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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-23
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
NEWS OF GEORGETOWN


Requiem mass was chanted this morning
at o'clock at Holy Trinity Church over
the remains of Mrs Nellie Crowley, wife
of John 7. Crowley. who died at her home,
34o7 o street Wednesday after a prolonged
Illness. lnterment was made in Holy Rood
cemetery. Mrs. Crowleys husband, two
small children. three sisters and two broth
eras survive her.
Miranda Wilson. colored girl twenty
three years of age. became suddenly III at
her home. 1703 SD street, yesterday after
noon and was removed to the Georgetown
University Hospital in the seventh precinct
natrol wagon. IL
Mrs w. Matthews of 1903 Both street has
gone to Atlantic City. N. J.. for a brief
visit
The condition OF James Evans, who was
struck on the head with q stone several
days ago by John Naiiey during an alterca-
ton. and who had been under Treatment at
the Georgetown Hospital Is reported to Be
critical The left side OF his head was
fractured.
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LOCAL SALE OF POULTRY.
Bill Reported Requiring 1t to Have
Been Drawn.

Senator Gallinger has submitted to the
Senate from the committee on the District
of Columbia report on bill 1882. pro-
hibiting the sale OF undrawn poultry In the
District of Columbia. The committee rec
ommends the passage OF the bill.
Senator Gallinger then quotes a long re-
port of DR.. William c.. Woodward, health
officer. In opposition to the bill. and says:
mot content with giving his official views.
in an elght-page typewriter letter. to the
Commissioners. to be transmitted by them
to this committee. the letter of the health
officer was given to one OF the leading
newspapers of Westinghouse which 1t was
printed under the caption of No Demand
for Law. -
In opposition to DIR. Woodward.s views
Senator Gaiiinger quotes from the bulletin
Of the Chicago department of health, which
says.
''The body In which the yIscera are per-
nitted to remain undergoes decomposition
much more rapidly than when such viscera
have been removed. Decomposition is
further FASTENED by leaving the blood In
the animal. Cold storage and freezing
may limit the rotting process, but do not
stop it. When poultry or animals are
taken from cold storage and thnWcd out
for exhibition and sale the decomposition
continues with renewed energy. hnpregnat-
ing the flesh with poisons."
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RAILWAY BUILDING PROSPECTS.
Present Years Business to BE Re-
markable One.

The present year promises to be re-
markable one for railway construction.
According to the Railway Ago, there are
now under way 13.9l4 miles Of new roads.
and what are termed live projects" pro-
vide for the building OF Ss4S miles more.
AT the opening OF 1905 the record showed
ABOUT 1900 miles of road under construc-
ton. and about 5000 Of this Was completed
during the year.
~ Is stated that two-thirds OF the entire
mileage now under-w way Is being built by
lnirty.eight companies-an average OF
~ miles per company. For several years
the southwest has been the center OF the
greatest railway activity, but this year
the center has shifted in part to the north
west and the west
The large projects include the st. Pauls
l.sO0-mfle Pacific coast extension from
Evarts, the Western Pacific OF the Goulds.
from Salt Lake to San Francisco. e87
miles: the Denver, Northwestern and Pa
cifle from Sulphur Springs. Col. to Salt
Lake. 4T0 miles, and the various extensions
of the Hill and Hartman systems. the
former with ISi miles ana the latter with
$40 miles.
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THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. March 23.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm at an advance of 3aS
points, i'll response to higher cables and a
renewal Of bull support. Yesterdays SELL
ers who took the offerings of the bull party
and the decline to mean the end of the
DUH movement rather than merely a reac-
ton were covering. and prices continued to
advance after the call. with May selling up
to 11.04 and July to l103, or 12a13 points
net higher. This seemed to exhaust the
needs of smaller shorts. and the market
during the middle of the day was rather
steady at a net advance of 10a15 points,
Wires from the south were conflicting as
10 spot conditions and the weather map
was favorable.
Futures opened firm; March, 1917; April,
1913 May. 1895: June. I09s; Judy, 1917
october, 10.3S: November 1887; December,
TO- Al; January 10.4:;
The market at midday was more active
and showed firmer tone. with prices at
nearly the best point OF the session or
about l. points over last nights finals. Spot
cotton quiet; middling upands, ll.65; mid
ding gulf, 11so.
Estimated receipts al the ports today, -
0oO bales. against 81 ii2 last week and 80
oio last year. For the week, 10000 bales,
against III, 1l5 last week and 175 49, last
year. Today's receipts at New Orleans,
!. 43o bales, against S,199 last year. and at
Houston, 3.fI5 bales. against 1881 last wear.
Cotton-Spot closed quiet. 10 points high
er; middling uplands, 11.Gj; middling gulf
11.90; sales, 200 bales
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. March 23-Early trade IN
wheat was dull, but the tone steady. In
the absence OF news of importance. May
opened unchanged TO Is higher at 7Ssa7SA,
ana sold at 1885.
Corn was duh and steady around 441A.
May oats were dull at 307s.
May provisions opened firm. pork at 16. 55a
1854. lard at S.42k. and ribs at Ss2k.
Shorts covered on reported damages in In
dla, and May. after touching 49, closed
strong and z up at 1875.
Profit taking affected corn. and the close
was easy May II lower, at AZ.
Close-Wheat-Afay 1875; July, 7SMa7SA.
Corn-May, Az: July. 44A4a447s. Oats-May,
3oa4a307s; July. 2924 a297s. Pork-May, 1850;
July. 16421a. Lard-May. s.421s; July, S.521z
aS.55. Ribs-May. S.7I1z; July $40
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The World Of
Finance and Trade

being no change In the balance OF the cloa
ing figures as given above:
Amalgamated Copper 1851.
American Smelling, 1854.
American Sugar, 1855.
Anaconda, 266As
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, s3i2.
Canadian Pacific. 112A.
Central Rwy of New Jersey, 219
Chesapeake and Ohio, $50
Chicago, Mil. and ST. Paul. 1I41z.
Colorado Fuel and Iron. 63ss.
Consolidated Gas, 40
Erie, common. 425s
General Electric. 1857.
Louisville and Nashville 1J0L
Metropolitan Secs. Co. II.
Missouri Pacific 94a4
New York Central, l431s
New York, Ontario and Western J0Ix.
Norfolk and Western 5ITs
Northern Pacific. PITY.
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, 1875
Reading. 1924
Rock Island common 263
Southern Pacific G11s
Southern Railway, 4oss
Texas Pacific -,
Central Leather, 4.y3s
United States Steel. 39a4
Nirginia-Carolina Chemical. com, 90.
wisconsin Central. 2Tss.
Rock Island As. 70
United States Steel IS. 9Sls.
Wabash Debenture Bonds. ST.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

There was nothing to relieve the dnliness
OF the daily call OF the stock exchange to-
day except the development Of the condi-
ton that the principal broker In the securi-
ties OF the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company had plenty OF the common
stock for sale. and at prices which were
lower than those he gave for the large
blocks which he recently purchased
He did not find at the exchange much OF
a market. and while offering large blocks
freely at and about ~ and below that level.
yet he found he could get no purchasers
except from among his own customers.
Some of the quotation lots that were SOLO
on range OF from 42ss to AZ were taken.
but the demand for them was soon satis-
fed. and. as stated. there seemed 70 pe NJ ~
market at all for the large blocks t,utside
of the customers OF the broker WHO hao
the stock for sale.
In offering a thousand shares for sale al
42A, he called the attention of one OF the
brokers to the opportunity to get such an
amount of stock at that figure, but the
reply was he could not buy, as ne was
already loaded up with the stock
According to the general view OF the
local market that describes the SITUATION
of most of those who have Deen opefA',.s
in these securities. and also II Is trough.
that the banks have reached their limit
of loans on these specialtfes. 1t IS De-
lieved, however, that the process or dlges-
ton is going on and that the market is
likely to be broader In the near Auture
than is the case at present.
At the close while the bid remained below
40 yet the asking price was at that level
1t is impossible to say whether the cnarac-
ter of the trading today throws any isn.
on the future movement of the stock, put
it is quite evident that there is no dlsposi,
ton toward general buying or seitifS. anu
so it might be inferred that one Of those
movements which occur now ana then IN
this and in other securities Is not booKea
for an immediate appearance.
There was nothing Of importance done IN
the preferred stock of the company, al
though somewhat lower scale of prices
was reached than was the case yesterday.
There was very little effort made to trade
In this stock.
Today's Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today ior
redemption. S96S.344: government receipts
from internal revenue. s922,S11; customs.
s96s370; miscellaneous. $1l41SS; expendi-
lures, 81, 10000
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Mr.. Truesden Seeks an Injunction.

george Truesdefi, owner of property In
lexington at the corner OF 4th and T
streets northeast. this afternoon instituted
proceedings for an injunction against the
District Commissioners to prevent the ereo-
ton of certain bridge on street In
connection with the union station improve
ments. The court is also asked to prevent
the removal of the car tracks from the
center of i street to the parking adjacent
to the property owned by Mr.. Truesdell.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

81, 900 at 1888.
Anacostia and Potomac Railroad IS, 81 900 at 10I.
Capital Traction, 10 at s1455s, 20 at 1851,
The Washington Railway and Electric pfd., %
at S0a
The Washington Railway aud Electric COM. 80 at
42a 50 at 42h. 30 at 42Is. 80 at 42is. 80 at 42s.
100 at AZ. so at AZ 1000 at AIS, 80 al ~ so at
~ 1000 at 41S.
Potomac Insurance Co.. . at 80, 10 at 80 20 at
30h
Washington Gas, 10 nj 60A.
I.anston Monotype, leo at 152. 10 at ISIS.
Greene Copper. 100 at 29ss. 100 at 2sl4, 100 at
29h. 100 at 29as. leo at 291a (buyer so, 100 at
293s, 80 at 294. 10 at 29A.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat 10 at s299is
at s2s95s, at '2991s. at '2997s, 10 at s2s9fs.
10 at 200.
Mitchell Mining, 100 at liz. 100 at IFS, 100 at
liz.
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sudden Death Of Harry LAM.

Mrs. Lang, wife Of Harry Lang. Of AS
Sth street southwest was shocked thta
morning about $40 o'clock by the discov-
cry that her husband was dead Both rc-
tired last night at the same Time Mr.. Lang
had been sufferer from heart trouble, and
Acting Coroner Glaxebrook, who made
an investieation. concluded that death was
due to that cause The deceased was TWEEN
tY-seyen years old
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Government Securities.
Baltimore Markets.
.pecIaI Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE. Md, March 23.-wuE AT-Ffrmer.
spot eontract> s3tsssSt: March. S3AaS3A; April,
s3laas5]; May. s44aS4i2: steamer No. red
siHas1h: on grade 76si sssi4.
CoRN-Firmer; spot. 4ssaa4s5s; March, 4sEa
4sS; April. 4etsa4a4: May, 56a50is; July, 81
asked; steamer mixed, 4TAa47ta; receipts, IA 976
bushels; exports 3G6 sos bushels: southern white
corn. 47s4a4ss4 southern yellow corn, 46Isa4sIk
0ATS-Firurr; No. white, 37a37i4 No. 3
white. 36a3G4a: No. 2 mixed. 35a35ts: receipts
10 $40 bushels exports. 10 bushels
RYE-Firn, No. western. 65ae5is export GSa7O
domestic receipts 9s6 bushels.
HAY-Eirm; unchanged.
GRAIN FREiGHTS-Dui: unchanged
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Grain and Provisions Summary.
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, March 23.-Wheat: Spot
nominal; futures strong: May, IS Tad:
July, 6s. "a. Corn: Spot. American mixed
new, firm. As 3D.: American mixed, old
quiet. AZ. I'd; futures firm; March nominal;
May. "a. 4d- Hops. in London (Pacinc
coasD steady. e IS af3 los.
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Yesterdays Stocks Again Con-
spicuous Today.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LED
Reading and Union Pacific Also Very
Animated
ACTIVITY WITH INDUSTRlALS
Dealings for Foreign Account Were
Upon Inconsiderable Scale - Elk
pected FURRY in Call Rates.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 23.-The same stocks
which were conspicuous In respect u
strength and activity in yesterdays mar
ket were similarly prominent In TO-DAY
dealings These were notably Reading and
Union Pacific. and in todays market
Southern Pacific showed a greater degree OF
animation than has been evident In that
stock in a long time.
Toward movements in Southern Paeihc
are usually accompanied by suggestions
that the beginning of dividend payments on
the stock is close at hand, and 1t was some-
what noteworthy that today's activity III
the stock was unaccompanied by any such
rumors. This prospect, whether near OF
remote, would appear to furnish about the
only source of inspiration for any agrees
sive absorption of Southern Pacific Stock
In view of the circumstances In which II
IS situated.
The heavy dealings In Reading and in
Union Pacific were similarly unattended by
any special news gossip. At any rate,
SO far as any definite intelligence with re-
gard 10 the labor situation in the coal re-
gions was concerned, there was none. to-
days advices with regard to the course or
events being as indefinite and confusing as
heretofore.
While interest and discussion conferred
chiefly upon the prospects for and against
a strike of the coal miners. it hardly ap-
peared to be the case that the outlook in
that respect had very much to do with
price movements in the stock market.
Some Smart Advances.
These were mainly toward higher levels,
with most OF the activity confined to the
railway list. Apart from the stocks already
mentioned, leading features there were
Chicago and Northwestern, st. Paul Mis-
souri, Pacific, together with Northern Pa
cidc and Great Northern preferred. Among
tLe specialties in this quarter of the mar
ket, smart advances in light transactions
occurred in Wisconsin Central and st.
Louis and Southeastern.
The Industrial and miscellaneous shares
were generally firm in common with the
railway list. and with as few specific de-
velopments OF novelty to be cited in con-
nection with the dealings in particular Sc
curities.
Active issues there were Colorado Fuel
and Iron. Amalgamated Copper Consoli-
dated Gas and the United States Steel
shares.
Rising Tendencies Renewed
Subsequently. however. yesterdays rising
tendencies We're renewed, and during the
morning session there was a large increase
in activity in comparison with the business
transacted in the corresponding period Of
yesterday. There was some falling away
in activity during the afternoon trading
and movements in prices showed greater
degree OF lrregularity. Dealings for foreign
account III this market were again upon an
inconsderable scale. and the London stock
market appeared to be somewhat affected
By the indecisive progress of the conference
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An engine In the sawmill of l.. A. Bolt.
about five miles from Anderson, s. c.. ex-
ploded yesterday. killing Mr.. Bolt twelve
year-old son Roy and fatally injuring a
negro The lads body was hurled 80 feet
and horribly manglsd.
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Rising Tendencies Renewed.
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co. banker,
and brokers, 1919 F street members New
York stock exchange, Washington stock
exchange and Chicago board OF trade.
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Closing Quotations.

At the close of the stock marget at 3stS
o'clock the following stocks had Changed
In price since the above quotations there
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Bar silver steady. sod per ounce.
Money, 3s.a4 per cent. .>i4+-a
The rate of discount In the open market for
short bills ia 3ss per cent. 5~
The rate of discount In the open market for
three months bills is 3laa3 9-16 per cent.
VIENNA. March 23.-Bellamy Storer the
retiring American ambassador to Austria
Hungary, who Is now in Egypt. will return
to Vienna March %.
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by e. II. Chapman Co. "a B
Chapman, manager, members New York Stock El :
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL March 23-Cotton-Spot in
fair demand; prices UNCHANGED: American
middling, fair. $50; good niddling, go:
middling, 3D.; low mddllng, 5.S4: good or
binary, 5.68; ordinary. $50. The sales Of
tie day were 10000 bales, of which 1000
Were for speculation and export. and in
included $500 American. Receipts, 10 200
bales, all American Futures opened quiet
and steady and closed firm; American mid
ding, G. o. c., March, $50; March and
April $50; April and May, 5.S7; May and
June, 5.SS; June and July. $50; July and
August. $50; August and September, 5.S7;
September and October 569; October and
November, 564; November and December,
b.63; December anr January, 5.63; Janu-
airy and February, 5.64
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Today's Cotton Summary,

Quotations furnished by Atwood Violet & Co.,
members New York and New Orleans cotton ex-
changes. Washington branch Office. 713 14th street
northwest.
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Clarence D. Simpson. director ana large
stockholder in the Mexican Central Railway
Company, has returned from six weeks
trip through Mexico. He Is very enthusi-
astic with respect to what he saw ana Is
very confident that everything points 70 q
steady increase In the earnings OF all TIE
railroads In that republic.
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Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today ior
redemption. s96S.344 government receipts
from internal revenue. s922,Si1 customs,
$780,, 80; miscellaneous, $1l4.1SS; expendi-
trres, s1710,0OO.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-02

Three Americans travelling in the
French provinces thought at dinner
that they would go a little higher than
the vim ordinaire included in their
three franc table d'hote, and accord
ingly one ordered bottle of Margaux,
the second ordered POntet Camel, and
the third ordered Haut Brion. The wait
cr, suitably impressed with these or
ders, retired, but he incautiously as he
retired left the door open, and thus it
was that the three stupefled guests
heard him give their order in these
terms:
'Baptiste, three bottles of the red -
Argonaut.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-02

form running the entire length of the
house, on which sat the people living in
the structure, engaged in such occupa-
tons as spinning, weaving and making
round conical hats. The Dusuns are
very revengeful, and feuds between
tribes are kept up for generations
Each tries to get the ''last word" or
head. The matter may run along for
some years, and then a man belonging
to tribe which has a feud with an
other will get lost in the jungle while
hunting or a woman will go to the
river for water, never to return.
Another interesting BOrneO tribe is
that of the Orang Bajaus, living on the
coast at the head of Labuk bay. They
are pirates and pearl hunters and live
partly in houses erected over the water,
forming a BOrnean Venice. In obtain
ing the pearls the Bajaus strip and
dive into the sea, each carrying a bas-
ket Of rattan cane. They remain I'M
der long time and when they come up
generally have their baskets filled with
mud and oyster shells. The latter are
piled in the boats, and the pearls are
taken from them after they are car
ried home.
When the pearl divers reach home
the shells are opened and the contents
thrown into a large iron pan Of water.
The pan is put on the fire and slowly
heated. The contents are then placed
in a tub and allowed to remain till
thoroughly putrefed. Next the rotten
mass is taken up, a small quantity ct
time rubbed between the palms OF
the hand and allowed to drop into
clean water, where the small pearls
drop to the bottom of the pan, and the
dirty water is thrown out
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-02

Not all people," said the jeweler,
like the ticking of a clock. 1t is a
pleasant sound to most people, but not
to all. Some people, clock lovers these,
couldn't sleep without a clock in the
same room. It's ticking is company,
and it scares away the spooks. Such
people would wake up if the clock
should stop in the middle of the night.
But there are other people who can't
sleep with a clock in the same room
and who, if they found themselves in
a strange place anywhere with a clock
in their sleeping apartment, would
stop the clock before they went to bed
Of course there is much of habit in
this, but we have our fancies about
clocks, as we do about all things else"
cleveland Plain Dealer.
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DUSUNS OF BORNEU.
A LITTLE KNOWN TRIBE AND ITS
STRANGE SUPERSTITIoNs.

The Worship of the acknowledgements
Between Tribes-The Orang Baiauw
and Their Pearl Diving Customs-A
Dusun House.
Not far from the island of Sulu, the
s0uthernmost limit Of Uncle Sans
oriental possessions, lies the island of
BOrne0, and in the far interior of this
island is a race called the Dusuns,
which is quite distinct from the Mo
hammedan tribes of other parts of
the island and which has many Gus
toms of exceptional interest. Hitherto
very little has been known about this
curious race, but it is now attracting
the study of ethnologists, and there is
much speculation as to its history and
origin
Opinions vary as to whether the
Dusuns are the aboriginaIs of North
BOrneO or are descended from Chinese
who settled on the coast at a period
far remote from the present era The
race is split up into different tribes,
but all have common language.
1uSIc are certain QlIl6EcucSS between
the language as spoken by the various
tribes, making several dialects, as it
were, of the DuSun tongue. The coast
natives know little of these people and
their habits and customs, fact ac
counted for in part by the circum-
stance that they look down upon them.
The coast tribes are Mohammedans,
and the Dusuns have virtually no re.
ligiOn; hence the lack of harmony be-
tween these residents of BOrneo, for
religious liberation is not a leading
characteristic Of the MOhammedan
faith
The nearest thing the Dusuns appear
to have to a religion is their veneration
for certain jars in the possession of the
tribe called gust" which are objects
of something akin to fetch worship
The Dusuns believe that long years ago
a man was walking along a river bank
when he saw rows and rows Of jars
Taking up stones, he threw them and