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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. May 1s.-Buying orders in
wheat were scarce today. the trade APP
pearing slow to follow yesterdays clos
ing bulge Seasonable temperatures for
the growing crops tended to deepen this
feeling. Hamburg cabled that Russian
and Argentine wheat was offered there
at 41.c under lowest offers from Mani
toba. The bears cited this as confirming
assertions that prices here were out of
line with the rest Of the world, making
q particularly risky situation. The mar
ket opened unsettled haA lower to q
higher, the latter for May September
started shade lower to q up at 1O3asa
1.Osla to 1.O3ts, and gradually declined to
1.OI.
General unloading by longs made corn
weak. Fine weather was the stimulus and
heavy offerings from the country. Sep
TENDER opened unchanged at G,lz and fell
to 62$a.
In the oats pit traders were selling.
September started shade off at 39asc
and Influenced by wheat, sagged to 3S7s.
Sca1pers hammered the market for pro-
visions In small way. Quotations ut the
start were unchanged to Joe down, with
the September option at 2315 for pork.
12121s for lard and 10 for ribs. A de-
cline all around followed.
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FEARS SON Is DEAD.
E. D. Drsne Reports Disappearance
of w. z. Drane a Week Ago.

William Edward Drane disappeared
from his home. 217 d street northwest.
a week ago. carrying with him pho
tograph of his deceased mother. His
father, r.. ID. Drane. thinks he is dead.
Il met my son on the street the day
he disappeared" the father said at po-
lice headquarters yesterday afternoon.
Il had given him money only a few
days before, and he wanted an addi-
tional sum. but did not accommodate
him."
Mr.. Drane, the father, lives at 1913
Z street northwest. Last Sunday he
asked the police to find his son, re-
peating the request yesterday. because
he had heard nothing from him.
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LIVERPOOL.

1IN ERPOOL. May 1s.-Closing: Cotton
Spot, good business done: prices s
points lower. American middling, fair.
S4: good middling. S.2i; middling, $40;
low middiinG. $40; good ordinary. ia:
ordinary. i-i3. The sales OF the day Were
l:Cu bales. OF which 800 were for specu-
latfon and export and included in 300
American Receipts We're 3O.oo0 bales in
Guiding 1874" American Futures opened
easy and closed easy. May. $50; Nav
june .ilz: June-July. 7.1Ol.; July
August. .-t6i2: August-September. IA.
SeptemDer-October. 6.3jl2: October No
vember. G.I"i2: November December.
'iGGl2: DcceInber-JanuaTy. ,..e4I.; January
February. G-'E'; February March. 6.6o:
March-April. 6.6Iia.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

C. c. Company SCHOONER barge No. n,
light, to load coal at Georgetown for. a
New England point: schooner Oracle MAY,
laths from the Rappahannock river for
local dealers; schooner e. A. Pryor, oys-
ters in the shell for local Dealers: tug
Camilla, with tow for the mouth of
the river: tug Carter. towing two light
coal boats from Indian Head to George
town: tug Fortuna, towing barge Apo
mattox from Baltimore. with coal for
Georgetown. schooner Eugie, lumber
from a Virginia point to dealers here;
bugeye Majestic. cord wood from Mattox
creek at 10th street; schooner John Bran
ford, lumber from Nomini to the Eastern
branch; schooner Silver Star. lumber
from a Potomac point to the dealers:
scow John Fisher. cord wood from Nan
jamOy for the Georgetown market
schooner John p. Robinson cord wood
from Upper Machodoc creek to the deal
erS.
Departures.
(! Canoe No Name, light, for a Cllesa-
peake. bay point, to load clans for this
market: schooner John Willie, light. from
Alexandria for a river point to load back
to this city: schooner Cunningham, from
steel plant pier for a river point to load:
tug Powhatan. with tow of lighters for
Piscataway creek: tug Capt. Toby towing
lighter for Broad creek; schooner Will
liam F. Villas. light, from James creek to
Nomini to load wood back to this city:
tug Fortuna, towing light barges from
Georgetown and Alexandria for bay
points; schooner William F. Villas, light,
from the Eastern branch to river point
TO load: schooner Willie Clarence, lumber
from Alexandria TO q Potomac point:
tug Meade, with a tow of lighters for
river point.
-. Memoranda -.
Schooner William r.. Huston, sailed
from Boothbay for Alexandria with ice
May 3; barge. Louisa is In Nomini. creek
loading railway ties for Philadelphia; tug
No II has sailed from Baltimore towing
tank barge No. a. for this city; schooner
Norma r. will go to the st. Mary's river
to load lumber back to this city: bugeye
Goldie c. is in Mattox creek loading cord
wood for the dealers here; schooner Bel
mont is at a river point loading for the
schooner Mary Ann Shea is i'm
Potomac creek loading lumber for the
dealers here barge Hercules is chartered
TO load ties at Alexandria for New York
at 1. cents each: schooner Annie Lord
has arrived at Norfolk from Aiexassdrfa
to load coal for a New England point
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, May r1s.-Flour-Dull; re-
ceipts. 1887 barrels.
Wheat-Steady at the opening on firm
cables, but fair, warm weather over the
west caused general selling, and prices
eased off about IS: July, 1.1Oha1 .lO7s
September. 1.O8s4 .071s; receipts, 1900
bushels
Corn-Receipts, LIPS bushels.
Beef-Steady.
Pork-BareIy steady.
Lard--F'irm; middle west. Is. i5a 1896.
Raw sugar-Steady; Muscovado, 80
test. 3.74: centrifugal. 96 test, 4.24: mo-
lasses sugar. 80 test. $40; refined quiet;
crushed, o.9o; granulatedc 5.25; powdered,
5.35.
Petroleum-Steady: refined, barrels,
IT'S.
Coffee-Spot quiet; No. Rio, 81; No.
4 Santos, 9E.
Enthusiastically: Now Orleans, open
kettle. :S2a42.
Butter-Barely steady: receipts, $3.50
packages: state dairy, common to prime
231.a2I: process specials. 20.
Cheese-FiTm; receipts. l.32D boxes
state. full cream new fancy white. 14h
fancy colorcd. 14L: average prime, 1js4a
Il: fair to good. 12l3a13la.
Egss-Steady; receipts, 1886 cases;
prices unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
CLARA MORRIS AFFLICTED.
Eyes Fail and Fear Expressed She
May Become Blind.

YONKERS, n. Y, May 1S.-As a re-
suit of too close application to her literary
labors, Mrs. F. c. Harriott known on the
stage as Clara Morris. is threatened with
total blindness. She has been confined to
her home. The Pines. from i'll health for
the last two months. Latterly she has
suffered a general breakdown OF the nerv-
GUS system A few days ago her eyesight
began to fail.
Specialists examined her eyes Mon
day and said the condition was grave
Mr.. Harriott and Mrs. S. j. Norris, moth
err of Mrs. Harriott. are I'm constant at
tendance. No one is allowed to see the
patient, the physicians having insisted
upon complete rest as essential to her re-
cOyery.
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Makes Award of 81, 800.

Justice Barnard CT the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia today signed
a decree awarding James h. Jones. son
of the deceased senator from Arkansas,
81 800 with interest and costs I'm a suit
filed against Oscar II. Billinssley, a real
estate broker of this city. The suit arose
out of the sale OF a number of lots on
Meridian Hill owned by Mr.. Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
THROWN BRICK KILLS NEGRO.
Hackley Dead, and Brady Is Charged
With Homicide.

Isaac Hackley, colored. twanty-three
years old. who was struck on the head
with brick Saturday night during a row
at LIST and NJ streets southwest, died at
Emergency Hospital this morning
Clarence Brady. colored. who is accused
of throwing the brick. was arrested Sat-
urday night and committed to jail to
await the result of Hackley's injuries.
The charge will be changed from assault
to homicide.
Coroner hewitt will hold an injuest to-
morrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

The following building permits were is
sued today:
To c. II. Galiiher. for one three-story
stone ard frame dwelling at :;920 Morri-
son street: architect, y. II. Grim: build
ers. Richardson & Burgess; estimated
ccst, $500.
To C, ]. Hanback,. for two two-story
frame dwellings at 5244 and 52is Gar
field avenue; architect, L. r. Turner;
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE. Nav 1S-Wheat-Dull;
spot contract. LOS: spot No. red west
ern. 1857: July. 1.O31. asked receipts
79.78S bushels: exports, 228.ss0 bushels:
southern on grade, los.
Corn-Easier; spot contract, 8414; May,
e4A: July. 871s: receipts, 1898 bushels;
exports. 1923 bushels; southern white
corn, 1iE.
Oats-Steady: No. white. 49a 4!j1s: No.
3 white. 471sa4S1a; No. ? mixed, 47a47h;
receipts. IL. 4O bushels.
Rye-Dull: No. weste rn domestic, S3a
"a.
Hay-Quiet: unchanged.
Grain freights-Steady; unchanged
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$500 for Chaille Long Manuscript.

The purchase of a manuscript of which
Charles Chailie Long is author, contain
ing an account of the proceedings at the
unwilling of the statue Of the late Maj.
Gen. George B. Mcclellan. was proposed
today by Senator McEnery of Louisiana
in an amendment to the sundry civil bill
The author Of the manuscript is to be
paid $500 for il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Break in Cotton.

The commodity markets exhibited Moth
iuS today that could be used as force
il, stocks. Heavy selling of cotton at
the opening. especially of old crop, caused
break of from / to IL points, but rallies
came subsequently, and after the call
prices took on steady tone close to
the quotations OF yesterday afternoon.
Wheat sold off q cent. but short cover
ing after the first few minutes restored
The original trend of prices. The money
market showed no change.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular, call. IL O'Clock noon-Potomac
Electric Cons. is. $1,000 ut lola. $1,000 at
101L. $1,000 ut lOIh. $1,000 ut lO1I,. 81 900
at lois, $1,000 ut 1OliS, $1,000 ut lois $1,000
at 101lt. $1,000 ut lois
Washington Rwy. and Elcr. pfi. ~ at SSl,,
Washington Gas. IL at a..
After csll-Lanston Monotype, 20 at 81, 20 n.
OIL. Ia at 31L.
Washington Ewy and Flee is, $500 at S6I..
81 O0U at S6i4 81 OOO AT SGi.
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Market Exclusively Professional.

Tire market was again exclusively pro-
fessional, and what little sentiment ex-
listed was. bcariSh. In the middle of the
Rprning- "a weakened bear, raid started
on n few stocks, but the following pro-
ducetf showed SO family on price changes
that the authors of the attack soon gave
1t up
An influence which was potent in keep
ing matters alive last weck-London buy
ing and selling-did not appear today to
any appreciable extent, owing to the in
activity of that market over the nearness
of King Edwards funeral and the ap-
prOaclf of the stock exchange settlement
1t Was more apparent today than at
any time, heretofore that a spirit of I'M
certainty over numerous matters which
hear heavily on security values has the
stock market in its grasp Conflicting re-
ports of weather conditions in the great
grain regions are expressing the minds of
traders. and the lack of confirmation of
reported large sales of bonds in Paris is
causing skepticai comment in some quar-
ters-
y sharp, advance. in foreign exchange
rates when the market opened this morn
ing lent c0untenance to bearish argu-
iIeTss that the placing OF securities
ABROAD is stu in merely formative
stale at the most. Also the fact that
the railroad rate bill has not been remOv-
81. any farther, from the upper and
neither millstencs of congressional action
~t,eIns to be an effective brake on stock
market activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
LONDON MARKET.
Special Cablegram to The star.

LONDON. May 1S.-The securities mar
kets today closed In the main apathetic
The domestic issues made relatively the
best showing at the end. The firmness of
discounts detracts from the probability
of reduction In the minimum rate OF
discount of the Bank of England to-
morrow. Grand Trunk displayed good
final tone. American railway shares fin
ished dull with a dropping disposition.
De Beers were Is lower. at 173s. The
continental bourses closed quiet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN. May 1S.-Exchange on Lon
DON 20 marks 80 pfennigs for checks.
Money. 3ts per cent; private rate of
discount. 3ii per cent.
PARIS, May ls-Thrcc per cent
rentes. rs francs STA confines for the
account.
Exchange on London, % francs %
confines for checks.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, May 1S.-Wheat-Spot
dull; No. red western winter. no stock;
futures quiet; May, IS; July, IS I'D; Oc-
tober. IS 17sd.
Corn-Spot quiet New American mixed
northern, no stock: old American mixed,
IS 7lad; new kiln dried, IS sgd: via Gal
weston, 5s 6i.d; futures quiet; July, NOM
fn0l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Judge H. X. Dougherty Ill.

Judge. Harry X Dougherty. formerly
of the Spanish treaty claims commission,
is confined to his home with a severe at
tack Of malaria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
TELLS Of SUGAR FRAUDS
WEIGHER HYATT TESTIFIES AT
HEIKE TRIAL:
Plan Of Scale Said to Have Been
Used on Williamsburg
Docks Shown.

NEW YORK, May 1s-The government
today opened fire in spectacular way
upon Charles r. Heike. secretary of the
American Sugar Refining Company, and
the five former employees of the COM
pany accused with him of conspiring to
cheat the government out of sugar du-
ties by underweighing cargoes of import
ed sugar.
The batteries were uncovered during the
testimony of United States Weigher
Thomas d. Hyatt. known as the square
wetgher," whose appearance on the sugar
decks at Williamsburg while the alleged
frauds were going OH used to. be an
nounced. 1t has been testified, BY the ring
ing of bell. the signal for hiding the
devices by which the underweighing is
said to have been accomplished.
cloth that hid a massive frame eight
by ten feet, just behind the judges bench.
was raised and the frame was identified
as correct plan Of scale such as was
used to weigh sugar on the williamsburg
docks of the company.
Then Hyatt described the raid on
the scale houses by Government Agents
Para md Brezanski In November, 1907,
and identified piece of metal similar
to corset steel which Parr claimed
to have found concealed within the
scales. Hyatt. who was summoned to
the docks on the day of the raid, said
the action of spring introduced
through a hole in the scale stanchion
retarded the action of the scale and
made it weigh less.
How Steel Device Works.
Sixteen out of the seventeen scales,
Hyatt said. contained the holes describ-
ed. Hyatt illustrated by the sketch of
the scale how the checker would press
downward on the steel device. thus caus-
ing loss of about eight notches, or six
teen pounds, when draft OF three bags
Of sugar was being weighed.
At the start of Hyatt's testimony the
government won "a victory by getting a
ruling from Judge Martin. who is trying
the case in the United States circuit
court that the evidence of the raid on
the docks was permissible. although the
prosecution conceded that neither Heike
nor Ger5racht. the refinery cashier. one
of the defendants. was there. All OF the
defenses numerous objections were over
ruled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Treasury Statement

The condition Of the Treasury at the bepinn;nc
II business today as follows:
TRUST FUNDS
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Mrs Darlington s Rival.
Jun the Boston Transcript.

Tut
Mr. Einks lin art museumb-I didn't
know you were such an admircr of
curios Mrs. Biunderby.
Mrs Blunderby-Oh. yes, indeed;
Just delight in iniquities
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Ex-senator Brown Convalcscing.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, May lS-W NJ
Brown of Newcastle, Pa. formerly lieu
tenant governor and United States sena.
tor from Pennsylvania. who has been sur
fering from pneumonia here for several
days, II considerably improved today Mr.
Brown is. out Of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Commodore Forbush Dead.

Forbush. ST., commodore of the American
Canoe Association. died lat evening.
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New York Curb Prices.

Quotations furnished by E. +. Hutton L. Co..
members New York Stock Exchange; Edw. Floy
Caycrly. manager. 1901 street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

Bar silver steady. a 13-1Ud per ounce.
Money. 2tsa3 per cent.
The rate OF discount in the open market for
short bills Is 31s per cent. -
The rate Of discount In the open market for
three month bills is I-16a31a per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
SMITH YIELDS WITHOUT
PLACATING PR0GRESSIVES
Cummins and clapp Oppose Amend
ment to Railroad Bill-Rayner and
Elkins in Lively Colloquy.

Refusing to accept any modification of
the present law making the interstate
commerce commission the defendant in
all suits growing out of proceedings
against railroads. the progressive re-
publicans today entered upon vigorous
opposition to the amendment to the rail-
read bill introduced late yesterday by
Senator Smith of Michigan.
Mr.. Smiths amendment appropriates
the House provision on this subject 1t
permits the commission to intervene. but
continues the national government as the
defendant. the matter of prosecutions be-
ing left entirely to the Attorney General
The first speaker of the day was Senator
Dolliver Of Iowa.
To meet some of the objections to
the House provision, Mr.. Smith ac.
cepted an amendment. presented by
Senator Hughes. which would permit
Intervention by shippers in suits, and
would prohibit the .discontinuance of
such suits without the consent OF the
interveners.
The modification did not have the
effect of placatihg the progressives, and
Senators Clapp and Cummins immedl-
ately undertook to show its features
to be Objectionable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
CONSUL LOSES HIS Job
DIPLOMAT
CALLED ROOSEVELT A TAKER.
His Separation From the Service Fol.
lows Quickly-Explanation by
His Countrymen.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-Alexander Nuber
Won Pereked. who for several years has
been consul in New York for Austro-Hun-
gary, is no longer here. He departed
about a week ago on vacation. 1t is
said that the vacation will be permanent.
Herr Won Pereked, according to certain
intimate friends of his. may thank for his
dispossessment of the New York job d
tongue that was balanced in the middle
and wagged from each end. In plain
words. Won Pcreked talked too much. and
his talk CHANGED to touch upon certain
distinguished citizen of the United States.
The citizen reflected upon was eX-Prcst-
dent Theodore Roosevelt OF New York.
oyster Bay, Africa and the world-at-
large.
In amazingly quick time the reflection
upon Mr.. Roosevelt was wired to the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador at Washington
and to the representatives of Emperor
Francis Joseph at Vienna. and behold
Consul Dr.. Won MarOilOvitz is holding
down the Austro-Hungary post in New
York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
A Sharp Colloquy.

Mr.. Rayner engaged in a sharp colloauy
with Mr.. Elkins. The West Virginia sem
ator. had charged the Maryland senator
with inaccuracy in his outline of the, views
of the former concerning point of law.
Mr.. Rayner retorted that the Statements
would have more weight II presented .sbv
some one who knows about law"
Mr. 'Elkins came back with the state
ment that 1t was facts and not law that
was wanted.
When later Mr.. Elkins said pleasantly
that he considered certain man men
toned as "a greater lawyer than either
Mr.. Rayner or Mr.. Culnmins or than both
that the estimate would deserve more
consideration il It came from some one
..who knew the difference between a law
yer and an undertaken.
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Secretary's First Step.

The first step Secretary Meyer took
toward putting things in shape to- suit
his taste was the employment Ct the spe-
cial auditor. Next he ordered to sea Pay
master Charles Conrad. who. as he in
formed the Senate comm ttee recently,
was the brains CT the bureau and main
ly responsible for Rogers taking the
wrong course Conrad has been In the
bureau nearly. four years. 1t is under
stood the Secretary will also order: from
Washington Pay Inspector John 8. Car
renter. assistant chief of the bureau, and
Paymaster George S. Dyer, who has been
in the bureau over three years. Pay In
spector MCGOWAN, IL rmcr assistant chief,
now at Charleston, and Pay Director j.
N. Speel. purchasing pay officer in WASH
ingtOn, senior member of the pay corps.
are mentioned as possible successors to
Paymaster General Rogers.
Admiral Rogers Is a native of San
Francisco. He entered the navy March
3, 1870. He was formerly in charge of the
naval uniform factory at the New York
navy yard. During the Spanish war he
served on the monitor Monterey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

Secretary Meyer and Paymaster Cen
Understanding whereby tile latter will re-
linquisll the Office of chief of the naval
bureau of supplies and accounts Eat the
convenience Of the Secretary of the
Navy" Although Admiral Rogers has
not actually submitted his resignation
as head of the, bureau. he has notified the
Secretary that '.it is ut his disposal" II
is announced at the department that
Paymaster General Rogers will be ere
lieved" Of his present duties in few
days and assignee to another station out
side of Washington. In that event he
will resume. his regular status In the
navy pay director with the rank
of Captain. In his present office he has
the rank and pay of a rear admiral.
This action is the sequel of lOng-con-
tinued friction over administrative mat
tiers between Secretary Meyer and Pay
master General Rogers which began sew
eral months ago when the latter openly
antagonized the Secretary's plans for the
reorganization of the naval establish
ment, and practically eliminated a few
weeks ago, when the two officials clashed
over the treatment of the naval supply
appointed In November, 1905. and his
four years term would have expired In
November next. It is intimated that he
might: have been permitted to serve out
his term, despite his previous differences
with the head of the department, but for
the disclosures of the recent inNeStiga-
ton of the affairs of the bureau of sup
plies and accounts instituted by ISecre-
tary Meyer.