Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1900, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAROH ——oooEEEIEoEEEEEEoEEElSSSSESESE——E—EESESEeEEe—EEEE AID FOR PORTO RICO! FREE TRADE POSSIBLE fore all the world. He was willing to give the children of the District of Columbia as geod an education as can be given them, and to employ the best men to be found. He hoped the pay of the teachers would be suffictent to keep the teachers out of poli- He thought the teachers should be aid as much as some of the employes of Congress who only work ninety days in the short sessions of Congress. Proposed Increase Defeated. Mr. Bell's amendment to increase the sulary of the principal of the Central High School was defeated—37 to 28. Mr. Simms of Tennessee. returning to a cussion of teachers’ salary, said he was in favor of elevating the profession of school teaching and paying the best salaries sas to secure the highest ability He was surprised, he said, to se3 Mr. Al- len here voting to pay $7> a month to pages in knee breeches and limiting school teach- ers to $60 a month ‘This led to a colloquy between Mr. Allen and Mr. Simms upon th> question of econo- . Mr. Allen insisting that there should be no increases of salary. y of New York raised a point of the provisions of the para- jating to the electrical department, the chair and ut, leaving same as in s sustained by items were stricken esignation of offices th rrent law. Mr. Ray Causes a Sensation. Ray of New York made a point of inst the paragraph directing the # Children’s guardians to contract the Hart Farm School for the care port of fifty boys at the rate of $210 annum. attack upon would oper- leman had duty to tee. ard of chil- not engaged in steal- A contract ts al- the rate of 320 a y $10 more. h tribute hildren’s vigorously Mr. Ray that the Hart farm s not a reformatory institution, y a farm run by one individual, it did not come under the scope of uw reformatory for boy ae GETS TEN YEARS. CARLISLE Man Who Prof. Lipscomb in s, Texas. Tex., March —The state court of criminal appeals affirmed the sentence s’ imprisonment against for the killing of Prof. the Central Christian las on the night of July 9, Lipscomb was principal of the Dallas Publ ; been dismissed as ja He Lipscomb to death during church without warning and in the presence large congregation. as = Bre in High ofa On the trial he pienjed court ef criminal pinion of the court ebuked the trial » concluding: Ss to understand how the writ = the sen r its leniene t is at a le hed the verdict they did. The amply supports murder fn the first nd the highest penalty, which is T. Carlisle is @ cousin of former 8 Senator John G. Carlisle of Rencuc ——— eee SERVANTS WORK EIGHT HOURS. New System Inaugurated in Vrs. Em- mons Blaine’s Household. CHICAGO, March 7 ry of the are now wi ‘kK. a is said to have been 5 aine by Prof. Patrick Geddes of whe lectured in Chicago a Ss ag offered proposition that t ce for @ was asa ch betterment of the condiion of house- the hold servants, and so well did Mrs. Blaine regard the suggestion that decided to a r hor t , maids, bu: men and grooms have been s: they labor but eight hours a The system has necessitated being divided into watches after the on board ship. Those servants whose begin at @ o'clock in the morning e relieved at a force that o'clock in the afternoon on watch until 10 The rated about ten days 2 have proved highly su 2 lock at night. m was inaugu- go and tt is sald to ssful. AGUINALDO’S WAR SECRETARY. He Surrenders—Rebe! Chief's Son Dies From Smallpox. March 15, 5:30 p.m.—Florez, secretary of war, has surren- neral MacArthur. t son, who was captured in November and who had been suffering trom smalipox, is dead. —__* «+ -—__ CONVENTION OFFICERS NAMED. MANILA, ational Democratic Subcommittee Makes Some Selections. O, March 15.—The Chronic says: of the democratte na- to make preliminary ar- s for the Kansas City convention will recommend the following names for action by the national committee, which ts slated to meet the day before the con- ventio cipal reading clerk, G. S. Hampton, Treading clerks, DISORDER IN CANADIAN COoMMO? Opposition Calls Wilfrid Laurier Some Choice Names. i—A special to the tawa, Ont., says: clapping, slinging of s of groans character- noon's proceedings in se of comm arier ¢ on with regard to E. Foster ar of all the y."" and so forth. aker had succeeded tn re- Wilfrid reproved the op- ng the rul of decency, r Charles Tupper with only a few nights wers had shown storing order, position for v! which brought ounter-charge t Wilfrid's se of de all the teri commandments. There Was a roar that drowned Sir Charlies’ voice, end Sir Richard Cartwright got up and In- pbably in Sir Charles’ > question was not gone s ‘aught the speaker's eye and rose to assert the dignity of the house, and said he would not indulge In personall- ties. The scenes continued tll the end of the aitting. ——+<~+____ Kecelved by A mt Secretary Hill. Secretary Hay was confined to his home teday by a severe cold. This was diplo- fol cy by saying he had anatic day, and the callers were received by Assistant Secretary Hill. Included in the list were Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador; Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador; Mr. von Hengelmuller, the Austrian minister: Mr. Picda, the Swiss minister; Mr. Komura, the Japanese minis- ter, and the Corean charge. ——_———- 2 —___ Rebbi Lavine Drops Dead. TRENTO? N. J. March 15.—Rabb! Samuel Lavine dropped dead In the Jewish synagogue here today white celebrating the feast of Esther. He was elghty-six years old and leaves a widow and sixteen” chil- n. Lavine was reading from the lestament at the time Ss + Discussing the Proposed $2,000,000 Appropriation. LONG DEBATE CAUSED IN SENATE Suggested That Action of Courts Be Awaited. DISTRICT BILL IN THE HOUSE At the beginning of today’s session of the Senate Mr. Jones (Ark.) offered the follow- ing, which was adopted: . “Whereas, frequent complaints are being made from many sections of the Indian ter- ritory that the town site commissioners are incompetent, Inattentive to their duties and are not discharging the duties incumbent upon them; “Resolved, That the committee on In- dian affairs be directed to inquire into the truth of these allegations and report to the Senate.” When morning business had been finished Mr. Sullivan (Miss.) took the floor.to de- liver his announced speech on our relations with the Philippines, but at the request of Mr. Allison yielded for immediate consid- eration of the bill appropriating for the benefit of Porto Rico the revenues col- lected on importations therefrom. Mr. Jones (Ark.) offered the foliowing substitute for the bil lected to this date up ‘That all duties col- m articles imported into the United States from Porto Rico since the 11th day of April, 180), the date of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States be returned to the persons from whom they were collected, and from and after the age of this act no duties shall be collec m articles coming from Porto Rico. The Decision of the Courts. Mr. Allison ‘explained that the amend- ments proposed had been carefully consid- ered by the committee. They made the bill simply a specitic appropriation measure, in- cluding moneys collected up to January 1, 1900. Mr. Jones Ark.) inquired what Mr. Alli- son proposed to do with the duties collected after January 1, 1900. Mr. Allisou replied that that wag # ques- tion for Congress to deal with 1» The future. “lL regard this as a piss Tmportant meas- ure.” said Mr. de es “I do not believe there {§ an> ‘uw for the collection of these, and ¢ Go hold that their collection was in violation of the fundamental principles of eur government.” - Further he expressed his opinion that the funds collected in duties ought not to be returned to Porto Rico, but to the people of whom the duties were collected. Mr. Lindsay suggested that the amend- ent offered by Mr. Jones was a proposed tion which was at leas «© who paid the dutie Rican products imported into th ve they have been wronged rty to institute suits to Se- their rights. In fact, he understood had already been begun against settlement open to dout on Port) eure that sutt the United States to recover duties paid on Pc to Rican goods. “If we are to determine the question said Mr. Lindsay, “and then later courts should dec otherwise, we I be in the position of having simpty je a donation to these people.” * said Mr. Spooner, “should we an- ion of the courts tn the are now pending to recover In my juigment, the duties y and cannot be re- covered.” Mr. Turley asked Mr. Spooner why it would not be well for Congress to wait until urts had passed upon the question appropriating this money. repled Mr. Spooner, vehemently, Let the people of Porto Rico starve until the courts have determined whether we shall pay back the money collected as duties to the Sugar and tobacco trusts. I cannot belleve the senator would stand by any such proposition as that." . Clay inquired of Mr. Spooner if it Were not true that in the midst of their distress, we had collected this burdensome tax from the people of Porto Rico. », it Is net,” replied the Wisconsin sen- . “The duties were paid by a compara- tively few people, and those are not the poor people. We were right in Imposing the tariff and we are right in making this ap- propriation.”” New Bills in the Senate. Senators McMillan and Penrose both in- troduced bills in the Senate today providing for the opening of libraries in Manila for the benefit of Americans there. A bill was Introduced in the Senate today by Senator Warren authorizing the Secre- tary of War to pay traveling allowances of enlisted men who have been discharged. Senator Proctor of Vermont today intro- duced a bill providing for the prevention of the adulteration of food. It authorizes vhe creation of a bureau of chemistry in the Agricultural Department and places the regulation of adulteration In its charge. THE HOUSE, ator. Without preliminary business the House today resumed the consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. General debate closed yesterday, and today the bill was read for amendment under the five-minute rule. ROBERT: ARMY RESTING. No Serious Fighting Expected for a Few Dayn. LONDON, March 13,—The military au- thorities here expect a period of compara- tive quiet while Lord Roberts is establish- ing railroad connection with Norval's Point and Bethulie, and giving the men and horses the rest necessary to fit them for the severa struggles which are believed to be still inevitable. It seems likely that the ext news of fighting may come from Na- 1. Gen. Warren's division, which had «i Durban. has been ordered to rejoin Gen. Buller, indicating that the outflanking movement through the neck of Zululand, referred to in these dispatches March 10, is about to commence. It is reported at Bloemfontein that Gen. Joubert is at Brandfort. but other reports ate him at Biggarsbe! +++ A Complete Success. Although there was nothing in common between the State of the elements and the name of the affair, the spring opening at “The Busy Cerner,” 8. Kann, Sons & Co., inaugurated today, was @ compjete success. There is a kaleidoscopic effect in color: a wealth of material and new {deas, to- gether with the best obtainable lines in novelties, both foreign and domestic, to be found in the big store at the corner of sth street and Market space. The lower floor, #s did, indeed, all of the floors in this big. modern department store, presented a very handsome appearance, the liveliest shades of goods contrasting prettily with the hun- Greds of palms aud flowers used in the dec- orations. On the second floor the display of flowers in the millinery department was one only to be described by the word gorgeous. In this department the exhibition of new hats, im- ported and home-made, is a beautiful one, and reflects the greatest amount of credit upon the managers of that house. There are all sorts and kinds of hats to be seen here, from the datntiest opera creation to the storm riding hat, with handsome exhi- ditions of the styles intervening. Mr. Kann claims for this display that it ig the most lavish one of the kind that has ever been se2n south of Philadelphia, and invites competition with some of the big- gest houses in New York in this line. The ready-made department for clothing for women has be-n improved and brought up to date, so that the stock contains creations that might please the most fastidious in the matter of dress and yet be within reach of the humblest pocket book. Imported novelties In dross goods are to be seen In profusion, while the display of silks and woolens ts one calculated to fill the heart of the dyed-in-the-wool shoppor with decided envy and longing. ———— Capt. Odus C. Horney, ordnance depart- ment, has been ordered to this city trom Springfield armory, Springfield, Mass., on official business relating to the retention of property papers. Senator Foraker Will Press His Porto Rican Bill. AMENDMENTS ARE T0 BE OFFERED In the Absence of Agreement Party Lines Will Vanish. is oe CIVIL GOVERNMENT BILL It is the Intention of Senator Foraker to press his Porto Rican bill in the Senate, and in the absence of any agreement by way of compromise, it Is expected that amendments will be offered indiscriminately. The belief is quite general that under these conditions there is a very good chance that a provision for free trade with Porto Rico may be adopted by a ‘vote of the Senate as an amendment to the bill, in the place of the tariff provision. If this is done it Is almost certain to be accepted by the House. In the absence of an agreement for com- promise senators will generally feel free to vote on amendments without reference to party lines, and it is believed that a clear, non-partisan majority will be found in favor of a free trade amendment. Civil Government Bill. The committee on insular affairs in the House has prepared a bill for the clvil government of Porto Rico, which will be reported from the committee sometime this week. By the provisions of the proposed bill the Porto Ricans will practically have self-gov- ernment. They will clect a lower house of congress of thirty-five members, each of whom must be a Porto Rican. The senate will consist of fourteen mem- bers, one-half of whom will be appointed by the President of the United States. Members of the senate, those elected and those appointed by the President, must be Porto Ricans. This does not mean that they must be native-born Porto Ricans, but that they must be bona fide residents of the fsland, The Sccretary of Porto Rico Will act as vresiding officer of the senate and will have the casting vote tn case of a deadlock. “Governor's Veto Power. The governor of the tsland will be ap- pointed by the President and will have the yeto power. It will require a two-thirds yote to pass a bill over his veto. The bill also provides that Porto Rico shall send a delegate to the United States Congress. Representative Crumpacker, who is a member of the committee, rakes exceptions to one provision of the bill, because it does not define the status of the Porto Ricans as citizens, but says he will support it. The bill merely recognizes Porto Ricans as cit- izens of Porto Rico. Mr. Crumpacker ar- gues that they should be recognized as cit- izens of the United States. Mr. Crumpacker says the bill has been submitted to the Porto Rican representa- tives in the city, and it meets their ap- proval. They say it is such a bill as the conservative Porto Ricans desire, and will meet with the approval of nearly every one on the island. Mr. Crumpacker says that with the ex- ception of the fact that the bill does not de- fine the status of the Porto Ricans as cit!- zens of the United States, he Is in favor of it. He thinks it supertor to the Foraker bill and that with the other members of the committee he is sure it wfll solve the Porto Rican problem. ——_——___~e+—______ COURT NAMES RECEIVERS Outcome of Suit Against Contractors for Street Sweeping. Messrs. Arthur Peter and A. A. Hoehi- ing to Have Charge Until Ex- piration of Contract. Justice Barnard, in Equity Court No. 2, today disposed of the proceedings for in- junction and the appointment of receivers instituted by the Fidelity Trust and De- posft Company of Maryland against Albert Daggett and Michael A. Dugan, who are the contractors for cleaning the streets of this city, by appointing Messrs. Arthur Pe- ter and A. A. Hoehbling, jr., receivers. The latter will direct the sweeping of the streets during the remainder of the period covered ‘by the contract between the District Com- missioners and Messrs. Daggett and Dugan. The contract will expire the 1st of next July. As heretofore stated, the Fidelity and De- posit Company is surety of Messrs. Dag- gett & Dugan in the sum of $50,000 in con- nection with the street sweeping contract. The company Monday last instituted action against the contractors for injunction and the appointment of receivers on the grounds of alleged non-performance of con- tract and alleged failure to pay for ma- terials and labor, whereby, it was claimed, lability was sought to be imposed upon the Fidelity and Deposit Company as surety on the bond of the contractors. It was also alleged to be the intention of the con- tractors to throw up the contract after ob- taining a draft to which they would have been entitled today for street cleaning, and convert the proceeds of the draft to their own use without paying the laborers for their services. The contractors, in thelr answer, made emphatic denial of the allegations. After a hearing begun yesterday afternoon and concluded today, Justice Barnard decided that receivers should be appointed. and, as stated, named Attorney Arthur Peter of counsel for the Fidelity Company and At- torney A. A. Hochling, jr., of counsel for the contractors, as such receivers. es HEAVY SNOW FALL. Promises to Keep Up During Tonight and Tomorrow, March has, so far, reminded one very much of the tactics of the Boers, in having a surprise ready to spring when least ex- pected. This snow storm is one of the sur- prises. Starting last night, the steady fall of snow, by the weather reports, promtses to keep up all of tonight. The outlook is not a very pleasant one for this commun- ity. But Washington fs not the only suf- ferer in this instance, the storm prevail- ing as far south as Texas, and giving prom- ise of being severe in all sections of the Atlantic coast line. This storm ts likely to bring on more suf- fering among the poor of this city, yet the charitable organizations feel confident of being able to meet a}l requirements of’ the needy. So far this winter the demand made upon such institutions has not been as large as that of last winter, there being less excitement and the work proceeding in @ more quiet and business-like manner. The progress made during the last few years in the way of conducting the chari- table institutions has reduced the annual expenditures from $35,000 and $50,000 to the small, comparatively speaking, sum of $10,- Out of a total of 80,000 poor In this city the cases average only about 40 to 45 per day, and during the severe months of Jan- uary and February the average was about 1,492 cases per month. During the winter. months it is very hard for the men of the laboring class to find work, this city not having large manufacturing plants, docks or other means of providing employment for this class of workers. The charitable organizations feel highly pleased at the suc- cess of the present year’s work, and confi- dently expect that the work will be consid- erably reduced by next year. - —_>_—_ _ Death of Rey. John A. Toad. NEW YORK, March 15.—Rev. Jotin A. Todd, one of the oldest and most widely known ministers in West Chester county, died todey at his home in the town of Mount Pleasant of apoplexy. 15, 1900-14 PAGES, LIE PASSED IN SENATE Mr. Gallinger Denies Trath of Mr. Penrose’s *~ s GRemark. Sensation Canuged in the Upper House This Afternoon in Counection With the Quay Case. = Shortly before'$ o'clock today there was a very animated scene in the Senate. The He passed between Senator Gallinger of New Hampshirenand Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania. ~ Senator Fairbanks had just made a mo- tfon that the Senate go into executive ses- sion when Mr. Penrose asked a few min- utes’ delay in order that he might speak of the Quay case. Mr. Penrose showed a great deal of feel- ing and said that he was convinced that there was an effort being made on the part of senators to the seating of Mr. Quay to “procrastinate this question” until the end of the session. He made a sirong appeal for permitting Pennsylvania to haye two votes in the Sen- ate and asked that the Senate fix e time whan the Quay case might be taken up and voted upon. He said that the senator from New Hamp- shire had informed him that he did not in- tend to speak upon the Quay case, although he had seen it stated In the papers that he proposed doing so. He had personally gone to Mr. Gallinger, he said, and asked him whether he intend- ed to speak, and Mr. Gallinger told him that he had not. _. Denied by Mr. Gallinger. Mr. Gallinger was promptly upon his feet and in reply said: “I assert most emphatically that the sen- ator does not state the truth.” ‘The two senators were but a few feet apart, and when the lie passed Senator Penrose showed great evidences of agita- tion. Mr. Gallinger repeated that the sen- ator from Pennsylyania had not stated the truth. Mr. Penrose thereupon remarked: “If what I have stated was not the truth, then it was because he did not intend to tell me the truth.” Mr. Gallinger remarked that that was an unmanly statement. “It is no more unmanly than your own statement,” retorted Mr. Penrose. Mr. Hoar Intevenes. At this mofhent of excitement Senator Hoar arose to speak. He, too, appealed for prompt action in the Quay case, and moved that one week from next Friday, immedi- ately after the routine business is disposed of, the Quay case be taken up and con- sidered. His motion contained an exception to ap- propriatfon bills, which were to be the only measures permitted to intcrcede between the taking up and the disposition of the Quay case. ‘A suggestion was mads that a time for voting be fixed, but Mr. Hoar said he feared such a motion might not prevail and he de- sircd his own motion to be voted upon inde- pendently. Matter Goes Over. Senator Hoar femarked that he was satis- fied that the senator from Michigan desired only the end that he himself sought, and because of that fact he was willing to let his motion go ovér, and he gave notice that tomorrow mornthg, immediately after the routine business; he would renew It. This ended the'¢ontroversy over the Quay case. NOTICE OF TOW ELECTION. Laurel to Choose Officers—An Aspirant for, Congress. Spectal Correaipondentee of The Eventog Star. LAUREL, Méd:, March 15, 1900. At the meeting, of ‘the clty council held recently anzorder-was passed giving notice of the towh alection to be held Monday, April 2, 1900, ‘The following were appointed officers of,,the ,eléction: Judges, James’ H. Harrison, Peter -Slingerman and M. J. Tighe; to be clerks, Thomas Lawrence and ‘Thomas Cronmiller. Dr. T. M. Baldwin of Laura] announces his candidacy for Congress for the fifth district. Dr. Baldwin is an ardent admirer of Mr. Bryan and has every faith in the ul- timate success of the 16 to 1 cause. At about 3 o'clock Tuesday evening fire was discovered in one of the warehous2s of the Savage cotton mills, located about two and a half miles north of this place. The building was used for the storage of the raw material and contained about 150 bales and the fire spr2ad so rapidly that it seemed as if the entire structure would be de- stroyed. An alarm was sounded, and ths volunteer force of the mill responded. In a very short time several streams of water were playing on the burning building. Ow- ing to the quick work of the fire fighters the flames were soon brought under control, not, however, before much damage was done the contents of the building. Several other stor2houses were threatened by the fire, in one of which was stored about $30,000 worth of finished goods, but the efficiency of the fire force and the abundant supply of water kept the fire from spread- ing, although these buildings wer: only eight feet distant and were built of yellow pine, with tar paper roof. The damaged buflding and contents were valued at about $7,000 and the loss to the company will probably reach $4,000, partly covered by in- surance. A pleasant surprise party was given last night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. El- mer Shatz on Laura! avenue. A highly en- joyable evening was spent in dancing and music and at a late hour light refreshments were served the assembled guests. Among those present may be mentioned Misses Edith and Fannie Shaffer, Alic? and Mar- guerite Whitmore, Margaret Robey, Fannie Welford, Effie Brashears, Mae Shaffer, Pearl West, Elizabeth Hammond, Rosie Divens, Delia Lester, Nora Gray, Effie Beal] and Mrs. John Leishear and Messrs. A. and W. Fulton, E. and R. Marton, T. Gray, W. Flester, J. Miller, O. Phair, N. Ellis, A. Castle, 'G. Shaffer, EB. Gilbert, L. iager, EB. Litue, C. and B. Kaiser, E. Voigts, S. Bra- shears, H. Phelps, R. V. Belt and E. Beall, —__>__. Body Removed From the Morgue. The body of the murdered woman was re- moved from the morgue this afternoon by Undertaker Wise to the house of a relative of the deceased, No. 1910 K street north- west. ———— Prof. Worcester Resigns. ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 15.—At the meeting of the board of regents yesterday Prof. Dean C. Worcester of the new Philip- pine commfésioif!tendered his resignation as a membét ofthe university faculty, and it was accepted- on or eo Prof. McGiffiert Goes to Chicago. CHICAGO; Mageb 15.—The Chronicle says: Prof. Arthyr ©ushman McGiffert, the Unton Theologica} Seminary man, who has been promment.at. New York in recent Presbyterian herasy proceedings, will be a member ofsthe Wniversity of Chicago fac- ulty during the summer quarter, +++ __ Davenport Canning Plant Burns. DAVEN! » \dowa, March .15.—The plant of Davgnport Canning Company was total, oyed by fire last night. ‘The plant,,beggn the manufacture of tin Gans the tieet oO fhe: year, and was newly Atted throughout. The lose is estimated at Mr. Woodruffs Vest. From the Oingin 1 Enquirer. ~ Lieutenant: Governor Woodruff claims that he never wors a red vest but once, and then it was a} owed one. That vest matter is a t sword. The story is that Mr. Woodru® is given to fancy and “dandified” clothing {s_hurtful to his high FINANCE AND TRADE Sharp Rise in Third Avenue Forces Out the Shorts. ONLY PART OF ADVANCE HELD Exchange Lapsed Into Dullness Toward the Close. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——.—___ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March —Today'’s market was very similar to its immediate prede- cessors, a few shares being forced up un- der covering and a few shading off under the general neglect. The Grangers, Bur- lington particularly, were actively bought for a time, the demand representing cover- ing as well as an investment demand, The refunding of the Burlington debt is being offered in justification of the new interest in that property, but there ts really nothing imminent in that direction which has not been known for some time. The earning capacity of the property, its Management and the fact that it is paying 6 per cent dividends, are quite enough in the way of explanation at present prices. The railroad list as a whole was given gcod support, but the frequent lapses into dullness indicated again the restricted char- acter of the demand. Commission houses had little business and few expected any. Conditions are pronouncedly in favor of inaction. ~ Liquidation is not reflected to any consid- erable degree and short selling in the ab- sence of it is regarded as bzing somewhat dangerous. On the other hand, buyers are unwilling to take the initiative and the mar- ket moves idly about a center of profes- sional trading for fractional profits. Rumors that the trust companies w2re calling some of their loans were in circula- tion early in the day and this action had a chilling influence on the market. Money was bid up, but the demand scon eased sufficiently to allow liberal offerings at 5 per cent. The course of prices will hinge very largely upon the money rate during the balance of the month. Banks having been loaning money to the sub- treasury during the week at a rate which suggests the climination of the small sur- plus reserve reflected at the close of last week. The passage of the currency bill alone prevents this depleted condition from being reflected in a most substantial reaction in prices. Upwards of $25,000,000 will be added to the circulation by the addition of the ex- tra 10 per cent provided for in cases where 90 per cent has already been taken. Many millions of new circulation will follow, as of course, and the banks should shortly be once more in funds. Meanwhile, traders may find an unprofitable money rate, and extend their commitments in the short ac- count. The movement in Third Avenue suggests the presence of a corner in those shares and the ability to utilize the advantage from time to time. Today's movements in the price extend to 10 per cent from the low figures of the morning, a short interest be- ing forced out on the way up. Once the de- mand was supplied, about half of the ad- vance was allowed to disappear. Should the usual penalties be enforced against the outstanding interest the street would be discouraged from further attack- ing the Traction shares. Metropolitan and Brooklyn Rapid Transit were held firmly under moderate covering in spite of the prevailing fear that the franchise commis- sion will Insist upon a liberal tax. The dullness toward the close of business suggested the most perfunctory trading and there was no indication that any mark- ed preference was shown either account. ——— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Marke: OS. SA Tre ste: see we Be Amertean Cotton Oll._. 4.8. Wire. CEgago Gas... ©. Mand St. Paul Chicago RB. I. & Pacific. Chic., 3t P.. M.& O....0 Chic.'& @. Western. Consolidated Gas... Con. Tobacco... 1Con. Tobacco, pia. Delaware & Hudson. Federal Steel. Louisville & Nashville... “alig “sig “siiZ “ais; Metropolitan Traction._ 13S 164! eae 16883 Mannattan Elevated... 942 98% 9863 gate Missouri Pacific, Me ore a M.. K. 0. New Jersey Centrai... NewYork Central. X-ris.. Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, pi Pacific Mati... 573g 58d Bee 8h a ee Southern Railway... 18° 1852 18° ist Southern Kallway, pid, 2 Tm 58 Texas Pacific. 1Ex-div., 134, 2Ex-div., 263. SEx-div., 152° ——.—__ hington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call, 12 o'clock m.—American Graph- ophone 5s, $100 ax 100. Potomac Fire Insurance, 2 at 74, Cupital Traction Rights, $117 at 6%, $00 at 634, $250 ut 6%, $4,071 at 6%, $10,000 at Gia, $10,- wi St Ougs shab ‘nt ox, tal ‘Traction,* 20 at 96%, 20 at 96 4, 20 at 96 i.’ Washington at 54g, 60 at 54%4, 25 at B44, 30 at 54%, Go at 54. Distriet of Golumbia Bonds.—6s, 1902, 30-year funding, 105 bid. 3.658, 1924, funding, 118 bid. iscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan allroad 5s, 2 id, 123 asked. Metropolitan Railroad cert. in- 310 Did. Metropolitan Hailroad cert. in- 110 bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, 130% ‘olummbia Raflroad 2d mort. 5, 111 bid, 7 City and Suburban Railroad 5s, 105 bi ton Gus Co. series A, Ga, 115 bid. Wa: Co, series B, Gs, 115 "bid, 125 asked. Light deb. imp. 63, 112% asked. Electric Light cert. indebt., 68, 108 bid, 112% asked. Ches- apeake and Potomac ‘Relephone 53, 10% bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone con. 5x, 104 bid, 10414 gsked. American Security and Trust 4s, 100 bid. Washington Market Co. Ist Gs, 113 bid. ' Washing- . imp. 8%, 113 bla. Washington Mar- ket Co. extn. 63, 113 hid. Masonic Hall Associa- fon 8, 107 ‘bid. “American Grapbopbone deb. 8, Sational Bank Stocks. Bank of Washlnston, 363 bid, 400 asked. Metropolitan, 570 bid, 600 asked. Central, 195 bid. Farmers and’ 2 x Second, 150 bid. Citizens’, 160 bid. Columbia, 160 bid, “Capital, 145 bid. West, End. 117 bid. ‘irad- ers 1 bid, 185 asked. “Lincoln, 120 hia, 125 Companies.—National Safe bid, 135 asked. Washing- id, 159 asked. American Safe it and Tru ton Loan and Trust, 1 urity and ‘Trust, 197 bid, 200 asked. “Washington Sate Deposit 80 asked. ‘734’ Did, 80 41 stocks. —Fii German-American, 200 bid. National Union, 10% bid. Columbia, 12 bid. Rij 8 bid, 8% asked. People’s, bid, Commercial, 4 bid, 5 asked. “Colonial, "111 ‘Title Insurance. Stocks.—Real Estate Title, asked. Columbia Title, 4% bid. 5 asked. bid. a Wash- 55 bi Gi ¥ RS] ns, but still, if the loud waistcoat re bi could be: elf ted from his. campaign | 12% asked. Puenmatic Gun Catriage, bid, ‘would-he be taik€d about at all? 2 asked on Market, 18 Did. ee “Ex. . First Lieut. George. Montgomery, oFd- : nance department, has’ been ordered gon Baltimore Markets. the Detrick and Harvey machine works, March 15.—Flour quiet, unchanged; Baltimore, Md., te the works of Warner | receipts, 11,74) barrels; exports, 10,062 barrels. & Swasey. Cleveland, » ON official | Wheat _dall ‘and easier; and March, 73a73\%; business Bertatning to the inspection of | May, 173%; steamer No, |2 vie met aziinuth telescopes ‘now’ in process of manu- | ©e!pts, 7.422 bushels: pane js sont facture by the latter firm for the ordnance | 74%, "Gorn steady? spot and Meek ane: Oe department. = 5 : SiMiarsgr otenmes mntca, Souaoiy: recension | _S. KANN, SONS & CO. | “THE BUSY CORNER. o— Our Sirth Hnnual Sring Operrtirg. SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED IN THE WEATHER, BUT NOT DISCOURAGED BY ANY MEANS. IT MAY SEEM WI TER WITHOUT, BUT WE HAVE BRIGHT, GLORIOUS SPRING WITHIN. WE CONTINUE TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND SHOULD OLD PROBABILITY SEE FIT TO CONTINUE HIS FOXY DOINGS, WE SHALL EXTEND THE SAME INTO E IS O BARRIER TO ARE OFFERED YOUR COMING WHEN SUCH MEMENTO YOU WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS: Silk Taffetalines, in all colors i : juoted b worth 69c. Complimentary price... .. i 3 = ae : a std 29¢. Corded Wash Silks, in a variety of retty combinations Worth 45c. Complimentary price........ . Sac ee ers: ; bes 29c. = roc bee mgs handsomely trimmed, in all the most delicate chiffons and melines, nobby and swell. Worth $7.50. Com- ee ih $4.50 plimentary price............ a bunch. 25¢ . In all the pastel shades. Worth soc. Complimentary price... . lar $1.50 quality. Complimentary price Tailor-Made Suits, taffeta lined jackets and new box pleat back skirts, a score of assorted shades and weav Worth from $6 08 wee see * Fine Black Crepons, made of mohair and wool, very ele- gant blister designs. Worth $1.25. Complimentary price. . Bleached Tabie Damask, 58 inches wide, new choice 19c. Taffeta Ribbons, 5 inches wide, strictly all silk, all new 29 spring shades. Worth soc. Complimentary price............ Cc. Satin and Gros Grain Ribbons, half inch wide, strictly all silk, every bright shade made. Worth 3c. a yard. Complimen- tary price. . Ane Torchon Laces and Insertings, all match sets, 40 patterns from which to-seteet. Worth from 5c. to 20c. a yard. Mentary-PriCe sqeeStoe ss oe esse eo een ew cn en every coler, every pattern. Worth from 65¢. to S5c. a yard. 39 These.are remnants. .Complimentary price... .. 5 c. Men’s Silk Neckwear, puffs and tecks, all satin lined. 19¢ sete eee 2 Women’s Neckwear. Fine Liberty Silk Scarfs, 2 yards long, with deep ruffle ends, every shade. Worth 75c. Complimentary 39 price Sa vee eC. Worth 59c. a yard. Complimentary price ........-.+.:0++2+4 49c. Regular 25c. value. Complimentary price .........00.2...+00- Imported Venetian Broadcieoths, 52 inches wide, in all the new pastel shades. Our regular $2.25 value. Complimentary $1 00 .. ° French Crush Roses, with rubber stems, 12 to Perrin's Kid Gloves for ladies, in assorted tans. Regu- 85 ; Cc. $10.00 to $12.98. Complimentary price ......... meee 89c. patterns. Worth 35c.a yard. Complimentary price........ r cai . Ic. Fine Imported Challies, strictly all wool, with satin stripes, Every one.a 50c. scarf. Complimentary price......... New French Flannels, every plain color loomed. Men’s Suspenders, an assorted lot of different makes. Oc ° PUCER > Soto nee ceew eee neres cee rans Renaissance Dress Trimmings, the newest and latest designs for pretty grenadine gowns, either white or black. Worth from 89 IC $1.25 to $1.69. Complimentary price...........-..+-+ s ° Atomizers, all shapes and designs and colors, handsomely dec- orated, including one oz. of Woodworth fine extract. “Worth 29 from 50c. to 75c. Complimentary price ...... Scape sanisk Cc. 19¢. White French Organdies, 68 inches wide, very fine and sheer. Worth 37¥2c. a yard. Complimentary price........ French Hair Cloth, 15 inches wide, already shrunk. 121 Worth 23c. Complimentary price. . Wc. Women’s Vests, jersey fitting, high neck and short sleeves, drawers knee length. Worth 25c. per pair. Complimen- 15c ° ALY TICE... cee see ee ecw n ccs eceeencc ccs ccesceecsmeete seve Ladies’ Undermuslins, Gowns, Chemise, Drawers, Skirts and Corset Covers. Worth from 50c. to 75¢. Complimentary 39 ic ° Children’s Drawers, madeof good quality bleached muslin, tucks and buttonholes. Complimentary price esti Oc. Fine Imported Embroidered Swisses, colorings ne: 25 and absolutely fast. Worth 39c. Complimentary price. . eS 5 Cc. Lonsdale Cambric, full yard wide, each piece bears the genuine ticket. Complimentary price ............ a 834c. Mother’s Friend Shirt Waists and Blouses, the best waist for boys ever introduced, all new spring patterns. Com- 48c plimentary price....-.-+0e-seeeeeer eee e cece reese eee ene ° 39¢. Women’s All-Over Lace Hose, four-thread lisle, Hermsdorf's fast black. Worth 59c. Complimentary price..... Tea and Coffee Pots, heavy polished tin with fancy bowl ~and copper bottom, 4, 5 and 6 pints. Worth from 25c. to 45c. Complimentary price... Japanese Cotton Warp Matting, all bright, desir- 16 able patterns. Our regular 25c. line. Complimentary price..... Cc. In addition to these opening prices we shall have our regular sale of Remnants in Silks, Fill Ends and odd.pieces from our various departments, 9c. oo - —> WHILE SHOPPING VISIT OUR LUNCH GROTTO, BASEMENT ANNEX, WHERE THE BEST -LIGHT LUNCHEON IS SERVED AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES IN THE CITY. > McCall Pattern Sheet for spring is now out, and can be had free at our Pattern Counter. S. KANN, SONS & CO., 8th and Market Space. Dushels; rts, 411,420 bushels; southern white SUPPLIES FOR THE TROOPS, corn, 42a4 ; dv. yellow, 4lu41%. Oats steady; Ne. 2 whit W% sales; No. 2 mixed, 28a28%. Kye Hay Unfounded Reports That They Were Bought Outside the Country. Several communications have reached the War Department containing statements that representations are béing made in the press throughout the country to the effect that the quartermaster's department and the commissary department of the army are purchasing supplies for the equipment steady; No. 1 timothy, 1 quiet, ‘unchanged. ed. Butter, e, ae ae Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- Genburg, Thaimann & Co., New York. OHICAGO, March 15.—Grain: Qpen. High. Low. Close. | and sustenance of the army in Australia, on & Sb | China and Japan, and that millions of dol- 37 37%4-% | lars of American money are being expended 7 az in China and Japan for the purchase of 3 x, Ze, | Slothing and eupplies, which should proper- He 22%-% | ly be spent in this country. ES A complete refutation of charges of this ike {BUS Qld | character was made public at the War De- 1102 1095 10.95 | Partment today. The vast quantities of 605 600 602 | supplies of all kinds required for the army 612 607 610 serving in the Philippines are purehased in 607 6.00 6.02 this country, and American manufacturers 6.07 602 602 | and producers are reaping the benefit of Cotton: these expenditures, a cos ——_——_2+—_____ July. 9.60 ae 32 Garland Automatic Gun Company. ae a a Bes DOVER, Del., March 15.—A certificate of Incorporation was filed here todey for the ¥ Garland Automatic Gun Company of New nee att Se ey een 2 ; guns munitions of war, both 3 Der conta, naval and military, an CaEnRTES OF ORE 4 Der cents kind; capital, $5,000, 4 per cents, ‘Thousands of situations have been ob- 3 ber const tained through the want columns of The per cents, Star. 5 per cents, 3