Streets Flooded, Trees and
Awnings Demolished

The precipitation In Los An
geles from the storm which swept
Southern California yesterday
was one and a half inches, maxi
Ing total Of 1872 inches Of rain
fall for the season. The wind
reached its height at noon, re-
cording velocity Of thirty-six
miles an hour. Serious damage
was done at Ocean Park and
other coast towns, the long pier
at the former place being par
TALLY washed away by the furi-
Gus seas. At San Pedro the wind
attained a velocity of fifty miles
an hour, but little damage was
caused. In the city many Of the
streets were flooded, the water
being several feet deep In some
of the downtown thoroughfares
Considerable damage was done
to street car lines, both in and
out of Los Angeles, and traffic
was badly impeded. Hundreds of
trees were torn from their roots
and hurled about by the wind as
missiles. The awnings on many
buildings were completely demoI-
) ished. Telephone and telegraph
wires were down in many in
stances and Los Angeles was
practically isolated from the rest
Of the world for hours. Reports
show that the heaviest rainfall
was recorded at La Canada, the
precipitation being six inches.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
rails. This delayed traffic on the lin
for several hours.
Trackc Piled With Mud

Trackc Piled With Mud
The Westlake, West Temple, Angelina
Heights and West Adams street lines
of the Los Angeles Interurban COM
pany were tied up during the after
noon by the great piles of dirt, sand
and rocks washed on to their tracks by
streams of water that came rushing
down from the hills. BY putting large
force of men at work clearing the
track, cars were again able to run by
O'Clock in the evening and ten
minute service was maintained. The
other lines operating in the city man
aged to keep up a semblance Of service
all day, though those lines running
through the hill district were blocked
several times.
Damage from water was considera-
Bile, but the wind, which blew steadily
all day at high velocity and at noon
was blowing thirty-six miles an hour,
played havoc with trees, awnings and
even plate glass windows all over
town.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
Los ANGELES ISOLATED

Los Angeles was almost entirely
cut off from telegraph oommunl-
cation with the rest Of the world
last night, by reason Of the storm.
II was not possible TO get news
from the north and but reager re-
ports were received from the east.
For a short time II was possible
to communicate with Chicago and
Kansas City and a few dispatches
we're received from those sources.
Late in the night communication
was established with New York
long enough to get through brief
cable from Toxic.
Aside from these few messages ,
Los Angeles remains In ignorance
this morning Of what has trans
pIred In the rest Of the world.
f@@4& @4sH4 4ss..tss I. s&&.f4a
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13
crops WIN Re RenefIted

SAN BERNARDINO, March 12.-
Rain has been falling here most OF the
time the .past twenty-four hours, and
the rainfall for this point for the sea-
son has now reached 1876 inches. The
rain will do a vast deal of good In this
section. as crops viii be made to ma
ture- The hay and grain crop this
year promises to be the greatest ever
crown IN this part of the state