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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, September 16.-Grain open
ing: Wheat-December, 97A to 50: Sep
TENDER. 1.O1A to 1902; May, 1.O1S.
The wheat market opened weak, owing
to selling brought out by a decline of "
to Id at Liverpool. and by continued lib
eral receipts in the northwest. Initial
quotations showed losses of shade to
u compared with the previous close De-
cember being at 97B to 80. Early in the
day, however. all of the loss was regained
on buying by commission houses and
shorts, December advancing to 9sha9Ss.
Trade in general was rather quiet
In the corn market December delivery
opened Is lower at co.'s, then advanced to
6OM.
Trade in the oats market was dull. De-
cember opened shade higher at 39X.
and sold up to 39Ba4O.
Provisions were strong. Prices at the
opening were unchanged to 22h higher.
NEW YORK. septeber 1e-Grain open
Fiour-Receipts. 27,s65. Firmly held
with trading quiet. Minnesota patents,
5.1Oa6.OO: winter straights, 4.S5a4.95; Min
nesota bakers, 4.65ao.25; winter extras
4.2Oa4.6O; winter patents. 5.OOa5.4O; win
ter low grades. 4.1Oa4.JO: kansas
straights. 4.S5a495.
Wheat receipts, 1920. Apart from a
brief opening depression and u decline
wheat was quite steady this morning on
further bull support at Chicago, and COM
mission-house buying induced by the
strength of corn. December, 1O6Aa
LOO 11-16: May, 1.07Aa1.OS.
Rye-Dull; No 2 western, 75h nominal
(. o. b. New York
Corn-Receipts. 43. 72o.
Beef steady.
Pork-Strong: mess. 24.25a2475; family,
%. 5Oa24O0; short clear. 23.OOa24.5O
Lard-Easy; middle west, 12.3ja1245
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 367a
$40: centrifugal 96 test, 4.17a42O mo-
lasses sugar. 3.42a3.45; refined, steady;
crushed, 5.So: powdered, 5.25; graduated,
SIS.
Petroleum-steady: refined. all ports.
S.2OaS25.
cofree-Quiet; No. Z. ~; No. 4. Santos
s1sa9.
Enthusiastically: New Orleans. 2sa42.
Liverpool Grain Prices.
LIVERPOOL, September 16.-Closing-
Wheat-Spot dull; No. 2, red western
winter, Is 6hd: futures steady; septem-
Der. Is Esd; December. Is Esd: March.
Is I'd.
Corn-Spot steady: new American mix
ed (via Galveston). 6s i'd: futures quiet,
October. IS AID: December, is sgd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
London Market.

Special Cablegram To The Star.
LONDON, September 16.-Consofs are
harder in tone, rejecting the Bank of
England statement. Home rails, however,
are heavy. Foreign securities, beyond
firmness, do not reveal any feature. KAT
frs firm Copper shares evidence
strength in the face of the increase of
2,16G tons in foreign visible supply of
the metal within the last two weeks.
American railway shares finished with
a cheerful sentiment at the highest prices
in official session, but on the curb halt
ed somewhat. Rio Tintos were y higher
at IT'S. The continental bourses left off
irregular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
Quotations furnished by f. F. Hutton & Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange; Thomas L.
FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, September 16.-The weekly
statement Of the Bank Of England shows
the following changes: Total reserve in
creased 1000. circulation decreased
f314,OOO. bullion decreased s19.736, other
securities decreased 945OOOO. other de-
posts decreased f336.OOO. public deposits
increased f154.OOO. notes reserve in
creased E291 .OOO government securities
unchanged. The proportion of the banks
reserve to liability this week is SO. SO per
cent; last week it was 52.68 per cent.
BERLIN, September 16.-Exchange or
London, 20 marks 4O1s pfennigs for checks
Money, IA per cent. Private discoun,
rate, 3A per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
TREASURY STATEMENT.

The condition Of the Treasury at the
beginning of business today was as fol-
lows:
Trust funds
Gold coin. $685., $50. 800.
Silver dollars, 4S4.S24,OOO.
silver dollars of 1890, 100000.
Silver certificates outstanding. $4S4.s24.-
900.
General fund
Standard silver dollars In general fund.
$685., OSS
Current liabilities. SOB, 479,354.
Working balance in Treasury offices
500, COS. 400
In banks to credit of treasurer OF tha
United States, $780, 7S4.997
Subsidiary silver coin, 500, 7S7. 500
Minor coin, 81, 73O,32S
Total balance in general fund. s94. los.
214
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular CALL IL O'Clock noon-W ASKING
ton Gas cert. $50 at no.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. As, 81 600 at STU
$1,000 at SITS $1,000 at SIS. $1,000 at S7N.
Capital Traction. 20 at 1851.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 10 at 93h
100 at 931a.
Washington Gas. 25 at 67k. % at s7%.
Mergenthaler Linotype. at PA. 10 at 213h
at 2l3.
Lanston Monotype, 100 at 1915. 10 at 1914
60 at 1914, 80 at 183.
National Metropolitan Bank, 10 at POI.
United States Trust. 10 at 11lla. 10 at 111N.
East Washington Savings Bank. 10 at IL.
Arlington Insurance, 25 at 2S
After call-Washington Rwy. and Elec. CON-
10 at II. 5 at A. so at Al, 80 at Al. so at A.
90 at 47a. 100 at AN.
Capital Traction. 10 at 1854, 10 at 1854, al
1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
Factory Cruelty Long Ago.

From the London Chronicle.
The English factories. before the pass
ing of the factory acts. were not much
better than the Scottish coal pits of the
seventeenth century. Children were often
worked for sixteen hours at stretch.
Hundreds of them died. Many tried to
run away, and. to render this impossible
irons were riveted on their ankles. and In
these they worked and slept. The author
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE. Md. September I6.-WHEAT-
Firmrr; spot contract. LOT: spot No red
western. 1.09&.: September, 1.O7: October / O6a.
December. 1O6asa1. O67s; steamer No. red
9ihs; receipts. 7.l63 bushels; southern by sam
pie. Local .O4: southern on grade LOCAL .O6
CORN-Firmer: year. 64laa64A; January, 64a
Gals: receipts. I $50 bushels
oATS.Flrm; No. white. 42ha43; No. 3
80. 345 bushels.
RYE-Firm: No. western domestic, 7ea77;
receipts, 3.l35 bushels.
HAY-Firm. unchanged
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Easier; steam to Liver.
pool per bushel. Id September; Cork for orders
per quarter, Is Sd September.
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If 1.-The History of the Factory Move.

Of 1.-The History of the Factory Move
ment' gives q graphic account of a typi-
cal factory in those days I'm stencil. in
heated rooms, amid the constant whirling
Of thousand wheels. little fingers and
little feet were kept In ceaseless action,
from the heavy hands and feet of the
merciless overlooker. and the infliction Of
bodily pain by instruments of punishment
invented by the sharpened ingenuity of
Unsuitable selfishness." And all this was
less than q hundred years agot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co, bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange, Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board OF
Trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16

Bar silver steady, 23Nd per ounce.
Money Za1 per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is 1sta1 TIC per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
three-month bills is HAL 9-18 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16

DR.. Cooks great north pole narrative
will be continued In tOmOrrow's Star.
The second installment II even more
Interest compelling THAI the first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
Gold From Bank Of England.

LONDON September 16.-Gold amount
ing to &1.sOO.OOo was withdrawn from the
Bank Of England today for shipment to
South America. 100000 for Rumania
and 100000 for Egypt,
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
HIDES HER IDENTITY.
Woman. accused of Shophfting,
GiUes Fictitious Name.

a woman who gave her name as Sarah Dean,
of No 349 Ninth avenue, Brooklyn, which she
admitted were a fictitious name and address,
given to save her husband grief was arrested
late yesterday afternoon in E Broadway depart
ment store, charged with shoplifting W II
Wall q store detective made the arrest.
The women well dressed in beaver coat,
with nauf to match, black dress and picture hat
It is alleged that she took from the store coun-
ters a hatpin some yelling and a silk waist,
valued in all az g.
The woman arraigned before Magistrate
Corrigan, in the night court She pleaded not
guilty, and was held in $500 bail for examination
on wednesday. Later Alec G Calder, . brother
OF Congressman Calder. of Brooklyn, appeared
at the night court with Max Hartman, proprietor
OF the Park Circle Hotel who gave bond upon
which the woman relea sed
Detective Wall says the woman told him that
her husband is a civil engineer now in the West
and formerly employed by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company. .r
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
TRAIN WIRELESS TEST
USED SUCCESSFULLY ON
LAKE SHORE ROAD.
Officials, Enthusiastic, Declare That
Accidents Nay Be Eliminated
to Large Degree.

Cleveland Feb 2T-That wireless telegraphy
as z means of communication between moving
trains and dispatching Offices is possibls was
proved to-day Messages we're received in
Cleve17nd from the Marconi operator aboard
Section ?. Train 35, on the Lake Shore & Michi-
the second section Of Train 80, on the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern.
Cleveland first came into communication with
the train when the latter passing North
Girard. Penn, eighty miles east, at seventy
miles an hour. Other messages were received
here from the train, the last one being received
from Sandusky. sixty miles west. Cleveland
was equipped only with receiving instrument,
the test. because of this being incomplete
That thorough test Of the wireless is to be
made by the Lake Shore was the declaration Of
! w DAILY. general passenger agent tonight.
He was enthusiastic in his praise of the results
obtained in the test to-day, Chicago officers Of
the road also are quoted praising the wireless
as means of communicating with trains. Mr.
DAILY declares the tests success means that az
cidents can be eliminated in a large degree.
He said an effort would be made TO equip
of the Lake Shores fastest trains with wireless
instruments. the more thoroughly to determine
the value Of wireless.
MI DAILY expressed the opinion that railroads
all over the world would at once investigate the
use of wireless, with the probability that dis
patching would soon be accomplished by this
means, keeping trains in constant conmunica-
ton with dispatching Offices. so that not the
slightest chance of accident preventable by
warning shall remain
Frederick Samnlis, Marccni operator, was in
charge Of the instrument iashed TO a BARRIERS
chair aboard the train Two wires thrust from
the rear Of the coach intercepted the electric
waves Running west from Dunkirk, n. Y,
he continually tried for Cleveland. Finally the
crack, sputter, Crack Of his instrument
showed him result I'VE have Cleveland" he
said
Then messages were sent-a long message,
then short messages-to test the instrument.
The train was running seventy miles hour
then. When the train halted in Cleveland other
newspaper men Joined the party. Some
rnained with ti., train to Chicago, others went
a score of miles west of Toledo. Toledo re-
oeived messages from the train from fifteen
miles west, ct least
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
BON4P4RTE F4CETIOUS.
Some Bequests to Successor in His
Official VII"

Baltimore, Feb. 27.-Attorney General Bona
parte laughingly made his official will to-day IN
which he bequeathed to his successor. he said.
"on~-o choice collection of actions under the anti
trust Law. Including
Action against the Standard Oil Trust sec
ond attempt
Action against the Tobacco Trust. to dissolve
the monopoly in smoke. -..
Action against the Powder Trust. with possi-
bilities for pyrotechnios.
Action against the Turpentine and Naval
stores Trust-a stinger.
Action against the Anthracite Coal Carriers
a hot case
Action against the Hartman railroads-not
asleep ar the switch
Action against the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad-the cutting of a Mellen.
Asked whether he believed that the libel suits
against certain newspapers would be pushed to
conclusion by the incoming administration, Mr.,
Bonaparte answered:
Just what the new administration may or
NAV not do l have no way of telling. but this /
do krov--they would have been pushed to the
limit bv the present administration"
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
BETRAYs BOY INcENDIAR1Es.
Prisoner Writes from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Centre Lads Confess. Police Say.

District Attorney Coles Of Nassau County re-
ceived his Office in 3Iineola. Long Island. yes
terdav notice from the refornatory 10 which Frank
Hendrickson had been sent that several Rockvtlls
Centre boys had banded themselves together 70
burn and rob He turned the letter over TO County,
Detective Seaman and Under Sheriff William Efuits
for investigation They went to Rockville Centre
and they say. obtained from the boys consesslcns
that they had been concerned IN numerous crfrnes
The police OF Rockville Centre have believed that
many of the recent fires were started by an srcer-
diarys No arrests have been made and Il is s,ls-
peeted that this is due IN part fact that II.
son OF prominent resident OF RocxNIls Cent?. q,
jointly accused His name was withheld
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
SAVES FRIEND IN RIVER.
Courae ee and Presence of Mind Pre-
Jent DrOCnlng.

The courage and presence Of mind OF friend
saved Edwin Cronk, clerk. living at NO 'oo
Washington street, from drowning N the Nortn
River Ia ST night.
rronr had been home sick all day, and last
a1,cnirg John Hurley. who lives in the same
bonsa suggested walk The two strolled TO
the river and sat on the edge of the pier While
there Cronk was seized with fits, and before his
friend could do anything fell over the string
piece
Without moments hesitation Hurley tore off
his heavy overcoat and dived into the river As
he came 10 the surface he saw Cronk come up
within few feet. Selling Cronk with one
hand. Hurley kept both ahoat. at the same time
shouting for help. His cries were heard by two
,atrolrnen and the men were held up with boat
hooks until they were hauled into boat Both
man were taken to St. Vincents Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
HORSE AND DRIVER DEAD.
Car Hits Wagon in Bo7rery-Re-
series Called Out.

Madison and Fourth avenue pay-as-you-
enter car. running swiftly, struck wagon
the Bowery at 1st street last night killing the
driver Hyman Razofsky of No. ~ Wendover
avenue. The Bronx. and the horse instantly. A
helper Jacob Sherman. of No. Il Market street,
who was in the back of the wagon, jumped just
before the collision.
Razofsky was an expressman, and had in his
covered wagon a lot Of sweatshop coats and
trousers According to Sherman, Razofsky saw
a Third avenue car approaching in the rear, and
drove on the Fourth and Madison avenue tracks.
He had turned his horse to return to the Third
avenue tracks when the Fourth and Madison
avenue car struck it, Man horse and wrecked
wagon were pushed along the street for fifteen
feet in a confused mass
The body of the driver taken to the Null
berry street station. and Patrolman Murphy ar
rested the uotornan of the car, Edward Cavan-
augh of No AS East 10Th street, a technical
charge OF homicide. The accident occurred while
the Bowery was crowded, and there was great
excitement The reserves of the Mulberry street
station " ere called out to maintain order.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
MILLIONS TO WORKMEN.
Mr. Leuer's Plan to Take EN- pIoyes
Into Partnership.
Espeot.1 BY Fr.roh cable 70 The II


London Feb. 27.--Prof1t sharing. which is re-
garded by experienced economists as the most
trustworthy safeguard against the crude social
ism represented by the Labor party. has made
a fresh advance Mr Lever, who owns all the
ordinary shares in his enormous soap business
has offered TO issue half million Of partnership
certificates and allot them at his own discretion
70 his vorknen. His plan differs from Sir
CHRISTOPHER Furness's system OF profit sharing
inasmuch the vorkmen viii rot pay anything
for the certificates. These will be free gift
and will rank with ths ordinary shares after
per cent has been paid for the interest on the
owners capital Mr.. Lever estimates that the
value of his gift viii be E 100000. and he eX
poets to get his money back in an increased
stability OF business and more effective ser
vice from the working force The certificates
will not be generally distributed. but will be
bestowed upon those who have shown them
selves to be absolutely trustworthy NJ F.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
SERVIA YIELDS CLAIM
FORCED By THE POWERS,
SHE GETS NO LAND.
Austria to Grant Only Economic
and Commercial Rights-War
RU7pOrs Ended
RumOrs Ended.
rsp-cial BY French cao,; to n. r-su-ei

rspecfe1 b. French Cabls to The T-ou-el
Paris Feb 27-To Premier CIenencsa1 ard
" Pichon Minister of Foreign AHafrs. Is n
large measure due the basis OF the peaceful So
luton OF the Balkan crisis. which. according 70
trustworthy information received here to-day
from Vienna. St Petersburg and Belgrade IS ac-
cepted as satisfactory by Austria. Russia and
servia- and removes all present danger OF var
According TO this agreement. Russia consents to
Join with France England. Germany and Italy
in urging Servia 70 refrain from asking for ter
ritoriaI aggrandizement Of any description.
notably in renouncing her demand for strip
of soil across the Sandjak Of Novt-Bazar. row
Turkish territory. which would enable Servta to
have a route of communication with Montenegro
and thus permit her utilize the seaport Of the
latter friendly country. instead Of being bottled
up between Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria
Owing to. the consent OF Russia to act with the
Western powers. servia now agrees to make this
sacrifice. and moreover will make declaration
recognizing the annexation by Austria OF Bos-
MA and herzegovina As soon as Servia does
this Austria viii negotiate directly with Ser
via, and will accord to her important economical
and commercial concessions
This is all that can be done for Servia. and
this is the sole basis found acceptable to al tie
powers signatory to the Berlin treaty TO pre-
serve peace The Servfans. owing largely to
their history during the last twenty years have
TO a large extent forfeited the symDathies %
French and English diplomacy, and are re-
garded somewhat as the Venezuelans OF Eu-
rope. Thsy are TO be practically sacrificed now.
and NM CIemenceau and P1chon fully agree
with their British and Russian colleagues that
after all this is not too great price TO pay fer
the peace Of Europe.
Consequently. diplomatic solutions have at'last
been found for the three points which threat
ened war in the Balkans. The Austro- Turkish
protocol. signed yesterday, disposes Of the dir
Guilty between Austria and Turkey: second. the
Joint efforts at Constsntinopie and Sofa cf
France. Russia and England. together with the
moderation Of the Gar OF Bulgaria after his
visit TO the Emperor Of Russia. make 1t almost
certain that the differences between Turkey ard
Bulgaria will be speedily settled financial
basis. and third. the causes of conflict between
Austria and Servia have to-day been removed
on the basis already indicated C 3
(For other Balkan news see page four)
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
MR. HARTMAN TO TALK TO THE POINT
Texas Legislature Invites Him, and It Is Said
VIII Hear Some Things.
~ Telegraph 10 u Tribune. ]

Galveston Feb. 27-The Texas Legislature has
invited q H. Hartman TO to Austin and
make speech on current events. Mr.. Hartman
has accepted and is planning to address the legis-
lators briefly. but to the point 1t will take the
form OF lecture for Mr.. Hartman declares Texas
has earned an unenviahle reputation for ciscopr-
aging railroad building by the adoption OF drastic
laws against investment In Texas corporations and
especially railroads.
He purposes telling the Texas lawmakers just
what he knows about the throttling of capital He
says from his observations the Texas legislator
loses mis- reasoning powers when he reaches tho
capital, st Austin.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
MRS. STOKES I'LL FROM TAINTED BEEF
Is on Lecture Tour with Husband in Eastern
Massachusetts,
[By Telegraph to The Tribune

Lynn Mass. Feb. 27.-Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes,
Of New York, formerly Miss Rose Pastor is i'll in
Lynn from eating roast beef which she says
tainted The present agitation in Massachusetts,
bout the use of tuberculous beef food makes
the case of Mrs Stokes all the more striking
Mr.. and Mrs Stokes are ma king a lecture tour of
Eastern Massachusetts in aid of their socalistlc
beliefs They spoke Thursday in Amesbury
Thursday noon both ate roast beef in an ;Amesbury
hotel 1t was Mrs. Stokess portion of the beef
which as she says and Mr.. Stokes believes. was
tainted She suffered greatly Thursday night and
all dsv Yesterday To-day she is better and hopes
to be able to leave the hotel by tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
POPE Plus AGAIN ILL.
audiences Suspended-Sickruess Not
Considered Serious.

Rome. Feb. 27-The Pope felt so i'll this after
noon that he obliged to suspend further
audiences. His physicians do not consider his
sickness grave and believe that his indisposition
is largely due to the sudden changes in the
weather.
II is possible that the Pope's condition may
result in changes being made with reference to
the consistory. which it had practically been de-
cided TO hold on April 1
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
oUEsADA MAY JOIN MR.. ROOTS FIRM
Former Cuban Minister to Practise Law-De-
clines DIPLOMATIC Post

Havana Feb. 27.-Don Gonzalo de Quesada for
rner Cuban Minister to the United States arrived
here to-day presented his resignation to Prest
dert Gomez President Gomez to-day offered to
senor Quesada the ministership at Madrid or
Paris but ne declined accept either post SAYING
that he wished to retire from the diplomatic ser
vice and had decided TO practlse law Wash
ington, probably in connection with the law once
CT Sena1or-elect Root
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
Will Take Up the Study Under City Solicitor
of Cleveland

Columbus Ohio Feb 27.-Mayor Tom L Johnson
of Cleveland officially informed the Supreme Court
to-day of his intention become a lawyer. In his
application said that his preceptor Is to be New
ton Baker city solicitor of Cleveland
Mayor Johnson gave his age hfty-four years.
and he claimed 10 possess the necessary aualihca-
tions to become a disciple OF Blackstone.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION

A review of the more important features
of the administration of President Roosevelt
is published this morning on pages 10
and II.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

CARVING both club and observation car is SEA
BOARD FLORIDA LTD Quickest train 20 st.
anal knights Key. Inq. 1iSS B'way.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

DEWEY'S PORT WINE WITH OLIVE OIL
Nothing strengthening. We sell both.
H T Dewey & Sons Co, 13S Fulton St, New York
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

ONLY 80 HOURS TO HAVANA.
Round trip tickets via Penn. & Atlantic Coast Line
Leave 2.lQ ?. Il B'way cor. S0tk St.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
Only coMPLETE FLoRIpA raAIN

Confined on third page.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
MAYOR JOHNSON TO BECOME LAWYER

(For other balkan news see page four)