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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908.
TO GET UP
STAIRS IS PUZZLE
New York Wrestles Heavily
With It Since Skyscraper
Vogue Is Increasing.
ENGINEERS HARD AT WORK
Efforts Vnder Way to Devise Means
to Handle Quickly and Continu
ously Traffic of 60 and
70-Story Buildings.
N'EW YORK. Auk. 12. The actual ar
rival of the thousand-foot high office
building In this city has developed a
STious problem and a new profession.
The problem foreseen for some years Is
that of getting up and down in these
Stairs, of course, are always with us. but
that this antiquated means of getting: up
and down is becoming more and more
unpopular la evidenced by the growing
demand for apartment houses, and even
single dwelling?, with elevators.
That Is the field as It is at present, and
it would seem to be up to elevating en
gineers to take care of the problems that
arise as the New Yorker, in his daily life
gets farther anr farther away from the
ground. He may experiment with bal
loons, airships, moving ladders or any
thing else, since the two devices men
tioned are practically the only depart
lire from the task of stair climbing.
Something New Demanded.
Evidently the future will demand some
thing entirely new in the line of vertical
travel. While the present system of ele
vators may be all right for lowly 20-story
cloud scrapers, and in some ways much
resembles the early problem of trans
Atlantic, steamers of which it was pre
dicted that no vessel could be built large
enough to carry sufficient coal to run
it. So of the modern 60 or 70-story office
building It has been predicted that the
elevator problem would prove unsur-
mountable.
A generation ago one could mount to
any office In New York by the stair route;
today that is out of the question, and
the resultant situation has given rise to
the newest profession of vertical engi
neer, whose province it is to solve the
problems of vertical travel the question
of getting up and down in New York's
great office buildings.
How New York ("limbs.
Already New York does more climbing
than Switzerland, although for purely
commercial purposes. Figures just col
lected by one of the new vertical engi
neers illustrate this in the following sur
prising fashion. Indicating even now how
large a field there is for advance in the
line of vertical travel. New Yorkers, al
though loath to do so. still do climb
stairs as is indicated by the following
figures:
Could all the stairs ascended and des
cended daily by residents in the City of
New York be grouped into one enormous
stair representing the total, that stuir
would be 20.000 miles In height. And
could the millions of stair climbers be
consolidated in a single individual repre
senting them all. that individual would
be a giant more than 20O.OU0 miles tall,
with his head somewhere close to the
moon.
Great, therefore, as are the problems
of horizontal travel, those of vertical
travel, whether In getting above or be
low the street level, are hardly so in
significant as many persons might think.
What with stair climbing to and from
the subway and the elevated roads, in
the older office buildings and especially
in homes, it is a conservative estimate
which figures that 5,000.000 stair trips of
one flight each are made In New York
daily.
Allowing 30 seconds for each trip this
means that every day a total of 2.500.000
minutes, equal to 11.666 hours. 1736 days,
or almost five years. Is spent by New
Yorkers In ascending and descending
stairs. In a year the total of the time
spent in this way amounts to more than
633.000 days, or almost 1750 years. That
even as matters stand today Is the waste
which the "vertical engineer" must elim
inate. 1,000,000 Horse-I'ower Daily.
The energy which New Yorkers expend
In thus raising themselves in the world
amounts to more than l.ooo.OO) horsepower
ever' day. since a trip up an average
flight of st.-tlrs In half a minute involves
the expenditure of energy roughly equal
to one-fifth of a horsepower. This total
could it be applied, would furnish power
for all New York's engines.
Five years of stair climbing, totaling
a rise of more than 20.ono miles, and call
ing forth l.f).0Ci) horsepower; that is the
total not of all New York's daily verti
cal travel, but simply that which is ac
complished without the aid of any labor
saving device. People have been going
to and fro upon the earth ever since
the example was set by a certain well
known person, but since they quitted
trees as habitations they have been little
concerned with geting up and down. Con
sequently horizontal travel has received
all sorts of study and new appliances,
while vertical travel until within a few
years has been given little attention. As
a result the great majority of New York's
population plods up and down stairs in
the old way, a means of vertical travel
which corresponds to the now despised
"shank s mare" method of progress on
the level.
That the solution of the problems of
vertical travel are rapidly assuming
greater Importance cannot be doubted.
The saving of precious minutes and ener
gy for business men in all fields is dally
becoming more necessary. As New York
grows upward so does vertical trawl ex
pand, and the comparative neglect which
this field has received in the past may
be chiefly attributed to the fact that the
necessity for subways, elevated lines and
skyscrapers Is a latter day growth. More
and more the New Yorker is coming to
travel in three dimensions Instead of two.
as did his forefathers. As a result there
Is springing up the nw profession of
vertical or elevating engineering.
Travel Tp ly Two Modes Only.
That there Is room for it Is shown by
New York's stalr-cllmbing figures. Hori
zontal travel has carriages, autos. trolley
cars, subways, elevated roads, steam
lines, moving sidewalks a long array of
mechanical devices for horizontal travel.
But for the man who wants to get up or
down, there are besildes stair, of course.
Just two elevators and escalators'. There
Is nothing, for Instance, to correspond to
the auto, and If a parallel be sought In
the field of vertical travel for the devices
of horizontal progression It is generally
not to be found. Are the elevator and es
calator going to do the work of reducing
New York's present dally climb of 20.000
miles and of taking care of the increase
that will come with more scraping sky
scrapers or will the airship or something
of that sort be called Into play with lines
of travel on various levels and landing
stages at various floors?
Eact of the two existing devices for
verticle travel has Its particular sphere
of usefulness. In skyscrapers where the
Installation of an escalator on each floor
Is not desirable, the elevator, or rather
HOW
batterly of elevators, furnishes the de
sired service. At elevated stations. In
department stores, and generally at ter
minal points, where travel Is congested
the escalator gives better results because
If Its more rapid service.
As compared with an elevator, even one
large enough to accommodate 50 persons
It can handle ten times as many passen
gers per hour, or conversely handle the
same number ten times as rapidly. There
is no delay similar to that which oc
curs when an elevator is at another floor
or when its doors are being openeJ or
closed. The latter point Is an important
one. too, when women are concerned,
since observation has proved that they
take about two seconds more, or almost
twice as long, as men In getting on or
off an elevator. Two seconds less, occur
lng 100.000 times or more 'a day, mounts
up Into quite a total.
These, then, are the two mechanical
means of travel In the third dimension.
buildings. It remains to be seen what can
be done in those of 60 stories, where the
length of the trip promises to require a
schedule such as Is employed by passen
ger trains. Indeed. In some of the Bta
tions In this city the trains, during rush
hours. leave more frequently than will
the elevators in the new scyscrapers.
city which spends five years of time and
1.000.000-horse power every day in Its ver
tide travel by stair, affords such a field
for economy of time and energy as to
make It attractive to Inventors. New
York, half a century hence, with a pre
dieted population of 50.0O0.000. will hardly
be willing or able to spend 50 years and
lO.ooo.ooo-horse power every day in stair
climbing with time and energy so val
uable.' At any rate. In the year 1960 New
iorkers would spend 17.500 years an
nually In getting up and down stairs
Figuring the value of every one's time
as worth only "20 cents an hour, for 300
eight-hour days a year, that would mean
annual loss of nearly (10.oon.ooo.
Just how the new era of vertlcle travel
is to be accomplished is difficult to tell,
but with buildings growing higher and the
streets more crowded, necesslting the
removal above or below them or the trac
tion lines, it is certain that It must come
The first advances will doubtless be by
means of such equipment as will save
time at the expense of energy or vice
versa working finally into some solution
which will minimize both.
BLOWS POWDER OM VICTIM
INCONSCIOrSXESS EXSl'ES AXD
KOBBEft TAKES MONEY.
Police of Philadelphia Search for
Highwayman Who Has Xew
Mode of Operation.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12. (Special.)
For a thief who, having apparently
passed beyond the stage of the sandbag
and the revolver, goes about armed only
with a small white powder, whicli when
blown into the face of his victim causes
him instantly to lose consciousness, the
police are conducting a rigorous hunt. The
victim finds when he recovers his senses
that the robber has departed with his
valuables.
The existence of the powder thief, who
has apparently been operating for some
time, became known when Louis Glazer
of- Sixth and Federal streets was arrested
by mistake and brought before Magistrate
bcott in the City Hall, charged with blow
lng the mysterious powder in the face of
Louis Sofean, who keeps a shoe store at
2"1 Bouvler street. Glazer was exon
erated and released, and the real criminal
has not yet been found.
Thieves Vse Science.
An even more sensational exploit of the
powder thief was narrated by Max Spei
gel, 1S33 Ritner street, who by a curious
coincidence saw the man at work with a
pal scientifically and quietly sending So
lan to the land of dreams. Speigel
shouted for help and chased the two men
around several corners.
According to the story Speigel told Mae-
istrate Scott, to that official's amazement,
a man came to his home two months ago,
commenced to make love to his sister-in-law,
asked for a loan to defray the ex
penses of the wedding, and when Mrs.
Speigel showed him a roll of $240 he calm
ly pulled out a little paper filled with
white powder and shook it in Mrs. Snel-
gel's face.
' Woman Put to Sleep.
Then, Speigel said, his wife went to sleep
and dreamed all manner of pleasant
dreams, finally returning to the things
of this world to find the roll of bills and
the man gone. How long she remained
unconscious she cannot tell. When her
sister returned to the house and found
what her would-be lover had done she be
came hysterical. She was revived with
some difficulty.
The other morning, according to Sofen.
the shoemaker, two men came into his
shop and asked him if he felt ill. He said
he did not.
"Well, we'll fix you all right, anyhow."
the powder man told the shoemaker, as
he slowly pulled out his little paper of
powder and. with a wave of his gloved
hand, blew It Into the amazed Sofen's
face. Sofen collapsed on the floor The
three men ran out of the store. Glazer
was among those who Joined In pursuit.
When he was arrested by .mistake the
real thieves had made good their escape
up a sine aney.
After Glazer had been taken to the Fif
teenth and Snyder-avenue police station
two policemen returned to the shoe store.
They found Sofen just returning to life,
but still unable to distinguish between his
dreams and reality. The white powder
was still sticking to his face. When Sofen
revived he was taken to the City Hall to
appear against Glazer.
Puzzle for Magistrate.
Magistrate Seott. when he heard the
strange story of the shoemaker, expressed
Incredulity, but when the man's state
ments were substantiated by Speigel he
t.nn-iT-u Hii investigation. Hoten exon
erated Glazer and said that he was not
the man who blew the powder Into his
face. Glazer was then discharged.
"This is the queerest case. I ever han
dled. I never in all my experience met
with anything like it." said the magistrate
as he released, the prisoner.
Special Policemen Rlechner and Sheller
of the Fifteenth and Snyder-avenue police
station were assigned to the case to try
and find the powder man. They were
unable to find any trace either of Schmidt
or of his assistant;
Medical men. when told of the mysteri
ous powder and its effect, were much puz
zled. The general opinion seemed to be
that a combination of morphine and co
caine, with possibly a small quantity of
an Oriental drug, is used by the thief.
Just a Lovers' Quarrel.
Lippincott's.
Two young persons of Germantown.
Pa., had been engaged, had quarrelled,
but were too proud to "make up." Furthermore.-
both were anxious to have it
believed they had entirely forgotten each
other.
One day the young man called, osten
sibly on business with her father, on
which occasion It chanced she should an
swer the door bell.
The young man was game. "Pardon
me," he said, with the politest of bows.
"Miss Eaton, I believe. Is your father
In?"
"T am sorry to say he is not." the
young woman -responded, without the
slightest sign of recognition. "Do you
wish to see him personally?"
"Yes." replied the young man, as he
turned to go down the steps.
"I Beg your pardon," called out the
young woman, as he reached the lowest
step, "but who shall I say called?" ,
BOY LEAVES HIS
T
Surfeit of Mothers Reason
Given by Washington Waif
as Cause of Wanderings.
TRAVELS FAR UPON NERVE
Tells Freely of His Meanderlngs
From One Coast to Another
Within Period of Sev
eral Tears.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. (Special.)
One of the offenders recently arraigned
In the Juvenile Court was Samuel
Senescue.' who said his age was 15. He
looked much younger. He had been ac
cused of breaking a bicycle belonging to
another boy. Judge DeLacy. after list
ening to the Information filed against the
boy, asked the usual questions about the
defendant's name, age, parentage, na
tionality, etc., which elicited an Inter
esting tale of travel.
What Is your father's name?" asked
Judge DeLacy.
John Senescue." replied the youthful
defendant.
'Now tell me your mother's name,
said the Judge.
I don't know the name of my real
mother." the boy replied, "but one of my
stepmothers "
'One of your stepmothers? How many
have you had?" the Judge Inquired.
Too Many Mothers.
Well. I have had three of them so far
that Is. I have three If you count one that
I had twice as being two. My father was
first married In the.old country and then
he came to America and lived in New
York City, where I was born. When I
was 2 years old my father got a divorce
from my real mother. He married again
about two years later, but then was di
vorced again.
My father was the leader of , the Rayol
Hungarian Band then, and when he went
to Europe to play In the big cities he car
ried me along with him, but left all my
brothers and sisters behind. We stayed
In Eurqpe about three years, and during
that time I was taken through Germany,
France, Italy. England, Spain, and lots of
other countries that I can't remember.
We stayed In Berlin for three months one
time and while there I attended the Ger
man schools. We generally stayed only
about one month at a place.
Tells of Father's Life.
'When we came back to this country
my father remarried the wife that he
was divorced from before we went away.
They lived together only a short time,
though, and then he got divorced again.
Then he went to Spokane. Wash., to live.
and carried me with him. He hadn't
been there long before he married again."
well, don t you remember the names
of some of these mothers?" asked the
Judge.
"No. sir. There were too many of
them."
"Where Is your father now. mv bov?"
asked the Judge.
I guess he Is In Spokane, sir. I haven't
seen him since December, 1906. when I
left home. I didn't care to live with my
step-mother, because it didn't seem like
home, so 1 ran away.
'But how did you aet here in the
East?" asked Judge DeLacy. becomlna-
Interested In the boy's story.
Sees Much of Country.
"Well, sir, I went to Tacoma first, and
then to Seattle and Portland. From there
I went to San Francisco, and then I
started East. I visited Denver. Salt
Lake City. Omaha. Cheyenne, Chicago,
St. Louis, Kansas City. Cincinnati. Pitts
burg. Philadelphia, Baltimore, and then
came to, w ashington. It took me over
a year to make the trip. There are so
many places that I went to that I can't
remember the names of some of them.
reached here about four months ago."
"But how did you manage It? Did
you pay your way? Where did you get
me money?
I paid for some of the wav. but T
tole rides a good deal." answered the
lad. "A fellow In Tacoma showed me
how to do it, and I had no trouble in
going where I wanted. All I had to do
was to go to a "freight yard earlv In the
morning and climb in a freight car. The
now showed me how to onen those
little doors at the ends of the cars. It
wasn't hard.
Earns Money at Piano.
"Sometimes I would stay at a dace
for a month or so. and get some work.
I worked for a tailor at one place, and
ften made a good deal of monev nlav-
ing for 'people. I have known how to
play a piano all my life. M father
taught me. He knows how to play
very kind of musical Instrument."
Samuel Senescu went to live at the
Working Boys' Home, at Third and C
streets northwest, on reaching Wash
ington, and about two months ago when
the boys moved to their Summer home
tamp Mauisby, near Chevy Chase.
he went with them. Samuel borrowed a
bicycle belonging to Ralph Strayhorn
one day and went for a ride. While
coasting down a hill In the Zoo Park
the chain broke and the machine ran
against a tree and was almost demol
ished. Rather than return to camp and tell
of his mishap, the boy came to the city.
Besides, the "wanderlust" had hold of
him again, and he went to Alexandria.
"I jumped a freight train there and
started to Richmond," continued the
boy. "I stayed there a week, and then
went to Norfolk."
Side Trip to Boston.
"Did you stay there until you asked
the police to send yfu to Washington?"
asked the Judge. ,
"No. sir Judge," replied the wanderer.
"L got tired staying there and so I went
to Boston."
"To Boston?" asked Judge DeLacy,
thinking that the boy had come to the
end of his tale.
"Yes. sir. I got a Job washing dishes
and working as cabin boy on one of the
steamers of the Merchant and Miner's
Line, and went to Boston. I got aw
fully seasick on the way. We stayed
in Boston three days and then started
back. I didn't get sick on the return
trip. Washing the dishes was hard
work, but I didn't mind it."
When he reached Norfolk Samuel ap
parently got tired of wandering about
and surrendered himself to the police.
The authorities In this city were notified
and Central Office Detective Trurabo
went there after the boy.
New Use for Fort Brown, Texas.
Baltimore American.
"Not a long while ago the name of
Brownsville was on every tongue be
cause of the memorable episode which
resulted in the discharge of a battalion
M UGH
WED FA
of colored soldiers stationed there,"
said Captain D. B. Draper, of San An
tonio, Texas.
"By reason of the unfortunate oe
currence, the military post there was
abandoned, and the old fort will never
more house any of Uncle Sam's troop
ers. But It was too good a piece of
ground to let go to waste, and the res
ervation has been turned into a flour
ishing agricultural experiment station.
Old Fort Brown now presents the smil
ing face of a semi-tropical garden.
Beautiful orchards, and lovely, gardens
teem with fruits and vegetables. It
being the pursose of the Government
to show that the lower Rio Grand3
Valley is capable of growing excellent
crops, that will bring top prices In the
market by reason of their maturing
much earlier than in other parts of
Texas.
"Melons and grapes of. extra quality
have been raised this season by the
Government's agents, and there Is a fine
prospect that In the new capacity the
ancient fortress will be of even great
er value to humanity than when it
was kept solely for military uses."
USE FOR SKIN SUEUR
HOSPITAL- SIRGEOXS TO GIVE
HIM JOB.
Man Who Loses Old Cuticle Fre
quently Likely to Provide Stock
for Injured Who Need Supply.
TRENTON. N. J., Aug. 12. (Special.)
As a result of the announcement that
William 3J. Cake, a local man, was shed
ding his skin like a snake, several promi
nent specialists from various parts of the
country yesterday came to Trenton and
made a thorough examination of the pa
tient, but the symptoms puzzled them as
much as they have the local physicians.
For the 2Sth time in the 53 years of
his life Oake. who is a linoleum printer.
Is now shedding his skin. The skin is
going from him exactly like a snake,
the only difference being that a reptile
sheds Its cuticle periodically, while Cake
Is likely to shed his skin at any time.
Specialists from New York who ex
amined the patient believe that the skin
he sheds frequently would save the lives
of many patients where it is necessary
to graft cuticle in cases of severe burns,
cuts and the like. For this purpose It is
now likely thatkcake will be removed to
Bellevue Hospital, New York City, where
several patients are facing death because
of the unwillingness of persons to have
their skin grafted into that of the suf
ferers. Cake has several children, but none of
them is afflicted by the disease. The
doctors say that the disease is not con
tagious. Local physicians have made numerous
attempts to cure Cake, but their efforts
have been of no avail. The physicians
here and elsewhere agree only to the
name of the disease, which they term
"Dermitosls Exfoliatlna."
Such a case is only once recorded in
medicine and surgery. Although the.
doctors agree upon the technical term the
cause and treatment of the disease are
puzzles. They realize that In typhoid
fever the skin peels, but cannot under
stand how a high fever would take the
skin from the patient in so many in
stances. When Cake was a chilci his mother, he
declares, told him his skin shed in the
some way. The symptoms are first a
chill, followed by severe pains In the
stomach and later by an extremely high
fever. Within two weeks of an attack
every particle of skin on Cake's body
comes off. During this time he suffers
intensely, particularly from an itching
sensation.
Although Cake lived -for nine years
without shedding his skin the attack
usually comes on every two or three
years. At one time he shed his skin
three times In 14 weeks. This was due
to the use of medicine prescribed for him
by a physician for his stomach condition.
The specialists believe that his skin is
of such a tender nature that It would peel
with the slightest Irritation, and they de
clare that a man with his tendency of
weakness in the cuticle would save hun
dreds of lives where it was necessary to
save human beings by the grafting skin
process, which has so lately become an
important part In medical science.
GETS BEQUEST AND BRIDE
.News From Old Country Turns
Youth's Woe, to Joy.
NEW; YORK, Aug. 12. (Special.)
Stefan Elias, with woe In his young
heart, sat paring apples in the base
ment of the Hotel La Rene, at Bradley
Beach, the other morning, stealing, now
and then, when the pastry cook was
not looking, a peep at a letter written
In a girlis"h hand.
Suddenly the door opened and an
elderly man, with a legal air, stepped
up to Stefan.
"Is this Mr. Elias?" said he.
Stefan was confused at being ad
dressed as "Mr.," but managed to stam
mer "Yes."
"Well, your grandfather. In Frank-fort-on-the-Main,
has died and left you
65'uOO marks. Here is a draft for 1000
marks for passage money. There will
be enough left after you buy your
ticket to let you brush up a bit."
For a wrflle Ellas was too dazed to
speak; then he began to kiss passion
ately the letter which had made him so
sad.
"At last I can have you, Hannah" he
exclaimed joyfully.
With that he flung off the dirty
apron which he wore as .kitchen boy,
and rushed off to pack his grip. , His
haste is explained by the pretty ro
mance that lay behind him in Ger
many. Stefan was born 20 years ago in
Frankfort. His parents died soon after
his birth, and he was adopted by his
grandfather, also named Stefan Elias. a
wealthy builder In that city. He was a
favorite . with Mr. Elias until one day
two years ago the elderly gentleman
found him protesting his. love to Han
nah Metz. a beautiful peasant girl, In a
little village where they were sum
mering. The grandfather exclaimed
angrily: "Stefan, go home. Don't you
epeak to this girl again. . She's be
neath you!"
The more he stormed the more em
phatically Stefan said that he would
never give Hannah up as long as he
lived. In the end. Mr. Ellas packed him
off to America. But ail through the
year that Stefan has been here he has
written long letters to Hannah, telling
her that he would soon have enough
money to bring her over. The letter
from her which he had received Just
before tne good news csfme has for Its
closing sentence: "When, dearest Ste
fan, can I come to you?"
As Stefan boarded the train for this
city he beamed with delight. "Ten days
more!" he exclaimed. "Mein Gott!
Won't Hannah be surprised when I pop
In on her?"
Something Wrong.
Emporia Gazette.
Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst spent Sun
day in the same hotel at Chicago, but
they did not speak as they passed by, al
though a Sear bedimmed each eye. What
must the people think of a system or
politics that creates a coldness between
such good and great men as these?
RALLY IN STOCKS
- 4
Prices React After Two Days
of Sagging.
BRYAN'S SPEECH IGNORED
Late Declines Are Attributed Solely
to Manipulation Copper Shares
Are Nervous Cotton Money
In Wall Street.
XEW YORK. Aug. 12. The backers of the
active operations in the stock market were
too much occupied today with their various
devices of leadership and manipulation to pay
much attention to the news of the day. The
new, indeed, offered- no radical change in
condition. Information has been procurable
for several da,ys past accurately outlining the
substance of Mr. Bryan's acceptance of the
Democratic nomination, and Its publication
about 2 o'clock supplied no material for sur
prise. '
Two items of the day's news happened to
affect unfavorably two groups of securities
which have been most conspicuous In the
speculation in the las few days and this
served to emphasize the drop of the first
hour in values. There was a reaction In tho
price of copper at the New York metal ex
change, after successive, advances of a frac
tion at a time for many days past. Copper
warrants in London also were lowered. This
added to the feverishness of phares of com
panies connected with the industry which
have been in ft. highly nervous state, anyhow,
ever since" the sensational stage developed
in the Boston speculative campaign. The
decline in the price of silver to a level
lower than has been touched In five years
past" la an incidental Influence on the group
of mining and metal stocks as a whole.
American Smelting, Amalgamated Copper and
National Lead were violently affected by the
early break In prices today.
The subsequent action of the market was
such as to convince the followers of the
movement that a shakedown under careful
control was designed by the reaction of yes
terday and early today. This led to the
strong rebound. The effect of such reactions
in strengthening the technical position of the
market is easily understood and it is for this
reason that skillful leaders of the movement
for a rise connive at such movements at in
tervals after having reduced their owm hold
ings on the advances.
. Some of the most conspicuous buying today
came from the same brokers that sold most
largely yesterday. The reaction was re
garded as affording a test of the market, and
when the upward movement was resumed,
speculative opinion was reassured.
The dimensions jf the market were smaller
than of late. This was partly due to a
large diversion of speculative interest to the
cotton' market. The enormous liquidation ef
fected in that market was ascribed In part to
Wall street interests and there was beard
the assertion that the resources thus released
were being transferred into stocks.
Bonds were Irregular. Total sales, par
-alue, 13,434,000. United States 3s regis
tered advanced per cent on call.
CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing
Sales. High. Low. Bid.
Amal Copper .... 4.5W 81 79 80
Am Car . Foun. 3.500 41 4ot4 41
do preferred ll3
Am Cotton Oil... 2,000 354 34 35
Am Hd & Lt pf
Am Ice Sacuri... 300 81 3t
Am Llneeed Oil.. W0 13 12
Am Locomotive.. 7,2oO 61 67
do preferred
Am Smelt A Ret. 46.CUO 99 98
do preferred ... 4oO 108 108
21 !4
81
12!
5
1(12
9S
1081.4
136 4
93
Am Sugar Ref... 8,400 137 134
Am Tobacco
Pf..
100 93 mhi
TOO 26 26
T.400 44 47
8,u0 89 67k
200 l5 95
200 S3 62
Am Woolen
26
48
88
64
92
94's
87
55
172Vi
29
97
200
43
162
146
58
36
33
62
53
13914
20 Vi
172
27
66
23
39
29
146
139
12
36
Anaconda Mtn Co
Atchison
do preferred . . .
Atl Coast Line..
Bait & Ohio 6,2W
do preferred
Brook Rap Tran. 13. inn
Canadian Pacific.. 1,800
Central Leather.. 2.400
do preferred
Central of N J
CJies A Ohio 2,KK
Chicago Gt West. 1,3inj
C, M & St Paul. 38.4(0
C, C, C & St L. . too
Colo. Fuel A Iron 10.800
Colo A Southern.. 2ti0
do 1st preferrea 100
do 2d preferred. 500
96 94
58
172
29
54
172
434 42 V,
16214 160,
147 '4 144
5H 58
36 35 it,
33 "s 33.
6214 61 1
53 1, 53
138 u, 139
2iy4 19
173 172
275, 27i4
87 67
37 37 'i
24 23
3914 39 i
30 29
14H 146
139 13914
67;, 66(4
13S
125 12V4
36 35 is
11 11
'26H 254
17 I'
iii'ti ioovi
30 30
li'4 nsii
8S"i 57 V
3314 323
r,T4 64 Si
87 Mi
110 10K
43 42
75 . 74 V4
64 64
140 144
12014 iis'ti
96 96
-S.T4 '33
'444 '44"
12S14 126
- 24 23
81 14 79
18H 18
36T4 35 ii
28 28
17-4 17
8914 39
64 64
97 95
119Vi 118 .
20"4 19
60 tj fio
40 34
244 24 H,
2714 26
58 .4 57 '4
1594 166V4
83 S3
35 35
101 14 10O
47 46
110 1091
45 42
29 29
107'4 10774
13 13
28 27
74 72
"16" io"
23 23
Consolidated Gas. .
SfXJ
1.400
300
300
200
1.9O0
3,000
2o0
Corn Products
Del & Hudson....
D A Ft Grande...
do preferred . . .
Distillers' Securl..
Erie
do 1st preferred,
do 2d preferred.
2o0
41)0
General Electrjc.
Gt Northern pf . . 21,100
Gt Northern Ore.. 3. HO
Illinois Central ..
1.200
3.4O0
S,4ik
100
' i. 600
200
InterborouKh Met.
do preferred . . .
Int Paper
10
57
26 "4
17Vi
25
57
111
30
119
58 14
32
6.1
109 (
43
74
63 .
145
25
126
96
75
35
165
44 i
128
24
80
18
36
28
17
40
64
P'hi
118
20
50
39
24
26
68
158
83
34
I'll
47
110
44
29
107
IS
27
73
57
B
22
do preferred . . .
Int Pump
Iowa Central .
K C Southern
do preferred . . .
Louis & Nashville
Minn & St Louis
M. dt P S S M.
Missouri Paciilc. .
3.900
200
S00
2.000
Mo, Kan & Texas 10,700
do preferred ... 1.100
National Lead ... 10.71")
N Y Central 4,oo
N Y. Ont & West 0.4r0
Norfolk & West.. 5i0
North American.. 10O
N'orl'c.ern Pacific. 46.500
Pacific Mall
Pennsylvania 10.200
People's Gas ...
P, C C & St L..
Pressed Steel Car
Pullman Pal Car
roo
'soo
Ry steel Spring.. 50O
Reading 107.2OO
Republic Steel ...
do preferred . . .
Rock Island Co..
do preferred ...
St L & 6 F 2 pf.
St L Southwestern
4o preferred . . .
2.HM
1.M0
6,900
loO
200
200
sioRS-snemeia .
Southern Pacific
300
B3.1"0
do preferred . . . 1.0(10
Southern Railway. 2.1O0
do preferred . . . 200
Tnn Copper 2.9C0
Texas & Pacific. 100
Tol, St L & West 700
do preferred ... 1.8f0
Union Pacific ...117..V10
do preferred ... 6.500
U S Rubber 7"0
do 1st preferred . 0O0
U S Steel 62.300
do preferred . . .
TTtah Copper
Va-Caro Chemical.
do preferred . . .
Wabash
do preferred . . .
6. lOO
1.500
100
RO0
SO0
Westinghouse Elec 2.600
western L nion ...
Wheel A 1. Erie.
3"0
20U
Wisconsin Central.
Total sales for the day. 774,200 shares.
BONDS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Closing quotations:
U. S. ref. 2sreg.l03N Y C G 3s... 91
do coupon. ... 103 ! North Pacific 3s. 72
U. S. 3s reg 100'North Pacific 4s. 101
do coupon. .. .100 South Pacific 4s. 87
TJ S new- 4s reg. 120 i t'nlon Pacific 4s. 101
do coupon 121Wlscon Cent 4s. 83
Atchison adj 4s. 90 iJapanese 4s 78
D & R G 4s 92 I
Stocks at London.
LONDON, Aug.. 12. Consols lor money,
86: do for account. 861-16.
Anaconda ... 9.87!N. Y. Central. 112 00
Atchison 90.87, Norfk & Wes 77.00
do pref 97.00 do pref 83 (H)
Bait A Ohio. 96.62 Ont A West.. 44.25
Can Pacific. .177.00 Pennsylvania. 64.62
Ches A Ohio. 44.50 IRand Mines.. 6 50
Chi Grt West 7 00 (Reading 65 26
C. M. A S. P. 149.25 Southern Ry.. 70.62
De Beers 12.12 do pref 51.50
D A R G 20.62 goutn t-acinc. ws.ou
do nref 69.75
Union Pacific. 161.50
do pref 86.00
V. S. Steel... 47.87
Erie 24.50
do 1st pf . . 41.00
do 2d Df . . 30.50
do pre! 113.au
r.mnii Trunk 18.37 iWabash
111 Central. . .143.50 ! do pref
28.50
I, A N 113.50 ispanish 4s.
92.87
82.37
Mo K A T.. 33.124'Amal Copper.
Money. Exchange, Etc.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12. Money on call
easy, 11 per cent; ruling rate, 1 per
cent; closing bid, 1 per cent; offered at
1 per cent
Time loans, steady: 60 days, 2 per cent;
00 days, 2 per cent; six months, 3 4
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper closed at 3 6 4
per cent. -
Sterling exchange-steady, with actual bus
iness in bankers' bills at $4.8510 for 60 days
and at (4.8655 for demand.
Commercial bills. (4S44.84 hi-
Bar sliver, 51 c.
Mexican dollars, 43c.
Government bonds, firm; railroad bonds.
Irregular.
LONDON. Aug. 12. Bar silver, steady at
2374d per ounce.
Money, (g per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market
for short bills is 1 5-16t Pr cent; for
three months bills, I1 7-16 per cent.
i
PAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. Silver bars.
I 61 o.
. Mexican dollars, nominal.
I Drafts Sight. 10c: telegraph. 12c.
, Sterling, BO days. (4.85: sight, (4.87.
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. Todays state
ment of the Treasury balances in the general
fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold re
serve, shows:
Available cash balances (196.141,29
Gold coin and bullion : . 43.731.6o
Gold certificates 34.315.080
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 12. Wool, steady. Ter
ritory and Western medium. 15 18c:
medium, 109 15e; fine. 9ftl2c.
fins
SWIMMING STUNTS AT 88
SOX OF JOHN" BUOWX ASTOUNDS
LAKE ERIE LIFESAVERS.
Descendent of Harper's Ferry Mar
tyr Proves That He, Too, Is Xo
Mollycoddle.
CLEVELAND. O., Aug. 9. Professional
lifesavers at Euclid Beach Park were
given some thrills of real apprehension to
day when Jason Brown, 86 years old, son
of John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame,
Insisted on disporting In the curling
waves of Lake Erie.
He was one of a party of pioneers who
made up , a picnic gathering at the re
sort. The cool promise of the waves
drew him to the bathhouse. The man
ager hesitated to give him a suit and
room.
"We don't allow old men to bathe here.
he said. "Our lifesavers are busy enough
now."
"Umph!" and the son of the man who
brought on the Civil War betrayed ex
asperation by his exclamation. "Young
man, I'm no yearling, perhaps,, but If I
am SS I don't need any lifesavers swim
ming around after me. If there's any life-
saving to do I II be in It myself."
He got his suit. A few minutes later he
ran out the pier, far beyond the safety
line. A guard ran for a boat as he saw
the old man balance on a pile and then
plunge into the lake. The boat reached
the spot where Brown had dived, but no
swimmer was In sight. Fifteen seconds.
then another 15 passed and the guard be
came nervous.
Just then the white head of Jason
Brown bobbed to the surface, 23 feet
away. Blowing out a mouthful of water,
the old man turned on his back and
floated. Then he pulled off amazing
stunts in front, back and side strokes.
For an hour he played In the water.
"That was just a little dip," he said,
as he came out. "Didn't qee any need
for lifesavers, did you?" and he' glared
at the young manager of the bathhouse.
OUR ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Greatest Increase Was First Quar
ter of Last Century.
Kansas City Star.
It has been 100 years since James Madi
son was elected to his first term as Presl
dent. Madison received 122 votes in the
electoral college and Charles C. Pinck
ney, of South Carolina, received 47.
George Clinton, of Xew York, received
6. In a century the vote of the electoral
college has increased from hs to 4S3. Not
withstanding Madison's "overwhelming"
majority of the electoral vote in 1S12, it
still lacked IS of as many votes in the
electoral college as Parker received In
1904, and Parker was overwhelmingly de
feated. The increase In the electoral vote of
the states marks thegrowth and devel
opment of the entire country. The ad
mission of new states has been a promi
nent factor In increasing the vote, but
the growth In population Is chiefly ac
countable for the difference between the
electoral vote of 1808 and that of 190S
The greatest Increase In the electoral
vote, however, was In the first quarter
of the century. From 1808 to 1832 the
gain was 111. From 1832 to 1856 the vote
in the electoral college Increased but 10
from 2S6 to 296. From 1S56 to 1SS0 the
increase was 73 and from 18S0 to 1904 the
gain was 107.
In these four periods th same number
of states have been admitted to the
TTnion. From ISoS to 1832 Louisiana,
Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois. Alabama,
Maine and Missouri were authorized to
vote for President. From 1832 to 1S56
the electoral votes of Arkansas. Michi
gan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin
and California were added. From 1856 to
lssO the admissions were Minnesota. Ore
gon, Kansas, West Virginia. Nevada, Ne
braska and Colorado. From 1880 to 1904
North and South Dakota. Montana,
Washington. Idaho, Wyoming and I'tah
were given the right of suffrage in Presi
dential elections.
The vote in 1008 will be increased but
seven over that of 1904. The reappor
tionment Is made every 10 years, so that
the only change from the electoral vote
of 1904 will be the seven votes from Okla
homa, admitted last year.
In the Madison campaign, 100 years ago,
only the thirteen original states, with
Vermont. Kentucky. Tennessee and Ohio
participated.
Prior to 1824 no record of the so-called
"popular vote" for President was made.
But from 1824 to 1H04 the popular vote
Increased from 352.062 to 13.510,708.
In 1S24 Andrew Jackson received 155.S72
votes, and his plurality over John Q.
Adams was 60.651, although Adams was
elected President. The vote of the Na
tion as late as 1S24 was less than the
vote of Kansas In 1904.
Smith Leads His Dog.
Puck.
"Hello. Smith. Nice dog you got
there. Fox terrier? I thought so.
"Evening, Smith, where'd you
get the purp? What Is he, bull ter
rier? I used to have one. too. Great
dogs. ain't they?" "Well,
well, well, where'd you get the pup?
Here sport nice fellow. Good .watch
dog? Those Scotch collies always are."
"Howdee, Smith; nice day,
ain't It? Great dog you've got there.
What Is she, part bull terrier and part
mastiff? About two months old, ain't
she?" "Hey, Smith, where'd
yon get the water spaniel? Say, he
hasn't got any more like that, has he?
I'd give two dollars for a pup like that,
any day." "Oh, Willie, quick,
quick! Look at the cute little doggie!
Isn't he cute? Look, baby, see the nice
little doggie; see the cute little
poodle?" "Ta, sport, ya, ya.
va! Say, fellow, where'd you get the
cur?" "Hi, Smith, what you
git, one of those Russian wolf hound
pups? What did you give "
But Smith and his four-year-old Bos
ton' terrier had passed into the house.
BREAK IS' SEVERE
Wheat Slumps 2 Cents at
Chicago.
LONG LINE THROWN OVER
Prominent Trader's Unloading Esti
mated at From Four to Klght Mil
lion Bushel Crop Damage
Believed to Be Exaggerated.
CHICAGO. Aug. 12. The , weakness In
wheat was manifest at the opening when a
prominent trader began unloading a line, esti
mated at between 4,000.000 and 8.000.000
bushels. The swift decline brought out stop
loss orders and. at the bottom, prices were
more than 2 cents under yesterday. The
besrishness of the trade was due largely to
a belief that crop losxesi in the Northwest,
because of rust and drouth, have been exag
gerated in the reports, particularly in tv.a
case of the Canadian crop. Despite the ex
tent of the price loe. there was no sign of
reaction at the close, which was close to the
bottom. September opened c lower to
a shad higher, at 4 to 94c. sold between
944!i92c and closed weak at 92fl92c.
Com was depressed. September closed at
77 c.
Oats were weak. September closed at 47c.
Provisions were lower. September pork
closed 3o32c down. September lard 153
17c lower and rlbs,2oc lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open tllRh. Low. Close
September $ .94 .94 $ .92 1 .02
Dec, old -94
Dec, new. 96 .967, B4' .94
May 1.0174 1 "1 .98 .911
CORN.
September 77 ,7 .77. T7
December 65 .65 65 .65
May 64 .64 .63 .63
OATS.
September .47 .48 .47 .47
December .48 .48 .47 .48
May 50 .50 .49 .5u
PORK.
September 1537 15 37 15 15 15 20
October ..15.60 15. HO 15 27 15.32
LARD.
September 9 40 9 42 9 30 9 32
October ... 9 50 0.55 9 40 9 40
SHORT RIBS
September 8 80 8 80 8 63 8 67V
October ... 8.87 8 80 8.75 8.75
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour Easy.
Wheat No. 2 Spring. $1101.15; No. S
$1.03(5 1.10: No. 2 red. 93'S.0c.
Corn Xx 2. 76jjS0c: No. 2 yellow, 818
81 c.
Oats No. 2, 48if4Sc: No. 2 whits
49 50c: No. 3 white. 47CM9c.
Rye No 2 77c.
Rarley Fair to choice matting. 64 '0 67c.
Flax Seed No. 1 Northwestern. (1.33.
Short ribs Sides (loose). $8 ,vi(1r S 80.
Perk. Mess, per bbl.. (15.20(3(15.25.
Lard Per 1(H) lbs., (H.30.
Sides Short, clear, (boxed). (000l?9.2S
Whisky Basis of high wines. (1.37.
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, bbls.
Wheat, hu.
Corn, bu. . .
Oats, bu. . .
Rye. bu. . . .
Barley, bu.
43.0O0
3s 1.001)
184.(100
613. con
8.(100
13.000
29.000
107.000
ms.ooG
177.O0O
24,000
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12. Flour Receipts,
20.700 barrels; expurts. 1.500 barrels. Market
unsettled, with a fair trade.
Wheat Receipts, 157. 000 bushels; spot,
easy: No. 2 red. 99c?(7 .01) elevator and
(1.00 f. o. b. afloat: No. 1 . Northern Du
luth. (1.24 f. o. b. afloat: No. 2 hard Win
ter. (1.03 f. o. b. afloat. Rumors that Chi
cago bulls' were selling out occasioned a break
of nearly 2 cents in wheat today. The
Northwest news was better, bears were more
aggressive and cables disappointing. Last
Prices were 11TsC lower. September.
(1.()0ig1.02. closed at (1.1N; December,
(1.02 ll-KMil.04. closed at (1.02; May.
(1.('P1.07, closed at (1.05.
Hops Quiet.
Hldos and wool Steady.
tiruln at San Kranrisro.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 Wheat Firm.
Rarley Steady.
Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. (1.87
1.62 per cental; milling, (1.6511.70 pel
cental.
Barley-Feed. (1.33S1 36 Ser cental:
brewing, (1.4Cnl.45 per cental.
Oatp Red. (1.45B1.60 per centnl: white.
$1.4uijt 1.52 per cental; gray, (1.40$ 1.47
per cental.
all Dnarri sales: Harley December. (1.35
$1.3.1 per cental.
Corn large yellow. (l.8rt(j.9) per cental.
European Grain Markets.
LONDON. Aug. .12 Cargoes, steadier.
Barley, prompt shipments at 31s; wheat,
Walla Walla, prompt shipments, 37i 6d &
37s 9d.
h-ngllsh country markets, steady: French
country markets, firm.
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 12 Close; wheat.
Sfpteniber. 7s 5d; December, 7s 5d;
March, nominal. Weather in England to
day, fine.
Wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA. Aug. 12 WhMt Unchanged.
Bluestem, oc; club. 88c; red, 80c.
Eastern Mining Slocks.
BOSTON. Aug. 12. Closing quotations:
Adventure 9 25 IParrot 27 75
Allnueg SS.37 Quincy 96 00
Amalgamated 80 87 !shannn 1.YS7
Atlantic .... 14.50 ilamararK ... n w
Plngham
Triniry 2" 75
I'nlted copper 12 00
C. S. Mining. . 44 87
Cal & Hecia. 6sn.(i(i
Centennial . . 32.75
Copper Range 70 25
Daly West... 10 50
Franklin 13 1X1
Oranr.v 1 00
Isle Rovale. . 22 50
I',
f S oil 2700
I'tan 48 50
Victoria 5 7,1
Winona 7 00
ilverlne
143 00
Mass Mining.
7 12 North Butte.. 8(12
Michigan
13 00 ,Rutle Coal... 28.62
Mohaw k 67 5K
Nevada 15 87
Cal A Ariz. . .124.50
Mont C C. .23
Old Dominion 40 75
Osceola 113 00
Aria Com 23 25
! Greene Can.
11.12
NEW YORK. Aug. 12 Closing quotations:
Alice 200 1 I.eadvllle Con...
Breece 5
Brunswick Con. 3
Little Chief 8
I.Mexican 75
lOntarlo 375
Com Tun stock. 23
do bonas l j
C A Va 75
Ophlr
200
Small Hopes. . .
'standard
lYellnw Jacket.
. IS
.180
. 54
Horn Silver 50
Iron Silver 110
Dairy Produce In the East.
CHICAGO. Aug. ' 12. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was steady.
' 11,0'J,.- al-laa ITiOCu.
I Kggs Steady; at mark, cases Included, 14
16c; first. 18c; prime firsts, 2uc.
Chaee Firm at li ffl3c.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Choese Steady;
skims. l'6 9c.
Eggs Firm, urchanged.
New York Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12 Cotton futures
closed barely steady. Closing bids; August,
9.87c; September. 9.25c; October. 9 10c: No
vember. .8. 90c; December. 8.01c'; January,
8.88c; February. 8 90c: March. 8 04c.
She Was Past Aid.
New York Sun.
A woman who had a telephone in her
apartment called up the telephone com
pany and asked that the service be dis
continued. The man who took her mes
sage tried to he exceedingly polite.
"We are sorry to lose you." he said.
"Are you dissatisfied with anything?"
"I am," said the woman emphatically.
"I am very sorry," said the man. "Per
haps we can help you. What is it you do
not like?"
"Single blessedness," said the woman.
"I am going to be married tomorrow."
"Ah," said the polite clerk, "you are
past our aid. Good-bye."