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BROKERS' SHEETS CLEAR
ROCK ISLAND INVESTIGATION
SHOWS NO IRREGULARITY.
The Committee Will Continue, How.
ever, to Probe Sudden
Rise Of Stock.

NEW YORK. December @-The special
committee OF three. appointed by the stock
exchange to investigate the furry in the
Rock Island common shares last Monday
continued its inquiry today. ]. T. After
bury conducted the examination Of the
various brokers who are known to have had
dealings in the stock during the very few
moments when Rock Island jumped 31k
points and back again.
The results of yesterdays proceedings.
during which about fifteen brokers were
examined. were negative. It was made
clear for one thing that as far a. the
transactions among the brokers them
selves was concerned everything was
regular enough. All the sheets are clear,
and there has been no complaint made by
any broker as to any Of his colleagues
transactions. The committee also looked
into the theory that agents Of foreign
option dealers bid up the stock in making
purcha ses against calls sold on It and
found little to back up that explanation.
1t is possible that the committee will
not confine it's inquiry to operations OF
the morning In question, but will go
back for at least two weeks or SO, ex-
aiming the books Of brokers who han
died Rock Island orders within that time.
One Of the positive reports today was
that the committee had learned that .
brokerage house which has been report
ed to act for the Rock Island party dis
tributed buying orders to fifteen brokers
just before opening Monday. It was said
that the orders were each for 1900 shares
at the market price.
Information was obtained from an au-
thoritative source this morning that the
status OF the inquiry into the Rock Is
land furry was very uncertain In point
Of duration. The inquiry might come to
a close today and it might not end for
a week or more
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The bid for gas stock at the meeting
today OF the stock exchange advanced
half a point as compared with the bid
at the close of the trading yesterday.
During the call twenty -six-share lot
sold for 15A. which is the highest figure
yet reached in the recent upward move
ment now in progress in this security.
The new feature in the current gossip
about gas is the comment as to the sig
nificance of letters received by some
stockholders from a firm of New York
brokers asking what they would take for
their gas holdings. Some look upon this
as merely device of stock manipulation,
while others think it may indicate there
Is an enort to form block of stock.
1t Is said also that recently a block of
twelve hundred shares Of gas stock was
sold In Philadelphia for IS. but it is not
known who bought it. 1t is surmised that
by some stockholders in this city may
have some connection.
At any rate, whatever is planned there
Is no question but that the stockholders
at this time. as on so many previous oc-
casions. are holding on to their stock
with the intention to participate in any
thing that happens that will be of bene-
fit to them. For this reason 1T is thought
that an upward movement in the stock
takes place without bringing out much
VII LILO AA0Thol Lis course Oh Tie StOCh
thus far has not been followed by large
transactions.
A security that seldom appears in the
current transactions on the exchange Is
the stock of Riggs Bank. Today one
share was wanted. and it was finally OBJ
tanned at $780, The bid for the stock, or
for ten shares. was then 575, and the
asking price 625.
The bid for the stock of the Metropoli-
tan Bank was the same as it was yes
terday. namely 2O3, but today the bidder
said he would give that for a quotation
lot Of ten shares, or for one hundred
shares. The larger lot was not offered
at any price, but ten shares were to be
had at the same asking price as that of
yesterday, namely, 21O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-29

Stirling A. Kerr. jr., recently elevated
to the thirty-third degree, honorary, by
the Supreme Council of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite Masons for the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United
States. has been selected by Charles E.
Rosenbaum. sovereign grand inspector
general for the District Of Columbia, as
his deputy and personal representative
during his absence from the jurisdiction.
Mr.. Kerr will personally represent Mr..
Rosenbaum and be chairman Of the gem
eral advisory committee of the Scottish
Rite bodies which is being formed for
the regulation of Scottish Rite affairs in
the District OF Columbia.
Mr.. Kerr is member and senior
deacon Of Temple Lodge, No. 81, F. A.
A. NJ, is we'll as proxy for the master
in the Grand Lodge.
His new Masonic honor comes to him
unsought. it is said, and it's announce
ment will be a distinct pleasure to his
many friends in the Masonic fraternity,
especially in the Scottish Rite where he
long has been q prominent worker
Mr.. Kerr is at present engaged as
cashier and bookkeeper for the Supreme
Council, at the House of the Temple, Sd
and E streets northwest.
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Dispatches Without Effect.
COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. December 29.-The cotton
market opened steady at unchanged prices
TO an advance of 6 points on overnight
buying orders. but soon eased off under
realizing and in sympathy with indiffer-
emit cables. Trading was not very active.
but the reactionary tendency was held in
check by the strong southern spot situa-
ton. During the middle of the morning
prices raaled within a point or two of last
night on buying by Liverpool and the
south.
Cotton futures opened steady. Janu-
airy. 1855: February 1915 bid; March.
1886: May, 1913: July. 1913: August,
1874; September. 14.7O; October. 1888.
The market was rather heavy late in
the forenoon. owing to a continuation Of
heavy realizing. but was holding pretty
steady at midday, with a net decline of
about Gas points. There seemed to be
large buying orders in the market on a
scale-down from 1910 for May, and that
position fuctuated between that price
and 1906.
Spot quiet: mddling upland, 1885; mid
ding gulf 10 TO-
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GUEST AT BANQUET.
Board of Trade of Nashville Honors
Justice Lurton.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, December "a
formal farewell banquet was given last
night to Horace III. Lurton, who leaves
Friday for Washington to take the oath
of Office as associate Justice OF the United
States Supreme Court. The banquet was
rendered by the board of trade OF Nash
Vile The two hundred guests included
some OF the most prominent men of Ten
nessee. Judge Lurton closed the program
of toasts with few remarks, expressing
his appreciation and saying goodbye. On
the way to Washington he will stay in
Cincinnati a few days to wind up I'M
finished business in the United States
circuit court Of appeals.
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LONDON MARKETS.

LONDON, December 90. - American
railway shares. after closing quiet with
firm tone in the official session, fin
ished listless on the curb. There was q
buying demand in evidence for Cana
dian Pacific, due to the favorable No
vember report
Professional operations were RESPONSE
BILE for a harder tone in consols, and
home rails left off firm. Foreigners were
harder. but improvement was not uni
form. Paris was considered RESPONSE
BILE for hesitancy In Kaffirs. Copper
shares closed steady. Paris bourse was
irregular and Berlin firm.
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Actor Andrew Mack Divorced.

NEW YORK. December 29-Mrs. Alice
V McAloon obtained an introductory de-
cree of absolute divorce in the supreme
court today from William A. McAloon,
who Is known on the stage as Andrew
Mack. The decree was based on statutory
grounds, and it granted to the wife the
custody of their only son. Francis A.
McAloOn.
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BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. December 29-wHEAT-
Firmer; spot contract, 1.2la; spot No. 2 red
western, 1.2l%; May. LILY: steamer No. 2
red. 1.13t: receipts. 81 735 bushels; southern on
grade. 1.14a1 11a. W.
CORN-Easier; spot contract 66Aa66sl: year
COY ..6 a66s: January, 86Aa66&; February. 67ka
eepts. 123.s64 bushels; southern yellow corn,
62a4 a65a..
OATS-Firmer; No. white, 5O1aa51; No. 3
bushels ~
RYE-Steady: No. western domestic, s1as3.
HAY-Ffrm, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet, unchanged.
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Suffragettes Busy in Oklahoma.

GUTHRIE, Okla, December 29.-The
woman suffragists Of Oklahoma arc wag-
ing an unceasing campaign to secure q
constitutional amendment giving them the
right to vote. Petitions are being circu-
lated throughout the state asking an
initiative election. and $1,000 signatures
already have been secured. State chair
man of the republican state committee
signed such a petition yesterday. stating
he would like to see the women get q
vote on the subject.
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E. B. THOMAS RESIGNS.
President of Lehigh Valley Reported
to Have Retired.

NEW YORK. December 29.-Wall street
heard from railroad sources today the
report that E. B. Thomas. the veteran
president Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company. had placed his resignation in
the hands of the board OF directors, and
that II. Nudge. head Of the Rock Island
system. was being considered as his sue
cessor.
The Moore-Reid interests, controlling
the Rock Island. recently acquired a
large stock interest in the Lehigh Valley.
No confirmation of the report OF Mr..
Thomas retirement could be obtained
here.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN, December 29.-Exchange on
London. 20 marks 43la pfennigs for
checks.
Money, Az per cent.
Private discount rate. "A per cent.
PARIS, December 23.-Closing: Three
per cent rentes, 50 francs 10 confines for
the account.
Exchange on London, D francs IS cen
times for checks
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL, December 29-Closing:
Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices two
points lower: American middling, fair,
SIS; good middling, So; middlng, $40;
low middling, $50: good ordinary, SO4
ordinary, 10. The sales of the day
weTU 1900 bales. of which 500 were
for speculation and export. and included
1900 American. Receipts, $4,000 bales,
including ZOO American Futures OPEN
ed quiet and steady and closed steady.
December. s.1sla; December and jan
uary. s.Isla: January and February,
eI91a: February and March, S22Is:
March and April, sag; April and May,
e26: May and June S.27; June and July,
A2611; July and August. S.25; August and
September, 7.9S; September and Octo-
her, 7.49; October and November, 723
November and December, 7.121k.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-29

ALBANY, N. Y, December 29.-Gov.
Hughes today authorized the extradition
to New Jersey of Mrs. Caroline p. Mar
tin and Mrs. Mary Snead. who are want
ed in Newark on charges duplicating
them in the murder OF Mrs. Ocey Snead
in East Orange. Both women are under
arrest in New XQaA
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Kappa Sigma Conclave.

PITTSBURG. December 2S-The dis
trict conclave of the Kappa Sigma fra
ternity, which includes members residing
in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky and
more than 100 students. convened here to-
day for the annual meeting, which ex-
tends over Friday. An entertaining pro-
gram has been arranged for the visit
inG frat" map
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Saskatchewan CALL L. O'Clock noon-Washing-
ton Rwy. and Elec. A.. $500 at SIN.
Potomac Electric Cons. 80, $1,000 at 101x,
Washington hwy and Elec pfd., 50 at eoh.
so at 901z. 8 at 8O1a, 20 at 9O1a.
Washington Gas, % at 1874.
Lanston Monotype, 100 at Is.
Greene Cananea. 100 at r.
American National Bank. 10 at 1917.
Riggs Nekional Bank, at 500. / at 500.
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank. 10
at l66.
Potomac Insurance. 10 at a.
After call-Capital Traction 81. $500 at 1854.
81 900 ut 1894
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Four Men Killed by Explosion.

MINERAL POINT.Wis., December o.
Four men were killed by an explosion of
dynamite in the powder room at the Ollie
Bell mine here yesterday. The men
placed the dynamite too close to a stove
and the heat caused the explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-29
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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ailyer steady, 24Ad per ounce

Bar silver steady, 24Hd per ounce.
Money, 4a41 per cent
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills Ii 81 per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
three month bills is 31sa3% per cent
sEx-diY.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by f. F. Hutton & Co.
members New York Stock Exchange; Thomas l..
Hume and Edw. Floy Caverly, managers, 1901
i street northwest
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SHOW OF STRENGTH
Dealings on Change Verify
Promises of Yesterday.
TENDENCY TO ADVANCE
Advices in Anticipation of Presi-
dents Message Without Effect.
STANDARD STOCKS VIGOROUS
Sharp Rise Noted in the Specialties.
Call Money Rules at
5L Per Cent.
TENDENCY TO ADVANCE
STANDARD STOCKS VIGOROUS
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK; December 2s.-In a mar
ket which was largely professional. al
though the principal price movements I'M
doubtedly had their origin in more i'm
portant stimulus than the transactions OF
the trading element stocks today pore
out the promise of strength which ap-
peared in yeserday's session. In fact, the
market as whole acted very much as
il the incipient advance which was 50 an
ruptly terminated by the Rock Island
racket Monday morning had been re-
sumed.
There will be those. no doubt, who VIII
fail to perceive anything significant or IN
teresting in today's business, but to others
the market must seem as though 1t eN-
hibited the effects of causes which have
been slowly working for a long time OH
the constructive side of values.
Admitting manipulation and the profess
sionalism of the dealings represented by
the covering purchases OF the room
traders, who went short OF the market
Yesterday and this morning, the par
ticular and general price movements
nevertheless eyinced unmistakable under
lying strength and a persistent If not az
gressive absorption in not few but IN
many quarters, some OF them Delng IN
fiuential to the last degree.
Episode a Back Number.
So far as the Rock Island episode is
concerned. recuperation from the demon
alization which it precipitated may not
he complete as yet. but the market seems
in fair way to thorough recovery. For
that matter the general shake out which
characterized Mondays unsettlement
probably improved what is called the
technical position Of stocks.
Nothing in the overnight news offered
any discourag cement to advancing tenden-
cies in securities. The developments re-
ported In the Rock Island investigation
by the stock exchange authorities were
of a negative sort only, being chiefly de-
structive of various theories which have
been propounded to account for that last
Mondays eccentric episode.
Dispatches Without Effect.
According to the indca tons Of the days
dealings not much attention is being paid
in Wall street to the Washington dis
patches about the discussion of the In
terstate commerce and antitrust laws
which President Taft Is to make next
week for the benefit Of Congress.
Standard stocks generally, such as At
Southern Pacific, st. Paul, Union Pacific,
American Smelling and Amalgamated
Copper made the greatest average Of Wig
orous advance, although some Of the spe-
cialties rose very sharply. .
Call money ruled at 81 Der cent
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Treasury Statement.

The condition Of the Treasury at the beginning
OF business today follows:
TRUST FUNDS.
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New York Grain and Provisions.

NEW YORK. December 29.-Flour-
Steady. with trading quiet. Receipts,
1911 barrels.
Rye-Steady; No. western, S4N, nomi-
nal. fob, New York.
Wheat-Higher cables than expected
sent wheat up at the opening, but COM
mission houses were good sellers, and
the market quickly broke to below the
previous close. December, 124M; May,
1.17Ma1.1sA. Receipts. q 600 bushels.
Corn-Receipts, 52.875 bushels.
Beef-Steady: mess 11.5Oa1 IL. SO; family,
15.5Oa16.0O: beef hams, 4.OOa26.OO.
Pork-Steady; mess, 24.5Oa24.75; family.
2e: Ooa27.O 90; short clear. 25.0Oa27.5 so.
Lard-Weak; middle west, 12.7ba12.85.
Raw sugar-Steady; Muscovado, 50
test, 1852: centrifugal, 98 test, 400; mo-
lasses sugar. 50 test, 1927. Refined quiet;
crushed. 5.65; granulated, 4.o5; powder
ed, sos.
Petroleum-Steady: refined, all grades
sos.
Coffee-spot steady; No. Rio. sas; No.
4 Santos, 8.
NOTWITHSTANDING: New Orleans open ket-
tie, 32a42.
Butter-Steady; receipts, 1896 packages
Creamery, held, second to specials, 29a
"a: process, first to special, 26a29.
Cheese - Firm, unchanged: receipts.
800 boxes.
Eggs-Strong; receipts. 4,321 cases.
State, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery,
white. fancy 4Oa5O; do. gathered white,
35a42; do. hennery brown and mixed
fancy, 4Oa42: do. gathered brown fair to
prime, 33a39: western extra first. 34Aa
3514; first, 321sa331s; seconds, 29a31; re-
frigerators, 22ta26.
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, December 30. - Closing
Wheat-Spot. dull; No. red western
winter. no stock; futures quiet; Deem
Der. SIS 21zd: March. IS; May. Is 1Od.
Corn-Spot. quiet; new American mixed.
5s sgd; old American mixed. 5s 91Ld;
futures quiet; January mixed. IS 7ssd;
January late, 5s I'd.
Flour-Winter patents, 33s Sd
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, December 29.-Liberal re-
ceipts in the northwest Offset the effects
of firm cables and caused considerable
weakness in the wheat market here to-
day. Despite the congested freight situa-
ton In the northwest. due to the recent
severe storms, total arrivals of wheat to-
day at Minneapolis and Duluth were 313
cars. compared with 1895 cars for the cor
responding day year ago. This free
movement was considered forerunner
of still larger receipts in the near future.
Prices at the opening were unchanged
to Nc higher, with December at LIS and
May at 1.1O7s to Lin. Local longs were
inclined to take profits: and December
the May option declined to 1.101b.
Constant increase in local stocks, slack
demand for the cash grain and the weak
ness Of wheat prompted free selling of
moderate declines. The December de-
livery showed the greatest weakness. May
opened unchanged at 661i. sold at 6631ha
60s, and then declined to 68A.
Oats were bearishly affected by the
heaviness of wheat and corn. although
The May delivery opened unchanged at
453s. and then sold off to 45Aa45as.
Provisions responded only feebly to I'M
usually light receipts Of live hogs
tHIOuSHOuI tuc west, prizes at the start
being five cents lower to 21aa5c higher
compared with the previous close. Ad-
ditional slight gains were made early in
the day, but the volume OF trading was
small.
Wheat-December, 1.17h; May. 111ssa
Liz: September. OTIS.
C0rn-December, 62%; January, 50; May,
cess; July, 661t.
Oats-December. A; May, 45x; July,
431k; September 4Oss.
Pork-January. 21.6o; May. 21.721z; July.
PIGS.
Lard-December. 1850: January. 1924;
May. 11.S71: July, 11.s21ea11.S5.
Ribs-January, 11.321z; May, 11.35; July.
11.3211a11.35.
Rye-Cash. 79,aasO: May. soas1.
Barley-Cash. 53a72.
Timothy-March. 3.95a4.OO.
Clover-March. 1890.
The wheat market rallied again late in
the session on covering by shorts, the
distant deliveries being especially firm.
May advanced to Liz. The close was
firm. with May up ssaA. at 1.11asa1. 111s.
December was off *, at LIN.
The corn market regained all of the
lost ground in the final hour. mainly in
sympathy with the advance in wheat
May advanced to $685. The close was
Arm, with May up h, at 66ss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
YOST JR. TEAM
 PREPARING FOR SEASONS WORK

Manager Beloin of the Yost IT,, team would like to form Jupior Industrial league for Saturday afternoon games. All interested in this league forming will please send him a postal card as soon as possible. Address W. Beloin "a Colorado avenue. He would like to start this league a going by playing the first saific May 1st- Average age to be 20 years.
 The West End Boys club have or ganized for the season of 1909. Mana ger Beloin will take his team to Fair field for their spring training where he has bought a large farm of 50 acres. Manager Beloin has signed the following men for the season of 1909:
 Catchers, Burke and Vancock; pitch CTS, Howell, Whalen, Lannon and Eek; first base, Mccarthy and Morgan; sec ond base, KeH and Bentze; third base, Rist; shortstop, Shea; outhelders, H. Frank. T. Mallon, J. Mallon, o. Faulk- ner, F. Moss, J. Gallagher, E. Ramn, B. Duncan, J. KeaTns, B. Cole, and J. Lynch.
 West End Boys Club will hold their first meeting Sunday, March 21st at the Circus grounds at 2:30 when a cap tain and manager will be elected and the Regulars will play the colts. West End Boys Club are in the Park City league this year and expect to capture thte pennant of 1909.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
 p.... <,Ihs Kind You HaTs Always Bought us.s.''' .s NHZzzezsg BASKET \ BALL;
 EDGEWOODS'
 FINE RECORD

The Edgewood Basket Ball team of Bridgeport claim the 115 ID. champion ship of the city for the season of 1909, having won 14 out of 15 games played Any team, at 115 lbs. disputing this claim will please drop postal or let ter to Mgr. Beloin 73 Colorado Avenue, Bridgeport. Conn.,, who will arrange game tu-bet psayeds desired.
 The Stratford nigh school quintette Swas to play the Edgewoods last Friday night but failed to appear at the West End Boys club The Edgewoods have Union Business College Girls team last Monday and Friday evenings at Seaside Institute.
 The Edgewoods go over fe Saint Jo- IS, to play. the. Orioles. They also challenge the St. Joseph Jrs., St. Charles Jrs.,, or St. Paul Jr's. for games to be played before the season at the West End Boys club.
 The Edgeweods have been given the go-by twice this season once each by the East Danbury Jrs. and the Strat- ford High school.
 The following is the record of games played by. the Edgewoods this season: With the Clintons, S-5; T. U- s. Jrs-, 19-16: Pirates, 22-9; Orioles, 19-S; O. K- Team of New Haven. in Bridgeport, 3s-gs West Haven High School in Bridgeport, 10-12; K. O.. K. A. 33-9; O. K Team of New Haven, in New Ha- ven,. 17-13; Bengal Jrs.. of New Ha- ven in Bridgeport, 22-12; Union Busi- ness College Boys. 46-13; Poplar A. C., 1915; Union Business College Boys 36-6: East Danbury, Jrs., forfeit 20; Stratford High School, forfeit, 20; K o. K A, 35-2e. They also played the Girls of Union Business College two games defeating them twice by the scores of 21-20 and 25-24.
 The line up of the Edgewoods is. J. Shea center; c. Cooper and A. Rist right forward; T. Mallon and H. Frank. forward: J. Carroll and ". Beloin, right guard; W. Burke and T. Ma1lori left guard. Please send all challenges to the Farmer Office-