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NEW YORK BANK CLEARANCEs.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE statement OF
the clearing house banks for this week
shows that the banks hold S7,7o3.375 over
the legal reserve requirements. This Is
decrease of SSs.675 under last week. The
statement follows:
Loans, LOCO. o76. 800: increase. S9l3.7Oo;
deposits. 81. e3s. 1s2 100; increase. S1o46, 100.
circulation. SIS. 4s7. 400; decrease $444 900;
legal tenders. $50. 76l. 800; increase. $685.
coo: specie s1s3. 1857. eco. decrease 81 772, 600;
reserve, $500. lie, 800: increase s173 600; re-
serve required. s2e2. 045.525: Increase. $751;
SIS; surplus. s7,073.375: decrease. SsS.675;
ex U. S. deposits. s10.9i7. 125; decrease.
y413. 100.
Money on call nominal; no loans. Time
loans firm; co days and 80 days. IA per
cent: six months, 4&4a5
Prime mercantile paper. 5a51z: sterling eX-
change heavy. at 4.65S0a4-S59 for demand
and at 4s2S5a4 s295 for 6o-day bills. Posted
rates. asa and 4.S7. Commercial bills.
4s2x. Bar silver. 65A Mexican dollars.
505A. Government bonds steady. Railroad
bonds steady.
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Peace-Destroying Progress.

There are some triumphs of progress to
which we cannot extend an unqualified
welcome year or two ago the wonders
OF wireless telegraphy filled us with re-
spect and enthusiasm, but today we-or
at least those OF US who wish for occa-
sional peace and quietude-begin to feel
that at some time In the near future II
may become necessary to proclaim Mr..
Marconf an enemy of the human race. We
learn that misguided telegraphist on the
new French liner La Provence succeeded
when In mid-Atlantfc, in opening wireless
communication with both shores simuIta-
neously. The incident Is one of sinister
omen for society at large. for the jealous
simply banished the quiet life from the
sea-
Soon 1t will be no longer possible to take
an Atlantic voyage for rest and the bet
terment of our health The huge liner
will be in touch with the latest news of
London and New York. and their decks
will echo with the cries of stewards boys
announcing extra specials" For the ben
eft of the Stockholders on board there will
be provided change room, where shares
will be bought and jobbed amid the deaf
ening clamor which commonly accompa-
MES the process; and the ambitious oper-
ator who next essays to corner wheat or
cotton will transact his affairs with q
small army of clerks in midocean- The
business man who Is oYerworked and
needs repose will probably have to take a
voyage In q balloon--and even there he
win not long be safe from wireless teieg-
raphy.
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Faint Show of Strength Follow
lowed by Declines.
DEPRESSING INFLUENCES
Very Discouraging Grain and Wheat
Reports.
DECIDED LONDON WEAKNESS
Dubious Money Outlook Helped
Downward Swing Of Stocks-Bank
Statements Negative Showing.
DECIDED LONDON WEAKNESS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 1e.--After faint show
of strength at the outset Of the trading. the
stock market resumed the declining ten
dency which 1t has displayed since last
Monday. The same causes for the mar
ket's weakness were advanced this morn
ing. which have been proffered through
out its downward course. There was q
further quite sharp advance this morning in
both grain and wheat, and according to
Chicago dispatches. which were not fully
borne out by the governments weather re-
port unpropitious weather conditions con-
tinued to prevail throughout the grain belt.
Another influence in the market was the
pronounced weakness shown upon the Lon
don stock exchange, which was generally
depressed on uneasiness as to the outcome
| of the disturbed political situation in Rus
| sia There was further sharp decline In
| Russian imperial tours, and quite marked
| weakness in consols.
| Paris was reported a. heavy seller In the
| London market, but comparatively little
was done here for foreign account.
Otherwise discussion was mainly taken
up with the dubious money market outlook
| and the bank statement prospects.
At the opening Of the market Reading
was bid up sharply, but that stock soon
| lost the whole Of its betterment and partici-
pated In the general downward swing.
| Other active features Of the railway list
were Union Pacific, St. Paul, Baltimore
and Ohio, Atchison, Erie and Pennsylvania.
| There were uncorhrmed rumors current
| that the Pennsylvania loan had been sue
! cessfully foated in Paris, but these had
no marked influence upon the stock. The
| Industrial and miscellaneous shares were
| heavy, in common with the railway list,
| with the most active trading in Anal
gamated Copper, American Locomotive, the
| United States Steel stocks. Colorado Fuel
Il feI prrso u Ixyf1
| Rapid Transit moved in common with the
| remainder of the market.
AS had been expected, the weekly bank
statement made negative showing. Cash
holdings included only $173,OO0. whereas
the preliminary estimates had indicated
| gain of about 81 900, 600. The loan account
| showed an expansion of S913, 600 which, to-
| gether with the small gain in cash, caused
deposits to rise 81, O46.O0O In consequences
| surplus reserves fell SIS 81, and they now
| stand at $7,O74,0C0. Surplus reserves in the
corresponding week of last year were
s7.209, 600, in 1904 S3S. $50 600 and in 1908
s1O.O99OO
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BULLS AND BEARS

Special Dispateh 70 Ths star.
NEW YORK. June 1el-A good deal Of
uncertainty existed iii the minds Of many
sDecrlAtors today regarding tho immediate
feature Of price movements on the stock
sxchanss. The general opinion seemed to
be that the market would continue to show
considerable irresularfty until some OF the
temporary unsettlinG influences have passed
away. It was believed that the fluctuations
would be the rule. Offering fairly good OPP
pcrtunities to secure profits on both sides
Of the market. Some Of the shrewdest
operators. however. were becoming a lit
tie less inclined to enter upon heavy COM
mitments upon the short side than they
were during the past two or three days.
The short account was believed to have
grown very large and q substantial rally
was expected to occur almost any time.
though the best judges were not as yet
convinced that sustained upward move
ment In prices would take place until prob
ably after the adjournment of Congress.
Room traders were bearish almost to q
man. The success which they have achev-
ed on the short side recently would natu-
rally encourage them to continue aggressive
operations for the fall. The renewed con-
troversy In Russia was also likely to have
an adverse influence on sentiment for the
time being, though In conservative banking
quarters mere there was virtually no appre-
hension of an outcome of the Russian
squabbles which would be at all detrimental
to our interests.
The slightly nrmer tendency of money at
this center would. without doubt likewise
De worked for all IT was worth by bearish
operators. and 1t would be only natural
Tor the money market to advance somewhat
as the mfd-year settlement approaches
After the 1st of July, however, indications
pointed to fall In money rates, and in
the meantime some of the best banking
authorities do not expect that rates would
reach anything like level which would be
prohfb1tive to speculation.
Pending the clearing away of uncertaint y
regarding these matters. 1t was expected
that the stock market would have very
much OF trading character The crop
outlook. OF course. assumes a position of
dominant importance. and 1t was worthy
OF note that advices received from the most
trustworthy sources were OF quite an orti-
mfstic nature. Railroad officials who
naturally were in position to be vitality
interested on this subject and likewise to
receive very trustworthy information, de-
Glazed that there was nothing in the situa-
ton to cause uneasiness. They were going
ahead with their various Improvement
plans and still ordering new equipment,
which was regarded as one OF the best
evidences that they were confident of a
sufficient harvest to afford heavy traffic for
their lines
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CASH AND TICKETS.
Interesting Comments Of One of the
Local Street Car Conductors.

TT would cause howl Of protest from
the car-riding public In Washington IL tho
six for-a-ouartsr-ticket system were abol-
ished and cash fares substituted" said a
conductor on one Of the local lines to a Star
reporter.
THE proportion of cash fares to ticket
fares forms quite an interesting little study.
The collection OF fares is facilitated by the
ticket system The exact fare is each time
collected. of course. when ticket is handed
to the conductor. and he can go through
his car under the present method very
quickly Where cash fares are rendered
change is demanded In a majority of in
stances which entails more less delay;
sometimes there Is dispute over the correct
amount given in change. which means more
delay, and where a large bill is rendered
there is still further delay, as the conductor
often does not have the required change.
cat certain times Of the day and on GER
tain runs there are more cash fares COLI
lected than at other times ana on other
runs. Thus. certain of the cars on some OF
the lines that run past the railway depo0
take up a good many intending train pas
sengers. or catch these passengers when
they have Just aliRhted from their trains.
These passengers are mostly Out-of-town
peopAe who pay cash and not ticket fares.
On these runs the indicators VIII show
that from 80 to 80 per cent Of the pas
sengers pay cash fares
during the day is about one to six OF ticket
fares. Department people use the tickets
very largely. and in the morning and even
ing department hours only about one pas
senger in ten on average VIII pay his
fare in cash: on some runs the proportion
is about one to twenty IN favor OF the ticket
passenger. Just before pay days the de-
partment contingent put up more nickelS
than at other times: perhaps IL Is because
the quarters are running low. Some depart
ment clerks each fortnight lay In : just
another, so as not to pay cash at all; these
are the far-sighted. provident chaps. or La
dies who have studied high finance from a
low salary basis
Most OF the cash fares paid on the street
cars in this city come from the colored pas
sengers. They constitute a very large pro-
portion of the riders IN the cars, and IL Is
the exception that they buy tickets. In ten
dering a quarter to the conductor they will
take the change rather than ask for It's
equivalent in tickets. while the white pas
senger will as a rule do just the opposite.
have had ten colored passengers, for In
stance, ON a run. and nine out of the ten
will pay cash fare. and perhaps, taken as q
class of passengers. per cent pay cash
fares. 1 have always thought this was one
of the curious features of the life In the
capital as viewed from the platform of
car. Yes. l have often attempted solution
to this problem. but have given IL up. 1t
may be because as a great class their wages
of magnitude to let go all at once for car
tickets; yet they ride all the time, too. On
the other hand. there Ia large class OF
white passengers who receive small wages
also but this class OF passengers as a rule
will buy tickets"
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. June 18.-On continued drouth
conditions in Kansas and Nebraska, July
wheat today opened ssa1s to Nan higher at
S3h to SSA, and sold at SSh.
Absence OF rain caused July corn to open
4a7s to ran higher, at 5Sh to 53N. The
price went to "a.
Oats for July delivery made a new high
record price for the season. Dry weather
was the reason. July opened a higher. at
Az and sold up to AIN.
In sympathy with &C. advance In the
price OF live hogs, September pork was up
DC; at I6.fI15. Lard was unchanged at 600.
KIDS were also unchanged at 9.82h
Notwithstanding liberal profit-takine. the
wheat market held strong throughout. For
July the highest point of the session was
reached at S3&. The market closed firm.
with July up has, at s3ss.
Corn sentiment continued bullish the en-
tire day. The highest point of the day was
reached at o4fsa541a for July. The market
closed firm, with July up ssaN, at 1914.
close: Wheat-July, S3%; September
S3Aa%.
Corn-July. 55A; September, 64N.
Oats-July, AN; September, 3SN
Pork-July. 17.O751; September, 1880.
Lard-July, $50; September, 9071k.
Ribs-July, $50; September, 937A
Rye-Cash 62a66; July, g.; September
631aa6451z.
Flax-Cash: Northwestern, LIP; south
western, 1.0sh; September, LA.
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL, June 16.-Closing-Cotton-
Spot in fair demand; prices one point high
er; American middling fair, 6.54: good mid
ding. $50: middlIng, sos: low middling.
$50. good ordinary. $40; ordinary, $50.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, OF
which LOCO were for speculation and export,
and included HOO American. Receipts, I, 100
oajes all American Futures opened quiet
and steady and closed steady.
Closing-June. 5.64: June and July, 5.S3;
July and August, 5.S3; August and Septem-
Der. o.13a5.7 "A; September and October, 585
ao.66; october and November, $50; Novem-
Der and December. 500; December and Jam
uary. $50; January and February, SEQ;
February and March. SOL; March and
April. 80; April and May, 6.63aB.6k
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Government Securities.
Herd of Two Hundred Deer at Large.

IL.
The famous Belle Meade herd of deer Is
now at liberty and the animals are running
wild over the western end Of the county.
When Belle Meade was acquired by Judge
J. M Dickinson and others and plans were
perfected to cut 1t up into small residence
farms the high fence around the deer park
was removed and the herd left to scatter
In their wanderings the deer have paid no
attention to fences or farm boundaries. but
have taken short cuts through rich wheat
fields and have investigated juicy corn
patches, loud complaints from the farmers
resulting 1t Is against the law to shoot a
deer in this county, and the only recourse
the farmers have had Is setting the dogs
on the invaders. When chased by dogs
the deer singfy and In small droves have
straightway headed for their old haunts at
Belle Meade as fast as their legs could
carry them. The herd numbers 200 head.
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A larger attendance than usual On eakur-
day ct the stock exchange ard moro than
ordinary interest tn transactions pronis1d
RELIEF from the Guinness and inactivity that
have ruled OF late. but the volume OF busi-
ness was Uncomfortable, and the Gxpscta-
ton was not realised.
The secretary presented gavei to the
president. with the Compliments of Anvil
Club to the chief knocker." ana amid .
hearty exhibition OF good hunor on al Sides
the president, In order to emphasi1s his
authority and knock things into financial
shape. struck his desk with bang. sx-
pressed his thanks and called Capital Trac-
tion per cents with such q strong
tone that loo Of these bonds at l0x,k 500
OF Washington Railway 4 per cents at
S0H and A.ooo at s6x were marketed a.
fast as the deals could be recorded: $3.50
Norfolk and washinston Steamboat per
cents at 10TH after the call. concluded the
bond transactions ofsthe day.
Greene Copper evidenced some strength.
and 500 shares changed hands at 24K.
After the call ave shares Of Riggs Bank
was sold to the highest bidder at 623.
while during the call ten shares COM
manded 625.
The interest in washington Railway
common. which has been feature for
some days past and eliminated in price
OF AN on last Thursday. seems to have
abated, and 41A for 100 shares was the
best price that appeared profitable to the
brokers today. Washington Railway pre-
ferred shared the slight depression of the
common shares, and a lot Of $50 went at
87%. City National sold at 134, the pur-
chase beiEg for the same interest that
has for some time past been buying the
stock.
In a telegram dated London. June ID. in
which account was given Of the meeting OF
the Royal Exchange Insurance Corporation.
at which Sir Neville Lubbock made state
ment of the corporations loss by the San
Francisco fire, typographical error made
the loss much greater than Is Justified py
the facts. Off1cials of the Royal Exchange
Assurance state that the corporation will De
called upon to pay total net loss not
greater than 5000 900 to $2,25O.0o0 which
sum will be promptly paid from London as
sets, with view to preserving intact the
funds Of the corporation in the United
States. The total assets of the Royal Ex-
change Assurance are stated to be about
$50 900, CO., and the corporation has been in
existence since 172O.
The two vacancies on the board of direc-
tors of the Franklin Insurance Company
have been filled by the election Of John
Cammack and Benjamin 8. Graves.
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Church siden Of a Hat.

From the Baltimore American.
A miIliner who works In large city says
that one day woman came into the store
very much excited and wanted the trim
ming on her hat changed. She said that It
had been trimmed on the wrong side.
But" said the saleswoman. "the trim
ming is on the left side That Is where it
ought to be-"
lit doesn't make any difference whether
1t ought to be In front or back, or right
or left. It's got to be on the church side
Church side!" gasped the astonished
girl.
Eyes, church side. sit right next the
wall in church, and I'm not going to have
all that trimming next the wall. ! want
1t on the other side so the whole congxe-
cation can see Ii.
The trimming was promptly placed on
the church side" of the hat.
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visibl. worlds Cotton Supply.

Secretary Hester's statement or the
worlds visible supply Of cotton. issued at
New Orleans yesterday. shows the total
visible to be 3.457. 1878 bales. against 3.62i.olo
last week. and a.7136s1 last year. or this
the total OF American cotton Is 1.9sS.373
bales, against 2.15s.0l0 last week. and p
1854 631 last year. and of all other kinds.
including Egypt. Brazil, India, etc. 1,461010
bales against ]. 463.O00 last week. and L.
361 600 last year.
OF the worlds visible supply Of cotton
there IL now a1oat and held In Great Brit
ain and continental Europe 1,H1lO0o baiee.
against 1,D2z.O00 last year: In Egypt. U.0oo
against 10000 iast year; in lnd1e. -, -
againAt o74Ooo last year. and IA the Unztsa
Gkates. 61Ae0q aGn1nst o5100o iase yeef'
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Bank Statement,
Strains Of Modern Life.

From the Lancet.
We must admit that the accessories OF
modern life in general are placing greater
and greater strain on the faculties Of the
individual
His eyes are strained by the intense arti-
ficial lights. his ears are worried by the I'M
necessary din OF the streets and his nose Is
offended by the vaporization OF offensive
fumes of oil or by the fetid air Of the
tube" That simpler life appeals to him
more than ever which removes him from
tiYitieS.
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washington Stock Excnange.

Sales.-Regular call. II o'clock noon-Capital
Traction AZ. $500 at 104Hs, $500 at 104h.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. d, $500 at s65s.
81 900 at 86E.
Washington Rwy. and Elec pfd., at 81, 10 at
Washinseon Rwy. and Elee COM. so at AN.
80 at 4f% 80 at AN.
Riggs National Bank, 10 at 625.
National City Bank, 10 at 1874.
Greene Copper, 100 at 26M (buyer 6Ol, 100 At
PAN. 100 At 24H. 100 at 24h 100 at 245s. 100 at
24X.
After car-Nor. and Wash. Steamboat b. $500
at 10TH.
Capital Traction. 81 900 at 104h.
Riggs National Bank, at 62S.
Union Trust 8 at 151&.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd, 10 at STA, 90
at S7M, so at S7es. so at S7s.
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THE BALTIMORE MARKEra

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June l6.LWHEAT-FIrmer:
spot. contract. s9aSeA July, 81 asked; August.
e3n asked steamer No. red, 79a79A; receipts,
4.os6 bushelsi exports. 1920 bushels southern
C0RNmstrong; spot, 57Na5s; June. 57Na6s;
guiy. osAa0sx; August. osha5sK; September,
bushels; exports, 90, 221 bushels; southern white
corn, 56na5Sls; southern yellow corn 58a58.
OATS-Firmer; No. 2 white, 471h bid; No. 8
white. 4e11a47; No. mixed, 451s sales; receipts,
IL $40 bushels; exports. 20 bushels
RYE-Duii. No. western, 65a65H export 69a70
domestic; receipts 703 bushels
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Very quiet UNCHANGED
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The World Of
Finance and Trade
THE COTTON 1rARxrrs.

NEW YORK. June 16,-The cotton mar
ket opened nrm at an advance OF Eat points
on better cables, continued dry weather in
Texas. bullish statistics and weekend COW
ering. There was quite good deal Of real
ling at the advance and prices declined
or 5 points shortly after the opening. but
the undertone continued steady, and during
the middle Of the morning prices held at
about the initial figures. Further and In
some instances heavy rains were reported
In the eastern belt and there seemed no Inn
mediate expectation of rain in the south
west.
Futures opened Arm. July. 1895: August.
1850: September. 10. IS: October, 1888; De-
cember, lO.46; January, 10.40.
Futures closed steady. Closing bids:
June. 1881: July, 1898; August. 1850: Sop
TENDER. 1O.45; October. 1910; November.
10 20; December, 10.46: January, 1885,
February, 05O; March, 1850.
Spot closed quiet: niddling uplands, 11.20:
middling gulf. 1.45; sales, none.
Estimated receipts of cotton at the ports
today, 1000 bales, against 6.233 last week
and 10. 1872 last year. For the week, 0,000
bales. against 20. 40 last week and 1887
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans. 50 bales, against 2,368 last year, and
at Houston. $50 bales. against $40 last
year.
Today's Cotton Summary.
Quotations furnished BY Atwood Violet 4 Co.
members New York and New Orleans cotton sx'
changes Washington branch office. lib 14th street
northwest.
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FroIn PUCK,

Elgar. the English composer. remarks:
1--WE live on an island, and some Of us never
get on It," But Londoners do not say.
when you get out OF London you are
camping out" Manhattan Island holds the
belt for that sort Of thing.
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A south-bound passenger train on the
Pennsylvania road jumped the track at
Elba. Ohio. The locomotive, baggage car.
and tender went over an embAnkmeut
Engineer Vaughan was severely scalded
and Fireman Shacles Internally injured.
and may die; ]. y. Maroney Of Marietta,
Ohio. was cut by glass
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Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for re-
denption, 1855 338. Government receipts:
From internal revenue, 81. 160, 257; customs.
$793 032; miscellaneous, $s6.377. Expendi-
lures 81, $40. 600
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Bar silver, steady, I'D. per ounce.
Money, 2a2A per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for shcrt
bills IL 3xa3 TIC per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for three
months bills IL 5 6-16a3x per cent.
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New York Stock Market.

, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers' 1419 H street, members New
York stock exchange. Washington stock
exchange and Chicago board of trade.
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Grain and Provisions Summary.
Liverpool Grain Prices

LIVERPOOL. June 16.-Closing-Wh
spot, nominal; futures, quiet; July, 6s. 75kd. /,
September. 6s. SID; December, 8s. 3D.
Corn, spot. firm; American mixed, new, no
stock; American mixed, old, 4s 1Od.: fu-
lures firm; July, 4s. sid; September. A.
IND.