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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
BEATS ELECTRIC ENGINE

CLAYTON. Dec. 6.-Ninety-nine miles an
hour. and the steam locomotive is sun
king OF the road. Yesterday afternoon
locomotive No. 6OS4 came within a fraction
of a mile of making a hundred miles an
hour round the sharp curve just below
Franklinville station. This places the
steam locomotive far ahead of the electric
as far as speed is concerned.
The seismograph was used for the frst
time on a steam locomotive. 1t was
fastened to the floor on the SIDE
of the cab. While the vibrations were
greater than made by electric engine, they
were not enough tc cause any alarm,
which proves that the sharpest curves on
the road can safely be traversed at 100
miles an hour.
A Pennsylvania electric locomotive will
be tested for speed here today in an at
tempt to beat the run made by the steam
locomotive yesterday.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
H D MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Flour-Receipts.
27,s0s. Sales. 1900. Steady, with inquiry
light.
Immediately following an easier opening
today wheat jumped a cent on strength
in the Northwest bull support, and further
export rumors. Nav. 1USasQ10Sse.
Rye-No. 2 Western, 90, +. o. b., new
York
Corn-Receipts, 2i.5OO; sales. none.
Realistically.
Pork-Steady.
Lard-Steady; Western prime, S,o5qS.65.
Sugar-Raw, steady; fair refining, S.loi
centrifugal, Sc test. S.6215; molasses sugar,
2.s5. Refined. steady: crushed, $50; pow
dered, 4.a0: granulated. 4.s0.
Petroleum-Firm: refined, all ports, S.7OG
Corfee-ouiet; No. I Rio, 6; No. 4 Santos,
IA.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY: New Orleans, 34nSS.
Butter-Firn; receipts. 4.756. Creamery
specials, 20; do. held, seconds to special
Gheese-Firn,: receipts, 1900. State, full
cream, colored and white, October, best
12K.
Eggs-Firm: unchanged; receipts, 5,204
Poultry-Alive. steady; Western chick
ems. IL; fowls. 1877; turkeys, 1874. Dressed
weak; Western chickens, 12114; turkeys
l12@15; fowls, 9@121s.
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ASKS THEATRE $4,000.
Heroine's Strenuosity Cost Girl a
Broken Nose.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The over-strenu-
osity of the heroine in the melodrama.
Convict &c.," was the cause of q suit
which has been filed against the lessees
of the New American Theatre, in New
York. The plaintiff is Miss Fanny Silver.
and she demands $4,000 damages. Miss
Silver attended a performance Of the melo-
drama November 10. She occupied a seat
In the front row.
In the last act of the play the heroine
prevents the villain from attacking tho
hero by seizing a sledge hammer and
menacius him with it. On the night Miss
Silver saw the play the heroine put so
much strength into her actirs that the
head of the sledge hammer flew off and
struck Miss Silver in the face. breaking
her nose and knocking out two teeth.
Hence the damage suit.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at unchanged prices to
a decline of 5 points. This showing was
a great deal better than due on the Liver
pool cables. and in spite of another oank
failure reported from Pittsburg and DIS
quieting rumors regarding the condition
of a prominent commercial house In the
West, the marke: advanced Sharply on
aggressive bull support ard covering ny
some of yesterdays sellers.
March and Nav made new high records
for the current bull movement, with the
general list working up to a net gam ol
5 to 8 points. before the advance Was
checked by realizing, after which huctua-
lions were irregular and prices during the
middle of the morning were 3 or . OIL
from the top.
The market was more active and very
firm late In the forenoon, with the acllve
months selling at new high prices lot me
day and about 10 10 IA points net hishei
on bull support and covering.
Quotations furnished by Van Scnalck q
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
BANK C~LEARINGs.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Dun's Review to-
morrow will say:
Bank clearings still show the effect of
the restriction in payments through the
banks in all sections of the country, total
exchanges this week at all leading cities
in the United States being 8, 1898, ia, 9Ol.
S2.9 per cent. less than last year and 29.7
per cent. under the figures of the CORE
spending week of 1906. There is a de-
crease at every city compared with last
year and nearly every city compared with
two years ago with notably heavy losses
at New York, Boston. Philadelphia,
Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
CAMELS DWELT IN OREGON.
In Days of Old, When the State Wal a
Tropical Wilderness.

That the whole interior of Oregon
was once the bed of the Pacific Ocean
has been proved beyond question, says
Sunset, by the Investigations of Pro-
lessor Thomas Condor, DIR, Diller and
other noted biologists. That the re-
Sion was later a tropical country has
been equally well established.
Numerous discoveries of the bones of
these animals. and rocks containing
the perfect imprint of the plants of the
tropics have been made, and It is no
longer an occasion for surprise when
well diggers or irrigation excavators
unearth the fossil remains Of a camel
or a broad-faced Ok. Within recent
years many fossil beds of beautiful
palm leaves nave been found in east
ern Oregon.
The Cascade Hills, Blue Mountains
and Owyhees, once Islands SURROUNDED
by tropical lakes, were covered with
luxuriant growth, forests and Towering
shrubs, for Knowlton tells MS the mag
nolia and and fig trees were
there.
Today the soil presents a finely
ground mixture of basalt and volcanic
ash. containing the elements of most
fertile soil, and when properly watered
producing enormous crops of veeeta-
bles. fruits and grains common to tenn
perate zones. The climate has been
changed, says Professor Condor nj
the unfolding of the Cascade rangeN
shutting off from the interior the soft,
ening influence of the Japan current
and the drift of ocean fogs and clouds.
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MONEY TROUBLE END NEAR.

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-There were many in
dications here yesterday that the money
stringency is nearing its end. The banks
reported that no withdrawal notices were
being filed, while many previously given
were being cancelled. Deposits again are
GU the increase. Already. with Christmas
three weeks away. the volume Of registered
mail handled at the Chicago postof1ce Is Is
per cent. in excess of what it was at this
time last season.
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AUCTION FRANCHISES.
New York's Comptroller Has Unique
way to Grant Privileges.

NEW YORK. Dec. CA plan to auction
Off all municipal franchises was proposed
yesterday by City Comptroller Metz. He
says he will formally recommend the plan
in a written report within a few days.
The matter came up on the application OF
a company for q ngntlng franchise in
Queens Borough.
Comptroller Metz said that although
There was every prospect that the fran
cbise would some day be very valuable,
the ompany only oitered s1.0oo- for Il.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
EPIDEMIC OF BURGLARIEs.

NEW YoRK. Dec. 6.-That more bur
glarfes and robberies have occurred in New
York during the last sixty days than al
any other like period in the history of the
city is the statement of the agents of hall
a dozen burglary insurance companies. II
is also said that burglarics have steadily
increased for several years. Last year, II is
estimated, the loss in the city from theft
amounted to SIS, 500, 900, while the loss from
fires was only $500 600.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
COLD sH1pMENTs coNTINuE.

PARIS, Dec. 6.-The Associated Press
was Informed today by an authority com
petent to speak in the premises that the
Bank of France. expressing the desire of
France further to assist the United states
financially. will continue indefinitely to re
nit gold to the United States by discount
ing American commercial paper or else by
sending gold to England through the pur-
chase of time startling bills.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
'CHAMGE SEAT DEAL.
Clears $4,000 on Triple Transaction
and Still Has Place.

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Walter BOVINE.
who was admitted TO membership in the
Stock Exchange yesterday, originally
bought his seat on the exchange for $40. 100.
He sold his seat at 800, 900, and two weeks
ago bought back the same membership at
$4,000.
On the entire three trades Mr.. Bovine
now has his membership and $4,000 in
cash net over all the amounts paid out
by him.
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DIVIDEND

Ingersoll Band Company, usual semi-sn-
nual Of 3 per cent. on its preferred stock
payable JannSrY ?, to stockholders OF rec
ord December II.
American Can Company, customary
quarterly Of IA per cent. on its preferred
stock. payable Jannnry q; to stockholders
o. record December Il.
The Ninth Ward Bank OF New York,
quarterly OF 2s per cent, payable Deem
Der 81; to stockholders OF record Decem-
bef 20.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06

Mexican Government, In consideration oil
its own large holdings in railroad shares
has granted railroads the right to increase
freight rates.
Although there is no tangible evidence
that James r. Keene is in the market al
present. he Is accused by Wall Street
spectators and brokers of being in the
market and causing the disturbance that
is routing the bears daily.
Miss Kate Giles came out with an es-
innate of 12,o94.s 800 bales of cotton for
this year. Last year she came within a
million bales of the actual crop.
Horace Havemeyer. son of the late
Henry o.. Havelneyer. will be elected
president of the American Sugar Refining
Company In January.
The American Car & Foundry Company
has arranged to take the notes Of the
Erie Railroad, amounting to $3,04O,O00. in
return for equipment.
The National City Bank Of New York
monthly circular says. praising the reliel
measures of Secretary Cortelyou: There
has been no panic at the treasury. II
has met each condition and difficulty with
absolute GOODNESS. And as the financial
skies begin to clear 1t energies from the
storm a%bundantly able to meet the fu-
ture.
There has been in the past few days a
distinct, active renewal of foreign de-
mand for American wheat, exporters pur-
chasing many thousands of bushels, wnicn
had very little effect on the market values
SO far there have been no reductions IN
finished prices, but indications are a lower
price basis will be established around the
first of the year.
New York Stock Exchange membership
are quoted at $4,000 bid, with the lowest
offer at $4,000.
The New York Stock gave no
tice that the Great Northern Railway
Germany subscription receipts today ana
hereafter are the twelfth instalment paid.
The total instalment paid to date amounts
to SO per cent.
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CLOSING PRICES.

Following are tho quotations OF the day
closing prices. bid and asked, as furnished
by Byrne & Mcdonnell, stock brokers, SOC
Broad street. Telephone 6l5:
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NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE.

Furnished by Byrnc & Mcdonnell, stock
brokers. 500 Broad street. Telephone 6lo.
Opening. Closing.
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NEW YORK OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

TIT following quotations are furnished
by Van Schaick e. Co.:
Closing yester- Close to-
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Advertising Is bett4r than Mrs p.,4sa..a...
broom. She couldn't sween bae,. ~ inEson.s
ond sagsrtisins swtfps on dust from eoeds
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Chicago BOARD OF TRADE.

Furnished by Byrne & Mcdonnell. stock
roker 200 Broad street. Telephone 6lo.
n
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BUYS LONDON BAR COIN

LONDON, Dec. b.-The I,,,tsa &C.,.
bought si0l.00O In bar gold from tba pars
OF England today.
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@ SECURITIES.

The appended list OF quotations on the
active local securities is furnished by Her
man ]. Egner. room COG. Prudential build
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AND NOTES
FOR INVESTORS,

1t Is reported from London that the
Mexican Government, In consideration OF
its own large holdings in railroad shares
has granted railroads the right to increase
freight rates.
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Miss Kate Giles came out with an es-
innate of Z. o94. 800 bales of cotton for
this year. Last year she came within a
million bales of the actual crop.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

OSTON, Dec. 6.-Following are quota
IS of the active stocks dealt In on the
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06

Horace Havemeyer. son of the late
O.. Havelneyer. will be elected
president of the American Sugar Refining
Company in January.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-07
SOME ENGLISH rYsURANCE,

You can get insured in England against almost anything nowadays. AL though the Workmen's Compensation act of 1906 does not come into force in Great Britain till July 1, the insurance officers have practically all made ar engagements for assuming the liabilities which the act will throw upon house. holders. Insurance will be almost im- perative in nearly all cases, especially in the case of smaller householders. In the case of servants death by &C., cident an employer will be liable for three years earnings Gncluding board, lodging, etc), with maximum of $1,- 800; permanent disablement will rem der him liable to pay half the weekly earnings Cup to $5 a week. for the rest of a servants life.
 The rates of premium charged by the insurance offices are very small. First
 
 complete protection against legal lia- bilities at 75 cents each per annum in the case of indoor servants (male or fe- male), and $1.25 each for outdoor ser wants. In some cases these rates will cover more than the strict legal liabil- itv. so as to remove all possibility of litigation. One accident company goes step further and proposes to issue policies at SIPS each for indoor ser wants covering Gin addition to legal lia- bilities) full wages for month from the date of an accident, and the repayment to an employer of any reasonable medi- cal exDenses which he may incur .Householders can make their choice of the system which they prefer.
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NOT SAUCE FoR TIE GOOSE.

These are reformatory, yea, almost revolutionary times. So 1t is not sur- prising that the editor of the North American Review boldly asserts that spinsters should be taxed. He declares that they get most of the benefits of civilization without making any ade- quate return. There was never yet a woman" he says "who could not mar ry, as she should. if she would. It is only necessary to be a woman to win man-some man. Spinsterhood is a purely voluntary condition. due to rep rehensible contrariness." ...
 The theory that it is quite right to tax obstinate bachelors has got itself widely accepted, and the spinsters have been said to be much in favor of 1t. But they wont be apt to think that sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose. They know they have remained unmarried only because the right man hasn't come along, and they also know that any woman is quite good enough for any man. So there is no good req son why a man should remain unmar- ried and unhurdened. Of course they are right about 1t, as they are about all the other things they think and talk about, and the editor of the North American needn't expect that they will change their minds any more than they will their condition. Moreover, some of them will manage to get all that is due them from rich and generous world.
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pYING ANp 4 1IrINa HopE.

At the rate new business" is being introduced, or dumped, into the legis- lature what prospect there was for a short session doesn't grow any brighter Tt was perhaps never very bright, and yet there was that promising talk that always fools us more or less. Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
 But hope has sprung, or is sprung, and We must come down to earth now. So let us come down gracefully, and then hope again. This time that the session will be a good and useful one. We can hope that for long time, per- hape until the first of July, and we may not have to give up hoping even then. The session really may be good and useful. There have been such ses- sions, and there may be another. Pos sibly more attention will be paid to the good of the State than the good of sell fish seekers for benefits. If the session turns out to be that kind it will help us to expect another, and so we can continue to live in hope.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-07
FEEDING LONDON GULLs.
FIocks of Birds Along the Thames

Flocks of Birds Along the Thames Sprats Sold by Hawkers.
 There is a man to whom the sight of the coming of the seagulls on the Thames has suggested possibilities of trade, and for several hours every day he promenades the En1bankment with tray, on which are set out small paper bags full of sprats.
 They sell like hot cakes" he told reporter. People will always spend a penny on a bagful to feed the gulls with. They like to see them dart on the fish and catch them before they reach the water.
 I'm just hayker, and make my living this way. It's brisk trade while it lasts, which is most of the winter, and I'm not denying it pays pretty well Even giving ten for a penny I'm able to make a living pro- fit out of them"
 It may be added that he provides a considerable amount of amusement for those who patronize the Enbankment during the luncheon hour also. The feeding of the gulls is now a recogniz- ed pastime. and one which attracts a large number of visitors. The birds fly around the butteresses of the bridge in fiocks, emitting a continu- ous chorus of hoarse cries. By Black frars Pier they perch on the railing of the deserted gangway, not single spies, but in battalions. all facing up- stream, all keenly awake to the chance passing of a morsel of bread or sprat.
 The fast ebbing tide carries the flating birds down with 1t. They shot, passive and uninterested in their fate, through the arches by dozens. but once below the bridge they rise on the water, their wide wings spread out and up they swoop over the mass of cabs and buses, drays and trolley that streams across the bridge, away to the edeg of the Embankment again, where a newcomer has just opened bag of sprats.
 A fish is thrown up into the air, three birds dart simultaneously from different sides in it's direction. A col
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EARLr.


 "You seem to like his attentions. Why don't you marry him?" Because I like his attentions Town and Country. silicus-"H can man tell when he is really in loye?' Cynicus- He can't tell till it's too late. e.'-Philadel- phia Record.
 q could marry Miss TartleiSh if I had mind. don't you know?" "Then dear boy, why don't you try to get one" Cleveland Plaindealer
 White Man (reading)-"I see a man is wanted for a theft on Canal street 7 Negro-"Whuh dat, boss? I'd laik dat job mahsef!"-New orleans Times Democrat,
 What's all that squabbling about down there?' the contractor asked. 'The man that runs the steam roller insists on being called a chauffeur" :" was the Philadelphia Bulletin. There's always more joy in antiei- patton than in realization"
 T don't know"
 "Have you never realized it?'' T don't know; I am anticipating a visit from my mother-in-law. "-Hous- ton Post.
 "so you thought you would take a chance in the stock market?"
 "Yes." answered the disappointed cit izen: q thought so. I didn't know it was against the rules to allow an out sder like me to have a chance. "- Washington Star.
 What do you think of spelling re- form?"
 "Its about like most r9form,' said the man who Is seldom pleased. 'The words that were really hard to spell in the first place are just about as hard as ever. ."-Washington Star. Ascum-Did Shea actually ask old Roxley for his daughters hand? Wise-Yes, and he claims he compell- the the old man to toe the mark. Ascum-You don't say so.
 Wise-Yes, but Shea was the mark The Catholic Standard and Times. Oh, it's lucky to be lucky,
 And nothing can exceed
 The pluck of being plucky
 In the hour of need.
 Oh, the fun of mimic folly,
 And the glorlously glad
 The joy of being jolly
 When we could be sad!
 B. F. Sutherland in N, Y. Sun, Merchant (to applicant who has call led in response to an advertisement for Ia business partner)-Now, let us get to business at once, To begin with,
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THE UNsE1FTsH FRIEND.

The muzzled dog is so busy trying to get his muzzle off, that he hasn't any time to read, but his owner will be in- terested in some remarks made in court by the late United States Senator Vest, He said; The one absolute, un- selfish friend that man can have in this selfish world. the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. Gentlemen of the jury, mans dog stands by him in prosperity and in pow erty, in health and in sickness, He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely. if only he can be near his mas ters side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encoun- ter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper mas ter as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to 0ieces he. is as constant in his love as the sun in it's journey through the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friend less and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accom-
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panying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if ali other friends pursue their way, there by the grave side will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but ope2 in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death.
 Many who know the dog will feel that there is quite as much truth as poetry in this. It is a tribute which the good dog could afford to be proud of if mod esty and humility did not forbid.