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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
Stock Market Needs Tonic Maintain Advancing TenLo Gas
GAS SHARES SHOW BETTER TONE.
FRACTIONS ALSO FIRMER.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

It was evident that the local infu-
enCes governing the market for Wash
ington Gas shares were in a more
healthy condition and the change was
quickly reflected in the better demand
for the stock and rise to 691z. or
nearly a point on the initial sale, and
thereafter to 7Ols, with more than one
buyer of shares. In ali sales of 10
shares were made. There vas some Cos
sip on Change anent the possibility Of
an increased dividend. on which there is
a decided division of opinion. The con-
servatives admit that in the present
temper of Congress any increase in the
dividend rate would be a plain case of
breeding trouble.
There was also a decided improve
ment in the price of Traction shares
Capital Traction sold at l35G13615. a
sharp betterment. Railway preferred,
S05i n91 No common sold.
The rest of the market was quiet
and steady LanstOn. 13$s01S1L; Ameri-
can Security and Trust shares, go;
Columbia Title, "A.
AS high as HIS was bid for Capital
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Live Stock.
EIGHT YEARS
IN SECOND CENTURY
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt Dies 108
Years Old-Met General
LAFAYETTE.

NEW YORK. April Light yesrs
more than a century had passed over
the head Of Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt when,
with sight, hearing, and memory prac-
tically unimpaired. she was taken i'll
last Friday. She has died in the
home of her grandson-in-la law, Warren
Ferdinand Wickes, 407 Adelphi street,
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Hunt was the oldest woman in
American so far as her family knows.
She had reached the axe of 105 before
She found it necessary to wear eye
glasses, and her hearing up to the day
OF her death was as perfect as that of
a young person.
Her memory was extraordinary, and
she frequently told in detail Of occur
rences Of her childhood. memories Of
the war of 1912. and of the days she
spent in her birthplace, Lancaster, Pa.
When girl Of sixteen she came to
New York to visit relatives, and espe-
cially TO see General Lafayette, who
was then visiting the Unite Estates.
Mrs. Hunt often told Of her preSeuta-
ton to the distinguished visitor at a re-
CeptiOn. and said he had cordially
shaken her hand and spoken with her
for a moment.
When the civil war began Mr.. Hunt
MAJ seven sons and three of them took
u9 arms for the Federadl cause. Her
husband died in 1861 and her sons and
two sons-in-law suffered wounds in the
war.
Until last week she never had any
serious Illness that any Of her grand
children can remember. on Good Fri
day she was attacked by a severe cold
and went TO bed. She arose on Satur-
day and went about the simple duties
she imposed upon herself. but was COM
PEELED 70 return 10 her bed, and bron-
chitis developed, reaching a fatal ter
minatiOn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
SOLDIERS STOP GIRL.
FACE COURT.M MARTIAL
eRgulars at Fort Mott, N. J., Held
on Two Serious
Charges.

SALEM. y. J., April H-Teld without
bail on a serious charge preferred by
Miss Helen Brown, a young society
Robert During, soldiers of the United
States army. in barracks at Fort Mott,
near here. must also face court-martial.
Charges OF assault and battery will be
pressed by City Solicitor Henry Burt
Ware and Mrs. Ware, who. when they
went 10 the young woman's rescue,
were severely beaten ard mistreated by
the soldiers.
Miss Brown was on her way home late
IN the evening when approached by the
soldiers who. when she attempted to
run. seized her and dragged 'her into
an obscure corner.
The affair was aroused intense excite
ment here
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
FAMILY NAGGING
SPOILED RELIGION

An Atchison man who recently con
fessed religion and became a memb Der
OF the church says bis family, and not
his associates downtown, are RESPONSE
bic FOR the backsliding that followed
within three weeks. He says his wife
and the girls were In a conspiracy. 10
impose upon him, TO work him for
money, 10 make him do more work
around the house, and su bmit to all
sorts Of tyrannies without ETumbling
He cant object" he overheard his
wife say, for ne has religion now, and
- bound 20 be meek and humble"
Three weeks Of this drove him into a
frenzy, and one day he backslid so We
daughters were left peechless.-Atchi-
son (kan.) Globe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
MAKES
ALL POPCORN POP

When you went TO buy a bag of but
tered popcorn from the man with the
little wagon on the corner Of the street.
have you not often stopped to watch
him pop some corn, or better vet, have
you not lain on the rug in front f
your own open fire, and as YOU watched
the little dull, yellow lSerns dance
about in the Pepper until with a pop
into the beautiful fiuffy-Iooking little
white balls that taste so good have
you not often wondered how the heat
Of the fire acted on them to make them
transform themselves so prettilv2
Well, science has been investigating
the matter and has found out that it
is all brought about by steam The
steam expands and pops the corn. Each
tacle tightly packed with tiny starch
grains The interior of the kernel Is
divided into numerous little cells like
tiny boxes, the sides OF which are quite
strong and able to resiSs consfdera Bile
pressure. Each OF these little boxes
contain moisture, and when they are
held over brisk fire this moisture is
turned TO steam.
Now, you know when steam Is con-
fined in any way il always tries TO get
out, so il is in this case. The steam,
hndlng itself shut up ia the tiny cefls,
bursts through the walls and makes
its escape by explosion. In doing this il
literally turns the popcorn inside out,
which makes ii so pretty To look at and
so good TO eat That is why a hot fire
Is needed to pop corn, becaTse the steam
has to be formed.
There Is great deal of popcorn raised
in New England. but by far the larger
part Is grown in what is called the
'popcron belt in Sac ana Ida counties
IN the State of Iowa. These two cOun-
ties arc said 70 yield l5,0O0.000 pounds Of
popcorn year. II this were all popped
before being shipped there would
be enough 10 load 1000 trains, with
twenty cars TO each train.-Youth 5
World.
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GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
CONTRASTS MADE
IN MEMS GREATNESS

The bust of Longfeliow fills a niche in
Westminster Abey. Can one Of us mag
Inc that Hartman will find niche
there? Every young student in Europe
has the words Of Walt Whitman on his
lips he knows Poe and ne knows
En- erson. Yet 20 link industrialism with
the name OF one Of these three would be
a proclamation. Jay Cooke in his day
was a fiaucier even larger IN the public
eve than Hartman. Cooke was one Of
the chief figures in the financing Of the
Government during the dark days Of
the civil war a work compared to
which the railroad career OF Hartman
of the students Of this day and hour
know OF Cooke and Of the tremendously
important work he did2-New York
Press
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Traction IS without bringing out any
bonds.
None of the members of the firm of
Harper x CO. viii have ANYTHING TO
say pending changes in the personnel of
the firm.
Despite this reticence, however. il IS
generally understood that Harper & Co.
VIII purchase Thomas l. Hume's in
terest in the banking business of Har-
per & Co.. and in turn Mr. Hume will
purchase the stock brokerage business
of Harper & Co.
Mr. Hume will probably take posses
sion Of his old Offices in the Adams
building, on the same floor with the
Stock Exchange, having private wire
connection with the New York house
of Tracy & Co.
The Washington Mechanics Savings
Bank OF Washington took possession
OF Its banking office in its new bank
building on the corner of Eighth and
G streets southeast. The officials of
the bank We're at home TO the friends
of the institution who called in large
numbers to extend congratulations on
the completion of the building and the
occupancy of the handsome quarters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
SEAwEED STEALS OYSTERS.

A seaweed has invaded the oyster
beds Of France and carried Off 10000
oysters. 10 has carried them of bodily.
as a thief would DO.
The minute seeds OF this weed float
up the English channel I'm the current
OF the gull stream. they settle on oys-
fers IN the Breton beds Of Morbihan.
OuiDcrOn and Belle and they grow
10 the size Of a ducks egg.
They are fUll Of water. bat at ma
furity the water evaporates, and air
takes It's place. The eZg-shapcd sea-
weed IS then a balloon and like "A bal
loon. Il lifts ;ts oyster from the bot
tom and bears It out 10 sea.-Philadcl-
phia Bulletin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
wOOLLY ART.

Frederick Re nington. the illustrator.
fresh from a Western trip on which he
had been making studies OF Indians
and cowpunchers and things outdoors.
met an art editor who insisted upon
dragging him up 10 an exhibition Of
very fmpressiOnistiC pictures.
You don't seem enthusiastic" re-
marked the editor as they were COM
ing out. Didn't you Ike them"
Remington, remembering what he
had been told as a boy, counted ten
before replying. Then.
Like 'em2 Say, I've got two
maiden aunts IN New Rochelle that
can knit better pictures than those!'-
Everybody's Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
WILL NOT CHANGE
NAVAL CHAPLAINS
Secretary Meyer to Let Old APP
pointment Stand and Name
Methodist

Secretary OF the Navy Meyer decided
today to make no change in the appor-
uonment of chaplains. despite the re-
quest Of the Unitarians and Presby-
terians, who ask to have one Of their
denomination appointed TO the vacancy
caused by the recent retirement of a
navy chaplain.
Both denominations made a reouest
to President Taft, who refused TO take
II out of the hands of the Navy De-
paTtment.
The chaplain TO be appointed, there
fore, Will be Of the Methodist ministry.
and Secretary Meyer has requested the
conference Of bishops to be held in
Richmond during the latter part of tEe
month To OBSTINATE q Candidate
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TODAYS PRICES ON THE
LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE

Washington Railway and Electric As,
S500nSS14
Capital Traction, 2OG136. 12a1s6. 129
1862
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred, 2O091. Sd9034.
Washington Gas. 10a69h, 25@6994, $50
697s
MergenthaleT. 1U201-
Lanston, 1006135s. 100d131h.
American Security and Trust, 6d240
1920
National Savings and Trust, 1d202.
Columbia Title, 140d4lz.
After calI-WashingtOn Railway and
Electric pr. 5d9l
Capital Traction. 5013615.
Washington Gas, 15d7O1l, 2597o, 1910.
100701s, 50d701s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
RUSSIANS KILL BRITON.

ST. PETERSBURG. April 14-Nax
Johnston. the foreman of a big Eng
lish factory in St Petersburg, was muir
dered by his workmen. Dissatisfied
with the Easter gratuities given them
by Johnston, they pinned him 70 the
ground with a heavy bobbin and beat
him TO death with ropes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
HOTEL
ANNEX CoLLAPSES
Great Damage Done in Accident
in Virginia City
Today.

PETERSBURG. Va, April 14.-At II
o'clock this morning the three-story
brick annex OF the Chesterfield Hotel.
containing sixteen rooms and valued
at $4,000, and the brick store ad-
joining, occupied by J. o. James, a
prominent shoe dealer, valued at
$4,000, and owned BIZ Thomas F.
Knock, of Petersb burg. collapsed and
are a complete wreck.
The Chesterfield Hotel is owned By
John NJ. Manrahan- The second floor OF
the store, occupied by James, was used
as a tailoring establishment by John y.
Pearman. who estimates his loss at
5000. James carried a stock of between
$4,000 and $4,000. which is ruined or
badly damaged
The collapse Of the two buildings is
said 10 have been due 20 the giving
away of the walls three feet above the
foundation between the annex Of the
Hotel and James store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
OLD ELPS YELl.S
SCARE AWAY FOX
Yale Students Rob Marauder of
Chicken and Have
Feast.

WINSTED, Conn, April H.-Howard
Martin, of Bakeville; c. r. Carter, of
Norfolk; w. II. Loughredge, of Denver:
Charles Allen Goddard. of Salisbury, all
Yale freshmen, tramped on Mt Siga
until fatigued and hungry. Loughredge
spied fox with a full-grown chicken
in its mouth. The freshmen chased il
with Yale yells. Reynard dropped its
prey and the students had lunch of
fried chicken.
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NOW HELD FOR THEFT.

BOSTON. April 14-Robert Ross who.
IT is alleged, elOped from Paterson, N.
J.. last October with the seventeen-year-
old married daughter of his employer.
Is under arrest here as a fugitive from
justice. He is held for the Paterson
authorities on a charge of stealing 81. 200
from his emplOYer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
PRIMITIVE BAGGAGE MEN.

Freight is handled in the Philippines
by coolies. who. with a bamboo pole
and a piece Of rope. carry in a most
precarious fashion packages that are
liable to drop and burst at any moment
Hence the need Of good stock for the
castings and reinforcement with iron
bands.-Ohio State Journal.
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SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.

NAPLES, April 1.-THE young gAmeri-
can who threw himself from a. cliff at
IorreSaveta last week and was killed.
mas heen identified as Ludwig Stett-
helmer. Of New York A book. found in
the mans pocket contained the fnscrip-
ton. Il. Macpherson. Seatflels,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
TOP PRICES PAID
FOR BEST GOODS
Receipts Are Light and Trad
ing Brisk-Eggs Sell
ing at 20 Cents.

With light receipts and fairly heavy
demand. trading on the wholesale pro-
duce market today was brisk. Only a
small volume of business was trans
acted, but all stock moved readily.
Top prices were paid To- extra quality
goods.
Eggs strengthened to the fun quota
ton of 20 cents, with very few sales
made on the 19-cent basis. There were
few duck eggs on the market. and
they brought 2S cents a dozen without
any difficulty.
In the live stock market, best veal
calves sold at So cents top. The quota
ton of 1215 cents on lambs remained
firm, although few were offered for
sale
Practically no changes We're recorded
in the vegetable market.
Eggs, Cheese, and Butter.
Eggs-Virginia. nearbys. fresh. 1sa2Oc.
Cheese-New York. flats large, per h.,
lslze; small. per h., 1slza17c.
Butter-Creamery, fancy. SIC: Western
hrstS, &c; process, fancy, sc: fair to good
24c: dairy, choice. 22a2ic; dairy, good, l7c
store packed, fresh, 15al6c
Poultry.
1--we Poutry-Chickens. spring small. per
TO- EZd15Ci large pCr 10, 1SfcI0Cs hens. 1415C:
ROSTERS Sc; ducks, large, per h.. 14a15c
small, per h., 12a14c; geese, per 10, Sa1Oc
turkeys. toms, per h., 1Sa20c; hens per 10,
2oa22C
Dressed Poultry-Chickens spring. small,
per 10, 20a22c; ROSTERS, per ID. Sa9c; tur-
keys, undrawn, toms. per ID. 20a22c; hens
per 10. 2sS2Sc; ducks. large. per ID, 1sc;
geese, per h., 1la13c.
Fruits.
Fruits-Apples. fancy brands. per Dbl. $ 50
a6-5O; grapes, Malaga, SO per key; oranges
California, per box. S250a2.S5 Florida, per
box. S2oa3.50' pineapples, per crate, s2.50a
800; grape fruit. per crate, s.. o0a550
Vegetables.
egetabIes-Potatoes, per bu, socasI.i5: po-
tatoes, home grown, per gu, T0caSLO0; sweet
potatoes. per Dbl. S3ea.i4. 90; vans. per Dbl,
81 50; turnips. per box. 25a40c; turnips
per Dbl. 75c; rutabaEas, per bbl-. $780, GU
100 lbs, S3.00a3.50; spring cabbage. per crate,
S2-5oa300; cauliiOwer, per basket. 81 50a2. %:
celery, per doz. stalks, ScaS-l0; onions, per
bu-, 9ocaSl-25; onions. per bbL, s.. 0OaS2.50;
basket. s25Qa3.00; tJmaeoes. Florida, per
crate, S1.50a2 .; spinach. per Dbl.
81. 75a2 90: kale. per Dbl, 50a75c; lettuce. per
basket. 81 00a250: radishes. per 100 81 00a2. 90;
asparagus. per bunch 20a35c; oeets, per crate.
s.. O0aS50; rhubarb. per bunch. Sc; Texas
onions. per crate, 500
Live Stock.
Live stock-Cattle, extra, per cwt. S7.5Aa
Loo; medium. s4Ooa4.50; ordinary. 81 00s-3.r5
hogs, per cwt.. gross. s5.50a6.75; ordr airy,
per cwt. S6.e0a6.25; sheep, Qrime. per 10,
choice per H., 12c; medium. per h. l0c;
common. per H.. sac; calves PRIME, per
ID. SaS1zc; medium, per ID, 7aI4zc' coniEon.
per h., base.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
FOR PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, April 14-Joseph Martin,
former premier OF British Columbia, has
been adopted as the Liberal candidate
for the Stratford-on-Avon vacancy in
the house Of commons. caused by the
resignation OF Malcolm Kincaid- Smith.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
FALLS DEAD IN THEATER.

ATLANTIC CITY. April 14.-Mrs.
Robert Morrison, aged sixty-efght. of
Philadei phia, dropped dead in a beach
front theater here tonight after
rapid walk TO see the rise of thS cur
tain. Startled spectators of the WON
ans tall summoned an ambulance. but
she vas dead whsn the doctor arrived
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.

LONDON, April 1I-Joseph Martin.
formerly premier Of British Columbia,
has been adopted as the liberal candi-
date for the Standardization vacancy
in the house OF commons. caused by the
resignation Of Malcolm klncaid-S Smith.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
JOSEPH MARTIN CANDIDATE

LISBON, April 1.-THE government
mas decided to introduce a rigid sys-
tenn Of inspection in Angola West a.
RIGA, to put an end to the conditions
OF enforced labor among the native
workers on the cocoa plantations.
to slavery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
THE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by z. F. Hutton
& Co, members New York Stock Fx-
change, G. Bowie Chapman, manager
1901 + street northwest.
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TODAY'S PRICES ON
NEW YORK EXCHANGE

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs &
Co, bankers and brokers, Hibbs Building,
members New York Stock Exchange. Wash
ington Stock Exchange. and Chicago Board
Of Tradel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
MISSOURI WISDOM.

When YOU get sore on the world.
don't forget that IL viii not hurt the
world At al, while Il WIN do you in
conceivable harm.-Lamar, 40, Dem
ocrat.
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MRS. SCOTT LOCATES
HER HEADQUARTERS
Administration Candidate for
D. A. R. Head Arrives
in Capital.
Continued from First Page.)

ministration for registrar general, has
declined to run, the announcement being
made at a meeting of the Our Flag
Chapter last night. The Mclean ticket
managers Immediately named Mrs.
William Van Zant Cox to fill the va
cancy.
In connection with the story circulated
that Mrs. Mclean and Mrs. Scott had
disagreed over the manner of the pre-
sentatiOn Of a handsome mahogany
chair rendered the Daughters by the
Colonial Danes Society of Washington,
Mrs. Scott today emphatically denied
that there had even been a discussion
Of the matter. There had been no DIFF
ferences at all, she said, between Mrs.
Mclean and herself and she had ex-
pressed no opinion regarding the presen-
Iauon ceremonies. The chair viii be
formally presented at the opening of
the convention Monday next
Mrs Scott was accompanied to Wash
inSton by Mrs. Joseph Murphy, of Gin
cinnati, former state regent of Ohio,
and notable figure al every conven-
ten. Their arrival is practically the
nrst OF the hundreds Of Daughters who
VIII reach Washington from now on
Mrs. Scotts candidacy is Of especial
interest locally, in that she is the motn-
er OF Mrs. Charles Cromwell, long prom
lnent IN Washington society, and Mrs
Charles NrOOman, OF Boston, who is
spending he winter here and who is
much enthused over her mother
chances. Mr.. Vrooman is the wife OF
ChaTles Nrooman, magazine writer ana
auInOr. Both spent the morning at the
New Willard with Mrs. Scott
MRS. James 5 Sherman, wife OF the
wee President, is to meet all the mem
oers Of the society then in the city at
reception at the New Willard Hotel
saturday afternoon Mrs William Cum
sulngs story. present State regent Of
New ork, and an old friend of the wife
OF the wee President, is to introduce
of rfa
ton and the other Daughters TO Mrs.
Sherman.
Is Non-Partisan.
Mrs. Sherman, It was said TODAY. on
account Of the fact that she is only
recent member Of the society, is sur
prised that there are those who have
referred to the approaching reception
as indicating that sne has sided with
Mrs. Story in her fight for the office OF
president general. Mrs. Sherman's af-
fair, it is explained, is entirely nonpar-
tisan, and is for every member of the
society, hundreds Of whom have desired
an opportunity Of meeting the second
lady in the land
Mrs Sherman believed this could best
be arranged just prior TO the conven-
ton, and she suggested that the intro
duction be made by 1-rs. Story, Of her
own State, without thinking that her
personal actions might be construed by
some as indicating that she wanted to
throw her influence, If possible. toward
certain faction This, Mrs. Sherman
said today, is erroneous. as she is tal1-
ing no sides. II Is not thought that
Mrs. Story herself expected any one 10
so look upon the planned reception, but
nevertheless some Of her most ardent
admirers have seemed 70 think that
the affair might have its weight, and
have felIcitated themselves accordingly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
THE SORROW OF 1T.

Scribbles-Jingletons latest poem is
certainly rhythmic and beautiful.
Criticus-1es; it's too bad it doesn't
mean anything.-Chicago News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
NEW YORK STOCKS WERE IRREGU-
LAR-EARLY GAINS WERE LOST.
MARKET STEADIER.

NEW YORK. April AZ p. m.-Read-
ing came very strongly in the last half
of the second hour OF the afternoon, ris-
ing to 1S9. or nearly 10 the top OF the
days. record. Union Pacific was steady
at 1915. Little Steel rose to DIS, St
Paul TO 1891, and Southern Pacific to
120ak