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THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO, April 2.-The wheat market
today opened steady, but eased of shortly
after the commencement of the session The
firm fealing at the opening was caused by
firm cables and small worlds shipments
but this was offset by good weather re-
ports, which induced lively selling by COM
mission houses. May wheat opened a sha1e
lower to Is higher at 7714aT7S, declined to
77a77B and reacted to TN.
May corn. on reports of good weather in
the corn belt. declined to 435sa44
In sympathy with corn, May oats de-
clined to 307s.
May provisions opened firm, pork at 16 35
lard at S.45 and ribs at $40
Toward the middle OF the session the
wheat market rallied on buying by shorts.
who were actuated by reports of a higher
market at Liverpool. Under this incentive
May advanced to TIKI. The close was firm,
with May I'D Il. at 771sa775s.
The low point for May corn was reached
at 431s. Later the market rallied in syra-
pathy with wheat. May advancing to 44as
/ he close was firm. with May up "a, at 43A
Close-W'heat-May 77aa77Es; July. 765sa
II. Cern-May. 443s: July. 441sa44as Oats
May S0Wi July, 29&s. Pork-May, 1s 3o1a:
July, 16.221za16.25. Lard-May, S. 421h: July,
S,5212. Ribs-May, s.671a: July, S70.
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Atchison, Topeka ard Santa Fe. e5ls.
Atchison. Topeka ana Santa Fe. pfd, 1o3%-
Anaconda, 80.
Central Ry of n. j., 221h-
Chesapeake & Ohio, 661z
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul, 1l9A.
Colorado Southern. 49,
Consolidated Gas, 141.
Great Northern, pfd 323fs
Illinois Central. 1Ir-
International Paper. gas-
Ice Securities. 56ss.
Kansas City Southern. 2s2.
Mo-. Kansas and Texas COM. 3olss
Mo-, Kansas and Texas pfd., IT'S
Missouri Pacific, ESQ.,
New York Central. 146A.
New York, Ontario and Western. a.H.
Norfolk and Western, 90A
Pennsylvania Railroad. 14ob-
Peoples Gas of Chicago. 9415.
Reading. 13SAs.
Railway Steel Spring. SIX.
Southern Pacific, 10
Southern Railway, 4lSs.
Texas Pacific. "a.
Union Pacific. 1851
United States Steel, 43A.
United States Steel preferred. 1oeas.
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company, OIL
United States Steel SIS, 9ess-
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Regular CALL IL o'clock NV ashingto
Railway and Electric u.s. Loco at STA, $1,000 ut
STA. 81 600 at SITS.
Washington Gas cert. $500 at lie.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone IS. So. 600 at
Io6ia. 81 600 at 1o619.
Capital Traction 70 at I45S 10 at lisa. 10 at
l46. 5 at 146, 5 at I46.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.. IL at
S9is, IL at S91a
Washington Railway and Electric CON-. 10 at AZ,
% at 4lA. 10 at AZ. so at AZ, 80 at ~, so at
i2A (buyer CO., 80 at A. 80 at AZ. so at AZ. so at
42is, 30 at 42ls 100 at 421s (buyer 60). so 42t
Metropolitan National Bank 10 at 1885.
National City Bank. 10 at 1879.
Washington Gas, % at sos.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 1925. 10 at 1929.
10 ut 1924 10 at 1925. 10 at 1913. 10 at 1913. 10
at 1885.
Lanston Monotype, 100 at 1874
Greene Copper, 100 at 30Ss, 100 at Boss. 100 at
3o%.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat. at 1900
After call-Washington Railway and Electric
COM, 80 at 42as SO at 421a.
Lanston Monotype. so at 425s. so at 42R. Is at
doI.
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NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL. April 2--Cotton: Spot, good
business done; prices points lower; Amer
lear middling, fair, 6.54; good middling.
GA: nliddlng, 6.o4; low middling, SIS; good
ordinary, $40; ordinary, $50. The sales OF
the day were 1900 bales. of which $40
were for speculation and export, and In
cluded 1850 American Receipts $4,000
bales. including 3.40o American. Futures
opened easier and closed dull; American
middllng, &. o. c., April, 5-S5; April and
May, 5,S5; May and June, $50: June and
July, 5.s7; July and August, SIS: August
and September. 5.S5; September and Octo-
Der, $50; October and November 5.6i; No
vember and December SOB: December and
January, 563; January and February, 5.64.
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BULLS AND BEARS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 2-It was asserted
this morning that good many of the So
called prominent interests In the stock
market had not changed their opinion with
respect to the probable course of prices
within the next few weeks. They still look
for the market to recover gradually and
think that within two weeks 1t will be con-
siderably broader and more active, unless
the coal labor situation becomes more seri-
GUS than is now anticipated. 1t Is also be-
Iieved that within two or three weeks lit
tie will be heard with respect to the btu
minous coal strike. A very large majority
of operators are expected to pay the 1903
schedule While nothing of definite char
acter has been heard with respect to the
anthracite situation, there are some we'll
Informed persons who do not look for
long -drawn-out strike In the anthracite
regions.
A Milwaukee dispatch says that 1t is re-
ported there that the bankrupt National
Electric Company has been sold to the
Westinghouse interests. meeting of the
creditors of the National Electric Company
has been called for April TO- at which time
100000 cash. which is In the receivers
Ing claims Of 81, 12e.000.
=
= y
BY way of Plttsburg there comes from
Wilmington. Del. q dispatch which says:
WORD was received here last night that
the anthracite operators In Pennsylvania
In case OF disagreement at Tuesdays
conference with the ninars have determined
to refer the matter in dispute to Federal
Judge Gray OF this city, with q REQUEST
that he use his good ofilcas as q peace
maker. Judge Gray last night said he had
not received any word to this effect and
therefore he could not discuss the matter
It b believed he would gladly act a. media
tor. He was chairman OF the board OF al.
bitration In the last anthracite strike"
=
-
J. N. Wallace. chairman OF the protective
committee Of the ~ per cent gold collat-
eral trust notes Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railway Company, announces
that the time for the deposit OF the notes
with the Central Trust Company has been
extended to ana including April lie. after
which date notes viii be received only upon
the payment Of 40 for each note deposited.
-
Butte reports ore shipments from the
Amaigamated mines during the seven days
ending March n, aggregated o0.s70 tons. OF
which IS SO went to the Waahoe and 23,800
to Great Falls. This Is q few thousand tons
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Grain and Provisions Summary.
The Baltimore Markets.
speoial DIspatch % The Star.

oFgtiaI Ulspaftb 70 The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. April 2.-wHEAT-DuIl:
spot contract s3as3A; April. SASSY; May s3a.a
81; steamer No. red. 76ka7eN; receipts, 8 s57
bushels; southern grade, 785zas3.
tORN-Firm; spot. 49fsa4g94; April 4g-sa4eal !:
May. 50isa5oA; July 81 asked; steamer mixed
4Issa47%; receipts, S495i bushels. exports, I92.
SIP bushels; southern white corn 4SiAa5osh. south
yellow corn, 4sa50.
oATs-Firmer: No. white. s7hass; No. 8
white, 3eiae3T No. mixed 351aa36: receipts
il,2i5 bushels exports, so. TBS
RYE-steady; No. western. 65 export; 6sa7o
domestic: receipts. lab.
HAY-Fira; No: / timothy. 15.ooai5.5 o No /
clover mixed 1880
GRAIN FREIGHTS-yery quiet; steam TO Liver
pool per bushel I'd Apr Cork for orders. per
quarter, 20 April
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Government Securities.
LONDON WOOL MARKET.

London wool prices last week strong on
good reports from the continent. The
arrivals of wool for the third re-
ries of auction sales amount to 97,T22
bales. Including 81, 600 forwarded direct to
spinners. The imports last week were:
New South Wales, 1851 bales; Queensland,
1877 Victoria 2,212: New Zealand, 12,%ss;
Cape of Good Hope and Natal, 2,S23: Punta
Arenas 3,137; various, 1,246.
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
A, the close of the stock market at 3:oo
O'Clock the following stocks had changed
IN price since the above quotations, there
being no change in the balance OF the clos
Ing figures as given above:
Amaigamated Copper I1I%
American Car and Foundry. 4Jlz.
American Smelling, 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-02

The gunboat Pfnzon Is cruising off Bar
ceIona, Spain in order to prevent arms and
ammunition reaching the Carlists. There
have been numerous seizures of rifles at
Monistrol. The leaders of the agitation are
fleeing across the frontier.
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Surplus for March s4,s61. 500.

The monthly statement Of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows that
for the month OF March 1906. the total re-
ceipts were $50. 6s1 169 and the expenditures
as. TGe. 600, leaving q surplus of 81 S61 800
For the nine months Of the present fiscal
year the receipts exceed the expenditures
by about 5000 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-02

There was pretty good attendance at
the meeting of the members Of the local
stock exchange at noon today. but the
volume of business Was not above the aver
age There were no startling develop
ments as the trading progressed. with all
OF he securities holding their own pretty
well and a general upward tendency mani
Hsst where business was done. The street
railway stocks, especially the common of
the Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany, occupied the most attention during
the hour. The high level selling price for
this stock at Saturdays meeting was AIS.
while today 1t started at 41a4 and ran up
on the regular call to 4osa. with sixty
options at 52Laz2hs. In ALL some TOO shares
were traded. After call the level of 42ls
for straight sales was reached The pre-
ferred stoc. of this company was not very
active. only thirty shares changing hands,
bringing Sa12, a price slightly under that OF
Saturday.
Traction stock at prices the merest fraction
above the bid price of Saturday. FIFTY
shares were traded. bringing two prices
l4J& and lag.
Metropolitan National Bank and National
City Bank stocks were exchanged In meager
quantities. the former selling at 335 for ten
shares. ex-dividend. and the latter at lo
for the same number.
OF. the typesetting machine stocks Mer-
gentha1er held the middle Of the stage to-
day. Only seventy shares changed hands
however, the prices being from 1Y2M TO
1885 The recorded bid for this security
Saturday was 192h.
Today's Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today for
redemption. s1.063.511; government receipts
from Internal revenue, 81 1877 1858: custor-s.
$500. S94. miscellaneous. SD. 34S; expendi-
lures. 81, 10000.
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New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.. banker,
and brokers, 141e street, members New
York stock exchange. Washington stock
exchange and Chicago board of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-02

Reviewing the bond market for the month
OF March. Messrs. Fisk & Robinson say:
1Coineiient with the increase In government
deposits there developed disposition on
the part OF many banks to increase their
circulation. and the demand for government
bonds from these two sources resulted In q
sharp advance In prices. This amounted to
per cent for rs, IN per cent for 3's, y
per cent for As of 1907 and "a per cent for
As OF 1925. Later in the month. with a
slackened demand. there was a sharp reac-
ton In the price of rs, and they were Of
Tered az the close at 1o3A. az compared
with I04k about the 18th of the month. The
demand continued for SIS and As of 1901, to
De substituted for rs held to secure circula-
ton and public deposits. Circulation showed
an increase for the month of about $1,000
eco. The total now outstanding is S554.-
U0o, tDo."
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,oNsoL. GAS ONLY WEAK ONE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 2-On very largely
Increased volume of business. today's stock
market made further notable progress to-
ward higher price levels. The consolidated
Gas issues furnished, in fact, almost the
sole exceptions of significance to the gen.
eral drift. and there was question that
tho renewed liquidation in this direction
served upon occasions to hold the remainder
of the market In check. There is, OF
course, little doubt that the next dividend
on Consolidated Gas stock, which Is not to
b acted on for nearly eight weeks, VIII
be declared at a sharply reduced rate. and,
apparently, liquidation in the Gas issues
may be expected to continue until that
time.
Generally speaking. however, the pitiabe
weakness in the Consolidated Gas issues
had less effect upon the general market
than has been the case at any time since
the disastrous decline in those securities set
In. Specifically speaking, Wall street
found an incentive for speculative enthusi-
asm in this mornings advices relating to
the labor troubles In the coal regions These
were not indeed wholly of common tenor
and the days dispatches were more or less
conflicting. 1t semed, however, to be the
common conclusion that the strike In the
bituminous fields would collapse an account
or the absence of thorough organization on
the part both of the miners and the miners
union, and that the difficulties In the an
thraeite regions would not be of long dura-
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Urge Delaware as the Name.

Representative Burton OF Delaware. who
has been making strenuous efforts to have
the big rev battleship to be authorized by
Congress named Delaware, introduced a
friend to the President today and again
argued that Delaware would be the best
name to be given. Il think that the plan
of naming the battleships after the various
states is a good one," said Representative
Burton, .'but / believe that the names
should be first taken from the original thtr-
teen states and then follow In order Della
ware was the first state in the Union to
sign the Constitution, and her history Is
interviewer with the early history Of the
country"
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less than usual. the difference being the re-
suit OF recent freeze up Shipments for the
coming week will show an Increase Of at
least 10000 tons over this quantity. The
Washoe received from other sources last
week about IsO0 tons day. making the
total 81 $40 tons.
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CURB QUOTATIONS..

Furnished by e. R. Chapman Co. "a. b.
ChipIA an. managerl, members New York Stock En-.
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Bar silver, quiet, 2o4d. per ounce.
Money 8aaM per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
sh srf bills Is aiS per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
tn &c months bills 10 i-1oaM per cent.
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THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. April 2.-The cotton mar
kee opened steady at decline of points,
which was a disappointing response TO
fairly steady cables and liberal spot sales
In the English market. The room seemed
to be selling on better weather reports, and
there was little sign of bull support, pat
the market rallied soon after the opening
and during the middle of the morning was
only 1a2 points net lower, the advance nav
ing been on covering of early sellers and
some fresh buying for long accounts, which
was based on the report of prominent
local authority claiming that very favor
able conditions would be required to give
tho estimated increase of per cent IN
acreage and on bullish cables from the
continent as to trade conditions following
the Moroccan settlement.
Futures opened steady April, offered,
1l.00; May, lilo; July, 1897; August. 1888:
September, 1o.47; October, 1882: December,
1875; January, 1887 bid.
The market at midday was quiet but
steady. with prices l to 2 points net lower.
Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands. 11.Iu,
middling gulf, 1i.95.
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
10000 bales, against 1910 last week and
"a, sos last year. For the week, $4,000 bales,
against 101, 4S2 last week and 1874 800 last
year. Today's receipts at New Orleans
Houston. !. 253 bales. against 9.213 last year.
Spot closed quiet; middling upIands, 11.65;
middiing gulf. 1190, sales, SEQ bales.
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Money Continued Strong.

Teday's money market continued strong
and active, but expectations OF a material
relaxation in that quarter before the middle
of the present week have at no time been
entertained in well-informed circles. The
greater part of today's borrowing call
was arranged between and Ga per cent.
but somewhat easier conditions were noted
I'm the market for loans for time. The
banks have gained from the subtreasury
SO far this week nearly 100000. a show
ing which stands out In strong contrast
with last weeks figures. and they will GER
tainly increase heavily their favorable bal
ance with that institution before the conf
pilation of next Saturdays bank state
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Prof1t-Taking Sales.

Proft-takiug sales in immense volume
were conducted in the early dealings, and
from time to time during the business ses-
sion.
Selling OF this character. together with
the spasmodic fits of weakness in Consou-
dater Gas. led TO occasional recessions IN
prices without iIlpairing the exceedingly
strong undertone of the market Some In
crease in the business of commission houses
was reported, but the transactions of this
description were by no means confined to
the buying side. Today's London stock mar
ket was strong in all departments, mainly
on expectations of early reduction in
the Bank Of Englands discount rate in re-
Spouse to the weakening figures in the
open market
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Want Better Cotton Wrappiue.

representative Lowering of Massachu-
SETS VINO Is one of the best-known man
ufacturers of cotton In the United States.
today introduced to the President a dis
tinguished delegation OF cotton manufacture
ers from Lancashire, England. This dele
cation Is commission representing the
cotton spinners Of England. and is going
through the south to urge that cotton be
put up In different bales from the present
These gentlemen want to see cotton
packed better than now" said Mr. Lover
ing, and they are right. The same sys-
tenn OF baling cotton has been in exist
enee seventy years and should have been
changed long ago. The bagging around the
bales Is thin. easily cut. and is no protec-
ton to the cotton. Every bale of cotton
that leaves the south Is robbed of fifteen
to twenty-five pounds before it reaches it's
destination, especially il going to England.
The cotton broker who cannot make his
Office rent from the pickings of cotton out
of bales he handles is not considered up to
date. The old system of baling cotton has
never been changed because 1t Is too profit
able to large number of people. The Eng
lish visitors hope to accomplish some re-
farrnSb
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Today's Cotton Summary.

Quotations furnished by Atwood, Violet & Co.,
members New York and New Orleans cotton
changes. Washington branch office. 713 18th street
northwest
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The World Of
Finance and Trade

Notable Progress Toward High
er Prices.
BUSINESS Is INCREASED
Securities Showed No Effect of the
Strike.
CONSOL. GAS ONLY WEAK ONE
However, It Had Less Effect on the
General Market Than ANY
Time Heretofore.
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Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
s1.063. Sill; government receipts
from Internal revenue, 81. 327 1858: custor-s.
1922 S94. miscellaneous. SD. 34S; expendi-
lures Sl710OOO
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Metropolitan National Bank and National
City Bank stocks were exchanged In meager
quantities. the former selling at 335 for ten
shares. ex-dividend. and the latter at 15v
for the same number
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He STATES HIS POSITION
His Attitude Will Probably Bring Re-
publican Support to Measure.
BETTER corToH WRAPPING
and Spinners From England Pre-
scented to the President.

The limited rate review amendment to the
Hepburn blu. agreed upon at the White
House conference Saturday afternoon, Is
acceptable to Senator Elkins. who will sup
port 1t In the Senate. Senator Elkins had
talk with the President today. and placed
himself In hearty accord with the con-
clusfon reached
mere has been SO much misrepresenta-
tion or my position on the rate BILL" said
senator Eikins. that hate to talk about
II at all, but my speeches in the Senate
snow that my intention has been to vote
Tor the Hepburn bill IL could not get the re-
view amendment that thought proper at
tached. This action of the President in
supporting limited rate review exactly
suits my ideas, and / shall vote for the
amendment. shall insist on one thing,
however. and that is that am amendment
Tor review that goes into the bill shall
give shippers and localities identically the
same right of repeal and review as the rail-
roads. There has been so much talk about
allowing the railroads the right of review
tnat the rights of shippers and localities
s seem 10 nave peen entirely overlooked The
oasis OF all discussion appears to have
peeh upon the assumption that the railroads
only would want an appeal from a rate
nxed by the commission. The chances are
Just as Hheiy that the shippers will also
want an appeal. and they must have that
right.
have been so long represented to the
country as looking out for the interests of
tne railroads that there is little use of try
ing TO state my position otherwise. Per-
sonally, II should consider that part only,
my interests are entirely with the shippers
anu not with the railroads. but have been
lying 70 90 what Is right and fair by all
sides. Now that the Senate appears in
cnneo 10 get around to what | have been
eentending for all the time, it is a source
OF satisfaction to throw my weight and
support where 1t should co.
The support of Senator Elkfns tn tba lin
ited court review amendment Is well re-
ceived at the White House and among those
VINO took part In the conference 1t is be-
Iaeveu mat Ills attitude will aid in drawing
advocated by the radicals of that BODY.
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There was a little business in Capital
Traction stock at prices the merest fraction
above the bid price of Saturday. Fifty
shares were traded. bringing two prices
l4J& and lag
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

The magistrates room was far hotter
even than the outside world. stuffy anG
dusty and gTimy. and the magistrates,
having gone through great many cases,
were hot and tired and rather cross
They thought their work was done. and
froWned when Perks appeared with his
small delinquent
The sunshine that filtered through the
dusty windows circled round Kitty's
bright hair and eager. frightened eyes
Sne cIutched Perks tightly by the coat
sleeve with one hand and under the 9TH
er arm held Bob, who shifted In a trucu-
lent manner. as If he objected TO the at
mosphere OF police courts.
One OF the magistrates looked stern and
careworn. and the Kindness in his eyes
WAS too deep down for Kitty to see It;
but the other. who was much older. had
a merry. cheerful air that went straight
TO her heart.
He put - his eyeglass TO survey her.
He knew Perks, and spoke remonstra-
lively.
Now. Perks. what's the meaning Of
this? Lost stolen. or strayed@
Bob Pays HIS Fine.
Perks lifted Kitty. Bob. and ali on tc
a chair. and then stood beside them
without moving a muscle.
Breach Of the muzzling order. your
worship. Lady wished TO give evidence
and pay her own fine"
Whereupon Kitty dropped her grasp on
Perks sleeve. and inClosed the hot hand
that contained the coin.
Please I'm truly sorry. and so is Bob. -
Bob, by this time. considerably bored.