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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05
THE TRANSFERS UNION.
Shea's Candidacy the Feature of In
ternational Convention,

BOSTON. August 5.-The fourth annual
convention of the Transfers International
Union. which opened in this city today. had
more delegates in attendance than any
previous gathering of the organization
The annual report Of the international sec
retary-treasurer, Thomas L. Hughes of Chi
cago, showed that, despite the secessions
of a year ago. the union had increased its
membership materially His report also
stated that greater gains were made toward
the betterment of wages and conditions dur
ing the past twelve months than In the
five years preceding.
The chief interest among the delegates
conferred in the fight for reelection of Pres
ident Cornelius p. Shea of this city. who
was opposed by John f. Tobin president OF
the Boston council.
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Closing Quotations.

At the close Of the stock market the fol
lowing stocks had changed in price sine,
above quotations. there being no change II
balance of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper, s2k.
Am Car q Foundry, 414s.
Am. Car & Foundry pfd,, 1901.
American Locomotive, 81.
American Smelling. 1881.
Atchison, Top. Il S. Fe, 80.
Atlantic Coast Line, 9312.
Baltimore IL Ohio. 963s.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 80.
Canadian Pacific, 1742s
Chicago. Nil. 4 St. Paul. 100.
Chicago & n. w. 146.
Colorado Fuel and Iron. 2S1z.
Colorado Southern, 2J7s.
Delaware & Hudson. 1877.
Denver 4 Rio Grande. %.
DistilIers' Securities, Gig
Erie. common. 2S1s.
Great Northern, pfd., 1902.
lnterbOro Metropolitan, H..
Interboro Metropolitan. MD, 42A.
Kansas City Southern, 27Is
Louisville = 9Shvilie. lll"
No. Kansas & Tex, com 3124.
National Lead, 5lh.
New York Central 11OI.
n. Y, Ontario & West, 30.
Norfolk d Western, 10.
Northern Pacific. 40.
Pennsylvania Railroad, 1907.
Reading. lUOls.
Republic Steel and Iron, 261a.
Rock Island. com, 2O7s.
Southern Pacific. STA.
S"''t bern Railway, 49,.
Toledo, st. Louis and West. pfd., 493s.
I mon faCllC, l*jf4.
United States Steel, 81.
United States Steel. pfd., 100
BONDS.
United States Steel IS, 9G7s.
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YACHT RACES OFF CoWEs.
Royal Squadron Regatta for Cups by
Ring and Kaiser.

COWES. Isle of Wight August 5.-In a
light breeze thirty boats started today in
half a dozen matches, under the auspices
of the Royal London Yacht Club, with
which the weeks yachting program opened
The most interesting race was the handi-
cap race for big schooners, in which EN-
peror Williams Americanbuilt Meteor
started at scratch against the German
yachts Susanna and Clara and the British
Adela.
The royal yacht squadron regatta will
begin tomorrow and will last four days.
The most important races will be for the
cups offered by King Edward and Emperor
William. There are twelve competitors for
the latter, the largest entry of the whole
meeting.
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WILL NOT CHANGE POLICY.
Italy Not to Intervene in Anti Clerical
Agitation

TURIN. Italy, August 5.-The Stanpa to-
day printed an interview with Premier
Giolitti. in which he was quoted as re-
iterating that the government would not
change Its policy on account of the anti
clerical agitation in Italy He added that
the strictest orders had been issued to pre-
vent violence and protect the churches con-
vents and other religious property. but the
government would not Intervene in any
fashion Regarding charges brought against
the religious bodies, the premier said: THAT
Is a matter for the courts to decide. and the
country would have a right to complain II
the government interfered to restrain the
press. which is free, both for clericals and
anti-clericals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The attendance at the meeting of the local
stock exchange today slim, and the
amount of business transacted was not
large. Transactions in the per cent bonds
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. the per cent bonds of the Cap
ital Traction and in Washington Gas stock
made up the bulk of the trading.
Seven $1,000 Washington Railway and
Electric per cent bonds were sold at SO7s,
which was Is of a point above the closing
bid last Friday when the exchange ended
its business for the week. After the trans
actions the hid dropped to the same figure
before.
The trading of 5000 Capital Traction 5s
at HOY did not result in any change in the
closing bid of HOS for quotation lots.
Sales of Washington Gas stock were made
to the extent of 100 shares. The first price
was 7IA, which was the lowest figure last
Friday at which any of this stock was sold,
and the last price was I6A.
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BULLS AND BEARS


Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. August 5.-Not even the
( most enthusiastic observers of the stock
market are predicting a substantial advance
in prices in the near future, but they do
maintain that there will be a general hard
enng of prices from about the present level
They think that so much has been said re-
garding the probability of extremely tight
MONEY little later that unusual pro-
vision is being made for such a contingency
and that when the time arrives 1t wlll-be
found that all interests are very we'll pro-
vided and that consequently the tendency
will be toward lower rather than higher
rates. They also contend that the specula-
tive market has been thoroughly liQudat-
ed and that if conditions generally seem to
warrant higher prices an upward move
ment would not be checked by a heavy out
flow of stocks. They think that most Of the
recent adverse developments and some that
are to come have been pretty fully dis
counted.
Over against these opinions are those Of
the conservatives, who believe that the
rates for money will be high this fall, re-
CARELESS of whatever precautionary meas
ures may be taken. In their judgment, the
still too great to expect revival of in
Vestment or even speculative buying in the
near future.
A prominent railroad official, in discuss
Ing the general situation this morning, said
that his private advices do not Indicate
much change in general business through
out the west, and he doubts if the volume
of business will fall off materially between
now and the first Of the year.
+*
In his judgment the railroads will be able
to handle most of the traffic now in sight
with the equipment in hand and ordered 1t
the volume of traffic proves to be consider
ably greater than now indicated, the rail-
roads will be compelled to increase their
facilities for handling 1t. Unless monetary
conditions change considerably, he points
out that they would be compelled to pay
high rates for the money used in acquiring
these facilities wherever it might be de-
cided to get them through issues of addi-
tional stocks or bonds. Unless general con-
ditions change materially, he thinks that
the railroads will not be able to show very
much improvement in the net earnings dur
ing the next six months. He adds that un-
less the prices of materials and labor
change greatly, the proportion Of net earn
ings to gross receipts must remain about
the same.
There Is considera BILE difference of opinion
as to the amount of stock that Is now being
carried margin by the commission
houses Those who take an optimistic view
of the market claim that only a very small
amount of stocks IS being so carried Others
less hopefully inclined say that very
much larger amount of money is tied up in
this way than is realized. They even assert
that surprisingly large amount of stock
is still being carried over from the slump
of last March, and they believe that If that
Ia ,la nr1l, t,yr roll
liquidation the position of the market would
be greatly improved
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Will Filed for Probate.

The will Of Daniel Jordan. dated Septem-
Der IL. 1906 was filed today for probate
After several minor requests to relatives
the entire estate Is devised to John w.
Branson and Alex s. Howard, in trust. to
sell and dispose Of proceeds as directed
by the widow. k.len Jordan. to whom 10 to
be conveyed house to be selected by her.
John W. Branson and Alex 8. Howard are
named as executors
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Battleship Connecticut's Speed Trial.

Battleship Connecticut's Speed Trial.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. August 5-The
new government-built battleship ConnectI-
cut Rear Admiral Evans flagship, steamed
from Hampton roads yesterday afternoon
for Rockland, Me. where Thursday and
Friday she will undergo her first speed
tests. The trial will be devoted to stand
ardizing her screws. and on the second day
she will be given four hours forced draft
run at sea- Admiral Evans will be aboard.
Louisiana, which developed a speed Of 1S 81
knots an hour. which it Is not thought the
Connecticut will equal.
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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. August 5.-WHEAT-Easier;
spot contract, S93aS913; spot. No. z red western,
91a4a92; August. Ssi4 aS912; September. 00I4a9Oh
steamer No. red. s2as2I. receipts, - 7O7 bush
els; new southern by sample 55as6; southern
grade. S21sa9O.
CORN-U nsettled; spot GOAa6O&; August 6OAa
6oI2; September, 61ta6lt2; steamer mixed, 55axa
SO: receipts 2S, 1850 bushels southern white corn,
56a60A southern yellow corn. 56a60A.
OATS-Strong and higher; No white, 5Laa58
No 3 white. 54lsa55la; No. mixed. 53a53I2; re-
ceipts 10, 3I2 bushels.
RYE-Quiet; receipts, 1875 bushels.
HAY-Steady: No. timothy, 1000; No. clover
mixed, l7OOal7.50.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet; steam to Liverpool
per bushel. I'd. August Cork for orders, per quar-
ter rs Sd August
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Reguar call, II O'Clock noon-Capital
Traction 5s. 81 900 at ll0A.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. As. $1,000 at sos,
$1,000 at SOS. $1,000 at SOS, $1,000 at SOS,
$1,000 at SO7s, 81 900 at SOS, 81 900 at sos.
Capital Traction. > at 1873.
Washington Gas, p at TIA 10 at IT'S 25 at
76Is y at T6A.
Mergenthaler Linotype, at 2lo at 210.
After call-Capital Traction 5s, $1,000 at 11oA,
5000 at 110l,, $1,000 at il0A.
Washington Gas As. 81 900 at 1903.
Washington Gas cert, 81 900 at 1904.
Firemen's Insurance. IA at %.
Washington Gas, 10 1914.
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"Freethinkers" Driven Out.

WESTON. w. Va, august b-The Free
thinkers have abandoned their Church."
have given up their project to establish a
colony near here and have offered for sale
the GOO acres of land they bought to estab-
lish their colony on. Opposition by the citi-
zens of Weston and vicinity brought them
to this conclusion. At Alum bridge. near
here, where the attempted to hold meet
ing, they were driven out, and yesterday
they gave up their effort to get a foothold
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05
SAINT GAUDENs' FUNERAL.
Famous Sculptor's Remains to Be
Cremated. ACCORDING to REQUEST,

CORNISH, N. H, August 5.-The funeral
of Augustus Saint Gaudens the sculptor,
who died at his home here last evening, has
been arranged for Wednesday afternoon at
Aspect, the sculptors home. The services
will be attended onlyNby the relatives and
closest friends.
In accordance with the wishes of the
sculptor the body will be cremated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05

PITTSBURG, August 5.-Rev. Dr. Hugh
Black, professor Of homiletics in Union
Theological Seminary Of New York, who
the Shady SIDE Presbyterian Church, is
quite Ill from bilious attack at the resi-
dence Of DIR. W. E. Hallock in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05

PARIS, August 5.-Baron Edouard de
Rothschild of the firm of De Rothschild
Freres, bankers. of this city has been dec
GRATED with the cross of the Legion Of
Honor.
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Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption 81 O53, Ol2 Government re-
ceip:s: From internal revenue. $780, 4o;
customs, sS55,S7l miscellaneous, $l54, 500.
Expenditures, s. 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

PAIRS, August 5.-Three per cent rentes,
% francs 10 centimes for the account
Exchange on London, 20 francs Is CEN
times for checks
BERLIN. August 5.-Exchange on Lon
don. 20 marks 4TA pfennigs for checks
Discount rates-Short bills, Al per cent;
three months bills, AS per cent.
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egatta will
OCEAN STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS.
NEW YORK. August 6.-Arrived: Steamer
Minnehaha from London.

SABLE ISLAND. N. S.. August 5-The
steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, from Bremen,
Southampton and Cherbourg. for New York.
was 200 miles southeast Of this point at
$40 am. VIII probably dock about 1880
am Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05
The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers. 1419 street. members New
York stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade.
Coen High e.lS
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by E. R. Chapman & Co. &c. B. Chip
man. manager), members New York Stock EI-
change 1901 st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05

SIASCONSET, Mass. August 5-The
steamer kroonland. from Antwerp and
Dover, for New York, was ninety miles ca st
of Nantucket lightship at 8 am. VIII prob
ably dock about 100 am. Tuesday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05

. NEWPORT, r. l., August 5.-The steamer
Breslau. from Bremen. for New York, is re-
ported by wireless as having passed Nan
tucket south shoals lightship at ITO am
viii probably dock about 100 am Tues
day,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-18
GLOVES

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correct in every detail Nj
they cost no more than al
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MASCOT Gloves IN al cd
2 and 8 clasp. 81
and so on up the price 81,
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TAN GLOVES In : bsrS
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The Washington herald., 1907-08-05

vived. The problem is very simple; but
theology has made man as blind as bat
In daylight
The one thing that geologists are agreed
upon is that there is no evidence OF
universal flood. What was once supposed
10 be evidence is now known TO be regu-
lar sea and lake dispositions or glacial
action. Sir Charles Lyell says that the
forest zone around Mount Etna has not
been disturbed by inundatiOn for 1900
years. and the Nile deposit has been
periodical and confined to the valley. 1t
furnishes the evidence that no extraneous
debris" has been washed there. More
over we have monuments and temples in
Egypt Of greater antiquity than your al
legged flood. The record of the Egyptian
dynasties is preserved in stone. The Uni
versal Cyclopedia tells US that the un-
broken line Of monuments begins under
SnOfroni. the last Pharaoh OF the third
dynasty, about 4.3O0 years before Christ
and 1t is thought that Menes monument
of the first dynasty has recently been dis
covered Egypt was a civilized nation at
the date given for Adams creation.
Learned theOlOgians now seek 10 explain
the deluge as a limited inundatiOn, con-
trary 10 the text, just as Mr.. Pinney, In
his extremity about the sun standing STILL
tries TO read a new meaning into the
words The whole system of supernat-
uralism is doomed. DAVID ECCLES.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-05
Mr.. Hearst in Politics.

Editor The Washington Herald:
No one who has watched the course
Of political events in the last few years
will doubt for a moment that William
Randolph Hearst has his eye on the
White House He thought he saw the
passing of the Democratic party in the
overwhelming defeat of Judge Parker, in
1901, and set straight TO work and found
ed and organized the Independent League
with the hope of an alliance with what
was left OF that party and all Republi-
cans who were not satisfied with the way
their party was doing things He has
perfected an organization IN his own
State, and from that as a pivotal point
he is preparing now for a great cam
paign. He is marshaling his cohorts into
a brilliant line, and with banners bear
ing the inscription, The Independence
League Of America" he proposes TO
march Southwark. then Westward. and
on until the people Of every State are
told that the future of the country is in
the keeping OF the Independence League
of America.
On his march South he may find soIue
who viii adopt the insignia Of his league
but once he invades the sacred realms
where Democracy had its birth, once he
IS among people who have an answering
faith in the party Of Jefferson's making
he will ind that he is in the enemy's
country. Already he is sending his ennis
saries 10 feel the pulse Of the Southern
Democrats.
II, as Mr.. Hearst says. the platform Of
the Independence League is practically
the same as that Of the Democrats. then
the Democrats Of the South ask, Why
change the name? What might be called
the old line Democrats. south OF Mason
and Dixon's line, are the same to-day as
they always have been. They believe that
the principles for which the Democratic
party stand are as Interchangeable as the
laws Of nature; then let the name he un-
changeable likewise. they say. They do
not think that II is necess5 " to change the
name in order 10 win, and any attempt
20 do this is sure to meet with defeat.
Once a Democrat always a Democrat
The South had looked upon Hearst. pre-
vious ito his organization Of the Indepen-
denCe League, as a Presidential pOssibil-
ity. but it no longer thinks OF him seri-
ously as such. The people there think
that his defeats in the State OF New York
have disgruntled him. and that his ef-
forts in the future will be directed toward
forming a new party, and endeavOring
eventually 10 put the Democratic party
out Of existence. Had he stayed in the
ranks OF the Democratic party and fought
his battles under that name. his prospect
Of leading the ticket in 1908 would have
been greatly enhanced
+. B. HUTCHINSON.
go Massachusetts, avenue northwest,
Washington D. Q.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-05
Misinterpreted.

From the New York Times.
"One of my clients" said a Wall street
broker the other day, "a considerable
trader, and susceptible Of influence from
almost any direction, came to me one
morning with a smiling face and gave an
order for the purchase of several thou
sand shares. saying he had had a wonder
ful dream in which was depicted a large
field containing hundreds OF bulls, and he
was quite sure 1t foretold a sharp ad-
vance in the market. The order was duly
executed at advancing prices. and for the
first hour looked very rosy, but. alas,
that was an end of the bull market. and
at the close of the day the tape showed a
marked decline. My client was a popular
man and good loser. being well able to
stand IT, but as he had told his tale TO
others in the Office, he was numerically
chaf1ed, but maintained his dream to
have been good tip though he had
misinterpreted it, as the bulls in the field
were all lying down."
The Washington herald., 1907-08-05
Prehistoric Man.
IL Washington Herald:

Editor The Washington Herald:
In completely ignoring my criticism Of
his Bible Explanations. Mr.. L. Pinney
virtually confesses that his position was
untenable. Not a word is said about
talking serpents. rainless atmospheres.
intelligent hailstones, or grapes fer
mented by microbes. In lieu thereof we
are treated 10 a long, irrelevant essay on
the mistake some unknown would-be
geoIOgist made in reasoning from insult
ficlent data.
So far as the antiquity OF man is con-
cerned. that is a settled question among
geOlOgists. No man now worthy of the
name Of scientist would begin to consider
ID, 900 years az a possible date The ma
jority would put it beyond $1,000. and the
minimum could be no less than 5000 years.
The evidence is conclusive from hundreds
Of sources that man existed in both
Europe and America prior 10 the last
glacial epoch. In measuring great an
tiquity. absolute accuracy is impossible
within several thousand years. Astron-
omy is nearly, an exact science, and yet
astronomers vary within a million miles
as to the distance Of the sun. In geology
the data is more uncertain. and error is
usually made on the safe side. The
scientist who lets the theologian down
easy has always a preferred Job in our
colleges, and the tendency is to resist the
evidence till it becomes indubitable.
Since the glacial epoch the Niagara
Falls has been cut by the water through
seven miles of solid rock Much more
water now flows over the falls, and with
greater force, than in early times, but at
the present rate Of abrasion It took up
ward of 1000 years to cut its channel.
This in itself is~quite sufficient to over
throw Bible tradition and chronology.
II is claimed that my statement that
death, thorns, and crawling serpents ex-
listed before man Is unsupported by evil
dence The trouble with Mr. Pinney is
that he fails to weigh the evidence AS
TO death, the entire strata Of the earth is
testimony of its existence for untold
millions of years. Thousands OF miles Of
rock and coral reefs are built out of the
skeletons of extinct life Every piece of
natural chalk that Mr.. Pinney ever held
in his hands contains the evidence. II he
will go to Prof. Frank Knowlton. of the
Smithsonian Institution. I have no doubt
he can show him fossil forms Of vegeta-
ton with spines and thOrns,. such as
palms, conifeTs, euphorbias &c. and
likely he will direct him where he can
find traces Of the snake that antedates
the alleged time of Adam. Prof. Knowl-
ton knows their antiquity. With Mr..
Pinney's limited knowledge Of geology he
can only accept such statements on faith.
The idea that thorns and thistles were
sent as curse to man is about as
grotesque as the belief that carnivoTous
animals before the fall ate grass like an
OK. The teeth and claws of animals and
the spines and thorns Of vegetables are
natural adaptations 10 the animals or
vegetables needs. and have no relation
to mans wants or mans doings at all.
spine or thorn is a modified leaf or
branch adapted to prevent animals from
browsing on such vegetable forms. All
other things equal, those with this pro-
tective covering, being the dttest, sur
The Washington herald., 1907-08-05

confidence in the future-nay. the present,
of this city-that wise ones have In our
country, notwithstanding the howlers.
The Aladdin who viii build q city Of
palaces on the burned acres Of San Fran
cisco is at work. The spirit he has called
10 do wonders at his bidding Is the tri-
umphant soul OF energy and decision,
which marks the great American every
where. Let no dweller in other States
think for one moment that the city by
the Pacific Ocean is less prolific Of such
Americans,
NeX San Francisco not only will be,
but is! For the great buildings. the busy
thOroUghfares, the hustle and wealth
from mighty enterprises which make a
lordly metropolis are but the materiali-
zation Of the soul Of her people. And
that soul is here! Nothing can take away
what God has done. The sun viii shine
and tall palms wave. ere long, over a city
which will be as a TRANSPORTATION OF the
former one, And they who prophesy to-
day her failure 10 rise from her dead
ashes Will be the first ones TO ask for
profit from her new general conditions"
CLARA BELL BROWN.
E,-av-l.c, cal