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j ; i f i | | | ' \ he ‘som \ j {HPS AND COREANS. ‘Paton Congress Delega- ‘| flon Say They Are Menace if é _ to American Labor, THINGTON, Deo, b—The Call- elegation in the ‘@enate and pase hold a meeting to-day and agreed ® bil for the exclusion from the ited Btaes of Japanese and Coreang. will be introduceil tn the House ntative yt AN Cony d member, who for 9 it: Pur ‘Beate I~ Franotaco, jolal duty of enforc- xclusion Act, the members of the ition. that ¢ ere are 60,000 Japanese fornia, aus nearly 100,00 In the nited States During the last yeer 8,00 Japanese came to this countty om the Havalinn Islands, fombers of tho delegation say tho pid influx of Japanese ts regarded ae menace to American labor The con- ygitions which Inspire this bill are eald be the game as those whioh brought Hout the Chinese icxclusion Act twen- Oo years ago. meamire wil extend all of the now tn foree in the United Btates its territories excluding Chinese to the Japanese and Coreans. —_—— SENATE CAUCUS if BY REPUBLICANS, |) WASHINGTON, Deo, 5.—The canous the Repubjican Senators, which will hott immediately after the adjourn- mont oft the Senate to-day, has ite work ready defined lis most important ction 1 be tO authorize the ap- intment of @ steering committee, and yRollowing the ueual custom the present jemiaes ere @4nom certain to be re- eu. ‘he committee now consists of Bena+ Allison, chairman; Hale, Aldrich, liom, Lodge, Perkins, Clark, of Wy- peeing: Bikins, Spooner, Kean and Boy~ basi caucus also will direst the ap- }Polntment of a committee to fll va- Gancies on regular Sonate committees. Appointments will be made by nator Allison, chairman of the cau- ue ‘ Conferences of leaders atreaty have in held for 4 digcusston of important he principal chalrmanships Judiciary, which will +4 Hed by the advancement of Clark, ot voming: Iniian Affaire by Clap ek Minnesota; Milltety Affairs bj { Wyoming}, Public Bui loess and \ f routs &) Scott, ofy Weat Virzivia; Wlains by Fulton, of Oregon, and Fdu- ®ailon and Labor by Dolliver, of Iowa, There ture yacancles to be’ filled on nh probably will be given on foreign relations, to £0 to Heveridge, of on judiclary, which will by Knox, of Penn- of Oto, and Carter tr of Missouri, will vacancies on military \et one of the Qffairs. There are also a number of impor » vacancies on commit Will be filled by the minoyty gf commit THE CLOSING QUOTATIONS To-tar'e ‘highest, Jom on ” +itee tee + oss = S: Sueaecseerct PEREP PRTS SEsssesss= PEFSSES Reese ees Es Ferree [+ +} +e++eett+ mae ere = Srs2s fe - BsSeE25' - sasecsaense FP EFEPSISESIE SE FAEF Fé on 5 wreeee = ++ +) +44t+4) 141 ee oS 285 285 S132: co was FREPR FFF SS SF - S3BeSes age 2532 See 3 sl pose eeres Hat Steet Fete & | ditlo t | merged, ‘pimsDAY, A& the polnte 6 the Prosident's mea fags telating 6 rallroad rate making and gorporatd aftales wore ticked off on the tapes Wall street nodied its head complacently andjsald: “That's all right! Roosevelt ds cpnservative and falr." The stock ‘arket pesalmists who were looking fdr dynamite in the mee bagé Were Gisghilitied because the mar kot Bhowe to régard the Presient's ut- Werances favorably. The trading which had been spirited and bullish early in the day took of @ more budyant tone, Two of President Roosevelt's utterances which met with special approval among the financiers and railroad men of Wall street were there: “Il am in no sense homtilé to corporations, The cdrporation has cotne to Btay, just aa the nude union has. Each should be favored so dong as it does good. * * * I be eve that honest agreements , smong the railroads thémselves should be per- mitted by law." enthusiastically after the publication of the message, The fret~cines rall- road shares were among the first to feel the éffects af the jubilamt senti- mént. New York Central ounded up two points in ds many minutes, and Bt. Paul and Union Pacific showed ad- ditional strength, Unusually, heavy buying started up in the U. 6, Bteel shares, Morgan brokers doing the greater part of it, ‘The minor indus- trial shares manifested general activity, In some respects the advances were Senational, The room traders dabbled @ gteat deal In Cast Tron Pipe, Amer- {ean Locomotive, Cotton Oll and Amer- joan Ice. Rumors of mergers sprang up, only to be stoutly denied by officers of the companies involved, Tho continued activity and strength of Pacific Mail Is attributed to the re markéble increase of this company's Oriental trafic, Durtig and since the Japan-Russian war the Pacific Mail steamships have been carrying @ large amount of miscellaneous freight both ways, This fact has more than coun- teracted the unfavorable stock market effect of President ' Roosevelt's ener- fotlc Panama Canal policy. It fe re- ported that the Pacific Mall directors have under consideration plans for a substantial Increawe of the company’s fleet of steamships. Union Pacific advanced on heavy trading immediately after the publica- thon of the annual report this forenoon. Never before has the Union Peco Company been able to make ao good & finangal showing, The vast amount of Figuring stocks and bonds at par value! only, there is now in che Union Pacific treasury securities aggregating $178,661,- its These assets (nciude $24,285,100 (par 606,200 (par value) Great Northern stock mock, now Worth almost twice ite par value, 80, 1806, were $65,851,000, an increase of $4275,@3, Net earning 00, an increase of ll fixed charges & surplus of $2,795,007 remainsd, eqyiva- lent to 4 per cent. on the pref@rred stock and 114 0n the common. An ed- 1 per cent, on the stock was! derived from the profits of Jand-grant operations There was an increase of | $96,000,000 fn Union Pacitic common stock 4% | during the year and a decrease of $59,- LW Hon in the company's bonded indebt- oMtcial and semi- | prev’ te that American al Lead are to be Boat! vat of the Not oMchl dentate, ‘the the Btock Exchan, withatandln Binelting and Nail oe, value) of Northérn Pacific stock, $18,- | and 198,000 shares of Northern Seourities | The Northern Pacific stock ts) and the Gri Nerthern shares are worth more than two and a halt times | the por valpe The gross earnings of the Union Pacific system for the year ended June Prices climbed indiscriminately and | 9; lia marketawe assets excited surprise. + FTemstitched Handkerchiefs, | in block, script and old English designs, 2 me Ai soullga igen Nahe My ies ind ahewe Se ae eee one wor naa { HAWLEY GETS GOOD JOB, eee the rate for call The Hudson River Day Line, which vinoe | td nay to 1-2 to 9 per cent. was due large ly to the extraordinary demand for operates steamers between this city and Albany, has announced the appointment money on the part of stock market ators who are engineering some of big pools, , of William ¥. Howley, a4 secretary of WHEAT MAKES GAINS; he oummpany, A eo vee CORN HOLDS FIRM! ‘Wheat started steady in the market to-iny and later made gains, The out- side markets were firm, Corn was dul! but continued firm, New York's opening prices were: Whéat-May, #24; December, 0% bid. Chicago's opening prices were: Wheat —May, $64 to 884; July, B44; Corn— May, H% to 6%. New York's closing prices were: ie oo: 98 1-4 bid; December, 9 7- Corn—January, 59 1-2; May, 00 74 bay July, 61 bid; December, 65. ‘Chicago's closing prices were; Wheat— December, 86 1-4 to 86 1-2; May, 89 7-8 to July, 841-2 to 84 5-8. Com-—Decem- ber, 451-8 to 45 1-4: old, 45 7-8; January, is bid: May, 4 to 1-8 bid) July, offered 4) 1-4. JAMES McGREERY &60, Merino Underwear For Ladies and Children, and Floor, On December the 6th, Tights, Corset Covers, Vests, —made of Swiss ribbed, cotta pure white cotton, COTTON PRICES SAG 50¢ ON PROFIT-TAKING. | Ypsilanti Cotton Union Cotton prices showed much strength Suits, in the early market session toxley, due 1,25 to @ heavy demand from houses with value 3.50 private wires, Later, however, profes- sional eelling for profits had its effect Po months oe ped about 8 points r yesterday's close. ine opening prices were: December. ye to Otis te onueyy: 1.67 to 11.68; 11.86; March, 12.08 to {0h Apt ine fj pt May, 11.2 to Twenty-third Street, Handkerchiefs for Holiday Gifts. Women’s Sheer Linen Women’s Handkerchiefs, Initial Risser one pate ieee Pah Pe ian also Medallion with initials, 25c, each, 124%c, each, Men's Linen Handkerchiet, 7 with fancy Women's Sheer Linen embroidered ey tape borer snd colors, | Plain Hemstitched H'dk'fs, 25c. each, 12\c. each, Women's Handkerchiefs, 4 French Novelties, in dainty colors Men's Pure Linen and a large variety of designs, 85¢., $1, $1.25, $1.50 each, | 12%. each, Bane, UOhy. Roa, : French Hand Embroidered Women’s Handkerchiefs, Handkerchiefs sheer linen, hand embroidered initials in script and block letters, also medallion with initials, 25¢. each, Men's Handkerchiefs, pure linen, hand embroidered initial from 50c. upwards, Real Duchesse and Real Val. Handkerchiefs from $1.00 upwards, Children's Handkerchiefs in fancy boxes. 25¢., §0¢., 75¢, per box, Lord & Taylor, | Broadway and Twentieth St. Fifth Ave.; Nineteenth St, 25c, each, ( WHY NOT SAVE the profit the retailer makes and buy direct from the manulacturer? Save \the rent charges in an expensive neighborhood; go only 3 blocks away, and get inside figures right at the factory warerooms, It our pianos were retailed from a Fifth Avenue stote, they would cost you $100,00 more, Buying direct, you can keep the hundred dollars saved in cash or apply it ona larger plano, OUR Christmas Holiday Stock fs now complete—Special Designs, Special Woods, Special Sizes, Eng Terms. The largest ALL HIGHEST GRADE Stock in New York. We are prepared to make you an offer Ly you cannot duplicate elsewhere, Ci; we ask Is that you call and CO! PARE VALUES, Special holiday instalment arrangements or for cash. NUSICIANS and TPAchers who favor us with a call between now and Christmas will be tendered a compliment: composer, Homer N, Bi ‘just frsued) of the “Kranback Nocturne,” by the eminent fyi he published price of which ls $1.50, Factory Warerooms, 333-45 E, 23d St. % blocks East of Madison Square. Harlem (open evenings), 16 W. 125th St. DRINK COFFEE DIGESTO ':| Mhere’s No Reason why anyone should drink a substitute for coffee. Digesto Coffee is nothing but the whole coffee bean, made pure by neutralizing the {Infurlous caffeine rh specialist in the an ex-president ‘of the at be sent anyone, rot &hewp bicesto we us co hams and. we LUNG oai Leb ies WOMEN'S WAISTS. WOMEN'S WAISTS FOR CALLING AND GENERAL AFTERNOON DRESS, MATINEE AND INFORMAL EVENING WEAR, CONSISTING OF STYLES IN CREPE DE CHINE, CHIFFON, RADIUM SILK AND VARIOUS WHITE AND GREAM LACES, Waists of Radium Silk, lace trimmed, $15.00 \ Lace Waists $12.50 and $15.00 —=——— LACE NECKWEAR AND UNMADE BLOUSES. YOKES, BERTHAS AND SETS OF COLLAR AND CUFFS OF REAL BRUSSELS LACE, COLLARS OF DUCHESSE, DUCHESSE AND POINT COMBINED; LACE, HANDKERCHIEFS, EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS IN UNMADE BLOUSES OF LINEN AND BATISTE IN HAND-EMBROIDERED EFFECTS APPROPRIATE FOR GIFTS, Nineteenth Street and Sixth Avemw, New York. most Convement yorn store for srooklynites, MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY New WRITD FOR ESTABLISHED ILLU@TRATOD we? CATALOGUE, \ BOWERY AN UNANSWERABLE ARGUMENT, Bear in mind that our prices are lower than those of any uptown store, because we obtain our Diamonds outside of regular trade channels, We ad- o vance largely to importers on unset gems, which when forfeited we set into che newest and handsomest mountings obtainable. Under these circum- "stances how. can regular jewellers hope to meet our prices? We suggest that you make selections now, and have them reseryed for future delivery, ehus groiding th the Inevitable rush, 1G-—We alwaya state welghts of Mlamonds fn Our advertine. ments others do not, and that's where the “catet Brooch. all genuine Ort Pearls, solid old, laree, full cut Diamond in centre; uptown orice 850: our price ig B: he : rant * ins tie 1 95¢ WATCHES FOR MEN AND WOMEN, mS pared se cy Gold Tle extra heavy fas Dove it $2.00 { Sa tie IO aaa a oa hore $79 age i extra heavy 1¢- suet 916 pee daiein ovenent hattielne and PI lied, ine cane Ladion Watch, Gentiemnen's | Baltt 14 Hunting ass pi + a faltham ‘oe Bien Move iY a a Kart, 2-vear fl case. wenn American mover ment, 5 eee Open Evenings Till 9; Saturdays Till 10. OR CSS OPI" ple tt dl JAMES McGREERY & CO, | JAMES McGREERY & CO, On December the 6th Oriental Rug Dep't. Sale of 4th Ploor, On Decembe ts and Comfortables. r Blankets ny a the 6th and 7th, Fine, white wool Blankets, 100 Daghestan Rugs, Aver. Single bed size,s.00,7.00pair| “8° size 3% x 5% ft, Double“ “ 6.2§,8.00 © n 12.50 and 14.50 Extra large..7.50, 19.00 * value 16.00 and 20,00 00 Antique Shirvan Rugs, Average size 4 x 6 ft, 16.50 and 18,50 Down filled Comfortables, covered with fine figured Sateens, Single bed size....4,.00¢ach value 2200 and ga.00 Double“ ....4.50. 00 Kazak and Mousoul Rugs. Average 4x 8 ft, 16.50 and 24 50 value 22,00 and 40,00 French Axminster Rugs, Size 9 x 12 ft, Rich, orien- tal colors, 29.50 value 40.00 Austrian Blankets, very fine quality, in plain colors,— pink,blue,greenand white, Twenty-third Street. "Millinery. Wednesday’ & Thursday, Dec. 6th &» Hats, Toques and Bonnets, $06.00, former prices $10.00 to’ $20,00, _ Children's Hats, » $3.00, former prices}$6,00 to $12.00, Lord & Taylor, . Broadway and Twentieth St, Fifth Ave,,, Nineteenth: St y ‘ANNOUNCE THEIR: | ie ~ Winter Clearing Sale THE BALANCE OP THEIR Sie Trimmed Millinery, ee Coats, Suits, Gowns, ( % Waists, Furs, ete., - will be offered at prices below cost, 538- 540 Fifth Ave., satniend ‘sth, th Fi im: anysone can) play: without ~ knowing anote of music PR gesagt oung men and women faberiny yon not the be- cause the exactions of ite Yave owe them from ma, Then think png finable pleasure to themselves}and the enjoy: ment they can give to othems when, in ten) minutes, they can master the piano so that the worldsytreasure of music is at thelr finger tips! ‘The Hes gan ¢ Sterling’; . (Combination) “| Playerpiano Is a marvelous instrument, combining a regular St ” Piano playable by hand, the same as any ordinar; pana ag hie advantage of a Sterling Piano Player encased within it, which enables any one (by inserting a Sterling Music Roll) to play Ras written for the piano, , What a Christmas This can bring to the home, when any one can spend an-evening with the wondrous rhapsodies of Liszt, the force of Wagner, the exquisite sweetness of Chopin or the simple melodies and popular, airs of the day, and do it without ever having played the piano, If you already have an instrument we will y Take Your Piano in Exchange in part payment for a Sterling Playerpiano. Our extensive Musi¢ Roll Library gives subscribers the use of the World’s Music without the ex- pense of purchase. The price of the Sterling Playerpiano is.a popular one, either cash or easiest kind of monthly payments. Telephone 2092 or 2093 Main, me SfCrling Piano 518-520 Fulton Street, cor. Hanover Place, Brooklyn. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS. * Shai Bot es