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The Washington times., 1905-07-30
Engineer Is Positive
There'U Be No jar
House Office Building SoIons Will Not Ex-
perienCe the Slightest Bit Of Discomfort.

a neat piece Of engineering was found
necessary in the construction of the
foundation of the House OF Represen-
tatiyes Office building, where the Penn
sylvania railroad tunnel goes through
IT. The foundation OF the building has
been constructed in a manner that no
vibration whatever viii be felt by peo-
pie in the building nor any jar given
10, the structure when trains pass
through the tunnel. which is directly
under one corner OF the building.
The course of the tunnel taken in con-
nection with the House office building
is shown by the white dotted lines
across the face of the accompanying
Illustration The photograph was re
Gently taken at the corner OF First ana
G streets southeast, and shows what
progress is being made IN the construc-
tIon of the building
That no jar viii be given to the build
ing by trains the engineers ara positive.
Great quantities OF concrete and cement
have been used in the construction Of
the foundation and a large amount Of
concrete has been placed around the
tunnel. 1t has been figured that in
protecting the tunnel in this way with
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concrete the asphalt will absorb all
vibrations made by the moving of the
cars. It is also contended that all
noise made by the trains viii be con-
fined to the tunnel.
Twenty -four-ineh steel "eye" beams,
the largest rolled, have been put over
the top of the tunnel. as close as they
can be placed together. and all fear
that the tunnel may cave in al this
point has been eliminated. The tunnel
on First street, near B. just where the
avenue ears cross First street. a short
time ago gave III a little, and the car
tracks had 10 be held up On trestle
Worn while this defect of the tunnel
was remedied, but the engineers who
have this work in charge say that no
such trouble will occur at the juncture
of the tunnel and the House building
foundation.
The work On the office building is
progressing rapidly and practically all
the brick foundation work is ready for
the receipt of the marble. of which the
building viii be constructed.
Elliott Woods. superintendent of the
Capitol building. has the direct super
vision Of the construction of. both the
Senate and House office buildings.
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COTTON MARKET QUIET
WITH LIGHT TRADING

NEW YORK. July 29,-The cotton
market was quiet and steady today,
witE trading light and largely local.
and most operators inclined 10 hold off
for next weeks monthly crop estimates.
The market opened firm, and advanced
q bout six points, ard after reactiuS and
losing most Of this on local selling and
and evening up by traders over Sunday,
advanced again Ia sympathy with 10
point rise at New Orleans. The Un-
dertane Of the market throughout the
session was very strong, and neither the
bears nor the rcoctionists showed any
disposition TO force The issue, despite
the rather bearish weekend statistics
and the continued favorable weather
conditions in the cotton belt, ~-- the
falling off in the outside speculative de
mand and continued slack demand for
spot cotton from splHners. as represent
cd by the spot sales al Liverpool today
drouBing 10 over 1900 bales.
The prlcea for the day were as follows:
july. I0Z4sf1O, Il: AUGUST l0.1Hu1O-76: :
september I0.S5m10.8T. October. 1ln1t
December. i1.t9uu.-u. January, il l3d
I-It- March, Ii.Z9H III.
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AMERICAN SECURITIES
HOLDING FIRM IN LONDON

LONDON. July 29.-Money and dis
counts Were mOmentarily easier and
the stock exchange had generally
cheerful tone today. Some sections were
particularly strong. The attendance was
small and business light C0nsOIs show
ed an improved condition, and home rail
way shares were sustained by hopes Of
good dividends. American shares opened
firjn, though uneven, and We're mostly
over parity, but inactive. However they
maintained d general cheerfulness. cspe-
cially in the case of grangers- Coalers
closed quiet Canadians were advanced
by the hopes Of good harvest. For
eigners were slightly easier though Jap-
anese were fairly supported.
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Peace Conferences
Wait on De Witte

NEW YORK. July 29.-The japanese
peace commissioners are awaiting the
arrival of NJ De Witte.
All day long Baron Komura. senior
Japanese envoy, remained in his apart
ments in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel
reading dispatches that came in by ca
BILE and debating replies 10 them. He
had several consultations during the
day with Kogoro Takahira, Japanese
minister to Washington and his col
league as peace commissioner.
Nj. Salto. spokesman for the commits
sion said n had nothing important TO
communicate today He politely de
clined To talk further.
The bitter criticism which has ap-
pearcd in the ST. Petersburg newspa-
pers following the publication of Mr.
Saito's Views prompted the latter TO say
he must have been misquotcd. He was
not greatly agitated over the affair
however. and smiled when reference
was made to the fact that he waa get
ting himself disIiked in Russian GUAR
tCTS
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POLICE WATCHING FOR
RECREANT HUSBAND

Captain BOnTdmun. chief or DcteC-
uvcs, was last night requested to have
strict lookout maintained for Robert
Mansfield. thirty-two years old who. it
is alleged, has abandoned his wife and
little children IL their home in George
town The wife and children are said
to be destitute.
Mrs. Mansfield visited Mrs. Beusham
head Of the western division of the
Associated Charities, at 120s Thirty-frst
street, Georgetown, yesterday after
noon. and told OF being abandoned and
left 10 SHIFT for herself and the little
ones Mrs. Beushann deemed the case
worthy of investigation.
She ascertained that the family was
badly in need OF the necessities of life,
it is said Mrs Beusha reported the
case 10 Captain Boardman and urged
him to have the police make every pos
sihlc effort to apprehend and arrest the
husband,
Mansfield was formerly employed as
y conductor on the Seventh street line,
but lost his position several months
go. lie is tall and slender, has light
hair and eyes He Wore - blue shirt
and suit and straw hat when last
seen
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UNABLE TO COPE WITH
SPREAD OF THE FEVER
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in the infected peighborhooI OF profes-
sionat business.
An Italian in st. Bernard parish, in
on of whose houses n case of susp!c-
ious sickness vas reported, had a serious
clash with the officers whom he denied
admission to the house. DR.. MerauX,
parish health officer; Sheriff Nunez and
Deputy Sheriff Serpas went d3w2 to the
settlement. They explained their mis-
sion. The italian backed himself up on
his porch and refused them admission
TO the gEoUnds. When the officers walked
in he blew a bugle sounding u call to
arms on the part of the entire village.
a score or more men responded and II
fight ensued in which women and chill
dren clung to the mems legs and pre-
vented the officers using their guns.
Finally two OF the desperate Italians
were arrested. one with pistol IN hand.
and the mob dispersed.
So soon as the news of Sheriff Nunez' s
encounter reached the upper portion of
the parish. q posse of armed citizens
hurried to the scene. and two more des-
peratc Italians were taken into Gus
tody. The Italian woman who was sick
did not have the fever.
DR.. W. Nj. Perkins. in charge of IeVee
front sanitation. had his leg broken in
an automobile accident while on duty
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ACTIVE STOCKS
STILL HARDENING
General Average Of List
Showing Gains.
EVEN NOMINAL LOSSES FEW
Laekawanna in Great Demand, But
Scant Supply Causes Further
Rise Of SIX Per Cent.
EVEN NOMINAL LOSSES FEW

NEW YORK, July 29.-The market
continues to broaden. a large number
OF issues are dealt in each day and in
The specialtIes. in many cases where
there have been no previous transac-
tions in weeks. there are almost inva-
riably gains of from to 10 per cent
from transactions last previously record
ed. The average of the active list
continues to harden and was higher to-
day
The market IS moving upward alto
gether. Very few stocks of consequence
shawed more than a nominal loss, but
there has been substantial profit taking
IN stocks which have had good rises
hitherto. Erie Baltimore and Ohio,
Aschison. Steel preferred, and num-
ber of others were maintained sub
stantially unchanged or at the worst
closed nominal fractions lower. smelt-
ing and Refining which has been recent
Iy strong. on belief that the dividend
viii be raised TO per cent, rested to-
day on its previous gains. Illinois Cen
tral made no further progress.
The greatest strength was shown III
the sf3eeialties Limited offerings OF
I.acl<awanna could not fill the demand
and a new high record of 40 was made
q net gain of 6iA per cent for the day.
United States Rubber common advanced
about , per cent. There was a gain OF
IL PEI. cent IN General Electric. On the
other hand, a sale of Federal Mining
was 2Ia. per cent under yesterdays price.
among the minor industrials there was
great demand for Alis-ChalmeFs'
with the preferred up over , per cent
ami common nearly as much.
The bank statement showing q nom
inal increase strengthened the list. Lit
tie or no crop news of Importance de
Veloped. There were comparatively few
reports of railroad earnings. The prog
ress Of the yellow fever in New Orleans
i the unsatisfactory element in the
situation hut its spread is held in check
sufficiently for the market TO ignore IT.
Some irregUiarity developed during
the final fifteen minutes For the most
part. The tenor of the stocks usually
most active was somewhat heavy. Penn
sylvania Railroad lost IN al y per
cent. Steel. common, remains ftrmes
than the preferred. Illinois Central just
touched Yesterdays high record The
closing tone was steady, although not
particularly strong.
IN the bond list the Central of Georgia
third Incomes made a new high record,
aad the Virginia deferred deOt sold al
the highest price OF the year. Bonds as
4 whole were merely steady
GoVernment bonds were unchanged.
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CURIOUS SELECTION MADE
By CIGAR STORE THIEF

SIS, pounds of smoking tobacco. sev-
eral books Of cigarette papers. and Il
eral boxes of matches are ali that was
stolen from Max WeisfeIds > store at
7z0 Grant avenue northwest. by thief
Of several thieves, who entered the
place through the rear window on Fri
day night.
WciafeId carefully examined the
money drawer in the morning. and
found all the change there that had
been left when the store was closed.
Weisfeld's loss WAS not heavy. He
does not like the idea, nevertheless, OF
strangers proWiiDg around his store
while ne is not there. lie asked the
police OF the Eighth precinct 20 see
that the nuisance is abated.
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GOOD WORK BEING DONE
BY THE FAST FREIGHT
Quick Shipments by the Baltimore and
Ohio Have Developed Magic
Number.

The average passenger does not see
much interesting In a string Of freight
cars as they are whirIed past him on
the road; but. to the shipper and bus;
ness man-and railroad men generally
the rapid-moving freight train has ali
the life and potency of the cablegram
In the hands of those unaccustomed to
the novelty of cablegrams.
This is rapid age, and saving time
in all directions is Ike the utilization of
waste products. so that nothing be lost;
consequently. in the rapidity of today's
pace OF life the fast freight has its
proper place The Baltimore and Ohio
management has placed in effect fast
schedules on the basis of sixty hours be-
tween New York and Chicago. and pro
vided men and material to get best re-
suits from these fast freight trains. with
corresponding rapid service to Cincin-
matt. st. Louis. and all prominent inter
mediate points, by means of dropping &
off and picking up through cars This
system permits such rapid filing of or
ders. such quick returns from sales,
such satisfaction of buyers. that
the powerful high-class locomotives and
air. brake freight trains are prominent
factors in the earning capacity Of the
Baltimore and Ohio, and the solicit
ting forces find d most valuable ally
for increasing tonnage in the time rec
ord the operating department of their
company has established with the trains
of weII-known numbers.
The travelling men from the East,
working through the Middle West
Northwest. and even to the Pacific
Coast. expect to be told by their Gus
toners Ship B. & Q. g." while from
the West to the East train B. & O. "a, 50
is the magic number.
The Iacontc announcement is made at
Baltimore headquarters from day TO day,
'A1l fast freight trains on time"
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MRS. EUGENE COFFIN
LOSES HER JEWELRY

Mrs. Eugene Coffin, living in the Lo-
gan Hotel. reported TO the police last
night that while IN her apartments yes
terday she lost a chamois bag contain
ing rings ard other jewelry valued at
about $500, She had several diamond,
opal and amethyst rings in the bag, and
the small pouch was carried IN the front
of her shirt waist.
The bag was seen by the woman at
noon, but several hours later when she
went TO dress for the evening, she could
not find It. Detective Peck went to the
hotel TO institute a search He says Mrs
Coffin declared she had not been out
side the hostelry, but, Notwithstanding
this fact, the jewelry was not to
be found.
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De Write Arrives Wednesday.

Baron Rosen, one of the Russian peace
ENJOYS. viii arrive in New York tomor-
row and await here the arrival of NJ
De Witte. who is expected on Wednes-
day. II NJ. be WitJe's arrival is not
delayed beyond that day, he Will pay
an informal call on President Roosevelt
at Oyster Boy Thursday.
'Fhen the decks VIII be cleared for th@
first meeting Of the joint commission
which win occur on the May1loWer. or
Oyster Bay. next Saturday. Immedl-
ately thereafter the ENJOYS viii set sail
for Portsmouth. The peace conference
Is expected TO meet formally two days
later-that ia, at about noon on Mon
day. August I.
Except for the reception which is 70
be rendered To Baron homura, next
Thursday night. IL the Nippon Club. and
which win he exclusively a Japanese
affair the chisf minister of tn Mikadr
will accept no more courtesies during
his stay IL New York
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WEEKLY STATEMENT
OF NEW YORK BANKS

NEW YORK, July 29-Tne weekly
bank statement WAS as follows. Re
serve ON all deposits. increase. S35G, ,025.
other than those Of United States, in
crease $33s 625; loans. increase. SIS. .4so. 100.
specie, Increase, 81 $40 2GDi legal tenders.
Increase, SI,3Gz,5O1; deposits. Increase
81 3i6, zoo; circulation, decrease, SlOS GGD
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SUCCESSFUL.

.Xen. Emily. did you have good
time a the masked ball %
.'Oh. / had the time OF my life
md got fiy husband TO dress UP rs q
L.f.IeI5f I'm heavy armor and he WASH {
able to bulge from one spot ali night.
-FIIegende BIaetteT.
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IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
PRICE CHANGES OF WEEK.

NEW YORK, July 29.-The following
are the highest, lowest, and closing
prices, together with the number of
sales, of the most active securities on
the stock exchange for the week ending
I1lly- 90
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otaI 10. 81 &c 10.393.2 2o) S,705.ll
NEVER.

"Ah bet cf so had a watahmeI"I
longside o go bed yod wake up In de
mawniu' -
Bet An Woulden.
70 Woulden?'
30. sun! And nevuh go tuh sleep.
Houston Post,
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

reported by ". 3. Eibbs & CO.. l4l9
street. Members New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board OF Trade, ard washington
stock Exchanged
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IMPORTS AT NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July @.-lmports OF dry
goods and general merchandise at New
York this week, reported IN full al the
Custom House today, compare as fol-
lows win last wcck and with the cor
responding week year ago.
This weet. Last week. Lust year.
Dry Goods 81 ,fGi,737 s.. 4eS,a5S $, 315, "a
Gen mdse. I0I gSa 1.9Z3.S51 6,697, ,6GS
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Money on call
> per cent nominal today.
Time money was without change
throughout the week. Offerings at all
times were liberal, the demand remain
ing light and business dull Rates 3
per cent for sixty days. S14 per cent for
ninety days. S14 per cent for four and
five months, and per cent for all 9TH
ers,
Mercantile paper was slightly more
active than for some time past, but the
business was not heavy. Merchants re
port an increasing business. so that
the supply Of paper will naturally in
crease. The demand has been modeF-
ate In the city, and rather better out
Of town. Rates We're quoted at 4 per
cent for sixty TO ninety days tndoTsed
bills receivable 4 to "a per cent for
choice four TO six months single names,
and 412 10 . per cent for others
Interior money rates unchanged.
Domestic Exchange.
Chicago exchange on New York city
today was cents discount per 81, 900.
against 10 10 cents discount yesterday,
and 30 cents premium a year ago Bos-
ton exchange par and ) cents discount.
against par and . cents discount yester-
day
Foreign Exchange
The foreign exchange market has
been somewhat irregular this week,
with strength, owing. supposedly. to the
transfer of japanese funds 10 London.
followed by weakness when bankers
bills were pressed for sale
Posted rates closed at 1. 4.85la6I4 S715
Rates for actual business closed as
follows: Sixty days. 4sl8Jld4 $3.50 de-
uand. 4.S5556f4 1860, cables. 1 SGS5GI4 S690
Commercial bills were scarce at 4.S4IaGf
4S494
Continental bills were quoted as fol-
lows: Francs 5:lSi60518, and reichs-
marks 94A4955s, guilders. 401s and 30 5-lG
Silver.
Bar silver in London steady and y
higher at y 9-l6 pence per ounce. To
days New York price for commercial
bars al 59iE4G9l2 cents Government as
say bars at 59i4GGl. Mexican dollars
IJl2li4S-
Foreign Gold Premiums.
LONDON. July 29,-The gold premium
at Madrid today was quoted at 90. p
again $3.50 yesterday. and at Lisbon
100, against $50 yesterday.
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JAPANESE STRENGTHEN
GRIP ON FAR EAST

Continued from First PageD
Korean matters unless it is consulted
about them.
in this Korea is following China's ex-
ample and trying to preserve her in
tegrity.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
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DR.. SHADE

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ach kidney liver. nervous diseases. bladder
structure skin, blood. special weakness, and
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
GEN. BELL MAKES REPORT.
Still Strong in His Language Towarc
Unions.

SHIOuS.
Denver, Feb. 3-"Military necessity
recognizes no laws, either civil or So
cial," says Adjutant General Sherman
M. Bell of this state in his biennial
report made public today. Referring
to the use Of the troops in the mining
camps during the two years Of Gov
ernor Peabodys administration the adj
jutant general uses the following Ian
guage:
"As military commander the dignity
of the state of Colorado was at all
times upheld and asserted, in seeking
to ameliorate a condition of dynamite,
murder and assassination, under the
guise of labor that was intolerable.
Autocratic in name, political In it's
CRAFTS and speculative in its incorpor-
ated trusts, not the union recognized
to associate with working Improvement
in the condition of the honest working
people of the stateA their wives and
families betterment, but fire eating So
cialists and anarchists. famed by an
UNI American press, the whole outfit
will some day cause the lawmakers
to both suppress and Danish beyond
the state line such action becoming
citizens necessity by the lawmakers,
and necessity for the protection and
welfare of the individual who labors
for wages whom individually and coll
lectively I have had the highest re-
spect and regard for as well as for
their happineses and prosperity"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
ACRE WORTH TWELVE CENTS
Louisiana Lottery Land is Judged o
Small Value.

Chicago, FEB. 3. Land which the
Louisiana State Loan and Trust Com
pany claimed to own and which the
federal officials assert wu.s the basis
of the alleged lottery scheme promoted
by John T. Dalton, now on trial before
United States Judge Sanborn, was yes
terday valued at about 127sc an acre
by expert witnesses.
Thousands of acres of land in Louis
lana which has never been surveyed
and which is of a Doggy nature, dan
gerous even to walk upon, was pur-
chased by Louis A. Gourdian and Dali
ton, it was declared for SIG when the
property was sold for taxes in Louis
lana. 1t was on this sort of land, ac-
cording to the testimony In the trial,
that options were sent to persons thru
out the United States to be sold for 25c
to 81 a ticket. The purchasers We're
given to understand that the lands
were rich in oil wells. The nearest oil
wells to the property are over a hum
bred miles, according to the witnesses
who testified yesterday.
f. j. Sampson, deputy clerk in the
Vermillion parish, Louisiana land Of
flee, produced a plat of the so-called
oil lands
These lands" he said, ARE practi-
cally worthless. 1t would be dangerous
even to walk over them because there
is but crust of earth over a bog into
which one might fall and lose his life.
The plat filed by Gourdian shows 1885,
200 lots Of twenty feet square in this
parcel of land and I'm sure there is
not a man in Louisiana who would pay
one dollar for the whole tract"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Lively Discussion Takes Place
on the Postot1ice Appropria-
ton Measure
DEMOCRAT ATTACKS PARKER
Declares the Republicans Are Playing
shrewd Politics by Allowing the
Democrats Plenty of Rope and They
Are Hanging ThemseIves--The Mail
Subsidies Question.

Washington, Feb. 3. - During the
discussion of the postoffice appropria-
tons bill in the house the question OF
subsidies was frequently brought for
ward Mr.. Overstreet of Indiana, IN
closing the debate, declared that any
man who voted for the bill on Its pas
sides, because the bill was full OF
them.
"Gentlemen," he said "can not afford
to take umbrage at the word subsidy.
Then, turning to Mr.. Norris of Neb-
raska, who yesterday moved to strike
out the provision for special facilities,
Mr. Overstreet reminded him that ev-
cry rural free delivery route was d
subsidy He insisted there was merit
in the proposition for special facill-
ties The motion of Mr.. Norris to
strike out the provision was defeated,
n to IFS.
Mr.. Baker, democrat, of New York.
demanded tellers. He could muster on
ly ten supporters, among them Mr..
Williams of Mississippi the minority
leader Finding that tellers had been
refused. Mr.. Baker, shaking his fist at
those democrats who had not voted
with him, and raising his voice to the
highest pitch, shouted: "That Is the
way to kill the democratic party" His
utterance provoked laughter.
Mr.. Baker attacked the democratic
party and Judge Parker, it's candidate
last year. He said the republican party
was showing today the shrewdest poll
tics it ever showed. ut is" he said
amid storm of republican applause
giving rope to the southern democrats
and they are hanging themselves" He
declared that the only reason the
southern democrats We're members OF
the house IVES because of the negro
question.
Referring to Judge Parker, Mr.. Baker
spoke of him ss having been foisted on
the party by men like those who sup
ported this subsidy.
Mr.. Baker said that Thomas F. Ryan
went into the southern states and told
the democrats that Bryan had pre-
vented the democratic party from
winning for eight years, saying. "Come
with us and We will deliver the goods"
Other monopolists Of the democratic
party sang the same song and the
southern democrats listened and be-
came responsible for the results Of the
last election.