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The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
BErrER RATE ON BRICKS.
shippers Minimum on Building Ac-
 ceasoriep is Reduced.

Washington. oct 12.-A reduction of importance to shippers and manu- lecturers of fire brick, fire clay, drain tile, sewcr pipe fue lining, and vitrt- fled coping will be made effective on November 1 between points in west ern classification territory.
 These articles hnve for some months been rated by the carriers in accord snce With the rating of the western classification at a minimum weight of 4O.000 pounds per car. but upon com plnints from the shippers, alleging that it was impossible to load the cnrs to the minimum weight of 40.ooo pounds action has been taken by the western classification committee. qnl the present minimum will he reduce | to Sn,n00 pounds.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
MORE MCINTYRE CLAIMS.
Hearing In Bankruptcy Proceedings of
 Defunct Firm Interrupted.

New York, oct, 12.-There was a brief hearing to-day in the bankruptcy proceedings Of the defunct brokerage firm of F 4 Mcintyre X Co.,, before the referee Peter E. Olney at No. 6S William streot. The inquiry Into the transactions of the failed firm with the National Bank of Commerce. in the hunt for assets. was interrupts to enable Jerome Levine, broker, to put In n claim for twenty nve shares of American Cotton oil stock, supposed to be in the possession of the Metropolitan Trust company,
 Two witnesses were called In further proof of a claim on behalf of Mary J. Grace for goo shares Of St. Louis and San Francisco preferred,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
Ml.cellnneon. Bona..
Ex-diyidend
STOCK MhRRUr REVIEW
Uncovered Bears Caught by Sudden
 Itettermcnt in situation.

New York, Oct t2-rhe price lev el in tho New York stock market ad- justed itself almost spasmndically to the better outlook day for peaceful settlement of the Near Eastern dues- ton in European politics. So sudden. ly was the change effected that un- covered bears had very little chance to meet their requirements left over from short sales last week Demand from this element was conspicuous in the arbltrage operations for London account, where fortnlghtly stock uT- change settlement Is imminent The extent of the foreign bear account TO- vealed. induced some revision of last weeks views of the extent of the act ual liquidation for foreign account precipitated by the political crisis. The relaxation of the war scare was ef- fective in all mediums of the financial and commercial markets, Wheat de- clined, although with some new fac tors manifest In a subsequent rally. Foreign exchange rates ran off, In continuation of the movement already perceptible on Saturday and the like lthood of gold exports at present seemed much diminished, This pros pect reacted on money lenders, who had been preparing tto exact such; what higher interest rates on account of the threatened inrond on banking reserves of the gold outgo, coupled with the rate of loan expansion "e- vealed by the Saturday bank state- rnent and made necessary by the ac- tive selling of stocks for European ac- count By turning buyer hcre to-day, London altered this factor of rapid depletion of the banking surplus and of difficulty for the support of lhe speculative position in the stock mar ket,
 With the removal of the foraign selling pressure the organized control of the stock market was prompt 10 replace prices at q level to compen- sate for last weeks declines The controlling clements had little outside demand for stocks to aid in this pur- pose but no important selling was encountered as an obstacle, The first prices represented the greater part of the advance effected during the day,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

Then came a pause and lapse Into pronounced duIlncss
 The feeling or reserve towards the advance here Uas somewhat cnhaoead when foreign exchange rates rccoy. cred late iu the day and call money rates aIdoued slightly,
 Bonds were firm Total sales pai value, sit5t000
 l' S bonds were unchanged on call
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

steei common suffered about as much es any stock from last weeks heavy foreign selling It was due to have a recovery when this ceased Yesterdays rise above ~ however, was not alone based on this technical situation. h. dications of accumulation hy people close 10 the company increased, and 1t Was even said that q pool of very large proportions had been created for the purpose of putting the stock much Shigher, Just as some af tho Septem- Der reports of gross earnings by rail- fosds have furnished a surprise to Wall street, SD, t is believed. the show ing of net revenues by the Steel cor poration for the September quarter will be above earlier expectations, which were s2l,5Oo0Co The actual figure 1t is now said may be as much as S28, 300, GOO or S240OOQ0O, Quite a number of peo- ple are claiming s25,0O0,oO0 net for the quarter.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

Vice Conrul Charles r. Williams ot Chefoo, reports that tS.7s6.133 pounds ot straw braid wore exported from China in 1907. of which over 5000 GOO pounds were exported from Tsingtau. and only iSS00o pounds from Chefoo, which was formerly tn" great shipping point for this product
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
WALL STREET NOTES Covering of London Shorts Aids Recovery from War
 Scare.
STEEL RISE EXPLAINED
Surplus Reserve in New York Banks and a mparison--lackawan
 Feature in Strength.

Foreign traders were reported to to have missed the market on most of the buying orders which they sent over early in the day They were said to have wanted 5O,OOO shares or more, hut were able to buy within the prices prescribed, not more than half that amount Yesterdays purchases brought the total foreign buying since Friday up to more than 5O.O0o shares. many of them. apparently, represented covering of shorts put out during the height of the war scare. The trading above noted was of an arbi,rage character How much buying took place through prl- vale channels did not appear but 1t was supposed to be fairly large.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

The story of Mir. Hartman having guaranteed 10 advance sl4O0O.OOO to the Erie so that it can eloctrify It's subur- ban service, was regarded by the street as an indication of what MT Hartman might do under certain circumstances If the necessity arose. That tho Erie Is going to be put In f'rst-class shape SO that it may take advantage of the op- portunites it has. Is pretty generally recognized as a certainty
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
THE COTTON MARKE ET.

Reported over private wires by HaNden Stone & Co.,. members of New York and Boston Stock md Now York Cot ton Exchanges, Now Haven branch, 8S Center street.
 Nauy ynrL notnhar 10 iunQ
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
CLOSING PRICES

Reported over private wires Of Prlnco & Vhitely, members Of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York office, 52 Rroadwat, z, 2tud l6 Center street, New Haven conn,
 New York Orf 1o
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
nnsroN sroeM MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn
 blower U Weeks, members ul the Nav York and Boston Stock EX- wuangcs, FlauN b, Wetmult, mana
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

The largest decrease fin the number of Idle cars shown last week was on Canadian roads, where an actual short. age fig in prospect. This condition Is borne out by earnings which on the Canadian Pacific for the first week in October were s102,0oo more than the week before, and on the Canadian Northern seS.sOO. On the other hand. Grand Trunk, whose earnings have steadily fallen off, showed a loss for that week of Sp2,557
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

Investment shares were g feature of the market from the standpoint of strength Delaware, LAckawsnna and Western was especially strong. with a rush up of 22 points 10 53S, but as the street is used to violent fluctuations in this stock f. did not have the same ef- feet on sentiment as the huoyancy in the market leaders. Canadian Pacific made up good deal of lost ground with an advance Of nearly 4 points, while stocks like Northwestern and Delaware and Hudson showed ad- .vances of between i and points,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

Arrival of Sunday is always 9 god send to people endeavoring to support financial markets against "scare." It not only gives conservative interests a chance to get together, but is even useful in allowing a full day for the general public to think matters over calmly There was opportunity for long and repeated discussions, between diplomats and between fnanciers, and Mondays cslmness wsB a result
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires O, prlnce x Whitely, members or the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges,
 New York office, 52 Rroadwar. and 1h
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

The actual surplus reserve of the New York banks, at S21 s0o.o0O, is now less than half what Il was on June q. when tho years high record of sss 200 oG0 was scored, The decline during the fifteen weeks that have intervened has been s3865s,000 resulting from sltO, 033000 loan expansion and a t12,1l0 0oO cash decrease. As every one knows, the nearest parallol to the present year for the pilingup of huge mldsum- n1er surplus was 1894 The surplus in this week Of that year was s60 SOC, GOO. and that was s60,70o.OoO below the years maximum It rose to S6600G. 000 by November 24. cash having increased and leans decreased But the winter eeason of 1894 was season of continu- ous Stock Exchange depression
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13

Most of the active stocl5s at their high prices had recovered all the losses made since Wednesday, but not the whole of the war scare depreciation. Union Pacific sold at yesterdays beat price 7-s below last weeks highest, Reading points below Northern Pa clf1c 1-2 below St Pauli2 1-s below. The markets interest in these com parisons converged on the question, what the very recent speculative buy CTS of stocks will do, when the large short interest has been closed out. It was driven out at q pretty rapid pace yesterday
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
Does the World Owe You a Yiyin(?

or course does but running delivery vogon man With oauS ufe, to whom the world mRkes
 U want ln auffeed-enFo so % in that ola r of constantly spending l. 'le great men or hs America huon-eVen much smaller
 Don't to TOT It. Open bank with s
 ipEon2z4;;!Ei:Ss ?. X: RoSsy!
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-13
PRICE TRIAL tN NEW YORK.

bonds were unchanged on caJl
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04
The Nautical Knot.

In referring to the speed of vessels
We speak of the number of knots tray
eled. A knot is a measure Of speed. not
Of distance. and the term m from
the old method Of finding the speed OF
a vessel by means Of a three cornered
piece OF wood with a weight attached
to II side to hold it upright in the
water. To each corner was fastened Il
cord, and to the junction Of these cords
was attached the log line. This log
and line. with Il small sandglass. com
pleted the apparatus for reckoning Il
vessels speed. The log when dropped
into the water remained where it fell.
The log line was divided off by knots,
the distance between the knots being
the same fractional part of a nautical
mile as the time measured by the sand
glass was Of an hour. Therefore the
number of knots which ran out in the
time measured by the sandglass rep
resented the number of nautical miles
an hour that the vessel was running.
For example, If 6 knots ran out during
the time the vessels speed was said
to be 6 knots.-Scientitic American,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04
NEW CURE FOR BURNS.
Excellent Results Produced by Hot Air
Treatment.

Excellent Results Produced by Hot Al,
Treatment.
Baking a patient as a cure for burns
is the new method now used in Eoose
welt hospital, New York. For years
sun baths and fresh air have been
used with excellent results in cases OF
unusually bad burns. but about -four
months ago TIE Roosevelt hospital doc.
tors devised a scheme whereby the
burned person is confined in a variety
of oven and his body subjected to a
continuous stream of hot air.
This idea, which is Il new one to the
medical profession, has proved very
successful. patients having been cured
whose bodies were scared nearly half
over, while as a rule when the surface
of the body is one-third burned the
case is deemed fatal.
This oven co%ntrivance is made of bed
clothes. which are stretched over lat.
ticewOrk to keep them from coming
in contact with the patient. The heat
Is furnished by a common gas stove,
which stands by the bedside. On this
stove is a specially contrived air cham.
Der, much after the fashion of a hOi
air furnace. From this air chamber a
tube runs underneath the bed. sending
a constant flow Of heated air under the
clothes. But as the air must he always
fresh the blankets lie loosely about the
patients neck, allowing ventilation.
From time to time the patient is
moved to allow the heat to strike all
burned parts of the body regularly.
while at intervals a special salve is
rubbed on the patient. AS fast rs thi:.
cakes from the heat it is removed and
a fresh lotion is applied. By Thu
means many lives which otherwise
would have been lost have been saved
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04

OAAS ~ 40 Vain
ed Of as Democratic candidate for pres
ident in 1908 or a prohibition platform.
It is said that Mr.. Haskell settled in
Oklahoma with the ambition to be-
come its governor and went about
achieving his ambition with the same
degree Of deliberation and system that
any good business nan would adopt in
going into a new country and assisting
In the building up Of a new industry
with the view OF becoming president Of
the corporation conducting it. He was
born in 1850 in Putnam county. O., in
a home Of poverty. When he was five
years of age his father died, and he
went to live with a man named Miller.
This man gave him few opportunities
for obtaining an education. Neverthe-
less he managed to pick up some knowl-
edge and at sixteen decided that he
was able to teach q country school,.
He walked twelve miles to the county
seat to take the required teachers ex-
animation, having with him So cents.
1t was necessary to use 80 cents of this
for the examination fee, and the rest
he spent for a sandwich. On his re-
turn Miller had a blacksnake whip
with which to fog him for running
away and taking the examination with
out his permission. Haskell got a
p%ltchfork. and Miller dropped his whip
and sought protection ut the hands of
his wife.
From teaching young Haskell gradu-
ated into the law, going to the Ohio
legislature, and on his removal to In
dian Territory. as it then was. estab-
fishing a law practice in Muskogce. He
was influential in framing the much
discussed Oklahoma constitution.
Comment has been made upon the
popularity OF Governor Charles T.. Ma
coon in Cuba rs cvinccd by The success
of his New Years reception ut the
palace in Havana. On this occasion he
received whites and blacks. and all
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04
UNIQUE BATH APPARATUS.
Designed to Expel Poison and I'm
%preunate Body With Medicaments

A novel bathing apparatus, the i'll
vention Of an Oregon man. is here
with shown. This portable apparatus
was designed to be utilized for meas.
ing all of the human body, applying
a about it and supplying oxy.
gen to the body from the lungs only.
BY this method poison can be driven
out Of the system. It is also designed
for use IS 4 thermal or sweat bath
and for impregnating the body with
medicaments. The receptacle is in the
form of a huge glass bowl sufficiently
large to entirely incase the human
body when sitting and all of the body
except the head when standing. 1t is
made of two alright sections. In the
top is an opening for admitting air and
another to allow the head to protrude.
The patient inhales through the
mouth tubes, and the operator. by
working a pump and drawing off the
air, creates a vacuum which cause
the pores of the patient to open.
The poison is thus drawn off from
the body through the pores. and the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04
Physique Of Criminals.

In the German army an examination
Of 1000 delinquent soldiers was re-
Gently made by a criminologist. who
found that in height. weight. breast
measure. muscular power and general
condition they averaged much better
than the we'll behaved soldier. This
criminologist does not imply that Grim.
inals are by nature better physically
than noncriminals. but suggests that
the condition Of criminal families is SO
much more wretched than respectable
ones that only the uncommonly strong
survive.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04
New YOrE's
New Tunnel
TO EroosA n.
~ROM the Battery to Eroo':' u

"ROM the Battery to Erool:' u ly
subway-that is Tic /, st
route between the to .g"at
boroughs of New Yer: r..v.
The old New York. now known as
Manhattan borough. and the foriAer
City of Churches form the two main
divisions of the commercial capital of
the continent, but the East river, flow
Ing between. has long proved q barrier
to their complete union under one ,nu-
nicipal banner, with other less popu-
lous boroughs-the Bronx, Queens and
Richmond-taking their proper part in
the consolidation. But there are now
two bridges over the river and three
more in course of construction, and
two tunnels under the river have been
completed. The first to be finished
was the Belmont tunnel, from Forty
second street, Manhattan, to Long Is
land City, and cars were run through
this tube last autumn. But no system
of marlborough rapid transit by this
tunnel has yet been established. The
tunnels at Thirty-third street, Manhat-
tan, for the use Of the trains Of the
Pennsylvania-Long Island system will
not be ready for about q year, SO that
the Battery tunnel, IS 1t is called. IS
the first to give underriver t%ransporta-
ton between Manhattan and Brook
lyn boroughs. Its opening has been
long and more or less impatiently
awaited, and the difficulties met with
In the construction Of a tube under SO
large n body of water as the East river
have necessitated the postponemcnt
several times of the date for starting
trains for the general public. Never
theless it is the first among the many
tunnels constructed from Manhattan
Island to Long Island and New Jersey
to be ready for use in the expansion of
New Iork's transit facilities.
The Battery tunnel was begun over
four years ago, and the first train was
run through the tube with a party of
city officials and others specially in
vited for the occasion on Nov. 81, 1907.
For the present the trains to be OPP
Grated for the accommodation of the
general public will be run through only
one of the two parallel tubes consti-
tuting the tunnel. In a short time the
other will be used for rapid transit.
and then the service will be more fire.
Quent. From the station at Bowling
Green, Manhattan, to the station at
Borough hall, Brooklyn, is a distance
Of n and sixteenth miles. Five min
utes are allowed for the trip. though 1t
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04

success as governor of the Panama
canal zone and rs governor Of Cuba
under the second American occupation.
He is over six feet tall and broad in
proportion. He has the same way
that Secretary Taft has of laughing
over things that would worry most
people. Speaking Of his administra-
ton of the canal zone, a man who
knew him there said:
HE took the job seriously. All the
riding about in carriages, saluting and
receiving salutes he did with the dig
nifty Of n funeral and the splendor Of
q circus. He was SO big the people
looked upon him rs a sort of person.
Tied Providence. He was a parade all
by himself. This tickled the Central
Americans down to the ground. In
fact, he was Il great hit"
Yet when he got back to Washington
Judge Magoon told the newspaper men
that he had been ''excellencied' so
much that he longed to be called
"Charley'' again.
While the officers and men Of the
warships on the Pacific cruise are en-
joying the Inequalities Of the South
American ports at which stops are
made their wives and sisters and
s~weethearts wait eagerly for news Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04

can be made a little under this time.
the big subway now extending the
length of Manhattan Island and into
the borough of the Bronx. The Brook
lyn subway is completed now only az
f0r as the borough hall, the present
Brooklyn terminus, but in a few
months 1t will be finished rs far as
the Flatbush venue station Of the
Long Island railroad, where connec-
ton will be made with the seashore
and the suburbs in which so many
commuters dwell.
The capacity of the new line will be
about 10000 passengers an hour. with
trains running on a two minute head
way. Sixty steel cars built after the
latest plans for such use have been
constructed for the underriyer traffic,
and eight car trains will be run. At
times during the trip under the river
passengers are about 100 feet beneath
the surface Of the water. Ferryboats
ply to and fro far above them, but
the days of the ferryboat on the East
river are almost numbered.
In the case of a tube beneath Il river
ventilation is a problem that has to
be dealt with In the most efficient man
ner. There is no smoke in the tunne..
Of course, electricity being used for
power. but thorough ventilation is
needed nevertheless, and at the waters
edge on both the Manhattan and
Brooklyn sides large v%entilating shafts
have been sunk. They contain ma
chinery 80 powerful that in case Of a
short circuit all of the smoke caused
by It In the tunnel could be driven out
In q few seconds. At the Bowling
Ogeen station Is a model Of the sub.
way under the river which indicates
to the man in charge Of it just where
every train is as it proceeds. He has
absolute command Of the system in
this way and in case Of trouble can
stop every train and locate the diff
Guilty at once. The subway is also
equipped with the very latest in au-
tomato devices for safeguarding
against accidents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04
ANOTHER WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
New Senator From Florida n "kid"
Member of Upper House.

New Senator From Florida n "Kid"
Member of Upper House.
1t Is IN interesting situation which
h presented by the appointment Of
William ]. Bryan Of Florida to fill out
the %unexpired term of the late Stephen
R. Mallory in the United States sen
ate. Senator Bryan's middle name is
James instead Of Jennings, but that
will not prevent his being often con
fused with the distinguished Nebras-
kan, who, by the way. is not nearly
related to him. The William j. Bryan
Of Florida is much younger than the
William J. Bryan of Nebraska and Is
even younger than the latter was when
he first ran for the presidency. The
Nebraskan statesman was but thirty
six when he was named as the Demo
cratic standard bearer in 1896, and his
comparative youth was then consider
ed to handicap him in the race. But
Senator Bryan Of Florida was only
thirty-one years Of age last October,
and his smooth shavcn face helps TO
give him n boyish aspect. He is the
kid" senator. wrestling this honor
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-04
LINES TO LOUISA.

The same being our forty-seventh maid
who has cone t. smash elsewhere.l
A week ago we had a maid
Whose memory will never fade.
You should have seen Louisa!
She piled the plates on which we dined
So very high they called to mind
The leaning tower of Pisa.
At other times they did not lean
When carried by our kitchen queen
(Whose other name was Dennis).
But rose as straight as spire or tree,
And then her model seemed to be
The campanile, Venice.
The leaning tower was first to go,
And when 1t hit the floor below
The havoc was appalling!
At once another crash occurred,
And then, alas. we knew We heard
The campanile falling!
! see its shattered remnants yet.
Twas half our wedding dinner set
The other half was Pisa.
MY chatelaine her protest filed.
pray leave" she cried, "ere 1 go wild.
For Pelion on Ossa piled
Would be YOU next, Louisa!'
Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper's Weekly