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The Washington times., 1905-02-04
Judge Tries New Amounts
In Electric Company Fines

The District is in need Of revenue,
said Judge Scott when the scrap had
been concluded and after hearing the
attorney of the Potomac Electrical Pow
er Company on the efforts of the COM
pany to avoid violating the smoke law,
and while | have no doubt that you
have done all you say you have the fact
remains that the violation has not
stopped I nave fined you all the way
from SO to SfG0 but fines seem TO have
no effect I now fine you Sf0-S5G on one
charge and $40 on the other. | don't be-
lieVe | have ever imposed these partlG-
ular amounts before and they may |e
lucky.
The case was filed against Lindley z.
Sinclair, the manager of the corpora
ton. II was originally intended to try
il Yesterday, but the warrant came IN
too late ana Prosecutor Pugh refused 10
receive it.
When the case was called Mr.. Sin
clair, acting on the advice of his laWyef'
pleaded guilty TO the two charges. lie
declared. however, that the company
was exerting every effort TO do away
with the violation. He declared that the
trouble had been stopped at the main
building at Fourteenth ard e streets,
and that the building at four-and-a-
llaIf and Z street southwest, where the
vas receiving their undivided attention
We have just purchased two new de-
vices said the counsel for the defense,
which the inventors claim, will pre-
vent the issuance of any smoke. one
of these. is an American device. The
other Is from abroad. and Is, am IN
formed, on the way 10 this city
Il don't III the least doubt you, said
Judge Scott, but the District Is in need
of revenue. Seventy dollars.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE STOCK MARKET
ASHINGTON.

Business on the local exchange today
was exceedingly dull and prices were
mostly stationary or tending to lower
level
Washington Railway bonds were an
exception. these securities gaining Is to
u on sales of $4,000, the price paid being
STh and S7ss. respectively. The preferred
stock lost i, 1Z5 shares selling at 1856.
and in the closing figures there was a
fun thcr recession of Is on the bid. while
the Offering remained at S61a. The COM
mon stock was quoted in the closing at
g, loss of Il, but the offering was al
50. an advance OF Il.
There was no trading in Capital Trac-
ton. and the closing bid was HIS n
loss of Il, while the offering receded
Ii to 14fZs
National Safe Deposit sold at 1S7
for 30 shares and 1862 for 10 more, but
the closing figures dropped to $50 bid and
1853 asked.
Ten shares of Commercial National
Bank sold at 165, the recent ruling
price and ten shares American Securi-
ty and Trust at 80.
There were some changes in bank list
quotations. but nearly all of little sig
nifiCance.
Washington Gas remained about sta
t1onary, l29 shares selling at 644 and
81 at 641s
Mergenthaler lost full point in the
bidding. 1872 being the closing figure,
but after the call % shares were sold at
1912.
LanSton remained firm at 1855 at " hich
figure 20 shares were sold.
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PROFII-TAKIlIG
IS IN EVIDENCE
Some Traders Disposed to
Be BearEs II.
ANTHRACITES ARE STRONG
Gould Southwestern A mother Stock
That Resists Selling
Movement
ANTHRAClTES ARE STRONG

NEW YORK, Feb. IT he opening OF
the stock market was, in he main, firm
Erie ruled somewhat low er. Baltimore
and Ohio, Atchison, and ST eels, nominal
" easier. Wabash issues were stronger,
and the preferred rose y. Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific were nom1naliy
fIImer. Missouri Pacific was compara-
lively active. and up IS. Heading ruled
at about IS per cent adv ance- Della
ware and Hudson gained 1 per cent
Sugar and Amalgamated Copper We're
both nominauy stronger. Proht-taking
was considerably in evf dence later.
Traders were also somewA at bearishly
disposed for the reason tt at the fore
casts Of the bank statement We're rather
lmfavorable and some sell ing was in
dulged in for short time
The anthracite coal stocks. however.
We're disposed To strength, also the
Gould Southwestern shares;- National
Lead rose nearly : per ceTli--
Speculation is more quiet than of late,
but the undertone of confit 'ence is I'M
changed, and buying orders appear or
ali concessions
Government bonds unchaa lged; other
bonds are steady.
The market closed irreguT ar, slightly
Oft after the bank statemG 1t.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
Page Tries to Appease
Wrath of Senator Bailey
Author Sustains Words of President OF Uni
versity of Virginia, Who Deplored DeCad-
enCe of Southern Craftsmanship.

There was printed a few days ago in
The Times d letter from Senator Bailey
of Texas TO Thomas Nelson Page, TAX
ing umbrage at certain remarks made
before the Southern Society of New Yo1 n
nv DIR. Alderman. president OF the Uni
versity of Virginia.
In this address DR.. Alderman express
ed the view that the craftsmanship of
the South was on the decline, and ask
ed: where are the CaIhouns and Clays
of ether days?,
This offended Senator Bailey and he
declined the appointment to committee
of which Mr.. Page was chairman, to col
lect funds for the university Senator
Bailey took the ground that DR.. Alder
man was not the proper person to in
struct the youth of the South.
Mr.. Page has addressed the following
letter to Senator Bailey;
IA the Family.
Il have your letter relating to the
newspaper report of the speech recently
delivered b! Or. Alderman, president of
the University of Virginia, before the
Southern Society of New York, and note
what you say as 10 the unfortunate i'm
preston created by his reported criti-
cism of the public men Of the South.
Il beg to say, IN the first place, that
the speech in question was delivered, not
before q Northern audience, but before
an audience composed almost entirely
of Southern men, though, of course,
there were some Northern men present
as guests on that occasion.
What was said, therefore, was said,
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as it were, in the family. In the second
place, I would say that, while the ad-
dress contained what / and other de
voted Southerners who herd It consid-
cred perfectly sane and reasonable criti-
cism, not of our public men. as you
have heard it, but of ourselves; the
whole address was fine, l might say
defense of the South.
Il was not less amazed than Ut. Al
derman to find how a few sentences,
picked cut because they were critical
and divorced from their context, have
been distorted and misrepresented-
Meaning Twisted.
''No one knows better than yourself
how a para graph or utterance, thus sep
arated from its setting, loses its real
value and may be twisted into conveying
the opposite of what u speaker really
intends.
Zone may give credit for a thousand
virtues and but a few faults, yet il the
faults be the only things reported his
meaning and his attitude will be wholly
reversed. Such. I desire to say, has
been the case in this instance.
''Dr. Alderman, in a brief, critical
analysis of our conditions, was pleading
for better opportunities to train our
coming leaders than our generation has
had and the criticism to which the par
asraph you have seen referred was so
reasonably expressed and so soundly ex-
planned by the conditions which fol-
lowed our great losses that had you, L
think or any one else heard the entire
address you would not have failed to
scented. and would have agreed with US
that it was a speech notable on many
accounts, but OH none more so than It's
tribute to the Southern people.
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Sales-YY ashington Street Railway As.
81 000dSI14 81, 001@S714, S5O1GS IA 81, 0006l
S7ik, 81, oaCGST2s, q, G099S7$s-
Washington Gas certificates, $1,000
1925.
WASHINGTON Street Railway preferred,
50GS6, 5G6S6
National Safe Deposit. 1o@ 49,, 1o@1S7,
1G01S7. 1061s615
Commercial National Bank 10G165
Washington Gas. 25d64A, 3 064l4, $50
64i.. 250645I. 2JG64I4, 25GI641s.
Lanston, 1e06135s, 50di39s, 90 3I5a4.
After caIl-American Secu rity and
Trust-10G240
Ianston 1GGI 1888.
Washington GASEOUS.
Washington Railway. PREFER ed-25GIs6
genthaIer-l5aI941A, 1001AEa.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
POLICEMAN I4ILES
TRIAL POSTPONED

The trial of Policeman James r Hile
OF the Eighth precinct, scheduled to be
held at l o'clock to-day, has been post
poned until Wednesday morning. On
that day ne VIII be required TO prove
that he was not guilty of negligence in
allowing William Burge TO escape from
the Casualty Hospital GA the night Of
Thursday, February =
Hile was detailed to watch Burge. who
vas confined at the hospital suffering
from three bullet wOundS. Pretending
that he was going to the toilet room
Burge Icaped from the window and cs-
capped.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
COTTON MARKET
PUZZLE TO TRADE

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-The actions of
the local cotton market were as great
puzzle to the trade as ever. prices adj
vancing fully points on active months.
The Liverpool market was again firm
and it was reported from that center
that bears there appeared about ready
to turn. The demand here came mostly
from shorts
Brokers frequently operating for Wall
Street were sellers. Houses with prf-
Vate wires had some orders, but the
general opinion was that outsiders had
not yet come into the market to any
appreciate extent
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES.

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, Feb. 4.-The cold
weather of the past few days has had
the effect of keeping the hdbltues of
the police court indoors. and there nave
been no arrests made for The past Ior-
ty-eight hours.
Warden Gambler, of the city jail, re-
ports, however, that he has two doz-
en- prisoners under his charge Most
of these are serving sentences for triv-
ial offenses, while others dFe awaiting
trial on more serious charges. All Of
the prisoners are in good health, Mr..
Gambler says.
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sEx-diyidend.
PROTESTING AGAINST
PHILIPPINE TOBACCO

When the Senate met today a m emo
rial was presented from the tobacco
growers of Georgia protesting against
the admission of Philippine tobacco into
The United States free Of duty
a House bill directing the DirecttT OF
the Census 10 collect and publish csston
statistics was amended 10 include the
collection and publication of naaI1 aage
and divorce statistics since 1851, and @fien
passed This Is in accordance with the
reGtlest or the President.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
War of Words Over
The Smoke Lam Case
Judge Scott and Prosecutor Pugh Exchange
Personalities When the Case of Eugene
Cochran Is Called.

amount of collateral. and your honor
knows it." replied the prosecutor. Il
have never gone beyond my limits
sioners see fit to send a letter pro-
hibiting you to do so in the future? You
must have had something to do with
the fixing of collateral at some time, or
10 letter would have been written
Their letter practically alleges that, in
spite OF your denial, you have done that
very thing,
Row Over Warrant.
y don't care what the Commissioners
say" shouted Pugh, his face turning
red. Il have done no such a thing. l
merely perform my duty, making no dis
tinctions in any case. Since this IS so.
/ know that you have no right to cTiti-
else me in open court. This Is not the
first time you have done it, either
Il ana given to understand that you
criticised me yesterday for refusing TO
receive the warrant against the Potomac
Electrical Power Company. Regarding
that case / merely state that my refusal
was nothing out Of my ordinary course
of procedure. The warrant came in too
late and it was perfectly natural that ]
should refuse 1t yesterday. 1t is not
the business Of the court TO criticise the
Prosecuting Attorney
Il do not tn nix that / have done any
thing illegal or unWarranted, answered
Judge Scott; but we must let IT GO, fol-
you are delaying the business of the
court. Proceed with the next case.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
SMITH
CONQUERS PNEUMONIA

The condition of Representative Smith
of Michigan, who is i'll with pneumonia
at the buckingham, IS greatly improved
today.
At one time it was thought his case
would take Il turn for the worse, and
his family was summoned. During the
past day or so, however, he has shown
rapid Improvement
At O'Clock today his condition was
such as to cause his family relief from
the anxiety felt up to this time.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
Cha,nber1ain's Cough Remedy the Best
Made

IN my opinion Chamberlain Cough
Remedy Is the best made for colds,
saws Mrs. Cora Walker. of POrterVille.
California. There is no doubt about its
being the best. No other viii cure cold
so quickly. No other is so sure a pre-
nIeasanf and safe to take. THESE are
good reasons Why it should De preferred
to any other The fact is that few PEG
having once used this remedy. For sale
by all druggists.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
FL ADACHE
REs. ID
III / AN 7

Got constant headache? Ter chances
tn ono the secret of your suffering is that
white mans burden" catarrh. Here =
sentence from one mans evidence foI
DR.. AgEeW's Catarrhal Powder: lone
aDplica ton gave me instant relief
cleared the nasal passages. and stopped
The pain in nay head IT'S n quick. safe
ana sure tTea tment. and J. never fails to
cure. p
i'r. Agnew'S Eieart Cure is for
heart. stomach and nerves.
Sold by MoDGRN DHUH CO..
IA iii St. y. W.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
WEEKLY STATEMENT
OF NEW YORK BANKS

NEW YORK, Feb 1.-The weekly
bank statement of the associated banks,
issued today, shows the following
changes: Reserve on all deposits. de-
crease, 7,13T, 625; reserve on deposits
ether than United States, decrease,
s.. 13J. $50 loans increase. So. 443, 500;
specie. decrease, 81, I'll, 100; legal tenders.
decrease $I.13S. 00a: deposits. increase.
s.. I51, 30; circulation, increase, SIC, 500.
The banks now hold in excess Of legal
requirements S19, S41. 525 against 81. So rs
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
OPPOSED TO PENAL COLONY.

Efforts are being made by Alexan-
drians TO prevent the establishment of
q penal colony opposite this city, III
MARYLAND 4 number OF citizens have
written 10 the members of Congress on
the subject urging hem TO do what they
can 70 have the colony put somewhere
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
NEW YORK.

For some days there has been an in
siStent bull tip on Pennsylvania which
seems to come from very good source.
More attention doubtless would have
been paid to il had not certain specu-
lators of the "hoodoo' classes also vocif-
erously advised purchases of the stock.
They insist it ought to sell as high as
New York Central. The real bulls on
Pennsylvania, however. emphatically
assert that their favorite is entitled by
the law of common sense to sell from 10
to 20 points higher than New York Cen
trail under any and all circumstances
Southern Pacific common stock is firm
in connection with the announcement of
the refunding plan, and the purchase of
SO, 600, 600 new is by local banking in
tereSts. The Wall street idea is that as
soon as this new ffotation is out of the
way the directors will turn their atten-
ton TO dividends on the common sock.
There was much discussion as TO who
is buying all of the Reading. The ques-
ton is asked many times whether Bal
timore and Ohio and Lake Shore which
are supposed to own about one-haif of
the outstanding capital stock of Read
ing can be adding to their holdings If
they are doing so, they are paying Il
pretty high price, and they evidently
have sanguine ideas about the future of
the anthracite trade.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
LECTURE AT JEWISH SYNAGOGUE.

The lecture given by Jeannette
Miriam Goldberg, al the Jewish Syna-
gogue. in North Washington street, was
of an interesting nature. Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett also addressed the as
semblage
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
MRS. GAILLARD's INJURIES.

Mrs r. W Gaillard, who slipped ana
fell upon the ice last Wednesday, is still
confined to her bed The injuries are of
a more serious nature than thought at
first Mrs. GaiItard broke her hip by
the fall
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
SOME PERSONAL MENTION.

Dennis ". Sullivan, of Nokesviile,
was visitor in Alexandria yesterday.
6 Edwin Brawner, VINO has been sick
with the grip, has recovered sufficiently
to be out
The Misses Marye. Of this city have
SaS-
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
PAYING OFF TEACHERS.

The city treasurer was busy today
paying the teachers of the public
schools and the other city officials their
salaries for the month OF January.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL TOMORROW,

Owing to the damage done 10 the floor
of the hall of the Lyceum last Sunday
by fire, there viii be no Sunday school
of St Mary's Church tomorrow
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New Branch Office.

Want advertisements for the Evahng
and Sunday Times viii be received al
regular office rates AZ A NJ. Dam els.
Drug store corner Fourteenth anG I
Streets northwest
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
SAohf Beu1zsh Increment Does
Not LIuae171zzzze Confluence
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

REPORTED by w. b. Hibbs & Co. 1919 F |
Street. Members New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Board Of Trade, and Washington |
Stock Exchanged
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
FINANCIAL
The Safest investments

Are those that do not depend upon
the financial responsibility or the
stability of any individual or cor
poration. First deeds of trust
fniortgage) notes literally secured
of Columbia constitute ''gilt-edged''
investments. These are the only
kind we make and supply to in
vestors. They bear interest, pay
able semi-annually at the rate Of
Five per cent per annum, and may
be had of us In amounts from $3.50
and upward at par and accrued in
terest Send fer booklet, Con
corning Loans and Investments
SwartzeII, Rneem 8
T1ensey Co.
WARNER BUILDING.
916 E STREET NORTHWEST
fe3-ff
The Washington times., 1905-02-04

Delaying the court proceedings for
twenty minutes, and to the great de-
light of the spectators. a heated argu-
raent on the duties of the District At
torney was held in the lower branch
of the Police Court this morning be
tween Judge Scott and Prosecutor
Pugh.
The affair was the direct result Of
Prosecutor Pugh's demand for an at
tachment forcing Eugene S. Cochran.
VINO forfeited $40 collateral rather than
answer the charge of violating the
smoke ordinance. to appear in court
and stand trial.
After hearing the testimony of the
smoke inspector, Judge Scott settled
himself in his chair, and began to
speak.
u cannot see" h said. looking di-
rectIy at Prosecutor Pugh, why an at
tachment was necessary in this case
AS the District Attorney well knows. it
is nay custom to impose the minimum
fine of so in every case of this kind
where the defendant is on trial for the
first time.
Judge Starts It.
THE defendant had IN this case de-
posted the amount of collateral, and
then forfeited it. Although it was
known lnjJ / would not impose Il me
that would exceed the amount he had
deposited an attachment was demanded
whereby the man was forced To appear
II court and stand trial. It strikes me
as rather an unnecessary proceeding
The Commissioners have instructed
me TO demand attachments in all cases
OF this kind, and 1 have only done my
duty" replied Mr.. Pugh almost before
| Judge Scott had stopped speaking. Il
/ make no distinction, whether it be the
! defendants first or fftieth appearance
/ in court | am instructed to demand
/ attachments by authorities that have
/ more power than your honor, and / shall
continue to obey my orders and force
everyone charged with a violation of
/ the smoke law to come into court and
stand trial. 1t is the business of the
court to impose a fine or dismiss the
/ case as he sees fit
The fact remains. replied Judge
! Scott that the action was entirely
! unnecessary You might nave known
that the fine would be exactly the same
as the collateral demanded
Il also know, replied F'ugf, that
the collateral should have been larger.
/ Ten dollars was too small in the first
| place.
The Washington times., 1905-02-04
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4-The following
prices Were quoted on the cotton market
today:
The Washington times., 1905-02-04

$I2s Baltimore and Return, B. & ORR.
8ays both days. except Royal Limited
Hourly Service" Saturday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-16

'Ethel," said Lionel Bertram Jones,
as he dropped his slice Of bread in the
plate with a noise that set the canary
in the gilt cage overhead chirping mer-
rily. "Ethel, / have something to say
to you"
They had been married only four
weeks, and the time had not arrived
when she did all the saying. "Do you
remember the day on which proposed
to you?"
EYES," she replied, 81 will never for
get It,"
"Do you remember" he went on, as
he abstractedly drilled a hole In the
loaf with the point of carving knife.
"how, when / rang the bell, you came
to the door with your fingers sticky
with dough. ard said you thought It
was your little brother who wanted to
get inT'
"Yes.'
"Oh, Ethel How could you? How
could your
"How could whatg' she responded.
as a guilty look crept into her face.
"How could you make me the victim
Of such a swindleT
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-16
scheme Of slow-coming FIremen.

Those who see the fire horses leav-
ing their stalls when the fire bell
strikes have probably noticed that the
animals stand under the harness until
the firemen come to fasten it. In one
of the houses there is a horse that
stands well if there is a man on the
floor, but If there is no one there the
horse will run back TO the stall ana
will have to be led out again. A driver
who was once connected with No. /
Company says that he has tried all
kinds of schemes to break the horse of
this habit, but has been unsuccessful.
Several times men were concealed on
the floor, and the horse was sent out.
1t seems that he located the men by
sense of smell, and when those tests
were made the animal always stood
in his proper position. Michael Ward,
Of the truck company, has hit upon a
plan that will fool such horse. 1t is
to rig up dummy the size Of a man,
with false whiskers and a cap, and
have an electric wire connected with
the figure, so that when the alarm is
given and the doors open, the dummy
will be made to sway gently as If Inn
bued with life. 1t is expected that the
horse, seeing this, will suppose it is q
fireman. Comm Courant
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-16

only came in to offer my box Of
homeopathic remedies. in case you
should have taken cold"
And she ran out again. nearly chok-
ing with renewed laughter.
Fitzroy, scarlet with modification,
at once perceived how the matter
stood. They had taken him. in the
full tide of his ill-luck. to the very
farm house that sheltered the fair
head Of Olive Harcourt! And about in
the same moment the glib voice Of
John Symington sounded on the rose
wreathed porch.
"Ah, Miss Harcourt, the gods them
selves have rained down gifts upon
u.s. See what have gotw
"Water-liliesl Oh. what beautiesg'
cried out Olive, rapturously.
VI found them lying on the shore Of
the river, near IN old overturned boat
Some water nymph has heard your
longings and gratifies them thusr'
"Oh. am SO glad"
"And Lam l not to have my re-
wardg
The voices grew louder, and more
earnest, as they receded. and Ferdin-
and Fitzrop gave a groan from the
depths Of his heart.
"Take some more sage tea?" said
Mrs. Westwood. Nothing like sage
tea for the gripes,"
But alas, not even sage tea is a
medicine for the mind diseased-and
that was what allied Mr.. Fitzroy. He
had sown, and another had reaped;
he had rsked his life, not to mention
having made himself supremely ridic-
ulous, for the very water-iilies where
with John Symington was now plead
ing suit.
Inconstancy, thy name is wom-
ang" groaned Fitzroy, guIping down
the scaldlng-hot tea. Here, get me
my own clothesl I'm going to Phila-
delphia by the next trainv'
'But, sir, they amt dry"
Il don't care If they are as wet as
Noah's great-coat. 1 won't wear
these things another minutew he
roared.
He persisted In his determination.
The consequence was six-weeks' in
fiuenza, at the end of which he re-
ceived cards for Mr.. and Mrs. Syming-
toms first wedding reception.
what fools people arew said the
sneezing phllosopher.-Sat Night.