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The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
EXCURSIONS.

All roads lead to the pony track at
CHEVY Chase Lake these days Never did sn
arusensnt deviop q any kind take as iris
latest addition TO the quota q f1unskors a. the
lake old and Young patruuize the track hbcrally
and every evcring finds the ticket booth besicEed
The circuit q the outer track is fuu eighth q
nile, while the inner oval ia q c0urse. somewhat
less The p-uies flr saddle riding nur15cr about
Owen while there are several bgsrro- teams for
The little ones The tEack is brilliantly illuminated
and them are NUMEROUS attendants % keep things
-5--n5nz straight The othe- amussmsnts retain
their popularity hoEever. the Marine Band
Csrts heing enjoyed b seDercus crowds nightly.
attractions cf the dane Satisfactory car service
IS undoubtedly oGe q the most telling factors IN
the COZ ttaued popularity q Chesy Chase Lake
Scores OF washingtoniaus who ind It
irr7ossible fr- one rcason another 70 make *
tended vacatiors are rotroufziag the weekend os1,
i1zs r-sde Via the Norfolk and Washington steam
ss These az IN the form of conbi1ation trips
girins q river and hay sail on salt water With q
STAY al the ChambcrIia. Old Point Confort il addi-
ton A special rate ticket for the round TIP
covers hotel as vel as steamer expenses one can
leave Friday evening ut go and remain away
until Monday OF Tuesday morning OF sailing sat
uriay at $50 ?. n remain until TUESDAY We'd
reslay. the cost Increasing slightly according %
thc tine limit elected Tickets fer these weekend
trips On sale al tke uptown ticket os5ce. 20
Fourteenth street. exclusively.
An evening on the mOonHt river
aboard the surcrtly equipped jamestown is. indeed
tr@at thesc SIprcssive evenings. Many are finding
this ost with the result that the bis vessel carries
crowds q growing Dimensions ever e7cuing when
she leaves the NorfoIk and Washington Steamboat
Cornpauv's excursion wharf foot 4 seventh street
The sailing hour being ara7ie time is given those
4 male persuasion % Tcach Lc=nc from business
dine c1InfCTta1-g and prepare fcr the crening-s
outing without h-lsk-necS haste A spacious dack
is reserved for dancing and the o7cest-a supplies
splendid music throughout the evening To rc1le
the inner nan and the feminine passcncsr too the
palmroou osers dainty rtfreshmeu-s q al kinds
The sal Is usually tcTty mics down and back the
Epeedy jamestown rstUrnng 20 town AZ about l.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22

Quebec. Canada. July 21--The British.
cruiser Indomitable. with the Prince Of
Wales on board, is well on her way up
the ST Lawrence River tonight The
prince Will therefore reach here quite
easily by The hour fixed for the first cere-
moEials tomorrow
Col J. Hamburg Williams. military sec
retary Of Earl Grey. who left here this
morning 10 meet the prince, is now on
board the Indomitable. making final ar
raugemenrs of every kind ana in constant
communicative with Quebec by wireless
telegraphy.
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken Sor the safety Of the prince. Nearly
a score of private detectives selected from
different American and Canadian centers
are on duty in and about the city. After
the prince arrives and takes up his resi-
dence with the governor general at the
vice regal quarters 81 the citadel nobody
viii be allowed 70 enter the fortress W.
less he is known 20 the guards.
VIII Fire Royal salute.
As the IudorarabIe approaches her an
cLoraCc royal saIUtes will be fred from
the citadel and from the British. Aneri-
can, AID French fleets Upon landiGg At
the Kings wharf at O'Clock. the prince
viii De received by the governor general
and members of the Cabinet
Sir Wulrld Iaurler viii read an address
on behalf Of Parliament and people, 20
which the prince is 10 reply. Then he
viii enter the carriage OF the governor
general and De driven 70 the citadel
D.
troops
Ncrwithstauding her enormous size. the
United States ship New Hampshire Is the
most rakish and CoqueJtish IN appear
anCe of any ship Of the three fleets now
here. and she IS by far the most atJrac-
tive looking. owing 20 the fact that she
is the only one NOT wearing the now
prevalent war color Of dark slate Her
fine lines and bright color cause her 10
stand out in marked contrast 20 her com
panions and as she IS anchored imme-
dia-ely opposite Dufferin Terrace and
close 90. where the fndomirable VIII
anchor, she is very much ia evidence
Fleet Officers Exchange Visits.
Admiral Jaureguiberry. of the French
feet. returned to-day the visit made him
yesterday by Admiral C0wIes. and late-
IN the day the American officers were
entertained at luncheon on board he
flagship Leon Gambetta. where they met
:lie governor general. the lieutenant gov
ern0r, the Duke Of Norfolk. Lord LovatJ.
and the British adrnirals- Lord Roberts
hsI another engagement and could Dot
attend lie visited some Of the Canadian
military camps to-day.
Though the city is well flied up with
people. there IS as vet no overcrowding
Vice President Fairbanks viii arrive to-
morrow morning and viii be a guest OF
Sir Louis Jett-. with whom Sir Wilfrid
Laurier is also stopping. Mrs. COwies
wife q the admiral has established her
quarters At the CEauteau FrOntenac and
IS receiving numerous callers. not only
from among the Americans visiting here
but from the navy. army. and distin-
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
BANGS TO WORK FOR TAFT.
HumOrIst VIII Take Stump in Com
ing Campaign.

Sanford, Ne. July 21--John Kendrick
BANKS. the humorist and author, is going
TO Sake the stump for William H. Taft
through Maine.
His first appearance will be IN Alfred,
Ne, On July q. when he VIII address the
Republicans OF York County.
Mr. Bangs has for years been a per
sonal friend Of Mr. Taft. and has had
considerable experience Is q stump
speaker,
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
BUFFALO BECOMES PORT.
Smuggling of Chinese from Canada
Necessitates Action.

Buffalo. y Y. July 2L-SmugEling
Cinnamon into the United States has be
come so alarming along the Niagara
River that the United States immigra-
ton department has decided 10 make
Buffalo an official port Of entry for Celes-
tials-
There are only four such ports now Be
tween the United States and Canada One
is at Malone. y. Y; Richland, Vt. North
Dakota. and the other is in the State OF
Washington
Rufralo Will be the eth.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
PORPOISE KILLS BOY IN OCEAN.
Big Animal Strikes Lad OF Fifteen
and He l. Carried Down.

Savannah, Ca. July 2l--Struck down
By a giant po-poise at play in the sea.
three-quarters Of a mile of the Tybee
Beach. Harry, the ffteen-year-old son Of
John G. Lovett was killed by the big ami
NAL yesterday afternoon and was carried
down before the eyes Of WyIly. a son OF
Dr. and Mrs W F. Drummer. with whom
he was swimming The body has not been
recovered.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
BALLOON HOUSE FINISHED.

Government VIII Use Steel Struo-
ture for Experimental Air Ships.
Omaha, July 1.-THE great steel bal
loon house which the government is erect
irg at the experiment balloon station az
Fort Omaha, vas finished to-day.
This is the largest balloon house on the
American continent. and the first steel
balloon house in the world IN this VIII
be housed the balloons and air ships with
which the government VIII carry on ex-
pcriments Of a military nature.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
GuutcmHIa Hears that NicHraEun
and Honduras are About TO Fight

Guatemala City. Guatemala, July 81
According 90 information that reached
here to-day from Nicaragua and Hon
duras. these two Central American states
are about 20 become plunged in war The
reason for this IS the help given by
Nicaragua 10 the Honduran revolution
lists
The violation by Nicaragua Of her
treaties Of peace has caused indignation
throughout all Central America
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
Ocean stenmshtns.

New Yo-k. July Z.-Auiyed TUESDAY: Kazser WI
helm DIR Gr1sse. Bremen July T.
Arrived cut; Kronrrinz Wilhelm. AZ B7smea; LoSL
tauia Liverpool
Sailed from f07UiEn por1s Kr0uT-izsSziR Gsslia,
from B-snsA
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
BRYAN GIVES $1,000.
Turns Over Pay Received for
PhOnOgraph Speeches.
BROTHER MAY BE CHAIRMAN
Charles Bryan Now Picked ns SEC
cessOr TO Tom TagEurt, of In
diaBs-Can Give Even COrtelyOu
Points on Keeping Mum and Oper-
asins the Pile Driver.

Lincoln. Nebr., July Incorporation
cash lodged to-day IN the Democratic
campaign fund
II came from two monograph com
panies. which Insisted on remunerating
Bryan for talking into their records
Bryan turned the money. 5000 IN all.
over 10 the State committee. which is TO
transmit $50 to the local county commit
tee.
Bryan said that he was satisfied to
furnish the records free. as in that way
he could reach many thousands. but the
managers replied that II was matter OF
business with them. and sent him the
cash He spent part OF the day talking
into a r-egephone for reproduction Of
speeches on more monographs He says
he never has given his Gross Of gold
speech 20 the machine.
Mr Bryan to-day refused 10 discuss
Judge Taft's statement that the courts
were not proper subjects of criticism
He said:
II do not wish 70 discuss Mr.. Taft's
speeches. except IN my own speeches"
He also put a quietus on the talk that
Senator Pettizrew. OF South Dakota. was
slated for a Cabinet position II he was
elected. He said Please say for me
that no promises have been made in this
campaign or IN any previous one, and
none viii be made
Interviews Newspaper Men.
Mr.. Bryan interviewed the newspaper
men to-day on the action Of Justice San
derson, Of Washington. melting Gompers
and Mitchell for contempt. and while he
would make no statement or comment Of
his own for publication. he showed q very
lively interest in what he expects 70 de-
vel0p into a case that will prove the need
20 labor men Of the Denver platform
remedy and tend 10 solidify the labor
vote for him.
An interesting little story IN circulation
here tonight IS that Charles ". Bryan
may be chosen national chairman NJ
Bryan would not discuss this phase Of
the matter. Brother Charlie has been his
private secretary fcr twelve years II
was he who organized she rank and file
OF The Democrats FOR Brother William J.
and his convention campaign; who so
manipulated the levers Of the pile driver
Il Denver. who can give even Cortelyou
few points on keeping mum while on
the Job.
Promises TO Make Speech.
Mr.. Bryan made an engagement today
20 make a speech at the Nebraska State
Fair September .
Secretary Taft some time ago gave a
negative promise for two days previous
a delegation of forty Nebraska Demo
Gratis. mere 20 settIe a Congressional scrap,
called on Mr.. Bryan tonight 10 tell him
that there was a noticeable list toward
him IN the State
The Republican state committee has re
hung the Taft banner that was cut down
and partly burned on the night q July S
To protect Il from further assaults. the
committee has strung two American flags
on either side OF The banner. 50 that Il
It Is cut. The flags VIII tran n The dust
also
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
Van RENSSELAER,
SENT TO ASYLUM
Man Who Threatened Mother
TO Be Watched.
cOENITTED FOR FIVE DAYS

Admits TO Police that He Sent Death
Letter TO Mother, but Declares in
JOke-NO Formal Charge Is Placed,
Against Him-FHmiIy History.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
CENSUS OF BIRD ISLANDS.
Society Members Sail to
New Possessions

New Possessions
New Orleans. July IA party headed
by Prof George E Boyer, representing
the Audubon Society Of Louisiana. sailed
from Pass Christian, Miss. to-day on the
Audubon SOciety's patrol boat. the Royal
Tern. 10 take a census Of Bird Islands. on
the Gulf coast
The boat is the gift OF the United States
and the Bird Islands, nineteen in number.
were given TO the society by the United
States government and the State OF
Louisiana as a preserve.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DOG OWNERS, ATTENTION.

A meeting OF the Dog Owners AssoCia-
ton VIII be held on FRIDAY. July q. at
p m. in the parlOrs Of the Chamber Of
Commerce, Breutano Bldg. I2th and F
sts. NV. by courtesy Of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce Every member.
those who wish 10 become members. and
every friend Of the much-abused dog. Ia
lies and gentlemen. are cordially invited
20 meet with US. 10 take such action as
may BE- deemed best for the preservation
OF our rights and for the defense OF our
property IN dogs Be sure 70 bring with
you the blood and sPirt. Of 177s-
7 EDW- CLARK.
jy2l-4t President
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
QUEBEC EN PETE
TO GREET PRINCE
Heir to British Throne Is
City'S Guest To-day.
WAR SHIPS TO FIRE SALUTE

Extraordinary Precautions Taken
for safety of Royal Visitor TO Ter
fdent Fairbanks Is Expected 10 Ar
rive There This Morning.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22

Geo. Z. Howard, ia 18th St.
PRINTER. ENGRAVER. AND BCOEB-NDER
60 TO " ; TAPPANs- Sc g ST wv FOR
watches. clocks. 5cNel-y- CT GAS. &c Repai-irs
At iozrst p-1oeA sps-tf. ed
Benz r. Coles & Co.. UpbOIHferinE OF
a. kinds slin coTCTN sE 81 ~ a. 5E
The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
If YOU'RE Satisfied

to pay a moderate price for
moderately fair Printing. all
rirh--b-t for BEST PRINTING v1r--
ind Howard 7rics n1ne too high Esti-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

Brokers find the situation too mixed to he able to offer acceptable eXpana- ton of market movements to their customers. Where anything of the kind ia attempted as one of the num- bcr pointed out yesterday, the mark et is as likely as not to take a sharp turn in the direction in which yoou are arguing against Precedent and theory count for nothing in a market SO completely dominated hy one or two stocks
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

Wheat exports from the United States for the past week, as summed up yesterday, were the smallest since the second week of September They were 100000 bushels less than last weeks shipments, and 2,000,00O be- low the week before, and this is the first in four weeks when the 1908 eX- port has not greatly exceeded last years These comparisons are for several reasons very interesting be- cause the unprecedontedly rapid move mcnt of wheat 10 market these past five weeks was admittedly maln cause of the very favorable showing of railway earnings, as compared even with lg07 The increased move mcnt was largely stimulated by the keen export demand, and that export, in turn, tended to keep down foreign exchange rates.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17
Miscellaneous pnnd..
GA-d dividend
STOCK MNRKET REVIEW.
Strength of Individual stocks Innu-
 cuCcs Whole Market.

New York, Ort l6,-Tho strength of individual stocks affected ,hc general
 lisl by sympathy to-day. The causes
 back of the strength in the nnuentat etccks were lost in conjecture. but
 the manner in which they were ab-
 sorbed and the evidence of sranty market supplies were accepted as cyi- denco of accumulation Union Pacific and St Paul were the conspicuous in- stances. \ marked demand for the Union Pacific convertible bonds has been in evidence for several days past, keeping them well in advance of the parity value of the stock for pur- poses of exchange, which is 175 The demand for the bonds is interpreted, however, in favor of the stock, In the case of St. Paul the August earnings statement was favorable in it's show ing of an increase in the gross return
 over that of August last year, but this showing was not much different from
 that 0 fthc return to the interstate commerce commission which has been
 published before. X favorable i'm pression was made, however by the decision of this company to resume tho regular publication of its monthly gross and net earnings, which was discontinued in 1906 while business activity was at full tide with the cf- feet of q departure from the old time conservatism of methods of the com pany The resumption at this time is regarded as expressing in some sort, assurance in the favorable nature of the returns which will bc forthcoming. The return of these high grade stocks to the leadership of the market was influential in soothing the disquiet caused by the recent prominence of lower grade and less well known stocks some satisfaction was mani fest over the preliminary estimates of the weeks currency movement, which indicated that tho depletion of any reserves by the flow to the interior has been arrested The outgo for the week seems to have been less than q million and the change in the cash item of the banks on call accounts lit- i tie more than nominal The call
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17
CALLED NJ, p,'s MuRDERERs.
Socialist Member of Commons Snspcn-
 drd for Rest of session.

London, oct l6, Albert Y Grayson, thc socialist member of tho house of commons from Yorkshire who created q scene in the house yesterday by denouncing the members for not suc- corlng tho starving thousands on the streets of London, after which he was obliged to leave the house amid the cries of dlsapproya from his col leagues, was today suspended for tho rest of tho session.
 At the opening of tho sitting today Mr. Grayson repeated his noisy protest against the postponcmcnt of the con sldcraton of the questions If the un- employed, and announced his inten- tlon to obstruct business until he gain ed his point, Az the socialist member refused to obey the orders of the speaker Premier Asquith moved his suspension, which was carried unani- mously
 Furious al the jeors of hls colleagues, Mir Grayson turned at the exit of the chamber and howled the single word "Murdercrs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17
NEW yonK sroCE MAnKEr.

Reported over private wires nt Prince x Whitely, members or the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office, 52 Broadway, and 1 ] Center street: New Haven
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

money market to-day continued to ahow the moderate curtailmcnt of supplies, the demand to carry over un- til Monday at tho stock exchange In- geasins the 0rmncss oC tone There wal some appearance of profit talk Ina sales in tho general list under cover of the strength iu lhc two leaders and, ia fact net changes at the end If the day showed the declines well repre- scutcd
 The activity in Union Pacific eon- yertiblcs stirred up some movement in other bonds of that class The bond division was active and firm, Total sales par value, S4,94h0O0.
 t. S. bonds were unchangct on call
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

From an entirely new source" 1t comes to long time member of the board that the 10 DOT cent. extra for Northern Pacific will be declared be- fore tho end of the year. He men toned Director Kennedy as being "at last q favor of the distribution" and said his information was that Mr.. Hnl was not only not against giving the stockholders bonus, but that he thought it would simply be in line with a policy which ho had long stood for. The brokers own opinion was that cutting melon would he a mis- take, as Northern Pacific would have use for all the money it could lay it's hands on and might find borrowing difficult unless it followed a very con- servatiye program.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

Information has been spread around that Louisville and Nashville Is one of the stocks which will soon receive at ention There are some facts in Louisville's case-notablc those relat- ing to results reported for the late ycar--whlch have raised the question as to what kind of attention is refer red to.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

Long after the death of the elder George Crossmith thc British income. tax commissioners sent to the son, th' wcll-knowu actor, notice assessing the Income of the deceased al si00o0 Mir Grossmlth returned the document 10 tho proper quarter with the follow ing uotC written across lt. v am glad to learn my father Is doing so we'll in the neXi world, slo.000 is q great deal ly forward thls notice to his new ad- dress, and remember me affectionately to hm."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17
uosroN STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn,
 blower 6 Weeks. members of the New York and Boston Stock EA. changes, Frank D. Wetmore. mana.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17
WALL STREET NOTES Market Alternately Strong and Weak, and Entirely Pro
 fessional. INTEREST IN HARRIMANS New Rumor of Extra Northern Pacific Diyidend-.Whcat Export
 Comparison.

Early London prices were practice ally on a level with New Works clos ing on Thursday and opening prices here we're generally unchanged, Ruad- ing, however, heinz 1-2 point lower, The market whs alternately strong and weak but none of the advances held long, and the whole movement was purely professional, Some at.en- ton was paid to cable dispatches re- porting less conciliatory attitude bJ Turkey Vail street would De seri- ously annoyed by q rccrudcstrnce of war scarcs
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

London sold 2000O out of tho 25.0o0 shares traded in here for for eign account It was enabled to do this to advantage because prices rose here much more rapidly than on the other side Arhitragc interests az a rule are more influenced by the re- spectice position of tho two markets than they arc by the merits of secur- ities The sole object of the average arbitrage trader is to make q turn, based on differences in prices. For instance, if Union Pacific was only 167, New York parity in London, and 1t suddenly jumped to l6s here, while fl went only to l67 l-2 in London dur ing the same interval. an arbiTage trader, if quick enough could buy 100 shares If Union Pacific in Lon- don and within half minute sell it out here at 16s, making profit of 1-9 point, less commission and cable tolls,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17
CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prlnco & Whitelv, members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office. 62 BroadWas. anu 10 Center street New Raven Conn.
 New York Oct, is Adams Express Co n,.,., lll
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

When stocks were very strong dur ing the first half hour with Union Pacific stock and convertible bonds leading, most of the interest center cd in the Hartman group Union Pa cihc convertible bonds began to rise sharply at the opening, coming out at % 71s 100 and finally 100 5-s, on heavy sales. Thursdays top price was ga 3-4. With the convertible bonds at 100, the parity for conversion is Sl75 a share for the stock bondholder in making the exchange must give Sl75 in bonds, par value for Sl00 in stock, Until the stock sells at 175 the advantage would be with the bonds as to market price, assuming that the bonds, in the meantime were to stay at 100. With the bonds at 100 and the stock around l6S, the market value of the stock would he points below the conversion value of the bonds, and of course, there would be no object for bondholder to make a conversion
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17
LOCAL srocK oror,r,oNs.
MlNcellnncoMN Stncks,

Tar. liid Asked American Brass ... TOO ll5 100 American Hardware TOO l0j EdtSun Elcc Boston lNu @a5 aSn N II Water D 90 g@lp 93ta llh silver Gs, l933........ SSla 9l l3
 do, ptd .,., 100 53 oG New Haven Gas.,. 25 ii x H. Water Co. 50 p3 ieck, stow X Wl.coX z5 a1 52 Security Insurance. 2j II t6 $ \. E. T,l........ 100 lIl3l swift x Co....,.,.,, 100 l0l i2 lJ2 ; lnItrl lllMmIna ling. lnn lGl
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-17

There was good demand for Northern Pacific in the first hour and St Paul was one of the strongest stocks in the early trading It was helped by it's resumption of the pub lication of monthly earnings.