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London Stock Market.

London, January 2.-The stock exchange
closed the year cheerfully with fair ac-
tivity especially in new loans and In the
gilt-edged section, In which there was
good Investment buying. Much Of the
advance. however, was due to dealers
marking up quotations, anticipating a
broadening in business in the new year,
with cheaper money, although the latter
was executed to bring out many new
issues. Consols finished at SS7sc after
touching sS1kc, the highest and SS1xc, the
lowest during the year.
American securities, although lacking in
outside support, managed to gain l to 1
points in the week, due to professional
buying the copper shares, the Hartman
issues and Atchison leading. The latter
was strengthened by the splendid No
vember earnings. feature of the year
was the remarkable rise In American
rails, indicative Of the gradually return
ing confidence after the crisis. Union
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per. gross; Globe. csc; gross lots.
Mincs Meats dozen to case. AT.
$40; certified. s2;2b; Loyus. s2.25.
OH Cans-Galvanized. { gar i dozen
okra and Tomatoes-a-lb cans. pc.
olive oil-Purs ~rench. Z dozen to
wetmore's. per dozen. $50,
per d@aen. Van camp c sss oas Sun to L fsss
Grits-s2 pounds. sI.75.
Jar Rubbers-sure Key. per gross
Jellies-All kinds: per dozen. 1901,
M ss eea ,s .nme sw B S9' s as0n
biers. sOc: SOC glucose. 4sc: large
pals; 81; snail pals soe. .,s.,
soS cSRRp5.i. acsN cs Besfstasa brand
siiveT Fleece; SOC; silva Thread. Soc:
Lamp doodsMchimneys. 8 dozen 70
esr ,s mG L 'ss aous Mo- to =,
Per s sTos; No. ' sss NJ 500 s wi'k''
case, ss,75; Favorite. 1 dozen to case i"
;soi Giant dnssn q dozen ca. t "a s case sl75
Ma Is c arr, nel e brand. Der ID: 70;
opAknetti, per lDs fCs ~ ID packages, 50
packages to case. per case. 81.
Mac a.r aozsm =: 100 count $3.50.
dozen Soc: No. DOZEN Dozen !. 70 es sassi ,l pst
oystersCcanned. lib. full at. dozen
to cage Eio Ds. MesI ~. 81; re.o.,,r
Flour.Fancy patents, $3.50 Nellie
King, $3.50; second patent, s5.25.
MeainS so SOC bushel; ss-lb
..
Corn-Kiln, dried. No. 2 mixed. s5c.
0atsINo. 2 mixed. e2ci No. 5, 64c:
Pure wheat bran, ton, $26.
Cotton seed feed meal. s24; prime. s27.
SSerts eh9ps; 81 ssspl pounds 'l.sO.
Hulls--s0 lbs. C. s.. 80; 100 lbs c. s.,
'' Hay-choice Timothy $780, No j,
Timothy, SIS; johnson grass. ia:
clover. mixeo, SIS; choice green alfalfa
Pancake FIour-Blue Ribbon. 1872.
50; whole wheat, 1o-1o's. $3.50: Graham
sour cra lSsS xS ss a2 sss og5 sso
S1.lo; CHI dice evaporated. 80 lbs to box,
per pound, 12tsc.
Moiasses-Centifugal. 20 q s5c: sugar
house. 4oc: Georgia cane. new crop. zsc.
dard. alb fins. Si.lo; s-ib. SOC: b scH
berries. standard. 96r.
EsSRssssa a-l .o tss: g: ssrS Ss rs
Rice1FuIl head. &c; Jap. &c; Low
Kaisins.sPsf package. IKE: per -
p Pe asp bushei. Blackey... ..ak
soap--Octagon. 1890; Lsnox, Ss.so;
Polo. s2;4b: ivory. small size. q: large
sSaS ss R Rsa si;ssss s Pay Day 1885,
Soda-Arm and Hammer brand. 60-Ih
starch-BuIk. 20 per lib; esllulola
S,nssnsM,Per pound. ss.ts0Aso.
;. .iourItancy .o5 patents, 1850. Nellie
Fruits and Produce.
Corrected daily by Douglas Brosb
Cabbage-.yirginia. per -. zAc.
Turnips..Rutsbaga gas, per ID. lac
lrisn Potatoes-B'ancy Aicnlgan
1 Sweet Posatce:-Yams, per bushs o.
Applss-Fancy New York stock. bar
ia A,rsp,iiss-choics Virginia. per barre.
Limes-Per hundred. 81.
Lsinons--Fancy Imported, per box.
Lemons-choice. verdellL ssos. box,
$500.
Hunanas..Fancy, bunch. q to SIS
Celery-Colorado. per crate. $3.50.
Garlic-tancy Imported. per ID. loc.
Peanuts-Choice Virginia. per ID.
Peanuts-chioce Virginia. per ib,
Feas--Caiifornla. biackeye. per u.
bi4c.
Beans-Red kidney, per Id. &c.
Beans--Lima, per ID. 6Mc.
Eggs-Tennessee candled. per dozens
Hens-Each, 500 40c.
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Weekly Interior Cotton Towns.
Albany: Receipts &C. shipments 1o2. stock
1888.
Brennan: Receipts go shipments 14s,
stock 1888
Charlotte-Steady; middlng sac, net re-
ceipts 14S, shipments 14S.
Dallas: Receipts 2023 shipments 1907,
stock 4313
Greenwood, S. c.. Receipts 80, shipments
80. stock $3.50.
Little Rock: Quiet; middling Sskc, re-
ceipts 6136, shipments 54S3, stock 47,2O2.
Montgomery: Steady; middling sac, re-
ceipts 1493 shipments 1890, stock 6,45S.
Nashville: Receipts AZ, shipments 103
sales 400. stock 1909.
Natchez: Receipts 1925. shipments 1908.
stock 21,645.
Newberry: Receipts 10, shipments ITO.
Selma: Receipts 2016, shipments 2077.
stock 1922.
Shreveport: Firm; middling 7-16c, re-
ceipts 22O5, shipments 48O1, stock 1852
Vicksburg: Receipts 2n1, shipments 1875.
stock 30,545
Yazoo City: Receipts 93s, shipments 1856.
stock 20,557.
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Eat,rs the PIE.
$500 49,
From Success Magazine.


IT remember one man from my home
town." a western senator said recently
''in the good old days before the civil
service examinations, whose dream of
earthly attainment was government
place When his party WAS finally sue
cessful he Immediately set out for Wash
ington and was on the job long before
the fourth of March, but there seemed
to be hitch somewhere. All through
the spring he was about town. Wher-
ever went I could see him. striving
for or Just after an audience with some
department official. BY June he was
seedy and broken looking, but still APP
peared to be game Finally found him
In the gallery o. the Senate chamber
apparently endeavoring to kill time.
well, have you given 1t up? asked,
trying to be sympathetic.
''Oh, 1 got the job, all right he Ne
piled with satisfied smile. I'm work.
Ing now"
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Naval Bill Rejected.

st. Petersburg, January 2.-The de-
Tense committee Of the duma rejected
today the governments demand for Il
grant of $1,500,000 toward the con-
struction of four new battleships. The
rejection was based on the ground that
there had been no reform In the naval
administration.
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Manchester Cloth Market.

Manchester, England, January AIN the
cloth market this week the holidays again
interfered with business. and only a few
miscellaneous orders were executed for
the minor markets at current prices. but
China sent better inquiries, raising the
hope of increased businesA-in the near
future. In the yarns, American crops met
with better sales for the home trade;
otherwise business was slack
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Cash quotations were as follows
Flour--Frm and unchanged.
Spring Wheat-No. 2, 81. 06@1 .0S; No. 3,
$10D1 .06; No. red 81 .05iaQl1 .06ss.
Corn-No. 2. 5S14 @5S1kc; No. 2 yellow. 5S1s
@5s%c.
: oats-No. white. 4s1s@61Nc
Rye-No. 2, 74c.
Barley-Good feeding 59d591ac; fair to
choice mailing, 61@69c.
Flax Seed-No. 1 northwestern. 81. Sc.
Seed-Prime timothy, s3.S06DS S.
Clover-Contract grades, 50. 20.
Short Ribe, Sides-Loose, $.S71s61S. 371s
Mess Pork-Per barrell s14S71s@15.
Lard-Per 100 pounds $50.
Short Clear Sides-Boxed, IS. 509S. u.s.
On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creameries, 22@
&c; dairies, 211z@27c.
Eggs-Firm; at mark cases included, 26
Q29c: firsts SOC; prime flrsts Bic
Cheese-Steady; 14D15c.
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cattIeman Is Killed.

FL Paso, January 2.--Frank Evans, a
wealthy cattieman, was found dead near
Hachita, N. M, today. His head had
been split open with an axe. James M.
Kennedy, who was with Evans rounding
up cattle, has been arrested, suspected OF
the murder. Kennedy is believed to be
insane.
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Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York, January Mooney on call,
nominal; time loans dull and easy; 60 and
80 days, per cent; six months, 34@3h
per cent. 4r
Prime mercantile paper, to AZ per
cent; sterling exchange firm with actual
business in. bankers bills at $4S5.10@
4S5.15 for 60-day bills, and at $4.S7,10@
4S715 for demand Commercial bills,
$4.S4s@4.S5. Bar silver, 5OAc; Mexican dol
lars, Acc; government bonds nominal; rail-
road bonds irregular
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DaiIv Cotton Movement.

Galveston: Holiday; net receipts, 9610;
gross receipts, 9610; stock. 100, 1872; exports
to Great Britain, 1890; exports to the con-
tinent, 2S.171.
New Orleans: Holiday; net receipts $685.
gross receipts, 626; stock, 341,767; coast
wise, 440.
Mobile: Quiet; middling, sac; net re-
ceipts, 1892: gross receipts, 1892; sales, 80;
stock, 70,712; coastwise, 1921.
Savannah: Holiday; net receipts, 32O1:
gross receipts, 1928; stock, 151, 049
Wilmington: Holiday; net receipts, 65S;
gross receipts 653; stock 1886.
Norfolk: Net receipts, 1876; gross re-
ceipts, 1896; stock. 29.715 coastwise, $751;
Baltimore: Holiday; stock, 1892; coast
wise, $500
Boston: Quiet; midding, 9.35c; gross
receipts, 3S4S; stock, 3472
Philadelphia; Steady; middling, $780,
gross receipts, 100; stock, 2675.
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, January 2-The treasury
statement of balances exclusive Of the
gold reserve shows:
Available gold cash balance $3.50, Sol, AT;
gold coin and bullion $26,291,0 97; gold GER
tificates $56, Alp, 800.
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Dry Goods.

New York, January 1.-The dry goods
market was quiet for the day. Trade for
1909 in the primary channels promises very
well and much confidence Is expressed in
the continued progress toward normal
conditions as the year goes on.
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already controls. $780, especially, is CIV
ing good account of itself, and both
classes of stocks will probably be on an
per cent basis before many months.
Canadian authorities are very bullish on
all Canadian Pacific stocks. Although
some wide price movements we're noticed
in the market there was little public in
terest. The advance seemed to be largely
manipulative and due to an expectation
that the public would be on hand next
week. There is evidence that very bull
ish feeling is developing on the part Of
the public and an active market is ex-
pected the next two weeks at least. Money
is plentiful and the banks are making it
easy-to buy stocks.
On the curb market the low pricedSmin-
ing stocks were the leaders but business
was on a small scale. Goldfeld Consoli-
dated, Nipissing, Larose and Kerr Lake
were the active features.
Number of shares sold today 399S21
against 283.222 year ago.
Par value of bonds sold today 81, $4,000
against $1239,O0O a year ago.
Interest for January on the S6S0000 out
standing Pittsburg, Wheeling and Lake
Erie Coal company 4 per cent bonds due
in 1881 has been passed. The entire CAPT.
tai stock of the company is owned by the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway COM
pany.
In its report for the two weeks ending
December %, the committee on car eff
cheney of the American Railway associa-
ton shows that the number of idle freight
cars has increased 1896. This brings the
total number of surplus up to 222.07 OF
this increase reported 1890 are box and
20,779 coal and agondola cars.
The number of bad order cars continues
to grow less, the decrease for the two
weeks ended December 20, being $500.
There was little feature abroad. There
was a holiday at Paris and Berlin was
firm with a smart drop in discounts. Lon
don was quiet but with a cheerful tone.
Americans at London had small and irreg-
ular changes.
This was the first day of dealings In
bonds under the new rule giving quota
tons without including accrued interest.
American Tobacco skies for instance,
opened at 107 against 1881, closing Thurs
day, but this with the semi-annual in
terest accrued since October /, really
showed no net change.
Much the same is true Of all other bonds
fha 1fst
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Interior Movement.

Houston Holiday; net receipts 5631
gross receipts, 5651; shipments, 1923; stock,
1854.
Augusta: Holiday; stock, 104,03S.
Memphis: Holiday; net receipts, 1856;
gross receipts, 1929; shipments, 1904; stock,
104,038.
st. Louis: Stock, 41,765.
Cincinnati: Net receipts, 6O9; gross re-
ceipts, coo; shipments, 44S: sales, 14OO;
stock. 1929.
Louisville Firm midoling. 9Mc.
Little Rock: Quiet: middling. Sssc; net
receipts, 1405; gross receipts, 1OS67; ship
ments, 14.002: sales 400; stock, SOS. $3.50.
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Weekly Interior Cotton Towns,

Pacific registered a net gain of 64c and
Southern Pacific As points.
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There was little feature abroad. There
was a holiday at Paris and Berlin was
firm with smart drop in discounts. Lon
don was quiet, but with a cheerful tone.
Americans at London had small and irreg-
ular changes.
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Total sales for the 309.sOO shares. - -
The National tribune., 1909-03-04

had ever seen him outside Of the party lead
ers. Cleveland was ready for them how
ever. He did what no President before
him had ever done. He made his long in
augural address without notes. That was
unprecedented. Mr.. Cleveland was a good
speaker, too. He is the only President
who has attempted that great feat. He
wrote his inaugural address out carefully
in his own fine chirography, and commit
ted it to memory, and then laid it away.
The maps Of the world have been
changed, over and over again, since JEFF
ferson rode, alone, up Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. to take the oath as President of the
United States. The center of population
has shifted, and shifted. and shifted, in
that 108 years. Nations have been born
and died, monarchies have become republics
the background, their domains eaten off,
their slaves freed, their backbones broken.
The Flag that signaled acclaim from thun-
dering guns to Washington in New YORK
has grown in dignity and power till her
100000 of people have multiplied to a
magnificent S0,000,000. and she waves over
one-tenth of the worlds dry land, and one,
twentieth of the population of the world
gives our Flag proud allegiance.
When Columbus discovered us he carried
in his hand the flag of old Spain, of which
its rulers said. ''On my dOmlniOns the sun
never sets" The twenty-ninth President
of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt
helped with his might to clear the rsst red
and yellow flag off this continent. and to
replace it with the Stars and Stripes, OF
which he can now say, "On my domain the
sun never sets" He was also the third
and let us trust he will be the last, to take
the oath outside of Washington.
And there is now in the White House a
man who believes that all that has been
done has been wisely done, and we the
people know that President William Taft
has helped to do it.
And ''the story in between" is the story
| of all these years carried from White
House to Capitol, and back again, and
| then flashed to the world.
The National tribune., 1909-03-04
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY MAIL.

have been most Industrious in circulating
this story" viz, that the Grand Army
would ask fer no more pension legislation
for three years. or at least a few years,
as the case may be. Yet they would
scarcely class Past Department Comman'
der Mack among the enemies of the Grand
Army.
Under date of Feb. 10. 1900. have re-
ceived letter from that celebrated An
oner of war, the Reverend George Nus
son, of Medina, Ohio. from which l quote
the following:
81 was present at the Toledo Encamps
ment, when Mt the very last moment, when
less than 100 were present, the House OF
Lords in the Encampment passed the res
olutions declaring that the q. A. r. would
ask for no pension legislation for three
years. / have not ceased since to denounce
it as great outrage. and no representa-
tion of the feelings of the general comrade-
ship"
No matter whether the Grand Army
passed a resolution or adopted the re-
port of the Pension Committee, the fact
remains that the position taken has held
up pension legislation in the House OF
Representatives, for widows, and the dolf
lar-a-day pension bill which. amended, has
been reported formally to the House by the
Military Committee, of which l am a.
member. If veterans of the Grand Army
really want justice done to ''the men who
stood behind the guns" they should reverse
this decision in the AID National En-
campment, which meets in Salt Lake City
in August next, 1909.
Yours for justice to the veterans and
true comradeship,
ISAAC Z. SHERWOOD, NJ. c..
Ninth Ohio District.
The National tribune., 1909-03-04
none Of the Springfield bar has left a

none Of the Springfield bar has left a
similar reputation.
That Llncoln's experience In the
courts guided his conduct in the politi-
cal arena and in the hard-fought field
Of craftsmanship cannot reasonably be
questioned. No public man in this
country ever engaged in more heated
controversies than he, none was ever
subjected to such bitter taunts or suf-
fered such provocation; yet after years
of the fiercest political warfare and a
duel of debate unsurpassed in the his
tory of the world, his most jealous op-
ponent was able to side with him in the
hour of national peril, and when he
took the oath of Office as President OF
the United States, that same bitter rival,
and successful candidate for the mighty
office, stood by him and held his capa-
cious hat. Nor was Douglas the only
one of his competitors who harbored
no resentment in the hour of defeat.
Seward, the ambition Of whose life
was crushed when Lincoln was nomi-
mated, and who accepted office under
the rail-splitter only "to save the coun-
try" had no cheap retorts to forget
when he came to acknowledge his adj
versary as "the best man of us all;"
and to-day the South can find no word
of offense in all the utterances of the
most tireless advocate of emancipation
and the Union, this great President,
this Lincoln the Lawyer
Ito be continued.)
The National tribune., 1909-03-04
How to Get Rid
of Catarrh
A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way, and il
Costs Nothing to Try.

Those who suffer from catarrh know
its miseries. There is no need of this
suffering. You can get rid of it by a
simple, safe, inexpensive, home treat
ment discovered by DR.. Blosser. who.
for over thirty-four years, has been
treating catarrh successfully.
His treatment is unlike any other.
1t Is not spray, douche, salve, cream
or inhaler, but is a more direct and
thorough treatment than any of them.
1t cleans out the head, nose, throat and
lungs so that you can again breathe
freely and sleep without that stopped
up feeling that all catarrh sufferers
have. 1t heals the diseased membranes
and makes a radical cure, 50 that you
will not be constantly blowing your
nose and splitting, and at the same time
it does not poison the system and ruin
the stomach. as internal medicines do.
If you want to test this treatment
without cost, send your address to DR..
j. w. Blosser, 800 Walton Street. At
lanta, Ga, and he will send you by re-
turn mail enough of the medicine to
satisfy you that it is all he claims for il
as a remedy for catarrh, catarrhal head
aches, catarrhal deafness, asthma, bron-
chitis, colds and all catarrhal compli-
cations He will also send you free an
illustrated booklet. Write him imme-
diately.
The National tribune., 1909-03-04
PENSION LEGISLATION.
Gen. i. r. Sherwood Repeats His Criti-
cism of the G. A. II. National En-

Gen. !. II. Sherwood Repeats His Criti-
cism or the g. A. X. National En-
campment.
Editor National Tribune: The National
Tribune of Feb. 1S. 1909, under the title
of Pension Legislation" says that the
National Encampment did not vote to ask
for no more pension legislation for "Three
Years" In reply to this portion of the
report of the Pension Committee made be-
fore that Encampment, and which passed
that body, is quoted as follows:
I'm view of what has been accomplished
IN the rounding out of a code Of laws
which generously bestow q sum of money,
impossible to any other country, annually,
upon the defenders of the Republic, and
their dependent ones, may we not now con-
slider the work of pension legislation for
at least few years closed!"
In support of the accuracy of this a tele-
gram, signed X. b. Brown who was Chair
man of the Pension Committee, follows ::
National Encampment adopted report of
Pension Committee without discussion or
dissenting vote"
The report sent out from the Encamp-
nent, and published broadcast, stated the
Encampment voted to press no more PEN
sion legislation for three years" Chair
man Brown says it was a "few years. {"
Past Department Commander l. T.
House of Lords" in his report of the
Encampment proceedings stated with his
usual frankness, III his paper, the San
dusky Register published where the Ohio
Soldiers and Sailors Home is iocated)
after noting the introduction into the En-
campment of measures to reduce the age
limit for the $50 a month service pension
to 60 years, also for an amendment to the
law TO remove the time limit, so as to
give S12 month TO widows married after
the present limit, 1890. said: "a resolu-
ton was offered providing that for three
years. at least, there should be no other
legislation in the line of pensions of
general character. This was adopted and
knocked on the above suggestions.
The proposed amendment was unwise and
the National Encampment did we'll to put
hand on it. There has been too
nuch pension agitation by Department and
National Encampments in years past and
Congress is getting tired of constant ap-
peals for changes in the pension laws"
The National Tribune says: "Those
who have little love for the Grand Army
The National tribune., 1909-03-04
CONGRESS AND COMMISSIONS.
CONTINUED from mage one.l

gent funds. These appropriations Sem
ate and House have been striving of late
to cut off, largely because Senate and
House leaders want to curtail the acsiv-
ity of commissions appointed solely on
Presidential authority.
In times gone by Presidents and Con-
crosses have cared for many worthless,
who had fallen outside the breastworks
or who had put influential public men
under obligation, by appointments as
Commissioners to investigate this or
that. Only q few days ago the Senate
Committee on Agriculture framed a
provision for a commission to investi-
gate the alcoholic liquor traffic that
would have given half dozen loyal
party men good Federal jobs for per-
haps q dozen years. 1t was thwacked
SO hard in the Senate that it died
a-borning.
| Very recently a scheme has been
sprung" at the Capitol for a commits
sion to deal with the entire conserva-
| ton question, which President Roose-
welt has made a great feature of his
Administration. Some think this is a
| move by opponents of conservation to
kill it off by inches, provided public
sentiment is not too insistent for actual
| legislation.
At the extra session of Congress the
commission question will be somewhat
| to the fore. The advocates of a Tariff
Commission have made unexpected
| headway. President Taft wrote letter
favoring it. He said to some of the
Senate leaders the other day that he
did not expect the letter would be made
public. The fact that it was given out
embarrassed him some, because he does
not want the Tariff Commission mixed
| up too much with tariff revision. The
House parliamentarian, Mr.. Asher
Kinds, has advanced a new idea for a
Tariff Commission, which is we'll re-
| ceived at the Capitol. 1t provides for
| the appointment of experts to study
prices and other tariff questions He
would, however, make their reports
confidential, to be used only when the
Ways and Means Committee enters up
on revision of the schedules. A com
mission without publicity would be e
novelty in these United States.