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New York Money Market,

NEW YORK March 12-MONEY-On
call steady at 2hq2lk per cent; ruiing rate,
Tered at 2s per cent Time loans, dull;
sixty days 2hQ2% per cent ninety days,
2&GS per cent; six months, Shq3lz per
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-4a41l
per cent, go
STERLING EXCHANGE-Steady, with
actual business in bankers bills at A83So4
4 $3.50 for sixty-day bills and at AS615 for
demand; commercial bills s. SSStd4.s3A,
SILVER-Bar 531sc; Mexican dollars
BONDs-Government steady; railroad,
irregular
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NIsibIe suppIy of GrnIn.

NEW YORK. March 13-The visible sup
ply OF grain In the United States Saturday,
March II, as compiled by the New York
Produce exchange was as follows: Wheat
SS 222. 900 bushels decrease, 1,646OO0 bushels.
Corn, 126l4OOO bushels; Increase, $1,000
bushels; increase, $1,000 bushels. oats, l5 20
166, 600 bushels; decrease $40 bushels.
Rye, $4,000 bushels; decrease, 1900 bush
els. Barley, 100000 bushels; decrease, Al
900 bushels The visible supply Of wheat
in Canada last Saturday was 9, 39O, 900 bush
els; decrease 1l9 900 bushels
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SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED
for moving school house from IAmro
Trip county, South Dakota, 70 Winner
Trip county, South Dakota. Distance
about ~ miles. Bids win be opened April
10, 1911 Contract will be let TO whom the
board considers the lowest responsible bid
der For further particulars and informa-
lion address j. n. TREZONA, Clerk School
District No. %. Winner. South Dakota
MID u
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LIVERPOOL. March l3-WIIEAT-Spot,
dull; No. red western winter. no stock
futures, quiet; March, Is 9iad; May 6s 94sd:
July. IS 9$sd.
CORN-Spot. steady; American mixed,
new IS; American mixed. old. IS I'D: fu-
tures, quiet; May, Is 4sd; July, As gid.
FLOuR-Winter patents. easy. Us ca.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. March lS-FLOUR
Steady.
WHEAT-No. ] northern, 81 OOqlO1: No.
2 northern, 97Q98iAc; May, sOlsd9Olzc.
OATS-Standard, 22ikc.
BARLEY Samples, 89Cd3l 90
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Cation HrOkers suspend.

NEW ORLEANS. March 13.-At the open
me Of the cotton exchange this mOpning
az suspension OF the brokerage firm OF
Keplinger & Brown was announced
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LEGAL NOTICES
New York, February LIST. 1911.
ELECTION NOTICE.
The Missouri Pacific Railway

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting OF the stockholders of The
Missouri Pacific Railway Company will
be held at the general office OF the Com
pany, In the City Of ST. Louis, Missouri
on Tuesday, March 18th, 1911. at nine
o'clock. q. m. for the election OF thir-
teen Directors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction OF any other bust
The annual meeting OF the Directors
will be held at the same office on the
same day at twelve o'clock noon. The
transfer books win be closed on
Wednesday, February Sth, 1871, at three
o'clock y, m, and will be roopensd on
Wednesday, March 18th, 1911, at ten
o'clock a. m.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY,
BY GEORGE J, GOULD,
A. H. CABEF.
Secretary.
HQdtot
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as5Ac; No. 2 northern. sts.a961bo; No. 3,
g2Aa95ihC.
FLAA-Closod g. 66
CORN-No. 3 yellow, f33E042Ac.
OATS-No. white, &iAuDc-
RYE-No. 2 S3dS8ikc
BFlAN-In lO0-lb. sacks, S20O0HlOO.
FLOUR-First patents, St650495i second
patents, N.55G74 So, first clears, SOodSJO;
second clears, S2O6d270
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Sc. Lo.enh Live stock MARKET.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, March 1s.-CATTI4E--
Receipts. 1900 head market weak, 100
lower; steers, S45C0f6. 30: cows and heitsrs
Sc. 5O-5.75; calves, tS.50G8.25.
HOGS-Receipts, $500 heRdJ market 1Bd
zoe lower; top, S95; bulk Of sales, S. 7O9
GS5.
head market opened steady lambs, $500
as
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PeorIa Grain NInrket.

PEORIA. March 13.-CORN-Steady: No.
8 white. 45hG45lac; No. 2 yellow, 45i.c: No.
3 mixed, $40; No. 4 mixed sic sample.
nGHihc.
OATS-Easy; No. white 3lNc; stand
ard gOAtc; No. 3 white. S0ilc.
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RnnIk CIenrInEH.

OMAHA March 13-Bank Clearings for
spending date last year, $S,142655.07.
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TurpentInc aud ROaih.

SAVANNAH. Ga. March fS-TURPEN-
TINE 3as3l4c. sales ll9 bills. receipts
Sc bbls.; shipments, iS bills; stocks,
2gs bbls.
ROsIN-Firm; sales. 80 bills: receipts,
7Oi bills: shipments. 1888 bbls. stocks
dI8 bbls. Quotations; b. N35; ID, Nf.
~. $40. T.. SIS; q, ES714, II. $3.50; J. 1875;
X. $50; NJ, sos, n, $50, VIC. Ri2h
WV, &lEa
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81. Louis General MARKET.

ST. LOUIS, March 13-WHEAT-Lower;
May, 9OisQgO5tc; July, S67sc. Cash. firm;
track, No red, sSQ97c; No. hard, 900
y0Lc.
CORN-Lower; May 4sssc; July, 4sAc.
Cash, firm; track, No. 2, 471hc; No. white,
4Tkc.
OATS-Lower; May. 3O2sc; July, 29Rtc.
Cash. steady; track, No. ?, S0hc; No. 2
white, 34c.
RN E-UnchanRed, at SIC.
FIOUR-Steady; red winter patents, "a 30
dAS5; extra fancy and straight, $1,000 10;
hard winter clears, $3OOd3.4O.
SEED-TimOthy, S5.O0D950
CORNMEAI-S22O
BRAN-Firm; sacked least track, $1.O5a
los.
HAY-weak; timothy, S1SOOql725; prai-
rie, $1tOOq15.OO.
PROVISIONS-Pork unchanged; iobbing,
SiS.25. Lard, unchanged: prime steam. 50. O2lk
Q9.0717. Dry salt meats, unchanged; boxed,
extra shorts, $3.50; clear ribs $3.50; Short
clears, S962h Bacon, unchanged boxed
extra short SlO.75; clear ribs, $1O,75; short
clears, S1O.S7h
POULTRN-Quiet; chickens, 11Ac; spring,
loo; turkeys lSd14c; ducks lac; geese, SC.
BUTrER-Ste sdy; creamery, 19H27c
EGGS-LoWer, at 15kc.
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INnnnns City Grnin md ProNIaLonn.

KANSAS CITY, March 18-WHEAT-
May, S8lsc, sellers; July, SSasa8SlAc; cash
steady; No. hard. S7097c No. g. S5q94c;
No. red, 9iQ96c; No. 3, 9OU94c
cash NC higher; No. mixed, 45q451ac; No,
3, 44a441kc; No. white, 441sq45c; No. g.
44a44lhc,
OATS-Unchanged No. 2 white, 3lG33c
No. 2 mixed 30Hd3lkc
RYE-No. g 76G79c.
HAY-Unchanged; choice timothy, S1S50g
400; choice prairie Sl2O0G12.25.
POULTRI-Firmi hens, lie; springs, 15o;
turkeys, 141ao; ducks, lie; geese, S1zc.
BUTTER-Creamery 25c; firsts, &c; Sec
onds, 2Oc packing stock 13c.
EGGS-EXras, lie; hrsts 15c.
Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat, blu. .................5l.OO 5000
Corn, bu. ...................25,O00 $1,000
oats, bu. ,.,,...............22,OO0 1900
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Demand for Hogs More Active
Sheen stcndY-CnttIe Lower.

CHICAGO. March 1S.--CATTLE-Re :
ceipts, % 600 head; market 1Oc lower;
beeves S515d6S5; Texas steers, A.S5dS.6S;
western steers, A7Od5.75; stockers and
feeders, $4O0G575; cows and heifers, $3.50
d5SO; calves $675dS.76.
HOGS-Receipts, GO 600 head; market more
active: steady to sc higher; light, $3.50
72O; mixed S675@706; heavy, $65597 .00
rough, $6.55667O; good to choice heavy, $50
d7OO; pigs, S6.50a71O; bulk Of sales $500
7O5.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 2OO00
head; market steady; native, &.00a4 30;
western, $3.15d490; yearlinSs, A.7515.Sb; ma
tive lambs, S5.006lS. 40 western S.2546.4b.
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Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, March 13-COTTON-Spo
closed quiet; middlinE uplands, l465c; mid
ding gulf. 149OC; sales, 600 bales.
ST. LOUIS, March S.-COTTON-Un-
changed; middHng, l47kc; no sales; receipts,
b58 bales; shipments, 1881 bales stock, 22,-
6l2 bales,
New York cotton market as furnished
nv Logan a. Bryan, members New York
Cotton exchange, Si5 South Sixteenth
street, Omaha:
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KEW YORK. March 12-SUGAR-Raw,
am NuscoVadO. 50 test, 3. 25c. centrifugal
"a test. sac; molasses sugar, 80 test, 3.Ulc.
refined. steady.
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wool Market.
Omnhn Hay Market.

ST. LOUIS, March l3.--WOOL-En-
changed territory ana western mCdtums.
isa22c: fine mediums, l6qlSc; fine, l2dl3c.
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Dates. 1911. 1910 1900 lgC8. 1901 Ii9O8 1905.
Sunday.

Receipts and disposition OF live stock at
the Union Stock Yards. South Omaha, for
twenty-tour hours ending at p. m. yes
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Ner York NIlnIng stoel...


LONDON. March 1S.--American secur-
tiles opened quiet and about unchanged to-
day. During the first hour prices moved
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Duluth Grain Market.

DULUTH. March l3.-WHEAT-No. /
northern. 96Ac No. northern. s33t q8lsc:
May 91Lc; July. SSitc.
OATS-At 2S7sc.
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MINNEAPOLIS. March ls.-WHEAT-
May, sac July, sSisc; September, sl1sc;
cash, No, hard, CSC; No. I northern. Sitd
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ELGIN. March 2-BUTTER-Firm, &c:
output as. 80 pounds.
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SlLNER-Bar, firm at 2llad per ounce
MONEN-2AQS per cent
The rate OF discount in the open market
for short bills Is 2Ssa2& per cent, Tor three
months bills, 21hd2 g-16 per cent.
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OMAHA. March la-HAY-No. 4. $40 co.
No. q 500. packing, 500; alfalfa, So 90
straw. wheat, $3.50 rye, $50; oats. 800
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irregularly and at noon were from y above
70 81 below Saturdays New York closing.
London closing stock quotations;
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WANTED-To BORROW

WANTED-A loan of between 5000 and
~. OOO on residence property. S S74, Bee.
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STEAMSHIPS

ALLAN LINE
Picturesque ST. Lawrenea Route
Weekly Salinas from
MONTREAL TO LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW
LONDON. HAVRE. France
FortniEhtly from
PHILADELPHIA and BOSTON to GLASGOW
Fplendld scenery, shortest passage low rates
Ang Railway Agent.
ALLAN q CO., General Agents.
It Jackson Blvd. Chicago
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CENTRAL CUTS DIVIDEND;
NOW A5P PER CENT. STOCK.
Lake Shore, However, Declares
Regular 6 Per Cent, With an
Extra at Same Figure.

The directors of the New York Cen
trail Railroad met this morning at the
Grand Central Terminal and declared
n quarterly dividend Of | "A per cent.
This is a reduction of Ia OF one per
cent. as compared with the last divi-
dend and places the stock on a 6 per
cent, basis.
on April 10. 1910. a quarterly divl-
dend of l IL per cent. was declared.
which restored the annual rate from
8 to 0 per cent. per annum. Since that
time the stock had been on . 8 per
cent. basis until to-day.
The dividend declarations OF the New
York Central haveb cen h~uctuating
between 4 and Q per cent. for many
years.
The directors OF the Lake Shore and
Michigan southern, another Vanderbilt
railroad property, declared the regular
semi-annual dividend OF G per cent, to.
gether with an extra dividend Of G per
cent. A year ago n similar extra divi.
dend OF 6 per cent, was declared BY the
Lake Shore.
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KENNEDY ESTATE
REAPPRA|SAL MAY
AFFECT BIG GIFTS
Surrogate Orders Retaliation
of Bulk of Bankers Stocks
and Bonds.

That Headley NJ. Grscne. transfer tax
appraiser. erred in his valuation OF GER
tain stocks owned by the late John s.
Kennedy. multi-millionalre banker. was
the decision reached to-day by Surrogate
Cohalan. Mr.. Grcene's report. nxing the
value of the Kennedy estate at s65.55s.-
1917. will accordingly be remittcd to
him for the purpose OF r~eappraising the
stocks and bonds.
Just what ~effect.this will have In the
mai settlement of the estate Is not
known. The fact that the Presbyterian
Hospital. New York Public Library. Met
ropolitan Museum OF Art. Columbia Uni
versity. United Charities and other In
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Cr0ud Makes Spaiding Angyy.

For once in his career, at least, Mr..
Epalding threw aside his dignity and
got Enthusiastically hot. When he saw
that the police had no power to restore
order he undertook the Job himself,
with the result that he got very red
IN the face. and that was about all.
lie had been studying Italian IN a rcd
covered handbook ever since we landed
at Brindisi, but Il was evidently Of n
breed that was unknown In Naples, n
was regarded by the crowd as n part
Of the entertainment, Then we tried
10 clear the field ourselves, and, though
we succeeded partially for n time. II
would soon he as bad rs ever, n ball
from CAROLS hat laid a peramhulat-
Ing guinea out senselcss, but 1t seemed
to have no effect on the others except
to Increase the general hilarity.
Realizing that his Italian was too
feeble for the occasion, SpaldinE fell
back on his mother tongue, and never
before or since have | heard him use
# so forc'bly. ] don't insist that he
employed cuss words--of course he
didn't know in those days that ne would
some time he United states senator
from California-but I don't mind tell
ing you that what he did say under the
proyocatlon Of that terrible moment
wouldn't look well in print,
For three innings neither side scored.
In the ourtl eaeh got q man across
tho plate. In the ffth the All-Amerl-
cas- increased their score by seven
runs. Thinking the game was over,
the crowd swarmcd across the field
like an army of Kansas grasshoppers.
Quick to take ADVANTAGE of the sltul-
ton, John W2rd ordered his men in.o
position and claimed the game,
John Teuer vas umQ.r!AS That day,
and for some reason that ] conldn't
understand then and can't now he gave
Ward the game by a technical score OF
0 to 0, the score books showing s to 2,
Come time when | have a day off I'm
going over to Harrisburg and ask GOV.
Tener nov he figured that matter.
When we went TO Rome we were
handed n lemon Of the most acid va
rlety, and II didn't come from the Nati-
can either, All the church dignitaries
we met were courtesy and hosp't ality
personined. But the American Minister
gave US the cold shoulder, When Mr..
Spaldlng called on him the morning
after our arrival. as he felt in duty
bound 70 do, the Minister threw. him
down hard. lie declared that he had
never felt the slightest interest in base
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returns from England. II was reported
to-day.
lilo sailed on Feb. IL for this pur-
pose of meeting his fhancee's parents
and gaining their consent to the we'd
ding. lie Is expected back within a
week.
Miss Jesslyn Is an English girl Of
charm and beauty. She Is appearing
In THE Piper" acting the role of Bar
bara. daughter of Jacobus. the Burgo-
master. Mr.. Clyde's father Is at the
head of the clyde steamship Company.
lie Is well known In society and be-
longs to many clubs.
On March 3 the engagement OF Mr.
Clyde's younger sister, Mabel. 20 WILL
lam Wade liinshaw. a bassO of the
Metropolitan Opera company. was an
inc
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which Mr.. Greene valued ~ t1U Q share
"A total of s22. $50 oo. There are also
100 shares OF Great Northern pre-
fcrred. valued at it.ooc.o 900. and $4,000
shares Of Great Northern iron Ore prop
critics.. valued at s7.776.ooo.
The importance Of h stocks and
bonds In arriving at the correct value
Of the estate Is shown from the fact
that Mr.. Kennedy only owned n.ls2.5oo
OF real estate.
About half Of the Kennedy estate
under the will Of the banker. VIII &c
20 educational. religious and charitable
institutions. Whether the Surrogate
considers Mr.. Greene has over-estlmated
or under-estlmated the value OF the es.
tate will. II Is said. be of great Import
ance TO all OF the beneiciaries. as the
hnal settlement with them depends en-
tirely on the appraisal.
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Baldwin. vno came within an ace OF
elippinc into the crater. Mrs. Arson
didn't think 1t prudent FOR Mo TO make
the attempt. She seemed TO feel sure
that what Mark had failed to do I
woul be certain TO accomplish. and she
was probably right.
Our first game OF bal In ~Italy-the
FIRST also ever negotiated on the cont
nent Of ~Europe-was played In the
Campo dc Mario, Naples. Feb. 10. 1853.
II wasn't an ideal bail ground. but 1t
was the best that could be had. and
that settled it. 1t turned out 10 he one
OF the most exciting games ever played
anywhere. There was a crowd OF 5000
persons on the ground, among them n
liberal ~sp~.nk'iuE OF foreign ~. !omlts
end the Naap'ltan -Four Hundred. II
those people had conducted themselves
as wen Is an American crowd would
have done under like circumstances all
would hav been We'll, but that. It seems.
would have been asking too much. That
crowd was an Italian crowd and Just
about as manageable as the French
mans flea. The game was hardly under
way before those guineas swarmed on
20 the playing grounds In such a way
as TO make fielding we'll nigh impossi-
Ole and batting n real danger.
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ball and regarded 1t as a great waste
or time and energy. lie added insult to
injury by asserting that he would not
permit himself to be Identified with any
thing as mercenary as professional base
ball. The secretary OF the legation at
that time. Mr.. Charles Dougherty. was
quite a different species of the genus
homo. He tried to do everything in his
power to wipe out the bad impression
made by his chief and devoted much OF
his time and attention to us while we
were in the city.
On the afternoon OF Washington's
Birthday we called. by special invitation,
at the American College and were re-
ceived most Hospitality. 1t reminded me
OF my, old school days at Notre Dame.
As a Slight return for the courtesy. we
had received ! put Clarence Duval, our
mascot. through his stunts, including a
hoedown'and baton swinging. and then
we adjourned to the big assembly room.
where We listened to a couple Of very
complimentary speeches by the profess
scrs and a mighty slick . from
Mr.. Spalding. When we took depar-
ture the students promised to attend our
game next day In "A bodM
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stitutions figure as bsnenciaries to the
extent Of many millions Of dollars makes
q r~eappraisai Of the estate most s,gnin-
cant at his time.
Erred In Fixing Value.
The stocks m bonds in question form
q large portion OF the Kennedy fortune.
Mr.. Greene appraised them as OF the
time Of Mr.. Kennedy's death.
Surrogate Cohalan said:
The appraiser erred In calculat,ns
the value OF certain comparatively in
active securities at the price bid for
them on the day after the date OF de-
cedent's death. lie should have ascer-
tained the average prices az which the
securities we're sold within a reasonable
time before and after decedent's death
and made his calculations upon tina,
basis"
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Many NofdbieS SatU Game.

That game was played on the private
grounds OF Prince Borghese, aud a bet
ter place for a diamond could not be
found In Rome outside the Vatican gar
dens Under a group OF great trees near
where the diamond had been laid out
there was assembled a bunch OF nota-
bilities such as few bail players ever
run UP against. Among them we're King
%1Iumbert. the Prince OF Naples, Prince
Borghesc M his family, Signora Crispi.
wife of the Prime Minister. and a host
OF way-up 1taaan dignitarRs. We were
especially pleased TO sec that the stu
dents of the American College were
there in full force, as well as Mr.. Dough-
crty and all the members OF the Ameri
can Legation except the grumpy Min
lister.
When We made our appearance We
got u send-off Of three rousing cheers
and a tiger from our friends. the eu-
dents. and then. after fifteen minutes OF
fast practice. we began the first pro-
fesslonal hall game ever played IN The
, Eternal City. Right mere let me tell
you that II was u game That was COW
eted by both cams. Crane and Earle
| ana Tener and DAILY We're In the points.
1t was a game that reached the high
/! water mark. the fielding on both sides
being gilt edged. At the end of the Sec
piAAi Alihabs t' sNDA - " w. Ss~
side having made two runs. The next
few innings were marked by double
pays. clean hitting and sharp fielding,
and II was not until the eleventh inning
hat Burns crossed the plate with the
winning run for my boys. the score
standing 3 to ..
After this. at the special request OF
some OF the royal family who hadn't
got enough of 1t. W. Played an exhsbi-
ton game OF two innings. In this we
! tried to do a lot of sensational stunts.
and l guess We must have succeeded.
for when we left the grounds We re.
celved a round OF applause that would
have been remarkable even In America.
The next day was Sunday, n at noon
we started for Florence. arriving there
early in the evening. II was too cold,
however. TO explore the town. h fol-
lowing afternoon we played a game,
which was won by the .All-Americans.
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Erred In FlsInu Value,
Big Northern Pacific Holdinos.

In the great list Of bonds and stocks
that Mr.. Kennedy owned his holdings
OF Northern Pacific stand out mos,
prominently. The appraisal showed
that he held 1000 shares Of this stock,
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Copgrc.smcn small Hurt.

TRENTON. y. j.. March 5 congress
man John II. Small OF North Carolina.
who was scheduled to speak at last
nights dinner OF tho local Chamber OF
Commerce. was struck by 4 trolley
car here yesterday afternoon while
alightlng from an automobile. lie was
dragged about fifteen feet. but not seii-
ously injured.
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YOUNG CLYDE
TO WE'D ACTRESS,
SOCIETY HEARS
Announcement of Engagement
to Miss JesSlyn Expected on
His Return From Europe.

The engagement of william +. clyde
jr.. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. william r..
clyde OF No. 1 West F~rfty-nrst street.
and Miss Dora Jesslyn. IA member OF
the New Theatre company. H. expected
to DO announced as SCOT as Mr.. Clyde
The evening world., 1911-03-08

Tho ex plosion OF an old stove In the
officers quarters 81 the Norwegian fruit,
steamer, Thora, whilc on her way here
from Philadelphia last night, caused a
blaze which gave the crew n sharp half
hour hght to cxtinguish and did damage
OF abou $1,000. The Thora arrived this
morning 10 20 into. drydock.
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Title Of to-morrow's chapter: ~ Win
at Monte Carlo but Lose . Dame In
Paris

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paper Syndicate. Copyright in Great
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served.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29

ieeilns that Is certainly justified I'm the
case OF the man I'm the service who has
to support a fanily in Washington-thers
are always a plentiful number OF others
VINO would be glad TO take their places
There are two eligihles for every appoint
ment made During a recent year the
civil service commission examined l23 6.0
applicants for civil service appointments
senate and representatives are being
constantly besieSed by constituents who
would like to get into the government
service, so much that X Is not I'M
probabie that the day will come when
Aongress viii enact a law forbidding an,
OF It's members to intercede in behalf Of
any one for appointment To the classic,
federal service
The civil service commission is nov.
pursuing the policy of holding on,,
such examinations as are required FOR
the neeiS of the service Formerly
examinations Were held more frequent
~, ana the result was that there were
nearly $4,000 more examination papers
year To be gone over by the com
mission than necessary for the main
tenance Of sumcient list of elieibles.
This results in those who succeed be-
ing advised of their ratings much ear
Her, and fewer OF those who are eligi-
bile decline appointments than when
there is delay in announcing the re-
suit of the examination
The character Of examinations il
gradually broaden. Many new lines
Of ACTIVITY on the part OF the fed
eral government have resulted in a de-
mand or expert employees of many
kinds. Among these may be men toned
agricultural assistants. banking econo-
mists. forest engineers. grazing fee col
lectors, oil inspectors, wireless en-
gineers. tobacco experts. LANDSCAPES
gardeners. scientific assistants in bas-
ket willow culture and engineers oe
tests. The civil service commission
must plan examinations which Will
serve to test in a thorough and prac-
teal manner the special qualiflcat IONS
of the applicants for the proper per-
Torrance of the duties of the positions
they seek to fill. The wide range OF
the activities OF the federal government
may be inferred from the statement
that approximately 500 different kinds
OF examinations are held annually by
the civil service commission, of which
300 are filled by educational tests
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