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d He and His Pal Put State to the . _ Expense of Two Trials and Get Heavy Penalty. ! wo ex-convicts who put the county 6: the expenes of a/ second trial were # tmldy whalen by the prospect of long @ehtences to-day that one requested Re- order Goff to allow him to plead guilty Go murder, that he might go to the elec- trie chair rather than serve pructically & Ife sentence. he convicts were John Murray, forty- ® years-old, and Charles McKenna, they were tnmocent vie-~ of police perseution, and that if ‘Rew trial they coud prove their ie hescene Goff granted new Tut warned them that in case convicted again he woukl the full peony. of their the conditions convicted lowed to plead guilty to murder” a _ die rather than serve twenty-s!: Recorder Goff then sentenced from about three hundred dollars fm. old, hard cash, He has left town at no address. The police and the to get of bis) and aak for cuange. found easy victims, but the one exception were too thong ty denomninatfons At p eareeutae, he had attempted to of hange”’ the peers raistected, He_ prot at his rr . It was noted change were discovered. TRADERS BUY FREELY re IN COTTON MARKET. “In expectation of a bullish report by 6 National Ginners' - Aesoc’ation ®here was considerable buying of cot- toh in the early Aid in the elgend toenay. Bhs bears were no | eral of the: Tending ‘urokers ad March and Frankly Speaking. BY WALTER A. SINCLAIR. Beh gee saan Sime introduced a resolution to investigate the aeoh ve the 5 Ni lis Cac toes bo Sheet FS irda Nata : To halt that sacred privilege—the using of the frank. “Twas Mr. Sime, of Tennessee, who tumbled to the game. He says, “If so, it’s got to go—suth doings are a shame.” Such anarchistic sayings have not buzzed beneath the dome Since Billy Mason used to frank his weekly laundry home. ee "Come, colleagues, dear” said Mr. Sims. “We must investigate The way we send stuff to a griend back in a native State. In days of old they howled because we franked out garden seeds Or sent ome tome back home to a constituent who reads, ‘They threw the gaff when we franked calf-bound documents. And now They're out to pan a Congressman who dared to frank a cow. “We're used to franking books in which are printed our best speeches, Or even franking infant trees as far as our mail reachés. But, frankly, we are shocked now by the news that we have read, That Congressmen won't hesitate te frank a folding bed. Still, we protest in our belief that fancies rather rove, To say a representative would frank a red-hot stove. “So let us pry into this lie,” says Honorable Sims, “Lets see if we can’t all agree that these are idle whims. ‘We'll now investigate ourselves. See that the cards are stacked, And we will prove the charges don’t contain a single fact. We wili retort in a report with whitewash thick and grand, And you can bank that we will frank that whitewash ‘round the land.” TWO LOPEMENTS, [Sexe STILL HO WEDDING F= | devolved Hale thea taht. Polish Girl anne Her Russian and Sonaay when he was Sat we jakin oefect of wa Suitor Crossed Ocean Twice to Marry and Failed. CALL MONEY DOWN TO 4; LOWEST IN WEEKS. Call money loaned at 4 per cent. In the market this afternoon, the lowest rate it has reached in sevceal weks. The opening quotation was 9, the price then going to 10 and gradually reced- ‘ng from that point during the duy. —<—<——_—__ WHEAT PRICES REACT ON SHORT SELLING, ‘Wheat was strong earky to-day on firm cables, but later reacted in response to short selling by professionals. . Corn sold up a little with wheat, but oon yielded to pressure and fell back. New York's opening prices were: ‘Wheat—May, % to 981-8; July, 997-8. ‘Chicago's opening prices were: Wheat ae 89 to $6 7-8 to 99; July, S78 Corn 1, 43-4 to (hed July, 451-8 H 522 hie i if Hall [intl Het: Hi father refused to let his Gang. |My oS ee ie ae oes tac, of otered, Sa. sa gablegram reacted New York betore Dee wa: Ma; uly. tT offered: be y arrested and de-| Chicago's ome LCs, vet ,, Und waited thelr oppor- suly. rye oftered: ptember, $2.1-2.° ‘tunity wigged Seats three weeks SE flea ; May, 447-8 to ago, reaching York last week ana Gi ay, bho BE8; Sepreerbers BIL All Three Bicadiny Stores: At 13th St. At Canal St. Near Chambers St. ment: quality and low pricing are the dominant factors, , The Models in Suits and Overcoats Involved in This Sale; Suits, Single-Breasted Sacks, | Double-Breasted Sacks. Paddocks, Chesterfieids, Tourists, * Double-Breasted Long Coats Extraordinary Shirt Selling 85c For Shirts worth up to $2.00. cAll made for the present season in stiff bosom and ances sty'e. Coat front and all the other styles in c8. The Extreme Radical Price Concessions Are an - Innovation with Hackett, Carhart & Co. cAbout This History Making Sale. The immediate and tremendous response at all three stores since the inauguration and announcement of this sale establishes the force and truth of the words that head this announce- “The Most Brilliant Chapter in our Half Century Selling of Men’s Fine Clothes.” As a merchandising movement of magnitude and importance it will leave its mark. The suits and overcoats involved form a collection of mighty strength—in which "FRIDAY, Jan. 6. Jevo> H. Schiff hastened to assure Wall @treet to-day that his remarks on! the money situation before the Chamber of Commerce yesterday were not de- signed to cause alarm. His main pur- pose was to Grouse the national ad- ministration to an appreciation of the necessity of currenoy reform. The stock market displayed considerable nervous- ness at the outset to-day, and the bull leadére openly charged the bears with ctroulating garbled reports of Mr. pec jpeech for the purpose of creat- ic. Strong influences came to ref fescue of the market and effectively of the active stocks were supported ag- gressively. Money on call was offered in ebupdance at § and 10 per cent., and leading bankers expressed the belief ‘that dhe money stringency was passing away. After the first hour the market developed strength all along the line, end the bullish sentiment became sé enthusiastic that prices in many m- stances reached thelr maximum for the present movement. Mr. Sohiff’s firm. Kuhn, Loeb & were persistent and heavy buyers of stocks, Union Pacific, which again crossed 150. Apaconda behaved curiously. to %3, dropped to m0 and rallied to about 257. The low price at the open- ing was due to the fact that the stock wold ex-dividend, which would account for @ natural loss of about 7 points on tour shares, or $100 par value. The following are still very bulish on Ana- conda, predicting that it will son cross 30, Semi-official statements are made that the new vein recently struck In the Anaconda mine ts richer In cop- per than was at first reported. There 1s talk of a possible extra dividend on Anaconda stock, the greater proportilon of which would go to the Amaigamatea stockholders. The last named stock advanced more than a point vo-day on heaty trading. Forecasts of the bank statement due| ¢ w-morrow made a litle better showing than last week. The known movements] © of money this week, after allowing for) Col. the $2,000,000 withdrawals in gold coin| §2) for ahtpment to Mexico and Argentina,| © indicate that the banks gained a little more than $2,000,000 in cash net. The dunks gained $5,228,000 from the interior, but lost $8,298,000 to the Sub-Trensury. Large amounts of money are being re- ceived frem all points in the interfor,| B-i Dut too late to be covered by to-mor- row’s averages. G. Steel common is the most popular of | feck. the low-priced ajocks. Small individual epeculators appear to have more cont. | tr: flonce_In this, non-aivid than in some of the oslo the that persone gels would not tou ‘auch Satie Steel" when it was in the twen- tes are now most ener buyers. The eeeent bull movement in is managed chiefly by James R. Keone, who mede a futile attempt two years ago to afvance this same stook. Frienda of Mr, Keene me ae he bought several thousands of Steel lcommon when it italy <0 10 and that FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1908. cheoked the tendency to depression, All |c especially | 4. ‘This | Am4l, Coppei stook opened at 290, advanced rapidly | Am: Amalgamated syndicate and the Gates | Amer Tints ie a By Boplar is sige ittealioh i tthe Steel | Manha’ He bar holds this stock in the bellef it eventualiy will sell at 75. Tt is | Noh ificant that Morgan and Rockefeller rs are steaiiily accumulating this Rorth, A The activity in Kangas City Southern shares revived Gre old stores about a change of control. Brokers who bought this stook freely professed to believe hat the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. ul Company was the prospective ohaser of the prope: ‘There was evi- dence that the sa: rn Ha.- jors who have been tuying St. Paul lately are also ee Kansas City, Southern, eaeettes Earliog, of the St, Paul, saying that while the ‘Kareas. key Southern malent be of use t) the Bt. Faul, system is eure ‘ain aad Phe aaein eal tg" het See. oy ils Wrione ake" o an rien the present control Pe sialists in stogks ara kine for, mush ate, 8 for. both y rR rea. The fi emoyar followin dinely bal rumors of a ae American Sugar an com- panies, Some of the largest Bockhoid- f Amerionn Sugar declare propo wits is sonar Soren o he he prin, J Tie‘ ca dlnimed that this e uring: Wail Justity tho cutting of am pSC OIE The Closing Quotations. be areckes! —— = oS 5S PR. tte ltte tel D1 +t + +B ie te. FR REESE E foe = FRELSSERR FEES Seeas S68, ra PERSEESEE [et] ¢4e¢e] + ine By + ae = bi iow ¢ ee ta 20) : ah te! . Central b Advance, —Decline. The total sales of stocks wer 1,819,800 shares and of ee . —— ei AMERICAN STOCKS AT TOP PRICES IN LONDON, LONDON, Jan. 6&—Rates for money were easter tn the market to-day, ow- ing to the distribution of Government dividends. Discsunts were dispoaed be ower on account of the more abund- ant supplies of money. There was a cheerful undertone on i Rs value of every t ate + 1% | ANDREW DAVEY’ Teas, Coffees and Fine Groceries. article sold in it. Very best creamery; than which no finer . can be found anywhere at any price.; .. aa FRESH EGGS, 12 for 25c.. Golden “Grain,” equal to any of oe ee Te Davey's 4] Pinsbury, Hecker or Gold Medal] Flour, Flour, per barrel, $5.60; % per bag ..... 70c ° 8c a Peas, sifted, early it Da- ‘4 vey Standard, per can. me to ST Maninitan at cone fancy Maine style exe" tra choice, per can... .. Above items and scores of others equally good, all up e the Andrew Davey standard of purity and quality, will be « found-on sale in all the Andrew Davey stores as follows: East Side. West Side. < 127 §th ay., cor. 10th st, % 200 8th bet. 2210 th ‘2286 Sth ‘271 Oth 083 762 Oth 694 10th ay. 21 Amsterdam 81 Am lam 163 Amsteriam ay, 1744 Ameterdam av. ee Stores. ‘ MEATS, POULTRY AND PROVISIONS. Our Special Saturday Prices. LEGS OF CANADA MUTTON, PER LB.. ; 200, ion bs the Stock Exchange, although opera- 118 ite tors generally were idle, this being the oF tt ove of the Wpapimear Nevertheless, 14h + 1 Tre was a ir amount of inv Sue BM fH | business, Console opened steady. and sdig T 1st | Bardened later on the money prospects, itr &% + 1% | Home ral:s had a firm tendency. 2” 20% t | Americans opened weak, moved trreg- Bs joo + (¥| vlarly to below parity, became inactive: 3, 3K + 14 | rallied during the last hour and closed Zw gos 7 1M | at top prices. eS, Siti relgners were quiet. Russian, Tm- ie se ba perial da" teaproves) at first, but closed io” “tom + 7a | easier. Japanese were steady, Inter- o> wo nationals healtated owing to the Moroc. 2. 38 San uncertainties, and closed dull. Oop- M323, +2, | Der shares were depressed, especially MR BM TT Anaconda. Japanese Imperial 6s of Bim fy Siu < 'y | 190 were quoted at 102 1-2. . 40 ay 0 — & 7 8% Sh ise yo ON 179% 189% + 6%! — More ho te z fore home done est (os lonh FM | Ghange tne color of a areas Tomi bios B 11S 175 Yo the stylish dar brown dave By TB 4 ge dark ‘ayer dark & 8% 8 — 4 Syetnaxes le yellow aye Ret Jalen. oom = makes green; green dye tmaler peacces OH OH BOK green, snd 90 6m. 60: 60 oy — HR Bee Onl es +g ly se f 1 a : 3% 72! am + & a4 igs iaty a 25, a tty E +1 + 1u Fe ik LEGS OF YOUNG LAMB, PER LB.. PRIMB RIB ROAST, PER LB... CHOICE ROASTING TURKEYS, ‘PER 223 FIRST AVENUE, TELEPHONE 765 ORCHARD. I, Steigerwald — Bet. 13th aud Ith Sts. THE PINK EDITION OF THE EVENING WORLD * Hackett aactee ume of business, Here Are Examples of the Lowest Price Levels Ever Reached in Men’s Fine Suits Men's Suits, Reduced from $22, $20 and $18, to Men’s Overcoats, reduced from $22 and $20, to . and Overcoats. eae $15.00 Men’s Overcoats, reduced from $30, $28 and $25, to $18.00 Men's Overcoats, reduced from $35 and $30, to . Youths’ Overcoats, reduced from $20 and $18, to . Any man, whether he be build, tall or short, stout or be perfectly fitted ih suit or overcoat. of regular thin, may |. $ Sale at All Three Broadway Stores: Near Chambers St. At Canal St. At 13th St. The Most Brilliant Chapter in Our Half Century Selling of Men’s Fine Clothes. . ; A Chief Factor Is High Quality As Well As the Low Prices. These Stores—Their Growth. _ Progress—improvement—betterment are the ideals of ambition which should ever _ attend the efforts of a Business. To grow with the people, keep a pace with their demands, to earn their confiidence, are ideals with which the parent organization—Hackett, Carhart & Co, —was conceived half a century. ago. It-has. been.true to every principle, every tradition, every ideal which has been built up during that time, ibe moaterial progress ts erkianced PyiApe Saree: eyest stores—ever expanding in vol- The Fabrics of Suits and Ovbreeath 2 eo Half On a Derby Hat. $3 Derbys Now $1.50 © hats—the well-known H.C. a Co, ag Alan taty cep Involved in This Sale : Thousands of families know it from experience—the name Andrew Davey over a store guarantees the purity, the quality, the weight, the f ol NO Hous in the word, no matter how fancy the store or the prices, has a higher standard or a more rigid rule of exclusion for things not up to that standard. That is why so many % of you come with confidence—and keep coming, year in and year out, BUTTER, per pound,. 25¢ CONTAINS ALL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY- TN