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The Washington times., 1907-08-09
KANSAS MAKING GOOD
IN WHEAT AND CORN CROPS

TOPEKA, Kan. Aug. S.-After pass
ing through a greater variety Of vicissi-
tudcs than ever bcset the crop in any
previous year, Kansas has managed TO
come out with a yield Of approximately
500, 900 bushels OF wheat this year.
The production is 5000. 900 bushels be-
low the harvest Of 1905, but only five
OF the crops raised IN the last ten years
have been materially larger.
Reports TO the Kansas board of agri-
culture indicate that the corn crop Is
making rapid and satisfactory growth
and Will be up TO last years output OF
IS. 600 600 bushels. Of more than 2Oc
reports received on the corn crop, SO say
Il is fine 100. good; 80 fair, and Is poor.
The corn crop is especially fine in the
wetsern and central counties, where
farmers are endeavOrinE to raise larger
areas Of feeding crops and reduce wheat
production.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
PLACED ON RECORD

Pennsylvania avenue southeast, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
a NJ. Bliss TO John L. Waggaman. lot
q. square 1045, SO.
aI Eleventh street northeast-W.
Philip Newton TO John II. Grove, part Of
original lot ], square 964 S3-JJC-
"A and % G. street nor OItheast-PatriCk
J. Walshe, trustee, TO Annie Larkin,
Eugene V. German, Michael A. German,
and Mary L. Brown, lots lS and 20,
square 671, SO
621 z street outhwest-Benjamin Elm
stein ct ux. 70 Joseph J. Darlington, east
half OF original lot ., square 466, $500.
~ street northwest, between Thirty
second and Thirty-third streets-James
6. English ct uX- 70 Eliza K. DelihanJ,
lot "a, square 1913. SO.
G streeJ northwest, between Fourth
and Fifth streets-E Elizabeth Denham
Ferris TO Grace NJ. and Mary NJ. Den
ham. lot 4 and part of lot B. square
BIS, $40.
J17 New Jersey avenue northwest
George T. Kolb TO J. Leo Kolb, lot II.
Park View-MlNaugh & Shannon.
inc, to Minnie Alsop, lot "a, square SG44
Twenty-fourth and H streets north
SVest-Edward F. Abner ct al. trustees,
TO George NJ. Gantz, lots a and Is,
square 80. $40.
I4l7 Pierce place Sarah +
Harper Ct al. to Rina Longwood, LOT
1l3, square 206, S2,400.
SO4 and SOS New Hampshire avenue
horthwest-Edward Graves ct uX. 10
bAbbsa M. Bassett. lots a and iS, square
.. SO
1906 Caroline street northwest-Josepi
X Edison ct al. trustees, TO Jessie Nj
Casanova. lot 80. square l90 $3.50.
Fourteenth street southeast, betweer
q and I streets-Harry Wardman 10
James w. Condor, lot 22 square 104i
80.
Columbia Heights-Eugene A. Ryrne!
Ct uX. to Joseph a. Roth, lot 81. block
q, SO.
3O5 and 800 Ninth street northwest and
stable in alley between K and L. Elev'
enth and Twelfth streets northwest
Walter A Johnston ct al, trustees, tC
Edward 3. Eynon, jr. lots and c
square 40S, and part lot u, square SIC
$6S, $50.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
COTTON MARKET OPENS
ACTIVE AND STRONGER

NEW YORK, Aug 9.-At the opening
the cotton market was active and
stronger. at an advance Of three TO
twelve points. On the call. and after
ward there was heavy buying IN the
pit. which observers Of the market asso-
ciated with a big outside short interest.
Opening quotations: August, u-6o bid;
September, 1173Gu.75: October. 12.17G
121S: November, 1920 asked: December,
y. 2.2GG1227; January 1237d12.3s.
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Employers Gipe
Their Views on
Organized Labor

The Employers Association officials
this morning gave out a letter prepared
by William F. DOwney, Of 1922 L street
northwest. in which Mr.. Downey con-
tends for the right Of capital to conduct
the open shop. against the demand Of
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
Interests Are Natural.

The interests OF employer and en-
ployed are not opposed, but mutual
they complete one another. The work
man can do nothing II work Is not
given him; the employer can do nothing
if the workman is not given him am
personally acquainted with a prom
inent citizen who contemplated exten-
sive Industrial improvements IN this city
and who recently informed me ne was
forced 10 abandon them, owing 70 the
present condition Of the labor market.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
WASHINGTON PRICES

Sales Of the board. including the after
call. amounted 10 50 shares OF stock
and $1,000 in bonds.
Following are the sales and quotations
Of tOday's market:
Capital Traction 5's. 8, 1,UOQI1O1s, S49s4
10.
Columbia Railroad SIS. S500q1O35z
81. O0Odl0S, S1,0O0dI03H, $1,006d104, $1,000
l04
Potomac Electric Light SIS, S.0OO8
103ik. 81. .O00d1035k. $l.0006lOSiR
Washington Railway and Electric
common, l0m37.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone,
25iDS6. 25@56.
Riggs National Bank, lOa575.
American GraphophOne, preferred,
10QS0.
After call-WashingtOn Railway and
Electric 1 per cent, $l,0o0GS02z, $1,000
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Where Union Men Quit.

The strike OF the building trades was
put in practical operation yesterday
afternoon, when these buildings were
struck by the business agents Of the sew
erol building trades:
An apartment house being erected by
the w. L. Spier Company at First and
streets northwest; another building on
Seventh street. between Louisiana ave
nue. and d street northwest. being put
up by the same firm.
Work on the Academy of Music by
Prescott q Co, bricklayers and carpen-
ters being called off.
Elks Temple, on II street, near Ninth
northwest, bricklayers and carpenters
walking out; Cassidy Company's con-
tract.
Small job on G street near the EN-
ployers' Association being done by the
Spier Company.
Richardson & Burgess, employing
non-union irOnworkers on the American
National Bank building, better known
as the Sun building, on F. between
| Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
northwest.
Metropolitan Club same firm. one
brtcklayer and a few carpenters pulled
OF by strike order.
Remodeling work on the Young Men
Christian Association building
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-Four per cent bonds redeemed to date,
s.. 10000, leaving outstanding s1O,7l1, 40
Union Pacific directors have declared
ithe regular quarterly dividend of 216 per
cent on the common stock. Directors
IRlso declared the regular semi-annual
dividend OF 2 per cent on the preferred
stock. Dividends are payable October /
1.-THE Union Pacific common dividend is
paid out of earnings from the railway
property at the rate Of per cent per
iHnnum, and out of income from invest
.ments at the rate OF per cent per an
mum In accordance with the policy iC-
'Augurated about year ago.
II is denied that the United States
LSteel Corporation has decided to build
q plant at Sandwich, Canada, opposite
Detroit
1t turns out that most of the big
commission houses sent for cash re-cn-
forcements on Wednesday OF all sad
words Of tongue or pen the saddest 70
calls for more margins
Call money. which has been at 2G3
per cent since the beginning OF the
month. Wednesday reached per cent,
closing at per cent This is the high
est rate since July II, when call money
was at ~ high. 614 low; 1t is also the
hiPhest rate at this date IL August
81 the past few years.
Many new bad records for the season
were established yesterday.
The second payment Of % per cent
by stockholders and syndicate 20 the
Union Pacific convertible bond issue is
being made today according to schedule.
The third and last payment Of 50 per
cent Is due on or before September 10.
On the curb Standard OIL stock went
70 the lowest since 1900
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Union Leaders Meet.

There was a meeting this morning OF
the joint conference of the business
agents and the national officers Of the
building trades who are directing the
strike. They had nothing for publica-
ton, but IL was said az labor headquar-
ters in COstello's Hall. that the bust
ness agents calling strikes had not been
in the field this morning but q short
time
The labor leaders claim that every
thing IS going satisfactorily and that
they will win their fight against the
open shop OF the Employers Associa-
tion. They attach but little or no I'm
portance 10 the statement Of the en-
ployers that they have all the men
needed to fill places vacated by union
men.
At the Academy OF Music every indi-
cation pointed 10 the truth Of the claim
Of the EMPLOYERS Association that the
strike had had but little effect, as every
trade was working there with a rush,
except bricklayers. II looks as II the
bricklayer will be hardest man TO sup
plv. Mr.. Smith, manager Of the Acad-
emy work. stated that the call-off Of
the union men there had not stopped
the work for one minute.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09

Moonlight outtngs-Steamer Harry
Randall, Sundays, ESQ p. m Concern
Music by Chris Arth's Orchestra
Steamer St. Johns, Mondays, GAS D.
m Music and dancing going and re-
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
TELEPHONE STOCK
CREATES SURPRISE
Remarkable Drop in Price
of Riggs National
Bank Stock.

Two surprises were handed out to the
members of the Washington Stock Ex-
change at the session today. The first
came when an Offering of Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone stock was
promptly snapped up at 56 followed by
a second purchase at the same price in
equally as hasty a manner. This is
three points better than the sale of
yesterday, seven points above the sale
Of last Friday, and twelve points above
the opening sale Of last week. It had
the effect of reviving the reports Of the
declaration OF ad ividend next January
and the statement that $50 per share
was the prediction for the stock TO
reach.
But an even greater surprise was in
store when the daily bid of 575 for Riggs
National Bank was promptly and unex-
pectedly accepted. The last recorded
sale was In December. 1906. when the
stock brought go, which was much the
lowest Of the year, as the figure had
touched ESQ in the early part The buyer
promptly bid again at a lower level, but
no further trading resulted.
In a mtlder way some concern was
manifested when Graphophone preferred
was dropped on the bidder at so, as
there has recently been a better feeling
In this stock with pronounced strength
In the common. and il was expected
tnat rise was imminent in both issues.
The Gas pool appear to have lost all
interest in the course OF prices in that
late favorite. and the Did continues 10
drop of daily. Some small disposition
to sell is apparent by those who have
Overstayed their market, but the al
legged pool seems In no hurry TO relieve
the congestion by taking the stock.
President Hume was again absent
from his post today, and Il was learned
Ithat he was detained at home by some
! trouble with mis- leg. Some faCetious
member suggested that perhaps some
body had attempted the task Of pulling
| it. but those who know Tom best SAID
| that was hardly possible.
At the regular meeting OF the board
! OF directors. held on the 7th instant
/ the surplus of the Washington Loan and
/ Trust Company was Increased $50, 90
making the present surplus s65O,0O
| earned.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Wall Street will keep August IN mind
e. long time Last year it brought the
Hartman boom; this year the HarrI-
man slump.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09

The break in the market seems atslast
10 have caught some foreign holders
Liquidation points have hitherto been or
small consequence. The recent selling
3n Canadian Pacific, and Missouri, Kan
.sas and Texas emphasizes this reasoning,
while the United States Steel common
held abroad is undoubtedly very con-
leiderab BILE.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
TREASURY STATEMENT.

TOday's Treasury statement: Receipts,
s., ,356, ,369; expenditures, $4,000.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
STOCKS, BONDS, AND MONEY
new YORK STOCKS

Quotations furnished by A. o. Brown &
Co.. Munsey Building; Members New York
stock EXCHANGED
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
LOCAL MENTION.
Your Welfare Demands Bread

That's pure and nOurishing. Schneider
Malt bread Is made Of selected mate
rials and is we'll baked. Always light anf
delicious. Demand IL GrOcers.
Burns, cuts, sores, chafug. tender ski
healed by Satin skin cream. Try II. go.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
STRIKERS JOBS SOUGHT
BY SKILLED MEN
CONTINUED from First Page)
Calling for Workmen.

lorge number, and will send for them
as fast as they are needed
Calling for Workmen.
Secretary Hall, OF the Employers
Association, said this morning that he
was sending letters TO workers In such
trades as his association needed and
who had applied for work to come on.
that they were needed. But, he added.
that the large number of applicants who
came TO the office of the association
this morning seeking work made It look
as If 1t would be possible 10 pick up
here In the city all the men needed in
every line.
The Employers Association has ar
ranged with boarding houses IN various
sections Of the city TO care for ali men
carrying the yellow cards OF the EN-
ployers Association. the association
guaranteeing a weeks board until the
first pay day OF the men.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
Spread of Strike.

Information at the Employers AS
ISOLATION showed that the strike order
today had hit these buildings:
Cassidy & Co report a strike of paint
ers on these buildings they are erecting
and hnishing:- Gonzaga College: St.
Cyprian's School, Thirteenth and c
streets southeast; st. AIMS Academy,
80 Eighth street southeast; Sacred
Heart Academy, Fourteenth street and
Park road.
The report that the work being done
at the Soldiers Home by the Brennan
I Construction Company had been struck
yesterday was denied by members OF
the firm today. who said that that Arm
had no fight with organized labor, they
employed none but union labor. and
there was no occasion for q strike on
anv OF their work
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
When Unions Are Wrong.

''when union arrogates 10 itself the
right TO dictate 10 any man how he
shall run his business and whom he
shall or shall not employ. It deserves
public censure. loses public sympathy.
and no righteous man could undertake
70 defend Il. II I have g man who is
unqualified for his duties. there should
be no power that could compel me 10
retain his services. Merit should regu-
late the price OF labor. and a man OF
great talent and ability should not be
ranked with one lacking such qualifca-
tOns or possessed of inferior ones
Arbitrary acts on the part OF the
workngman deserve as little tOleration
as II a capitalist committed them. and
vice versa I often wondered why the
wOrkingman (whOse advancement I al
ways felt keenly interested IN and
toward whom my sympathy has always
gomez should permit false ideas Of ec0-
nOrnics and a false conception of Their
own interests 10 sway them IN such
blind allegiance 10 leaders who are falsely
inspiring them. Their efforts are plainly
directed 10 killing the goose that lays
the golden eggs.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09
Excursions.

Tickets. good day OF issue. SOC. Saturday
night trips. ticket good until September
10, and on all steamers OF the fine, 81
Season tickets good on all trips Chill
dren, half fare. All annusenents IN full
operation Stops at Alexandria on ell trips.
COLONIAL BEACH HOTEL AND BATH
HOUSES NOW OPEN
Meals served on steamer and az hotel.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09

Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra at
Park Hotel Summer Garden. RathskeIIer.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09

-Four per cent bonds redeemed to date,
IS, 10000, leaving outstanding SO, 80.
The Washington times., 1907-08-09

II is denied that the United States
Steel Corporation has decided to build
q plant at Sandwich. Canada, opposite
Detroit
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-03
SAW BAL LTIM0RE STILLS
M. Wilson Found How Whistles Are Blended.

Secretary Wilson says that his visit to
some of the Baltimore distilleries has
been productive OF good results. y
He examined the operations OF two dis
tlleries, one blending establishment and
a gin still, with view To ascertaining
precisely how the liquors are made. Hs
got information he had not ben able to
obtain by conferences with distillers.
At the gin still which they visited only
six barrels of liquor is manufactured
each day, they said. 1t is pronounced
pure by DR.. Wiley, but not gallon OF it
is sold in the market. Ii is said To be
sold exclusively to blenders who mix the
pure gin with neutral spirits and some
fiavoring material and that product Is
put ON the market as gin As another
result OF their investigation, it has been
discovered that three-fourths of the
straight whisky made in this country is
sold to blenders, who use it in connection
with spirits and ilavoring and coloring
matter to make their products.
Secretary Wilson has rendered de-
cision, based on the Pure Food and Drugs
act, in which he held that the so-called
offended whiskies," artificially colored
and Favored, were spurious limitations"
of whisky and that "the mixture OF such
an imitation with genuine article can
not be regarded as mixture OF sub
stances within the letter and intent OF
the law"
The blenders object seriously to this de-
cision and have tried to induce Secretary
Wilson to recede from it, or, at least, to
modify it, but the indications are that he
will stand by his decision. His final de-
termination in the matter has not yet
been announced, however.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-03

A SUGGESTION
To the Daughters Of the confedefacy OF the
County OF Caroline.

Moved by patriotism and love Tor the
lost cause Uf the COniederacy and your
heroic fathers and kindred, you cane
nobly to the front in aiding in the cree
tion of a monument To the memory oi
the Confederate soldiers OF Caroline.
This monument to them has been COM
pleted, the money To enclose II N IN hand
and the enclosure contracted Tor. This
monument IL of itself educational 10 the
present and succeeding generations.
This work having been completed, |
now suggest that you espouse another,
which. II less patriotic. will be no less
education nal and ennobling, namely, that
you procure and place on the walls OF
our Court House portraits OF Caroline =
eminent men. The old county has
furnished To the country men OF heroic
mould. men distinguished a. patriots
and statesmen, Of whom, | believe, the
larger part of the present generation
know but little, If anything. What OF
Edmond PendletOn and John Taylor,
two of Caroline's most distinguished
sons Let the Caroline and Bowling
Green chapters of the Daughters OF the
COniederacy adorn the walls OF our
Court House with the portraits of these
men, aud to these may be added Judge
Richard III. COlein tn, and still Others
may be added from time. to time, If
desired and found worthy.
How many Of Caro- ines sons know
that Edmond PtndletOn was one of the
most patriotic and distinguished men OF
our State during the war OF the revOlu-
ton. that he was one of the leading men
OF the House of Burgesses, "A member OF
the State Convention of lI1j, that he
became president Of the same, n we'll ~
OF the succeeding convention Il 1II6,
that he was the first Judge Of our high
court OF chancery. President in lIS7 Of
the convention which met tn consider Of
the adoption OF the Federal Constitution.
and presiding Judge OF our first Court OF
Appeals until it, dissolution in l1I9?
The portraits OF Caroline's illustrious
sons will lead the minds of the enquiring
youth To study the history of these men.
and. studying. grasp their character and
emulate their splendid examples, and
thus, perhaps. grow to be men of whom
We shall be proud.
Further, permit me To say that the
grave OF this great and good man lie-
unmarked To our shame. aud appli alton
has been made to the authorities OF the
city Of Richmond for permission t. re-
move his remains To "old st. John 4
church yard" in that city. This We
should never permit, but should petition
his nearest relatives for permission To
renter his remains in Lakewood Gem
etery. near our county seat. and place
above them n suitable monument To
his memory Can the Daughters OF the
Coniederacy OF Caroline espouse a cause
or causes more educational, elryating
and ennobling than those herein sug-
gested2 What shall be- your response
A. b. Chandler.
Bowling Green, Va, Jan. lst, 1907.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-03
FC\ERALOF I.j.CASSAT'T
Simple Services Over Remains of
Railroad King.
HIGH OFFICIALS WERE PRESENT

Foremost Railroad Men and Financers
Of the Country Paid Last Tribute to
Memory Of Pennsylvania Railroads
President.
Philadelphia. Jan. With services
brief but impressive and attended by
less than 200 persons. the funeral of
Alexander j. Cassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad system. was
held from his city residence POP West
fattonhouse Square. Services were
conducted by Rev. Dr. William c.
Richardson. rector of ST. James Pro-
tcstant Episcopal church.
At the head Of the casket sat w. A.
Patton, assistant 10 Mr.. Cassatt. and
the latter's two sons Robert Kelso
Cassatt and Captain Edward Cassatt,
L. S A. For many of the older en-
ployes Mr. Patton had a word or two
or a nod. After the employees had
gone Mrs Cassatt and her daughter,
with the other relatives and friends.
came into the room and the services
were begun. About the casket were
grouped many of the foremost rail-
road men and inanciers of the United
States.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad and its
affiliated companies were not repre-
sented by formal deputations. This
was in accordance with the wishes of
Mrs. Cassatt. who. knowing her hus-
bands dislike OF anything like pomp,
desired the funeral to be as unosten-
tatiOus as might be. The associates of
Mr. Cassatt in the management OF the
road and the directorate were there as
friends.
The body Of Mr. Cassatt rested In a
plain mahogany casket covered with
black cloth Severely plain silver han
dies were al the sides. On the lid was
plain silver plate. bearing Mr.. Cas-
salts name. the date OF his birth. De-
cember s, 1899, and the date of his
death, December 2S. 1906. About the
casket and here and there in the hand
some room were flowers and candles
in huge candelabra.
The services were those of the Pro.
testant Episcopal ritual, brief. but inn
pressiye in their very simplicity. As
Dr. Richardson prayed, and, as he
spoke Of the personal life of the dead
man. there were sobs from those gath
cred about the ca3ket.
An hour before the funeral services
began the doors OF the Cassatt resi-
dence were opened TO those of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad employees who
desired 10 view the body. For an hour
steady stream of men. young and
old, passed before the catafalque on
which the casket rested. The grief OF
many of these men showed plainly
how closely Mr.. Cassatt stood to his
working force.
Interment was made in the Cassatt
family lot This is in the burying
ground of the Church of the Re
deemer Bryn Mawr of which Mr.. Cas-
satt was long a communicant. The
Journey from Rittenhouse Square 10
Bryn Mawr was made in carriages de-
spite the muddy roads and inclement
weather. II was Mrs. Cassatts desire
that this be done. although the Penn
sylvania railroad officials would have
liked to put a special train at her
disposal.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-01-03
For Over Sixty Years.

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