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part lots As and 46. square 30: $40
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK :
James 9. Fraser ct ux. to William l.
Cole, lot 30. square 14S5: ST.
ELLASTQN TERRACE-Enaston Ter
race Improvement Company to Ed
ward L. and Helen L. 'Minton, lot 10
block 2: $3.50 49,;
BURRVILLE-Nellie NJ Hanback, ct vir
Charles j.. to Maria F. White. lots -
and %. block ). section 3: $40
III STREET SOUTHWEST between A..
and 9Th streets-Christopher Dickson
to Katherine c. Lansdale, part lot )
square 497; $40.
BROOkLAND-Frederi A. Holton e'
ux. to Charles A. Williams, lot 4
block 81; $1O
NO. 1886 18TH STREET NORTHWEST
William Gleason to Jesse c. Love, par
lot A, square 21O: $40.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, May MISUNDERSTANDING
900 head: market slow, unchanged.
Beeves, 600a9.25: Texas steers, 5.90a
775; western steers, 4.10a7S5; stockers
and feeders, 430a7.00: cows and heifers,
3.0OaS. 90: calves, 6.25aS25.
Hogs-Receipts. 10000 head: market
slow, weak to sc lower Light, 7.40a
1855: mixed. 7.45a795; heavy. 7.45a795;
rough. 745a7.65; pigs, 5.10a7.00: bulk
of sales, 7.75a790.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head; market
steady. Native. 3.75a6.35 western. 4.00a
$40: yearlings. 5.5oa7.S5: lambs, native.
). 0oaS.65; western, 5.I5a9.00.
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lieving First Lieut.. Russell V. venable
I'D Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Capt. c. c. Marsh. from command OF
the North Carolina to Naval War Col
lege.
Capt. c. NJ. Knepper, to Naval War Col
| lege.
Commander " O. Chase. from special
board on naval ordnance to Naval War
College.
Lieut.. Commander w. r. Sexton. from
bureau of navigation to staff, commander
| in-chef. L. S. Atlantic fleet
Lieut.. Commander Y. $. Williams. from
the Salem and wait orders.
Lieut.. f. J. King. from staff. com,
mander-in- chief, L. =. Atlantic fleet. and
wait orders.
Lieut.. junior grade) II. S. Rabbit, from
the Nebraska to the Petrol.
Ensign K. S. Moses, from the Petrol to
Washington, d. c., for examination.
Ensign F. w. Rockwell, from the Hart
| ford to the Jarvis.
Ensign w. D. Billingsley. from the Pc
| trel to the Nebraska.
| Ensign F. F. Reynolds, from the
| Minnesota. to treatment at Naval Hospi-
| tai. Boston.
Ensigns B. B. Taylor. r. f. Thornton.
| j. L. Riheldaffer, Webb Trammell and
G. B. Strickland, to Asiatic station.
Surgeon e. NJ. Blackwell, from the So
| d. c.
Surgeon T. w. Richards, to assistant to
bureau of medicine and surgery.
Surgeon w. c. Braisted, from assistant
to bureau OF medicine and surgery to tenn
| porary duty bureau of medicine and sur
| gerry.
| Assistant Surgeon G. A. Riker, from the
Dixie and wait orders.
Passed Assistant Surgeon r. w. Nc
| Dowell, from Naval Dispensary. Wash
IN yfn m n
napolis. Nd
| Passed Assistant Surgeon Reynolds
Hayden. from Naval Academy to the
Massachusetts,.
Machinist Leroy Neil, from the May
rant to the Patapsco.
| w. c. Colbert has been appointed pay
| masters clerk duty the Iowa and sEi.ss
| in reserve at Philadelphia. Pa
NJ c. Han has been appointed paymas-
| ter's clerk, duty Port Royal. s. c.
Paymaster's Clerk ]. A. Rebentisch. ap-
pointment revoked.
Lieut.. C. S. Graves. Lieuts. Gunior
grade) S. B. Mckinney. H. j. Albeit.
B. r. Ware, jr., E. A. Lichtenstein and
c. w. Cross and Ensigns r. c. Smith.
| jr.. f. s. Craven. E. B. Lapham. r. p.
| Noble and c. A. Bailey have been COM
missioned.
Ensigns o. C. Pailthorp, r. T. Young
and Junius Yates, to Asiatic station.
| Ensign S. L. Henderson, from Virginia
| to Washington, ID. c.. for examination.
| Surgeon +. NJ. Furlong, from naval
| hospital, Boston, to sick leave.
Assistant Paymaster /. ID. Coyle, from
Panther, and wait orders.
Assistant Naval Constructor r. d.
Weyerbacher and Chief Boatswain j. @.
| Lindberg have been commissioned.
Chief Carpenter G. A. Lazar, to West
Virginia.
Carpenter r. r. Clarke, from West
Virginia, wait orders.
Assignments Of Dental Surgeons.
The following assignments of acting
dental surgeons. United States Army, re-
Gently appointed. are ordered:
Arnett P. Matthews. to Schoield bar
racks Hawaii territory.
William A. Squires, to Fort d. A Rus
sell. Wyo.
Albert R. White. to Fort Des Moines.
Iowa
John H. Snapp. to Camp Otis. Canal
Zone. Panama.
Frank c. Cady. to Fort Riley. Kan.
Arthur I. Knoderer, to Fort Oglethorpe
Ga.
John w. Scovel, to the Letterman Gen.
eral Hospital, the Preside of San Fran
cisco.
Mortimer sanderson, to Fort Monroe
Va.
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MISS EVA BOOTH RETURNING
Will Sail for New York Tomorrow
nm the Iuaifania

LONDON. May 1s.-Miss Eva Booth.
commander of the Salvation Army in
America. left here today for New York,
boarding the Lusitania at Queenstown
tomorrow.
After consulting with her father on the
subject of the progress of the Salvation
lists in America, she arranged for a fare
we'll tour OF America by Gen. Booth next
spring. This will. however. be dependent
On the operation for cataract. which Gen
Booth is to undergo May %.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. May 1S.-Closing: Cot
ton: Spet-Quiet; prices one point higher;
American middling, fair. 10. good mid
ding. . -: middling, Gas: low middlng,
The sales of the day were $500 bales, of
which 800 were for speculation and ex-
port. and included 400 American. Re
ceipts. 5000 bales. including 500 Ameri-
can. Futures opened steady and closed
quiet. May. 6.26; MAY and June, 6.26;
June and July, 62T; July and August.
62sta: August and September. 6.2711;
September and October. 6.2411: October
and November, g. 221s: November and De-
cember, 620ia; December and January.
SO: January and February. go: Feb
Tuary and March. 6.2o12. March and April,
q 31i..
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FAVORABLY REPORTED.
Reviewing Stands for Columbus
Statue dwelling Approved.

A favorable report on the joint resol,,-
ton. introduced by Representative Ben
Johnson of Kentucky. authorizing the
erection Of reviewing stands in connection
with the unwilling of the Columbus me-
mortal on the Union station plaza June s
was sent to Congress today by the Com
missioners.
1t is provided in the resolution that all
stands and platforms shall be under the
supervision of the committee on unveil-
ing and in accordance with plans ap-
proved by the Engineer Commissioners Of
the District.
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District Supreme Court.

EQUITY COURT NO. 1-Chief Justice
Clabaugh.
Addison agt. Allison: trustees author
lied to accept offer; plaintiffs attorneys,
Gordon e. Gordon and w. ]. Leake.
Rock agt. Warren: exceptions overruled
and report of auditor confirmed; plain
tiff' attorneys. Cuttings Is Chamberlin
defendants attorney. J. b. Archer.
Randall agt. Randall; time to take tes-
timony limited and Diminishing cause in
default thereof: plaintiff attorneys, Full
ton & Wampler: defendants attorney, J.
A. Burkart.
Wallace agt. Purdy: reference to au-
ditor: plaintiffs attorney. George Francis
Williams.
Schmidt agt. Schmidt: rule returnable
May q; plaintiffs attorney. H. B. Moul-
ton.
Kemp agt. Goldenberg: order for secur-
ity for costs; plaintiffs attorney. A. d.
Smith; defendants attorneys, Alexander
Wolf. w. J. Neale and J. N. England.
Hagler agt- Arnold: motion to set aside
order overruled; plaintiffs attorneys, f..
s. Perry and Harry Peyton; defendant s
attorneys. Ralston. Siddons & Richard
son.
| Coudron agt. Chase; order discharg-
ing rule: plaintiffs attorneys, w. J. Lam
bert and r. II. Yeatman; defendants at
torney. Z. A. Chase.
EQUITY COURT NO. 2Justice Wright
Weeks agt. Webb: order dischareina
rule; plaintiffs attorney. J. d. Williar-s
defendants attorney. A. B. Webb.
Lucas agt Miles: rule as to receiver re.
turnable May ii; plaintiffs attorney.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 1-Justice Stafford
Baltrosky agt. City and Suburban Rail
way; motion for new trial overruled
judgment on verdict; appeal noted: super
sedeas bond 81 800; cash bond, 500
rrlo int n A 7. md
Leon Pretzfelder: defendants attorney,
George P. Hoover.
Thornton .agt. Capital Traction Com
pany: motion for new trial fled plain
tiff's attorney, F. Sprgg Perry: defend
ants attorneys, R. Ross Perry & Son and
G. T. Dunlop.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. @Justice Gould
and Mount Vernon Railway Company
motion for now trial filed; plaintiffs at
torneys. Downing & Berry; defendants
attorneys, d. S. Mackall and J. S. Bar.
bour.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Wright.
Estate Of William L. Wellborn; admin.
istTafor directed to pay certain claim; at
torneys. Carter G. Brooke. :
Estate of William f. Beverley: petition
for letters Of administration filed; attor-
ney, w. l. Hawkins
Estate Of Charles 2. Gray; will dated
August 16, 1892, filed.
In re Eleanor Kugler: petition to ap-
point guardian: attorney, G. M. Fulton.
Estate Of Ellen Mccarthy; will dated
August Is, 1905. filed.
In re Andre R. Brousseau: supplemental
petition for sale Of real estate filed and
reference to auditor; attorneys, -McVeigir
McKenney, F1annery, Hitz, CrafghiIl.
Estate Of Julia A. Beach: petition fol-
probate of will filed; attorney. A. E. Shoe
maker.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. May 1s.-Assertions today
that the Nebraska yield would be a
bumper pulled down the price of wheat
ity. Opening figures varied from u lower
to % up. July started at Loss to 1.0Sss
shade off to 1saA higher. and declined
to Los
Moderate commission selling proved suf-
ficient to make corn sag. July opened
the same as last night to Il above at TAX
to 74s. and descended to 747sa741a
The oats market suffered from unload
ing. in which a prominent concern set the
example July started unchanged to Is
lower at 49a4 to 1911. and dropped to 4eA
A decline at the yards led to some ham
mering of the provision market. Trade on
the whole. however, was light, and there
was no severe depression. Initial TRANSACT
tons ranged from 10 lower to 12k ad-
vance. with September delivery 1880 for
pork. 1O971k to M.00 for lard. and 1O521x
for ribs.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, May 1s.-American securi-
ties were dull on the stock exchange
here today. Prices opened around
parity and later declined under the
lead OF Canadian Pacific and L.. s.
Steel The closing was quiet with
Canadian Pacific points lower and
the rest of the list from "A above to J.
below Fridays New York closing
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BALTIMORE.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special DISPATCH 70 The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd, May 18.-Wheat-
Steady; spot contract, 1.15A: spot No. 2
red western, LEX: May, 1.15A. Re-
ceipts, 81. SO2 bushels.
Corn-Easier; spot contract, 81; MAY.
81. Receipts, 36.O15 bushels.
Oats-Dull: No. white. 60 asked; stand
ard white. 59h asked: No. white 80
asked. Receipts, %, SS3 bushels.
Rye-DuIl.
Hay-Steady; No. / timothy. unchanged
No. l clover mixed, unchanged.
Grain freights-Dull; steam to Liver
pool per bushel, unchanged; Cork for or
ders per quarter, unchanged.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. May 1S-Closing: Wheat
Spot quiet: No. 2 red western winter,
IS 41kd; No. 3 Manitoba. IS: futures
steady: May. rs 9ssd: July. Is 73sd: Octo-
Der, IS SID.
Corn-Spot American mixed new, nom
inal American mixed old. quiet. Is lid :
American mixed newt, Kindred, steady,
Is lid: futures weak: July. IS sgd: Sep
TENDER. IS 3asd.
Flour-Winter patents. 3Os.
Hops-In London Pacific COAST, f1Oa
ell.
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COALERS MARKED Up
Lehigh Valley and Reading Are
Strong in Brief Session.
OTHERS ALSO MAKE GAINS
United States Rubber and Other
Specialties Record Advances.
CANADIAN PACIFIC DECLINES
Shares Drop Full Point on Opening
Sale-Further Rise in
Oil Stocks.
OTHERS ALSO MAKE GAINS
CANADIAN PACIFIC DECLINES

NEW YORK, May 1S.-On moderate
dealings the stock market today opened
with some irregularity. Canadian
Pacific soon declined "A tull point, with
fractional losses in Union PACING,
Wabash issues and some of the trunk
lines. The gains included Iehigh val
lev. United States Rubber and some of
the minor specialties-
The markets uncertainty disappeared
when moderate buying orders appeared
coal stocks. Union Pacific and steel
were in demand.
Expect Strike to End.
The market closed strong. The an
thracite stocks dominated the market
throughout the brief session. Lehlgh
Valley rising to 179h and Reading to
l77ls Their strength was ascrioed 10
expectation of the termination OF tne
strike at the convention of miners IN
the afternoon.
other proninent features included
people's Gas United States Rubber,
Texas Company, Mexican Petroleum,
Sears Roebuck and some miscellaneous
shares Further rise in the oil STOCKS
followed announcement of an advance
in crude oil In the final dealings
Union Pacific. Smelling. Steel and
AmaIgamated rose point.
The Money Market.
Close: Prime mercantile paper, TO
IL. per cent: sterling exchange firm,
with actual business in bankers Dill at
4s450 for xty-day bills and at 4s1l0
for demand: commercial bills, 4S3fA,
Mexican dollars. rs; government bonds
steady: railroad bonds firmer.
Money on call nominal; time loans
easy; sixty days s per cent and ninety
days, 81 per cent; six months. 3lsa3$4
per cent.
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THE COURTS

ssignmeuts for Monday:

Assignments for Monday:
Estate of Charles F. Winton ct al: at
torneys, Messrs. Robson. Richardson
Ballinger, Wright ct al. and George NJ
Anderson.
No. $685. Indian.) Wilson G. Movers;
attorneys. Harry Peyton and w. H
Lewis.
No. 1906 and subnumbers. Motion to
amend findings: attorneys. F. B. Rhodes
and w. E. Richardson and G. NJ. Ander-
son.
Nos. $3.50 and 1854. Undian) Attor-
neys, Harry Peyton and ]. A. Hendricks
Christie, Lowe g. Heyworth; attorneys
King & King and F. Dec. Faust.
Crane Company. pemurrer.) Attor.
neys. B. Il. Hinton and S. s. Ashbaugh.
Public Service Corporation of New Jer.
sey; attorneys, Kitchener & Pence and J.
II. Graves.
w. c. Croner. administrator; attorneys
]. r. Hit and w. III. Lewis.
| Law calendars Nos 1856, 1T, ITO, $50
1S2. 1S4, a9l. Dol. 2D3. 2O5.
Indian depredations Nos. 9706, $40, 66S6
1855
| Nos. 14AS-1445S. (Congressional) Fran.
els Acker. widow: attorneys, c. d. Pen
nebaker and w. w. Scott.
No. 1887. James A. Ring: attorneys
King & King and F. Dec. Faust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-18
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Regular call, IL o'clock noon:
Washington Railway and Electric conn., Is a,
50.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd.. IS at
81. 5 at a.
Eastern Light and Fuel, 10 at l27.
Washington Cas- at 81.
Mercantile Savings Bank 95 at 10.
After call-Mergenthaler. Q at 21SIt.
Washington hallway and Electric Is, Loco
Mt sSi4.
Washington Railway and Electric conn., Is at
SO. 90 at 80
Washington Railway and Electric pfd., Is at
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Increases Capital Stock.

HARRISBURG. Pa. May 1S.-The
Bethlehem Steel Company has today filed
notice with the state authorities Of an
authorized increase. Of its capital stock
from $29.500.000 to $79.500.00o.
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth.
er bureau for the twenty-fOur hours be.
ginning at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pm. Is;
pm, SO: IL midnight. 81: today, 4 am
Maximum, 20, at pm. today; minimum,
A. at am today.
Temperature same date last year-Maxi-
mum, 80: minimum, 63.
p. M, 1901; IL midnight 30 10: today. 4
am, 3O.16: 8 am, 1922: 10 noon, 30 90
= pm, 3O.19.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water al
Is am: Great FaHs-Temperature. 20;
condition, 200. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
peraturs, 81; condition at north connec-
ton, 100: condition at south connection
14O. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Condition at infiuent gatehouse. s..
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. DAB am and 100 p m.
high tide, 1853 am. and 9:25 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1893 am. and 4:3C
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 4:45 am; sun sets,
Tomorow-sun rises. 4:A am.
Moon sets 9:43 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset:
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, May 49,
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both
very, muddy this morning.
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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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y
and Virginia, fair tonight and Sunday:
moderate west and southwest winds.
Pressure is generally high this morning.
except over the plateau region and the
upper lakes. and fair weather prevailed
during the last twenty four hours, ex-
cept from the lake region eastward.
Low temperatures continue in the Ohio
valley and the south, and it is consider
ably cooler in the northwest. Elsewhere
temperatures have risen to slightly above
normal conditions.
There will be local showers tonight or
Sunday in the lake region and northern
New York and in eastern Florida. Over
the remainder of the country east Of the
Mississippi river the weather will be fair.
1t will be cooler tonight in the upper
lake region and cooler Sunday in the
western lower lake region. In the south
1t will be slightly warmer.
Small craft warnings are displayed on
the great lakes.
The winds along the New England
coast will be moderate to brisk westerly;
on the middle Atlantic coast moderate
westerly. becoming variable: on the south
Atlantic coast moderate north and north
east: on the east gulf coast moderate
nOrthea Sterly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-18
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hlbbs Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange.
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WEATHER
Fair Tonight and Sunday; Moderate
Southwest Winds.

For the District of Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia. fair tonight and Sunday:
moderate west and southwest winds.
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LONDON, Nav Is. / nm

bar silver quiet. y 3
Money. ga per cent.
The rate Of discount
short bills Is 3 per cent
The rate Of discount
three-month bills Is 2 I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-18

S-l6d per ounce.
in the open market for
! In the open market for
l5-l6a3 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-18

lieving First Lieut.. Russell V. Venalble,
I'D Infantry.
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A Dangerous Fire Checked.

1t is most gratifying that last nights
stable fire did not cause another whole
sale destruction of horses and add to the
list of shocking losses of this character
which Washington has suffered in the last
few months. The rescue of the animals
from the burning building was effected
through prompt and brave work by fire.
men. policemen. stablemen and citizens.
Public interest in this achievement, how
ever, should not obscure the fact that the
fire department rendered much more inn
portant service on this occasion by cOnfin-
ing the flames to the initial premises. Had
IL not been for the Intelligent and courage
Gus work of the department the blaze
would have spread and in all likelihood
the loss would have mounted into the
hundreds Of thousands of dollars. This.
however, is a characteristic performance.
In the rarest instances have fires gone
beyond the places of origin, so quickly
does the apparatus reach the scene and
SO we'll is IL handled. Nevertheless there
10 the most urgent reason to safeguard
life and property more securely by the in
stalation Of a high-pressure service In
the business district. especially TO meet
the dangerous emergency Of simultaneous
fires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-29
Missouri.

Mr.. Clark and his friends are right In
rejecting the proposition that the Mis-
souri, delegates TO Baltimore DO divided
between himself and Mr.. Folk They
want a real test Of strength in the state.
the winner to take all.
The Folk candidacy rests upon q very
slender foundation. Some years ago as
district attorney he dispersed a group Of
grafters in ST. Louis and cleaned up the
city. 1t was a meritorious performance.
and brought him much praise and the
governorship Of Missouri. He did not.
however, shine In the more important
Office, and at the close OF his term drop
ped out of notice save a. q chautauqua
lecturer with an occasional engagement.
Now and then, too, q word OF apprecia-
ton from Mr.. Bryan helped to keep his
memory mildly green
Three years ago At a state convention
the Missouri democrats Endorsed Mr.. Folk
for President. The action vas based
more on an adjustment Of the rivalries
of state leaders over local power than on
any appraisement of the national situa-
ton Mr.. Folk, who had been mentioned
for the Senate. withdrew his name from
that calculation, and those benefiting by
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his withdrawal gladly doomed him for the
White House. 1t was an amiable but
wholly unimportant performance.
Point IL given the matter now by the
fact that Mr.. Clark presided over the
convention. and, Of course. acQuiesced In
the compliment to Mr.. Folk Hence the
Clark Is committed to their favorite, and
should not contest with him for the sup
port Of the state at Baltimore.
But the situation has SO completely
changed since then that both men hold new
relations to their party at home and to
the party at large. Though Of slight ma
tional consequence then. Mr.. Folk is
OF even slighter consequence now. With
the improved prospects Of the national
democracy and the development Of new
leaders. he Is lost in the shuttle.
Mr.. Clark. on the other hand, has not
only grown at home, but everywhere else.
He was then but the minority leader in a
body which had not known a democratic
majority for fifteen years. He is now
the Speaker of that body, and recognized
as a national quantity of the first pro-
portions. A Clark presidential boom is
booming and there is a large reason
for the belief that if the present row be-
tween the Harmon men and the Wilson
men results In the defeat OF both those
candidates., the Clark candidacy will
benefit and may win.
The question is up to Missouri. Does
she. OF not, want to figure as real
quantity at Baltimore? She cannot rea-
sonably hope to do SO by instruct!ng for
Mr. Folk at Joplin. But she will be GER
tain to do SO If she instructs for Mr.
Clark He has strength which is every
where recognized. and which she should
be happy to increase by her own vote at
this time
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Art a National Asset.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
II there be any lesson deducible from
Mr.. Morgans decision to bring from
London to the Metropolitan Museum in
this city the priceless treasures he has
accumulated abroad, it is the wisdom Of
a liberal attitude by governments toward
the arts. When the United States abol-
ished it's tariff a few years ago, on all
but recent art productions. it extended
thereby welcome to paintings, sculp-
ture and kindred objects that had previ-
ously been subject to imports heavy
enough to act in many cases as a bar
rier. On the other hand, as Mr.. Nor
gan's London representative has pointed
out, Great Britain exacts an inheritance
tax, which, had Mr.. Morgan allowed his
collection to remain in England for the
rest of his life, would have meant the
ultimate payment by his heirs to the
British exchequer of sum not far from
1000 600. and perhaps much more than
that. While Mr.. Morgan might in any
case eventually have brought his art pos
sessions to his own country and city,
the contrasted attitudes of the two gov
ernments have unauestionably prompted
the impending transfer to this side of the
Atlantic of what may fairly be called a
national asset.