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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
WALL STREET
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BIG READING SALES WAKE
MARKET SAG.
American Smelling and American Sugar
Decline at opening, but Soon
Recover.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Prices of stocks
we're inclined to sag in the opening deal
ings today, the higher quotations In Lon
don having but slight influence eading
declined ", Amalgamated Copper and
American Smelling Ia, American Sugar
and Mackay Companies ! and new YORK
Central ~.
II a. m~s-Supporting orders and some de-
mand from the short interest caused full
recoveries in American Smelling and
American Sugar, but the rally in these
stocks did not help the rest of the mar
ket, which continued to sag. Large selling
orders In Reading exerted an unfavorapie
influence on general sentiment, and there
was a sympathetic decline in other Eastern
and Western railroad stocks. F'eoerai
Mining preferred broke 81, New YORK Ar
Brake 8, Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault
ste. Marie preferred 6, the common ~,
Texas Pacific Land Trust 3, Reading rs,
Pennsylvania and Colorado and Southern
first preferred ~ and Union Pacific,
Northern Pacific, Southern Railway pre-
ferred, Chesapeake and Ohio. Western
Maryland and Brooklyn Transit |.
Noon-Prices had a substantial rally in
the second hour, which restored the aver
age to about yesterdays closing level, and
in some of the most active stocks above
that. American Ice rose "a over last night,
AMERICAN sugar l1S anu lheSAAUeAoA"
Paper preferred /. Illinois Central and
Westinghouse Electric fell l. The rally
was not fully held at noon. Bonds were
steady.
1 D. n.-Reading was bid up to above SO,
which reduced its morning loss to a small
fraction. Elsewhere the rise did not as a
rule amount to much. United States Elk
press gained 5, Cleveland, c., c.. and st.
Louis 35s, New York Central ~ and Balti-
more and Ohio /. Just before the hour
expired there was a reaction, which had
it's origin in American Smelling and Read
ing.
2 p. m.-The decline was checked and
another rally started which carried Read
ing to above 80, and lifted the Western
stocks fractionally above yesterdays clos
ing. The metal stocks showed more
steadiness, the support to American Smelt-
ing having a good effect on the rest of the
group. Delaware and Hudson advanced
liz and Western Union l. Baltimore and
Ohio preferred fell l.
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THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE cotton mar
ket opened steady at unchanged prices TO
a decline of 4 points. and dariRg ~ths
early session sold off to a net loss of z toJs
points on the active months under liquida-
ton. local bear pressure and selling OF
March and May by spot houses, presuma-
bly, against purchases of spot cotton in
the South. Trading was not more than
moderately active. and there will be no
bull support of consequence with prices
only a point or two up from the lowest
during the middle Of the morning. Liver
pool was just about as due on the New
York close of yesterday. and while there
was TALK of freer interior offerings, there
no tangible change in the character of
Southern srot news.
The market was quiz. late in the fore
noon. but rather steadier in tone with
prices about 4 to 5 noints net higher on
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, Dec. l7.-Wheat opened weak
today because of a decline at Liverpool.
Favorable reports of harvesting in Argen-
tina was also a bearish factor. May
opened "A to Is lower, at 102B to 1929, and
sold at 1925. Minneapolis, Duluth n
Chicago reported receipts of 7oS cars
against 800 cars last week, and 5F7 cars
one year ago.
May corn opened Il to Is lower, at 57A
to 57ss, and sold at 57k. Local receipts
were 400 cars, with p on contract grade.
May oats opened 1s@A lower, at 81 and
sold at 53A@53B. Local receipts were 405
cars.
May provisions opened firm; pork up
10, at $780,; lard unchanged at 9.02k and
ribs 21zQ5 higher. at 7.l0 to 7.12h.
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REPORT ON N. Z. BANKING LAWS.

ALBANY, ~ Y, Dec. 17.-Governor
Hughes today gave out the report of the
commission which he appointed recently
to report TO him on the subject of the
banking laws OF the State. Former Comp
troller Of the Currency A. B. Hepburn,
now president of the Chase National
Bank. was chairman OF the commission
Mr.. Frissell would increase the require
ment for trust compan reserves still more
than recommended by the majority, and
Messrs. Marston and Sheldon would have
a scale of reserve requirement. governed
by amount of deposits.
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DIVIDEND

Standard Trust Company, usual semi-an-
nual of 5 per cent, payable December 80;
to stockholders of record, December 81.
Tefft-Weller Company, regular quarterly
of liz per cent. on its preferred stock,
payable December 81; books close Deem
Der 81; reopen January 2.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
way Company, regular semi-annual OF 6
per cent. and IN extra of ? per cent.
payable January 10; to stockholders of
record, December 81.
Michigan Central r. r. Company, regu-
lar semi-annual of 3 per cent. and an extra
OF 2 per cent, payable January %; to
stockholders of record. December 81.
Lake Erie and Western R. R. Company,
of 1 per cent. on its preferred stock, pay
able January Is; to stockholders of record,
December q.
Mahoning Goa r. r. Company, regular
~semi-annyal of 6Nper cent. on ommon
stock, payable February i; to stockholders
OF record, January IL.
Nipissing Mines Company, regular quar-
terly of 3 per cent. payable January 81;
books close December q; reopen January %.
United Traction Company, of 2z per
cent. on its preferred stock. payable Ian
uary 20; to stockholders of record, jan
uary 10.
Boston Wharf Company, semi-annual OF
3 per cent, payable December 81; to stock
holders of record, December IS.
Utah Mining Company, quarterly of %
cents a share, payable January 10; books
close December p: reope December 80.
international Nickel Company, regular
quarterly of ~ per cent. On its preferred
stock, payable February 1; books close
January 10; reopen February 8.
Consolidated Traction Company, usua'
semi-annual of / per cent. on its common
stock, payable December 81; to stock
holders of record, December 20.
Union Switch and Signal Company, usua'
quarterly Of 3 per cent. on each of IL:
common and preferred stock, both pay
able January 10; to stockholders Of record
December 81.
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THEBAUD ASSETS.
Old Firm That Assigned Recently Files
Schedule.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-PaulfG Thebaud
and Fritz Prahl, surviving members of
the firm OF Thebaud Brothers, commission
merchants, with offices at 81 Broad street,
who assigned on July II to Ernest G.
Pliester, have filed their assignment
schedules in the Supreme Court. They
show the liabilities to be S702,579; nominal
assets, 81 ,317. 1852; actual assets, 1896, $50.
The house was established in 1898 by
Joseph Thebaud. Its business was prin-
cipally with Mexico, Central America and
Yncatan. Justice O'Gorman, of the Su-
preme Court. has fixed the bono of the
assignees at 100000.
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MINERS GET

WILKEsBARRE. Pa. Dec. ia de-
cision by the Cancellation board Of the an
coal region will give the miners al
the No. 6 c%olliery of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company a Christmas present.
They were recently granted an advance for
kinds Of WORK, and Superintendent
Baird Snyder was ordered to pay it. The
award is retroactive to last April and soAce
of the men will get as much as 500.
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NEW PIER FOR EXPRESS COMPANY

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 1.-THE Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has award
| ed a contract to f. N. Stillman & Co.
for the construction of a two-story
steel frame, metal covered pier, $40
| feet long n 1870 feet wide, north of
the big railroad station, for use by the
Adams Express Company
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STOKES NAMES cAu1IET.

TRENTON, Dec. 1z.-Henry T. Caullet,
a contractor and builder. has been appoint
ed by Governor Stokes as a member of the
State Board of Riparian Commissioners.
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of John r. Reynolds, who was a brother
in-law of Mr.. Caullet.
The salary of the commissioner is $500
a year, and the term is five years. Mr.
Caullet is a Democrat.
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, Dec. I7.-Directors of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
way Company today declared a semi-an-
nual dividend of 6 per cent and an extra
dividend of 2 per cent. This compares with
q dividend of 6 per cent. for the last
previous six months.
The directors of the Michigan Central
Railroad declared a semi-annual dividend
of 3 per cent. and an extra dividend of I
per cent. The extra dividend Is this case
Is also in excess of that declared for the
previous six months.
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P o SIGNED TICKET.
National Association Demands New
legislation.

CHICAGO, Dec. IA demand that all
railroad tickets be issue to bearer
without compulsory signature of the pur-
chaser, was made at a meeting of the
executive committee of the National Ticket
Brokers' Association here. A recent de-
cision of the United States Supreme Court
held the requirements of a signature to
be legal.
Chairman F.. T. Lindenberg, of Detroit,
laid the decision of the court before the
| committee and said: It's up to US now to
have legislation enacted that will remove
| this signature business. Tickets should be
made legal fare, just the same as the
| money Of our land, good for what it stipu-
| lates, without restrictions"
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AUTO CARS TO REPLACE
LOCOMOTIVE TRAINS.
Complete Transformation Planned for
Prussia's Railroad
system

BERLIN, Dec. 17.-Virtually a complete
transformation in the State railroad sys-
tenn is about to be introduced in Prussia.
On all except main trunk lines, automo-
bile cars. which run singly, will replace
locomotives drawing ordinary trains In
all portions of the system. Prolonged ex-
periments have proved that such cars
running along rails as at present laid pos
sess immense economic advantages.
Some hundreds of these passenger cars
nave been ordered. each provided with a
60-horsepower motor.
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GOLD ENGAGEMENTS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Guarantee
Trust Company has announced the en-
gagemenf of 100000 in gold for import.
Lazard Frores have engaged an addi-
tional 81, GOO, 900 in gold for import. This
makes the total on the present movement,
sf05. 10000
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NEW JERSEY posTMAsTERs.

WASHINGTON. Dec. y17.-The Pres
ident has sent the following nominal
tions to the Senate; s
Postmasters: New Jersey-Lewis A.
Waters, Madison: w. Burtis Ravens,
Toms River: Lewis S. Sculthorp, Allan
tic Highlands.
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THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. Dec. 17.-American securities
were quiet and about unchanged al the
opening today. Later Baltimore and Ohio
and st. Paul advanced ". and smaller
gains were made by other shares.
AT noon the zone was firm with prices
u to " above yesterdays New York clos
ing.
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tart DUE THURSDAY.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Secretary
Taft, who went to Manila to open the
first Philippine parliament, and con
tinued on a tour around the world, Is
expected to reach New York on Thurs
day on the liner President Grant. He
probably will leave at once for WASH
ington to lake up his official duties.
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QUITS x CHARGE.

WASHINGTON. Dec. n.-George r.
Cults. national ban examiner, Of New
York. has been appointed permanent re-
merce OF Kansas City.
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SILK I RESUME.

YORK. Pa, Dec. T.-Eight hundred
employees OF the York SILK Manufac-
turing Company and the Diamond SILK
Company who have been out Of work
since November Is. were notlded by
Receiver VI. II Lanius to report for
duty komor nj morning
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WILL REOPEN BANK.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. r.-Holders of IS per
cent. of the stock of the Kansas City Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, which closed its
doors December S, at a meeting last night,
decided to %reorganize the institution and
reopen 1t as soon as possible.
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WAR ON GRAIN MEASURE.

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 17-Renrasanta-
lives OF the grain interests Of the country
met here and adopted resolutions against
the bill now pending in Congress known
as the McSumoer5W Watson measure. pro-
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WEBSTER, Mass, Dec. H-After 4
months shutdown the Perry woolen mills
In PofrHflIIe have resumed oDefatione on
full tinfe Mort thar 80 per cent. Of the
epet4tt*ee fefmf1e employed are ct work.
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FREED FROM B-ANKRUprcY.

TRENTON. Dec, H.-Herman Mary.
Charles A, Wooisey and PhIomina Hnck.
er, of Newark. have been discharged
from bankruptcy In the United States
Court by Judge tanning.
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CAsHIER DROPS a

COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. 17.-Frank Frank
enberg, aged go years, cashier Of the
Colonial Savings Bank, dropped dead N
the bank lobby yesterday.
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LOCAL s-EcuRrrrns.

The appended list OF quotations or. the
active local securities is furnished by. Her
man ]. Egner. room COG. Prudential ogiid-
ing: Bid. Asked:
Consolidated Traction CO... 971h 98h
sCon. Traction Co. 5s........... 50 81
Celluloid .........."........:.. 10S lg6
81. c.. Hob. & Pa. st. Ry. Is. 81 58
sNorth Jersey st. Rv. S.. 81 ~
Newark Passenger Ry. $751;. 11 l0S
Eliz., Plain. & Cen. Jersey 5s.. "a SO
Public Service t.-bearing Gifts. 81 ~
APublic Service s p. c. notes.. 80 81
Public Service st.seE ........... :
Newark Gas IS, 19l4........... 122 15
Newark Con. las 5s, 194S...... SO 100
Newark Con. Gas stock......... q
Essex & Hudson Gas stock. 96 By
sPat. e. Pas. Gas & Elec. 5s.... 80 80
Pat. & Pas. Gas. & Elec. stock. s. 20
tHudson County, Gas 5s......... 90 S
Hudson County Gas stock 80. So 70
IS. J. Gas, Elec. & Trac. $751;. 81 70
s.. J.fGas, Elec. & Trac. stock. 30 "
*United Electric 4s............... 57k oS15
Bergen Co. Gas & Eec stock. ~ a
Newark City Water As, 1922.... 9g1a uO1z
essex County Park As, 1888 -. 1917 lVOA
sand interest,
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NEW YORK PRODUCE ExCHANcr.
WHEAT

Furnished by Byrne & Mcdonnell, stoek
brokers, 800 Broad street. Telephone 6i6.
Opening. Closing
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NEW YORK OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

The following quotations are furnished
by Van Schaiek & Co:
Closing yester- Close to-
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PRICES OF BONDS.

The following quotations were furnished
by Post & Flag3:
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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

Furnished by Byrne & Mcdonnell, stock
brokers, 800 Broad street. Telephone 616.
opening. Closing
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, Dec. 17.-Following are quota
lions of the active stocks deal in on the
Boston Stock Exchange:
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE.
AND NOTES
FOR INVESTORS.

The members of the New York Cotton
Exchange are signing a petition proposing
to vote on the question Of making Decem-
Der % n January 2 extra exchange hoii-
days, in line with the action Of the New
Orleans and Liverpool exchanges, whlen
will be closed on those days. The London
stock Exchange also will bf closed on
those days.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-19
WHY BRYAN REFUSED.

There is the usual split in the Ma tional Democratic Club over the Jeff ferson Day dinner on April IS.
 Some time ago John Fox, president of the club, selected Andrew Freed man to manage the affair and then went to Europe. Freedman has man. aged things so far in such a way as to offend not only the Bryan men in the club, but Bryan himself. He has invited as guests of honor the most prominent anti-Bryan men in this State and a number of Southern United States Senators who are known to be opposed to Bryan's nomination next year, while he has ignored the men who have stood by the Nebraskan since 1896. A prominent local politi- clan received a letter from Bryan to- day in which he writes in no pleasant way about the Freedman crowd in the Democratic club. Bryan's friends de- clare that Freeman, after sending an invitation to the Nebraska statesman, proceeded to make plans for strong anti-Bryan demonstration at the din ner. Alton B. Parker, August Belmont and all their close political friends were invited. Southern Democrats were then urged to send some favorite sons to. partake of the feast and take part in the speechmaking. It is reported that Senators Rayner of Maryland, Daniel of Virginia and Culberson of Texas and Hoke Smith of Georgia have
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-19
SILVER TIPS ON POCKET KNIVES

SILVER TIPS ON POCKET KNIVES,
 You wouldn't think that the little German silver tips on pocket knives are cast separately, but such Is the case" said Clayton Davis. Just why they cannot be cut from one large sheet of metal I do not know, but ev- cry one of these tiny pieces of metal is bored separately, thousands of little moulds being required for the purpose in a large establishment. Scrap Ger man silver Is melted down and little aluminium added, the effect of which is to release the oxides in the silver and make it run more easily. The moulds are poured standing up and when the metal hardens the casting is pared off to give it the rounded shape in which it is used,
 The American boy of the. present day is not the whittier his Yankee an cestors are said to have been, but there is plenty of sale for pocket knives, those of good quality being bought ex- tensively. The English and Germans are ahead of us in making good steel and the result is that Made in Ger many is seen on the blades of knives that are made in Connecticut and else- where From the Milwaukee Senti- nel."
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MOTORING NORTH AND SOUTH
Fine Florida Roads-Day's Run Twice
 ne I.nnQ a 6 Enrf11 nrlV

Fine Florida Roads-Day's Run Twice as Long as Formerly. South of the Potomac very little au- tomobiling touring is advisable at this time, says Outing, on account of the
 very bad average condition of the roads, especially in Virginia. A few trips have been made between Washington and Richmond, but no satisfactory running schedule has ever been compiled even for that distance
 In the aggregate quite a number of automobiles are found in the Carolinas
 but their use is almost entirely local. More might be said of Georgia, es-
 pecially in the district around Savan- nah, but it is not until the Florida east coast is reached that motor cars are used in any considerable extent. Not only do the Ormond- -Daytona beaches hold the worlds speed records i Qncludins the one of two miles in one
 minute), but the rapid progress of
 road making on both the east and west
 coasts Is making Florida genuine winter touring of the very first impor-
 tance and of constantly growing popularity.
 Whereas the run from New York to
 Albany -160 road miles-was former I ly considered sufficient for two days,
 breaking about even at Poughkeepsie
 1t is no uncommon thing any more to
 make the trip from New York to
 Saratoga-45 miles above Albany-be- tween morning and evening of sum.
 mers or autumn day And this with
 ample leisure to start, and for noon day lunch-possibly at Hudson-with
 out crowding the machine or breaking the spirits of the law.
 Likewise the entire run from Boston to the White Mountains or the cor
 responding return trip, is now fre- quently made in day, considerably more than 200 miles. Or, to move further west for third illustration. Niagfa Falls has come to be within 1 a single days run of both Cleveland and Detroit.
 Oconomowoc and Lake Geneva are
 both splendid one day trips from Cld-
 cago; and if one will stand the out-
 rageous toll charged over the Ken
 lucky bikes Lexingtonfis equally near
 both Cincinnati and Louisville.
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AGED RESIDENT OF WATERBURY

Had Thrilling Experience Crossing the
 Ocean.
 Mrs. Ann Grant died this morning at her home, 5S Maple street. Mrs. Grant was born in County Armagh, Ireland, ninety-two years ago, and with her husband and several children set sail for this country from Dundalk in the days when there were no steam ships and it took anywhere from three to four months to make the voyage. The old sailing vessel-she had forgot ten the name of it-didnt fare very well and 1t was delayed for one reason or another until the real bad weather set in and finally they were so hard pressed that they had to anchor some place in the neighborhood of Nova Scotia and remain there until the ice had disappeared. With very little pro- visions and insufficient supply of fu- el, the passengers suffered untold hard ships and it left such an impression upon Mrs, Grant that she never could refer to it without shedding tears. But that was by no means all. In order to prevent the children from freezing to death they used to be allowed ont twice day to run about on the ice and on one occasion when almost all the youngsters were amusing themselves the ice cracked between them and the ship and before the thoughtless cll1l- dren were aware of the situation they were carried off to sea on the huge bender and not one of them was ever recovered. Mrs. Grant and nearly ev- cry family on board had children in the group and when they were seen moving out to sea on the ice the off, cers of the ship had a hard time to prevent the women folks from rushing after them. The cries of the older peo- pie on that awful occasion haunted Mrs. Grant until her dying day, and yet she liked to talk about 1t as she was quite familiar with the whole af- fair IA great many died from expo sure, amongst them her husband, and while she suffered in common with others yet she never felt any bad ef- feet from the experience. She was a bright, cheerful woman and was we'll acquainted with the older residents of the town. She was the mother of James F. Grant of -Griggs street. Waterbury American