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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
WASHINGTON CATTLE MARKET.

Market strong; hogs IN good demand and frm:
receipts Of calves heavy and prices steady. lambs
and sheep firm and wanted
CATTLE-Extra, per cwt. 5.25a55l. butcher, 4aa
40; common. 25]a5.0): rough Isaac
HOGS-Gross. 725a7. 20: ordinary 659a7.W
SHEEP-Clipped. Lo0a45o. common. 200a30o.
LAMBS-Gh0ice per H.. 7a7iz. medium. Gas.
cALFES-PrIme Ier To-. 8aSiz. medium, sasi
grass. 4aEis.
COWS-Prime fresh. each 4oO0a5l00; common.
2D.o0a1-0o: old ana dr.. S0lllm
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York Feb. l5-Money on call at the stock
exchange today opened at 5 per cent; highest s..
lowest -; closing, 81. Most Of the loans we're
at per cent Time money was slightly easier A
number OF loans were made Rates: ) TO 81 per
cent for thirty, sixty. and ninety days and four
months 81 10 81 for FIVE and six months. Nrer
camille paper came into the market with sene Free
DOM but absorption vas not very rand yeanv h,v
ers being out Of the market Rates: 81 70 e. Dcr
cent for sixty and ninety DAYS. indnrsCd bHls re
oeevable; - 70 81 for choice four TO six months
single names; 6iz fer Others. Sterling market was
easy to-day, but rates wcre unchangs
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Salcs-Rcguiar call. L o'clock noon
Washington Railway and Electric cammrn, % al
iCs foo at se 80 at seis % a. io1s 81 at sCs. 80
az i9b-
Mitchell Mining 100 AZ 594
Central National IaHk 10 a. 33j.
National City Bank. 10 az I43. 70 at li3. al lD
Riggs National Bank, at Is 2 at 65 at 60.
4 at So
National Bank Of Washirgtcn. 70 at 6l2 10 at
6i04 10 at co. 10 at 6o77s at Ssh, % at Cos 10
e. 693
After can-National Bank Of Washington 10 Ct
co., 10 At eos. 10 at co..
Washington Gas. at 81.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

New YORK, Feb l5.-WHEAT-Wesker. with fair
trading No. I Northern Manitoba, 9ola, f. o. D. :;
No > Northern Manitoba. sSis T. o. h. No hard
T. q. h. % over May; No. MaCaroui. opening
navigation. S. T. O. b.: Ma. > macsroni. opening
navigation, 50. Exporters took twcnty-sx loads part
20 erriyc.
CORN-Stroug; fair inquiry. No > elevator, IS
No. new. 53l'. f. O. h.; Ne. . yellow new 53as
No white, new. 5i74 f. o. q. Exporters took ten
loads
OATS-Fim- but dull. Elevator prices: No 2
white. 81; No. wEte. 5Ii4: No. mixed ~. Prices
for futures:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Real old-fashioned excitement reigned
on the Washington Stock Exchange yes
terfay for time. while - shares Of the
Bank Of Washington were being sold.
while certain pyrotechnics were INDUCED
in upon scraps Of Riggs Bank shares. and
while real sales Of two other banks were
effected.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

tone to the market. but the transactions
were largely professional. The short in
terest has been almost eliminated, but
the big operators on the inside show no
70 load up There is not much
remaining TO cause any particular adj
vance tomorrow
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Quotations furnished BY Charles G. Gates * Co..
members New York Stock Exchange Nfulscy Building
Sales to noon ................. sos, 900
Total sales .-........... 7GI 800
Call money, H., 6; low, AZ close, 51z.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

furnish the means Of providing Tor me
roads future requirements, When that
is done it win be entirely possible for
Chesapeake ard Ohio to distribute out OF
its earnings about per cent a year
something materially above the ! per
cent now distributed annually on It's
stock.
Tnterborough's 100000 note issue, the
traders said. was one of the things that
had hung over the market on Thursday
so when it was announced and out OF the
way they believed that stocks might be
bought for a turn They canvassed the
situation 20 ascertain if any other an
nouncemcats of the same kind were mmi-
nent. but came to the conclusion that 10:
the time being nothing more of like ma
ture was to be apprehended
Suspicion Of the rise in Union Pacific
about midday was aroused by the fact
that the buying orders were placed in such
"A way as to suggest that they had a
Hartman origin. The traders argue that
this was done to give the movement an
appearance of Importance that it did not
possess, and so instead Of following the
rise they cautiously sold little stock
short. and in many cases were able To
scalp small profit. The brokers en-
deavor 20 weigh the conflicting influences
OF the adjournment Of Congress, end the
resumption Of the Interstate Commerce
Investigation Of the Hartman system, but
without reaching any definite conclusion
rs to what was the greater in its bearing
en- the market position Of Union and
Southern Pacific, although it was gencr-
ally agreed that as the Investigation would
precede the adjournment OF Congress, the
latter, unless the other had discovered
something Of a kind not N all antici-
pated, should be the occasion for an up
ward movement
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

Quotations are furnished by r p. Chapman
Co., members New York Stock Exchange. q. Bowie
Chipman manager 1901 4 street northwest.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
TRADE OUTLOOK GOOD
Brisk Spring Demand in All
Classes of Products.
IRON MARKET ON THE BOOM
Steel Producers Have Contracts Far
Ahead, and Prices Are Fairly Well
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I'm Footwear
Factories Assured by Advance Or
ders-FniIures Are Fewer.

New York. Feb I5.-R. G. Dun & Co s
Weekly Review Of Trade will say to-mor-
row:
Despite holiday and weather Interrupt
tons the volume of business is Wen main
tanned. Retail stocks OF winter goods
were most satisfactorily depleted during
the period of low temperature. and the
new season will open under favorable
auspices. Wholesale and jobbing houses
report a liberal spring demand, particu-
larry IN dry goods. At the interior there
is q movement Of agricultural implements
and other farm supplies.
Iron and steel producers are receiving
much new business. contracts covering
deliveries still farther into the future.
many lines being sold Up to the last quar-
ter OF the year
Textile mills continue well employed,
with especial pressure for prompt deliv-
cry OF cotton goods.
IN the wooden goods section of tex
tile markets there is no change TO report
Footwear factories in New England
have contracts on hand assuring activity
until new business comes forward. Sole
leather is firm. and although trade is not
brisk, il is impossible TO obtain any con-
cessiOrs.
Commercial failures this week in the
United States are %. against 243 last
week. Failures in Canada number D.
against 30 last week"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS.

Totals for Two Weeks, with Cor
responding Increase or Decrease.
New York, Feb. 15.-Bank clearings
for the weeks ended February II and
February Z, 1907. and the percentage Of
increase or decrease for the week ended
February Is. compared with the CORE
spending week of 1906. follow
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
BOSTON STOCKS.

Quotations are furnished by =. r. Chapman 4
Co.. members New York Stock Exchange. e. Bowie
Chipman, manaser. 1901 street northwest
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

G. l. Edmunds, Of Dick Bros. K Co
'To-day's market opened fracti0nally
higher. and though transactions were
quiet, it continued TO advance until the
last hour. when it became very Irregular.
Union Pacific. Reading. and Amalgamate3
showed considerable strength and activity
during the morning. Just before the final
hour Anaconda was aggTessively bought,
and the stock sold up 10 302I4. when II re-
acted sharply 10 about 2g5 and closed IT
2J3H, a net gain of Z points for the day.
Although I do not look for an unluteT-
rupted advance, ! believe firmly that the
market will score net advances each week
for a considerable period. And that it
should be bought cCnservatively and
stocks held for good profits
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

s. II. Agnew, of Henry Clews & Co
''The market was more or less profession
al, with little commission house business.
and yet prices were marked IN and fairly
well sustained. a few specialties made
phenomenal advances; such as Anaconda.
which advanced 10 points above the close
of Thursday. The heavy buying of Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas is still mysteri-
Gus. No one takes any stock In the divi-
dend talk. but it is believed that the
shares are being acquired in the interest
of one or more of the important railroad
systems which could use the NJ X & T.
to advantage The advance in the price
OF copper metal and the strength in
Amalgamated stock impaired a firmer
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

One broker brought to the floor the
Bank of Washington stock which had to
be sold, and after succeeding in disposing
Of one quotation lot at 6l2. the stock was
bid rapidly down to 6q77s, recovering TO
COS. where It stuck, while the remaining
shares went under the hammer, and
many bids were made for big lots il only
the stock could - delivered. Within a
few weeks, or since the announcement Of
the merger Of this bank with the Central
National Bank this stock has been
marked up at a rapid rate over 90 points
For several months Riggs Bank stock
has stood on the board Of the exchange
at eco bid. rarely changing from that quo
tation. The offered price IN the mean
time has stood at 625. Yesterday scraps
Of the stock were offered at 6e5 and sew
aral of them taken. Bid prices for the
stock fuCtuated between go and 500 and
it was only when one or two shares were
actually put up for sale that a trade could
be effected.
In the early part Of the session there
We're sales of $50 shares OF washington
Railway common, all Of the self-to-self
variety.
The mining shares. except Mitchell. and
Mergenthaler and the railway shares.
other than railway common, were neg
iectod
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
GRAIN MARKETS.

Quotations furnished By Charles c. Gates & Co,
members Chicago Beard Of Trade Munsel Building
CbFruun
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
The Safest investments

Are Those that do NOT depend upon the
financial responsibility o. the stability u
ans individual OF caTpofati0n tirst deeds
Of trust (fno!tgacrl notes flberailv sec-lred
on good zeal estate iu the District 81 Co
Ilil3ia constitute 'sllt-edge' investments
inrse are the CulT Kind we make and s1p-
psl - investors. They bear interest nav
able semi annually. az De-, rate II Five per
cent Der auuUU. and may b. had az rs IN
amounts from $50 and upaard AZ par and
Accrued interest. send f0T booklet Con
ceInIl-g Loans and Investments
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

Herbert L. Jones, of Charles G. Gates
& Co,-"Prices win be higher next week,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
Bradstreet's Report.

Bradstreet's Review says.
Better weather and improved roads
have developed stronger tone and
greater activity in distributiye trade Cold
weather and price concessions nave helped
10 move remaining stocks Of winter goods.
With wholesalers and jobbeTs deliveries
on orders are the main occupation, but
there is apparently little let-up in the de-
mand for cotton goods for anything like
spring or summer delivery.
"Pig-iron markets are quieter, and
while producers display no marked dis
position 10 force sales, quotations, never
theless tend to lower figures. Spot iron
is lower in the South. and in the West
prices for last half delivery have declined
50 cents a ton. Supplies Of Bessemer iron
for early shipment are larger than for
some time. In the steel-rail trade the
feature is the sale Of 5000 tons Of eighty
pound rails for export during the half Of
the year New business for domestic
account is fair. trolley lines being the
principal purchasers. Sheets, plates. bars,
tin plate. tube, and wire interests all re-
port heavy business and great activity on
old orders
Trade in shoes and leather is mod
crate. Retail business is and has been
good
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

Benjamin Woodruff. of Post & Flagg-
The easy recovery of prices to-day in
dieates that the trend Of prices is stiH
upward. Business is highly professional.
so that these sudden reversais In form
really furnish little indication OF the true
state of affairs, apart from technical
considerations However. the absence of
liquidation on the recent dips seems 10
warrant the feeling that, barring some
new and decidedly unfavorable factor, the
market is apt to show further recovery.
Little of Importance appears in the news
Of the day. The outlook for some cur
rency relief measure still looks bright,
and doubtless much Of the recent strength
in the market is based upon the belief
that the bill will go through at this ses-
sion of Congress.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

One of the strongest stocks in the
list was Chesapeake and Ohio. for while
there was very little activity in it the
buying seemed to come from good quar-
ters, and the supply appeared hardly
equal to the demand. II was recalled that
a few weeks ago there had been definite
and persistent rUmors of a sale of short
term notes by the road of which, how
ever, nothing has been heard recently.
The assumption is, therefore that there
was no truth in the stories of an imme-
diaie need of new financing beyond the
sale Of car trust certificates. and that
they had their origin in the desire OF
some interests to obtain stock as cheap
as possible either with a view to profit
ing by a rise or to retire short contracts
Chesapeake and Ohio is undoubtedly a
very fine property, but its financing for
some years has been of the patch kind
instead Of shOTt-time obligations and Of
mortgages on branch lines. but it is
probable that before very long a compre-
hensive financial scheme will be an
nOunced that will not only simplify the
present Indebtedness Of the company, but
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
Opinions on the New York Market

6 Bowie Chapman. Of T. r Chapman
& Co.-"Although about the same course
of fluctuations prevailed, il must be adj
mitted that the market shows an increas-
ing hrmness. a better demand for leaders.
and greater resistance to bear drives.
The majority of stocks tonight show inn
provement. with special strength in the
coppers and industrials. The gold issues,
particularly the lower priced ones, showed
better support than for some time. The
bank figures on the known movements Of
money are about a stand on Cali and
time rates slightly higher than yester-
day I still expect to see the trading
condition maintained. but with steady
creep upward.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.

,ew York. Feb. l5-Closing bond quotations. on
New York stock ExchaDFp-
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Total ssles. S.360oo against ST. $4,000 yesterday,
Sl,595.o0o q week ago and S2573.00O year ago
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-17
MIR. Bryce IncoE.

The last time James Bryce, the new
British ambassador to the United
States, visited this country was two
years ago last summer, when he landed
in Boston. He is a very modest gentle
man, and he prefers to travel incog.
when he can conveniently do SO, says
the Boston Herald. So it happened
that on his last voyage hther neither
his name nor that of Mrs. Bryce, who
came with him, appeared on the pas
senger list, and his fellow voyagers did
not suspect his identity until after sew
eral days out. Meanwhile Mr.. Bryce
had the pleasure of asking his table
companions all about this country and
its institutions. And they glibly an
swered his naive questions, never sus
pecting that they were talking with
the author of THE American Common
wealth" Fancy their chagrin later on
when they discovered by accident that
they had been undertaking to enlIght-
en- an inquisitive foreigner who knew
far more about their institutions than
they did!
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-17
ODD WEDDING FEAST.
Rabbit, Calf and Pig, Lodge Members
Gifts, Put to Good Use.

Henry S. Dunning of Montclair N.
j., entertained seventy-ive brothers Of
his lodge the other night at feast as
a return for their wedding gifts of a
menagerie of live stock two months
ago. says the New York World
The first course looked like a rabbit
and tasted like a rabbit, for the host
insisted on each of the seventy-five
tasting the morsel
Brethren" said he, at was the
dainty Maltese pussy cat you gave
me-"
The company was aghast until
waiter appeared with the selfsame
pussy cat In his arms and explained
that the first course was a really truly
rabbit.
After that came the young sucking
pig with a baked apple in his mouth
and his toes pointing upward. The pig
In life had been part of the menagerie.
Above the pig hung Polly the parrot,
who had been trained to say, Eat,
you cannibals; eat plgw
The calf that in life had been the
pride of the givers was served fricas-
seed, Dreaded, stuffed, boiled, baked
and fricadelled The quacking duck
no longer quacked as it was brought
forth from the oven with the rooster,
roasted to q brown
Among the other gifts of the lodge
members to the bridegroom were
poodle, a canary bird, the cat and
white mouse The diners examined all
the courses carefully, but discovered
nothing to verify their suspicious.
When the cloth was cleared away
after coffee and cigars the poodle, the
canary, the white mouse and the cat
were produced to set at ease the more
timid of the guests.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-17
A Monkey Man.

An interesting discovery has been
made by the we'll known Heidelberg
scientist. Professor Klaatsch, who is
now pursuing anthropological studies
in Australia, says the London Mail.
The professor says that while examih.
Ing some Australasian natives arrested
for killing white man In Port Arthur
he found that one of the men had feet
and hands of exactly the same shape
and appearance as those of monkeys.
The natives on his inquiries stated that
In the hitherto unexplored regions De-
tween the rivers Daily and Victoria nu-
merous people have similar hands and
feet and otherwise bear n strong re-
semblance TO large monkeys. This is
the first time that these characteristics
have been discovered In a human be
ng.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-17
HOTEL ON THE WATER.
Unique Scheme For Monte Carlo OF
American Origin.

Unique Scheme For Monte Carlo of
American Origin.
Next year Monte Carlo is to have a
unique hotel, great ocean liner with
1900 rooms, which will be anchored
off the port Of Monaco, says a special
cablegram to the st, Louis Globe-Dem.
ocrat. Naturally only an American
could be guilty of such a freak. This
American was recently annoyed be
cause the proprietor of the hotel at
Monte Carlo, where he had been ac-
customed to stay every season, re-
fused to let him have the rooms he
usually occupied, as they happened
just then to be in the possession of an
oriental The American was furious
and offered to buy the hotel. This was
also refused Then he said that he
would have his revenge.
Next season he would transport bodi-
ly some big hotel to Monte Carlo and
would take away half of the customers
He found, In fact, big transatlantic
liner which Is being built for an Eng
fish company, but had been refused be-
cause there had been some mistake In
the lines. The unfinished ship was
just the thing for the American mil
lionaire. He purchased her for spot
cash, and next year she will float as a
luxurious hotel off the harbor of Monte
Carlo.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-08-17
PRAYER FOR REPORTERS.
Daily Services to Begin Work of KaI.
amazoO Gazette.

John A. Ross, managing editor of the
Kalamazoo (Mich) Gazette, announced
the other day that the news depart
ment of the Gazette would be opened
every day in the future with prayer by
himself or ministers of the city, says a
Kalamazoo special to the New York
World.
The announcement created surprise,
as Ross until recently had expressed
but little religious sentiment.
81 believe that the reporters will be
able to do better work and that the
object of the newspaper will be more
thoroughly reached in this way than
heretofore" was Ross explanation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-28

cases that l know of. have been acted on
by them greatly to their profit. Some years
ago, when one of the copper companies in
which he is largely interested was being
foated, the stock was overSubScribed four
10 one. Mr.. Cole was in New York. The
books were in Duluth and were to be
closed at o'clock one afternoon. Not
outstanding the multitude of things which
demanded his attention. he remembered
promise he had made several weeks before
and sent telegram to the promoters of the
boys in the barber shop have their allot-
ment before the books closed This
stock was put on the market at SIS a
share. 1t now sells for S119 and pays per
cent dividends
Thomas F. Coles History.
r.. 'Cole- has had an extraordinary his
tory. He was born In 1862 in Keweenaw
county Mich. where his father, a Cornish
immigrant, was employed in the Phoenix
copper mine, and was killed in an accident
when the son was six years old. Two years
later, when he was eight. Tom Cole began
his business career sorting stamprock
about the Phoenix and the Cliff mines;
year later he became a washboy and was
gradually advanced to positions of greater
responsibility and better pay, and his
wages were necessary to assist his mother
to support her five children. At fifteen
years of age he became brakeman on rail-
road belonging to the Calumet and Hecla
became a clerk in the office of the Menomi-
nee Mining Company on the Chaplin mine,
where he was advanced from time to time
until he was made superintendent and
general manager for Ferdinand Schlesigner
of Milwaukee, who, for fifteen years
more, was ruling iron king. Before he
thirty years of age Cole was the
manager of all of Schlesnger's properties
and was producing more iron ore than any
other man in the United States. Schlesinger,
however, was burdened with more than he
could carry and went down in the panic of
1898. Cole made the best fight he could for
him and without hesitation threw his own
small resources into the hole. until they
were exhausted. Before the mines closed
down. however, he saw that the workmen
who had trusted him and stayed with him
were paid in full.
Schesinger went to Mexico, where he
succeeded in partially recovering his for
tunes. Coles services were In demand in
several localities and he became superin-
tendent of a mine the Gozebic range