M
has advanced tlowly but persistently to
the highest price of recent months Tlie
report ot the company recently Issued
which was analyzed carefully In this col
umn has been the eaucc of much of the
buying undoubted
The period In which the Flocks and
bonds of the Washington Traction mid
Klcctric Ccmpiny wcjc received bv the
reorganization cGlnmito ot the coiupany
ended on October 31 The statement
made bv ollicials of the company that
nearly the entire issues of both stock
and bonds were received by the commit
tee This Is considered excellent oitlrnce
that the nnnouneid plan of the commit
tee Is commended The next step in the
Plan Is for the sil of the securities held
by the Washington Ttiction Company
The sale must be at public auction ac
cording to the riles of the court vhle h
appointed the receiver for the company
but the plan contemplates the repurchase
of the securities bv the commlttie 11 is
not thousht that there will be any other
bidders for them Owning these securi
ties the committee will then proceed to
the formation of the new company ac
cording to the act of Congress passed two
years apo It Is nit known as yet whether
anv of the securities owned by the Wash
ington Traction will be Riven up
and not bid for bv the syndicate There
has lieen a MiKRcstion that the City and
Suburban may bo dropped out but no
official acknowledgment to this effect has
been made The securities of the new
concern when issued hive been quoted
for a week or more on the New York
curb Thev are somewhat hlcher than
nis anticipated in F Street The mw 4
per ent bonds have sold around SO the
new preferred stock around JS to 40 and
the common stock was quoted last at 10
bid 19 asked The- old Washington Trac
tion 1 t per cent bonds have- been strong
apparently on bids frem the syndicate to
secure as nearlv complete control as pos
sible The bid yesterday was CS but there
tere no offerings
BALTIMORE PRICE CtTRKENT
BALTlMOnn Xov i Following are to
days quotations In the local wholesale
provision and grain markets
Flour Market steady Western super
J235GHS3 Western extra J24Ki2S0 West
ern family J329S323 winter patents J360
Si3S5 sprins patents J3f5lT3SS spring
straights J350S3C5 spring bahers J21J1
S10 Baltimore best patents 445 Balti
more high grade family 433 Baltimore
high grade extra J3S3 Baltimore choice
family J370 Maryland Virginia and
Pennsylvania super 2356243 Maryland
Virginia and Pennsylvania extra J24S
SW Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania
family 3205335 city mills super 233e
245 Bio extra f3554i3T5 rye flour medi
um to choice J3tOfeC25
Oats The market was firm Stock in
elevators 153130 bus white No 2 -
tic do No 3 42M3c mixed No 2 41
Hic do No 3 4g41c
Bye Market was quiet Stock in ele
vators 221191 bus No 2 nearby in car
lots 55c No 3 rye 54c No 4 rye 51i52c
No 2 Western rye Kc in export elevator
Hay Market firm No 1 timothy 1600
1050 No 2 J1500iJ1550 No 3 J1250JJ
110 No 1 clover mixed 130001100 No
2 Mover mixed J115OS1250 No 1 clover
J12li fcl250 No 2 clover JlOXOfi 1100
Stra Market was No 1 straight
rye rcw 1350 No 2 straight rye new
1250 tangled rye blocks JW900
wheat common to prime J7ouaS00 oat
straw common to prime SOtjjDO0
Mill feed Market was firm Winter
hranj as to weight 165061750 spring
hranS in 200 lb sacks J1850 do in 100 lb
sacks 1900 Western middling in bulk
J17X1750 City Mills middling steady at
JUXa ton
Grain freights The market was dull
Uverpool 2d November Ixjndon per qr
none offered Glasgow lr 9d November
Belfast 2s November Bristol none of
fered Dublin 2s November Llth 2s
Notmber Copenhagen 2s November
Cork ld November Denmark 2s
J id November picked ports Is Gel No
vember Antwerp Is Cd November
Js ijd November Bremen 25
pfgs November Hamburg Is Cd Novem
ber
Butt r Market was firm Creamery
separator extra 24625c extra first 22
23c creamery first 21S22c do imitation
extra ISffISc Iowa and Northwestern
ladle extra 3SS17c do extra first lDSJlCc
Western store packed 13iil4c Ohio rolls
first 15ilCc second 13ttHc West Vir
ginia rolls first 14il5c second I3egnc
Klgirl creamery prints A lb 23fi2Cc do
1 lb 25c do 2 lb 23ei24c Maryland and
Pennsylvania creamery prints u ib 2lii
25c del l lb 23624a
Ksgs -The market is firm Strictly
fresh ati22c Western 20021c
Fish oysters and clams Market
stead- Bass per lb tVSc crocus per lb
Ic rbek boiling per lb 12c do medium
per lb Sc do pan per lb otiCc white
perch jellov per lb large Cft7c
do medium per lb 4fi5c perch yellow
per Hi large SGc do medium 304c
Mieephead per lb SfilOc spots per lb
SVrif3c star or buttcrfish per lb 23c
erey trout per lb large 5c do small
per lb 22tc flounders per lb 3j4c
ralmon treiut per lb 4ii5c tailors per lb
large MiCe do small 3f5e catfish per
lb 2c green pike native per lb 5j7c
clams white per 100 45c hard crabs per
lleiur bbl 75cJl oysters bulk stock per
bus GOiiSOc choice raw box per lb tVii
4M prime per bbl J33004 medium J2ij
Z23 culls per bbl J15yi75 terrapin
Chesapeake dlamonel bacTCT 7 inch per
eloz 50ii55 do C inch ier doz J3035
ilo 5 inch J10S12 elo sliders per dozen
ilWtZUi
Green frnits and vegetabes The mar
ket was firm ppies nearby per bbl
fancy red J200ft25f do fair to cooel
J173i2m do common small Jl23fil50
do Western Maryland and IVnnsylvanla
packed per bbl J22 Si3i do New York
assorted per bM 25f IW elo No 2 per
bbl ti2S L50 do Kasteni j er bid No J
J35oaiW cabtiaRe New lork State per
ton J10 elo Danish ix r ton tlti gill car
rots nstlve JH r bus box do per
bunch 2ft3c ranllflcwtr Iong Island per
i rate or bbl J15tuzi e elery New York
Ktate per eleiz stalks Jfrt0r elo native
per bunch 2bto3e torn je r dozen na
tive ItXiltc Cape Cod ixt
bbl Jrti5S0 do Jersey- per 11 JSlViS
t50 Erape K New York r i n Iiankfl
Concords 16il7e do per 5 lb liasket
lie do per 5 ib iiasket Niagaras
23ilc lo Salems lHil do Catawlm
31til2c kale native per liui wx Ml 10-
lettuce native per bu beix JHiKo
Southern - bus banket c lima
beans native n r bus box 73ic onions
Marlanel arid Iennsvlvania yellew per
bun ne0fi lli elo Western llow per
I us Jl vbllU do Westeri white- per bus
II 2Kil3 oyster plants lativ per bunch
iH ars Bastern Shore Kle ffer per
luihket 13i3ic elo Ne a- York Bartle tts
jkt bbl Ne 1 KeH3 do per keg SOctfi
J1W do Seckel jr kt llotfi K do
Sheldon per litol No 1 Mii peas Nor
folk per Vbbl tasket JlzMil7i pumji
klrs native each eiuinces New
YeirK bW Ni 1 375 iiti spinach
native iie r bus Ikix 1 string beans na
tive pe r bu firen S70c elo Norfeilk
tier tiaske t grre n tlCjlSS do wax
JluOftlK tomatoes Eastern Shore Mary
land jeer basket Miunel 30fi35c elo mar
ket elo native wr meaHiireel bus
7fi7r e dei Anne- Arundel per basket 4tff
45c turnips native per bus Ikix liinlic
eiroeeries Baw sugar dull refined
mlrt Quote ier 100 lb lots Granulated
J52 cut loaf J 7 JCeystemc -A J520
ye IIow sugars 4f6i 425 Molascs N O
St Clare 3fc Kingsland 31c Sunlight
N O Me St Vlne ent P It 25c St
Jeihns P H le No 12 Sugar House-
16c Syrups Marke t was steady Geild
Mi dil 27c King Vanlllai -Sc Bock
trandy Drins 27e Gilt Kdge 2tc Corn
12c No 12 17c Tea was firm Hyson
ruperior to fine 2fc32e choice to choicest
42e4Cc uneoloreel Japan new croi finest
to eholce st 32Si34c extra
choice Oolong Ameiy and Fuehow
new crep finest 4ifi4c choice to
choicest extra finest ZMttOc
Potateiis The market was firm Mary
land and Pennsylvania per bus No 1
fOiiCc do see onils 40i5ec New York
per bus prime fiofiGSc common per bus
weets Mastern Shore Virginia
per bbl truck M23H35 Io Hour bbl
tl3014i Anne Arundel per bbl No 1
Jl40fil5rt native per bbl JlSOflOO yams
Virginia per lib No J JIO04tlI5
Poultry Market weak Olel fowls 9C
tic per lb spring chickens 106IOV4r
roosters 25i30c apiece ducks 9ii0o
pound turkeys large- SJilOe do small
M ktfcc dremrel old fowls spring
eirs lnvrillc turkeys 10il2e
Green e offee Market steady No 7
HID giade iifjCkC
TtoasteHl coffee- Market steady Bulk
ronsteei coffee Pure Java 32c M iracalho
pure- I iguayra 22c pure Santos lc
African Java 19 c Bio blend ISc Pea
berry mixture 17 jc pure Mocha
Java Mocha blend 274c These coffees
are In fancy bags paper lined If packed
in e ans or tubs 4c higher
Package brands K K C 100 lb cases
Hue- CO lb cases 11 C lOc SiIb cases
117 lCe Uan coffee In 100 lb lots HlSc
In W lb lot 112SC
Cotton Marke t Is firm middling Sc
rctlv low middling Tic low middling
1 c Stock in Baltimore 35M bales
THE EUROPEAN MARKETS
Coiiijiliealcd Financial Situation
the Centre of Interest
Demands for Clulil Ilfiely o
tin tin in Hniilc of iiltlanel
in Diseouut Bute Consider
ed Wise Cemseilt Much lemer
LONDON Nov 2 Todays unpleasant
war news made the whole market dull
here American stocks however were
firm The Continent bought bills here to
da causing the firmer tone of sterling
Paris exchange on London li centimes
higher at 25 fr lie Berlin rate un
changed at Km 4MJpf Vienna rate
point higher ut 21J1
As the week approaches its close all
attention throughout Europe is concen
trated on the money market It is the
general belief that up to the 20th of No
vember when the new loan Is to be float
ed In Paris the French demands for geild
are likely to continue After that date it
is not improbable that Paris money rates
wiil decline
Tin re have moreover been other inllu
ences at work on the Paris market than
Frances own loan The recent dear
money moement at that city has been
largely due to Bussias success in eibtaln
ins installment payments on the last loan
ralseel in France payments which unde r
ordinary circumstances would not ha
been made until the new year This par
ticular demand however has now ceased
As for last Thurday B rise in the Bank
of England rate that is regarded in the
best circles here as a highly proper pre
caution Even under ordinary conditions
the bank would be likely to lote another
three millions sterling before the cnel of
the year and with the Continental ex
changes now so heavily against us and
further borrowing operations by our own
Geivernment near at hand It Is nbsolutcly
necessary to ketp our position strong
A strong impression has grown of late
that New Yorks financial activities have
been financeel too thenply by Europe dur
ing the past year The balance of inter
national trade as between America and
Europe is as usual much obscured by
eonfiictins movements but the convic
tion has gained strength of late that the
real net balance Is against America Just
iow however Americas agricultural ex
ports are apparently altering that posi
tion
Our own situation urdoubteelly necels
careful handling Indications are already
visible thai Frnnce Is buying bills lien
in spite of our higher rates The double
effict of these purchases Is to neutralize
the intiuence eif the banks advani e in
rate and to give France lwwir to take
gold from this market later on if want
eel for the Bus dan loan or for other pur
poses in this connection It is now bc
llved that Bussias portion of the Chi
nese indemnity leian may be issued in
Paris Itussia s own Government loan
will of course be placed there
With such an outlook any de clslve ac
tivity on our stock exchanges is impossi
ble uitll matters in South Africa im
prove Still meist peciile believe the
usual end-of-the-year rally in prices to
lie probable
Consols sold tedav at 91 13 1C the lowvst
price since the year 1S74
DEATHS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Mujur General liaflccn Iteport le
the AVur Eepnriiien
A statement regarding the deaths in
the Philippines since September 3 19J1
was received by the Adjutant Genertl
yesterday in the following report from
Mai Gea Adna B Chaffee commanding
the Division of the lhilipines
Manila P I Sept 20 lSnl
I have the Tionor to report the follow
ing deaths since last report dated Sep
tember 3 ll
Dytenterj Alexander Bobinson pri
vate Company H Seventh Infantry
F Letteer private G Eighteenth
Infantry Owen Donloy private M
Eighth Infantry Edmund B Brewster
private- 1 Thliteenth Infantry Charles
T Boettger chief trumpeter band
Fourth Cavalry Oda Apple private M
Third Cavalry John C urr captain as
sistant surge on I S V Tucuran Min
danao Charles Fotsch private A Sixth
Cavalry Eugene A Itobnolz private M
First Cavalry Ge eirge I- Parker private
K Eighteenth Infantry Meirgan J
O Conncll corppral M Sixth Cavalry
Diarrhea Ilowarel M Daliey private
Troop H Sixth Cavalry Stephen J
Holmes private D Iifteenth Infantry
Drowned bodie s recovered Thomas
ONeill corporal Company C Fifteenth
Infantry John M Naudain corporal
I Tenth Infantry eordello D Elmer
musician D Thirtieth Infantry John W
Harris sergeant E Sixth Cavalry
Escapeel deserters shot and kllleel by
corporal and de tall Irt d Hunter
piivate Troop II Ninth Cavalry John
Stoltz Forty seventh Infantry U S V
Enteritis George S Miner private
Company C Nineteenth Infantry Emil
J Lundeberg private C First Cjvalry
Typhoid fev i Jesse Wlillln fton pri
vate company I Fourtli Infantrj
Adolpli Nallor private A Sixth Infan
try Eugen E Ioe serceant II Twenty-sixth
Infantry Frank A Skibbio ser
geant C Fourth Infantry Henry ONeill
private Fourteenth Battery Field Artil
lery Michael Carne y private C Nine
teenth Infant it
Malarial fever Earnest 7 Slusser
private Company Thirte rnth Infanlrs
Frank T Stokes private F Tenth Cav
alry John W Evans private E Engi
neer Corrs
Suicide Clarion E Duncan private
Company B Thiel lifamiy
NtphritiB Heniy F Weilferman pri
vate eeimpany M Thirteenth Infantry
illlam P Steme artificer A Thirteenth
Irlantry 1lysses G TyIor nergiant E
Infantry
ccHmtilIy killed train -Jams
K hue private Company B Third Infun
tr
Itesult of gunshit wound In action
Judaou Mer prixate Company B
First Infkiitrv
Varlela Ihornaa C Hatte nfleld pri
vate Ccmpany M Sixteenth infantry
Je nlnEitli Iry J Hall private E
Third ejevilry
Thorn SI Browning
Frivate E Twenty iifth Infuntrv Guy S
oan eortmet surge on IT S A St
Mosa Hospital Manila
Fatf elfgene ration of the heart Wal
ter H an IJRer ceirpoia I Third av
al ry
Sunstroke- Stephen Hill prliate Hos
pital Corpe
Ah cess of liver Maud Conner private
D Ninth Cavalry
Jaiidice George Zelgler private II
Filth Infantry
Abscess of right lung Henry High
tower private C Nineteenth Infantry
Sylvester ilaines
serge ant I First Infantry
Peritonitis Joseph F Gallion pmalc
I Ninth Infantry
Exhaustion from profound nervous ile
pressiein Ituia JrBiiK liersiiital stew juel
Anemia George A Stevenson private
C Twenty Iirst Infantry
Fell from window accidental -William
Ne lson 7riate T Second
Ptomalne psonirx Charles J Dmii
grn private C Tw Infentry
Very respectfully
ADNA It CHAFFE
Major General United States Army
Commanding
Cretu Ififtlilclel e lteitnrii
From tlie Chicago ClironieU
lie e anneil fie ninue a njr auinimi wiinoiu ap
point uie iil by Inieleiit IteMe velt lend eoiiflitua
tin liv the be twte If he get ttie jp
piiintmelt liin natne ulll ine et in the Snutr
niili etiit rf Ailintrnl f4it In ilitfe 11
e oniiribatioli or all time Tins will lie liU ic
ward He must le 3e Naviieatinn Hure au
an 1 talc a hlifp in Mime nthe r atlntirla neiiatl
rein he cannot liaec eme ef lib oun if lie lud
ee u hem- it UM e eltllDK ut lie inigllt neit Lae
beioin liUj ar en lib y
Our Ireiiie rity
Irrim tiie Pliilaiklpltia Imjniri
One himdred jeari 3ko it tiiok alieiut throe mil
lion el llar a e ar lei run tlie Corerniie iit nut
ln liieiiliK inte ref t em ele Iit Now it ee ti
lmet illIOlM to rna lie loktillier lleiart
ment alenie Aft an Index iif bilfiliema lie re i
nothing more tnideenrthy tlian poatal leee jpis
They ri in Hood ejri and iiropoitionalely fall
ulien timeil are lianl Virueil fu tliiee lijliit in
ore eiioin3 a pionperity eticli as no e oinur lun
cmi Lelore Lnonn
leice Ilir
Kionl the Mempiiia Cemunereiul tppral
It ia all veil enough to lift flouniiuhiiM emt
ol the Bureau of Navigation but uliv XWi htm
up taira into erne of the ehoiccat bcrtlui in the
eliipoaiticn ol the dctiartment
s
THE TIMES WASHINGTON SUNDAYV NOVEMBER 3 WOI
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KEMEMIIKK This it the Parent Company -
LONDONS FAIrlOTJS AUCTIONEER
Mcrimileln nnel Mummies AmonK h
luriiiilii ut Me voni
There is a spot in London where the
prehistoric and the modern Jostle each
other in a way that Is at once curious and
amusing Everybody has heard of Ste
vens a fairly large slice of the popula
tion has visited the famous re adlng
rooms during the century and a half they
have been established but It has been the
privilege of few to explore as thoroughly
as the writer did even- nook and corner
f ttiio omrrfirinm of curios from every
eiuarter of the globe and almost of every
age And the experience was all the
more interesting by reason of the fact
that Henry Stevens himself acted as
Mr Stevens was discovered Immersed
in a collection of Peruvian pots a
weird looking lot dug frem the graves
of incas who flourished a matter of four
centuries ago The Indians had a habit
in those far off days of burylmr these or
naments with their dead The vessels
were tilled with oil and maize anil some
were so fashioned that by blowing
through one end the other emltteel u
whistling noise or vdtated th human
voice- all this with the Idea of rendering
the departeds Jouroe y to the happy
hunting ground as little tedious as pos-
SMen ot mercantile mind hearing that
the resting places of thei e ancient In
dUns ere full of untold treasure form
ed hands of gold prospectors In one
Kiaveyard ingots or gold valued at
handre el thousj nd pounds were found
not to mention scores if these Srn speci
which were discarded
mens of pottery
Mrsfcven private oince is without
doubt the most extraordinary
sanctum In London It is the Id e ur
shop a corner ci the Biit l uV
um and a section of Mme Tus jauU s
am Stevens related some of his remi
niscences the writer sat on a chair eiccu
picel by the Duchess of Wellington when
en a visit to the famous rooms Mr
Steens ilrst saw the light in that
apartment and at seventeen was taking
an active part In the buslii sn During
the forty years that he has the
re struin he- has sold men- lots than anj
either auctioneer in the luntry Some
times eacii lot numbers score s eif elir
ferent articles For example Mr Stev
ens hae sold hundreds of thousands of
bulbs Inder the heading of notany comes
the sale of the lirst Welllngtonla seed in
troduced in any eiuantlty into this coun
try It was sold for M shillings an ounce
and it Is possible to grow from on- ounce
of Weill i gtonla seed KV oii glait trees
from 2KJ feet to 4m fe t high The trie is
common enough In California where- a
teiach and four has been driven through
a tunnel hewn out of one
No less important was tlie silling of the
first male ancuha In this country- The
female plant had been brought over freim
Japan years before- and botanists were
Piuzleel that it failed to bear berries
The explanation was that the male plant
had be n left at home One was suit for
and Mr Stevens sold it Other male
specimens we re subseiueiitly dlspose d of
by him and in a very short time every
ancuba in Englard was brightened Willi
the hitherto missing berry
One of the most remarkable series of
sales the profession has kiuwn was that
devoted to great auks eggs Stevens
was known for a time as the Gre at Auk
tlm Rooms Tlie eggs fetched from ZV
to xao but a stuffed specimen of the ex-
tiiict bird and its egg realized Cm guim as
in this cemnectlon Mr tSevens relates
how a young fellow al a cenintrv furni
ture sale anxious to secure a lot of
shells and epgs in a b sket taken from a
lumber rocm entereel Into i ompetition
with an old lady filially desirous of eb
laiuing the shells lor home decorative
purpose8 Finally the young man lifetime
the purchaser at SUs Two of the gas In
cluded In his lot appear el tei him tube
very large He tent them to Mr Stevens
What that voung mans surprise was on
receiving a check for XZ can he well 1m
ugfacd
Mr Stevens showed the writer tin
largest birds cgu In existence It repas 1
in a e ase by the side of a mst of hum
ming birds eggs the smallest known
The giant specimen Is Index
ed as the aepyornls maxlmus The bird
has long been extinct It Is really the re c
of the Arabian Night reputed to have
been capable of lying off not only with
men but with the- elephant and
The egg in pcssesslon of Mr Stevens
Is eepinl to 240 of those laid on tlie Lon
don breakfast tabic
One of the most Important commissions
uiKiertaken at Stevens was the selling
of Lord Derbys m nagerle of S43 mam
mals and 1272 birds including a number
of Engiish bred emus
Mention of the latter bird recalls the
memorable dinner given by Mr Stevens
at the Camera Club when an omelette
made from on emus egg laid in England
was the most -novel item in an altogether
uncommon menu The shell has been
elaborately mounted lt gold as a memento
of the occasion
It is somewhat startling as one slt
there listening interestedly tJ Mr Stev
ens to hear a phonograph resting on a
sare ephagus that contains the mummified
remains of a relative of Ptolemy II sud
denly break out Into a tune which tlio
London street boy Is just now whistling
The two articles in such close Juxtaposi
tion seem to e ondense the worldc his
tory of the past 2nM years
Mr Stevens knowledge of mummyelom
has brought him a new experience A
short time ngo mummy of the Incas was
de spatched from the north eif England
to Melle In Belgium When the mummy
arrived at Euston the label which had
been attached to the ease was lost The
box was opened by an enterprising oili
cial he saw what appeared to be a hu
man form Consternation prevalleel Tlie
coroner was communlcateel with An in
eiuest was held on the boely that had been
elead many centuries Now the owner of
it Is suing the railway company for de
taining the case and Mr Stevens is to
give- expert e videnee shortly
Only mummies w lth Interesting peell
grees are accorded tlie honor of exhibi
tion in tin great museums The
ground up to make a valuable brown
pigment usee by artists which can only
be obtained in thnt way This fnte appear-
to bear out the theory that nothing
is lost In nature not even after 2M
years
Mr Stevens sold by auetlon the einly
genuine me rmaid thus dlsjiosed of He
has another e xtrnordlnary member of tlie
finny tribe in stock a ilshs body with
man like head attached It has not yet
been christene d One shudders at the
sight of a strip of human skin bearing
Hie inscription that one Jeremy Ilen
tham lie epieaths his beyly for iinatoinlcil
purposes e eiually grueseime is a coin
pressed he ud from Central America
shrunken to tlu size of a dolls face by a
method known only to the- native But
to give a list of the curios in Mr Ste
vens private room woulel he to prepare
a catalogue- lnti resting no doubt but
Impossible within the scope of this article
London Mall
A TAX ON DIAMONDS
Imimse it Duly May Hutu lie
Trade
The Financial News states on semi
eilticial authority that on the initiative
of he Chancellor of the Exchequer
have- lie Instituted among Lon
don ellameinl brokers regarding the feas
ibility and probable eff et of a 10 per cent
import tax on diamonds
The annual output of the De Beers syn
dicate Is estimated at rtlS and Willi
the added importation of diamonds from
Brazil and elsA here wpuld easily pro-due-e
a sum PI per cent of which would
reach X50tJO
It is doubtful sayx tlio Financial
News whether Sir Mlthaei Illcks
Beacli will be turned aside from what
s eiiis to be- his pr seiif purpose by rep
resentations rrom the mlnlnlr companies
The principal illlnVultlis with regard to
the diamond tax will arlse out of the
pieicess ot collection If thesjo can be suc
cessfully mercoiue It is not unlikely that
a luxury of hlthiito well-to-do people
whleh has hitherto gone freo will luiici
foith and peihaps perfnailcntly be le
epureel to pay Its shed1 like lace wine
and cigars
Tlie manager of a larcf diamond house
in the West End whichiuvH in
New York and Paris juif ye ste relay
The principal effect ofvyuch a movement
on the part of the would be
that the diamonds woulij cease to como
here lrom Smith Africa nhel other dia
mond producing countries and go to the
Continent insteael
Nearly all the diamonds come here in
a rough state ellrect from South Africa
It is only a little distance to iaris to
Amsterdam or to Berlin and the prob
able e feet of the tax would be the remov
al of the h cidiuaiteisof the big diamond
concerns to one- cities Puiiot
Isiu goes a lung way but I am afraid it
would not keep the- diamond trade- In this
country if sueh a tax were impo eed Pro-
Ideal that the coleetlon of such a tax
could be- satisfactorily arranged the hon
est trader would be sure to suffer not a
little from swliulle rs
The wealthy Englishmen when he
wishes to spend 21X10 of W n dia
monds will go to the Continent before he
wil pay 10 per cent more for Ills goods
nnd the w ealthy Americans who buy
largely of English diamond houses would
llke nlsH transfer their patronage to Con
tinental flriis A tax at the mines would
lie a illffeient thing but to tax diamonds
here well I for one think It would cer
tainly kill the Industry for this market
London Mail
42
FINANCIAL
JACOB BERRY GO
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MFMimnS - j produce iU l mpe
44 46 Broadway New York
liiiiTFoitn OFnt r hills wk ht main st
ESTABLISHED 1865
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all I ue l A CLIUPSh
AT UUI KTIIKKT M ITs MAllKETV ami
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i uhjwl claill fuini led
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1 I2S 1 SI N V Vlllinctiill
neterniinirfi tlie elurjacr and financial
r HreAer a important as
the teliitionof riRht sto V-
A part of your salary
should be deposited in
bank regularly
will earn in
terest and increase there
by
You are invited to open
an account with
UNION TRUST
STORAGE CO
Bankers 1414 F Street N W
Capita 1200000
FDWMin 1 sTI lI MIN President
lWtlS 1 IllM I c President
ObOK K K llMUTi 1 ue 1riMdent
Mlorne nd Trik t OfHi er
S PID1K Treasurer
c roKlK V ll IMIMl
THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK
IF SlHViT0X V C
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KNOLAXD IltlXAM Fit M II and CCKMANV
Letters of Credit
U 1IA11IK IN MI FOItrllN PARTS
11 WK
OIMIK1IS hlllt 1 OTMKNT
MUCK tsAM
American Security
and Trust Co
rafdlal l5jil0
Surplus IM
SAli DEPOSIT linF
Safe Deposit lti lor rent in larfro burslar
iroo tault 5 per annum and upnard
C J HELL President
mill UUG1 UTt
IIEIOIAX H A 1 1 1 -S j pair froin pedigree ttoel
Cuban J5 ilons eat- cold INh
etc CIIMIUS HlliU snillli Tli 12th st niv
lilS lf
FIVAXC1AL
ft 0 on the investment fl jRfcO 1
m s the amount in M 1 1
SaSQ DIVIDENDS 0
Capital 30000000 full paid non auejeablf rr value Sl00
Hrs paid to stockliolelers since January 1 859 Acres of leases In the
heart of Iima fields and in sight of the city of Lima It has 15 proelucinR
wells two drilling nnd 132 locations to drill bssides 15C0 acres additional
leases in Ohio Indiana and West Virginia
THE GREATEST OIL PRODUCING TERRITORY IN THE U S
The producing wells are on the Faurot the Boose and the Vorhees farms
2T 1 acres one mile cast of Lima There are 20 additional Loca
tions on these farms which when completed will more than Double
the Dividends to stockholders
To develop this territory at once the Directors are offering until
November 9th a limited amount of Treasury Stock
AT PITQ PER SHARE
Hi Id bit Id par value 100
An additional dividend of at least 11 per cent will be paid this year
A TOTAL OF 40 PER CENT nSfSln
The highest dividend paying oil stock on the market and the only dividend
oil stock selling for less than SO cents per share
77us dividend will ho doubled when I ho
20 locations on tlio Eooso the Faurot
and Vorhees farms aro completed
These farms are among the best in Allen County and in the heart of
the Lima field We invite the closest investigation and ask you to visit the
property
STOCK ADVANCES NOV 9th TO 40 Cts PER SHARE
No subscriptions will be received after that date at 11 cts per share that do not
bear the post mark of No ember 9th or a previous date
The officers of the Company are experienced oil men and are on the
ground personally superintending the work of the field Two strings of
tools are now at work drilling new wells
Send subscriptions direct to The Union Oil CD Gas Co or
write at once to J W Davis Secretary for prospectus maps blanks etc
and Bank and other references
Office Rooms 1 and 3 Purtscher Dloch Lima Ohio
seiumauuunrzu9JLiu
rivxciL
Equitable
Co operative
Building Association
Organized Xort 1573
In the past twenty two years the EQUI
TABLE aj a local co operative buildins as
sociation lia furnished the people ot the
Di4rict of Columbia
First A reliable and Mire way to se
cure hoirea and pay for propfrty
Second The be st tntthod for maVinz regu
lar monthly taring and rcaluinz profits
Loans
LOAXS are made at the lowest rates of
Intercut charged by any building association
In this coiMitry Xo iKinus or other extra
coU Ixmim arc repayable in monthly in
rtallmrnts Settlement in full or in part
ioay be made at any time by paying Inter
est to date of settlement- When part of a
loan is settled the monthly installments are
reduced proportionately The borrower knows
at tlie beginning exactly what he is to pay
z t on a loan and the time be has to pay it
wn issvr or stock
Vlt XVI v-
AND FIRST PAYMENT
Fubxriptloni re ecivrd eblly from 9 a m
to SO p m at tlc office of the Associa
tion four per cent interest - annum i4
allowed en tuiare until maturity when lull
earning arc paid
Fuithtr information will lie fur
niklieel by the oOeers upon afplieatioa at
the office
KQflTADfi Bl ILDISG 13 F St X W
JOHN JOY illM5X rrr iidrat
A J K1IAKIIIUT ine IrifMrnt
E0 It CASILKAR 2d Vlie President
ritAXK I UEEsWE kccreiary
in2i lf
iuumi CTSr
FISAXCIAI
WBHIBBSCO
Bankers and Brokers
1419 F Street
w York Stork KTchnn
Member aniitiilnii Mork IIirhaniN
I i
Chicago Hoanl of Trade
Phoney to Loan
At 4X and 5 Per Cent
OS HEAL- ESTATE IX D C
SO OELAT BKYOSD EXAUXATIOX 07 TTTLi
WALTEH U 4VKUR
701 Hth St 1CW
WONET AT
4i and 5 Per Cent
Lciiittl od Rnl Kstite Is District U Columbuu
Lowrtt Ccnimtfrion
HE1SKELL EVlcLERAN
1008 r strut
LOANS OF SiO
AND UPWAHB OS l l PVITI tin ASD PIAN0 J
At Ioest lates and in -the ejy you appl We
are huninc on tle Building and lian Afsociation
plan wliieh makes tlie eewt of earryiner leans
much la tlian yti pav el ewlien and ailom
jou to pa j it oil in any cizeil notes rou desire
lunnire from one to twelve Month If you hare
a loan with soire otlur eompjnj c jvill pay it
off and adame ou nn re moncv if d sired
Hates dveerfully zurn jnel no itit to you unless
lean is made Call and get rates Front room
first floor
XATIOXAI MllllTfi IOAX CO
i jr i at t xv
Ve Advance SVIoney
For Salaries
To male or female emplores of sood rhaaeter at
lesi cost than heietofir So endorser reepirrJ
liere We also adeame any ainounl on Furni
ture Pianos or tnr enal piip rty without re
iroial Lcjal rates tii and prirate
are our rnx ms Lrave jour appliea
tion with u and joa veil nut be disappointed
The old reliable
CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO
Thnne Slain 1113 CW K St SW
We Will Lend You Money
on your frmitiirc rian cs itc and joa
cin pay it la k in -null 01 monthly liay
nurnt
aisjltily xo nniw
niif tniiniH ttltb Mrifllrntial no tin
ttarrats Miig quitiin to a k Luvc t latcs in
the city i nvai f ucm
COLUMBIA GUARANTEE CO
UlS K ytre ct X
IVioney to Loan
on Tianoa Furniture ftc on terms to suit your
conrenu nce Ko expense unless loan Is made
Easy pajmenU to stnt fie horrower You hare
the ue of both money and poodi
We Also
LOAN MONEY
to Falaried employes We bare prirate offle
on fifth floor Suite 71 and 70 Atlantic Duildin
Telephone CTS 3
POTOMAC GUARANTEE LOAN CO
928 930 F Street N W
LOANS ON
FURNSTURE PIANOS c
M0MCY ntr pic u3 a fall
TIiJILI toil ean nuSe iour own terms as to
Jepajm nt of bun ard the coeds will
ainilPY b Ie ft in r undi tiiilietl poAe vion
IllUliU Our rates will phase jou as they arc
Iove t an 1 our n ethoil of loaning is
llnMCV b1 1 ald o publleity
mUritl oliices
Washington Mortgage Loan Go
iiiril
DSD YOU EVER
Stop to think that it is enlr a question of time
until jou will live jour wind with the lot of
ert ditors lu -re tunsiantly bothering
jiu Pay them all off at ilte lime we will loan
jou the money to elo it wild and the sjstem
ttc hac for pujing the Uoncy uae I will pleac
30U
EVANS COMPANY
7 a t v w
KOOM 3 First 1loor Hear Qii Palent Oiflee
Orit UNlQli SS1KM Lies entirely away
with the liarilbii iwully eIierinieeil in
loans Ion ean liorrow trom 15 to
on jour piano or f imituic without removal
Tie rate of is su iinall jou elo not
know- jou liave paid any inteiest Call awl
inveti ate e nllelential MASTEflS iz
CO iFoom 31 Marder lluildinir 9th and F its
nw Tate elevator
V IfcMlY einplojeel imder the Oitrernment want
to l oirow 7j rmirti in pajment 10i in
iiiimthly payment of l Aiidiewi HOX thU
oDie e IS L
V NTKll S l m - ami lot in MetaneLta
iroe weurity J 71 thU office
mi S
unVEV TO LOAN OS APPItOVKD COLLAl
KltL No delay CHArLES A tlAKEl Poon
to and I Melrerolt llullelinr 1110 f St
SMMI LO Vi made on eollateral and
iood endowment COXF111KNTIA1 I5ox St5
thi office ch
MOXEV TO IOVX at i In 3 per ernt in mnw
510110 to 10l oil II C leal estate ay oil
5 and G per eelit inortsasew an 1 be in anew all
lian aetioiu e ondueleil evllli eeinoinieal eonaldei
ation for borrowers MI 11 SAUNDERS k CO
Ui7 P at
MONEY LOANEO salaried people and retail mcr
cbanU upon their own names without security
easy pajineuU TOUIAN Kooui 1U1 SJi lain
DW -
risus onAXau r TB
Dr Young
Specialist
Cor 12th
aulFSti
Oldest In ags longest located
Regular gnduatg two scSoals
Authorized fay the District Goiernment
7c trzat all ditcases of Iht Nose Thraat gad
tunx lharf Acnes Brain liond Skin
Stomadi Kltmyi end Btaddtr Klgit Lottti
Sexual Vc1knc3t aed all Special Distant of
either tex Strlctan Varlcools and Hydra
cch tared without cutlar or operation Vj
pain So loss of time Syphilis any stajs
cured to life without mercury or potash No
exposure
Loal Guarant33 to Curo or Ro
tund mono In full Klvon In ovory
caso nccoptod for trontmont
Private Diseases Quicklv Cured
CHARGES LOV
MEDICINES FURNSHED
Dally Cffica Hours 10 to 1 and 3 to 4
Sunday 10 to 12
FREE CONSULTATION
Specialist
509 12th St
Ol VCADC successful
C lUrtriJ practice in
the Cure of Chronic Nervous
and Special Diseases of Men
and Women
Means Everything to You if You Suffer
froa ZilziTh 0bst7r KiUEftUi3i CoastIptlo3 fllo
Throit Long Br ft in Hurt Blood i 4 Pi fa EUcftMf
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cued Tltlioat dtiati 3 tnm bulatti Va plATal
bitnuentfl ait
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0712 HCJ3S 10 b 1 3 la 0 Sondari W to 12
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AVnliinKtoti Ianillnff Speclnllnt
On Kidney Bladder Blood Skin and Prirate
diseases Syphilid any stage cured for life
Both sexes Consultation free Medicine fur
nished Hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 Alto en
Tuet Thurs and Sat eve 7 to 8 Closctl
Sundays
002 P St X W
DR EVScKEEKAN
516 12th St N W
Only Specialist in Diseases of Men
LONGEST ESTABLISHED LARGEST ESrEIll
ence bt Consnltation Oflicc
hours 9 a m to 8 p m Sunilaj s cIowL
Dr CZARRA
Well known -Herman fpecialUt X ray for ei
ara Inations diagnoitU and treatment in akin
Hoed ihiumatira piles strirture cancer blad
der kidney hydrocele varicocele private
casts Vitality of sees restored
Iluptore cured without rutting or pain Daily
9 to 6 p m Tuesdays and Saturdays 8 p m
S17 Cth st n x
H K FULTONS
Loan Offlco
314 Ninth Street H YJ
Monty Loaned on Watchw Diannondj Jewelry
rtc
OLD GOLD AND S1LVEH BOUiinT
Dusinea strictly confidential Xo connection
clth any bthcrLoan 03ce in th dty
LADIES NEEDING ADVICE AHDTfiEATMEliT
Csaialt
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PKIVATK SAMTAU1UM to Utit tomui Ola
rcmplalfiti utS irrtglarltlet lomi comforta
tei csie beforv aad curli coneoen Trtioed
terse ind expert physlcUa la attendance at cur
unlUriuis Dttcm boun trcm 10 m U d p o
City Otce a Cth it d Doonu 101 132
Phne t
REDUCED RCDCCEDI
Ills Headings to
Ladies 23c Gents 50c
PROF CLAY
oldest established elairroyact tells your busi
ness ove aCairs family troubles about lav
ujts divorces or anything jou wih to know
lmru raratetl together causes speedy mar
rlagw removes family troubles Nad luck Fpelli
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Located at
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924 Fcnna Avenue X V
YOrXG ladv with in property need t litw
bami of ability to manage same would marry at
once bank referentes Address J1ISS Drawer
fi75 Chicaco 111 ml
I AM a brttinfr commisfcioner at the race traek
for several plunder- and can iive to a few dis
creet cent cm en eitlasive information giving a
few good plais cah week confined to certain
stables I want no money unl I cnd you win
ners If interested write at once
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mZ 2 D 102 Graveacnd X Y
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ORIC1XAL GYrSY PAL3HST 1X9 K st nw 13
cents iait present future spell 4 removed lucky
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rarlv marriage Imnk references LOXELY room
I 401 Vine st Cincinnati Ohio ll
MME LOR ETTA the celebrated Eastern palot
can be seen at her roomg 7S 10th st nw ml 3
SYLVIA GIVES ADVICE on businew and social
life from a source that lias no equaL Readi
card- 5c G tt nw a in tu B p in
n3P 0
uniKlXGMEX tf trlis city do not have to work
overtime while they hare such friemU aa ne
are we hate their welfare at heart by offering
Uiem fine tailor made woolen suits of clothes wl
orrcoaU of bt material only slightly uMtt
and at a poor mans price THE UNEACEITIOX
AL JLSTHS OLD STAN1 619 D tt rogg7
MME DAVIS Rorn clairvojant ami card reader
TelU about busmehS rcmovM spells evil influ
ences reunite the separated and Rives leek
cures piled and drunkennt ss 122S 25th St n
Dl lllO
Potatoes 20c pk
79c bosh at
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