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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04

z Miss Lucy Richerson, OF Sparta. Va, is
in the city attending the Woman's Col
glege finals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04

Miss ElIzabeth Myers has returned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04
Mating Sale Still Talk
Them. !.
The best, .largest;stock il
the city at:reduced prices.


the city at:redu ced prices.
Worsted Dress Goods.
Must go to reduced prices
Shepherds Plaid Check Mohalr and
Worsted. csc and bOc. IA
76c and SOC Fancy Black ! Mohair.
some with white dust, while others
with self figure; special price, ago,
a75c Black and Blue .Mohair. silk fin
ish, SOC. E53 81
$50 Panama Cloth, 4. % inches wide.
blue and black. 6Oc. u:
s1,oo Panama Cloth, 4e5inches wide.
blue and black. 500.
Soc Black Albatross. 500.
SOC Black Cheviot, ~ inches wide,
&c. Ask for this-a big value.
Crepe de Chine, brown,
light blue, navy, black, hello
trope, lavender, gray, white,
all colors- soc.
sl.s5 Shower and Rain Proof Cloth,
SOC. ~!
sc Wolfe, all wool. single width.
navy only 12 1-2c.
Shirt Waist Linen,
at Prices You Will AL
ways Remember.
Panama Linens, 80 inches wide.
sold for acc, special price 2bc,
sloo Panama Linen. SO inches wide.
8Oc.
800 Irish Linen. SO inches WIDE. 25c.
2Sc Irish Linen. 80 sinohes wide, 1Dc.
0O-inch Linen Sulting, sold for $3.50
a yard. round thread: special, 81 90.
Special 7bc Quality Linen for bOc,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04
Table Linen Sale at Won,
derful Low Prices.

| ..l X 'g7f
German Linen, unbleached, 60. inches
wide; 60c value. for soc.
Bleached Table Linen, 60 inches
wide, in neat, pretty designs excel
lent value at 6Oc.
Bleached Satin Finished Damask,
two yards wide. in neat floral designs,
at SOC.
Satin Finished Linen. two yards
wide, n ! variety OF neat, pretty de-
signs. at e1.4s and 81. 60 a yard
Plain Satin Bleached Linen. the very
thing for drawn work, table covers I
and napkins, at S1.4S and $2.1 10
yard.
$50 Turkey Red Table Linen. 60 inch
rs wide, special, 2bc.
Sale Of Belts.
Largest and best assort-E
ment in the city. All Belts
at one-half prices.
26c for 5oc Kid or Silk Belt
soc for Zoe and $500 Silk Girdle
Belts, in all colorg. .l5..
Big Handkerchief Sale.
&c Plain Fine india Linen Handker- I
chiefs, hemstltched, 2 1-2c.
lOc Plain Pure Linen Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, Sc.
Mems Colored Border Corded Hand
kerchiefs, regular 100 kind. special DO.
Ladies' Fine Linen Hemstitched En-
broidery Handkerchefs, ut Zoe and
IL 1-2c: big values, worth double.
TIC MEMS Pure Linen Hemstitched
Handkerchief, special for - 1-2c.
KAYSER GLOVES.
s1.oo Long Black and White SILK
Gloves, elbow lengths. 16-button, 60c.
S1.oO Kayser SILK Pongee Wash
Gloves. two large pearl buttons, with
Z white and black stitching and self
stitching: special price. Too.
Kayser Lisle Wash Gloves. white
gray and black. two-clasp, zoe,
clasp; special bOc a pairpont back
Kayser Llsl Wash Glovs. whit, gray
and black, two-clasp. GOO.
Elbow Black and White Silk Mtts.
bOc.s
Show Black and White Lace Mltts
special price R1.@b.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04

Miss Ida Holmes, Of Yerdon, has been
called to Richmond by The sickness d OF
her sister, Mrs. Haskins. .3s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04

is Tho sham battle & will take place at
three In tho afternoon. and will be wit
messed by n great throng Of people drawn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
PoTENTATEs IN THE MARKET.
"Bull Rumor" From Vatican-Other
Facts About Rulers as Investors.

From the New York Evening Post.
The most interesting bull rumor'' of this
week was circulated on what Wall street
calls 1.-THE slips" 1t was that ~ Pierpont
Morgan has made an offer to the pope to
place all the Vatican's investment funds in
American securities at per cent interest"
The rumor had not been confirmed up to
the close of business, and IL did not check
the decline in Stocks but the wayfaring
man paused to listen to 1t. What he asked
was, why not? Where do the kings of the
earth invest their surplus income? What
does the British sovereign do with the $3.50
600 per annum paid for his private purse,
household expenses and royal charities be-
ing already looked after? Where does the
Russian royal family invest it's $1,000, 900
annual allowance? Emperor William Is
said to be a shareholder in the German
Lloyd, but this might be merely a contribu-
ton to imperial defense. Why have our
bankers and promoters neglected this prom
Using field?
Perhaps they have not. There was last
years well-defined rumor that "a member
of Englands royal family" had taken a
turn in Northern Securities. If so, this
must have been one of the foreign share
holders whose held-up dividends Mr.. Hill
advanced from his private purse. There
were certain dukes who realized on
Americans" in 1890 AS for Russian of
the blood imperial, one could hardly ex-
pect him to invest in British consols. and
Russian securities do not seem to have
hitherto been very tempting.
If all royalty were like the King of Bel
GUM, who organizes companies and sits on
boards of directors. there would be no en-
barrassment. The story is still told in
Brussels of the American mining mag
nate, summoned by Leopold to put the last
touches on joint stock enterprise No one
addresses royalty in audience unless in
vited so to do, but the American promoter
incorrigible The Belgian king was not
half through prolonged explanation of his
own when the American interrupted with,
Excuse me, sir, but you don't understand
the matter at ALL 1t turned out that he
did not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Steel Trade.

From the Railway World.
There are many indications that the boom
in the steel business will continue into
1906. The Pennsylvania railroad has just
obtained nearly $4,000 900 of fresh capt.
tai. nearly three-quarters of which will be
available to carry on its work of improve
ments. Large orders for locomotives and
cars have been placed by the Baltimore and
Ohio and other railroads. Building Stats
tics indicate a revival of building opera
tons a large scale in most of the prin-
cipal cities And in addition to all this
there is a good prospect that the ship
yards of the United States will be called
upon to build new battleshlps for the Rus
sian government All of these orders re-
quire large amount of steel and iron and
hence there should be recession in the
steel-making business. That the steel mag
mates anticipate no reduction in the de-
mand is indicated by their own plans to
erect new mills and furnaces and build
extensions to existing plants. 1t is alto
gether probable that when the period APP
proaches for the publication of the state
ment of earnings of the steel corporation
for the second quarter of the current year
there will be another boom in the market
values of the steel securities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
WHERE MONEY IS CHEAP.
Traveller in Nicaragua is Amazed n.
the Plenteous Supply.
From The Toronto lCanadal Mail and Emplre.

From the Toronto CCanadal Mail and Empire
Very Rev. Dean Harris tells OF the pccu.
liar money scale of Nicaragua. When ia,
civil war In the United States was drawiu.
to an end confederate bills were worth from,
. TO 10 cents a dollar. he writes 1t meant
10 tie public that all hope OF southern cur
rency ever being redeemed was practically
dead When l visited the large markets IN
this city the amount Of money and the flg
ures on the bank bills surprised me
Bills Of big denominations were passing
from buyer to seller. from hand 20 hand
and no change asked OF given | began Ia
inquire the prices ruling the stalls.
'Quainto vale? how much-I asked
pointing TO the measure of potatoes. sin
! dollars. the woman in the stall answered
For GlI?'
'''Oh. no, senior for a utro''-a quart. The
price staggered me Rice was s. = pound
onions 81 Hour 81 quart and eyeryt hing
eise IN proportion. We pay our butchers %
pretty stun price for meat I'm Toronto. hut
compared with prices here il is riiiculouslN
cheap. srloin steak at the Leon market
costs SIS er pound and "A turkey SGD But
every one carries piles Of bills here; THEN
pockets are bulglng with them
While in the market / frequently saw the
vendors OF fruit pun from their pockets
roils OF bills as large and round as "a
stem ana begin 10 count off wads of TWEEN
ties and hfues I'LL l marvelcd at their
wealth. Among the farmers il is said that
money is so plentiful that Il is kept in
large boxes. Silver is rarely seen and SINAI
coins are unknown
The small farmers and poems of the sur
rounding country when they come here to
BUY carry Their money in small bags OF
baskets. My bill al the restaurant for din
ner was 500, and Panama hat cost m,
$3.50 FOR carriage for one hour / was
asked. and paid, SO; and so for auythinE
else in proportion.
have not yet paid my hotel account bu,
expect To be asked. and TO pay 5000 All
tins would have been heaTtbrcakiug If !
had not called at the bank on my arrival
mere For a $50 gold piece / asked for
chahSe IN the currency Of the country. TIL
teLeI looked a my gold coin. weighed IL iI
his hand, put it to one side aud began
carelessly counting bllls with the rapidit,
Tor which these young men all over the
world are famous
waited patiently, watching rolls pile up
ana hoping when he was through he'd al
tend TO me. You can't hurry cashiers. SO !
sat down until he got through. Now. I
thought he'll count out my change Pres
entity he opened a hinged wicket. called me-
over ard said politely in Spanish:
your change. Senor"' How much. sir2~
l asked him. Two thousand dollars. Sir.
borrowed from him a newspaper. rolled
up my money and went to my hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
New Dredges for German Harbors.

From the Search-Lfght
The tendency of the German harbors on
the North sea to fill up rapidly with soft
mud has given our cousins across the seas
no end of trouble and anxiety. The in
crease in the draft of modern vessels adds
very greatly to the difficulty. and it has
been found impossible to keep the channel
of Wilhelmshaven, the harbor of the Ger
man navy of sufficient depth with the old
style of dredge A new dredge has been
constructed which meets this difficulty. 1t
Is 262Ia feet long and 47la wide, and Is the
largest dredge now in use. The contract
called for the removal of 5000 cubic me-
tiers per hour in soft ground. but the dredse
has easily made 5000 meters, and has
moved 5000 meters of heavy sandy soil. If
the cost of the dredge and It's wear and
tear are taken into account the expense of
removing one cubic meter of mud IS scarce
ly q cent while with former dredges the
cost was about II cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
COST OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Estimates as to the Pennsylvania Dis
aSter.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
Following the Pennsylvania railroads
Harrisburg accident, a Philadelphia esti-
mate placed the cost to the railroad of the
injuries and deaths of passengers at ST.
100000. 1t is entirely improbable tnat
this round sum- will be justified by the
event.
The nearest recent parallel to the Penn
sylvania disaster was that in the New
York Centrafs tunnel during January,
1902. The deaths were practically the
same in number as this weeks, although
the injured in the Harrisburg accident are
more numerous. The exact cost of this
accident, in damages to the Central, can
not be fixed, but the annual reports for
1902, 1903 and 1904 during all of which
years suits were in process of adjustment
or judgments were being paid, throw
rather clear light this cost
In 1901, the year preceding the accident,
injuries to persons cost the Central $780,
070 In 1902 this item advanced to $:33, 1853:
in 1903 to S614,7 0S, while in the last six
months of 1904, the period covered by the
latest report this Item amounted to $685.
1906 an increase of SG0,05S over the same
period in 1903. Assuming 1901 to have
been a normal year in this regard. the
total increase IN yearly accident pay
ments, since that time would be approxi-
mately $3.50 900, which ought to represent
most il not all of the settlement for the
tunnel accident. This is no million dol
lars.
The cost to railroads as the result of ac-
cidents or TINS nature is kept down by the
activity of the legal department in at once
getting to the scene and pushing the work
of settlements For one fair-sized claim
coming to public attention, it is probably
true that dozen or more small ones are
settled for trivial amounts.
One criterion of the loss to the road is
the stock market. 1t would be hard to re-
call an instance where the stocks affected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
New Railway Issues.

From the Railway World.
In addition to the S100.000,000 of new
preferred stock authorized by the Union
Pacific shareholders, several other issues
of new securities must be taken by the
market in the near future. Delaware and
Hudson directors authorized an increase
of $1,000, 900 of capital stock, for the con.
'ersion of Albany and Susquehanna bonds
stockholders of the Colorado and South
ern will be called upon at special meeting.
June Is, to create a Sl00o00,000 refunding
mortgage; s240, 900 In bonds will be issued
by the Wilmington and Northern; the
Chicago and Northwestern Will increase
its capital by 10 per cent; Mexican Central
directors have decided to issue 6,2oO new
shares; the Rochester, Syracuse and East
ern has been authorized to issue mortgage
bonds for S7500,000, and to increase its
common stock from S1,oo0000 to S3,500,OOO.
The Lake Shore has sold S10000,oO0 per
cent debenture bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

so close to the ticker tape as the traders
should seldom see further ahead than about
half an inch of the little paper ribbon. They
find that stocks go down more easily than
they go up; therefore they sell them. III
stocks don't go down when they sell them
they turn about and buy them 1t is only
at the combination of big swings either
up or down that they permit themselves
to have Independent opinions. and, being
pretty shrewd after ALL they fare Well
They are apt to be rather cynical in their
opinions as to the big and their ut
terances, to say nothing of the big men
veracity vouchsafed through the unre-
liable medium of the newspapers. But they
will act on any piece of gossip, however
absurd it may be on its face. if only the
ticker at that very moment appears to cor
roborate it. They cannot conceive that
bid deal can be on if the stock involved
is dull or heavy, but If it is active and
strong they can believe that the Nickel
Plate will absorb the Lake Shore. For that
reason after a stock has risen more than
a few points on skillful manipulation he
will swear that the advance cannot be due
to mere manipulation, but to something
not yet known to the street at large. This,
mind you is not typical lamb" but
typical trader" member of the New
York Stock Exchange, or a man who has
speculated daily for years through typ
ical" commission house The other night
one of the most prominent and active OF
the professional room traders met at dln-
ner felow-trader and his wlfe. ms
friends wife who knew the prominent
trader had been i'll some time before, asked
him: How are you feeling now And
the trader, in a voice overlooking with con.
viction, answered.: They can sell them all
they want to. | am bullish.'
Il X
He is one of the leaders of the market to-
day. That is why the street calls it dull.
rlzpt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Really Contented Men.
From the National Magazine.

And that is a charming feature of Spain:
this fine capacity to imagine yourself the
center of the earth for the time being.
and yet not be offensive. You meet a man
on a donkey in the interior and get to
talking with him. and soon you learn that
he has the finest donkey of the province,
who is satisfied that he is exciting the adj
miration. If not the envy, of his neighbors.
If l met that same sort of an outfit In the
mountains of Colorado or Nevada the cav
alier would be sure to hold his burro in con-
tempt, and would talk of the fine horse he
meant to have when his mine had been
developed. We Americans preach content
ment, but we despise the people who are
contented. The true Spaniard is thorough
" contented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
A New Metal and It's Use

FROM laiperS Weekly.
\ few weeks ago electrical engineers got
wind of a new incandescent lamb hatling
from Germany. Now as a rule. no ono
even raises an eyebrow at such an an
ncuncement, for reputed improvements on
lncandescent lamps are an old story. bu,
the newcomer was unusual I'm that tho
hsht-giving .filament was a plain metalli,
wire drawn from tantalum an element OF
which most people had not even heard tn.
name
Tantalum is an element which has been
known Tor more than half a century as %
constituent OF various rather uncommon
minerals. but nobody knew ii for anythln-
more than a black powder which could D..
obtained without great difficulty. but wds
OF no use after one had il. 1t has turned
out. however. that wnen melted in vacuo
10 overcome its unpleasant trick of alb
sorblng nitrogen when hot. this black pow
der becomes little ingot or real metal
WhlCh possesses very remarkable proper
ties. Metallic tantalum is a bls!sh-wh!tt.
substance, a little darker In color than
platinum, and about three-quartcrs as heavy
for the same bulk. IT Is. for a metal. on
unusually bad conductor of electricity and
has an extremely high melting point both
of these properties being invaluable for the
purpose intended Besides This it can be
hammered into sheets and rolled or drawn
into fine wire quite easily.
Its melting point is so high that 1t can be
pushed to vivid incandescepce that make
an ordinary lamp look yellow. BY this
same token, the light is produced a a high
efficiency, so that for the same energy
used the tantalum fllament gives nearly
double the light of a carbon filament. The
former by the way. increases its electrical
resistance as it gets hotter. while the latter
has its highest resistance when cald. The
result is very curious difference Of appear
ance when a tantalum and carbon lamp
are turned on together. The latter takes
Il perceptahle time to reach full brilliancy
while the former jumps 10 whiteness more
quickly than the eye can follow il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
The Gold Supply.

rom the fliStlul
ASK the geologist If the treasure Of the
hills is being exhausted, and he Will tell
you that in spite OF the eager quest for
wealth which has prevailed since the Cali
fornia discovery, there are still regions
which are but little known TO the pros
pector. While in some starvation or death
from thirst awaits the adventurer who dares
to- penetrate them without sufficient food
and water, there are others which are com
paratiyely accessible and which may yield
as great riches as any of the famous bo-
nauzas yet struck. Only recently one Of the
most famous gold fields was entered for
the first time by a prospector. Not until
1900 was Tonopah discovered, yet today it
is known throughout the world, and the
mountainside and valley are pierced with
over 100 openings from each of which are
daily being taken car loads of gold and
silver ore. In May, 1893. a young lawyer
named Butler living in the town of Bel
mont took 1t into his head to go on
prospecting expedition among the mountains
to the south of his home. Butler knew
little or nothing about geology or mining
but ne had heard Indians tell stories about
traces of gold they had seen near a spring
known Tonopah. Packing an outfit on
the back of half a dozen burros and with
one companion. he started out. reaching the
spring after a journey of about twenty
four hours. He soon found what the miner
calls outcroppings-puartz rock nearly
black in color, and specked with yellow
Butler seriously questioned its value, but
decided to knock off some samples. which
We're taken back to Belmont and assayed, II
being found that every ton of ore similar
to the sample might contain from $50 to
500 worth of gold silver. This was
enough for the prospector, who again pack
ed up, but this time decided to take his
wife along, in the belief that the presence
of a woman might give him better luck.
Stalking out several claims along the rocks
he asked his wife to name the first one. This
she did calling it MiZpah. 1t was among
the first to be opened. and from that day
TO this Mizpah has been the richest mine
located in the Tonopah field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Baltimore Markets,
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE Md May 20.-FLOUR-O ule. nm.
changed, receipts, 2,liJ BARRELS exports 344 bar
res. " -
WHEAT-Fim: spot. contract LOCAL o5: No.
red western. 1.O5AaI.05h; May O4@,a1 OK:
July, s5Aas6 August 1875 bid; steamer No 2
red, 96r4a31; receipts 100 bushels: southern by
sample. Ca southern grade 94YaI O44
CORN-Frm; spot, 55ha55as; May 55Has5ss :
July, 53]s asa; steamer mixed. 51Aa5lh; receipts
yellow corn 53a56A.
oATsaSteady; No. 2 white. 3eAaa6l4; No. 2
mixed 3fha34L2; receipts 1884 bushels
RYE-Dull; uptown. 10 western, So.
HAY-Stendy unchanged.
GRAIN FREIG HrS-DuIl, unchanged
BUfTER-Steady: fancy imitation. 2oa2l; fancy
creamery, 23a2i; fancy ladle, lsal9; store packed
1Tai9.
EGGS-Steady, 1917
CHEEsE-Easy; larg'. IL; medium. i2H small
10.
800 -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Fined for a Laugh.
From the London Chronicle.


Insulting behavior is a very elastic
charge in Australia. 1t may cover any
thing from pitch-and-toss 10 manslaughter.
It's latest application comes from Bendigo.
In that golden city. where the late Marquis
of Salisbury tried his luck digger In
1926. the authorities of a Methodist Church
decided to suppress juvenile giggling. They
introduced policeman in plain clothes, and
he detected couple of small boys laugh
ing during the evening service. The boys
were brought into court a charge of
Insulting behavior and fined los. each
plus lis. Cd. costs. There very few of
us who have not been guilty of this crime
at some period of our lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Indeed, his first thought on hearing any
thlhg Is of the effect it will or should have
on the market. He gauges the news value
OF an item by the number of points it ought
10 make stock rise or fall. For him yes
tefday ceased to exist at pm and to-
morrow which begins at 10 am, is pretty
lar from today. AS for looking ahead as
much as fortnight. he leaves that to the
conservative investors. He doesn't want
10 buy stocks to put away in his SAFE but
10 sell thirty seconds later if he has a sat
lslactory or satisfying profit When the
TIDE is running very strongly one way and
the market is Enthusiastically bull or a bear
market he sometimes holds a stock three
Gays. If he INDUCES in what he considers
an analysis of the situation in order to
make clear why he is bearish or bulish,
he as often as not repeats what some other
broker has told him or pagiarizes from
the financial reviewS-reviews for which he
is apt TO entertain a profound contempt
since he acutely observes that the writer's
thereof who profess to be SO wise as to
market matters are none of them million
aires.
ic irn itaH hot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
To Scare Away Crows.
IL, in Suburban Life.

Z. +. Powell, IN SuDufDaH LIIt.
l can give a sure preventive against corn
pulling by the black rogues. l had tried
all sorts of devices. and was rigging a
scarecrow. when gawky came along and
said, Tie ears of corn to the tops of poles
around your field. and the crows won't
stay nigh it." / said, ''They will eat the
corn and you and they Will both laugh at
me-" / tried the plan. however, and sure
enough they looked at those poles and
went away and stayed away. ! suppose it
was on the same principle that of the
Trojan warrior who said. II most fear the
Greeks when offering gifts"