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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Barge 10. fleet of the Consolidation Coal
Company. has completed the taxing
aboard of about 1.6OO tons of Cumberland
coal at Georgetown, and will be taken
down the river and anchored off Alexan-
dria to wait orders from Baltimore as to
when to sail for Point Lookout to meet
tow of loaded barges going up the coast
from Baltimore.
Barge IL Of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany feet which sailed from Boston for
this city several days ago. is reported in
the lower river and is expected to arrive
here in tow of tug today. AS soon as
she reaches GEORGETOWN she will be placed
under the coal loading chutes. so that she
| can be loaded as quickly as possible.
BY the time No. II is loaded other Con-
| solidation company barges will be here
to take on coal for New England ports.
1t is also probable the big schooners now
at Alexandria to unload ice for the Mu-
tual Ice Company will be chartered to
take cargoes of soft coal to Boston. Port
land or other points on New England wa
tiers.
The summer schedule of the steamers
Of the Maryland. Delaware and Virginia
Railway Company, which goes into eff
feet this week. makes radical changes in
the departure days from this city. Under
her old schedule the steamers left this end
i
day afternoon at o'clock. The new
schedule sends them away at pm. Mon
day. Wednesday and Saturday.
This schedule gives two steamers for
river landings on Monday and Wednes-
day afternoons. The schedule of the
Washington and Potomac lines has sent
boat away from this city on those
evenings for several years past.
The new schedule Of the VI. d. & V. line
calls for landings at Glymont and River
sir Ia fha f,~ ctr Mt I,n
wharves in the Wicomico river. st. Glenn
ents bay. BretOns bay. ST. Mary river
and Smiths creek. on the Maryland side
Of the river. and in the Coan and Yeoco-
mico rivers on the Virginia side.
The steamer Calvert is temporarily on
the route in place Of the Anne Arundel.
which is being overhauled
The use of power boats as freight car
riers on the Potomac and other tributa-
ries of Chesapeake bay is on the increase.
They frequently come into port with lum-
Der and other cargoes from the Kappa
hammock river and other Virginia rivers.
The power barge Princess. which ar
rived here day or two ago. Is a vessel
of that class. She brought lumber and
shingles to the dealers here.
Arrived-Schooner Stella B. Kaplan, ice
from Maine for the Alexandra dealers:
1attie Rattling Joe, CLAIMS from the east
ern shore: schooner Flirt OF the Wave,
lumber from q Virginia point to the deal
ers here: schooner Mary Francis, cord
| wood from a down-river point; tug James
o. Carter. towing a lumber-laden vessel
from river point: power barge Princess,
from Georgetown to complete the unload
ing of cargo of shingles: tug Rosalie.
with a tow of lighters; schooner Grace
Bennett. lumber and shingles from North
Carolina
Sailed-Schooner Oscar. for Nomini to
| load cord wood for this city; bugeye
Eleanor Russell, light for Chickamuxen
creek to load for this port; schooner Hat
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call. IL o'clock noon-Capital
Traction 5s 81 600 at 11OA. $500 at 1lOA, 81 900
at 1lOA.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd.. so at 80.
Bell Telephone OF Pa. at 991s.
Second National Bank, at 15l.
National Savings and Trust. at 1905.
United States Trust, 10 at 80.
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tie and Francis, light for a Potomac point
to load; tug Capt. Toby. for a Potomac
point to bring a tow back to this city;
steam barge Dennis Simmons. light for
a North Carolina point to load back to
this city: tug Carter, with a tow for q
down-river point.
observation-disclosures Alice Holbrook.
laden with ice for Alexandria. is reported
rive by this morning; schooner Lulie Pol
lard is at Savannah loading lumber for
dealers here: schooner William Fl. Yerkes
has been chartered to load ice on the
Kennebec river for this city: schooner
Clara a. Donnell, laden with coal from
Georgetown. arrived at Boston Thursday;
the tug Southern has sailed from Balti-
more with a tow of coal-carrying barges
for this city.
The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis of this city.
which has been out of commission at
Baltimore undergoing repairs, Is again in
service and sailed from Baltimore Friday
for the capes of the Chesapeake, seeking
tow. While laid up the machinery or
the tug was given thorough overhauling
for a summer of steady work.
The steam yacht Gretchen, belonging TO
Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia, Will sail
today for Philadelphia en- route to Pough-
keepsie, n Y, where Mayor Reyburn and
his family will witness the intercollegiate
rowing races this week.
The steamer Wakefield last night took
the place Of the steamer Queen Anne on
the River View route while the latter
steamer aided in carrying the excursion
OF the bank clerks to Marshall Hall.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS. La. June 2O-Cot-
ton spots were quiet with prices un-
changed from yesterday. Middling, IL a
Sales were $50 bales on the spot and
100 10 arrive. Much interest was taken
in reports from Galveston that the first
three bales of the new crop had ap-
peared there. one selling for $500 and
that the first bale likewise appeared to-
day at Houston.
Futures opened quiet. with prices 6 to
13 points under last night The market
showed very little activity throughout
the session. weather news being appar-
emily the controlling factor Under the
influence of predictions of needed rains
over Sunday, several small rises in quo
tations We're checked The closing Was
quiet. : TO Is points under last night
Closing bids-June. ITO nom; July
Il 80: August. 1101; September 1920;
October, go; November, 953; December.
9.47; January, 9.48.
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reorganization of that company.s affairs
A scaling down of its capitalization seems
to be almost inevitable. Its bonded and
share obligations make an aggregate
larger than the company can staggef
along under with any hope OF paying ade.
somehow the long over-burdened and
struggling Erie will come out sound and
healthy. 1t has great possibilities. and
those who have stood by II may expect
eventually to come into their reward.
That 100000. 900 pounds of cached copper
shipped from America to Europe last No
vember. December and January is still
unbeatable. The cheerful fiction contin-
ues to be circulated that the metal has
gone to consumption in Germany. Bel
gium and France but trade information
from those countries gives the lie to this
theory. How or by whom the great mass
Of metal is being carried remains one OF
the mysteries OF the hour. At IL cents
pound the cached accumulation represents
about $5o.OCOOOO. upon which the carrying
charges are running at the rate of posi-
bly, $250.OO a month, which the same
somebody has to pay.
y y
A revival Of interest in mines and min
ing stocks is looked for. The mining in
dustry is one of the things which cannot
be seriously interfered with by political
vicissitudes. The precious metals have a
market Independent Of the fates OF par
ties. and the income of going properties
in this field will proceed, no matter who
may be elected President Of the United
States, and in serene disregard OF the in
junction. antitrust or tariff legislation
1t would not be surprising If something
of a mining boom starts up in the middle
of the campaign. although just at the
moment curb. and mining brokers COM
plain Of dull times and lack Of interest
on the part OF the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21
MANCHESTER CLOTH MARKET

MANCHESTER, June 2O.-Business ir
the cloth market continued small
throughout the past week. although the
outlook for the future has improved
slightly and prices are frmer. The In.
dian inquiry shows increased offers. blu,
they generally have been inadequate. and
manufacturers prefer to let their ma
chimes remain idle than accept orders
under cost.
Yarns were in small demand. and the
turnover in American descriptions was a
disappointment. The excess of supply
over the requirements of the producers
of crops has led to the suggestion OF q
further curtailment Of production. The
export demand was below the average.
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Weekend Dealings Restrict
ed to Small Operators.
UNION PACIFIC FEATURES
Most Effective Factor in the Days
Market.
NIX STATEMENT
CHANGE
Unsettled Close Due to Sudden De-
Statement of Railways Earnings.

NEW YORK. June 2O.-Todays stock
market confirmed the tendencies of the
previous days of the week by the arrest
of yesterdays fall in prices and the lapse
into intense dullness The news offered
nothing TO account for this new reversal
of the narrow movement and it was
obviously caused by the restriction of the
dealings to the hands of small pro-
fessional operators and their unwilling
ness TO venture far from shore in the
absence of any initiative by strong specu-
lative leadership. Support was evident
in Union Pacific. and this was the most
effective factor in the market.
The Union Pacific refunding bonds when
issued continued to sell below the sub
scription price and with the majority of
the transactions at yesterdays new low
figure of 95A. Discounts eased again in
London and the tone Of our foreign ex-
change market was easy. Authorities
in the exchange market however. are
inclined to look for some renewal Of the
exchange against remttances for foreign
subscriptions to the Union Pacific bonds
are completed. After the July settle
ments are met abroad the demand for
our gold is expected to Subside.
The improvement of weather conditions
for the making of winter wheat harvest
was a beneficial factor Of importance.
as the critical period for that harvest
causes feeling of anxiety over any
harmful prospect
May Net Earnings.
The statement of May net earnings of
Pittsburg, Cincinnati. Chicago and st.
Louis showed the benefit of an effective
cut in operating expenses and counteract
ed TO some extent the bad effect of the
Baltimore and Ohio statement published
some days ago. The unsettled closing
was due TO a sudden decline in Rock
Island securities.
The large change in the items of the
bank statement must be read in the light
OF the inclusion of accounts Of new
clearing house member which has added
S14OOO.OOO of deposits. 81, O0OO 600 cash and
S1O.OO,OC0 loans to the statement. The
percentage Of reserves to deposits indi-
Gates the undated accumulation Of bank
ing resources. The trust company state
ment does not show any pOgress by those
Institutions toward the increase of the re-
serve. which must be at I per cent by
July /.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales par
value 81. 351 600
u. S. 2s, and the IS registered have
advanced II and the As coupon Y per cent
on call during the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21

Recent developments in Erie financing
point with more or less definiteness to
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NEW YORK METAL MARKETS.

NEW YORK. June 2O.-The metal mar
kets were quiet as usual in the absence
of cables and no quotable change was re-
ported. Tin was dull and rather easy in
tone with quotations ranging. from p. -
to 2s15.
Copper continued quiet with Lake
quoted AT l2S7lsa13.OO: electrolytic at
l. 62lea1 l. S712 and casting at II. 50a
l. 62l2 Lead was unchanged at 4.471aa
4.52l2, and spelter. 4.5211a4.571z. Iron was
quiet at recent prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21
NEW YORK IMPORTS.

NEW YORK. June 20-Imports Of
merchandise and dry goods at the port
of New York for the week ending June
10 were valued at $11.8S7.219.
Imports Of specie at the port Of New
York for the week ending today were
s149,O46 silver and $660.422 gold.
Exports of specie at the port Of New
York for the week ending today were
$6S7,9O7 silver and $4.134,500 gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21
NEW YORK DRY GOODS

NEW YORK. June 20.-The dry good:
market holds very steady in the face OF
quiet buying in some directions Co.tor
cloths and yarns are firm Large pur.
chases OF burlaps have been made here
tor shipment in July. Linens are firmer
Cottons are in firmer demand. The rea
trade of the day was very good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21

"I want some collars for my Husband"
said a lady in a department store. but l
am afraid have forgotten the size
Thirteen and a half, a'am?" suggest
ed the clerk.
know"
Gentlemen who let their wives buy
their collars for EN- are almost always
about that size. ma'am.'' exclaimed the
observant clerk.-Everybody's Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21

The passing Of dividends by two of the
subsidiary roads of the Vanderbilt sys-
tenn was the most significant news Incl
dent of the week. 1t would appear from
this development that the New York Cen
trail has drained the treasures of some of
its contributary lines as far as they can
stand the process. theoretically the leach
ing work has been going on with the other
roads owing allegiance to Central. Lake
Shore and Michigan Central. being
stronger than the other line. can stand the
drainage longer. New York Central has
been drawing heavily on the resources OF
its minor roads for a good while. but very
evidently will soon have to look elsewhere
for money with which to pay its divi-
dends. This once great railroad system
presents today a lamentable example OF
the evils Of absentee management
It has been outdistanced in every pos
Sble way by its great rival. the Pennsyl-
vania, which is now in class all by it
self. although only a few years ago it
was behind the Vanderbilt road in many
respects. The Pennsylvania. by the way,
will within the next twelve months begin
to realize on its enormous New York ter
minal investments. Its tunnels are now
about completed. and the iron work on
the colossal New York terminal station is
rearing skyward. The uns:ghtly excava-
ton on 33d street will soon be hidden
from view. a splendid structure taking its
place-one Of the wonders of the age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

place. He supports the monks by con-
tributions paid collectors, and let's the
women pray before the idols. He con-
siders his duty completed with the cree
ton of the temple and doesn't bother
about keeping it in repair. when it is
gone" he figures, "let some other fellow
put up another one"
As we pass under the strangely rooted
portal of Hoi Tong, our attention IS
called to the monster Buddhas at each
side. Their chief claim to attention is,
that sitting, they are each % feet high.
Had we seen them first we would have
"marveled greatly" but Buddhas are so
common in China one ceases to marvel.
More interesting is the sight that greets
our eyes in the great open court beyond.
Here are groups of hundreds and hun
dreds, to say nothing of knots of ten and
blocks of Eve. The individual is rare,
unless 1t be some sleeping coolie or I'M
noticed beggar. What are they all here
for, and what are they doing2 Let's go
slow and see.
Here are two men playing Chinese
checkers in the shade. On this side is a
whole bunch, apparently doing nothing.
Over there is a story-teller, telling stor-
les. The story-teller Is as much of an in
stitution in China as in any part of the
Orient. He lives by taking up collec-
lions.
Ali Here we are Here is something
just like America. Here's a fellow max
ing speech. By the sound OF his voice
and the vehemence of his gestures he
might be pardonably taken for some fell
low who had discovered all about how
to run the government. But such Is not
the case. Peripatetic orators in China
eschew dangerous topics, and this fellow
is probably lecturing the wisdom of
Confucius or the best way to fly kites.
The Hci Tong Monastery of Ho-Nam,
with all its connected-up buildings
spreads over almost a quarter section of
ground. Its courts seem countless its
Buddhas plentiful, and an American with
out a guide would be Irretrievably lost
in trying to thread the mazes of it's cor
ridors and galleries. 1t is centuries old
much older than the eight feet in dia-
meter cast iron rice bowl of which 1t
boasts The rice bowl is only a little
over century old and Is cast in one
solid, hollow. semi-spherical piece, with a
nat, rouf-inch Hare around the top, which
supports 1t above the square brick oven
beneath. The bowl and oven were de-
vtsed to cook 1000 rations of rice at a
cooking. Famine. stark famine, caused
its making, and, because of their remem-
brance of how the monks fed the poor
at that time, the present day Inhabitants
Of Canton and Ho-Nam contribute freely
to the support of shaven-head monks who
still linger In the shadow of Hoi longs
departed glory. For, with the enlight-
eminent OF Southern China in recent
years, many monasteries and temples
have been allowed to fall into decay, and
their idols are more tolerated than re-
vered. Christian missionarl, have made
the Chinese to see the fallacy of their
former superstitions and forms of idol
worship to the point that few temples are
building In China. And a hundred tenn
Piles to Buddha have gone to decay for
every church built to Christ
In the gardens beyond the walls Of the
Hoi Tong Monastery are the tombs Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

all Chinese Is: "How many doors should
a house haver' Many are the answers,
and all regulated upon the means Of the
householder. BY common concensus of
opinion the maximum number Of doors a
house should have is placed at 1O5,
though some, pleading for exigency or
twins. contend for 1Os. the point in dis
putation being whether or not twins are
entitled to privacy.
Privacy is the rarest thing In China
There are too many people there. Privacy
is the goal of the rich; and riches, where
with to procure privacy, are ever sought
after. 1t Is next to impossible to be
alone for an appreciable length OF time
in China. Earth there teens with In
habitants. There is always somebody
waiting for the place in which you are.
Only to the rich is insured anything like
privacy. 1t is easier to stir up crowd
In an apparently deserted rice field in
China on short notice than to collect the
rabble around a police patrol box In
America by the arrest Of weil-dressed
woman for drunkenness.
The reason for the 105 doors is that old
John Chinaman believes that family re-
curing more than that number to house
is too big a family. There ought to be
two houses. Surely, by that time the
oldest son should be self-supporting. And
there is a limit to progeny, however
many wives OLD John may take.
China Is the Que country In the world
where education, such as 1t Is, counts; or,
in lieu of educa ton, natural Intelligence
systematically applied. Let us, then, sup
pose a hypothetical case. A man, living
in the village of Cheung Sab, in the
province of Kwangtung, has son Of msr-
riageab1e age. The father enlists the
services Of a comprador, or "go-between,"
whom both sides pay to secure bride
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

for his hopeful heir: though sometimes 1t
Is arranged through the parents. The boy
and girl do not see each other before mar
rage. On the eve of marriage the father
sends make-believe slaves, hired for the
occasion, to kidnap the bride. 1t Is
usually a good-natured capture, as the
bride Is, by custom, waiting at the loom
in her fathers house. She is arrayed
in her best, and, by her fathers instruc-
lions, the slaves find her demurely pas
sive. She makes no outcry when seized.
The marriage feast continues never less
than two days. They give money for the
wedding present in Cheung Sab. They
don't END 1t In advance. They wait and
see, calculate almost to nicely how
much of an outlay the groom's father has
made-and then each man, according to
his means, does his part towards reim-
bursement. The money is wrapped in
red paper, the amount is not marked,
there are no cards attached; and the
bride, who receives it at the door, mixes
1t in with all the others, and once there,
shufded. its donor might be anybody.
Isn't that common sense?
By-and-by the young groom gets into
business. He is successful. He goes to
Canton or some other city. If the wife
that was picked for him proves con-
such is the case John Chinaman seldom
inarries the second time. But If she
turn out an invalid, or shrew, he is at
liberty to choose one or more succeeding
wives. The first wife, however, remains
boss of all plural wives and all his chill
dren. With them her word Is law. The
only one to whom she Is ever called upon
to be submissive is old John, himself.
Having become a successful city mer-
chant the former young MAJ Of Cheung
Sab asptres to a country seat or villa.
Then Is when the argument Of the 1oS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

first monk and his immediate associates
In the founding of the institution Pass
ing out through the last tortuous turning
Of the last long corridor, past damp cells,
long locked, a vision of peaceful lowell
ness, bathed in green, greets the gaze. In
dwarfed tree, grated and grown into
the perfect shape Of q fan, whose dotted
designs are made up of the tiny green
leaves Of the aged plgmy itself. Here
also are strange and rare flowers and
plants, trained into shapes of Buddha,
with Buddha's carven and painted head
surmounting each. Scummy ponds Of
sion of water lily leaves, and snake-ltke
willows dangle down to kiss their bril-
liant blooms hard by the edge.
Three hundred years ago the Monastery
OF Hoi Tong was founded, but 1t is a safe
prediction that in less time than that 1t
will be given over to railroad yards for
they are dispossessing the 1ower-boat peo-
pie over in Canton to make made ground
for that purpose. There are no tin cans
or bottles in Canton's made ground"
Tin cans and bottles are not-in fact,
nothing is-thrown away in China. Every
thing is utilized to Its fullest extent.
There are no burnt offerings before the
affairs of China; they are all excellently
cooked and eventually eaten. The only
offerings John Chinaman really burns are
paper and punk. Outside the front door
Of every business house and store in
China, and before many dwelling houses,
is built a low, small shrine for the burn
ing Of incense and paper prayers. 1t is a
handy arrangement. and saves old John
the bother and worry, to say nothing Of
the time Of going to church
His Home Life.
A faVor1te subject for argument among
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-07-20
The Tennis Cabinet
Passes With Roosevelt
Especial Correspondence of The Starr

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July with
the close of the Roosevelt administra-
ton the tennis cabinet" will go out
of existence. The tennis cabinet has
been a distinctive feature of the pres
ent administration, and supplanted the
old "kitchen-cabinet" of previous
times. Neither Mr.. Taft nor Mr.. Bry-
an are addicted to the game Of tennis,
hence there is no possibility of the
| formation of another tennis cabinet.
! The tennis cabinet" of the present
administration consists Of Clifford Pin
chot Chief of the Forest Service;
James r. Garfield, formerly chief of
the Bureau of Corporations, and now
Secretary of the Interior; A. W. Coo
| ley, assistant Attorney General. and
Robert Bacon, assistant Secretary Of
State. Each of these men was close
to President Roosevelt, and each was
consulted about the great questions of
government. For instance, the con-
| ference of Governors, on the conserVa-
| ton of natural resources, was conceiV-
ed and planned by Mr. PinchOt and
the success of that assemblage gave
great satisfaction TO the President.
This one incident merely indicates the
Importance of the tennis cabinet" and
illustrates the influence which its
members have over the affairs of the
nation, as directed by the admlnistra-
ton. Mr.. Taft is not built on lines
which would permit him to become an
expert tennis player, but he is quite a
horseman and an adept at golf. Mr..
Bryan, on the other hand, is not given
to outdoor sports of any kind. If Taft
is elected, there may be a golf cabi-