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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23
Miscellaneous.

Judge Dana in the Shawnee county
district court assessed fine of $12 900
against the International Harvester
company which the court found guilty
on 43 counts of violating the Kansas
antitrust law.
After trial lasting nine weeks,
John R. Walsh has been found guilty
on 81 counts of Incorporating funds
of the Chicago National bank which
closed in 1905.
A Gillian cruiser has gone to meet
the American fleet at Punta Arenas
and escort it up the west coast.
President Roosevelt has presented
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy with
several samples of the new $40 and
$40 American gold coins. The king
has one of the finest collections of
coins in the world.
Sixty-seven of the ia counties of
Missouri have voted to exclude sa-
looms.
In the United States circuit court at
New York. Judge Hough has directed
e. II. Hartman and Otto Kahn to an
swer the questions propounded to
them by the interstate commerce COM
mission.
The resolutions committee of the
currency commission of the American
Bankers association has issued a re-
port opposing the Aldrich bill in
the senate and the Fowler bill in the
house and presents a currency bill of
its own which the association will ask
congress to pass.
Further reports from the Boyer
town theater disaster place the death
list at 10. The bodies of 167 victims
were recovered, mostly women and
girls. Nearly every house in the town
of $500 inhabitants. had crepe on the
door.
Carl NJ. Clements, chairman of the
the state of Washington, has been ar
rested at Des. Moines, Iowa, on a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
On the first ballot for United States
senator in the Kentucky legislature,
ex-Gov. Beckham lacked three votes
of having enough to elect. The vote
was Beckham &C, Bradley Ga. scatter
ing G.
II. II. Tucker, Jr., secretary of the
Uncle Sam Oil company, has again
been indicted by the federal grand
jury at Kansas City for misuse of the
walls,
President Roosevelt has officially
stated that the Cuban government will
be turned over to the newly elected
officials not later than February l.,
1909.
The lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature has passed a dispensary
law.
The unemployed men of st. Louis,
to the number of 500. marched through
the streets to the city hall recently
and asked the assistance of Mayor
Wells in securing work.
Work on the federal buildings at
Pittsburg and lola, Kan. is to be start
ed on May 1.
Farmers about Petersburg, Ind, are
hunting large Bengal tiger which has
been roaming in that vicinity and
killing live stock.
The trial of Samuel Whitlow,
charged with the murder of May Sapp
at Moran, Kan, has been postponed to
the May term OF court.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23

Count Witte is letting out more Sc
crets about that RussoJapanese war
His latest statement puts it up to
Gen. Kuropatkin, who seems to be
held responsible for about all that
went wrong in Manchuria. and whose
official and military acts do not ap-
pear to corroborate the testimony he
gave in the Stoessel court-martial
When big generals fall out the public
gets some striking views of what has
been going on behind the scenes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23

A New York woman has been dis
covered who is boarding checks to
the amount Of $4,000. received from
an insurance company after her hus-
bands death, because she is afraid
of banks! She is a near relative of
the man who, for the same reason,
draws all his deposit out and hides it
in the cellar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23

Greek is more commonly spoken in
this country than in the days when
our fathers insisted upon it as
essential to a liberal education. You
can hear 1t at peanut stands and from
fruit vendors and some of the mer-
chants who offer oriental rugs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23
Cleaning Seed Peas.

II peas are found to be weeyiled
at the time of planting, they may be
thrown into a pail of water. The
sound seed will sink to the bottom
and the weeviled ones float, where
they may be skinned off and de-
stroyed. Burn them or feed them to
fowls. Do not throw away or bury.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23

Comparative receipts
Year to January 18th. ........ 1882
Same period last year. ....... 6,095
Increase ........ ........ 1877
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Bulk of sales 4.2594.35
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23
Sheep.
GRAIN.

Wheat, choice milling, per 100 lbs,
S1.35. Rye, Colo. bulk per 100 lbs,
$1.10. Oats, bulk, Neb., No 3, white,
$1.50; same, in sacks. s1.60 Corn, in
bulk, s1.l7; in sack. $1.22. Corn chop,
sacked, $1.23. Bran, Colo, per 100
lbs, $1.10.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23

Upland, per ton, s1O.Oo@11oO; sec
ond bottom, s750@s.5O; timothy,
i9.00@1100; alfalfa, $7.00DS.00;
straw, sS.5O@45O; South Park wire
grass, s13.OO@14.O0.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23

A story comes from Kentucky of a
juryman who. In murder trial, lost
his mind through brooding over the
case and grew to believe he was to be
hung. He probably thought himself
a member of hung Jury.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin, firm ............... 80
Creameries, extra Colo. lb. $40 80
Creameries, ex. eastern lb. 31@ 80
Creameries, I'd grade, b.. 24@ rs
Process and renovated, lb.. 23@ 25
Packing stock -. ...... 15@ 16
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-23
Eggs.

Eggs. fresh. case count. 7.2i
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Quotations given below are for large
lots Jobbers' prices are higher.
| EGGs-Nearby fresh Virginia. %;
| west Virginia and southwest Virginia.
27: Tennessee, 26a27.
BUTTER-Creamery. tancy. 2eha3o:
| Western firsts 27a2s: seconds. 22a94.
Process. fancy. 23a24: fair to good. 10a
20. Store-packed. fresh. 15a16A
CHEESE - New York state factory.
| new. large. 14a14h.
| POULTRY.-Chickens spring per ID.
| Halls: hens. per h.. IL; ROSTERS. per
H.. g: keats. per h.. 10: turkeys. hens.
per h., Halls; turkeys. toms. per h.,
Halls; ducks, per h.. 1Oa12.
| DRESSED PoULTRY.-Hens. choice.
per h.. 13a14: roosters. per h.. 9;
chickens, per h.. 15a16; ducks. per h..
12a14.
VEGETABLES. = Potatoes. per bbl.
No. 66 Per- 1
per Dbl. 1.aSa1.75: yams. per Dbl.
onions. per bbl:, LIS: per bu.. IS: pep
local so; per hundred. 4ooa7 100: egg.
2oaso; squash. per Dbl. Is: snap beans.
per basket. 5oa75: per Dbl. i.25a2.00;
new beets. per bunch. oa3: lettuce. per
1.25; radishes, per 100. Locales; green
corn. per doz., 1oa20: celery. per bunch
SOa6O: okra. per crate, 1.25a1.50.
GREEN FRUITS. Apples. oer Dbl.
loose. 1.25a3.O0: per double headed bbl.,
| 3.O0a45O; oranges. Cal, per box. 350a
| 800; Fla, 225a2.75: grape fruit, per
crate. 2.5Oa3.5O: pears. per bbl. 4.OOa
500; per basket, 50a2.OO: Keifer pears,
per Dbl. 75a1.25; per blu. box. 3Oa60:
grapes. per basket. 14a2O; ounces. per
bbl, 3.5Oa5.5O; per basket, 75aS5: chest
nJfS
9.0Oa1O.00; per box, 2.25a25O.
HAY AND sTEAw.-Hay, western.
No. 1. 14.OOa1450: No. 2 120Oa13. 90;
mixed. 11.O0a13OO. Straw. rye, bundle.
| l7.0Oa1SO0; rye machine thrash. 1O.OOa
1850: wheat. 6O0a6.50; oat straw. per
| ton. s. 00a9OO.
sEEDs.-Alsike. per bu., a.Ooa10. Is:
clover, per bu., 5.OOa6.O0; timothy. pei
! bu., 1.70a2.00.
LIVE sTOCK-Cattle, extra. per cwt
4.50: medium. per cwt. 3.50a4.OO; ordi.
nary. per cwt. 2.OOa3.OO. Hogs, per
cwt.. gross. 5.00a5.5O: Sheep, per h.. 3. 90
a3.50: spring lamb. choice, per h., $50;
medium. per h.. 600: Calves, choice, per
h.. s1A; medium. per h., 71sas; grass.
per h., 3a4.
BEEF CUTS.-Ribs. No. I. per ID. IA:
No. 2. II: No. 3. 10 Rounds. No. /. per
h.. 10; No. 2. o; No. 3. Z. Loins. No. I.
per h.. IA: No. 2. 12; No 3. 10. chucks.
N>O. l. per ID. Q, NO. z. q; NO ., o.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool. washed,
free Of burrs, per h.. 23a25: unwashed.
per h.. 2Oa2l- Hides. greer. .,er lb.. Q;
dry, per h.. 1Oa12. Sheep ,kins, green,
each. scars; dry. each. 25a6O Calfskins.
green. each. 1.25a1.4O. Dry flint hides.
per h.. 12a13; dry sailed hides. per ID.
| 1Oa12.
| GRAIN.-Wheat. per bu.. s4a96. Corn,
shelled, new. per blu. 63a67; ear, 2.75a
800; old shelled, per bu., S5a90; ear. A.15a
4.4O. oats, western white, No z, per
bu.. 63a6S; mixed. 62a64. Bran. per ton,
2S OoaSO.OO. MiddlinEs. per ton, S0.O0s
| 1900
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SCIENCE NOTES.

Several anchors have been recently
made at the navy yard at Charlestown
Mass which are the largest ever made
for any purpose. Four anchors are use6
on battleships generally and the new
anchors are being shipped in sets to the
Pacific coast. One pair Of this set of foul
weigh 1850 pounds each. The largest an.
chors ever forged prior to those now be.
ing used weighed 1880 pounds each and
cost $2,ODO each. They were also made al
the Charlestown yard.
Each of the big anchors required the
work of five men for a month hammer
ing; smelling and welding 1t: These man.
moth anchors are sufficient, barring un-
usual conditions of weather and sea, 10
hold the largest battleship afloat The size
is fifteen feet long from crown to
shackle. and about nine and one-half feet
from one arm point to the other. The
heavy crossbar is also about fifteen feet
long while the palms, or broad, fiat
pieces. which are welded to the arm ends
are about thirty-two inches wide.
The first of these big anchors was tried
as an experiment. 1t was not certain
that such a large anchor could be sue
cessfully forged. Anchors of great weight
have generally been made of cast steel,
and such have been used on both Ameri-
can and British warships. But the cast
anchors were found liable to breakage SO
months ago, and turned out successfully
at the Charlestown plant.
An instrument to measure the hard
ness of metals has been recently devised,
more especially designed and found very
useful In the manufacture of tools like
twist drills, where the hardness has to
be kept between narrow limits. 1t con-
sists of glass tube. within which a steel
ball of forty grains weight. treated by
a special process SO as to have jewel
hardness, falls freely. The height of the
rebound Of the ball measures the hard
ness of the metal 1t strikes Were the
area of contact between the dropped
weight and the metal larger, so that no
appreciate dent were made, the rebound
would be measure of elasticity rather
than hardness. The height Of the rebound
is measured on scale, of which 100 Is
the average hardness of carbon steel,
which is also found to be the safety limit
for steel tools after relocating and tenn
pering ready for use.
A United States consular report states
that %. 40 miles of telegraph lines were
operated by the Imperial Chinese Tele-
graph Company in 1906 The system
has 81, 473 miles of wire, submarine cabl
of 946 miles and $40 offices, of which
81 were open day and night and 317 for
day service only. The number of instru-
ments was 76S. At the head Office in
Shanghai the staff numbered 81 and the
general staff 3,175, while inspectors, line
men, etc, brought the total up to 2,4OO.
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HONOR THEIR LEADER
Knights of Columbus Greet
Supreme Knight Hearn.
GIVEN A GREAT OVATION
Local Councils Unite in Welcome on
First Official Visit.
BANQUET FOLLOWS SPEECHES
Aims of the Order Eloquently Re-
viewed by Catholic Organizations
Chief Executive.
GIVEN A GREAT OVATION
BANQUET FOLLOWS SPEECHES

Supreme knight Edward L. Hearn OF
New Haven. Conn. the chief executive OF
the knights of Columbus of America, was
given a royal ovation at the reception
rendered him at the hall of the order on
street between 9Th and 7th streets
northwest. under the auspices of Potomac
Council. No. 433. last night
Early in the evening the members from
all over the District began to gather, and
when the ceremonies began every avail
able nook and corner of the great hall
was filled with an expectant and what
proved a responsive audience.
Potomac Council had held it's regular
meeting Monday evening. and under the
head good of the order taken a recess
until last night to permit the holding OF
an open session in honor of the supreme
knight. After a. little wait in the Office
below, where fiashlight pictures We're
taken, the party moved to the great audi
ence hall. On the entrance of Mr.. Hearn
there was strom of applause which last
ed several minutes.
Following brief organ recital by
Joseph A. Guages, Grand knight Thomas
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virginian Wants Great Engines.

NORFOLK, Va. October 31-Agents of
locomotive and car builders were here in
large numbers yesterday formulating bids
for large numbers of locomotives and cars
for which the Virgnian is now In the
market. These were in conference with
Vice President and General Manager Du-
puy. who has charge of the purchase of
the equipment. II is said that twenty
FIVE monster locomotives larger than any
now in the service in this part of the
country. and $50 cars will be ordered by
the Virginian. aggregatng an outlay of
100000 for the locomotives and 50 800 600
for cars. Mr.. Dupuy denied yesterday
that the Virginian would build its shops at
Roanoke instead OF Victoria or thai Sle
road would build line from Roanoke
twenty-five miles south to Floyd. Va
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Civilization Building at Panama.

Hugh C. Weir in Putnams.
The great jaws of the jungle swallowed
village few years ago-durfng my 18TH
mus-roamings 1t was forced to disgorge.
Buried under a mass of tropical vegeta-
ton, with outreaching talons like a devil
fish, the settlement was unearthed by the
government engineers after days of back
cramping labors. where even the blade OF
the machete seldom found room to strike.
Thirty-two so.idly constructed buildings
nine married quarters twenty-five bar
racks and a machine shop dating from the
glory of De Lesseps-were uncovered be-
meath the tangled tons of foliage. which
had hidden them so completely that their
existence was entirely unsupported. AS
dusty pigeon-holes unfolded the history
OF the settlement. II developed that 1t had
disappeared from the records of men when
the French had been routed from the Ca
nal Zone a generation ago-with millions
of francs in useless equipment behind
them and millions of francs in useless
debt before them. 1t had needed but
twenty-five years for the talons of the
jungle to bury a village large enough to
shelter a thousand men!
This is the wilderness. that for hun
dreds of miles has not known the fit of
a white man. through which Uncle Sans
civilization-b builders are stretching TWEEN
tieth-century wonder-chain.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The occurrence of interest at the meet
ing today of the stock exchange was the
sale. of 200 shares of Gas stock. A ready
market was found for the stock. but al
a level that was considerably below that
of recent sales. The lowest Offering lot
the stock yesterday was 65h. while the
bid was 64A. Today, however, when the
bid rose to Is, the broker who had what
proved to be quite a block of the stock
for sale began to let it out.
AS rule he sold two blocks of twenty
five shares at time, as two brokers bid
for the stock and bought most of It,
few lots went at 60, and then Tor 1rac-
tionally less, while the bulk was taken at
64h. The supply Of stock at that price
was better than the demand, and In that
sense the selling was better than the
buying.
No effort was made to find out how
much more was to be had, as the broker
having it stood stiff1y out for 641a. The
bid was fractlOnally less, and the buyers
were evidently Wiling to take some more
If the price could be shaded of. There
was some conjecture as to whose STOCK
was being sold or the source of 1t. but OF
course there was no information on that
point.
The buyers were not representing the
interests that are commonly supposed to
have been large speculative buyers and
a matter of conjecture as to the identity
of the owners of the stock and the mo-
tives for the sale at this time are also In
the dark.
Almost anything that occurs to affect
Gas stock is looked upon with interest
and Is sometimes given a significance
which 1t really does not possess and this
may be the case with what occurred to-
day.
The advance made today by Mergen-
thaler was not a very large one, not
quite half point, but 1t serves to round
on week of some moment in the history
of the stock, as 1t marks an upward climb
of about five points, which is fairly good
record for a hundred dollar-a-share stock
selling at over 200.
In connection with the building of the
new lines required In order to make con-
necttons with the Union station the Cap
ital Traction Company will add to Its
stock of cars. Consideration is being
given by the president Mr. Hamilton, and
the vice president, Mr.. CARL, to the vari-
Gus types of cars now In use, and among
other devices that of the pay-as-you-en-
ter cars will be given due consideration
No determination has been reached as to
the kind Of car that will be purchased
the matter being still under discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31
NATURES PATENT OFFICE.
Pulley, Block and Tackle, Cup and
Ball and Safety Valve Anticipated.

From the Grand Rapids Herald.
The block and pulley. or tackle was a
great mechanical discovery, but nature
made every man carry several of these
around with him at the very beginning
of creation. The most important of these
tackles Is found in the eye. If you turn
your eye to look at the tip Of your nose
you use this block and pulley, which
is just as perfect as any erected on a
ship to hoist sail. The muscle which
moves the eyeball works through the
block easily and smoothly, and without
friction. for nature has supplied to all of
her machinery automatic or mechanical
oil inventions. These never fail to work
unless we are sick, and then the danger
of hot-box Is to be considered.
The invention of the safety valve for
steam engines has saved thousands of
lives and millions of dollars of property.
1t Is an invention that stands prominent
ly to the front in this age of mechanical
progress. But nature supplied us each
with safety valve which for effectiveness
works better than any made by man. If
we did not have this safety valve we
would not live twenty-four hours. This
safety valve Is the perspirative, or sweat.
glands, and to make sure that we would
not run short of the supply she has fur
nished the body with some two and a
half millions or tnem. II our temperature
rose seven or eight degrees we would die
within few hours. and yet we could not
run. row. play tennis. ball. or even walk
safely any distance without increasing our
temperature to the danger point if we had
no safety valve provided so ingeniously
by nature.
The cup-and-ball socket and the air.
tight valve were first used in the human
body. If our hip joints and arms were
not provided with air-tight sockets we
would get too tired to continue our work
for any length of time in just holding
these limbs together by muscles. 1t is the
pressure of the air which holds them in
place, and thus all physical effort is avoid
ed. In the various alright joints and
sockets found in the human body one may
find nearly all the mechanical principles
involved in the airbrake or the use Of
compressed air for thousand different
things.
Some one exclaims that nature did not
discover ball bearings. mechanical de
vice which has revolutionized the vehicu-
lar world. But the principle is almost de-
veloped in the ball OF the leg bone and the
socket of the hip, which are made so
smooth and are SO well oiled that they
81 de back and forth with practically no
friction.
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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. Md, October a1-WHEAT-
Quiet: spot contract Local OPS: spot No 2 red
western, 1.04ha1 O4x: October. lO2a1 OBJ: No.
yen,ber. l02lsal ON; December. 1.Os1sa1 .osss !:
steamer No. red. 991aagDA: receipts SO, 49o
bushels; exports. 1871, $50 bushels: southern on
grade. 99al o.
CORN-Steady: year. 68ssa661s; January, 66A a
6613: receipts. 1912 bushels.
OATS-Firmer; No. white. 52a52h; No. 3
white. 51ha52: No. mixed. 50lsa5I; receipts.
SSH bushels
RfE-Steady: No. 2 western export Sassy;
receipts. II, 400 bushels
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Nominal. UNCHANGED,
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man; B. NJ Bridget. DR.. H. ]. Crosson.
W. B. Riley. w. H. Callahan; F. NJ.
ton, v A Sheehy. James H. Johnson. jr. !:
w. E. Pairo, George T. Kolb. I. H. Gal
iagher, Charles J. Columbus. John A.
Myers, T. NJ. Ring. ]. w. Cotter and B.
F. Myers.
Mr. Hearn will be received by President
Roosevelt at the White House. He also
will pay his respects to the papal dele
gate and to Bishop O'Connell, rector of
the Catholic University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31
DEPOSITS AT HIGH POINT.
South Dakota Has Nearly 500 in
Banks for Every Resident.

PIERRE, S. D., October 31.-The bank
deposits of South Dakota furnish evidence
that the state is getting rich. The total
deposits shown are s67, 261, 46O.53, but of
this little over 100000 is credited to
other banks and bankers. and the indi-
vidual deposits do not reach that figure.
The showing is an increase Of so, 800 600
in the last year. When the crop deposits
are made for this year the Individual de-
posts of the state will be over 500 for
each resident
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A Delicate Matter.
o New Zealand Free Lance.

From the New Zealand Free Lance.
Your wife's increasing deafness is
merely an indication of advancing years,
and you can tell her that said spe-
cialist to the husband OF a lady who had
consulted him. Would you mind telling
her that yourself?" suggested the hus-
band.
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THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON. October 31.-2 p.m.-Bullion
amounting to 100000 was withdrawn
from the Bank of England today for
shipment to Egypt
BERLIN. October 31.-Exchange on
London, 20 marks 45 pfennigs for
checks.
The rate of discount for short bills is
31a per cent. and for three-month bills
is 2k per cent.
PARIS October 31.-Closing-Three per
cent rentes. 96 francs 17h centimes for
the account.
Exchange on London, % francs 1113 CEN
times for checks.
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Improved.


Bystander-Have any of the objection
able features of the game been abolished
Fullback-Sure! The athletic association
discharged the faculty this morning by a
unanimous and enthusiastic vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31
Sagging Tendencies Marked
Short Days Dealings.
GENERALLY HEAVY TONE
Credited to Closing Out Speculative
Commitments.
TRADING IN LIGHT VOLUME
Little Done for Foreign Account
Mercantile Reports Indecisive
Exhibits-Declines for
Active Railways.
TRADING IN LIGHT VOLUME

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 31.-The generally
heavy tone of this mornings stock market
was not specifically accounted for except
perhaps on the theory that there had
taken place some revival in uneasiness 10
the outcome of the presidential election
because of the most recent striking de-
yelopments in the political campaign
On the face the Rockefeller Endorsement
of Taft was quite commonly referred
to as one factor in the sagging course OF
prices. 1t would appear more probable,
however, that the usual and general IN
clination to close out speculative COM
mitments in advance of the election
might be named as a sufficient reason for
the course of the stock market.
The dealings were in light volume and
largely of a strictly professional charac-