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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-16

ican middllng fair, 7sOd; good middllng, 7e0d; middling, 6.80d; low middling, 6.56d 1; ordinary, 60Sd; ordinary, Led. The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 800 were for speculation and export and i'm cuded 800 American. Receipts, 1000, in- cuding 5e0 American.
 Futures opened firm and closed steady. August 6.60d August-Septembcr. 6.52lsdi eptember-October. October November, C c3ihd: November December G30d; De- January, G.29I4d; January Febru- arv. 6.Stzd: February March. 6.3ld . March-Aprii, 6,32isd: April-May, 6.3Sl9d; May-June. e.35d: June-July. 6.Si5zd; July August, 6.3id.
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Cash quotations were as follows.
 Flour: firm.
 Rye: No. 2, 71c.
 Barley: Feed or mixing, 400 4Se, fair to choice malting, 60@7 roc.
 Timothy Seed: $500.
 Glover Seed: 5000 @15.00
 Mess Pork: $1S,10W18.12h.
 Lard In tierces, $10.90.
 Short Ribs: Loose, $10.S71s.
 Butter: Firm; creameries, 22@24c; dairies, 21@32c.
 Eggs: Firm; receipts, sS19 cases at mark. cases included 16hc; ordinary firsts lie; flrsts,.19c.
 Cheese: Firm, Daisies, 15A d315Kc; Twins, 14& @15c; Young Americas, 15h 415&c; Long Horns, F @15sA. Potatoes; Firm; receipts, 30 cars; Kansas and Missouri. 75c; Jersey, 92c; Minnesota, $10S.
 Poultry: Live, Firm turkeys. Pc; chickens, 12hc% springs, 16c.
 Veal: Firm; 9@13c
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Coffee Market

New York. August 15.-Coffee futures opened steady at a decline of to points unoer renewal of yesterdays selling movement, but soon firmed up on support from trade interests. covering of shorts and European buying. Active months sold about to F points net higher dur ing the middle of the day, and there was an active demand from recent sellers or in the way of bull support but later prices eased off again under realizing and renewed liquidation. The close was bare 1y steady, net 1 point lower to points higher. Sales, 166.5o0 bags August, 12 .40c; September. 12.46c October. 1249c: Novem- bel. 12.51c; December. 12.56c; January and February, 12.5Sc; March, 126sc; April, May, 12.66c; June, 12.64c; July, 12.eOc. Spot coffee easy: Rio, Is, 14c; Santos As, 15lac. Mild coffee dull; Cordova, 16017a4c
 Owing to a holiday there were no ca bles from Havre Hamburg was un- changed to lA pfg. lower. Rio barely steady, unchanged; Santos, 100 reis lower; 5s SIX 800; Is ! SIX 100. Brazilian port re- ceipts, 56000. against $500 last year; Jun d'ahy, 52,ooo against 5A 400 last year. As
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market; now on this sharp recovery they are in a quandary as to what to do
 If from now on we have the usual de- terioration, the September bureau report may indicate to them a crop smaller than they have been led to expect. The vari- ous, fluctuations today represented the prevailing bearish feeling and the read justipent of many accounts to the bastG of the reaction. but no general covering movement was in progress during ths day.
 tion is a natural one, In declining mar let though tho appearance of the Amer lean spinner as buyer on the elecline the other day was such a surprise that 1t has not been forgotten.
 On the basis of the closing quotations Liverpool should come 1 point lower in the morning.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston; Steady; mlddling, 125se; net receipts, 3439 gross receipts, 34S9; ship. ments. 47O1; sales, 2S11; stock, 21,g17
 Augusta Quiet; middling 12Ac, net receipts, 55; gross receipts, 55; shipments, 911 sales, 129; stock, 17,4e3.
 Memphis: Quiet; midding. 12he. net re- ceipts, 45; gross receipts, 45; shipments, 649; sales, 30: stock, 1928
 St. Louis: Quiet; middling, 12ssc; net receipts. 9; gross receipts, 399; shipments, 80: stock 4S5S
 Cincinnati: Net receipts. 1T; gross re- ceipts. IT; shipments. G0; stock 22679
 Little Rock: Steady; middling, 12c; ship ments. 8; stock 3437.
 Total today: Net receipts. s565; gross receipts, 3955; shipments, 6723 sales, 249g stock, 7T,277
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New York Money

New York, August 15.-Money on call firm. 2s4q3 per cent; ruling rate, 27s; clos ing bid, 27s; offered, per cent; time loans easy; 50 days, 31sq3s4 per cent 90 days, 1 per cent; six months, 41s@4%.
 Prime mercantile paper, 5Q5A per cent sterling exchange steady, with actual bus mess in bankers bills. $4.S4.5O for 60 day bills and s4.S7.05 for demand; commercial bills, s4.s3s4. Bar silver, 623sc. Mexican dollars, 4S55c Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular
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BONDS
Treasury Statement

Washington, August 15-With the begin- ing of business today the condition of the United States treasury was Working bal ance In treasury, s95, ,62f, 7S0; in banks and Philippine treasurer, s35. sos, ,592; total of the general fund s162,0SS. .s4l; receipts yester- day, S2,440165 disbursements yesterday, s905,511; the surplus to date this fiscal year Is s195,S62, as against a deficit of $23, 56S,512 at this date last year.
 Figures exclude Panama canal and pub lie debt transactions.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, August 15.-Turpentine, firm; 401za40sl. Sales, 6S7; receipts, sloos; snip ments 9s: stocks. 4o,7o6-
 Resin, firm; sales. 2417; receipts, s443; shipments. none. Stocks 120,S51.
 quote: B, s6z5@6.so; D, ss.45; E, s6.b5; K. s6 57ikGIG60; G. s6.e0; H, s6.6o; l. s6.6006. 65; K, s6s0GEG95; NJ, s7; N, s7.1o@I15; wa. s7. 50GI7. .55; wv, s7.7507.9o.
 New Orleans. August 15.-Receipts: 1so barrels rosin. 62 barrels turpentine.
 Fxports none
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LESS ACTIVITY IN
 COTTON MARKET
Fluctuations Are Irregular. Close Steady at Net
 Advance

New York, August 15.-The cotton market was somewhat less active to- day and fluctuations were nervous and irregular with the close steady at net advance of to points.
 The market opened steady al de- cline of 1 point to an advance of points. There seemed to be quito few selling orders around the ring, probably on a theory that the rally of about 30 points from the recent low level was sufficient for the time being.
 Cables were fully up to expectations, however, and prices advanced quite sharply after the first few minutes of irregularity and covering by shorts and rather aggressive support attribu- ted to southern and local bulls. oete- Der contracts sold up to 11.65c and De- cember 11.73c or 1s to IA points net higher and fully S3 a bale above the low mark of the week.
 Realizing became heavier at this ad- vance, while there appeared to be some renewed pressure from leading trac- interests and the market eased off quite sharply during the middle of the day.
 bearish view of mdmonth re- port from the National Ginners' asso- citation making the condition of the crop ITO on August 10, compared with 77.6 on July 25. probably contributed 10 the increased aggressiveness of of ferings and active months declined about 22 to 2s points from the early high point with October and December contracts selling or 9 points under
 the closing figures of last night. The market steadied again in the later trading and the close was 12 to IS points up from the lowest on re- sewed bull support and covering by some of the people who had sold on the early advices. There was some selling here by Memphis people during the morning which was supposed to be 1 inspired by the national ginners re- | port indicating that the crop had held | its own since the end of last month.
 which was evidently taken by local bears as suggesting that with favorable weather the September bureau might make a favorable comparison with iast year.
 New York August 15.-Receipts today,
 2454 bales, against s71 last week and 4li6 last year; todays receipts at New Orleans, 16, against 225 last year; at Houston, siS9, afgainst 73s5 last year, and at Galveston,
 22l0. against 3s79 last year.
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 Metal Market

New York, August lb.-The metal pus- mess quiet Copper. spot s17@17.5o; Sep tember. sl7d17.25; October, sl7@17.35. Spelter, s690a7.
 Lead, $440Gf460
 Tin, $i5.50d46
 Copper arrivals at New York, bSo tons. Exports so far this month. 10,6S5 tons. London copper dull spot. e6S.3ssd Flu lures, e6s.2s.6d
 London tin e2o7. 1os. for spot; 92o5 for futures:
 London lead. 9197s.6d.
 London spelter, e26.los.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, August lo.-Cotton seed oil was fair and active. with prices higher and covering of shorts and new specula- tive buying inspired by the strength in lard and support from local bulls Flu lures closed generally 10 10 points net bIqher Sales, 17,600 barrels. August. 6.50 dfS 54e; september, 55n6 Sic; October. 6.57 Ss6 59c. November, 6.3206.3 34c; December, q o29lG Pie. Prime crude, 5.34c bid; prime summer yellow. 6.4sa6 5oc; prime winter yellow, G. 75e bid; prime summer white, G. CSC bid.
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St. Louis Produce

St Louis, August 15.--Flour firrner: hay firmer, timothy s12@18.5, prairie s10N13.50, whisky $1.40. iron cotton ties s4c; bagging 19 1-1sc ;shemp twine, 71zc; pork unchanged; jobbing, $18.50: lard unchanged, prime steam $1O.321s 6 10.4211 dry salt meats unchanged boxed extra shorts lie, clear ribs 1lc, short clears 11Ac; bacon unchanged, boxed extra short 12c. clear ribs 12c, short clears l2Ae receipts, flour 9200, wheat 19s,0Oo. corn 10000, oats 53,OoO; shipments. flour 67S, wheat i77.000, corn 17,000, oats 75,000. W
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New Orleans Rice

New Orleans, August 15.-The local rice market today was reported steady; trad- ing light. Receipts: Rough, 7S0; clean, none; miflers 22. Sales: Rough Hon. duras. 1901 at 4G4 .35c; Japan. none. Clean Honduras, 1851 at 3I4a54e Japan, 1000 at 3a40t4isc. Quote: Rough Honduras, 4Q 435c, Japan. nominal. Clean Honduras, 4a495s4c; Japan, 4Q41sc.
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Flour and Eoadsfnffs

Self raising flour. ss; Tenncssea flour, s. 35: Indiana flour. s5.70; Idaho flour. s5. .25. Michigan, flour s6.65; bolted meal, per ys 1b, s1.95; No. 2 corn. per bushel. SSc; pure wheat shorts, sss; pure wheat bran, s2s; c. S. hulls, per ton. slO5o: primo c. s meal, per ton. ,s23; C.sS. feed meal. per ton. s26; No. timothy hay. per ton, s24; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton. s2lQf22; corn chops. per 1co lb. sack, s1.Ss; alfalfa hay. per ton. s23. Johnson grnss. per ton. sl6117: mixed feed per ton, s35G3,; oats. 56c busheI.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, August 15--Cash wheat, No. ?. Ss1k@9lAc; No. ? red 9SmS9c. Corn, No. ? mixed 76c; No. 3 75c; No. 3 white, 7Sc. Oats, No. ? white, 35a35ikc; No. mixed, 34laM35c. Cose Wheat, September S9c: December. s71zals7ssc; May, 9lssa9l1sc. Corn, September GSasI6S1ac; December, 50sac; May. 511sc. Oats, Septem- Der, 3211c; December, 327sc.
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Bank of England Statement

London, August 15.-The weekly state ment of the Bank of England shows the following changes: Total reserve n- creased s1. .66l 900, circulation decreased 9475cO1, bullion increased 91.1S6, 361 Other securities increased a52S.000. Other de- posits increased 2.412.oo0 Public deposits decreased 264,00O. Notes reserved in creased 169s,000. government securities un- changed. Proportion of the bank reserve to liability this week is 49,s2 per cent, as against 4S,S1 last week.
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-------------e- - 2 An Unfair Inference

From the Minneapolis Journal
 The most ancient medical work now ex- isting is the Ebers papyrus. secured in Luxor. in Upper Egypt It was written about B. c. 1850. but refers to methods and medicines described as far back as 3700 B. C., 5612 years ago. These medicines. however, did not do much good flor the people taking them died.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, Augest 15.-f fSpeeial)-By an advance of l5 points Liverpool placed itseif on the basis of our close. and the subsequent adt ance was In reply to our Improvement Throughout the decline the European spinners were following the advice given them to remain out of the
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Creamery Prodrefs

Country butter, 15 C zoe. fresh crea m |. cry butter. 29Kc; process butter. 27c. daisy cheese. 17Ac. imported Swiss cheese. 3ec. German brick cheese. 20c: limburger cheese. 19c; imported rooue- fort. 3sc; Neufchatel cheese. per dozen. 45c; Ffmcnto cheese. per dozen. s1. 40,
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Poultry and Eggs

Hens, 35@ soc; live, per pound. 12c: large flyers. 1sc; medium flyers. 1Sc. small flyers, 1sc; ducks. so@4oc; guin- eas, 25c; roosters, soc; geese, 40@ BOG: live turkeys. 15@ 16c; eggs. fresh. case candled 21c; extra graded candled eggs. 23G24c.
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Dry Goods

markets are steadier Yarns are steady and in light demand. Jobbers report sea, enable demand from retailers in all departments.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, l2Ac; compound, 9%c; D. s. short ribs. 12.s5c; rib bellies. 131ac: ham butts. 16c Boston butts, 15e; pork loins, lie: spare ribs, lclAc; breakfast tacon, 2Olp 2Sc smoked bacon. 15c: regular ham. i6ikc; skinned ham, 1SAc.
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peaches. selected. per crate. s111 50; plums, per crate. s2, California oranges. per box, 9 .50a4. lemons, imported. per box. s5.5o@5: cabbage, per nourd 1AafiIsc; onions per pound 215c: Spanish onions per crate, sl75; Irish potatoes, per bush el, s1 10Q1 20; cantaloupes, per crate, $2 50 a2. 75. watermelbns. 15Qa5c: lines. per q. sl@1.10; cantaloupes, per crate, g 51 a1 .5O sweet potatoes, per bushel, SIPS; grapes, per crate, sl .25qi 50; pears. per barrel. s3.
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City. Mo, August l5.--Re- ceipts. wheat 260,00o. corn 22,00O, oats 1S,o00. Shipments, wheat 204,0O0, corn 1i,000, oats 12,000,
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, August 15.--Cash wheat; No 9 red, $l o4Q1 O6; No hard $1 .O2a1 .O6 Corn No. ?. 7S1sc; No. white. 79US0c. Oats, No. ?, 32@3216c; No. white 341kc. Close Wheat, September, 931SmS3hc; December, 9Sizc Corn, September. 70c; December, 52isc Oats September, 30hc; December, 31Hc
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Wool Market

St. Louis. August 15-wool steady. medium grades combing and clothing. 2slza26c; light fine, l942lc; heavy fine, 13n 1Sc; tub washed, 26q35c
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A ExcepfionaI

from the Detroit Free Press.
 ..Got good alderman in this ward? You bet we have. He's not one of the sIe9 kind.
 'No?''
 No Five hundred is his price"
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Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper, loc in bbl lots; l2c in small lots; groupers, okc; Spanish mackerel. 15c, sea trout. 12Kc; carp roughs. 7c; white perch. sG10c speck- led perch. 7c mullet, 7c; sun perch or bream. 1oc;. pompano. 20c; mixed fish, 7c in bbl, lots; 7c in small lots; crock CTS. 7c.
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FOR RENT-sEyERAL SPLENDID OFFICES IN CLARK BJILDING, FOR 0CsT0BHR |. STEAM HEAT, WATER AND JANITOR SERVICE. LOUIS V. CLAItk C COMPANY, lTH AVE. AND :OTH 6T. PHONES CT.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery. August 15.-tSpeeial-) )-Cot- ton was quoted in Montgomery today as follows: Mlddling, 1l7sc; strict rniddling' 1or
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Live Stock MMket

today was holiday the special Santos oable was not received.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures
Open. High, To
New orleans. August 15.-spot cot

New Orleans. August 15.-spot cot ton firm, unchanged; niddling il 13-16c; sales. 155; to arrive, none,
 low ordinary. sA g. ordinary, 9 f-i6c. good ordinary. 10kc; strict good ordi- nary, 107sc low middling. II 9-I6c. II 13-16c: strict middline l2 1-Iec; good mfddling, l2 5-1sc: strict good middling, 12Hc; middlinrs l2 13-16c; middling, fair to fair Ia 3-1ec; fair. IS 9-1ec; receipts. 16; stock, 20,512.
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Coffee and Sugar

Coffee--Arbuckles. s23.55 per hun dred pounds; Luzanne. 2'c per pound: Sugar, standard granulated. Hc per pound.
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Our Service

Besides the absolute security afforded by it's large capital and surplus this bank renders excellent personal service It's equipment thoroughly modern and occupies 70O0 feet of ground floor space thus enabling to handle with comfort and convenience to it's patrons it's large number of
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Fruits and Produce 4 Apples, new, per hamper. 75c0$.5o;
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool. August 15.--Closing: Cotton spot quiet; prices 8 points higher. Amer
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HUBBARD BROS. & GO.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N. Y. Members New York Cotton Ex- change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange. New York Produce Exchange. Asso- chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future.deiivery Special at tention and liberal terms giyen for con- nignments of spot cotton for delivery. Correspondence invited.
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New York. August 15.-Receipts today, 2454 bales, against s71 last week and 4li6 last year; today's receipts at New orleans, 16, against 225 last year; at Houston, siS9, afganst 1885 last year, and at Galveston, 22l0, against 3379 last year.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-19
CHART SHOWS
 MONEY STATE
SHOWS THAT t80 MEN CONTRC .
 2s BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Special Nuaost essvies.

Special Nugget essvieA
 WASHINGTON. n. C., Dec. lS A chart has been made and presented to congress, for the purpose of di- recting the labors of the investigators of the money trust. which shows ihe interlocking and intertwining of .he moneyed interests. the directorate of the different companies and va.n.us other features which altogether cie.:r- ly proves that 1s0 men control twcn- ty-five billions of the money If 'ne United States.
 Never since the agitation about the control of money began has anvth'i.2 so Illuminating been devised for the instruction of the country anl par ticularly for the instruction of these who have been entrusted with the task of probing the question.
 It is certain that the government has got down in business like way to unearth every bit of information possible and the greatest hope IS felt that the country has seen the end of panics.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in pursuance of an order of the Pro- bate Court for Cape Nome Precinct. District of Alaska, Second Division. made on the 18th day of December. 1912, in the matter of the estate of Thomas A. Whistler. deceased. the undersigned. the administrator of the said estate will sell at public auction. to the highest bidder for cash. lawful money of the United States. and sub feet to confirmation by said Probate Court, on Monday. the goth day of January. 1913. at two o'clock D. m., at the door of the United States District Court House. for the District of Alaska, Second Di- vision, in the City of Nome, District of Alaska. all the right. title. interest and estate of the said Thomas A. Whistler at the time of his death, and all the right. title and interest that said estate has, by operation of law or otherwise. acquired other than or in addition to that of the said Thomas A. Whistler at the time of his death. in and to all that certain lot. piece or parcel of land situate. lying and being in said City of Nome. Dis trict of Alaska. and bounded and de- scribed as follows. to-wit:
 That portion of Lot 3. Block IS. in the City of Nome. described as fol- lows: Beginning at the northeast corner of said lot, running thence along the north line of said lot in a westerly direction 22.5l feet: thence southerly parallel to the east line of said lot 3s.50 feet; thence in an east eriy direction parallel to the north line of said lot 1I.75 feet; thence in a southerly direction parallel to the east line of said lot 1925 feet; thence in an easterly direction parallel to the north line of said lot to the east line of said lot: thence In a northerly d. rection to the place of beginning.
 Terms and conditions of sale: Cash lawful money of the United States Twenty per cent (20 per cenD of the purchase money to be paid to the ad-
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]. PIERPONT MORGAN
 TAKES THE STAND

mony of MT. Morgan will result in some remarkable statements as to the manner in which great financiers now control the money of the country. The members of the committee have post ed themselves thoroughly on the ques- tions involved and will be able to con- duct the examinations in a way that will bring out all the information necessary. Morgan makes a good but careful witness. He weighs every question thoroughly before venturing an answer.
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Special Nugget Service.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. l9.-J. Pierpont Morgan took the stand to- day before the senate committee which is now Investigating the money trust The principal feature of his testimony up to the present is that he expressed himself in favor of allow
 ing interstate corporations to deposit funds in the hands of private bank
 CTS without the restrictions which are now made by the authorities. It is quite likely that the further testi-
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-12-19

When in doubt about your Xmas present try a basket or box filled with Toby's fresh made candies.
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ance on confirmation of sale by said Probate Court Deed at expense of purchaser.
 J. SUNDBACK. Administrator of the estate of Thomas A. Whistler. deceased. Nome. District of Alaska. December 19. 1912.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-30
NEW ARL|NGT TON STATION
Work Started on New Building for
Railway Company atArlington
Junction.

The first evidence of the con:ollca-
ton of the Wayhington-V Virginia Rail
way and the Washington Utilities Co.,
is to be seen at Arlington junction
where work was started on Tuesday,
following the announcement of the
merger, of a handsome two-story
brick structure which will be used as
su5-power station ticket Office and
waiting rooms.
The building when completed vii!
present handsome appearance. It
will be strictly fire-proof, being con-
posed entirely of brick, supported with
iron girders and uprights. The con-
! tract for the completion of this build
ing calls for it in so days from the
commencement of the work. The
work will be rushed with all possible
dispatch. Two shifts, night and day
are both at work upon the construc-
ton of this new building. The store
owned by Mr.. Harris Levi, which was
on the land upon which the new build
ing will be erected, was placed on roi-
f. ers and moved to the north side OF
the track, where Mr. Levi has recently
purchased four lots from Mr.. IaVener
and where he will remodel and reopen
| his store. Upon the completion OF
the new station, the little wooden
structure that now serves as the cls-
patcher's office and ticket office WI
be torn down. This new building Will
be a great improvement and one thai
has long been needed at this point
which is junction for the FANS
Church and Fairfax cars with the
Alexandria and Mt. Vernon trains. l;
is understood from good authority
that the station will be open during
The entire night, which will be a great
convenience to the travelling public.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-30
Bogus Inspector.

A man pretending to be telephone
inspector made his appearance in this
city yesterday afternoon, but failed,
so far as can be learned. to get away'
with anything. The stranger entered
an apartment house and told occu-
pants of one of the apartments he
was an inspector, and, after gong
into the bed room where the tele-
phone was located, quickly retreated
without leaving an explanation for
his hasty departure Some time at
terward the police were furnished
with a description of the man, made
two arrests, but they proved to be
the wrong parties. All efforts made
afterwards to locate the whereabouts
of the man proved futile. 1t is be-
lieved by the telephone company that
the bogus Inspector is the same one
who has been recently operating eX-
tensively in Washington and other
cities, and that he at once left the
city.