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The Washington times., 1907-12-18
F INANCE GOSSIP
BY WESTINGHOUSE
Big Manufacturing Com
pany Plans Discharging
Receivers Soon.

FITTSBURG. Pa, Dec. 1s.-"We think
everything is in splendid condition.
Not only are the reports Of the receivers
satisfactory. but plans formulated for
working out all details Of the problem
seemed to meet with favor"
This statement was made late yes
terday by George Westinghouse, after
he had attended meetings called 10 hear
The report OF the rf ceivers Of the West
nghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company, and to discuss plans for
giving the affairs OF the West nGhouse
Machine Company back TO the stock
holders.
A detail report on all these matters
may be made public soon, Mr. Wssting
house says
From another authoritative source
came the report that plans had been
practically completed by which tho
Westinghouse corporations would be
put in such shape that the receivers
could be discharged within ten days
Everything at this end was declared
10 be in fine shape. and Il is ind srstood
meeting viii be held IN New York
today between officials Of the corpora
ton and some Of the larger creditors.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
WASHINGTON STOCKS
WERE VERY SLOW
Very Few Buying Orders
and the Few Sales Made
Show Little Change.

But 159 shares Of stock were TRADED
IN on the Washington Stock Exchange.
This total reflects the dullness Of the
local market. Holders OF securities are
satisfied 10 keep them in their vaults
and strong boxes. Brokers had few or
ders, one way or the other They
found time to Offer SO and better tor
double eagles OF the first issue, and 10
discuss various financial and other in
teresting topics. Guinness was only
secondary, because of the paucity Of
orders NJ market levels
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred sold at 50. with one share
at 62iz. Mitchell Mining was easier at
=. a certificate for two shares Of Mer-
Eenthalcr sold at 1SS.
After the call Washington Gas Ger
tifcates TO the amount Of $3.50 sold at
100.
The postponement of the decision IN
the Georgetown Gas case has caused a
little lower bids for Gas shares. The
insiders still talk bullish and anticipate
q favorable decision-perhaps II would
be nearer right to say that they hope
for decision in their favor.
Bonds We're neglected. A sale Of Po-
tomac Electric SIS at 971z covered the
days trading
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

d street southeast between First and
Second streets-Frederick c. Mattern ct
uN. TO Daniel J. Sullivan. part original
lot 10. square 734. SO
60 G street nOrthwest-JOhn +. Kelly
% al 10 Mary +. Brennan. Annie +.
Meyers. Susie c. Barrett, Elizabeth A.
Kelly, William A. Kelley, Alice G.
Kelley, Ella b. Kelley, Edward J. Kel-
ley, Clara Y. Kelley, and Catherine NJ.
Kelley. all interest in part lot %, square
524. $40.
Girls Portion-Walter y. Weston et
part 800
Second street southeast between 3
and & StreetS-NewtOn NJ. Brooks ct Tx
10 Susan r Weidley. part original lot
IS. square .i52, $40.
Thirty-hfth street northwest. between
Volta place ana Q strect-JOhn y Mac
pherson 10 Edward l. Schneider, part
lot ll2. square 1874, SO J. Barton Miller
Cd uN. 20 same, part same lot. $40
5l4 Fifth street Observation-Disclosures A
Hogan 60 Henry d. Fry, lots 10 and Il,
square 4Ss $40.
r street northwest. between Seven
teenth ana Eighteenth streets-ITenry D
Fry 70 Martha a. Hogan. lot 1872. square
10: $40.
Bnthicum Estate-David A. Greenless
20 Fred Mertens, one-third interest in
lots I and .; 80
Alley between IT and I. Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets northweSt-Freder-
lex &. Van NlieU et al. 10 Thomas B.
Ferguson. part lot IS. square DO: SO
Willard street northwest between Sew
enteeEth and Eighteenth streets-Lizzie
Dunn 10 Charles l.. Selecman, lot 227,
square l5l: SO.
Burrvillc-Henry r. Webb ct TX to
Emma McCarl lots 6 70 -, block II. and
lots I to 4, block u, section ., 800.
Alley between Eleventh and Twelfth,
II and I streets northeast-John G. Yost
q AK. 10 Edward J. Collins, part Of Loo
%. square gSl. $40.
3 street northeast. between Sixth and
Seventh strcets-WashingtO Loan and
Trust Company. executor. TO John r.
Hopkins part of original lot L, square
S67 $3.50.
1920 y street Observation-Disclosures A
Killmon et UX. to Alice c. Bowers. lot
1t5 square zoos, SO
Whittingham-Owen +. Fowler ct ux
20 Sarah 3. Bowser, lot II, square 5G97,
SO
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
WALSH GOT $3I,OOO,OOO
BY TRICK, SAYS hOXEY

CHICAGO. Fec. S.-Bank Examiner
Moxey's testim my today revealed how
John r. Walsh. by use Of the funds
Of depositors in his three banks,
amassed a fortune OF s3l, 10000
Moxey told the jury Walsh procured
part Of the millions by specializing with
the funds Of his depositors. and the re-
mainder by manipulation. Moxey repeat
ed mis- description of how Walsh took
the stream Of gold t1rT..d into the banks
and bought properties IT. his own name.
later issuing stock In the companies
and selling II 10 the banks
The Chicago Chronicle Company has
gone out Of business at a loss. Many
OF the other Walsh properties have
greatly increased in value, the South
ern Indiana Railroad Company having
an estimated valuation Of $4,000
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
SKINNED BY FUR HUNTER
IN OLD BUT FOXY" TRICK

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-A bundle OF
fuTs intended for the inspection Of Miss
n. p. Emo. AT the Hotel Belmont was
stolen Monday afternoon through a
ume-worn trick. The furs were valued
at 500 and belonged TO Louise & Co, Of
554 Fifth avenue.
A messenger boy was sent TO the hotel
with the goods. Soon after he left the
store man bumped into him. The man
read the address on the bundle. which
fell TO the sidewalk. A short distances
from the Belmont the unsuspeCtinE mes
senEer was met BY confederate OF the
man, who proceeded 20 take him sharply
To task
Miss Emo has been waiting for that
bundle a long time, said the man.
Give il 10 ne at once"
The boy handed over the property and
the stranger receipted for It. Miss Emo
didn't get the furs.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
REGULAR PAY PROPOSED
FOR RETIRED MEN ON DUTY

Senator Lodge has introduced a bill Of
special interest TO navy men in Wash
ingtOu. II provides that officers retired
for disability incident TO active service
and who have been employed on active
duty after their retirement shall receive
pay and allowances equal 10 that OF
men on the active list Of the same
length Of service
TX further provides that II actively en-
ployed for an aggregate of three years
after retirement. when detached from
est retired pay Of the grade they held
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
FINANCIAL GOSSIP

The United States is sending more
manufactured product abroad and re-
Gucing the imports from foreign coun-
tries.
The New York Air Brake Company
has been paying S per cent for seven
years, and il is expected that a cut
will be made today.
The fight among the owners of the
big buildings In New York city for
tenants has caused a serious decline
In Realty IS Heretofore they have re-
NAMED very firm. going of only few
points on the panic.
Standard OIL declined yesterday 10
points II is still a rich mans trial
II would pay some of the large cor
ror1tions to retire some Of their bonded
tissues at the current prices.
The currency premium is down 10 y
20 g. If will have to disappear entirely.
and the clearing house certificates as
well. before there can be any real im-
provement in the market.
Margin trading Is still tabooed To- a
very general extent Speculative buy
ls anu Investment purchases await bet
,, INFERIOR banks are calling for less cur
a. ~ +h6 maps they will be returning
"'eFs in a few weeks.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
CUTS MANS THROAT.

MOBILE, Ala. Dec. 1s.--News reached
here this morning Of the killing Of VIII
Romines by Henry Ferguson at Som
merville yesterday.
Ferguson was counting a yGL0E wom-
an in the ueiEhborhOOd and Eomines
told her parents that Ferguson had a
wife and children IN south Alabama.
Ferguson heard this. went 70 Romines'
home, called him out, and cut his throat
from ear to ear.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
WOMEN MAY SCRAMBLE
FOR FOOD IN CAFETORIl

Young women. old women, middle
aged women. and any women that wish
will be given ar opportunity to scram-
bic for eggs, chicken salad, coffee, and
rolls tomorrow. A cafeteria. which is
the name for those help-yourself-Iunch
rooms. will be opened for their benefit.
The Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation, which is the promoter OF the
enterprise. has chosen a location at GA
E street northwest.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
WILL CLOSE RIVER YEAR
IN ORDER TO SAVE SALMON

After a conference today with Sen
ator Fulton OF Oregon the President
said today that unless there should be
some strong reason 70 the contrary he
would Issue an executive order closing
Wood river for a year, IN order 70 pro-
JeCt the salmon.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
NEW ENGLANDERs TO CELEBRATE

The Washington colony OF citizens OF
Massachusetts and sthe New England
States Will tomorrow celebrate the two
hundred and twentieth anniversary OF
the birthday OF New England with a
banquet and appropriate addresses
Virginians will at the same time OBJ
serve the three hundred and first ami
versary OF the sailing Of the expedition
that laid the foundation OF the Ameri-
can republic by the settlement began
by Capt John Smith at jamestown. Va.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
MIssoUR1ANs INDoRSE TAFT.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. lS.-The Republican
State central committee yesterday voted
TO hold. in St. Louis. February d, tho
convention for the selection Of delegates
to the national convention, and for the
nomination of Presidential electors.
Also, following the suggestion OF
Chairman Dickey and the motion Of
John II. Boutwell,, the committee in
dorsed secretary Taft for the Presi-
Dental nomination
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
DRUGGIST STAYS SELF.

CHICAGO. Dec. 1S-W. II. Burke.
president Of the Central Drug Company.
1O0 state street. was found dead I'm his
room yesterday morning. Death re-
suited from a bullet wound IN the head,
which the coroner found was selt-in-
nicted.
Burke mad been suffering from in
sonnia FOR several months, and has
been irrational at times. TIC family
at first gave the cause OF death as
heart failure.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
COTTON PRICE DROPS
DOWN SEVERAL POINTS

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-T-he cotton mar
ket opened lower than yesterday. First
prices were unchanged to 3 points on
The undertOnc was rather weak for a
time after the call and prices showed a
net decline Of about points Sentiment
in the pit was bearish and there was
some pressure from commission houses.
Opening quotations December II 20
bid; January. 1O54Hl055: March. IO7i2
1910; April. 10750l079. May. 10 S0dloS1;
June 10 So bid.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
PISTOL PRACTICE RULES
PUBLISHED BY GEN. OLIVER

General oliver, Acting Secretary Of
War. has approved and published for
the Information of the army the regula-
tions Tor pistol practice drawn by the
committee Of five of the National Guard
Association of the United States. The
regulations provide three classes. with
appropriate medals for each
The official designators are marksman.
pistol sharpshooter, and pistol expert.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
ENGINEERS ELECT OFFICERS.

The washington Society Of Engineers,
ut meeting held last night at Hub
bard Hall. elected these officers for tho
next calendar year; President. Arthur
= Davis: vice president, d. s. Carul,
secretary. John Hoyt; treasurer, John
r. Hayford: directors. Phiiander Belts.
Dr. David T. Day. Robert Farnham. ir.,
Marshall .. Leighton, Asa Phillips,
Julian l. MCDOWELL
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
EIGHTEENTH ST. DWELLING
SOLD TO JOSEPH ]. M0EBS

Joseph J. Moeb. has purchased the
three-story brick d-elling at the corner
OF Eighteenth and Newton streets for
$1,000. The house was built under Mr.
Moeb's supervision and according to his
designs.
The transacJi,n was made through the
real estate firm CT Willige, Gibbs q
Daniels.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
SOLDIERS ALLIANCE BANQUET.

4 banquet at which Senator McCum-
Der. Representative Cook. and others
will be present, viii be held at the
Ebbitt House this evening under the
of Il e Union Soldiers Alliance
The banquet represents the twenty
ninth annual reunion Of the Alliance.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
KILLED IN PETTY QUARREL.

BINGHAMTON. y. Y. Tee. 1S.-A
trihing quarrel with an unknown Italian
section hand cost the life of Roland
COPYRIGHT. a Delaware and Hudson
railroad brakeman, who died here today
CouFtright had an argument with the
Italian last night and the latter drew a
gun and shot him. The Italian was ar
rested.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
NEW POLICE APPOINTMENTS.

Upon recommendation of Major Syl-
vester the District Commissioners have
appointed Gus E. Cunningham a
private OF class I. OF the Metropolitan
Police Force. The following have been
commissioned as special policemen: l..
H Lamb, NJ ]. Burns, and ". T..
Sorren.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
AMERICAN SECURITY
TRUST COMPANY
Northwest Corner Of
Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue


DIRECTORS. ~
Milton 2. Allies, Vice President Riggs
National Bank.
Charles J.. Bell. President
Henry F. Blount- Vice President
John O.. Boy
s 8 Burdett. lawyer
Albert Carry, President National Cap
itOl Brewing Co.
VIM. Coates. President United Security.
Life ms. and Trust Co. Philadelphia
Robert DornaD. Manufacture Of Car
pets, Philadeiphia
George 7. Dunlop, President Capital
Traction Co.
James r. Fitch
VIM. J, Father, Vice President Riggs
Henry II. Father. Cashier Riggs Ma
ticnal Bank.
Daniel Fraser. President Norris-Peters
James II Green. Real Estate.
John F. HerreU, President National
Capital Bank.
George +. HUI. Member Of Congress.
Henry Hurt. Vice President Capital
Traction co.
John A. Kasson.
John r Mclean. President washing
ton Gas Light Co.
c. F. Norment President Central Va
tional Bank
Crosby r Noyes. President Evening
NJ. ". Parker. Real Estate.
Joseph Paul. Real Estate.
Albert NJ Read. President Security
Storage Co
Ward ThorJn. Auditor.
P >. Vanderiip. Vice President Ma
tr-al city Bank. New York.
Henry Wells. Real Estate.
John T. wilkins washington Post Co.
Henry A willard. Capitalist.
Joseph Wright, Capitalist, Philadelphia
Our Illustrated Booklet VIII Be
Mailed On Request.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
Financial.
Safeguarding DepOSitOrS
No. 7.

The management. frequent ex-
aminatiOns both from within and
without. the $4,000 guarantee
fund Of capital surplus and stock
holders liability, and government
supervision have been spoken Of.
The directorate Of this company
Is strong factor in safeguarding
all funds intrusted to II and In
inspiring the public confidence
which it enjoys in such large meas
ure.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
STOCKS, BONDS, MONEY, AND GRAIN
New York Stocks

Quotations furnished by Post & Flagg.
members Of New York Stock Exchange. 1891
II ~ my
The Washington times., 1907-12-18

Standard OIL declined yesterday 10
points. It is still a rich mans trial.
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
STOCK.

Cattle-EEtra, per Cwt.. 3A00I!a 50.
butcher. per cwt.. g. 25d35 50; common,
per cwt.. N-5O62OQ Hogs-Per cvyt..
gross. S5.0Ou5-25: ordinary. per cvvt. $3.50
u5.OO. Sheep-clipper, 500, common,
$3.50 Thanksgiving. choice. 61zd7c: me-
dunn, 5jzQ6c. Calves-Prime. ner H., Sc.
medium, Der ID, T4Ii4c: grass. per
10, 4q4Hc. Cowa-Prirle. fresh, each.
s4VJS9O; common, each. S2003g: old and
The Washington times., 1907-12-18
NEAT.

CalNes-FUU dressed, I0Q11c. Hog
dressed calves, 14c- Hams-Country
sugar cured, l3Al5c- HCEs-Siuau ana
ne al. per cwt T4TJzc; medium, 6f7c.
heavy, So SIC.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-08
SOMETHING WRONG WITH MAN.
Scientist Points Out How His Life
 10 Much too Short.

What is the matter with man? March Phillips points out that there is this peculiarly in the condition of
 man, as compared with the other mammalia, that his life is shorter now than by analogy 1t ought to be. In other animals the period of growth is about onetenth to one-fifteenth of the whole life. The lion, which is full grown at five. lives for 70 or 30 years. The dog, full grown at IS months, is as old at 15 as a man at 30. Man, liv- ing as long as the lion, is not full grown till 20. The same proportion would give man from 320 to 400 years. Thus his physical life is not in this respect the normal life. It is cut ex- ceedingly short. and its brevity points to some primal failure of vigor-to the presence of some nonnatural-- that is. some diseased-condition sap ping his vitality. Prof. Virchow notes that if we gather together the whole sum of the fossil men hitherto known and put them parallel with those of the present time we decidedly can pronounce there are among living men a much greater number of individuals who show relatively inferior type than among the fossils known of to this time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-08
RAT AND CRAB IN BATTLE.
Former Found Helpless In the Grasp
 of the Crustacean.

D. l.. Van Culin, a Paducah station CT. is fond of salt water crabs. says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Receiving consignment from Maine. he took one out to experiment with. They were numb from the ice packing and one placed by the warm stove began to exhibi. signs of life. T will just leave him there and see how .long crab can live out of water" Van Culin explained, as he locked his store for the night. The stationer found no crab when he returned. A thor ough search of the ground floor failed to reveal anything. but a peculiar knocking sound from upstairs attract cd his attention. On the top step of the stairs he found the trouble. The crab, with his grippers fast in the sides of fat rat. was clinging to his captive. The rat. nearly dead. strug- gled feebly for release and little by little vormed his way upstairs with the weight of the crab pulling steadily against him The rodent had presum- ably sniffed at the queer-looking in- truder and was caught before his nim- bic legs could carry him out of harms reach
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-08
HEARD IN PASSING.

Coal has gone. down % cents ton and yet the papers dimissed the event with a few lines. Next fall when the price is advanced an equal amount you will hear the usual vail about the coal trust-Press.
 Automobilists have created pop ular demand for good roads that lead somewhere, roads that start some where and end somewhere-trunk lines, such as have been advocated by the state highway commissioner Sentinel.
 As it takes two to make a fight and Hartman says he will not continue the controversy, President Roosevelt will have to sit back and feel satis- fled that he has disposed of one more opponent to his scheme of government New London Day.
 It is a safe prediction. that for the next few years both the great politi- cal parties will fight shy of corpora tion campaign contributions with a string attached. Recent ugly reve- lations have made them dangerous. -NeW brltdln Herald.
 There is no frog in Senator Pen roses throat as he unqualifiedly de- nies the report that ne told at a din- ner about a rich mems cabal pledg- ing itself to raise s5,00O.0O0 to an untruth." is the senator's decla- ration.-Hartford Times.
 No republican who aspires to the presidency however poor and needy. should hesitate to enter the cam paign when he has President Roose- velt's word for it that a rich men s conspiracy is on foot tO spend s5,OO0.O00 financing candidates at the 1908 national convention.-N. '. World.
 Several hundred Canadian teach CTS visited Philadelphia recently to study the educational work of that city. Philadelphia spends very large amount of money on such work and it's school accommodations are generally very adequately provided. In that respect it ranks high Standard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-08
APRIL AMERICAN BOY.

For everything that the healthy. wide-awake boy delights in. the April number of The American Boy stands second to none fin it's class. The fine serials. 'Off the Reservation Tn Defense of His Flag" The Camp
 Fire of Mad AnthOny." The Young Book Agent" and Tad are contin- ued. Among thes hort stories are: "A Buried Treasure" telling of the search made by two boys and what they found: Freed With a Bear" an exciting experience with bruin in a tree. and The I.iII Boy a story of the mining camps of the west. For the athletic boy there are: How tO Become Strong" and the Boy on His Muscle" The boy who wants to know about successful men will be interested in Keeping Tab on the World and Chats With Rig Ameri- cans the latter being an interview with the renowned bsndmssfer and composer of music. John Philip Sousa The Frog Wild Cats on the Brit tish Isles" and Boys Fishes and how to Catch Them EiH prove good reading to the students of natural history and the angler There is sI- so fine article on How the Birth place of Old Glory will Look When Restored as a National ReIie-- Rovs who vznt to do things wfH find plenty to choose from.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-08

Has President Roosevelt incurred the emnity of organized labor by his attack on Hearst, Mover, Haywood and Debs in the letter he gave out denouncing Hartman as liar? It is the declaration of the high officials of the American Federation of labor in Washington that organized labor can never feel friendly to the presi- dent after what he has said as to these men. It is declared that in many cities of the country the union organizations have already begun to denounce the president, and his re- marks are being scattered broadcast for their influence among men who work. This is the sentence the presi- dent wrote in letter to Representa- tive Sherman last October, in which he denounced Hartman, the letter being made public a few days ago: Tt is because we have capitalists capable of uttering such sentiments and capable of acting on them that there is strength behind sinister agi- tators of the Hartman type. It makes the man uttering such sentiments at least as undesirable citizezn as Debs, or Mover or Haywood"