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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
The Lock Step.
From the Chicago Tribune.

from the Chlcd8o IriDune.
The penitentiary Is coming to be regarded
more and more as place for men to be-
come penitent. The efforts toward prison
reform begun by John Howard and Eliza
beth Fry have been carried on by other
philanthropists until the idea of punish
ment has yielded to the idea Of preparing
prisoners for future usefulness The COM
fort or the Improvement of the prisoner
was a thing OF no Importance SO long as
the thought was to prevent crime by the
terrors Of jail life. When 1t was fully
realized that no terrors of the law would
keep men from the commission of offenses
attention was directed to the reclamation
of offenders. Heredity, environment and
other predisposilg causes were given their
full weight, and the view was taken that
In all sane men was germ of good which
might be developed. The physical, mental
and spiritual needs OF prisoners were con-
sidered Without losing sight of the fact
that the safety of the community requires
the secluston of those whose criminal i'm
pulses cannot otherwise be controlled all
well-ordered prisons now aim at the reform
Of all prisoners capable Of reform
Under the old theory 1t was desirable that
a man who had once been in prison should
be easily recognizable when released, so
that all might be on their guard against
him. The close-cropped hair and prison
paiior marked man when first released,
and the lock step, which had become sec
ond nature to his muscles, showed It's effect
in instructive movements which an expert
enced eye readily understood. The man
was branded as truly as II a brand were
on his brow.
Under the new theory man Is given
every chance to prove that he IL wiser
and stronger than before. He Is allowed
to go his way among men like other men
The lock step has been abolished. The re-
leased prisoner has no mark to distinguish
him from other men. He has his chance
The need OF the lock step for the protec-
ton Of the prison guards Is no longer felt.
With increased care In the custody Of pris-
oners escape Is SO infrequent that It is not
taken into account The stripes are abol-
ished. because 1t Is not necessary to be able
to trace fleeing convict, and the possf-
bfltty of an organized rush for liberty Is
provided against by other means than the
lock step. Hereafter a released convict need
not be haunted by the fear that his uncon-
scious movements will betray his past to
those who know him only as an honest man.
II 1t proves unworthy, the law concerning
habitual criminals Is applied with all the
severity necessary to protect the state. but
the punishment is for tho new offense, not
for the old. Accounts are squared when
prison Is left behind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
Feeding Infants In Hot Weather.

From the Medical Record.
l. L. Polozker states that almost invari-
ably infantile troubles are due to improper
feeding. Mothers milk should always be
examined by the physician from time to
time while she is nursing the infant accord
ing to Hollis simple method. The ideal
wet nurse exists only In the imagination in
this country. Laboratory milk. properly
prescribed, Is one of the most valuable re-
sources Of the physician. Infants cannot
all be fed alike.
Even those of the same age and weight
cannot always be fed on the same formula.
It Is the digestive capacity Of the child
which should be the governing factor. In
speaking of the preventive measures In the
treatment of summer dtarrhoea, the writer
advocates laboratory milk or a good clean
milk, The mother ought to be educated In
the care OF the child when diarrhoea oc-
ours.
AS soon as this condition appears a tea
spoonful OF castor oil should be given to the
patient, but no food. Whisky in water and
rice and barley water are also indicated.
Only half the quantity Of milk that the
child can take in health should be fed to
It. The mothers should be taught the I'm
portance of various hygienic measures and
should be instructed In the value of fresh
air, water excursions. clothing for the chill
dren. bathing and the. proper care Of the
napkins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL. July T.-Closing: Cotton
Spot, quiet: prices six points higher; Amer
lean middling, fair. 6.64; good middling,
6.34: middling. Ga: low middling 500; good
ordinary, $40; ordinary. $50 The sales
of the day were 5000 bales, of which 500
were for speculation and export and includ
ed 500 American. Receipts 1000 bales, all
American. Futures opened and closed
steady. Closing: July, $50; July and
August, So; August and September, 5.74;
September and October. 5.68; October and
November, 5.62; November and December,
o.61; December and January, SCI; jan
uary and February. 5.62: February and
March, 5.63a5. 81; March and April, .. 65a5 SO;
April and May, 5.66a567; May and June.
5.67a5 IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
OUTLOOK OF TRADE.

Bradstreet's mercantile reports for the
week say:
AZ has been between-seasons week in
general trade and industry but more than
the usual seasonabIe business is doing de-
spite holiday Influences The taking OF In
ventories and In the case OF Industrial
plants the making OF repairs is naturally q
feature
Nevertheless. bright prospects continue
unfmpaired Fall orders are coming for
ward La good volume. Crop conditions on
the whole are very favorable. Pig iron dis
plays more frmness and considerable busi-
ness has been booked, while finished lines
could hardly be In better position. demand
marked.
Labor Is scarce. not only In the crop
s,roWing regions but in the industrial sec
tons as well. the paucity of help curtailing
production of Pennsylvania coke. Incident
ally, strike of puddlers and f1nishers in
eastern bar iron affects the situation, but
the disturbances are purely local
Railway earnings are still very heavy,
the indicated gain In gross receipts for
June, as compared with the same month In
leO0. being no less than IA per cent. More
over, the past fiscal year was the best ever
experienced by the railways. and the out
look Is for gain OF u per cent or more in
gross earnings.
Failure and clearings returns confirm
carry claims OF record and profitable trade.
FAILURES are down close to the minimum
for the first half of the year, being IA per
cent fewer than year ago. while fiabili-
Ties are 81 per cent smaller than last year.
ana only II per cent above the smallest
total for nearly twenty years.
Fig iron shows more firmness, now that
the furry caused by the dissolution of the
southern producers agreement has appar-
emily passed.
Business failures for the week ending
July number 1874, against 146 last week,
1T IN the like week of 1906 172 In 1904 154
in 1908, and 1876 in 1902. In Canada failures
were q, as against 90 year ago"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
LOST STUDS AND BUTTONS.
Left In Shirts Sent to tho Laundry
A Valuable Diamond Recovered.

"A S0AOdD40 OldI1OuQ recovered.
From the New York Sum-
Plenty of people leave csllar buttons and
cum buttons and shirt studs in shirts when
they send them to the laundry" said a
laundryman. las a rule these are not OF
much value. but we 60 sometimes find fine
buttons and sometimes costly sparklers
"A customer OF ours sent US once in this
way. In one OF a bundle OF shirts sent to
the laundry, a $3.50 diamond, which came
pretty near to being finally lost.
This diamond was set in a shirt stud
and he had used this stud to fasten together
In the shirt bosom at the bottom. out OF
sight. below the top edge Of the low waist
coat He had wanted an ordinary button
to put there. but, failing to find one when
he was dressing, he just picked up this dia-
mend stud. Then he forgot 1t, and in the
next bundle of shirts he sent us he sent
along the $3.50 diamond stud.
OF course, we inspect the shirts as they
come In for Just such things, looking over
tho bosoms particularly, but we handle
many shirts, and that stud was down
In an unusual place and very likely folded
under, out of sight, In the rumplng of the
shirt. and it got by. Next morning the
owner himself discovered his loss and noti-
fed US and Of course we promptly began a
search for 1t.
1.-THE shirt supposed to contain the missing
diamond. along with the rest Of this custo-
mer's shirts. and others. had already gone
into a washing machine, but we stopped
this machine and took everything out Of 1t.
The stud was not in any of this customers
shirts. nor was 1t washed out OF Its original
place, as 1t might have been by the soften
Ing Of the linen In the water and the mo-
ton Of the machine, to be found anywhere
in the folds of any Of the other shirts. No
diamond. But then-a modern washing ma
chine, you know, Is half as big as hogs
head-a man got into the machine. and in
. 49, - l~oktN ~ I1,,v
80, buttons discovered on the first in
spection are Of course saved, and buttons
remaining In the shirts through the wash
ing are likely to be discovered by the
starchers; but buttons washed out of the
shirts In machines, and Of which we have
no knowledge, are likely to be drawn of
with the water when the machines are
emptied. and in that way some may, first
and last be lost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
COPY TO FIT TYPE.
Task of Chinese Editors Of New Pa
per in Los Angeles.

From the Los Angeles Times.
These are busy days in Los Angeles
Chinatown Local Chinese are rejoicing
I'm the sudden waxing great of their pop
ulation, and they freely predict that Los
Angeles Chinatown henceforth will be the
most tmportant colony of the kind In
America.
What with the establishment of their
leading daily newspaper In this city, the
coming of the largest importers of Chinese
and oriental goods with the avowed inten-
ton OF making Los Angeles the distributing
point for the whole continent, the arrival
of men of affairs in Chinese swelldom, as
we'll as the swarming hither OF hundreds
of Chinese laborers, there are activities in
Chinatown never before eQualed.
Probably the most interest expressed in
these larger affairs IL that taken In the
forthcoming of Mon Hing Yet b." the
Daily Chinese World. This is an event OF
more than usual Importance: Its daily prog
ress toward the point of going to press
is watched by Chinese of all degrees with
much solicitude.
The first Los Angeles issue was to have
appeared Tuesday morning. Impossible,
said the typesetters; and you would be i'm
clined to agree with them, too, IL you could
drop into the improvised printing ONCE in
the upper rooms of the Chinese Empire re-
form Association building, on Apablasa
from side of the room to the other In
order to reach the characters in their
case Imagine printers type case az
large as the side of room, filled with
5000 different characters; then the confu-
sion of newly established Office and the
difficulties of finding that some of the most
important crows feet or hen tracks are shy.
and that the piece" must be rewritten so
as to eliminate the use Of such words that
these missing characters represent.
But the Chinese printers are bnekling to
it, and are now certain that the paper will
make its first regular appearance tomorrow
morning.
Editor-in-chief Chun VI ON who is here
as the guest of DIR. Tom, is marshaifng his
forces. and the news editor, Ben o. Yang.
Is rewriting the pieces 80 as to make
them fit the type. Translator Lee On is
getting the freshest ideas from the Ameri-
can exchanges. and Band Hail. who is the
Chinese star reporter. Is making himself
familiar with Los Angeles "details OF inter-
est to the Chinese world. A reporter has
been stationed in Oakland. and large Sec
ton of Mon Hing Yet Boz will be de-
voted to Oakland and San Francisco news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, July 7.-WHEAT-Easier:
spot, contract. 7saa79 July, 7ssa7s; August,
ISAale; September, so asked; steamer No. 2 red
Ts%aT4; receipts, 1894 bushels; new southern BY
sample, 6IaS04; new southern grade, 74AasOI.
CoRN-Easier; spot, 5StssS8a.; July, Soy a56Tx /;
September, 56ssa5o3s; steamer mixed, 54a54A; re-
ceipts 40, 42I bushels: southern white corn 57Iaa
59h2; southern yellow corn, 56l2a5SL.
OATS-Easer; No. white, A sales No q
white. ABA sales; No. mixed, AZ sales rec eipts
S.9lI bushels
RYE-Quiet; No. 2 export 6iLae2
HAY-Steady unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Steady unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
Hatless House Of Commons.
the Westminster Gasette

From the Westminster Gasetts.
A. remarkable effect OF the hot weather
has been noticed in the fact that the house
of commons, in which members are when
seated covered" in accordance with an
Gent custom. is now q hatless assembly.
It Is no exaxGeration to say that at present
no fewer than 80 per cent of the members
of the house OF commons sit uncovered on
the benches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
Today's Government Receipts

National bank notes received today for
redemption, S7S3. 692; government receipts
from internal revenue. 81, PIP. 695; customs
81 ,26S. AT; y miscellaneous, s81 1853; expendf-
lures, 81 100000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07

III. Nick. Twombly jr., only son OF H
Mex. Twombiy, the weil-known capitalist
OF New York and Newport, was drowned
Thursday night while swimming IN Big
Asquam lake. six miles from Ashland, N.
III Young Twombfy was eighteen years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
Grain and Provisions Summary.
Liverpool Grain Prices

LIVERPOOL July Closing: Wheat
Spot nominal futures easy; July, IS. 61ad
September, 6s. esd. December, IS 6asd
Corn-Spot quiet: American mixed, old As
1o12d; futures steady; July, As I'D; Sep
TENDER. As. 6ssd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
The World Of
Finance and Trade
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. July THE cotton market
opened steady at an advance of points,
which was disappointing response to the
high cables and bullish visible supply state
inert. The weather was considered favor
able, weekend crop reviews were bearish.
and there seemed to be little desire to buy
in a weekend market which ruled very
quiet after the opening and held around
the initial prices.
Futures opened quiet. July, 10 22a10.24;
August offered 1924; September, 1885; Oc-
tober. 1925; December, 1898; January,
1912; February 1912; March. 1913 bid.
Estimated receipts at the ports today,
1900 bales. against 1924 bales last week
and 1876 bales last year For the week
2500o bales, against 25.572 bales last week
and So IG' bales last year. Today's receipts
at New Orleans, 726 bales, against 1.374
bales last year, and at Houston GAL bales,
against 1884 bales last year.
Futures closed barely steady; closing
bids: July. 1919; August. 1923; September.
1892; October. 1892; November, 1888; De-
cember. 1924; January, 1898; February,
1910; March. 10,4S
Spot closed steady: middling uplands,
1880; middlng gulf, 11.05; no sales.
Today's Cotton Summary.
Quotations furnished by Atwood Violet Co..
members New York and New Orleans cotton ex-
changes. Washington branch office, 7l3 14th street
Northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
No Compulsion.

From THE Chicago Tribune.
isn't 1t horrible to read-that STUFF
they're sending out from New York city
nowg''
'Tve no doubt ii H. What do you read
1t fors'' S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers, 1410 f street. members New
York stock exchange. Washington stock
exchange and Chicago board OF trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07

Pesident c. q. Kimball Of the Chicago
Peoria and. st. Louis railway has issued q
circular stating that the debit balance of
$97, 103. reported June 80, 1905, has been
largely increased. The interest on the con-
solidated bonds due on July has been
postponed The earnings werS seriously
affected by the coal strike, but aside from
this additional capital Is required to pro-
vide new motive power, etc. r J. Lsman
& Co. have asked bondholders to communi-
cate with them, with the view to protect
ing their interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
Bank Statement Discouraging.

Rather pessimistic forecasts with regard
to the weekly bank statement were in cir
culation during the morning, and these
served TO restrain activity and led to some
irregularity of movement previous to the
publication of the figures.
The weekly bank statement was even
more discouraging document than had been
expected.
A loss in actual cash was shown amount
Ing to IS 9OSoOO. whereas the preliminary
estimates had Indicated a small gain in
that account. Withdrawals by the trust
compau MES of cash for the purpose of es-
tablishing reserves were given as the chief
reason for the unexpected change in the
banks cash holdings. and probably the re-
turn of part of the governments special
deposit of S10.0OO,0o0 was a factor in the
same direction.
The loan account was curtailed to the eS-
tent of s6,368.0Oo. and deposits were re-
duced $13.2T30o0. Consequently reserves
decreased s5.5aO.00o. and the banks sur
plus reserves fell to So. 1865. 900. Surplus re-
serves in the corresponding week of last
year were 1887 900 In 1904 $36,01T 900, and
in 1903 s., COS. 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
Slight Reaction Followed Higher
Level Opening.
MOVEMENT CHECKED SOON
London Conditions Were Reported Dis
tinctly Cheerful.
TRADE REPORTS ENCOURAGING
U. s. Steel Decidedly Firm - Sharp
Advance in Great Western-Bank
Statement Below Expectations.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

epeClhl iisPdtNh 10 lHs otAIt
NEW YORK. July AFTER opening at a
generally higher level of prices the stock
market this morning underwent a slight
reaction. but the downward movement was
soon checked. and the advancing tendencies
manifested IN yesterdays dealings were re-
sumed. There was very little in the morn
ing news to be cited In connection with the
varying swings In prices.
The London stock market exhibited a dis
tinctly cheerful tone in all departments,
and American stocks for the most part
were quoted at substantial advances above
parity with New York's closing figures of
yesterday. Operations here for foreign &C
count, while not in large volume, were
wholly on the buying side
The weekly reports of the mercantile
agencies upon the state of the country's
trade were encouraging exhibits. As was
the case yesterday the United States Steel
stocks were decidedly firm. and a sharp
advance took place IN Great Northern pre-
ferred on a revival of the rumors that the
ore lands of the latter company were to
be disposed of to the United States Steel
Corporation.
Northern Pacific was also exceptionally
strong, and rumors were current that nego-
tiations were under way looking to the re-
tirement of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy joint per cent bonds thus releas-
ing the stock of the railroad company.
Other active features OF the railway list
were Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio,
Erie. Union Pacific and st. Paul. The trac-
tlon shares were firm on rather light trans
actions. Aside from the United States Steel
stocks. the most active features of the in
dustrial and miscellaneous group were
American Locomotive, American Smelling,
Amalgamated Copper and Colorado Fuel
and Iron. The dealings seemed to be OF the
same general character noted yesterday,
and to a great extent the rise In prices
could undoubtedly be attributed to the Gov
erinrr Of short contract
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

furnished ny e. r. Chapman & Co. tG. B.
Chipmaa. manager} members New York stock er.
charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07

Money 1lsai& per cent
The rate Of discount In the open market for short
bills is per eeaf.
The rate OF discount in the open market for three
months BILLS 10 1-16 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07
Today's Cotton Summary

Quotations furnished by Atwood Violet & Co.,
members New York and New 'orleans cotton e1-
changes. Washington branch Office 7l3 14th street
northwest.
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Washington
Loan & Trust Co.
OFFICE COR 9TH AND SITS
PAID-UP CAPITAL. 81 900. 900.
..sIIR pr I1s ss5a 600 aE ARNEnA

. Loans In any amount made on approved real
- estate collateral at reasonable rates.
. interest paid upon deposits on monthly bal
apcea subject to check
. This company acts as executor. ADMINISTERS.
. tor, trustee. agent, treasurer, registrar and
. In all other hducisry capacities.
. Boxes for rent In burglar and freproot
. vaults for safe deposit and storage Of valu-
- able packages.
. Real Estate Department is prepared to
. sumo the management OF your real e-tate.
Nare M fiona ix 10 all dafa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07

The shipments of anthracite coal in June
were 5,676O18 tons. against 5S44,0 tons
In the corresponding month last year. For
the year, to date, the shipments aggregate
q, $685. O1 tons. against 80. 716,9D7 tons In
the corresponding period last year.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-28
President Fallieres, Blue Tie,

The portraits of the new French
President which show him attending
ceremonies of state in a blue business
suit set of with flowing blue tie with
white dots are as faithful as the pho
tographs which have. come to hand.
AT the first ministerial council"
writes the Paris correspondent of the
London Pail Mall Gazette, "the Minis
tiers, who had all come in solemn
frock coats, we're somewhat taken
aback by the Presidents free-and- easy
costume; but the hearty handshake
with which he greeted them soon set
them at their ease. NJ. Fallieres did
not display the slightest hesitation or
nervousness. Without waiting for any
invitation to take his seat, he installed
himself OF the head of the table and
commenced his duties with little
speech in which he told his Ministers
that he intended to be quite frank with
them and criticise them freely If he
thought it necessary. This. he in
timated, was the best way of showing
that he did not wish to pursue per-
sonal policy of his own"