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Coroner Dr. J. P. Randolph yester- day sent his resignation to Governor Donaghey. No successor has as yet been named the governor having talk en no action in the matter as yet. 1t was reported yesterday afternoon that Governor Donaghey had stated he would not act hurriedly on the matter. The resignation is taken to be the result of annoyance over the "hd' question in Hot Springs. Dr. Randolph is very busy with increased profes- sional business. Members of the re- form organization had attempted to use the coroner as an executive offi- cer and force him to prominent po- sition in the matter of raiding clubs!
 Dr. Randolph compiled with these requirements on two occasions when he first entered the office. but declar- ed on the last occasion, when he had been jeered on the street by the tFoWu tndt lOilOWu tne WdSohs houi ing the stuff to be burned, that he dii not consider himself an executive of hcer and would have nothing more to do with that kind of work.
 Recently the activity of a small CO., terie of the old reform membership has been revived. and one raid was attempted. which proved bloomer.
 Dr. Randolph made the county an excellent official in the coroners of flee. having several important cases under his supervision. all of which were investigated with an ability that was aided largely through his profes- sional experience.
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CHILD KURT AT PRAYER.
Daughter of Senator Jeff Davis !
 Crushed by Folding Bed.

Washington. Jan 19.--lna. the IT. year-old daughter of Senator Jeff Da' ,ig of Arkansas, was painfully injur' ed in an unusual accident.
 The little girl had knelt to say her prayers by the side of folding bed in which lay younger sister, Luciie' years old, asleep. when without warning the top of the bed closed down and crushed the right arm ol the kneeling child between the wris' and elbow. !
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GOVERNOR poNAoHEY DENIES APPLICATION OF PARTY OF
 HOT SPRINGS PERFORMERS.
Crowd Is Sore When Governor De nies Them Privilege of Naming a Radical to Succeed Cor
 oner Randolph.
tBy the Assoclated press.l

Little Rock, Jan l9-Carrying the resignation of Dr. J. P. Randolph. coroner of Garland county, and urging that they be allowed to name his sue. cessor, whom they wonld select from the reform element of Hot Springs and who would be selected to stop gambling in Hot Springs, delegation of Hot Springs citizens. consisting of Rev. W. T. Amis, Judge J. B. Wood, c. J. Webb. w. s, Sorrells, H. L. Hale. William Michigan and Henry I.otz. appeared before Governor Don. aghey today.
 The governor, however. declined to give the delegation the right to name the successor. stating that he would instead call special election anu up. point q coroner until the time of the election. the man who received the highest number of votes next to Cor oner Randolph when the latter was elected
 This proposition the delegation turned down and tonight forwarded the resignation back to Dr Randolph.
 The delegation made no attempt to conceal Its disappointment.
 Governor Donaghey stated tonight that the delegation requested him to call out a part of the Arkansas Ma tional Guard to stop the gambling at Hot Springs
 He stated that he replied he did not think the situation there war ranted such action.
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KNAPP AT MEMPHIS.
Discusses Boil Weevil and It's Effect
 on Crops.

on Crops.
 Memphis, Jan l9-Before an audi. ence that flled the auditorium of the Business Mems Club, Dr. S. A. Knapp of the United States department of agriculture delivered speech here this afternoon on the boil weevil and its ravages.
 Hundreds of farmers from Missis- sippi and Arkansas arrived on early trains to hear the address, which was listened to with marked attention.
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NEW OUTBREAK.

Monteyideo. Jan. 19--A rebellion has broken out in the provinces. The government expects to put it down promptly.
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The News While It Is News.
The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-20

7:30 a. m.-March to work.
 12 noon--Dinner.
 12:30 D. m.--Return to work. 5:30 D. m.-Supper in dining hall. After supper he may return to his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23

These forty billion of securities are
held by 626, 9si stockholders. with an
average holding of l1S shares. The
number of stockholders in some of the
larger companies is gradually decreasing
a corresponding degree.
Shortly after the rich mans panic
In 1901, when the best classes of stocks
and bonds went down to very low prices,
there was wave of investment in small
blocks by people of moderate means
through the entire country, taking ad-
vantage of the opportunity TO buy gilt
edged dividend payers at much less than
ther actual value.
Many people of small means drew their
money out Of the savings banks and even
mortgag ed their homes to buy stock. As
q consequence when the dividends We're
paid in January, 1909, there We're 6So,9S4
stockholders in the 80 companies under
consideration
Evidently many OF the small purcha sers
have been realizing their profits. In
January this year there are about 5000
fewer stockholders than there were .
year ago, and the average holding has
been increased from 1911: shares to lis
shares.
But the distribution of the stock in the
great corporations is much more genera
than il was few years ago.
For example. nine years ago the Car.
negic Steel Company was owned by
Sixt.-two persons. Today it is d part Of
the United States Steel Corporation
which is owned by more than lOOOUs
stockholders.
A few years ago the stock of the
Standard Oil Company was held by les.
thaa 2UO persons Today il Is distributed
among more than 5000.
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LEEsBURG, VA.
Special Correspondence OF, The star.

Special Correspondence or, The Star.
LEESETRG. Va. January ~, 1910.
The stockholders of the Purcellvile Ma
,ional Bank AT Purcellville. Ioudonn
county, have elected the following di-
rectors: Albert Alilholien. j. J. Porter,
f. II. Hirst. Motley Ball +. p. Wilson,
w p. Pancost. B. F. Fenton. Daniel
Shafer. j. l.. Lodge, Thomas r. Smith.
H. w. Vansickler. J. r. McGavack. The
directors then elected the officers as fol-
lows: w. p. Pancost. president j. T.
McGavack, vice president; c. l.. Robey.
cashier: Eugene Monroe, assistant
cashier.
Miss Elizabeth Gardner of .Arcola, Lou
doun county. died at her home Friday, in
the sixty-seventh year of her age. Death
was due TO a complication of diseases.
She is survived by a brother Joseph
Gardner.
The Leesburg Anti-Saloon League has
elected the following officers: President.
Rev. d. L. Blakemore; vice presidents.
w. S. Jenkins. l.. G. Cairness; secre-
tary. +. l.. Peasants; treasurer. Edgar
Jackson.
William Eads Miller has sold 284 acres
| near Chantilly. Va. belonging to George
G. Taeford. to T. Edward Reeves of
North Carolina: the Bowyer property. on
the Leesburg turnpike, near Frizzleboro,
containing forty acres, to Herbert Fergu-
son of Loudoun, and house and eight
acres of land near Pleasant Valley, known
as the Preble and Woods property, to G..
w. Shelton of Grayson county, Va.
w. Emory Plaster, who for the past
ten years has resided In Leesburg, has
accepted a position in Washington.
Clinton Hatcher Camp, Confederate
Veterans, have elected the following off,
GERS: Commander l.. NJ. Shumate: lieu
tenant commander. Stirling Murray: ad-
jutant, William N. Wise: treasurer, F.. F.
ShrOff.
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Immense Labor Involved.

The payment of the dividends to which
these 6o7. 600 stockholders are entitled re-
auires an enormous amount of labor for
the banks trust companies and the firms
which act as fiscal agents Tor the cor
porations, because it involves the making
out of more than million checks Tor
dividends and interest
Not many years ago the owners OF
shares in corporations used to call per-
souaiIy at the offices of the treasurerS to
receive their money in person and sign
receipts for it, Dividend day used to be
a great event at the headquarters OF
som. OF the fashioned railway COM
ua,iies.
The officers of the Boston and Albany,
the Old Colony line and some of the other
New England roads used to send trip
masses TO Boston and return to every
stakeholder with the notice of his diyi-
dend AS d consequence. practically all
of them came to town on the same day
To draw their money, which made live
IN occasion. Some Old-fashloned roads
NAV continue this custom.
AS rule nowadays checks are made
out and mailed to the home addresses OF
the stockholders. and the work or pre-
pairing them is begun as soon as the
transfer books are closed Then, on a
certain day, all the envelopes containing
the checks are taken to the post office In
big mail bags and dispatched to then
destinations.
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ming from the Missouri river to the Pa
cific ocean were in state of decay and
dila alton; the stock, quoted way down
below par, paid no dividends. and it was
difficult for the treasurers to scrape UP
money enough to pay the interest on .-.e
bonds Today all transcOntinental roads
are in almost perfect physical condition;
they are doing an enormous business:
their stock is at premium, and their
regular dividends are larger than those
of shorter lines i'm the east which run
through a thickly settled portion of the
country.
This is the result of the enterprise, the
sagacity and the economical management
of such men as Harripan. Hill and Rip
ley-the greatest of empire builders.
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SANDY SPRING. MD.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
SANDY SPRING. Md. January 80, 1910.
Mrs. Samuel S. Bond gave q bridge
party Monday afternoon. and Mrs. Es
telle I. Moore and Miss Mary q. Moore
entertained in the same manner We'd
nesday evening.
Edward r. Chalfont. an officer in the
Packard Automobile Company, at De
troit Mich, came through here recently
on his way home from the auto show
in New York. AIR. Chalfont, who spent
part of his boyhood in Sandy Spring.
called To soc some of his relatives oil
the Gllpin family. and left for NASH
ington the same day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin ". Miller ami
Miss Rebecca r. Miller have been III
Washington and Miss Marion Farquha.
is visiting her friend. Mrs. Fawcett Of
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Bentley Thomas and
son are again at home, after a visit of
a week with Mr.. and Mrs. William Lea
of Wilmington and MRS. A. P. BrubaKer
of Philadelphia.
Miss Eugenia Fawcett has gone to Will
mington to remain for a time with the
family of the late Mrs. Charles r. Hal
lowell.
Thomas L. Moore. a former resident
here, bCt now or ftlcnm0n0, Va, and the
Rev. J. bowman of that city expect To
sail shortly from New York for Egypt
and the Holy Land, returning through
Europe in about three months
Miss Lille B. Stabler gave a luncheon
Friday to ten ladies' in honor of her
guest, Mrs. Levensaler, formerly Miss
Mary Williams Of Washington. Other
arrivals have been Mrs. John E. Wilson
Of Rockville and DIR. Stuart Muncaster
of Washington.
Miss Sarah B. Farquhar has invited a
number of her young friends 10 assist
her in musical and dramatic entertain
ment next Friday evening.
The Misses Waters of Spencerville who
are attending Sherwood School, will he
with Mrs. Edward n. Bentley for the
coming month.
Alban G. Thomas gave a dinner Friday
evening in honor of the birthday ami
versary OF his son. Frederick l.. Thomas
Mr.. Thomas and family. Mrs. Roger
Brooke and Mrs. Charles E. Bond are
planning trip to Bermuda In March.
The directors of the kensington Rail
way Company reelected Charles r
Brooke of Sandy Spring president 1t is
stated that work on the contemplated
extension to this place will be COM
menced shortly.
Miss Janet johnson of Ashton and Her
bert Cuff of Ednor were married in
Rockville Wednesday by the Rev Mr..
White. On their return from a wedding
trip they will live at Ednor. =
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Prosperity is Tremendous.

Few people realize the extent of our
prosperity. A statement appeared in the
Financial Chronicle the other day, CIV
ing returns from 49, railroads and other
corporations for the year 1909, and it
showed that there had been an increase
of from ) to 2S per cent in the earnings of
every one of them during the year that
has just closed, over the returns for
$685.
1t is true that the latter year was one
of depression, and even stagnation in GER
tain classes of business. But there is no
stagnation or depression or any apparent
obstacle to prosperity at present, and the
gross earnings of almost every company
and firm i'm every branch OF business show
a decided increase.
This circumstance accounts for the
enormous amount that is being distribut-
ed through the New York banks as divi-
dends. this month. According to the est-
mates of those who keep track of such
things. the quarterly dividends which will
he due in March next will amount to
about S7,O0O.O00. WHICH is s12.O00.O00 in
excess of the total of any previous year.
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Rockefeller's Big Share.

John D. Rockefeller gets the biggest
dividend checks of any man in the
country. Willie the exact amount is not
known. his income is supposed 10 be in
the neighborhood of s24.OO00O0 a year.
l was told the other day by a friend
that he saw a dividend check of the
Standard Oil Company for $4,000. 600
made out to the order of Mr.. Rockefel-
ler He believed il was a quarterly
dividend upon his holdings in that COM
pany.
Mr.. Carnegie draws $J,JOo,0OO every six
months from the United States Steel
Corporation.
W. X. Vanderbilt receives a semi
annual dividend of $2.04e.Nn upon his
stocks IN >the New York Central and the
other Vanderbilt hehs each receive
.s7O4.OO0 semi-annually from their hold
ings.
II will he remembered that when the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
Many See Joint Installation.

The installation of the officers of Fred
erick Douglass Post and o. P. Morton
Corps, which was held Jointly Wednes-
day, brought out large gathering te
witness the ceremonies. Col. w. a
Grimshaw performed the installation
service for the post and Mrs Isabel Wor-
rell Ball, past department president. fol
the corps. Among the guests We're Mrs
Nora b. Atkinson, department treasurer
Mrs. ROsamOnd B. Meacham and Mrs
Ida 4. Oldroyd, past department presi-
dents; Mrs. Elizabeth Beach. Mrs. Mamie
p. Dorsey, Mrs. Hanan, Mrs. Annie T.
Hoagland and Col. John McElroy.
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PAYING OUT PROFITS
January Dividends of Corpora
tions Biggest Ever.
PROOFS OF PROSPERITY
Greater Number of Small Sharehold-
ers Than Usual.
SOME WHO GET BIG CHECKS
Transcontinenta1 Lines, Once So
Poor, All Making More Money
Than Older Lines.
SOME WHO GET BIG CHECKS
By WILLIAM F. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald

Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
NEW YORK. January -, 1910.
Nearly all the great corporations have
their transfer offices and financial
agencies in New York city. and pay the
dividends on their stocks and the interest
on their bonds through them here semi
annually in January and July 4 few of
them pay quarterly through the same
agencies.
Tie January payments this year are
the largest or record. If the present
prosperity continues the next July divi-
derds will be quite as large, if not larger.
The total dividends and interest paid
by 10 Of the most prominent railroads.
traction companies, banks and industrial
corporations during this month amount
to 500, Cs2 6r. an increase of S19, 1c,. 4s6
above the semi-annual dividends and In
terest paid by the same companies IN
January 1900. This total does not m
ciude thousands of smaller firms and cor
porations in New York, which undoubted-
IL paid an equal amount. nor thousands
of corporations in other parts of the coin-
Try which are just prosperous and
have enjoyed similar profits.
.: the 40 great corporations referred
to- twenty-five increased their dividend
for January. sixteen paid dividends this
year for the first time, and four reduced
thei,. dividends l per cent per year or
less for various reasons.
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GAVE LEFTOVER DOLLAR
FOR Benefit OF POOR
Pensioner Adds to Fund of Asso
ciated Charities-Money Needed
by Management.

Despite the high prices of food now
adays, an aged government pensioner
who had a dollar left from his last
months allowance, sent it to the isso-
ciated Charities.
1T is blessing to every one that Civ
eth to tue poor was his message sen,
with the donation.
Contributions, both large and small,
being received by the Joint finance
committee. and by tie Association for
the Prevention of tuberculosis The
organization which is lighting tie white
plague has announced. however that
not half OF its budget has been raised
Its work, the details OF which can he
learned from the secretary at 3.:; III
street northwest. is, however, being push
ed steadily, and 1t is the patient and con-
slant warfare. it is believed, that will
result in checking the disease.
Contributions Acknowledged.
Following are contributions acknowl.
edged by John Joy Edison, treasurer OF
the Associated Charities:
Thomas w. Smith, $50; Charles n Nc.
Bryde. So; Thomas w. Sidwell, So; f.
B. AlsoD, $2o Miss Flora j.. Hendley
81; Dr. \. d. Melvin, $50: Mrs James
W. Pinchot. so; Prof. John l.. E,weIl
500: Henry i<irke Porter, S1O0; E. v
Murphy, 50; Mr.. and Mrs. Allerton Cush-
man. SI..a; benjamin w. Pond, $3.50
Mrs. Hennen jennings, SO; Judge j. A
Van Orsdel, $40: Clarence 3. Rheem, $40
Miss RoWena NJ. Goddlng, 81: w. H. Ack-
land, s.; National Mosaic Company, $40
Mrs. -Abbie G. Fox, 81. John \. Kasson
$50; Mr.. and Mrs. Jonn NJ. Leonard, ST.
Mrs. Alice S. Byrlfes, $40, Mrs George
Peabody Wetmore, So: Benjamin X
Johnson, $40; Samuel Maddox, $50; Mrs
NJ. III. Myers, S25; Mrs. c. Matthews, So
Miss Jessie. T. Springer, 50: Mrs Ed
monia r. McCortney, $40: Gardner r.
Williams. SO; Max s. Johnson, So; Mrs.
Winthrop Murray Crane, So; Miss Re-
becca Stoneroad. s.: Mrs. Orleans Nc
Carly. 81; c. 7. F., 81; Charles G. Smith.
$40: John D. Langhorne. so; b. H. War
ner, $40; Lorenzo SINH. So: Mrs. John
w. Stewart. s.; f. c. B.. 81; Mrs John
{. Phillips. So: f. r. Grandin. $50; A.
{. Howard, s.; Evening Star Newspaper
Company $50; Benjamin Solomon. 81:
Carl Hermann Braatz, 81; cash. 81:
Charles p. Stone. s25; Miss j. Augusta
Bowen, 81: julius Sondheimer, 50: Mrs.
Florence Murray, $40; M r. S.. s.: e.
w. NJ. ST.; Leonard A. Merritt, 81: Mrs.
Laura Wallace, 81: Alvey A. Adee.
$40; 7. 3. Hutchinson, SO; L. NJ. S., $40.
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Grace Church Entertainment.

A reunion of members and friends OF
Grace Episcopal Church will be held
in the parish house. 9th and ID streets
southwest, from ) to o'clock the even
ing Of February ,.
The ladies of the parish will he In
charge of the function, which will in
clude an oyster feast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
Big Numbers of Checks.

In some cases several checks are sent
to the same persons. who happen to have
several blocks of stock, because. Tor the
convenience of bookkeeping, check is
made 10 correspond with every certificate
of stock Hence this year several big
COMPANIES have made out more than
three or four times as many checks as
they have shareholders, as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23

late William II. Vanderbilt died he gave
each of his sons and daughters $10O00.
90, mostly in railroad stocks, which
he held in trust for their benefit
The trustees collect the dividends and
distribute them among the heirs.
George F. Baker is reckoned as one of
the six richest men in America and re-
ceives more than two million dollars in
dividends from his stocks and bonds in
the Northern Pacific, Great Northern
Lackawanna. Pennsylvania. New York
Central, Burlington. Western Union and
American Telephone Company. He prob
ably receives half a million dollars
more semi-annualy on his stocks in the
First National Bank, which he founded,
and OF which lie has been president since
the first day ii was opened for business
Mr.. Baker is Washington boy. He
was brought up in that city, where his
father was an official Of the government
of the District Of Columbia nearly all his
life. Mr. Baker practically owns the
Delaware and I.ackawanna Railroad,
and holds control of its stock.
Pennsy's Check to Prick.
Henry G. Frick of Pittsburg is the
largest individual stakeholder in the
Pennsylvania company. His dividend
check OF $3.50 comes in by mall four
times IL year
Mr.. ~Frick is a heavy stakeholder in
sylyania system which pay him $3SO,oOO
quarter. His Northwestern stock
pays him 100000; his Norfolk and
Western stock s241,0oO and his steel
corporation $211, 200 semi annually
Mrs. Hartman received a check of
s1.l90,O00 this month. representing divi-
dends from her Union Pacific stock.
Several checks of similar amounts are
from her holdings in the Southern Pa
| citic and its various branches, the New
York Central and Northwestern rail-
| roads.
Mrs John s. Kennedy, widow of the
! banker who died the other day leaving
$25,000.0oO to charity, received a divi-
dend check of 100000 from the Great
+; Northern and one of $4,000 from the
Northern Pacific.
/ Mrs. Russell Sage received dividend
| checks amounting 10 $1.33S,0OO from the
Western Union. the Missouri Pacific and
other Gould companies.
| The Astor family is not largely in
| terested in railroads, but have most of
their money invested in real estate in
| New York city But John Jacob Aston S
quarterly dividend from the New York
j Central RAILROAD was $15S,0OO.
| Moses Taylor Pyne of Princeton, n.
j., for himself and other parties whom
he represents II trustee received check
| for S1.624.O00 as dividends from the
Lacka wanna Railroad Company.
/ G.. w. Hardness received dividend
check of $4,000 from the New York
| Central; another of SIT. 900 from the st.
| Paul.
! Frank Works dividend check from the
| Northwestern company was $24o.OOO;
! from the I4ackawanna $3.50. 900, and he
received a similar amount from two other
| railroads
Although James J. Hill controls the
| Great Northern the Northern Pacific and
| the Burlington railroads. his name does
not appear upon many large certificates
lof stock. His interests are distributed;
| nevertheless his dividend check from the
| first-named road was $4,000 and from
| the Northern Pacific. $56U,0O0.
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Transcontinental Profits.

One of the most notable features of the
January dividends is the profits that are
being earned by the great transconti-
mental lines.
Only a few years ago all railways run
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For Relief Association.

Milton r. Alles has received the follow
ing amounts for the Citizens Relief AS
ISOLATION: Benjamin r.. Johnson, 50; Gen
James II. Watmough, $40; Miss r. Mabel
Bartholow. 81: Mrs. Thyrza McIlhenny
$50; Gen. Joseph r. Sanger. $40; Spencer
B. Prentiss. So; Charles w. Gray. 81:
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White 81; II. f. Bittinger. 81: Mrs. Am
mon Behrend, 81; Mrs. q. l.. Magru-
der, 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
How Shares Are Distributed.

The following table will show the num-
Der of shareholders in some of the great
corporations:
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Evening Star Newspaper Company. $50;
Prof. John l.. Ewell, $50; Thomas w.
Smith, $50; Henry Kinks Porter. $50:
Charles \. McBryde 81: f. V. Murphy.
30; Thomas w. SidWell. So: Harry J. Lee.
y: +. b. Alsop, so; Mr. and Mrs AIler-
ton Cushman. $3.50; Miss Flora l.. Hend-
ley, s.: Benjamin W. Pond, $50; DIR. A.
D. Melvin. 500: Mrs. Mary T. Letter.
S!h Mrs. James w. Pinchot $50: Mrs.
Clark, S.