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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-12
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

There was no change in the character OF
the trading at today's meeting of the stock
exchange as compared with what has been
done for some days past The disposition
to buy was not manifested in any stronger
form and the entire list was passed over
without much trading.
In the case of the more active stocks, the
figures remained about the same for Capt.
tai Traction and gas stock, while the little
trading that was done in the common stock
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company was on 2 slightly lower level than
that of yesterday. There was nothing of
consequence done in the preferred stock and
the figures quoted were lower than those
recorded yesterday.
Mergenthaler sold on a range of 20Sh to
2U7A, and at the close was for sale at 20S
with the bid three-eights of point lower.
The bid for Greene Copper was, at the
start half point better than the clos
ing asking price of yesterday, as the bid
was d. While but little stock was fur
nished at that figure, still it was to be had
at an eighth of a point in advance, and
bid of 27M was made for a block Of five
hundred shares. 1t was evident the demand
for 1t was based on the situation in New
York, where the stock sold today on a
range of from % to 2SH.
There was not much change made in the
figures for Mitchell Mining stock, but bids
for large blocks were heard, which is some
what uncommon In the case of this stock,
Az being bid for a thousand shares, and
for any part of five hundred shares. For
the stock SIS was bid, and the asking price
was an eighth of a point higher.
In New York today this stock sold for
sand SIS. After call several blocks We're
sold for 81.
During the past year one Of the notable
features of the financial situation has been
the increase in the resources of existing
banking Institutions, while at the same
time additions have been made to the
number Of such institutions, especially by
the organization of savings banks.
In this way the banking resources OF the
city shows a notable enlargement as COM
pared with previous years An<1nterest1ng
light is thrown upon the amount of posi-
BILE banking funds in a community that DO
not find their way into the banks. There
is another circumstance In this connec%
ton which is, to say the least, suggestive,
and that Is the amount of money that has
been collected during the course of the
past year through the saving agency car
ried on by the Associated Charities
The annual report Of that organization
no less than 2,13S have been collected.
mostly in pennies and nickels, from the
poor people of the city to be used as their
reserve fund when work fails them and
also, of course, their source of income.
Mr.. Thomas Hyde has resigned as first
vice president of Riggs National Bank,
but will retain his connection with that in
stitution as a member of the board of di-
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Mishap Of a Pitman.

William Vangruder. pitIpan In the en-
ploy Of the Washington Traction Company
and stationed at the corner Of 18th and O
streets southeast. met with peculiar acci-
dent this morning shortly after 10 O'clock.
An alarm Of fire had just been sounded
from box SO, and vangruder, hearing the
engine of the No. 18 engine company COM
ing, made an effort to close the door before
its arrival. In his haste he closed the door
of the pit upon three Of the fingers of his
right hand, severely crushing them. Later
he went to Providence Hospital, where his
injuries were dressed.
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Government Securities.
The London Market.

LONDON. December 1.-THE Americans
continued to be the most interesting Sec
ton of the stock exchange today. They
opened firm and improved to over parity
during the forenoon. Canadian Pacific
Louisville and Nashville and Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul were In especially good
demand. Mexican rails were active. Later
prices became irregular, but the market re-
covered and closed firm with prices a shade
below the best Quotations of the day.
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Mrs. Newberry's Loss.

The detective Office has received a report
that diamond pin in the shape of horse
shoe has been either lost or stolen from
Mrs. Truman H. Newberry of 1916 10th
street. wife Of the assistant secretary Of
the navy. The pin contained seventeen
stones. and is said to be valued at several
hundred dollars. Mrs. Newberry states
that she missed the pin while shopping
down town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-12

EasItT, sI,Ot, cOhtract, 14f4ado; spot, No. 2
western, 7sa7SA; December. 74a4a75; January.
15Aa75$,; May, sou steamer No. red, 6Sha6SA;
receipts, 1922 bushels; southern by sample, 57a60;
southern on grade, 6sha75la.
40; December, old, 5O7sa51; year, 4S1aa4Sa. JAN
uary,, 47%a47Is; February 475sa47I; steamer
southern white corn, 47a49A; new southern yellow
corn. 46a,ai9.
oATS-steady; No. white, 4ola sales; No. 8
white. 39Lsai0 No. mixed 80 bid; receipts,
10. 4S5 bushels.
RYE-Firm; No. 2 western, domestic, 7ea77; re-
ceipts. 2343 bushels.
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Easier steam to LiyerpooI
per bushel, 15sd. December; Cork for orders, per
quarter, 2s. I'D. January.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call II O'Clock noon-W ashington
Rwy. and Elec. As, 81 900 at S6A.
Capital Traction, at 143.
Washington Rwy. and Elec CON-, 25 at 49, so
at AN, so at 42s, so at 422l, so at 42%, so at
42A.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 10 at S6Z.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, at $50.
Washington Gas. % at 5SJk.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 2OSE 10 at 2OSas,
10 at 20S1s. 10 at Dos 10 at POTTS.
"a Greene ne COPPER 30 at rs 80 at % 100 at 2s
Mitchell Mining, 100 at "a, 100 at 5A. 100 at
5H.
Washington Market 500 at 49,
After call-Columbia r. r. 6s, 81 900 at Ill.
Columbia R. R. 5s. 500 at 1861.
RnNnS
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The World of
Finance and Trade

Atlantic Coast Line, 1874.
Baltimore and Ohio. 11S5s.
Canadian Pacific, 1876.
Chicago, Mil. & ST. Paul, 1851.
Colorado Fuel & Iron, 56A.
Delaware & Hudson, 229A.
Distillers Securities. 69A.
Great Northern, pfd., 223h
Greene Copper, 2SH.
Illinois Central, 1865.
Kansas City Southern, pfd., 60A.
Manhattan Elevated. 1431a.
Mexican Central. 27%.
Mo-, Kansas & Texas. COM, 4011.
New York Central, 1874.
Northern Pacific, 219ss.
Pacific Mail Steamship, 39A.
Reading, 14Sa.
Republic Steel & Iron, 1914.
Southern Pacific, 93A.
Southern Railway, 33Z.
Texas Pacific. 37N.
Union Pacific, 1851.
United States Steel, pfd., 1O5h.
Western Union, So
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Fortunate Outcome.

Herman Frankie. sixty-three years DID, of
Cleveland. Ohio. while attempting to board
a moving Capital Traction Company car
at 11th street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, shortly after 10 o'clock today.
missed his footing and was dragged for
about one square before the car was
brought to standstilL With the excep-
ton Of slight shock Mr.. Frankie was ap-
parently uninjured. After the mishap he
went at once to the Raleigh Hotel, where
he Is stopping. The car was in charge of
Conductor w. L. Green
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ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT.
Newspaper Men Must Answer fo
Statements Published.

NEW YORK, December 12.-William B.
Masterson, United States deputy marshal,
and William E. Lewis and Henry N. Cary,
editors of the New York Morning Tele-
graph, were arrested in this city today
charged with Criminal contempt of court
in circulating false and grossly inaccurate
reports of the trial of Chester E. Gillette at
Herkimer." sMasterson was also recorded
as an editor of the Telegraph. All three
were sent to the court of general sessions
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CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. December 12.-Wheat today
opened weak on profit taking sales by large
holders. The weakness here was due al
most entirely to realizing, as cables were
ported steady and the northwestern re-
ceipts were small. May opened a shade
lower at 90 and declined to 7S1a.
May corn. in sympathy with wheat, eased
off to 435sai3A and May oats declined to
35A.
January provisions opened weak pork at
1915, lard at S.57k and ribs at $50.
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Furnished by Dick Bros. & Co.. 1412 q st NV.
Phones Main 6440-6441.
Liverpool Prices.

LIVERPOOL, December IL, 1890 Pm
Cotton-SpOt, good business done; prices
easier American middling, SO. The sales
of the day are estimated at 10000 bales, in
GLIDING 1000 for speculation and export.
Receipts, 35,4OO bales, all American.
Futures opened quiet and at 1890 pm.
were quiet and steady.
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Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers. 1419 F street. members New
York stock exchange, Washington stock
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Today's Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today for
redemption were $549, 1888; government re-
ceipts from internal revenue, 81, COS O66;
customs. $50; miscellaneous, $50, 294;
expenditures, 81 $50 600.
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
II 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:
American Smelling, 153
Anaconda, 291H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-12

Mr.. Thomas Hyde has resigned as first
vice president of Riggs National Bank,
but will retain his connection with that in
stitution as member of the board of di-
rectOrS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-12

bage N. Y, per 100, 4O0a5 90; Danish cab
bage, per h., 1c.; eggplant Fla, per crate
4.0Oa5,OO; celery, per doz 5Oa1 90; turnips,
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Grain and Provisions Summary.

quiet; December nominal; March, Is sgd
May, 6s sd.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
The Boss of the Line
Wanted a Fair Show

D EFORE the advent of horse cars in
Boston, Hank Stubs was one of
the drivers Of a line Of coaches
that ran between Brookline and Bos-
ton. The boss began to be suspicious
that there was a leakage somewhere
and determined to locate 1t. A rough
desk had been rugged up in the stable,
and each man as he came in at night
was supposed to wrap up his money
for the day in a paper and put it in the
desk.
The boss of the line hid in the
hay one night and watched the men
unload their money, hoping to find who
was the thief. When Hank came in he
took his money out of his pocket and
began to divide it. The fare was a
shilling each way. Taking the pile of
s%hillings, he began to drop them in two
piles, saying, "a shilling for me, a shil-
ling for the boss" and SO on until the
money was divided. At the end it failed
to come out even, q shilling being left
over. Hank was in a quandary, but
finally tipped the coin in the air, with,
Heads for me, tails for the boss" To
Hanks disgust the coin came tails up,
but after a moments pause he said, Il
guess l will keep it just the same"
The next day the boss called him in
and discharged him. Hank professed
great Indignation and then said:
do you think l have been stealing?'
The boss paused a moment and re.
piled:
Hank, l do not object to a fair divi-
sion, but why in Tophet couldn't you
give me d fair show on the flip up2"-
Judges Magazine of Fun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
CHATTEL MORTGAGE ALE

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
chattel mortgage, made on the 21st day of June,
1905, by j. E. Lawthers to Reeves & Co., upon
the following described property, towit:
One No.. 1903 Reeves 20 H. P. straw burner,
jacketed engine, manufactured by Reeves &
Co, with all fixtures and appendages with or
belonging to same.
One No. 3121 Reeves 93x IS NAM
moth cylinder separator, manufactured by
Reeves & Co., with all fixtures and appendages
belonging to same.
One No. 3G Reeves Farmers Friend wind
stacker, manufactured by Reeves & CO., with
One No. 1870 Parsons self feeder and band
cutter.
One No. 54678 Peoria double tube weigher.
One No. 567 Reeves engine tender.
One 160-foot S-inch 4-ply Candy belt. One
21x3Sfoot S-ounce tarpaulin. One No. 2 lifting
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
A HOPELESS
Odd Climax That Was Not q Part OF
the Play.


Frank Gilmore, the actor, tells the
following story about his aunt, Miss
Sarah Thorne, who was leading woman
at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, many
years ago.
Miss Thorne was given q part in
THE Masked Prince the second piece
of b evening"" said Mr.. Gilmore.
CHANGING through her part hastily at
breakfast, she noticed that there was
one scene In which she had so little to
say that 1t could be learned Just be-
fore going on. She decided to skip that
scene and get to the longer passages.
when night came, and my aunt
made her appearance, she did very
well in the first scene. In the second
scene occurred the passages she had
skipped in the morning. She rushed to
the corner in which she left her book,
but 1t was not there. Finally, the
stage manager, receiving no response
to his repeated calls, sought her out
and pushed her on the stage. There
she W before a large audience, with
out the slightest idea of what she was
supposed to do or say. The scene was
a courtroom. At a high desk sat the
presiding judge, letter perfect in his
part, because he had it ready to read
from the papers in front Of him. A
trial was taking place, and Miss
ThOrne, to her horror, discovered that
she was to be the principal witness,
on whose answers hung the entire plot
of the play. The Judge adjusted his
sp~ectacles, looked at his part, and said
in solemn tones, The witness will now
state what she saw the prisoner do on
this particular night
What was she to answer? She
glanced around helplessly. She hadn't
the faintest idea what she had seen
the prisoner do on that particular night.
The critical moment had arrived: some
one must speak, but she couldn't. Her
eye alighted on one Of the characters
in the play who looked particularly
reliable. He looked like q person who
could get n out of any sort of diff
fculty. So, pointing at him, she ex-
claimed in impressive tones, ASK that
manr'
1.-The entire cast seemed disconnected
by this remark. They did not know
precisely what ought to be said, but
instinct told them something was
wrong. The judge, thinking he might
have made some mistake, turned over
a couple of pages of manuscript and,
having convinced himself on this point,
again addressed the witness. My aunt
glanced at the uncomfortable gentle
and, no other idea coming to her,
again exclaimed, Ask that man. This
concentration Of public attention was
too much for him, and he sneaked off
the stage with a feeble Excuse me-
Of course the situation was a hopeless
one, and the curtain had to be rung
down."-Success.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
n Shopping Sex.

The Englishwoman never knows
when she enters a shop what she
wants. She is swayed by impulse,
grabs wildly at everything she likes
or thinks she likes and probably comes
back and grumbles the next day. She
is also completely lost if the shop
walkers do not dog her every footstep
to implore her to 'loOk at this charm
ing toque'' or condescend to "glance
at this special line in cheap skirts"
But the American woman resents any
suggestion that she does not know
what she wants, likes to be left Sc
verely alone and If interfered with
may abruptly leave the shop. But,
while she is less irritating than the
Englishwoman, she is far more exact
ing.-London Express.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
Is Disease a Crime i?

Not very long ago, a popular magazine
published an editorial article In which
the writer asserted, in substance, that all
disease should be regarded as criminal.
Certain 1t is, that much Of the sickness
and suffering Of mankind Is due to the
violation Of certain Of Natures laws.
But TO say that all sickness should DO
regarded as criminal, must appeal to
every reasonable individual as radically
wrong.
1t would be harsh, unsympathetic,
cruel, yes criminal, to condemn the poor,
weak, over-worked housewife who sinks
under the heavy o of household cares
and burdens, and suffers from weak
neSses, various displacements of pelvic
organs and other arrangements peculiar
to her sex.
Frequent bearing of children. with its ex-
acting demands upon the system. coupled
with the care. worry and labor OF rearing a
large family. is often the cause of weak
neSseS, arrangements and debility which are
aggravated by the many household cares,
and the hard. and never-ending work which
che mother Is called upon to perform. Dr..
Pierce. the maker OF that world-famed rem
edy for woman'S peculiar weaknesses and
tls-DT. Pierces Favorite PrescTfption-says
that one of the greatest obstacles TO the cure
OF this class OF maladies is the fact that the
poor, o~ver-worked housewife can not get the
needed rest from her many household cares
and labor to enable her to secure from the
use of his Prescription 4" its full benefits. 1t
ID u mdIUeT Ol lTcuutnL experience, he says,
In his extensive practice in these cases, to
meet with those in which his treatment fails
by reason OF the patients inability TO abstain
from hard work long enough to be cured.
With those suffering from prolapsus. ante
version and retroverSion of the uterus or
other displacement OF the womanly organs,
1t Is very necessary that. in addition to TAX
ing his "Favorite Prescription they abstain
from being very much. or for long periods, on
their feet. All heavy lifting or straining of
any kin should also be avoided. AS much
outdoor air as nOSSihIn- with moderate LIGHT
exercise is also very important. Let the
patient observe these rules and the Favor
lite Prescription " win do the rest.
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Send to DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
~per-covered, or 81 stamps for c~loth-bound.
If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach. liver and bowels.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
What She Remembered.

Husband-Many people at church this
forenoon, dear?
Wife-Yes, a large number.
Good sermon?"
Delightful"
what was the teXt?"
"It vast was-well, really I have
forgotten"
"Humph! Was Mrs. Purling there"
"She was"
What had she onT"
"Well, she had on a fall wrap Of very
dark Pompeiian red cloth, with narrow
insertions Of dark velvet in the sides
of the skirt. A small yoke trimming of
the velvet covered the upper part of
the chest and was outlined with a
mixed tinsel braid. A narrow braiding
girdled the waist, and the cuffs were
ornamented in the anne way. 1t had q
cape attachment plated upon the Shout
ders and attached by other plaits at the
waist line, giving a dolman appearance
to the back. She
"That'll do. l don't wonder that you
forgot the text!'-New Orleans Plea
yune
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
The Spanish Main.

What do you understand by the
Spanish main?'" Such was the prob
lem propounded at the club lunch ia
Bile, and many and varied were the an
swers. In the Wreck of the Hes
perus' 1t was remembered that there
spake up "an old sailor who had sailed
the Spanish MAN," and it was recalled
that in the "Ingolsby Legends" one
says, "My father dear he is not here;
he seeks the Spanish MAN." There
was, however, a certain v%agueness
about the speakers views as to what
particular thing was meant by the
word, some thinking one thing and
some thinking another, and only one
speaking with the authority Of ian old
sailor who had sailed the Spanish
main" Such a discussion tends to
show how satisfied most Of us are to
half know a thing or to think that we
know without troubling about vertical
tion.-London Chronicle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
A. N. Lineburg

Jack. One tank, pump and hose.
Said Reeves & Co. will sell said property for
cash to the highest bidder at public auction Oa
the 5th day of November, 1906, on the farm OF
Henry S. Beck. situated in section 70. town l.
range % west, in Red Willow county, Nebraska
at 3 o'clock p. N. of said day.
Said mortgage was fled in the Office of the
county clerk of Red Willow county, Nebraska,
on the oath day of June, 1905. There i now due
on said mortgage and the notes, hereby secured,
the sum of one thousand nine hundred f~Orty-One
and s~ixty-fi7e one hundredths dollars lS194l63)
said mortgage has elected to decialm the
whole debt secured by said mortgage due, as by
its terms and the terms of the notes secured
thereby provided.
No proceedings at law has been had for the
collection of said debt or any part thereof.
Dated this 9Th day Of October, 1S6.-lQ124ts-
REEVES & Co,
Mortgage.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
The Old Great Eastern.

The last days of the Great Eastern
were certainly sad, considering the pur-
pose for which she was designed and
the great work she did In cable laying.
For some time before she was broken
up on the mud Of the river Mersey,
neal Liverpool, she was on view as a
show ship. One firm of Liverpool
clothiers hired her for a season, and in
addition to using her for it's advertising
purposes made use Of her for ~catchpen-
ny shows. In the large cable tank a
circus was fitted up and performances
given at so much a head, while other
exhibitions Of the Coney Island type
were spread all over her deck.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
Interruptions.

81 suppose you heard" said Lowe
Comedy, that Ranter made his debut
in vaudeville last night"
EYES," replied Hi Tragedy. at was
a m~onologue, wasn't it?"
"Not quite. He intended it to be, but
the audience chimed in with a few
choice remarks before he got fairly
started" - Catholic Standard and
Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
The Eastern Eve

The eyes of the yellow people are not
obliQue. Notwithstanding that they ap-
pear to be. The line adjoining the
commissures of the eyelids divides the
eye into two equal parts, and is ex-
actly at right angles with the axis of
the nose 1t is not always so; the e1-
ception is much less frequent than In
the whites, for, as a general rule, it is
in the latter that the eyes are not at
right angles with the axis Of the nose.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
A Call Down.

The Tenant-Say, last night the rain
came through the roof and gave me a
regular shower bath. You ought to
do something. The Landlord-What do
you expect me to do? Give you soar
and owels?-Brooklyn Eagle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
No Change.

81 see, Blinks, your typewriter has
adopted the new way Of spelling"
"No; the reformers have adopted her
way; that's all. Only now it goes."-
Baltimore American.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
InsinuatfOn.

Chapleigh-Accawding to science, a
fwag can-aw-live without bwains,
doncher know?
Miss Caustique-Oh, we'll, there are
others.-Houston Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
Lucky.

Dentist prodding a patients gum in
search Of a fragment Of root-Funny,
I don't seem to feel 1t. Patient Gron-
ical In spite Of the pain)-You're In
luck!
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
Explained.

"But she sings more than she plays.
Why do you speak of her music as .in-
strumental?"
"Well, it's instrumental in making
the neighbors move Boston
Globe.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19

When death, the great reconciler, has
come, it is never our tenderness that
we repent, but our severity.-George
Eliot
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-10-19
Plenty,

De Style-Does your wife take any
exercise?
Gunbusta-Plenty. She buttons her
waist down the back every day.-New
York Press.