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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
OPENS NEW STEEL BRIDGE.
B. & o. Structure Across Susque-
hanna River an Imposing Affair.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. January THE
Baltimore and Ohio railroad has opened
its new double-track steel bridge across
the Susquehanna river at HaNre-de-Grace,
Md. The new bridge was constructed at
a cost of over 100000, and is one of
the most imposing structures OF its Kind
in the western hemisphere. 1t is slightly
more than a mile in length. being 600
feet from the Hartford TO the Cccii county
banks of the river. and is designed to
carry the heaviest class trains.
The total weight of the superstructure
or steel work is 1900 tons, supported on
series of piers and abutments, and the
new work placed in connection with the
reconstruction of the bridge contains
about 5000 cubic yards of concrete ma
sonry and $500 cubic yards of stone ma
sorry.
In this reconstruction thirty new piers
were built and ten remodeled, widened
and raised to receive the new double
track superstructure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
GIGANTIC GAS DEAL.
New York Capitalists Acquire Con-
troll of West Virginia Output.

HUNTINGTON. w. Va, January IA
deal which involves approximately two
hundred million dollars, and by which
New York capital, said to be backed by
the Standard Oil Company. will control
the entire gas output of West Virginia,
has practically been closed.
For some time the New York interests
have controlled the gas situation through
out the northern and central parts Of
the state and by the new deal they will
gain control of the southern fields also.
The new deal involves the United Fuel
Gas Company of Pittsburg. which only
recently took over the extensive holdings
of the United States Natural Gas Com
pany In this state, the Columbia Gas
Company. which supplies Cincinnati; the
Interstate Gas Company, the Ohio ruel
Supply and others, all Of which draw
their supply from southern West Vir-
ginia.
1t is said to be the intention of the
New York men to pipe gas to New York.
Philadelphia and other seaboard cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
CAPT. KNIGHT NEAR DEATH.
Veteran Employe of Coast Survey
Critically Ill.

capt. Henry NJ. knight, a veteran en-
ploye of the coast and geodetic survey
and resident OF the District of Columbia
Tor most of his eighty years of life. is
critically III at the home of his son-in-
law. Edward \. Muir. 1850 Girard street
northwest. y heavy cold which lie con-
tracted about three weeks ago marked
the beginning Of his illness, and for the
last two weeks he has been confined to
his bed. On account of his age the phy-
sicians hold out little hope that he will
recover.
capt. knight was member of Pres
ident Lincolns bodyguard at the inaug,i-
ration in 1855. and he was the first man
in the District To enlist in the city's de-
fcnSc. He has been connected with the
coast and Geodetic survey for nfty-four
Years. most of that time in the engraving
division lie Is member of Centennial
Lodge. r \. y. NJ. and of Potomac Post
G. =. Il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. January I.-Grain prices
were firm in the early trades here today
and provisions showed a uniform advance
at the start
Bullish sentiment ruled the wheat pit
In the early trading. Northwest markets
reported an advance which induced BUY
ing here. Foreign cables telling OF light
Argentine offerings also had a bulllsh
effect
The distant futures opened = u Is
higher than Yesterdays close. and IN the
first hour kept within the opening range
May opened shade lower to i4a@s higher
than yesterdays final figures. at 1.14ls to
l.1d.s. and after dropping IS steadied at
1.14% In the first hour
Inc corn pit saw a general rush OF
commission buying at the start, which
MT advanced the opening prices i to =.
Extreme cold compelling enormous feed
ing in the corn belt, and further imped-
ing transportation gave continued
strength to the market May opened Va
tation. at 6shs to fS7s and kept practically
within that range In the first hour.
Oacs were firm on numerous buying or
ders, principally from cash shippers, but
did not show the initial advance regis
tered in wheat and corn. May opened a
shade to 1saA higher than yesterday
close at As to 4Sls
The more distant futures were ,ln-
cndHSeu at the opening and the mist
hour Of trading was within narrow
range.
Provisions kept their strength on the
continued light receipts of live hogs and
ranged at the start from 21s to 13ltc
higher than yesterdays close. January
products opened at: Pork, 22.O5; lard,
1G.2J: ribs. 1856.
Trading continued nervous in the wheat
pit through the session, with sentiment
largely bullish. in spite Of moderate de-
clines. The range extended from a1a7sc
lower to SCALE higher than yesterday S
close. All the futures closed weak, May
finishing &c lower than yesterdays final
figures, at 1.13a4a1.1 1875
Cash demand for corn and a big volume
of trading kept prices up through the ses-
sion. slight declines being speedily dis
placed. Nav closed !. to &c higher than
yesterday. at 6sa4a6s7sc. The distant fu-
lures closed Is to 3sc higher than yester-
day
Close: Wheat-January. 114ss; May,
l. 3S4 1873: July. Lose: September, 90.
Corn-January, 64$s: May. 6Ss46S7s; July,
GSs4; September. 6Sla.
Oats-January. 46a4; May, 4Sis; July,
i47s: September. 42ls
Pork-May, 22.OO: July. 22.O5.
Lard-January, 1870; May, l217ls; July,
1910.
Ribs-January. 11.60; May, 11.57laa11 go;
July. 11.57laa11.6O.
Rye-Cash, 81: May, 81.
Barley-Cash. 63a67.
Timothy-Marcl, 305a4.OO.
Clover-March, 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
NEW YORK GRAIN PRICES.

NEW YORK. January 7.-Flour-F'irnl
at old prices. Receipts, 1907 barrels.
Rye-Firm: No. western, S7i4 nominal
f. 0. b. New York.
Wheat--After opening higher on the
cables and bulisl Argentine situation,
wheat reacted under scattered selling by
longs, but again recovered on commission
house buying. strength of corn and bull
support. May. 1.21asa1213s; July, LIMA
1.12 Lie Receipts. 5000 bushels.
COrn-ReceiptS, 81. $40 bushels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
New York Produce Prices.

NEW YORK, January 7.-Butter-Firm
receipts, 1905. Creamery specials. SO
extras. 30; third to firsts. 29a34: process
first to specials, 26laao9.
Cheese-F'irm and unchanged; receipts,
LOS
Egss-StronS: receipts, 2,516 State,
Pennsylvania and nearby hcnnery, white
fancy, 45a.0: do, gathered. white 4Oa 46
do. hennery, brown and mixed fancy,
44a45; do, gathered. brown, fair to prime
:sSa4o; western extra first, 10: first, 3Sa39
lower grades, ;0a31; refrigerators, 25E:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
o baltimore; ND. Nd. January s1,y 7,WHEAIZ
western. 1.26; May. 1.22a steamer No. 2 red
1.1Sa4; receipts, 1923 bushels; southern OIL
grade. LIS. .25I..
CORN-Strong: spot contract. 69a69is; Janu
airy: 69a69s: February, Ga1sa70; Marrh, 7O1ss
71k: steamer mixed. 653,: receipts TO AS
bushels; exports. 69.571 bushels.
OATS-Firner: No. white. IS sales; No. :
white, 5ll:a52h: No. mixed, JO1sa51; re.
ceipts. 6. 1877 bushels
RYE-Dul: No. 2 western domestic, s2ass
receipts. 915 bushels
HAY-Firm. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGIITS- Quiet. unchanged.
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL, January 7.-CIosng: Cot
ton-Spot quiet prices 13 points higher.
American middling. fair. $50: good mid
ding, $50; middling. SIS: low middling,
sos: good ordinary. 1872 ordinary. 757.
The sales Of the day were 1000 bales. of
which 800 were for speculation and ex-
port, and included 5000 American. Re
ceipts, 10000 bales. including 81 600 Amer
lean.
Futures opened firm and closed firm;
January. S.O6: January and February.
sos; February and March. sos; March
and April. SO; April and May, S1l1a:
May and June. S.13: June and July, S13
July and August. S.11h: August and Sep
TENDER. 7.S3; September and October.
1856; October and November, 7.15: No
vember and December. 7O41.; December
and January, 7.O3; January and February,
7.021a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
MRS. DARLINGTON DEAD.
Mother of the Inspector General Of
the Army.

Mrs. Sally Lark Darlington. widow of
Maj. Albert Creswell Darlington, c. s. A.,
of South Carolina, and mother of Gen.
Ernest Albert Darlington, inspector gen.
eral. United States Army. died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. William Y.
Fair, Newberry, S. c., at I o'clock this
in her eighty-second year Gen.
Darlington has gone to Newberry to at
tend the fuenral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
LONDON MARKETS.

Special Cablegram to The Star
LONDON, January Lowing to the
weakness Of discounts, the market for
consols maintained a steady tone to the
end. Home rails firmed up. The foreign
securities market was irregular. with
weakness shown particularly in Greek is
sues. Kaffirs developed some hesitation
on readjustments in connection with on
tons. The copper stocks were neglected
in the final dealings. and Rio 'rintos fin
iShcd unchanged at 1874.
American railway shares were easier
at the official close, and turned flat on
the curb In sympathy with New York's
weakness. The continental bourses were
steady
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Bricklayers' Special Meeting.

A special meeting of Bricklayers' Union,
No. 1. was held last night in Costello's
Hall, 9th and G streets. 1t is understood
the main purpose of the session was to
give instructions to the delegates from
the union who will attend the bricklayers'
international convention. to be held at
Boston, beginning Monday. The delegates
from No. ] are w. III. Naghan. James
Murta gil, w. +. Levi and Thomas Car
roll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call. Il o'clock noon-Capital
Traction 5s. $1,000 114l:.
Potomac Electric Cons. Us, $1,000 at 1o15.
Potomac Electric Light 80. 81 600 at 1851
Washington Rwy. and Flee. pfd., at a0ie,
Washington Gas. 10 at 1919, 10 at 1871, 10
at 1874, - at 1875, % at 1874. 100 at 20. 80
at 70. at 7s7.. ! at 7ss, at 10, 5 at %.
3 at 19x, % at 79l4, % at 1915. - at 70,
% at 20.
Mereenthaler Linotype. 10 at 214h, 10 at
Lanston Monotype. q at o5: % at e5,s. 20 at
995A.. 20 at ooI, - at e5,4. 20 at 81. % at eo::
% at 9j. 20 at o. 20 at 95. 20 at 50. 20 at
90. ! at 95. % at 95 20 at 95 20 at 947s
Capital National Bank. at 20
,o secs ". s 1s .s IT 5 81 at
After call--washinston Rvy. and Elec. pfd.,
Capital Traction ,s. $1,000 at 1875, $1,000
at 1141a- 500 at Hay. $1,000 at l14is.
United State. Trust. 10 at 1854.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s, 81 900 at 1919
81 600 at 1O11s.
Washington Gas Q at 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN, January 7.-Exchangc on
London, 90 marks A pfennigs for checks.
Money. per cent; private rate OF dis
count, 81 per cent.
PARIS. January 1.-Closing: Three per
cent rentes, 80 francs % centimes for the
account. Exchange on London, p francs
Is centimes for checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
London Board of Trade.

LONDON, January THE December
statement of the board of trade shows in
creases of SO. 793,O 600 in imports and $21,-
941 800 in exports.
The principal increases in imports were
in foodstuffs. raw material and manufac-
tured goods. but the value of American
cotton decreased S1O.OO,OD. The main
increase in exports was in manufactured
goods. of which cotton fabrics showed a
gain of 81. 10000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Wealth of France Increases.

PARIS, January Edmond Thery the
French economist. figures the wealth of
France increased during 1909 by $1,000
100000. French foreign investments at
the end Of the year totaled 81, 600, 600 O0o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Crude Oil Reduced.

PITTSBURG, Pa. January THE
Standard Oil Company today reduced the
Pennsylvania grade of crude Oil cents,
to 81 40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Market Steadies.'

A few specialties made gains. but heavy
offerings of United States Steel. Rock
Island and Reading weakened tho list
by sympathy. Pittsburg Coal preferred
rose -. Colorado and Southern is ana
Union Pacific preferred, PETERBOROUGH
Metropolitan preferred and Third Avenue
/ The decline in Rock Island Illinois
central, St. Louis Southwestern preferred
and Railway Steel Springs reached a
point and in American Beet Sugar ~
The market steadied and became dull at
noon.
Bonds uere steady.
Money continued TO relax The bulk
OF the days call loans were made at 6
per cent and below. Foreign exchange
was dull and hesitating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. January 7.-Closng: Wheat
Spot dull: No. . red western winter. no
stock; futures firm; March, SIS 5lad; May,
IS 3ssd.
Corn-Spot easy: New American Mixed
5s 7lad; old American mixed, rs S1bd;
futures firm; January mixed 5s 6ssd !;
January plate nominal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Treasury Statement.
TRUST FUNDS.

The condition OF the Treasury at the
beginning of business today was as fol-
lows:
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by f. F. Hutton & Co.
embers New York Stock Exchange Thomas L.
Hume and Edw Floy Caverly managers, 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Bearing on Foreign Market.

One aspect of the matter which should
hot be overlooked is the bearing which
The Taft program will have on the for
eign market for our securities. There is
every reason to believe that it will tend to
loosen the purse strings of foreign in
vestors to our advantage, for abroad
great store is placed on government SUI
pervision of corporate endeavor.
1t may be that the domestic investor
Nill also discern in the situation some
hing to his advantage. albeit just now
the PRONUNCIATION of the administration
program in definite form seems to make
Tor some uncertainty in the immediate
stock market future.
When the message was published and
cad in Wall street at midday. the stock
market betrayed no more definite
tendency than it had during the forenoon
The opening had been generally firm, with
subsequent general declines on fairly
heavy selling followed by a rebound and
more or less irregularity thereafter. with
business contracting in volume. During
The period of message publication and
perusal, the market was distinctly dull.
and in the early afternoon trading was
light The underlying tone seemed to be
irm however. and prices rebounded with
some ease from selling pressure whenever
I appeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
GAINS FOR SPEClALTIES
United States Steel. Rock Island and
Reading the Factors.
UNDERLYING TONE IS FIRM
Market Closes Dull, With Light
Tradins-Money Continues
to Relax.
Spectral pispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, January :. - President
Taft outlined in the message which he
Submitted to Congress today what IN al
probability represents the hulk OF So
tailed constructive legislation which II
viii be possible for his administration
to accomplish. On their face his recon-
mcndations call for enactments which
hiust inevitably require great deal or
careful consideration and discussion, no
matter how much both of these may
have preceded their transmission TO the
Rational legislature.
In the financial districts it is taken for
granted that Congress ut this session
may pass a few of the measures which
Mr. Taft advocates. but that much more
time will elapsc before the rest of the
new corporation regulating program is
embodied in the statutes.
Meanwhile the securities market VIII
lave an opportunity to digest the lesis-
lat:ve prospects. for 1t Is not ny anu
means likely that Mr.. Tafts recon-
nendations have been more than super
hciallv discounted to date.
There is no doubt that the actual event
If sending the message to Congress ana
committing the Taft administration 70
the work Of which 1t is Il prospectus has
been discounted i'll Wall street. TINS
weeks stock market has to an extent
been given over to such process of dis
counting. For the rest 1t is possible that
a degree of dscountinS the actual pas
sage of much if not all. of the Taft
measures has been represented by the re-
ont dealings and price movements IN
stocks.
The President has been very careful TO
keep the country we'll informed as to the
views which he proposed to embody i'll
Legislative. mmeDddtlOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07
Prepared for Taft Message.

1t is quite believable. therefore. that
anything essentially unfayorable in the
message from the stock market point OF
view has been prepared for.
At the same time there Will be long
continuing examination of the changes in
line status of corporate securities which
may be involved i'll the new order of
things and the work of rejecting these
changes In the securities market can
hardly De done in advance because it Is
10y no means certain to just what extent
or in what manner the laws Will be al
tered or amended.
Meanwhile there is no particular reason
for assuming that the outlook is unfavor-
able for the stocks and bonds of the coun-
.ry's industrial and railroad enterprises
The tone of the Presidents message ar
cues in contrast with the temper of pres
dental utteranceS of no very distant
Date d purpose to deal soberly and wise
" as we'll as justly with the country's
capitaliStic activities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-10

ploring bug and it has never quit
gnawing Since he discovered the
magnetic pole and Northwest Passage
it has been the cold region FOR his,
and now he is going away to do new
stunts that will win him more medals
to add to the collection he already has
and which would make MIN clink like
a runaway tinshop if he wore them all.
And Captain Roald Amundsen Is only
thirty eight in spite of all his big his
tory. His frame is as big and stall
look his age.
He was born in Norway, and all his
life he has followed the sea. The call
of the ice came to him early in life.
and about the time that he was able to
raise set of whiskers that would
| have brought him a fortune in any fur
store he took to the game of explora-
| ton in earnest. He served as a subor-
dinate in two or three expeditions, and
/ then he started out on his own with a
| little hooker equipped with fainst
gasoline Kicker and a handful Of
| men and provisions He didn't make
any fuss whatever about what he in
| tended to do, and the world hardly
knew that he had started until word
! came back that he had drifted through
the northwest Passage, sought for
| centuries, and had located the magnet
ic pole on the way. 1t is possible that
his achievement was of more practical
! value than the more picturesque one
ON Peary in finding the true pole,
! though this a matter to be debated
by the academies.
| But he didn't take to the lecture
platform, and the few magazine arti-
c.es he has written were designed for
! the reading of scientists rather than
! for that large section of the public
that likes to hang garlands of roses
on the nearest person. He is too mod
est to be a good Snowman. He says
| that he would like to try for the north
| pole, but he wouldn't bother the
northwest Passage again.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-10
Root May Be Ousted
From the Leadership

ALBANY, n. Y, Mar 9.-Timothy
lican state committee, arrived here to-
night and took charge of the fight
against the effort of Senator Root to
whip the republican senators into line
for the election of Roots candidate
for senate majority leader.
Woodruff's hasty journey to Albany
proved that the republican organiza-
ton has real bate on hand and judg-
ing from the defiant attitude of his ad-
herents, those who stand ready to
obey the wishes of Root and Of Gov
ernor Hughes will have difficulty In
electing Senator Harvey p. Human
of Binghamton president pro tenn at
the caucus tomorrow night.
Mr. Woodruff attended Senator
Platt'S funeral and came from Owego
with William Barnes, Jr, republican
state committeeman from Albany
county, and one of the governors most
consistent opponents. The situation
tonight resolved itself into Woodruff
and Barnes with such of the old party
leaders as still control their own coun-
ties, against Root and Hughes, backed
by the administration at Washington.
Woodruff refused to make state
ment, but it is assumed that ne VIII
not surrender, at least until after he
has canvassed the situation.
Cobb Says He Is Not Whipped.
Senator Cobb of WatertoWn, whose
selection as majority leader seemed
certain until Root publicly endorsed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-10
BY Uncle .Hyum...

cured, and very likely a very bad
sort of scrub.
Now, as to the selection of sires:
If there is a sire in your neighbor-
hood, locate him. Note his pedigree
and individual merit; how he is fed
whether he is given enough exercise;
how many mares it is proposed to
breed to him during the season,
Study his cots.
If there is no good sire in the
neighborhood then arrange to get
one. This may be done in one or two
ways. One way is to get number of
farmers together and come to an un-
Outstanding that they will patronize
horse of a certain breed, provided
he is wisely selected Any dozen or
more farmers in a neighborhood can
safely guarantee PATRONAGE to man
who is willing to invest his money in
as costly an animal as first-class
stallion.
If an arrangement of this kind can
not be made, then organize COM
pany and send a committee to select
a good horse from a reliable breeding
establishment. There are always in
every community enough men who
cen be depended upon to select
good stallion.
When the stallion is selected and
brought home, he should be given
plenty of exercise. If convenient, be-
fore the season comes on it would
do we'll to put him with a good
steady brood bare and work him.
If he is worked all the year around
except during the breeding season,
he will get 20 per cent more colts,
and they will be worth from five to
ten dollars more per head at the start
and certainly increase in value. Il
don't believe there is any question
about this at all. 1t is utterly unrea-
sonable to expect a stallion to get
good colts II he is deprived OF ex-
ercise, if he is not put to work. if he
Ia pampered and kept in show condi-
ton all the time.
Everyone likes to see all kinds of
stock in high condition. That's all
right when they are being sent to
the show ring or to the chambles, but
all wrong when they are being used
for breeding purposes. 1t is not fat
that counts, but vitality, the bone and
muscle, the get-up- and-get- there. A
great many seem to think that pretty
is as pretty looks. The reverse is the
case, pretty is as pretty does
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-10

Younger person 70 the one decidedly
older and the unmarried woman to
matr.sn. The - mans name is always
first Mrs. Carleton, let me
present Mr.. Blank" is the simplest
and best form of introduction.
Frequently, when a man introduces
another man to n woman, this form
may be slightly varied. Miss Brown, ]
wish to present Mr.. Earl, who is very
easy way to vary the usual converse
ton.
family the form may be slightly less
conventional Mother, this is Mr.
White" or Miss Candy. l think that
my father has not had the pleasure OF
meeting you," is a graceful way. Oc-
casionally a hint of the identity Of in
terests of a person may be linked with
his name. Mrs. Arden, let me present
DR.. Richards, who is interested in the
condition of the poor in the east. You
will probably have much about which
to talk" will place the strangers on ar
interested basis at once.
Never should a woman be led arounf
"a room full of guests to be introduced
The men should be conducted to her,
debutante should be led to the elderly
matron or chaperon at a dance; at thu
side of friend the younger woman re
Iceives introductionS.
Il is better to adhere to the regular