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WAR DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES.
Preparing Data for the Use Of Secre-
tarY Taft

The estimates for the fiscal year ending
June ~, 1909, are being prepared by the
various bureaus Of the War Department.
This Is being done in accordance with In
structions from Secretary Taft, who intends
to prepare his annual report, including his
recommendations for appropriations for the
needs of the War Department for the fiscal
year 1909. before he leaves Washington on
his trip for the Philippines. The Secretary
has a number Of engagements in the west
prior to sailing for the Philippines early in
September, so that he will leave Washing
ton the latter part Of August and will not
return before he sails. The Secretary has
In mind various recommendations which he
intends to make to Congress, and putting
them into shape and preparing the esti-
mates for the fiscal year 1909 will occupy
more or less Of his time during the short
period which will intervene between his re-
turn to Washington from Murray Bay,
Canada, August IL, and his departure later
In the month for the west.
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Weather Conditions Today.

Old Sol and the mercury were doing busi
ness at the old stand again today and the
temperature was soaring, but with the alb
sence of oppressive humidity mankind did
not suffer 80 much, after all. The weather
man reported the humidity to be only AZ
per cent today. The temperatures varied
with the passing hours, as follows: At the
weather bureau: am 70 degrees; 10 am,
81; noon, 85, and 2 pm, SO. At Aff1ecks:
am, SO; 10 am, 90; noon, 95, and 2
o'clock, 90.
Almost identical conditions are in store
for tomorrow the weather man says
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-23
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Has the summer dumping season come at
last? This is the question that is being
asked by many persons who have been
watching with interest the recent move
ments Of securities on the local stock ex-
change. Last week expectations Of a drop
ping off In prices, due to a usual midsum-
mer dullness had not materialized, but
instead prices had shown a tendency to go
up Washington Gas and Capital Traction
being especially notable in this particular.
The amount Of business transacted had also
been comparatively large. Within the past
few days, however, Washington Gas and
Capital Traction have begun to settle back,
and at today's meeting the volume of bust
ness was decidedly below the average OK
the past six months
There were transactions to very limited
extent In eight securities. The quotation
bid on Washington Gas was 76, as COM
pared with TN yesterday, and on Capital
Traction it was 134ss, as compared Win
1851 yesterday. No Washington Gas was
traded straight, but option for sixty
days on 100 shares was sold at 10. Twenty
five shares of Capital Traction brought 13o,
and one share 1871.
There were two sales of Georgetown Gas
of twenty-five shares each. The popularity
of the transact was that the first lot
brought 80 and the second went at 80 The
closing bid was S91z as compared with 10
yesterday.
Five thousand dollars in Washington Gas
certificates were traded at 1861, which was
a point and a half above yesterdays closing
bid After the sale the highest bid was
1862.
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TO STUDY PETROLEUM.
DR.. Day Will Relinquish Position az
Chief Of Bureau.

DR.. David T. Day, for many years chief
Of the bureau Of mining and mineral re-
sources, geological survey, will be succeeded
August by Mr.. Edward Wheeler Parker
the coal expert on the anthracite coal strike
commission.
DR.. Day will devote his attention to
studies of the nature Of petroleum, contin-
uing in the survey for that purpose at the
same salary he enjoyed as chief Of bureau.
The change was made upon DR.. Days
request. The petroleum resources Of the
country have become so widespread and
vast that that industry alone is regarded as
of the first importance to the work of the
survey.
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POWDER TRUST ARRAIGNED.
Draft Of Complaint Sent to the At
torney General,

the Department Of Justice is expected to
file within the coming week its compla int
against the powder trust The complaint
viii be along the same lines as the pro-
ceedings against the tobacco trust, and will
De move for the dissolution of the great
trust by the appointment of a receiver. Be-
fore Assistant Attorney General Purdy left
Washinton for Europe he forwarded to
Attorney General Bonaparte the complaint
as 1t had been drawn by him. The Attor-
ney General has revised some parts Of the
complaint and 1t is now In the government
printing Office. After being printed 1t will
go to the Attorney General at Lenox, Mass
to be signed by him. Shortly afterward it
Will be filed in the United States courts
probably in Delaware. Mr.. Bonaparte will
remain at Lenox until early in August
when he will return here to supervise the
business of the department
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Building Permits Issued

Inspector Ashford issued the following
building permits today:
To Junior Department of the Y. M. c. A.,
at 18th and G streets northwest, for repairs
and alterations to cost $40, 600; architects,
Harding Upman; builders, s. J. Prescott
& Co.
To George ]. Nash, for one three-story
brick dwelling at 90 o street northwest,
estimated to cost $500: architect, c. C.
Gailea< builder, G. ]. Nash.
To William A. Wimsatt, for two three
story brick dwellings at go and 912 B
street southwest, estimated to cost $1,000;
architect, T. F. Holden; builder, +. HUH.
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AND BEARS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. July 23.-Naturally the
character OF yesterdays trading did not
tend to inspire confidence in the future Of
! the stock market Everywhere 1t was free
ly acknowledged that the transactions were
conducted by professionals even to a great
er extent than most O. the time last week.
The large operators who have been, such i'm
portant factors In previous speculative mar
kets are still disinclined to participate in
the present movement except in very
small way.
One such operator, when asked jestingly
if he proposed to make an active market in
the near future, replied that he would do
much toward bringing about such condi-
ton. 1t is known that he has been out OF
the. market for nearly six months and still
believes that money will soon be too tight
to warrant the taking on of large line OF
stocks at present prices. His position Is
practically that of nearly every other large
operator who has carried as high as 1OO-
600 shares Of stock for weeks and even
months.
In discussion yesterday of the absence
of the public from the market the point
was made that the large interests do not
care to have the public participate at this
time because they wish to sell them stocks
at considerably higher prices and are now
engaged in buying them for this purpose.
This opinion, however, is not shared by
those who have watched recent transac-
tons closely. According to their observa-
ton, there has been abundance of stock
for sale on every bulge. I. is known that
the large interests were compelled to take
many thousands of shares during the
March slump and before, which, sold at
present prices, would yield a profit of all
the way from 10 to 20 points.
A very large private borrowing demand
ported. Such a demand has existed for
some weeks. 1t is known that one house
which has loaned about 10000 shares of
the stock, believing that the pressure would
soon be lifted and the stock advanced
rather sharply, called in its shares. The
expected turn, of course, has not come as
yet, and within the last few days the bor-
rowing demand has been renewed on a
large scale. Some observers inclined
to believe that far-sighted insiders SELL
ing the stock in anticipation of a substan-
tial recession in the steel business. of
which, it is claimed, they are confident. In
more optimistic circles it is maintained
that most of the selling for some time has
been for the account of professional oper-
ators on the short side and that the COM
mitments of that character are extremely
large
X X
A prominent representative of one of the
largest railroad systems in the United
States who for some weeks has been pre-
dieting marked improvement In the stock
market says now he does not see how
there be much more improvement or
genuine activity until monetary conditions
decidedly easier than at the present
time. He says that so far as his observa-
ton and inquiry go, money is genuinely
tight at all important centers
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THE BALTIMORE MARKFTS.
IpecIal Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. July 23-wHEAT-Firmer;
spot. contract, 92a924 spot, No. red western
4i.s9iz4 July, 92a92t; August 9oiaa9Os. Sep
tember, 92a92I.; steamer No. red S3l5 re-
sel-ts. 25,lI5 bushels new southern by sample,
e0sS7; southern grade S3ae0.
CORS-FirmeT; spot. Nmixed, 5Siza5S%; No. 2
white. 5sIaa5sS. July. 5siaa5ss4: August $50 a59
September. sos; steamer mixed 54a5iA; re-
eeipts 9G. 1856 bushels; southern white corn, 54a
ests; southern yellow corn, 54a5s15.
OATS-Steady; No. white. 51aa51&; No. 3
white, 49&a5oh: No. mixed. 4s%a4eh; re-
eeipts 10 $40 bushels.
RYE-Quiet; receipts, $3.50 bushels.
HAY-Dull. unchanged
GRAIN FRElGHrS-Quiet, unchanged.
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
At the close of the stock market the fol-
lowing stocks had changed in price since
above quotations. there being no change In
balance of the closing prices:
Am. Car Foundry 433s.
American Smelling, III.
Anaconda, 571a.
Atchison, Top. & S. Fee, 035s.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 561a.
Canadian Pacific 1861.
Chicago, Nil. & ST. Paul. 1343s.
Distilers' Securities, 6oA.
Interboro Metropolitan, 15A.
M S. NJ, 1O1A.
Norfolk and Western, 75h.
Northern Pacific, 1865.
Pacific Mail Steamship, 80.
Reading, 1O41s.
Rock Island. COM, 2111.
S. L. & San Fran. I'd pfd., 3SA.
Southern Pacific, S5h.
Toledo st. Louis & West, pfd., 1917.
Union Pacific, 144A.
U. s. Steel. 361a.
U. S. Steel pfd, 1904.
Va.-Car. Chem. Com, 261a
Wabash. 1864.
Wabash preferred 2J1.
Wooden Goods, 2G1s.
BONDS.
American Tobacco IS, 104.
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Khedive Was Iucoe.

PARIS. July 23-The Khediye ~ Ervnt
Apoas Him. has spent two days in Paris
In such strict incognito that his presence
dld not become known until after his de-
win visit England before returning to
Egypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-23

NEW YORK, July 23.-The public utili-
ties commission announced today the APP
pointment of VIM M. WINS. republican
nominee in the last mayoralty election, as
yestigate the marlborough, Metropolitan
and Brooklyn Rapid Transit railroad sys-
TENS The investigations, it Ia understood,
will commence at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-23

PARIS. July 23.-It is reported that Gen.
L. F. H. Metzinger and Gen. n. C. C. L..
M1chal, members Of the general staff, will
follow the example of Gen. Hagron, who
last week resigned commander-in-chief
of the French army because he disapproved
of the proposed reduction of the strength
of the army. These two officers, il is said
will retire for the same reason as did their
chief
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THE FOREIGN MARKET.

LONDON, July 23.-Bullion amounting to
s1O7 600 was taken into the Bank of Eng
land today and 100000 was withdrawn for
shipment to South America.
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THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, July 23-American securities
opened weak, with prices one-half to five
eighths under the New York closing of yes
terday. Amalgamated Copper and Atchison
led the downward movement.
Receipt Of New York opening prices
caused a temporary steadiness, but the
buying soon subsidized and the market closed
dull
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Liverpool Exchanges to Be Closed.

LIVERPOOL. July 23-The provisions
exchange here will be closed August s and
the corn exchange August and D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-23

ROME. July 23.-The pope has decreed the
canonization of Joseph Oriol, a pious priest
who lived his life In Barcelona. He also
sanctioned the miracles attributed to Marie
order for women. who recently was can
onized.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Saes-Regular call IL o'clock noon-Capital
Traction, 20 at 1876, l at 1871 at 1876.
Georgetown Gas, % at 80, 25 at 90.
Metropolitan National Bank, at 3lS
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank, % at
1917.
Union Trust Warrants, 10 at 81.
After ll-Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at POI.
Washington Gas cert, $500 at 1O6h, 81, 500
at
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Grain and Provisions Summary.
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, July 23.-Wheat: SPOT.
quiet; No. red western winter, Is Id; fu-
lures, steady; July. Is. nd; September
Is. 3d.; December. Is. AID. Corn: Spot
steady; Hess dried, 5s.: old northern.
5s. 2l4d.; futures, quiet; July, nominal; Sep
TENDER, As. 97sd.
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Brighton Beach Entries,
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK, N.
Y, July 23.-Following are the entries for
tomorrow's events:
First race, three-year-olds handicap; six
furlongs-Sewall, 125; Haensel, III; Ber-
wick, 113; Senator Clay, 113; Barbary Belle,
no. Prince Ahmed, 10; Bat Masterson,
100; Trouble Maker, 1O9; Prejlk1icio, 1OS;
Mint Beria. 1O8; Trio, 100; Umbrella, 9S.
Also eligible: Cabochon, 11S; Red River,
1913; Lad of Langden, 1885, Golden West
10.
Second race, steeplechase, four-year -olds
and up, handicap, short course, about two
miles-Coligny, 100; Thstledale, 14S; Sun
glow, 147; Garrett, 147; Belligerent, 142
High Rank, 1876: Sandalwood, 1873; Guar
dian, 80; Judge White, 100. Also eligible
Kernel, 1852; Blue Pigeon, 140; Gold Ray
1870; Larone, 1870.
Third race, four year-olds and up; selling;
one mile and a sixteenth-Yada, 1O6; Miss
Doyle, 1O1; Tripping, 1O1; Brancas. To-,
First Mason, 1Gs: Bobbe Kean, ia; We,
lours, 1O6; Carthage, Ill: Blandy, III
vendor, 9S; King Cole, 1876; Suffice, lOl
'Stand Over, 1903; Herodotus, ILL., sMoon-
shine. 90; 'Racine II, 9S.
Fourth race, the Montauk stakes, for two
year-olds; six furlongs-Earls Court, 1O7;
Walter Miller, ITO; .Cnapultepec, III; Fair
Play, lis; Hessian, 1O7; Alauda. 1O7; Home
Again, 104.
Fifth race, three-year-o!ds; one mile and
Observation-Disclosures, Ill; Dick Finnell,
119; Ampedo, 119; Troublemaker, 119; Lady
karma, ia; Rif1eman. 121; Lord Lovat, 1l3.
Sixth race, two-year-old fiilies. maidens
five and one-half furlCngs-Malaga, 1O7
Lois Cavanaugh 1O7; Dixie Gold. 1O7; Miss
Delaney, 1O7; Fond Heart, 1O7; Slumberless,
1O7: Hear, 107; Alloy. 1V7; Nanno, 1O7
Red Bennett, 1O7; Boema, 1O7; Shock, 1O7
Queen Helene. 1O7; Stylit, 107; Belphoebe,
1O1; Moss. 1O1; ,klcandonna, 1O7.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear, track fast.
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Bar silver. quiet, 81 11-16d. per ounce
Money, lAa2 per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for short
bills is 81 per cent.
The rate OF discount in the open market for three
months bills Is 3a per cent.
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by E. r. Chapman Il Co. e. B. Chip
man, manaSer), members New York Stock E1-
change, 1901 Ut. H.
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Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption. 81, O2S,7S6. Government receipts:
From internal revenue, $3004S7; customs,
1870, 444; miscellaneous, $104634. Expendi-
lures, s., $50, 600.
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The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers. 1919 F street. members New
York stock exchange. Washington stock ex.
change and Chicago board of trade.
GA Illxxl. A.AS
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THE FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS, July 23.-Three per cent rentes, %
francs for the account. Exchange on Lon
don. rs francs 10 centimes for checks. =
-, BERLIN, July 23.-Exchange on London,
~ marks AZ pfennigs for checks.
discount rates: Short bills, per cent;
three months bills "A per cent.
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Brighton First Race.

BRIGHTON BEACH, July 23.-First race,
three-year-olds and up; selling; six furlong ):
Neoskaleeta, 10 to l and to 1, won; Sister
Frances. even place, second; Momentum,
third. Time, 1.13.
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Naval Movements.

Naval Movements.
The Helena and Quiror have arrived at
Cheefoo. the Olympia at Newport. the Wor-
den at Pine Beach, Va; the Dolphin at
Gloucester, the Charleston at Puget sound,
the Wolverine at Duluth, Mimi; the Wasp
at League Island, the Stranger at Pensa-
cola, and the Huntress and Whipple at
League Island.
The Perry has sailed from Mare Island
for Puget sound, the Georgia from Cape.
Cod bay for Newport, and the st. Louis
from Sandy Point for Valparaiso
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A Board for Chap1ains.

board of officers has been appointed to
meet at Fort Monroe, Va, for the examina-
ton of such candidates as may be author
lied to appear before 1t to determine their
fitness for appointment as chaplain in the
army.
The detail for the board is
Maj w Fitzhugh Carter, surgeon.
Capt. Gordon G.. Heiner, Coast Artillery
Corps.
Corps.
First Lieut.. Frank T. Hines, Coast Artil-
lery Corps.
Capt. Charles A. Ragan, assistant sur
geon.
First Lieut. Frederic H. Smith, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, recorder
The border vidette., 1907-12-28
Christmas.

Christmas, with all of it's attendant festivities and holy rites, Is almost upon us. Its celebration by making presents to one another commentaries the bestowal of Gods greatest gift to mana child. Christmas is time of giving. An ancient Italian legend tells how good St. Nicholas of Padua first gave presents on Christmas eve by throwing purses in at the windows of the needy people. The purses were knitted and long, not unlike stock ing. People soon began to hang their long purses on the window sills on Christmas eve, for money. When money became scarce, presents were put into the purses instead. In cold countries, where the windows could not be left open, folks hung theIr purses. or stocking, near the fireplace, believing that St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, would come down the chimney and fill them. That is how the Christ mas stocking came to be used and the practice of making Christmas presents began.-Ex.
The border vidette., 1907-12-28
Survey Progressing.

Several persons who have come in recently from the mountains report that the surveyors for the San Diego and Arizona railroad have about com pleted their work on the mountains. and expect to come down on the desert in the course of few weeks, says the Imperial Standard.
 No announcement has yet been made of the prospective route for the road. but the opinion is very general through the valley that the road will make direct line frosn the mountain pass to Oalexico and there join the Southern Pacific through to Yuma.
 Actual construction of the road IS expected to be resumed early in the coming year from the San Diego end. though it is also possible that the Southern Pacific force, now working below the line, will also be put to work on the road from the Oalexico end, with & view to crowding construction.
The border vidette., 1907-12-28

The Blade has erected 30 foot tower and tank for the purpose of storing water. A pumping plant is under way of construction and will be completed shortly and pipe line will be laid to our residence property on Pinal street, with & view to supplying water for the house and yard The yard contains a number of valuable young fruit trees which the editor has been trying to nurse to maturity on a bottle, as it were, and this improve ment will enhance their chances of life as well as afford an opportunity to beautlfy the place with lawn. The height of the storage tank is such that stream of water can be thrown clear over either the office or residence buildings, and therefore the improve ment will have its greatest value in protection against fire Florence Blade
The border vidette., 1907-12-28
Wages In Mexico.

A Mexican newspaper, the Ohihua- hua Enterprise, recently made the re- markable statement that W. O. Greene had been in conference with the State officials of Sonora at the capital. Her mosillo. and that the object of Mir. Greene's visit was to arrange O scale of wages for Mexican employees upon resuming operations at Oananea. chat would be agreeable to the aforesaid officials, before he would be allowed to resume operations. Nothing could be more misleading. In Mexico the labor CT has the right to demand any rate of wages that he ploases. but his employ CT is under no obligation to meet any demand that may seem to him exor- bitant. This at once places the Mex ican wage question where it properly belongs.
 The law of supply and demand con- trols. There are no labor organiz- ations among the Mexican miners or shelter workers. consequently the wage scale at the numerous mines is generally determined by the labor supply. w. O. Greene has had little troubls with Mexican labor, as he has always paid as high rate of wages as anyone else, and often higher, so. much so that other mine owners have been constrained to deprecate this liberality on the part of Mir. Greene Mining Review.
The border vidette., 1907-12-28
Tucson Dry. Wow!

A petition is being circulated in Tue son for a local option election to be held in that city to decide whether the old Pueblo wishes to continue as it is or whether it desires to be ''dry town"
 Before the petition will be effective it will have to have 300 signatures and then it will be presented to the board of supervisors asking that a special election be held to allow the citizens to vote on the liquor question.
 With the 300 signatures secured to the petition there will be no alter native for the supervisors other than to arrange for the special election as provision is made for this in the Ter ritorial statutes.
 It is learned that people who are behind .he local option proposition are planning to wage a big fight against the saloons in Tucson.
 Plans are already under way for an educational campaign to be waged preceding the special election and temperance speakers of national re- putation will be secured.-Sun.
The border vidette., 1907-12-28
Things Wonderful.

One of the most interesting things in Arizona, a land full of wonderful things-geological and otherwise, is the forest of agateized wood near Ada mana, a station on the Santa Fe. There are acres of great trees turned to stone-agate, jasper, and rock crystals. They show almost every shade of color, but red, chocolate, yellow and gray are most prominent. In Arizona, too, are Montezuma' | well, strange depression in a com paratively level country; little heard of cliff dwellings,; the great meteorite near Canyon Diabalo; wonderful mines of copper. of gold and of silver, and grander and more wonderful than all the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river-American Mining Review.