FILES HIS ANSWER i
Lieut. Commander Rodney Responds
to Wife's Suit for Divorce.
ALSO PRESENTS A CROSS BILL
Tells Story of His Marriage With
Margaret Edith Owen.
PART PLAYED BY TELEGRAM
The marriage of Robert Burton Rodney,
paymaster with the rank of lieutenant
commander. United States navy, retired,
and Margaret Edith Owen, occurred in St.
Anne's Church. Dufferin street, Toronto,
November 3, 1900. In his answer and cross
bill to his wife's petition for divorce, which
he placed >n record this afternoon. Lieut.
Commander Rodney asserts that the mar
riage was brought about through a tele
gram from the petitioner, which lured him
thereto, as follows:
"Dear Robert: All trust and love. Come
at once. Margaret."
His reply was: "With whom do the mer
maids flirt? With the swells of the ocean."
Yet they soon hopelessly quarreled over
her having brought along a Miss Cole, with
whom, he says, his wife insisted on con
stantly associating, not only all day, but
all night, to the complete exclusion of the
husband.
? How came he to marry her. anyhow?"
sots forth the retired naval paymaster In
his cross bill. "It was because of the
union of the titled families of Owen and
Rodney in England many years past; and
he was influenced ?y the fascinating memo
ries of his early youth there. But this
Margaret Edtth Owen (see Burke's Peer
age) came to 'Canada when a child, and
was raised apart from the gentle condi
tions of her ancestry."
Lieutenant Commander Rodney declares
to the court that his wife does not wish a
divorce unless it carries alimony.
"She has alimony on the brain." he con
tends. "and she aa.vs, 'Were she ever to
bear a girl infant she will have it christ
ened Alimmia, to commemorate the tri
umphs of her beauty and magnetism.' "
Tlie Suit for Maintenance.
It will be recalled that several months
ago Mrs. Rodney filed suit against her hus
band to compel him to provide for her
maintenance. During the pendency of the
suit he was required to pay her $45 a
month. The proceedings were ultimately
dismissed, however, at the Instance of Mrs.
Rodney, the explanation being that the
parties had reached an agreement out of
court. The troubles of the pair were again
called to the attention of the court the ,'JOth
of last month, when Mrs. Rodney asked
that she be granted an absolute divorce.
She appealed for alimony pendente lite and
after a hearing Justice Clabaugh of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
the loth instant, renewed her allowance of
$45 a month.
Additional Charges.
Lieutenant Commander Rodney charges
(hat his wife's utterances and practices have
been and are that "a husband has no rights
whatever and that a wife is always to be
supported to the utmost expense possible,
and without her having a thought of keep
ing any vows or performing any dutiee or
rendering any equivalent whatever. That
is. marry a man, however kindly and lov
ing and patient and virtuous, and then
at once throw off the mask, shirk every
wifely duty and do nothing but slander,
plunder, betray and ruin him. All which
extreme cruelty the plaintiff has wickedly
done, and to her utmost opportunity."
During the temporary alimony period,
which ended April 15 last, so the defendant
maintains, his wife expended on strangers
the alimony wrung month by month, under
alternative of the prison, from her "de
serted. betrayed and outraged husband."
It was cruelty in the extreme of baseness,
he asserts. Furthermore. It Is stated, by
her conduct sfce dared to deceive the court,
the generosity and trustfulness of which
had been so freely displayed toward her.
According to Lieutenant Commander Rod
ney. he was a martyr to his wife's deliber
ate cruelty and heartlessness, and declares
she said her only use for him was to sup
ply her with money, and she strained mer
ciless ingenuity and persistence of provo
cation to snatch legal occasion against
him.
Make* General Denial.
In his answer to Mrs. Rodney's petition
for divorce, the defendant makes general
denial pf her accusations of cruelty and
failure to properly provide for her. The
cross bill is filed, he says, to protect him
self. He adds that he is a member of the
church and opposed to divorce on prin
ciple. and simply is acting under the ad
vice of his attorney.
"Briefly," says Lieut. Commander Rod
ney, referring to his wife, "she is a beau
tiful devil." He goes am to say. however, that
it Is with sorrow ut,d despair that the cross
bill is brought, f^r he dearly loves her.
Still, he adds, she, "being possessed of an
ungovernable and satanlc temper, and losing
control of it at the least chance, and with
out any provocation whatsoever, and with
out fault on the part of this defendant, has
been guilty of extreme cruelty In that,
commencing immediately after their mar
riage. she has always treated this defendant
in said manner."
The defendant points out that his wife's
petition has to support it only two little
loving letters of her husband. He charac
terizes as "the very refinement of her
cruelty, heartlesshess and shamelessness"
the action of "a wife, the supreme cus
todian of a husband's honor," who, "wan
tonly, runs to lawyers and the court and
the public with that husband's confidential
love letters, relating to nothing else than
his ardent love for her."
Aliened Premium on Weakness.
In concluding his cross bill. Lieutenant
Commander Rodney takes occasion to state
to the court "as a fact terribly pertinent
hereto, that alimony is simply a standing
premium the law offers for wifely weuk
n? ss. treachery and worthlessness. But
for its seductions, his beloved wife would
not have fallen, nor have deserted him. He
does not presume to say here that alimony
is widely a demoralizer of matrimony; but
this much is both certain and relevant?
that it has wrecked and destroyed his own
married life."
Lieutenant Commander Rodney asks the
court to grant him a divorce on the al
leged ground of cruel treatment of him by
his wife. He Is represented by Attorneys
Dtwees & Deweee.
At the instance of Attorney M. J. Colbert,
of counsel for Mrs. Rodney, Justice Bar
nard this aftern Kin signed an order di
recting Lieut. Commander Rodney to show
cause the 23d Instant why he should not
be adjudged in contempt of court for hav
ing failed to pay Ids wife an allowance of
alimony due the Kith Instant.
Sudden Death of a Boy.
Malvin Burton, colored, aged thirteen
years, died very suddenly In Cardozo's drug
store, corner of 12th and R streets north
west, about 1 o'clock this afternoon. The
boy was taken Into the store by his par
ents to get some medicine. He at once
lay down on the Itoor and was supposed to
be suffering with a fit. Ten minutes later
he was dead. Coroner Nevltt was notified,
after which the body was removed to the
home of the lad's parents. No. 1200 R
street northwest.
Death From Blood Poisoning.
Mrs. Anna M. Brooks, aged thirty-three
years, who lived with her husband at No.
I?04 6th street southeast, died this morning
under such circumstances that the attend
ing physician did not feel warranted in la
suing the usual certificate. Coroner Nevltt,
who was notified, had the body removed to
the morgue, where an autopsy was made
by Dr. Fisher, acting for Dr. Glasebrook.
and which disclosed that death was caused
by blood poisoning.
Without Caste.
The alarm from box 173. abouF noon to*
day waa for a supposed fire In an allay
near the corner of 14th and H streets
aorthwest. but the call for help proved tb
be without foundation. It was further
stated that a man was run over by tha
engine which responded to tha call, but this
likewise proved to be untrue.
PORTO RICANS IN HAWAII
SUGAR PLANTERS SATISFIED WITH
THEM AS LABORERS.
They Will lie Engaged Hereafter in
Preference to Other Classes
of Foreigners.
Washington officials who are cognizant of
the shipments of laborers to Hawaii that
have been going on for probably a year,
state that the Hawaiian sugar planters
have discovered that Porto Ricans are the
best suited to work on the plantations, and
will hereafter spend their money and
efforts in securing this kind of labor.
The Hawaiian sugar planters have been
in sore straits for labor for several years,
and the value of the plantations has de
creased by reasons of the inability to pro
cure sufficient labor. About a year ago the
Sugar Planters' Association of the islands
employed men to send labor to the Islands
from this country- One of the principal
employes was stationed in New York for
the purpose of picking up Immigrants who
had managed to gain admission to this
country. In the course of a year this
agent has sent to Hawaii 1,500 to 2,000
laborers, mostly Portuguese, of which there
are many in the island. The trouble about
Europeans, however, is that when they ar
rive in Hawaii they find somebody else pay
ing more than the Sugar Planters' Associa
tion has agreed to pay and jump their
agreements, notwithstanding they have
been sent to the islands at immense ex
pense. The total expense to the Sugar
Planters' Association has been consider
ably beyond $100 per head, all railroad,
steamship and other expenses being paid
from New York or wherever the laborers
were secured.
Will Be Given Preference.
While the Portuguese, Italians and other
classes have been procured in New York,
the sugar planters have been steadily get
ting Porto Ricans. The experience of the
last year has taught the planters that the
Porto Ricans are most satisfactory and
will remain with more willingness at their
positions. Hereafter none but Porto Ric
ans are to be sent to Hawaii for work on
the plantations. The climate there agrees
with them, and as soon as they can be
strengthened they become valuable. The
trouble up to this time has been that star
vation in Porto Rico among the poorest
classes has left them In a sadly depleted
condition, and for two or three months
after arriving in Hawaii they are really
unfit for work. The sugar planters, during
that interval, feed them carefully and give
them free mrdiral treatment. When they
are able to do work and remain faithful to
their agreements they prove satisfactory.
DISTRICT PRISONERS.
Warden of Moundsville Penitentiary
Anxious* About Their Disposition.
Senator Scott of West Virginia was at
the Department of Justice today with War
den Haddox of the Moundsville, W. Va.,
state prison. Warden Haddox came here
to ascertain what the department intends
to do about the disposition of District pris
oners who are sent to the West Virginia
penitentiary. The erection of the large fed
eral prison at Atlanta was for the purpose
of relieving the government as much as
possible of the cost of maintaining fed
eral prisoners in state prisons, but it is
not known that the new prison will be able
to accommodate all the prisoners now con
fined in the various institutions. The
Moundsville authorities want to find out
If the District convicts are to be taken
away and sent to Atlanta. Major Strong,
who has charge of that kind of work for
the Department of Justice, was not at his
office today, being at home ill, and Warden
Haddox could not find out anything. It is
understood that no definite decision on the
question has yet been reached.
DIED IN PHILIPPINES.
Late Mortuary Record of Soldiers Sent
by General Chaffee.
Under date of July 12, General Chaffee to
day reported the following deaths in the
Philippines:
Dysentery?James Mitchell, private, B,
25th Infantry, Palaulg, Luzon, July 2, 1901;
General Gandy, private, B, 25th Infantry,
1st Reserve Hospital, July 7, 1901; Carl
Flick, first sergeant, 36th Company, Coast
Artillery, Santa Rosa, Luzon, July 3, 1901;
Frank Cypukoltls, private, A, 12th In
fantry, Concepcion, Luzon, July 6, 1901;
Curtis J. Chappell, private, D. 6th Infan
try, Blnalbagan, Negros, June 17, 1901; Ed
win H. Bartlett, private. A, 17th Infantry,
Sual, Luzon, July 1, 15)01.
Drowned (bodies recovered)?Osmond M.
Whltmore, private. A, 1st Infantry, Catar
man, Samar, June 1, 1901; Harry D. Goffs,
private. F, 30th Infantry. Mavitad, Luzon,
July 1. 1901; George Osborne, private, A,
aoth Infantry, Candon, Luzon, June 2?$. 1901.
Drowned (body not recovered)?Charles
F. Miller, first sergeant. A, 1st Infantry,
Catarman. Samar, June 1, 1901.
Typhoid fever?Louis Huber, cook, I. 15th
Infantry, San Jose de Lagonoy. Luzon,
June 15, 1901; James W. Byrd, private, C,
3d Infantry, San Fernando, Luzon. June 28,
1901.
Variola?Paul N. Blllman, private, H,
4th Cavalry, Currimao, Luzon, July 4,
1901; Gordon R. Owens, private, K, 26th
Infantry, Guinobatan, Luzon, June 27, 1901.
Malarial fever?Harry Q. Kramer, pri
vate. K. 13th Infantry, Bautlsta, Luzon,
July 0. 1001; Harry Shaw, corporal, H,
10th Infantry, Tuguegarao, Luzon, June
27. 1!HU.
Tuberculosis?Martin Lacy, private, I,
2d Infantry, Sta. Mesa Hospital, Manila,
July 7, 1901.
Bubonic plague?John Ryer, cook, I, 4th
Infantry. Naic, Luzon. July 1, 1901.
Abscess of liver?John Posey, private,
F. 24th Infantry. Dagupan, Luzon, July 2,
1901.
Pneumonia?William H. Miller, musician,
A, 23J Infantry, Coitabato, Mindanao, June
6, 1901.
Empyema?Charles Strouther. late pri
vate, G. 49th Infantry, Sta. Nesa Hospital,
July 9. 1901.
The body of Corporal Basil I. Baird,
Company A. 2<)th Infantry, was recovered.
Private John Powers, Company B, 15th In
fantry, died June 11, instead of June 15.
Personal Mention.
Assistant Secretary Ailes, accompanied
by Mrs. Ailes and children, has gone to the
Buffalo exposition.
Mr. L. Q. Washington of 1105 9th street,
this city, has been a sufferer for two
months past from the effects of heat pros
tration. His health has been thereby great
ly impaired.
Mr. Frank W. Slgourney, secretary to
the adjutan* general, District of Columbia
militia, has returned to the city after a
stay of several weeks in the Blue Ridge
mountains.
(apt. CraiBhlll at 'Frisco.
Among the arrivals on the transport
Sheridan yesterday at San Francisco was
Captain Craighlll, in command of Company
A, 1st Battalion Engineers. This command
has been in the Philippines since the first
expedition sailed for Manila.
Gen. Greely's Movements.
Colonel Dunwoody, acting chief signal
officer, has received a cablegram from Gen
eral Greely. in the Philippines, stating that
cable communication has been established
between Caiapan, on the northern coast of
Mindoro, and Boac, near the west coast of
the Island of Marinuque. The general
stated that he will leave for Yokohama,
Japan, tomorrow.
Government Boat Iajared.
The Quartermaster's department has re
ceived a dispatch stating that the General
French, a boat used by the government at.
Pensaoola, was struck by a .lighter In that
harbor during the storm and badly dam
aged. The cost of her repairs Is estimated
at $3,000.
Rendezvous of Bsrspeas Squadron.
The Navy Department announces that
the European squadron of American war
vessels will rendezvous at Genoa. Italy.
The cruiser Chicago, now at Southampton,
will proceed south to that poet, where ih?
win meet the cruiser Albany and the gun-"
boat Nashville, now at the BejrcbeUe Is
lands.
BASE ASSAULT CHARGED.
The Police Searching tor mm likiowa
Colored Mm.
Strenuous efforts are being made by the
police of the ninth precinct to apprehend a
colored man who la wanted on a charge of
having attempted a felonious assault on
Mabel Hudlow, a ten-year-old white girl,
today. The affair occurred on Cottage
I Hill, near the northern boundary of the old
Graceland xemetery. The little girl is the
daughter of James Hudlow, a carpenter,
living at 730 19th street northeast. She
was on the hill with her younger brother,
Charlie, when the colored man Invited her
to the woods, telling her he would get her
some peaches and pears. She objected to
going, she says, but he threatened her life
with a revolver if she did not accompany
him. When they reached the woods, the
girl and her little brother state, the man
took Improper liberties with her, after
dragging her a short distance Into the
bushes.
The colored man, the children declare,
drew a revolver and when the girt screamed
"Murder" he said he would kill her if she
did not keep quiet. The boy started for
assistance and the colored man soon after
ward went away. The children then
crossed the cemetery property and returned
home, where they related to their mother
the story of the assault. Report of the
heinous offense was made to tlhe police
and Precinct Detective Johnson and Police
men Wilson and O'Dea called at the Hud
low house and questioned Che girl. Prom
her they obtained a partial description of
her assailant. From what she stcuted It Is
Inferred he is about five feet elgftit Inches
tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
He wore a white shirt and white straw
hat. His description tallies with that of a
man who has been causing some annoyance
In the neighborhood of 15th and H streets
northast by his Indecent conduct. An ar
rest was made this afternoon by Policeman
O'Dea, but the children said he was not the
man who committed the crime.
NO YACHT RACE TODAY.
Ma.na.Kern Decided the Weather In the
Sonnd Was Too Thick.
LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB, N. Y., Au
gust 19.?For the first time In nearly ten
days there seemed a good prospect early
thi^ morning of some fine racing between
the Constitution and the Columbia In th^ir
third contest of the Larchmont series. A
strong twelve-kiot northeast wind was
blowing straight up the sound, bringing
with It a thick mist and roughing up the
sea.
At 8:30 o'clock the fog seemed to be get
ting thicker, and while the wind still held
true from the northeast and fully as strong,
some of the yachts out near the entrance of
the harbor could just be discerned in the
mist.
During the morning the weather cleared
up occasionally, and although it thickened
up again by 11:30, the Columbia came over
from Glen Cove. Fifteen minutes later the
Constitution hoisted her mainsail, and just
before noon the committee left the club
house for the start. The wind at this time
was blowing almost a gale from the east
northeast, and there were prospects of a
fine race. A heavy sea was also rolling In
eastward."
After both yachts had been under sail
about half an hour their managers decided
at 1 o'clock that It was too hazardous to
risk sailing a race in the sound in such
thick weather. Both yachts then ran over
under the lea of Long Island In Hempstead
harbor, and at 1:30 dropped anchor off the
yacht club station at Glen Cove.
At 2 o'clock it was quite clear, although
the gale still continued.
There will be no more races at Larch
mont and the next race of the Constitution
and Columbia will be Oyster Bay, next
Thursday, under the auspices of the Sea
wanhaka Yacht Club.
PRIVATE WATCHMAN KILLED.
Shot by Supposed Burglar in Resi
dence Part of Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG. August 19.?Matthew Mc
Bride, a private watchman, employed by
residents of the fashionable Squirrel Hill
district. In this city, was shot and killed
by an unknown man about 1 o'clock this
morning. McBrlde was patrolling his beat
when he came across a suspicious-looking
man and asked him his business. Without
replying the man drew a revolver and fired
direct Into the officer's face and then fled.
McBrlde was still living when found, but
died after relating the facts of the shoot
ing. It is supposed the murderer was a
burglar. The entire reserve force of the
Oakland district and the city detectives
are searching for him, but no trace has
been found.
DROWNING OF MISS FIN I FROCK.
Coroner of Washington County, Md.,
Will Investigate Cane.
Special IHspatcb to Tbe Evening Star.
HAGBRSTOWN, Md., August 19?In
viefw of the circumstances surrounding the
death of Miss Mary Finifrock, the young
lady who was drowned yesterday evening
in Lake Royer, on top of the mountain,
near Hagerstown, Md., State's Attorney
Poffenberger has ordered an Inquest held
as soon as the body is recovered.
Miss Finifrock came to the mountain yes
terday on an excursion from York, Pa.
She was on the lake In a boat with Mrs.
Louis Wecker and John E. Berkhelmer of
York and Frank Rlnehart of near Hagers
town. The boat upset as the result of be
ing rocked. It Is alleged, by Hlnehart. The
two men and Mrs. Wecker were rescued,
but Miss Finifrock sank out of sight before
aid could reach her. The lake Is being
dragged today, but at noon the body had
not been recovered. Rlnehart, Berkhelmer
and Mrs. Wecker are being detained pend
ing the inquest. Miss Finifrock was eigh
teen years old.
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COREA FORBIDS RICE EXPORTS.
Japan Wants to Know if the Measure
is Justified.
ST. PETERSBURG (Sunday), August 18.
?Dispatches received here from Seoul say
that the Corean government has forbidden
the exportation of rice, on account of the
bad crops, and that the Japanese govern
ment has instructed its minister at Seoul
to inquire whether the measure Is Justi
fiable. Japan has an agreement with Corea
forbidding such action, except in the case
of dire necessity.
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Proposed Statue to Gen. Law ton.
Special Dispatch to Tbe Evening Star.
RICHMOND, Ind., August 19.?There is a
movement on in Indiana to have placed in
Statuary Hall at Washington a statue of
General Henry W. Lawton, who was a
native of Indiana. This state Is entitled to
two statues In that hall, and now has but
one?that of Governor Oliver P. Morton.
There are some who claim the second
place should go to Thomas A. Hendricks,
the democratic statesman, but others claim
Morton and Lawton would be the best rep
resentatives of the citizen and the soldier.
The matter will come before the next legis
lature.
The Vsrlag Sails for the Paelflc.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 19.?The
cruiser Variag, recently built in the United
States for the Russian government, sailed
yesterday to reinforce the Russian squad
ron In the Pacific.
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Orish Rifle Shots Coming.
LONDON, August 19.?The Cunard line
steamer Servla, which sails from Liverpool
for New York August 20, will Jiave among
her passengers the representatives of the
Ulster Rifle Association who aro to com
pete at Sea Girt, N. J., with a team repre
senting the New Jersey State Rifle Asso
ciation.
Picnic Wagon Palls Forty Feet.
? LANSING, Ohio, August 19.?Ten persons
in a picnic wagon, returning home early
today, were thrown over a forty-foot em
bankment into the creek below. - Not one
of the party esoaped Injury. Henry Culp
and his sister Minnie were seriously hurt.
Douglas and Travis Scratch Mom.
- NEW YORK, August 19.?The Metropoli
tan Golf Association today made public its
new handicap list, based on the changes In
the public form at the players slnoe the
list brought out In April. In the new list
F. 8. Douglas and Walter J. Travis are
both placed at scratch. In the former list
Douglas received a stroke from Travis.
POOR COR^CEOf AND STRIKES DO
XjjfcT AFFECT IT.
?T ?& .
Trade Oooi" ui on a 8abitutl?I
Bula~Io^ni R^pnblteui Indorse
Rotli Senator*.
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CO ?
Mr. George E. Roberta, the director of the
mint, has ret?fned <from a long official trip
to San Franolsco hnd through the west.
Of his observation^ In the We3t Mr. Rob
erts said to a1 Star Reporter:
"The corn crop has been hard hit, and It
would be a very serious matter were It nbt
that the west has so much money In Its
wheat. It has the greatest wheat crop ever
raised, and, with short crops abroad, it Is
bringing a great deal of money. Kansas
and Nebraska have done so well on wheat
that they are in position to stand the loss
on corn. Minnesota, and the Dakotas are
better off than last year. But the loss on
corn will be felt all through the great cat
tle and hog-produclng states. It means
dearer feed and more coa%y meats. The
encouraging feature of the situation is the
Si ^friul manner fn which it is accepted.
Nobody seems discouraged. Improvements
are going on, trade Is good and everybody
8w?ms aVle to stand it without making sac
"ices- It is convincing proof of the fact
tnat the farmers of the west are on easy
street financially.
'Farm lands are everywhere advancing
i an<* t^ere 18 an active movement
in them. The country Is under such a tre
m*'1~ous m?mentum of prosperity that
neither the injury to corn nor the strikes
seem to make any Impression on it. There
19 a crying demand for men everywhere,
ana business seems to be in a thoroughly
healthy condition. The activity is that of
industry and legitimate trade. There Is
little speculation, there Is no town booming,
there is no great amount of railway build
ing. There seems to be no good reason I
why that kind of prosperity should not run
on Indefinitely. !
Iowa Senators Indorsed. I
"The republican convention In Iowa, by I
unanimous action, indorsed both Senator
Allison and Senator Dolllver for re-election
next winter. It will be the sixth term for I
Senator Allison, and for Senator Dolllver
will complete the term which he is now
serving under the governor's appointment.
'Mr. Cummins, the nominee for governor, I
is an able and popular man, and will nave (
the usual majority. The platform dis
tinctly indorsed the policy of reciprocity,
and on the subject of trusts proposed two
remedies: 'Amendments to the interstate
commerce act to make more effectual its
prohibition of discrimination In rate mak- I
lng, and modifications of the tariff sched
ules to prevent their becoming shelter for
monopoly.'" j
KWANG-HSIJ'S latest decree.
Chinese Court to Re*vrn to Pekln
September 6.
PEKIN, August 19.?Emperor Kwang
Hsu has Issued a decree postponing the re
turn of the oourt to Pekin until September
0, because of reports by the provincial au
thorities that the roads are impassable. It
Is believed, however, that the continuance
of the military 'occupation of the oapital Is
the true reason fqf the postponement.
SHANGHAI^, ^August 19.?An edict re
cently issued announces that the court will
leave for Slngan-Fu October 6. The gov
ernor of Honftn has been ordered to pre
pare a palace:^or temporary use at Kai
feng. This palace will be occupied by the
crtebratlons fn hortpr of the birthday of
the empress dowatffer, November 20.
Late report# "staple that quiet has been
restored in M^ngolfy.
Magistrates' along the route from Sln
gan-Fu to Pekln complain that the sons
of Prince Chirtg ot the imperial family,
who was at the head of the Boxers, are
oppressing them an4 demanding that they
honor the remains j&f their father, who suf
fered the death penalty for his connection
with the Boxer movement.
The British ? military authorities are ar
ranging for the protection of the Pekin
Shanhalkwan railway. The foreign police
commissioners, speaking Chinese, each of
whom will have under him 100 armed Chi
nese police, will have charge of the posts
along the line. It Is difficult to get suffi
cient competent men to run the railway,
though the line Is practically under British
control.
RIBBON WEAVERS TALK STRIKE.
General Walk-Out Threatened la Mills
at Pateraon, r, j.
PATERSON, N. J., August 19.?It is ex
pected that developments today and to
morrow will decide the question whether
there will be a general strike among
the ribbon weavers employed in this city.
Tonight there is to be a hearing in the
city hall as to the final disposition to be
made by the aldermen of the amendment
making picketing lawful In this city.
Tomorrow application will be made be
fore Vice Chancellor Emery at Newark, to
commit the strikers of Frank A Ehigan
who were convicted before Vice Chancellor
Pitney for contempt of court.
Tomorrow night there Is to be a mass
meeting in Paterson, when It is expected
leading delegates of the United Ribbon
Weavers will decide whether there shall
be a general strike.
PRESIDENT VISITS ZOAR.
Ohio Community Formerly Conducted
on Socialistic 1'la.n.
CANTON, Ohio, August 19?President
McKinley today visited Zoar, originally a
:ommunistlc village, organized about eighty
years ago. and conducted on the socialistic
plan until two years ago, when a division
of property was effected. I
Mrs. McKinley, Col. and Mrs. Myron T.
Herrick, their son Parmlee and a few Can- |
ton relatives and friends accompanied the
President.
The trip was made in Colonel Herrick's
private car, which was attached to a spe
cial train. The party will return to Canton 1
late this afternoon.
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THE NEWPORT TENNIS TOURNEY.
Prospect That Lamed and Wrlnht
Will Meet In Flnnls.
NEWPORT, R. J.> August 19.?An over- I
cast sky and other conditions much the
same as those nearly every day of last
week, favored W. A. Lamed and R. D.
Little today In the tennis semi-finals at
the Casino courts. The sun was obscured
throughout the forenoon. The only matches
scheduled were those between Leo Ware
and Lamed andLlme and Beals Wright. I
The final str\i?gie will come tomorrow I
The outlook this forenoon was that Lamed
and Wright wcetid- b# the men to meet for 1
America's hlgl^t ^$nnls honor. I
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IOWA lo*a SAIL TODAY.
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Battle Ship Has Taken on Coal and
Animttnltiofa at 'Frisco.
SAN FRANCTSCO, August 19.?The bat
tle ship Iowa na? taken on coal and ammu
nition and Is fJN^p^ed to sail today direct
for Panama. Ranger is now en route to
the same porV.fcut' ?j? account of her slow
ness she will fgt reach Panama until after
the Iowa arriyes tfypre. These vessels will
protect America tftferests on the western
side of the Is^^pu^
, W1LLE MSTfiD, Curacoa, August 19.?
Senor Vellegas Pulido, formerly'president
of the Venesuelan state\of Quarlco, and
lately President Castro's minister of com
merce. has been arrested in Caracas ?"?!
also thirty-five other politicians.
President Castro continues to encourage
the Colombian insurrection.
KRVGER DECLINES PRIVATEERS.
Intisaates, However, That He May Em
ploy Theaa Later On.
BRUSSELS. August 19.?She Petit Bleu
sirs Mr. Kruger has rejected the priva
teering proposals recently to him;
but resefras the right to have recourse
to corsairs' M the British shoot Boer pris
oners captutffed after September IS. The
promoters, bf the privateering plan intend
to W Mr. Kruger's refusal Ot their
knights of labor outing.
Pr off ram (? Bf Observed In Celeb ra
tio* of Labor Day.
In addition to the program arranged and
already published for the observance of La
bor day by labor organizations of this city,
the Knights of Labor have adopted an or
der of exercises which will be carried out
at Marshall Hall.
District Assembly, No. (56, the central
body of the organization In this city, has
been busy for some time in completing the
details of the day's outing. The knights
will spend the day at the pleasant resort
mentioned, as has been their custom for
years past, and, should the weather permit,
a program more varied and In every re
spect better, It is claimed, than those of
preceding years will be presented for the
amusement of the friends of the order.
Athletic games of nearly every conceiv
able description have been provided, and
through the efforts of the committee in
charge of this part of the program, the
generosity of the business men of the city
and the interest of the friends of the or
ganization many valuable prizes will be
distributed to the lucky competitors In the
different events.
Anticipating a large crowd the commit
tees in charge of grounds and transporta
tion have completed arrangements with the
ferry company by which a number of ex
tra boats will be at the command of the
organization. This move was made be
cause of the experience of past years and
for the reason that a large majority of the
pleasure seekers desire to stay until the
last moment, which caused the boats last
year to be crowded uncomfortably. It 18
the purpose of the committee to have a
schedule affording every means of enjoy
ment to those desiring to attend.
The program will be ushered in with a
game of base ball between teams organized
by members of the paperhangers and paint
ers' assemblies, respectively. The game
will be called at 12 m. The concluding
number will be an exhibition cake walk, to
take place at 10 o'clock p.m. in the dancing
pavilion.
The program and tfVrardlng of prizes will
be followed out as follows: Game of base
ball, 12 m., each member of the contesting
teams to receive a prize; chasing the greasy
pig, 4 p.m., prize, the pig: wheelbarrow
race, 4:30 p.m., one year's subscription to
the Washington Times; swimming match,
5 p.m., a bathing suit; tub race, 3:30 p.m.,
prize, a sweater; sack race, 6 p.m., prize, a
penknife; foot race for ladies. 6:30 p.m.,
prize, donated by W. H. Leech; foot race
for men, 7 p.m., prize, a pair of shoes;
rooster dance at the dancing pavilion at 8
p.m., the winning couples to be awarded
roosters; prize waltz, the successful couple
each to be awarded a gold medal. The
winners in the exhibition cake walk con
test will be awarded silver medals.
The following committees will have
charge of proceedings: General committee
Charles T. Hickman, chairman; TTtomas
O'Dea, J. F. O'Meara, Thomas Sheehan and
W. A. Dion. Athletic games?J. F. O'Meara,
C. R. Jones, H. W. Kline, A. W. Jordan,
C. W. Slater and H. Heymos. Dancing
Thomas Sheehan, R. C. Kelner. T. B. John
son, William Childs, Edward Hopkins and
J. F. Sweeney. Boats and comfort?W. A.
Dion, E. C. Bissett, John F. O'Connor,
William F. Duewart, C. A. Hewitt, Thomas
Fey and H. Schultels.
The program of events under the direc
tion of the Central Labor Union at Glen
Echo has already appeared In The Star.
The organizations affiliated with the lo
cal Building Trades Council and their
friends will spend the day at River View.
The committees In charge of the arrange
ments for the observance of the day at
that place have given care to the prepara
tion of the program, and a general good
time 1s promised.
MAJOR WHITNEY'S FUNERAL.
To Be Conducted Tomorrow by La
fayette Post of New York.
The funeral services and burial of Major
Follett A. Whitney, 6th United States In
fantry, whose remains have arrived from
the Philippines, will take place at Arling
ton national cemetery tomorrow at 2:45
p.m. The Grand Army ritual service will
be rendered by his comrades of Lafayette
Post, No. 140, of New York, who will ar
rive at the Baltimore and Ohio station at
1:30 o'clock and proceed to the cemetery.
The body will be placed upon a caisson
and the funeral escort will assemble at the
gate of the cemetery and form for the final
march to the place of interment. A mili
tary escort with band and firing party will
be detailed from Fort Myer to do the mili
tary honor.
Commander Allan C. Bakewell of Lafay
ette Post, with his staff and a detachment
from the post, will leave New York early
tomorrow morning to pay the tribute of
respect due the deceased comrade, who
was held In deep regard. This will be the
second occasion when this post has come
over from New York to bury at Arlington
comrades whose death has resulted from
the Spanish war, the first being in 1898,
when Capt. Wlthevlll's body was brought
from Santiago by this post to be placed
among the soldelrs' graves in this hlstorlo
cemetery.
HANDLING LOCAL MAIL.
An Attempt Will Be Made to Devla*
Better Facilities.
The Post Office Department will endeavor
to devise some ulan by October 1 for the
better handling of local mail on the postal
cars that are now operated in this city. Mr.
Shallenbarger, the second assistant post
master general, has this matter under con
sideration, and other officials will confer
with him in regard to an improved plan.
Because satisfactory results have not been
secured under the system, as operated on
the F and 9th street lines, Mr. Shallenbar
ger some time ago ordered that the con
tracts for postal cars on those lines, which
have been running four years, be not re
newed. The railroad company has indi
cated its willingness to co-operate in secur
ing a more perfect system, and It is thought
the handling of the mall can be facilitated.
It may be that a loop will be constructed
by the Washington Traction and Electric
Company by which its cars can run in the
rear of the city post office building, for
carrying and delivering malls directly to
the trains stopping at the Pennsylvania
railroad depot, at 6th and B streets. If
possible it is desired to arrange a system
by which mall collected In Georgetown,
Columbia Heights or other outlying sec
tions may be distributed en route, so that
portions of It may be put off at depots
and portions Intended for local delivery
may either be left at the city post office
or carried to Capitol Hill or to other sec
tions where there are stations provided
with carriers, who can make the delivery.
BAY VIEW PLANT CLOSES.
Strikers Notified to Call and Get *I*etr
Money.
MILWAUKEE, August 19.?The Illinois
Steel Company today posted the following
notice at the Bay View plant:
"Owing to the deliberate action of the
Amalgamated Assisclation to violating its
contract, these mills will be closed Indefi
nitely. Employes are Invited to call at the
office and receive the wages due them."
Strike leaders expressed the opinion that
a settlement will be reached within a few
days. No attempt has been made to picket
the mills.
Flffbt at Monessen.
There was an exciting fight at Monessen
today. Large crowds filled the street, and
the police were ordered to clear them. A
strike sympathizer named L. McMahon re
fused to move on, and when the police tried
to force him resisted. There was a lively
but brief fight ending in the arrest of Mc
Mahon. The strikers did not expect the
company to bring men to the plant, and
stand about staring at the columns of
smoke ascending from the stacks.
Assistant Secretary M. F. Tighe of the
Amalgamated Association, who succeeded
In winning the Jollet and Bay View mem
bers of the organisation over to the strike
after they had voted to work on, returned
here today. He was given an enthusiastic
welcome by his associates. He declined to
talk until he makes his report to President
Shaffer. There is no indication of what
further aotlon will be taken as to the Chi
cago men who have so far refused to strike.
Closed on Aeoosnt of Strike.
BUFFALO, N. Y., August 19.?The Buffa
lo nut and bolt works at North Tonawanda
closed Its shops today, throwing 400 em
ployes out of employment, on account of
the scarcity of steel, owing to the strike.
Bnford nt Manila.
General Chaffee i open is the arrival of the
transport Buford at ManHa on Saturday*
LOSSES IN PATENT OFFICE!
MONEY HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY
MISSED FOR MONTHS.
Speculation Over Probable Coarse of
Seeretary Hitchcock Regarding Mr.
Shepard'a Aliened Theft.
The question whether Edward V. Shep
ard. chief clerk of the patent office, will be
prosecuted for the alleged theft of $89.05
belonging to people throughout the coun
try who could not be found, and which
was in his custody, will be decided by the
Secretary of the Interior when he returns.
Mr. Hitchcock is expected to be in the city
In about a week and it will be for him to
determine whether the facts in Shepard's
case will be laid before the Attorney Gen
eral. If that is not done the Attorney
General will have nothing to act upon and
the matter will be dropped.
Acting Secretary Ryan, In speaking to a
Star reporter today, said that he had no
further step to take and that the whole
matter would be laid before Mr. Hitchcock
upon his return. The patent office has
nothing further to do, having completed its
case. Mr. Charles M. Irelan has been act
ing chief clerk since Mr. Shepard's "dis
missal.
The general opinion expressed by all
those familiar with the Investigation which
led to Mr. Shepard's dismissal is that the
case has been so thoroughly established
that if prosccuted there can be little doubt
about Shepard's conviction.
Other Iioisei.
The case of the patent office rests entire
ly on the alleged theft of the $8s>.05, though
there are losses which have been occurring
during the last three years and which have
formed a mystery of the chief clerk's of
fice. Complaints of lost money aggregate,
since Shepard's installation in the chief
clerkship, to quite a large sum, considera
bly over $1,000, It is said, all of which was
in small amounts belonging to people
throughout the country. This is money
that it is claimed has been sent to the pat
ent office, and there Is no record of its re
ceipt. It ranges from a fraction of a dol
lar to as much as $20 or J25. and it was
the large number of losses shown by these
complaints that caused an investigation
Into the affairs of the chief clerk and even
tually his dismissal. But it is not believed
that anyTesponsiblllty for these losses can
be fixed on Mr. Shepard.
Shepard Says Charge Is Absurd.
Mr. Shepard has not made any confession
to the officials of the Interior Department
In relation to the charge on which he was
dismissed. He has characterized the charge
as absurd. Mr. Shepard is not at entire
liberty. It is understood that some of his
friends have advised him to leave the city
and begin life anew somewhere else. Mr.
Shepard is a graduate of the Boston Poly
technic School, and Is a civil engineer. He
is qulta familiar with the French language,
and Is generally regarded as unusually
bright.
Considering: Tegreler's Release.
It is expected that Mr. Hackett, acting
secretary of the navy, will reach a con
clusion within a day or two in the matter
of the release from custody of Robert G.
Tegeler, the coal passer in the navy, who
was sentenced to imprisonment by a naval
court-martial for having disobeyed orders
given by Lieutenant Commander Sher
burne G. liopkins of the District Naval !
Militia. Attorney Glassle. counsel for ;
Tegeler, is preparing a brief on the case
which he will submit to Mr. Hackett for
consideration in connection with the ques- (
tion of the legality of the convicted man's !
release pending the decisions of the Court
of Appeals, which will be asked to pass
upon the Judgment of the lower court. Mr.
Glassle will probably present this brief to
Mr. Hackett tomorrow morning.
Complaint Well Pounded.
MaJ. Sylvester has made a report to Com
missioner Ross regarding a household of
alleged disorderly colored people living near
the corner of 24th and P streets, which was
made the subject of complaint recently by
a woman living ?ear that place. The writer
of the complaint states that there is a con
stant fight going on in or near the house.
The Investigation shows the complaint to
have been founded on fact, but the officer
making the investigation could get no one
In the neighborhood to go to court and
swear to the fact$. The police have been
instructed to watch the premises carefully,
so as to make a case themselves. The
writer of the complaint begs to have her
name withheld, as she says she Is afraid
of the occupants of the house she has com
plained of.
Explanation of Extra Charge.
Ellery J. Burtt of 803 7th street south
west has written the Commissioners to
know why an additional charge of $2 for
four rooms is made in his water bill. A re
ply has been indorsed, informing the writer
that the regulations provide for a charge
of B0 cents additional in water bills for
each room actually sublet. The report in
his case shows that there are four rooms
sublet.
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Alleges Personal Injuries.
Mary Tubman, through Attorney Edward
G. Niles. today sued the Metropolitan Rail
road Company to recover $10,000 damages
for alleged personal Injuries. Mrs. Tub
man says that the 21st of July, last, as she
was about to take passage on one of the
cars of the defendant company at East
Capitol and 15th streets, she fell Into a
depression where electrical connections are
made, which resulted in the injuries speci
fied.
Personal Bonds Taken.
Edward McLaughlin, Edward Kennedy,
James H. Walker, Paul T. Griffith and
Walter Schmttz, runaway boys from vari
ous cities in the west, who was arrested
here Saturday, were today arraigned In the
Police Court as vagrants, and Judge Mills
took their personal bonds to leave the city
as soon as arrangements to do so can be
made by Mr. C. A. IMassie, agent of the
Prisoners' Aid Society.
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMO&B, Md.. A.uguat 10.?Flour steady?
western super, 2.46a2.SO; western extra, 2.60a3.05;
western family, 3.30a3.45; winter wbeat patent,
8.70s3.95; spring wbeat patent, 3.85a4.10; spring
wheat straight, S.75a3.85? receipts, 17,162 barrels;
exports, 18,055 barrels. Wheat firm?spot, TRVsa
75Vi; the month, 75a75ft; September, 74fta75ft;
October, 75fta75%; steamer No. 2 red, 71fta71ft?
receipts, 201,836 bushels; exports, 578.664 bush
els?southern by sample, 61a75%; southern on
gride, 71fta75%. Cora Arm?mixed, spot, 61%a62;
tbe month, 81%; steamer mixed, 60%a61?receipts,
5,951 bushels; exports, none?southern white corn,
B5a66; southern yellow corn, 65. Oats steady
? No. 2 white, 4014 a 41; No. 2 mixed,
89a39ft?receipts, 27,187 bushels: exports, none.
Rye steady?No. 2 nearby, 56fta57; No. 2 western
57fta58?receipts, 2,591 bushels; exports, 21.595
bushels. Bay dull and eaaj?No< 1 timothy, 16.50a
17.00. Grain freights very quiet?steam to Liver
pool, per bushel, lftd., August; Cork, for orders,
per quarter, 2s. 3d., August. Butter firm, un
changed?fancy Imitation, 18al9; fancy creamery,
20a21; fancy ladle, 16al7; store packed, 12a 14.
Eggs firm, unchanged? fresh, 16al6ft. Cheese firm,
uncnanged?large, 10%; medium. 10ft; small, 10%.
Sugar firm?fine and coarse granulated. 5.25.
Government Bonds.
Bid. Asked.
2 per cents, registered 107% 106ft
2 per cents, coupon 107% 108ft
8 per cents, registered, 1908-1828... 108',I 106.
!per cents, coupon, 1906-1928 108ft 106
per cents, registered, 1907 113 113ft
I per cents, coupon, 1907 118 113ft
I pet cents, registered. 1925 187 188
I per cents, coupon, 1825-.... 137 138
S per cents, registered, 1904 107% 106ft
( per cents, coupon, 1604 107% 108ft
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Grata, Provisions and Cottoa Markets.
CHICAGO, August 16.?Grain:
Open. High. Lav. Close.
Wheat?Sept........ Tl TlVft ?0%-ft W
Dec 73ft
Oorn?Sept 58
Dee 60ft _
Oats-Sept 36% 36 36% 86ft
Deb. 87 3Tft-ft 8?ft 87ft
CHICAGO, August 19.?Provisions:
Opes. High. Low. Close.
Fork-Sept 14.45 14^6 14.45 14.46
Jan......... 15.50 15.72 16.50 18.72
Lard?Sept 8.86 8.96 &S6 8.96
Jan' 8.87 862 8.87 8.61
Bibs?Septs 882 8.82 8 82 8.32
?? Jttr.V,V..-St.'. 8.10 8.10 8.10 8.10
NKW YOBK, August 16 ?Cotton:
Open. High. Lew. Close.
fB Tfc 7.22 T.25
T.81 J-84 T.26 T-*
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FINANCE AND TRADE
Bear Conditions Fail to Produoe a
Selling Market
OHLT DULLNESS RESULTED
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The Shorts Sought Cover Early
in the Game.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
Special Dispatch to The Rrenlnjr Star.
NEW YORK, Aufrust 19.?As the result
of the unfavorable character of the strike
news, opening prices this morning were
generally lower than those of Saturday.
London sent over a lower range of prices
for all the active Issues aud was disposed
to sell moderately on this side. The sell
ing was not In sufficient volume to be sig
nificant and all offerings found a good in
quiry at the decline. After the selling had
run its course traders bought back early
sales and forced a rally In all parts of the
list.
The buying of 1,000 shares is more effect
ive In Advancing prices than sales of dou
ble the amount are in the opposite direc
tion. A market which refuses to recede
under bad news is difficult of comprehen
sion, and Wall street is just now confront
ed with a situation which nullities all
the the time-worn arguments of the trad
ing element. There is no public interest,
and this being almost unanimously ad
mitted, lower prices should be recorded.
The steel strike spreads and a break is
predicted. The bank reserve falls off and
borrowers should expect a money flurry,
but not one of the traditional conclusions
has been accurate.
Leading financiers In position to Judge
say that stocks have gone into strong
hands, and something out of the ordinary
will be necessary to dislodge them. Such
trading as the room indulges In causes no
concern, for the ability to discipline the
room exists, no matter how dormant It
may be from motives of policy.
The market being In no position to ad
vance In view of the public indifference
and the millionaire following being deter
mined to prevent a material decline, Inac
tion is the natural result.
Today's trading was narrow and void of
interest. The decline brought out no stock
and short selling gave, way to a recovering
movement. The rally was prompt, but no
new business came in on it.
All of the issues concerned in the com
munity of ownership plan find a ready
market, and there is no shaking the belief
In future activity for such issues.
Atchison and Rock Island are being kept
In reserve by Pennsylvania to contest the
Gould plan of extension to the eastern sea
board. Meanwhile Wabash and Lacka
wanna seem to be coming into closer re
lations with the Gould transcontinental
project.
Southern railway Issues are being bought
for reasons not wholly based on earnings,
and Southern and Union Pacific, and even
St. Paul, have splendid prospects for deals,
based on their strategic value.
With a steel strike In the way. the lead
ers are concerned only with keeping theses
far-reaching plans alive, and can do noth
ing toward an aggressive consummation of
them. Indications are that there will be
ample time to buy before the grain move
ment sets in. For the present the do-noth
ing policy of the last fortnight seems likely
to prevail.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
era Railway 90% 81%
era Rallwav. ofd. 8V.4 M'i
Pacific 41 Yt *iy*
Coal hu<1 Iron 61%
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New York Stork Market.
Furnished by W. B. Hibbs ft Co.. banker*
and brokers. 1419 F st., members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Measra. La
denburg, Thalmann A Co.. New York.
Open, filch. Low. Cln?
Amalgamated Copper.. llSV^ 115^4 llflH 116
Amer. Car A Foundry... 29 * 29
Am. Car A Foundry,pfd. 84% 84%
American Sugar... .... 132 133^ 181?%
American Tobacco. -
Atchison. ? 73J-J 76% 78^ 76%
Atchison, pfd . 94 95w 94
Baltimore & Ohio 97Vi 97^ 97% 97?4
Baltimore A Ohio. pfd.. .... . - ......
BrooklvnRapld Transit. 73% 74 7SK 74
Chesapeake * Ohio . 46% 47% 45l4 47Vi
Chicago. B. a Q
Chic, a Northwestern. -
C.. M. and St Paul - 161!* 165 166
Cmcago. K. I.'a Pacific. i89'-i 141 139T* 141
Cnic.a (i. Western ....... 22% i22% 22 22
Col. Fuel and Iron__..._ - - .
Consolidated Gas. ._. 221 228 221 228
Con. Tobacco. - - .......
Con. Tobacco, pfd.......... ...... ...... ...... .......
Delaware a Hudson. - ...... ......
Erie - 371* 38W 38^
Erie. 1st 65*4 65%
General Electric ..... 268 268% 263 263
Illinois Central.^........ 144 144 144 144
Louisville a Nashville?. 102* 108% 102% 103%
Metropolitan Traction.. 166% 166* 166% 166
Manhattan Elevated.... 117 117 117 117
Missouri Pacific 100'i 101% 100 Id
M., K. a T.. pfd 54* 64% V*/K 45%
National Lead Co _. - -
New Jersey Central...? 160 160 160 160
New York Central. 153 158K 163 153*
N Y.,Ontario?Western. 38!* 84% R3>4 84
Northern Pacific.......... ..... ....... ....... ......
Northern Pacific, pfd? .J? -
Pacific Mall. -O? -
Pennsylvania K. tt....... 144 145 148% 144%
People's Gas. .. 112 112% 112 112%
Phila. a Read inn, 1st 77* 77% 77* 77%
Reading Com 41VJ 42 4Hi 42
Reading 2nds 52 52* 62 52^
Southern Pacific? "" "** "" e
Southern Railway
southern ~
Texas Pa
ienu. Coal and iron 61%
Lmon Pacific...... V64,
Union Pacific pfd ... 89%
U S Leather ld\Z
n leather, pfd 80%
U.S.Rubt>er ....... ....... ....... .......
U.S Steel- 42'* 43% 42U 43Vi
U.S.SteeI,Dfd 91* 91% 91% 91%
Wabash pfd_ 39 ??% 39 I\AZ
Western UnionTel... 92% 93* 92% 93%
Washington Stock Eichange.
Sales?regular call, 12 o'clock m.?American Se
curity and Trust Company, 10 at 220. Mergen
thaler Linotype, 8 at 168. Lanston Monotype, 100
at 14, 26 at 14. After tall?American Grspbophone
Company com., 18 at 9%. American Graphophone
Company pfd., 2 at 11. Mergenthsler Linotype,
10 at 168%. 10 at 168. 6 at 160%, 5 at 16W%.
American Graphophone Company com., 100 at 8(4.
District of Columbia Bonds.?Funding currency
8.66s. 124 bid.
Miscellaneous Bonds.?Capital Traction Railroad
4s I08W bid 108asked. Washington Traction
and Electric coll. 4%s, 66 bid, 66 asked. Metro
politan Ball road 5s, 116 bid. Metropolitan Rail
road cert, lndebt., A. 103 bid. Metropolitan Rail
road cert, lndebt., B, 103 bid. Columbia Railroad
3s, 116 bid. Columbia Railroad 2d mort. 6s, 106
bid, lu?4 asked. City and Suburban Railroad 6s,
?9 asked. Anacostla and Potomac 6s, 09 asked.
Washington Gas Company 6s, ser. A, 107 bid, 110
asked. Washington Gas Company 6s. ser. B, 107
bid, 110 asked. United States Electric Light deb.
Imp. 6s, 106 bid. United States Electric Light
cert, lndebt. 6s, 106% bid. 106 asked. Chesapeake
md Potomac Telephone 6s, 104 bid, 106 asked.
American Security and Trust 4s, 100 bid. Wash
ington Market Company 1st 6s, 110 bid. Washing
ton Msrket Company imp. 6s, 110 bid. Washing
ion Market Company ex ten. 6s, 110 bid. Masonic
Hall Association 6s. 106 bid. American Grapho
phone deb. 6s, 100 asked. .
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.-National
Safe Deposit and Trust, 145 bid, ^53 a?k? I. TV"*"*
Ington Loan and Trust, 171 bid, 178 asked. Amer
ican Security and Trust. 2194 bid, 2204 arted.
Wsshlngton Safe Deposit, 60 bid. Union Trust
and Storage, 1064 bid. 100% *?ked.
National Bank Stocks ?Bank of Washington. MO
bid. Metropolitan, T28 bid. Central, 285 bd.
Farmers and Mechanics' 2SB bid. Second. 166bld.
011liens', 185 bid. Columbia. 170 bid. Capital.
156 bid. 170 asked. West &id, 120 bid, 126 ssked.
Traders', 131 bid. Lincoln. 120 bid. 125 as?d.
Railroad Stocks.-Capital
102% bid. 102% asked. City and Suburban, ?
'"insurance Stocks.?Firemen's. bW *74 asked.
Franklin, 41 bid. Metropolitan. 75 bid. 80 asked.
Corcoran. 63% bid. Potomac. ? vS'
tT bid, 80 asked. German-American 22B bid. Na
tional 'Union. 7% bid, 8% aaked. CWumbls, 10 Md,
11 asked. Rlggs, 7 bid, 8 ssked^ Peep* ?. ? b?.
8% asked. Commercial, 4 bid. 6 asked. Colonial,
mHT?al4%'bid* sS^s'ked!
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WGas siSS^-Washington Gas. ?0 Md, ?1 asked.
Georgetown Gas, 74 asked. ......
Mlscellsneous Stocks. ? Itergenthaler Linotype.
m Md, 188 aaked. Lanstan M?K>^pe. Md.
14 asked. American Graphophone com., 8% bid,
>% asked. American Orspej^boae pfd^ W4 bid,
if ?ked Pneumatic Qan Carriage, .06 Md, .10
tsked. Washington Market. 14% bid. Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat, 188 Md.
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Gum at Pkilaialfkla Psstpese*.
PHIL.ADBTLJ'HIA, Aujruat 1& ? Both
American and National . Iiwmw nnM
scheduled for today postponed on acoount
9i rain.