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Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO, June 20.-The wheat market
opened firm today because of the continued
rains IN the southwest and northwest. which
are interfering sadly with harvesting oper-
atoms. Small receipts at Minneapolis and
the comparatively firm tone of the Liverpool
market. which failed to reflect The full de-
cline OF yesterday on the local board, were
also bulish factors. September opened %
higher. at 1914. and sold up to S3ss, where
Ii held steady for time.
Firm cables and good demand here adj
yanced September corn to 51A.
In sympathy with wheat and corn Sep
TENDER oats sold up to 34Aab.
September provisions opened higher, pork
at 1866. lard at S.S2aS.S5, and ribs at S95.
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Liverpool Cotton Market.

LIVERPOOL, June 28-Closing: Cotton,
spot, dull prices unchanged: American
middling. GA. The sales of the day were
5000 bales. Of which 500 were for specula-
ton and export, and included 1890 Ameri-
can. Receipts. 10000 bales, including $500
American. Futures opened easier and clos
ed steady; American middling g.o.c., June,
5.S5; June and July, 5S1; July and August,
5I6; August and September, SGT; Septem-
Der and October, 5.5Sa5.59; October and No
vember 5.53a5.54: November and December,
5.52a3.5S; December and January 552a
5.5S; January and February, 5.53a5.54 Feb
ruary and March, 5.54a5.55; March and
April. $50; April and May, 557.
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The World OF
Finance and Trade

American Locomotive. 90.
American Smelling, 1467s.
American Sugar. l301a.
Anaconda, 245.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. ssS.
Baltimore and Ohio. 117A.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, T7ts.
Canadian Pacific, 1907.
Central Leather. 81.
Chicago Great Western. 16ss
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, 176.
Chicago and Northwestern. 1873.
Colorado Fuel and Iron, 4Sh.
Colorado Southern, 337s.
Corn Products, 70.
Delaware and Hudson. 211.
Denver and Rio Grande. 42is.
Distiilers' Securities. ssh.
Erie, common. 42b.
General Electric, 1853.
Greene Copper. 24ss. .,e
Peterborough, 38.
Kansas City Southern, 25 v.
Missouri Pacific. 95A
National Lead T22
New York Central, 1864.
N Y. Ontario and West, 47ls.
Northern Pacific. 2G2
Pennsylvania Railroad. 1908.
Railway Steel Spring Co.. 80.
Reading. 12SA.
Rock Island. 24A.
Rock Island, preferred. GO.
st. Louis and San Francisco pfd., 10.
ST Louis and Southwestern, pfd., 52A.
Southern Pacific, 81.
Southern Pacific. pfd., 1201s.
Southern Pacific, 6SH.
United States Rubber, AN.
Z. S. Steel, 365s.
U. S. Steel, pfd.. 1881.
Va.-Car. Chem. Co., CON-, 80.
Wabash, preferred. 48
BONDS.
United States Sttel SIS, 961s.
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COLLECTOR sMALLs HERE.
Beaufort Official Calls at the Post
Office Department

Ex-Representative Robert Smalls. colored
collector of the port of Beaufort. y. C..
came to the city yesterday and went di-
dectly to the Post Office Department to
pay his respects to the Postmaster General.
and later he called on Justice r.. H. Ter
rell. He was on his way to Boston,
Mass, on business. He did not state
whether he would call at the White House
or not before his return from Boston. His
term as collector will soon expire. He said
he was giving himself no concern about
that but thought he would be reappofnted
as he had heard Of no. opposition or COM
plant from any source.
Smalls Is we'll knewn here on account of
his long stay in Congress during the 20 S,
sos and early COS. He has quite an in
teresting civil war record that Is well
known to the public. He enjoys the dis
tinction of having many friends and few
enemies among all classes in South Caro-
lima.
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Strange Economy.

To the Editor of The Star
This is not twopenny country. and It
is not well disposed toward the men who,
in Congress or out are trying to reduce the
government and all it's works and workers
to a Cheap John basis of penuriousness -
Star, June 49, Well said and, as the man
who had his prayer printed and pasted on
the head Of his bed to save repeating It,
just pointed at 1t and said. Those are my
sentiments" SO I say my sentiments,
with big emphasis.
I am sorry and surprised to see in some
of our congressman 80 little appreciation
OF the broad gauge our country and a dis
position shown to keep our government
down on cheap basis. I am heartily in
favor of any measure to assist the PresI-
dent of this broad land to travel all over
the country to see the people, but espe-
cially that the people may see their Presi-
dent-that he is simply man, one of the
people. and it gets the people nearer the
government and makes them feel 1T is
ours"
The New York Times remarks: EVERY
body knows the object of the provision is
a most worthy one--that the President Of
the United States, when he travels travels
as the President" I repeat I am firmly
OF the opinion 1t Is to the advantage of the
government and our great country. Then
l say to Congress, pay the expenses with
out grunt.
I would go further yet Let Congress
order the finest palace car on earth, with
every conceivable convenience, and have
it sent to Washington to be known as the
Presidents car. pay that bill and let all
expenses of all his trips be paid, large or
small. Then, lastly, let Congress raise the
salary OF the President to 100000 a year
and say no more about 1t for twenty-five
years. M. P. CALDWELL.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Saies:-Regular call, IL O'Clock noon-Columbia
B. r. 6s. 81 zoo at los.
Potomac Flee 1t. 5s, 81 600 at 104A.
Capital Traction. 10 at sl42A 10 at 143.
Washington Rwy and Elec. com, so at 1915, so
100 40.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd.. 80 at SO.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone. 81 at So
Lahston Monotype. so at 14tl.
Greene Copper, 100 at '24.
National City Bank 10 at 1874. 5 at 1874.
Commercial National Bank, 10 at 197 ) at 1913,
10 at 1893.
National Safe Deposit, at 1s8. 10 at 1se. 10 at
1883, 10 1t 1856, 10 at 1855, 10 at 1856, 10 at 1877
l at 1S6.
American Graphophone COM, 10 at IS, 10 at 49,
After cali-WashiDgton Rw5. and Eiec As, 81, coo
a S6Ih
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Grain and Provisions Summary.
Chicago Cattle Receipts.

CHICAGO, June observation-disclosures,
$500: market strong. Beeves, 400a6. 10;
cows and heifers. 1.40a5. 10: stockers and
feeders. 2.65a4.5o; Texans, 2.eoa4 30: calves,
4.TOa6.0O.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000: market SC. higher
Mixed and butchers. e30a6.6 IS: good heavy,
6.52fsa6.S1 rough heavy, 6.25a6. 40; light,
6.30a662ia; pigs, 5.5oa630; bulk of sales,
6.52laa66o.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; market steady.
Sheep, 415a6.5o; lambs, 5.90a7.75
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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS
Special pispa.ch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. June 26.-wHEAT-Dun and
easier s spss tor contract. sot July ssAasaA; Au-
by sample, 76as5; southern grade s2l5a0OJs
SohS.Firmsr; spot. o55H So, June. 55s&a5e:
b3a53A: receipts. 1850 bushels; southern white
corn. 5Ts5s; southern yellow corn, 56a5s.
OATS-Easier; No. white, 4Sa4SLs; No. white.
bushels.
RYE-steady; No. western. export, ssa65Ls; No
western domestic, 69s10.
HAY-Quiet, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Dai UNCHANGED
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aWhite Riders, Loose Arain.

The White Ridersr Who are they? And
on what strange mission do they gaiiop
through the darkness? The query Is thrill
ingly answered by Max Pemberton in his
masterpiece, THE Lady Evelyn which
Saturday, June 90. It is the third of the
famous 100000 series issued by the Au
thors and Newspaper Association.
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American Demand for English Steel

LONDON. June 26.-EnglIsh works re-
port the existence of large inquiry for
steel for America. Fully 10000 tons were
sold last week for quick dispatch to
America at price equal to $245o f. o. b.
Orders totalng about $4,000 tons are also
on the market and 1t is expected that they
will be placed shortly.
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German Bank Statement

BERLIN. June 28.-The weekly state
ment Of the Imperial Bank of Germany
shows the following changes: Cash In
hand decreased 3.720.00O marks: treasury
notes decreased 400. geo marks: other securi-
ties incr- ased Al $40, 900 marks; notes in
circulation increased 3O.s20OOO marks
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The receivers Of the Diamond State s

The receivers of the Diamond State Steel
Company are reported to have sent notice
to all stockholders who consented to the
plan for the taking over Of the company's
plant and property by new company that
the plan had failed. owing to the failure of
the parties who made the proposition to
carry out their part OF the agreement It
Is hoped that new plan may be arranged
for the reorganization of the company be-
fore an actual sale of the property is made
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New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers. 1910 F street, members New
York stock exchange. Washington stock
exchange and Chicago board OF trade.
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Bank Of England Ships Bullion

LONDON, June 28.-Bullion amounting to
FAT. 600 was taken into the Bank OF England
today. and 1000 was withdrawn for ship
ment to South America
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e Title was bid for at Sc with
Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption. $613.SS3: government receipts
from internal revenue $685. 02S; customs.
81. 113.s42: miscellaneous. SlS7.6,6; expendi-
lures. SS6O.Oo0.
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cuhB QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by E. R. Chapman Co. &C. B.
Chapman. mansger}. members New York Stock Ex-
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Daughters Of the Confederacy propose t
erect building at the jamestown expo
sition.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

II variety be the spice of life on change
as well as elsewhere. the brokers have no
cause to complain that business on the
stock exchange was as dull and unevenffui
today as It was brisk and voluminous yes
terday.
In the bond market 81 600 Columbia rail-
road per cents sold at los. q. 0e0 Potomac
electric light per cents at 1041x and 81 QUO
Washington railway per cents at 6g15.
In Washington railway stocks the COM
mon shares rallied somewhat from recent
prices and the preferred was steady at
Yesterdays level Altogether the tone in
both issues vas better and there was
ready absorption of such as were offered
Chesapeake and Potomac telephone made
an unusual appearance at q good price in
small transactions, and Greene Copper
maintained yesterdays low point in the
sale OF quotation lot at "A.
Real Estate Title was bid for at Sc with
out result
In the bank list Commercial was strong at
LOT and 1873. and National Safe Deposit,
Savings and Trust Company commanded
lS6 for hffy-two shares, 1S7 for ten.
Today's Government Receipts.
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Closing Quotations.

At the close Of the stock market the fol-
lowing stocks had changed in price since
above quotations. there being no change In
balance of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper, 99h.
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New York Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, June 23.-The cotton market
opened steady at a decline of 2a5 points
In response to further liquidation and re-
ports of rains in the southwest. July sold
off to 1908 before the call was completed,
or about points net lower, and the new
crop showed a loss of 4a5 points. At this
level there was considerable covering.
Liverpool bought July and August here on
the big differences and the market steadied
up few points with prices in the middle of
the morning about to 6 points net lower.
Trading was quite active, and the tone of
the market was unsettled.
Notwithstanding the official reports show
Ing general rains in Texas, ranging up as
high as three inches, the cotton market
was steady at midday and about unchanged
to 1 point higher on covering.
Spot quiet middling uplands, 1885; MD
ling gulf TO- Estimated receipts at the
ports today, 1900 bales, against 1857 last
week and 1882 last year. For the week.
q, 600 bales. against 81, S23 last week and
75.54S last year. Todays receipts at New
Orleans, 2.799 bales. against 1854 last year.
and at Houston, 2.702 bales. against 2,1ea
last year.
Today's Cotton Summary.
Quotations furnished by Atwood Violet & Co.,
members New York and New Orleans cotton e1-
changes Washington branch office. 713 14th street
northwest
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Today's Cotton Summary.

Quotations furnished by Atwood Violet & Co.,
members New York and New Orleans cotton a1-
hanges. Washington branch office. 713 14th street
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21
NO DECISIONS AT COLUMBUS.
Neither Board of Trade Nor Kentucy
 Futurity Stakes Finished.

Columbus, C., Sept 2O.-Two races were decided a.d two more almost com pleted this afternoon at the grand cir cult racing. The cuppy track made the going very tiresume for pacers. Ten thousand persons attended.
 Bolivars defeat in the 2:Vl Board of Trade stake caused big upset. In the mud Wednesday, Doris B had one heat but the gelding paced the first half of to-day's opening mile in l;0l IF, and finished lengths ahead of his tired ri- vals. Doris B hung on well in the de- ciding mile and won when Bolivar gave out in the home stretch Bell Bird, ia vorite in the 2:15 trot succeeded 1T. pro longing the race by bolting out Lillie R. In the third heat by half a length, after the latter had easily won the first two Belle Bird won the fourth mile and the race had to go over until Fri day For decision.
 Eleven good looking three year olds came out for the Kentucky stock farm futurity trot, and Governor Francis sold ten to seven fayorite over the field. A break soon after the start of the first heat ruined his chances Ed Custer with J. B. Chandler up, won the first heat with the next I've colts close up. The Abbe, a full brother of The Abbot, outgamed the Custer colt at the finish of the second mile and won by half length. The deciding heat will be raced Friday. Track conditions pre- vented Sweet Marie from attempting tc lower her record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21
SHOPLIFTEK CAUGHT
Detectives Ward md Daley Detect WO-
 man fin the Act of Taking Laces.

Detectives Ward and Daley Detect WO-
 man fin the Act of Taking Laces.
 Detectives Ward and Daley yesterday afternoon arrested Mrs. Mary Bitner, of 70 Mechanic street, after witnessing the theft of some valuable lace in the de- partment store of Mendel x Freedman, The capture is regarded as an impor- tant one, as throwing light on many petty thefts which have occurred lately in the large department stores, and Mrs. Bitner is thought to be a shoplift- CT of much practice.
 Yesterday afternoon the actions of Mrs. Bitner in Mendel & Freedman's store aroused suspicious and the de- tective bureau was notified and request ed to investigate. Detectives Ward and Daley were sent to the store and watch ed Mrs. Bitner, who was soon observed in the act of taking some lace from a counter and thrusting it into a large bag which she carried She was at once arrested and taken to the police station, where the second degree was
 
 conferred on her, and her replies indi- cated that she has been more busy in the shoplifting line than had been sup posed.
 The detectives then paid a visit to the home of the suspect and there found a large amount of goods of all sorts, valued at about $75. There were many fine faces and a large quantity of high class fabrics, apparently stolen impar- tially from the leading stores,
 The booty was gathered up by the detectives and taken up to the central station to be identified and to serve as evidence. Mrs. Bitner was charged with seven counts of theft, and there is a possibility that the number will be increased.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21
RECORDER GOFP TO DECIDE
MOTION IN 1HAW CASE RE-
 BERRED TO HIM.

Pittsburg Detective, Retained for De-
 fense, Visits Prisoner-Attorney Hart
 ridge Denies Disagreement With
 Client--Says Also that Reports of
 TIlaw Refusing to be Examined by
 Aiienists are Untrue--Prisoner's
 Mother Denies Attempt to Acquire
 Property Near Mattenwan Insane
 Asylum.
 New York, Sept. 20.--The motion by counsel for Harry K. Thaw to make permanent a temporary writ prohibiting the district attorney and grand jury from examining witnesses in Thaws case was referred to Recorder Golf in decision handed down by Justice Me- Lean in the supreme court to-day. Further action," says the decision, will be deferred to afford an opportu- nity for motion in the same behalf be- fore the recorder"
 Thaw was visited to-day by Roger O'Mara, the Pittsburg detective, who has been retained in connection with the defense of the prisoner. It was re- ported that O'Mara had been sent for  to confer with Thaw regarding alleged differences between Thaw and Clifford W. Hartridge, his chief counsel, rela- tive to the defense at Thaws trial. O'Mara is generally accredited with having considerable influence over Thaw by reason of his long acquaint- ance with the Thaw family. After OMara left the prison MT. Hartridge had conference with Thaw. Later the attorney was asked if there had been disagreement between Thaw and himself.
 Not so far as I know he replied.
 MT. Hartridge also stated that re- ports published that Thaw refused to be examined by three alienists yester- day were far from the truth. He said that two of the doctors had visited Thaw before in the Tombs. Thaw told one of the keepers at the Tombs to- day that the reason he did not see the doctors yesterday was because he had an appointment with the Rev Father William Dlazowski, of Fall River, Mass. The clergyman did not call, however, but saw Thaw to-day. MT. Hartridge said that Father Dlazowski was a friend of Thaw, but would make no statement as to the connection if any, the priest has with the case.
 MT. Hartridge to-day announced that Mrs. William T. Thaw, his clients mother, denies that she is thinking of giving up Pittsburg as her place of residence. Mrs. Thaw further denies, the attorney said, that she is trying to acquire property near the insane asy- lum at Matteawan.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21
PHYSICIANS PETITION
 IN PATRICk'S BEHALF
ARLY $500 PUT NAMES TO REQUEST FOR MEDICAL COM-
 MISSION ON CASE

To Get Final and Just Solution of the
 Matter-Over 25O Letters From Doc
 tors Accompany Petiti0n--Many Ex-
 press Contempt for Expert Testimony
 Governor Higgins Replies That He
 Knows of No Authority to Create
 CommissiOn--Petition to File Legal
 References on Which They Rely.
 Albany, N. r., Sept. 20.-Nearly $500 physicians of the state, representing 551 cities and towns, and including some of the best known in the profession, are signers of a petition presented to Governor Higgins this afternoon in be- half of Albert T. Patrick, the New York lawyer convicted and under sentence of death since 1901 for the alleged murder of the aged millionaire, William Marsh Rice, in September, 190O
 The signers ask the governor Ito ap- point a commission, composed of disin- terested experts from the medical pro- fession, to examine impartially into the questions at issue and report their find ings at.as early a date as possible, and thus avoid the possibility of mistake in the case of Patrick, as well as to get a final and just solution of the ques- tion."
 With the petition were filed about 250 letters from prominent physicians
 A marked feature of these letters was the contempt expressed by the writers for expert testimony rendered for pay by one side or another in criminal eases.
 The main medical question involved, vital in the conviction of Patrick, is whether the congestion of the lungs, al- leged to have been found in the autop- sy on Rices body, could have been caused by embalming fluid, or must be the result of chloroform with which Jones, Rice's valet, in one of his sev- eral contradictory confessions, said he had killed the old man by Patrick's di- rectior1.
 Governor Higgins received Messrs. l Logan and Thomas in his private of flee to-day behind closed doors, and afterwards neither of them would dis cuss their conversation with the gov ernor, leaving 1t Ito him to make the matter public. After they had gone, the governor explained the nature of their application, and said: T told these gentlemen that know of no au- thority invested in me by which I could appoint the commission for winch they asked, nor in any jurisdiction on my part over the case in the absence of a definite application for a pardon or ex- ecutive clemency. They areto file with me references to the law upon which they rely In asking for this medical commission, and intimate that they might make application for pardon or other form of clemency, in case of the failure of the pending application for adission of the case to the United States supreme court.
 This Is a case o very great impor- tance involving issues beyond the simple question of one mans life, and I must have the various legal aspects of it carefully examined before l can tell what is my power and my duty"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21
IRON WORKERS GATHER.
Employees of Rolling Mill Addressed by
 Vice President J. F. Wright.

In the Bricklayers' hall last evening the union and non-union employees of the New Haven Rolling mill gathered to listen to an addIess by J. F. Wright vice-president of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Iron and Steel Workers of America, who is here to do what he can toward the settlement of the strike which is now on in the local plant.
 MT. Wright gave brief talk in which he strongly presented the side of the union men and asked the non-union workers to help win the point at issue, as it would be of as much benefit to them as to the union men. After the address an informal discussion on the local situation was held.
 At present the mill is still running, though short-handed on account of the strike of the union men, Both sides are confident that they will win out in the end, though at present the union men do not appear to have any advan- tage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21
BLACKMAIL ATTEMPT CHARGED
Man Who Volunteered to Testify in
 Doodle Case is Arrested.

St. Louis, Sept. 2O.-William H. Rit- ter, of Denver, Col, a former member of the St. Louis house of delegates, who wrote Governor Folk last week volun- teering to come here and testify re- garding the handling of "boodle" mon- ey when Ritter was lawmaker, was arrested to-day at Hannibal, Mo, while on the Burlington train en route to Denver
 It is charged by Circuit Attorney sa- ger that Ritter attempted to extort money from R. M Snyder, of Kansas City, by threatening to testify that Snyder gave him poodle money to dis tribute when the Central Traction bill franchise was voted upon. The case against Snyder was dismissed Tuesday. Ritter was brought back to St. Louis to-day and placed in jail. Eugene Sweeney was identified with the Cen tral Traction deal as a promoter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-21
EXPLOITS SHARE IN PROFITS
Boston Consolidated Gas to Try Plan at
 Once,

Boston, Sept. 2O.-The directors of the Boston Consolidated Gas Co. to- night announced an experimental plan of sharing profits with it's employees. to take effect at once.
 Only those employees who, in the iudg- ment of the directors are temperate energetic, honest, capable and efficient, areto be included as profit sharers. The first dividend will be at the rate of sev- en per cent. on the salaries or earning gs of the nine months ending June 3O 1907. The money is to be applied to. ward the purchase of preferred stock in the Massachusetts Gas O., the stock to be the absolute property of the em- ,ployes,