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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The meeting If the stock exchange to-
day was without interest, and the usual
call was made with SO few Interrupt
lions for trading that it was finished in
a very short time In consequence the
changes made in the figures were not nu-
merous or important.
After call the broker who the other day
announced his decision to withdraw from
the company of the 'standpatters' be-
gan to offer the Washington Railway
stocks at lower levels than those which
have prevailed. and in the case Of the
preferred. after sale, he made the next
asking price a whole point less than the
price just paid.
There was uncertainty as, to exactly
what lie was after-whether he had few
shares of stock he wanted to sell or
whether he was anxious to get down to
lower levels. At any rate, there was not
much done in the way of sales, and this
episode, like a good many others at these
meetings, especially in dull times, may
have no significance of any general char
acter.
The next quarterly dividend to be paid
by the Union Trust Company will be on
the 10th of next / onth, and will be on
the full amount of the increased capital
| ization, which is 100000 instead of
sl,2O0,oC0. This enlarged distribution of
the earnings of the company begins at a
| time when the company has Just taken
possession of its new home. and these
facts afford some indication of the wise
and successful management which it is
fortunate enough to enjoy.
Another Washington financial institu-
ton which takes its place among the sue
cessful organizations of that character
in TIL city is the Washington Exchange
Bank. which was in business here for
several years as the Washington Savings
b, X. but just year ago the institution
was reorSanized. its capital was enlarged
and e. Quincy Smith was placed at it's
mead At the end of the present month
the stockholders will receive the first
dividend. This will be quarterly distri-
amounting to II. per cent, or a yearly
payment of per ceLt.
Reference has been made in this column
to similar occurrences of financial institu-
tons of the city, and coming as they do
at this time it. places these local concerns
in striking contrast to what seems 20 be
a somewhat prevailing practice at this
time of some corporations elsewhere.
In number of instances. as pointed out
recently in the Wall Street Journal. the
dividend obligations of concerns in differ
ent parts of the country have been met
by issuing substitutes for the customary
cash payments. Some of these devices are
enumerated by that authority as follows
The scrip variety, the pass variety, the
stock variety and The deferred variety.
1t is thought. however, that the average
stakeholder prefers the cash variety. and
that is what is handed out in this city.
One of the brokers here, who some times
turns his thoughts to other things than
the range of the market in speaking of
this latest phase of the dividend s'tua-
ton, observed that such payments might
be termed Roosevelt dividends" and
having added what he thought was a
happy phrase to the current vocabulary
he gave his attention again to the market
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
j. cKsoN's PLANT TO JEROME
Crimes in Two Banks ana Insur-
ance Company.

NEW YORK. December 13-Attorney
General Jackson sent to District Attorney
Jerome yesterday three communications
in witch he announced that the investiga-
tons into the condition of the Hamilton
Bank. the international Trust Company
and the Excelsior Fire Insurance Com
pany showed violations of the penal code
He suggested the necessity for action on
the part of the district attorney. He In
closes the report of Frank White, tenn
porarv receiver of the Hamilton Bank,
and saws that it sets forth certain over
drafts made by William r. Montgomery
the vice preside mt and director of said
bank at the time thereof. Said transac-
tions appear to constitute violation or
the penal code.
OF the Excelsior Fire Insurance Com
pany he says
Your attention is called to the fact
that by papers, proceedings and docu-
ments now on file in the office of the
Superintendent of insurance of this state
the crime of perjury and perhaps other
criminal offenses appear to have been
committed in the organization of the EX-
cesor Fire Insurance Company of New
York and that some at least of these Of
lenses were committed within the county
of New York in or about the month OF
August last"
Of the International Trust Company At
torney General Jackson wrote:
There is in the poss assion OF the state
banking department and of Mr.. GOODWIN
Brown, the temporary receiver. evidence
which in my Judgment should be submit
ted to the grand jury of this county. in
dicating as it does. acts of criminal
nature on the part of an officer or ofncers
of the said company in connection WIN
It's organization and manage ment.
1t is understood that now that complaint
has been made to him the district at
torney will start the usual inquiry. 1t Is
not his intention to take these cases be-
fore the special January grand jury un-
less the evidence is in shape.
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. December 13.--W heat opened
active today. with prices inclined to ba
weak. Cables were lower May opened
'saii 10 sal. lower at 9a1sto100l., sold I'D
to loo3s, and declined TO 39ss MinneapoIis
Duluth and Chicago reported receipts IF
JO1 cars, against J9;i last week and 5oS one
year ago.
May corn opened Il shade TO Is lower at
o613aJ67s TO j6ai, sold at 5Ils, and then de-
clined to SOS Local receipts were os;
cars. with fourteen of contract grade.
May oats opened a lower at aSax, and
after touching d. sold at 13H. Local re-
ceipts were 195 cars.
May provisions opened active; pork, I'll.
a2ciz lower at 1905 to 10; lard n. To
121a lower at 80 to 100: ribs, 7ihalO to
lOal2H lower at 100 to 100.
The wheat market raIled at the end of
the first hour because of. Il firm closing
to the Liverpool market but later prices
here slumped off. The close was easy with
May u lower. at 1OUsal00lI. Corn prices
declined late in the session in sympathy
with wheat. May selling off to 55Zc. The
close was easy with May shade lower at
.6Ss.
Close; Wheat-December, a3A; May.
LOGICAL .OUl4
Corn-December. %; May, 5i7s
Oats-May. old. 5312ao3es; May, J11ha515s
Pork-January, I2.411e; May. 12Joh
lard-January, I.fo1e; May, $50
Ribs-7January. 6.T21a; May, 6.95.
Rye-Cash. u.
Barley-Cash. S6a9S.
Clover-Cash. 11.00a15.00.
Timothy-CaSh 4.63
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ROBERTS FOR A BANK
FAVORS CENTRAL GOVERN
MENT INSTITUTION.

CHICAGO, December 13.-George Z.
Roberts, former director of the United
States mint. now president of the Com
merciat National Bank of Chicago. in ad-
dressing the Mems Club of st. Luke g
Episcopal Church of Evanston. ILL.,. last
night. announced that he was heartily in
favor of the establishment of a central
governmental bank
The time has come" he said. when
the United States must follow the example
OF every other important country of the
world and establish governmental
nank. 1t should be one not antagonistic
to the existing national banks. but sup
plemeqtary to their system, as their
GROWING head. with its capital apportion-
ed among the 5000 national banks, &C
cor,Hns 10 their capital. The benefits
mat would accrue TO the country from
SUCH an institution cannot be estimated -
Congress Is Slow.
Mr.. Roberts placed the blame for the
present panic upon the lack of any legal
provision for sudden increase in the
supply of currency
Il suppose it is too much to hope for
any competent and efficient currency leg
islation by the next Congress-" he con-
tinued. 1T is a large and cumbe rsome
body. and when you consider that there
Is much difference of opinion among bank
ers on the subject it is no wonder that
the congressman are confused
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-George Hender-
son ct ux. to Emily NJ. Jones, lot &C.
block 80: $40.
NO. 20 NEW YORK AVENUE NORTH.
EAST-Margaret A. Hyde to William
B. Hyde, lot 2G. square SO; $40.
RANDLE HIGHLANDS - Clarence L.
Dalrymple ct ux. to Maude A. Free
man. lot ). block 9; $3.50.
FORT SARATOGA ADDITION TC
BROOKLAND-E. A. NJ. Lawson ct ux
to ]. Fred Orth. lot 10. block 81; $40
NO. 80 A STREET SOUTHEAST-John
G. .Hesse ct ux to Henry A Hesse, lot
WASHINGTON HIGHLANDS - Charles
G. Taylor to ]. Ford Taylor, lots / to
g. 81 to "a. block !; lots to ), to H.
90 to Al, block .; lots l. ,. : to It,
16. 10, 20. 30. 80 block 5: lots 1. L., Il
to 81. block s; lots 1, I to IL, IA to 49,
10. 20. 33, a. block I; lots to IL
block s. lots to g., II to Is, % to 40
1 20 to 80. block II; lots Il to 20, % tc
26, "a. 50, 80 to Do, block 16; lots l to
B. 3 to o. II, ID, 20, y, "a, S. 80. IS, 40
block Ia; lots II, n to 30. 80 to A.
block is; lots l to II. block 10; lots g
8 to y. block 20: lots l to ), 4 to L.
block 81; lots 22 to 35, 81. IS. Al to 80
block %; $40.
FOURTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
between Irving and Kenyon streets
Charles w. Meyers ct ux. to Eunice
Rider. part lot II. block SO: $40.
ETWORTH-GiIbert c. Splitter ct ux. to
Margaret NJ Peterson, lots 60 and 81
block 81: $40.
WHITE HAVEN-Wiliam w Frazier
jr., ct ux. to Edgar NJ. Hayes, parts
lots 81 to Sc. block L. $40.
DOBBINS' ADDITION-Mary I. Fenenll
ct al. to William ]. Leishear west halt
lot 6S. block 3: so.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rider to Arthur
J. Hendricks, lots 1877 and 1873; $40
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BATTLE OF AFFIDAVITS.
Many Dispositions Read in Illinois
Central Case

CHICAGO. December 13.-The struggle
of Edward Fl. Hartman to prevent the
control of the Illinois Central railroad
from passing back into the hands of Stuy-
veSant Fish became d battle of aff1davits
yesterday in the superior court before
Judge Ball
Half dozen dispositions by officers and
directors of the Illinois Central. the Union
Pacific and the Railroad Securities Com
pany. all bristling with charges. were in
troduced. They placed before the court
for the first time many of the charges
contained in circulars distributed by the
Hartmann aralan faction in the wal
for proxies.
That Stuvvesant Fish sold to the Rail-
road Securities Company $500 of the
5000 shares of Illinois Central stock that
he is attempting to prevent that COM
pany from voting was one of the points
brought out.
At the conclusion of the reading OF
the affidavits adjourn, sent was taken I'M
til Friday morning. give Mr. Fish's
attorneys an opportunity to get counter
affidavits.
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DIVIDEND IN CERTIFICATES.
Atlantic Coast Line Substitutes 4
Per Cent Obligations for Cash.

NEW YORK, December 13.-The Allan
tic Coast Line railroad declared yesterday
the usuah semi annual dividend of 5 per
cent on its common stock. but made it
payable III the company's per cent Ger
tificates of indebtedness instead of in
cash. In statement given out it was
said in explanation that the money was
being reserved on account of the exist
ence of extraordinary financial conditions
and in order to provide for extraordinary
betterments and improvements nearing
completion. The / per cent certificates
in question were some time ago purchased
by the company from the holders and
have since been held as an investment in
tn" treasury of the company.
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Goes Ninety-Two Miles an Hour,

NEW YORK, December I3.-The record
speed for electric locomotives was attained
at Cloyton. N. J.. Wednesday. in the tests
being made by the Pennsylvania Railrod d
Company. when electric engine No OooS,
belonging to the New York New Haven
and Hartford railroad. and known as the
Jamestown exposition engine, made a
fraction over ninety-two miles an hour.
The tests. which arc nearing an end.
have been highly satisfactory to the off :
Gals 1t has been demonstrated that
trains can be run with safety at a speed
that it takes three or four times longer
to stop a train going at this speed than
one going sixty mics an hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
To Command the Rhode Island.

Capt. Al red Reynolds. recently in at
tendance at the Naval War Colleges, New
port, r. l., has been ordered to hold
himself in readiness to assume command
of the battleship Rhode Island of the At
lantic fleet, in case it becomes necessary
before the departure of that fleet on it's
cruise around the coast o. South America
to relieve the present commander of the
vessel. Capt. Joseph B. Murdoch, on &C
count of the critical condition of his
wife's health. Although Mrs Murdoch,
who is suffering from pneumonia, is re-
ported to be slightly improved. the i'm
preston prevails at the Navy Depart
ment that he condition will not justify
her husband in going on the cruise to the
Pacific Consequently, as the department
is determined that the Rhode Island shall
make the trip. it is practically settled
that the command of that vessel will de-
volve upon Capt. Reynolds
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NO BANK MERGER.
Irving Exchange National Declines
Alliance With Mercantile.

NEW YORK. December 13.-After a
meeting of the directors of the Mercantile
National Bank yesterday 1t was ANNOUNCE
ed that all propositions looking to a
merger with another institution had been
abandoned for the present The Irving
Exchange National directors. it was re-
ported. had decided not to consolidate on
the terms suggested. The Mercantile. 1t
was announced. will continue in business
as before. Nothing was given out re-
garding the HENCE Morse call for a
special meeting on January to liquidate
the affairs of the bank.
The deal for the consolidation of the
National Bank of North America and the
Consolidated National. on the other hand
is progressing smoothly. The clearing
house committee is disposed to approve
the transaction as it has been outlined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Object to the Death Chair.
necial nisnatch to The Sta

TRENTON. n. j., December 13.-Coun-
sci for four condemned men sentenced to
death in the electric chair under New
JERSEYS new law have raised a point as
to it's constitutionality. The contention
of the lawyers has moved the court to
give the question serious consideration,
and there will probably be conferences
bet tween the judges and the governor on
the matter Citizens of Trenton do not
take kindly to the idea that all the legal
,ity herea fter and an organized move
meut win he made this winter to have the
legislature enact a law forbiddiny the
p,ihlication of detailed accounts of putting
criminals to de&tA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
MERCHANTS PROTEST.
Alleged Abuse Of Commissary Store
Privileges.

COMPLAINTS similar in tone to those
made by isthmian canal merchants
against the operations of the government
commissary in, the canal zone have reach
ed the Navy Department from Newport
r. L., where the protest concerns the
naval commissary store. 1t is alleged
that naval officers and others of the serv-
ice not connected with the station have
been buying certain supplies at reduced
prices to an extent depriving the New
port merchants of Il profitable class of
business. Authority to conduct the COM
missary store at Newport is given by
the Secretary of the Navy and upheld by
the Treasury Department. and efforts are
made as far as practical BILE to restrict its
benefits to the class of persons entitled
to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Lecture Before Geographic Society.

The Story: of Adventures In Peru is
the title OF an illustrated lecture to be
given before the National Geographic So
ciety this evening by Mrs. Harriet Chal-
mcrs Adams, She has the distinction of
being the first woman who ever crossed
the Andes ard penetrated to the borders
of the wild :Amazonian valley in Peru
Mrs. Adams. it is explained, will use dur
ing the lecture the first moving picture
ever taken Of train of llamas. Another
innovation, said to be of scientific inter-
est. will be the introduction for the first
time in the western hemisphere of a
series of four Photographic stereopticon
slides. taken by the Lumiere process of
direct color photography. The slides will
depict groups of Peruvian orchids, which
attain perfection in that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
REFORM IS LIKELY.
Speaker Cannon Lectures the Repre-
seEtatives on Smoking ON the Floor.

Speaker Cannon, who is chain smoker
OF long black strong cigars. read the
members of the House lecture on smok-
ing during the brief session yesterday. Up
to this time Congress hasn't done any
thing but meet and adjourn and as a re-
suit of the lack of labor and superfiuity of
conversation some members have grown
careless and have strolled on the floor
putting away at their cigars or cigarettes.
Yesterday there were half a dozen vio-
lators of the memorable rule against
smoking on the floor of the House whether
that body is in session or not, and Mr..
cannon gave his colleagues a heart to
heart talk and then had the clerk read
the rules on the subject. 1t doesn't ap-
pear probable that there will be any viola
ton in the future as everybody looked
cheap.
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Criminals May Call at Once.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MERIDIAN, Miss, December 13.-As
result of the decision OF the state supreme
court Monday declaring void the amend
ment to the city's charter creating a po-
lice commission, Meridian is left without
police protection. The board of alder
men and councilmen attempted last night
to frame an ordinance to Supersede the
one declared illegal, but adjourned with
out doing so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Pay for Teachers, Firemen, Police.

The firemen, policemen and teachers
will be paid half of their December sala-
ries in time to take part in the Christmas
buying. Charles c. Rogers, District dis
bursting officer, has made arrangements
to work his office force little overtime in
order that these employees of the Dis
trct shall have money for the holidays
He proposes to pay the tiremen and po-
licemen d half months pay next Mon
day, and will pay the teachers next Fri
day. The remainder of December pay
will be givet to them the usual monthly
pay day.
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STEAMER LIMPED IN.
Terrific Weather Recently in the
Atlantic

QUEENSTOWN. December 1.-THE oil
tank steamer Baku Standard Capt. Fra
SER from Rouen November % for PlGla-
delphia, put into this port today bearing
evidences of the terrific weather which
has prevailed on the Atlantic. The steam
err is considerably damaged and several of
her boats were carried away. Capt.
Frazer and Third Officer Ross each had a
leg broken and four seamen were Sc
riously wounded.
The Baku Standard was laboring so
much in the heavy seas December that
the captain and the third officer, with
several seamen, tried to set a Jill to steady
her. They were in the midst of this OPP
Grafton when huge sea broke over the
bows and swept them all the length OF
the deck. Several men were almost car
ried overheard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
THE BALTIMORE MARKETS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. December l3.-wHEAT-
STEADY; spot contract. oI'2a5194 spot No. 2 red
western, .:'a9J' December 9It3aJIA; January
2ag99i,: May. l05: steamer No. red O3a!3I,
receipts, 'a'.lTG bushels; exports. 2UO 600 hush
els: southern by sample. SIa92; southern OF
grade. 9SL.a!Is.
cORN-Firm: old spot mixed. G6l. aGsIG; old
No white. G3ita66E new spot mixed. 6Olas
COS: December. 6il4a66l2; year. G0I-aGoA.; Jan
uary. 6lha6l7s; February. 6lL; March Ul;si
steamer mixed, 56l2a56E receipts. IJO29 bush
els: exports. 6H5il bushels; new southern whit,
corn. J6i4 a6oi4;
OATS-Firm; No. white, 55a5Gls; No.
white. :'3a66: No mixed. ;,3I.aJ4; receipts
I.ilI bushels
RYE-Firm; No. western export sGas.
IIAY-Steady. unchanged.
GRAIN FREiGHTS-Quiet. unchanged
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s. SAVED BY A BABY'S CRY.
Eight Persons Owe the Youngster
Their Lives

ALLENTOWN. Pa, December 13.-The
cries of an infant saved the lives of
eight persons here early today. but not
before the baby's father and brother had
been asphyXiated by coal gas. The dead
are Nicholas Contravo, aged thirty-six
years, and his son Joseph, aged four
years. Contravo, his wife and the two
children slept in one room and six board
ers occupied other parts of the house.
The escaping coal gas awakened the
babJ. whose cries aroused one of the
bcarders. He broke down the door of
the room occupied by the Contravos and
found the father and son dead. lie then
rescued the mother and baby and reused
the other boarders, who had also been
overcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
IMPROVEMENT AT P1TTsBURG
Large Contracts Reported-Casl
Replacing Cashiers Checks.

PITTSBURG. December 13-The report
is current in Pittburg that the Union Pa
cific railroad has given the contract for
$1,000 tons Of rails to the United States
Steel Corporation
Another large contract made yesterday
was for 200 tons of cast iron pipe for
the city of Phoenix. Ariz., to be fuInished
by the American Cast Iron Pipe Company
No scrip was used in the semi-monthly
pay at the plants of the H. G. Prick Coke
Company The Prick company is the
largest corporation in the coke region
Employees of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
railroad here received their November
wages all In cash. Clearing house checks
were used last month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13

AS to the stock market, it is thou -,
that if conditions remain about as they
are now the market will be Irregular on
moves up and down within a range of
three or four points. 1t would not sur
prise some ecple to see the ally which
began Wednesday afternoon go somewhat
further 1t is worth noting. however.
that there is little or no disposition to buy
stocks. except in a small way for invest
ment and for quick turn. Nowhere can
it be found that the large operators are
making heavy commitments on the long
side, and so far as it can be asc artained
their commitments on the short side are
considerably smaller than they were a
few weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Fortune in Franchise Fee.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LANSING, Mich, December 13.-Articles
Of Incorporation of the Pere Marquette
Railway of Michigan, and the Pere Mar
quette Railroad of Indiana, in accordance
with the reorganization plan adopted by
the stockholders several days ago. were
filed today with the secretary of state. The
capital stock is SIS, 600 and fran
chise fee of S13,5O0 was paid to the state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Cut His Term Short.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, December Ia
With but twenty-four hours of his term
10 serve. Convict Polk Mackay. in the pen
here. committed suicide last
night with Il shoe knife. Ills mind. it is
suddenly beeAnae unbalanced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. December 13-Closins:
Wheat-Spot, No. = red western winter
weak. IS Cd: futures strong, December
nominal; March, IS. Cd; May rs. Sad.
Corn, spot. prime mixed American quiet.
rs. I'D; futures firm; December nominal :
January. rs. Sd. Flour, winter patents
quiet, 30s. Sd. Hops in London, Pacific
coast quiet. G2a f3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, 1854 ,26O. Government receipts:
From internal revenue, $663, SOP; customs
ST76902; miscellaneous, 49,, 451. EXpendi-
lures, s., 100000
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call. IL o'clock noon-Mergen
thaer Linotype. 10 at 1Ss.
Mitchell Mining. 100 at q. 100 at y
After cal-Capital Traction, 8 at 1874, . al
124. / at 1914.
Capital Traction Is. $500 at 11Si..
Washington Gas cert, 100 at 104H.
Washington Ewy. and Elec. CON-, 40 at 29is.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 40 at $685.
40 at 62k, at 62E.