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The Washington times., 1907-07-15
ICE WEIGHT FRAUD,
LATEST COMPLAINT
Commissioner West Will
Have Citizens Charge
Investigated.

Complaint has been fled with the
District Commissioners by a citizen re-
siding at 1917 O street northwest thai
the drivers and men In charge OF
wagons Of the large and small ice COM
penies delivering ice 10 private resi-
dence in his section are practiciag a
systematic fraud in short weight which.
while small n each individual case, m
the aggregate, II praGLiced all over thu
city, amounts TO consumers paying for
many tons OF ice daily which they never
receive. He further says that the
wagon mon resent purchasers weighing
ice delivered 10 them; that in his case
the man IL charge OF the wagon ~ one
OF the largest ice companies in tbs city
has declined 70 sell him ice for the rea-
son that he weighs II when delivered 10
his house. and further that he finds DIFF
fculty in procuring the amount of ice
he needs. Notwithstanding the fact that
he is ready 10 pay for wat he wants,
for no other reason than that he insists
upon being served the number Of pounds
he Is required TO pay for.
Commissioner West said, after the
matter had been called 10 his attention,
that he would take the matter up and
put the law machinery Of the District
government through the Office Of the
Sealer OF Weights and Measures IN oper-
alton and rigidly enforce the law for
the suppression OF the practice
The Washington times., 1907-07-15

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE stock mar
let opened at general gains. as fol-
lows; Northern Pacific, /; St. Paul. q (;
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 13s. Colorado
Fuel. Smelling. Southern Pacific, and
Steel common, Is; Rock Island, Pennsyl-
vania and Erie, a; National Lead. l.
Atchison, Is; Amalgamated Copper
opened enc point higher and reacted d.
Reading sold the per cent ex-divideud.
and advanced y per cent.
II a. u,.-The market was full of buy
ing orders. the direct result of the
Hartman report, and price movements
all through the first hour were to higher
figures Nearly everything on the list
made gains ranging from around 1 to
over points. In Union Pacific trad
ing was intensely excited. and the stock
was taken all the way up 10 l4S.
There was urgent buying of St Paul,
Amalgamated. Southern Pacific, and
Steel common. Government bonds un-
charged, other bonds quiet.
Noon: After the first hour trading in
creased and a little selling pressure
appeared. which caused fractional re-
CessiOns from the highest range of the
early upward movement.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
WHAT REVENGE MEANS
TO THE CONVICTED MAN

Revenge is a desire that occupies
place in the hearts of a great many con-
victs, revenge upon individuals that
were instrumental in bringing about
present predicament, revenge against
society in general In but few cases,
however. have I known revenge against
individuals TO have been executed in
deed; In most cases It is but a sullen
rumbling Of their feelings that dies
away and becomes extinct after time
and reflection have weakened their mem
Org pictures of wrongs, real or mag
mary. perpetrated In connection with
their conviction for crime.
There are not many so determined as
one that have ia mind. While serving
a sentence of seven years he frequently
ruminated over the so-thought injustice
OF his conviction and gradually worked
himself into a determination to take re-
venge upon him who he maintained had
accused him wrongly.
His time expired. he left prison. sought
his victim aud wreaked his revenge.
For this he was returned 10 prison IN
der sentence Of ten years.
IN take the ten spot" he told me,
i've had my revenge and am salts
fed"
Luckily men of such ferocious deter
minauon are not In great numbers; the
most OF them forget their revenge in
time.-Charities and the Commons.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
TRAINMEN ON EXCURSION
TO CHESAPEAKE BEACH

One of the biggest labor excursions, OF
the season was given to Chesapeake
Beach today by Columbia Lodge, No
4s4. Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen.
In addition 10 the $500 railroad men and
women. relatives. and friends who went
10 the beach from this city. a special
train was run from York, Pa, and an
other from Baltimore. to enable the
railroad people OF those cities TO 10 on
the trip.
Races for men. women, and children
will be run this afternoon. There will
Re a match game Of baseball between the
Pennsylvania railroad men and the Bal
timOre and Ohio men, and at 5 O'Clock
this afternoon a game Of water polo
between the men employed by the two
roads.
a prize waltz will be given in the
dancing pavilion Al 9 o'clock this even
Ing. the prizes being a diamond scarf
pin and a handsome brooch. For this
waltz. there viii be fifty couples entered
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
ITALIANS ON TRIAL
FOR BOYS MURDER

HAHNVILLE, La, July 1.-THE work
OF empaneling a jury in the Lamano
murder case began this morning. In
Guiding the empaneling of the jury, the
trial of four Italians charged with the
murder of the little fellow is not ex-
pected to take up more than a week.
Public ser timent demands swift trial.
and, again, there are no acoommoda-
tons in thu town for the officials who
viii conduct the inquiry. Space Is so
limited that the jury will be compelled
to sleep In the court room on cots II
Is the aim of the prosecution to show
that the murder of the Lamano boy was
only an incident in the career Of crime
by a dangerous band Of Black Hand
blackmailers, The four prisoners to be
tried this week were brought here this
morning and are lodged in Jail. A strict
guard is maintained about the structure
to prevent the infamed populace from
storming the doors and sumn1arily deal
ing with the prisoners.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
HIGHER FIGURES
GIVEN FOR GAS
Prophets Made Good Their
Predictions of Higher
Prices.

Rurrah. The Gas prophets have made
good. and more. They predicted IS for
the stock. and today they double-dis-
counted that figure. with four points
added. and are now predicting loo as a
figure yet to be reached. The demand
today was insistent. and bids for 1000
share lots at IS were even more vigor-
ously repeated than for small lots. Bid
ders were eager. and the sales made
mark a jump of nearly six points from
the closing prices Of last week. Some
thing over coo shares were traded in.
and brokers report many orders untitled
because Of the dearth OF stock. The
confidence I'm the future was unbounded,
and the bullish fever was rampant TO
a degree of intensity that made all other
business of minor interest only.
Among other sales We're 800 each OF
Mitchell Mining and Greene Cananea.
which brought ruling prices, and In both
cases showed a strong demand at go
ing figures. Capital Traction was also
a little better. and Mergenthaler held
its own at last sale
Bonds were neglected, though prices
held steady.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
PLACED ON RECORD

Rosedale and Isherwood-Charles T.
SOntag ct al, trustees, to Lucy Jones.
lots % and y, block IS, $40
Same 10 James II. Grigsby, lots "a and
IS, block is. $40
Bloomingdale-George Goddard ct ux.
to Ida l. Dolan, lot IS, block s. so.
Barry Farm-Arthur n. Chapman ct
ux. to Robert Joyce, part lot 8, section
], SO
Addition to lie Droit Parkway T
Fennell ct al. to Wilhelm Schmidt and
Fritz ID. Brandt, lots so to 81, square
8, $40.
Twlning City-Danlel f. KEEPS, trus-
tee, to Lizzie Loving. lot "A, block ?,
$500.
Ally between and u. Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets southeast-Clem-
entine Bridwell TO Ed Mckay Chance,
lots so and 81. square 10i1, SO
Alley between l and K. Sixth and Sew
enth streets MISUNDERSTANDING Caappell
ct al. trustees. to Albert w. Chapel.
lot IS. square S57. 500.
Thirty-fifth and NJ streets northwest
Washington Loan and Trust Company
trustee, 10 Frank p. Reeside, part lots
50 and 81. square 1904, ST.
Frank =. Reside ct ux convey same
property 10 William Minnix So
$50 ID street northwest-The Jolly FaI
Mems Club to William X Quinter lots
6 and p, square 37S. $40 William X
Ouinter ct Tx. convey same property
to Ephraim 5. Randall. John j. Fitz-
morris. Emil G.. SChafer, Peter ]. Nee
and John j Graf. trustees, so.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
DOUBLE PERSONALITY
CAUSED BY HYPNOTISN

One Of the most remarkable cases of
double personality on record is described
by Prof. Pierre Janet in The Major
symptoms of Hysteria-" The patient
whom he calls Marceline first came to
him about twenty years ago. For several
months she had not taken any food, ard
was on the verge of starvation. After
trying other methods of treatment, she
was hypnotized, and a secondary state
was induced which. although apparent
ly artificial, differed altogether from
the state in which she had been on her
entrance to- the hospital
She Immediately began to eat, AMI
soon regained her strength When she
seemed on the road TO recovery, IL was
thought necessary TO awaken her from
the hypnotic state, which was consid-
cred arttncial Immediately the patient
fell back into her preceding state. She
was again unable to eat, and IN order
to save her life II was necessary to re-
induce the hypnotic state. The same
experience was repeated over and over
again, and as Prof. Janet explains,
things continued In this way for fif-
me in order to be put TO sleep, enter
into her alert state, and then go away
very happy, with complete activity SEN
sibility and memory.
She would remain thus for a few
weeks; then, either slowly or sudden
ly, in consequence Of some emotion, fell
back into her numbess return to the
state we had considered primitive and
natural. with the same visceral distul b.
ances. The forgetfulneSs now extended
over whole years, and disturbed her
existence completely. She would has
formed again. Things continued thus
for years together, till the death Of
the poor girl, who succumhed to pulnO-
nary tuberculosis"
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
Managers Deny Prices
Are at Famine Rates

That famine prices for ice prevails in
this city at this time. as published In
a Washington paper yesterday. not
withstanding the fact that large guam
titles Of natural ice We're harvested last
winter and all OF the ice plants are
turning out daily their full capacity OF
ice, is emphadcaIIy denied by the man
ayers of the four leading ice companies
in the city
Investigation OF ice prices this morn
Ing showed that the wholesale and re-
tail prices IN force here are what they
were last year and for several years
past with the exception that in the
wholesale price there has been a slight
reduction
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET;
STEADY AROUND 10 A. M.

CHICAGO. July 15--sThe wheat market
started rather firm and advanced \ on
tine small worlds departments; liberal
decrease on passage and rain in the
harvest districts. Clement H Curtis
and Valentine led the buying. Sny-
decker and local professionals were
good sellers and when the pit crowd
all turned sellers a quick break of
cent resulted. Commission houses were
the hest buyers on the decline The
market at 10 a. m. was steady at about
q decline.
Opening prices: Wheat, September,
9Sst TO 937s; corn, September. 5414 to "a;
oats, September. 1914 TO 1884.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
COTTON MARKET OPENS,
POUNDED BY THE BEARS

NEW YORK. July 15.-Trade at the
opening OF the cotton market was fairly
active, and prices unchanged to three
points lower. or about as had been ex-
pected on the cables. There appears
to be n good demand from commission
houses and more or less bull support,
but the persistent pounding OF the local
bears. Influenced by favorable weather
and crop conditions, forced values of
further at the start
Cotton opening: July, u.42: August.
II. 30 asked: September, 1-37I1l.40; Octo-
Der, 11.65i11-66; November. 11.63 bid; De-
cember IL 6SG1I SO
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
DISCUSSION OF SYSTEMS
IN BIG PRINT SHOP

Public Printer StiIlings has appointed
a conference at the Government PRINT
ing Office tomorrow at 2 O'Clock. to
which he has extended invitations to
representatives OF the various depart
ments and Independent bureaus in
Washington.
1t is with a view Of improving present
systems and conditions. and OF secur-
ing the thought of those officials who
are directly connected with the public
printing and binding in the various de-
partments. that the meeting is to be
mel dtomorrow afternoon
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
WALL STREET POOR NOW.

when 1 went UP TO get my rev auto
mobile several days ago. said Edward
G. Gilmore at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
the manufacturer told me that on that
day alone he had received word 70 can
eel orders for eight machines There
is forfeit Of $500 on each machine. The
manufacturer was therefore in 1900
But he has eight machines on his hands.
People are cutting down expenses. The
time for retrenchmert is at hand. Nine
ty men out Of every hundred are very
much poorer today than six months
ago, and this is particularly true OF
Wall street nen-"-New York Sun
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
SEATS IN THE COMMONS SOLD.

Well into the nineteenth century the
sale Of a place in the house of COM
mons was considered to be as honor
able a transaction as the purchase of
@ commission in the army. Il have
seen an advertisement" wrote Prof
Pryme before Grampound was dis
franchised. Offering q borough for SALE
as not only to be sold, but sold by
order Of the court Of chancery. short
time before the reform bill, Lord Mon
son paid E100, 900 for Cation, which con-
tanned about twenty-five houses and
rather more than one hundred lnhab-
itants."
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
HARDENING A DRILL.

Hardening an ordinary drill In sui
phuric acid, states the English Mechanic,
makes an edge that will cut tempered
steel or facilitate cutting hard rock. The
acid should be poured into e fat bot
toned vessel to a depth of about one
eighth of an inch. The point of the drill
is heated to a dull cherry red, and dipped
in the acid to that depth. This makes
the point extremely hard. while the re-
mainder remains soft. If the point
breaks, reharden, but with a little less
acid in the vessel.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
TWO WRECK VICTIMS
RECOVERING RAPIDLY

Wilbur Lovelace and William Mock.
the two most seriously injured victims
OF the recent wreck on the washington
Arlington, and Falls Church railway
were reported today 10 be improving
rapidly at the Georgetown University
Hospital II is practically a certainty
that both men will recover.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
PAPER KETTLES FOR SOLDIERS.

Preparations are being made 10 fur
nish the soldiers Of the German army
with paper kettles. which are Japan
csc invention. Although the utensils
are made of pliable paper, they hold
water readily. BY pouring water into
them they can be hung over the fire
without burning for a length OF time
sufficient to boil the water. One kettle
can be used about eight times.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
FIRST DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA

The first original description of Amer
lea ever written has Just been dis
covered. 1t was prune6 by DR.
Diego Alvarez Chanca, physician TO
the second fleet of Columbus. and
was dated at the port of Isa-
bella. Santo Domingo. in January, 1894
Dr. Fernandez de Ybarra, of the New
York Academy OF Sciences. with the
Smithsonian Institution of washington
aiding ard abetting, uncovered the docu-
mont
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Common and preferred stockholders
OF the 500 Line will have equal right to
subscribe for new stock at par for Sc per
cent common and 80 per cent preferred
in proportion to their holdings of old
stock. The issue will be made gradually
from time TO tine, and the first portion
of S4.OO0.OOG will be offered about jan
uary 1.
Pennsylvania is the greatest building
and loan associations State in this cOun
try. 1t has 1,257 organizations at last
reports, and over S29.S52 members. Ohio
comes second with GA associations and
over 2SO,9o4 members.
The utility corporations OF Milwaukee
have increased their capital total OF
S3S,OO0OO0 to evade the new stock water
ing law.
Moro than 100 shares of America To-
bacco changed hands last week, a little
more than half of-the total sales for the
first half of the present year. on the
weeks transactions the issue lost %
points
III important respects the foreign
situation is by no means all disturbing.
Speculation has been reduced To its
lowest limit in Paris and London, ex-
cept. perhaps. il certain of the copper
stocks The cut in the price of the metal
made during the week seemed likely 10
stimulate trading at first but the fear
or further reduction has caused some
hesitation and recession, particularly IN
Rio TiutO. Paris is still taking gold
from London. and the inception Of
movement to Italy from the same quar-
ter was feature Of Saturdays cables.
Last week was one of the heaviest for
the sale Of bonds the New York curb
has known for months. Heavy orders
I'm Union Pacific, AtchisOn and Consoii-
dated Steamship brought the total fer
the week to an enormous sum Union
Pacific per cent conVerubleS, tull paid,
were the most interesting feature OF the
week. About $4,000 of the full paid IS
sues were released and some $4,000 OF
the 20 per cent paid.
Saturdays hank statement was prob
ably as much too good as that OF the
preceding Saturday was too bad. but
traders care very little about these
things II fluctuations conform to the
figures. as they did in the last half hour
of Saturdays trading. The bank state
ment, Il Will be noticed. conformed to
arbitrary representations based upon
the decline in call money rates during
the latter part of the week rather than
to those scientifically based upon the
known movements of money.
The handling of Union Pacific on Sat
urday was rather impressive. On sue
CessiVe Levels, as at 1884,. then at 139,
and so on up to above 40. considerable
amounts OF stock were offered. Each
time the advance halted while all the
ton was cleaned up. and when IL was
all taken. the price of the stock ad-
vanccd easily on small hundreds to an
other level.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
IT CERTAINLY

Considering the mistakes the average
man makes in picking a wife. II is sur
prising what companionable woman
TimeS-Union.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
Train ToOtin'; Child on Track.

There wuz tn loot O. the lOcymoty.
an tn train comes lickety-split down
grade at tn clip o. forty miles on hour.
with tn child on tn track. Me n
Hiram ridin' up on a load o. hay see IL
n wuz paralyzed. tn geese they see,
too. n with their red flannel pants they
run Z flag tn train. But il 'ud a be-
all up with Nehemiah If Il hadn't ben
fur Boccaccio. With his bris'les standin'
On end an with his snout ag'in the
seat o tn child's brooches he gives him
a mighty root that sens him flynn OF
tn track
They amt any time { spare. nuther.
In gittin' outer tn way hisself tn curl
o. his tail gifts caught under the wheels
O. tn locymoty n is shipped of ez
nice CT you please. When tn trains
past one O tn geese sees 1t wrigglin'
on tn groun'. an gobbles IL up a-think-
in it's q worm.
That's wy Boccaccio's gittin' now tn
best tn Wetherbee house affords, an
that's how he kin presume so much.
He's hero, he is, n he needn't worry
when hog-killin' time comes round"
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
Great Falls Of the Potomac
Sightseeing AUTOMOBILES

Touring Arlington Cemetery, Fort Mycr
and Virginia suburbs Leaves daily. 10 an
and 2 and pm
ROUND TRIP. $40. Seats Reserved
Main Once. Howard House 500 Pa ave. NV.
Phone NJ. 1915.
10 and Z passenger autoneb!iss Tor a;rs -
chATter
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
WASHINGTON PRICES

Sales Of the board, including the after
and 81 go IN bonds.
Following are the sales and quotations
of tod9ys market:
Capital Traction So, S50OQI10.
Washington Railway and Electric IS,
Sl,UOQuSs.
Capital Traction, I04l29.
Washington Gas. Id%76Iz, I0O,qT7 buyer
Coz, 1QT77. 20a77, 10OQ78. 25d7s1k. 25G7S1s.
25q7Si.. 25G7Sil. 25n7Sh. 25Q7S14 25d7s14.
Esft7Sit 25fD78
Mergenthaler, 3G36.
Greene Cananea, l00dl6iA (buyer COZ,
100616i5 buyer co.. 10Oal6lz buyer 6O).
Mitchell Mining. i0Gd55s, 100q31b.
After WashingtOn Gas, 2597SA
5OQ7SA. 25Q1S1z, 25Q161z. l00d79.
Mitchell Mining. 100n3h.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
STOCKS, BONDS, AND MONEY
NEW YORK STOCKS

Quotations furnished by A. o. Brown 3
Co.. Munsey Building; Members New York
Stock EXCHANGED
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Today's Treasury statement: Re
ceiDts, S2.540. III: expenditures, 81, 30, 600.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
Excursions.
COLONIAL BEACH
Washington's Atlantic City
STEAMER ST. JOHNS

DAILY Except Monday and Saturday,. s:G5
an Home again about 10-3o pm.
Music and Dancing in Modern New Pavilion.
Special Weekend Trips every Saturday. s.IS
pm Home again Sunday about 1890 pm.
ENJOY THE FINE BATHING. BOATING.
GRABBING. AND FISHING.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15

Fare. round trip. Saturday afternoon. 81 90.
Other days. 75c. All tickets good until Sep
tsznber Is. and on AL steamers Of the line.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15
USED SHOUT
TO SAVE BABY
FROM DEATH
Prize Nature Story Told
by Expert, and Dis
counts Dr.. Long.

DAYTON, n. j.. July 15.-'T ben read
In "A right smart lately in tn papers
bout these here nscher takers" said
Uncle Lem Wetherbee. while he sat on
the steps of the general store and post
office last evening, AN I see the Pres
dents up n ag'in EN-. Now. amt
never tackled any o. the books o. these
here library sharps. seems they cost
more'n d take you L the Trenton State
Fair but IL they've gone n went n
lied about poor. dunn critters. then I'm
with the Pres'd dent, say 1.
What's the use o. lyin' about ami
mails, anyhow They don't need any
O. these here penny-a-liners 20 plug their
game. Reason? OF course they reason
Jus the same as you n me reason.
Hog Deserved Medal.
But started out L tell you bout my
hero hog II ever anyone deserved a
medal from Carnegie, that hog o. mine
does. Now. meanin' no ofrense. there's
some humans who's all hog. an some
hogs who's all human. That there hero
hog belongs in the latter category. Mrs.
Wetherbee an mes named him Boccac-
clio. after some one in the Bible, n you
kin JUS bet he'll never be cut up into
the ham what am. and on one'H ever
monkey with his picked pigs feet.
NO sir; he's endeared hisself too
much to Mrs Wetherbee n me. m by
his brsvery's become one O. the family.
The geese we put in red flannel pants
make 'em pTesentable after we'd
picked out. all their feathers has like
wise made themselves solid.
Y know tn railroad runs Just by
our place, n tOther day our little Ave
year-old Nehemiah Wuz out a-playin'
on IN track. Mrs. Wetherbee Utiz busy
at III time in IN kitchen a-makin' a
peach cobbler, n I wuz tossin' hay with
my hired man out IN tn south medder
No one noticed little Nehemiah r paid
any attention 10 him 'cept BoccacclO.
an that there hog WuZ uneasy.
He knew with his hog instinct Il
wuz just about time fur the II 90 train
be along. TIL geese wuz loafin' near
by. but they didn't seem Z have no idea
OF time lige Boccaccio, who kept grunt-
in an eXpostulatin' with Nehemiah as
II were [ git out o. harms way. But
IN child WIZ too occupied tryin' 10
wrench up one O. the iron rails L take
tn tip.
The Washington times., 1907-07-15

More than 100 shares of America To-
bacco changed hands last week, little
more than half of-the total sales for the
first half of the present year. on the
weeks transactions the issue lost %
DOiutg
The Washington times., 1907-07-15

Pennsylvania is the greatest building
and loan associations State in this coun
try. 1t has 1,257 organizations at last
reports, and over S29. S52 members. Ohio
comes second with GA associations and
over 2gO904 members
The Washington times., 1907-07-15

The utility corporations OF Milwaukee
have increased their capital a total of
S3S,OO0.OO0 to evade the new stock water
inc law
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-10-31

Buy your school supplies at Ivey' IS
Pharmacy. Sc
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-10-31
Notice 10 the Public.

Having disposed of my lumber bust
ness it is desired that all parties indebt-
ed to me settle promptly. VIII be at
Office of old stand for that purpose,
either in person or represented by my
son, B. II. Prideaux. who is authorized
to receive and receipt in my name.
4lwd b, I. PRIDEAuX.