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New-York tribune., 1908-02-18
MONEY AND EXCHANGE

MONEY MARKET.-Money On call opened at 2
per highest, per cent; lowest. IL per cent:
closing. li2d2 per cent last loan, per cent ruling
rate. Ia per cent. Time money opened the week
fair demand and offered with moderate
freedom Rates were per cent for sixty days, IA
per cent for ninety days, Az AZ cent four
months az per cent for FIVE and six months and )
per cent fer year Mercantile paper was
rather quiet here: there moderate demand
from other centres. II offered freely, Rates.
JlbGs per cent for intiorsed bills receivable and
choice single and 6G6lz per cent for others.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-The foreign exchange
market opened f-mer with sterling up So 10
points fs630G4. 500 for cables, s.s59004s6 for
demand sterling and 4.621z for sxty-day bills.
Short quoted al j.iS1s less 1879 1S1s
and short reichsTnsrks at al 13-l699f5s. The mar
ket cuiet in the first hour. Tie market rose
sharply in the afternoon, showing an advance of
about 50 points IN sterling from the opening
level Gables quoted at f.S670Gp4 S6a, derna nd
sterling 4.Se14 a 1906 and sixty-day bills at
$50 Short francs rose TO 5is1s. plus f-32 and
short reichsmarks TO 81 1915 The supply OF bills
WIS small, and there a fairly active demand
ior remittance by to-days mail. the demand being
larger owing the fact that there is other fast
steamer sailing until the end OF the week.
Bankers posted rates were follows
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MEM YORK CITY BONDS.

f,,--,s,.seo by Eyer a Co. No. % Wal s,ree1.D
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Df1ldend Notice..

OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN COhIs COMPANY ct'
arI.EGANT COUNTY.
No Broadway. Sc- York. February 10. 72o--
me Board Of Directors American Coal Company
AIseCauy COUNTY Jerseya have this day declared
Dyicsnd five he cei.tsi
company, parable this Office Monday,
March 2-d 1865.
TIE Transfer fscoks closed Thursday. Feb
three O'Clock +. II. and TecEene1 the
GEORGE II BoHLBY Trustee.
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DOMESTIC EXCHANCiE.-Buston 15c premium;
Chicago. par: 81. Louis, Soc discount; San Fran
cisco, sight I5c premium. telegraph IKE Premium
New Orleans, commercial Zoe discount. bank 81
;jreu'iuun Cincinnati. l0c premium; Savannah, buy
la, :-i5c discount, selling par.
RANK CLEARfNGS.-New York, exchanges
Sl7 500 s54 balances .7e87 49s; Chicago exchanges
s.I6I2s57. balances $2e2f,12s; Baltimore, ex-
changes So 2s0 $50 balances s44e0ss; Philadelphia
exchanges sI7 2o3 .see. balances si.el4,170.
SILVER MARKET-Bar silver, 5sise. Mexican
silver ooliara 4Il1c Bar silver in London closed
. H. Iso: advance. I'D
GOLD PREIiCM.-In Madrid, u So, Lisbon, 5. 75.
NEXICAN EXCHA nee Mexican exchange on
Neg York is Quoted st 261i1
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rsoSipts
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AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

Tondor. Feh L. 2. In.-Thc market Tor Amer
can securities lower FINAL prices follow:
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FOREIGN MONEY NARKET--Call money In
I.oncson s;.62st per cent; open market Discount
rate fr short bills, $7edf per cent long bills
: l2-lsT9-~ per cent Berlin discount rate, fee per
cent Paris discount rate, S-l5 per cent far's
e,chsnze on London, IS francs 20 Centimes- Bar
gold rs So Perrin exchange on London, 20 marks
<sa- pfeHligs-
FOREIGN ~ECTRTT IES-BTitish "onsols for
s71oncv ss5s per cent, the account, G. French
reu-es 2. francs 20 centiTnes.
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IRREGULAR STOCK MARKET.
NET PRICE CHANGES SM4LL WITH ADFANCES And
DECLINES ABOUT EQUAL.
The January Foreign Trade Staemen-Shap Rise IN Sterling Hates
II a Little Harder.

reported from Washington se67.4so: internal reve-
nue. receipts 81. .ea5.149; miscellaneous receipts,
1920 7s7 Receipts for the day. s2,s73Ss1; expepdf-
lures. 2.2so 0oo. Receipts for the month TO date
s2s37e 603 expenditures, soa go 900: excess Of ex
penditures. s2,Sso3a7. Receipts for the year to
date 1893 227,5it expenditures, S44 a5.ooo excess
Of expenditures s21 565, 1856.
SI-B-TREASURY-The Sub Treasury was debt
the Clearing House sl,392,6es
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BOSTON STOCKS.

.IE.ercs, assslls. tcoppoa :i.ss.ststea swhen aha
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-19
5 AQueStiOnOf Honor

lcopytight. 1905. by r. c. Mcclure
Sergeant Brady and his squad Of
men had been out from Fort Thomas
for -four days. cutting and placing tele.
graph poles. when they were fired on
by the Sioux There was treaty Of
peace between the white man and the
red but it had been felt for three
months past that the latter were get
ting ready 10 break IT, The sergeant
had gone out without instructions what
to do in case he was attacked When
he found that he was menaced he did
what veteran captain would have
done. lie called ia his men. scattered
for two miles along the line. and threw
up defenses and prepared TO stand or
the Indians until courier could get
through to the fort and return with in
structions
Unfortunately for Sergeant Brady.
the regimental adjutant had it in for
the grizzled old veteran, who had put
In twenty years on the frontier and
knew All the tricks Of the red men.
Three or four things had occurred TO
prove that the adjutant was after the
sergeants stripes, and for weeks the
latter had walked the chalk line to de-
feat the formers plans. When the
courier lodged the gathering warriors
and reached the fort and reported the
commandant was for directing the
squad TO come IN at once, but II was
the adjutant who said
Sergeant Brady simply reports see
ing signs and being fired on. 1t is
some of the young bucks giving him a
scare. He's got ratified over nothing
We have no reports OF outbreaks"
"He has shown his bravery a score
Of times. but perhaps he has made too
much Of this OCCASION" niused the
commandant II will order him To
hole his position for three days and
then report again. VIII also caution
him not to provoke hostillties"
II was tight squeak for the courier
TO return TO the little command. The
Indians were creeping up on all sides
and Boosting that there should be a
wipe-out. Already there had come a
demand for surrender. and hostile bull
let's had come singing over the de-
lenses. The sergeant read his orders
and then assembled his men. read them
aloud and said:
'1t's the hand OF the adjutant, me
boys. and It makes no difference to
him TINT the rest OF you have got to
go down with me. It's ratified l am.
Is II. after being at the front in score
Of shindies with the red devilsl We
are not to provoke hostilities with 300
copper faced heather waiting for our
scalpsr'
Seventy or eighty Indians who had
crept as near rs they could nnd cover
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-19

The week of prayer opened last
Sunday by the topic "The Spirit of
God" Miss Inez Pollard leading.
This meeting was very helpful, es-
pecially in. connection with the series
Of prayers which were to follow
ON Monday at noon the second
was held and Miss Alien led. Afri-
ca was the country 70 receive es-
pecial attention and many prayers
were offered forts enlightenment,
Tuesday Miss Bond directed the
prayer for Africa. Wednesday the
topic was Asia and Miss kelso led.
On Thursday Australasia Miss Wy
man leading. Friday Europe by
Mrs. Drake and on Saturday the
series were closed by Miss Strange.
The week of prayer was espec-
tally helpful and the thought that
eight members were away at the
Hillsdale convention was especially
encouraging. On Thursday morn
ing the Misses Bond, Ryan, ROLAND,
Zellner, Stevens, Blair, McCord and
Kelso'left for Hillsdale via Lansing
As they had lengthy wait there,
their purpose was to visit the "a.
A. c.
AS to the convention we can say
nothing, but, no doubt, we will re-
ceive inspiring accounts when the
delegates return. The way home
will be by different route afford
ing the girls half day in Ypsilanti
and Ann Arbor, which will, no
doubt, be prohtably spent.
II is a great advantage to the
association to have 50 many live
enthused girls to go to this conven-
ton for the new zeal which they
will bring back will surely be a
paying investment.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-19

lose up al signal ana rushed ina
breastwork Of brush aud limbs and
powders. The seven concentrated
their fire on the rush and broke o..
Twenty redskins lay dead when The
living retreated.
Take a long breath and DO little
smiling. me boys said the sergeant as
he turned over ana sat ZIP. That's a
thing we might brag about az The post
If any of us were to get there We
are going 60 get value received, but
don't forget what he end Is to be- II
there were twenty of us and we had
two guns apiece il would still be the
same. Rafferty,. what place in the old
country is responsible for that mug OF
yoursf"
THE city Of Dublin, as far as / can
remember" was the reply.
I've been there myself and can't
say too much in honor OF the town
If you've an old mother back there
you might do bit OF praying before
our friends make another move
O'Grady. did you bring that red hair
Of yours all the way across the big
waterYr
Indeed, sarge. but l did. 1t was
colored for me I'm the county Of Tip
perary"
'The Indian who gets your scalp lock
viii be mighty proud of the same.
O'Mears, are We thinking Of that sweet
heart Of yours back there I'm New York
city,"
That's what / am, Sergeant Brady
I'm thinking how much more decent it
would have been OF me TO catch the
smallpox and die within sound Of her
waillng.''
well. laugh and smile over 1t just
the same McGraw. I'm thinking l see
wetness about your eyes. Have ye
been rubbing at them with some fine
cut tobaccoY'
mot at AL. sarge, but curse the man
who held us here to be wiped outw
1T don't need no vote to see that we
for tears. We've been put on our
honor. and we are going to die with
smiles on our faces Whist. but they
have bullets TO spare around u.s.
The Indians had completely encir-
cled the little band. and for half an
hour they poured in such a rain of bull
let's that every spot within the de
lenses was searched. Rafferty, and
O'Grady were killed and Sullivan and
O'Mears desperately wounded before II
ceased
-Four from seven leaves three" said
the sergeant as he rose to his knees
and looked around. The next move
Is to die smiling. me boys. They'll
come with whoops and yells and he
over the breasiwork I'm a iiffy, Down
we'll go under the crush. but some
day the boys back at the post will
learn that we did our best. Get ready
they're coming
-
Dead all ~ theml" said captain
as he looked over the defenses two
DAYS later. who was II that called
Il false Alarm Who said that Ser
geant Brady was losing his nerveT
"See there. STRIP said one Of the men
ms he pointed 70 the sergeant.
And all saw that the battle SCARED
old veteran had died with smile on
his face! VI. QUAD.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-19

erly pastor at Ithaca, has re-entered
the ministry of the Presbyterian
church, after being a minister Of the
(. body for five years. He will
supply the Presbyterian church in
Tekonsha.
"rhere are four loyal Alma fel.
lows (and one married woman here
(Princeton). Alma'S welfare is still
in our minds and hearts, and you
can proclaim on our authority that
Princeton Theological Seminary is
the next best place and we like it,,
the better we know it," Paul AL
lured.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-19
Ana CO legs
Interesting items taken from the
newsy Albanian.
THE EUTERPE

The following programe was Civ
en in the Euterpe Society Monday
evening.
Advance OF musical education
and musical atmosphere in Amer
lea. Helen Cook.
Piono Solo - Theo. Amsbury.
Story of the Battle Hymn of the
Republic, Star Spangled Banner
and America Anna Montigal.
Cherry Rye" - vocal solo /.
Johnston.
Mission Of popular music ~ Haz-
FL Bahlk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-19
Two Independent Races.

Among the most Independent people
IN the world are the Swedes and Nor
wegians Only Is or 20 per cent. OF
these peoples dwell in towns, the re
aindcr living in rural districts, earn
Ing q good living by cultivating their
own farms.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-19
ALUMNI.

Rev. Arthur S. Toner. '95. form
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
FIFTY THOUSAND SUIT LOST.
UNDERTAKEN WINSLOW
WINS

James H. Winslow, the well-known
funeral director, who was sued by
David L. Stewart, in the same busi-
ness as Mr.. Winslow, lost his fifty
thousand-dOllar suit against Mr..
Winslow this week in Circuit Court
No. I, before Justice Wright. At
tOrneys Peyton and Williamson rep
resented Mr.. Winslow, and Attor-
ney Jefries represented Mr.. Stew
art. Messrs. Peyton and Williams
made an excellent fight, contesting
every point
After the jury rendered their YER
dict in favor of Mr.. WInslow he re-
ceived the congratulations of hun
dredS of his friends.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

back pay. There is certainly no evi-
dence of wilfuI unfairness on the part
of the President, and it is clear that
from the beginning he wished justice
to be tempered with mercy.
We are not competent to pass any
independent judgment as to the guilt
or innocence of those men accused
We know the temptation for revenge
for insults received. but we also know
that soldiers have no business to be
rioters. This is the first sad blot put
on the record of the Negro regiments
during these forty-fve years. They
have been brave and amenable to
discipline, and their officers have al
ways been proud of them and have
defended their honor. We vet hope
that the truth will somehow be made
known.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

good authority that the Shooting up
was proved to have been done by
soldiers. and that there must have
been knowledge on the part of many
other soldiers who had done it, but
that they had evidently conspired to
conceal the crime. If such was the
fact the whole squadron thus infect
ed ought to have been dismissed with
out honor The fact that it would
involve an injury and wrong to in
nocent men entirely ignorant of the
crime makes no difference. That is
the unavoidable incidence of social
conditions. The men were bound to-
gether by their enlistment in Compa-
nies, and all must suffer. If in battle
half the soldiers had been towards
and run away, the whole would have
borne the disgrace. If a man is
hanged for murder his innocent wife
and children have to suffer - that
is the penalty of association. The
drunkard does not suffer alone for
his crime. If one member Suffer, all
the members Of the body OF of society
suffer also. Therefore no blame is
to be attached to the order on the
ground that it made innocent sol
diers suffer.
Nevertheless the investigation by
the Senate leaves it somewhat doubt
ful whether the shooting was actual
ly done by the soldiers. While the
knife.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

evidence points that way, in part, and
the majority Of the committee so de
clare, and there are Negroes in plen-
ty who so believe, and one Southern
Negro bishop who has so declared
publicly, the President perhaps too
hastily accepted the evidence brought
him from what appears to have been
a hasty and one-sided report by the
officer detailed to make the investi-
cation. That such soldiers as can
show their innocence should be rein
stated is only decent and right.
But this recommendation of the
President brings out a fact which
seems generally to have escaped no
tice, or memory, that a month after
his order dismissing the soldiers the
President issued a second order al
lowing the reinstatement of those
proved innocent. The Shooting up"
occurred August 18th, 1905; the or
der dismissing the companies was is
sued on November 9th, 1906; and the
further order allowing reinstatement
was dated December 18th of the same
year. Under this order proceedings
were begun, but these were interrupt
ed by the investigation ordered by
the Senate, and the time set has ex-
pired, so that the President now asks
for legislation which will allow those
innocent TO be restored with all their
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
REINSTATEMENT OF NEGRO
SOLDIERS.
From the Independent

From the Independent.
Doubtless Congress will pass the
bill now before it, recommended by
the President, to allow the re-enlist-
ment of such of the three companies
OF Negro soldiers dismissed without
honor as can present reasonable evi-
dence that they had no part in the
shooting up" of Brownsville, Tex
as, and no part in the conspiracy of
silence" charged by the President.
Such law ought to be passed, and
it will serve to restore, with full pay,
such soldiers as suffered a real wrong
on account of the Presidents order.
In saying this we do not say that
the Presidents action discharging the
soldiers was not justified on the evil
dence that came TO him. He was in
formed on what ought to have been
EaIIs' Jill - ,
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
CASE NOLLE PRESSED.

The case of the United States VS..
Lafayette Gum, charged with hav-
ing committed an assault upon Rich
ard Brown, at Odd Fellows Hall. on
the nth OF January last, was finally
disposed of Tuesday last by Assistant
United States Attorney Relph Givens
without hearing before the jury in
the United States Branch OF the Po-
lice Court.
At the special instance OF Attorney
w. c. Martin, who appeared for the
defendent, Mr.. Given thoroughly in
vestigated the facts, and was fully
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

convinced Brown was looking for
trouble, was the aggressor, and there
tore he would enter q nolle prosequi
in the case.
At the time of the a~--zs the de-
tendant was released on 4 $500 bond
pending a trial by iurv.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
TEACHERS ENTERTAINED.

The teachers of the Garfield Pub.
lie School were entertained by MIR
and Mrs. Wilkinson at their beau
tiful home in Anacostia.
After engaging in many interest
ing games and dancing, the guests
repaired to the dining room. where
many delicacies awaited them.
Besides the teaching corps, those
present were Mrs. Stewart Lewis.
Mr., and Mrs. Williams. Miss Thomp-
son and Mr.. Thomas \. Johnson. =
Mrs. Wilkinson is the principal of
the kindergarten OF the Garfield
School, and is an expert in this par
ticular branch.
During the evening the piano was
presided over by Mr.. Herndon Tones.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
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A very thoroughly constructed
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When in doubt, buy of
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The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
OPPORTUNITY FOrYOungMen'

There growing demand lucrative salaries in all sections Of
the country and especially the for Young men trained in m
iculture The demand graduates from this Department %
the uskgee Normal and Indus is so far in excess
the supply that offering special Inducements to graduates o
omer schools and persons sufficiently advanced the academic
branches to here and pursue the in agriculture nc
Farm Work. Daymg, Live Stock Raising etc An opportunity
Will be given few young out all of their board
while taking a course
lho interested can secure full information by addressing
Booker 7. Washington, Principal
IuSkegec Institute Alabama
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

- ~ AANlD l. NJ l-Na01 /
\ mass meeting in the interests Of
arbitration and peace will be held ir
the Memorial Chapel, next Sunday
March ?, at 4.3O pm The address
will be delivered by the Hon. Oscar
5. Straus, Secretary of Commerce
and Labor. There will be special
music and the meeting promises to
be a notable one.
An address was delivered on Fri
day afternoon by the Hon. John Bar
rett, director Of the International Bu-
reau OF American Republics. on Our
Foreign Relations"
The Song Service on Sunday. the
22nd, was of a high order and the
audience crowded every available
foot of space in the chapel.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
Holding a Probate Court

Holding a Probate Court.
Estate OF Harriet {. BenderDeceased
No. 1874. Administration Docket
Application having been made
herein for probate of the last will
and testament Of said deceased. and
Tor letters testamentary on said estate
by Louisa Lemons, the executrix
named in said last will. it is ordered
this 23rd day Of March, AID. 1908.
that all the unknown heirs at law and
next of kin and all others concerned.
appear in said Court on Friday. the
Ist day of May, A.D.. 1908. at ten
O'Clock am, to show cause why such
application should not be granted.
Let notice hereof be published in the
Washington Law Reporter" and the
Washington Bee" once in each of
three successive weeks before the re-
turn day herein mentioned - the
first publication to be not less than
thirty days before said return day.
Ashley NJ. Gould, Justice.
Attest: James Tanner, Register of
Wills for the District of Colum-
bia, Clerk of the Probate Court.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
THE. DOUGLASS MEMORIAL
FUND ASSOCIATION.
To the Editor of The Bee:

To the Editor OF The Bee:
Some two or three years ago the
suggestion was made at a banquet of
the Pen and Pencil Club of Wash
ington, D. c., that something should
be done to assist the efforts that were
at that time being made to preserve
and transmitas legacy to the Negro
people of this country, the home of
Frederick Douglass. at Anacostia, D.
{. The custom of celebrating the an
nlverSary of Frederick Douglass
death is already widespread among
our people, but it seemed to those of
us who were present at the dinner
Of the Pen and Pencil Club, given
IN honor and memory of Frederick
Douglass, that the time had come
when his memory should be preserv-
ed IN something less perishable than
after-dinner speeches, however elo-
quent 1t seemed to us that the time
had come when we could properly ap-
peal to the masses of our people to
assist in preserving the Douglass
Home, with all its memories and ira
ditiOns, and make it a permanent me-
mortal not only OF our great leader,
but to the Negro people of the Unit
ed States as we'll
An association. known as the Fred
erick Douglass Memorial and His
torical Association. has been formed
to effect this purpose. l have been
asked by the officers of the Memorial
Association to assist in, securing the
comparatively small sum of money
amounting to some $500 and inter
est necessary to clear off the mort |
gage on the property and so secure
the property for all time to the Asso- |
citation and the Negro people OF the /
United States.
The following letter, written to me
by the officers OF the Frederick Doug
lass Memorial and Historical Asso-
citation, will make the situation clear
Washington, D. c.. December y,
1906.
Dear Mr. Washington;
There is an encumbrance of fifty
four hundred dollars ($5,4oo}, bear
ing g percent interest, payable semi
against the Douglass prop
erty, This property consists of about
fourteen acres in the heart of Ana
costa, on a hill giving a beautiful
view of the Potomac River for sew
eral miles. It IS the opinion Of ex-
perts that when the Government COM
pletes the new bridge and the rec
lamation of the Flats, this property
viii be worth at least $1,000 an acre.
Its actual worth is now 81, 500 an
acre. 1t is exempt from taxes by the
Act of Congress Incorporating the
Frederick Douglass Memorial and
Historical Association. The Associ-
alton needs at least the $500 to lift
the mortgage. In the course of time
about nine acres of the property
could be cut up into building lots
and sold, and with the proceeds of
such sale Cedar Hill could be endow- =
ed with ample funds to meet the =
wants of the Douglass Memorial As
sociation in perpetuity,
(Signed)
Archibald H. Grimke, President.
Whitfield Mckinley, Secretary.
Francis ]. Grimke, Treasurer.
Frederick Dougless, to whom the
Negro people owe. for the part he !.
took in securing our freedom, more
than any other man of our race, died
in Washington, D. C., February go,
1895. We do we'll to honor him as
a representative of our race. So long
as the memory of what he was and
what he did remains, each one of US