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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-24
The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co, bank
ers and brokers, I.ibbs building, members
New York Stock Exchange. Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board OF
Trade
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call, IL O'Clock noon-Capital
Traction IS, 81. 600 at liz.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. 4s, $1,000 at sO5s.
81 600 at S0M.
Potomac Electric Light 5s, II 600 at 100.
Capital Traction. 1 at 125.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 80 at sou,
80 at sos.
Lanston Monotype, 100 at 10h.
Greene Cananea, 81 at 10H.
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank, at
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HUMIDITY MOST ABNORMAL
TWENTY DEGREES MORE THAN
SEASON JUsTIFIEs.
Heavy Rain Promoted Comfort, But
Did Some Damage in
Suburbs.

Another thing the weather Is RESPONSE
BILE for is a remarkable originality Of COM
ment on General Humidity and "Jupi-
ter Pluvius."
Whenever the breaking mercury dashes
high up in the glass thermometer tube
there is always some one who grabs you
by the buttonhole at the most exasperat-
ing and inopportune moment and tells you
about the humidity and likens that con-
dition Of the atmosphere to a military
gentleman by calling it general"
If it were major or captain for a change
the hot weather situation would be much
more easily borne.
But the humidity did rise to an enor-
nous height yesterday Even the cool,
placid gentlemen who comprise the fore
cast division at the weather bureau will
tell you that so degrees is 20 degrees
and more above the normal
Today, although a cooling breeze fingers
in the wake of last nights storm and
helps things somewhat. the humidity
mark is go The thermometer yesterday
and today fingered about the 100 mark.
The weather prediction for today and
tomorrow is that we may have local
rains and that general weather conditions
will remain unchanged. The local rains
are hard to spot. and may appear at any
point within the area covered by the 1ore-
"a
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Quotations furnished by E. +. Hutton 4 Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange: G. Bowie
Chapman. manager. 1901 ct. NV.
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL, July 4-Cotton: Spot.
dull: prices easier: American middling,
fair. 662; good middling. 6.o6; middling,
sos; low middling. $50; good ordinary.
5.O2; ordinary. 49,. The sales of the day
were 5000 bales of which 300 were for
speeulation and export and included $500
American. Receipts, 1000 bales, all Amer
lean.
Futures opened quiet and steady and
closed dull. July. 5591a: July-August. $50;
5.2S1s; September DC
tober, 3 1917; October November. 5.O7: No
vember- December. SOP; December jan
uary. 4a9: January February 4,97; Feb
ruary-March. 49s; March-April. 400;
April 1904.
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Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 80: q yeaf ago. IS.
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Anal. Copper.
Am. Beet Sugar Co.
Am. Can Co. .......
Am. Can Co.. pfd.
Am. Car & Fdry...
Am. G.. & F., pfd.
Am. Cotton Oil Co.
Am. Cot. Oil Co.. pr.
Am. Ice Securities.
Am. Locomotive. 90.
Am. Loco, pfd. 49,.
Am. Smelling.
Am. Smelling. pfd.
Am. Sugar.
Am. Sugar. pfd. %.
Am. Tob.. pfd.
Anaconda ..........
At, Top. g. 8. Fe.
A., T. & 8. F.. pfd.
At. Coast Line. 49,.
B. & o.
B. & o.. pfd. .......
Brook. Rapid Tran.
Canadian Pacific.
y, c.. c. & st. L.
Central Leather.
Cen. Leather, pfd. j..
Chesa. & Ohio.
Chi. Great Western.
Chi. Mil. & st. P.
9. NJ. & st. P. pfd.
Chicago & NV. 90.
Col. Fuel & Iron.
Col. Southern. 1890.
c. & H. c.. & I. 80.
consolidated Gas.
Corn Products.
Corn Products, pfd.
Delaware & Hudson
Del. Lac. & West. i.
Den. & Rio Grande.
Distillers' Securities
Erie, common. ......
Erie. LIST pfd. ......
Erie. I'd pfd. .......
General Electric. 90.
Great Nor. Ore. 80.
Great Nor. pfd.
Hooking Valley.
Hooking Valley,pfd.
Illinois Central. 80.
1nterboro Met.
1nterboro Met, pfd.
International Paper.
K. c. Southern. 80.
X. c. Southern, pfd.
Louisville & Nash. i.
MacKay Cos.
Mackay Co.'S. pfd. .
Mexican Central. 90.
NJ, X. G. T., com.
NJ. X. & T.. pfd.
NJ. 8. P. & s. s. M.
NJ. S. P. & SIS. NJ. .pf
Missouri Pacific.
National Biscuit Co.
Nat. Biscuit Co.. pf.
National Lead.
n. Y. Air Brake. 80.
N. Y. Central.
N. Y, Chi. & st. L.
N. Y. c. & s. L.. I'd
N. Y. Ont. & w.
Norfolk & Western.
Northern Pacific.
Pac. Mail Steam. -.
Pennsylvania r. i.
Peoples Gas of Chi.
Pressed Steel Car. i.
Ry. Steel Spring Co.
Ry. S. S. Co., pfd. i.
Reading ............
Rep. Iron & Steel. i.
Rep. I. & S.. pfd.
Rock Island. com
Rock Island. pfd..
Sloss-Shemeld Steel.
8. L. & s. F.. I'd of.
81 Louis y. W.. pfd.
Southern Pacific.
So. Pacific. pfd.
Southern Ry.
Southern Ry., pfd. i.
Tennessee Copper.
Toll. st. L. & w.
T.. s. L. & W., pfd.
Union Pacific.
Union Pacific, pfd.
U. S. Rubber. $500.
U. s. Rubber. pfd.
Z. 8. Steel. ........
U. S. Steel, pfd. %.
Utah Copper. $500.
Va.-Car. Chem. Co.
Va. l., c.. & C. Co. :.
Wabash ............
Wabash, pfd. .......
Western Union.
West. Elec. Man,.
Wisconsin Central.
Wisconsin Gen., pfd.-
Wooden Goods. 49,.
Wooden Goods, pfd.
BOZ
Am. Tob. As.
Am. lob. IS. .......
B. r. T. As. ........
Inter. Met. AIS.
Rock Island As. 49,.
U. 8. Steel IS.
Union Conver. As.
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Rain Area Not Widespread.


Last nights heavy rain. for instance.
was of a purely local variety. Some near
points did not receive the benent.
But it was good one WINE II lasted.
precipitating Is inches upon this thirsty
old earth and relieving the drought SIT
uation considerably. Although the re-
ports were not all in at the weather bu-
reau at / o'clock today. 1t was said that
the rain covered a wide but rather spot
ted area. Baltimore. the nearest station
to Washington. reported heavy rain.
The heavy rainstorm late yesterday aft
ernoon assumed proportions OF a clouo-
burst In the Oxon Hill district Of Prince
eastern District line. 1t appeared to have
originated there.
Tie lightning was terrific. doing con-
siderable damage. Rain fell IN torrents
causing the inundation of bottom lands
and great loss of growing crops that had
not been ruined by the long drought
Bridges were washed away at NUMBER
of points, causing much greater loss.
Anacostia Is Deluged.
In the Congress Heights region OF the
District the rain was also severe, wash
ing streets and doing other damage.
The town of Anacostia and the sur
rounding section experienced a severe
electrical and rain storm last evening, be-
ginning at o'clock and continuing
through the early portion Of the night.
The rain was so continuous that the
streets were flooded with water Passen-
gers from the street cars who found 1t
necessary to alight had hard time wad-
ing through the running streams to shell
ter.
The cutters were unable to carry of
the downpour. Streets and sidewalks
were flooded.
The lightning that accompanied the
storm was severe and incessant 1t Is
not believed 1t caused any damage. The
storm gradually gave way to a gentle
downfall of rain about'9 O'Clock.
Damage at Boyds.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BOYDS, Nd. July %, 1908.
Terrific electrical storms have played
havoc in this section Of Montgomery
county the past week or ten days. Prop
erty valued at approximately $4,000
has been destroyed Lightning. fol-
lowed by fire. has caused the loss Of
valuable animals and injury to farm
houses and outbuildings.
Mrs. Levia Watkins. who lives near
Germantown reports a loss OF 81 500.
Last night the fine barn and outbuild-
ings on the farm of Dr. Eugene Jones
Of Kensington were completely de-
stroyed by fire. He places his loss at
$1,000. His residence was saved after
hard work on the part OF neighbors.
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Alleged Assault.

Constable A. ]. Payne Of Fairfax coun-
ty. Va, has served a warrant on George
Quander. colored, charged with assault
ing and beating Simon beavers of Fair
fax county. Owing to Quanders illness he
was not taken in custody. Constable
Payne said this morning that Quander
claims he was robbed by white men in
Fairfax county while asleep they cutting
the pockets of his trousers and taking
$3.50, after which he claims they threw
hay upon him. setting it on fire, and as
a result he was badly burned about the
Leg. The report is being investigated.
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Rye-Cash. old. Is: new, Il.
Barley-Cash. 65a89.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3.&.
Clover nominal.
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Closing Quotations.
At the close of the stock market the fol-
lowing stocks had changed In price since
above quotations, there being no change
In balance Of the closing prices:
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25
From an Unprejudiced Standpoint.

Thread advances-presumab be-
cause the lumber for spoOls is ad-
vanced; lumber for spools has ad-
vanced because oats are high (the
logging teams require grain three
times day, and that mounts up), oats
are high because of wet spring, and
as the wet spring was sent presum-
ably by Providence, certainly my lady
must not protest when her gown costs
more by so per cent. 1t is put for
ward by some social economists that
dear money, as the term expresses 1t,
is a sign of prosperity. But is it? Is
it, when the prosperity of the many Is
being milked to swell by greater ratio
the prosperity of the few? Is the av-
erage man today getting his moneys
worth? Occasionally 1--WE would not
breathe the confession outside Of our
own booming country = occasionally
into the minds of some of us creeps
the suspicion that the average man
who occupies the bottom of the heap
is not-Lippincott's.
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25
ROASTING THAT is VAIN.
Facts Disprove Extravagant Claims
Made by Republicans.

The national Republican platform l:
| nothing If not boastful, nor can it bs
said that 1t is any more truthful thar
bashful. That bundle Of fabrication
and Misrepresentation, amongst othel
things, declares:
Under the administration of the
Republican parry the foreign com
merce of the United States has expert
enced remarkable growth, until i
has a present annual valuation of ap
proximately three billions of dollars
and gives employment to a vast
amount Of labor and capital which
would otherwise be idle"
On that general declaration the New
York Journal of Commerce and Com
mercial Bulletin says:
Now, whatever may have been the
influences which have contributed t(
the development of our foreign com
merce, the policy of the Republican
party is certainly not one of them
The protectionist theory cOntemplates
the absolute elimination of the import
OF products which the country does moi
produce, and necessarily tends to the
hampering of the process of CONNER
clal exchange which, in the last analy
sis, resolves itself into barter. Com
pared with the other great nations o.
the world the ratio of our foreign trade
to population is certainly not impres
sive.
by the way of Supplementing the
general claim that the Republican
party has fOstered and promoted for
eign commerce. the assertion is added
that it has also inaugurated through
the recent visit of the secretary oi
state to South America and Mexico g
new era of Pan-American commerce
bringing us into closer touch with ouI
~ sister American republics, and
Offering us limitless field o1
legitimate commercial expansion
The specific claim has even less
foundation than the general one
Eminently beneficial for the pro
motion of a better understanding be
tween the United States and Latin
-hhiSiiSd do tuc flSltS Ol SSCESldTy
Root unquestionably were, they fnau
gurated' nothing in the way of com
mercial initiative, not even the postal
subsidies which Mr. Root so urgently
demanded"
The fact is that the tariff has beer
great barrier. which the South
American republics have found it al
most impossible to surmount in their
trade with us. the exception being the
enormous trade in coffee from Brazil
and without which the trade with that
country would be comparatively insig
nificant
But then, there is free trade in cof
fee. so the Republicans can hardly
claim that the Republican policy ol
protection has built up that trade
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25
Do We Want a Great Arnnu2

The presidents plan for a standing
army of 100000 men naturally appeals
to the hero of San Juan hill, but how it
will strike the people is another ques
ton. They will be likely to ask what
is the need for an enormously in.
creased standing army in the United
States.
1t is proposed to organize the regu-
lars OF the army and the state militia
together and mobilize them in army
corps. For this purpose the regular
army is to be enlarged, and the militia,
since a recent law was passed, now
become national volunteers, will be
called upon to join the establishment
in a tentative way. Eight great
maneuver and instruction camps are
to be formed and there $4,000 regulars
and volunteers will be drilled together
for a month every year. By two years
from now the war department expects
to have a well-trained, coherent force
of 250,000 men, ready for action at an
hours notice.
How the country will take to this
project remains to be seen. Do tax
payers wish to support an enlarged
regular army, besides paying salaries
and expenses to 100000 volunteers?
What do We want Of great military
force? If we mind our own business
We shall not get into another war be-
yond our present power to handle.
The day when war had glory in the
average mans eyes and when every
citizen was anxious to display himself
in uniform he's passed, it is to be
hoped, forever - Chicago Journal
(Rep).
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25
Hamiltonian Republicans.

The Republicans evidently believe
that the constitution does not count
Cor much nowadays, for the word con-
stftution does not appear in the
speeches of Senator Lodge, or Mr.. Bur-
ton, made at the Republican conven-
ton, and only one reference to that In
strument is made in the platform. This
reference occurs in the resolution re-
Iating to the enforcement of the thir-
teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25
An Era of Extravaqanee.

The Roosevelt administration now
places to its account the third deficit
in seven years. With deficits of $42,-
000,0 in 1904, $23.000,000 in 1905
and now $60,OOO,O0O in 190S-consic-
ering the flush times it has enjoyed
up to nine months ago-it makes =
shockingly had showing.
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25
Difference in Conventions.

The work of a Democratic national
convention never has represented the
coercion of federal officeholders. The
results of Democratic conventions
mean that the men sent to carry out
Democratic instructions are controlled
by those they meet when they go back
home to give an account of themselves
and the result.
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25
FOR GREATER
MISSISSIPPI

Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial
and Industrial Development of the State
Incompatible Resources Of1icial Organ OF
Department Of Agriculture and Commerce.
The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-25

Jeffcoat of Soso, Jones county, had
already put up 100 cans and expected to
increase that number by 1000 before
the fruit season was over. Mr.. jeff
coat had samples OF his fruit in Laurel
and it was pronounced as good as could
be had anywhere. While the big can
ming establishments have not succeed
ed SO we'll, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the little ones will prove all
right.
An effort is being made to reor ganize
the State Horticultural Society that
was organized three years since and
dropped into deep sleep thereafter. 1t
should be done. Mississippi should
have horticultural society.
Hon. Walter Robertson of the Wes-
son Enterprise recently wrote strong
editorial on the success of the girl in
business. He emphasizes the fact that
they come to work in the morning fresh
and ready for the days work, while the
boys too often show loss of sleep and
have to contend with severe headache.
While they may not be as strong as the
young men, they take care of them
selves and are able to do often much
more in a day. There is food in this
for serious thought. The young men
must look to their laurels or in a few
years the girls will be holding the We.
sponsible positions.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
Hearst's Higher Ups
Wanted in San Diego
District Attorney Hopes TO Pun
ISL Men Who Gave Bur-
glars Their Orders
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO The CALI

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO The CALL
SAN DIEGO, March 22.-J. H Nichols.
the political manager for William r.
Hearst in this section of the state. and
johnnie Gray, also OF the staff of the
Los Angeles Examiner. have been max
ing strenuous efforts yesterday and to-
day to smother the prosecution OF the
three Hearst reporters charged with
burglary. They have interviewed about
every one thought to have anx interest
In the case. except the district attor-
ney's Office, and have met with cold
reception on all sides.
They have found. however. that the
prosecution Is not nearly so anxious to
press the case against the men now
under arrest - to- secure the punish
ment of the higher ups" in the Exam
iner ofEIce who gave the orders that
were responsible for the burglary of
Photographer Fitchs studio and the
theft of his films. 1t has been inti-
mated to Nichols and Gray that IL they
really are in earnest in their professed
desire to get the reporters off this end
can be effected by substituting as de-
fendants the men who gave them the
orders and complimented them on their
successful accomplishment of the theft.
This is exactly what the Hearst peo-
pie do not want. Before leaving Los
Angeles on his errand OF suppression an
Examiner representative approached
people supposed to have some influence
with the prosecution and fatty stated
that the Hearst people were willing the
reporters should suffer, but the matter
must be SO arranged that no blame for
the affair should attach either to Will
liam r. Hearst or the Examiner. 1t
was intfmated that money would not be
permitted to stand in the way of such
an arrangement
The whole attitude of the Examiner
has been to lay the entire blame upon
Reporter Beard, and the original inten-
ton was to let him remain in jail. The
change in program came about only
when Beard let 1t be known that he
was willing to state the facts regard
ing his orders and that he also proposed
to file suit for heavy damages.
The preliminary examination will be
held April 2, and 1t is believed the
bonds deposited for the appearance of
the men will be forfeited
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
COLONEL FArRFAx DIES

RICHMOND, Va. March 22-Colonel
John Walter Fairfax died today at his
home in Leesylvania. Prince William
county. Va in his eightieth year. He
was q well known veteran OF the civil
war. having held the rank of colonel in
the confederate army IN 1864 he sue
ceeded Colonel Zorren as ranking on
Ger on the stan OF General Longstreet.
owing 10 his dash ana galiantry Colo
rel Fairfax has been characterized in
history as ',Longstreefs fghtinz aide "
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
HEARST'S KNIFE IS OUT TO
DESTROY BRYAN'S HOPES
National independence League
Party Will Do Best to
Defeat Nebraskan
srECIAL DIsPATcH To ZEE cAI-

NEW YORK, March 22.-The Hearst
people. it was said today, have about
made up their minds to hold their ma
tionaI convention Of the National In
dependence league party" at Chicago
about July 21- There are four cities
under consideration - Boston. New
York. Chicago and San Francisco-but
in all probability Chicago will be Sc
lected.
As to Hearst.s Official announcement
that the national party would not sup
port Roosevelt. Bryan or Governor
johnson of Minnesota, it is now known
definitely that the Hearstites are deter
mined first last and all the time TO de-
feat Bryan at the polls in November.
should Bryan be nominated at Denver.
1t was stated today by those in
Hearst's confidence that, while he would
not raise hand TO defeat Bryan's nom
fnafion p. Denver. he would use every
means AZ his command to prevent Bry-
ans election
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
AMERICAN A RACING CAR
NEARS SAN FRANCISCO
Leader i'm New York-Paris Tour
Changes Route and Will
Arrive Today
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

BAKERSFIELD. March 23.-The Thom-
as Flyer. the American car which is
leading in the New York to Paris race
reached Bakersfield at 1910 o'clock this
morning and will remain here until day
light 1t will resume its journey to San
Francisco before s o'clock.
In charge of the car were Captain
Hansen. George Shucster and Harold
Brinkar, driver Accompanying it was
the REQ pilot car whssh made the trip
from Cheyenne In the LITTER We're s.
H. Sherman of Salt Lake and NJ. B.
Fletcher of Denver.
The racing car left Mojave at s o'clock
yesterday morning and Tehachapi at
S.15 o'clock last evening. Ballarat was
made at noon and Garden Springs at 6
.. m. There we're no accidents on the
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
Rev. Orlando Hart of Oakland
Vigorously Condemns the
Schmitz Case Decision
Cries Shame on Powers That
Pervert Justice to Free
Criminals
Urges New Statutes TO Prevent
Verbal QuibbIes Defeating
MOraIity's Demands

..syy-hat shame that men elected TO the
state legislature should be guilty of
crime, what shame that men elected TO
municipal office should be guilty of
crime. what greater shame that ''the
powers thnt he Should interpose a
verbal difficulty 10 overbaIanee a
moral difficulty. and that state law be
construed as having no moral founda-
s1ou other 1han the dictum of Iegis-
lature.
: where the people and not the in
serests' sre considered. all civil law is
\ transIation of the moral law into
terms of civil eaactEs-c~--
Let us hope that mt decisions
of higher courts =. Sifornia will
awaken the people 10 rearite if neces-
sary the laws Of this state.--Extracts
from sermon on ssThe Powers That
Be~ preached last night by Rev. Orlando
f. Hart. pastor of the Centennial Pres
'slyfe-ian church. East Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
FLEET SOON TO START
Target Practice to Be Over
April 9 or 10
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


SAN DIEGO, March ga wireless
message from Magdalena bay this even
ing brought the announcement that
target practice with the battleships
was progressing in such satisfactory
manner that 1t was practically certain
all would be through firing by April 9
or 10. Boat drills and shore drills are
being practiced by the vessels not di-
rectly on the firing range. and coaling
is going on as fast as the vessles can
be served by the colliers.
Meanwhile the navy department at
affairs in the southern waters. cipher
messages being sent down from the
Point Iona station thick and fast.
Yesterday telegram was received from
Hawaii tc the effect that the wireless
signals had been caught at the Homo.
lulu station, although, being in cipher.
they were of course meaningless An
unexpected arrival in port last evening
was the navy tug Navajo. from Mare
island. She remained long enough to
fill her crude oil and fresh water tanks
and then resumed her voyage to Mag
dalena bay to report to Rear Admiral
Evans.
Among the reports brought up by
the schooner Nellie, which went to
Magdalena with cargo of shoes. fresh
fruit and candy, is one Of how Admiral
Evans himself saved the schooner from
ter the latter had discovered the alb
sence of consular invoice for the Nell
lies cargo. the schooner was liable to a
heavy fine and to double duties. but the
admiral sent word that the goods on
the Nellie were supplies for the fleet