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VOL. IV. NO. 309.
Stockholders Crowd Secretary's
Office and Big Fair Is Burjed
Without Funeral Ora
tion or Tears.
FINAL BUSINESS TO BE
FINISHED BY-fltRECTORS
AH That Remains to Be Done Is to
Provide for Pinal Release of
Grounds Resolutions of Apprecia
tion for Officers and Directors
Adopted by Stockholders.'
I i.xrit ion of Ui and lnrk
fair curpurHtion ma accomplished thli"
mottling with fxr)tloii of th dlftrl
lnitlon of miiplo fnnrtu Hnd thp adop
tion of a fiu.il rt-aulutlon of dissolution
ly I lie hoard of directors. Thin will bo
tloiio as noon an r'lunPH on certain
trails of iMtid cnmpilsltiK I ho exposi
tion gioutnlH are Bcurd, relieving th
otnpiinv of further respoiiHlblllty In
ronnect Inn with the ground.
It ha J been agreed that the Pence
company ahotild ansume all responal
billtien In connection with the grounds,
but the hoard of directors derided to
necnr" from the owners release from
oliliKatloiiM In order to accomplixli
thai purpose several days will be re
('irt'd and 1 In1 exposition corporation
Mill not actually be dissolved until the
details in connection with the leases
have Ix-en finally completed.
Stockholders of the corporation met In
tlnal session in the Administration
buildliiK at II o'clock this morning and
adopted resolutions of dissolution. Him
liar action on the part of the boHrd of
directors was postponed In order to ob
tain permanent release frpm the land
comprising the grounds.
Secretary's Office Crowded.
The office 01 Secretary Reed was
crowded long before 11 o'clock. The
adjoining room was packed and many
stockholders arrived too late to witness
. the last rite, fr th flmtt spsslnn of
stockhnfders transacted Its business In
less than 1.1 minutes. Kully 75 per cent
of the total amount of stock Issued was
represented at the meeting.
Prr fild.utt If. VV. Ooode presided. Im
mediate! y after the meeting had been
called to order Secretary Reed reud the
rail for the special session and the
financial report of the president was
submitted and adopted The president
t hen announced that -motions were in
order. There were no preliminaries and
no ber.edict Ions. Whitney I,. Holse rose
promptly and offered a resolution of
dissolution. It was seconded by A. It.
Stelnbach and was as follows:
"Whereas. This corporation. "Lewis
and t'lark Centennial mrll American f'a-
iilc Reposition and oriental Fntr. has
finished the business for which it whs
ehielly organized, and is no longer ac
tively engaged therein, and It Is the
Judgment of Its stockholders that the
best interests of alt concerned require
that the sal. I corporation should be dis
solved, its business wound up and set
tled. Its property disposed of and Its
capital stock divided, ami whereas, It
spjvears that the property of the corpo
ration has been sold and converted into
ensh by Its officers, and the proceeds of
such wales converted into the treasury,
It is hereby
"Resolved, That each and all of the
sets nf said officers in so converting Pie
properly of the corporation Into money
lie and they hereby are In all respects
confirmed, ratified and approved; and It
Is further
"Resolved. That the board of directors
of this corporation are hereby author
ised and empowered to dissolve the
corporation and. to divide Its capital
stoek pro rata among those stock
holders of record at the date of the
adoption by the board of directors of a
resolution dissolving the corporation
who have paid up for their stock In full,
the amount of money to bf paid on each
share of said fully pafd Up stock to he
cah ul. ited and determined by the board
of directors "
The resolution waH adopted by a
unanimous vote. A resolution to ad
journ hji offered, hut before the vote
was taken Mr. Holse again arose. ITe
declared that t Iff meeting should not
adjourn without expressing the appre
ciation of thc'jjtockhnlders o the offi
cers and director's of the corporation.
Accordingly n resolution was offered
by htm and was seconded by Mr. Steln-
(Contlnued on Page Four.)
WILL TAKE 6,000
FLOUR
Six thousands tons of flour, equiva
lent to HO. 000 b-irrels. will be sent from
VtisUand- this month I o- -VUuU atok. -A
deal for the cargo, which will be sup
plied by the Portland Flouring mills,
has been closed. The shipment will be
T-nn it frump wrmtmrrr in charter
of which will probably be announced In
a day or two.
This will he the first cargo sent di
rect from Portland to Siberia for more
than two years. Prior to the Russo
Japanrs war considerable foodstuff
was sent to Vladivostok. Of late the
ound shippers have received a num
ber of substantial orders for flour from
the Siberian Importers
During the winter 1 months the port
at Vladivostok has been bbickaded with
Ice. but early nxt month It will open
to commerce It la planned lo have the
steamer sail from Portland the latter
part of March and It will require about
t days for tasr to completo the voyage.
NIIR IN TAKFN R FAR IF TS ' PATH
I I I I I I II I I I I 1 1 1I II UIILI IIILL. I U I I Bill
. er ae " " " - - p - -w - - - - - - - - -
Harry Orchard, Alleged Assassin
of Governor Steunenberg, Re
moved From Penitentiary
to Caldwell.
DETECTIVE MTARLAND
TELLS OF CONFESSION
Returns to Writs of Habeas Corpus
for Accused Federation Officials
Made by Prosecution General
Denial to Allegations March
Ninth Set for Argument.
(Special ntptrn to Vie Jem-nil.)
Holse. Ida.. MHrch 1. Harry Orchard,
the alleged assassin of former Governor
Frank Steunenberg. whose confession
implicated President lloyur. Secretary
Haywood. Executive Committeeman Pet
tlbone end other prominent members of
the Western Federation of Miners, was
taken from the penitentiary today to
appear before the grand Jury at Cald
well. Sheriff Nichols waa the first witness
this morning before the grand Jury and
remained 40 minutes. He was followed
by McParland. who has Orchard's con
fession. It Is bellov'Ad tUat- Me Par
land's testimony will occupy all today's
session. The confession Is a lengthy
document, consisting of :IO,OUO words.
BMnm to Writ.
Attorneys for the prosecution In the
Steunenberg murder cases today filed
their returns on Warden Whitney to a
writ of habeas corpus Issued for Mover,
Haywood and Pettlbone, ofneluls of the
Western Federation of Miners. The
prisoners were not present in court and
the matter was waived by their at
torneys. The return denies thst the men nre
held In violation of the constitution
of the United States and the state of
Idaho or without due process of law,
that they ar detained on order or the
district attorney of Canyon oounfy -
the penitentiary for the reason that the
common Jail Is Inadequate for their
proper care and comfort, and that the
men will he removed to the county JaJI
on their application for a change, and
that the said partTes are at all times
subject to the order of the district court
and the sheriff of Canyon county, not
of the warden of the penitentiary. The
court made an order fixing the time to
answer the writ to he filed March 8, the
same to be argued the day following.
Orchard Xas sT0"Iwysr.
Attorney-nijjer had a talk last night
with Harry Orchard at the penitentiary
In the hospital ward. Miller states that
Orchard Is very weak and extremely
nervous, showing signs of his Illness. J
orchard told Miller that he read In a i
newspaper that Miller had withdrawn 1
from his case and so had made other I
arrangements for his defense. Miller
states that he does not know what '
Orchard meant by it unless he has en
gaged other counsel or Is going to stand
by his confession.
The federal grand Jury began the In
vestigation of the charges against the
Steunenberg suspects.
WIRES ON MAINE ROAD
SECURED BY POSTAL
(Journal Slei-UI S. Trice 1 '
Bangor, Me.. March I The Postal
Telegraph '"able company has today
completed a direct connection with the
Northern Telegraph company, operating
lines on the Bangor & Aroostock rail
road, thus adding to the Postal system
fiOO miles of fiole line and 150 places
In the .famous lumber, agricultural,
hunting and fishing region In northern
Maine, the Moosehnad lake region and
h 1 1 points on the Knngor Aroostock
railroad
YAQUIS ATTACK AND
KILL DOZEN MEXICANS
(Journal Kpeelal nervle )
San Francisco. March I The steam
er Curacao, arriving from Mexican
ports this morning, brings word that
ti davs ago a band of Yaipils attacked
and killed a doxen Mexicans workanp I
on tii Southern Pacific's new Honors
branch Severs! others were Injured.
The Indians escaped, driving off five
wagonlonds of provisions.
i i .
TONS OF
TO VLADIVOSTOK
so that on her arrival the harbor with
be free of Ice. When necessity de
mands .J L. jomu. Jcliu4- shipped. --t
Vladivostok In midwinter, a channel to
the port hclng cut by means of boats
built for that purpose.
The resumption of traffic to Asiatic
TTiiss la from Portland after a period of
more than two years exporters take as
an indication that shipments will be
made regularly from this time forward.
It Is pointed out that the country Is
rapidly recovering from the ravages
of war, new enterprises are being
started end large quantities of produce
and other foodstuffs will be required.
As they can he procured mora cheaply
from the faelflc coast, ports than else
where. It Is expected that a number of
shiploads will be dispatched across the
sea from Portland and the sound during
the coming season A number of years
ago canned goods, apples and 'vege
tables of all sorts were exported to 81
btrlan porta from Portland.
PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH
Prizefighter Harry Tenny Dies
From Effects of Blows Re
ceived in Battle With
Frankie Neil.
PUGILIST ARRESTED ON
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
Officials of Boxing Trust, Trainers
and Backers Taken Into Custody
Sinking Spell Follows Contest and
Defeated Man Never Recovers, Dy
ing While in Baths This Morning.
(Journal Hiwrlal Hervtee
8ti Francisco, March 1. Harry Ten
ny. who was jeverely beaten by
Krankl" Nell, American bantamweight
thaiiuil'Jh. and knocked out In tUu Zttur
teenih lound at Mechanics' pavilion
'list night, died at - 7:,1o o'clock this
morning. His body was taken to the
lnorite. -
Tenn.'s real nam.- was Haery Tenne
I'f.uni. He lived with his father .and
mother at S24 Kolsom street. The fam
Hy owns a nnmbrr of-pawn shops. " The
dead fighters mother called at the
morgue this morning and refused tob
comforted. Nell is the son of Jim Neil,
a well-known local horseman.
All Concerned Arretted.
Hhor'lv after 9 o'clock Frankie Nell
and Johnnie HVanke, his sparring part
ner, went to the hall of Justice and
surrendered to Captain Burnett. Dis
trict Attorney Iangdnn asked that the
charge of manslaughter be preferred.
The bond was fixed at 1600 each, which
was given.
I-ater James W. 'Coffroth. the fight
promoter, under whose auspices the con
test was neld, came to the office of
the district attorney and was also
placed under urresl. He gave bond for
(500. Morris Levy, secretary of. the
fight trust, and Mark Shaughnesay,
trainer and-anaaager or r .IisetweWwars
then arrested and each gave bond.
Was rromiainf; Amateur. -
The dead fighter was one of the most
promising amateurs In the country. He
scored 29 knockouts In the ring before
he turned professional. In his first pro
fessional fight, whtch was with Nell at
Colmu. the pair went 26 rounds, Nell
getting the decision. Tenny's second
light was with Mont Attell, whom h
knocked out In I' 6 rounda at Goldrteld.
Nevada. Nell, as champion bantam""of
the United States, fought Jem Uowker,
English champion, who got the decis
ion." Tenrty recHv-ed a merciless hammer
ing at the lianiA,of Nell last, night. As
early as the fourth round lie was groggy
and went wabbly- to hla corner. Nell
apparently butteifii Tenny about at
will, his body blows tieing powerful. In
the seventh round Tenny milled and
nearly had Nell out, but the eleventh
round saw the beginning of the end.
Xas Sinking Spell.
Seldom has any pugilist stood t lie
punishment in a local rins given to
Tenny last night. Nell started the
i iiirteenih round wit h a ten Iflc left body
stnasn. whli h sent Tenn. reeling
against the lopes Another blow In the
Hume place sent Tenny to the (Vixir for
a count of nine. Mc got up groggy, only
to iccelve a perfect hall of blows on
the face ami body, which sent him down
and out He presented a pitiful sight
as he wits carried from the ring. After
reaching the dressing-room It was ;u
minutes before he began to regain i nil
sclotisness. After he regained consciousness Tenny
was taken from the dressing-room to
the Crant .Weuuo ll.immaii baths and
a phsu lan summoned. The fighter had
a sinking spell, bill was pronounced out
of danger ill 1:311 o'clock.
oond Death In King.
After the .'Inking spell. Tenny
dropped off to sleep. At T::tO o'clock
this morning It wns noticed that his
heart was fluttering, but before re
storatives could he supplied, he was
dead At 1 o'clock the hody was rc
inoved to the morgue and the autopsy
per formed.
This is the second death resulting
from prize fighting In San Francisco
within a few weeks The game hai
such a strong hold on the public, how
ever, that It Is not hel loved the sjiort
will receive more than a tr-mpoiaiy
check
The blows which led to the death of
the young fighter wro those directed
at tic Htomach and heart. Neil was
at rested pending a result of the coro
ner's lii'iuiry.
It Is claimed that Tenny was subject
to fits of epilepsy
According to the autopsy surgeon,
death wiis ilue to a cerebral hemor
rhage. There was a laceration on the
left wall of the superior longitudinal
sinus or big vein In the left sida of
the brain. The hemorrhage might have
been caused In' all by lucceealoo.
of blows or by overexertion of the
heart.
INTERLOPER KILLED
LQVE-FQR-GERDRQN4
(Jnamal Hpeelal Sarrlca.l
New York, March 1 A handwriting
expert was Introduced at the Clalche
trial this morning lo prove hy lefters
that the girl loved (Jerdron until an
Interloper appeared. Expert William J.
Klngsley testified that Bertha Clalche
wrote the letter. The state rested,
and the defense outlined the esse.
.TatW Maa Wants Offloe. .
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Halem. i.'. Mnreh 1- H. tt' Smith
nf Turner hs declared himself n csn- I
didst for crtunlv treasutei' on the lie- j
DubUuaa ticket I
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RIOTS SUCCEEDED
BY PEACE
American Property at Nenchang
N?t, Destroyed During Re
cent Disturbances.,
IMMENSE WARSHIPS TO
BE BUILT BY JAPAN
Vessels Larger Than the Dread
naught Planned Berlin Fortifies
Kiao Chou as Military and Naval
Base for Orient.
(Journal Special Ser!r )
Washington, March 1 Tbe state de
partment has been notified by Consul
Uenernl RodRcra at .Slianghal that the
American properly at Nanchang has not
been destroyed and that the '"refugees
have arrived safely at Klaklang
A London dispatch states , that the
government has official Information that
Japan proposes lo construct ships more
powerful than the I 'readn.iuglit, which
was recently launched for the Hrltisn
na v and. Is the largest uarship afloat.
It 1, stated from Herl I n-that Cermuny
Intctulff'To frvtde-an enormous sum to
Improve and fortify Kino Chou as a mll
Itatv and naval base and send boats at
once there suitable, for t'hlnese river
navigation
The (lerman watships on the Chinese
station were rerently overhauled and are
now In readiness lo protect tierman In
terests at any point on the coast. All
vessels are provisioned mid ready for ac
tion at a moment's notice
It Is stated that Rev. II C Klng
ham's eldest daughter h is died from the
effects of Injuries received at the hands
of the Chinese mob that killed her par
ents. According to all accounts the recent
trouble at Nanchatig was precipitated
through a priest named l.acruehe stab-,
blng a Chinese magistrate twice in the
throat In a dispute over land
TRADED GOOD PROPERTY
FOR LAKES AND PONDS
(Journal Spei-tnl Sfrle.)
Chicago. March 1 Asserting that he
has been Imposed upon ami that he
bought 6.0'0 acres of hikes and ponds
In Minnesota, which had been repre
sented to him as good farming land,
lleorge W. Htewart. a wealthy real estate
man, has appealed to the superior court
for legal redress from Kmmet K.
Worrall. who is said to have engineered
the transaction.
Htewart complains that for the land,
which he says consists mainly of water,
he transferred property in Chicago
valued at more than $r0.000. He asks
that Wormll he made to reconvey the
property In htm and that he be re
strained from collecting any rents or
selling the flly rsal estate.'
Htewnrt says the land bought Is not
even good for a summer resort.
0AVII Br HENDERSON'S
FUNERAL TAKES PLACE
f Joeroal Snectal Rervlee.)
Dnbuiine. In.. Mnrch 1. The hody of
David H. Henderson, ex-speaker of
congress, was burled this sfternoon.
Holdlers. F.Iks, Masons, legislators and
statesmen participated In the services
Beatnoe Water aad Oaa.
tJoawnal Siieelat Service. 1
Sail Francisco. March I -The board
of supei visors has reduced he rates
of water to house consumers to per cent
and fixed, the price of gas St 6 cents per
1.U00 XeeU
1. 1906. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Tsat Tseh.
SAVES CHILD IN
HER "NIGHTIE"
Thomas Prettyman Finds Little
Madge Sitting on Burn
ing Bed.
UNCONSCIOUS OF FLAMES
THAT LEAPED ABOUT HER
Family Had Been to Theatre and on
Returning Put Madge to Bed and
Went to Parlor of Flat to Chat a
Few Minutes.
Attired in her dainty little "nightie."
seated In the middle of her mother's
bed that was ablsxe on one side, rub
bing her pretty blue eyes which were
smarting from the smoke tliHt had Just
awakened her nltd Was at that moment
suffocating n canary bird In the ad
joining room. Mai'n Prettyman wa
rescued lust iiltiht from death by het
father. Thomas Prettyman. In a mo
ment the long tongues 'if flumes which
were reaching out from a loset near
the heol of the bed and tlo.se which
were, soaring celllngwnrd from the bed
clothing, would have enveloped the baby
girl
The scene was in the rear room of
a flat at HI Fifth street, occupied hy
il E. Kramer and wife. Mr and Mrs.
Prettyman, w ho lle at Detroit. iregou.
are making them a visit They attended
the theatre last evening, accompanied
by their little girl Cpon their return
home Madge wns put to hed and tha
members of the two families ad toil rued
to the front room of the flat, which Is
the parlor, for a little chat before re
tiring. The doors of the communicating
rooms were left open In case the child
might call.
A few minutes after II o . lock tlin
people fii the front room heard a crack
ling noise In the room upled by
Madge. Mr Prettymsn rushed Into the
room, followed by the other members
of the household. and found It In
flames Little .Madge was seated In
the middle of the bed rubbing her eyes,
the smoke having awakened her from
sound sleep. She was not sufficiently
awak to realise her danger Hhn had
not seen the flames that were darting
from the closet at the head of the bed.
nor the blaxe that w-is Just starting In
the bed clothes to her right.
With an exclamation of alarm and
horror the father lifted Ms (laughter
from the burning pyre and took her to
a room In the front of the rial. An
alarm was sounded and hasty prepara
tions made to vacate the premises with
what poKSfusluus could be gotten to
gether. The cry of "ore" aroused the Inmates
of the flats In the adjoining three two
story building!: and in a few minutes
the clanging hells of approaching flre
fllthtlng apparatus were Intermingled
with the shouts of men. screams of
women win! cites of ghlldren. T-he or-
cupants of the other buildings were
rushing In and out of the front and rear
doors saving whtt they coujd. thinking
that all -tha buildings would - be da.l
stroyed.
Five minutes after the department
arrived "fire out" was sounded end peo
ple commenced moving back Into their
apartments.
The fire started In the closet of the
Kramer flaL The cause la unknown.
Tho flames devoured about ISO worth
of gowns belonging to Mrs. Kramer
before they leajed through the half
open door and attacked the bed upon
which the baby girl- was sleeping. The
canary was In a cage In the kitchen,
which wss also filled wtth smoke.
Mr Kramer sy ihi his property
wss fully Insured, v. The Hat IS Awned
by Richard Nixon. TTie damage to hit
property will not SJBceed, $lo, . ,.. "
PRICE TWO
roc
Richard A. McCurdy, Former
President of the Mutual Life,
Sails to Join Insurance -Colony
In Europe.
OCCUPIES SUITE MADE
FOR GERMAN EMPEROR
Takes Twenty-Five Thousand State
room and Has Special Dining Ser-
vice Ordered No Effort Made to
Keep Chief Delinquent Here to
Answer for Frauds.
(Jooroal Special Service.)
New Torklarch 1. -Richard A. Mc
Curdy, former president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, with his Son-in-law.
Louis Thebaud,' former recipient
of the greater portion of the profits 'of
Charles U. Kaymond Co., metropoli
tan agents of the Mutual Life, sailed
fnr'lCiiropc today on the Hamburg
American line steamer Amerika. In spite
of the warnlngof Justice Kuftis W.
I'eckhain to the Truesdale Investigating
committee that McCurdy was the "chief
delinquent" and that "It would be an
Inexcusable mistake for the Mutual
Life to allow him to leave the country
without commencement of action
against him to recover the money he
may owe It."
McCurdy has not only engaged what
is known as the "Imperial suite" for
his trip on the Amerika, hut also has
arranged for & special dining table dur
ing bis voyage The "Imperial suite"
is the moat expensive on board and is
so named because It belongs to the
German emperor whenever the latter
pleases to make a trip on the Amerika.
In appointment the suite set aside for
McCurdy excels even the famous room
In the 8t. Regis with the tlO.noO bed.
Its decorations and, anointments coat
IJS.eufl.
HEARSTS APPLICATION
IS DECLARER ILLEGAL
(Journal Speelsl Service,.
Albany. N. Y.. March 1. The appli
cation of 'W. R. Hearst to have an action
begun "by the people against the Inter
borough and Metropolitan Traction
companies merger, to have it declared
Illegal, was denied by the attorney
general today.
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TRAVELS ! lit
I Uxe Daily Average !
1 Circulation of cIhe
it 1 r T"1 l t
t ary, 06 , was
Gain during February, 1906, . ; 921
Gain during January, 1906, . : . 703
7h. Journal Circulation CONTINUES to GROW. WatcK It
CIRCULATION F igures for Each
Day During FEBRUARY, 1906:
Bay
Circulation
1 25,336
2 25,168
3 25,612
4 22,212
5 25 308
6 25,881
7 25 518
8 ......25,806
0 ...
10 ...
11 ...
127::
13 ...
.1. . . . 25,828
26,248
...23,276
.7.28,676
...25,522
rrrr. 25,463
TOTAL FOR MONTH...
DAILY AVERAGE ,
jtm 1 t e t - -
Ike Journal has already shown it ha5
znc juargesr juaiiy
of
any newspaper
CENTS. SMtRS?
Company Willing to Let Publia
Know Al It Desires Seventy
vvo Cents a Thousand
Total Cost. ' .
OREGONlAN'S CHARGES
DENIED AND DISPROVED
Inspection of Books Sh6ws That Less
Money Was Taken in in Slot Me
ters Than Paper Said Was Profit
From Them Dtpoaits Small Fea
ture Company Will Sell to City.
All that thsptilllc desires to knoaf
as to the business of the Portland Gas "
company Is to be as an open book. This
was made plain last evening at tha - '
second session of tha special committee
of the city council, which Is conducting; v
the investigation. Full'and free access .i;
to the company's books has been given "''
to the committee or Its representatives,,
and C. F. Adams, tha president of thev-j-;
company, testified as to trio minutest, Jf
details -of the cost of the lmanofaetOTw' i
and distribution of gas In thta ctty.
We have nothing to conceal sahi tS-
nothing to withhold." said J. N. Tel,T
one of the company's attorneys. : .?
Only when Henry E. Mc3 inn," who -
appeared as special prosecutor for tha .
Oregonian. sought to Inquire Into tha '7
afTalrs of Individual stockholders wufi' , C
objection offered hy the company's rep
resentatives, yet even on this point 'V
thetr objection was subsequently '.'
waived.
The session swaa a stormy ona, yet
was productive" of same Important re- - -suits.
Mr. Adams Informed tha com- '
mlttee that the cost of gas In Portland, V
Including all expenses of manufacture. J
distribution, acjmlaistratloa and depre- -:i
ciatlon of plant, is 72.11 cents per thou-. ,
sand cuWpfeel, vJTJja .alloiyanca Jfor dew
preuioo.'is av,per eont tha valtia
of tha plant, and amouota to 14.46 cents '
per thousand feet.
Watartng1 of Stoek.
The Oregonlan's charge that the gas , ..
company has been watering 1ta stock, .
was completely disproved by The report . V
of City Auditor Devlin," who had made Ji.,
careful examination of, tha company's .
bo.)ks since the previous meeting of the H.,'
committee. His report showed that
since the reorganisation of the company
In 1901 stock, has been Issued to tha .! '
(Continued on -Page Two.)
Day
OlTlatloa
15 25,604
16 .25,570
17 ...:..r;.7.:..;25,646
18 22,742
19 25,326
20 25,378
21 25,204
22 25,208"
23 25,416
24 . .. 25,5ie
25 ....;22,505 ;:
26 . . .:.. . 2573 SO"
25,4
28-r. . -.- .25,380
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