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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, January 27.-American sccur-
tiles opened around parity on the stock
light liquidation. Reading issues were
firm exceptions. The market closed easy
with prices ranging from unchanged to
q lower than yesterdays New York clos
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
Bank Statement.
Marriage Was Not Legal.
'respondcnce OF The Star.

0relgh CuffespOnucnce OF The STAR
VIENNA, January Is, 1872
The Vatican has announced its decision
in regard to the application of the ex-
Crown Princess of Saxony for an annul-
ment of her marriage with Signor Tos-
SELF. 1t is to the effect that tnasmuch as
her marriage to the Crown Prince OF Sax
ony was never annulled, her marriage to
Signor Tosseli was not legal in an eccle-
siastical sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
Standard Advances Oil.

NEW YORK, January 27.-The Stand
ard Oil Company has advanced the price
of domestic oil delivered by tank wag ms
from to 8 cents a gallon. This makes
a two-cent advance in local oil since the
first of the year.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Regular call. IL o'clock noon-Washiny,
ton Gas So, 81 600 at Ito, $1,000 at no. $l,OOO
at 10. $4,000 at ITO.
washington Rwy. and Elec. As. $1,000 at ssh
G.. and T.. Tel. 5s, 81 600 at 1O4T.
Washington Rwy. and Flee. pfd., 10 at OH.
Washington Gas, Is at So.
Lanston, 20 at OOAs, 20 at COZ.
Greene Cananea, % at 0.
Arlington Insurance, Mt 14h.
After call-Mergenthaler. at 200. at 22Oa,
af 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, January os.-Ohio and In
diana reports OF poor condition of winter
wheat acted today Il stimulus for the
price o. the cereal. The market reflected
also strength at Liverpool. The opening
was the same as last night to 70 higher.
May started at 1.O17sa1 ~ to 1.02i. I'M
changed to Is up, and advanced to 1.02Ss.
Longs sold out corn and depressed the
market. May opened IA shade lower to a
like amount up at Gsis to 6iss and de-
clined to- 67ix.
Fair buying by commission houses tend
ell to lift oats. May started at last
nights level to II higher at DH to JO7s
and rose to J05sa5i.
Provisions showed an unexpectedly
strong tone First sales We're unchanged
to sa7i. up with May delivery 1880 for
pork, 9.311s to 9.4O for lard and S.S0aS S2El
for ribs.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. January 27.-Closing:
wheat-Spot steady: No. ! Manitoba, S.
Sid: No. 2 Manitoba. IS sd: No. , Mani
toba, Is 111zd: futures firm; March, as
SID: May, IS sd; July Is 51xd.
Corn-Spot steady; American mixed.
new, Gs Nd: American mixed, new, kiln
dried, 6s 6Izd: American mixed, old, lis
lloyd; futures firm; January. Is Id;
February. Is Esd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27

NEW YORK. January G.-Omcers of
ports regarding the proposed acquisition
by that road Of the stock OF the Rome.
Waterfowl and Ogdensburg. n leased
road, are as yet only rugnors, but inti-
~ be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27

Moscow" by X. and Hesketh Prich-
ard Is the 10th and the last entry In
our prize story competition. See our
Sunday Magazine tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27
FOREIGN BANKS.

RERILN, January 7.-Exchange on
london, 20 marks 52h pfenmgs for
Money (for the settlemenD. aslasK per
cent. =
PARIS, January 27.-Closing: Three per
cent rentes, 95 francs % confines for the
account.
Exchange on London. . francs 26Is CEN
times for checks. Private discount rate.
81 per cent.
LONDON, January 27.--Bullion amount
fng to f3l, 600 vas taken into the Bank
oi England on balance today.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co..
bankers and brokers, Hibbs building
members New York Stock Exchange,
washington Stock Exchange and Chi-
cago Board of Trade.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. January 27.-Closing
Cotton-Spot in fair demand: prices
point higher: American middling fair,
low middling. 5.35; good ordinary. 4.91 !;
ordinary, 465. The sales Of the day
were 10000 bales. of which 1000 were
for speculation and export, and included
5000 American. Receipts, $500 bales,
closed quiet and steady. January 90:
January-February, $50; February March,
$50; March-April, 5.32h; April-May. 5.S0;
May-June, 5.371.; June-July. $50: July
August. 5391a: August-September. 5.3S1t;
observation-disclosures, 5.35; October-Novem-
Der, 5331s: November December. 5.3s4 /:
December-January. $50; January-Febru-
airy, 5.33ls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-27

Bar silver STEADY, % e-i6d per ounce.
Money, B5xa8x per cent.
The rate Of discouut In the open market tor
short bills 10 " per cenS. -
three. month bills is 9-i6a3A per cent.
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BIG RA|LROADCOM !.
REPORTED UNDER WAY
Hill, Gould and Morgan Inter
ests Said to Be Planning
Consolidation.

NEW YORK, January 2..-Reports
that a readJustment of the western
railroad situation is pending continue to
be circulated in Wall street, despite
the denials put forth a few days ago.
The combine is to- be one Of the Hill.
Gould and Morgan interests against the
Hartman roads, according to one ac-
count today, and will mean control OF
properties from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The Herald today says Of the
plan:
Joint Ownership Planned.
Controlling the railroad situation in
the east. the Hill Morgan group is now
prepared to dominate the roads west OF
the Mississippi river. Plans are being
considered for a joint ownership or the
two Gould roads. the Denver and Rio
Grande and the Western Pacific, to be
divided between the Missouri, Pacific
and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
systems, which will give the Hill line
a through route from Chicago to the
Pacific coast.
blair & Co., who financed the greater
part of the Western Pacific project, are
known to lean favorably toward an al
lance with the Hill system. 1t IL
thought that the Rock Island may
also enter into the new combination.
Benjamin F.. Bush, president or the
Missouri Pacific system. who was re-
Gently elected president OF the Denver
and Rio Grande. is known to be IN FAVOR
Of alliance with the Burlington.
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PRICES DR|VEND DOWN
Losses Sustained by Leading
Stocks in Weekend Trading.
LARGE BLOCKS ARE SOLD
Coalers, Coppers and United States
Steel Suffer Recessions.
AMERICAN TOBACCO SLUMPS
Profit Taking by Holders Given as
the Cause for an Eleven-Point
Drop-St. Paul Weak. :
LARGE BLOCKS ARE SOLD
AMERICAN TOBACCO sLUMPs

NEW YORK, January 27.-Prices OF the
market leaders were lower at the opening
today, although the declines were small.
Trading was i'm small proportions. Activ-
ity among the tobacco stocks continued.
american Snuff rose points. American
Tobacco. which gained q points yester-
day, fell back points on the first sale
today. American Sugar advanced ~.
Speculation became weaker after the
opening. Reading was bid up sharply,
but this maneuver failed to have any
substantial effect on the market, buying
OF the stock ceased and it reacted to
below yesterdays close. Lehigh Valley
was the weak feature. falling moTe than
points 20 1914. Losses in the other
representative stocks were confined to
sharp fractions. American Tobacco stump
ed IL points to 215, the bulge in the stock
Wednesday and Thursday inviting selling
by holders who had a good profit in sight.
Heavy Selling of Stocks. =
The market closed very weak. .
The statement by the chairman of the
st. Paul board explaining the reasons
for the cut in the dividend and his pessi-
mistic view regarding the outlook for
business caused heavy selling of stocks.
the long and short accounts, and prices
crumbled rapidly.
Western stocks were particularly af-
fected. but the coalers. coppers and
United States Steel also broke badly. Le-
high Valley and Union Pacific slumped 5
points. Reading "a and the active list
generally I to points. ST. Paul yielded
rs.
Money Market Firm.
Close: Prime mercantile paper. 3is to
4 per cent. Sterling exchange firmer.
with actual business in bankers bills at
4S4.25 for sixty-day bills and at 1895
for demand. Commercial bills. 1881: bar
silver, 57%: Mexican dollars. Al: govern
ment bonds steady: railroad bonds irreg-
nlar.
Money on call nominal: time loans
tirmer; sixty days, 21aa2H per cent;
ninety days. 2s4a3 per cent; six months.
3a3l2 per cent.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange.
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WEATHER
Cloudy and Continued Cold Tonight
and Sunday.

For the District Of Columbia. cloudy
and continued cold tonight and Sunday;
lowest temperature tonight about IL de-
grees; light northeriy winds.
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Naval Orders.

Lieut.. d. A. Weaver, from the Utah
to the Rhode Island.
Passed Assistant Surgeon F. III. Stib-
bens. from naval training station. Sar
Francisco, to st. Louis
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18

Hal E. Mcneil, civil war vet
eran and wife, $3.50 w. 53rd ST.,
reported to Judge SABBATH that
they were starving SABBATH sent
SIS.
Wild monkey bit dog belong
ing to L. Kahn, 939 Plymouth
court. Escaped from WelIs-Far-
go express wagon, hidden in
basement on Plymouth court.
Mrs. Regina Huck and Viii
liam Goetler, accused of having
murdered Nellie Goetler by beat
ing her to death, found not guilty
by jury in Judge Petit's court.
Ferdinand Meeshede, said to be
leader of gang of thieving ser
wants, held to grand jury by
Judge Maxwell.
Judge Hines announces that
ali auto-speeders brought before
him will be fined SIS and costs
for first ofense and $500 and
costs for second.
Philip Frees, 3444 w. Chicago
ave-, who fired shot, taken into
custody by juvenile officer and
paroled to parents.
Mrs. Catherine Guth, 43, 1859
Maud ave-, committed suicide by
cutting throat with razor, body
found at $50 this morning. De
spondent because daughter elop-
ed several months ago.
14-year-old boy contracted
scarlet fever in Juvenile Home,
III Ewing st, Inmates quaran-
tined.
Mrs. StepE1ano Sitka, 953 w.
Chicago ave-, and daughter,
WI d.s1,.rd % nrohn Liz e ILL
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18

1NCERNING CHICAGO
Mrs. Julia Gore, Isl w. 10th
ST, had husband, Frank Gore, ar
rested. Wouldn't kiss her. Case
continued.
Edward McLaren, commission
merchant, % w. So. Water ST.,
disappeared from home, 80
Buckingham place, last Tuesday.
Farnum Fish, boy aviator, ar
rested as he alighted in Grant
Park to save life.
John ]. Flynn, saloonkeeper,
715o Central ave., fined $40 for
selling liquor to Joseph Dreisdale,
Is.
Alice Grant, 6, So Walton
place, struck by auto owned by
John Barnett, and operated by
Harry Reynolds, 21A Dayton st.
Reynolds drove child to hospital.
John Bishop broke plate-glass
window Vose Piano Co., 300 So.
Wabash, so he would be arrested.
Asked for life sentence when ar
raigned in court. To be examin-
ed for sanity.
Warehouse of Chicago Coated
Board Co., 420 E. No. Water ST.,
destroyed by fire. $1,000 loss.
Edward Bodner, 400 Hollywood
ave-, pipeman, Engine No. IL, fell
in elevator shaft. Skull fractur-
ed. May die.
Florence White, $50 Castle
wood Terrace, robbed of $40 by
woman she was assisting to cor
ner.
Albert Fleischfrisser, 4436 Ar
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
Mammoth Cave Has Rival.

One of the most wonderful caves in the world has been found in southern Arizona. Unnamed, uneXplored and almost unknown is the vast cavern. Only a few persons have dared enter to view it's grandeur and io study tha wondrOus work of nature. This cave lies in inc foothills of the Huachuca mountains, about 70 miles northeast of Nogales, San ta Cruz county. Exploring par ties have entered and spent days inside, but none has ever discov- cred the end. They report pass ageways, rooms and chambers in- numerable. One room has a level and smooth floor and they call it the dance hall, and there are un- fathomed pits and chasms.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
NOTICE.

The contest for catching flies and for which SEQ in prizes will be distributed, will terminate at the noon hour or August 1, 1912. All contestants are requested to deliver their catch on the above date at noon at my office. The prizes are as follows:
 To the person catching the larg- est number of flies, a cash prize of $t0 will be given.
 The second highest will receive $500.
 The third prize will be $500. The fourth prize will be 'S2 .O0. The prizes will De awarded by a committee of three, whose names will be published later.
 D. IT. SLEEM,
 Health Officer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
WhaIo Rams q Schooner

St. Johns, N. F., July 25.-A col lision with a whale on the Grand Banks caused such serious dam- ago to the two-masted schooner Empire, from Oporto for St.. Johns, that the vessel was aban- doned by her crew of six men and a passenger. After keeping the vessel anoat two days, the crew had to leave her when the pumps became choked. The men rowed t20 miles toward land before they were picked up by a fishing schooner. The Emiprcw as load cd with salt.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

The man who brides himself apon being a quiet, easy-gOing sort of fellow forEcts that the burglar has the same charatter- iSticS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

Everything is running smoothly in the Circle. district and the present indications are that there will be no shortage of water to curLail production. The three hy- draulic companies and the drcdg- CT arc employing more than 100 men, while an, aditional 100 are otherwise engaged in the district. The Circle camp has been visited by some very heavy rains of ralc.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

modity is measured are on his own premises; he can know daily just the amount used by observing. the hands of the dial each day. Many consumers who formerly thought their meter registered too fast, by taking daily readings for short time, have been convinced that the meter registered accurately the amount of electricity used.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
8. g.. Alameda.

The following passengers de- parted on the Alameda this morn ing for the south: r. r. Greene, Mrs. M. l.. Davis, Morse Davis, Mrs. Gc,. Nelson, c. Campbell, r
 T. Ford, J. F.. Kloc*ncr, Miss K. l.. Monohan. For Cordova-Mrs. rA. J. Adams, Mrs. S. Redmond, J. M. Schurr, A. Whitaker, Max Schmidt, P. Paul. For Juneau J. Hagen, r. J. Sampson, J. Slaim.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

Fox City, near Fairbanks, was livrncd up bit recently when a bartender known as Willie soaked F. A. Williams, the mine Operat- or over the head With beer bot tie. Williams was laid out. Wit nrS*rs said they didn't blame Willie for hitting Williams. No arrest was made.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

Transcripts havo. been received by the clerk of tho court from Fairbanks in the bank cases against w. II. Parsons, r. E. Bar Der, Falcon Joslin, F.. Webster, who arc charged in the complaints with having "published false statements of the liabilities of a private corporation," while it's of ficers. These eases, along with the rest, will be heard during the December. term of court.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
NoRTHLAND NOTES

Al. Peel is the new town mar shal of Seward: Joe Hoffman is fire chief.
 Commissioner Finnegan, of Seward, recently dislocated his shoulder while playing ball. The steamer Whitehorse limp ed into Whitehorse recently with one of the cylinder heads blown lout. -:
 "Comc out, you wife clerks, you can beat us at the bar, but We will trim you on the beach" :" said the representatives of Un- clc sam" at Ketchikan in chal- lcnging the bartcndcrs to- a ball game ..: :,
 The Thlingel. fuur-pagc monthly published in the interests of the natives by Editor Geo. Beck, at Sitka, may. quit. The editor is not discouraged, nor is he bankrupt, but he is going away from there.
 Joe WillOughby, brother of the katalla man, left Fairbanks re- gently to work as linotype operat- or on the Nome Industrial Work CT.
 The White Pass will sell round trip tickets from Skagway to Daw- son during the Yukon exposition I-in August for. SEQ. The regular fare is $l25. .\
 The D. A. A. A. swimming pool at Dawson is being literally pa trOnizcd this sumemr. Forty men and women splashed and spluttcr- ed around in the water the other night.
 The inquest over the bodies of the Nelson brothers in the Kus- kOkwim cost the government S2,- S9I-the largest amount ever paid for an inquest in the Fourth di- vision.
 Fifty men are working on Chicken creek in the FortymiIc district. Several are ground sluicing on Franklin. On Napo- leon creek, Frank Herbstcr has struck good pay.
 The Bertha recently took out what Is possibly the last shipment of the winters catch of fur from this section, consisting of a cou- pie of thousand dOlarss worth of skins from Illiamna.
 George Riley is doing we'll on Otter creek, according to Nestor. He has taken out $5O,OOO in three .cleanupS. Last season he did not get into Nhape for sluicing until September 1. It is believed that Riley'S ground will be taken over by the Guggenheims, for their drills will start to prospect the claims within short time.
 While Kemp's ferry at Steele creek crossing on the Fortymilc river was bringing horses across the stream on June i7, the guy line of the ferry parted. The sc0w. .driftcd down stream. Bill TimOny, the stccrsman, was pulled over the side and drowned. Geo. Ran- dall, the mail carrier, and the horses swam ashore. The ferry was caught at the town of Forty mile.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
THE MYSTERIOUS
 ELECTRIC METER

Most people have an inbOrn suspicion of an electric meter. The impression has become gen erally eXtant that the Industrious little meter never stops, but that during the silly hours of the night, when the household is all wrapped in sleep, the little meter goes right along grinding out the kilowatt hours.
 Few people realize that the neasurement of electricity has been rsduccd to greater accuracy than the measurement of per haps any. other commodity, and That there is less chance of the electricity they have used~ during the month being incorrectly meas urcd than there is for their coal, their meat, or the other house. hold commodities. In fact, the meter will retain it's accuracy longer than the average scales, owing to the fact that it is en- closed in a dust-proof case and less exposed to the outside clc- mcnts and wear.
 It is well known principle that any mechanical appliance will tend to run slow as the wear sand friction increases, and this is true of the electric meter, SO, that a large percentage of meters tested, both in regular tests and on com= plaint of high Bills, are found to be running slow rather than fast, owing to this inevitable law.
 The little disk above referred to. which revolvts like inc arma- lure of a motor, wien electric current. passes through the met CT, is -eonnceted: :lo,ihr dial Of the meter through a train of gears. Any consumer who. may be under the impression that his meter runs when no current is used, may easily satisfy himself on this point by lu1'n1hE of all his lights and observing this aluminium disk 'lllouSH lHc lllblt SfdSS WlIltpW, just below the window exposing the dial. When all lights are turned off, this disk should not be rotating. If light is turned on the disk will immediately start. and when the light is switched off it will immediately stop. If two lights of the same capacity are turned on, it will rcvOlve twice as fast as when one is turned on, three times as fast with three, and so on. In many cases where GUS toners have applied this test and still observed that the disk re- rOlved, the electric cOmpany's in spcctOrs have found that light has been burning in the attic or in a closet Or elsewhere, and that as soon as this light is turned off the meter immediately stops, as it should do.
 In fact, the consumer of cleo tricity has an advantage in pur- chasing electricity which he has in few other instances; namely, that inc scales on which the com-
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
ALASKA coNsTABULARY TO
 TAKE PLACE OF TROOPS
Continued from page tj

\ Hollllnued rom page 1
 Another proposed change of great interest to the Northwest is the withdrawal of all military forces and interests from Alaska and the substitution of a constab- ulary similar to the Royal North west police now doing service in the Yukon. There are at present two companies of the signal corps and one regiment of infantry sta- toned i'll Alaska, none of which find. occasion for much military duty, but all of which are con- slantly employed in police pa lrnl work throughout the terri tory.
 For this reason it has been de- icrInlncd, if the proposed organ lzailnn Is put into effect, t0 bring he military forces in Alaska back tn the United States for station al one of the eight large posis. where. they can be kept in better touch with the military progress n1 the army.
 1 The proposed Alaska con- SlaDularH would be entirely free from the military service of the IrountrM but at the same time would be organized on a military basis and would be conducted as government force. probably un- der the department of the inter- for. It would police the entire territory, administer the game laws and attend to a multitude of other duties affecting law and or der. which now are performed by various military and civil forces. As planned at present, it would be made the most effective cOnstab- ulary force in the United States territory.
 It. would excel, even, the crack IconStabulary of the state of Penn sylvania, which has long been a marked success. The state of Nevada and the Philippines also maintain cOnsiabulary systems, but as yet they have not been brought [" high stale of diSrip- ! line.
 The proposed change in Alaska would also include the transfer of the cable, telegraph and wireless systems of the territory to other hands. It is considered probable that the operation of these sys- teInS would also dpvOlve on the lprOpOsed cOnstabuiary. as there probably would be no other force which could undertake their ad- ministration.
 Much of the proposed reOryan- ization of the army, including the abandonment of the smaller miIi- tary posts and the expansion of others into large and efficient military ccntrrs, and the cstab- lishmrnl of an Alaska constabu- lary, would require congrcssion- al action. and steps arc now un- der way looking to tho accom- plishmcnI of this part of the plan. The officials of the war d d,part- mrni arc in daily conference with members of the military affairs committees of the Senate and House concerning the plans, and it is considered probable that the necessary legislation may be talk on up at an early date after the reconvcning of f.coneress next De- lcembpr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
Valdez Real Estate.

If you have house Co rent list it with the Valdez Real Els, tate Agency, Wall street.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01
Christian soiouoe seryloes.

Meetings will be held in "The Archibald" every Sunday morn ing at if o'clock. All are well come.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

Salvador beer, a special home bfew,. on draft at all places.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

Salvador beer, a specral home brew, on draft at all places.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-08-01

Salvador beer, . special home brew, on draft at all places.