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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

have paid all his debts and squared himself
with the world. Which done. he is entitled to
put on slick .silken garment which would be
window shade if didn't know it a garment,
and go visiting among his friends informally shoot
ing irecrackers members of rival tongs devour-
ing those picked Chinese fish which taste like
torchlight procession smells, and nbbling and
drinking the drug store sundres and furniture
poiisher's mixture which among the Chinese pass
for the delicacies of the season.
An Impossible Handicap
NOW it is nanifestly impossible that Christian
nation could have New Years celebration that
comprehended ard included being square with the
world-not with I one week of Christmas, brethren.
Nor is it comp,.i BILE with the spirit of institu-
tons outside of Wall Street to blow UP our rulers
the ambitious proetarat in Russia commonly
does along about this time of year. | recall
any recent January during which the Nevskiy
Prospekt was not spattered with shredded Grand
Duke and caviar from time to time From these
facts | have drawn the deduction that the good
resolution and the self rising bomb must go hand in
hand at the Russian New Year. and that the head
of the ST Petersburg secret police, who goes to his
office in a carriage New Years morning, is more
likely than usual to come home before dinner
wrapped up in a newspaper.
1t is obvious that neither the Chinese the
Russian system of welcoming in the glad New
Year can hope to make winning appeal to many
people in this country: but even at that we re
pretty versatile ourselves when it comes to finding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
The Other Side of the Leaf

PERSONALLY am not so strong for the notion of
turning new leaf on January the first. In
these days of progressive advertising the who
turns over new leaf nearly always finds an an
nouncement for brand of whisky the next
page, which is often dscouraging Making few
good resolutions seems the wiser to pursue
In fact it's not bad thing to make few good
resolutions every morning SO at this season of
the year, without regard to the date. If you have
to make them again every day, much the
better-you know then they're good resolutions
because they're fresh. Surely egg and resou
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1t is pity-that is to say, it is pity for those
who love Ibsen plays-that Ibsen never visited the
United States the thirty first day of December
He could have written perfectly beautiful example
of the Ibsen or blue school of drama round
you went to church the evening of the last day
of the old year and you sat hard pew-sone-
how forefathers always seemed to figure it out
that a horsehair cushion a pew sinful
vanity; maybe forefathers were heshier
race of people than we are First there was a song
service of appropriate hymns, which is to say,
soul searching hymns. with threats and gloom in
EN- " Harl from the Tombs Doleful Sound-d-d!''
prime favorite. They usually had the Hank
from number at least twice
About haf-past eleven O'Clock the deacon rose
UP in his white cravat and expression of coun-
tenance that had black mourning borders running
all the way round it, and proceeded to grease the
skids with few timely and seasonable remarks
for the launching of the New Year.
What CHEEKY old soul he was to be sure.-the
deacon,-and how well upholstered mentally for
the congenial task before him. His idea of pleas
ant evening to sit up with somebody that
dead and argue infant damnaton in the affirmative
To him Heaven a highly restricted settlement
populated exclusively by members of his own de-
nomination and few invited friends As for the
other locality-well, he had lively mental picture
of neighborhood that was full of smoke and Gin
ders and fire and a smell like somebody trying
out lard,-a place where the First Deputy Horns
came in of morning and leaned over the back
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"HERE are at least two large places that
are paved with good resolutions. New

are paved with good resolutions New
York is of them. The other is
equally we'll known and probably more popu-
ious, if what they used to tell us in our early
days is true.
By custom New Years is the time when
most of this moral asphalt is being turned
out Nobody knows why the first of the year
should be chosen as the time for making good
resolutions any more than anybody knows
why dentist always keeps a canary. or why
the town barber always plays in the town
band or why people who are good to their
cooks never keep cook. or why
who won't believe anything he in the
paper will accept as gospel truth the unsup-
ported word of strange tout that Creeping
Paralysis can't lose in the sixth race. or any
of those other unexplainable things that
thirty or forty times a day. It's just so,
that's all. and you have to take it as it comes.
On the first of January form good resolutions.
On the first of April make kind of genial,
illuminated ass of yourself playing
grown lichen incrusted wheezes on people
who've never done you any harm. Thus
winds the merry year away
Along about the last week in December
you pick up your favorte Sunday paper
and in it you find the following interest
ing and timely special features (a) On
back a picture of a chubby young per-
about a day and a half old with one of tn
ultraoptmistc, extra hopeful smiles on his IA
and the numerals 1908 across his collie bal
crowding off the globe feeble, thinly dressed
gentleman whose hand baggage consists of a scy
and an hourglass, and who needs clean shave
a pair of overshoes heap more than he needs S,
old fashioned things as scythes and hourglass
this old party being labeled 1907; (b) resu
Of the leading events of the list twelve mont
including the papers growth in circulation and
news beats; (c) correct forecast of the events
the next twelve months by the famous prophet
Bellows Falls, Vermont, showing that we shall h;
about the usual satisfactory number of foo
earthquakes, revolutions, and financial pancs
look forward to- BY these signs we know tina
is time to get in the crop of Red Winter resolutio
No. grade.
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By IRWIN S. COBB

ways of observing the day: There's the
watch meeting of the small town at which
you acquire good resolutions the night
before New Years; and there's the New York
form of celebration, following which the cele-
bralit wakes UP on the morning after-tfe
miserable, unsympathetic morning after
with his head fairly throbbing under its
weight of impending good resolutions. or
some Ii mo- - :.
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chair and brushed
a few clinkers off his
Harveyized collar.
with an asbestos nap
kin. in the manner
of a favored waiter,
and said to him
cheerfully:
. Good morning,
boss. How you 60
ing to have your
lost souls this morn
ing Would you like
them fried on one
side or turned Overt.
The Deacon's
Chance
THOSE New Years
eve remarks were
just the same as
lemon meringue pie
to the deacon. He
led off by calling at
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weight of impending good resolutions. or
something.
Couldn't Lose the Watch Meeting
7 WONDER if they still have the real old
genuine New Years watch meeting in the
interior. 1t dated originally. l should say,
from the period when people took quinine
the end of the knife blade. and in
the spring of the year drowned their vital
organs under a high and yellow tide OF
sassafras tea. l guess, though. that it has
endured even to this day of slick isinglass
capsules and large brunette bottles of pro-
prietary blood balm; for the watch meeting
was ever a hardy annual and a thing not
easily to be uprooted and destroyed. | used
to go to it. Everybody did in our town.
except the completely unregenerate. Many
of the most conspicuous and successful cases
of nervous prostration that we ever had
back home could be traced straight back to
the New Years watch meeting
The oasis., 1907-01-12
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Saturday, January lz. 1907
Stock Market

Kansas City, Jan'y. 4, 1907e- Total cattle receipts this week have been less than 10000 head, and the general market has been stronger. Practically nothing from Colorado has been here, but some panhandle stockers sold at $4.10, cows up to 1925, and big string of panhandle heifer calves yester- day at $4.35. Calves are p to 40 cents higher this week, account of a strong demand and small sup. ply. Veal calves bring $60O to S7.5O. Corn feed steers are selling this week up to $6.25, with bulk of sales at $4.75 to $5.75. Fed cows sell at $2.75 to $4.50, heifers $3.50 to $5.25, and bulls are quarter higher, at $2.75 to $4.30 Stockers and feeders are selling as good or better than at any time this win ter, demand keeping the yard closely cleaned up at higher prices each week, stockers this week $3.25 to $4. 40, feeders $3.60 to $475. In view of the strong price on beef cattle lately, the first liberal run has been counted on to bring a de- cline, but the market is closing this week firm on killing kinds, except on medium class cows and heifers which are shade lower.
 Sheep and lambs have been in small supply this week, market about steady with slight weak ness on ewes the fast two days. Monte Vista lambs sold today at $7.40 and $750, weighing 70 and 83 lbs. respectively, 90 lbs. year lings in same shipment at $6.15, wethers $5.50. A few ewes sold at $500 today, but the market was not fully tested, prices on them quotable at $4S5 to $5.25, best wethers up to $565, and yearlings $6.40. Some of the traders are predicting lower prices in the near future, but there seems nothing in present condition to justify this.
The oasis., 1907-01-12
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, o
 COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. ss

Before me, ED Willams.a notary public in and for the County of Santa Cruz, Territory og Arizona duly commissioned and sworn, on this day personally appeared E. E. Bethell- Bracey Curtis and Otto H Herold personally known to me to be the same persons whose and severally acknowledge to me, that they ex ecuted the same for the purposes and consider ations therein expressed
 Given under my hand and seal of office at Nogales in said County this 12th day of Decem- ber A. D. 1906.
 EB WILLIAMS, Notary Public My commission expires January 30th 1908.
 Dec. 15-Jan. 19.
The oasis., 1907-01-12
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, !
 IAar.A..rN. .r,- . n-.,. ]. L L. ll SNs

VT N, T "a
 COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA. ss'
 On this 30th day of November A. D. 1906, be- fore me. Wm. F. James, a Notary Public in and for the county of Santa Clara, state of Califor- nia residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared John D. Macken- zie, known to me to be the person foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein ex- pressed
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office af San Jose, in said Santa Clara County, the day and year in this certificate first above written. SEAL. WM F. JAMES,
 Notary Public in and for the County of Sanis Clara, State of California.
 My Commission expires May 23, 1908.
The oasis., 1907-01-12
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, co

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA. ss'
 On this 9th day of December, A. D. l906 be fore me Wm. F. James, Notary Public in and for the county of Santa Clara, State of Califor- mia, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared M. s. Rodgers, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within and foregoing instru- ment and acknowledged to me that he executed therein expressed
 In witness whereof, have hereuntoset my hand and affixed my official seal at my office at San Jose in Santa Clara County, the day and year in this certificate first above written. tSEAL.1 WM K. JAMES,
 Notary Public, in and for Santa Clara County, State of California
 My commission expires May 23, 1908.
The oasis., 1907-01-12
]. A. RICKART, L. $. Correspondent.

Prescott Courier: In spite of the fact that Woman's Club houses are being built in all the larger cities of the Territory, the Prescott Woman's Club is planning moving their h adquarters to the oldest structure in the city. The house built in the earliest days of the Territory for the first governor of Arizona, is log building of inn mense proportions. The club will use one part of the building for an historical musenm-the first one to be founded in Arizona. And there is wide field in the Ter ritory for historical research. For fifty years the southwestern front fer of the United States, Arizona has relics and history of the rarest value, and a museum of the north ern part of the Territory at Pres. colt would prove of the deepest in terest to Arizonans. And there is no reason why southern Arizona could not support similar insti- tuition.
The oasis., 1907-01-12

Yuma Enterprise: Jack Lyall on Wednesday, while grading Mayor DeMund's lot oil Third street, plowed up fine piece of petrified wood, about 2 feet long by 8 inches wide. He presented part to the Enterprise. The grain of the wood, knot holes, etc., show plainly as in a live tree. MT. Lyall says he has been doing grad ing work in the Yuma country for years. and this is the only speci- men of petrifed wood he has en- countered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
Clearing House Assists All the Shaky Banks to Get on
 Their Feet
COMMITTEE FEELS EQUAL
 ID MEET ANY EMERGENCY
Improved Conditions Are Reflected in Buoyancy of the Stock Market. Plans Are Made to Help
 Other BarlSs,

New York, October 21.-rhe recent ten day considerably relieved and today passed with no adverse developments of serious character but with much that was reassuring. At the same time there was evidence that some of the banks most affected by recent events were still in need of assistance, but the prompness with which the clearing house accorded it did much to ally further alarm. The gen eral improvement was reflected in the buoyancy Of the stock market and the steady advance in prices from previous low levels.
 The clearing house was called upon to get debit balances of the Mercantile and the New Amsterdam banks to the ex- tent of upwards of S2,000,0O0 of which the Mercantile owed about $1,9O0,0OO and the New Amsterdam s200, GOO. The debit bal ance of the National Bank of North America amounted to $S50.oOO. While there was said to have been some discussion between the clearing house committee and the officers of the latter bank as to the necessity of giving it any support it was found necessary to do so.
 The fact that the clearing house com mttee regards the situation as still seri- ous was shown by the remark of a member of the committee that the Mer- cantile banks debit balance was 'In- expectedly large and disconcertng."
 The committee remained in session the greater part of the day discussing a general plan of policy with regard to as sisting such banks as might need help. After the committee had adjourned for the day James T. Woodward, president of the Hanover National bank, and chair man of the clearing house committee. said that conditions were improving and that the committee felt equal to meet ing any emergency that might arise to- morrow.
 on the stock exchange the improved banking conditions resulted in rally of pronounced proportions, the moro active issues advancing two and three points with greater gains In some of the special ties.
 Part of this advantage was lost later by a furry on call loans, the rate for which advanced to 9iA per cent.
 On the curb the feature was the heavy selling at severe declines of Consolidated Steamship bonds, which at one time sold at 77s, a decline of 3ss points from the high. The net loss for the day was ? points, The Consolidated Steamship com pany is controlled by Charles W. Morse
 One development today which did not tend to ease the prevailing conditions was the application for a receiver for the firm of Otto Heinze X Co. Argument on the motion was deferred until Wednes- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
Arrives In Washington Hov-
 evtr, a Little Late
NEW DID NOT WAIT FOR HIM
Chairman of Republican Committee Calls Meeting For December 6, Without Consulting Tafts
 Manager About Matter.

Washington, October 21-(Special. IA. l.. Vorys of Columbus, O., the Hanna of the Taft presidential boom, reached Washington this morning F hours too late to stay the announcement of Chair man New of the national republican com mittee calling the committee to gether in this city before the arrival of Secretary Taft. MT. New was not expected here until today, but his arrival yesterday and the immediate announcement that the committee would meet December G. with out waiting to consult vorys, caused a flutter in political circles.
 MT. Vorys, however puts bold face on the matter, and has made up for lost time by interviewing all the politicians in Washington in behalf of the Taft boom. He spent some time with Chairman New. National Committeeman Yerkes and Capers. and later in the afternoon had a conference with Secretary Cortelyou. He expresses every confidence in the nomina- tion of Taft, but 1t is well understood aere that his visit to Washington has not made any converts.
 MT. Vorys probably heard more Roose- welt talk while here than any other line of political conversation, and it is safe to say that the manager would like to have a few more delegates for Taft without the Roosevelt third term string tied to them in addition MT. Vorys heard much about Governor Hughes, and so far as can be learned, Secretary Cortelyou did not as sure Mir Vorys of his intention to step out of the way of MT. Taft.
 Among others in conference with MT. Vorys today was Ralph Tyler, the negro who was recently appointed auditor for the navy department. Tyler is supposed to get busy with the negro vote, and the manager of the Taft boom is of the opin- ion that they will all be in line by con- yention time. w. S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
WRITERS VISIT
 IN CHATTANOOGA Sixty Press Club Members Are
 City's Guests BATTLEFIELD IS INSPECTED Special Train with the Sixty Dele .-k.. M;II rs.i,,a ia Rirnaitan.
BATTLEFIELD IS INSPECTED
Special Train with the Sixty Dele dates Will Arrive in Birmng- ham Today-Many Ladies Are
 in the Party.

Chattanooga, October 21.-(Specialo After spending the day here as the guests of the Chattanooga Press club, sixty members of the International League of Press clubs left tonight in their special over the Alabama Great Southern for Birmingham, to attend the annual convention of the or gan , ization. The train is due to arrive there early tomorrow morning and 1t will be parked at the Terminal Passen- ger station.
 The newspaper folks came in from Washington over the Southern railway, arriving here at $40 o'clock. They were met at the depot and immediately escorted to special street cars. A trip was then made to Lookout Mountain. In the afternoon the ladies In the party were entertained by the women writers of Chattanooga with a reception at the Read house. The male con tingent visited the Chiekamauga bat tie fields.
 The northern and eastern delegates were met here by the representatives from the Denver Press club, which in- cluded Edward Heating president of the International league. Mrs. Heating and Miss Kelley and the Nashville Press club delegates Both President Heating and Lewis G. Early of the Reading, CPa) Press club, the latter the secretary of the league, predicted that the Birmingham meeting would be the most successful in the history of the organization. H. S Jennings, travelling passenger agent of the south -ern railway with headquarters in New York, has charge of the special train
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
HARTMAN IN NEW YORK.
Railroad Magnate's Office Is Busy
 Place on Sunday.

New York October I.-E. II. Hartman with John w. Auchincloss and Charles A. Peabody, two of his counsel who have been representing his interests in the Illinois Central election in Chicago, have returned to. New York. Mir. Hartman announced through his secretary that he did not care to talk on any subject whatsoever.
 The Union Pacific offices at 120 Broad way were open Sunday and a small staff of clerks and some of the railroad off cials were there, but none of them cared to tell whether or not MT. Hartman had been there.
 Alexander Miller, secretary of the Un- ion Pacific, said there was no special significance in the fact that the office had been open all day Sunday following the return of MT. Hartman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
FIRST ENFORCEMENT IF
 SHERMAN ANTITRUST JAW
Action Is Brought By Collector of Customs After a Conference with Chief Officials of the Depart.
 ment of Justice.
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' Norfolk. Va, October 21,-A . ' shipment of leaf tobacco and ' |. cigarettes, said to be valued at . . $7000 from Durham, N. C., con ' i. slgned to the British Amerrcan ' : Tobacco company of Great Britain .
 . has been attached by the govern .
 < ment here and is now being held . . by the custom authorities. The .
 . action was brought, following .
 . conference here last week between .
 . Collector of Customs Hughes, .
 ' United States District Attorney l.. . . l.. Lewis, and a representative .
 . from the Department of Justice .
 ' at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
RAlsULl IS VlNDlCTIVE.
1t Is Said He Will Kill Sir Harry
 MacLean By Inches.

Tangier, October 2l.-The first conflict between the forces of the rival sultans Abd Fl Aziz and Mulai !iafid, took place October Y, near Hettat. between Shawta and Mequneze, according to reliable re- ports received here from Mazagan, with the result that q detachment of troops fighting with Mula Halid. the sultan of the south, and consisting of eight regl- ments under Mulai Rachid and known as the first division, defeated the forces of Abd Fl Aziz, the sultan of the north, and captured Caid Bushta Bagdani, the com mandcr-in-chief of Abd Fl Aziz's forces in the field The favorable effects of this victory to the cause of Mulai Hafd is in- calculable
 Hldd is showing q strong hand in con- trolling certain Morish sects, which are demanding the proclamation of q holy war, to which he is unalternably opposed,
 Some of Raisuli's followers have de@ serted him and come to Tangier. Tue native report of the occurrence gives as reason for the desertion that Raisui, in retaliation for the French interference in the steps taken t0 secure the release of Caid Sir Harry MacLean, intends 10 kill MacLean by inches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
Meat Packers Case.

Washington. October 21.-The supreme court of the United States today took jurisdiction of .he meat packers case wherein the Armour. Swift Morris and Cudahy packing companies were fined s15,0O0 each for accepting preferential from the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy railroad on shipments of meat for ex- ports from Mississippi river points to tns Atlantic seaooard. The case involves the application If the Elkins act to export shipments. The motion for writ of cer- tiorari was granted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
Dove Is Coed Omen.

There vas another incident connected with the .lt. Louis. Just before the big bag was dragged into starting position. dove alighted on the very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
---------------.o.----- --7=--------- ACTION BY BANKS.
President of knickerbccker Trust
 Company Resigns.

New York, october 2l.-Late tonight the National Bank of Commerce gave 24 hours notice to the Clearing House as- sociation, of which it is a member, tha- after tomorrow it would no longer clear for the Knickerbocller Trust company, The directors of the National world comment upon their aetif-aAs tional has for some tini agent for the Knickr
 Following the acfN or accompanying [ conference of Knickerbocker Tru town hotel. rl'f tinued long aft meantime nothil was given out ever, that Char the knickerh ton in the al once decis to succeed N of the instif