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HIT FOR INSULT
TO W0MEN,B BOY
WAS KILLED
Assailant Banged Victims
Head Against Pavement A.
ter Blow Over Heart.

William McCarty. nineteen years
old, homeless, and a member of a gang
OF young toughs which has terr5rized
the block on West T~hirty-hrst street.
between Ninth and Tenth avenues, for
the last few weeks. was killed by Fran
els D.. Mcleod, a respectable young
a twenty-eIght years old. who lives
at No. ily West IhIrty-hrSt street, toI-
lowing all insult 10 women.
McCaTty demanded money for beer OF
Mcleod as the latter stood in front of
hts house. Mcleod knew the youth FOR
a desperate character and he took no
chances. He struck him under the
..S.i, nio~nIIe i-.i uo"n a'.u 'aSt'
s.duDInS hCCdIty ) mead as he lay GA
.IIe ground, ne oaugeu II against the
pavement until McCarty was uesid. Inc
hospital doctors Say II was the bow
under the heart that killed McCarty.
McCarty. d young man named dc
VeLga and Two brothers,, known IN the
neIgnborhood as the "Skinnies," have
been leaders OF a gang OIL young tousIis
who have operated around the PehnsyI-
yanta railroad excavation for a long
time. They have a frequent nights
with quieter youths OF the neg
In which the latter nave generally Deem
HOrsted.
som weeks ago one OF the "Skinnies''
WAS stabbed in a row, and lay in Roose-
Welt Hospital Tor several days. He
charged the staDoins, TO some Of the
common enemy ON the block, and on
Sunday night he and the rest OF the
gang Invaded the neighborhood. Dent en-
revenge. There was a bad tight, n
the police reserves had TO be called out.
When 1t was all over McVelgh and
McCarty caught three of the enemy
down in the Pennsylvania e~xcayatio !.
and there was another fgAt. in which
McVcish was so badly injured that he
mad 10 ne taken TO Bellevue Hospital.
v here he now Is.
There has been bitter feeling on the
block ever since, and the young men
living there have been expecting an
invasion. So. when MoCarty came
around late last night and approached
Mcleod the latter made up his mind
no: to be delicate abou matters.
Mrs, Barbara Grant and Miss Julia
Finn were on the stoop. of No. Al
West T%hirty-frst street when McCarty
started 10 go into the house. He made
an insulting remark as he passed and
they saw him approach Mcleod and de-
mand money for beer. They say Nc
Leod refused. whereupon McCarty
started for him.
II was then that Mcleod delivered
the blow under the heart. After that
the women say, the man became furious
| and In his rage banged the unconscious
| mans head on the ground repeatedly
! Then he tried to help McCarty up and
| discovered that he was dead. They say
| Mcleod ran into the house, got somt
clothing and ran away.
The police have not been able 10 fine
4 him.
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-B|CAMIST WHO
SWAN RIVER IS
BACK IN PRISON
Smiths Anxiety to Explain
to First Wife Leads to
His Recapture.

The anxiety of John Smith to con-
vince his first wife that she made a
mistake in having him sent to the ISL
and for bigamy led to his return to-day
to the penitentiary from which he es-
capped on July s by swimming the East
River.
Smith is a handsome. intelligent
Young fellow. At one time he had two
SALOONS in Avenue b. near Fifteenth
street, but his winning ways with
women ctused him to lose his business.
He was arrested about six months ago.
charged with robbing the residence Of
Percy Nagle. the Harlem politician.
While ne was in the Tombs awaiting
trial both his wives visited him and
their trails crossed. The first wife be-
came suspicious, began an invest ga
ton. found that there was another Mrs.
Smith and swore out a warrant charg-
Ing bigamy. Smith was tried. found
guilty and sentenced on June 80 10 ole
year in the penitentiary.
"When they searched me on the ISL
and he said TO an Evening World re-
porter to-day. Il had a s. bill hat they
didn't find. l managed TO hang onto 1t
with the intention OF escaping the first
anc l got.
Last SATURDAY l slipped away. ran
down to the river, shed my clothes.
put my s. bill in my mouth and jumped
into the water. l landed at Seventy
eighth street. where there was "a crowd
Of boys playing on the dock.
II told the boys / had been swimming
OF Sixtieth street and was carried up
the river by the tide. They hustled
around and got me an old suit of
clothes. The captain of a brick barge
took me down the river and let me off
at Houston street. From there l made
my way to friends on the east side.
'"rhey staked ME to new clothes and
money and bought me a tickle to Tor
onto. I was on my way to the Grand
Central Station last night TO TAX a
train when the thought occurred to me
that / ought to call on my wife and
explain some things to her. l am fond
OF her 10 this day. But there was a
cop on watch outside her house and
ne nailed me-
Smith was arraigned in Harlem Po-
lice Court to-day, identified by two
keepers from the island and sent back
This time he was searched very care
fully and II is safe TO assume hat he
had no assets in the nature of cash con
cealed about his clothing when he got
back to the stone shed.
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said the girl. And Emil she cried.
with darken'ng face. II would not have
lived with him another year-not an
other day. I would rather had died"
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beer brought so prominently before the
public by the case of Door Berthe
Claiche.
Il have studied the question witt
Europe as we'll, and belIeve il is inn
possible TO suggest a remedy that viii
be thoroughly effective.
In a word, l would say arrest these
men wherever they are found charge
them with vagrancy and send them up
for the maximum time allowed under
he vRgranCy statutes. They are va
grants of the worst type, and as such
they can be punished. 1t would be verv
difficult to make a law that would reach
the specific crimes of the different
~c'asses of these men. and were such n
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law passed II would be still more diff
cult to make out a clear case in. most
Instances, as the necessary evidence
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NEWS.
PORT OF NEW YORK,

INCOMING STEAMSHIPS.
DUE TODAY,
iallla. Gibraltar. a Marcos.
lty OF Savannah, Galveston.
Colon. El Paso. N. Orleans.
i~atanzaB. Havana Cearense. Barbados.
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GIRL SLAVE l.
HER FULL STORY
BY EMMELINE PENDENNIS.

BY EMMELINE PENDENNIS.
Berthe Claiche, The young French girl
fold TO an Erenin0 World reporter Tho
complete story Of the uugcdp and the
cpenfs leading up to il tchich she
gaze yesterday for the first time TO
Lacquer Marr. Berthe states fearless.
" that she Killed her toymenter, bit
says that the shot was fired Whcn
Gerdr0n, Immediately after his arrest.
turned back torard her, shouting ~
sctH Kill Boug She thought Jy his
uoCemenf aud UOrds that he meant
shem. When the trigger a puIlcd
6srdros continued, after the slight
oaHse. ''snkea 4 get oatF
0ln Tells Story Of Tragedy.
Her story IL as follows;
ssdsrdrop Was a bad man In Paris. a
~ cadet lie Used to tran little girls
"a ell them for ~ apiece. He fooled
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OUTGOING STEAMSHIPS.
SAILED TO-DAY.
lilo Grande. Santiago. Nassau.
Hrunswiak- Jsffsrsons Norfolk
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BRIDE RETURNS
dead after
her ROMANCE
Drowning Of Mrs. Lawrence
Recalls Runaway Match
with Magnate's Sol.

The body OF Mrs. Anna B. Lawrence
who was drowned in the Hudson River
at Germantown. y. Y, yesterday and
who IS believed to have committed sui
eide. is at the home OF her father, at
one Hundred and Seventy-frst street
and Jerome avenue
Mrs. Lawrence was the central figure
in a romantic marriage ave years ago.
but about a year ago she and her hus-
band separated, and since then her
health had been bad, and her friends
say that she had repeatedly expressed
a wish to die. Her husband Is Harry
Lawrence, the son of George Lawrence,
who was a member of the old ope firm
Of Waterbury s. Co, of Brooklyn, and
he lives with his parents in a magnih-
cent home at Eighty-ninth street and
West End avenue, Manhattan.
Mrs. Lawrence's father Is Lewis
Blank, who keeps q big livery stable on
Jerome avenue, and is believed TO be
a man OF wealth. In the prosperous
days OF the Lawrences and Wa;erburys
these two families kept their horses
IN Blanks stable. Harry l. lawrence mad
several trotters and he was about the
stable a great deal.
Married Without Consent.
Six years ago he met Anna Blink, then
q very pretty girl OF eighteen years,
AT the stable and fell in love with her.
He couried her s~elTstly and finally
asked her to marry MIN. She would
nor agree unless her father gave his
consnt. Mr.. Blank was away at the
time. SO the young couple telegraphed
him for MS permission and he wired
back hat IL the LIwrences were willing
he certainly was, N withowu bothering
about any one else's permission the two
went out and We're married.
For q time the married life was o
very happy one. The Lawrences were
concil!ated and the young couple lived
in the West End avenue house. Three
years ago they had some differences
and separated for a while, A year ago
they had a more serious quarrel and
separated again. Mrs. Lawrence went
back to 1.-Two with her father, while
Lawrence remained at his home.
"a year ago" said Mr.. Blank to-day.
my daughter came nome to us again.
and after that she was In bad health,
She felt the separation from her hus-
band keenly, and a few months ago sac
was so delicate that / sent her IL
Germantown, where her sister, Mrs
James Wills, lives. / never heard hei
Talk of suicide, and my Information
from her sister is that her drowning
wus the result of an accident during !
Storm
The ST rs sent here from German
town r. that Mrs. Lawrence. with
George Race and Miss Grace Funk, was
boating, when the two latter decided
TO go in swimming. They left Mrs
Lawrence Ia the boat 20 look after thGii
Nfaps, and when a rain storm came VI
called 10 her 10 get their things undei
cover. Getting no answer. they hives,
tlgated and found the bat empty
AS she had been very Respondent FOR
some time and often said she WISHED
she w5S dead, suicide was though; o.
and the river was dragged. Close Il
me shore Mrs. Lawrence's body wai
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ARREST
AND GIVE THEM
FULL TERMS,

This Is one OF the most complicated
questions of sociology said Magistrate
Peter T. Barlow. when asked TO sug-
gest a remedy for the evil which has
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class consists of the man who. having
no means Of support, or none that is
OF the women of the street. and the
look TO each other for the poor apology
for domesticity which is denieu them IN
d drSn 0 tHes ' Simply a a s@la iss' d Is !as s ana.
fortunately, l believe this type is COM
p~aratively rare. though it seems tina.
II IS on the increase In New York.
and measures must be taken to sup
press II.
Pleasure to Sentence Them.
II have seen hundreds OF cases OF
a.! KINDS nave them constantly be-
Iore me. l take great pressure in send
ing these men 10 the Island. and never
mss an Opportunity wnere the evidence
T. fse ion as ! 40 IN Mo5f OF the magistrates
are doing the best they can under the
circumstances "
Have the magistrates made sny az
form Of Vice." vas uppress this
Il would rot like to say that con-
certed action in such a matter is pos
OF a magistrate are such that concert OF
action is hardly. possible. l. s ems
strange for a judge TO make such an
assertion brt It Is impossible for us to
cases in general. We must take each
case on Its merits. and often when the
evidence in two cases appears To he
lueliCal tne uAspOsltlOn OF the cases is
necessarily different. dictated largely in
most cases by the knowledge or tba
people and the discretion OF the magis-
trate.
The Only Remedy.
II had the pleasure a day or two
& OF ordering the arrest OF one OF
these men and sending him up for six
months in a peculiar case. The evidence
appeared right under my own nose
while l was on the bench. had fined
she stepped over to the rain AMI
beckoned TO a man. who stepped up and
handed her five 81 bills. / could see
all that l wanted to know right then,
] had the man arrested ard chsrged
with vagrancy. which proved to be a
correct charge. as the man hal abso-
lu:ely no visible means OF support, and
II gave me a great deal OF sltiscart on
70 SEND him I'D.
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Treat Them as Migrants.

'S''
Under the vagrancy act they can be
arrested repeatedly. AS long as they
continue their mode Of life. and they
can be put to the proof themselves as
TO their means of livelihood and must
Of necessity be convicted. Splendid
work Is being done by the police in this
respect now. and l have hope hat 1t
will be continued until tangible re-
suits of n decisive character will result.
AS 1t is, dozens of these men are being
sent up, and for some time the calen-
dars will show that there has been
conmendable activity, I can only saw
tina the work hould go on with in
creaslne vigilance, and l believe It will.
The work that The Evening World and
other papers are doing Is helping. and
Il should be continued.
These men can be divided into three
classes. They are all included under
the definition OF a good old English
OF the lot is a combination of the mis-
called cadet and the Gendron type
The cadet first lures his victim to her
shame M then lives on the proceeds
of her infamy. When ne enslaves his
| victim he adds the last and most re-
pulsive feature to his crime. The other
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GERDRON DIED THREATENING TO KILL GIRL

Bershe Claiche Before
COroner's Jury in In
Quiry Into Gerdron's
Death-Made Desperate,
She Says, by Brute's
Cruel Bondage and His
Threats to Kill Her
After MerciIess Beat
in&S When She Did Not
Bring Him Enough
Money.
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$E4A-u1ViUenU.
Total sales of stocks Give days., 1861.
l0G shares.
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DAISY SUNSHINE CIRCLE
STARTS AlIS'aICIOUSLl

The Daisy Sunshine Circle was or
ganized yesterday at the home Of the
President, Roswell Boothby. 727 Mas
saehusetts avenue northeast. When
the organizer arrived. the members
We're waiting impatiently on the front
door step for his arrival.
Adjournipg to the circles meeting
rooms he Immediately called the body
to order. taking the chair himself to
give the young president an idea how
10 hold a meeting along parliamentary
lines. After Introducing the members
into the intricacies OF the way to co.,
duct meeting, the chair was turned
over to the president and motion was
put in order to set the time OF meet
Ing for the circle. After much debate
1t was unanimously decided that Wed
nesddy afternoons at 3:4o o'clock
would be the best for all. The subject
was voted upon and the motion for
Wednesday afternoon as the meeting
day was carried.
The members Of this ciEg'e also de-
cided that they would carry flowers
deieacies. books and magazines to the
poor and sick children IN the numerous
hospitals about the city. Robert
ScnWering was appointed treasurer
and dues are to be paid every month
TO De used In helping the poor and sick
children OF the District.
The members Of Daisy circle have
organized a baseball team, and are
desirous Of getting games with other
sunshine teams.
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GILT-EDGED SECURITIES
PUT On The MARKET

Brown Bros. & Co.. Alexander Brown
& Sons, and Harvey Fisk & Sons are
Offering at 933a and interest by adyer-
tisement. the unsoId portion of an is
sue OF sio.000.oo0 31& per cent first mort
gage gold bonds OF the Washington
Terminal Company, dated February |.
1905, and due February ]. 1915
These bonds are part of an authorized
issue OF ST.. 600, 900, the remaining s.. 900 600
being reserved IN the treasury OF the
Washington Terminal Company to be
used only for the enlargement. better
ment, extension Of and additions 20 the
property covered by the mortgage. The
bends are guaranteed jointly and sew
orally both as to principal and interest
by the Baltimore ami Ohio Railroad
Company and the Philadelphia. Baiti-
more and Washington Railroad Com
pany pennsylvania railroad system).
The erection Of this magnificent Union
Station and It's approaches Is undoubt-
eddy one of the most important pieces
of railroad work now in progress in
the country. 1t will entirely eliminate
grade crossings in Washington. and viii
cost in excess OF si3. DOC, 600.
The station building will be monument
tai in character, in harmony with the
1dpttDl anu ot1CA
its vicinity. 1t will be one Of the iarg-
est passenger stations in the country
and the only passenger terminal In the
country It's architectural treatment will
be in keeping with Its dignity as the yes
thule OK gateway to the Capital CSty
of great nation. It viii probably be
completed in the fall OF 1906 The mate
rial selected for the building Is white
granite. -
The station will face the dome of the
Capitol, less than half q mile dis
tant It viii be used by all the rail-
roads reaching Washington from the
North and South, which formerly used
the old stations.
Subscriptions to the bonds of the
Washington Terminal Company will be
opened at 10 a. IA. on Tuesday. May
%, 1905, and close at p. m, or ear
lier on the same day, simultaneously at
the offices of the above mentioned bank
ing houses, who reserve the right to re-
ject any application and to award
smaller amounts than applied for. Al
lotments are to be paid for on May
&c. 1905, against the delivery Of the en-
grayed bonds.
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FOUR ALMOST DEAD
IN AGONY OF THIRST

SAN DIEGO. Cal. May M-George w
McKane, who has arrived from I'm
periai. tells of the rescue of four per.
sons on the desert. who were almost
dying for lack of water
The party comprised a Mr. Friend, his
wife. and two sons. formerly of Bos.
ton. but more recently living at Phoenix
Ariz. They undertook 10 cross from tbs
latter place to California.
Their water supply gave out. and al
point between Ehrenburg and Ole
Beach they were almost ready to give
up. when MeKane and r. H Benton
cattiemen, appeared ca the scene. re
viyed them with water and directed
them to the nearest well
Their subsequent movements are nel
known
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IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
PRICE CHANGES OF WEEK.

NEW YORK, May 20-The following
are the highest lowest, and closing
quotations, together with the number OF
sales of the most active stocks on the
stock exchange during the past week:
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CHAIRMAN KNAPP IS
HEARD BY SENATORS
Says Interstate Commerce Law Does
Not Give Commission Power
TO Correct Evils.

NJ A. Knapp, chairman OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission, spoke for
two hours at the afternoon session OF
the Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce, yesterday, in regard TO his
opinion Of the interstate commerce
law, and gave his views as to what
changes might be made in the present
law
He said that the inability of the In
terstate Commerce Commission to deal
with present conditions Is due to the
fact that the interstate commerce law
does not invest the commission with
authority to correct the evils with which
the country is ridden
lie dissented from popular public
opinion discrediting the interstate COM
merce law, and declared 1t to be one Of
the most important and beneficent
statutes ever enacted. He did not favor
any radical departure from the pur-
poses of the present Law beyond
Strengthening its weak places and aug
menting its authority.
He stated that the Interstate Corn
nerce Commission under the present
law was utterly Incapable of getting
AT the evils Of the long and short ha,,I
resulting In Determinations against
localities, or to reach the evils result
ing from terminal charges. switching
charges. and private car lines. He said
that extreme feasibility of rates was
rot necessary, and that he did not be-
lieve extreme rightly would follow the
fixing OF rates by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
". A. Hover, representing the Dem
Yer chamber Of commerce and board
OF trade. was also before the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce YES
terday His testimony was mostly a
statement Of the conditions surrounding
the jobbing interests of Denver. He
charged gross discrimination against
his city IL favor of the cities along
the Missouri river on the east and the
cities Of the Pacific coast on the west
particularly mentioning San Francisco
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FINANCIAL
I he Safest Investments

Are those that do net depend upon sie
financial responsibility or the stability
OF any Individual or corporation. First
deeds OF trust tEaoFtgagel notes lib
4 orally secured on good real estate IN
4 the District Of Columbia constitute
sgtft-edgeds' investments These ara
the only kind we make and supply 70
investors. They bear interest. pa
able senli-annuaiIy. at the rate of Five
per cent per annuia, ana may be had
IF rs IN amounts from $500 aud upward
st par and accrued interest Send for
booklet, Concerning Loans and IN
vestmentsfs
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Cgcup.

An attack Of Group can be warded of
by giving Cham berlaIn's Cough Remedy
promptly at the first indication of the
approach OF the disease. Eog sale by
all druggists.
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Domestic Exchange.
WEEKLY STATEMENT
OF NEW YORK BANKS

NEW YORK. May 20. The weekly
statement of the associated banks, is
sued today. shows the following
changess
Reserve on all deposits, decrease, IS,
49,. 500; reserve on deposits other than
United States. decrease. So, 138, 500: loans,
increase, So 700, 800: specie. decrease. s4.-
4.100; legal tenders, decrease, So, zoe !;
deposits. United states deDosits includ-
ed increase. 81. a32, GEO: circulation, In
crease, 1868. $50; total loans, s1,f20, Az. 500.
The banks now hold in excess Of legal
requirements s.. 219.975. against s13, oe4, US
last year. and s.. z22, 725 two years ago.
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Sales-U. S. coupon As. s108Q104ta
Washington Street Railway As, 81, cog
$685.. 81, 00aeg90ss. 81. G0oasoA, s5o0@sos4.
s.. oo0@91I., g, oooQe0i4. 81. 00oq90A, g, 0o0@
soA
metropolitan Railroad SIS 4, s., coca
10e14, 81 0o9G1Io21z So, o004fo2l.
Washington Street Railway, preferred
l009o1a. 50dle0.4, 50d905k, 50Q90ss. 00Q90ss
s,)i5' 110a90ss. lG9G90A. 50ge9sI. Egds0ss
Union Trust, loops. loops.
Metropolftan Citizens, 1Oq337.
Traders Bank, 101n1S3.
Riggs Bank. 5mS50.
MergenthaIer, 50a19oA, 50q1sozs. log
1907 l0a190ak l06190ss
L4anston, 50@147a.
Graplaopkone common. 1ooa5.
Graphophone preferred, 509SM
After call-Mergenth 2419o, 1880.
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, May 2o.-Money on call
2q2ls per cent neminally.
Time money during the week was in
ton in the volume Of offerings made by
brokers. Rates continued on an easy
basis and were quoted: Rates per cent
for sixty days, 2l4 per cent for ninety
days &c five months, 3A @3la per cent for
six months. s9a per cent fer eight
months.
Mercantile paper was characterized
this week by the comparative scarcity
of desirable paper This was largely
accounted for by the excellent collec-
tions of outstanding bills for goods
which have been delivered. The demand
was fairly good here, and from other
centers. Rates 3AG4 Per cent for sixty
to Ninety days indorfsed bills receiy-
able, and for choice four to six months
single names: 412a5 per cent for others
less well known.
Domestic Exchange.
Chicago exchange on New York city
today was cents premium per s1,00o
against par yesterday. and compared
with so premium this day a year ago.
Boston exchange par, unchanged from
yesterday.
Foreign Exchange.
Sterling exchange was firm today,
with rates five to ten points higher.
Rates for actual business were as fol-
lows: Sixty days. 1885: demand, 4s71o:
cables. 4.S720 Commercial bills were
4.S41sM4 851s. The supply of grain and
cotton bills was scarce,
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

reported by ". B. Hibhs & Co.. 1913
Street. Members New York Stock Exchange.
Chicago Beard OF Trade, and Washington
Stock Exchanged