Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1897, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, ‘FRIDAY,’ JULY 2, 1897-14 PAGES. a AT THE WHITE HOUSE Shortest Cabinet Meeting of the Ad- ministration. PRESIDENTS DEPARTURE TONIGHT Few of the Throng of Callers Were Successful. DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS —_>—___. The cabinet meeting at the executive mansion today was the shortest under the new administration. It lasted less than an hour, that time being consumed in the dis- cussion of unimportant matters. The Pres- ident submitted several appointments he Was about to send to the Senate. A request was received from G. A. R- employes at Buffalo for an additional week of holiday during the G. A. R. encampment Uhere in August. The request was referred to Attorney General McKenna for an opin- fon as to whether the extra holiday may be allowed under the law. President McKinley will leave this even- ing at 7:10 o'clock for Canton, to be away until next Tuesday. Besides the President, the party will be composed of Mrs. Mc- Kinley and maid, Mrs. Saxton, Miss Mabel McKinley and Judge and Mrs. Day. Sec- retary Porter will not go with the party, but leaves tonight for a fishing expedi- tion in the Virginia mountains. He will stop at Nimrod Hall, some distance from Hot Springs. At Pittsburg tomorrow morn- Ing a committee from Steubenville, Ohio, will meet the President and invite him to attend the celebration of the one hun- iredth anniversary of the formation of Jefferson county. The celebration ts to be held th:s fall. - Senator Aldricn of Rhode Island, after a long absence from the White House, had a talk with the President tnis afternoon. Senator Elkins and Representative Dorr of West Virginia spoke to the President abcut scme cunsulships for their state. Few Callers Ran the Gauntlet. ‘There were plenty of callers for a cabinet @ay, but, outside of a few senators and representatives, none cf them ran the gauntlet. Senator Hanna and Gen. Gros- venor had an exiended taik with the Presi- dent, going into a number of subjects. The Ohio situation fs said io he interesting the President. Naturaily it is full of interest to Serator Hanna. ‘The President, it is said. would like to see some enthusiasm among the Ohio republicans. Gen. Gros- venor believes the House will put the tariit bill through in shor: order when it gets pessession of the documen Senator Platt Gets What He Want«. Senator Platt of New York this morning asked the President to give a consulate to yeung James of New York. The young man is a son of Mrs. James, who is a daughter of Gen. Worth. The request is not a political one. F Senator Platt also spoke to the President about the judgeship of the eastern district of New York, a vacancy having been created by the death of the presiding judge. Senator Platt wanted H. W. Tenny given the jadgeship, and this was done today. Mr. Tenny was also indorsed by Gen. Tracy. The opposition candidate was ex- Cergoration Counsel McDonald. It is al- leged that T. H. Burnett will be appointed district attorney for the southern district of New York. He and ex-Representat John S. Wise were the leading candidat and some time ago Mr. Wise’s friends thought he had the place landed. ov. Smith Received. Senator Carter introduced Smith of Montana. Governor Smith is a Want office. He is here Bliss about some lan h the state is in R. Gunby, H. S. Robert Gov. ne visit wa ver man and does E. J. J. Holland, John T. Horr and Walter iolland, Florida politicians, were at th White House to disc with the President. rr is @ canai- vr the Key West cotlectorship. Mr. jidate for collector at Tam- resentative Evans of Kentucky ac- upanied J. A. Armstrong to say a good aos ros the latter for a consulate in Swit- zerlay fhe President and members of the cabi- net have received invitations to attend the Maryland staie agricultural fair to be held at ‘derick, Md., in October. Several members of the cabinet have expressed an inteation to accept the invitation, and the President may attend if his duties do not prevent. District Appointments. The President today appointed Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, ex-Surgeon General Francis M. Gunnell of the navy and Sur- sgeon General John Moore of the army as visitors to the Government Hospital for the Insane. The President also signed the commis- sion of Charles H. Heyl to be adjutant general, with the rank of lieutenant col- onel, of the District militia. Ro s Guffin of Missouri has been appoint- ed special agent to make allotments of land to Indians under act of February S, s) William Ryan and Thomas A. Davis of Idaho and George A. Beck of Washington Were tcday appointed to be members of the commission to examine and classify lands within the land grant and indemnity land frant limits of the Northern Pacific Rail- road Company in the Cour d'Alene land district of Idaho. — 2+ CHARGE DISMISSED. Warden Leonard Exonerated by the Court. Justice Hagner, in the absence of Chiet ham, called a meeting of the he Distri¢t Supreme Court to- der the charges preferred Wed- members day toe nesday by Kate Vandevere, F. Edward and Chas. M. Emmons against John R. Leonard of the District. oman, declared insane by a Crimi- nal Court jury several days ago, accused the warden and Eis officers with cruel treat- ment, her attorney, Mitchell, and &m- mons, a young physician, who testified as to her mental incapacity, charging the warden with treating them in an insulting ad disrespectful manner. The members of the court heard Warden Leonard's answer, and then unanimously decided, it 1s stated, that tne charges had not been sustained. Judge Hagner was cite the action of the court, will prepar th necessacy crder. erstood that the court fully ex- Warder Leonard and the other Prison officials authorized to ant he an PUT OFF TO . ok for a Vote on the Tariff Thin Week. snagers of the tariff bili in the Senate no hope of getting the bill through the Senate this week, and now look for x final vote next Tuesday or Wednesd: ‘The Senate will be in session Monday. Ss ssenbach ‘Transferred. Theodore Wassenbach, an engraver burean of engraving and printing, at num, has been transferred to st and geodetic survey as an en- . at $2.00 per annum. —+ e+ rged Brief. The Commissioaers today received from @he North Capitol and Eckington" Citizens’ Association an extensive brief on the ques- tion of the approval cf the air motor by the Commissioners ‘or traction purposes on the lines of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and Belt railway companies. The brief is merly an enlargement upon the objections which have alreadf been made by the assonation, and which have been printed in ‘Th M eraver W Mr. at 81.000 per the gray An It matters little whet It is that you want —whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the per- son who MR. THURSTON PROTESTED |RETALIATORY DUTIES Anti-Trust Measure Rejected by the Oaucus Introduced. Hanna Credited With the Defeat of the Amendments—Dissatisfied Western Republicans. There is considerable feeling among west- ern sexators on account of the action of the republican caucus last night with re- lation to the proposed anti-trust amend- ment. As indicated in The Star yesterday, the opposition to the anti-trust amend- ment was in control, and the caucus de- cided not to offer the amendment. It is doubtful whether any amendment that could be adopted would be effective, but a number of republican senators feel that an anti-trust provision would protect the party against the charge of the opposition that the bill benefits trusts. It is said that Mr. Thurston, who was chairman of the judiciary subcommittee, designated to draw up an anti-trust amendment, is great- ly dissatisfied with the action of the cau- cus, and today he introduced as an in- dependent measure the anti-trust pro- vision which the caucus rejected. Mr. Hanna Is credited with the defeat of the amendment. After Mr. Thurston's committee presented this proposition to the finance committee Mr. Hanna appeared before the latter committee and made an earnest argument against any attempt at legislation with relation to he trasis be- ing inserted in the tariff bill. Mr. Thurs- ton contended against his arguments, in- sisting that something should be done to restrain trusts and combinations, but Mr. Hanna‘s contenticn that. the tariff Dill should not be loaded down prevailed with the committee and in caucus. Mr. Thurston then decided to introduce the proposition as an independent meas- ure. The measure is as follows: “That every person, firm, association or corporation who or which shall monopolize or engross, or attempt to monopolize or engross, or who or which shall combine or conspire with any other person, firm, as- sociation or corporation to monopolize or engross the trade or commerce in any com- modity, product or menvfacture of any kind, amcng the several states or with for- gign natiors, for the purpose of unduly en- hancing, affecting or controlling the price of such commodity, product or manufac- ture to the consumers of this country shal! be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 and by im- prisonment at hard labor not more than five years. Any person who shall aid, abet, assist, counsel or advise any corporation of which he is an officer, agent, stockholder or employe to violate the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and, on conviction of said offense, shall be Mabie to the punishment afore- said. Section 2. It shall be sufficient in the in- dictment to describe the offense in the lan- guage of this statute; and the fact that any such person, firm, association or cor- poration engaged in trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations in any commodity, product or man- ufacture, and so proceeded against, has either directly or through factors or agents, refused to sell any such commodity, pro- duct or manufacture to any person, firm, association, dealer or corporation at the same general price and upon the same general terms required from other pur- chasers under similar circumstances, or has refused to so sell otherwise than upon conditions limiting or restricting the dis- position thereof by the purchaser, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of monopoliz- ing or attempting to monopolize, or of en- grossing or attempting to engross, the trade or commerce therein among the sev- eral states, or with foreign nations, as set forth and charged in any count of such indictment. ection 3. The several circuit courts of » United States are hereby invested with iisdiction to prevent and restrain viola- tions of thi ¥, and it shall be the duty of % trict attorneys of the Uni tes in their resepctive districts, under the direction of the Atto eral, to institute proceed: prevent and restrain such viol proceedings may be by way < forth the case and y lation shall be enjoined pited. When the parti shall have heen duly notifi to the hearing and determination se; and pending such petition, and final decree, the court may at any time make such temporary restraining or- der or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises. Whenever it shall appear to the court be- fore which any civil proceedings brought under the provisions hereof may be pend- ing that the ends of justice require that other parties should be bronght before the court, the court may cause them to be sum- moned, whether they reside within the Cis- trict in which the court is held or not, and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district of territory or in the District of Columbia, by the marshal thereof. Cees CLAIM HE BROKE HIS PROMISE. Cleveland Lenther Dealers om Senator Hanna. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 2.—DLocal leather dealers are sore on Senator Hanna for not arraying himself agatast the duty on hides after giving them assurances of assistance. Serator Hanna was absent when the vote was taken in the early part of April, the leather concerns of Cleve- land sent persoral letters to Senator Han- na asking him to look after their interests when the propesed duty should be brought up for consideration. In addition to the letters, a petition was aiso sent, signed by the leather dealers throughout the state. In reply Senator Hanna promised bring the matter before the finance com- mittee, which is considering the amend- ments, to be proposed to the tariff bill in the Senate. He also promised to use his influence on the side of the leather men. Those interested in the hide business in Cleveland say that Senator Hanna has been guilty of great cowardice. One of the oldest dealers in the city is Mr. Philip Gaensslen of Harrington & Gaensslen, on Water street. Mr. Gaensslen that this duty will mean a great loss to his business throughout the country. Mr. Geensslen says the purpose to put a duty on imported leather means absolutely notli- ing. Are Sore to —_——_- SUFFERING THE P! NALTY. Republican Clerks Favored by Demo- cra Superiors Put Under the Ban. Republicans in government employ who enjoyed the friendship of the democratic officials under whom they worked during the last administration are in a number of cases being embarrassed now. In numer- ous instances republicans who can demon- strate that they have always been known as such, and voted the republican ticket, have been either removed or reduced since the 4th of March. When these gentlemen have appealed to the powers above them, Tted their republicanism, and insisted that the heads of republicans should not be laid low by the ax, they have been re- minded of certain evidences that they were favored, beyond what might be expected | from having a high degree of efficiency, by the last administration. They have been told that the record shows that they had this or that very pleasant assignment to a special duty, or that they held confidential relations with democratic chieftains. OfM- cials have been inclined to proceed on the assumption that men favored by democrats are of the democratic party. In this way it has been brought about that many re- publicans whose ability or general quali- ties secured them special favors in the last administration are anxious to let bygones be bygones. Acting on this same principle, many men who were badly used during the last administration, in some cases because of their inefficiency or misconduct, are using that fact to secure favor now, claim- ing that the treatment accorded them was because of their intense republicanism, —____-e-____ Aged Lady Falls From a Car. Mrs. Kelly, aged sixty-eight, living at No. 715 East Capitol street, accidentally fell from @ moving electric car at the cor- rer of 9th and F streets northwest, about roon today and had her head slightly cut. She was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where she was attended by Dr. Bahr, Senate Votes for Them Today by 33 to ke : wR GRAY PROTESTS IN VAIN Germany's Threatened Course of Commercial Warfare. DEMOCRATS DISAGREE Senator Wellington (Md.) rose to a ques- tion of personal privilege soon after the opening of the Senate today, and in vehe- ment voice referred to publications con- cerning a conflict said to have taken place yesterday before fhe ccmmittee on com- merce in relation to the appointment of B. H. Warner, jr., as consul to Leipsic. (His remarks in full will be found in an- ether eolumn.) Afier'the stir of this incident the tariff. bill was taken up. Mr. White (Cal.), in behalf of the minority of the finance c¢m- mittee, zsked Mr. Allison as to the prox gram on tea, beer, the anti-trust amend- ment_and other important questions. Mr. Allison responded that an amend- ment relating to the increase of the reve- nue te be derived from the bill would be brought in later In the day. As to other questions a little more time was desired. Mr. Teller (Col.) inquired what the cori+ mittee or caucus comemplated doing on the qvestion of decreasing the tax on dis- tilled spirits, in view of the letter written by the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Allison answered that the whole question of distilled spirits had been gone over. Personally, he believed a lower tax would be prodvctive of greater revenue, but he thought it urwise to go into the complex question in connection with this tariff bill. Mr. Teller said the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury indicated a desire for lex islation on this subject. Then the senator added: “Before this bill is disposed of I will discuss what should be done in de- creasing the tax on spirits. I will show that the committee is giving away $2,000,- 000 a month, tc the detriment of consumers who bear the tax burdens, and to the detri- ment of honest dealers in distilled spirits.” The consideration of the bill then pro- ceeded. ‘The paragraph relating to nickel was changed, making the rates on nickel ore three cents per pound on the nickel con- tained therein; nickel matter, four cents rer pound, nickel, nickel oxide, alloy, etc., eight cents per pound. The Retulintory Clause. This brought the Senate to the “retalia- tory clause,” so called, providing that whenever any country pays a bounty on any article, then, upon the importation of that article into the United States, there shall be levied and paid, in addition to the duties otherwise imposed by this act, an additional duty equal to the net amount of such bounty or grant, however the same be paid or bestowed. Mr. Gray (Del.) spoke against the amend- ment, saying he regarded it as opening the way to a disregard of our treaty obliga- tions with at least two Suropean countries —Germany and Austria-Hungary. He read the protest of Baron von Thielmann, the German ambassador, and Baron yon Hen- gelmuiller, the n minister, against the proposed discretionary duty. He argues agairst it not only a h of inter national relations but also on th tery duty was in t tory rate to the this countr: frem sugar-producing conatri: Mr. Caffery (La.) differed wit : arguing that no breach of interr obiigations was involved, and that retai on of this character was in the nature self preservation, to which ¢ country could resort when its industries - were threatened by the payment of foreign ex- port bounties The senator then question whether the refining of su srimina- nature of a co: of branched off to the the treasury figures on ‘ar came from the senator declared that enormous frauds against the government had occur. red in the payment of drawbacks by rez son of false figures. He rely arraigned its lobbyists. in- the corridors of Congress and the people were its slaves. Mr. Morgan of Alabama, Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire and Mr. Lindsay’ of Kentucky participated in the debate. Mr. Caffery defended his position as con- sistent with’ democracy. ‘The vote was then taken, and the re- tallatory clause was agreed to, 38—19. —___-e-__ IN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Recent Promotions and Reinstate- ments of Employes. The following changes have been made in the Department of Agriculture: Dr. W. B. Bigelow, promoted to be second asst ant chemist; W. H. Krug, promoted from 31,400 to $1,600; E. G. Runyan, from $1,400 to $1,600; G. E. Patrick, $1,200 to $1,400. The following ex-Union soldiers have been reinstated to take effect July 1: Charles A. Leith of Wisconsin, clerk at $1,600 per an- num; A. J. Hodges of Michigan, watchman, $720 per ennum; Nathaniel Shaisweil of Massachusetts, care taker of the museum, $1,000 per annum; George L. Whitmo: or Maine, chief folder, at $1,000 per annum. Cc. A. Conrad of Kentucky, stenographer to the fourth assistant postmaster general, been promoted from $1,200 tc $1,400 per. annum. es AN UNFAILING INDICATION, Rallway Disasters Followed by Pat- ents for Safety Appliances, If all records of railroad accidents could be blotted out there would still be a way in which to tell at what time the great disasters on these highways of commerce take place. Every great railroad accident starts the inventive genius of hundreds of men and floods the patent office with ap- plications for patents on devices supposed to yrevent disasters of a similar kind in the future. Up to the present time 9; patents relating to railways have been is Whenever there is an accident her- throughout the country inventors the cause for the disaster. If ned that the switch did not work the patent office is soon flooded with applications for improved switches that are guaranteed never to fail at a critical moment. Whatever the cause of the acci- dent is shown to be numberless devices to meet the necessity of the case are forward- ed to Washington. Built-Up Wood. From the New York Sun. The system of woodworking known. as the “built-up” method, and now coming more and more into vogue, is said to be employed advantageously in the manufac- ture of doors, the claim being that, by thus cementing together thin boards or veneers of different woods transversely with the grain, greater strength, flexibility and dur- ablilty are obtained than exist in an equal-sized piece of any of the woods in- dividually. Doors made in this manner cernot twist or warp under any conditions, are much stronger than ordinary mortise and tenon or doweled doors made of one kind of wood, and a firm in Buffalo is now making successfully doors of built-up woods, leaving the frames hollow, which is a saving of material and produces a lighter and stronger door. In Canada built-up boards are employed for packing cases, trunks, ete., for which purposé the work- man cuts sheets of veneer from the log, which is made to rotate against a knife, and the veneers are then glued up with the grain crossed, the result being a strong board, of considerably greater strength than much thicker wood of any other kind. —ceo—___ Application for Georgetown -Collee- torship. Among the Mst of applications filed at the Treasury Department today was that of W. L. Barrington of Georgetown, D. C., to be collector of customs at Georgetown, D.C. PROMOTED, -AND ~ REDUCED 4£ the Engineer Com- Ra m_ of Reorganisa- tion—List ‘Mif ‘Those Affected. aetna Cee 3 A numbep of jsmportant changes were made this afternoon in the engineer de- partment of the District government, being a continuation of Engineer Commis- sicner Black's plan to reorganize that de- partment. The following are-the changes: H. D. Yates, now rodman in the sewer department at $790 a year, appointed draughtsman in the surface department, at $3.50 per day, to fill an original vacancy. E. Y. Beggs, now assistant inspector of streets, is appcinted inspector in the sur- face department, at $4 per day, and as- signed to duty at the cement house of the contractors for street paving. L. P. Bradshaw, now tnspector of streets at’ $1,260 “per year, is reduced: to- assistant inspector of streets. James Watson, assistant engineer im the surface department, is reduced to inspector of streets. E. G. Emack, inspector of sewers at $1,200 per year, ie made assistant engineer in the surface department, at $1,500 per year. A..G. Dunn, now inspector in.the sewer department, is made inspector of sewers. «. D. Black, rodman i: the sewer. depart- ment, on the temporary roll, is promoted ‘to rodman on the permanent roll. W. D. Fairchild, now chainman in the sewer department, is promoted to rodntan in the sewer department. -L. Be oWitilams, now cluirman: tn-'the sewer department, upon the temporary roll, is put upon the permanent roll in the same positicn. W. H- Davis has been appointéd chain: man in the sewer department upon the temporary roll A. L. Thomas, now chainman in the sur- face department on the temporary roll, pro- moted to rodman in the surface depart- ment. E. R. Greer, appointed chainman in Surface department. O. B. Magruder appointed rodman in surface department, to fill an original cancy: .G. H. Horne appointed chainman in the surface department. J. F. Peerce, inspector in the sewer de- partment, has been promoted from a sal- ary of $3.50 per day to $4 per day. ee COPYING IS LIMITED. the the va- A Novel Rule in the Patent Office Library, A queer rule fs in force in the library of the patent office. Visitors to that library Will be Informed, when seen producing pa- ber and penell to make notes from volumes they call for, that they are not allowed to copy over one-third of any book which they are allowed to consult. Any one who visits the library and sees the great vol- umes containing technical and_ scientific discussions would be rather amused at this rule, but it is said to be a fact that frequently investigators consulting the li- brary, and unableito get copies of standard works found, there, desire to secure a com- plete copy. . They can do this, however large the velumeimay be, by filing a re- quest with the comiissioner of patents, who will order a.eopy and charge them fixed price per folio. “This rule was put In force by Commissioner Seymour, who thought that people who desired’ copies from the libgary might as well pay a litti= revenue to the government in securing But to the average visitor to the the jron-clad rule that they shall » morg.than one-third of any volume them’ seems only a sub, ement. them. Only a Sali} Kaition cientifid ‘Technical ¥ Now and then reparts dre circulated that the Deparuiiént of Agriculture is sending out bulletins ef a highly scientific and techn. ter to the farmers whose education has been of a nature in no way fitting them to read such erudite literature. These -reports are generally started when one of the technical publications of the de- partment by accident is circulated where it Was never intended to go. The department sues @ certain series of publications, the edition. asually limited to about 1,500, al- most wholly for the purpose of making a record of-its scientific vestigations. These papers are distributed to libraries and other epositories where such records are pre- tved. The department makes a special effort to send to agriculturalists only such bulletins as are couched in plain language, intelligible to any man who follows the plow, milks a herd or hoes a garden. ————_-e -—______- OLD RECORDS UNDESTROYED. of Highly tions, A Heritage of the Wilson Administra- tion, The great accumulation of public records of a more or ‘less worthless character in the Post Office Department has been com- mented on frequently during the past few months. The makes provision for the destruction of useless public records in this department by the appci 2nt of a com- mittee of senators jand representatives whose duty it is to determine what records shall be déstroyed and what shall be pre- served. It is said’ that tne exce: cumulation of records of no value in th Post Office Department is largely due to the fact that Posimaster General Wils on, during the latter part of his administra- tion, feared that if he should have a whole- sale destruction of such docum: nts, even though that destruction was sanctioned by & committee of Congress, there might be ism by people, who would claim that ruction of recurds was to hide de- ficiencies in his administration. For that reason he preferreil leaving this great mass of documents to his suc sor, and did so. os United States Commissioners. The District -Supreme Court today ap- pointed the following as United States com- missioners: Charles F. Scott, Albert Har- per, Anson S. Taylor, John H. O'Donnell and Alexander PF, Stewart. ——— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Jnty =Flour dull and_lowest— western super, $2.50a$2. do. extra, $3483. do. famil: 53.20a$4.80; wi er wheat patents, $4.50a $4.65; spring do., $4a$4.30; spring wheat straights, $83.S5at4—receip! 2,745 barrel exports, 6,010 bar- sales, D barrels. Wheat stead spot, 70 bid; month, 6914a69%; August and September, 6S%a. 69 . 39,111 bushels; exports, none; | stock, bushels |. 32,000 bushels—southern sainnll, do. on grade, 6St —spot /a Her2; August, steamer mixed, this de: 27a exports, 64,285 bush- As; sales, 28.000. bushels — exports, firm No. to Liverpool pe < 3 per quarter, 2s.6d, 33h 3s. August. Sugar steady, . butter ftom, uncbanged. Fags dull, unchanged, Chedée fbi,” unchanged.” Whisky un’ changed. a eT Governtient Bonds. Quotations rportgi! by Corson & Macart- nepiaiattons SPerge per cents, register : 4 per cents, coupam of 9807, 112 4 4 per cents, registered af 1907, 11% 112 4 per cents, coupon of 1925. 1253 4 ber cents, registersd of 1925...) 135) 5 per cents, coupon of 1904. + 1s 5 per cents, registered of 1004..2222 11 Currency 6 per cents of 1898. Currency 6 per cents of 1899. — Grain ond Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock ‘exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, —— = Co., New York. CAM ES FINANCE AND TRADE Stock Market Was Dull With an Un- dertone of Strength. St. PAUL LEADS THE ADVANCE Coal Carriers Affected by Threat- ened Miners’ Strike. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 2—The influence of Monday's holiday was superior to all other considerations in today’s stock market. Prices opened around last night's closing parity, and fluctuated within a fractional radius of the initial sale. Dullness, with an encouraging undertone of strength, briefly describes the day’s mar- ket. Londen was inclined to realize moderate- ly on recent purchases, but the sales for foreign account attracted little attention. Washington advices predicting a tax on security operations attracted considerable attention both on the floor and among the officials of the exchange. The proposal to increase the revenues of the government by this means was a surprise to all interested. The amount of the tax was a matter of small concern by comparison with the evils of such a precedent. Later advices were a trifle more satisfactory on this point, not- withstanding a probable incorporation of such a clause in the pending bill. The prospect of extensive strikes in the soft cou! region was discouraging to an extent, but the hope is almost general that an early settlement of differences will be arranged. The most prominent gold exporting houses report an absence of necessity for gold shipments tomorrow. The margin of profit, in the present condition of the for- eign exchange market, is too small to at- tract any considerable outflow. The efforts to emphasize the significance of the shipments already made have fallen far short of their purpose, as prevailing prices show. ‘The movement has at no time reflected any adverse trade balance, but has been conducted on the lines of transactions in less valuable commooiities. The movement will terminate the moment the profit disappears. The buying of St. Paul by brokers frequently representing Vanderbilt inter- ests was a factor of considerable Import- ance during the morning hour. Transac- tions aggregating 25,K)) shares were cred- {ted to the interest mentioned. ‘The re- sult of these purchases was to make the stock a leader of the market and to re- store its parity with Burlington. During @ greater part of the day the figures were !dentical in each. This advance in St. Paul during a ne- glected period in Burlington is taken to indicate a satisfactory wheat condition and a doubtful condition for corn. Hot weather in the west and improved Prospects for corn would promptly force a destruction of the present parity in the price of these properties. The net earnings of St. Paul are expected to exceed any of its previous records for the final week in June. It ts stated, on good authority, that the stock will be put back to a 5 per cent basis in the fall if present indications are not disappointing. , Sugar was marked up under the influence of the covering inspired by the announce- ment that no anti-trust legislation would be enacted at this session of Congress. Chicago Gas again reflected realizing sales, but was well sustained around 94 by inside buying. he net result of the day's trading was somewhat irregular, but in no instance sig- nificant. ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. ' Correspondent: Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. $0 Broadwa: Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirit Wg Ug 1 ty American Spirita, pd... 30° 80-2055 24 American Sugar. 197188 eT American Sugar, p 108 108” 10734 American Tobacco. . Tig Ty 76 American Cotton Oil. ... Atchis0n.........--.. Baltimore & Ono fay State Gas. ... ‘anada Southern. Canada Pacific. . Chesapeake & Ohio... CC. C. & St. Loule.... Uhicago, B. & Q.. x Chicago&Nortawestern. Chicago Gas... 2 C.M. & St. Paul C.M. & St. Paul, pta Chicago, R.I. & Pacit Delaware & Hudson... Den. & Rio Grande, pfd. Erle 5 5 Generai Electric Miinols Central. Lake Shore.. 4 Louisville & Nashvilie.: Metropolitan ‘Traction.. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacttt Nationa) Lead G E National Leaa Co., pfd.. New Jersey Central . New York Centra Northern Pacific Northern Pacific, Ont. & Western. Pacific Maul. Phila. & Read Pullman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., ptd Phila. Traction . Vexaa Paci Tenn. C & iron. Union Pacific.....11 U.S. Leather, pra. Wabash, pfd.. Western Union vei Bilver...... Laclede Gas. Washington Stock Exchange. regular call—12 o'clock m.—Capital_ Trac- at 54%. American Graphophone, preferred, tlon, 40 at 10%; 10 at Ils. Pneumatic Gan Carriage, 1oy'at 45 cents. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund bid. ar fund 6s, gold, 112 Bid. Wate 14 bid. Water stock funding, curr Metropolitan Bailroad %s, 116 bid. Metropolitan Railroad cony. 68, 113 bi Metropelitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, . 110 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certiticates of btedness, B, 108% bid. Eckington Railroad 6s, Columbia Railroad 6s, 115 bid, 120 asked. Jas Company 68, series ‘A, 110 bid. y G8, series B, 111 bid. 1, 106 7s, 1901, currency, 1 114% bid. Miscellaneous Bonds. . Chesapeake and P |. Ameriean > 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5 ., 100" bid. Washington Market Compan 106 bid. Washington Market 103 bid. Washington Market Company 106 bid. Masonic Hatl Associntion 5s, 103 National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washi bid, 300 asked. Bank of the Republic, 230 asked. Metropolitan, 270 bid, 305 asked. Farn ers and Mechanics’, 175 bid, 200 asked. Second, 1 bid. Citizens’, 1 bid. lunbia, 126 bid. Cap tal, 116% bid. West End, 103 bid, 108 asked. Traders’, “90 bid, 10) asked.’ Lincoln,” 100 bid, 106 asked. Onto, 90 ‘asked. Sufe Deposit and Trust Companies,—National Safe Washington Loan | Deposit and Trust, 113 asked, and Trust, 119% bid, 122 asked. American Security and Trust, *l41% bid. Washington Safe Deposit, 5a bid. allroad, Stocks. Capital Traction Companc, 543, bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 114 bid. Columbia, 51 bid. Belt, 20 asked. Eckington, 20 asked. George- town and “Tennallytown, 30 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.-Washington G; 42% bid, 44 asked. Georgetown Gas, 42 bid. S. Electric Light, 92% bid, 94 asked. Insurance ‘Stocks.—Firemen's, 30 bid, 40 asked. Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 68 bid. Corcoran, 55 bid." Potomac, 67 bid. Arlington, 135. bid. German-American, 185 bid. “National Union, 10 bid, 14 asked. Columbla, 12 bid, 13 asked. Riggs, 7% bid, 8% asked. People's, 3% bid, 5% asked. Lin- coln, $i bid. “Commercial, 41% bid. 5% asked. ‘Title {insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid, 6 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 3 9bid, 50 asked. Ghesapeake, and Foromac, 64% Ameri lean Graphophone, 8% bid. 8% can » pre matic Gun Carriage 41 bid, Miscellaneous . — Mergenthaler Linotype, 115% bid, 118 asked. “Lanston Monotype, 13 1844 ankea. |W Market, 10 bid. Great ‘Gy, D 4per cent. 1Bx diy., Ex atv. —_s—_— To Prevent Shipment of Game. Senator Teller today introduced a bill prohibiting the shipment of wild game out of the states of Colorado, Wyoming ‘and Utah, contrary to the laws of those states. Seoseegengensendenondontengentencengoasesgeagengontentententendertondn PPPS Soo: “The dependable store.” | ‘The dependable store. GOLDENBERG’S. A great day in the boys’ dept. We are all ready for the rush tomorrow—the rush of 4th and 5th July clothing wanters. If we didn’t say a word more today we would be busy. But we want to be very, very busy, and that’s why we print the following values which you certainly must admit are unusually big. We didn’t start out to sell men’s clothing, but limited it to the boys, but we've men’s crash suits and men’s thin coats, and we are certain that our values cannot be matched elsewhere. Boss’ white and colored lawn blouses — handsomely embroidered; the vers same waists fer which you pay T5c. and $1 usually; sizes 2 to 9 years—go for 48 cents. 150 boys’ fixe Galatea cloth suits for boys from 3 to 8 yeers, having plain blue combination collars, and splendidly made ~the regular 7c. sult for a day— 39 cents. 215 boys’ 4 to 15-year all-wool thorough- ly shrunk sults goon sale on two tables tomorrow morning—the balance of sul:s which bave sold all season for $4—for $1.98 There are not rll sizes in cach pattern, but there are all sizes in the lot, and the opportunity to get a fine sult which the boy can weer all summer and up till late im the fall is a rare one. Another lot of 65 dozen pairs of boys’ cassimere and cheviot pants, sizes to fit 135 dozen boys’ shirt waists, 25c. —made of good white cotton with linen collars and cuffs and laun- dered splendidly; sizes to fit 4 to 13-year-olds; such a waist usually sells for 50c.; tomorrow you're offered them for 25c. each. 4 to L-year-okts, which wold for $1 to $2, Will be offered to you tomorrow for 59c. pair. Young men younm as 14 years and men who measure 42 Inches about the Walst, and ell those between, avill We onk- ed to take their choice tomorrow of a lot of Hnen crash satts, such as ate being sold about town for $3.50—coat, pants and =" $1.98. Boys’ Diack Ripnea conte, sizes to fit 13 to 19 years—nuch as are sold regularly for T5c. will be offered tomorrow for 59 cents. Men's five all-wool tricot coats; have no lining, makes them very desirable for this hot weather—snch as sell usually for $4.50—will be offered tomorrow for $2.48. oats and vests, in black of same ma- terial for $3.48 instead of $6, as is usual- ly arked. $2.48 trimmed sailors, 25c. Tomorrow for a day we shall let you take your unrestricted choice of any trimmed or short-back sailor or any walking hat, and that includes fine Panamas, Milans, split straws, sennette and rough straws—which sold for as high as $2.48—for 25c. each. Big lot of ladies’ Linen crash, fancy dack and gray and dark tan crash suits some plain and others trimmed with white or fancy braid; skirts made with deep hems, and $3, $4 and $5 values—to gu for the day at : $1.98. = Lot of white duck and pique suits— Eo -Bton™ and blazer styles: some have the & deep sailor collars: in lot are many 4 fine double-breasted reefer suits, and also > many richly trimmed FP lazer suits. ry Yo choice of the lot iy for = $2.98. 3 == € Lot of Indies’ fine blazer suits é oughly shrunk linen and crash. handsomely trimmed with navy and white ve ; others are plain, but all are taitor- 3S and the skirts of all have deop $ hems and hang perfectly. Regular $5, $6 Ze and $7 valiies—to go for a day at $ $3.98. 3 — 4 Songeateage Sesto Seadengengengengengengongongontoetoetins Sosdeegrseatoatoedendeegecgeteatontoniongeogeeeteasontonsonteseogeageeseeseasenseatentergegeasensenrensonsonncengeesensenconcenenteatoncon DOCH OOOO nrtnnrorencriritrtrtratertrtretrtoetntetentoctntecntet 2 lots shirt wais Wash skirts & suits for the “4th.” The special values we put in your way tomorrow offer you a splendid opportunity to get that s' i wear on the outing Sunday or Monda’ Between the special purchases we've profits on many lines, the values are really irt or suit which you're going to , and save a deal of money. made and the sacrifice of °xtraordinary. 350 more skirts—oqual most expensiv hang perfectly —to go at th 50 cents. of there in Mnen making erash Arosa Lat of Indies’ white cheek duck skir properly eut qne amd whit have deep hems and are day at 89 cents. of extra fine white pique ruffle and strap scams all pearl xtra wid nd deep bems—to go for a day at $2.39. skits, ams, nd mn skirts: handsom > figured Vlas silk finish, veivet 1 rustle lined; sold for as high as to gv tomorrow for a day at $2.98. os =-big values. We have made sweeping reductions in the shirt waist stock. And those same sweeping reductions make an opportunity which you surely will not resist tomorrow if you need a shirt waist for the outing. No last season’s styles—no seconds, but all the very newest and best waists of such well-known makes as “Marquise” and “Sunshine.” At 59 cents with det terms—the very best-made waists that you'll find ‘on the w for $1 aud more. At 98 cents silk-striped ba with white linen detachable collars and ‘These are the very highest grade waists $5 and $6. tist —we have included haw ‘le collars, yoke bi we have included the fine silk red di aade—and include the novelties which are sold for me imported lnwns, pretty ks and in the most rket—such as sold ep till tistes—all tole id and striped linen lewns and ple collnms to mat eres "s, imported Inwns, h the watst. A ribbon feast for a day. Iti bon business. s easy cnough to figure out the cause of this immense rib- Consider the fact that edd styles and “job lots” are strictly tabooed by our ribbon buyer and that the very newest and most wanted effects and all the scarce colors are shown, and that there is not another house in this city who can buy for so little. These are the reasons for its success. 2 ch Fretch Taffeta Ribbon—to go for a day at 12c. yard. 3-inch fine moire taffe for a day at ribbon will go 9c. yard. 3iy-inch moire antique taffeta ribon— @ quality which ts never sold under 39¢.— to go for a day at 25c. yard. Special 1-day values for men. Men's natural color summer shirts and drawers, all sizes—to go for a day 21 cents. Men's linen cuffs, in all styles and sizes —the regular 2c. cuff will go for a day at 12c. pair. Men's madras club ties and shield bows, in checks, plaids and stripes—our 12%c. grade for a day, 9¢., 3 for 25¢. Men's “Faultless” night shirts; fancy colored embroidery silk front; finest gual- ity muslin; extra well made; perfect tit- ting; sizes 14 to 17%, and the regular Ge, grade to go for a day at 49c. each. Men's washable white India silk four- in-hand scarfs, which have been 25c., will be offered for a day at 9c., 3 for 25c. Pure Milanese silk mitts, with glove-in- serted thumbs, which sell for no less than 2e. about town—for 15¢. pair. Ladies’ fine Richelien-ribbed lisle thread vests, neck run with silk ribbon; regular 2c. sort—for 12}c. each. Figured and striped lawn wrappecs— made of the very same material as you'll find in our dollar wrapper; have tignt- fitting back and separate waists, lining and braid trimmed—to go for a day at 59¢c. each. Millier's fine 5c. toilet saap—to go for a day at One cent cake. —but not over three cakes to a single buyer. Some very special values for a Lyon's famous tooth powder—you kaow the regular price—will be offered for a day at 14c. bottle. Alt of our fine 35c. and 40c. extca all odors, will be put on sale for a day, including bottle, at 30c. oz. Oakley's Camelia Bouquet soap, equal to the finest Cashmere Bouquet—to go for a day at 15¢. large cake. GOLDENBERG’S, 926-928 7th--706 K Sts.