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The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York Feb. ls-SUGAR-L0ud0n Market fm
sugar beets quiet with little demand. Local susa'
market was cuiet and somewhat uncertain
BUTTER-Reocipts, SAP packages Fum az 8
Tor extra cresmsrg.
EGGS Receipts. 1851 cases. Market firm. West
em fIsts. o.
NAVAL STORES-Siocs: Resin. 1888 barrels
spirits turpeutiue. 1iis Laueis. tar. SO hauels
Spirits tupeutine ruled Quiei at 7fz for machine
made barrels The market for rosin was quiet ant
auo.cd az 1jd4 80 for common % good strained
Tar was steady at 6g5as5o fer oil barrels.
MILL FEED STEADY trade. quiet Spring bran
IN I0G lauud sacks, 9i0); middlins, 30; city bran
p 90, Western ud dog G5.7j
FLOUR STEADY. small trade. Spring patents. -
ass spring clears. 555a25o: winter siEaights 81
a5.55 winter cl,srs. 3.l0ai-25, Kansas IN sacks
patents Stain. straigLts. 55a5-g, clear. 2ss1-5
RYE FLoUR-Firln. but trade SLOW az 36ja4.-0
CORN llEAI.-Steady. inactive trade hilB-dTied
for export. s75a27j. coarse mfal. h bags ll0sl J.
BUChWHEAT not R-Liscless. 81 40
HAY-Choice 10 fair demand Receipts. so tons.
Prime timothy. LIS: No. J. Ito
STRAN-Stesdg qsiet trade. Long ne. 6oa70.
BEEF-Irrlel,lsr: fair business. Family H.50a
$50, racket. n.Geai20o.
PORK-Quiot and firm; ls5oal9-25; family, I9.O
al95
TALLOw-steady: lfe.ess. City. ca, in hogs
heads
LARD-Wezkcr. prime Western 1910. CTS go
refined continent. loo; Brazilian. kegs 1850; citJ
sIeaTne lie; UoosteaTine weak; city, IL ChiCag0 u
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19

New York. FEB. ls.-Money on call today opcned
at 81 per cent; high. 5la low, 4; closing 81 psr
cent. Most Of the loans were at per cent
Time money uDcncd the week with slightly
1Tmtr rates. but a fair business was done Rates.
81 per cent for sixty and ninety days So PER cent
foI five and six months with exceptional transac-
tons at 81 per cent.
Offerings Of mercantile paper continued with some
freedom and few local institutions bought mod
erately. but demand was decidedly lacking in
breadth Rates: 5'.a6It Der c.nt TO- sixty and
ninety da5s iudo1scd bills receivable sSa6l. p,r
cent fer choice fclr 10 six months single names
6la per cent for others
The marAt for sterling was steady today. with
rates POINTS lower. Rates for actual business
oloscd follows: Sixty days is05oa4 1855: demand.
lSi50a4 5s55; cables, isi2jais5S9 commercial bills
were f79siaiS0Fs
The supply IF cotton bills was quite good.
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COTTON MARKET.

Quotations furnished by Dick Bros & Co. mem
bcTs It the New York and Ncw Orleans Cotton e1-
changes 1872 sucgt northwest. Phones main
6tAOeHi
New YORK, Feb ls-The cotton market Rad an
Other duh session. with prices a Shade lower than
those Ct Saturday. Liverpool cables were triac
better than expected but ring scalpcrs took advan-
tage # the light trading 10 sell the market on
There was some liquidation Of March, but il looks
noH as If the interest in that option had been r.
dnccd 10 small proportions. The estimates for to-
mcrows receipts wtre fun but the pressure caused
by the figures was wen taken care # by the GOV
ering of shorts and buying by trade interests The
agitation against future trading. nov going on in
the South. prevents operators from taking an az
grssiyc stand, and emphasizing the hullishness Of
the trade situation Southern spots quiet ard IN
c5iaz5sd TO = lower. Port receipts, 99l9 bales
against p ,9e9 last year Exports a66
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19

loss Of, per dozen. 2 West Virginia arsts. loss OF
uer Dozen 2 southern loss OF. ler dozen. 2Ja25
guinea eggs per Dozen l0sll. duck egsi pel
dozen g
LIVE POULTRY-The market Is flm Chlcs-
ems, old hens. heavy, per To-. IS: do. snail. y
DO. old ROSTERS. each. zja33; do. young. good 70
rh0ioc Is; do. young. large and rough, I5; ducks
l.addle large. l5al6. do. small. lial5: do. mus
c0sey and mongre lsal5; do. brakes each. 59af)i
do. white pckns PER b.. Is; geOsc. Western and
Southern. lial2; do, Maryland and Virginia, j.
do Kent Island. a.. turkeys. liens II do. young
gobbleIs -: do. old toms. Is. pigeons. young pei
pair l5s2O do, old. PEI pair. p; guinea fowl. old
each q do. young each. .
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
WASHINGTON CATTLE MARKET.

Market strong hogs In good demand and hrm
receipts Of calves heavy and prices steady; lambs
and sheep firm and wanted.
tATTLE-ExJIa. per crt.. 525aS51 butcher 400a
4-59 common 2.50a5 o. rough. L50a2oo
HOGS-iiross 7.s5a7.i0; ordinary. 6 J6a7C0
sHEEP-CiiBpcd, Ao0a4.5a common. 2.ooaS09.
LAMBS Choice. pr To-, lara medium. es7.
CAIN rs Prime, per H.. sasl5 medium 7as
grass. isiia
CONS-Prime. fresh. each, io.9aasee0; common,
.o.ooa29.0g; CD and DIP, s.62al90a
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
Do Not Favor Anti-tinning Bill.

In view OF the general protest that
was made at the hearing before the
Commissioners to the Murphy anti-tip-
ping bill. they viii, il is understood. sub
nit to Congress an unfavOrable report
OF that measure. although official ac-
ton has not been announced The re-
port on the bill viii be submitted
This week
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19

New York. Feb 1S-WHEAT-Ste with good
business. No ! Northern Manitoba, 3d. I. O. b. I;
No. ? NcFthetn Manitoba. SsA T. @. h. No. , red
{. O. b.. s3ls; No. 2 had {. O. b.. 2isc. over MAJ
No. macarouL oI.ruing navigation, siiz. I. O. b.
Exporters took Is loads part No. . red and maca
IoRi, latter 10 arrive. part Tor export.
CoRN-StTOng but quiet No. a elevator, e.:
No. :. new IS. No. .. yellow. new asa No. >
I. @. b.. March 53i. No .. white. ncys. 544 f. o. b.
ESpNtels took loads.
OATS 5tcady. INT quiet; elerator prices. Ne. p
white. q. No. ). white 5,2; No. ,, mixed. II. The
prices for futures:
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Sa,es-RcgIlar call. z O'Clock noon.
Washington Railway and Electric &. 500 at s5is.
Capital Traction 20 al 49, q at ~ - az Be.
. a. ~ % az lf2. % at lf2 % az If2. 70 at 49,
Washington Railway and Electric preferred, 20 a.
s5-s.
Mergeuthaier 10 ~ e0fs.
I.anston, - a. l@i,
American National Bank. 5 a. is , at is
National Bank Of Washington. al 6lg's a.
609i2, 10 at 6lg,t { at 6lj
Union Trust. 10 a. i7s
After call Washington Railway and Electric PFC
fcrTcd. 100 a. $50
Mitchell Mining, 100 az 5ia roo st So. 100 at 81.
The following are the closing quotations On yes
tcTdat.s lccal eKchanr.-
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19

capital Il follows that as soon as the cap
ital already provided has been expended
the Improvements. additions, &c, now
under way comprehensive employment
and traffic that have resulted from con-
structlon expenditures by the railroad
companies will cease"
Milton f. Smith says little, but that
little well. and Wall street believes that
the force OF his views on the possible
consequences Of interference with the
railroads cannot fail to be felt even in
political quarters. where noise too often
takes the place Of argument.
Wall Street Is not so much interested IN
hearing about further new strikes in the
Anaconda mines as in finding out what
has become Of those located a year ago.
II they have been lost or stolen, or have
strayed away of their own accord, why
there is no guarantee that they are not
turning up again and passing as en-
tirely new ones. Some one ought TO see
to 1t that when good promising strike
Is made II should be properly nailed
down where the bears canEOt steal IL o.
the speculative bulls cannot quietly re-
move it, and hold it in reserve to an
swer their purpose on another occasion.
II is an interesting fact that the activity
in locating new ore bodies in the Ana
conda mines is generally coincident with
the activity of outside speculative IN
terests in the stock.
Rio Tinto, the stock Of the great cop
per properties in Spain controlled by the
Rothschilds, scored substantial rise
in the London market and the strength
of that issue has much 10 do with sus-
tanning bullish sentiment on Amalga-
mated. The general view taken OF the
matter was that II IL was the purpose
to increase the stock by buying a con-
trolling interest in those concerns the
price would first be put up as a practical
demonstration Of the benefits which the
larger interests expected 70 accrue from
a merger.
II IS little consolation for the SPECTATOR
who puts money in Trinity on Thomas W.
Lawsons unqualified assurances that the
stock would double its price 20 be told
on "a drop Of about ten points that AN
enemy hath done this thing Shifting
the blame does not cure the hurt.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT.

We BUY LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AMI
pay more tbal = company issuing Them mysI
Il seven yeer3 old. no ,ldustrisl policies tbs
HARRISON REALTY COMPANY. s57 Z Il. Nv
Al.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
BOSTON STOCKS.

Quotations are furnished by E. z. Chapman 4
Co. members New YORK stock Exchange. q. Bowie
Chapman. manager. 1901 r street northwest
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
CURB MARKET.

Quotations are furnished by Z. P. Chapman 4
Co.. members New York STICK Exchange, g. Bowie
Chir1san manager 1901 + street northwest
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Railway shares were the strong fea-
ture Of the trading on the Washington
Stock Exchange yesterday After the
fun was over 40 shares of Capital Trac-
ton had found market at l42, while
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
terred also went on record with TIVE sales
at good prices.
Mitchell Mining came in for some trad
ing after call, with no change in price.
quotation lots of 100 selling at l..
Among the bank shares American.
Bank of Washington. and Union Trust
scored. a considerable difference in the
selling price of the Bank of Washington
was put on record the fiuctuation rang
ing between 900 IL and 6l5 The furry
In the stock was explained after the
session as being an effort on the part of
one or two brokers to find out whether a
reported large block of the stock offered
for sale last week was still on the mar
ket. II was stated that the Giraffe bid
ing and selling proved that the field was
clear and that the stock has been quietly
bought in by some one bent on specuia-
tor. This is probably as good an eX-
PLANTATION as any. but while the furry
was on no one seemed to know what WAS
happening.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19

\ good deal Of interest was aroused by
the publication of the following passage
from letter written by President Smith.
Of Louisville and Nashville. to the Ten
nessee State Railway Commission: Il
venture the opinion that the existing ia
cilities of the railroads viii. In Z COM
parativcly short tiEle-twelve or eighteen
months-be adequate to the Transports
ton requirements. This is based upon
the fact that large proportion of the
existing traffic is the result of the enor-
nous expenditures that have for a num-
-jer OF years past been made by the rail-
roads of the country in adding TO their
facilities. the expenditures already made
and those authorized and under way
amounting TO, many hundreds OF millions
Of dollars. and such expenditures in addi-
ton 10 giving employment to many mill
Hons Of people have created. directly and
indirectly, very large traffic which the
railroads have been moving If the rail-
road companies cannot obtain additional
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
GRAIN MARKETS.

Quotations furnished by Charles C. Gates & Co.
members Chicago Boaid ~ Trade Nlunsey Building.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.
W YORK Feb. s-Thc following are the bond
NEW YORK MONEY.

Total sales, sl,63s,O1o, against S74l 900 Saturday
81 90 a week ago. and S2s29 900 a scar ago,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-19

Mitchell Mining came in for some trad
ing after call, with no change in price.
Quotation lots Of 100 selling at l..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
Feminine Ways
Beware Of Conhd;ng In Friends.
The Most Agreeable Spring Med
cine and the Besl-What VIII
Keep a Woman Youthful. :: ::

Don't put yourself in any ones pow
err remarked the wise won:in. III
other words. don't confiGe things IL
your women friends"
MY goodness. You don't think much
of your own seXr' retorted the girl t.
whom she was speaking.
"Tutty, tut! | know it-that's all. My
dear women's friendships are subject
10 time and opportunity. Amicable re.
lattons Of years standing are shattered
for trities men would laugh at. Anoth-
err thing l am sorry to say, but it's
true-many women think of themselves
first They are more than ready tu
sacrifice friendship to their own advan-
tage, landmark the emphasis on that
and-the minute the friendship is ter
minated the necessity for preserving
secrets disappears, also owing to a
peculiar logic wholly feminine and not
wholly admirable.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
An Awkward Position.

Il have known several women in my
time who felt themselves at the mercy
of others owing to the condolences they
had thoughtlessly made. One woman
in particular wished very much to ter
inmate friendship which had grown
very disagreeable, but she dared not
because in her younger days she had
written some very confidential letters to
the woman in question. Another lived
in terror lest a former intimate friend
should reveal certain things she had
said about her husband one day when
she had gone to her for consolation
after family tiff. Shortly following
that the two women had quarrel.
and afterward there was nothing but
iii will between them. 1t would be
pretty serious for the foolish woman
II her husband found out she had been
revealing family secrets. So you see
how foolish she was"
II suppose. then. if We must cOnfifle,
according to You. it is better to do so
to man
The wise woman half closed her
eyes. 1.-THE chances are more in your
favor" she replied But, according 10
me. since You use the term. better not
confide in any one. We are all human,
more's the pity"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
Senator Rurkett's Signal.

One Of the conductors of senate
elevator rushed his ear at full speed
from the subbasement to the top floor
one day without stopping to take on
passengers that. were waiting Mt in.
tervening floors. When he reached his
destination he found a group Of news
paper men waiting to be carried below.
Where's Senator Burkett:" inquired
the conductor. adding. THAT was Ger
tainly his ring"
He hasn't been around here" re-.
piled one Of the newspaper men.
He surely has," insisted the ele.
vator man, "or else some OF YOU
used his signal to call me. That sisna!
is two short rings and two long ones.
Senator Burkett learned 1t when work.
Ing on the c.. B. and Q. railroad. and
1t became such habit of his to obey
the train signal of two short and two
long whistles that he unconsciously
Tell into the custom of giving it for
this elevator. "-Washington Herald.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
Russian Women.

1t is told that during the days of the
infamous massacre at Odessa. in Rus
STA, two women threaded their way
through the bowling mobs, the bullets,
the clubs and the brutal Russian sol
diers and tended the wounded and dy-
ing wherever they were found. Both
were delicately nurtured. cultivated
women, one the daughter of a Russian
priest. the other Il beautiful Jewish OBJ
era singer, yet together they went,
Jew and Christian. through the bloody
m0bs where Russians We're butchering
Jews. giving aid to both alike. Ii the
decision between Russian and Jew
were left to the educated women Of
Russia. there would be no Jew batting.
no massacring. The educated women
Of Russia love their country as few
American women do theirs. Many
have been martyred for their patriot
ism. The young Russian woman who
assassinated General Min, the tyrant
OF Moscow, was captured and hanged
for it, yet she left this message: For
give me, o poor nation of mine, that
y
But | give you my life with the great
est joy" Another girl, a college stu
dent, was shot to death because the
police had found bombs in her house.
She drew the bandage from her eyes
as the soldiers blindfolded her before
shooting and. saying calmly Il want
to look death i'll the facet passed into
the unknown serene and smiling
The intellectual grasp of these edu-
Gated Russian women is marvellous
They analyze, they study both sides Of
a question and decide with mastery
Judgment. A remarkable woman is
Countess Sophie White, sister of the
Russian statesman. She has told all
the world how the Russian autocratic
party charges the Jews with revoIn-
tionary acts in order to draw attention
away from the autocrats themselves.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
SUBMERGED TEN MILES
Enormous Damage Done Indus
dustrial Plants.
TWENTY PERSONS DROWN
Ger One Hundred Thousand of the
Population of Pittsburg and Places
In the Vicinity Are Idle on Account
of the High Water.

Pittsburg, March 16.-At 6 O'Clock
Friday morning thirry-seven feet had
been reached-the crest of the flood
The waters submerged ten square
miles in the downtown section of the
city. Enormous damage to industrial
plants has been caused, over 100000
persons having been temporarily
thrown out of employment. every
transportation company in the city
crippled and skiffs are carrying hun
dreds Of people to their places of bust
ness. The utilization of wagons and
horses as conveyance was discontinued
owing to the strenuous protest by the
Humane society.
Twenty fatalities have occurred in
Allegheny county, directly due to high
water, and the most unique sights ever
seen here are apparent. Four massive
bridges-the Sixteenth, Ninth, Seventh
and Sixth street structures-were
threatened with destruction owing to
heavy ice gorges which came down the
Allegheny river. That the bridges
were not swept away is considered
these structures will be found to have
been greatly weakened when the wa
ter subsidies
Frightened feminine guests in the
Lincoln, Colonial Annex and Anderson
hotels, located in the midst of the food
zone, are watching the high water from
the windows. Four theaters-the Gal
ETY., Alvin, Belasco and Bijou-are
flooded and will be dark for several
days: 80 A. ''.''' q '@''''. cas-
- Most o.. the IRE engines in.the dewn.
town district are pumping water from
buildings along Fifth avenne. The
basement of the First National bank
building, Fifth avenue and Wood
street, is submerged to the depth Of
several feet and efforts were made to
protect the dynamos which generate
power for the Western Unien Tele-
graph company. The ONCE Of the As
sociated Press is located in this build
ing and momentarily it was expected
that the wires of both organizations
would fail. Strenuous efforts of q force
Of men, assisted by a fire engine, saved
the dynamos. but shortly before 8
O'Clock the electric light dynamo sue
cnmbed to the effect of the waters.
The situation outside of Pittsburg is
serious. Damage running into millions
of dollars has been done. Many towns
are entirely cut of from this city. up
wards of / 600 families have been
forced from their homes and these con.
ditions are expected to prevail for sew
eral days.
At Wheeling, W. Va, great DAMAGE
was done. Train and telegraph serv
ice are out of commission.
To add to the confusion at Pitts
burg two fires broke out. The fremen
experienced difficulty in fighting the
flames owing to the shortage of water
in the mains. The loss, however, was
not heavy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
The Poorest Senator

Senator Money of Mississippi was
addressing the chamber in support O:
the bill to Increase the salary of cor
gressmen. Il am the poorest member
OF this body" he observed. whereupoa
Mr.. Carmack arose Does the sen:i
tor from Mississippi yield to the sena
tor from Tennessee inquired Vice
PRESIDENT Fairbanks. with pleasure. .
replied the Mississippian. Il merely
arose. said Senator Carmack. sin or.
der that the statement just made by
the senator from Mississippi should
not go unchallenged." Mr.. Money
bowed to his colleague as he replied.
Il am always glad to be corrected
when wrong, and feel especially
grateful that on this occasion the cor.
rection comes from a senator who so
ably represents southern constitu-
ency."
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
Women Who Do
The Honorable Profession Of the
Trained Nurse-Woman Superin-
tenden, Of 1rainingHospital-Re-
sponsible Places For Women. :: ::

Miss Minnie II Ahrens is al the head
of Il hospital training school for nurses
in Chicago. She is Il handsome Wo-
man. Il graduate Of Colombia uniyer-
sity in New York, also Of the Illinois
Training $ hool lfor Nurses.
The i:ntiolt of which Miss AhrenS
is superintendent was founded for the
purpose Of educating colored women
to be professional nurses. 1t is We'll
endowed. 50 there is 10 danger of its
failing. Since its beginning it has
graduated nearly a hundred nurses.
The trained nnrse's occupation is i've
coming one Of much honor and dig
nifty. The nurses themselves have
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
An Elephants Dressmaker.

One woman. small, frail, elderly
woman at that, plans all the costumes
Of man and beast for the performers
in the largest circus and travelling men
agerie in America. She is Mrs. Annie
White. known as the elephants dress
maker" She has been doing this work
for the circus thirty five years, and no.
body can be found to take her place.
She stands upon stepladder beside
a huge elephant and fits his cap and
cover upon him. 1t takes 81 900. worth
of silk, satin. velvet and gold lace to
fit out an elephant for the season. Mrs.
White not only designs the dresses fo
the two footed and four footed eir..
folk, but actually does all the bny...t !,
Of the thousands Of yards of goa,',, :
qutred for their costumes.
MARCIA WILLIS CAMPBELL.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
SPEED REDucTicN.
Passenger Traffic Managers Discuss
important Matters.

Passenger Traffic Managers Discus.
important Matters
Chicago, March 16.-Passenger traf
nc managers of all western lines me,
IN the committee rooms of the Western
Passenger association to discuss plans
to reduce the speed of passenger
tYains.. Their conclusions will be pre-
scented to the officers of the operating
departments and Q definite plan foi
concerted action will be taken up at y
future meeting. II fs probable thai
some of the accommodation trains
which have been operated at q loss,
will be discontinued.
The operating officials are unit in
the contention that the move is mol
20 much an economic measure as one
of safety Bengthening of the time oil
passenger trains. they believe, will de-
crease the number of accidents and
also civ the dispatchers increased ia.
cility for moving the trains on time
A fine OF 20 per cent of the mail
train earnings is imposed by the gov.
eminent for delay of thirty minutes
or more. Under this rule, Hhich wen,
into effect on July l, 1906, some of the
roads operating fast mail trains are
short about $3,0oS for fines imposed
some of which will be contested I.
is believed lengthening Of the schel
ules will enable the reads to escapt
from fines.
A Nice Legal Distinction.
A lawyer in the lnGian Territory
named McGann was the attorney for Il
farmer who had killed neighbor.
Mccain got the man out ON bail on the
plea of. justifiable homicide or some
thing Of the kind, and the farmer i'm
mediately took his gun and killed the
chief witness against him.
Naturally this nettled the sheriff and
the Judges. and they offered $500 re-
ward for the murderous farmer Say"
said Mccain to the sheriff, twill you
give me that reward IL get him p
YES" the sheriff replied, and McGann
rode out to the hiding place of bis
client s-
The farmer came up, and McGann
shot him, took the body back to tewn.
and demanded the reward How
about this. McGann?' asked another
lawyer. do you think 1t is in accord
ance with the ethics of the legal pro
fession to take advantage. of your eli
ent in that mannerg Ethics be blow
led.- snorted Mccain. Il killed him in
0nother case. Exchange.