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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. May IAN official forecast of
rain In Kansas and Nebraska caused con-
siderable liquidation OF wheat here today.
Because of this selling the tone of the
market was weak and final quotations on
the July option showed net loss of Is.
Germ was down y. Oats were off Is. Pro-
visions were 71aa15 higher.
The wheat market was steady during the
fist few minutes OF trading because of &C
tive buying by a leading bull. Offerings
were free on the part of pit traders and
local longs and before the end of the first
hour sentiment had become bearish and
prices were somewhat easier. The weather
bureau predicted showers over large por-
ton of the wheat territory. including Kan
sas and Nebraska, where, 1t Is said. the
crop Is suffering from lack Of moisture.
This was the chief cause of the selling pres
sure. Notwithstanding numerous reports
OF damage In the southwest the market be-
came eaker and selling was general during
the last hour. The close was weak, with
prices almost at the lowest point of the
day. July opened Us lower to " higher at
SIS to S1%. sold off to s0A and closed at
SOS Clearances of wheat and -four were
equal to $4,000 bushels. Primary receipts
were 200 600 bushels. against 103, 600 bushels
for the corresponding day one year ago.
Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported
receipts 154 cars, against 1893 cars last week
and 50 cars one year ago.
The corn market was steady at the open
Ing because of small local receipts but
reports from the country of an increas-
ing movement brought out liberal offerings
under which the market gradually weak
ened. Favorable weather for the move
ment of the crop was a depressing in
fiuence. The market closed weak and
close to the low point of the day. July
opened unchanged to u higher, at 461a to
46ss, sold off to 46a46M. and closed at 461A
Local receipts were 6S cars, with 16 of con
tract grade.
Trading In oats was quiet, and the mar
ket was steady. leading bull bought
moderately of the May delivery, while cash
interests were fair bidders for July and
september July opened unchanged to Is
higher, at Biz to BIZ, sold off to 315s, where
1t closed Local receipts We're 50 cars
Despite the easier feeling in the grain
markets provisions were firm all day There
was a good general demand, while selling
was scattered. The main incentive to buy
ers was a to 71a advance In the price or
live hogs. AT the close July pork was up
15alo.4O Lard was ~ higher at S57@
Ribs were UP 10, a S.771aaS so
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat
Il cars; corn, So cars; oats, 90 cars: hogs,
$500 head.
Minneapolis Closing.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. May 12.-Wheat-
May, sos; July, s1A; September, 7s9.a7sY:
No. l hard, S3A; No. / northern s2h: No
2 northern, s03..
Flour-First patents, $425as435; second
atents, 81 10a$i.20; first clears 50 5Das3 60:
second clears, 81. 45aS2.55
Bran, in bulk, $15.25aS15J0
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The drafts made upon New York by San
Francisco banks may give a rough idea of
the balances carried here by other cities.
New York has shipped about $50 coo to
San Francisco, nearly all OF which was rep
resented by deposits and which was there
fore subject to check or draft Chicago
probably carries a larger balance in New
York than any other city. The Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank alone carries in
this city from $50 co., 600 to $30, 0O0, 900 and
is as large a. lender In Wall street as any
excepting the two or three leading New
York banks. Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
Boston also carry heavy deposits.
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the absence of a renewal OF any liquida-
ton Of the sinister character which awak-
ened anxiety in the frst week OF the
month.
Bonds have shown some Improvement in
sympathy with stocks.
The United States old As declined "A and
the new As u per cent on call on the week.
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Honor Enough.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Gentlemen. loyal subjects. brothers. be-
gan the car.
The members of the douma listened re-
spectfully.
You have been duly elected"
Cries equivalent to 'sHearI hearr'
Wen, that's honor enough for any Rus
Sian. Just try to have good sociab,e
time III run the government without your
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During q quarrel at Lock Haven. Pa,
about birds nest. Clark Dunherman, aged
twenty. by stabdng him In the heart
Berry expressed O wish that nothing be
done to Dunherman. as he Derry was re-
sponstble for the quarrel. Dunherman has
not been arrested.
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Minneapolis Closing,
THE FOREIGN MARKETS.
peclal Cablegram to The Star.

special tablegram 10 The Star.
LONDON May 12.-The London stock ex-
change folk feel more comfortable than a
week ago and regard the immediate future
with considerable hopefulness. They be-
lieve that the movement of gold from Eu-
rope to New York has practically ended
and if there should be additional shipments
Paris would supply the necessary coin and
bullion. 1t would hardly be true, however.
to say that London financiers feel abso-
luteIy confident that every obstacle to the
Improvement of the money and stock mar
kets has been removed They still con-
tinue to have certain amount of anxiety
with respect to the situation in New York
and they predicted that they viii move eau
tiously for the present.
The discount market impressively ex-
hibits a spirit of caution. and the best opin-
Ion fully justifies the money lenders In their
Discrimination to lower rates, for the bank
reserve is now under e2i.000,000. about
AZ millions lower than this time last year,
and the reserve is only 80 $40 per cent, and
1t is argued that anything that would tend
to make the process of strengthening the
bank more difficult should not be encour-
aged.
The aggregate of stock transactions this
week Is not great. There was practically
no business until yesterday, when a change
for the better took place the strength
of New York advices and closing quota
tons. Most departments were better than
last Saturday Consols and associated stocks
are the exception. Consols have not i'm
proved
At one time this week they sold under SO.
Foreigners are better. British rails show
distinct Improvement. and Americans,
following the New York lead. have made
decided gains. There has been no change
Of Importance in mines.
By Associated Press.
LONDON, May 1.-THE supplies of
money were large in the market today and
the demand was poor. Discounts were
easier in anticipation of the Bank Of Eng
land securing the next weeks gold arrivals
Trading on the stock exchange was quiet,
funess continued and was more pronounced
owing to the easier monetary situation.
Consols hardened and home rails i'm
proved. while internationals benefited by
good Paris support.
Americans opened steady and kept well
above parity until near the close, when
realizations caused a setback and the mar
ket closed dull. Copper shares were active
and strong.
Japanese imperial IS of 1904 were quoted
at 101%
Kaffirs continued improving on buying
by big houses.
BERLIN. May 12.-Trading on the boerse
today was dull and prices were irregular.
PARIS, May 12--Trading on the bourse
today was animated and prices were very
firm on adyices from London and ST. Pes
tersburg. Russians advanced. Russian i'm
perfal As We're quoted at S3.70. and Russian
bonds of 1904 at 50s.0o
ST. PETERSBURG, May 1a.--prices ON
the bourse today continued strong. al
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PARIS May 12.--Trading on the boursc
today was animated and prices were very
firm on adyices from London and ST. Pes
tersburg. Russians advanced Russian inn
perfal As were quoted at 1870. and Russian
bonds of 1904 at 50S.00
ST. PETERSBURG. May 12--Prices ON
the bourse today continued strong, al
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Political Surprises.

The political overturn In Great Britain
g. the greatest known in the history of the
empire. And it has come as surprise
to both parties-to all parties. Mr. Ba1four
seems not to have had the slightest knowi-
edge of the actual situation, as, despite his
confident appeal to his constituents, VINO
had repeatedly backed him. he was showed
under at the polls. 1t shows a remarkable
unrest when an electorate turns its shack
Oh a man OF his eminence and ability.
Could a surprise approaching this in mag
ritude and meaning come upon the people
OF the United States? Our frequent cleo
tons and every -day-in-the-year political
press seem to answer in the negative. There
sre many straws with us which tell the
changes and the directions of the wind
And get within recent years we have had
some great surprises.
In 1880 Thomas 3. Reed returned from
Maine, where he had just been reelected
TO Congress, confident that the talk of a
democratic House to succeed the one or
which he was then Speaker was mere bluff
He was guiding by the result at home
which, as usual, had been favorable to the
republicans. 1t was September, In NO.
vember when the. elections elsewhere were
held, the democrats. somewhat to their own
surprise. swept the deck. The admirable
revolution which Mr. Reed as Speaker had
wrought in the rules of the House, and the
protective tariff bill which Congress had
passed, had not together availed to save
the party at the polls.
In 1872 again the unexpected happened.
Gen. Harrison had given the country an
excellent administration. 1t looked like Har-
rison and Reid, and the most sanguine of
Mr. Cleveland's friends were figuring on a
very close call But the democrats won
handily,
Great surprises then go with politics on
both sides OF the water. AS the curbstone
phrase Is. you can't most always some
times tell
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Joseph Wheeler.

Had General Wheeler died prior to the
war with Spain his reputation would have
rested upon his services to the southern
confederacy. which were brilliant. and his
career in the House which had been useful
to his constituents AS the one record was
sectional and remote, and the other only
local. there would have been no feeling of
national loss. That feeling today is uni
Fersa and profound There has disap-
peared. indeed one of the most attractive
of the country's heroes. and wherever his
name is known-and where In this country
is 1t not neutrality-suspicious. of sincerest
sorrow will be provoked by the news of his
death
The readiness and enthusiasm with which
General Wheeler offered his services to the
President when war over Cuba was de-
Clared ELECTED the highest praise and stirred
both sections or the country, Throughout
the north young men saw in the spirit
exhibited by the veteran ex-confederate the
best possible proof that the Union was
again a Union in fact, while the young
men of the south followed by the thousands
the example of one whose name among
them was the representative of all that was
brave and capable and untiring In the field
of war. The President himself had the
fullest appreciation of the value of the
offer. and at once assigned General Wheeler
20 duty in accordance with his claims to
consideration.
But. best of all for his reputation and the
country's good. it was at once made plain
that General Wheeler's sword arm had not
lost its cunning in the thirty-odd years of
peaceful pursuits
The famous cavalry leader of the early
sixties resumed his seat in the saddle as
though he had dismounted only the day be-
fore New methods. new arms, were mas
tered in no time, and when the army landed
in Cuba General Wheeler's command was
as fit as fiddle. and with 1T he plunged at
once into action. How admirably he ac-
quilted himself is told not only in official
records, but in many personal "reminiscences
of his comrades. and conspicuously In his
subsequent appointment to brigadier gen
eralcy in the regular army.
1t was a long life. full of industry and
notable deeds. and near it's close it became
an inspiration In the matter of valor and
patriotism to all OF General Wheeler's coun-
trymen.
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ings these eighteen were picked up by
boat which put forth from the Topeka at
great hazard. All told, so far as known.
not more than 40 of the 154 passengers and
crew of the Valencia have been saved. it
is shocking to think that rescue was near
and yet unavailable. and that the women
and children. usually the first to be saved
from a wrecked ship. were all drowned
Some of the stories told by the survivors
are heartrending. Little ones suddenly De-
reft of their parents and left wafling on
the deck of the storm-washed ship; baby
dropped overheard by mother in the hope
that It's father. In a boat below. would
catch It, only to see it swallowed by the
sea: women and children kneeiing in
sheltered place on the deck praying and
singing hymns; the commander of the YES
sci imploring the women to go forth in the
boats and resolving to stand by his ship
to the end. There are conflicting stories as
to the discipline among crew and passen-
gers. but the weight OF the testimony thus
far seems to be that the men conducted
themselves braveIy and orderly in the face
of death. The fact that no women or chill
dren were rescued does not argue that they
Were crowded from the boats, although one
of the survivors tells a tale that suggests
brutal panic among some of the men,
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An Old Yarn Revamped.


This appears in a cable from TOXIC:
London and Berlin kilograms reporting
the intended sale of the Philippines to ia
pan are received here incredulously. 1t is
believed that to improve the opportunities
acquired in Manchuria and Korea will mo-
nopolize all of Japan's resources. The ko-
kumin declares that in consequence Of the
prompt recognition by the United States of
the protectorate over Korea Japan dis
claimed all designs on the Philippines, and
she now only desires America to perform
her duty of civilizlng those islands,"
Here We have a sample of some of the
stuff which circulates as important foreign
intelligence. 1t is not important at all, and
1t is foreign chiefly in the sense of being
foreign to the truth. There has been no
intended sale of the Philippines to Japan,
and Japan has never had any designs on the
Philippines, since their acquisition by the
United States. We shall civilize the islands
In our own time and way, and Japan will
be no unfriendly critic of either our speed
or methods at any stage of the proceedings
The authorities at Toxic are probably quite
as much amused as the authorities here are
at yarns which are remote from every
thing that even approaches probability.
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other pets. OF course, no one would ex-
pect press agent to permit such trivialities
as arson and murder to interfere with his
pleasing and laudabIe activities.
A few days ago the press rang with the
praises and ECHOED with the plaudies' OF
q prima donna. who, seeing a blaze on the
stage. stamped upon 1t with her foot. II 1t
had not been observation-disclosures blaze
her foot would not have been big enough.
The lady.s act created such a favorable i'm
preston that the next night an actress who
was just about to stab herself to escape the
clutches Of the villain saw spark OF fame
in lace curtain. She paused in the midst
of her suicide and with "rare presence of
mind put out the fire. This extempo-
ranecus heroism diverted attention from
the acting and called forth salvos of APP
pfause.
Now 1t is Miss Nethersole who has pre-
vented a panic when a small boy, with
matches in his pocket, set himself on FIRE
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The Wreck of the Valencia.

The wreck of the Valencia viii 20 on
record as one of the most pitiful tragedies
OF the sea ever known. The vessel carry
ms a large complement of passengers, men.
women and children. was driven. by un-
manageable seas or bad plotting. or a COM
bination of those causes, upon a reef close
20 the coast. where high rocky wall rises
sheer from the waters edge All but two
of the boats were smashed like egg shells
as soon as they were lowered. Those two
were swamped before reaching shore. but
some of their occupants were saved Many
OF the people were swept off the decks by
the fierce rush of the seas. which pounded
the doomed ship as soon as she held fast
upon the rocks. One of the boats was filled
with passengers, and while being lowered
one OF the davits broke and the poor crea-
lures were dropped into the water, to be
swiried OF to death before a hand could be
lifted TO aid them. One mar: succeeded in
swimming to the shore and tried, with a
line about him. to climb the cliff He fell
and was killed. The vessel sank until the
decks were awash and the survivors
climbed into the rigging. TO be beaten by the
high-reaching waves and pulled by the
wind and chilled by the cold. One of the
masts fell with Its human load. and thus
the roll OF the dead was swelled. At last
the life raft. which had fortunately been
preserved from the wreck OF the ships
equipment. was launched. and eighteen
men-the women refused to leave the Va
lencfa-yentured forth In a forlorn hone
that they might reach the shore or the
steamer Topeka. which ventured within
sight OF the wreck. After terrible suffer
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The Freer Art Collection.

From the New YORK Worid.
At last the regents of the Smithsonian
Institution have formally accepted the art
collection rendered to the government by
Charles L. Freer of Detroit. The reasons
for their long hesitancy over the offer We're
inexplicabIe. In its wealth of Chinese and
Japanese art and OF Whistler's paintings
the collection is absolutely matchless. AS
it ia to be housed at the donors cost the
gift Is notably muniicent. Washington al
ready has the Corcoran Gallery, to say
nothing of the modern decorations of the
Congressional Library. The Freer collec-
ton in all likelihood will prove an inspira-
ton to other collectors who may believe
that the government should be made Gus
todian of rare art treasures.
With the Salisbury bequest to the
Worcester Museum, the Marshall Field
gift of 100000 to the Columbian Muse
am at Chicago and the Rogers bequest to
the Metropolitan Museum, American insti-
tutions are extraordinarily richly equipped
for bidding in the worlds art markets
From private collectors like Mr.. Freer and
the late Mr.. Yerkes contributions to public
galleries are always to be expected. Europe
has good cause to feel alarmed. 1t remains
to be seen, however, whether this country
will prove as fortunate in connoisseurship
as in money possessions.
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The Actress as a Fireman.

II actresses and their press agents could
be enlisted in the fire departments of the
country there would be no more great con-
fagrations. and high-pressure mains, auto
matte sprinklers and hand grenades could
be dispensed with: hose companies could
be discharged: and insurance rates would
slump. perhaps. though the elimination or
fire risks does not always mean reduction
OF insurance premiums.
In the good old days actresses employed
their leasure moments in losing diamonds
instead of putting out fires. But fashion
changes. It used to be that the greatest
actresses carried a professional burglar
along as a member of the company. so that
they could lose their diamonds with the
least possible effort. Actresses got SO In
the habit of losing their diamonds that they
could not go to sleep unless they had been
robbed.
But now the actress Is fire extinguishcr.
It cannot be that she carries 1irebuxs
around with her In addition to the many
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Graceful Old Age.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The great secret of a graceful Old ago
is never to dwell upon the thought that
one rs growing old, but to endeavor by
every means in ones power to keep the
heart young and the memory bright. We
do not mean that elderly persons SHOULD
endeavor to keep up an appearance of
youth past its real limits. or vie with the
young In their occupations and frivolities
for this only robs them OF the respect
that should be their due; but the mind
may be kept vigorous by feeling it is never
too late to learn. In Gladstone's last years
he learned new language In order to read
In the original some works that struck his
fancy And we knew a lady we'll advanced
In years, whose artistic talents were great
and whose skill had reached great perfec-
ton. and yet, who did not rest content
with what she already knew, but sub
mitted to~the instruction of those not half
her age. that she might not fall behind
the progress of modern art. Added to this
there are means of rendering ones self
so essential by love and kindness to those
with whom our life Is thrown that, when
the Inevitable end comes, they may feel
that something which was essential to
their happiness has been taken from them.
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oh Stell!

When Stella says Farewell
The world which once was glad
So suddenly grows sad
More sad than tongue can tell!
A wall of grief doth swell
To bid a fond goodbye.
While tears dim many an eye,
When Stella says Farewell
Prepared to pull the bell
The street car man draws near
His frown is most severe
AS "Bo-a-ardr' he loud doth yell.
Her aunt exclaims. "Oh, Stell!
I most forgot to say
And then there's more delay
When Stella says Farewell"
With glances fierce and fell
The passengers exclaim:
This is a burning shame,
That she should thus compel
Us folks out here to dwell.
And language cen grows bad,
Because we feel so sad
When Stella says Farewell