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Evening star., 1909-05-06
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Over 200 shares of gas stock changed
hands at today's meeting Of the stock
exchange and the range of prices was
better than was the case yesterday. AT
that time quite a good deal of the stock
sold for 81. while today the figure for the
bulk of what was sold was 67h. At the
close the bid was 67ss, and the asking
price 67b.
There was practically but one seller and
the stock was taken by several buyers.
The broker who has all along been SO
active in this stock took no part In what
was done today and was merely a specta-
tor.
Nothing was done in the common stock
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. although at one time 1t looked
as IL deal for large block would -e
recorded. 1t got SO far that one broker
perhaps for larger block. IL offered,
while such a block, or one of 500 shares.
was offered at Al.
Nothing was done. however. The Incl
dent attracted some attention. as this
stock has been inactive of late and also
quoted on a lower level than usual. The
reason for the latter condition is COM
monty attributed to the belief that there
is to be no dividend on this stock de-
clared at this time One of the brokers
the payment of a dividend this season
was still debatable question.
Mergenthaler is again In the ascendant
after being for some days below the high
level recently reached. Today the bid was
almost a point in advance of that which
was recorded at the close of yesterday S
market.
The new banking house Of the Washing
ton Mechanics Savings Bank. at the
southeast corner of Sth and G streets
southeast, which has only recently been
completed and occupied by the bank. is
much admired because of its harmonious
proportions, or rather for the reason that
it is good looking building. 1t is re-
garded as an ornament in that section OF
the city.
This is the point Of view of what might
be regarded by the general public. There
is another way of looking at it, and tha,
is the better facilities which are afforded
by the convenient arrangement of the
building to the customers of the bank
The officers of the bank, from the presi-
dent. Ezra Could down, find also that
their work goes along better by reason
of more conveniences and quarters better
adapted for the business.
Evening star., 1909-05-06
FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, May 6.-The weekly state
ment Of the Bank Of England shows the
following changes: Total reserve decreas-
ed 81 go 600; circulation increased $241,-
go; bullion decreased $1.O19. 500; other Sc
curities decreased 1864, 600; other deposits
decreased $4,000; public deposits de-
creased 1861 600; notes reserve decreased
81 ,292, 600: government securities un-
changed.
The proportion Of the banks reserve to
liability this week is 1885 per cent; last
week it was 5O.31 per cent.
The rate Of discount of the Bank of
England remained unchanged today at
211 per cent.
PARIS, May 6.-The weekly statement
Of the Bank Of France shows the follow
ing changes: Notes In circulation de-
creased 4,725, 600 francs; treasury deposits
decreased 63, 7OO,O 900 francs; general de-
posits decreased 80. 10000 francs: gold in
hand increased 26,975,O0 francs; silver in
hand increased 100000 francs; bills dis
counted decreased 167,275.OOO francs: ad-
yances increased 17,375,O0O francs.
Closing-Three per. cent rentes, 81 francs
371s centimes for the account.
Exchange on London, 25 francs Is CEN
times for checks.
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MAY TAKE MATTER TO COURT.
Indiana Lawyer Disputes Secretary
Knox's Right to His Office.

Many pitfalls may await the lawyer in
Columbus, Ind. it is said, who sent by
registered mail to John r. Young, clerk
of the District Supreme Court, papers
seeking to test in the courts the right of
Philander c. Knox to hold office as Secre-
tary of State The papers arrived this
afternoon, and to them was attached a
note signed by c. w. Caldwell. attorney
of Columbus. Ind, asking that they be
filed Immediately.
Mr.. Young sent them back, saying that
they were not In proper form.
Evening star., 1909-05-06
COTTON MARKETS.

NE,, YORK, May 6.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at unchanged prices
to an advance of six points, with the
near months leading. in response to COW
ering and better cables than expected
The weather map shows very favorable
conditions In the south, and short y
after the opening prices eased off to about
point under the closing figures OF last
night Selling for short account was
held in check, however, by the early
forecast calling for showers and 'nwer
temperatures in some sections and pri-
vate wires reporting severe storms In
Oklahoma.
Futures opened steady; May 1866; july
1913; August, 1O.24a1O27; October, 1925:
December, 1922; January, 1917; March
10.16.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL, May 6-Closing: Cotton
Spot quiet; prices points higher, Ameri-
can middling. fair. 614 good middling
SIS: middling, 5.5S; low middling, s 40
good ordinary. 5.1i; ordinary. 476.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales
of which 1000 were for speculation and
export. and included 1900 American. Re-
ceipts, 5000 bales, including 1900 Ameri.
can.
Futures opened steady and closed barely
steady. May. 5.43: May and June, 8. AZ
June and July, $40; July and August
5.52: August and September. $40: Septem.
yember. 5.421z; November and December
.4Oh; December and January, $40; Janu.
airy and February. 3 :s91a; February and
March, $40; March and April, 5.4O12
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BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE. Md. May 6-wHEAT-strons
spot contract. 1.50 asked spot No. 2 red west
ern. 1.5O: June. 1.25: July. i.l6Ral:l7: steamer
exports. 2Os6 bushels; southern on grade. l.47a
1.J0.
CORN-strons; spot contract. s0Aas0la: May.
76h: receipts. 1880 bushels; exports 60.O53
bushels: southern white corn, 77aSl; southern
yellow corn, 76aS0.
OATS~Firmer: No. 2 white. Civ sales; No. 5
white 6OaGl: No. mixed. 5Sl9a59; receipts,
IS COG bushels.
RYE-Firm; No. 2 western export. SS No. 2
vestern domestic, SSaS0; receipts, 2.3O4 bushels.
HAY-Firmer; No 1 timothy. 15.5Oa16.OO: No.
l clover mixed. 13.O0al6JO.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Dull. unchanged
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Government Securities.
Closes Big Steel Rail Contract.

NEW YORK. May 6.-Announcement
was made here today that the Illinois
Steel Company, subsidiary Of the United
States Steel Corporation. has closed a
contract for the sale OF 10000 tons Of
steel rails to the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway. Early delivery Is to
be made on this contract. which is the
largest since the open market for steel
was begun several months ago.
Evening star., 1909-05-06
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call, 12 O'Clock noon-Capital
Traction. 20 at 1856, at 1876, 10 at 136. at
1861.
Washington Rwy and Elec. pfd., 20 at 92h.
Washington Gas. 20 at 67h, 2 at GO, 10 at
672, at 67h. 25 at 67H, Is at GIN, 25 at
67&, 25 ut 67h. % at 67a, 25 at 671a, % at
67h.
MergenthaIer Linotype, at 209h, at 208h.
National City Bank. at 155.
Second National Bank. 10 at 159.
American Security and Trust, 10 at 243, at
243.
Washington Loan and Trust 10 at 200. 10 at
200.
United States Trust. 10 at 1O4.
After call-Washington Gas, % at GIN.
Washington Loan and Trust 10 at 200, 10 at
0OO
Evening star., 1909-05-06

Mrs. Katharine L. Knode. widow of Au-
gustus Fonode. who died in 1882. died of
general debility at her home In Clear
Spring, Md. aged eighty-four years Mrs.
Knode was q Miss Gaylor. and was born
at Funkstown.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO. May 8.-"No rain in Kan
sas" was the slogan used by the bulls
In the wheat pit to force prices sharply
higher at the opening of the market
today Initial quotations showed gains
of " to 1Na1A compared with yester.
days final figures. Shorts who had sold
freely on the slump late in the previous
day were eager bidders at the start, and
for a time offerings were inadequate to
the demand.
An advance of sd to 1Ad at Liver
pool was an additional incentive to
buyers. Toward the end of the first
hour offerings were more liberal and
prices reacted considerably from the
top. The opening on July was 1.16m
to 1.17h. and on May 1.28h to I.23.
Early in the day July advanced to
later to 1.16b and 1.29. respectively.
July corn opened haA to Aah
higher at 69A to 69h, and sold at 50 Il
a699s.
Jly oats opened haA to Aass higher
at 5Ok to 5Oss, and sold at 5OA.
Provisions opened unchanged to 2h
as higher.
Evening star., 1909-05-06

Mrs. John H. Zirkin, aged sixty-nine
years. died at her home near Luray, Va.
Death was due to q stroke of paralysis
which she sustained few days ago.
Evening star., 1909-05-06

Closing Quotations:
At the close of the stock market the
following stocks had changed In price
since above quotations, there being no
change in balance of the closing prices:
RAILROADS.
Baltimore and Ohio, COM, 114ss.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 1SA.
Canadian Pacific, 1904.
Chesapeake and Ohio. 16es.
Chicago, Mil and st. Paul. pfd., 166.
Denver & Rio Grande. CON-, 51h.
Denver and Rio Grande, pfd., S7A.
Erie 1st pfd.. 4Sk.
Great Northern, pfd.. 145.
Illinois Central, 146k.
Interboro Metropolitan. COM, 16A.
Interboro Metropolitan. pfd.. 4oas.
Kansas City Southern, COM. 459s.
Kansas City Southern. pfd., 72&.
Mo-, Kansas and Tex, COM, 43h.
New York Central and Hud. R., 1907.
N. ", Ontario and Western, 4Sh.
Northern Pacific, 144B.
Pennsylvania. 1351s.
Pitts, CHM, Chicago and st. L., 91.
Rock Island. pfd.. 697s
South Pacific, COM, 121B.
Southern Rwy., pfd., 6sh.
Texas & Pacific. 3SA.
Union Pacific. COM, 1SS.
Wabash, COM, 19A.
Wabash. pfd.. 5OA
Wisconsin Central. COM, 50.
INDUSTRIALS.
Amalgamated Copper. SOA.
Am. Beet Sugar. COM, 35ss.
Am. Can, COM, 1OA.
Am. Can, pfd., 7S3s.
Am Car & Foundry, CON-, 53h4.
Am. Car & Foundry. pfd., 1151
Am. Cotton Oil, CON-, 653s.
Am. Locomotive. COM, ,57k.
Am. Smelling & Ref, COM. 93A.
Am. Sugar & Ref. CON-, 134l4.
Am. Tel & Tel, 14I.
Anaconda Copper. 1875.
Colorado Fuel & Iron. COM, 3934.
Corn Products Ref, COM, 23ss.
Distillers' Securities, 3Sh.
Great Northern Ore, ssh.
International Steam Pump. 40l4.
Mackay Companies. COM. 7s1..
National Lead CON-. SS1a.
Pressed Steel Car, COM, 4O1a.
Ry Steel Springs, COM, IL.
Rep. Iron & Steel. CON-, 25h.
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, conn.,, 80.
u. s. Cast Iron Pipe. CON-, 30.
l.. S. Rubber, pfd.. los.
u s. Steel. CON-, 56h.
Y. S. Steel. pfd.. 12O&.
Utah Copper, Ala.
Va. Car Chem, CON-. 40
Western Union TEL, 7Jz.
Westinghouse Elec. Man., So.
BONDS.
aP. Convert. 31zs 1915, 97A
Pa. Convert, 31ss. 1915. 97A.
Evening star., 1909-05-06

Mother-And when he proposed, did
.you tell him to see me?
Daughter-Yes, mamma: and he said
he'd seen you several times, but he
wanted TO marry me just the same.-The
Sphinx.
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New York Grain Prices.

NEW YORK. May 6.-Flour-Receipts, 6.
II, ,4A barrels: sales. 1000 barrels. Con-
tinues quiet, with prices firm.
Wheat-Receipts. 69,60O bushels; firm
Liverpool cables, continued dry weather
southwest. big decrease in Minneapolis
stocks and active demand from shorts ran
wheat up 1a1Mc. Later prices reacted ia
11sc under realizing and fine seeding
weather northwest. May, 1.33a1 341h
July. 121ssa1.221z; September, 1.12Aa1. 1917.
Rye dull: No western. "a, nominal.
Il. O. b. New York.
Corn-Receipts nil.
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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
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new YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by f. F. Hutton & Co,
members New York Stock Exchange; Thomas L.
Hume, manager, 1901 r st. NV.
Evening star., 1909-05-06

Bar silver. steady. 24ssd per ounce.
Money. iaa% per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is 14a1 5-I6 per cent
The rate Of discount In the open market for
three month bills is lhal 5-l6 per cent.
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BURMA CIGARETTES.
One Will Last . Smoker. or Maybe ar
Entire Family, a Oav.

One Will Last q Smoker. or Maybe an
Entire Family. a Day.
The American engineer home for IA
visit from Burma accepted u preferred
cigarette and rolled it gently between
his fingers.
AT the risk of seeming ungiuletui."
he said. Il rise to remark that the
specimen you have so kindly rendered
me strikes my acquired sense OF the
fitness of such things as highly made
quate. Merely as to size, l mean.
1.-The cigarette OF Burma is a re.
markable contrivance, ranging in
length from a foot to a foot and a
halt, an inch in diameter and not un-
like a giant f%1recracker in general
shape. II composed wholly of tobacco
it would be deadly. As a matter Of
fact, it contains very little tobacco.
It is made of cornhusk or leaves OF
innocuous plants rolled tight and with
shreds Of the divine weed between the
layers. One will last a smoker for a
day, frequently an entire family for a
day.
'The women Of Burma, the most
handsome and intelligent of their sex
in the east, smoke these cigarettes ha-
bitually. It is something Of a shock
when the visitor first sees a pretty
woman putting at one of these enor-
nous cylinders. 1t is still more of a
shock II she is carrying a youngster
astride her hip in approved native
fashion. Between puts she offers her
cigarette to the child. who never re-
fuses the invitation.
las to effect, the Burmese cigarettes
are practically harmless. As to flavor
they are insipid and unpleasant."-New
York Herald.
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Whoever Loves Is Never Old.

When life has been well spent age is
a loss of what it can we'll spare-mus-
cular strength, organic instincts, O
bulk and works that belong to these.
But the central wisdom which was
old in infancy was young in f%ourscore
years and, dropping off distractions,
leaves in happy subjects the mind pu-
rifed and wise. l have heard that
whoever loves is in no condition old.
l have heard that whenever the name
Of man is spoken the doctrine of i'm
mortality is announced. 1t cleaves to
his constitution. The mode of it baf-
fes u wit. and no whisper comes to
us from the other side. But the in
ference from the working of intellect,
having knowledge. having skill-at the
end Of life just ready to be born-af-
firms the inspiration of affection and
of the moral sentiment.-Ralph Waldo
Emerson,
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The Poor BRIDEGROOM.

"Even the English language empha.
sizes the 1nsignificance of a man at his
own wedding" said the prospective
bridegroom disconsolately. There isn't
an Independent word to designate him.
he is merely called the groom Of the
bride. as If he were just about on a
level with the bridesmaids and a lit
tie below the maid Of honor. Best
man. Of course, means the b%ridegroom's
best man, but the phrase itself tends to
exalt this individual at the expense of
his superior.
"Then there's no adjective to de-
scribe what pertains to the male half
Of the affair. You can't speak Of the
'bridegroomal' trousers or necktie. On
the other hand, bridal applies not only
to the possessions Of the girl, but to
what relates to both Of them equally.
like the trip and the bridal chamber.
The very words 'matrimony' and mat
rimonial are from the feminine side
only. 'Patrimony' has nothing to do
with the nuptials. 1t applies only to
wealth and signifies that a mans part
In the affair Is to get out and hustle
for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ledger.
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A TYne Often Met.

George Gould vas talking in the
salon of the Kaiser Wilhelm II. of
the queer characters met on shipboard.
"There was never a ship yet" said
Mr.. Gould, that did not have one per.
son aboard who boosted eternally of
the number of times he had crossed
the Atlantic. Now it is thirty-nine
times, now it is ninety-six times. Ev-
cry ship carries invariably this one
passenger who seems to have devoted
his whole life to making a record for
Atlantic crossings.
II once heard a Detroit girl poke a
little fun at a passenger of this type.
He said to her:
"'Do you know, this is my fifty
seventh crossing!
els it? she said indifferently. it's
my ninety-eighth.'
"Really? the man explained.
"'Oh. yes. indeed she answered,
yawning. It's an old story with me
crossing the Atlantic now. Why, &C.
tually, I always recognize more than
half the I've we meet"
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Norweoians Are Cautious,

A good story of motoring in Norway
is going the rounds. In many parts
of this Land of the Midnight Sun mo-
torcars are unknown and, thanks to
the mountains, are likely to remain so.
In the district in question a rumor
went forth that a a was coming. and
the authorities actually went to the
trouble of issuing notices, which were
posted about far and wide, warning all
and sundry that such was the case.
Not only were the people cautioned to
give the car a wide berth, but they
We're told to remove their animals into
safe quarters.
1t so happened that the car was driv-
en- through a desolate land, much to
the amusement or wonder. one fan
cies, Of it's owner. All the people were
inside their houses, and all the cattle
had been driven into safe quarters for
the Observation-Disclosures Star.
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A Girls Preparedness.

There is something very pitiful about
a girl. She wears calico. but talks
knowingly about the latest styles in
silks. Her home is furnished plainly.
but she knows the latest styles in
furniture; she knows how the silver.
ware should be arranged at dinners.
the latest stitch for the marking of
monograms on the finest table dam
ask, the etiquette to be observed at a
dinner, a reception or a ball. although
she never attended anything more
than a neighborhood party in her life.
Her fathers monthly income is not as
large as the pin money a rich girl
would spend in a day. but she knows
what the rich girl should wear and
buy to be in touch with the times.
She is. in short, prepared at any time
to marry a rich man and become q so
ciety leader.-Atchison Globe.
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Notice Of Contest,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Sept. 20, 1909.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been hled
In this Office by
WILLIAM G. JAMES,
contestant, against homestead entry No. X459,
made June 5, 1905, for the Eh NWA, Eh SWk
t tsn:.G %el I'd s1~b By Wii ii aot McM dsses . eoss, Mee.
in which it is alleged that William McMaster
never established q residence upon said land nor
made any improvements thereon nor cult.
waited any portion thereof, neither has he used
said land for grazing purposes. said parties
are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
q. m. on November 5, 1909, before Chas. H.
Boyle, United States commissioner, at his office
in Fort Benton, Montana, and that final hearing
will be held at 10 O'Clock .. m. on November II,
United States Land Office in Great Falls. Mont.
The said contestant ha ving, in . proper afada-
VT fled September 20, 1909, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service of
this notice cannot be made It is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
j. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Painfully Polite.

Lieutenant Shackleton in a speech in
reply to the toast of his health told an
interesting story Of politeness in the
untrodden regions of the antarctic.
His party, he said, were always ex-
tremely good humored and polite, and
II professor in particular attained a
degree of politeness unusual under
such trying circumstances. Are you
busy. Mawson" he called out one
night to another member of the party
who was in the tent. II am" said
Mawson. "Very busy?" said the pro-
lessor. Eyes, very busy" "If you
are not too busy, Mawson, l am down
a crevasse." The professor was found
hanging down a by his four
fingers, a position which he could not
have occupied for any length of time.
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The Country Cousin.


Glenn H. Curtiss, discussing aviation
with a New York reporter, said, with
smiling impatience:
REALLY, though. your questions show
a remarkable ignorance Of the princi-
pies Of fight. If you are going to re-
port a%eronautical things, why don't
you read up aeronautics? Your ques-
lions, as it is, denote an ignorance
equal to the w~esterner's.
"This westerner on a visit to his
rich Pittsburg cousin came down to
breakfast every morning with the same
genial question:
"How is things?'
Zone morning the rich cousin, his
nerves being a little on edge, scowled
a black scowl at this question and
said:
"'Why the dickens do you always
say "How is things?" Jethro?'
"Jethro looked surprised and hurt.
"'Because.' he answered. i want to
know how things is; that's why"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
A Mothers Troubles,

The mother Of a large family fell i'll
and died, and the attending physician
reported that she died of starvation.
1t was incredible. but he proved it.
The woman had to get the dinner and
then spend the next two hours in wait
ing on the family and getting the chill
dren to the table. It was never on
record that she got all Of them there
at the same time, and they came stray
Cling in all the way from potatoes to
pie. BY the time she had wiped the
last face her own hunger had left her
and she had nc desire to eat. Chick
ems, the doctor said, come running at
feed time, but children don't. A hen
has a better chance to eat than a
mother.-Atchison Globe.
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Presence Of Mind,

Mayor Stoy Of Atlantic City was
praising the remarkable efficiency of
his corps of life guards.
These men have presence Of mind"
he said, the right kind of presence of
mind, not the wrong kind-everybody
has that.
II used to know" Mayor Stoy con-
tinued, IAN aged duck hunter that we
called Old Presence Of Mind.
1--WE called him Old Presence of
Mind because he once went ducking
in a sneak box with a friend. The bay
roughened up, and the friend fell over
board. But as he was sinking in the
icy water he managed to clutch with
his chilled hand the edge of the frail
little sneak box.
"The old duck hunter used to con-
clude this thrilling tale with the
words:
"'And, gents, If l hadn't had the
presence of mind to unship an oar and
whack him over the fingers I'd have
been drowned, as he was.'"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
NEW SHORT STORIES
Prudence of a French Diplomat.

An amusing little adventure hap
pened the other day to the new French
prime minister, NJ. BRAND. He paid
IN official visit to a little town in the
southeast of France which is famous
for it's clocks and watches. The min
lister opened the local exhibition, and
after the speeches the local mayor pre-.
sented him with a magnificent chro-
nometer made in the town.
IF your ex~cellency will allow" he
said, I'VE will keep the watch for a
few days and regulate it."
NJ. BRAND, who, though q Socialist,
has a nj of humor, comes from the
south of France himself and knows
that promises there are not always
kept. He knew, too, that a colleague
had the same watch given to him last
year, that it had been kept to be
regulated and that it had not yet
reached Paris. So NJ. BRAND, prime
minister of France, shook NJ. lie Marie