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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
W. P. STRENGTH SIGNIFICANT.
Confirms Belief in Harrimar.GcuId Agree
ment as to Operation of Road.

continuation OF the common understanding that
the agreement between Mr.. Hartman and Mr.
1ouio under which Mr.. Hartman and his friends
advanced the funds for purchasing at maturity the
Wheeling & Lake Erie notes included an under
standing relative TO the operation Of the Western
racine Railroad when completed. is thought in
wan Street 20 be found in the recent strength of
me western Pacific per cent first mortgage bonds.
Inc syndicate which underworld this $4,000 coo
issue expired by limitation on July 1. but was ex-
lenoed Tor a year. Part Of the bonds said TO be
aoout Ss'on'om were, however, released from the
syndicate agreement. and these bonds which a few
weeks ago found few buyers at around so, are now
IN active demand above ST.
The Western Pacific the entire line Of which is
expected 10 be in operation by next summer close
y paralieis the Union Pacihc's line for most Of
the distance between Salt Lake City and Oakland
opposite San Francisco, and therefore will natu-
raly De a direct competitor of the Union Pacific.
The two roads. however, win in all proba bitty be
operated in harmony
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
LIVESTOCK MARKET.

New York. ssptsrnbsr 10 1908
Is for s8RorsEs and ssgghtsrsEs and
rssrsr4sv a. rars on sale The supply was heavy and
trade s9T but =. by By e dsoP ~ pss 81 % & and
than half dozen cars were likely 20 be
steady and medium and g9oa sqws easier tss Poor to
So general TOP Pr5ee sag nI 5 i - 90 y co
oxen and sag s a. r. - p BEEF vas S and prices
weak liverpool est+le markets SLOW at u l@5ss
beef dun at London az 1o91o1-o Per ID Exports
SVlaed se[ee 15 tS ssTs stsarishio vii axe out
Tie o s. Lou T. for 8 t0 sDS S sy
ing the totals from this port for The week $50 ssss
saiss-s. Sanders: 1s West ylrz,ssia stsers 100
do 1856 -. $ 40 II Ohio Do 1855 10 at s. So
do 1is6 d. at 81 80; DO. ii5o 10 81 as: % q.
b. at s.; 10 virginia 1901 H. $ 90 u do. $40
h m 50 so 70 DO 5S99 II 4 e = se e DO l4s ID
steers oxen 1917 i. So 90: STAG. 1850 ID.
i!ePhsr;on eq 8 K en- sa steers 1900 p az
virginia GIN DO i2I2 b. S. 80; Is do 12oa b. a. s. s5
e11syIvanta DO S7s 10 az So S0 oxen 11T5 ~ az
s. .;s western A. cows is5o s. s9 state e a.
e g 90 os s lG a. & s g S 20; 900 Dc ' r. g
DO 751 y at 81 40; bull. 400 ID. az IS Is; 90.
Newton IS Virginia 12ss n. as s. So -
Do. 10 s. IS: 10 West Virginia do. 1z51 n
Tobin s shannon - West Virginia stsers 1lss n &C
81 80; "A Ohio helfers and IS;
bulls, 1l50 n at 50 10 cows 1000 70, s. 20; do
F. Kratz Il Virginia steers 1850 n az IS css
Kerns Commission Cempanyi Kentucky steers 1IsS
] c, curtis q son: bulls n. at 50 10: . cows.
~ 70, at 81 10
CALVEs-Receipts as head Including ESQ sa-
butchers and 16S for the market Vea1s slow
prime choice stock reported
grassers Westerns nominal Common 70 fairly
good S59<s so per 100 at so.
Kentucky calves 81 40 Dressed calves slow sac
6Gsc for dressed sTassers and fed calves.
SaIss-MrPherson & Co.. 81 Kentucky calves. rs
average 81 40 per 100 10 8 veais. 133 70,
IS 80: : 90. ~ 81
SHEEP AND LA8IBS-Receipts 3 = cars Or
1878 including II for saushtersrs AZ
making. with tire stale stock
sale sheep sluggish and barely steady. prins
Few o prime Snff
az So 5OdS4 per 100 70 few 81 Sc
ordinary To prime lambs secs 50; clipped year
lngs 81 Dressed mutton duh at SGse n; dressed
SaIes~Kerns Commission Company. 215 Kentucky
lambs IS . 100 u; DC
10 70 az S. Q sheep iO5 70 at s.
& Co. 2Ol Kentucky lambs. % n. at s.. f65
IIngs 90 n sheep. 105 n 81. f32 -,
ar 81 20: s. do. IS so. bucks. 133 70
Tobin shannon. rs West Virginia larhs. y n a.
Sc 81 2S5 Buffalo DO. IS n IS y: West Virginia
Shippers Commission Company: 2f6 West Virginia
Il n s. So 24T do. Il n. s. ia; year
linz go n. ar S.
HOGS-Receipts Tx cars. or . head All
for s'suRherers with the exception % Feel
weak Buffalo advces- No sales reported up
hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
OTHER MARKETs-BY TELEGRAPH.

Chicago Sept observation-disclosures 600 heao !.
,arker steady: steers 81 p$7 10; cows 20 20 80
hafs-s s3GS5 So bulls 81 80 81 so; calves 50 90
81 * stockers and feeders 81 500 81 40 HOGo-I<e-
@s7 As; butchers. 81 30qST 20; light ml1ed go s9g
s+Ia choice light 81 OQS7 80; packing SO 9G4EsI 20
1igs SO rs SIS %; bulk of sales sogST -
receipts. 10000 head market stesqg s3sep' - 'o@
" f'i,cinnatf SEPT. s.-1OGS-Strong DC hlsher'
hutcbsrs and shippers 81 30 @sT 40; common II 9Vg
SE AZ (-ATTI.E-Steadyi fair 10 good Shippers % 80
rs %: common. S2GS2 so sHEEP-Steady, SIG
- 10: 20: iai RBffaio' sept 1sECATTLE-slow; prime
s.a@~s s6ds6 so VEALS-Receipts. o5o head active
I'd nc higher: S6OS9 so HOGS-Reeeipts. lo20o
head: good strong aad a91ec higher; common d1ll
YoTkere SO 50GST 45; dairies So sHEEP
ND TAMBS-Receipts. 5000 head STEADY; ewes ana
lived sheen active: wethers and warnings dulii arlos
me- ME- and steady lambs. S4QS6 40: few. SO &c.
TIsnsss CITY Sept 1S.-CATTLE-Receipts 2,2po
hesJ including ZOO Southerns: market steady; West
&c strong: native Sc 20 q 81 40 fair 10 good
n n s6 81. western So 6OQSI; stockers ana
s,tbern cows 81 81 80 native cows. 81 l3gS4; ma
- ,aifsrs So 30 a ST so. bulls s. 40 a. 81 a." calves.
e. ca = 81 20 F4OGS-Reeeipts. 1900 head; market
y loc higher: top. 81 10: bulk OF sales 80 9g4
iihts 81 20 n 81: pigs. s+4S6 - sHEEP-Receipts
500 tesd market steady: lambs. 81 20 50 40 ewes
80 earIirgT 81 75nS4 To- Western yeariings sS 80 a
a. % western sheep So 40@si 49, stockers ana feed
era I'Ion Stock Yards Pittsburg Sept. Seattle
-,,i,. tight slow choice Pennsylvania 20 10; prime
e LIS e. % SHEEP-suppy light slow on lambs
am on sheep: prime wetheTs s. 50 q - 10 c9is
qss - HOES Receipts fair. SLOW steaay: prime prime
,,c.,.fes 81 n n mediums s.! 2og 81 20 heavy
-t,ere s7as7 20: light Workers, 50 4OGSt 70 pigs
s. 75G So rougns. So 5oGs go
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
The PRINT PAPER INQUIRY.
Why Tariff On Wood Pulp Should Be In
creased Instead Of Removed

Appleton Wis Sept. 1&-'Instead Of removing
tas s-E on pulp wood" said Frank j J. Sensen-
hrszne- ce-7residert OF the Kimberley & Starke
COMPANY festifvinE to-day before the Congress
Eonal paper Investigation committee. ''the tariff
should be boosted 10 a prohibitiTe point and there
y force Canada into submission regarding the
irss expectation ~ pulp wood" Mr.. Sensenbrenner
c1htsnded that this country was the only market
fr Canadian paper and that II this market were
snui Of the Canadian manufac turer would see to
L thai the doors were opered for free shipment Of
PUP wood
Ihe committee to-day devoted much time TO the
e8eslon o. prices Of print paper and the constant
oefease for The last quarter OF a century. Mr.
Shssn5renner presented figures showing that since
IS re price OF print paper has gone down from
saou seven 10 less than two cents a pound
AMER the witness had told the committee OF the
0'lsoantly increasing price Of raw material he ex-
p2ned that the cause % the decrease in the price
vas NE installation of larger and faster machines
-asFHlsn Mann asked Nr. Sensenbrenner why
Is eastern mills were able to make print paper
llsspsr Than the Western factories. some Of which
~ situated almost in the heart Of fields Of raw
s.sllal- The answer was that the Fasteners
-s'ly were better managers or manufacturers.
a. n BaIiou. q the MaIlasha Paper Company,
'ne last witness heard by the committee The
--'7 supply q pulp wood. Mr. Ballou declared.
question Of transportation entirely. There
''ehl pulp wood in the country 10 last the mills
0shiary. 5ut the question 10 be solved was how
. set Il 10 the mills
-. Festigsttng committee completed its work
'o-oay, and tonight went 10 Grand Rapids
NJ several DAYS viii be consumed examining
-siA hiFer mills and taking testimony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19

The local market spot cotton was quet 41 ,op
or+s lower an soc Cor uddling upland ana 100 tt
pmiddIinr Gulf Sales 900 bales southern spot IA
i-ats Ivere telegraphed follows: Moole stedls
= higher at 9sc sales 100 bales sSpanhah NrfniS
ard 1e16c higher 91sc; sales oSte oS4Ts D.
sad and Isc higher 97sc; sales. 159 bales. ia,
erro-s nominal ana &c higher at 9hsc 81 LOUIS II
lo[o az ga c: sales bales Little Rock
sfeady and Isc higher at Sc cIaIvest9n nm
recrsnpa1 At csc; sales. 1850 bales New orleans
GIIet and unchanged at 3-16c safes 4,41u oa
SbarIeston steady and unchanged al PC W
61iet and 1-lsc higher il6c Houston qpiet anu
T. lower at 99sc sales. 1888 bales memphis ess2
and unchanged 99sc sales 115O bales Es{macT1
points for Saturday Al fiousIo
200 10 500 bales against II $50 last week and 10000
1880 to $4,000 against I's-S
iast waek and 1855 year. and at New orleans.
500 to 500 against 1.1s1 last week ana o. last
year. .t., ? t-a-,ooI cables. Spot cot
ron ouiet. sales baes speculation anu eApoI',
400. american 1000: receipts. 1000 all american
,nfd7Iing upIand. 554d Futures opened stes1y,
nonts Higher on and points higher On dlStan'
at a advance or 2H% poIi's-
gSten1ber 5 o9d September October. 491d October
SHa-a-1bar December, De
and January-February, +TT1ad: Febr-
arvNMarch 47sd; March-April 4I91zd; september
%Jaa SOL n. May-June. 4S1d; June-July ana July
August 4sI1-d. ADMINISTRATIONS small INQUIRY
The following total net receipts OF cotton al all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19

METALs-TIN-The London market was lower to-
f18I Is Cd The local market was easy ana 10y sd
for spot and to $50 rs Cd for in ths London
market The local market was weak with a .a9 aa 4a
and casting at Ys q 1s12Itc. LEAD Is 80 higher
ever en- tnf the maTet %as easy at 449 PTE
closed at 9ig lSs in L0n qs s66 IS MAS higher
in the English Farkst with s5anaarS Sis una Locally
the market unchanged with No foundry North
tinued dun and unchanged the Produce Exchange
s dp4e afsgla SIS gsStsf IS oetoSsT $40 50
VeSS ST S6 s5d m ma for both
Gpoasses and ssTT4s TsT steaay On
leans, centrifugal common 16s1sc far d9a2 2sy
soSd % pE5Ps $SG New Is Te fair Is
q29g good 5sg re prime y .e f9 ,aGg.y soT
an or to on the part of to
also some selling for profits Later prices
steaded up light crude offerings at the south and
41c: 1000 October 4OFs d5401se; $500 November a91
Changed fair demand Is reported Tor refined
Standard white. bbls, s5oc bulk DC; Phadslpnia
Philadelphia. I0-s5c; water white, New York. bols
Vat Water w cases Re@ roR 1855
i2s5c. CoTTONsEED OII1-Priule crude ale: prime
zoc; oetObsE 4639 4os4e; Nove1bsr 500 ESQ., s.
394 g4O1sc; of summer yellow. September. 3sl4 q
good crime M Wn9sF ys0T AZ
oIL-American seed city raw ~ t2c; 2S
PROyIsIONS-The provision market generally
buying. the advance in corn and further support
from packers The close firm Only 5000 hogs
saturday The West had 1900 hogs, PoRK~FirTn.
Quoted Mess: $17@s17 so: family: SO 50G $50; short
81! 50 SIS 80: family SIG 75ssl7 so; PACKET $50
Quoted Bacons. sac; $50 h. 9{sc; 100 10, loo; 14O
R lo eGot e5eS soGg IKE: 10 b. d Is
il Id. IKE Picked hams steady. quoted: NJ o
LHRDSirn quoted Middle Western lose 70 Soc
City lard frmer Quoted; 10 Refined lard firm, firm
Kegs IL 25c coMPoUNDWsteady. quoted "a. a Sc
sTEA RINE-Firm quoted; Olee. 131acs city lard
RICE-The market ruled firm and active at fun
prices Quotations follow: Screenings, 81 q 3 +c;
81 q &c; Rangoou, ~ g54c.
all reners. with exception OF Arbuckis Bros ad
vanced prices 10 points and deliveries large
The following list prices. subject of 10
points and discount OF per cent for cash: seven
loaf SC; crushed 59Oc; mould "A. 5-55e; cubes, Eagle
SID bags powdered and Eagle confectionery granu-
powdered and fruit powdered. 5.3Oc Eagle and
extra fne graduated soc Eagle 2ro cartons OF fine
545c 5tb bags do. 54oc; 1Orn bags do. 535c: Eagle
and so n bags Of fne graHuated 525c: confsctoness
A. sc; No 1, &c; Nos and 3. 495c; No f. 490c; No s.
4ooS 10 o 40 . :. 4SS 30 toc5 80 - pos
Nos Il. Is and Is 1850 The local sugar market
frnner. There an uneonhrneJ runior of sales
closed with duty paid prices follows: Centrifugal
90 test $3.50 bid and &c asked Inuscovado. 50 test
The London market = d higher, with September
IS 9sd and October at 9s I'D wiIlett Gray:
Total stock of Europe and America 1855 212 tons
against t-211.s5o tons last the
decrease 194e07 tons week. Total stocks and
afoats together show visible supply
6s 63S tons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Petitions in bankruptcy were filed yesterday IN
the United States District Court as follows:
Voluntary. Arthur Hall. of Walden, y. " la
bities 1916 &c. including bill of $ls 10 swift az
Co., of Newburg; assets. . cents on hano' ana
household goods and wearing apparel 10 the
amount Of 500.
Involuntary against James Brooks dealer in
wooens at No. q Eldridge street by me n. q.
Clafin Company, with claim of 500. Admission
OF insolvency is alleged
The schedules of Robert Johnson & Co. declare
liabilities unknown, but including claims Of the
American WoolIen Company. above 5000; Willis
I. ogden & Co, above $500. and Mary Price, OF
No 1873 jefferson avenue Brooklyn, S.4S7, money
lent exclusive Of interest. besides other claims
Secured claims are placed at I.Too and assets
at SO.
The schedules OF Glasberg Bros. & Levin. of No
- West Sd street show liabilities OF sl9 Az IS. in
Guiding s32S6 81 10 the American Woollen Com
pany; Bacon 81 Co.. $500; National Butchers and
Drovers' Bank s2O0o, accommodation paper, in
dorsed bv Annie Farowich. Included in the liza
biIities are two suits for 5000 each, in which
Judgment has not been entered. Assets claimed
are debts due on open account, S, 755 At. and per-
sonal property. SLIGO
The schedules of the Noble Manufacturing and
Supply Company show liabilities of 1851 H. cheny
for merchandise and assets of N'142 oS. including
sSas 50 due the petitioner on open accounts; cash,
SIT Il. and stock in trade. sl12 20
Robert A Inches appointed receiver OF
Harry and Samuel J. kasindorf doing business as
T[asindorf Brothers cloaks ana SUITS at nos; -
snd 90 F3leecker street, against whom a petition
VS. fled by the II. B. C1afin Company; with d
claim of S57S It is asserted that they nave ma
T;Gifias Of SIS 900 and assets Of $500. H A Cesar
e Go nut in a claim for $50 ana Ffec bulleIHelu
6 Co for Sl9 20. -, ~,
tohsrro at No 452 Fourth avenue. assigned yes
terdav to William L Hail. tr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19

81 osz Z o afoat. coRN-rn contrast to the wheat
heavfness. showed good deal Of strength
throughout day with the exception Of September.
which broke sharply under manipulation The late
deliveries taken by commission houses pros
rains in the Southwest. which would delay
the maturing Of late and predictions for
lighter receipts the remainder ths month The Ar
sentine shipments 2.527.0 bushels compared
with I236,00o bushels the previous week Liverpool
closed Il q net lower No here quoted
ssc elevator and ss1sc delivered. both nominal OATS
The market for oats was influenced BY corn and
acted quite steady throughout the The Missouri
state report indicated crop Of 12.000000 Cash oats
here closed follows: Mixed. 20 80 H. SEE. nat
ura white 90 20 81 III soc and clipped white 81
40 ID. 55d6fe. RYE--Market dull; Ne . Western.
SIC Z o New RARIET-Marixet
easy; feeding 6s see 6 1 New York. and mating.
is I Buffalo. Wheat. including faur, exports
for the week. according Bradstreet's. aggregate
S.49f a11 bushels against 3-01249s last week and
4340s54 last wear since September 80 1884, ss bush
els against 3sS4t. s36 last year. Corn exports for
the 12.4s3. against ASIA week 29s ST.
last July 1. 554 499. against 14113T2s last
sea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19

COTTON-The cotton market very nervous and
unsettled to-day with the close barely steady
decline of 1922 points Sales estimated at 11b0O
oales The market opened steady at decline OF OCT
points in lower cables that the West
Gulf had passed without causing serious
disturbance in the interior and liquidation realizing
by recent buyers After selling on 70 net decline OF
1Oi3 points slightly.
again that the Manchester strike had not been
settled becoming weak in the late trading on
rumors that Lancashire mills would close down
Monday. practically the lowest or
the day The decline during the afternoon was in the
the condition 1885, against 70 at the end OF August and
Il last year 1t however, that this had been
discounted local trade evidently went me
assumption that the advance of the previous day having
uaterialiZed, had UnJustthed There
about 1000 bales of high grade cot
being brought here for delivery on October
Southern spot markets ofcaIly reported We're
In the day Manchester operatives had voted
scale. Later private reports
had it that spinners threatened 10 close down
on Monday operatives refused the reduction IN
much confused. The weekly movement figures OF the
New York Exchange follow: Port receipts SlSoo
150,s62 last year; overland 20 HILLS du
Canada 2y5 bales against 1S23 last year Southern
mill takings estimated, 5000 bales against oUoo iast
wear: gain of 2I5i6 bales agalst
IOO42 last year; brought sight for the week DO
bales against TT last Total crop
port bales, against 2S3+42 last YEA
Iasf year Southern Snl takings, 0OOo bales against
= COO last stock interior towns IN excess
Sentenber / II 80 bales against 3lICZ ast yeaL
brought into sight far for season. o9ooo oale
against 404 year The total crop movement
for eighteen days season. against twenty days asI
1..,y ,-arxat TO-DAY
Twas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
CASH QUOTATIONS.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

YORK. September 3,
COEFEE-The coffee market opened at unchanged
prices decline Of points to day, in response to
lower French cables, but rallied covering by
months shorts and closed steady, unchanged points
higher Sales for the reported of about OOo
nags. The feature. from news standpoint, was the
cable from Santos reporting that receipt been stopped
owing TO the large stocks This cable followed late
IN the day by another reporting that the strike
Santos that merchants again offering coffee
While the early cable only large stocks
cause OF the stoppage in receipts believed here
that the real cause from strike conditions as the
santos stock is about 600 bags, comparing
with 2a2o 900 bags during March, 1907. Outside this
feature there be little in the influence
sentiment The market at Santos quoted. Rio
was steady and unchanged The French market
changed to z franc lower, and Hamburg closed 4 pig
higher 70 = pig lower New York warehouse deliveries
on Thursday 17,759 against Ii 623 for the
day last year. Spot coffee quiet; Rio 6sG
+c The of contract prices IN the local market
day follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

y,,.sr,ool Sent ls-Closing: wHEAT-Spot strong;
No ? red Western winter Is cd No California IS Id
futures quiet September, IS SD December IS SID.
Ia futures quiet October 5s 93sd. December 5s 8lsd
1Pacinc COAST, steady q 1osqf2 6s BEEF-Extra In
dIa mess steady. lois I'd PoRk.PrTs mess Western.
"a 0s-calnberand cut 90 so n. strong, 5hs
tcrt y 10 10 "a 10 strong 56s Id; long clear mddes.
5irr as 20 "a 10 strong 54s Cd; long clear mddes,
bssT "a 10 - strong. OBS 3D. short clear backs Is
~ % ~ strong 61s Cd clear bellies "a "a 10 H.
SIS Cd shoulders square, ii 70 10 10 strong 42s Sd
SRDLPrime Western. tierces irIn 6ls; American.
Te6ned in pals SIS 81. CHEEsE-Canadian finest.
Lite neRs nrm els. do calored, steady els.
PaLIOw-Prime city. nrn, ess TIflPENTIHIs Spirits.
steady a7s. IINEEED OII1-puli. 24s. PETROLEUM
STEADY, Ti.d. RosIN-eomInsn. steady. IA ID.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
MICHIGAN BANKS CLOSED.

7Ag' Mich Sept 1s-Banking COMMISSIONS
- fliah Today announced that he had ordered
- sits OF the Farmers and Merchants State
ia. u FSfrlla. Mich, : a result Of eXamina-
-, showing an Impairment Of the banks capital
- ad-u confusion Of its assets with the private
- ventures Of the cashier, ". II. Burletson.
.-, sooAs show deposits Of SOS rs and assets OF
-, me bank Was organized IN April. 1907. with
F''ai O. S-e0ao Mr. Burletson iS also Interested
-~aks a. Hanover and Pittsford- Dispatches
- nose Places say that the small banks IN
- ~. BIrlefson is interested have closed their
@@s 10 await Developments
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19

q - n Y. Sept Is.-Tae Appellate Division
Rs,ss. supreme Court in session here. to-day
1t5s,As 81 order continuing the injunction which
lss me local gas companies from pumping
sg, :, 'is Saratoga Springs pending q decision
5 L. court GA TIE appeal that has been taken
81 e4A companies from orders Of Justices Fits
sz,. .-sn1on IN these orders the New York
ias.l gas pumping law was declared constitu-
l. e1'a an Injunction was granted in favor OF
Is as companies which are seeking to stop
Cd 7 Is expected On Monday to give de-
= % ias sqpea..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
ARKANSAS Two.cENT RATE HELD UP

St Louis Sept. 1s.-A temporary injunction, re-
straining the Board OF Railway and Warehouse
Commissioners Of Arkansas from enforcing the
two-cent passenger fare and maximum freight
rate laws OF that state, granted to-day on
the application OF the Kansas City Southern
Railroad Company in the United States Circuit
Court The writ issued by Judge Jacob
Trieber. of Little Rock, Ark who heard the case
chan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
H. K. SMITH AT COTTON CONFERENCE

Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corpora
tons who investigated the cotton exchanges OF the
country at the order Of President Roosevelt and
made two voluminous reports. was in conference
yesterday ar the New York Cotton Exchange with
a special committee appointed to nVesugate tAe
methods OF grading cotton. Mr.. Knox. in his re-
port strongly condemned the fixed basis contract
in use on the local exchange. 1t was announced
after the meeting yesterday that nothing definite
had been done.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
CAPITAL INCREASED TO 100000.

60, sept 1.-THE Knickerbocker Portland
a. =. company to-day certified to the Secretary
49, hat 81 has increased its capital stock
- sl9ss 70 sloesaog. changed its principal Office
rs 'eN York cry TO CalsklIl and increased the
Ger o. IL directors from three 10 eleven The
s-4.ss Operates along the Hudson River The
Co.., % Is signed by 5, H. BasseJt. II Milford,
. - Thomas r. Stevenson. of Brooklyn, and J.
~e'lon, of St Louis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
NEW MERCANTILE TRUST co. DIRECTORS

Colonel Dudley Evans. president Of Wells. Farg'
& Co. and Henry W. De Forest have been elected
directors of the Mercantile Trust Company. to NJ
vacancies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19
SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS.

San Francisco Sept. lS.-The official closing quo
tations for mining stocks to-day were follows: