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The Washington times., 1907-04-21
COLD WEATHER
HAMPERS TRADE
Manufacturing Concerns Are
Busy-Preparations for
Building Active.

Spring trade develops slowly, says
Dun's Review. because Of unreasonable
weather. but the lost ground will be re-
covered in large measure when normal
temperature prevails Delay in retail
demand has stopped complaints Of slow
deliveries from factories, dealers being
enabled TO secure goods in ample time
owing TO the backward season. Cold
weather has prevailed over an unusually
large E.aea, retarding agricultural pro
gress. as well as trade IN light weight
wearing apparel and other spring goods,
but the significance Of this delay can
not now be determined. Similar bad
starts in other years have sometimes
brought most favorable results. The
only actual damage OF any account is
reported In some winter wheat fields
of the Southwest
Wholesale business for later seasons
is on a liberal scale. building operations
are active. and leading manufacturing
plants are busy.
No change has appeared in the pri-
mary markets for textile fabrics. prices
ruling firm. and mills are well occupied
ResaIes Of cottons are recorded, but
without adverse effect. buyers being
ready to take all offerings at second
hands
Bradstreets says. Continued cold
weather throughout the country delays
crop preparation and development IN
Jures fruits. vegetables and cotton. and
dulls retail trade. Coincideutly. orders
from and collections by jobbers and
wholesalers are affected. but these lat
ter branches Of trade feel this relative
L. less than in other years. because they
are stin very generally pushed TO COM
plete deliveries on earlier orders, and,
indeed, have still on their books
large volume of business which they
are struggling 10 complete. Indeed, the
one salient feature that stands out
clearly revealed Is that. despite con
tinued immense activity in all lines OF
manufacture. the pressure on the pro-
ducers for deliveries Is iuststent. the
best examples OF this being found in
the iron and steel and cotton goods
lines. which. as a whole. show a rather
more firm undertOne. Thus sellers of
pig iron for the first half are being
urgently pushed for deliveries. quota
tons are very strong, and there IS
rather more reported doing in foundry
grades, which hitherto have been slow
CT TO move.
In cOttOus. features are the tendency
to mark up quotations Of prints. ging-
hams and sheetings. though drills are
accommodating and concessions can be
obtained. A Noteworthy feature at the
countrys laFgests market has been the
announcement OF the annulment Of the
usual spring sales in wash fabrics BY a
leading concern, because there are no
surplus stocks 20 offer.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
BULL CLIQUE GROWING
CONFIDENT IN COTTON

NEW YORK, April 2O-The cotton
market was stronger and moderately ac-
tive today, with further good buying
noticeable. especially in the May and
July options. This was true, in fact, OF
all markets, owing to the continuance of
unprecedentedly cold weather for the
season throughout the cotton belt. in
creasing the setback which the new
crop has experienced, in connection with
the continued drought in Texas.
The decrease in the worlds visible
supply of American cotton this week
amounts to 172,000 bales. The world
visible supply of all kinds OF cotton
shows a decrease of 1884 bales. This
heavy loss is due to the falling of in
the movement of the crop. and the cor
responding increase in the taldngs Of
the worlds 'spinners These two cir
cumstances are stimulating a more &C
tive demand for spot cotton from spin
ners in this country as Wen as in
Europe, and as creating a stronger and
higher market.
All these conditions are playing into
the hands of a strong bull clique form
ed here during the past week, and as
a consequence shorts are becoming
nervous ana there Is less selling pres
sure on the market than for some time.
Prices advanced to points from the
opening today to the highest record for
many weeks. May went to 9.86; July,
$50: August, 9.SS; October, 10OS; De-
cember, 1O.l7. and January, 1888. and the
market closed practically on that basis.
Following are the quotations for the
DAY on the New York cotton exchange:
rf
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
BEDSPRING BLOCKS
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Horse Got Tangled Up in
1t When 1t
Slipped.

NEW YORK, April 2O-A bedspring
put the New York-bound trolley cars
on the Brooklyn Bridge out Of business
and tied Up al traffic on the north road
way Tor a quarter OF an hour. II was
new bedsprinR
a two-horse truck laden with bed
springs got on the car tracks near the
should have kept TO the right Of the
rails. but he didn't. There was some
thing poetic about tnesmau. His gaze
wandered TO the hurly-burIy Of craft In
the river below. Perhaps his soul WAS
Iouched by the thirty-knOt ice-edged
spring zephyr, which was playing with
all the dust in sight
Anyway. the driver didn't know that
one Of his cargo had slipped over the
tailboard until a string Of curses and
maiedictions overlook him. He looked
over his shoulders and beheId another
driver She King his whip at him the while
trying TO disentangle q maddened young
horse " nch had planted its four legs in
the bedspring.
The spring man got of his seat and
went back to where the spring-entaEgled
animal was tEreshing around lie did
his level best 10 help and so did the con-
ductoTs and motOrmen Of q long string
Of trolley which had piled up as far
pack as the Brooklyn approach 20 the
bridge.
That bedspring WAS a slippery shing
II wouldn't be pulled loose nor would
the horse remain quiet long enough 10
give the gang % rescuers chance to
get a good grip on the wire.
The street car men finally telephoned
for the wreCkinE crew of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit A couple of sets OF pliers
soon freed the horse, and traffic went
or again.
''Oh. b.. gentle spring. sighed a
car inspector as he waved to the trOlleys
70 90 ahead
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
STEEL COMMON DIVIDEND
STILL A MERE GUESS

NEW YORK, April ga representa-
tive Of the United States Steel Corpora
lion says all statements bearing on the
action of the directors in respect TO
dividends at the meeting on the 30th Of
this month are pure guesswork. The
common dividend question has not been
formally discussed. The finance COM
.mittee o.: the steel corporation will hold
a meeting on the afternoon Of the 30th,
which viii precede the directors meet
ing. The committee viii then agree
upon the rate for the common stock,
which they VIII recommend to the di-
rectors.
The consensus OF opinion is that there
Will be no change in the common divi-
dend, Notwithstanding the large earn
ings Of the steel corporation; but one
guess is as good as another
The directors Of the steel corporation
at their meeting on the 3Oth will also
elect officers. 1t is now a foregone cor
clusiOn that W. E. Corey viii be
elected president.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
BEARS IN WHEAT PIT
QUICKLY RUN TO COVER

CHICAGO, III, April 2o-Bears in the
wheat pit were forced TO run 70 cover
and their buying caused prices to ad-
vance sharply and most OF the gains
were held, the net upturns being 1kd5sc
for the day. Hundreds Of reports were
received from Kansas showing damage
there without a doubt and along with
these reports were buying orders. Liv-
erpool reported shorts as anxious buyers
there. the Modern Miller report being
construed as quite bullish. Gables were
mainly better IN tone. Northwestern re-
ceipts were liberal. at 621 cars and 80
cars at Chicago. Worlds shipments for
Monday are estimated at 100000 BUSH
els. which is :, 225. 900 bushels in excess of
a year ago A big increase in the
amount of breadstuns ahoat is looked
for.
Corn closed Ad5kc better; trade big.
Oats were UP 14Qhc with an enormous
volume of business. Provisions were un-
settled and irregular.
The following prices ruled on the
Board OF Trade today.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
WATERED STOCK ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE DIVIDENDS

NEWARK, y. J.. April 20.-Laying
down the principle that the manage
ment Of a corporation is not compelled
to withhold the payment of dividends
until the water in its capitalization has
been absorbed, Vice Chancellor Bergen
decided in the court of chancery In
Newark. that the directors of the Amer
lean Writing Paper Company were au-
thorized legally to pay the dividend of
81 a share, which they declared on Oc-
tober , of last year on the s12.5OOO, 900 Of
the corporations preferred stock. de-
spite the objections of the common
stock interests.
The vice chancellor's decision sus
tanned the demurrer entered in answer
to the suit brought by William Nelson
Goodnow, Of Boston, the leader of the
dissatisfied holders of the company
common stock. The decision is sweep
ing in its terms, and is considered
equivalent tc a dismissal Of the bill
originally filed by the Goodnow oppo-
siuon.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
FILIPINO WOMEN SMOKE
ENORMOUS NATIVE CIGARS

The greatest consumers Of Philippine
tobacco are the Fiipinos themselves
With a population Of 100000. practically
all OF whom, even the nOn-Christisn
tribes, are tncessant smokers usually
including women and children. as well
as men, and with many districts where
tobacco Is not raised for family cor
sumption, the consumption Of tobacco
must be many times the value Of the
export.
In the Cagayan a most unique custom
prevails among the women, says the
scientific American, who smoke a huge
cigar, the tabacO grande. which reaches
a length Of from thirty inches to three
feet, and is several inches in diameter.
These huge cigars are smoked of anu
on for day and a half or two DAYS.
Sometimes a ta5aco grande is suspended
IN the middle from q rafter IN the
dwelling, and all the women folk of the
family pun In turn. The men smoke
the cigarettes. or the ordinary
cigar
Nine tenths Of all the tobacco raised
In the islands, and practically all that
Is used commercially. is produced in the
vast Cagayan valley of central and
northern LuzOn, 2 region OF which even
many Americans in the islands have
little f1rst-hand knowledge. The valley
is out of the general line Of travel and
attention was not directed 20 il during
the Instruction; It's people were pa
cificos
valleys in the Philippines. Perhaps It
IS among the richest in the world. For
a period OF more than $40 years tobacco
has been raised or the overlooked lands
Of the valley without artificial fertiliz-
alton. 1t is the custom of the Cagayans
to raise one crop of tobacco and one
crCD of corn on the same land IN one
year. In two succeeding years two crops
of tobacco and three crops Of corn have
been produced from tie same soil
The bulk OF the tobacco in the Gaga-
yam is raised like so much hay Little
attention IS given 10 the details Of cur
ing and harvesting, which IN the case
of so intricate a crop demand both
scientific and experienced treatment.
Most of the good tobacco land is the
overlooked land, which consists mainly
Of small pockets, belt and patches. with
occasionally greater areas Of level land
lying along the bed OF the Cagayan
river and its tributaries. and which
doubtless formed the bed of the river
at an early period.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
CAT IN LOVE WITH A DOLL.

Cats have been known TO fall in
love with chickens and even hatch
eggs and bring up feathered children,
but a cat IN love with cold, motion
less doll-that is something entirely new.
Yet a Chicago woman, Mrs. John II.
Keith. has just such a cat
The cat is a handsome Angora, with
A big, fluffy tan a winner OF honOrs
best described by his name-Peach-
Peach's sweetheart is a doll that MIS-.
Keith used to play with when she was q
little girl. It is not an ordinary doll, be
cause he is as big as a small baby, and
instead of having the peTishable head
which is wont to decorate the sawdust
stuffed body nowadays has a head Of
porcelain
The doll is a brunette, having dark
hair (of porcelain and big blue eyes.
Then, too, it is lavishly dressed and
withal attractive
Peach fell in love as suddenly as the
proverbial swain. One day. a few weeks
ago. Mrs. Keith ran across the doll in a
trunk through which she was rummag-
Ing, and got 1t out to admire IL and re-
call the happy days of her childhood.
Peach got a glimpse of the doll and
lost his heart in minute Feline
friends were cast TO the winds. and even
his mistress is bit Jealous of the at
tention he pays the doll.
When Peach saw Mrs. Keith admiring
the doll he jumped into her lap and
began to rub his back along the dolls
dress He refused to be driven off, and
chung to the dolls dress until Mrs
Keith put it down.
She finally succeeded in laying It in a
big armchair in which Peach is wont
TO sleep, and he was in its seat in an
instant.
Mrs. Keith watched the animal. and
he lay dawn on the dolls lap. put one
of the inanimate hands over his back
and cuTled up contentedly, ready to 20
to sleep.
Laughing at her pets prank. Mrs.
Keith went away and did not happen to
return for an hour. When she did
Peach was still lying in the dolls lap,
half asleep. but happy.
That has been Peach's daily routine
ever since He is never so happy as
when lying beside his sweetheart and
ne stays there for hours.-New York
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
NO PUBLIC SUPPORT
IN LONDON MARKET

LONDOS. April 2o.-Trading on the
stock exchange continued dull and un-
interesting. owing to the absence Of pub
SIC support Some home rails received
Moderate attention, but otherwise prices
of British securities and foreigners
scarcely moved.
Americans opened at about parity,
hardened fractionally during the session
and closed steady. after a small amount
Of business. Copper shares were in
good demand
Japanese imperial skies Of 1905 closed
at I0l1z, unchanged
Supplies or money were easily obtain
able today. Discounts were weak.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
WASHINGTON PRICES

Saturday, April q:
Sales Of the board, including the after
can, amounted TO 1.Os2 shares sf stock
and $500 in bonds.
Following are the sales and quota
tions OF today's market:
Washington Railway and Electric As.
S50J0S0i2
Washington Railway and Electric
common, 50d397s 50G399k, 503s39jz, 507S3slk
5Od 1914. 50G39lk. 5Od399s, 5O0 S99<, 5OQsg1E.
500395s. 50d40 rae. f00G40. 10Da3s5k
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred, I5aS0 25GS0.
Washington Gas, 10n59.
LanstCn. Z5m125s. 156Il5.
Mitchell Mining, i00H3&.
After Call-Columbia Fire Insurance.
40Q9A
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
NEW YORK cor MARKET.
BANK STATEMENT.

The surplus of the banks is 81. 7o4 s25,
against 1886 rs last year and $11. as. $50
two years ago.
Decrease.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
NEW WORKSHOPS, BONDS, AND MONEY WASHINGTON
new YORK STOCKS

Iouotations furnished by Charles @. Gates
& Co.. Munsey Building; Members New York
Stock Exchangal
SATURDAY. A nrfi u. Fri
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
STOCK MARKET
IN A BAD RUT
Wall Street Not Paying EX-
penSes at Present Rate of
Business.
Yesterdays Session Made
Low Record for Volume
of Transactions.
Feeble Efforts at Rallies Fail
to Entice Public
Buying.

NEW YORK. April 20-Todays stock
market in point OF dizziness and drearf-
ness even surpassed its two immediate
predecessors II that were possible. The
total sales during the first hour,
amounted TO only about 1890 shares,
and the aggregate transactions for the
whole session fell to a new low record
level for the year, not eQualing even
half Of the previous low record for an
entire days business. Price fiuctua-
tons were as Insignificant as the total
volume Of trading. though If the mar
ket had any definite tone, it was ole
of Ieaviness. The only stocks that
had the distinction of a fun point IN
their price movements were Amalga-
mated Copper and American Smelling
and Refining. both of which, at one time
showed a decline of that extent from
yesterdays final figures. The rest of
the market was somewhat Irregular.
but small fractional declines predomi-
mated. Union Pacific falling = per cent,
and Reading n. Other price changes
were scarcely worth mentioning.
Closed With a Good Rally.
Following the publication of the bank
statement, the market continued life
less. Within a few minutes of the
close OF business, however, It became
quite active and turned decidedly
strong. The Hill stocks led In the up
ward movement rallying per cent for
Great Northern and over 2 for North
-ern Pacific. At the same time Chicago
and Northwestern took a squirt of "a
Reading. Is; Union Pacific. N and
Amalgamated Copper. IL. Fractional
advances were shown in the rest of the
list. the market closing strong at the
best prices.
Government bonds were unchanged.
Railroad and other bonds were dun
and lower.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
THE CURB MARKET

Quotations furnished by Charles O. Gates
Co, Munsey Building. Members New York
Stock Exchanged
Saturday, April 90: FIJI
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
PRICE CHANGES OF WEEK.

The following table. furnished by
Griffin, HaIsteads & Co. brokers, 1874 F
street, members Of Washington Stock
Exchange. shows the opening, highest,
lowest, and last sales on that exchange
last week. Prices are for quotation lots
only:
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

traders there would be no stock market
in Wall Street these days, for the out
siders are takig no interest In the
market at all.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

Since 1900 the number of national
banks in the United States has in
creased from 1881 TO 6.3H. In the same
time the deposits have increased over
s., 900, 900, 900.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21
FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

The Treasury has purchased 15O. 900
ounces OF silver at 6591s cents per
ounce.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

The individual operator mentioned
most prominently in connection with the
late historic slump in stocks is Brant
Walker, OF Chicago. who is credited
with having made 81. 00G 900 or so on the
short side He began selling stocks
many months ago, but covered his hold
ings. He represents a certain class of
traders. and this, it is asserted, is bear
ish to a degree, having its bearishness
on the grounds of a disturbed state of
public confidence. the absence of the
public from the market, and the severe
losses sustained by those usually de-
pended upon to support prices when this
is necessary.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

Total shares last week, 6,2SS.
Total bonds last week, SIG. 200.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

Paris sent London $l5.OO0.O 900 gold not
long ago, and she is beginning to take
II back. This may prevent the antici-
pated reduction in the discount rate
Of the Bank Of England
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

II was said during the troublous times
III the stock market that the reason
there were no failures reported was that
stock houses, as a rule, had quit specu-
lating on their own account. and salts
fed themselves with doing a safe and
conservative commission business. Ac-
cording to reports in circulation in Wall
Street however, many houses have not
kept clear of the market, the conse-
quence being that sometimes when Gus
toners have applied for their profits the
latter have not been forthcoming, they
having been added TO the losses Of the
brokers.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

According 10 representatives of The
Tennessee Coal x Iron Company, there
is no foundation for che reports that
negotiations are under way for the sale
OF the company to interests identified
with the United States Steel Corpora
ton.
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

United States is coming annually about
$500, CO0,OO0 in gold; Great Britain. nearly
SCI, OO0, coo. Australia, a little more than
Great Britain: France. about s35s00O, 900;
Germany. about $25.0Oo,Oc0; and Japan.
mora than 10000 gO1
The Washington times., 1907-04-21

Deliveries of coffee in the principal
ports of Europe have been somewhat
larger for the first nine months OF this
year than for earlier years. There has
been steady growth Of totals for the
last three seasons. as shown in compare
tive figures. Deliveries in the United
States cover only two seasons and Ike
wise show some Increase.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

A gift of one million dollars for the
establishment of fund for rudimenta-
ry schools for southern negroes was
announced in Philadelphia last We'd
nesday. The donor is Miss Anna T.
Jeanes, a Quakeress of this city. Book
er T. Washington, head of Tuskegee
Institute, and Hollis Burke Frissel,
president of the Hampton Normal and
Industrial Institute, are named as trus-
tees of the fund, but neither of the
in the gift.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

The race question has assumed rath-
auditor for the navy department. The
appointment Of Ralph Tyler, the Co.
lumbus, o., negro society editor, as
auditor was the signal for some rather
unusual maneuvers on the part of
some of the employees of the bureau
to get away from or avoid appointment
as secretary to Tyler.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

Attorney General Jackson, by Sc
curing an INDUCTION against nine for
eign brewing companies to prevent
their owning property and operating
saloons and by obtaining an order for
the appointment of receivers for the
brewers property, has taken the most
effective measure ever invoked to en-
force the prohibitory law in Kansas.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02
Nathaniel w. Voorhees,, father o

Nathaniel w. Voorhees,, father of
Ex-Governor Foster M. Vorhees, of
New Jersey, was delegate to the
national convention of 1869 which
nominated Lincoln for the presidency.
Mr.. Vorhees, who is now nearly eighty
years old, believes that he and United
States Senator Shelby M. Cullom of
Illinois are the only surviving mem
bers of that historical gathering.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

Lyman ]. Gage, formerly secretary
of the treasury, now of Mrs Rather
inc Tingley's community in southern
California, is on visiting tour which
embraces Chicago, Washington and
New York. He has found Point Iona
"a fair sample of what We may expect
in paradise"
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial AS
sociation of the United States has
made public a letter from former Pres
ident Grover Cleveland, "unreservedly
approving" the plan for the reunion
of the descendants of the signers of
the Declaration of independence at
the jamestown Exposition July 4.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

King Edward has sent SIS to a De-
vizes artist named Wiltshire, who
painted picture Of His Majesty wear
ing his coronation robes and forwarded
it to Buckingham Palace. Wiltshire
is cripple and works holding the
pencil or@brush between his toes.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

Before he left Connecticut, Mr..
Bryan had to take an automobile ride
in binding snow storm, and he real
lied that the coldness which he had
jocularly referred to as marking the
Connecticut elections had also got into
the weather.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

Hobson City, the negro town in Cal
houn county, Ala, has lost its only
mayor, George w. Lindsey, who has
just died. The legislature extended
the lines of Oxford so as to take in
the town and eliminate it because of
objection to it's existence on the part
of the whites.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

G. F. Moberly Bell, manager of the
London Times, who knew Lord
Cromer in Egypt, says that, in view
of what he accomplished there, he is
the biggest living Englishman.
Cromer had received many offers of
higher appointment, including a cabi-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

: A Minneapolis man spanked his
wife, after she had kicked him out
of the bed, and was sentenced to five
days in the work house. How can wo-
men be given more rights when men
have no rights at all?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

Telegraphing from Madrid, the cor
respondent of the Koelinshche Zeitung
says that English money will build
the new Spanish fleet in English yards.
He adds that the Cortes will be asked
to provide $77,200,00O for the navy.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

Ex-senator Spooner, who could hold
up his end in the strenuosities of
Washington, was floored by the bois-
ferrous Psi Upsilon dinner in New
York, and had to sit down with his
speech unfinished.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-02

A woman named Schmidt jumped
overheard in New York, says the
Washington Times, and man named
Schmitz is about to be pushed over
board in San Francisco. This ought
to be warning to the whole family to
stick to the good old spelling.