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Evening star., 1909-05-02
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, May 1.-The stock exchange
during the week retained its firm under
tone with good investment business and
fair speculative activity. which resulted
in small net gains. Cheap money and
the satisfactory settlement of Turkish
affairs were the chief factors in the I'M
provement, while the markets were
further benefited by the steady stream
of investment orders locally and for for
eign account This left the market some-
what bare of stock and assisted the set
tlement to pass off satisfactorily.
The budget anticipations somewhat cur
tailed business early in the week, but
the publication of its details found deal
ers agreeably surprised at the smallness
of the amount appropriated from the
sinking fund and il was the general
opinion that the budget might have been
worse.
The proposed increase in the stamp
duties was most disliked, as the issues
of American securities. as well as foreign
and government bonds. instead or belnS
made in London. are more likely to oc-
cur in New York and on the continent,
where the big English investors VIII pur-
chase direct thereby evadlng the tax
and decreasing the business of dealers
here Mexican and Canadian rails have
been feature during the week, their
strength being due 10 the good Mafch
statements.
American rails huctuated irresularly in
the week with bus ness rather on "A
smaller scale. Thursday and Friday,
however. a sharp upward movement III
Wall street buying caused values To close
a fraction over last Saturday. Canadian
Pacific was an exception, being three
points higher
PARIS, May Prices on the bcurse
today were firm on the beiet that the
day would pass off without any s.
turbances in the labor situation.
BERLIN May 1.-Prlces generally on
the bourse today were lower on prolt-
taking American shares improved.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
After the Big Scrap.

BEAUMONT, Tex, May lit is ru-
mored here that a determined effort will
be made by local promoters to stage the
Johnson-Jeffres match. The idea is 20
build big fight pavilion on an island in
Sabine lake, twenty miles from here.
The isiand in question is about four miles
from the shore lines of Louisiana and
Texas. and is consequently without their
Jurisdiction, coming under the federal
government. 1t is said that plans have
already been prepared for the erection
of a big fight club. and that work will
be commenced in the event of Johnson
and Jeffries agreeing to meet here.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
MANCHESTER CLOTH.

MANCHESTER, England. May l.
Business on the cloth market during the
week was of poor dimensions. especially
in shirtings, as Calcutta continued to
send inadequate offers. but Bombay
bought special lines rather more freely
and China took be ter quantities when
makers were inclined to make conces-
sions. The near eastern markets, al
though more settled. did little beyond
sending inquiring orders.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
NEW YORK METALS.

NEW YORK. May 1.-The metal mar
kets were generally unchanged with
prices more or less nominal I'm the abb
sence of cables. Tin remained easy al
2S. 9Oa29.15 Copper was dull with lake
quoted at 12.s71aa1300: electrolytic at
II 5Oa1262ls. and casting at II 371sa1o. so.
Lead was quiet and unchanged at 4 o0a
4 %, and spelter at 5.O21aa5.O71s Iron re-
manned steady at recent prices.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
Rules for Marathon.

NEW YORK, May lit is planned by
professional Marathon race promoters to
hold a meeting in the near future for the
purpose of adopting rules governing COM
petitions which will protect their en-
terprises. The most important action
to be taken will be the accurate meas
uring of all tracks. There will in all prob
ability be a blacklist and limitation
of purse money. 1t seems probable that
hereafter civil engineers will be employed
in the aging out of tracks, that no
question can arise to the correctness
of the distance Travelled by the runners
Evening star., 1909-05-02
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

NEW YORK. May Imports of mer-
chandise and dry goods at the port of
New York for the week ending April n
were valued at S17,6JO520
Imports of specie for the port of New
York for the week ending today were
S226. .692 silver and $219.37O gold
Exports of specie from the port of New
York for the week ending today were
81, ,O64 42O silver and $2,57S, 100, gold.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
NEW YORK LIVE STOCK.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Beeves-Receipts
1139; nothing doing; steady feeling.
Dressed beef slow. Exports, 80 cattle
and 1859 quarters of beef
Calves-Receipts, E66; feeling trihe
easier; all Sold common to good veals.
5.5Ga7 .6212; dressed calves, steady; city
dressed veas. Sig 20 1212c, country
dressed, to lie.
Sheep and lambs Receipts, LIS; feel
ing trm all around: fair clipped lambs
sold at 15U; sheep CT spring lambs
offered.
Hogs-Receipts. Us; nominal but
easier; light state hogs, no.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
To Race Wolfhounds.

SIMBURY. Conn.,. May Announce
ment has been made here that a team
of five Russian wolfhounds will be en-
tered by the Valley Farm Kennels of this
place In the next Ncme-Crippie Creek
si0.GG0 dog race. which will take place
April L. 1910 ssph B. Thomas, jr..
president of the Russian Wolfhound Club
of America, is one of the owners of the
hounds.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. May 1.-The day was very
quiet in the dry goods market The auc-
ton sale of carpets went on until a la 9
hour and large buyers were very active.
The sale has proved a success. Colored
dress linens are active. Cot ,on goods e.
main firm and yarns irregular Burlcps
are weak
Evening star., 1909-05-02
LONDON WOOL SALES.

LONDON, May 1.-The third series Of
the wool auction sales will be opened
next Tuesday and the closing is sched-
uled for Friday. May 81. During the
first week 61,S10 bales will be offered.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular CALL IL O'Clock noon-washine-
s7k.
Potomac Electric Cons IS, 81 900 at l03ts.
81 600 at lO31a $1,000 at 1924.
Potomac Electric Light IS. $1,000 at l09N.
Washington Gas, 25 at 20. 25 at TO- 25 at 20.
Bell Telephone OF Pa. 10 at 1O7
Lanston Monotype, 100 at 1884. 30 at 13x.
Union Trust, 10 at 1874 10 at 134hs.
United States Trust. at los. 10 at los.
Washington Gas. 1 at 69la
Washington Gas cert, $40 at 10SH.
Capital Traction, l at 1861.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., at 92.
American Security and Trust. 10 at 243. at
C42
Evening star., 1909-05-02

Tommy-Pop. what is a skeptic?
Tommys Pop-A skeptic. my son. is a
person who doubts anything you are sure
S..-Philadelphia Record
Evening star., 1909-05-02

-Stockbridge of Michigan. 1t was not to
be expected of a man of Stewards tenn
permanent that he would long keep i'm
mune from the horse bug amid such close
personal surroundings.
At one of the Stanford sales of young
sters in New York, in the winter Of 1893.
he purchased the trotting stallion Bion
and put him in training at Brightwood.
Bion was one of the most phenomenal
balance him and get him to trot fast
enough to warm his blood he was COM
PEELED to carry twelve ounces on one
front foot and eighteen ounces on the
other. 1t took Bion's trainer. Clayton
Fahrney. three whole months to discover
the exact amount of iron the youngster
needed to Square him away. and. natu-
rally, the senator's shoeing bills mounted
to abnormal proportions.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

1t Is doubtful If there can be found in
the United States man better fitted to
conduct the breeding of the blood horse
on large scale than John E Madden.
He has been SO successful in his breeding
and racing ventures that he is called the
wizard" But, as matter of fact, there
is nothing mysterious and uncanny about
his methods. Thirty-five years ago Mad
den landed in New York from Ireland
with just his clothes on his back, a fair
proportion of Irish wit and rich brosue.
He possessed some little experience with
horses and sought the humble position of
stable boy as soon as he landed and made
good. He was faithful to his employers
and stunned liquor. He made the blood
horse a study while. he slept by his side.
and gradually rose from the meniai posi-
ton of rubber of trotters to the more ex
alted one of trainer
Evening star., 1909-05-02
LIGHT HARNESS GOSSIP.
By L. D. Sale.

The latest and. If 1t should prove
true, the most important horse news
afioat In Washington during the week is
that John E. Madden has become SO
enamored with this city and its enviroAs
that he Is seriously contemplating a per-
manent residence at this point.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

When the stallion finally did get squared
away he was very fast. Just as the SEN
ator thought he had discovered a world
beater the stallion developed "seedy toe"
a horse without feet, especially race
horse is of little account; so the senators S
hopes as regards extreme speed for his
stallion were blasted Encouraged by the
successes of Stanford and Stockbridge,
the Nevada statesman turned his atten-
tion to the breeding of trotters. He went
into the markets, bought without dis
elimination and naturally a lot of worth
less broodmares were unloaded on him.
He knew little or nothing of blood lines.
He had previously given none of his time
or thought to the breeding problem.
trusted too much to the judgment of
people not better versed on the subject
than himself and lost out. Just previous
to his death he confessed to the writer
that his venture cost him in the neigh
borhood of $4,000, and that all of his
holdings. when consigned to the sales
ring. did not bring him the price he paid
for one particular broodmare.
Were the average man to contemplate
engaging in banking, merchandising or
in any line of business other than horse
breeding he would make himself CONVEX
SAINT with the line of business in which
he intended to engage. To be a success
full breeder one must follow the same
lines one would adopt We're one contem-
plating to engage in banking or merchan-
diSing.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

1t goes without saying that if Mr. Mad
den decides to purchase real estate near
this city he will construct a breeding
plant that Yill be model in every re-
spect, and which, when all complete. will
involve the expenditure of a great many
thousands of dollars. Hamburg Place, in
Kentucky, named after the great running
bred sire, Hamburg. a horse which in his
day made turf history, is one of the
finest estates in the blue grass region,
and Mr.. Madden has made of it what it
is today. 1t would seem as if Mont
gomery county was destined in time to
be a great breeding center. Its soil is
fertile. and produces all the cereals and
the best of grass and hay. Its climate
does not materially differ from that OF
Kentucky, and running streams of pur-
est water are to be found in abundance.
Three large stock farms are III exist
ence within its borders. the Pleasant
Fields stock farm of 200 acres, near Ger
mantown. owned by Charles G. Waters;
the Fields stock farm, near Rockville
owned by William Fields, comprising 30
acres, and the Forest Glen stock farm,
comprising go acres, owned by Clarence
Moore of this city.
Mr.. Madden will be in the best of
company should he decide to also To-
cate in old Montgomery.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

j. C. Mott is the only Washington
trainer not located at Burke, Va. He will
remain at Brightwood until the 10th
street extension bisects the track and de-
stroys it's usefulness. The record horses
in his string are Russell g., 229la
black gelding owned by Enoch Ahell Of
Leonardtown; Red Princess, bay stallion
t2l, 2.2JA at the trot, owned by Frank
Tippett. this city; Miss Josephine, bay
mare, 2.19A. owped by Mr.. Mott, and
Jurash, . 10 to wagon, owned by James
ByrneS.
The non-record division is comprised of
liam Morris; Callos. owned by the Green
we'll estate. Leonardtown, Lady Cozine
90, by Den Cozine, 90, and Young Sypl.
owned by F. c. Combs, LeonardtoWn'
Don Cozine, Jr, by Don Cozne, dam by
Red Wilkes, owned by w. r. Galloway,
ster. owned by w. f. Miller, and young
stallion by Harry c., 217A, owned by
Mr.. Quick of the District
1t now appears that the Madden string.
which has been sojourning at BrlghtWood
for the past two months. will in a few
Jays be headed for Detroit, where some
of it's members will appear at the open
ing of the grand circuit at that point
The fast young stallion Brighton, which
Mr. Andrews has been giving some stiH
jogging at this point. has already been
entered in the NJ & NJ. $4,000 stakes
The fast mare Bisa, bred by. William
Russell Allen. and which as a three year
old was second to General Watts when
Ne gained his record of 206A, and which
was separately timed in the same race In
. oSa, is entered in the same stakes
Bisa is now a tive-year-old, and il she
ter part of the VI. & NJ. purse was at her
mercy
Evening star., 1909-05-02

Later he became an owner of trot-
ters, trained and drove them, and to
save expense and to be sure that they re-
to doff his coat and act the part of rub
Der on occasions. He learned the fine art
of balancing a .trotter. and in an emer-
gency could nail en- "a shoe and boot a
horse with the best. In the meantime he
became an expert in blood lines, learned
how 10 blend them and to produce the
best results. In fact, he learned his busi-
ness from the ground up, as The saying
goes, which, added to a superior judg-
ment and a level head. soon placed him
at the top of his profe4 sion.
When Mr.. Madden had laid aside few
dollars he bought a few thoroughbred
When the produce of his mares were Old
enough he raced them and met with sue
cess. His surplus funds went into brood
mares. stations and real estate He got
the winning habit with his horses ard a
great name because he was a profound
student of blood lines. The rest, for
tune. was easy, because it is winners
hat are in demand on the race course.
The demand for crabs never was large
and never viii be. OF late years MIR.
Madden has divided his time between
trotters and runners. and has been every
bit as successful with the former as he
has been with the latter. simply because
he knows his business from y to T..
There is no mystery about Joan T. Mad
equipped for his job, and the reason why
SO many would be breeders have failed in
heir ventures is that they began at the
top instead of at the bottom. as did Mr..
Madden. He is now rated as being in the
millionaire class.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
Grain Journals Optimistic.

1t is important to observe, SO far as
the crops are concerned. that the lead
ing grain trade journals, such as the
Modern Miller and the Cincinnati Price
Current. are thoroughly optimistic in their
views and place emphasis upon the point
that the ample supply OF moisture that
has fallen has been such as to afford
distinct promise OF a big crop year.
The deposition of Abdul Hamd, the ad-
justmeEt of the anthracite labor trou-
bles and the Unexpectedly favorable re-
port of the United States Steel Corpora
ton for the March quarter We're the
prominent events of the week, and they
were all such as to conduce to good feel
ing in the financial world The settle
ment of the anthracite difficulty has been
fully foreshadowed for a long time past.
Evening star., 1909-05-02
Steel Report.

The Young Turkish party in the Otto
man empire have shown themselves men
of splendid courage. prudence and general
ability, and the judgment Is universal
that under their auspices there will be in
Turkey renaissance of prosperity and
progress.
The report of the steel corporation, ac-
companled as it was. by an advance in
the list prices of various products. threw
stronger light than any occurrence that
has yet happened upon the cause of the
remarkable strength displayed by the
securities of the steel Corporation since
the 1897 panic.
The Financial Chronicle editorially re-
marked today that the showing demon
s>rated that the steel corporation was an
industrial undertaking which thrived
whether the times were good or bad; and
there are numerous evidences that this
statement covers the exact facts about
the matter.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

Few people in Washington now know
or if they ever did know have doubtless
forgotten-that the late William NJ. Stew
art of Nevada was breeder OF trotters
on quite a large Ae in the early nine
tiss The senator's seat when in Con
gress was in close proximity TO that occu-
pied by the late Leland Stanford, and he
was fianked pretty close on his right by
another large light harness horse breeder
Evening star., 1909-05-02

4 gentleman close In his confidence
informed the writer Of this column a few
days since that Mr.. Madden has been
quietly inspecting certain tracts of land
close to Washington in Montgomery coun-
ty, which. If purchased he intends to
convert into a stock farm for the breed
ing of trotters and thoroughbreds. 1t is
not his intention, however, to abandon
his holdings in Kentucky. Mr.. Madden S
two sons, Edward and Jospeh, who are
at present being educated at st. john s
College, in this city, will look after the
interest of Hamburg Place, while the
elder Madden will give his personal at
tention to his interests at this point. and
in the meantime, keep a sharp eye on
what is transpiring at the other end Of
the line.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
FINE PROGRAM
 |S ARRANGED

At S:OO o'clock tomorrow evening program is to be given at the Metho- dist church. It is a travelog, "ln Darkest Africa, or from Cape Colony to the Congo"
 The audience will be taken through an unfrequented but deeply interest. ing country. Cape Town will be wis ited. and the diamond mines of Kim berly.
 Examples of African slavery will appear, and poligamy.
 The travelog will be illustrated with about 100 stereoptican views.
 Music for the program will appear on the canvas from time to time. It will consist of popular songs to be sung by the congregation.
 There is to be no charge for admis- sion to the entertainment, but a free will offering will be taken at the close.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
NEW PRINCIPAL
 AT WR|TEH0RsE

N. E. carruthers of Lacombe, Al, berta, has arrived in Whitehorse, where he has assumed the position of principal of the public schools of that town, succeeding MT. Fisher. He is one of the most able educators in the North, and T. G. Bragg, superin- tendent of Yukon schools, is receiv- ing many congratulations on being able to secure such competent ed ucator for the leading institution of learning in the southern end of the Yukon.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24

William A. Kelly, national bank ex' aminer of Alaska and treasurer of the Chichagof Gold Mining Company, who has been in Fairbanks for some time examining the national bank, arrived in town yesterday and will leave for Juneau on the City of Seattle.
 Mir. Kelly states that the banks of Fairbanks are in a good condition and that augurs well for the commercial security of the camp. He says that an unusually large amount of gold has been handled this year.
 In speaking of the chicagoff mine, MT. Kelly said:
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24


 A sensational divorce action involv- ing two of the best known people of Klondike of earlier days was begun a few days ago. in Fairbanks, when Victoria Marie Williams took steps to secure legal separation from her husband James A. Williams. former manager and president of the Dawson Electric and Power company, one ot the largest business concerns ever or ganized in the North. The wife al leges long and continued cruelty, even to striking and beating her
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
FLAG RAISING
 AT THE CASTLE

At 2:SO o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Castle Kern there will be a flag raising ceremony. Mrs. Douglas Adams-Acton has presented the Gas tie with an American flag that was through the Philippine war and 1t will be raised with appropriate cer- emonies. A salste will be fired by Mir. Adams-Acton and a buglc sole will be played. The flag raising will be followed by delicious sup per. A number of guests have been invited from skagway.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
COOK SUMMONS
 ALASKA GUIDE
(ey unred Press.)

HAMILTON, Mont. Sept 24-Ed- ward Burril, guide for the Cook party during the ascent of Mt. Mckinley in 1906, has been summoned by Dr. Cook to go to New York to make an affidavit that he and Cook reached the Summit of the mountain. That Cook reached the summit Is being disputed by numerous Alaskans.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
HONEYMOON IN SKAGWAY;
 NOW SEEKING A DIVORCE

since their honeymoon began in skag' way in 1902. and says that in Daw- son he frequently drove her from the house, and at Coal Creek, on prop critics connected with the electric company, he got her down and beat her at the bottom of a shaft.
 The courtshlp between MT. and Mrs. Williams was begun in Dawson. She. was then Miss Demers, and was living with her mother. A year or two after the wedding the mother of Mrs. Williams died in Dawson.- Dawson News.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
|ND|GENTS ID
 BE SENT HOME
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept 24- About one hundred stranded Ameri' cans at Nome will be sent to Seattle on the revenue cutter Perry which has been ordered to proceed from Seward to Nome at once. The strane cd Americans were taken to Nome by the Alaska Developmnt company. row defunct.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
CRICHAGOF MINE MONEY MAKER

"we firmly believe that Chichagof will develop into real mining camp. and We are convinced that We have'a vein of much worth. As showing what has already been accomplished 1t may be stated that the company took out $50, ,0OO with a four stamp mill
 This property has been worked for about three years and has now reached stage where 1t can be called a fixed proposition.
 other companies are operating in the same district and indications poin to a quartz camp of considerable mag nitude on the Southeastern coast"
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
Especial to The Daily Alaskan)

Special to The Daily Alaskan)
 JUNEAU, Sept. 24-The thirty Jap anese seal poachers, who were captur. ed off sitka early this spring inside the three mile limit by Deputy Mar shal Arthur Shoup, were acquitted to- day by jury after a trial in the fed eral court before Judge Cushman.
 The Japanese were defended by At torney Ray of Valdez and Attorney
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
GREAT DITCH
 NOW OPENED
(By United Press.)

DAWSON. Y. T. Sept. 24-The great ditch of the Yukon Gold company which conveys water seventy miles from Twelve Mile creek to Gold Hill and which cost about s1O.OOO.OOO was opened yesterday.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
JAP SEAL POACHERS ARE
 ACQUITTED 1T JUNEAU

Maloney of Juneau. The men will be turned over to the immigration of- fIcers and deported.
 It was impossible for the govern ment to prove that the Japanese schooner had been poaching. The of ficials are. at a loss to justify the labelling of the schooner. The boat was libeIled upon the assumption that the Japs would be found guilty.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
JAP SCHOONER WRECKED IN
 THE FAR NORTHERN SEAS

of Japanese sealing schooner was. seen strewn about on the shores. The boat is thought to have been lost with all on board in one of the hard gales earlier in this month.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24

Special to the Daily Alaskan)
 JUNEAU. Sept. 24-Attorney E. M, Barnes. about to be tried for send ing an obscene letter through the mails to a young girl, shot himself
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
STREET GAR RUNS AWAY;
 0NE KILLED; TWO DYING

fatally wounding two persons and killing one,
 The car was turned over and the restaurant was badly demolished. It was fortunate that more people were not killed.
 The accident was caused by the brakes not working. The car was coming from the A.-Y.-P.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
CITY OF SEATTLE TOMORROW

The City of Seattle Is expected in port at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. according to cables received by Frank Stuart. the local agent.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
JUNEAU MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF

through the fleshy part of the leg last night in order to secure contin- uance of his case.
 He is now in the hospital with a painful but not dangerous wound.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-24
PEARY GREETED
 BY THOUSANDS
(sy United presa)

PORTLAND, Me. Sept. 24-Twelve thousand people greeted Commander Robert K. Peary last night when he arrived in this city, He left today fo New York.