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The World of Finance and Trade. Washington; New York; London. STEEL SCORES GAIN Selling Ex-Dividend, It Makes Slight Advance. MARKET EXTREMELY DULL leading Issues Hold Firm, However, as Holiday Approaches. TOBACCO SHARES ARE WEAK Louisville and Nashville Also Shows Heaviness Because of Increase in Capital. NEW YORK. August ? -Stock? were dull, with mi irregular tendency, at the ? pcninK of today's market. Steel selling, ? x-dividend, gained a slight fraction, with ! losses in Coppers. Northern Pari tic and 1 Louisville and Nashville. ? Apart from Its extraordinary dullness the market presented no features other than increased weakness in Louisville and Nashville, and an abrupt decline in wool en preferred. Extreme Dullness Shown. The extreme idleness of today's market clearly reflected the influence of the ap proaches holiday, although the Texas in dictments against Standard Oil companies un<l officials, reported frost in the Cana dian .wheat l>elt. spreading opposition to Canadian Pacific's stock increase and the indictment of the president of a large New Kngland mill on lalw>r conspiracy "?'harges offered food for reflection. Leading issues held firm, however, the most conspicuous exceptions beinK Ixiuls ville and Nashville, whose heaviness ex pressed disappointment of shareholders at the 'Jf* per cent capital increase. To tcos were again decidedly weak Bonds were irregular. , Union Pacific Favored. Business was nominal around midday, hut tin undertone was better, with L'nion Pacific in favor. Some Inactive specialties moved widely. Including Omaha and Baldwin locomo tive. but the balance of the list was at a standstill. COTTON MARKETS. HEW YOBK. Ni;\\ YORK. August 30.?The cotton J market o(>.>ned steady at a decline of 'JaSj 'points in response to lower cables, favor-! <1 l>lo pr.vate condition reports, good ; ^?nthtr In th. south and a renewal of j vi stcrdav 's late selling movement- The | early decline carried prices into new lowr j g:*cunds ior the movement and the market ; later in the morning rallied t? or 7 points from the lowest on covering for over the holidays. A few September notices were issued, causing scattering liquidation, but September was purchased by trade inter ests that sold later positions. The market sold up to a net advance of two or three points later in the morn ing on unfavorable private crop advices from south Texas, but the chief bu> ing ?'?? med to come from scattering shorts, ard prices later were barely sustained, with the market quiet at midday and about net unchanged. Another private condition report indicated a deterioration uf only 2 per cent for the month, and the talk around the ring suggested that the government report n*xt Tuesday is ex pected to be fully equal to last year's lig-ires. Spot nominal. The estimated receipts at the ports to day were 18.000 bales, against 14.o62 last \.?-<-k and 3MJ88 last year. For the week, 'll'i.UMO bales, against 71,702 last week ?Mid ISO.'.O; last year. At Galveston, 17..'t?2> bales, against 16.060 last year: at {Souston, l-.'rO hales, against l.\2.V> last : car. LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL. August .'!0.?Closing: Cot t??n?Sjiot quiet; prices 4 points lower. American middling, fair. 7.20; good mid tiling. tk&O; middling, 6.40; low middling. *j.l?i; good ordinary, "?.68; ordinary, 5.20. The sales of the day were 0,000 bales, of which 6f<0 were for speculation and ex ")^?rt. and included r?..jOO American. Re ceipts, 1.000 bales, including 600 Ameri vnn. Futures opened easy and closed steady. August. 0.2."^: August-Septem l?er. tt. 14^: September-October, ">.1)0; Oc tober-November. .VlfcVi: November-De ? "?nber. .">.!*?: December-January. r?.W>: January-February, February Ala reJi. r.'.rj; March-Aprlf. 3.9C5; April Ma>. May-June. 5.05; June-July, Y!?4>s; July-August. O.SH. The following are the weekly cotton statistics: Imports, all kinds, 21,000 bales; imports, American, i.onu; stock, all kinds. 000,000; stock. American, 472.tJOO; American for warded, 44.?>0f>; total exports, 10,800 bales. NEW YORK CURB PRICES. Quotations furni bt->l by W. B. Hi Lbs & Co.. of' inU.-;? Set York Stc< k Kjchauge.' Oi'^i. lJirb. I.ow. i:4o. j II'. .. ,;i 71 * 71*. | Mri ???!. < .i'i i r>-j r.<, Wri:.Hli A 111. 'Jt'.. 24% -J4% 21% ''au3n..a . lolt lo'4 Iftit JO', Mmbatiau TT?ui?lt.. 2"., 2% 2'? 2% \"t . Mill. * I *?.. M4 1*5. Milling. . - ? H-l(? ? ^*1'? * -Tl'j ? ?>-1 'I FOREIGN BANKS. ? IjONDON. August 0o.?Bullion amount ing to ?17?i.???? was taken into the Bank ?>t Kngland today, and ?2i?.0?*? was with drawn for shipment to South Africa. PARIS. August :?>.-<'losing?Three per < ent rentes, ic francs 7."? centimes fi?r the ac'-ount E\> hange on London. 2."? francs 2SVj cen times for checks. Private discount rate, 2'i per cent. BERLIN, August .'!??.?Exchange on l.ondon. 2?? marks 40 pfennigs for checks. Money, :;lj per cent. Private discount rati'. 4-,, per cent. LONDON MARKET. .J.f>Nl??N. August American securi ties opened <iuiet and unchsuiged today. I'lad'ng was light and prices moved ir regulariy during the lirst hour. At noon the market was steady, with values rang iog from . above to 'i below yesterday's New York closing. Canadian Pacific and Louisville and Nashville eased off in the late trading, fctit the rest of the list closed steady. Refined Sugar Reduced. NEW YORK. August M0-?All gi-ades of refined sugar from No. 1 to No. ir? were reduced lo t ents a hundred pounds today. WOLVES LAY SIEGE TO MAN. Alabama Railroad Station Agent Is Saved by Arrival of Train. ?. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., August 30.-Ar rival of a freight train at Prospect, Ala., ?arly yesterday morning ptobably saved the Northern Alabama railroad station agent there from being torn to pieces hy tiohf#. ? ?A pack of tbe wolves surrounded the little depot early in the night and drove the agent inside, where he barricaded windows and doors*. He shot two of the animals when they tried to jump through 'the window. The arrival of the freight train scared th?s pack away. WEEKLY RANGE OF PRICES. Washington Stock Exchange. AMOUNT. BONDS. Washington Gas os 0,500 Capital Traction us 2.000 Washington Rwy, & Elec. 4s 27.ooo Potomac Electric cons. r?s... l.ooo Potomac Electric 5s TO" Norfolk &. Wash. Steamboat 5s $42.200?Total amount of bonds. SHARES. STOCKS. 03 Capital Traction 45 Washington Rwy. & Elec. com. 4o Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.. 100 Eastern Light & Fuel 25 Washington-Virginia Rwy. com 35 Washington-Virginia Rwy. pfd. $?4 Mergenthaler 20 Lanstwn 30 Citizens' Savings Bank Open. Ill Ill's 80 K'H'h 104% 125% 93 95 121% 51% 80% 03 20?-4 High. Ill 1111 86 10.?' s 108% 104% 125% o;: 95 121% 51% HO'* <i?^ ~o:; 21 Low 110% 111 so io:: loo v. 104 s* 125*4 03 05 121% 51 "4 *?>% 2^7 03 20% 125% 03 95 121% 51% 8?'% 227 03 21 452?Total share* of stocks. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Received by private vrire direct to The Star office. Open. High. I.ow. Clow. Amalgamated Copper 864 874 80.' % 87 ' g Am.Ag.Chem.com... 594 594 594 59*4 Am.Beet Sugar com.. 75 75'i 74 s 754 Am. Brake Shoe pfd.. 145 145 14"> 145 American Can com.. 39? ? 39-'* 39} * 39's American Can pfd... 119 1194 11S4 119 Am.CarAFdy.com.. 614 614 614 61 Vz Am.Cotton Oil com.. 544 514 544 545s American Ice. 23/8 234 224 23 Am. Locomotive com. 454 46 454 46 Am- Locomotive pfd ? 1094 109^ 1094 1091* American Malt pfd.. 66 67 66 67 Am-Sm.4Ref.com... 86 864 854 86,'? *Am.Sm. A Rof. pfd. 108V* 1084 108* X 30854 Ame^.Snuff com - ? ?- 183 188,'? 187 187 Am .Steel Fdy.com... 37,4 37.4 37.4 374 Amer. ^ugsr com. ?? ? 12)14, 1294 129 129 Amer.Sugar pfd ??? ? 123^--^ 123,4 123'a 123' 6 Amer.Tel 4 Teleg... 114V. 144?* 1444 1444 Amer .Tobacco com.. 2624 264 2614 264 Am.Tobacco new pfd 1054 105/4 105?4 105? i Amer. Woolen com.. 30 30 30 30 American Woolen pfd 92?i 92*6 91 91 Anaconda Copper.... 45 454 45 45? s j At..T.<t SanteF.com. 1084 1084 1084 1084 At.,T. & Sante F. pfd. 1014 1014 1014 1014 H.F.Goodrich com... 79 79 784 79 BaldwinLoco.com.. 59 60'4 59 60.4 Baldwin Loco. pfd. ? ? 1054 106? i 10~>; i ICO Pal to. & Ohio com. ? ? 1074 1074 1974 107?4 Bethlehem Steel com. 404 404 404 404 Brooklyn Rap. Tran. 914 914 914 914 Brooklyn Union Gas. 1474 148 1474 14S BrunswickATer.com. 8 8 8 8 * Canadian Pacific* ? ? 275 2754 273/g 2754 Central Leather com. 294 294 294 29) i Chesapeake k Ohio-. 82 82) s 814 814 Chi.AGr.West.com.. 19,4 194 194 194 ^t. 1'aui con 106si 1064 1064 1C64 C., St .P.M. AO.com. 135 136 135 136 Ch.,St.P.,M'AO.pfd.. 153 153 153 153 Chino Copper 394 394 394 394 Colorado Fuel A Iron. 324 334 324 334 Consol. Gas, N. Y ? ? ? H54 1464 1454 146 Corn Products com-? 16 16 16 16 Delaware A Hudson.. 170 170 170 170 Erie Railroad com... 364 374 364 37 Erie Railroad 1st pfd. 544 544 544 54*4 General Electric 1?24 1S24 1824 1^24 General Motor* com- 42 42 <0 43 General Motors pfd.. 82 S2 82 ?2 ColdSe.'d Con. Min.. 3?i 3?* 3?4 3?? Gnat Northern pfd.. 1384 139.4 1384 1394 Great Northern Ore.* 47 474 464 464 Illinois Central 131 131 131 131 Intnatl. AgricuL com. 47 47 47 47 Inter. Mer. Ma. pfd. ? 204 204 204 204 Interboro.-Met.pfd-.. 59?s 59?k 59 594 x Laclede (Jas.St.Louu 106 106 106 106 Lake Erie A West-pfd 38 38 38 38 Lacka.Steel com...? 43,4 434 <34 43?? Lehigh Valley 1694 1694 1694 1694 Liggett A Myers com. 207 205 207 2j8 LomllardCo.com... 190 1W>34 190 190,4 Looee-Wilea Co. com. 43?* 444 43?* 43?* Loose-Wiles 1st pfd.. 1033 a 1034 1034 1034 Louisville & Nasaville lo5 165 lti4'-? 1644 Mackay Co- com.... 87 87 87 87 Mexican Cent, cert.. 30) g 204 30 30.4 Mexic^p Petroleum.. 774 784 774 784 Miami Jopoar 2^4 294 2?4 29 Minne. A. St L. com. 24.4 244 24M 244 Minne. A St. L. pfd.. 49 49 49 49 Mi&souri Pacific. ? ? ? ? 394 39's 39 39 National Biscuit com. 1>0 140 140 140 Nat-Enam- A St- pfd- 93 99 90 90 National Lead com.. 004 0>4 60) a 604 Nevada Con. Copper. 224 224 22,4 224; xNorfolk A Western. 1164 1164 1164 llfc?? Northern Pacific 1284 1284 128 1284 N. Y- Air Brake 78 78 78 78 N-.Y.N.HA Hartford 138 138 138 138 N.Y.,Ontario A tfest 374 373% 37 37 Penna. Railroad.... 1244 1244 124.4 1243a People's Gas, Chicago 1164 116?i 116?% 1164 Httsburgh Coal com- 25 2 > 24) a 244 Pittsburgh Coal pfd. 18 98 7"i 974 Pressed St. Car com. .38 28 38 38 Public Scrv.Cor.,N-J. 1194 120 1194 120 I l'ullman Car Co 169 109 109 169 (Quicksilver Min.com. 6 6 6 6 j RauwaySt.Sp.com.. 38 383s '8 384 j Railway Steel So. pfd. 105 105 105 105 Ray Con.n>L Copper- 214 21?g 21,4 214 RnadingRwy.com... 1704 171 170?s 1704 Rep.Ir.4 Steel com... 27.4 274 27;g 274, Ruck Island com-.. * 264 264 264 26,4 Uumley Co. pfd 102 1024 102 1024 ^aboard Air L pfd.. 524 524 524 ?24 Sears-Roebuck com.. 2034 204 203.4 204 bloes-Stffield com.. .. 55 55 55 55 Southern Pacific-... 1114 1124 1114 1124 Southern Rwy. com. ? 30,4 304 30.4 304 St. L. Southw'n pfd.. 774 774 77? s 774 Texas Companies.... 138 1294 12S 1284 Texas & Pacific 23 23 23 23 1 enneohee Copper - ? ? 43 434 43 434 Ltd. Dry Goods com. 99'g 994 994 994 Un.L-ag?K r'aper coin. 134 134 13?4 13?4 Liuoct'aciticcom. ? ? 1714 1724 17l?g 172 Union Pacific pfd-.. 913* 91.4 914 91'4 UJly.In.Co-S.F. pfd- 61 01 61 tl l\S.Rubber com 51,4 51'-a 51,4 514 xl'.S.Ste?Mcnm 734 734 734 7j4 U .S.Steel pfd 1133-i 1133 a 113?g 1134 Utah Copper 65.'g 65? s 65? g 654 Va.-Car. Chem. pfd. ? 117 117 117 117 Westinghouse Elec... 87? g ?8 874 ?8 xWoolworthCo.com. 95? i 954 95?4 954 \Vooiw<.>rt& Lo. pfd... 115 115 115 115 iKi Dividend Today. I'nited States Steel com., IVi; American Smelter com.. 1: Norfolk &? Western I'ora., l1^: Canadian Pacific, Wool worth t'ornoration.l; I?H<*ted<; ?Jh? of St. I^iuis, 1=4: Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey. ^ iiml 10 extra, and 1^ on preferred of same stock: Northern Ohio Traction and Light. 1; Diamond Match Company, 1*~: American Telegraph and fable. 3; American Coal Company of New Jersey, :t, and Pa but Brewing Company pfd.. l*i. Hourly Sales of Stock* Toddy. 11a.m., 41,800 12m.... 61,400 1 p.m, 75,800 2 p.m.. 101,600 Call Money 34 3,4 24 24 BONDS. Ojwn. Hi?U. I/Ow. Close. Atchison 4s 1960 1054 1054 105 105 BalfoAOhiogen.4s.. 97 _ 97 _ 97 . 97 BONDS (Continued). (?Iii>n. High. Low. flo??. Brooklyn R.T.eon. 4s 91?i 91si i>lH Chi..B.&Q.joint4s... 96 96} g 96 96V% Chi..K.I.<fcPac.4s 68 H 6834 (SU Inter.Metro. 4.'23.... SlJ-3 SI3* 81) j Sl vs Norfolk 4 West-4s.. 961 j 964 064 9C1 i Northern Pacific 4s... C7ss 97' > i<7?* t<7' > Pa- consol. 4s 19-tS- ?. 1024 1024 1024 1G2.4 Southern Railway 4s. 784 784' 7i>4 784 Southern Railway 5s. 1064 1064 1064 106,4 Union Pacific con 4s.. 994 994 994 994 U-S-Steel 2d 5s 1024 1024 1024 1024 LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS. With business closing today not only for the Saturday holiday, but also for I>abor day. so that the next session of the j Washington Stock Exchange will be ; Tuesday next, trading in the local mar- . ket was in larger volume than has ob tained for several days past Mergen thaler was the particular leader of the day, when sales were made involving a total of sixty-nine shares, at 227% and __ i. Citizens' Savings Bank showed another advance when a ten-share lot found a buyer at the level of 21. fcfales yesterday were at 20VJ. In thr bond list 52,000 Washington Gas r.s sold at llti%, ?7<M> Norfolk and Wash ington Steamboat 5s at HM^s, $'J.500 Cap itsil Traction 5s at 111 and $5<K? Wash ington Railway and Klecirie 4s at 8t?%. Railway stocks in the public utilities list were in fair demand, and the sales included ten shares of Capital Traction at 126, thirty-five shares of Washington Railway and Electric common at !*> and twenty-five shares of the preferred stock of the same corporation at !X>. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales?Regular rail, 12 o>hHk noon: Washington Cas 5s. $2,of>0 at llo%. AA"?v',}iRailwav ami Electric 4s. $00) at 86'? capital Trm-ilon. 10 ui rjti. Washington Railway and Electric com., ai 93. 10 at 93. Washington Railway and Electric pfd., 20 at 05. Mcrgenthalcr, 50 at 227%. 1!> at 227. Citizens' Savings Bank. tO at -1. After call?Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Of. $700 at 104%. Capital Traction 5s, $2,000 at 111. GOVERNMENT BONDS^ Bi-1. Atkcd C. S. registered 2s 100% loi% O. S. coupon 2s lOl% l". S. registered 3s loi% 102% l\ S. coupon 3? Wl% lo2% IT. S. registered 4s 113% 11-*% L". S. coupon 4s 113% 111% OAS BONDS. Georgetown Gas Cert. Ind. 0s.... I'W 110 Georgetown Gas 5s 107% 110 Washington Gas 5s 110% 111% RAILROAD BONDS. Capital Traction 0? Ill H'a Columbia 0s 100 Columbia Gs 100 Metropolitan 5s 107 Washington Rwy. and tlec. 4t?... S5Li , i Wash., Alex, and Mt. Y?*r. 0s.... Kli MISCELLANEOUS BONDS. . Potomac F.leclrlc Codf. "h 1W' _ 103% Potomac Electric Light 3s 107 Chesapeake and Potomac 5s 103?* 1"0 American Tel. and Telga. 4s 110 I). C. Paper Mfg. Co. 0s 100 Washington M?rket Os, 1027 99 Washington Market 5s. 19?7 1<K> W. M. C.Vrtd Storage 5s loo Norfolk and Wasu. Stcamiioat 0s. 104 105 Riggs Realty 5s (longt lo3 101 Riggs Realty Os (short ? 1 rH> PLBLIC UTILITY STOCKS. Capital Traction 12"i% ..... Washington Rwy. and Elee. com.. 93 93% Washington Rwy. and Elee. pfd.. 95% 97 Washington-Virginia Rwy. coin... 51 01% Washington-Virginia Rwy. pfd... b0% Norfolk and Wash. Steamboat.... 209 225 Washington Gas S5 80% Georgetown Gas HO ISO Eastern Light and Fuel 121% 121% American Tel. and Telga 144 TYPE MACHINE STOCK S._ Mcrgenthaler LinoType 227 227% Lanstou Monoty|>e 03 MININO STOCK. Greenc-Cananra 9% 1''% NATIONAL BANK STOCKS. American - 170 ISO Capital j-.' 212 -???? Columbia 250 270 Commercial 204% 210 District 140 ISO Farmers and Mechanics 2<? 272 Lijieoln 150 ..... Metro|iolltan 20*% Riggs 590 National Bank of Washington 250 270 TRUST COMPANY STOCKS. American Security and Trust 3?iO 303 National Savings and Trust 250 Union Trust 141 144 Washington loan and Trust 2.'!0 245 United S?ates Trust 143 150 SAVINGS BANK STOCKS. Citizen*! 20 Home 325 Union 250 Bank of Commerce and Savings. .. 12% 17 East Washington Savings 15 FILE INSURANCE STOCKS. Arlington 11 Corcoran W Firemen's 20% ..... Nxtional Union 7% Potomac 33 ..... TITLE INSURANCE STOCKS. Columbia 5 ..... MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. Chapln-Sacks 1C5 220 D. C. Taper Mfg. Co 135 Km?rson Steam Pump 25 Graphopbone com to1* 45 Security Storage 210 London Closing Stocks. LONDON, August 30. C<?a?ols for money 75 7-l<? CjihsmiIs for account (Oct.l 75 11-10 Amalgamated Copper S!*% Auai-oiula 9>i Atchison 111% Atchison pfd 105% Baltimore and Ohio llo'.4 Canadian Pacific 2S2'!4 Chesapeake and Ohio 81% Chicago <;t>'at Western 1!tU Chicago. Mil. and St. Paul ]n!li| ilh- Beers opK I Denver and Kio Grande oo:, j Denver an<l I'lo Orande pfd ?!??>, I Erie 37% Erie !?; pfd 55% Krle Jd pfd 4t?% Craixl Trunk 2>i% Illinois Central 134% I.oulsvllle and Nashville lta?C Missouri, Kansas and Texas 2<i New York Central 11M, Norfolk and Western 119% Norfolk and Western pfd 91 ~ Ontario and Western :ts Pennsylvania 03% Rand Mines <;<H Reading S7% Southern Railway Southern Railway pfd 82u, Southern Pacific 114% j Colon Pacltic 17?% | Union Paclflo. pfd *. 93% j Cnlted States Steel 75U*. United States Steel pfd 11(5% Wa basli tu Wabash pfd 14% Bar silver steady. 2S 3-l?Jd per ounce. Money. 2% per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short WIls la 3%a3% per cenK The rate of discount In the open mar.et for three-month bills is 3% per cent. Drowns Shortly After Being Bescned PITTSBURGH. Pa.. August 30.?After being rescued from drowning yesterday, Edward A. Btriley, aged eighteen, went out on the river In a canoe, upset and was drowned before help could reach him. It matters iittie what it is that you want?whether a situation or a servant ?a want ad in The Star will reach the person who will fill your need. Capt. Lord of Californian Tells of Circumstances Surround ing Titanic Disaster. NEW PORT NEWS. Va., August -TO-?In a personal letter to a close firend in this ?ity, Capt. Stanley Lord. late master oi the steamship Californian. and who was so severely censured the world over for not going- to the assistance of the Titanic, declares himself most unjustly treated. He says: "There is m>t a word of truth in the report I wouldn't go to the assistance of that ship ami I am not the 'worm* the public is trying to make me." He says "the issue of the report of the court presided over by Lord Mersey to inquire into the loss of the Titanic ends a compulsory silence on my part on points raised in the course of the pro ceedings which afreet me as the late mas ter of th<? steamer Californian. and it is a duty I owe to myself and my reputa tion as a British shipmaster to do wliat I have hitherto been prevented from do ng lor obvious reasons, in giving pub licity to circumstances which the inquirv ailed to elicit and at the same time to show that the deductions which have been urawn n-.i'lecting upon my personal char founded/' * *eaman are entirely un Tells of Circumstances. He sets forth that at 10:30 the night of April 14. being in ice. he ordered his ship stopped till daylight. The wireless oper ator. after a full day's work, retired at 11:30. after warning all ships in the vi cinity. including the Titanic, of the ice. The captain loft the bridge at 12:40 in charge of the second officer. On that night he lay in sight of a ship, he says, but it was not the Titanic, be cause she steamed off at 1 :15, whereas the Titanic did not move after midnight. This ship showed no distress signals and ignored his Morse signals. Ignorant of Accident. He knew nothing of the accident till morning, and then rushed to the scene. He says the ship sighted by the Carpathia in the morning was not the Californian. He says "the evidence is conclusive that none of the responsible officers of the < alifornian was aware of the serious calamity which had taken place. That any seaman would willfully neglect sig nals of distress is preposterous and un thinkable." 1 - % GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. HEW YOBK. NEW YORK. August :J0.?Flour?Steady. Wheat?Further precipitation in the northwest and much lower temperatures in Canada caused a slight advance in wheat tills morning. December 10211-1G a1.o3 1-10. Pork?Firm. Beef?Firm. Lard?Firm: middle west. 11.25a 11.35. Raw sugar?Firm; centrifugal. test. 4.^5; muscovado. 80 test. 3.75; molasses, SO test. -{.4S; retined, irregular. .Molasses?Quiet. Petroleum ?Steady. Hay?Steady. Hides?Strong; Bogota, 21a2t>. Leather?Firm. Butter?Firm; receipts. 8,687 tubs; creamery, extras. 27%a27%: firsts. 2fia seconds. 24%a25%; thirds, 22a23; state dairy, finest, 25a2)i: factory current make, seconds. 21: packing stock, current make-. No. 2. 2f?a20%. Cheese?Steady and unchanged; receipts 1,443 boxes. Eggs?Firm; receipts, 13.<*52 cases; fresh gathered dirties, No. 1, ID; No. 2 17'<.a 18%. Live poultry?Firm; western broilers, 17a20; fowls. 15al5%; turkeys, 14. Dressed poultry-Firm; fresh killed, western chickens, 14a23; fowls, 13al6; tur keys, 16al7. CHICAGO CHICAGO. August 30.?Fear that threshing northwest would be delayed a week on account of rains caused strength to develop today in wheat. For a while, however, the market suffered from a sur prising lack of buying orders. It was apparent that'many traders were looking for a reaction from the recent contin uous advance, especially as immediate ar rivals at Minneapolis were large. The opening varied from % off to %a% up. December started at 05 to 95%. a gain of a shade to %a%, fell to 94% and then rose to 95%a95%. Corn advanced owing to dread of frost. Shorts and new investors both bought. September opened % to % higher, at 74% to 74%, ea.^d off to 74% and rallied to 71%. Absence of export demand kept oats relatively weak. September started a shade lower at 32%. touched 32%a32% and later recovered to 33%. Provisions were generally weak with hogs. First sales ranged from 2%a5 lower to 10 up, with January 19.40 for l'ork, 10.80 for lard and 10.25 for ribs. BALTIMORE. Sprrtal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE. Md., August 30.?1Wheat? Easier: spot contract. 1.01%; spot No 2 red western, 1.02: August. 1.01%; Septem ber, 1.01 ?*<: October. 1.03%; steamer No. 2 red western. 05%. Receipts. 47,810 bush els. Southern by sample. 85a06; southern on grade. 05%al.01%. <*orn?Quiet: spot contract, 87: August. S7. R< ci-'pts, 4.051 bushels. Oats?Firm: No. 2 white. 40; standard white. 30: sales No. 3 white. 38; sales No. 2 mixed. 3K%a37. Receipts. 27.426 bushels. R.ve?Quiet; No. 2 western domestic, 80a 83. Receipts. 150 bushels. Hay?Steady; No. 1 timothy unchanged; No. 1 clover mixed unchanged. Grain freights?Firm; steam to Liver pool. per bushel, unchanged; Cork for orders, per quarter, unchanged. LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, August 30.?Closing: Wheat?Spot steady; No. 1 Manitoba. 8s 7d; No. 2 Manitoba. 8s 4%d; No. 3 Mani toba. 8s ;5%d. Futures firm; October, 7s s%d: December, 7s 5%d. Corn?Spot new American kiln dried steady. 7s 3%d: old mixed firm, 7s 4d Futures easy; September. 5s 3d; Decem ber, 5s CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. CHICAGO. August :m.?Cattle? Receipts I 1,500 head: market dull and weak; beeves' 5.80a!0.50; Texas steers, 5.<0a6 80; western steers. 0.25a0 2."i; stockers and feeders, j 4.."!Oa7.25: cows and heifers. 3.00aS 15- I calves, 8.5<>al 1 ,oo. Hogs?Receipts. 15,fi00head; market slow 5 lower; light. 8 2.".a8.!?0; mixed, 8.0ua8.90 heavy, 7.85a8 70; rough. 7.85aX05; pigs.' 5.t?5a8 25; bulk of sales. 8.15a8.70. Sheep?Receipts. 12.000 head; market slow: native. 3.40a4.50; western, 3.50a4.55; yearlings. 4.50a5.55; lambs, native, 45oa 7.1.".; western. 4.50a7.10. ? * I BUILDING PERMITS. ? ? The following building permits were issued today: i o \\. H. \\ ilson, to build garage at 1515 10th street northwest; architect and builder. J. H. Crisp; estimated cost, $250. To H. S. Urban, to build eleven two story brick dwellings from 2551 to 2565 15th street and 1456 to 1460 Fuller street northwest: architect. N. T. Haller; build er. IL s. Urban; estimated cost, $39,000 To Old Dutch Market, to repair store at 1778 U street northwest; estimated cost, $150. To Lula A. Bickford. to repair dwelling at 1311 L street northwest; estimated cost. $1,2U0. To Capital Traction Company, to re pah car shops at 3222 M street north west; estimated cost, 12,000. I r [ WEATHER ] Fair Tonight; Saturday Increasing Cloudiness and Warmer. For the District of Columbia, fair to night. Saturday increasing cloudiness and warmer, probably followed by show ers by night; light variable winds. Temperature continues low for the sea son throughout the middle Atlantic and New England states, the upper Ohio val ley and the region of the great lakes and abnormally low temperatures are gen eral throughout the northern Rocky mountain and plateau regions. Frosts occurred this morning In eastern Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and northwest ern Wyoming. Temperatures continue high in the middle plains states, the mid dle Mississippi valley and generally throughout the southern states. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer and barometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 2 p.m. yesterday: Thermometer?Yesterday, 4 p.m.. 74; 8 p.m., 69; 12 midnight, 63; today. 4 a.m., 61; 8 a.m., 62; 12 noon, 71; 2 p.m., 77. Maximum, 77, at 2 p.m. today; minimum. 59. at 7 a-m. today. Temperature same date last year? Maximum. 62; minimum, 59. Barometer?Yesterday, 4 p.m., 27.86; 8 p.m., 29.91; 12 midnight, 29.98: today, 4 a.m.. 30.00; 8 a.m., 30.06; 12 noon, 30.02; 2 p.m., 30.00. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls?Temperature. 74; condition, N. Dalecarlia reservoir?'Tem perature, 70; condition at north connec tion, 7; condition at south connection, 7. Tide Tables. Today?Low tide. 3:43 a.m. and .'1:57 p.m.; high tide. 9:35 a.m. and 9:52 p.m. Tomorrow?Low tide, 4:20 a.m. and 4:28 p.m.; high tide, 10:12 a.m. and 10:29 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today?Sun rose, 5:27 a.m.; sun sets, 0:35 p.m. Tomorrow?Sun rises, 5:28 a.m. Moon rises 7:58 p.m. today. The City Lights. The city lights and naphtha lamps all lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; extinguishing begun one hour before sun rise. All arc and Incandescent lamps lighted fifteen minutes after sunset ad extinguished forty-five minutes before sunrise. Up-River Waters. Special DispaU-U to Thf Star. HARPERS FERRY. W. Ya.. August "O. ?Potomac clear and Shenandoah slightly cloudy this morning. | THE COURTS I District Supreme Court. EQUITY COURT-Justice Gould. Anderson airt. Sands: order for trustee to accept offed; attorney, W. C. Cle phane. Bacon agt. Pike: time to take testimony cxtendi-d to September 30; plaintiff's at torney. John Rjdout; defendant's attor neys. Blair & Ilillyer, W. A. (.'oombc and R. I.. Miller. O'armack agt. Carmack; alimony $50 per month and counsel fee awarded; plaintiff's attorney. F. S. Perry; defend ants attorney, George W. Wilmeth. Jackson agt. Jackson; order of publica tion; plaintiff s attorney. E. L. Gies. Smith agt. Smith; rule returnable Sep tember 4: plaintiff's attorneys, E. B. Frey and F. B. Moriarty; defendant's attor ney, L. G. Grossman. Nolan agt. Pope Automobile Company: sale ratified: reference to auditor and claims ordered paid; plaintiff' attorneys, Ellis & Donaldson. Hartman agt. Masters; order requir ing questions to be answered; plaintiff's attorney, \V. G. Gardiner; defendant's attorneys, W. J. Lambert and R. H. Yeatman. Whiteley agt. Whiteley; hearing con tinued to September 3; plaintiff's at torneys, Archer & Smith; defendant's attorneys. A. Leftwlch Sinclair and Armstrong Thomas. Sine agt. Cady; rule discharged; plaintiff's attorneys. W. J. Lambert and R. H. Yeatman; defendant's attorneys, Hufty & Hufty. Montgomery agt. Aiken; restraining order granted; plaintiff's attorney, J. H. Lichliter. CIRCUIT COURT?Justice Gould. Druckomlller agt. Bazzle; judgment for want of affidavit; plaintiff's attorney, II. H. Hollander; defendant's attorney, J. U. Gardiner. Yanata agt. Washington, Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway Company; time to file transcript extended to Octo ber 1, 1912; p'aintiff's attorneys, Ralston, Siddons & Richardson; defendant's at torneys, W. J. Lambert and R. H. Yeat man. Lang agt. Royal Glue Company; time to submit bill of exceptions extended thirty days from September 15; plaintiff's at torneys. Ralston, Siddons & Richardson; defendant's attorney. W. G. Gardiner. Downey agt. Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company; bill of exceptions signed and filed; plain tiff's attorneys. Edmund Burke and L. P. Harlow; defendant's attorney, D. S. Mackall. CRIMINAL COURT-Justice Gould. United States agt. Charles G. Elliott; false certification of vouchers; nolle pros; attorney, H. E. Davis. United States agt. Ray P. Teele; same charge: nolle pros; attorney, H. E. Davis. I'nlted States agt. Allanson D. More house: same charge: nolle pros; attorney, II. E. I>avis. United States agt. Frank E. Singleton; same charge; nolle pros; attorney, J. Mil ler Kenyon. BANKRUPTCY COURT-Justice Gould. In re George A. Garden; reference to E. S. M. Oalmont In re Samuel B. Finkelstein; order of publication. PROBATE COURT?Justice Gould. Estate of Victoria A. Waller; will dated February 23, 19U9, filed with petition for probate; attorney W. L. Pollard. Estate of August E. Wurdeman; will dated March 28, 1907, filed. Estate of Irving W. Beck; rule return able September 4; attorney, Edmund Brady. Estate of William Robertson Smith; or der to proceed for ancillary letters of ad ministration; attorney, George H. Lamar. Estate of Carl L. von Hartleben; sale confirmed nisi; attorneys, Birney Sc Woodard. In re Ralph W. Lucas; order to en cumber real estate; attorney, Irving Wil liamson. In re Marjorie C. Wiley; order of allow ance; attorney, F. D. Blackistone. FALSE TEETH WOULDN'T WORK But Court Holds Month's Tryout Not Enough. INDIANAPOLIS, August 30.?With $12 invested In a set of store teeth that re fused to "spit" for him. according to his complaint. Joseph C. Hyatt sued Drs. S. & George T. Earhart for $200 damages in Magistrate Edward L. Dietz's court yes terday. The evidence showed that Mr. Hyatt had seventeen of his own teeth removed in Juno, and that after indulging his mouth in a set of false ones, the latter refused to chew or spit for him. Magistrate Dietz found for Drs. Ear hart, maintaining that a month or so is not a sufficient workout for false teeth and that the operator can hardly become versed in the art of proper mastication in such a short time. Hyatt appealed the case to the circuit court. Battleships Arrive at Norfolk. NORFOLK. Va., August 30.?Nine battleships of the Atlantic fleet passed in the Virginia capes late yesterday from the southern drill grounds. They will coal in Hampton roads, preparatory to the tests in Tangier sound, Septem ber 3. These are the vessels that pro ceeded to sea Monday, MARK GRAS FESTIffllES END FBOSTBURG FETE Centennial Celebration For mally Closes Today?Fan tastic Parade to Be Held. | Special Diitpa toh to Tbe St*r. FROSTBTTRG. Md.. August SO. ? The formal celebratio nof home-coming: week, marking the centennial of Frostburg. | ends with a Mardi Gras observance to j day, although tomorrow lias been set aside for an all-day picnic, and the car nival features will go on. Th's afternoon Olympic games will be held in Junior Or der Park, and special prizes will be 1 awarded. The fantastic parade will be held to I night Prizes aggregating several hun dred dollars will be awarded for the best costumes along various lines. The cen tennial parade committee has borrowed fifty mules from the Consolidation Coal Company, and members of the com [ mittee will appear in the parade mule back. The Bismarck Bazoo Band, a local [ burlesque organization, will also appear. I The formal centennial ball will be held tonight at the Junior Order F'ark pavil ion The committee in charge is com posed of Irving Prichard, William Kiglit, Ralph Gantt. Oscar Crump. Harry K. [Williams, Walter Deneen. William Wilder [ man and Mark Lines. Frost Descendants. The Frost heirs, decendants of Mesh ack and Catherine Frost, founders of Frostburg, who rode in the parade yes terday. were Ellie Frost, Huntington. W. Va.; Miss Hazel Frost, Clarksburg, W. Va.; William Frost. William Frost, jr., and Miss Haidee Prost, Kansas City, Mo.: Thomas Frost and Miss Mary Frost. Pittsburgh: Mrs. Wallace Frost and Miss Mary Frost, Union town. Pa.: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frost. Cumberland: Kath erine H. Bean, Portland, Ore.; Miss Mar ion F. Broadwater. Ethel. Viola and Olin Broadwater, Grantsville, M<1.; Mrs. Henry Turner and Charles Frost. Shades Mills. Md-. and Miss Kate Bruce, Cum berland. Thomas Humbertson. Frost burg's oldest resident, who is ninety-four years old, having been born six years after the city was founded, rode in the parade. ,, , , The unusually attractive collection of relics continues to draw hundreds of people daily. A feature added recently is a collection of dolls 1<J<> years old, by S. Graff Haverstick. Thousands See Tourney. About 2.000 people witnessed the tour nament yesterday afternoon at Junior Order Park. The officers of the tourna ment were: Chief marshal, Mr. J. C. Cobey; first aid. F. H. Schriebcr; second aid, W. C. Manley; heralds. J. William Shea and Owen L. Porter. The riders and winners were: First, silver loving cup. W llliam Evans Knight of Centennial; second, Eng lish saddle. Cecil Engle. Knight of Rock wood: third, English bridle. Alvin Race. Knight of Red. White and Blue; iourth. English crop. Clayton Wade. Knight or White Wings. The other riders wen Louis McCullough, Knisht of Ormond. Eugene Chambers. Knight of Shamrock: Clavton Wade, Knisht of White Wings; James Rankin. Knight of Palo; diaries Zimmerly, Knight of reamland. Mrs. Adolph Frey was crowned queen of love and beauty; Miss Pearle Engle. first maid of honor: Miss Hilda Race, second maid of honor, and Miss Marion Rice, third maid of honor. Folger McKinsey. the Bentztown bard, recited two original poems before a large audience from the judges' stand at Ju nior Order Park yesterday afternoon. He was presented by Prof. (Min R- Rice. The poems pertained to childhood days. Mr. McKinsey. Roy L McCardell. the humor ist. and Charles B. Ryan of New \ork. homecomers. were guests of honor at A Night of Reminiscences at the H<1ks Club last night. They were presented hy George Stem, toastmaster. Mr. McKin sey again gave a leading. CHEMICALS TAINT FISH, Ptomaine Poisoning Said to Have | Resulted From Factory Refuse. NEW YORK. August 30?The New York state fish commission has been noti fied that Its efforts to supply the New York markets with fish by restocking Flushing bay on Long Island are likely to prove a failure owing to the tainting of the fish with poisonous chemicals from factories in the vicinity. Several serious cases of ptomaine poisoning, with at least one death, are reported as a result of eating fish from the bay. The board of health is making an investigation, and may prohibit the use of sea food from the * lij11 former years the neighborhood was a famous fishing bank, but duiinsj the past five years the fish have gradually disappeared. Several million fingerlings were planted last year in the attempt to restock the bay. DROPS DEAD AS HE WINS RACE. Fellow-Athletes Get Proof of Story His Heart Was Weak. NEW YORK, August 30.?Theodore Druge. twenty, had been an active mem ber of the Finnish Social and Athletic Club at 7?a 40th street, Brooklyn. Three times a week the organization adjourned to its field on 44th street between 8th and 9th avenues to give exhibitions and hold contests. Druge. who was a good athlete, never took part In the games. He said Jiis heart was weak. For his holding back he was often chided by his friends. Yesterday afternoon there was a 100 yard dash on the program, for which the prize was a gold medal, and Druge de cided to run. Eight toed the marn, and Druge's friends gave him a cheer when they saw he had decided to make a test of his running powers. At the starting gun Druge got off in the lead, and to the halfway mark held ?? by a slight margin. Then he spurted and his friends yelled when they saw he had a chance for the prize With a final burst of speed he crossed the finish line a vic tor and the cheering grew. Suddenly he stopped, threw up his hands and fell backward. The shouting ceased and the crowd thronged about tne fallen runner. His hand was clutching his breast. Dr. Phillips said the runner in his victorious spurt had overtaxed him self and had died of heart disease. Ifis home was at 1118 Stli avenue. Big Plant Proposes Extension. BATONNE, N. J.. August :W).?The. Bush Terminal Company, which owns a $50,000,000 plant in Brooklyn, has applied for riparian rights on 2,500 feet of shore front here. It proposes to build a harbor terminal five times as large as that in Brooklyn. providing employment for 50,000 persons and Involving the expendi ture of $130,000,000. Cigarette Causes Fire. A lighted cigare-ite carelessly thrown from a window of the Highland apart ment" this morning is believed to have been the caui-e of the burning of an awn ing oti the building. About $25 damage was done Employes of the apartment extinguished the ilames. Harry West Missing. Harry West, a brakeman in the em ploy of the B. & O. railroad, left his home at Mount Rainier. Md., Saturday night, August 10. and has not been heard of since, according to a report made to the police today by his wife. West, according to his wife, came to Washington to cash his pay check, a he gave the police a description of her husband, but could not sugge?t any i reason for his non-appearance. ] OFFICIALS TAKE STEPS TO HALT MAIL SCiEME Securing Lower Rate Through Non-Delivery Offices Viola tion of the Law. It has come to the attention of official* of the PoM Office Department that letters addressed to patrons of offices not having delivery by carriers are helm; sent to these offices for mailing from other cities and towns in various ways other than by the use of the mails, fur the purpose, it is declared, of taking advantage of the cent-an-ounce rate provided for letters mailed at and addressed to patrons of post offices not having free delivery serv ice by carriers and known as the "drop letter rate." Third Assistant Postmaster Oeneral Britt has taken the matter up. and in a letter to postmasters instructs them "to inform all persons who tender mall of this character that their action in handling and transporting it, regularly or at stat ed intervals, from the plaoe at which it originates, and at which it should be mailed, to the place at which they offer it for mailing for the purpose of securing the lower rate, will not only result in a loss of revenue to the government, but Is in violation of section 1M of the act *>f Congress approved March 4, liM?, which prohibits making provis.on for the con v< yance of letters or packets over post routes, or from any city, town or place, to any city, town or place, between which the mail is regularly carri?-d, and that their action may subject them to criminal prosecution. Must Accept Mail. Continuing he says: "However, these instructions must not be construed as au thorizing any postmaster to refuse to ac cept such mall for delivery. The post master should accept and deliver such mail if tendered after the above Instruc tions have been complied with, and im mediate.y make a full and detailed report to the third assistant postmaster general of all facts in connection with it. "Postmasters at offices of the fourth class are Instructed that all such mall is held to be diverted mail, and, while they are not permitted to refuse to ac cept and deliver it, they will not be al lowed commissions on cancellations of postage stamps atlixed thereto." | Real Estate Transfers | SEVENTEENTH AND X STREETS NORTH WEST?White Oak Coal Com pany to Emily Tuckerman, lot 1. square south of 181: $10. K STREET NORTHEAST between 5th and *>th streets?Annie E. Rohey. et vir, Thomas H.. to Herman R. Howen s'ein. lot 25. square Ml; $10. UNTONTOWN?George C. Uertman et al., trustees, to ICdniond V. I>a wrence, lots >C?7 and S5N, square .~>77'>: $100. Same to Wilbur H. Lawrence. lot N50. square 577!?: $100." Same to .Josephine I.. Canfleld. lot n.V?, square 577'.?: SI. NO. 3012 DC M BARTON AVENI'B NORTH WEST?Charles R. Johnston et ux. to Geneva R Johnston, lot 3. square 1233; Slo. XO. 43 HARRISON STREET, ANACOS TIA?Margaret J. I.eonard to Charles F. and Martha J. Bennett, lot 10 and part lot 11. square 576ft; $10. WEST WOODRIDGE?Charles C. Murray et ux. to Prank L and Ida I. Schultz, lots 12, 13. 15, 10 and part lot 14, square 4288; $10. CHILLUM CASTLE HEIGHTS?Wash ington I>and and Mortgage Company to Frank Willson, lot 88, square 3884; Sin. IIILLBROOK?William X. Obold to A nnie C. Obold. lots 18 and 1!', square ?>>77; $10. WALTER STREET SOITHEAST be tween 12th and 18th streets?Hairy A. Kite et al. to Addison Dent, lot 235. square 1015; $10. MOUNT PLEASANT?Richard E. Coz zens. trustee, to James A. Jones, lot 054, square 2013; $10. WALTER STREET SOUTHEAST be tween 12th and 18th streets?Harry A. Kite et al. to Georgia A. Queen, lot 22% square 1015; $10. Same to Paul I. Kiitler. lot 244, square 1015: Sin. EIGHTH STREET NORTHWEST be tween T and U streets?Mary E. Wynne to Thomas H. Young, part original lot 4. square 410; $100. DEAXWOOD HEIGHTS?William H. Butler et ux. to Mary V. Joseph, lots 10 and 20, block 17; $10. FUNERAL OF W. B. STOKES. Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon. Funeral services for William B. Stokes, who died early this morning from apo plexy. will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the chapel of Joseph Gawler & Sons' undertaking establishment. Mr. Stokes, who was one of the oldest and best known clerks in the War JDe partment. was stricken with apoplexy in Georgetown last Wednesday afternoon. He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital, but died at 4 o'clock this morn ing without having regained conscious ness He was a past master of Hiram Ix?dge, F. A. A. M.. which organization will have charge of the funeral. CROWD OF 10,000 SEES FALL. Stevenson Runs Biplane Into Post and Tumbles Into a Creek. WAY XESBURG, Pa., August 30.?A crowd of 10,000 visitors at the Waynes burg fair this afternoon saw the biplane of Joe Stevenson, the aviator, caught In a treacherous gust of wind and blown toward the ground, narrowly escaping death. The aeroplane swooped onto ttie race course near the turn on the home stretch and crashed into a post. It turn ed a somersault over the post and Steven son was thrown out. He rolled 150 feet down an embankment toward the creek. Believing the aviator fatally injured, the crowd rushed to the creek bank. Mrs. Stevenson witnessed the accident an<l was among the first to reach her daring husband's side. Stevenson was uncon scious when picked up, but was restored quickly by the use of restoratives. A hurried examination showed no bones had been broken, but he was suffering greatly from bruises and shock and may be internally injured. MEANS OF EDUCATION. Women Advocate Using Churches and Schools as Polling Places. ST. PAUL, Minn., August 30.?The use of schools and churches as polling p'.aces at elections, in place of the booths now erected tn this city, is advocated by the Women's Civic League. The matter was discussed at a meeting of the league last night. It was argued by the women that be sides relieving the city streets of the un sightly booths the elections in the schools would be a matter of education. SEEKS PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS. California League Would Have State Aid Needy Mothers. SAN FRANCISCO, August 30.?A hun dred women met here today and formed the California League for the Protection of Motherhood. Miss Lucy Good White, who was made president, said the league would not be permanent, but would exist only long enough to obtain the passage of a state law to pension by direct means widowed mothers with dependent children. Another provision of the proposed measure pertains to the payment by the state of a pension during the enforced idleness of mothers who work for the support of themselves and their children. FINANCIAL. ? 1frt-t ?>' 1 i" ^-^-4^-. ?. Capital .. fl.oon.opo j Fndlvided Profits Ovpr... I.oou.uw T Deposits Over 7,000.000 J[ : WeHavethef ! Facilities Y ? ? ? 4 ?as well as the inclination ! 1 ? 4 to make YOUR banking ~ A connections here both ~ pleasant and profitable, r whether you have much or ? little to deposit. ? irSntno rate of Interest paid on X. both large and small accounts. National Savings and ? Trust Company, Corner 15th and N. Y. Ave. Z FORTY-SIXTH YKAR. 4 The Safest Investments Are tbow that do sot tart at'? lar*ee <!?> rarberi rendition* of tk( ao??f or ????% market. First dM of trust aotti (irM mortgages). well secured on real ?atate ta the District of Columbia, routitn** "fttt ed*e" lD\?'?tmpnt?. Tber do no* d?Mll a TWO th?- tlr.aiiri*l responsibility indi viduals or corporation* for their and ?r? exempt fmm taiatlon ?? pfmsial property. W* can supply aurh la>Mtwnti la amounts from |W0 upward. Sw?l fot booklet. "Coaceraiaz Loaaa and lav?st> Bents." Swartzefl, Rheem & Hensey Co., 727 ISth 8T. N.W. * j %?% .? W'-O W C '-J UV?< Wt O ?? ?'?- ?' & :> | Sonne Logical Reasons ;; FOR OPENING AN ACCOUNT IN f'i | National Metropolitan : Bank Opposite 1*. S. TRKASCKV. y Oldest National i '.a nk in '??f Washington Depositors have a right to expect V 'ji their banking business to l?e treat- 3C 3E t*d as If strictly confidential. This ;;;; wo do. and we also aim to protor* sjjj their interests in every legitimate & manner. *J- (More to Follow.) j'V ?? . v?.?''?? w '.?? v vy v ?? w-.' Money to Lend. This company has at all times I a re* amount* >f money to l?-nd on first mortrajje on InipmrM District of Colombia real estate at preratltM rate of Interest. Small loans of from ON'B ?? FIVE THorSAND dollars preferred. AppUcatlou blanks will be nailed oa ri to the secretary of He Commercial Fire Insurance Compaiy, Ok TUK DISTRICT OF CULl'MU A. Southern buildlug. 4W* and IKi MOXK1 to loaa on approve*! city real estate aecurlty. ICTSB I,. HKIHKKLU 1403 H at. aw. Money to Loan Secured by First Deed of Trust on Real Eatsla, Prevailing Interest aad commissive. Joseph I. Weller, 602 F St. N.W. f ARMY?NAVY J Army Orders. Lieut. Col. Jostpii A. Gabion is re lievud from the lai Cavalry and is at tached to tlio lO'.h Cavalry. The name of Lieut. Col. Augustus C. Macomb. Cavalry, is placed on the list of detached officers, and the name of Lieut. Col. James Lockett. Cavalry. Is removed therefrom. The name of MaJ. Farrand Sayre, iHtt Cavalry, is placed on the list of de tached officers, and the name of Ma.l. Henry T. Allen, general staff, is re moved therefrom. Leave of absence fur twenty-one days is granted First Lieut. Edgar Z. Steever, 3d. 28th infantry. The leave of absence granted Col. Henry P. McCain, adjutant general, is extended twenty days. The promo :ion of Maj. Wendell L Simpson. 15th Infantry, to the grade of lieutenant colonel is announced. Capt. George H. Shelton, assistant lft the c?'ief of the bureau of Insular affairs of the War Department. Is at-ached to the 3)th Infantry, with station at Fort Jav. N. Y. Lieut. Col. William 11. Allaire, 4th In fantry, is assigned to the Infantry Col. Walter L. F tiley. f:avalry, now at tached to the 1st Cavalry, is assigned t?> that regiment. Kach of the following-named officers will proceed to Fort Riley, Kan., for tho purpose of taking the Held officers' course at the Mounted Service School. Majs. Edmund S. Wright. 1st Cavalry; John S. Winn. 2d Cavalry; Sedgwick Rice. 3d Cavalry; Guy II. Preston, ttn Cavalry: William T. Littebrant. !?fli Cavalry; George O. Crew, 10th Cavalry: R<?bert D. Walsh. 11th Cavalry: Kdwar.t Anderson. 12th Cavalry: P. D. Lochridge. 13th Cavalry, and Robert A. Brown, Mtli Cavalrv, and Lieut. Col. Samuel I>. Stur gis, 3d Field Artillery. Naval Orders. Lieut. G. F. Neal, from North Carolina; home, wait orders. Ensign R. G. Payne, resignation to tako effect August l'.?12. Passed Assistant Surgeon F. E. Por ter, from Naval Hospital, Portsmouth. N. H., to treatment Naval UoaplfaT Boston. Assistant Paymasters II. T. Sandlln, S. M. Mathes, J. Q. Venter, K. II. Bar ber, W. E. Moorman. A. II. Eddins, O. W. I^eidel and D. P. Heath have been commissioned. Boatswain W. E. O'Connell, to receiv ing ship at Phi'adelphia. Pa. Machinist J. R. Bradshaw, to Machin ist's Mates' School, Charleston, S. C. Ensign R. S. Robertson, from Cincin nati. to Mohican. Ensign R H. Morrison, from Rainbow, to Mohican. Naval Movements. The Vlcksbt/rg lias arrived at Cua' tn ti, Mexico; the Jenkins at Boston, the Mary land at Honolulu, the Sylph at Delaware City, the .fouett at Newport, the Sterling at Newport News, the Massachusetts Barney and Biddle at Annapolis, and tho Rocket at Norfolk. The California has sailed from Corinto for Panama, the Nero from St Pains, Pribiloff Islands, for I'nalga. Alaska; tho Worden from New ork for tests at sea, the Ma.vrant from Newport for New York, and the Saratoga from ClK-foo for Chinwangtao. The flag of the commander-in-chief. Pacific fleet, has l?een temporarily trans ferred from the California to the Annap olis. WHISKY CAUSES SUICIDES. Scores of Fishermen in Alaskan Waters Are Driven Insane. SAN FRANCl?HX>. August 3?>.-Cheap whisky is blamed for driving scores of fishermen in Alaskan waters Insane, wit I* the result that suicides have been fre quent occurrences in the cod fishing flee^ this season, according to Capt. Dahloff of the schooner William 11. Dimond. whicik arrived here last night from I'nlmak pa-s. Several of the crew of the DlmoMd were seriously affected after drinking the pois onous substitute for liquor and one o? the men. after his attempts had been frustrated several times, succeeded m jumping overboard to his death.