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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
Financial, News Letter
BY W. G. NICHOLAS.
NEW YORK, February

NEW YORK, February 2, 1907
Mr.. Roosevelt has been the chief figure
in the Wall street drama during the past
week. Spectators for the decline imme-
diately seized upon his speech at the Grid
iron Club dinner in Washington as fresh
ammunition for the bear campaign, and
they succeeded in driving prices down to
the lowest records in months. Distin-
guished men of affairs who accept of the
hospitality of the famous Washington or
ganization of newspaper correspondents,
and who make speeches at these gather
ings. do so with the understanding that
there are ladies present, and that there
are no reporters present." The result Is
that the men who are called upon to speak
at the Gridiron dinners are freehanded In
their utterances and usually say just what
they mean. Mr.. Roosevelt made a very
frank statement at this last dinner, and
his words were so sharp and of SO much
consequence to the country that he must
have known that they would reach beyond
the walls of the dining hall. The two
chief opponents of modern American ideas
of corporation ACKNOWLEDGMENT were guests
at the. dinner. They were H. H. Rogers
and ]. P. Morgan. Mr.. Roosevelt, speak,
ing almost directly to these two great cor
poration representatives, asserted that the
movement to restrain corporations, were
1t not directed by the conservative" men
now in control of the government. would
be directed by the mob. The inference
drawn from Mr.. Roosevelt'ss remarks was
that he believes that business morals are
so bad in this country that they must be
corrected very soon to escape disaster. 1t
is believed here in Wall street that Mr.
Roosevelt said what he did after having
been approached by leading business in
terests who desired him to make some
public statement that would reasBure cap
ital. score or more OF Wall street men
were at the Gridiron dinner. and they
came back to New York feeling rather I'M
easy. They did not regard Mr.. Roose-
velt's speech as reassuring. The operators
for decline in stocks. as soon as they
heard Of the Washington incident, renewed
their attack on the market.
Conservative Wall street interests-and
these are interests that represent the con-
sentative business interests of the whole
country-recosnize that Mr.. Roosevelt has
a stronger hold on the people than any
man who has ever occupied his position
They recognize. too. that, any fault finding
with the Presidents policies that originates
In Wall street only serves to strengthen
his hold on the people. Wall street ex-
presses fts opinions about Mr.. Roosevelt,
but It prefers to express them behind closed
doors. Even the metropolitan newspapers,
which are usually pretty freehanded in
their comment on Wall strest affairs, have
been very guarded In their criticisms of
any Of the Presidents poiicieg relating 70
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New York Closing Stock List.
NEW YORK. February q
scy-Sales- Cos'r
High. Low. Bid.
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HEARD ON CHANGE

The local stock market showed but very
little change during the week just closed.
In this particular 1t differed radically from
the larger market OF Wall street. where
liquidation continued to influence the prices
and where the downward course had only
temporary halts.
In the Washington stock market the SELL
ing movement has not been noticeable and
the usual policy has been followed of hold
ing on in anticipation Of a more active
market. There has been no liquidation here
of any great consequence, and as has often
been noted when speaking of the market for
local securities while there has been no de-
mand, neither has there been any pressure
to sell, and this accounts for the almost
stationary character of prices.
To some extent there has been q shading
off in the figures in the case of some Of
the more active stocks. but there has also
been recovery, and this has been true no.
tably In the case OF gas stock, which during
the week sold up to and above the level of
So which Is a recent high point for this
security.
Better figures have also been paid for the
bonds of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company, and, in fact. 1t was devel-
oped that considerable business could have
been done in the bond list IL these securities
had been offered for sale at some conces-
sion from the prevailing prices From what
has been observed as to the nature OF the
demand for securities In this list, as well as
to the reported market here for the recently
issued short term notes of various railways.
the investment market here is in good con-
dition.
This has also been observed in connec-
ton with current transactions In stocks and
it Is generally supposed that fractional lots
are frequently bought for such interests and
for that reason blocks under the quotation
amount are sometimes more In demand than
full lots.
A summary has not as yet been made of
the statements of national banks and trust
companies and also Of savings banks. which
were made during the past week in response
to the call Of the controller Of the currency,
but from what has been gathered from
those published It II believed that the show
ing made II an excellent one. An increase
in the amount of money on deposit In the
various institutions as a whole IL believed
to exist and also a favorable condition as
to the cash and the reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
steel's Good Showing.

The brilliant showing presented by the
United States Steel Corporation in it's re-
port for the last quarter Of the year failed,
apparently. to allay this fear. In spite of
record net earnings for the last quarter
and for the full year and q volume of un-
filled orders on hand. far above any pre-
yious record, the publication of the report
was the signal for heavy selling of that
stock and Of the whole market. A consid-
GRAFTON Of the present condition of the
market must allow for q large liquidation
already affected and for an important read
justment Of prices toward conforming-to
the rate Of profit yielded on other forms Of
investment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
London Wool Receipts.

LONDON. February 2-The arrivals for
the second series OF wool auction sales
amount to 10000 bales. Of which 90 900 were
forwarded direct to spinners. The imports
this week were as follows:
New South WalsA 500 bales: Victoria,
tralia. 100; Cape Of Good Hope and Natal
a00O, and various, TOO
The National tribune., 1907-01-17
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Commander-in-Chief Brown.

GAINESVILLE boasts of three very
bright, newsy little papers, one morn
ing and two afternoon. One of the lat
ter, the Courier, is edited and managed
by Commander-in-Ch r. B. Brown,
whose ability has brought 1t to the
front of the press of Ohio. He is stall
wart, forceful. has an admirable COM
mand of English and a mastery of style
which makes whatever he writes well
worth reading. The comrades will re-
member this from the several very able
reports which he made 10 the Encamp-
ment as Chairman of the Committee
on Pensions and which did much to
bring about his unanimous election as
Commander-in-C Chief. He has been all
his life identified with the people, has
shared their struggles, trials and sor-
rows, has labored with them for the
advancement of the city and country
and been helpful in realizing their as
pirations. The same spirit which i'm
PEELED him to shoulder musket with
the other boys of his company in 1861,
in the 18th Ohio, and fight four years
for the success of an idea has impelled
him thru his long civic career. When
ever anything was to be done for the
good Of GAINESVILLE. of Muskingum Coun-
ty, or of Ohio, or of the Nation, Com
rade' Brown has been at the front as
he was in 1S61-5, doing his uttermost
for success. The GAINESVILLE people are
therefore very naturally proud of him,
and his election brought a sincere
pleasure to every man, woman and
child in his town. The ability with
which he is conducting the affairs of
the Grand Army of the Republic and
the praise which his comrades lavish
upon him are very sweet music to the
average Zanesvillian. AS representa-
tive citizen they feel that his character
and his success is a tribute to every one
of them.-McE.
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

I see that grim yet kindly face wen see
on earth no more:
And when he rode adown the lines. so
silent, cool and grim.
The boys who bore the muskets would
have freely died for him;
We knew that where he led US he was
not afraid to go;
Our leaders face was ever turned to-
ward the sullen foe.
We never tried to question him nor
sought to know his plan,
Nor for a moment doubted when Ulys-
ses- led the van.
1t was down at Appornattox where our
flags at last were furId,
And the old Potomac army stood the
pride of all the world,
And our grim and silent Captain said
unto the boys in gray:
Take your horses for the plowing;
you will need them all some day.
We eager shared our rations with the
men we'd often met
Deep in the haunted Wilderness with
blade and bayonet;
And again we turned our faces toward
the rushing Rapidan.
Where with a mighty army brave
Ulysses led the van.
Our ranks are growing thinner and the
roses soon will blow
Above the last brave boy in blue who
met the eager foe;
One by one the old commanders whom
we dearly love TO name
The National tribune., 1907-01-17
WHEN ULYSSES LED THE VAN
(By T. C. Harbaugh.)

I hear the drums a-beating and hear
the bugles play,
And yonder thru the stately pines I see
a line of gray;
Tho the old, old past has vanished,
will nevermore forget
The grand old Union 1egions, ah, me
thinks 1 see them yet
With their banners waving proudly and
the beaming Southern sun
Aglint upon the eager blade and on the
polished gun;
What memories steal back from where
rolls on the Rapidan,
When we took the trail for Richm ond
and Ulysses led the van!
Where are the gallant thousands who
went surging thru the pines?
Some sleep to-day beneath the grass
that hide our battle lines;
And our cannon seem to echo in the
deadly thickets where
We met the gray-clad tiger in his dark
and gloomy lair;
But we never stopt moment where
the foe was to be met
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

history of that region is as full OF
desperate encounters. of tragedies, OF
hair-breadth escapes and of brilliant
feats Of individual heroism as any
thing that can be told of the struggles
in Kansas. Nebraska, the Dakotas and
Wyoming in later decades. The women
took their share with the men, and one
Of the favorite stories of the olden time
was of the heroism of sthe beautiful
Elizabeth Zane. who at GAINESVILLE ran
a gantlet of Indian bullets with her
apron full of powder from one beleag-
uered blockhouse to another that was
running short of ammunition.
Capital of the Stpte.
In spite of all her troubles, possibly
because of them. since Americans seem
to make the most progress when they
are fighting, GAINESVILLE grew and pros
pered, and in 1910 had reached such
importance that she was made the Cap
ital of the new State, which remained
there two years.
1t is significant of the character of
the early settlers that their first thought
after making a foothold was for educa-
ton. and John Mcintyre. one of the
founders of the town, devoted himself
to this cause, and at his death left his
whole estate, now valued at more than
100000. for the promotion of educa-
ton. His name is held In deserved
honor in GAINESVILLE to this day, and is
brought into daily reminder by the
names carved upon handsome educa-
tional buildings for both sexes.
The location attracted immigrants
from Virginia as well as from New
England, and the people there are the
descendants of the Presbyterians who
settled in the Piedmont region and the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, as well
as those who came from New England
This is shown by the Presbyterian
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

readily accessible by means of electric
cars. The Muskingum River sweeping
thru the center Sof+ the city adds to the
attractiveness of the landscape. The
many picturesque features have found
expression in the universal postal-card
craze. and the pictures which we show
are from these.
The concrete "Y" bridge which spans
both the Licking and the Muskingum
at their junction is one of the objects
of interest, and the Zanesvillians will
tell you that there are but three in the
world and none so good as theirs, since
the others are Of wood, while theirs is
Of concrete. The other two are at Har-
per's Ferry and in Switzerland. The
principal reminder Of Zanesville's past
Importance as a river town is a little
steamer, The Valley Gem. which once
week goes to Pittsburg and returns.
The fare for the round trip is 50, or
somewhat cheaper than one could live
at a good hotel for the same length of
time. During the Summer there is also
river trade between Zanes-
Vile and Marietta. 7S miles away.
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

of the Revolution began to flock to the
country by battalions They ascended
the Muskingum River to where the
Licking River makes a junction, IS
miles above Marietta, and there in 1893
they began a town which was named
in honor of Ebenezer Zane, one of the
sturdy pioneers. The history of the
early settlement is the same as that of
those in what this generation has
known as the Wild West. The Indians
were numerous, their power unbroken,
and the Shawnees resisted the incur
sion of the whites into their hunting
grounds and corn fields with as fierce
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

With a rain of leaden missiles and the
eager bayonet;
We plunged into the Wilderness and
met them man to man,
And our battle cry was Forward" for
Ulysses led the van.
With him to lead us onward not a bug!e
blew retreat;
We left our gallant comrades where
the pines and cedars meet.
Our campfires lit the darkness where
Virginia's woods are spread,
And the stars that gemmed our BAN
ner scintillated overhead:
On to terrible Cold Harbor, on to Pc
tersburg so grim,
Prest the phalanxes of Freedom thru
the shadows cold and dim.
We knew we had leader who SOL
der was and man,
And victory journeyed with us for Ulys-
ses led the van.
To-day I see the old blue blouse, the
old slouched hat he worei
The National tribune., 1907-01-17
MUSKINGUM'S FAIR VALLEY.
GAINESVILLE, Its Metropolis, Beautiful Little Cy-Fu OF Inter-
esting sory-s Settlement Marked the Beginning
Career of Expansion-Od Indian Wars-Now the Home O.:
Varied Industries ZanesviIe's POteres.

Special Correspondence National Trib-
une.
To the man who reads more than he
travels there is a far-away, rich, his
torical flavor to what is now the bus
Ting little city of GAINESVILLE. o. In
our talk about the Philippines, Hawaii,
Porto Rico, Cuba and other acquisitions
we forget, unless we turn over the
dusty pages of history. the day when
GAINESVILLE had the same place in the
public mind as they occupy to-day. The
effect of great wars is always to widen
the horizon of mems minds, AMI Zanes-
Vile was one of the first products of
the broader vision of the veterans who
went thru the War of the Revolution.
The Revolution found our people scat
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

churches in the city There are four
of them. large, fine structures but all
other denominations are well represent
ed. The Baptists also have four, the
Episcopalians one, the Jews two, Lu-
therans TWO. the Methodists six, the
Roman Catholics two and the United
Brethren one.
Adaptnbility Of the People.
The history of GAINESVILLE IS a striking
evidence of the adaptability of this
class of people to progress and readi-
ness to change when progress demands.
Too often elsewhere one sees towns go
ing to decay because the special indus
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

his comrades across the mountains to
where the MuskinguIa River enpties
into the Ohio, and established there a
town to which they gave the musical
name of Marietta, happily compounded
from the name of the French Queen.
At that time we were feeling very CRATE
fui to France for her assistance in gain
ing our independence. Putnam and his
associates had keen Yankee eyes as to
good land, and in the lovely Muskn-
gum Valley they found as fertile soil as
the sun shines on. Tho a settlement
there involved entire abandonment of
their family associations and homes.
since months of arduous travel were
required to reach 1t, and battling with
the fierce Shawnees for the possession
of the soil was to be expected, yet the
settlement grew. The fame of the fer
tile lands moved the hearts of those
who We're struggling with the stony
mountain sides at home, and veterans
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

try upon which they were developed
has departed from them. GAINESVILLE
was at first a purely agricultural town.
The Valley of the Muskingum brought
forth an abundance Of corn and wheat;
the waterpower at GAINESVILLE made
splendid mill sites and the noble Mus
kingum River gave a ready access to
market. The produce of great stretch
of country came into GAINESVILLE to be
sent down the river to Cincinnati and
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

persistence as in later years the Sioux,
Arapahoes and Cheyennes fought for
the fertile prairies of the West Two
armies which were sent out in success
sion by the United States. one under
Gen. Harmar and the second under
Gen. st. Clair, were massacred. to the
grief and horror of the country. But
at last Mad Anthony" Wayne broke
the Indian power by his decisive vic
tory at the Fallen Timbers. The early
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

Have camped beyond the river on tho
camping grounds of fame.
May we meet in that bright country
where earth's sorrows find sure
cease,
In holy rest eternal and upon the
plains of peace,
And as comrades tho transfigured, may
we march there man to man
AS we marched beneath our banneN
when Ulysses led the van.
The National tribune., 1907-01-17

tered in thin fringe of settlements
along the Atlantic Coast from Portland,
Me, to Savannah, Ga. For all of them,
except few adventurous spirits, such
as George Washington, George Rogers
Clarke Benjamin Franklin and their
associates the Allegheny Mountains
were the Ultima Thule of their world.
The foothills of the Blue Ridge range
were relatively farther away from them
than the Pacific Coast, and the rich
valleys between the Blue Ridge and
the main range of the Alleghenies-the
East Tennessee, the Shenandoah, the
Cumberland and the Mohawk Valleys
were as remote and inaccessible as the
islands of the sea to-day. George
Washington, the first expansionist in
our history, had seen clearly the i'm
portance of the country lying beyond
the mountains, and had fought battles
to secure from the French the posses
sion of Fort Duquesne, which COM
manded the junction of the Allegheny
and Monongahela and consequently the
navigation on the Ohio. 1t was for this
purpose that the ill-fated Braddock ex-
pedition started out from Alexandria,
and the failure of which nearly broke
the stout hearts Of Washington and
Franklin.
Winchester and Cumberland were, at
the close of the Revolution, our most
remote frontier towns, and ordinarily
people did not consider settlements go
ing beyond them. The veterans. who
had fought thru the Revolution and
whose thoughts had been widened by
the process of the years, were more
enterprising Probably they found, as
did the veterans who came to their
homes at the close of the civil war.
that the stay-at-homes had taken ad-
vantage of their absence in the army
to get a long start of them, and they
would go to a new country where they
would be on an equal footing. They
had the same feeling that in the years
following 1865 took hundreds of thou
sands of veterans beyond the Missis-
sippi to conquer the unbroken wilder,
ness and its hordes of savages and es-
tablish their homes and great cities and
States.
Gen. Rufus Putnam the Pioneer.
The first of these was ban.1 of Rev.
olutionary veterans led by Gen. Rufus
Putnam, who had served thru the Rev
olution with distinction, and was the
engineer who constructed the fortiica-
lions at West Point. In 1888, 1--WE years
after the treaty of peace which gave
US our independence, he led a party of
The National tribune., 1907-01-17
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Buzzy sIan Versus Busy Man.

Those who tell you they always are
rushed TO death" usually accomplish the
least, and largely because they are i'm
aginatlve. The really busy man. who
turns Off an immense amount of work
with the quiet and precision of a per
rect machine, must have the ina gina.
ton to look ahead a day or a month or
year. AT the least, his thought is al
ways few seconds ahead of his &C.
ton; his head saves his heels: be is
not continually tripping over his own
feet. But the buzzy man can never
understand the busy man. Having no
imagination himself. he saves his own
face by saying that the man who never
russes over his work has little to do.
Let us hear no more about ina gina
tion being impracticable. 1t is one of
the most practical things in the world.
A due proportion OF 1t used with tudg-
ment will from many a blunder free
US and foolish notion" The only con-
dioon. under which II may seem SUI
Fpernuous Is that OF one who has some
monotonous task to perform automatic
oily day after day. Doubtless IL one Is
TO be in an automatic Job forever the
less imagination the better. but II he
10 ever to get out OF 1t the quicker he
cultiyates some Imagination the sooner
VII! ne get out.-Chicago Tribune.