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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-08
MARKET REACTS
AND THENH'IL|ES
At THEV lose
Southern Pacific, Common and
Preferred, Was Prominent
Feature During the Day.

NEW YORK. June 8.-Opening deal
ings in stocks were active, but the tone
was decidedly irregular, with an even
distribution of gains and losses. Balti-
more and Ohio. American Cotton oil
and Westinghouse Electric rose l and
Reading and Northern Pacific u. Erie
first preferred declined IN and Re-
public Steel preferred l.,
II o'clock-There was a brisk rise in
prices for a time after the opening
Proft-taking in Union Pacific and the
Hill stocks checked the rise n trad
ing became quiet, but there was an
other rise In progress at IL o'clock.
Southern Pacific improved pa. Balti-
more and Ohio and Louisville and
Nashville 1%, Reading Ia. Atlantic
Coast Line and Union Pacific 1ss and
Northern Pacific. Great Northern pre-
ferred. New York Central. Norfolk
and Western and United States Steel 1.
Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
jumped TX.
Noon-Trading became quieter and
prices yielded slightly after Readings
gain had extended to Is and Northern
Paeife's to liz. Southern Pacific pre-
ferred INC Wisconsin Central rose IL
and Atchison. Illinois Central, Erie
second preferred, L. s. Rubber, Central
Leather. Yirginia-Carolina Chemical
and International Payer /. Minneap-
oils and st. Louis declined IL and
American Mailing preferred IL. Bonds
were Irregular.
l o'clock-The market exhibited strong
fondnnafao aaxasN a.I I11A-a ,otf,-o
when the Southern Pacific stocks were
marked up to record figures. Southern
Pacific got up 4 TO 1341s. and the pre-
ferred 3h to 1351s. Gains In a number
of other stocks ranged above a point,
Wisconsin Central rising 2k, Union Pa
eif1c 2. American Ice IA. St. Paul and
Kansas and Texas Ia. and American
Linseed ia.
2 o'clock-When Southern Pacific
reached 135 and the preferred 137, show
ing over night advances of 3 points
each, the rise in these stocks terminated
and they fell back ia, dragging down
other stocks sharply. Business grew
dull on the break and there were small
rallies which were not held.
3 o'clock-The market closed firm and
dull. A general selling movement fol-
lowed the appearance Of the govern
ment crop report. The decline in con
of winter wheat was a disap-
pointment and the acreage of spring
wheat not so large as expected.
Gains We're wiped out generally and
many stocks sod below last night.
Southern Pacific fe,l back ~. A short
rally was ended by the dying out of
the buying.
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N AND EXCHANGE.

Call money in New York 1& per cent,
The sub-treasury was q debtor al the
Clearing House this morning to the Elk
tent OF 81. 261. s14. The s~ub-treasury gained
S1.054.O00 from the banks on Monday. max
ing the cash net gain since Friday $I.1n.-
900. Chicago exchange on New York 80
premium.
New York commercial bar silver 51s<.
Mexican dollars "A. Lcndon bar silver 2fltd.
London consois for money SiA per cent.
for account SAB per cent.
London cali money ~ to 2 per cent ;
rate of discount for both short and three
months bills IL per cent
Paris closing rentes 81 francs Is CEN
times: Paris discount rate fss per cent.
exchange on london Is francs q cen
times; Berlin discount rate 2s per cent
exchange on London 20 marks f5ts pigs
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THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. June S.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at a decline of / point
to an advance of 1 point, which was Just
in line with the cables. Trade ~accodnts
were bullish, and during the first few
minutes prices worked 243 points net
higher on scattered covering and a little
support through commission houses De-
mand was hardly sufficient to absorb Of
ferisgs. however. in view OF the more
favorable crop conditions, and the market
later was quiet and barely steady aroun1
TO a shade under the closing figures of
yesterday.
The easier tendency developing shortly
after the opening OF tie cotton market
carried prices oft to a net decline OF about
sal points as a result of liquidation by
local bulls and scattered selling for short
account, but as soon as offerings for long
account were withdrawn the market
steadied on covering. Notwithstanding the
favorable weather forecasts, n prices
at midday were a point or two under
the closing figures of yesterday.
Qnotations fnrnished hv Nan SchaIck
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WHEAT REPORT OF
THE GOVERNMENT
IS MADE PUBLIC

WASHINGTON, June S.-spring
wheat condition averaged S5.2 per cent.
winter wheat S0.7. acreage sown TO
spring wheat 1891. 900. rye condition
1916. oats $751; and barley 90.6. This.
summarized. was the report Of the de-
partment of agriculture or crop con-
ditions on June /, issued today.
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If predictions made by some eminent
trade authorities are fulfilled, electro
lytic copper viii be selling at fourteen
cents a pound within a fortnight. The
demand appears to be running far
ahead of what had been expected a
few weeks ago, and the largest pro-
ducers are no disposed to sell any
great quantities al current quotations.
With the near approach of the meet
ing of the Reading directors for action
on the dividend, speculative Wall
Street is again beginning to indulge In
strong hopes that something to its lik-
ing win develop.
The directors of the National Sugar
Refining Company will meet this morn-
ing and declare the usual quarterly
dividend of IL per cent. on its pre-
ferred stock, payable July . Books
clnse June u. reopen July s.
An influential director OF the Ameri-
can Cotton Oil Company said this
morning previous to the regular week
ly meeting of the directors that reports
that the company was earning Is per
cent, on the stock were rather exag-
gerated He said that at the present
rate of increase earnings for the year
would surely show about II per cent.
1t is learned that Vice-President
Ross, of the Chicago and Alton Rail-
road Company. consented to become a
director of the Kansas City. Mexico
and Orient Company at the request of
A. E. Stiiwell, president of the latter
1t was learned positively
today that Edwin Hawley has not
taken a financial interest in the Orient
road, and from present indications he
Toes not propose to take such an in
terest.
Close market observers today said
that the list seemed h-oney-combed with
stop loss orders for boil long and short
accounts. A well-known grain house
said tina today,s crop report was ex.
pected TO show a slight improvement
in the condition of winter wheat. and
very favorable for spring wheat.
II is said that one of the Guggen-
helms has been a recent heavy buyer
of A. r., and hat others Of that in
terest are no less bullish on it.
Buying going on in A. C. o. is said
to be principally on the prospect Of the
dividend on that stock being increased
before the end Of the year.
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A special fnducement to get acquainted with
the investors of Newark. We are Offering at
on Long Island. Lots and plots inside OF
Greater New York city at $40 cash. balance s.
monthly, full price for lots, 500 and up. Also
small farms for $50 within one hour OF New
York City Hall. Come In and talk 1t over. Free
transportation from Newark to properties. Titles
guaranteed. THE HOUSE AND HOME CO.,
so7-2u Markt St. Newark.
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Long Island.
S. DownforG Good Lots

Near city. to commute Price in full, $50.
Some $50 and $40. Absolutely very high and
very healthy. / will forfeit 500 to reader IL I
cannot verify this. Assistance to build IL YOU
want. Investors should draw their money at 4
per cent. and invest 1t here at 100 per cent
Sale will close soon. Free tickets to bona
hde Investors from surveyor or this property.
r. ALTMAN, care The House and Home Com
pany. 207-211 Market st., Newark.
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Atlantic Highlands.
Bloomfield.
HALcyoN PARK,


BERKELEY Az. \ FRANKLIN ST.
three minutes from Bloomfield av. trolley and
close TO three railroad depots.
We are now erecting on this tract six one
family houses. o SALE\at prices ranging
from IS 300 TO 81, 900. and on terms to suit.
They are up-to-date in every respect. Eight
rooms; bath; large reception hall; hardwood
trim; handsomely decorated throughout: steam
heat: electric lights and everything that goes
to make up a modern one-family residence.
We have a few choice lots left on this tract
ments, and all assessments paid; street pave
ment; water and sewer; terms. 10 per cent.
down and IS monthly.
DO not fat TO see this property before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
AGENTS ON THE GROUND, Saturday. and
Sunday from . until 6 p. m.
Take Bloomfield av. trolley to Watsesslng
ay. and walk two blocks north on Berkeley
ay.
PHILIP J. BOWERS & CO..
fsa Market ST..
Newark. N. j..
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Following are the quotations of tn.
days prices. as furnished through
Byrne & Mcdonnell, members of the
New York Stock Exchange:
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WALL STREET NOTES.

II is understood that the directors OF
the Southern Pacific Company at their
meeting today decided to call in the
preferred stock. II is understood that
the preferred stockholders will be given
the option of accepting lis in cash or
some sort CT a bond in exchange for
their holdings. Formal announcement
of the plan is expected to be made
later in the day.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
OUT OF TOWN.

A beautiful, restricted development,
hundreds of feet above the sea level;
only rs minutes from Broad Street,
Newark, on the Lackawanna Railroad.
All modern Improvements; schools,
churches and stores close at hand;
houses, bungalows and building sites
at rock bottom prices and upon the
easiest possible terms; ideal for home
or investment. Call or write for il
Illustrated booklet describing the prop
erty and free transportation or meet
our representatives, wearing small
black and white badges, at the Broad
Street Lackawanna Station, Saturday,
at 2:2o P. M; Sunday, $50 A. M
and $50 P. M.
MUTUAL REALTY CORPORATION,
Suite 3l0-776 Broad St, Newark, MI.
Marbridge Building, B'way and 34th
st, New York.
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E. II. Gary. chairman of the United
States Steel Corporation, and L. F.
Loree. president of the Delaware and
Hudson Company, are to be elected
directors of the Erie railroad, it was
said today.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
OUT OF TOWN.

UDI UT w
NOntclnfr.
MODERN well located home. 10 rooms. bath.
every Improvement; immediate possession
sale or rent. Address NATHAN RUSSELL,
INC. Bloomfield or Glen Ridge.
Summit.
FOR SAIE-Seven-room house. TIRES green
houses: barn; land 200 feet front. 100 deep;
reasonable price. Apply 20 Pine Grove av.,
Summit, n, J.
Verona.
NUMEROUS houses, with improvements;
choice building sites on high ground. and
farms, any price; ask about Baldwin
Heights" CLINTON d. BALDWIN. Bloom
field av.
West NutIey.
NEW 1-room cottage, large reception hall.
Tath. piped for gas, wired, range and all i'm
provennents; lot 43xlto: price 50 $500; easy terms.
HENNINGER. IS Alexander, near High.
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LOCAL SECURITIES.

The bid and asked prices appended
IRE furnished through EiiseIe d King.
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Glen Ridge.
MODERN dwelling, parlor, library, dining
room, Kitchen. first floor; five chambers and
bath. steam heat, porcelain plumbing; well
located; Immediate possession; 81 500; terms to
suit buyer; have others. Address NATHAN
RUSSELL. INC.
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ELECTRIC, GAS. ETC.
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WATSESSING AV.-Plots 40x100. only $500.
Clearield av., plots 25x100, 5000; less than five
minutes to Laekawanna and Newark car line.
Address NATHAN RUSSELL. INC. or
EDGERLEY & gibson, local representative.
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PRICES oE BONDS.

The following quotations we're fur
nished by Post g. Flagg:
Open. High. Low. Close.
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EUGENE A. KELLY


OPPOSITE EAST ORANGE STATION.
EVERYTHING IN REAL ESTATE.
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Caldwell.
MOB H~ILLcBuilding lots, $50 feet above sea-
level. cheap. +. l..
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ROOMY old-fashioned house, II rooms. bath.
fine location, convenient to train and trolley:
terms to suit buyer. Address NATHAN RUS
INC.
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HANDSOME eight room house. bath; all i'm
provenents; close to station, trolley and
sale TO So, 400. Many desirable propositions in
houses and apartments for sale or rent In all
the Oranges.
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With the near approach of the meet
ing of the Reading directors for action
on the dividend, speculative Wall
Street is again beginning to indulge In
strong hopes hat something to its lik-
ing win develop.
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The directors of the National Sugar
Refining Company will meet this morn
ing and declare the usual quarterly
dividend of III per cent. on its pre-
ferred stock, payable July . Books
Close June u. reopen July 5.
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MONEY to loan on bond and mortgage.
CHARLES q. GURNEY counselor-at-law.
Union Building. e-15 Clintrn ct.
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A FAKIR'S CONFESSIONS.
BY JAMES ANDREWS.

? NEVER ever guessed that I was
a seer until the spur Of poverty

NEVER even guessed that 1 was
a seer until the spur Of poverty
drove me into prophecy. Then I
happened to light upon the advertise
ment of a wholesale dealer in pro-
phesying machines at an address in
Brooklyn-of all places!-and he sold
me an outfit for a low price. Advice
he gave free.
Look wise" he said. Hand EN- a
line of hot talk full O. big words.
They'll fall easy"
The machine has been seen by mil
lions of Americans and trusted implic-
lilly by hundreds of thousands. 1t is
to be found at nearly every seaside n
mountain resort In the country. What
met the eye of the victim was a
swarthy, hollow, bodyless head OF paper
mache, mounted on a tall tubs that
sprang from a pedestal. The head was
wrapped in a turban, n the dreamy
eyes peered afar into the future over
a scrubby plantation of black Oriental
beard. That head was my familiar,
and 1 was Abdul Aziz Khan. Had 1,
too, beer of swarthy and Oriental ap-
pearance, that fact might nave been
some palliation of the folly of the gables
IL lOChtu diouliu liz Citdl. Out,
far from suggesting the mysterious
East, l am a blonde, blue-eyed, thin,
nervous American. impossible to be
mistaken for a citizen of any land east
of Cape Cod. The stupidity of the
dupes was gross and objectionable.
Madame and l collected the nickels
and distributed the blank sheets of pa
per among the dupes, asking each jol-
terhead whether he or she preferred an
answer in English, French, German,
Spanish or Italian. and giving one n
sheet bearing the prophesy already
written in the language chosen. My
loyal partner never permitted herself
the luxury of a smile at the gross cred
ulity all around us. Each dupe wrote
his initials with lead-pencil on a proper
blank sheet of paper handed to him,
and when thirty or forty or fifty sheets
had been collected l put them In a soln1
block in the metal box, and mumbled a
tumble of polysyllables at the crowd
while the invisible words were stewing
into visibility. This done, l tapped the
box with the wand most majestically,
opened it to the accompaniment of an
incarnation, and distributed the sheets,
each to its rightful victim. Shall
ever forget those scenes always alike
the quick gasps of surprise, the CLEAN
of staring eyes. the Fastening off to a
remote corner, there to read in obscur-
ity the oracular hodgepodge l had
cooked for them? Sometimes I could
have sworn that I heard the papier-
mache head laughing. Poor old Alb!
He did the work and got none of the
nickels.-Harper's Weekly.
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THE SWING OF
THE PENDULUM

Dental elections in 1904 and 1908 were abnormal in their MAORI.
ties. Roosevelts plurality of S0,59s in 1904 knocked the Demo
cratic organization in the State to pieces in 1905, and the State
went Republican, by default, by 57,97S; but in the following year
the Democrats carried the Assembly and the Republican majority
nearly disappeared. Governor Fort was elected in 1907 by only
sob plurality, and lost Essex, Mercer, Monmouth and Middlesex
counties. Last year Tafts plurality exceeded that of Roosevelt's
in 1904, and he carried through the Republican Assembly ticket
by 81 $50 plurality. But this extraordinary result did not have
the depressing effect upon the Democratic State organization that
was experienced after the Roosevelt election. On the contrary,
that party seems militant and confident. The political pendulum
in New Jersey has Il big sweep. The backward swing is due this
wear. In 1904 it gave Roosevelt sc. sos plurality, and in 1906,
despite Democratic disorganization, it gave a Democratic House of
Assembly. How far backward will the pendulum swing in No
vember?
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A REASONABLE
STREET CAR FARE

until the company and the Mayor cut out the strip tickets. Then
there was a just howl. The street railroad service in Philadelphia
is poor and the cars are inferior. Philadelphia newspapers make
rnfattering comparisons between the local service and that in
New Jersey, where there is a fvecent fare and free transfers, a
system that reasonably provides for proper service and a fair re-
turn from the investments. Evidently the people of Cleveland
have come around to that belief, since they have just knocked out
the grant of a franchise providing for three-cent fares, leaving the
street railway company to get its profits by crippling economies
in the service at the expense of the public convenience. The
primary object of a street railroad franchise is to furnish the pub
lie with good transportation facilities. That object is defeated
when, as in Philadelphia, the company, while charging the highest
rate, gives the poorest service, and it is as badly served where the
company is restricted to such a low rate of fare that the least pos
sble service is given and betterments cannot be made. The public
wants a good street car service, and is perfectly willing to pay a
reasonable fare.
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The Great Chinese Wall

BY W. E. GEL.

Svo DESCRIBE the warnke use of the wall properly. a military historian
is needed, who car setf forth accuratey echnlcaly all TN strategy
l. involved nd the weapons employed. In default o. him., a la view Ia
help the general reader.
The very conception of a chain Of thousands of strong bockhouses, linked
by a rampant n stretching over more than a thousand miles, betokens a min
that car conceive great measures. Vast resources were needed to execute the
idea AM to defend tn wall when once erected. A wall would needa n army of
workmen to erect it, an army of soldiers to defend it, says the writer in Har-
Magazine for August The. towel might De laid aside in a few months
the sword must be ever ready. A mere wall without men behind it cannot de"
lay an invader for a day. The wall OF China involved a standing army. Ac-
cordngy China was the first nation to have a standing army, historians
say it numbered 30SO000 men
There are signs in the patchwork that the towers were designed and finished
first before any wall vas erected. The order was not. therefore, wall frsta and
then towers on it., but towers and then a curtainb between them. In Cuba and
in South Africa there "a a time when it vas found wise to erect ROY of block
houses near enough together to command the intervening space by rifle fea and
numerous enough to stretch for miles The i'm OF Chinese defense apparently
began in the san way, only, as they had n o missiles that could be thrown far
and swiftly, a solid line of wall became needful at a early stage We can
imagine that each garrison would be charged to build a section of wall on to
in mere watching.
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FAMOUS BITS OF PROSE
BY FAMOUS Pc /
EiiaI Piefy
Born ISL.
Died 1916.
BY RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.
NO. XXXV.

(sheidan was pleading a casei in which a son ws brought a a
witness against his mother and grandmother. The following passage
was spoken to Impress the jurors with the enormty of the situation,
and is ne Of the best selections from the words Of thu great Irish
lawyer:
<<-ILIAL love-the morality, the instinct the sacrament of nature-ad duty;
r Dr. rather let MI say, it is miscaned a duty, for it flows rom the heart
without a efort-ts delight, its indulgence, it's enjoyment! 1t is
guided nt by the slow dictates o. reason; it awaits lot encouragement from
reflection or from thought; it asks no aid of memory; it is an innate but active
consciousness Of having been the object Of a thousand soHctudes a thousand
waking, watchful cares, of meek anxiety and patient sacrifices, unremarked and
unrequned by he object. 1t is a gratitude founded upon a conviction of obHga-
conferred before the tender reasonc could acknowledge or the infant memory
record them; a gratitude and affection which no circumstances should subduc
and which few car strengthen; a gratitude in which even injury from the OBJ
jet, though it may blend regret, should never breed resentment, md affection
which can be increased only by the decay of those % whom we w it; then most
fevent when the tremulous voice Of age, resisting in its feebhness, inquiries
for the natural protectors of its cold decline"
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PROPER NAMES
FOR OUR STREETS

lie street is a public asset and the municipality should see to 1t
that the asset is worth something. There is much in a street name.
1t may be appropriate or Inappropriate, descriptive or unmeanng,
picturesque and pleasing or vulgar and offensive. AS far as pos
sible, street names should perpetuate local historic names, ira
ditions and landmarks. They should reach out into the past and
link the present with former generations. Newark is rich in his
torical color, and its records will furnish many names and desig
nations that are peculiarly appropriate for our streets. Pittsburg
is considering a plan of remaining some of her principal thorough
fares. Newark might proftably rename not a few smaller streets
Our large thoroughfares re generally we'll named.