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ARMING THE NATIVES
Successful Experiment in the Philip
pines.
WORK OF THE POLICE AND THE SCOUTS
Praised by the Department Com
manders.
A HOPEFUL. PREDICTION
The Insular division of the War Depart
ment is in receipt of a report forwarded
by General Mae Arthur from Manila, P. I.,
showinK the condition and results achieved
by the "native police" for the months of
April and May, 1901. It is made up of sev
eral returns from department and district
commanders, and shows the force to be in
a high state of improvement, and the plan,
at first regarded as an experiment, is fast
becoming an important factor In restoring
good order and discipline In localities which
for years before and since the war have
been regarded as unsafe for both man and
property.
The detailed reports are from the de
partments of northern and southern
Luzon. The following brief extracts from
the same indicate conditions as described
by the army officials themselves:
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, from the department
of northern Luzon, says: "In general there
has been an increase in the efficiency of
'he police; no material changes, except
that In some new towns the force has been
increased. No loss of arms or bad conduct
has been reported from any section."
< tinned lit?uruen(H to Surrender.
Gen. J. H. Smith says: "The work of the
I*dice throughout the district has been gen
erally good, and the arms have been kept
in a satisfactory condition. They have been
instrumental in having many insurgents
surrender, have captured several small
bands, have given accurate information as
to the location <?f Insurgent bands, and
when they undertake to visit towns they are
it once arrested by the police. They are
especially efficient as night watchmen, in
arresting petty thieves and keeping down
lawlessness and ridding towns of ladrones.
They have arrested many suspected insur
gents and captured several rifles."
Gen. Funston says: "They are fearless
and efficient, conditions are favorable and
no evidence of unfaithfulness to the United
-?tales at any point." He makes special
mention of a clever arrest and capture of
Camay, a noted insurgent, by the San F?r
.lando police while ostensibly on another
mission.
Gen. Hell adds: "The radically changed
onditions will soon warrant organizing
tnd arming the local police."
Gen F. D. Grant says: "They have done
?xcellent service," and he makes recom
mendations for extra pay for deserving
men.
From southern Luzon the same generally
favorable conditions are represented Gen
J. C. Bates says: "There has teen a
marked improvement in their condition
since my last report.'*
.rtYL1?" U" Wade. *n writing of the force,
adds. There has been a steady improve
ment in the forces." po e
Gen. S. S. Sumner says of them: "Work
ot the police has been very satisfactory;
,e>. are great assistance in improving
local conditions, stopping petty thieving
warning military authorities of the arrival
of had characters. There is a general im
provement at all places where the system
is m operation." He suggests that troops
can be entirely withdrawn from several
pueblos if proper attention is given to
building up the police force.
This native police is purely local in its
character. It is supported by the towns and
nieVt S" by the Insular govern
Thr Scouts.
There is another body of men employed
in the islands known as the "scouts." This
body is generally mounted, and their du
ties are to patrol the territory outside of
local governments and not directly under
the protection of local police. The "scouts"
are paid directly from insular funds, and
such be4ng the nature of their employment
they are frequently called upon to assist
tiie local organizations in preserving the
peace and pursuing marauding bands.
? ??*? **?rt'lon these forces are called
Macahebe scouts." These were organized
from the Macabebe. at the town of Maca
bebe. by Major Batson. under orders from
Gen. Lawton, just before his last northern
campaign, in which he broke up the insur
gent army. They rendered conspicuous aid
and the success of their employment was
Immediately followed by the organization
o> ien. Lawton, about the same time of
< apt. ( astner's "Tugalo scouts," which
rendered such signal service in the north
ern campaign, where they penetrated the
mountains and went up the Mangan valley
to Aparri. Since that experience author
ity has been given to various commanders
to organize natives into scouts, who alone
can differentiate between the Tullsane and
Amigo. in every- case their use has been
successful. These scouts, though not regu
larly enlisted Into the service of the United
# an oath ?* allegiance and to
faithful performance of their duties. They
have a military organization and ceceive
a ,.u5 *he same nominal pay as regularly
enlisted men and non-commissioned offi
cers. except that it is paid in silver.
From the above it will be seen that the
til?.1!18 >of offl<'ers in command in the
Philippines to utilize the services of na
tives in maintaining peace and restoring
t.ie country to normal conditions is meet
ing with success, and If the predictions of
many of them prove true it is fair to as
sume th it with prompt pay. strict disci
pline. humane treatment and education the
task of policing the entire archipelago mav
at an early day be substantially confided to
loyal natives under proper American direc
tion.
8PL1TTHG THK SOLID SOITH.
I'omtllilr Hmull of KllinlnatliiK the
>t?Kro (Inention.
Representative Spencer Blackburn of
Winston. N. C., Is In Washington. In
speaking of political conditions in his state
Mr. Blackburn said to a Star reporter this
afternoon:
"The elimination of the negro question
fpjm politics in the north state will, In my
opinion, result eventually in greatly added
strength to the republican party there.
"The people of the state have evidently
reached the conclusion that old-time
prejudices must be laid aside and that
votes must be cast for party candidates
standing upon platforms which conduce to
the best interests of the community. An
important meeting was held at Louisburg
a tew days ago indicating this new spirit.
"A great many business men attended this
meeting, nearly all of whom had previously
been of the democratic faith. It was the
sense of the meeting that the platform
adopted at the last republican national con
vention should be indorsed, and that here
after men should be favored for elective of
fice who were prepared to stand by prin
ciples which insured the subservance of
the business Interests of the state.
"That Is to say, the meeting decided vir
tually to leave the democratic party and In
the future vote the republican tirket. This,
to my mind, indicates that a revolution in
politics is about to occur in North Caro
lina. ft would certainly seem so If other
democrats of the sta.te are to follow In the
I*?th hewed by the Louisburg meeting, and
there is no Indication that they will not
do so.
"Next year the state elects a legislative
and judicial ticket. The republicans of the
state have strong hopes of being successful
in this campaign. It is certain that a
great many men who have heretofore voted
the democratic ticket will vote for the re
publican candidates."
Kilt:IS CHURCH i'KOPLB LOSR.
Result of factional Flight In Scotch
l'resbyterlan Church.
EDINBURGH. August 9.?The court of
sessions has dismiss d the claim of the free
Church of Scotland against the United Free
Church. The plaintiffs are a minority, who
refused to participate in the union of the
Free Church and the United Presbyterian
''hurch. claimed all the property and funds
of the Free Chur<Jh from the date of union,
- and asked for the rescinding of the acts of
the united assembly.
NO APPREHENSION FELT
AFFAIRS ON THE ISTHMUS WOT RE
CARDED AS SERIOUS.
The Wisconsin Has Been Ordered to
San Francisco to Be la
Readiness to Sail.
Neither the State nor the Navy Depart
ment was able to throw any light upon the
press dispatch from Willemstad stating
that the Venezuelan government announced
that a new Colombian invasion occurred
yesterday near Colon. It was pointed out,
however, that Colon was far removed from
the Venezuelan border, and under these
circumstances It is probaMe that the word
"Invasion" is used in the sense of an up
rising, and does not refer to an invasion of
the Venezuelan border, as that would be
physically impossible near Colon.
Another explanation suggested was that
the Colon mentioned was not that on the
Isthmus, but some obscure place along the
Venezuelan frontier. The maps fail to dis
close such a place, however, or any name
akin to it.
Sltnatloa Not Rewarded as Serious.
No further official reports have come re
garding the situation on the Isthmus, and
the officials appear content to rest for the
present with what has already been done
in preparing to protect American inter
ests.
They do not regard the situation as seri
ous, but desire to be ready if it should be
come so.
An order has been sent to Captain Geo.
C. Reiter of the battle ship Wisconsin, at
Anacartes, near the Puget sound naval sta
tion, to proceed to San Francisco, from
which point the battle ship will be dis
patched to Panama, in case the State De
partment requests the presence of a war
ship on the Pacific side of the isthmus.
This action was taken after Acting Sec
retary Hackett had received from the State
Department a communication from Mr. J*.
Edward Simmons of New York, president
of the Panama Railway Company, setting
forth the seriousness of the situation on
the isthmus, and suggesting that warships
be sent both to the Atlantic and the Pacific
side. The acting secretary of state replied
to Mr. Simmons that the gunboat Machias
had been ordered to Colon on the Atlantic
side, but it was the view of officials that
there was no present necessity for sending
down a ship on the Pacific side. Neverthe
less it was deemed advisable to have one
in readiness to go should the necessity
arise. Therefore the Wisconsin was ordered
to San Francisco, and there await further
orders.
As San Francisco Is over .1.000 miles from
Panama, the battle ship will probably be
ordered to proceed further down the coast,
probably to San Diego, Cal.. and there
await developments on the isthmus.
The selection of a battle ship for this
prospective duty apparently gives a grav
ity to the situation which in reality it does
not possess. Unfortunately, most of the
smaller ships are in Asiatic waters, and the
department was obliged to chooSe between
unserviceable old wooden ships and the
fine new battle ships on the Pacific sta
tion.
The Wisconsin is one of the finest ships
of the new navy, and if she should be
sent this will be practically her first active
duty, as she has been in commission only
a short time ago. She has a displacement of
11.500 tons, is heavily armored and has a
main battery of four 13-inch breech-load
ing rifles and fourteen 0-inch rapid-fire
guns, which, with her secondary battery,
makes her one of the most formidable
ships afloat. Her complement Is about 500
officers and men, including about 75 ma
rines.
The Machias Sails.
The Navy Department has received a tel
egram from Lieut. Commander Nathan Sar
gent, commanding the gunboat Machias.
announcing the departure of that vessel
from Boston yesterday for Hampton Roads,
Pending advices from Commander Sargent,
the department is unable to announce
whether that officer will take the Machias
all the way down to the isthmus, or be
succeeded by some other officer at Hampton
Roads, as forecasted in the press dispatch
es from Boston.
No International Correspondence.
As far as known neither of the govern
ments involved has as yet addressed the
United States government concerning the
troubles on the isthmus, nor has there
been any occasion for this government to
address either of the parties in reference
to the difficulty.
If traffic on the Isthmus should be
stopped it would probably bring about an
inquiry by the United States government
of the government of Colombia, as to the
ability of the latter to cope with the situa
tion, for the primary duty Is on Colombia,
and only when she falls will the United
States step in.
?When a similar trouble arose in 1885, the
United States did not act until the Colom
bian government requested action, making
it plain that the trouble had gone beyond
the power of their authorities.
No News at Colombian Iteration.
There was no news at the Colombian le
gation to confirm the press report of a new
Colombian invasion, Mr. Herran, the first
secretary of legation, who Is now in charge
during Dr. Silva's absence, looked askance
at the dispatch from Willemstad, pointing
out the impossibility of a Colombian inva
sion of Venezuelan territory near Colon,
away over on the Isthmus of Panama, and
said he knew of no Colon In either Ven
ezuela or Colombia.
The point at which an Invasion is now
feared, he said, was near the borderland in
the vicinity of Meta river, south of the
Luke of Maracalbo.
The Colombian minister of war is Gen
eral Gonzaks Valencia, who has a good
record as a lighter, and has rendered dis
tinguished services during the guerrilla
warfare of a year past, and Mr. Herran
thought it very possible that he had been
called upon to lead the army of Colombia.
Mr. Herran expects to hear from the Co
lombian consul general at New York in a
short time, and also hopes for some news
to shed dlight on the situation on the isth
mus from the incoming Colombian mail
which is soon expected to arrive.
Hopes for Peace, but Fears Not.
Mr. Herran discussed generally the abil
ity of Colombia to cope with an actual war
with Venezuela.
He pointed out that Colombia has a pop
ulation of fifive millions, against the three
millions of Venezuela, and an army of
about 40,000 men, who have been , for the
most part in active service against revolu
tionary bands for a year or more past. He
expressed his earnest hope that a condi
tion of actual war would not result from
the present troubles, but believed his coun
try to be fully able to take care of herself
in that emergency.
NO TRUTH IN THE STORY.
The Treasury Has No Fortune Walt
Ins for Dembltsky.
It is stated at the Treasury Department
that there is no truth in the story pub
lished this morning that a young Pole
named Dembitzky, said to be the heir of
Baron Ludwig Napoleon Dembitzky, has a
credit of mere than $2,0?)0,000 in the United
States treasury. It Is pointed out that the
government never received private deposits
of any character.
This story was to the effect that Baron
Dembitzky left Poland in 1803, because of
political troubles, and came to this coun
try. He held *400,000 In American money,
the proceeds of the sale of his estates. This
he deposited with the federal /jvernment
and went into the army. He was killed in
the battle of the Wilderness.
Appointment of Prof. Brlggi,
Prof. Edmond D. Brlggs of the Catholic
University of America has been appointed
a division superintendent of schools In the
Phllliplnes. and together with six or eight
other teachers will sail from New York
tomorrow for Manila by the Suez canal
route on the transport Ingalls.
The Tax on Stock Brokers.
The commissioner of Internal revenue has
decided that a dealer In stock transactions,
such as "puts," "calls" and "spreads," Is
subject to special tax and stamp tax under
the amended war revenue act, notwith
standing ths fact that his business is not
the same as that commojJy known a*
"bucket shop.**
INCREASE OF WORK
Auditor for the Navy Finds Salaries
of Clerks Inadequate,
ACCOUNTS AND CLAIMS SETTLED
Wants Temporary Employes' Po
sitions Made Permanent.
TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY
Mr. W. W. Brown, the auditor for the
Navy Department, has submitted his an
nual report for the fiscal year ended June
30 to Secretary Gage. Auditor Brown says
that the continued accessions to the navy
and to the marine corps, and the large
number of vessels In commission, witn
consequent additional expenditures, have
greatly Increased the volume of work in
his office. This has been disposed of with
diligence and promptness.
During the fiscal year ending June JU,
1901, there were settled 6,895 accounts an
claims. During the same period there were
examined 150,058 vouchers, as against 147,
430 the previous year, while the amounts
allowed were $74,649,110.22, as against $61,
971,000.73 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1900. This shows an Increase of more
than 8 per cent in vouchers examined over
last year, and 58 per cent over the fiscal
year 185)9, and an increase of allowances
over last year of $12^578,115.49
The decrease in the number of claims
settled is attributable to the fact that in 1900
there were over 8,000 two months ex^r
pay" claims settled, incident to theSpamsh
war, compelling the detail of ?lerks
from other divisions to expedite their set
tlement. These clerks.sincethe decrease
of the pressure on the claims division,
have been returned to the accounting
Cf?to?s where their are
Nearly twice the number of prize claims
were settled this year as there were last.
The distributive lists of 2
have been prepared, in which fifty vessels
of the navy participated.
Clerks Kot Well Paid.
Auditor Brown has this to say of the
salaries of clerks In his office.
"In a total of fifty-nine clerks this office,
has but two at $1,800. while the a^Uor
for the State Department has twelve In a
total force of fifty-four, and the auditor
for the Treasury Department has seven
teen in a total force of sixty-six. I do not
ask for so large a proportion of clerks of
that grade, though the work of the office
would seem to justify it but each of the
three chiefs of division should have an as
slstant at ?1.800. and the three pr nclpll
revising clerks of the office should aiso re
ceive that compensation. In the loner
grades are clerks who perform duties of
the most valuable and responsible charac
ter such as would elsewhere be compen
sated with *1.(00 or $1,800 per annum, who
have been a long time In their present
erades and still have no visible prospect, of
promotion. The low salaries at the enter
ing grades and the prospect of slow ad
vancement make It difficult to secure the
proper class of employes or to keep them
when they have found out how they are
situated."
Tables are submitted to show the ine
quality of salaries in the various auditors
offices. According to these tables the aver
age annual salary of clerks in the office of
the various auditors Is as follows:
Auditor for Treasury Department, *i-44J.
auditor State Department. $1,438; auditor
Interior Department, $1,339; auditor War
Department, $1,378; auditor Navy Depart
ment, $1,290.
Commenting on these figures, Mr. Brown
says: ? . .
To Eqnalise Salaries.
"The tables submitted show that the reg
ular force of this office received an aver
age salary of $151 less than the best paid.
$49 less than the poorest paid, and $109
less than the average paid In the other
four auditors' offices, and that the tempo
rary force of this office receives an average
salary of $154 less than is paid to the tem
porary force of the auditor for the War De
partment. If the office is classified as indi
cated in the two columns of the preceding
table, headed 'Auditor for the Navy De
partment tf equalized,' the regular force
will receive almost exactly the average
salary paid In the other four auditors of
fices named, and the temporary force will
reeeive somewhat less.
"There Is nothing in the nature of the
business of this office to Justify the dis
crimination in the matter of salaries that
has been pointed out. On the contranr. l
doubt if there is In the whole range of the
auditing work of this department a body of
laws and regulations so difficult of con
struction and application as those relating
to the navy, with which this office has to
deal. ^ ?
Furor* Permanent Force.
"I renew my recommendation of last
year in relation to the temporary roll, that
the temporary force be made permanent
and Incorporated with the regular force.
Since the temporary force was authorized,
more than two years ago. a .large number
of persons have been on the roll, but by a
process of elimination of undesirable clerks
the present force of nineteen has survived
and constitutes a decided element of
strength in the office. They are in the
main young, intelligent, quick and Indus
trious, and have become well instructed in
their duties. This force would be still
stronger if several of the most desirable
temporary clerks had not secured transfers
to offices Where they were wanted because
of their capacity, and where they desired
to go for the better compensation they
could secure. The continued enlargement
of the navy precludes the possibility of
this office ever doing its work with fewer
clerks than its present combined force of
regular and temporary employes, and It
will improve the efficiency of the office to
place them all on the permanent roll."
AFTER THE LEGISLATURE.
Mayor Tom L. Jobnuon Han His Eye
on the Senate.
Special Dispatch to The Evening 8tar.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 9.?Mayor
Tom L. Johnson Is very busy Just now on
a plan of campaign to capture the next
Ohio legislature with a view of controlling
the selection of the next United States
senator from this state. He is very much
more deeply interested In the election of a
senator than he Is In the election of Colo
nel Killbourne, the democratic candidate
for governor.
Mr. Johnson's future political plans are
becoming well formulated. He expects to
be a candidate for re-election to the posi
tion of mayor of this city, and in case he
Is elected he will, at the expiration of that
term, be a candidate for governor of Ohio,
which position he considers an excellent
one to place him In line for the democratic
presidential nomination. He is a candidate
for the presidency, and he will from now
on devote his spare time to securing abso
lute and undisputed control of the party
machinery In this state. He expects to
name a legislative ticket in this county
which will win.
? ? ?
COOKS AND STEWARDS STRIKE.
Situation at San Francisco Farther
Complicated Tills Morslng.
SAN FRANCISCO. August 9.?About 750
members of the Marine Cooks and Stew
ards' Association will join the ranks of
the strikers today. The association com
prises all the men on passenger vessels
in what Is known as the stewards' depart
ment.
I The Oceanic Steamship Company, the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the Ore
gon Railway and Navigation Company and
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company will
be the most affected by the association'*
decision to participate In the strike orier
by the City Front Federation.
About 120 apprentice boys employed In
the Union Iron works have quit work at
the request of the machinists' union. There
are still about twenty-five apprentices In
the works, and It Is thought they will also
come out.
FIGHT OX/(COLLECTOR SAPP.
Representative. Borelng Le?dlBg
Movement to Depose H1m.
ReprcJsentative'feoremg of Kentucky Is
In Washington f^d h^d a long talk today
with Mt. Yerkes. the commissioner of in
ternal revenue. "Their" conference related
to Kentucky affilrs, attd particularly, it Is
understood, to t^jg case of C. E. Sapp, the
collector of Internal revenue of the Louis
ville district. *to. Botfeing is leading the
fight that Is being muJe before President
McKinley for the removal of Mr. Sapp. and
It Is known that'lilr. T^Vkes is in sympathy
with the fight. ^ecretSVy Gage is also op
posed, it is learned, ?b the retention of
Sapp. and ft is predicted that the collector
will have to go7-? notwithstanding Senator
Deboe, Representative! Ervln and others
are behind him?^ Senator Deboe is repre
sented as being very Iridlgnant at the pros
pect that some man would be namea
against his desires, but the fact is gen
erally known In Washington that in Ken
tucky matters the President recognizes no
one as the sole dispensing agent of patron
age. In some of Senator Deboe's recom
mendations the President has concurred,
but in others he has not, and has appoint
ed whoever he saw fit.
"I ha%re recommended the appointment
of J. A. Craft of Louisville as collector of
Internal revenue of that district, saia
Representative Borelng to a Star reporter,
"and I hope to see him appointed. He 13 a
lawyer and a most able man. He is in- :
dorsed by prominent professional an<l busi
ness men. He came to the r*Pubi
party from the democratic party In
and has never held office or applleu tor
office. His appointment would nieet
respond to the new conditions InKentucKy
and would be In line with the President: s
attitude in southern matters. The aP"
pointment would not look to the establisn
ment of another republican machine to
take the place of the one the pepp1?
now seeking to get rid of, and will get riu
"Men like Sapp are opposed to any policy
that will add to the Strength of the r^P*,n"
llcan party In the southern states, iney
want the party to be in the minority that
they may hold office. Those who are not
seeking office and who have the good or
the party at heart are favorable to a ooncy
that will encourage the addition of new
and able men to the republican party in
the south. When we are relieved or sucn
a situation as Sapp has created in Louis
ville the republican party in Kentucky wt.i
get more securely on its feet than .jyer,
and will make a splendid showing.
"The democrats are opening up their
fight for senator, but they are without a
leader and a platform in the nation, ana
haven't anything to guide them in Ken
tucky. They are trying to live on the past,
bu their record is bad and they won^t he
able to make headway on that score.
Mr. Borelng is regarded as a strong can
didate for United States senator to suc
ceed Senator Deboe. The alleged aspira
tions of Mr. Borelng have causei a cool
ness between him and Senator Deboe.
NOTHING YET DONE.
Proponed Action Aimed nt the I nlted
States Steel Corporation.
In reference to a statement published
this morning to the effect that District As
sembly, No. 06. Knights of Labor, last
night authorized its legislative committee
to bring quo warranto proceedings against
the Attorney General of the United States
to show cause why he has not enforced
the provisions of the anti-trust law, known
as the Sherman act, Mr. Andrew A. Lips
comb. as counsel for District Assembly No.
06. today told a gfir reporter that the mat
ter Is merely In 9^1 emijjjiyo state. Nothing
definite, he assertja, has been decided on.
The action to be?.Ukej|i, if any. explained
Mr. Lipscomb, will not be a quo warranto
proceeding, but a.'petition for writ of man
damus fi in j
The proposed action, sp it is said, is aimed
at the United States:, steel corporation,
which, it will be* alleged. Is operating In
violation of the ^hprm^n act. Labor lead
ers in this city arp,reported as saying that
this will hasten p, solution of the strike
row in progress, and tfaat laws similar or
nearly similar to,pthe ,'Sherman law have
been enacted in nearly kll the states, and
in several of theni, notably Ohio and Texas,
the county attorneys h$ye the power of the
attorney general J>f th$ state In quo war
ranto proceeding^, and that the Amalga
mated Assoclatloh has a large fund on
hand with which to. institute proceedings
similar to those to bC begun here.
Ex-Attorney General'Frank S. Monnett
of Ohio has been retained by the American
Anti-Trust League to begin action before
the state and local courts of Ohio.
Former Attorney General Monnett has
written to H. B. Martin, national secretary 1
of the American Anti-Trust League, that
he Is preparing papers in the case. "The
railway trainmen," he says, "are taking !
the same proceedings. They are In consul
tation with the Amalgamated men today."
MR. LANtiLEY AT HIS DESK.
Recovering From a Severe Attack of
Appendicitis.
Mr. John W. Langley, appointment clerk
of the census bureau, was at his desk for a
short time today for the first time since
he was operated on for appendicitis, over
three weeks "ago. He will go to visit Sena
tor Elklns at his home in West Virginia
probably next Monday, and after he has
regained his accustomed strength will visit
his own home in KeYitucky for a short
time before resuming his duties at the cen
sus office.
Mr. Langley's attack of appendicitis,
which caused him to be placed on the
operating board, was attended with cir
cumstances that make the incident of espe
cial Interest. He was visited in his office
the 11th of July by a medical friend, who
remarked that he appeared to be in un
usually good health. Mr. Langley, who Is
of powerful physique, replied that he had
never felt better In his life.
Before the brief conversation had ended
the appointment clerk remarked, laughing
ly, that since they began talking he felt a
severe pain, and this was the forerunner of
his trouble that made a surgical operation
necessary. The physician said he supposed
it was nothing of consequence, but called
to see Mr. Langley later in the day at his
home, he having been under his treatment
last May for a similar trouble.
The following day Mr. Langley was suf
fering greatly and remained at home. On
Saturday he was ordered to the hospital,
and Sunday morning. July 14, he was told
that he had a choice of dying or being op
erated on that day; that a delay of a day
would In all probability be fatal. Mr.
Langley very coolly told the physicians to
do what they thought was best, and an op
eration followed. A remarkable phase of
the case was that going under the In
fluence of ether caused no perceptible
change In the pulse beats of the patient,
which was the result of his unusually
strong physique.
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Ml'RDER AT MARLBORO', MD.
Henry Boyd, Colored, Kills ? Woman
of Hl? Own Race.
Special Dispatch to The lining Star.
UPPER MARLBOatK. M<L, August 9.?
Last night, betw^n to and 11 o'clock,
Henry Boyd, a c^loi'M man living near
Marlboro', assaulted and cut the throat of
Martha Oden, afs'o cojfored, living on the
farm of Chas. J^'TsoiAparte, about three
miles from Upper'"Marlboro'. H. T. Ward,
manager for Mr"' Bonaparte, immediately
summoned medi&ltf aid, but It was found
that nothing coujifl. begone for the woman
and she died in % shoj& time after the as
sault had been edwmttted.
Boyd Is still at? iargft, but has been seen
In the neighborhood within the past hour.
No cause Is assigned fpn the commission of
the deed, although Boyd had been heard to
say within the jrast week that he Intended
to kill her. 1
CLAIMS HB ROWTED BOXERS.
Gen. Mel of the Chlaeie Army Returns
to Tien Tsln.
TIEN-TSIN, August 9.?General Mel has
returned hero and professes to have killed
or dispersed hundreds of Boxers and brig
ands.
The harvest prospects In southwest dis
tricts of the province of Chi-Li and in the
province of Ho-Nan are excellent.
?'?'?
Prince Has Eecape.
BRUSSELS, August 9.?The floir says
Prince Albert of Belgium, nephew of King
Leopold, had a narrow escape while riding
In a metor yesterday. The motor ran into
a ditch and turned over, with the prince
underneath it. He was extricated and sus
tained no injury, except some bruises.
THE RODNEYS' ROW
?
fatal Offiow Host PayWife $45
Alimony Monthly.
DEFENDANT'S AFFIDAVIT OF*DENIAL
Remarkable Document Read in
Judge Clabaugh's Court.
SAYS HE STILL LOVES
There appears to be a most remarkable
conditions of affairs in this case." remark
ed Justice Clabaugh of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia this afternoon
just prior to disposing of the motion for
alimony made by counsel for Mrs. Mar
garet E. Rodney during the pendency of
her suit Instituted for the purpose of se
curing an absolute divorce from* Lieuten
ant Commandec Robert Burton Rodney,
paymaster, retired. United States navy." *
Continuing, the court said he would not
undertake to decide who was responsible
for the trouble between the parties to the
suit. It appeared from the record, how
ever, that Mrs. Rodney Is entitled to an
allowance of alimony. As it was admitted
that Lieutenant Commander Rodney was
In receipt of a salary of (1,000 a year as a
retired officer of the navy, and as It had
not been shown that he was subjected to
extraordinary expense. Justice Clabaugh
announced that an order would be signed
requiring the defendant to pay the com
plainant J4o a month until further order
of the court.
In response to the rule to show cause is
sued against him Lieutenant Commander
Rodney today filed an affidavit over his
own signature, and a number furnished by
certain of his friends. In reading the affi
davit of th defendant to the court his coun
sel. Attorney J. T. Dewees took occasion to
explain that the. paper was prepared by the
defendant and that counsel had advised him
to modify it.
"The defendant insisted that it should be
presented," added Attorney Dewees. "and I
told him I would Hie anything he directed:
even a slab, if he said so."
The reading of the document was fol
lowed with Intereirt by a large gathering
of attorneys and others present in the court
room. The crier found it necessary to ray I
for order repeatedly.
A Fairy Prince.
Lieutenant Commander Rodney, in his
answer sets forth that the allegations made
by his wife .are "frivolous and hysterical,
if not fraudulent." He continues:
That his wife, being addicted to drugs.
Is erratic. And, as Don Quixote cut open
the wine bags when asleep, she in this bill
slashes around at her loving but luckless
husband. In Burke's Peerage, article Owen,
this lady, this Margaret Edith, is seen to
be the daughter of the late George Rod
ney Owen, youngest son of a member of
parliament, the late tenth baronet of Oriel
ton, from original creation in 1G41, niece of
the present eleventh baronet and descend
ant of Admiral First Lord Rodney, on
which data the defendant observes as fol
lows:
"She dishonors her ancestry and she
ceased to be a foreigner and acquired the
very ckizenship necessary through which
to attack, oppress and agonize her loving
husband (an officer of the navy and Union
war veteran), only by being taken into his
trustful but betrayed bosom. She regards
not his entreaties to follow the example
of the good women of the Bible. And she
was In extremity of circumstances when
the defendant appeared to her, as she her
self called him, 'a fairy prince come to her
rescue.' She herself began the courtship
in a most affectionate letter to the defend
ant. her cousin. Married November 3 last
and brought to Washington the following
day, many hundred dollars In outfitting
and luxuries were expended upon her by
the defendant, and he felt sure of her fidel
ity and gratitude."
BluiieleM and Poetical.
In reply now specifically to the asser
tions of Mrs. Rodney's bill regarding her
life at 723 13th street and elsewhere, the
defendant refers to the other affidavits he
filed. Continuing, he says in his affidavit:
"It was her own tnitiative and motion,
not the defendant's, this reconciliation: she
began it early In March, and the defend
ant did not begin to again trust her until
April 15. So far from the defendant 'treat
ing her with persistent cruelty and inhu
manity," It was, she treating him in the
same manner, for he Invariably treated her
with patient, faithful love and even idola
try."
The defendant calls the court's attention
particularly to the "malignant innuendo" she
oonveys in her wording and implores the
oourt to examine this letter itself and see
the defendant's blameless and poetical lan
guage?as with all her husband's letters to
her, nothing but love and admiration. He
took charge of a sealskin sack (which he
had bought and paid for) merely to keep
it safe for her until next winter. Knowing
her spendthrift ways he feared she would
pawn it this summer.
"He denies In every particular and un
equivocally the mercenary assertions as to
his having any business or income outside
the navy. Although married only a few
months ago, his wife has already cost him
several hundred dollars in needless ex
penses alone, which Is being carried as so
much debt against the little navy pay.
Fifty dollars of the above was by the
court's order paid to her attorney, and a
hundred more to the same attorney for
closing out the pendente lite upon her
treacherous so-called reconciliation; and
here the pendente lite comes up again as
if nothing had happened. Instead of living
as the court expected within the large
temporary alimony granted her, she ran
up debts of over $100 in that same short
alimony period, for which the defendant is
still being dunned and harassed, and upon
the reconciliation he refitted her with more
than another hundred dollars cash bought
clothes."
Still Loves and Ready to Forgive.
Whatever happens to be overlooked in
the foregoing specific denials of her as
sertions is covered by the defendant's gen
eral denial, so he sets forth. It is fur
ther stated:
"And yet. after all this, the defendant
still loves his wife and is ready to for
give her. The spirit of the law, as well
as the church, abhors divorce and would
nave unity and love. Defendant implores
| the honorable court to duly consider these,
his kindly views and propositions, and not
| add to the sufferings and losses his wire
has already caused. For to be again cast
in alimony and fees would be a very great
and undeserved humiliation and will ag
gravate the cruel vanity and litigious
mania of his wife, and disappoint our
friends' benevolent efforts for her being
coaxed happily around again. Instead of
his money for her support being forced by
harshness of legal process and paid to her
through attorneys, defendant implores the
court to let him continue to take care of
her himself (even if she Insists on living
apart), as he has been faithfully and lov- I
Ingly doing to his best ability undar his
losses and heavy other expenses."
The other affidavit referred to tended to
support the assertions of Lieutenant Com
mander Rodney as to Ms caring and pro
viding for his wife, and as to her alleged
treatment of him.
Attorneys Colbert and Sellhausen repre
sented Mrs. Rodney at the hearing this
afternoon.
Salt to Enforce Liens.
Proceedings in equity were instituted this
afternoon by Albert M. Cowell, Isaac N.
Powell, Joseph Mathy and Charles J. Fan
ning, through Attorney Hayden Johnson,
against James T. Levy and fifteen other de
fendants. The complainants bring the suit I
in their own right as simple contract cred- j
ltora of the defendant, James T. Levy, for
the purpose of enforcing certain liens
against lots 85, 36, 37, 38 and 89, in James
T. Levy's subdivision of lots In block 87,
Columbia Heights, pursuant to the pro
visions of the mechanics' lien law.
It la aaked that certain of the defendants,
as trustees be enjoined from selling the
property under deeda of truat to the aune,"
and thaj the property be aold by direction
of the court and the proceeds applied, after j
the payment of prior liens, to the satisfac
tion of the ^?'mi of the
ARFA1RS IN ALEXANDRIA
REPtJBLICAH WARD MEETINGS HELD
*
FOR CHOICE OF DELEGATES.
Members of Alexandria Delegation to
Democratic State Convention
Adopt Unit Rule.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 701 King Street.
Bell Telephone No. H*>
ALEXANDRIA, V*., August 9. 1901.
Republican ward meetings were held here
at noon today for the election of
delegates to the city convention which win
meet tomorrow morning at 10 o clock in
Opera House Annex Hall and elect nv
delegates to the republican state conven
tion at Roanoke the 21st instant. T e
lowing were the delegates chosea:
First ward, Geo. O. Noland, J. L.
and John Sales.
Second ward. James E. Johnson.
Lucas and Albert Green.
Third ward. John Devitt, R. P. ^
nett. J. K. Swart*. Joseph L. Crupper. J. M
Buckner. Samuel Smith and William Car
tCThe proceedings in the fourth ward had
not been reported when this r*?^rtD?'08.V'*
The meetings were well attended
administration of Mr. Jos?f k L- heart
chairman of the city committee, was heart
lly indorsed.
Meeting of Democratic Delegates.
A meeting of the twenty members of the
Alexandria city delegation to the demo
cratic state convention in Norfolk the 14th
Instant was held last night In the office of
Mr. Samnel G. Brent, on North Fairfax
street. Mr. William B. Smoot was chosen
chairman and Mr. George Drewry secre
tary. A resolution offered by Mr. James
R. Caton that the delegation vote as a unit
was adopted. On motion of Mr. Charles
Cuvllller the meeting Indorsed the follow
ing state ticket: Representative Claude
Swanson for governor, Col. Joseph E. Wll
lard for lieutenant governor and State Sen
ator John Jeffries for attorney general.
Mr. C. C. Carlin Introduced a resolution
that the convention be requested to ratify
and reaffirm the principles of the demo
cratic party as expressed In the Kansas
City platform. The resolution was adopted,
and Mr. Carlin was selected to present it
to the convention. It was decided that the
delegates should name their respective al
ternates, subject to the approval of the
delegation. The party will leave here the
evening of the 13th Instant by Norfolk
steamer.
Church Representatives Chosen.
The following delegates have been elected
by the congregation of the First Baptist
Church to attend the Potomac Association
which meets In Warrenton the 14th Instant:
Adam Martin. J. T. Lyles, J. T. Nails. F.
M Wood, George Drewry. W. P. Henshaw
and Lewis C. Nails. The association will
be In session up to and Including Sunua>,
the 18th Instant. The annual sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Dr. George L. Hunt
pastor of the First Baptist Church. At
the annual meeting of the congregation W.
P. Henshaw was re-elected treasurer for
the ensuing year, and James R. Mansnela
was re-elected church clerk. The reports
received from various commtttees showed
the affairs of the church to be in excellent
condition.
Company Incorporated.
Judge J. K. M. Norton in vacation in the
corporation court yesterday afternoon
granted a charter to the Mercantile Invest
ment Company, the object of which Is to
loan money on approved security and to
conduct an easy payment purchasing busi
ness by which the members of the com
pany will enjoy the best advantages for
buying goods. The capital stock is put at
$10 000. The following are the officers:
Noien L. Chew of Indiana, president;
James C. Noyes, vice president; J. T. Ex
nicios, secretary; J. D. Leonard, treasurer,
and John R. Brown, general manager. C.
q9 Caxlin is named as local representative.
Tne officers, with David H. Fenton of In
diana and Ernest Schmld. Harry J. Crosson
and James H. Clarke of Washington, D. C.,
constitute the board of directors.
General Matters.
Mayor Simpson disposed of the following
cases in the police court this morning:
Ollie Carter, colored, charged with disor
derly conduct, was assessed 55. Julia
Cheeks. Annie Brown, Bertha Carter, Mar
tha Lewis and Etta Cave, colored, were
fined $3 each on the charge of being drunk
and disorderly.
The explosion of a gasoline stove at the
residence of Mr. William Sutton, on Duke
street between Lee and Union streets, late
yesterday afternoon caused the calling out
of the fire department. The flames were
extinguished by means of a chemical ap
paratus. The damage was slight.
Miss Helen D. Reed of this city and Mr.
Victor A. Hockanson of Chicago were
quietly married in this city Tuesday even
ing. The bride and groom left for Chi
cago. where they will make their future
home. The announcement of the marriage
was a surprise to the friends of the bride.
The marriage of Miss Emily Louise
Nightingale, daughter of Mrs. Louise
Nightingale, and Mr. William Guckert of
New York, which occurred at Rockville,
Md., November 6, 1900, has Just been an
nounced. ^
A literary meeting of the Epwortn
League M. E. Church South will be held
this evening at 8 o'clock In the lecture
room of the church on South Washington
street.
Funeral of Richard P. Walker.
Funeral services over the remains of
Richard P. Walker, the bricklayer who was
drowned off the pier below Chesapeake
Beach Sunday, were held at Lee's under
taking establishment at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The services were conducted by
the Rev. Harry Proctor. Those who acted
as pallbsarers were Wilford Brown, David
Parker, W. H. Mehler and H. Witman.
The interment was at Oak Hill.
Overcome by Heat.
Robert Bennett, colored, aged twenty-five
years, living at No. 751 Navy place south
east, was overcome by the heat while
working on the Ruppert building on Har
rison street, Anacostia, today. He was sent
to his home in No. 5 patrol wagon.
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, Md., August 8. ?Flour firm, un
changed; receipts. 9,494 barrels; exports, 28,003
barrels. Wheat quiet and easier; spot, the month
and September, 73%a74%; October, 74%a74%; De
cember, 7814; steamer No. 2 red, 70%a70%; re
ceipts, 324,864 bushels; exports, 285,764 bushels;
southern by sample, 60a74Vs; southern on grade,
70a74%. Corn verj dull; mixed, spot, 60%; the
month, 59%s60%; September, 60%a60%; steamer
mixed, 58%; receipts, 3,483 bushels; exports, 33,
600 bushels; southern white corn, 62a03; southern
yellow corn, 61a62. Oats easier; No. g white, new,
42a42%; old, 43Vica44; No. 2 mixed, new, 40a40%;
old, 41a41%; receipts, 15,110 bushels; exports,
none. Bye Arm; No. 2 nearby. 56; No. 2 western.
57; receipts, 10,345 bushels; exports, none. Hay
strong and higher; No. 1 timothy, S16.50 bid. Uraln
freights rery dull, unchanged. Butter firm, un
changed; fancy Imitation, 17al8; fancy creamery,
21a22; fancy ladle, 16alT; store packed, 12a 14.
Eggs firm; fresh, 15c. Cheese firm, unchanged;
large, 10%; medium, 10%; small, 10%. Sugar firm;
fine and coarse granulated, 90.46.
Government Bonds.
Bid. Asked.
2 per cents, registered 107% 108%
2 per cents, coupon 107% 108%
f per cents, registered. 190$-1928... 108% 10?
per cents, coupon, 1908-1928 108% 109
4 per cents, registered. 1907 113 113%
4 per cents, coupon, 1907 113 113%
4 per cents, registered, 1929 137% 138
4 per cents, coupon. 1925 137 138
5 per cents, registered, 1904 107% 108'
5 per cents, coupon, 1904 107% 108
g
Grain, Provision* and Cotton Markets.
CHICAGO, August 9.?Grain:
Open. HI
Wheat?Sept 70% 71J
Dec 72% 73V
Cora?Sept........ 57
Dec 59% 60
Oats-Stept..,,. 85 85%
I/6Ct ???????? ????
CHICAGO, August 9.?Provisions:
Open. High. Low. Close.
Port?Sept.,???? r... iff .yft
???? ???? ?... 14.80
Lard?Sept ? ??????? ???? ?? ? ? ??? 8.62
Jan ? ???? %?.. 8.70
Blbt?flsit. ...???, .... ?.,? **.. t.tt
Jt&*.....,,, .... ?... 7.70
NEW YORK, August 9.-Cotton:
Open. High. Low. Clow.
September T.12 7.ft 7.12 7.1#
October 7.21 7.24 T.1S 7.2S
December. 7,20 7.24 7.12 T.24
January..7JB US W# 'U7
FINANCE AND TRADE
Short Covering Helped to Sustain
Price of Stocks.
THE WDDSTRIALS WERE NEGLECTED
Investors Are Disposed to Await
Strike Developments.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, August 9.?The opening
hour this morning was given over to a
further covering of outstanding short con
tracts. Chicago was a buyer and London
reported a continental demand for the Pa
cific Issues. Commission houses had some
buying orders, but the tendency was to
proceed cautiously over the end of the
week.
General conditions are encouraging and
prices have little to contend against out
side of the steel strike and the government
crop report. *
It is believed that the worst is known
concerning the evils of the drouth in the
west and that the market will be relieved
to have the government confirmation out
of the way. In spite of the covering of the
last few days a considerable short aocount
is open In Union Pacific, Atchison and St.
Paul. There were some indications of in
creasing nervousness on the part of this In
terest today, but It is fair to assume that
a considerable portion of the account will
be carried over Sunday.
News from the steel strike was mixed,
and there was less interest displayed In the
steel shares. Both sides are making con
fident claims, but financial interests lean
almost unanimously in favor of the com
panies. There is at least a fair prospect
for the company opening up its mills non
union next week. Just as it has been doing
during the last few days.
The stocks have needed less support than
usual during the last two days, and soma
new buying has allowed the supporting in
terest to market Its cheap stock, thus ma
terially strengthening its capacity for fu
ture assistance.
The Gould stocks were taken in hand
during the morning under the leadership
of Missouri Pacific. All of the southwest
ern shares were marked up under a mixed
demand, and held the advance fairly w*li.
The buying of Mexican National and Mex
ican Central was again conspicuous.
The Vanderbllt group was active, the
Nickel Plate issues particularly attracting
a good demand. There was again little
outside of present earnings and the
rumors of Important inside plans which
have been heard for some weeks to explain
the movement. The anthracite coal shares
attracted some good buying during the
morning, but the time is not ripe for the
main movement in these shares.
The stocks are well bought on all de
clines, and there is no lack of confidence in
the ultimate result
The industrial list is not so popular as
the railroad department Just now, the labor
troubles being more likely to affect It. A
few of the independent steel companies are
doing well, and may attract the attention
of the United States Company as dangerous
competitors once the latter company is suf
ficiently foot-loose to look Into outside
matters.
Preliminary figures Indicate that the
banks have gained something over $2,000,
000 In cash during the week, the greater
part of It from the Interior. The gain
through subtreasury operations has been
about $475,000. Unless loans have again
expanded materially these figures Indicate
a favorable bank statement. The money
market, however, is satisfactory and the
course of prices is not likely to be retarded
by Immediate developments In that quarter.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Si "JS
100% 100%
164*4 164%
1few York Stock Market.
Furnished by W. B. Hlbbs ft Co.. banker*
end brokers, 1419 F St.. members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La
denburg, Thnimann * Co.. New York.
Oora. Hlsb. Loir. CV>?
Amalga mated Copper? 112% 118% 111!
Amer. Car A Foundry... 29 29% 28
Am. Car A Foundry,pfd. 83% 83* 88
American Sugar... IMS 134% 132% 13S
American Tobacco 1
Atchison- 73% 73% 72 72%
Atchison. pfd_ ... 94'4 95 <H% 94%
Baltimore A Ohio 96% 96% 96 96s
Baltimore <fc Ohio, pfd?
BrooklvnRapid Transit- 74% 75% 98% 79%
Chesapeake a Ohio 44% 44% 44 % 44%
Chicago. B. a Q? ?
Chic, a Northwestern? _ ...... _.
C. M. and St. Paul 158% 150% 167 157
Cnicago. K. i a Pacific. 139% 140 138% 188%
Cnic.a G. Western 21% 21% 21% 21%
Col. Fuel and Iron?
Consolidated Gas 221 221 221
Con. Tobacco.
Con. Tobacco, ofd?
Delaware a Hudson
trie.....???.......................
Erie. 1st
General Electric?.......
Illinois Central ?.
Louisville a Nashville
Metropolitan Traction.- tw j
Manhattan Klevated 116% 117% 116% J16%
Missouri Pacific 99 101^ 98% 99%
M.. K. a T.. pfd 53% 68% 52% 62%
National Lead Co ... 20% 21 20% 21
Mew Jersey Central
New York Central- 151% 152 151 151
N Y.,Ontario a Western- 32% 82% 82% 32%
Northern Pacific.- _
Northern Pacific, pfd-.. . . _ ...... ......
Pacific Mail- 39 39 89 39
Pennsylvania K. K 144 144 143 143
?People's Gaa_ 113 113% 108% 108%
Phi la a Reading,1st 77 77% 76% 76%
Beading 2nds 51% 61% 51% 51%
Reading (om 40% 41 40% 40%
Southern Pacific ? 54% 56% 58% 5?%
Southern Railway 29% 29-% 28% 28%
ft on t hern Railwav. pfd. 84% 84% 84 84
Texas Pacific? 41 42% 41 42
lenu. Coal and Iron 60% 61 M>% 60
Union Pacific- 96% 97% 95% 95%
Union Pacific pfd 88% 88% 88% 88%
U S. Leather 13% 13% 18 13
(7 S. Leather, pfd....?. 80 80 80 80
U.S.Rubber?
U.S Steel 42% 42% 41% 41%
U.asteel.pfd. 91% 91% 90% 90%
Wabash pfd? 39% 40% 39 89
Western Union TeL 92% 93 92 92
?Ex-div., 1%
Washington Stock Eiekange.
Sales?regular call, 12 o'clock m.?Mergenthaler
Linotype, 10 at 1H81*. After call?Union Trust and
Storage Co., 10 at 109. United States Electric Light
deb. 6s, 600 at 105S4. Mergenthaler Linotype, 1
at 168^. Lanston Monotype. 10 at 14%, 4 at 14Vi.
District of Columbia Bonds.?Funding currency
8.65s, 124 bid.
Miscellaneous Bonds.?Capital Traction Railroad
4s, 108 bid, 108V4 asked. Washington Traction and
Electric coll. 4%s, 64 bid. Metropolitan Railroad
Be. 116 bid. Metropolitan Railroad cert, indebt-, A,
105 bid, 107% asked. Metropolitan Railroad cert.
Indebt., B, 106 bid. 107% asked. Columbia Rail
road 6s, 117 bid. Columbia Railroad 2d mort. lis,
110 asked. Washington Gas Company 6s, ser. A,
107 bid. Washington Gas Compauy 6s. ser. B, 107
bid. United States Electric Light deb. Imp. 6s,
106% bid. United States He trie Light cert. Indebt.
6s, 106% bid, 106^ asked. Chesapeake and Po
tomac Telephone 6s, 103 bid. 107 asked. American
Security and Trust 4s, 100 bid. Washington Mar
ket Company 1st 6a, 110 bid. Washington Market
Company Imp. 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market
Company exten. 6s. 110 bid. Masonic Hall As
soc in t Ion 8s. 106 bid. American Graphophone deb.
Be, 100 asked. ? . ? u ,
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.?National
Safe Deposit and Trust. 146 bid- Washington
Loan and Trust, 171 bid. 174 asked. American
Security and Trust, 216 bid. 224 asked. Washing
ton Safe Deposit. 60 bid. Union Trust and Stor
age. 109 bid, 10?S4 asked.
National Bank 8tocks.?Bank of Washington. 876
bid, 425 asked. Metropolitan, 726 bid, 775 asked.
Central, 230 bid, 300 asked. Farmers and Me
chanics', 280 bid. Second, 1?8 bid. Citliens", 165
bid. Columbls, 170 bid. 180 asked. Capital, 166
bid. 170 asked. West End. 120 bid. 127 asked.
Traders', 132 bid. Lincoln. 119% bid. 126 asked.
Railroad Stocks. ? Capital Traction Company.
102% bid, 102% asked. City and Suburban, 23
asked.
Insurance Stocks.?Firemen's, 26 bid. Franklin.
40 bid. Metropolitan. 76 bid, 80 asked. Corcoran.
83 bid. Potomac, 70 asked- Arlington. 28 bid.
German-American, 226 bid. National Union, 7%
bid, 8% asked. Columbia. 10 bid, 10% asked.
Riggs, 7 bid, 8 asked. People s, 8 bid, 8% asked.
Commercial, 4 bid. 6 asked. Colonial, 116 asked
Title Iniuraoce Stocks.?Real ? Estate Title, 80
bid, 96 asked. Columbia Title. 4% bid. 0% asked.
Washington Title, 8% bid. 4 asked. District Title,
Stocks.?Chesapeake and Potomac, 84
bid. 70 asked.
Gas Stocks.?Washington Oss, 60% bid. 80 asked.
Georgetown Gas, 88 bid, 76 asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks. ? Mergenthaler Linotype
187% bid. 188% asked. Lanston Monotype, 14V4
bid, 14% asked. American Gtanhophoee cess.. 8%
bid, 0 asked. American Graphophone pfd.. x0%
bM, 10% asked. PsessMtlc Ota Carriage. .08 bid,
.10 asked. Washington Market. 14 bid. Norfolk
and Washington fwabnat. 186 hid. 180 asked.
* Bk. dividend.