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The Washington times., 1905-08-24
MARKET MAINTAINS
A HIGH AVERAGE
Opens Strong and Continues
Without Slump.
LONDON A HEAVY BUYER
Commission Business Falls OFF, But
Room Trading Increases-Supply
of Stocks Large.
LONDON A HEAVY BUYER

JEW YORK. Aug. 24.-The market
advanced during the first ten minutes
;sfter the opening this morning Since
then its average has been maintained.
There has been no decrease in activity,
Lut the commission business was some
what smaller. and the amount of room
trading comparatively larger than yes
terday. It was little more profes-
sional. The supply OF stocks was fairly
liberal.
The market opened strong. Pennsyl-
vania and Analgamated Copper ranged
p TO Is higher; Metropolitan Street
Railway was up rs, and METROPOLITAN
Securities =. Colorado Fuel and Iron
gained !. and Louisville and Nashville
e. The whole list averaged z higher.
American Locomotive was up points.
London exerted a dominating influence
on the market, buying Pennsylvania
the application to list the stock in Ber-
lin.
Foreign buying also helped greatly the
upward movement in Amalganated
London before the opening here as high
as 50. London was also q buyer of
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific. Read
ing, and Louisville and Nashville. There
Nashville both in London and Berlin
this morning.
There was renewed bullish talk OF
Heading, and the buying this morning
The Metropolitan issues We're strong.
7 he supply of stocks on advances was
rs large as it was all through last week
and this week, but the demand was
greedy. Government bonds were IN
changed; other bonds steady.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
PAINTERS ODQECTTO
NAVY YARD WAGES
D. P. Cleland Says Union Men Cannot
Get Minimum Wage Scale-Other
Departments Pay More.

David G. Cleland, a member of Local
No. 36S, Brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators, in a letter to The Times. de-
clares that the printers and decorators
dc not ask the Government to receive
their union card. But asserts there is
injustice In the wages paid at the
navy yard.
Mr.. CIeland says;
We don't ask the government to re-
ceive our union card. and we don't pro-
hibit our men from working with non
union men for the government. but we
do reserve the right to make our mem
bers get the minimum wage scale, which
IS $3.50 per day.
The 1st OF September. 1904. our en-
ployers advanced our wages from 50 to
s.. 20 per day We notified the navy yard
and received a reply that until the labor
board met they could do nothing, and
that the said board met semi annually.
They have met and remet, but we have
never heard anything from them
we have recently notified Captain
Davenport Of the 30-cent Increase this
is total Increase of 80 cents
The captain replied, I'VE Will be IN
able TO increase the painters wages, as
we kS~e a labor board composed Of CT
hcers from all Government navy yards
in the country and we have an infor-
can take your men out as soon as YOU
ike we can get plenty TO take their
places at the present rate. We pay men
what they are worth"
The Government pays 500 per day
an dthe individual shipbuilder has pos
sioly to pay 81 per day. and does II not
seem strange that all the rest Of the
Government departments have given the
increase, with a possible exception of
Secretary Wilson. of the Agricultural
department, who is at least paying the
increase OF last year,? q
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
CHARLES 4. DOUGLASS
NEW RAILWAY COUNSEL

Charles A. Douglass, of the law firm
of Douglass & Douglass. has been
chosen as one of the general counsel for
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. He was selected to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of the late
Justice Charles c. Cole
In the future Mr.. Douglass will be
associated with Joseph ]. Darlington.
leading counsel for the Washington
Railway and Electric Company, in the
directing Of the law business of the
street railways controlled by the cor
poration. and also Of the two electric
light plants connected with it
Mr.. Douglass is a native Of South
Carolina, having been born in Fairfield
county. He began the practice OF law
at Columbia, the capital Of the State.
where he met with much success. In
the early sos he came to Washington
and began the practice of law with
William O'Bear. also of South Carolina
After the death of Mr.. O'Bear some
years ago, Mr.. Douglass associated with
him his brother. Z. Scott Douglass,
under the firm name of Douglass &
Douglass.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
F. E. PECKHAM'S BAIL
MAY NOW BE REDUCED

the Supreme Court of the District. is
not a surprise. Very often in such cases
the report Of the findings OF the grand
jury Is nos made a matter of record
until after the person or persons against
whom indictments have been found are
arrested.
The greatest secrecy prevails in the
District Attorneys office relative to the
affair. In Mr.. Beach's absence from
Washington, none of his assistants will
say anything relative to his movements
or as to the work Of the grand jury in
the cotton case.
From what has developed there is no
doubt when Mr.. Beach held a confer
ence with Justice Stafford. Tuesday
morning, it was for the purpose of get
ting the permission of the court to
withhold from publication the findings
CT the grand jury in the cotton scandal
case
Secretary Wilson declined to discuss
or comment upon Peckhan's arrest this
morning.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
JAPANESE EFFORT ON ART.

Japanese art has exercised an even
greater influence on Western civilization
Long before the present war made jap
anese works OF art. pottery and manu-
facrured articles fad. this Oriental
spirit was felt. 1t appeared in decorat tive
designs of flowers and birds. Their skin
in engraving is emulatcd IN all coun-
tries.
These new impulses and inspiration
which Japan has given TO the rest Of
the world have established bonds of
sympathy and human kinship preparing
the way for still closer and moro cor
dial relations.
Now science has traced the ancestry,
Of the white and yellow races back far
enough to warrant the belief that b0th
originated IN common stock in Cen-
tral Asia. and, looking forward il Dre-
diets their ultimate reunion after many
thousands of years Of encIrcline and
conqueTing Of the globe, 70 produce the
dominant race Of the future-the golden
man.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
ADMINISTRATORS OF ESTATE
OF ALEXANDER BELL

Justice Stafford today signed an order
in Probate Court appointing the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company ad-
mlnlsIratoF of the estate OF The late
Alexander Melville Bell. The order was
made when il was determined Mr.. Bell
had died inteatate.
a document purporting to be the last
VIII OF SIR Ben was offered for pro-
bate, but it was not executed in the
presence OF witnesses. II was dated
June H. 1901, and is as follows
Having. 10y anto mortem gifts. made
satisfactory provisions for Harriet my
dear wife and for my TWO SrauddaUsll-
ters Elise May BrosVenOr and Marion
Hubbard Bell. i ann free 10 give and be
qiIeath. without specifying particulars,
all that l possess or may possess al the
time Of my death 20 my dear son, Alex
ander Graham Bell whom hereby ap-
point my sole legatee and executor O.,
this. nay viii.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
NEW YORK.

Opinion in welI-informed brokerage Of
fees iEclines to the belief that the low
priced issues offer the best speculative
opportunities, the argument being that q
number of stocks like Northern Pacific.
Great Northern anG Delaware and Hud-
son have advanced so much that large
following cannot be attracted to them,
and that the market for them must re-
main narrow and uncertain. On these
grounds the prediction is made that the
efforts Of professional Wall Street to
awaken speculative interest will very
soon be DIRECTED 10 the popular sections
OF the list much more than they YET
have been. The movement in Erie -1hlS
week and the less important movement
In Ontario and Western are cited as evi-
dence that the change has already be-
gun.
With a reaction of l or points in Wis
conSfn Central stocks, rumors of an al
lance with another system died out. II
is said in a weil-informed quarter that
none Of the pool members, or at least
none of the more prominent among
them. has given q sign of encourage
ment to any of the numerous merger
rumorS affecting the road.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
PETITION DISMISSED.

Justice Stafford today dismissed the
petition for a writ Of habeas corpus
filed by Alexius Marceron a week ago
to regain possession Of his eigbt-year-
old daughter, Irene Isabel Marceron.
who is in the custody Of her aunt, Mrs
Mary r. Pollen.
The Marcerons and the PoIons. and a
host Of friends OF both were in court
today to testify at the hearing. which.
itw as believed. would take place The
dismissal OF the petition by the court,
however, cut short the proceedings.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
"SH0RTS" BUY HEAVILY
ON COTTON MARKET

NEW YORK. Aug 24-Although ca
bles We're not up to expectations at the
opening Of the cotton market this morn
ing, the hot dry weather in Texas
caused lot of buying by professionals
who went short on the weak spell last
night FOR a turn. This was supplement-
ed by renewed support from Southern
operators on the exchange who are firm
believers in high prices. The offerings
were light and scattered.
Quotations at 1890 a. m. were October,
1J.30; December, Ills; January, 11.20;
MaAch, 1.27.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE STOCK MARKET I
WASHINGTON.

This was the dulIest day in months
on the local exchange Had it not been
for the sale of 800 shares of Washing
ton Railway preferred after the call at
92492A, the total trading of the day
would have comprised only $50 shares.
Or these, 100 were Washington Railway
common. at 42H1 40 preferred at 929s.
loo Lanston at Il and 30 at 17ls, and l0J
Grdphoph0ns preferred al SIS
Greene Copper was stronger. 25SI
being bid and 257s asked, but no trade
It suited
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET,
G. P. O. EMPL0YE
LOSES A FINGER

Rush Eator. a folding machine opera
tor al the Government Printing Office,
living at Tenth and o streets north
west, had the forefnger of his right
hand badly crushed while taking a sheet
from the feed roller this morning
Dr. Manning, the printing office ply
sician, dressed the injury, and found
that the finger had been so badly crush
ed that it would be necessary to ampu-
tate 1t between the first and second
joints. He was taken to the Casualty
Hospital for the operation.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
HIS EXPERIENCE.

In Holland the cap Il woman wears
SlRniiles whether she is married or not.
''Dn, well, replied the man who had
Just returned from the summer resort
what's the use of that? It's as e9sy
to tiirt with a married woman as any
other ind-''-ChiCa@o Record Herald
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Decentralization Street Railway pre-
ferrei 30G925s,
Washington Street Railway common,
1oOGI42A
Lanston. 5G9171s. 100aI7.
Ora aphophone preferred. 100QSB.
After call-Capital Traction, 2G4146sss,
o00i146i6.
Washington Railway preferred. 5GQ
92A, 5o93211s, 10OQ92, 100992, 2oJQ92
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
~ THE WORLD OF FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

REPORTED by ". B. HIbbs & Co. 1919
street Members New York Stock Exchange.
Chicago Board of Trade. and Washington
StocIs ENchanset
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
What Holmes Admitted.

According 10 Secretary Wilson's re-
port, Holmes admitted that he and
Peckhan We're at one time closely re-
lated in a business transaction. and that
he tHolmes) was to have an interest in
the business amounting to approximately
$1,000, which he was to receive as a gift
from the other members of the firm.
1t IS understood that warrants for
the arrest OF two others besides Peck
ham were issued yesterday, one OF them
IN this city and the other in New York.
The New York man for whom the
warrant was issued is said TO have been
in many ways connected with Peck
ham and also with a man who was
formerly employed in the Agricultural
Department. These warrants are now
in the hands Of deputy United States
marshal. and 1t is expected the arrests
win be made today
This Not a Surprise.
That the report Of the grand jury in
The ease cf the cotton leak scandal
w lot made a matter Of record upon
the books of the Clerk of the Court of
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. Aug. 24-The following are
the quotations in the grain market to-
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
Beach Went to Work.

District Attorney Beach went to New
York Tuesday night, and early yester-
day morning was in consultation with
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney Wise. but what the nature of that
conference was neither of these men
would say. It was generally conceded.
however that the cotton scandal was
the chief topic of the conference.
Peckham's name has been associated
very closely with that of Moses Haas,
OF New York, who, with Peckhann. de-
clined to testify before the grand Jury
aesses.
Secretary Wilson. in his report of the
lnVestIgatIon OF the cotton leaks, said
that /. Z. Van Riper, of New York
reported Haas as. go-between in CON
Veying information from Holmes 10
other New York brokers. This CORE
spondence frequently contained the mi
tial p. which, 1t is alleged, was a
code used by Holmes in referring TO
Peckham
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
DR.. SHADE.

Cures lung ard throat trouble. catarrh. storn
ach kidney, liver. nervous diseases; bladder
structure, skin, blood. special Weakness ana
priva.e diseases cured promptly. Closed Sun-
days. GU i 81. aWs :yIS-Gs
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
THE SURE CURE

Leads all remedies Iur men. safe, prompt.
and permanent. Mhe9 used early SURE CURE
UfU UrrVrut infection For sale by THOS
II ArI<ftS~oN. ltJa and u NV, and ali
drst-cIass druggists, aU2O-5t
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
CONTINUED from First Page.)

baugh of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trtCt of Columbia. as a result of an in
dictment found against him by the
grand jury which has been investigating
the cotton leaks Of the Department of
Agriculture for the past month.
When arraigned Peckham could not
furnish $12C00 bail and was locked M
He is to be given a hearing this after
noon at Ballston Spa before a United
States Commissioner.
It is expected that several more ar
rests will be made and that some of
them al least will be in the New YorI,
district. Peczham's alleged connection
with the cotton leaks strengthens that
rumOr.
A Go-Between?
Peckham. ii is said. was connected
with the leakages more as a go-between
with other eopie in on the cotton deal
as it was through Peckham as an inter
mediary that the alleged correspon
dence is said TO have passed between
Edwin S Holmes. jr., the associate
statistician Of the Department Of Agri-
culture. and certain New York brokers.
who, it is alleged. have proffted from
advance information and manipulation
of the cotton crop figures.
II IS said that PeCkham became so
convinced OF the good faith OF the per
sons who were said 10 be accommodating
evidence Of the condition of affairs that
he turned over to them. as an evidence
Of his good faith. letters written by
Holmes, in which it was alleged, the
latter agreed tc make the estimates of
the June report much more bearish than
the true crop conditions warranted
The same agent it was said, arranged
an interview, which took pIace In fjhie
city' between Holmes and cotton brok-
ers Of this city. At this interview. it
was said. Holmes and the intermediary
discoursed freely OF their operations
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-16

RossiM was intolerably jealous Of all
his musical contemp oraries and partic-
.ula1ly OF Meyerbeer. In 1896 he heard
The Husuenots,. and on listening to
the performance from the beginning to
the end he made up his mind that Mey-
srbeer had exceiled him and deter
mined to write no more. He lived un-
II 1863 but produced nothing for the
lyric stage. His thirty-two years Of re-
ttrement were spent In the pleasures Of
. voluptuary. He was particularly fond
soe good eating and drinking and as
semblsd about him the youngest and
Sayest society he could attract to his
house. IL.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

How many men work too hard7 How
many do yea know1 4
Every good husband IL henpecksd.
That's all there Is TO It N. .s q. IA
Classical music Is like some people
very hard to understand.
It Is said that a farmer gets the best
work out Of q farm hand who is aspir-
ing to be his son-in-law.
Perhaps one reason why a poor man
lives longer than rich one is that the
doctors don't take SO much interest In
him.
S5 When an economical man suffers a
ten dollar loss he cuts of expenditures
reaching to $50 before he feels right
about it. M
II you have faults the idea is not to
humiliate yourself by acknowledging
them to your enemies, but to get over
them IL possible for your own good.
Atchison Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-16
Leapine Treason.

King William III. of England was
passionately fond Of the chase and
made 1t point never to be outdone in
any leap, however perilous. a Mr..
Cherry, who was devoted to the exiled
family, took advantage Of this to plan
the most pardonable design which was
ever formed against kings life. He
regularly Joined the royal hounds, put
himself foremost and took the most
desperate leaps In the hope that VIII
liam might break his neck in following
him. One day, however, he accom-
plished one 80 imminently dangerous
that the king when he came to the spot
shook his head and drew back. Il ID
said that Mr.. Cherry at length broke
his own neck and thereby relieved the
king from further hazard.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-16
WESTERN LIVE STOCK SHOW

1T Will Be cid HI Denver IN January
and VIII Be Novel liz Many Re-
spects.
The western Live Stock Show to
BE held in Denver during the week OF
January goth, lis to be an exclusively
western event, and will be novel IN
many respects. In the first place the
territory from which the animals will
come Is limited to that part west OF
the 1o2d meridian. This Is the east
ern boundary line Of Colorado, but
includes the extreme northwestern
mart 81 Nebraska, the western Dako-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-16
Torture 81 I Preacher.

The story Of the torture Of Rev. o.
D. Moore, pastor Of the Baptist church
OF Harpersville. N. r. viii interest
you. He says: 4 suffered agonies,
because Of g persistent cough, result
Ing from the grip. had to sleep SIT
ting up IN bed I tried many reme-
dies, without relief. until I took DR..
Kings New Discovery for consump-
tion, coughs and colds, which entirely
cured my cough, and saved me from
consumption" a. grand cure for dis
eased conditions Of throat and lungs.
AT Lenhart's, druggist; price Soc and
$1.00, guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-16

B The Original laxative Cough Syrup
q Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar.
Il expels all cold from the system by
acting as cathartic on the bowels.
.Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar Is
. certain, safe and harmless cure for
colds, Icroup and whooping cough.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-16
oI1ehes Wash.d 81 EIeo4rIe,,v5

Clothes washing by electricity,
without soap, Is the idea Of Hun,
garian. The stream Of electrified
water y claimed to remove all spots
and dirt, and the 800 garments held
By the machine are washed In less
than is minutes. . 5sss .5s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-19

gro, and, as he alighted from the car
seized, trapped, and threw him to the
ground. The engineer blew a sharp
signal, and the train pulled on.
In a minute Gus was bound and gag
ged.
One of the men drew whistle and
blew twice. A single tremulous cal
like the cry of an owl answered. The
swift beat of horses's feet followed
and four hite-and- scarlet clansmen
swept in a circle around the group.
One of the strangers turned to the
horseman with red-winged ensign or
his cap, saluted, and said:
Here's your man, Night Hawk"
Thanks gentlemen" was the an
swer. Let us know when we can be
of service to your county"
The strangers sprang into their bug
gy and disappeared toward the North
Carolina line.
The clansmen blindfolded the negro,
placed him on a horse, tied his legs Sc
curely, and his arms behind him to
the ring in the saddle.
The Night Hawk blew his whistle
four sharp blasts, and his pickets gal
loped from their positions and Joined
him.
Again the signal rang, and his men
wheeled with the precision of trained
cavalrymen into column formation
three abreast, and rode toward Pied
mont, the single black figure tied and
gagged in the centre Of the white-and-
scarlet squadron.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-19
ORIGIN OF MOTHER GOOSE.
She Was a Mythical Old Frenehwo.
man, a Story Teller.

The earliest date at which Mother
Goose appears as the author of child
ren's stories is 1897, when Charles
Perrault, a distinguished French lit.
terateur, published in Paris a little
book of tales which he had during
that and the preceding year contribu-
ted to a magazine known as the Re-
cueil, printed at The Hague. This
book is entitled: "Histoire ou Contes
du Temps Passe, aves des Moralites,"
and has a frontispiece in which Is
pictured an old woman telling stories
to a family group by the fireside,
while in the background are the
words In large characters, "Contes De
ma Mere rOye"-"Tales OF My
Mother Goose" These tales are
eight in number, consisting Of the
following: Little Red Riding Hood"
'The Sisters Who Dropped from
Their Mouths Diamonds and Toads, !"
"Bluebeard," "The Sleeping Beauty"
"Puss in Boots" Cinderella" Ri
ouet with the Tuft," and Tom
Thumb"-or Little Thumb" (Petit
Poucet) as he Is here called. "Riquet
With the Tuft' Is the only one OF the
collection which seems not to nave
maintained its popularity In Enghsn
and American collections.
1t is thus clear that Mother Goose
was of French extraction, and OF at
least respectable antiquity. But thus
far nothing has been heard OF her
melodies" She began her existence
as the raconteur of fairy tales, not as
the nursery poetess.-The Dial