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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
RECORDS OF BUSINESS.
Condition Is Known at the Close of
Each Day.

A. X. Tod in Municipal Journal and Engineer
There was time when man who
wrote down in book the amounts of
money due to him by various people
and marked them off when they were
paid would have been considered a care
full bookkeeper. Later no doub, some
cautious soul conceived the idea of keep
ing a record of what he owed in the same
book. The progress and Improvement
in the keeping of records has been con-
tnuous from that day to this The orig
ina bookkeeping idea. namely. keeping
record of assets and liabilities pur-
chases and sales. has been developed and
extended so that nowadays the man at
the head of a business can tell the whole
run Of his business at any time from his
crds any unusual conditions that NAV
prevail for even short period.
1t is curious fact but true in my ex-
perience. that one seldom. if ever, finds
really successful business In which
there is not a good bookkeeping system.
This may sound like the view of an az
countant trying to unduly magnify the
Importance of his particular line but the
explanation is simple. Any man who Ina g
the requisite organizing ability to build
up Il great business knows that the only
way in which he can keep closely in
toUcl: with all the operations without an
undue waste of valuable time is by hay-
ing the records so systemdtiZed that full
reports giving all the necessary details
come 10 him regularly through the book
keeping depart ent.
But modern organization and the desire
of all producers 10 get the best results
at the lowest possible expense have led
to system of interchange of informa-
ton among operating heads of businesses
which is undoubtedly of great value to
everybody concerned. To get the full
value out of an interchange of compare
tiv. cost figures. however. it is neces-
sary that the same basis should be
adopted in arriving at these figures. The
natural result is that a Standardization
of the accounts of many different classes
of Undertakings is at present being
evolved. The accounts of public utility
corporations are especially going through
this process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Progress of City as Shown by
Expansion.
LAND BEYOND ROCK CREEK
Steps to Acquire More Ground About
Union Station.
MANY LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
Tendencies of the Market as De-
veloped by Transactions of
Recent Date.

The bill pending in Congress to secure
for the public the land between the Union
station and the Capitol grounds on the
west side of North Capitol street is re-
garded as of importance both from the
standpoint of the improvement of that
locality as we'll as from that of the owners
of adjacent property The former consid-
Grafton is. of course. the paramount one.
and. in fact. the only one tnat mas any
weight in this connection
1t is probably due to the fact that the
station building itself is such conspicu-
Gus example Of architectural merit that
the project Of charging its surroundings
has been given consideration by those in
terested in improving and identifying the
nations capital There is no Question
about the impressiveness of the station.
viewed merely as building. and that.
commanding as il does the vista of Della
ware avenue from the Capitol, 1t forms
a suitable and worthy complement to the
magnificent structure where the national
legislature has its home.
Simplicity the Keynote.
This effect has not been produced by or
uamentation or by any of the devices
used in architectural forms to produce an
impression On the other hand simplicity
both of form and in treatment is the key
note OF the design of the building. The
graceful outlines of the great structure
and the harmony of the color of the ma
terials Us a. as we'll as the dignity of the
entire mass satisfy tie eye. There is so
little carving and attempts at decoration
that. studied in detail. the building may
seem plain and even bare.
Bu; that is not the effect as takes
in the great mass In its treatment il
represents what is recognized as the
highest form OF architectural attainment
II the working out Of mental image
by the use OF the usual building fnateri-
as ard producing the desired effect with
out rexort to or depending upon orna-
ment
To Improve the Locality.
With such Il structure. and ore, too.
tlat s likely 10 grow in public esteem
as the years go On il is natural that the
surroundings should b. desired TO be
suitable a setting. For this reason
the plan Of allowing such conspicuous
locality as the section between the sta
ION plaza and the park about the Cap
I'ol To be left II the individual property
owner TO improve according as his fancy
- hjs pocketbook may suggest Is not
one tlat app ais 10 every one. Hence
tie bill
North of the New Bridge.
IT,. building sites just north OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
Making Electrical Engineers.

From the Scientific American
In the great shops OF a well known cleo
trical company are some 3o young men,
clad In workmens garments. assembling
small apparatus and testing dynamos,
transformers. railway motors and lighting
appliances Of every description.
These men have come from universities.
colleges and technical schools. not only
m this country but in all quarters OF
the civilized world. And they are sup
plementing the theories upon which they
have spent years of study with the adj
mirable practice to be obtained in the
finely equipped shops and the variety of
apparatus manufactured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
Sale of Apartment

Stone d Fairfax real estate corpora
ton recently sold for W. n. Gotwalds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
FOR MUNICIPAL. COURT.
Substitute Adopted. in Chicago for
Justices Of the Peace.
From the Real Estate Record.

The first annual report of the municipal
court of Chicago for the period ending
November 60, 1867. goes far to justify the
statement Of Chief Justice Olson that this
court Is unique In the development of
American courts and jurisprudence. An
introduction to the report contains USE
,ful summary Of the classes of suits in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16

1t matters little what it is that you,
want-whether a situation or a servant
a want ad In The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
A List of Properties.

The A F. Fox Company have just is
sued in pamphlet form list of the prop
critics il has for sale. For convenience of
reference a classification has been made
consisting of business properties. dwell
ings arranged according 10 sections.
apartment houses. Maryland suburbs and
Virginia properties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
The Price.

From the New York Sun.
knicker-Wouldn't You like 10 wake up
some morning and find yourself famous:
Bocker-Not if l had to get up when
WAS "a He'd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-14
Capital andsSurplus, $500, 900
Undivided Profits, $l5o,ooo

Would be pleased to receive tho nccountL
of corporations. firms and individuals,
Interest allowed on deposits In SaYlngt
Department.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-14

WILLIAM II. PALMER. President.
e. b. ADDISON. Vice President,
Il. w. SlNTON, Cashier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-14

holders has received the following
notice OF his premium, duo March "a.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
KILLED BY BALL
LLOYD SHELTON. OF FANCY
FARM, STRUCK IN CHEST.
Cassell smith, of Graves County, Dis.
appears and is Thought TO BE
Drowned.

Mayfield, Ky, June Sunday
afternoon between and o'clock
Lloyd shelton, a young man about is
years old, was killed at ball game
near Fancy Farm, by being hit in the
chest by a baseball.
Young Shelton lived four miles
west of Fancy Farm and drove to the
game of baseball With two other
young friends and had just gotten
out of the buggy and was standing
near the diamond when a swift ball,
thrown by Harley Burkett, accident
Tally struck him in the breast and
knocked him to the ground Or. Hig-
don, of Fancy Farm, was summoned
at once. but before he reached the
scene young shelton was dead.
The young man lived about ten
minutes after the ball struck him.
A large crowd was present at the
game and naturally the death caused
much excitement
Lloyd Shelton was a son of Gus
Shelton and was a well known young
man with many friends.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

Mayheld KY June Case, u
Smith, near Davis store. on the east
fork OF Clark's river. mysterious y
disappeared from his home last We'd
nesday evening, and has not since
been seen or heard Of.
He is a man of family and left his
home with a tin bucket to 20 TO a
neighbor's house about a mile away.
He had TO cross a stream.
A search was instituted after he
had been gone a sufficient length OF
time TO have returned. but nothing
could be found OF him Friday after
noon the tin bucket he had carried
was found about a half mile down the
stream lodged against a drift.
The finding Of the tin bucket Is the
only thing that leads the sugses-
ton that he was drowned while cross
ing the stream. The search will De
continued with a hope OF finding the
body. The creek was very high at
the time Smith crossed IL. and his
friends believed that he lost his bal
ance while crossing on the foot log
and was drowned before he could get
out.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

man female colleges that the dorml-
tories OF both these Institutions would
be placed at the disposal OF the COM
mHtce. ths students and faculty OF
both colleges having left for their va
cation.
President James X. Patterson. OF
Kentucky State University, has In
formed the committee that he VIII
notify them probably tomorrow
whether the dormitorics OF the uni
Nerslty can BE- made available for con-
yentlon visitors.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
PREPARE BANQUET
ron DEMOCRATIC Committee.
MEN AT LEXINGTON.
City viii he Host ON Night Before
the Convention L. Called To-
Order.

Lexington. Ky. June All the
members Of the Democratic state
central and executive committees are
expected to arrive here by Wednesday
evening. when a banque, will De g.vca
at the Phoenix hotel TO the members
OF The two committees with The city
OF Lexington as host 4 number OF
other guests will also be invited 10
attend the banquet.
The general committee which has
charge OF The arrangements fuv the
convention is making every effort To
prepare ample sleeping accommoda-
tons for the visitors 10 the conyen
ton. They were materially aided too
iay by the notification received from
both Hamilton and Campbcll-Hagcr-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

Washington, June 9.--Barely ovel
five feet in height, Philander Chase
Knox, senator from Pennsylvania
and former attorney general of the
, United states, Is, practically speaking
the most dimunitive candidate for
the presidency that the country has
ever seen. But short as he is in stat
ure, he is long in intellect.
There are other superlative adjec-
tives that might be applied. For in
stance, he is the richest of all the
Republican candidates, the dressiest
the most reserved and the sportiest
He owns some of the best blooded
horses in America. He has earned
the biggest fees for defending corpor-
atoms, and he was the first attorney
general to find and make use of an
effective weapon to prosecute them
He is also the baldest OF all the can
didates, and the only one that is
smooth shaver.
Knox likes the company of young
men. At his house almost every
evening there is a pinochle or bill
Hard game in progress in which the
senator and some youngsters of his
acquaintance are the participants
When he finds a young man display
ing marked ability in any line OF
work, he is very apt to extend help.
ing hand. 1t was thus that Milton
ID. Purdy, sometimes referred to as
the trust buster" of the admins
tration, came into notice. Knox met
him when he was in Minnesota in
connection with the Northern securi-
ties case, when Purdy had just begun
to climb the legal ladder. Knox was
attracted to him and his work, and
when the law was passed authorizing
the department of justice to employ
special assistant attorneys general,
he sent for Purdy and gave him one
of the jobs. That Purdy has made
good Is q tribute to Knoxs discrimi-
mating judgment of men.
Knox is sensitive. Some years ago
he entered at the New York horse
show a pair of blooded horses that
had pedigrees reaching back to the
dark ages, and which to his mind
as an expert, was the finest matched
team of trotting horses in America
The prizes. however, went to horses
of New York's social favorites and
knox's pair received no mention. He
has never exhibited there since.
knOx's Fate.
He owes his prominence partly to
the fact that he was once expelled
from the West Virginia university
for boyish prank. One of the rules
of the faculty was that no students
should attend theatricals. One day a
company playing EAST Lynne" came
hlong and Knox, together with about
twenty Fellow students, decided 10 see
the performance. One of the profess
sors, sent to take the names of the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Is
the one that children like so well to
take as II tastes nearly as good as
maple sugar. II acts gently yet
freely on the bowels and thereby
@ drives the cold out OF The system.
II Is sold by all druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
THE FAvoR|1E SON PRESIDENTIAL SERIES
Some Familiar Sketches BY Washington Correspondent of the
United Press.

offenders, reported them, and all were
sentenced to AeXpulsion. Eighteen
were reinstated on signing an agree
ment not to Offend again, but Knox
and one other left.
He then went to Mt. Union college,
Alliance, Ohio, and it was there that
he first met William Mckinley, Jr.
Undecided as to the profession he
would adopt, it was entirely due to
Mckinley that he finally resolved to
become lawyer. But for that meet
ing, Knox might now be a bank cash
Ter in country town, like his father.
A chose student especially of eases
in which he was interested. and with
fine capacity for resolving abstruse
statements of the law into concise
and lucid language Understandable
even by laymen. Knox succeeded in
his profession from the start. In the
earlier days of Andrew Carnegie he
became the ironmaster's lawyer and
received, il is said, an income of $780,
600 a year from this source alone.
In the twenty years following his
resignation in 1876 as assistant Unit
ed States attorney for the western
district of Pennsylvania, a place that
he held for only one year. his person.
al retainers averaged 100000 a year.
These, with his interest in the other
business of his firm. gave him an in
come of about s160A0O a year, and
he came to be recognized as one of
the most successful corporation law
yers in the country. Incidentally he
became a stakeholder in the L. S.
Steel corporation, the Union Trust
company. the Pittsburg Bessmer and
Lake Erie Railway company and 9th.
er powerful corporations. His larg-
est single fee was earned in a forty
five minute speech in opposition to
an attempt to abrogate the charter
and limit the franchises of the India
napolis Street Car company. He re-
ceived $125,OOO for that piece of
work. His associate, the late ex-
President Benjamin Harrison, address
ed the court for four hours and re-
ceived only $4,000.
1t is related of Knox's early career
that when he had a particularly puz-
zling question 10 elucidate, he would
sally forth with a law book under
one arm and fishing tackle under the
other and HE him to some favorite
effI. l.,
evening he generally had a string of
fish and the solution of his problem
as well.
His Official Record.
Perhaps because he knew from the
inside how the federal laws were be-
ing violated, but more hkely because
he realized that the principal duty
attached to his office was to prose
cute such violations, Knox quickly
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

Jimmie" Watcher waltln' around
de corner Wild dat fist full cr mud
ferg"
Mame-"l'm waltln' for sally
RYAN
"Wot fhe dono?"
"NuthIuN Only she's dc Queen
of de Mayt''-Lifc.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
are prompt and thorough and will in
a very short time strengthen the
weakened kidneys. Sold by all
druggists.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

kinney appointed him attorney gen
eral in 1901. He was firmly con-
WINGED that combinations that stified
lcompetition and restrained interstate
commerce were evil and, after long
and laborious effort. he got together
the necessary evidence and sued the
Northern Securities company. He
was upheld by the supreme court of
| the United States in his contention
that this concern was an Illegal COM
bination.
He has consistently held that mo-
nopolies and combinations, particu-
larly of railroads, tended surely to-
wards government ownership of pub
lie utilities, and he set himself to
combat That tendency by seeking to
give the people relief under existing
laws. He instituted proceedings
against the Beef Trust. the Salt Trust,
the Jacksonville Wholesale Grocers'
association, the Cotton Traffic Pool,
the Anthracite coal carrying roads,
and many others, all involving alleged
state commerce laws. It was on his
recommendation that the law was
passed permitting cases of general
public Importance to be expedited in
the supreme court of the United
States.
At His Ease.
Knox owns three homes. One Is a
large and beautifully furnished stone
house on Ellsworth avenue, Pittsburg
set in the midst of well kept lawns.
His Washington residence is on X
street was the former home of
George w. Childs and cost the sen
ator $4,000. His country place is
at Valley Forge, once part of the
camping ground used by George
Washington, and the headquarters of
General Knox, the senator's illustrous
revolutionary ancestor. Here he
raises all kinds of fine stock.
As much of his time as possible.
Knox spends in the open. He is fond
of golf and plays a fair game. He
likes to fish. But his chief delight
in the way of sport is his horses.
These he likes TO drive himself, and
other early risers may frequently see
him speeding a pair of blooded road
sters through the crisp morning air
along the picturesque roads of Rock
Greek park.
Without advertising the fact, Knox
is man of generous impulses. Fol-
lowing the great blizzard of 1896 in
Western Pennsylvania, he was called
upon by a representative of a charity
organization for contribution of
coal and food. Knox handed her a
check the size of which led the start
led woman to inquire:
How do you wish this money 10 be
applied, Mr.. Knox"
LAS your organization thinks best. -
was the reply. There are worthy
and unworthy poor, know, but they
are all cold and hungry"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

Vienna has $4,000 street heggars.
and many OF them make better liy-
ing than Workmen.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

The Mexican porter handles loads
of four hundred pounds with ease.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

New YORK ...... ....... 6 10 2
Batteries-Thielman, Chech and
Bems; Orth and Kleinow, Blair.
AT st. Louis.
Score: r II T.
St Louis 800. .......10 Is 0
Philadelphia ..... 0 s 9
Batteries-Waddell and Spencer;
Nickers Carter, Krause and Smith.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
At BROOKLYN.

Brooklyn, June 9.-The visitors
finished the series here successfully
by winning four straight games.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
BASEBALL NEWS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Boston

At Boston.
Boston. June 9.-Bunching of hits
in the first won for Chicago.
Score: r II f
chicago ...........'.. U
Boston 2 8 2
Batteries-Brown and Moran; Fla
herty, Ferguson and Ball.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09

Batterles-CoakIey and Mclean ;
Pastorious and Bergen.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
At philaSlelphia,
At New York.

New York. June 9.-McGinnity
shut out the visitors and in addition
to his pitching, his batting helped the
locals to win.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
AMERICAN LEAGUE .
At Chicago.

Batteries-Waish. White and Sulli-
van. Weaver; Burns and Street and
Warner.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-09
His Official Record.

Perhaps because he knew from the
inside how the federal laws were be-
ing violated, but more hkely because
he realized that the principal duty
attached to his office was to prose-
cute such violations, Knox quickly
became active in the enforcement of
the Sherman antitrust law, when Nc
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-05
GOLDF|E[D'S BEST
ISSUES ADVANCE
Support for a Sensational Ups
ward Rush Fails to
MateriaIize
Investors Returning From Look
at Rawhide Hold COn-
fIicting Views

The trading in yesterdays mining
market was largely professional and
prices fiuctuated within narrow limits.
The volume of sales was not as large
as on Tuesday, but stocks were strong
er and prices higher. A persistent ef-
fort was made to boost prices in the
leading issues, but the support for a
sensational upward rush was lacking.
Stories of recent discoveries in Raw
hide. conflicting in their nature, were
circulated about the board. The two
Rawhide stocks were frmer and at
tracted a number of investors. A num-
Der Of mining men have returned TO
San Francisco from the new camp and
their reports are at variance. All
agree, however, that there is rush for
the new field
Consolidated opened stronger at
$5.121k, advanced to S5.15 and after
touching $500 receded to s5.15. Flor
epce was higher at $3.50, Daisy at
sL12h and Fraction at zoe. Atlanta
fell to 30c. Great Bend 10 SSc and Ke-
wanas was steady at Acc.
Tonopah of Nevada continued its up
ward movement, closing under good
support at s5.S2. Montana was lower
at S1775z Belmont advanced TO S1.36.
Ophir was the center of strength in
the Comstocks, closing 8 points up at
S2.20. Mexican was lower at 94c, Con.
Virginia at soc and Union at 43c.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-05

invited to attend the funeral today (Thurs-
late residence 1910 ST. Charles street, Ala
media, thence to St. Joseph's ehurch at $50
o'clock. where mass for the repose OF her soul
will be celebrated. Interment private. st.
Aary's cemetery.
SEELY-In this city March a. 1908. at his
late residence. 1918 Baker street. Lewis War
ren Seelv, beloved husband OF Marguerite
Roberta Seely, and brother OF Mary and Frank
Howard Seely, native OF H0nesdale. Pa,
aged 4S years months and % days. (Hones
dale. Pa, and Washington. ID. c., papers
Friends and Companions Of the Loyal
Legion are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral today Thursday. at 1880 p m-.
from the chapel OF n. Gray & Co.. 2l96 Geary
street corner OF Devisadero- Interment Cy-
press Lawn cemetery. BY electric funeral car
from Thirtieth street and San Jose avenue
STREET-In this city, March A. 1908. Emma.
beloved wife Of Jonathan Street, and loving
sister OF Mrs. Nicholas Wunsch. Mrs tiara
Beatty and Wilbert Tolan. a native OF Phila-
delphia. aged SO years (Manayunk and
Philadelphia papers please copy-l
The funeral will take place tomorrow tFri-
day1 at IL o'clock a. m. from the residence
OF her niece, Mrs James S. Myers, 1918 Sew
enfeenth avenue South. lnterment Mount
Oliyet cemetery.
WAGNER-In this city March 4, 1903. Chester
Pritchard Wagner. NJ. D.. beloved son OF DIT.
John and Mary B. Wagner. brother OF Law
native OF San Francisco, aged Y years
The funeral will take place tomorrow tfri-
day(. at D. m. from the residence OF me
family 297 Church street corner OF t1fteentn-
Interment Woodlawn cemetery.