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The Washington herald., 1907-11-23
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Total salcs. N,l2b000. against s 81 O00 yesterd
',2l50o) a week ago and Sl.4Ol.O0 a year ago.
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PRICES OF N

The following quotations are furnished
by Post & Flagg;
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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

Furnished by Byrne & Mcdonnell. stock
500 Broad street. Telephone 6io.
OnNninp. CLOSING.
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BANK CLEARINGS
CONTINUE r THROUGH
OUT THE COUNTRY.
Outside on New York City
8 Per Cent. Greater This Week Than
Corresponding Week of Last Year.

NEW YORK. Aug. COR. G. Dun g.
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow
will say:
Bank clearings Mt most cities still com
pare fa~vorably with preceding years and
reflect a larger volume of payments through
the banks than in the last week of August
In any other year; .total exchanges this
week at all leading cities IN the United
States outside New York being 1884, 1857, 849.
an increase of 3 per cent. over last year
and 1913 per cent. over corresponding week
of 1905.
considering the existing conservatism
in some lines, the closeness with which
money is held in nearly all markets and
the generally high range of commodity
prices, 1t is rather remarkable that any
increase appears when 1t is remembered
that nothing like these same conditions
existed at this time in either of the two
preceding years. and at this time a year
ago there was an exceedingly active specu-
lative movement in progress in the New
York stock market. which considerably
swells payments through the banks, not
only at New York. but at other leading
cities, the heavy losses this week at New
York, Boston and Philadelphia in the COM
p~arison with last year being largely due
to this influence.
gain, which continues notably large in the
West. Baltimore reports a good increase,
rejecting improved conditions at South At
lantic points, but there is a small loss at
New Orleans and San francisco"
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MONEY AND

Call money in New York. 3Q4 per cent.
The time money market became hrmer for
all dates from four to six months. Four
months rates, 6 per cent, and five n six
months funds were 81 to Z per cent. No
explanation of the hardening tendency had
been received up to the close of business.
Known movements of money for the week
indicate a loss in cash by the New York
banks of $2,093. 900. They gained from the
interior 81, 2S5, 200, but lost to the Sub
Treasury $4,37S,OO0. The record shows a
loss to that Institution of $3,37S.000. but
does not allow for the 81 100000 in gold
coin shippepd to Canada. New York Sub
Treasury gained $685.. 900 from the banks
Yesterday, but was a debtor at the clearing
house for $2S6,62
Commercial bar silver in New York, 6Sll4
cents; Mexican dollars, 525s cents; bar
silver in London. 81 7-16d.; premiums on
gold at Madrid, 1890, and at Lisbon, 3.
Paris rentes 94 francs So confines. Paris
private rate of discount 31z per cent; ex-
change on London Is francs 10 confines.
Berlin private rate of discount IA per
cent. exchange on London 20 marks 80
pigs.
Money on call in London 2hG2k per
cent. Rate of discount for short bills as
per cent. three months bills 4A@4ss per
cent. Consols for money 81 T-1Sd, for ac-
count 50 11-16d.
The Bank OF England purchased e135, 900
colo bars in the open market.
Foreign exchange market held an easier
tone. Demand sterling was quoted 4.S640
.d4.S645; cables. 4.S704.S710; sixty day bills.
4S21A; short francs, 5.167s less 1-16a5. 1871
less l-S2, and short reichmarks "a 1916 less
1-32d94 1916.
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SHIPS RELEASED.
State Department Disapproves of For
fixture Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 80. After
careful consideration of the facts
concerning the seizure and of the
subsequent proceedings TO forfeit
the Japanese schooner Nitto, al
legged to have been engaged in
illegal sealing operations in Alaskan
waters, the Department of Justice has
disapproved of the forfeiture proceed
ing. The Nitto, therefore, will be
turned owe to her crew and permitted
to depart from Unalaska.
The proceedings instituted by this
government involved the crews of two
Japanese %schooners. the Kaiwo and
Nitto. individuals OF both crews having
heen caught in the act of taking seals
within the American water boundary
These men were convicted, but the
remainder of the crew was acquitted
A libel was dled against the schooner
Nitto. although the Kaiwo was re-
leased. This libel proceeding the De-
partment Of Justice now has aban-
donsd.
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THE PRODUCE R

NEW YORK. Ang. s0.-Receipts, 12,S1S;
sales. 2.o00; steady but Quiet.
Wheat-Receipts las, 900; sales, 1,250.000;
opening hrmer on cables wheat broke
sharply with Western markets but recov-
cred toward noon on commission house
support and bad news from the Canadian
northwest and Russia. September. 99G99A
December. 1c3lldIlN 3-16; May, 107ssD1OSzs.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 Western, BIZ +. o. b.
New York.
Ccrn-Receipts. 64,5Oo: sales. 5000; lower
on better weather news and liquidation.
May, 6h%.
Realistically.
Pork-Steadv.
Lard-Easy; Western prime. S.95-9.05.
Sug0r-Raw. steady: fair refining. S.42;
centrifugal. 50 test. 31a: molasses sugar,
S.03. Refined. steady: crushed, $40: pow
dered, 5.10; graduated. 5000.
Petroleum-Firm; refined. all ports. s.4o9
cofee-steadyi No. Z Rio, SIS; No.
Santos, 75s.
Poultry-Alive: Firm: spring chickens,
151s; fowls. 1415; urkeyS. 10. Dressed
Easy; Western broilers, 15019; turkeys, 800
Is: fowls, 12D15.
B~utter-Strong; receipts. 5,753. Creamery,
specials. 81: do. extras. 261a; do. thirds to
firsts. 21@26; State dairy, common to finest,
19d25h; process. common to extra. 1S@2315
Western factory. common to extra, 1S1kdD22
Cheese-Strong: receipts. 1875. State. full
cream. small. colored. fine, 1888; do. white,
1SA0as; do. good, 121a413; do. common to
fair, 10k4i21A: do. large. colored. fine. 10,
do. white. 1924 do. common to good, 10LsQ
1873; skins, 10D11.
Eggs-Steady. unchanged: receipts. 10,114
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ASK FOR PAVING DELAY,
BUT CAN'T HAVE 1T.
Jersey Paving Corporation Must Do
Work on Four Streets This Year,
Commissioners Reply.

A letter from the Jersey Paving Corpora
ton was read at the meeting of the finance
committee of the Board of Works yester-
day afternoon asking permission TO lay
over the paving of Hillside avenue, South
Twelfth street. Wall street and Houston
street until next year, stating that the
concern had received more contracts for
paving than 1t could handle.
After some discussion the commissioners
instructed City Engineer Morris r. Sher-
rerd to notify the firm that the delay could
not be granted, and that the work would
have to be done this year.
The commissioners said that the COM
pany was not wholly to blame, as the
work is being done under the act Of 1895,
known as the Jersey City paving act,
which provides that after the assessor has
made the assessment, If so per cent. OF
the property owners protest, the work
would be abandoned, and under this act
it was pointed out. the ompan bid on
many streets, thinking that a number
might be thrown out by protests Of prop
erty owners.
The letter went on to say that all the
grading and curbirg work would be nm
ished before the cold weather despite the
fact that they had trouble in getting
Tagging dressed and were now dressing
the ouarry-cut stone on the jobs.
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WALL STREET
QUIET OPENING FOLLOWED
BY SLIGHT RISE.
Business Dull on Account of the Three
Holidays, Making Traders Very
Cautious

NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-Light operations
marked tho opening Of business at the
stock exchange. There was some irregn-
larity In the movement of prices. but the
more prominent stocks were lower. Among
the minor issues Peoria and Eastern sofa
at an advance OF 5, North American ana
Distillers' Securities 1hs and st. LOUIS ano
San Francisco second preferred l. Great
Northern preferred. Reading, Ontario n
Western and Amalgamated Copper sold on
a substantial fraction.
IL a. ma more definite tendency de-
veloped, prices rising slightly when Union
Pacific and Reading began to move up
Business was exceedingly small. owing 10
the impending three days holiday. "a
madam Pacific opened 1$ lower, ex.-aiV-
idend. and Metropolitan Street Hallway
and international Paper yielded 2 and l
respectively. Colorado and Southern hfsp
preferred rose la and Brooklyn iran
sit III.
Noon-Prices moved upwards rather
sluggishly before a light demand. Lacka-
wanna rose 1875 ON three transac1lohs:
Colorado and Southern first preferreo
gained 2%. the second preferred l9s, brooh,
Ign Transit Pa, Delaware and HUDSON ana
Observation-Disclosures preferred =
Kansas and Texas TX, Reading and Ameri-
IAN Smelling ~ and st. Paul, Great
Northern preferred. Northern Pacific, New
York Central, st. Louis pre-
ferred, Erie second preferred ana inter-
Observation-Disclosures l. Metropolitan
Street Railway sold off 5. to 80, a low
record. Bonds were irregular.
y. m.-The upward movement gained
headway in the late afternoon. the fact
that the market had been improving stead
lily without any reactions causing a num-
Der of shorts to retreat hurriedly. n
rise reached 3z in Brooklyn Transit. . in
Smelling. ~ In Great Northern preferred,
ga in Reading, pa In Louisville & Nash
VILE and Lead, in Missouri Pacific and
Amalgamated Copper, and IA in Union
Pacific and Pacific Mail.
D.. m.-Purchases became more general
and there was a further decided advance
in sympathy with the demand for Union
Pacific, Reading, New York Central and
Smelling. Chicago Great Western pre-
ferred A got up 5Ss, North American 3,
Smeltin. 2ss, New York Central 2. Lead
ia, Reading 1Ss, Pressed Steel Car III and
Union Pacific IA.
3 d. m.-The market closed dull ahG
rather easy. The rise continued into the
final hour and led to some selling TO take
profits and Il set back in prices. The Sc
curities most benefited included National
Lead and American Smelling preferred,
Atlantic Coast Line, United States Rubber.
st. Louis and San Francisco second pre-
ferred. Great Northern Ore certificates.
Northern Pacific General Electric and ST.
Paul. Prices steadied late in the day.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. Aug. S.-The wheat market
today opened easy. on the predictions Of
showers in the West. and an easier feel
ing on the Minneapolis curb, II was re-
ported that large quantities Of wheat are
being started for the Northwestern mar
ket. The trading was chiefly in the De
cember option. December opened Is lower
at 95% to $685. and sold at IS. September
opened lsGi4 lower at S91s to s9Ms.
The corn market was firm, because Of
wet weather in the West and predicted
rain throughout the corn belt. There was
a fair speculative demand. December
opened M0k higher at 56A to 5Sas, and
then declined to 5S.
September was up Is at 59A.
The pats market was extremely dull and
prices were Arm, because of The wet wealth
er. which it is believed will delay thresh-
ing. Decembe opened Il higher at 4IA,
and sold at 4fis. September was 4 higher
at 501S.
The provisions market was firm. De-
tober lard opened 2s higher at 800. Oc-
tober ribs were unchanged to 8 higher at
$50 to S.62z.
October pork opened 74ec lower at lo,oo.
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SELLS OIL BY THE CAN.
Trust Evades Short Measure Prosecu'
tion by Changing Methods.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3O.--Having
failed in its efforts to get IN injunction
preventing the city authorities from ar
resting drivers for selling short meas
ure oil, the Standard Oil Company yes
terday changed It's methods Of selling
and notified all its patrons that oil
would hereafter be sold by the can and
not by the gallon unless receptacles for
measuring are provided by patrons.
The notice sent out by Manager Be9.-
mont is as follows:
I'VE retail oil in can only by the
can. Customers desiring the products
measured must furnish their own re-
ceptacles. Our drivers have no au-
thority to waive the rule or dispose
of our products in any other manner
than herein stipulated. We cheerfuliy
will supply you in either of these two
ways.
STANDARD OIL CAN DEPART
MENT."
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REVIEW

NEW YORK. Aug. N~-Dispatches TO
Dun's Review Indicate that there is q sea-
sonable movement of merchandise In job
bling and wholesale departments, but fall
retail trade has not yet opened and there
is some complaint regarding collections
Prolonged drouth damaged crops and en-
barrassed textile mills in New England,
several plants being compelled to shut
down, and scarcity of skilful labor also
o~urtails production. Dry goods jobbers
work overtime in the Boston market, and
an active fall trade is expected.
Clothing manufacturers at Philadelphia
are sold we'll ahead and wholesale dry
goods houses have had as much business as
last year. but there is some complaint re-
garding collections. Dry goods jobbers at
Pittsburg are active and retail merchants
regard the outlook bright for fall. Manu-
featuring plants are well occupied us a
rule.
Baltimore reports the past week as The
most active of the season in wholesale
lines, outside buyers attending in large
numbers, while collections are usually
satisfactory, except that some complaints
are received from Southern points. job
bing and manufacturing lines are active
at Nashville, orders come in freely, but
payments are somewhat slow. The volume,
of business is increasing at Atlahta,~ and
especially tbs buying by retailers who
held back until crops were assured.
Millinery sales at Louisville are double
those of a year ago. manufacturers are
generally well occupied, but collections are
somewhat irregular. Conditions continue
favorable at New Orleans, jobbers report
ing a large trade for the season and manu-
facturers operate al full capacity. Buyers
from many States are in attendance in the
st. Louis market, and mountaineering
sales are reported in many branches.
Manufacturers have sufficient orders to
maintain activity during the balance of
the year. Excellent house business is re-
ported at Kansas City, and manufacturers
and jobbers report larger sales than at the
fall meetings of 1906, while collections nave
improved
Manufacturers, transporters and dealers
at Chicago all are experiencing great ac-
tivity, but there is sufficient monetary
pressure to cause some conservatism in
planning for the future. Retail trade is
fair at Cincinnati. wholesale dry goods
sell freely for fall and winter and the
market is strong.
Minneapolis reports harvest returns sat
isfactory and country merchants buying
literally, while collections are prompt. Fa-
vorable advices from the interior promise
a large fall and winter trade at st. Paul.
jobbers reporting advance sales in excess
of former years. Factories are well en-
ployed and collections fairly prompt. Large
returns from the crops are assured on
the Pacific slope, and fall building prom
ises to surpass all records.
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THE COTTON

NEW YORK. Aug. 9o.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at a decline of / to 4
points. with sentiment nervous and I'M
settled. owing to heavy September notices
which were estimated at about 5000 bales.
But there was a good demand for Sep
TENDER, and after selling first at 11.5o that
position rallied to 11.61 on the call and
soon after touched 11.67. with the general
list showing a net gain of / to 4 points
on covering of shorts and bull support.
Later fluctuations were somewhat irregular,
but the market held we'll up to last nights
finals during the middle of the morning.
After the bulge TO a little over last
nights finals, the market eased off under
realizing to a net decline of about 5
points on the active months, but offerings
were we'll absorbed and the market ruled
steadier in the late forenoon with prices
at midday within a point Of last nights
finals.
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TO HAVE CHARGE OF
TRUNK SEWER SURVEY,
Passaic Valley Commission Met Today.
Will Select Engineer at Special
Meeting Next Week.

At an informal meeting of the MEM
bers of the Passaic Valley Sewage
Commission, held in the Prudential
building this afternoon, the respective
merits of several engineers for the task
of making surveys and plans for the
proposed trunk sewer, which when con-
structed and placed in operation will
result in cleansing the Passaic River,
were discussed.
The members of the commission have
the names of several expert engineers
under consideration, but nothing def
mite has been decided, and this meeting
was called for the express purpose Of
giving the members of the commission
a chance to informally discuss the mat
ter. 1t is understood that the commits
sion is favorably considering n of
the two engineers who hail from New
England.
A special meeting of the commission
will be held next Thursday afternoon,
at which time the engineer will be Sc
lected and he will be directed to get
to work at once
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FARES TO BE LOWER.
Railroads Themselves Take Action for
Uniform Two-Cent Rate.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 30.-Railroads in
this territory have decided to reduce
interstate passenger fares one-third per
cent. This nouncemen was made
here yesterday. Rate clerks are now
figuring out sweeping changes on this
basis. Their work will be submitted
to the Central Passenger Association
at its September meeting. Soon after
ward the reductions will be made eff
fective.
This means that passenger fares from
one State into another, or from one
State through others having two-cent
fares, will be about W cents a mile.
the same as the rate established by the
various legislatures during the past two
years.
1t has taken all this time for low fare
laws to lower the through rates.
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JERSEY CITY, Aug. S.-Articles Of in
corporation Of the following companies
were filed with the County Clerk yester-
day:
American Bottle Seal Company, to man
lifacture bottle sealing machines and bot
tiers supplies; once. 10 Exchange place, Jer,
shares of the par value of 500 Incorpor-
ators. Franklin Vreeland. three shares
Richard Il. Fully. three shares, and Cor
nelius a. Cole, four shares.
Continental Amusement Company, to OPP
crate pleasure railways and c~arousals; Of
flee. ! Montgomery street, Jersey City
the par value OF 800. Incorrorators
Walter T.. Hutchinson. south Beach.
Conn. eight shares; William d. and
Charles G. Kelly, 1 Montgomery street,
Jersey City, each one share
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TO FIGHT FOR CURB.
Brokers Doing Business There Will Not
Be Easily ousted.

NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-The curb brokers
are going to fight the ATTEMPT of James
A. Allen. a lawyer. to Gust the curb mar
ket from its present location on Broad
street at Exchange place. They nave ap-
pointed a committee, which is collecting
affidavits from tenants in the buildings
near the curb tending to show that the
market does not create a disturbance. In
addition It is to engage counsel to appear
in its behalf in the Supreme Court, when
COMMISSIONS Bingham is ordered to show
cause on September 10 why the curb be not
ousted.
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RATE
WAR GETS MORE FUEL.
Hamburg-American Line Cuts Cabin
Passage Charges to Mediterranean
Ports Considerably.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3o.-Fresh fuel has
been thrown upon the ~smoulderlng embers
of the steamship rate war by the Hamburg
American Line. and a fight even greater
than the one now on in the service betwee
New York and the Atlantic ports of Eu-
rope is looked for In the service to the
Levant.
The neutrality-suspicious. Line threw down
the gauntlet by announcing to the North
Atlantic conference that, beginning on Sep
TENDER 8. itsl minimum first cabin rate to
Mediterranean ports would be reduced SIS.
First cabin accommodations on the steamer
Hamburg, which were originally $50, will
be offered 10 the public for SO, while the
500 rate on the Holtke will go down also
to SIS.
The other lines are expected to meet
the cut.
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MIGHT PHONE
CALLS WILL
COST MORE
Increased Rates for Long
Distance Messages to Be.
come Effective Sept. |.

On and after September l it will cost
just as much to make a long distance
telephone call after 6 o'clock at night
as at any time during the day. An
order to this effect will be issued by
the american Telephone and Telegraph
Company, otherwise known as the Bell
Company, some time this afternoon.
Under present conditions it is possi-
BILE to make a long distance telephone
call after 6 p. m. for one-half the usual
day rate, and the telephone company
contends that a congested condition OF
the wires results and many long dis
lance calls are lost. The order will
affect every Bell telephone office in the
country.
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NINE-HoUR DAY.
To BIZ Tried in Several Western Railroad
shops.

CHICAGO. Aug. 30.-Machinists and
other workers in the railroad shops of
the West are rejoicing today over the
news hat the nine-hour day, for which
the men have been fighting for years,
is to be tried on several of the larger
systems.
The change will affect about 1900
~machinists, and ultimately, If adopted
by all the railroads. between $1,000 and
90. COO EMPLOYEES in the shops.
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MARINE ENGINEERS.
They Threaten to Strike for Shorter
Hours and Better Pay and Food.

NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-Marlne n
g~ineers employed on American-owned
ocean ships will. 1t is said, present to
the owners today a demand FOR an
increase in wages in accordance with a
new scale passed at a meeting of the
Atlantic Coast conference of the Ma
rine Engineers Beneficial Association,
held in Philadelphia in July.
The new scale provides for an in
creas in pay of about 10 per cent.
The engineers also ask for shorter
hours in accordance with the Federal
law, which limits them to thirteen
hours u of twenty-four, and for bet
ter food.
If the demands are not allowed, the
engineers say, a strike will be called,
probably on October l.
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BONAPARTE WILL NOT ,
RESIGN JUST YET.
Report That He Would Declared With
out Foundation by Man Mentioned
as His Successor.

NEW YORK, Aug. 30.--The published
report that Attorney-General Bona
parte is to resign and be succeeded by
Frank b. Kellogg, of Minnesota, who is
at present acting as special counsel for
the Department of Justice in the prose-
cution of the antitrust and anti-rebate
cases, was given an emphatic denial to-
day by Mr.. Kellogg.
When the report was called to HIS
attention Mr., Kellogg said that it had
no basis whatever.
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TO BOOM RIVER CHANNEL.
Trenton Chamber of Commerce Plans
Big Convention.

TRENTON, Aug. SO.-The Trenton
Chamber of Commerce today began
arranging for a convention to be held
October l, in this city, to boom the
deepening of the Delaware River chan
mel southwark to Philadelphia.
All of the towns and cities between
Trenton and Philadelphia will be asked
to send delegates, and a determined
will be waged to secure Con-
gressional assistance in the way Of
money toward making the river channel
fit for large boats as far north as
Trenton.