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THE COTTON MARKETS.

Me- YORK. September 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady at a decline of
one poin. to an advance of six points, and
during the early session sold eight to nine
points net higher on a renewal of shorts
covering and scattering bull support.
Trading was not active, but the market
held steady and within three or four
points of the best during the middle of the
morning.
Futures opened steady. October sol;
December SIS; January. S.64; March, $50;
May, SIS.
The market was quiet and rather ner-
vous late in the forenoon, but held within
a point or two OF the best, or six or eight
points net higher. on continued covering
and scattering support. Spot quiet; mid
ding uplands, $50; middling gulf, 975.
Estimated receipts at the ports today
$4,000 bales, against IL Cos last week and
%, 10J last year. For the week. 10000
bales. against 12SS29 last week and $780,
So last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans. 2.S16 bales. against ia last year,
ami at Houston, 1882 bales. against Al
last year.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL, September 17.-Closng-
Cotton: Spot in limited demand Prices
nine points higher. American middling.
fair 500; good middling, 5.66; middling
5.46, low middling, 90: good ordinary,
462. ordinary. 422. The sales of the day
were 60 bales, of which 800 We're fol
speculation and export, and included 5lC6
American. Receipts $500 bales, including
5000 American. Futures opened steady
and closed steady. September, 5.OS1a
September and October. 4.S912; October
and November. 4.s212; November and De-
cember, 4.7Sa; December and January,
476; January and February. 47515; Feb
ruary and March, 4.7612; March and April
attn; April and May. 4.7S1a; May and
June 4.ao; June and July, 4.79A; July and
August, 4I912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17

| Bar silver. steady, 241sd per ounce.
| Money, 1aaH per cent
| The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills Is las per cent
| The rate Of discount in the open market for
three-month bills Is III per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17
CURB QUOTATIONS..

Quotations furnished by f. F. Hutton & Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange; g. Bowie
Chapman manager, 1901 st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17
FINANCIAL.
Trust Company Stock
As An Investment.

The Honorable Leslie NJ Shaw, former Secretary
of the United States Treasury elected President OF
the First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust Company last
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, September 1.-THE weekly
statement of the Bank Of England Shows
the following changes:
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Out. ) 2 5 5 5 5 Z 3-1
FowneS-
Out 4 6 5 ) 5-44
TraverS-
FowneS-
In..., 5 3 81 5 5 5-44-8s
Herreshoh 8 Up.

The Herreshoff-Byers match was at
even at the turn. Byers holed an ap-
proach putt from outside the green. get
ting the tenth in 3 to 4. Herreshoff won
the next in 4, squaring the match.
The next three holes were halved. Then
Herreshoff took the last three holes in
fours which made him 3 up on the eight
zenith green.
The cards.
The Washington times., 1908-03-22
Sonsa Champions Lehar.

It's a mistake 70 think that this
is Lehar's first opera. He has written
several others. He's like me in that
respect. Do you know I wrote an
opera away back in 1879 that came to
nothing? Then I wrote one for John
A McCauu It lasted only one week
Another had no better fate. At last !
wrote Eel Captain and it's going yet.
So it is a mistake to think that Lehar
fell into his success. It's the result
OF hard work. I'm almost willing TO
wager Iehar never heard st. Paul
As he talked Mr. Sousa kept his
fingers straying over the keys, alter
nately playing the chorus and the
waltz. Now and then he would shake
his head and say. mo, can't see
any resemblance.
Miss Jessie Shay. just back from an
enthusiastic reception in Mexico. was
Iracticing LISTS MAJ enc Hongroise,
when she was sought for her opinion
as to the waltz. She had also been
going over her own composition, the
haunting reverie entitled Musical
Moments" In her practice room In
her East Forty-sevel.th street home
are two fine pianos. As the caller
placed the score Of st. Paul" on the
upright. she rose and said; For such
famous music. let me take the other
instrument" and sat down at the con-
cert grand. She was asked to play
the opening line three times. No men
ton had been made Of the waltz She
pIaved as requested and then said in
quiringly: ''Well2'
The Washington times., 1908-03-22
Sousa's Anecdote.

mo. that does not suggest to me IN
the least the waltz OF the Merry
Widow It's all in the rhythm. Let
me illustrate; Ten years ago. when
one OF my waltzes was going through
the usual-epidemic. shall call it,
a fellow came into my office with a
roll OF music under his arm. The roll
was a batch Of marches. knew he
was ambitious IN that line. He said,
Look here, Sousa. why do people buy
your marches and not mine? 1 can
write just as good marches as you.
and I know #
" No doubt you can I said, but you
don't happen to hit the thing the peo-
pie want. Then I played for him on
the piano the trio from King Cotton
where at the top o. the run I give
slight pause before taking the top
note. That pause is what caught the
public I told him. II you had
written II. # would have been a
straight succession and would have
fallen fat.
Now that is precisely what Lehar
did. He hit upon that jingle and the
people liked IL It's like interviews
reporters have had with me. I'd tell
the same thing 10 six. maybe. stimuli
taneously. The next day one inter
view would reveal the work OF a
genius. another that OF a parroS. So it
is with this waltz. Remember that
The Washington times., 1908-03-22
FELIX MEEDELSSOHN,
The Great Composer.

Sig. Cleofonte Campanini was about
to leave his hotel 10 conduct a produc-
ton OF "Pelleas ct AIelisande" at
Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera
House, when asked about the waltz.
In expressive French he said.
with my big operas, I cannot find
time 70 think Ot the title ones. Did
Lehar steal? Well. If he did. he stole
Wen Then with the strung Of
cynical Paris wit, he added: Ard he
who steels well-ah. We take OF our
hats to him.
The opinion OF Victor Herber-. the
composer OF operas and the former
bandmaster of the Twenty-second
regiment is Of special significance.
because the composer OF The Wizard
Of the Nile" The Red Mil" and
other productions was recently the
plaintin in a suit against a musical
Journal that had accused him of
Plagiarism Mr.. Herbert won this
suit When the object of the inter
viewers visit was made known to
him, Mr.. Herbert smiled in a broadly
reminiscent way
Plagiarism? PIagiarism2" he said
What is It? Is mankind TO be de-
MED forever the use of a certain set
OF tones because once upon a [ ne.
away back in the past, some COMPOSER
used those notes2 Consider what
music Is after all. It consists in he
combination Of q few notes. so few
that when one thinks OF the numerous
productions that are being turned out
every year. the food of oratorios.
cantatas, operas. comic operas. oper-
ettas, popular songs, etc. not TO
speak OF the instrumental pieces
whose name IS legion, one can only
wonder that palpable Implications are
so few
The Washington times., 1908-03-22
Recognizes Similarity.

THAT I could not say" he replied.
1T is not for me to say that Franz
Lehar or any other composer has
stolen anything. for the simple reason
that / have not the right &c assert
that he did not work out the thing
himself To accuse anyone OF
plagiarism is dangerous because the
mind works IN so peculiar a way.
However. do know a similarity when
1 see II.
''The Mendelssohn chorus is written
in three sharps. or the key OF A
major. and the merry Widow waltz
is IN one sharp, or the key OF =
major. IN each the opening strain
has the same intervals. Vocalized
they would be sol. do. re. mi. The
similarity is striking, not merely be-
cause the four notes make the open
ing. but because each piece depends
on that combination for its success.
The time OF the chorus is three
quarter, and. Of course, the waits
is in three-quarter also. Musicians
understand there Is a difference IN
three-quarter plain and waltz three
quarter. The difference is shown in
pieces in which the signature is q.
and in which over the chorus, say.
is written, waltz tempo. showing
the difference between the two kinds
OF time
while I would not say that Lehar
did not think OF this through his own
individual mental processes. ! should
not like such a similarity to be point
ed out IN any OF my own productions
The Washington times., 1908-03-22
sounds Like merry Widow"

Running over the keys again, with
a touch like the flowing of water
over pebbles. she said: 1T sounds
like the Merry Widow waltz
Beside the oratorio music was laid
a copy OF the waltz and she proceeded
70 play first one and then the other
The more I play them" she said.
1.-The more I notice the resemblance.
OF course, there is a difference IN
rhythm. but each is three-four time.
Ore can waltz to %, Be Gracious %
Her sister come into the room.
Try to waltz TO this. said the dis
tinguished pianist to her. beginning
the sacred chorus. The other started
to dance. Wait" said Miss Shay. II
can see you move, and that might in
huence my rhythm. You know the
dancer influences the player. At ball
it isn't so much an orchestra that
gives tho rhythm to the dancers as it
is the latter who give the swing to
the players"
The sister took her place behind the
pianist and glided and whirled to the
rhythm of 20, Be Gracious"
That's what 1 wished to show"
said the pianist Though there is q
difference in time between the two
pieces. you see the chorus. having the
first beat OF each measure accented is
a kind OF waltz. too. I want to be
sure about this" and she played
through the entire Mendelssohn Choir
us. Why" she exclaimed. 1T Is
practically only a variation OF those
four opening notes. What makes the
Merry Widow waltz? Substantially
only the four opening notes and the
the simple changes rung on them for
few mesuress Once Lehar leaves that
four-note Theme, the waltz becomes
nothing"
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

tata Of King David, which has been
produced many times He is a close
friend of Alexander GuilmAnt. the
famous French organist and com
poser.
DR.. Smith for twenty years has been
producing oratorios and cantatas
every Sunday afternoon in the South
Church These affairs are attended
each Sunday by throngs. and IT is no
exaggeration to say that DR. Smith
has done more for the development OF
popular interest IN classical sacred
music than an other man in the
metropolis.
II was only a step from the dooi. to
the open piano and John Philip Sousa
took 1t quickly as his visitor an
nOunced the object Of his call let
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

%URNING to DR.. Franklin D. Law
son, whose solo tenor singing in
Oratorio is known from Maine
TO California, said:
Doesn't that sound wonderfully
like The Merry Widow Waltz? %
Catching the swing Of the tune with
his body several times. the tenor eX-
claimed: why, il does, doesn't it?''
After the rehearsal / asked Or.
Smith 20 play the first Of the Men
delEsohn chorus in waltz time. He
did so. Isn't that the opening Of
The Merry Widow Walter g" 1 asked.
Let me see." he said. and he began
to play softly, and, with the rare ex-
preston that eonly a master OF the
keys like him could give. the first
notes OF the celebrated waltz. y smile
broke over his face. wei. indeed"
The Washington times., 1908-03-22
Admits the Similarity.

II have not the least idea that Franz
Lehar was influenced by Mendels-
sohn's chorus. That there is a strik-
ing similarity I do not deny. because
the intervals are the same. but the
difference in the rhythm is the thing
that gives to the waltz its individ-
uality and stamps il as original The
combination Of the tones OF thu open
ing can be found in any book on
voeaIism. such as COnconne, for ex-
ample. Then how absurd 10 suggest
that Lehar got this combination from
MendeissOhn. ] should not care ia
Try to estimate how many times that
combination has been used as a motif
in music. Perhaps IL may run into
the thousands. See how Il can be
worked over, and Mr.. Herbert
hummed the notes ia a free and easy
way
Why" said the interviewer, that's
fConffrtrz,F IN De- E7F~AsR
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

this solemn church 10 discover my old
friend. % BE Gracious masGuerading
in the giddy clothes of the most talked
OF waltz Of the centuries. Il seems
almost as If / had met a clergyman
frtsking airily about a dancing hall. ="
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

US see what the keys say" he raid,
and placed the "St. Paul chorus on the
rack. with a cigar between his teeth
he ran over the Mendelssehn opening.
Then he switched 20 the waltz Back
to Tire chorus, and then he said:
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

when a composer sits down to work
out what he has in mind, he is rot
thinking Of this or that thing he has
heard. but proceeds with his own
ideas.
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

Then you do not doubt that the
waltz was taken from tho Mendels'
sohn chorus?" asked the orgsAist.
The Washington times., 1908-03-22
Prominent Music Composer.

This reference to his own produc-
lions means mich, coming from a
musician OF so high a reputation as
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

These questions mind attended the other after
rehearsal of Mndelohn of Paul. To prom
musicians these questions propounded and their
which follow To SINH
Asty is striking and significant,
Philip that does
the other yet Shay the leading paniss of
h United thought of the waltz
Reproductions herewith published win give
Sunday opportunity decide this inter
esting question for themselves.
The rehearsal attended in the Old South Qeformed Church.
Thirtyeghth Madison New York Dr. Gert
Smith, the the instrument Fifty
the the strains of the oheard
Immoas" Suddenly felt feet
a there
going detect familiarity with air had
slight
nbulou
he opening o Merry Widow" waltz.
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

Ethel Jackson and Donald Brian Doing
the "MerTy Widow" Waltz.
Gerrlt Smith. who has the degree OF
musical doctor. and is president OF
the Guild of American Organists. His
compositions place him among the
leading American composers of sa-
cred music His work include ora
torios, anthems and cantatas. One
Sf his best known pieces is the can
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

Continued on PAGE Eight
March %. 1908
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

5 the famous MERRY WIDOW waltz simply a sacred
chorus cleverly disguised in the gay clothes Of the
ballroom?
Have all those whose feet and hands and
threats have been led captive by this seductive
tune been swayed simply by air from an ora
torio?
Is this waltz upon which of the greatest
successes in tn history of music has been based,
only skillfully concealed appropriation" from
Mendelssohn, dead these sixty years?
The Washington times., 1908-03-22

be said as he switched back to 20 lie
FIRST he played the chorus in the
-,-..+,r, vhich Nendelssohn gave it,
90 tben gradually changed IL 10
tbe 6reany time of the waltz As he
ala so he began to sway his body until
At last he had the chorus going in
fun walt time.
He played it through three times
T,ep Hftlne his hnetrs from tle keys,
he said. .1t seems strange here ia
pa 9e Four
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-18
M. E. Church Notes

Services will be held next Sunday as
usual in Fraternal hall. We desire a
full attendance at the morning service
to talk over plans for the year.
The hour for holding the evening
service has been changed to 7:30.
The pastor will preach at Peshastin
next Sunday afternoon.
And now a word to our membership.
1t seemed best to our bishop to send
the present pastor back to Leaven-
worth. l did not solicit the reap
pointment. The authorities said it
cannot be otherwise" Hence my
return to you for another year. The
Methodist church expects every mem
Der this year to do his or her duty.
Let US all work together to make this
the best year the cause of Christianity
has ever known in Leavenworth.
Melvin Rumohr
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-18
Extracts from Country Papers
Melvin Rumohl

To vindicate itself and to prove that
the 'Bingville Bugle,' in the Sunday
Spokesman-Review, is true to nature,
the latter paper has published the fol-
lowing clippings from country newspa-
pers, which actually appeared in the
papers credited:
A Teaser for the Gossips. Marriage
license has been issued for one Of our
popular old bachelors and one of our
most popular young ladies, who has
been successful in making a mash ,
on her (soon will-be) man. The old
bachelor and young lady above men
toned are not the ones you think they
are.-Crnesville (Ga.) Advance.
Heart Throbs. the musicale last
Thursday night Susie Jenkins sang SO
effectively BE Still, Sad Heart" that
we could hear her heart beat against
her Stats, while her eyes never left the
face of one Hank ans.-Riverton
(Wyo.) Republican.
Sports of the Day.-Ramsey Nichols
and family, in company with E. Vahle
and family, Of West Grove, picnicked
along the Octoraro at Ross Fording last
Saturday. They enjoyed themselves
fishing and report having caught four
minnows. Oxford (Pa. } Press.
Never Too Young to Learn.-Chas.
R. Beaver is visiting friends at the
Sand mines. He has taken his three
weeks-old beagle hound with him and
expects to learn it to hole back beetles
and field mice before his return. Lew
iston (Pa.) Sentinel.
Good Providers. Many thanks, Mr..
Joshua, for that peck of nice figs, and
to little Miss Addie Hammock for a
nice, large muskelon. = Glass k
(Ga.) Banner.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-18
EVERY MAN COULD BE GREAT
DR.. Glen MCWilIiams of California Declares
All Have Opportunity

In his address before a very large
audience at the Y. M. c. A. in Spo-
kane last Sunday afternoon, Rev. Glen
McWilliams OF California made the fol-
lowing remarks:
AS I read this morning in the Sun
day paper of the five greatest men,
how my heart beat and my soul sighed
within me to think how many people
should know and read that story. There
is the possibility in every one present
in this room this afternoon to become
an Edison, Roosevelt, Bryan if he
but lives his life in the right way.
Who are great? Those through whose
nerves, cerebro, muscles, fngertips
throbs manhood-a manhood conse-
Grated to God. How many poor saloon
men there are today sitting over in
their filthy, cheerless dens unknown to
health and purity and WholesomeneSs!
They do not know that this blood and
sinew and bone is full of the possibili-
ties of strong manhood. The director
of the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium must be
a man in every respect or he can never
expect to lead his pupils to manliness.
l have looked upon the inmates Of jails
and my heart has bled when reflected
that each one of that dark and seething
throng was the result Of the perversion,
the prostitution of the convolutions,
and muscles Of man. Locked up in
each Of them and in each Of you are
potential men Of mighty mold. You
belong TO an organization which aims
to attain higher standard than any
other union Of mankind since the church
was formed at Pentecost.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-18
Aurora BOrealis

Northern lights were seen in Walla
Walla last night, the display lasting
from about o'clock until after 10. At
times the lights extended to the zenith
and even over into the southern half of
the sky. The colors varied from green
to rose pink and were very beautiful.
According to the records at the weather
Office, the aurora borealis was observed
five times in 1886 and once in 1894,
these being all there are on record. So
far as known they are caused by cleo
trical discharges in rarifed atmosphere.
A Finnish scientist once ran a network
OF wires over the top Of a mountain
and then turned on a heavy current.
A perfect aurora borealis was the re-
sult.-Walla Walla Bulletin.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-18
CHFLAN ASSESSMENT READY
Assessors Figures Show Rapid Advance
in County Valuations

County Assessor Spencer has pre-
pared his report on the valuations and
assessments for Chelan county for this
year and it will be placed in the hands
Of the state board OF equalization and
be taken under consideration by that
body this week. The report shows
that there are 65 miles of trackage in
the county, assessed at $25, 900 per
mile and, with the rolling stock, the
total valuation of railroad property is
placed at $4,044,844.
The total amount Of acres assessed
is 405,78 with 1880 under irriga-
ton and %, 1886 acres improved. The
value of the improved property is
placed at 50, ,342,256 and the unim-
proved property at 50, 48o, ,657. About
226,o13 acres of timber land and 108,-
900 acres of grazing land lie within the
county. The school district in Wenat-
chez has an assessed valuation of
50, 544, 900, which will give the dis
trict ample opportunity to make much
needed Improvements and extensions.
The land around Cashmere, Leaven-
worth and Chelan has increased consid-
erably in value and the assessed valua-
ton of the three towns amount 10
$1,000,000. The increase of the
assessment of this year over last year is
about 90 per cent, while the increase
in the personal property assessment
amounts to 25 per cent more. The
average assessment of improved land is
$170 per acre, that of unimproved land
So per acre.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-18

Albert Baker, a laborer from Bakers
railroad camp, few miles below Ridge
field, was struck and instantly killed by
a special train loaded with soldiers re-
turning from American Lake last Tues
day morning. The accident occurred
at or near Copenhagen's camp between
Knapps and Ridgefeld. The unfor-
tunate man was walking along the track
and did not step off until the engine
was close upon him, when he started to
climb up an embankment. He tripped
in some undergrowth, fell backward,
and his head struck the rail just as the
engine passed. The head was COM
pletely severed from the body and
ground beneath the wheels Of the en-
gine. His employer at Bakers camp
was notified. Vancouver Columbian.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-09-18
To The Old Red Hill

Oh, could hear the robins song,
AS in the happy hours gone by
When far from the pulsing throng
I heard the forest peacefully sigh
Oh, to be for one short day
Afar from the gaze Of man
A child in natures sweet domain
Unruffled by life's uncertain pain.
The town behind,
The woods beyond
And all around
The old red hill.
The old red hill,
The moon beyond;
The mountains crowned in silver mist
The hills that rise,
Meath western skies,
And seem by heaven kissed
The soft green vale,
And sunlight pale
Around the old red hill.
The old red hill,
With night beyond,
The lofty pines unending Groom,
Sweet natures sound
With peace around,
Under the face of the moon
The starlight bright
And white the night
Around the old red hill.
-Lottie Doyle.
Mrs. Doyle is a native of Leaven-
worth but has large mining interests il
the Red mountain district where she
spends most of her summer vacations
Mrs. Doyle has made an enviable rep
utation in musical centers as a sons
writer.