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The Washington times., 1906-03-22
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
NEW HIGH RECORD
ON LArSTON FOR YEAR
Washington Railway Preferred Weak
ened on Free Selling and
Prolific Offerings.

The two features Of the local stock
market which stood out most prominent
| ~ At the session OF the washington
stock Exchange today were the i'm
proved tone and strength of I.anston.
which made a new high record for the
present year. and the weakness OF the
preferred stock Of the washington Rail
way Company which again broke
through the 90 level on free selling and
repeated and vigorous offers 10 furnish
The stock in apparently unlimited quanti-
ties. In both cases the figures excited
some surprise as the railway stock con
tnues 10 paw its dividend at the rate of
per cent on par. while i'm the case of
Lanston the dividend is still an unknown
quantity although good authorities state
that at the annual meeting a . per
cent rate win be announced.
, The sales or Lanston footed up but
800 shares The highest sales touching l5s.
while offers 10 pay close TO that price
for 800 and 1000 share lots remained IN
filed at the close.
Commencing with sales AZ Sgzs th.
stock OF the railway company was OF,
IeFed al around the room al 80 and on
'he after call go shares were tumped AT
1854. with an expressed Willingness To
furnish all demands AT same level
ne largest amount OF trading thai has
been recorded FOR several weeks was the
history of todsy's sales in Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat stock. On the
announcement OF the declaration OF the
regular per cent dividend the bid c,,,,.
promptly AT 3O exclusive OF dividend
and 80 shares found ready sale az that
price, which is even better than the
price paid with dividend on. An offer
10 pay go for 100 shares by an official
OF the company met with no favorabl
response except 20 show The confidence
felt Ia H.
Sales or Greene Copper al 2Sla and
GTdDhoDhone preferred a. g.. mark =
continuation or tho strong tone thar
mas prevailed IN these fOp some DAYS
Mergenthaler waVersd around Ig5 and
I'VE lots OF ten shares each were dealt
In.
The Colonial Fire Insurance Com
pany announces an increase OF the
dividend rate from 10 per cent. nay
able April j. The stock but rarely
comes 10 the market for sale.
The Washington times., 1906-03-22


S3,Jc0.OOO- The large part of the order is
for the new Pacific coast line.
The New York State senate ordered to
= third reading ASSemblyman VAIN
wright's bill. compelling trust companies
10 keep n reserve. At first, when the
bin was received from the assembly for
concurrence. Senator Gardner objected
10 its advancement. but he was forced
TO retire from that position later
Officers and directors of the Philadel-
pbia Rapid Transit Company, il Is re-
ported. are considering an assessment
OF - per share on the stock of that
company and a sale OF bonds TO raise
the money necessary for the compile
ton Of the Market street and Broad
street subways.
Trainmen on the Monongabela di,i-
sion of the Pennsylvania railroad were
informed this morning that their wages
hAd peen increased. In view OF the
iact that the railroad company has been
laying OFT shopmen and reducing the
hours the increase was unexpected. IL
amounts to about 10 per cent.
dispatch from Las Vegas. New. saws
that the Las Vegas and 'Tonopah rail
road. the lire under construction nv
Senator Clark and brother, is now in
operation as Tar as Indian Springs.
forty-four miles from Las Vegas and
= large amount of freight and passen-
ger business for the Nevada gold fields
IS being handled. IL is said that the
line VIII be completed TO Bullfrog.
seventy miles from Indian Springs bv
May /.
Austin. Tex.-In an opinion rendered
feSS55erday the State appellate court
passed by the last Legislature tax
ing Texas railroads per cent on tbeIr
gross receipts is unconstitutional because
il attempts 10 tax interstate commerce.
About 100000 of taxes per annum is
involved in the decision.
The banking firm of Barring. Magoon
q Co, of New York city. which
has been well known. especially as a
foreign exchange house. will dissolve on
March 81 Thomas Barring will retire
from active business, T. Suffern Taller
VIII form the firm of Taller & Co. and
ne two remaining members. Hugo Bar
ing and George d. Hallock will form
the firm of Barring & Co.
The officers of the Union Tvnewritar
company were reelected at the annual
meeting of the stockholders YESTERDAY
RMS corporation does not make public
inc result Of its operations The $40
100000 common stock receives 6 ner cent
me S4O0o.coO first preferred per cent and
me So.Uo,O0 second preferred stock 8
per cent dividends yearly
Chicago-The decline In Peop1e's Gas.
stock is accompanied by a flood OF bear
gossip The price predicted for the
stock in bear quarters is 10
The real cause OF the decline in Peo-
PIES Gas is the prospect of reduced
earnings under the Scent gas ordinance
This months earnings If published would
give an idea of the extent of the de-
crease another factor Is the short
term or the ordinance-five years-and
the certainty of lower rates thereafter
the prospect of municipal ownership on
April 3. other evidences of the growth
81 soclalisIn. continuation of the city adj
ministration's campaign of educatiop i'm
The interest of lower prices for every
lhing, II all hurts. The position of Con-
sonoated Gas IN New York does not
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
Committee Is Unwieldy.

Whether the motion is carried or lost.
unless some leader is found 10 guide
the representatives OF the two indus
trial forces through the shoals a wreck
seems ineVita Bile
A scale committee OF thirty-two men,
bers has been found too large and
there was prospect. when the committee
met at the ClaypoOl Hotel this morning.
that instead of four miners and four
operators from each of the States
Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana. and Hi
nois-representatives from both sides
in each State would be chosen for a
subcommittee Of sixteen. The Joint
scale committee as organized has been
found UnWieldv
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
ohiOans Wish Representative.

The appointment of Mr.. Francis 20
succeed Mr.. Storer has caused as much
surprise among members OF the New
York delegation as the recall did
among the OhiOaus. With Mr.. Storer
out OF the service Ohio is not now rep
resented by anyone in a responsible
position in the diplomatic service. The
Ohio Senators. IL is understood are
acXiOus 10 have another man from
their State In the diplomatic service
and this gives rise TO the Tumor that
a fight may be sprung in connection
with Francis Z. LOOMS. formerly As
sistant Secretary OF State
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
Railroads in Command.

The great railroad interests are in
power among the operators and have
so far conceded nothing. The miners
are equally Obdurate.
The scale committee. In its two ses-
sions yesterday. failed TO reach the
main issue-the proposition for a gen
erai increase in wages in the four bi-
luminous competitive States 1t gave
attention only 10 the shot-firers' law in
illinois, which. the miners maintain
does not vitality concern the general
issue
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
Date of Possession.

One thing Of importance was learned
today. however as to the time when the
purchaser may be able TO secure posses
sion. Four small stores cover the lots
in question and the tenants have leases
with good while yet 10 run. These
leases. il was stated. on good authority.
contain clauses providing for surrender
OF possession within ninety days in the
event OF sale OF the land. This viii
make possible the extensive Improve
ment OF the site in the Immediate future.
The price at which the sale -gss made
IS understood 10 have been Sol III or
- per square foot. The ground has a
frontage Of seVcnIy-nins feet with a
depth OF ia feet thus allowing ample
room for first class business structure
II was thought in some circles that the
Interests back Of the purchase might be
identified with the purchaser Of the
DockOn building bur j. Thilman Hen
dTick. who. with Clarence Norment.
bought the latter property. said today
that he bad no interest i'm the deal
The Washington times., 1906-03-22

officers and directors of the PhiladeI-
pbia Rapid Transit Company, il Is re-
ported. are considering an assessment
of g per share on the stock of that
company and a sale OF bonds to raise
the money necessary for the compile
ton OF the Market street and Broad
street subways
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
Once Part of Corcoran Estate.

The property was formerly a part OF
The estate of the late ". ". Corcoran
and Is new occupied by the stores OF ".
F. Roberts Co. A. l. Moore and Tvs
sowSki Bros The sale runs the amount
involved in the late transactions in the
immediate vicinity I'D 10 a million and
q. quarter dollars. DR.. Needham. presi-
dent OF George Washington University.
saic TODAY that an Offer OF half a mil
lion has been made for the university
property but that there is no hurry
about selling H. II Is understood that no
offer OF less than SOC 00 will be cOnsid-
cred for the UNIVERSITIES holdings This
would mean about so per square foot
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
Loomis Slated for Consular Job

The idea seems 10 be pretty well
founded that President Roosevelt has no
intention OF returning Nj LOOMS 10
he diplomatic service Mr.. LOOMS. who
has come from his home i'm Ohio 4 num-
Der Of times this winter TO aid Secretary
Root in the reorganization scheme of the
consular service. Is said TO he slated Tor
the important position a sort Of IN
spector general Of the consular posts
throughout the world when Mr.. Root
plan is finally brought into practice
Although Mr. Loomis left the service
u the Government following the charges
tnat We're brought against him by Mr.
Bowen. then Minister 10 Venezuela. Il
is understood that his conduct was vim
dictated and that he was still held eli
gible for service FOR this Government.
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
Francis Acceptable at Vienna.

i, was learned at the State Depart
ine:., his afternoon that I'm response 10
a query the Austrian government has
given notice that Mr.. Francis VIII be
acceptable as ambassador at the court
OF Vienna. The Austrian ambassador
called at the State Department today.
and while il II believed that the StOTer
incident was discussed. no Information
to that effect was given out
BY direction OF the President. Mr..
Storer's term or office al Vienna expired
last Monday.
The Washington times., 1906-03-22

Trainmen on the Monongahela dfvi-
sion OF the Pennsylvania railroad were
informed this morning that their wages
had been increased. In view Of the
iact that the railroad company has been
laying OFT shopmen and reducing the
hours the increase was unexpected. II
amounts to about 10 per cent.
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
NEW YORK CURB STOCKS.

Try. st. spr. ex div. > per cent
The Washington times., 1906-03-22
Rent Those 4
Rooms, Madam !

There's no excuse for an idle
room-rtnaes want Ads VIII
secure q tenant every time. -.
And that vacant seat az the
dining tahls-shere's a man
reading tonight's Timer ~ao
would be GLAD TO know about 1t.
The Washington times., 1906-03-22

The Colonial Fire Insurance Com
pany announces an increase OF the
dividend rate from 10 per cent. pay
able April l. The stock but rareI,,
comes 10 the market for sale.
The Washington times., 1906-03-22

Iouotations furnished h. Charles =. Gates
& co MunEev building
The Washington times., 1906-03-22

Austin. Tex.-In an opinion rendered
Yesterday the State appellate court
held that the law which was
passed by the last Legislature tax
ing IeNas railroads per cent on their
gross receipts is unconstitutional because
IL attempts 10 tax interstate Commerce.
About 100000 of taxes per annum is
involved in the decision
The Washington times., 1906-03-22

The officers Of the Union Typewriter
company were reelected at the annual
meeting of the stockholders yesterday
rms corporation does not make public
INC result of It's operations. The SIO.-
Vp,uO common stock receives per cent
the 100000 first preferred per cent and
the So.WoOo second preferred stock 8
per cent dividends yearly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
HENEY's RECORD IN OREGON.

People said when Francis J. Heney
undertook the task of prosecuting the
Oregon land frauds, that the entire
procedure would end In a farce.
Oregon was in the hands of a poliJ
ical ring. which had covered well its
trail, which owned jGries. lawyers
courts and jailors, it was said.
Coming here a stranger, without
intimate knowledge of affairs in the
state, it was said by all the wise ones
that he would be unable to penetrate
the political bandages which inclosed
the corruption in oregon.
But there was a surprise in store
for Oregon. The tenderfoot was load
ed for the biggest game in the state.
Quietly and smilingly he stripped for
the fray and the people know the rest.
Day by day the history of Oregon's
rottcnness has been unfolded. Sing
ly, in pairs, in trios, quartets, sextets
and otherwise, he has sent prominent
citizens of Oregon to prison and has
laid bare one of the most giganti,
frauds ever attempted in the history
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
HUGE RANCHES OF MEXICO.

Ranches in Mexico are of no mean
size. Ex-Governor Terrazas, of Chi
huahua, has 100000 acres. The
Zuloaga family is said to hold 5,O00.-
600 Properties of 100000 and p
100000 acres are not uncommon
Among the Americans who have larg,
ranches may be mentioned Flemins
& Ross, the Riverside Cattle compa-
ny. with 100000 acres and a fine
herd Of Herefords; Phoebe Hearst of
California. who has magnificent
place west of Minaca; the Millers, and
the three Mormon colonies, Gordon,
Ironsides & Ferris, a Canadian COM
pany, have 100000 acres; Lord Ber-
esford, relative of the admiral, has
a large ranch where he raises fine
horses; another Englishman named
Irmstead, owns large property.
Smaller places of from 10000 acres
upward are numerous. The price of
land now runs from so to rs cents
gold per acre, with a strong tendency
to raise.-Modern Mexico.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
PAPERS IN INDIAN TONGUE.

Gather Ketcham in The Indian
Sentinel for 1906 gives an account Of
the two Catholic journals published
in the United States for the benefit. OF
the Indians in their own tongue-one
in the Chippewa and one in the Sioux
language.
The Anishinabe Enamiad, or Pray
ing Indian, has been in existence for
13 years, and circulating among the
Chippewas, Ottawas, Algonquins, Mon
tagnais and Creeks. 1t is edited by
Rev. Chrysostom Verwyst, o. F. NJ.
and has from 700 to 500 subscribers.
The publication office is at Harbor
Springs, Mich.
The Sioux publication, the Sinasapa
Wocekiye Taeyanpaha, or the Herald
of the Blackrobe's Prayer, is publish
ed by Rev. Jerome Hunt, o. S. B., of
Fort Totten, n. d. 1t was founded
years ago under Bishop Marty, ana
though it did good work, had to be
suspended for lack of support; but
Father Hunt has revived 1t.
The Episcopalians publish for the
Sioux their Ampaokin, or Morning
Dawn, and the Presbyterians their
Iapi Oayi, or Wood Carrier.-Catholic
Sentinel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
GOING TO THE DEVIL.

Going to the devil-what funny
thingl
What a lot of pleasure hell-ward
journeying
Ne'er a gloomy moment or cloudy
day,
Just blaze of sunshine all along the
way,
Pretty women smiling (slrens as they
be),
Luring toward the shoal grounds of
an ebbing sea!
oh, the charms they flourish! oh,
the notes they sing!
Going to the devil-what pleasant
thing!
Hand in hand you wander meath an
azure sky,
You the charmed sailor, she the
Lorelei-
She the Cleopatra, You the Roman
bold
Going to the devil, as it was of old.
Here is gold a-glitter with an evil
shine,
Here the tempter beckons from the
sparkling wine:
Here's a vain enchanter, there's a
shining way
Going to the devil-what a holiday!
Wine and wealth and women-women,
wealth and wine.
Lead on to the devil through an end
less shine:
'Tis a pleasant journey, sure as you're
alive,
But it's not so pleasant after you ar
rive.
Floyd d, Rae in Chicago Record
Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
THE .IHEAD" OF THE FAMILY.

The great argument of the churches
against equal suffrage for women is
that the church has in all ages recog-
nized and hailed man as ''the head of
the family" and that woman is the
jewel of the kitchen.
There are several of these "heads''
of families in Pendleton who are op-
posed to equal suffrage. one of them
works at the carpenter trade (between
drunks) and his wife takes in wash
ing 10 support four little boys who
are growing up to manhood under
their fathers training"
Another drives a team for a liveli-
hood and spends all his income in
back room poker games while his wife
takes in sewing in order to meet tho
monthly expenses of the family. His
wife is a jewel. sure enough, and if
she had a vote would vote to suppress
the gambling dens which are fire.
quented by her lord and master, the
"head" Of her household.
It is time the churches gave this
question a a modern review. What
was done in the primitive period does
not 7ppK to social questions in the
2Oth century
Oregon mothers are the intellectual
equals of their husbands. Nine out
of 10 Of them are better as women
than their husbands are as men, and
are better fitted to pass upon mora.
questions because they are not afraid
of business" opposition if they open
their mouths about decency and NOR
ality.
This idea Of the man being the
head" of the family is relic of the
dark ages. when life was constant
warfare. The naked savages fought
necessarily and in that barbaric age,
man led the struggle.
In this age of more refined warfare
and more elevated vices. the mother
stands under the burden, in all too
many instances.
She carries the load but has no
voice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

of the public lands of the United
States.
To-day hundreds of political leaders
who have been identified With those
already convicted, tremble in fear aud
wonder wnen his batteries will be
turned upon them.
1t only goes to show what man
can accomplish when he is in the
right and has the law on his side. and
it goes to show further how fleeting
and transitory are the joys that are
founded upon betrayal of public
trust, corruption in office and. rascal
ity of whatever form.
The memory of Heney will keep
many fellow straight in Oregon, in
future.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
\ RESTLESS BIT OF LAND.

There is near Trauensee, a Thurin-
gian summer resort, a curious float
ing island which drifts about Hautsee,
a charming lake. At present the is
land is moored alongside the public
road.
The little island has it's own flora,
varying from that on the Immediate
ly adjacent mainland, among which
may be mentioned the "meat consum,
ing" Drosera rotundifolia, while flow
ers and edible berries grow here in
rank profusion and slender birches
cast their shade over those who care
to land and investigate this restless
little patch of earth.
Birds are especially partial to this
spot, wild ducks and otner aquatic
birds breeding here in great numbers.
But the event of the year Is the
"Volksfest" held upon the island
every Ascension day, when dancing
and "bratwurst eating" washed down
by the obligatory beer is the order of
the day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
IDYLLIC LIFE IN THE AZORES.

1.-The pleasantest place in the world
to live is in the island of ST. Michael,
in the Azores" says George H. Pick
erell to the Chicago Record Herald.
For more than eight years Mr.. Pick
erell has been stationed on the island
as United States consul.
1.-The island is 40 miles long, 10
miles wide. and has 100000 inhabi-
tants." he went on. ut has a salubri-
Gus semi-tropical climate and the on
ly disturbances of nature are hail
storms. 1t is a beautiful land, and
over it are spread little villas,
matched with vines and moss. where
the doors need not be locked, because
of the peacefdlness of the population,
and where the windows may always
remain open to let in air, which never
becomes too cold.
six days sail from New York, we
have all the metropolitan papers and
keep in close touch with the worlds
doings. Twice a year a Portuguese
opera troupe and now then a circus
comes to the island. At other times
we have bands in the public squares.
Fruits, vegetables and fish are
eaten mainly, and the cost of living is
low. One can live plainly, but very
comfortably. with wife and child, for
SIS a month, as servants can be hired
for $3.50 a month. There are many
beautiful women there, and the young
man makes love to them in the street
in Spanish fashion. He stands in the
street and talks to her as she leans
from the window above. When the
engagement is made they meet, but
after that they are never again so near
until they are married. Washington
Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
STEUNENBERG's MURDER.

The Appeal to Reason, Wilshire's
Magazine and other socialist publica-
tons have made a great howl about
the delay in the trials of Haywood
Meyer and Pettibone, held in Jail ir
Idaho for the murder Of Frank Steun-
eHberg.
If these papers only knew it, this
delay insures an absolutely fair trial
for these men.
Had the prisoners been tried in the
heat of the excitement following the
murder of Steunenbergs passion and
prejudice would have undoubtedly en-
tered largely into the cases. As it is
the state has cooled down, men have
regained their equilibrium. the people
at large have looked the matter over
coolly and calmly and with the trials
of these men occurring almost year
after the crime, they are assured a
Just ana impartial trial
The delay has been best for the
prisoners ana hest for the state of
Idaho. The threatened revolution
frcm the over-wrought socialists has
not rnaterialized and every interest in
the case has been safeguarded by this
long delay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
Irrigates With LeaISy Hose.

scheme in irrigating. He uses a hose
from four to six inches in diameter,
made OF six or eight-ounce canvas
and conveys the water to any desired
point by this means. Sufficient water
leaks through to irrigate all Of the
land in the vicinity where the hose Is
laid. This method does away with
bitches, and ls adapted TO any scale
that may be desired. The cost of the
hose is nominal, and come surprising
results are obtained at very small
outlay.-Jachsonville Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

Some of those Portland politicians
would give all the school land ON the
globe, II they owned it. to get ont
Of the lard fraud en;anglements.
These trials are death on political rep
utations and aspirations.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

One consolation for Pendleton is
that this S the last spell of muddy
weather that will ever harass Main
street Street paving will defy the
worst hereafter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
CAUSED GARFIELD's DEATH.

A few drops of henbane admins
tered to a sick woman in Freeport,
ILL.,, by the doctors error 80 years be-
fore led to the assassination of James
a. Garfield and the succession of
Chester A. Arthur as president of the
United States, says a Chicago dispatch.
This bit of history hitherto unpub-
lshed, was revealed today by Mrs,
Frances Marie Norton, sister of
Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin.
my brother Charles was crazy, it's
true; crazy as a loon, on some SUBJ
jects, including religion and politics.
Not long before he was born my
mother was i'll and the doctor gave
her henbane by mistake. 1t gave her
brain fever, from which she hardly
recovered, and 1t affected him."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

Busy as President Roosevelt is at
home, it seems probable that he will
have to go to Cuba and put down the
revolution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
OF
PORTLAND. OREGON,

PORTLAND, OREGON.
American Plan, SO per day and iup-
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made TO families and single gentle
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment in the hotel
II. G. BOWERS Manager