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DISMISSED FOR DRAFTING.
Escoto. Education Chief n OF Spanish
war NotOriety. Coca With A~ssiatants

Special Cable Dsspateh 10 TEE Sun.
HAVANA. Aug. l9.-Gustayo Escoto,
chief OF the Department OF Public In
struotion. and his assistants have been
dismissed in consequence Of the discovery
OF frauds. Lieut.. Billiard has been APP
pointed supervisor Of the department.
\ 1t is said that many teachers were nom
inally employed who we're not informed
OF their appointment and received no
salary. although the money to pay them
was drawn from the Government,
Esooto was at one time private secretary
to Senior Canalojas. the Spanish diploma
fist. from whom he obtained the famous
letter from Dupuy De LONE. the Spanish
Minister at Warrington. criticising. Pres
ident Mckinley. which had a part In bring
ing on the Spanish American war.
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Miners HOUSES DYNAMITED.
More Outrages In Csunection with Alsbams
Coal Strike.

Moro uutfaBoS IN S0nuoctiOu WIN AiaDom
Coal strike.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 19.-The home
OF Thomas Duggan, a contracting miner
in No. 0 mine, at Pratt City, was dynamited
early this morning. Monico and Mary,
Duggan's eighteen and twenty-year-old
daughters, were hurled from the house
and rendered unconscious.
Twenty minutes later the home Of An
thony Davis, Q negro miner, va also blown
up but he and his wife escaped injury. Two
negro miners and q woman were arrested.
OF seventeen men arrested in connection
with the ~dynamiting Of four houses at
Acton, In Shelby county, in which . boy
was killed, fifteen have been held to the
Grand Jury without bail.
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INTERSTATE BEER Law. TEST.
oklahoma VIII Try to Uphold Its Broad
Prohibition Statute.

GUTHRIE. Okla. Aug. 19.-For the Frisco
Railroad Flynn q Ames Of Oklahoma
City tonight replevined a car OF 100 barrels
Of beer from the State Dispensary officials.
the papers being served on State Dispenser
E. Lozier.
Frisco ella inns that the beer was an in
terstate shi pment at Tulsa. where it was
seized by the State, and therefore was
without the States jurisdiction. having
Lozier maintains that the interstate
shipment ended when the freight was paid.
that twenty barrels had been taken from
the car when the seizure was made and
that when c~onfscation notice a made
the owners OF the beer made no appearance
in court. II will be q test case.
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KING AND KAISER CHUMMY.
intimate Unconstraint" Marked the ne.
rent Meeting at Kronhers.

" tNACou1tA 80 'So ~ -
cent Meetins at kronbers.
Special Gable Dsspatehss 10 TIE Sun.
BERLIN. ug. 20.-The Vossischs Zsitnng
publishes an article written in the first
person. dealing with the visit Of King
Edward to Emperor william. The writer
speaks OF the unbounded harmony, gayety
and almost intimate unoonstraint that pre-
vailed. he declares that absolute friend
ship was in every way maintained. The
article in short represents the meeting as
a love feast.
LONDON. Aug. 2o.v-The Berlin oorre-
spondent OF tho Telegraph asserts that the
writer Of tho Vossisehs Zeituno's article on
the recent meeting Of King Edward and the
Kaiser can be mono other than Baron Won
Jeuisch. who at the visit represented the
German Ministry Of Foreign Affairs.
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RACE WAR DYING OUT.

Dampeas Ardor fer Blood.
KNoxvnLE, Tenn. Aug. le.-The sit
uaton In the Jellioo district was reported
much improved to-day as the result OF
the arrest by Sheriff Hughes Of 1--WE white
miners. supposed to Be leaders in the dis
turbanoes. All five were jailed at Ta1ewel.
While the mine at Anthrss is still under
guard no fear OF an attack 10 now felt.
woman and her five children were burned
to death In their shanty on Rich Mountain.
They say that they escaped with other
reftiaeea.
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Gsv. Maseen I'm .Rsute fer wsshingtsa
TAMPA, Fla, Aug. is.-Gov. Masoon
arrived at $50 this afternoon OF the steam
ship 0fivette from Havana and started for
Washington this evening.
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GERM .ANY'S NEW EXPLOSIVE.
War once Snaps Up . Mechanics surpris.
Ing Invention.
,spSrtaI Cahe petpafoh % TIE SUI

Special Cable Dsspafoh 10 n SuE.
BERLIN, Aug. 1e.-The War Office has
bought the right for the exclusive use Of
an explosive invented by q Munich me-
chanio. Official tests Of 1t have shown
astounding results. A block Of lead weigh
ing over q hundredweight was completely
melted with less than half q pound Of the
explosive and O block Of stone Of three cubic
meters was blown into fragments with
three pounds Of IL.
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FIRE IN BRASS FACTORY.
Two Alarms Needed TO Put Out Blaze
SO, 900 Damage.

Deputy Chief 1Angford vent in two
alarms last night for o dre which swept
through the three upper hoors Of the Eve
story factory building al Sie-sB West
Twenty seventh street.
The part Of the building burned out wa
occupied BY the John .Willians Company
was Se,ooA.
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supply Fleet Ready In San Francisco bay.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.

VALLEJO, Cal, Aug. 1o.-The collier
Saturn, left to-day for Honolulu, where she
will await the arrival Of the Pacific squad
ron and then return for another cargo.
The collier Justin. with stores and provisions
for the squadron, accompanied the Saturn.
The seven torpedo boats that will 90 to the
Philippines will sail from San Francisco
on Monday. The naval transport Buffalo
will sail next Thursday for Breinerton,
where she win take on 400 tons Of coal and
stores for the battle feet at Manila.
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Special Cable Dsspafeh 10 THE SUN.
DussgLroRF. Aug. Ie.-The second game
in the chess match between Lasker and Tar
rasch was to-day won by the former He
also was the victor in the first game.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
STOCK MARKET REVIEW.
Many Brokers Absent During Week
Bccamsc Of IMck Of Trading.

New York, April 14.--The inertia
of the stock market proved too great
to-day to overcome and the board
room brokers were disposed to aban-
don the attempt comparatively early
IN the day. The approach of dou-
bic or triple holiday Is likely to have
this effect on the market. Many bro.
kcrs left the board room with the in
tcltion of staying away until next
Monday, in the belief that no lifa will
be shown in the market in the inter-
val Events bearing on securities val
ues were few and unimportant II
was regarded as somewhat significant
that the renewal of the often repeat
ed rumor that steel prices were TO be
cut caused a hardening in the price
Of the L. $. Steel. Amalgamated COPE
per was steady to the accompaniment
Of reports that large sales of the
metal were effected at the cut In price
established by the selling agency yes
tcrday copper in the London mar
kct, however, made a further decline
and contributed to the heavy tone at
that center The Chelsea fire had
some repressive influence owing to
the apprehension that losses by the
insurance companies would deduct
something from the funds seeking in
VeStment In securities. Early Offering
of new securities on large scale Is
one Of the features In the market
outlook, Price movements at best,
were small and of little significance
anG the further movement in low
grade dormant stocks had a disquiet-
! Ing effect rather than otherwise. In
| huences from abroad were depressing
/ and the further Withdrawals Of gold
! from London by Paris, together with
a responding rise in London discount
rates strengthen tho belief of inter-
national bankers that gold would go
from New York to Paris. A recovery
in the sterling exchange rate at Paris
modified the force Of this prospect
slightly Current redemption of ma
tional bank notes is running very
heavy again, and this indicates a con
tracing tendency in the circulation
T. is accomplished largely by the ship
ment of bank notes by interior banks
to banks in New York. which take
them to the y. S. subtreasurY and
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
CURRENCY BOARD BILL.
Senator Aldrich to Send In Measure
Nreeland Sees Success.

Washington, April Ex-senator AL
drich has promised the house leaders
that a bill providing for a currency
commission shall be put through the
senate at this session, Pressure is be-
ing brought today on Mr. Aldrieh to
have the senate take the promised ac-
tion before the house caucus on cur
roncy Is held, If the senate acts, the
currency commission plan will be
brought before the caucus and approx
ed There Is a strong and general sem
timent In the house among all the fac
tions Of currency roformers In favor
Of the commission plan. 1t is about the
only thing they are agreed upon,
Representative Yreeland expressed
confidence this afternoon that the Al
drich bill with his emendations and adj
dtions would be adopted by the caucus,
ard later approved by the senate eon-
ferrees. He said; II think the caucus
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
PASS TWO BANKING BILLS.
Savings Banks and Regulation of
Amount of Loans Dealt with.

Albany, April H,-The assembly to-
day passed the bill placing restrictions
on the loans and methods of banking
corporations, on an emergency mes
sage from the governor, The principal
provision is that banks in the boroughs
of the city Of New York, having a pop
ulatlon Of more than 100000, may
make loans of not more than 25 per
cent. Of their capital stock and banks
elsewhere In tho state OF not more than
40 per cent but only on securities
worth 10 per cent. more than the
amount Of the loan.
Another banking bill passed provides
that no savings bank shall borrow
money or pledge or hypothecate any of
Its securities, except with the written
approval Of the superintendent OF
banks, and in pursuance Of a resolution
adopted by majority vote OF its
board OF trustees.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

exchange them for legal tenders to
place IN their reserves, Trunk line
railroad stocks were not affected by
report chat grain rates east Of CHI
cago had boon advanced,
}onds were irregular and very
dun Total sales par value, $2S6O,-
600
L, s. 80 registered and the Us reg
istorcd advanced is and the IS cou,
pom Ia per cent, on call.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
SMALL RANKS WERE AIDED.

Washington, April 1.-THE response
of the secretary of the treasury to the
senate resolution calling for the CORE
spondence relative TO the refusal Of the
national banks to supply currency to
the interior banks last fall was sent
TO the senate today The statement
shows that complaints were received
from forty-three banks In the interior
cities, and that every effort was made
both by the treasury and the banks of
the large cities TO meet the needs Of
the smaller institutions
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
NO WALL STREET PROBE

Albany, April 1i.-Ieaders Of the
Assembly to-day said that there - not
tho slightest chance that any bill or
resolution providing for an investl-
cation of Wall street. MS recommend
Cd by Governor Hughes, will he pass
e1 by this body II Is the obvious
determination of tho republicans in
this body to suppress any such at
tempt,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
TRUST COMPANY SALES.
Knickerbockcr Aided by Recent Boom
In Cheap Stocks.

New York. April lit was posi-
lively asserted I'm Wall street to-day
that the knickorbocker Trust COM
pany, during the recent rise in low
priced specalties and other collateral
which Is difficult To realize on, except
when there is an active market for
them, and disposed of consid arable
amount of assets which, It was re-
ported. had been inventoried as of
small value, or of no value at all Ac~
ccrding to one report, the Knickcr-
booker company was Just million
dollars to the better in cash. as re
suit of the recent boom in specialties.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
TRUST MERGER APPROVED.
New York Appellate Court Fayors
Equitable Mercantile Scheme.

Albany, April li.-ln decision hand
cd down by the court Of appeals to-
day, the proposed merger Of the Equt-
able Trust company with the Mcrcan-
tile Trust company of New York city
is upheld cambridge Colby, mnori-
ty stakeholder of the Equitable Trust
company, owning 800 shares, objected
to the merger.
No opinion accompanies the decision.
The order of the appellate division is
affirmed without comment.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
WALL STREET NOTES
Volume Falls Away Sharply
Low Priced Specialties
Prominent.
NEWS FACTORS MIXED
Politics Expected TO Exert Bulllsh In
fluence--Railroad Earnings
Disappointing.
RS MIXED

The volume of trading fell away
sharply during the morning, with sales
to noon of only 100000 shares, of which
amount $4,000 occurred during the first
hour and $4,000 In the second. Union
Pacific and Reading were the only two
issues which totalled more than 10000
shares during the morning. Low priced
specialties were again conspicuous,
new ones being taken UP and advanced
sharply, while those of yesterday show
ed a reactlonary tendency under mani
fest proht-taking Among the weak
issues were lnterborough- Metropolitan
and Third Avenue rejecting discomfort
because no news developed TO explain
the remarkable rise In them within a
week. American Ice, the Leather
stocks, Grass Irvine, and New York
Air Brakes were very strong for a time
Air Brake rising 5-S points within a
few minutes, American Ice, touched
% 5-s before II o'clock. as against "a
ga, yesterdays top price.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
EPEo 9. a., BANlkzafRvSSF1

win not be held before next week This
will give the senate time to pass q cur
rency commission bill The scheme Is
to have the plan for the commission
originate over there and be approved
by the caucus. 1t looks now as though
the caucus would settle further discuss
sion OF what form currency legislation
shall take"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

The matter of railroad earnings, as
distinguished from those of industrial
companies, was disappointing to bank
ing interests to-day, Northwestern
Railroad carnings-that is, Of the sew
eral trunk lines in that section arc eX-
pected to show up poorly until the next
crops are ready to be hauled. Much Of
the old-crop tonnage is now disposed
of, and light freight traffic is look
ed for The btuminous coal-carrying
railroads, by reason Of the shutdown
of many minec, will also have lighter
traffic.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

Not few of the more conservative
men of wall street are looking for poll
tics, later on. to exert bullish rather
than a bearish influence upon the
stock market Their idea Is that a
combination made UP of good nominal
,lons for the presidency plus good
crops will be enough to start an up
ward movement.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

The contemplated ordering of new
rails by the New York Central, in adj
dition to the $4,000 tons recently con-
tracted for from the Lackawanna steel
company. caused good deal of dis
cussion to-day. The coming contract
Is expected to total $4,000 tons, making
10000 in all 1t started an inquiry as
to how far other companies would
place rail contracts. Advlces from
steel-trade centers were a little more
reassurng. The plans of the United
States steel corporation TO make ex-
tensive improvements in the Tonnes
see Coal and Iron plant at Birming-
ham were regarded as indicating con-
fdence In the outlook.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

What the floor traders sometimes re-
fer to as the 100 to : shots were
again moving to-day. american Beet
Sugar and Met, which were fav-
critics yesterday, were down to-day but
the following. among others were up:
American Ice Securities, Central Leath-
or, International Paper, Virginia Caro-
lima Chemical, New York Air Brake
and American Can. Pool liquidation of
Beet Sugar and Inter-Met. appeared
to be going under cover of the ad-
vances in the other speciaties.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

Reported over private wires Of Prince
& WhItolS members OF the New
York and Boston Stock Echanges,
New York office, % Broadway. and 10
Center street, New Haven. Conn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
nnsrnA srnCk MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn
blower q Weeks members of' the
New York and Boston stock liX-
ter street
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

News factors were mixed but were
in a measure favorable. The weekly
crop bulletin of the government show
ed seasonable weather In the winter
wheat belt during the last week. The
reactionary tendency Of wheat at mid
day reflected confidence in the outlook,
regardless OF the dryness In several
western STATS. The political situa-
ton was favorably commented on by
Wall street interests. ON the other
hand the weakness of the copper metal
market caused further liquidation in
the metal shares Prediction of gold
exports tended to curtail buying of
stocks.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
NEW yORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Prince
& Whitley members or the New
York and Boston Stock EXChang as
New York Office, 81 broadway, and 10
Center street, New Haven.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

According to Washington advices tho
secretary of the treasury will probably
in few days recall s5O,O0O,000 of the
government deposits from the national
bank depoeitories. The deposits now
arc about S2Oi,OOO,OOo, so that the sum
mentioned would be about % per cent.
This would require the local banks to
surrender about sl0,OOOO0O of their gov
eminent deposits. As the associated
banks now have surplus reserve in
excess of 100000, and call money Is
going begging al 1-2 per cent, they
would rather welcome the cali from
the secretary Of the treasury
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
READY MONEY.
way, Ready money in n savings ac-

Ready IN
count Is there really ced
In time of to
friend Take advantage
the
you can start with dollar regularly
VIII
draw interest at May
New Haven BankO pcns Saturday Evenings"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15
MlsceIInnenuk stncn,.
RniIroni stocks,
Rniirnnd nnnns.

Bid. Asked
ST 90. 1902 ~. iol
Frac O.. 1923 los
Bristol Tramway na,lei1 20
Conn r. & Lliss 1851. rs %
Conn r. * H. IS, STAN 9iia 90
Cons Ry. As, la1l....... IS
Cons RY. AZ. 955,,...,s, 20 IS
Cons Ry. IS, g5G..,,..... So SIS
Cons Ry debs $780,. 10
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Dan & Bethel IS, i9li... 9S
Harlem n =, G. As. l9ll.. 99tl loo
do. Is, 1854 .....,... 99h
Housatonic Is 1910 .... ~
do 5s, l95i....... 1914
Mor. comp. IS. l923..... 9gls
Nauga tuck As l9bi..,...
Northampton 6s, 1909 $3.50. 1904
n II. & Center 5s, 1881. 100
NH. e. Derby LIST 5s, 1918 100
N. n. e w, II. IS, 1012.. 99Hs
~ II street SIS. l3l3...,.. 100
~ ". street IS, l9ii...... 100 l02
New Lon St 5s. 1928 ~
N.N..N n &l.eony. 6s,l9lS. III 122
N.Y.N H&H. Cons3las 1856 81 $50
NY, n II. a II w. Sac 81 50
do 3las, l9ii....,... so
". Y. & n T.. IS, lgl5.. lob ll0
n. y. 81 N. Il. Is, lgi5.. 9SS
PROV Security As, l95i.... 20 81
Shore Line rs, lal0..: ~
Wor. x G, T.. lst ilae, 1913 96ls
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-15

Miscellaneous Bonds.
Bid Asked
Adams Express As, 19iS.. 30 %
Continued on Eleventh Pagc.)
Evening star., 1908-01-30
WOULD SAVE OUR NAVY,
But William Wilson Wants Real
Money for It.

From the fertile fields OF. Jersey, where
the rose blush of the ripening tomato
puts to shame the radiance of the rain
bow and the silimmering glories of the
setting sun, comes William Wilson.
mariner, bearing an invention. Today
he was at the Capitol. lacking up and
down the resounding corridors. hailins
passing political craft and trying to col
lect $4,000 in real money
William Wilson would make the United
States navy invulnerable; he would pro-
tect each ship from torpedo attack: he
would establish this nation as invincible
and immune. And to this end he has
invented a battleship bedduilt Of linked
chain steel. The bed quilt is let down
around the ship 1t protects. but it docs
not impair the vessels speed.
| Hark. The enemy approaches. Psssst.
A torpedo is on its way to raviSh and
destroy But no.. The skulking me
chancal reptile. full OF hostile intent
and gun cotton. speeds OH until il runs
into the William Wilson lmprcgnable
Evening star., 1908-01-30
MAUD CONNIE LOSES SUIT.
French Superior Court Rejected Ap
peal in Divorce Case

PARIS. January :;0.--Thc superior
court today rejected the appeal from
the finding Of the lower c0ur; brought t
by Mrs. Mcbride. better known IS Mud
Come. the Irish Joan of Are, who
sued her husband. Maj. Mcbride. Tor an
absolute divorce. The legal separation
decreed by the lower court was con-
frmed by the superior court. Mrs Nc
Bride brought her first action in the
summer OF 1906 and was then granted
judicial separation from her husba nd.
who was a prominent member of the
Irish brigade of the Boer army during
the South African Wac. This tribunal
refused 10 grant her an absolute di-
vorcc on account of her Irish nation
apty.
Mrs Mcbride contend"d touaT that
the superior court should follow tn"
English practice. but the court held
that the marriage WAS contracted III
Ireland where divorce Is granted only
by virtue of an act of parliament. and
that. therefore. It was ppwcTlcss to
grant Mrs. Mcbride more than 4 sepa-
ration. The testimony presented before
the superior court was the sam" as Mrs.
Mcbride brought forward in her orig
naI suit. in which she prayed for dl-
vorce on the ground ot cruelty.
Evening star., 1908-01-30
RAILWAY TRACKS 10 PLAZA
HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE
DIVIDED IN OPINION.
Situation Is Decidedly Mixed.
Hard to Tell What Kind of
Bill Will Be Reported.

Consideration of the Union station per
manent trackage bill and the Madden
universal transfers measure was resumed
at the regular weekly meeting of the
House District committee this morning.
No decision was reached on either of these
propositions The universal transfers bill
was referred to the subcommittee on
street railways. which will meet tomoT-
row and Saturday morning. and tho track
. age bill viii he considered at special
/ meeting nf tho entire District committee
at 10 O'Clock next Monday morning. II is
hoped by Chairman Smith and other mem
bcrs of the District committee that il will
be possible 10 report the permanent track
age measure 1t the regular meeting of
tho committee one week from today. ana
also to decide whether tho committee will
sanction or froWn upon the universal
transfers plan
The street railways subcommittee has
been instructed 10 consider. not the orig
inal proposition for universal transfers
provided for IN the Madden bill. but an
amended plan for the issuance OF a trans
fer upon straight tive-cent fare But
this does not contemplate a dlscohtin-
uance of the sale of six tickets Tor a
quarter by the local traction companies.
Instead. II is the tentative plan TO give
serious consideration to proposition to
continue the present arrangement with
regard to the ale or llckHlS. Dut pfTIlllt
passengers to pay straight tive-cent
fare if SO desired and upon this tive-cent
fare to demand Il universal transfer
that is a transfer to the lin2s of the un-
related traction company
Officials OF the Capital Traction Com
pany and Washington Railway ana t.lec-
trio Company are no; cnthuslasnS Owe.
this plan, as il would involve additions
mental arithmetic hy conductors and ad-
ditional bookkeeping afterward.
The nermancnt trackagr bill is very
much up In the air just now. Some mem-
bers of tho committee ar~ greatly OPP
posed TO the plan OF having tour tracks on
the Union station plaza. other members
don't want any tracks there at all. pre-
ferrinG To have the street ears approach
the tation from east and west. ana sun
others don't want to see any street car
tracks at all on 1St street In front OF
the Congressional Library. In other
words. the situation is decidedly mixed
and il IS difficult to predict Just what
kind of a bill will come out Of the DIS
trict committee when that body finally
makes up it's mind.