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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-14
The Union Trust Go.
NEW HAVEN.

NEW HAVEN
 Chartered by the State of Connecticut with authority to act as Executor, Ad- ninistrator, Guardian, Receiver, or Trustee. under will or deed.
 Is legal depository or money paid in- to Court, and Public Trust Funds, acts as Trustee for Municipalities, Corpora tinns and Individuals. and administers Trusts of all kinds. Empowered Io aot as registrar of Stocks. Bonds CT other evidences of indebtedness, manage sink is usually done by Trust Companies.
 It also does general banking busi- uess. collecting checks, notes, coupons. and receives deposits. The principal of each trust is invested by itself and kept separate and apart from the gem Srai assets of the Compahy
 This Company is by law regularly examined by the Bank Examiner of the state of Connecticut,
 HENRY l.. HOTCHKIss, President,
 EUGENE s. BRISTOL. Treasurer.
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minal improvements, and other projects in course of construction, are credited with being the primary reasons for the extensive liquidation in that stock Whether the facts outlined cover the underlying motives for the weakness in those stocks or not, is is recognized that the rank and file of speculators need little more than a tentative dem onstration against a stock to encourage them to join the movement with en- thusiasm. The belief is entertained that tomorrow's bank statement will nake favorable showing, although money conditions are still regarded as being far from reassuring. The Oc- tober statements of both the Union Pa ellie and Southern Pacific railroads Which showed a large increase in gross earnings converted into heavy snrlnkage in net earnings owing to a nigh ratio of operating expenses, con- trlouted to the weakness in those stocks and in a measure fostered the late decline in the general list.
 Bonds were irregular with lower tendency. Total sales, par value, st,- Ss9,ooO VI
 U. S. 2s and Ss advanced 4 and the As s per cent on call.
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LATE FEATURES OF
 TIE STOCK MARKET Prices Lower on Bank State
 ment Forecast. POOR TRAFFIC RETURNS General Trend of Prices Un- certain, With Weakness
 at Close.

The stock market was heavy yester- day with the dullness and sagging ten dency of Thursday continued.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Prince & Whitely. members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office, 52 Broadway and 15 Center street, New Haven.
 New York, Dec 13.
 Open. High. .Low.Last.
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 canoe to the fluctuations in prices the greater part of the day.
 A quiet market is a thing most to be desired at this time. With the re- serves of the associated banks of New York still far under the clearing house requirements of 25 per cent. of the amount of the deposits and with all the heavy demands for money inciden- tal to the close of the year there is little money available for Stock mar ket purposes.
 The premium on currency was tri- fe lower with transactions mostly at S-4 and 7-S per cent, after 1-2 per cent. in the morning. The demand was very light
 Sugar Refining exhibited exceptional weakness, reaching a new low record for the year.
 Interest again converged on New. York Central, and it's financial plans, That the company needs a great deal of fresh capital, but does not see the way clear at the moment to raise it., was the general notion. Discussion as, to the next dividend, and its probable reduction, together with expressions of opinion regarding the treatment which the company will receive at the hands of the Public Utilities Commission, in- duced he liquidation of this stock.
 Great interest naturally attached to the showing which to-day's bank state mept will make Wall street was gen. erally inclined to expect, at the best, a statement that would show only. slight changes. Some predictions of a poor statement were about
 The heavy decreases in net earnings for october shown by Southern Pacific and Union Pacific created a bad inn pression. The reasons offered by the management did not help sentiment, since it was generally believed that some of these reasons would continue to affect net results. That there should be an increase in Southern Pa cific's expenses in a single month of more than $2,6O0, 900 was regarded as very irauspicious Yet, the price of both stocks did not change much.
 There are many indications that banking interests are discouraging speculation as well as calling in loans in their efforts to strengthen the New York banking situation
 The temporary weakness of Pennsyl- vania was probably partly due to liqui- dation by persons who also had New York Central and had to sell the lat ter, or get out of their holdings for particular reasons.
 Overnight selling orders broke Atlan- tic Coast Line sharply. The opening was ? IA points down, at ST IA, with the price declining further to 66 within the first hour. Plainly the new method of paying the dividend in certificates of indebtedness and not in cash was not liked by some holders of the stock. Louisville & Nashville sympathizeG with Atlantic Coast Line by decline of 1 IA points in the first hour, to 91 1-4.
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HAVEN MORNING COURIER SATURDAY. DECEMBER 4 1907
'Ex-dividend.

You must have been dreaming of someone proposing to you last night, Laura" How is that?" Why, I heard you for a whole quarter of an hour crying out Yes "-Fliegende Blaetier.
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STOCK MARKET REVIEW.
Influences Governing Depressing of . Prices Still Potent.

s Prices Still Potent.
 New York, Dec. 13-Speculative con- lditions were unaltered to-day, the in. Iauences governing the market being as potent in depressing prices as on pre- vious days of the week. Liquidation played large part in the days decline and was materially assisted by an en- ergetic bear faction which assailed different stocks from time to time in an endeavor to force out long stock. Discussion as to probable dividend re- 1uctions, combined with the manifest ,ack of effective inside support at criti- ,al times, discouraged bull operators md prices were accordingly allowed to ake their course. The selling pres
 ure shifted about from one stock to mother, but eventually the entire list isplayed increasing weakness which Fas continued to the close New York central and American Sugar were the 4 ,eakest features of their respective
 sroups. In the case of American Sugar @ lie recent death of President Have Aeyer was assigned as the principal
 luse of the recent heavy liquidation Sf that stock, but competent market # 3servers were inclined to attach much
 eedence to a rumor that a successful
 ar operator was making a campaign
 ainst the stock. Uncertainty as to
 le forthcoming dividend distribution
 r New York Central, together with
 ce knowledge that further large sums plSt be expended to eomnlete the ter
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For the greater part of the day the market represented little more than swapping of contracts on the part of the floor traders. It may have been that the old superstition about Friday, the 18th" kept outsid- CTS from taking any part in the spec ulation.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn blower X Weeks. mcmbers of the New York and Boston Stock Ex- street
 Boston, Dec. IS.
 High. .Low .a Id. Asked
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LOCAL STOCK oUOTATToNs.

Corrected daily by Kimberly, Root & Co.,, Investment Brokers. 13s Orange street.
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As it was there was no real signifi- canoe to the fluctuations in prices the greater part of the day.
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The premium on currency was tri- fie lower with transactions mostly at S-4 and 7-S per cent, after 1 1-2 per cent. in the morning. The demand was very light
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Sugar Refining exhibited exceptional weakness, reaching a new low record for the year.
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CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prince & Whitely members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office, 52 Broadway and It Center street. New Haven, Conn.
 NTa4.1 xy..Y IA
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
COWBOYS BOOTS.
Why the PIainsmen Want High and
Sharp-pOinted Heels.
From The Kansas CITY star.

From the Kansas City Star.
In Olathe, Kans.. there is a factory
which makes 200 pairs Of cowboy boots
each week Each pair of these boots is
made to order. The company has a cata-
logue, which it sends to the cattle ranch
es throughout the Southwest. II tells the
cowboys how to take measurements of
their own feet These are sent to the fac
tory and the boots made and sent out.
A cowboy boot is in a distinct class
by itself. The leg must be decorated
with fancy lines and curves seWed into
the leather, and above everything else
the heel must be a. least two inches high.
must curve inward from the back, and the
bottom Of the heel must be very small.
a cowboy takes especial pride in two
things-his hat ana boots. He often
pays $50 for his hat, and the best Of the
cowboy boots cost from S to Sl6 The
ordinary shoemaker cannot make boots
to suit a true cowboy; he cannot get the
heels right And so the cowboy sends
away for them. and pays a big price and
express charges besides.
The factory In Olathe employs fifty men.
All of the work is done by hand. and
some Of the shoemakers were brought
from Germany and England especially
to work In that factory.
Cowboys say they have high and sharp
pointed heels on their boots, not because
of vanity and pride. but as a matter of
convenience. The high heels prevent the
heels from passing through the stir
rups, and they are also a brace when on
the ground roping an animal AS the steer
pulls 10 get away the cowboy sinks his
sharp heels into the sod and this prevents
him from slipping
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
TRIBUTES TO sHREwDNEss.
Monuments Suggested for Celebrities
Yet UnhanOred.
3 EmmltshurT IL Chronlele


From the EmmitsbuTT lsi,l Chronicle
At the present time there seems TO be
a perfect craze for building monuments.
Statues of heroic size representing the
vslorous deeds Of this one and that enc
are to be found In every city. and there
is scarcely a town OF any size in which a
tablet does not commemorate the fame
os a public or local character; chronicle
some conspicuous era, or recount at least
one notable historic event.
Yet Notwithstanding the eager search
for celebrities TO whom honor may be
done that is continually going on, no
one seems to have thought OF four char
acters whose deeds have added so much
Of the Tong green taint TO historys too
somber background.
Injustice would surely be done If last
ing monuments to NJ. and Mime. Humbert,
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick. and the late Mr..
Dowie OF zion City" were not erected
In some conspicuous place to commem-
crate the lamentable eredulity OF the
times, and TO make an example OF those
Easy Marks" who belong to that class
which call forth the saying about the
I
Would IL be Just. would Il be fitting
that these four shining lights should sink
into utter oblivion without an imperish~
able tribute to their shrewdness and per-
spicacltyg All Surely not Any man
and woman who could separate staid
bankers and wide-aWake financial agents
from their exchequer by furnishing se-
curity in the shape OF blank paper in
closed in ofhcial-lOOking envelopes: any
one woman passed the age Of fifty, not
prepossessing and not endowed with a
charming personality, but who could
talk men of affairs out of thousands Of
dollars: any man who could compel a
tremendous following 10 worship him
and TO practically give into his absolute
control their wills and their pocketboOks
any one Of this quartet. say we, is en-
titled TO a monument.
And ia this connection We would sug-
gest that life-size figures OF this little
assemblage Of grafters be nodded In
shining brass and placed in Central Park
New York; that these statues be raised
on "A pedestal made Of touch-stone; and
that their be grouped In the foreground
(some kneeling, some crouching, some
standing. but all with m0ney-laden hands
outstretched to these hgures) numerous
fine images Of apparently well-tO-do peo-
pie wearing caps and bells; and that on
a tablet underneath this latter group
should be deeply craven.
What Fools These MOrtais Be-"
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stratons were started. A mob OF thou
sands of members Of the Russian Union
marched through the city with flags and
the portrait Of the czar, singing hymns.
While the procession was passing through
one Of the principal streets the leaders OF
the union announced loudly, If one shot
will be fired al US, the city will be in
blood and FIRE
The members OF the union were waiting
for this shot with great impauence. but
the shot was not fired. This comedy Of
the provoeateurs, which threatened ev-
cry moment TO turn into tragedy, lasted
for two days. Then they grew tired OF
waiting in vain. so they took up their old
work and began to attack peaceful pee-
PIE, mostly Jews and students.
Little by little these disturbances, un-
checked and unhindered by the police,
assumed a new character. ana they turn
ed into the prelude to massacre. Sew
eral Jewish shops were destroyed. Then
the mob broke into private houses IA the
Jewish quarter, searching and attacking
many Jews and killing d Christian ser
want. This lawlessness and riot was stop
ped not by the authorities, but by the so
ciety itself. or rather. the society forced
the authorities 20 make an end to the dis
turbances and TO check the union of the
real Russians. In this case society en-
pioyed the only means at It's command
strike. The university was closed, the
schools were closed, the stock exchange,
the banks, and many other institutions
were closed. Then the disorders stopped
Immediately. but the general strike con-
tinued. This measure proved so effec-
tive that even the bomb thrown at the
Odessa chief of police. the protector OF
the Black Union did not cause any dis
turbance.
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WOLVES AND FOXES IN WEST.
Reason for the Prevalence of the
Former on the Plains.

Reason for the Prevalence of the
Former on the Plains.
From the Kansas City Star.
Some Lamar fox hunters were discuss
ing the prevalence Of wolves and the
decrease IN the number Of foxes there
about. This they explained easily.
In the first place the wolf IS strong,
hardy. and a great breeder. A wolf will
begin 10 rear puppies when she is a year
old, and there are from nine 10 twelve ia
litter. Usually every puppy in the lit
ter lives 10 be a fuil-grown wolf. Thus
che coyote. as well as his larger and
more powerful gray or black brethren,
multiplies very rapidly,
Then the wolf is not chased with the
zcst and eagerness with which the sports
men go after Sir Reynard. The ordinary
fox dog won't so against a wolf when he
Is az bay, and. further, hounds that get
into the habit Of chasing wolves can't
tell the tran OF their quarry from that
OF a shepherd dog. The result Is that
every farmer soon gets sore on a bunch
of hounds that are trained TO hunt
wolves. They are always cornering an
innocent farm dog and putting him 70
death. thinking they have run on TO an
easily vanquished wolf
a fox" declared Ar. Timmonds, ION
the other hand Is one of the most deli
cate animals in the world. In the first
place. he can't fight The very moment
a dog catches him he gives up and allows
himself 10 be killed. Then the mortality
among the puppies is usually as much as
50 per cent. Sir Reynard's only defense
IL his weli-knOwn slyness and intelli-
gence."
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
WHOLESALE JUSTICE.
Blanket System of HetrIbution as
Praeticed in Afghanistnn.

AAEAACGA AA AAAMHNHHEHWa
From the London Globe.
THE Ameer's surprise that Il should
be necessary TO have a sentry on a cruiser
recalls an instance" writes a correspond
ent, recently cited by one of the Inns
of Court lecturers. The learned lecturer
observed that the administration of ius-
tice In this country in the time OF the
COnqueror was somewhat akin to the
rough-and-ready methods adopted I'm
Afghanistan. instancing the expei ience of
the Yorkshire engineer who acted for
many years as director of the arsenal TO
Abdur Rahman, who was fred at by some
fanatic in bazaar, and laid a complaint
before the late Ameer- HIS highaess
seemed TO make light OF the matter. OBJ
serving I should not bother about IT,:
you viii find 1t viii be all right The
engineer was by no means satisfied: but
remembering the people with whom he
was, resolved to say no more A week
or so later he was invited to accompany
the Ameer on ride. When outside the
town they passed gibbet after gibbet,
each occupied. The Englishman at length
broke the silence by suggesting. Your
highness seems TO have been busy of
late The reply was characteristic: OH
no. that is your little lot II was after
ward learned that the Amser had exc
cuted every male member of the family
of the assailant upon whom he could lay
hands"
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It's Origin rnknnrn-

Prom the New York sun.
What is the origin Of the cock and
bull' story? It is the despair OF all those
who seek TO explain this fine, oId-crusted
slang of long ago which has managed to
persist into present speech. just as We
may imagine our present %" viii puzzls
a later generation. Brewer. In his Phrase
and Fable explains Il is Il corruption Of
'concocted and bully story" Evidently
recognizing that this is scarcely satisfac-
tory, he prosecuted his researches into by
gone religions, dragged up NergsI from
the PhOenicians in the representation OF
a rooster, and from the Egyptian Osiris.
typified by bull. From all OF which dis
quisitiOns il is as clear as may be that no
one really knows anything about the story
Of cock and a bull. The French have a
precisely similar expression in coq-e-rane.
and equally they do not know its origin.
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The Mxxterr.
ION tie Y0uth's Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
When Aunt Hitty began to ask cues.
tions she kept at least one person en-
ployed, with little chance for any other
word than direct answers
whats become o that likely kitten
you had last time l was here?" she de-
manded Of her small nephew; Y hope
she wasn't poisoned, like that other one
you had two years ago. was she?"
'Oh, nom. she
WAS she drowned, then?''
Nom she
"Stolen?'
"Oh. m, She"
well, should like 70 know what made
you give away such a handsome kitten?''
we didn't; She
We'll what's happened to her. Speak
up. boy.
s-s-she's growed into a eati" gasped
the small nephew, stammering IN his
haste.
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Implying Conceit.

From Woman Hone Companion.
Many years ago Daniel Lord, jr.. as he
always signed his name, then one of the
shining lights of the bar I'm New York.
was arguing a case before the Court OF
Appeals, when a country lawyer asked
Charles O'Conor the name Of the gentle
man who was speaking.
That, said MIR. O'Conor. who "
rather nettled at something Lord
said, that, sir is Daniel Lord. ir, nd
he puts the Junior after his name - aat
he may not be mistaken for the Al
mighty
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She Wna -

From the Catholic STANDARD and Tines
Miss Gaddie-Your brother and I we're
partners in little game of whist at
Hoyle's house last evening.
Miss Knox-oh, thought it might be
you.
Miss Gaddie-Why. did he tell you about
it2
Miss Kno~-He iald he had had a
rubber at
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Coming Into Her own.

From the Fliegende BlssteT.
First Lieutenant-Yes; the bankers
daughter is a good-looking woman. but no
longer young.
Second LAeutenant-Why, she's only lust
arriving at the best years of her life.
First I1eutenant-How Is that2
Second Lieutsnant-Next year she will
inherit 5000 marks IN her own rlsht
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Hor Die she Kno,rf

From Life.
You've been making love to some other
girl"
How do you know7"
Because you've improved so"
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The way of It.

From the Houston Post
Papa. how did you get acquainted with
mammal
Il marrisd her. nay sOni.LL married hsxzs'
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story Run Down.

The Star OF the East was at sea at the
time BARLEY related his story, and her
captain could not be seen 10 eorroborate -
or contradict the incident But now.
after more than fifteen years. the Ex-
pository Times, of Edinburgh. has gone
to the trouble of tracing the Star of the
East, and finds it sailed from Auckland
New Zealand December q, 1890, for New
York.
It was hardly probable that even !,
steamer could have gotten into wbaIing
waters by February. the date set by
BARLEY as the time of his adventure. But
the case against him is now decided bv
the evidence Of the captains wife
Ny husband asked me to write she
says, in letter to the Expository Times
There is not one word of truth In the
entire whale story. was with my bus-
band all the years he was In the Star OF
the East
There was never a man lost eserboars I'd
while my husband was In her, The sailor
has told great sea yarn
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Eaorls to - sIassacre.

Election day passed in comparative
quiet. The members Of the BLACK Tn
ion" tore the ballots from the hands Of
the voters, forcing them 10 take other
ballots: they shouted. threatened, but did
not resort to harsher violence. And yet
all the efforts Of the union did not pre-
vent the election of the Constitutional
Democrat. The union then resolved 10
aVenge the people for this terrible and
unexpected blow which was dealt to
their patriotic sEotism. Patriotic demon.