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New-York tribune., 1909-02-24

dustrial situation centrlbutory factors 10
the days slump in values, but the chief cause OF
the weakness came from technical market con-
ditions and the impossibility of holding quota
tions at q level that had been reached entirely
on the speculative manipulation that marked the
progress Of the last few months on the Stock
Exchange in 1908 Copper has declined, steel
prices have been cut and stocks are following.
Perhaps wheat which is now selling at a record
price, will be the next to fall. Securities are
now moving to level where II will be possible
to buy with the assurance that one is making a
good purchaSe The So-called cheap priced
stocks that recently have been doomed beyond
the limit Of sense and reason were weak features
yesterday, their losses running from z to
points. The Hartman shares received some
support and on the decline III the high grade
issues there was fair class of buying, doubt
less on the theory that a sharp rally would fol-
low the days serious weakness.
Local banks VIII lose heavy amounts of money
to the Sub-Treasury in the current week as a
consequence of the repayment to the government
of national deposits under the recent call Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury. The sum of $4,000
600 must be turned over by depository institu
tions before the close of business to-day, and
interior banks will, a rule, pay their pro-
portion through their balances at this centre the
greater part of the operation will be handled by
the New York banks, which, however. are in fair
shape to meet the drain. Last weeks bank
statement showed material Improvement in hold
ings Both cash and reserve increased as con-
out-of-toWn points and excess payments by
the government ordinary revenue account
while there was substantial decrease in loans
as result OF stock market liquidation and the
cancellation of loans reaching maturity. The
mercantile demand for accommodation shows no
life. Merchants well supplied with funds for
current needs, and they unwilling to make
commitments for future requirements owing TO
the prevailing uncertainty over the character of
the changes in tariff legislation at the forthcom-
ing special session of Congress. Notwthstand-
ing the hesitancy in trade fundamental cond-
tions sound and in some lines conservative
progress is being made. Conditions are far bet
ter than they at this time year ago and
the general business community while quiet
just now, is looking forward with confidence to
a marked revival Of industrial activity In the
second half of the year. In the course Of the
next few weeks there will be vast amount Of
foolish talk and silly predictions regarding fut-
ure adverse" effects of the current deroraIiza-
ton in the steel trade but the men who are
identified with the steel and affiliated Industries
are counting on resumption OF activity lust rs
soon as 1t is known to what extent the tariff
viii be changed on steel, while they expect some
Improvement before that time from the down
ward movement of prices Steel trade prlces
have been kept at a level that has not been war
ranted by economic laws, and the readjustrnent
New-York tribune., 1909-02-24

now under way is in line with natural conditions
that cannot for any length Of time be violated
Foreign houses were heavy sellers IN the local
market vest erday, their operations bringing the
total European liquidation since the early part
of last week to more than 125,000 shares THESE
sales are reflected in a higher market for ster-
ling exchange w5lth yesterday recorded another
advance bringing the rate for demand sterling
not far from the point at which gold could be
exported It is possible that gold may 90 to
Europe. though money market conditions there
do not suggest an outward movement from here
Conditions abroad are much stronger than they
were a few weeks ago, but it is conceivable that
with easy money at New York and further
advance in exchange Paris might take advan-
tage Of these conditions to accumulate addt-
tionaI amounts Of the yellow metal at the ex-
pense of the local market The Bank of France
seldom misses an opportunity to add to its gold
holdings.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-24
oUTsIDE SECURITIES.

Renewed pressure. with a further sharp de-
cline, marked the trading in the market for out
side securities The declines were more severe
than at any time last week. and numerous low
marks were reached for the year The weakness
was attributed to the break in the stock market
although the further cut in copper metal was also
used argument for throwing over the lead
ing copper stocks The industrial list almost
neglected, with material losses in the bid prices.
The bond department held up we'll all through
the session until the late afternoon, when frac-
tional recessions took place. in sympathy with
stocks Greene-Cananea reached new low level.
did also United Copper and Nipissing willis q
few OF the low priced shares also touched low
marks, Goldfeld Consolidated exception,
advancing small fraction Chicago Subway st
one time was or more than points in the bid
Standard Oil after early steadinese. eased Of
INDUSTRIAL.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-24

cv,,-n,.h.a By swartwout Appenzel1ar. Ne 20 Pias
uN4-'. street,
New-York tribune., 1909-02-24

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New-York tribune., 1909-02-24

FOREIGN MONEY MARKET-Call money in
London. 2Lq22l per cent: open market discount
rate for short bills 2s92s per cent; long bills "a
nar cent. Berlin discount rate pa per cent; Paris
discount rate / S-1s per cent. Paris exchange on
London % cranes 211a centimes Berlin exchange
on london 20 marks 81 pfennigs. Bar gold. us Cd.
ENORFIC-N SECJJRITIES.-Brltish consoIs for
money, s2zs per cent; for the account, So 1916.
French rentes, 81 francs TIA centinles.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-24
INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following were the last actual sales and the
closing quotations for stocks In which there were
no transactions yesterday the New York Stock
ItNchange:
New-York tribune., 1909-02-24
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. Feb. q, p m--The market for Ameri-
can securities weak, with prices from / to IL
per cent below parity. Last quotations follow:
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

XVIEN Miss Washington country the
w summer she found that
- for her summer cottage and for
I mount to anything she
considered and shan
Simply
1
wei start t be d aneda
and
where e a check
s handy "yashe rexcIana
FnsSlvania at
to
p out Of
almost
shopper
as the praise
Nteel Inc main Office light
h the Fensyvana
a some screen of
attende
m Tas the There altogether one
business calls different
c6
large a
who
S''"S'
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

any breath of scandal affecting the
foster daughter of Colonel Thomson
her summer visits there we're looked
forward to. She sang upoa the local
stage. her rare accomplishments charm
ed the village folks, her almost neer-
less beauty held old and young alike
enthTalled
Eastman, It is cleaned by some had
known the wife of Gilbert WoodflI. the
Los Angeles automobile manufscf ,,rar
only three weeks, their acquaintance he
ginning on the Easte) Shore. where
the one was fugitive and the other
with her husband visitor. WoodiTl
returned home, leaving his handsome
wife behind. A few days later. in his
California home, he heard OF the traRedv
of the bungalow.
His heart has bled the most. and he
mas been the most deserving Of svn-
pathy Of them all.
Woman One Ray
In Solitary Abode.
Picture, if you can. tins child of
poetry, this woman Of Impulse. this
creature of inherited vent1resomeness
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

| II anything. Of Eastman and his past,
will never fully be known Her lips
were sealed when some one, all appear
ances pointing to Eastman, dashed out
her brains with a champagne bottle two
nights after her arrival Later, and
every one is familiar with the story,
her body was found floating in Broad
creek, an old kettle filled with brick tied
about her thrush-II5e neck Eastman's
story, too. will always remain untold,
for the revolver he carried did its mis-
sion well when a posse of Marylanders
came upon him in his boat.
Newspaper columns have teemed with
the stories of this unfortunate girls
life. Little has been ascertained or said
about Eastman. the man; hence he oc-
cupies the foreground in this analysis
OF this mysterious Eastern Shore trag-
edy. The contrast in tie two central
figures. however. maFes the study
more fascinating one. She was a girl
of obscure parentage She knew little
of hers: he would tell nothing of his
1t is said that she was the daughter of
Matthew and ZettaIla Wirz. When she
was child her father was murdered
near Couz Creek. MINI. A legal fight
over the child. already famed for her
beauty. resulted. prominent Minneapolis
families endeavoring to get possession
of her. In the end. and to close this
part Of the narrative briefly. she was
turned over 10 Col. and Mrs. Charles H.
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

TITO CARRY her belongings and many
new purchases TO the country
IL Miss Washington found a new
trunk and bag absolutely neces-
saFy- she knew that she could save a
great deal by patronizing Mr. Berman's
Washington Subway Trunk Stores. at
1872 + street northwest and 500 Seventh
street northwest
Fortunately for her. Mr. Bermau il
making a specially this season Of jap
anese Mating Cases, selling them at
me surprisingly low price of SL95 I'm
IKE the coarse common cases we or
oiharlly see. these japanese ones are
made with strong steel frames. and
Dolhd around the edges with a new kind
OF improved binding. They are equipped
WIN straps for umbrellas, etc, ana are
J .-i. Whal you would pay $500 for any
Several trunks were shown her. rang
llis IN size from % inches To 30 inches
Win long, llnen-lined trsys Handsome
copper trimmings and leather gfransN
an OF them at the same remarkably
low price Of 1856. She quickly selected
INC one she thought would comforts nv
lpid her belongings, and then found
oHe mao spent so much less than she
tiought she would have to that she
uecioed TO get new leather bag as
well. The one that struck her fapT,
was as handsome a bag as Won have
ever seen She was so elated vybep sbe
saw that II would cost 81 90 that she
could scarcely restrain her iov.
Mr.. Berman's rent and expenses are So
low, and he does business on such q
large scale, that he can afford to sen
things thus reasonably.
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

~ URING the last few weeks Miss
Washington had been visiting
DR.. Wyeth's famous Dental Par
Tors. at 427-429 Seventh street
northwest, in order 70 have her teeth
put in perfect condition for the summer.
The work was now very nearly com
pleted, and she had made her final APP
po1ntment of the series for an hour on
this day, in which she was doing her
vacation shopping A few years before
she might well have dreaded a trip 10
the dentists; but now she knew from
experience that by Dr.. Wyeths Painless
Method all the processes of filing
GROWING, etc, were rendered absolutely
painless, and through the skilled work
manShip and courtesy of the corps Of
dentists her visits We're made pleasant
IN every way.
Miss Washington had fOOIishIv neglect
ed having her own teeth examined for
months, but she was assured that
Dr. Wyeth S methods were so expert
and painless that she need not fear go
ing there She had found the offices
cool and attractive, with expert at
t@udants in every department who did
'heir work swiftly and efficiently. There
was absolutely no pam At all. The
prices, too, were wonderfully low, even
though she had a lot Of work to be
done
4 am mighty glad that my teeth are
again as sound and healthy as ever
said Miss Washington as she tripped
lightly out of DR.. Wyeth's offices. And
10 think that il didn't hurt me one
little bit"
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

Thompson. the latter then being inter-
ested in charitable work
Flight of Years
Enhanced Beauty
The fight of years added 10 her
beauty. When Colonel and Mrs. Thomp-
son moved to the Eastern Shore she
became known among the villagers as
the ward or Lyman J. Gage. former
Secretary of the Treasury. He visited
her often and, it is said lavished money
upon her. Former Governor Brown Of
Maryland became interested in the girl
and assisted in her education She was
a guest OF the McKinleys, so it is now
said, and at the White House. as every
where else. the story of her wonderful
beauty was upon e -erybody's tongue.
She was educated abroad. was feted.
adored, admired by statesmen and dip
lomats That she was magnetic.
amiable little creature. just the kind of
woman who had become accustomed to
adulation could not be doubted after
ten minutes conversation with any
resident of Easton. Nd. in which town
she was looked up - as a little goddess.
THESE people have refused to believe
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

IN Eastman's bungalow. What If the
stories are true that he did call her
| lilere through promise of a gay party.
FOR two days she remained, and so as
| evidenced goes, there was no one else
10 share their companionship Picture
tle scene late Saturday night when she
/ arrived; the dreary day following, when
Eastman left her alone in the bungalow
10 return Taylors horse and buggy,
self-borrowed, 10 St. Michaels. Think Of
her relief at his return late Sunday sf-
ternoon' her insistence that she must
go now, his pleading that he shouldn't
return to the lonely life of a fugitive
so soon.
Perhaps it was case of mad infatu-
alton for both. Perhaps. there was g
secret in common. Those who know
Eastman best say he wasn't the man
to care thus desperately for a woman.
Instead he wanted freedom, the right
to come and go upon LIES broad high
way. unafraid, unmolested. Again. they
say, he might hava wanted both-Edith
May WOodilI, the wife of another, ard |
money. Money, especially. meant the
high seas again, a period of safety Tar
beyond the jurisdiction of the court. /
Perhaps Edith WoodiIl granting that /
the two were old friends, and that /
seems the more plausible of the theories |
had been furnishing him with the fundg /
with which ne had heretofore been sup
piled
She couldn't obtain more from her
husband Her allowance. honestly ex-
pended. couldn't amount to such faDu-
lois sums. The parting of the ways
had come.
They were seated at the dinner table,
these two. let US suppose. as we in the
The Washington times., 1909-07-04
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Continued from Fourth PageD
and the thousand and. one things thai
had come into his life since he had be
gun this narrowing game of bide-and-
seek with the law. Then his eyes swept
the swamps about him and he unused;
so it has come to ties, has it, Bob.
And at fifty-fve years of life? It does
seem rather hard, doesn't it, old fell
low, out here with no one to care for
you and with nothing TO do but think
Yes. YOU deserved better things
Really. you never had chance, and
YOU haven't Intentionally gone wrons.
But somebody had To be the goat
when the failure came, and Lame
Bob is good natured, isn't he2
You see I don't mind about the lit
tie $500. She's rather persistent mat
woman, but then believe she could De
brought around I believe the boys
would stand for il, but what II they
shouldn't You've never had to ask
anybody for anything, have YOU BOD
and It goes sorter against the Sraln no"
in your old age, Ell. boy?
Could Not Face
Reporters and Cameras.
'If 1t wasn't for those - bondsmen
I don't know what made me skip but
can't stand all this publicity. The law
yers asking questions about my past,
tho reporters. the kodak fiends with
their pesky cameras. You'd be all over
the front page. Bob, and that would
never do. You've kept the secret so
far. why should il leak cut now2 Whose
business Is il anyway. who has right
20 know from whence you came or
where you are going? Me for the good
old West. where all they ask a man Is
Are you on the level, strangerP
Il guess it would wake them up
bit if they knew all about you, Bob?
Yes, ] guess II would. The world doesn't
owe you anything II you die tonight |
the books are balanced. You've crowd |
ed hundred years into ffty-five, |
haven't you. boy, and got away with it? /
Remember that girl you met in Paris |
on that little enforced sail across the /
pond? dream. wasn't she, Bobby? |
Awful inquisitive though, and her dis
position wasn't helped any by the fur
tive glanees you cast about you ali the
time Even the dinky walters with their
soup-stained dress suits and arrogant
airs seemed like detectives that night,
eh2
And that day you cleaned up a cool
5000 On Union Pacific on the Broad
street curb. All, those were the good
Old days with their nights at Rector's
and the early morning JOY rides
Seems like fellow cant settle down
and be decent though he wants to A
little misDlay on the market and every
body is there With the downward kick
The Washington times., 1909-07-04
ZSVUYHY. how forgetfuI I am
VA exclaimed Miss Washington
w TO herself; here have

kXWYHY. how forgetful I am
VA exclaimed Miss Washington
TO herself; here have
gotten nearly every thing a
person could need and have forgotten
TO buy some new shoes. I'm going down
10 the WalkOver Shop Immediately.
The WalkOveT Shoe Shop. at go
Street. was very easy to md Miss
Washington fingered a few moments
outside admlring the splendid display OF
oes In the window.
How artistically they arrange their
Shoes she murmured as she stepped
inside i like to patronize a store that
IS so careful in every detail. And be-
SIDES I've always gotten such extreme
Ihey.r different than the ordinary
kind
II like these-and these" she exclaim-
ed, denoting first a pair of tan pumps
and then some neat white cravenettes
Thats the one fault have to find with
You Walkover people You show me so
many pretty shoes that l want them
all"
The trying OF process is different in
the WalkOver Shoe Shop than il is else
where. The clerks have e knack of
sizing up your foot and fitting IL
Why, 1 would hardly know / had A
shoe on said Miss Washir glon. tread
ing down daintily on very dream of a
shoe, i certainly want this psir-and.
have that other pair too
Miss WaShingtOu's bill Wss a small
one tWalkover Shoes only cost S350
s4-oO. and 500, YOU know, but she felt
she had the best selection of shoes ia
the country.
The Washington times., 1909-07-04
Like a Creature of Fiction
He Lived and
Died.
HIS ENTIRE CAREER
YELLED IN MYSTERY
Supposed Murderer and Suicide
Had His Good Qualities.
Say Friends.

aftermath Of the tragedy. have groa,u -
know Them. eiV"h 20
= We got 10 say good-bv. Wabb,, ., =.
saiu' using the pet name by v.,biet, -.
iiau caiied him in her letters
NOT yet he replied. his even t.-,u
showing signs OF breaking.
Yes. Wobby, It rl,ksf he "
Inns KIND Of thing cart go on aIu,s,,s
", We done the best I could for -.
rere must be an end sometime ;.
ms hngersd table knife -,
80 iaHsas frank blue ewes -.
-, - AiiiS brown ones. So far - -
80 indication OF the stor,, 80. 80
- Lame Bob'sr Old fse1,,,., =
was returning that -.
- ne said his voice s--o,.-s a..
'eHse WITH an emotion ba sa,s1 .ns
- gu are here in my bunos,o-.,
ou are compromised. RiVbt1,, -,
80. .sl.7iS' you are mine-for the Tins
want you always. I want Ia 49, -
an me- furthermore, 7 want rna-~,s
I near to have want money
But Bob she interncsaa he
frightened, I've given Won AN Ia
get more I have no right -
2 l1A a. l cant explsin where it goes
l nave NJ reason to ask for these s,,-,,.
I u give myself away. III
Nonsense" Jerked out Eastman
Aou We got 10 get it, hear me 10
got 10 nave it. I'm at the end of the
rope. I've got to leave here. Didn.f
JUST show you the letter saying thaf
!, been seen in baltimore. Do van
-IhK; woman. tharI'm going to let
e" hundred stand between me ana
liberty I'll not go to prison. no h.
- III not.
Wants An Appeal
70 Her Rich Friends.
What if your husband won't cough
ID. You have rich friends. whose
ward are you2 Cages aren't you.
lagos and he with his thousands.
fou'h get it from him. that's what
'ou'li do. You'll bleed him Tor me-. fo~
ne, you understand, for me, Lame Bob
Eastman, who is being bounded TO
eath- You win, won't you?''
Continued on Page Fourteen1
The Washington times., 1909-07-04
Picture of Fugitive
At His Hiding Place.

And Bob Eastman, fugitive still nat
ted his hammerless revolver. picked m
his stool and moved inside the bunea
Low. He lighted a kerosene lamp, gIanc-
ed at his serious face in a wall mirror.
smiled doggedly'. and was himself again.
It was to this same bungalow that
Eastman. for some reason or other,
lured Mrs Edith May Thompson
Woodill two weeks ago. Why she went.
what she did and said. what she knew
The Washington times., 1909-07-04
MRS. WOODILL'SIIFF
HELD SECOND MYSTERY
Veil Drawn Around Percentage and Early Years Of
Eastman Victim Parallel to Strange Silence
of the Broker

You don't hear For he's iouv goo,
fellow sung to fattered ears. Tn,
! gang goes on, shouting out the market
/ calls that make and unmake fortunes
! signaling with their hands to the Office
/ ABOVE tearing their yellow linen coats
ana tramplins upon one another's feet
You can see them now. can't Won
Bob, you fugitive from justice. down
here on this God focsaxen Eastern
Shore.
Was Plunger
And Loved the Game.
i wish 1 were a plunger back ~,
Denver again, or else back at the gold
mine where nobody asked questions and
every man was equal so long as one
came clean l was always a pIunRer
/ guess 1t was born with me. It must
have come from that old dad Of mine
with his curious ways and his daredevil
spirit
And you'll plunge again. won't YOU.
Bob. and make good. Maize EN- come
TO time; make EN- let up on you. and
then go back and show 'em that there's
nothing yellow in Lame Bob East
man.
ouch. This blamed lame leg. It's
always troubling me. That's the handi-
cap TO my being a fugitive Who
couldn't catch Eastman. Lame Bob
Eastman. with his hobby walk. his iron
brace, and his weak knee. BY CAD. ii
I'd been a detective I would have
caught Bob Eastman before now.
Its tough, I tell you, tough, when
even Nature is against you.
Pint I'll oprn4rar thar.
lccp who's handled his hundreds of
thousands isn't going under for a 81 ,6O0
shortage and the forfeiture Of $500
bond. The bond was excessive, any
way. five times the amou6t involved
They've got to let up on me. or else
they can hunt me forever and wherever
they may.
TN not stand this game of constant
dread and fear. They'll give me a i
chance or I'll seek the other side and |
4 trey do catch me, well, Bob, you /
know you'll never serve a term in Sing
Sing. not while this old piece of blue |
el rings true
The Washington times., 1909-07-04

I'VE of Miss Washhigton's fav-
orite pastimes is photography,
and in the summertime she US
ually developes into quite a
camera fiend-" Naturally, she wanted
10 make sure to have enough films to
carry her through vacation, aud as soon
as she noticed the store of Joseph w
hrouse, ut 80 Ninth streeu northwest.
she entered. as she knew that the repu-
tation of hlr. Krouse, with whom she
had been dealing Tor years, would ellag.-
antee good service and good materials
1T is going TO be no end of fun
swapping all my friends" she thought
Gleefully. I'VE are sure to do slcn nm
conventional things-and every one
looks SO foolish when caught II
wouldn't be vacation without a camera .
When the .'hNings' for her own 8itx
4l4 camera had been purchased. she or
dered nlms for her brothers 3Ax5Is,
postcard size camera, and then look
cd around 10 see what more she migi {
need. She was attracted by the Ittlt,
Brownie cameras. and bought one as a
surprise for the children
But how am ] ever going 10 develop
or print all the pictures I 7ke?'' she
asked In dismay. Il never an bother
doing IL myself
THAT will be all right" Mir Krouse
assured her wen attend to that
You mail the negatives to us. and wen
send back the completed pictures TO you
in record time.