THE SUN, BALTIMORE. MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9, 1905. STEWART IS CHEERFUL Believes He Will Be Acquitted Of Cousin's Murder. HIS LINE OF DEFENSE SHOWN Attempt To Prove An Alibi And To Indicate That Dead Woman Set Fire To Herself.
Sussex Courthouse, Jan. trial of Charles Stewart, charged with the murder of his cousin and ward, Annie Bolling, continued all of last week, and if the puts all its witnesses on the stand several dens, more will be. required before the case be given to the jury. The accused man is cheerful and appears to be firm in the belief that he will be acquitted. The defense has attempted to prove an alibi.
At the same time it has presented evidence to prove that Annie Bolling was in the habit of setting all sorts of things afire. This is evidently to support the contention that she burned herself. The feature of the trial so far has been the at attack on the characters of the murdered woman and her mother. Attacked Girl's Character. A number of letters were introduced by the defense to show that the mother of the murdered woman had been persuaded to allow her daughter to go to Charles Stewart's house.
The mother, on the witness stand, denied any recollection of any such influence and said the knowledge of the letters was unknown to her or to the attorneys for the prosecution. Their presentation was a surprise. The letters are from an older brother of Mrs. Bolling and appealed to her to send her daughter, Annie Bolling, to Charles Stewart's house. where she might be reformed.
These letters indicate that Annie, though unmarried, had three children, one of them 9 years old. The letters from the brother indicate solicitude for his sister's happiness, but regret that the mother could not control her daughter, who, he declared. was leading a shameful life. To show that the Bolling girl was kept a close prisoner, B. O.
Rose testified that he had often, been to Stewart's house, but had never seen or heard of the girl. H. H. Perkins testified that he had made a coffin for the girl's remains at Stewart's request and that Stewart had told him he need not plane the planks, but could use rough boards. Stewart, he said, wished to bury her in the woods without any form of religious service over her.
Finally he was persuaded to allow her burial in the graveyard. The prosecution Friday afternoon rested its case. Then the witnesses for the defense were put on the stand. Tried To Prove An Alibi. The endeavor of the defense to prove an alibi for Stewart was shown by the first witnesses introduced.
who testified that they saw the aceused man on his way home from the postoffice on the evening the murder occurred, -June 21. A large map prepared by the County Surveyor of Dinwiddie county was exhibited to the Court, and Mr. Rieves, the Surveyor, was asked to point out and give the distance from the fence to the postoffice, thence to Mr. Wray's and from there back to the spot where the dead girl was found. Mrs.
Nina Wray testified that on the day Stewart came to her house he showed no undue excitement or fatigue from his walk. Garland Wray, her son, corroborated the statement made by his mother. E. W. Wray said he was unwilling for his name to have been placed on the warrant for Stewart's arrest.
The witness was embarrassed at times by the hot questions fired at him by Mr. Buford as to the treatment the girl received at Mr. Stewart's, and as to questions asked by Mr. co*cke in regard to his helping Stewart work a crop at different times. J.
P. Penilton. of Brunswick county, stated that he knew the dead girl and her mother. He said the girl had gone to his home and burned some bedding belonging to her mother. He declared he would not believe Mrs.
Anna Bolling, mother of the dead girl, upon her oath. Mrs. Williams, of Brunswick county, said she knew both Mrs. Bolling and her daughter Annie. and that Mrs.
Bolling was addicted to the use of laudanum. She Set Things Afire. The defense endeavored to show that the dead girl was in the habit of setting things on fire. A lengthy argument ensued as to the admissibility of a question asked Mrs. Williams by Mr.
Mann, as to whether she knew that the girl had a habit of setting articles afire. Judge West decided that the question could not be answered. Mr. Mann noted an exception. J.
P. Penilton was recalled and was asked by Mr. Mann to state if he had at any time made a statement to the accused in regard to the dead girl's setting fire to certain things in his neighborhood in Brunswick county before she went to Stewart's to live. He endeavored to answer the question, but was tangled by the rapid cross-examination by Mr. co*cke.
Samuel Mattox, of Brunswick county, said the reputation of Mrs. Bolling and her daughter was bad. He made several statements regarding the honesty of the girl and her mother, but he did not confirm them by any facts. Mrs. Williams was recalled.
She told of her life in the neighborhood of the Bollings in Brunswick county and of what she knew about the veracity of Mrs. Bollin. She said that on her arrival here Wednesday Mrs. Bolling greeted her and said she was glad to see her, and then after the witness had left the room remarked: "She is the biggest liar I ever saw." The court will resume its session at noon on Monday. WOOLDRIDGE ON THE STAND Trial On Arson Charge Likely To Last Another Week.
Farmville, Jan. trial of F. C. Wooldridge, charged with arson, seems likely to consume most of this week. It has already been in progress a week.
The accused man yesterday went on the stand in his own behalf. A hundred ladies attended the session of the court. In his testimony Wooldridge dented hav. ing said that the shoes he wore at the time of his arrest made the tracks at the fire. He denied much of Edloe Spencer's testimony, and also said he never attempted to break jail.
In explanation of his conduct in objecting to the giving of medicine to John S. Forbes, Wooldridge said he advised that they had better not give the medicine. He did not recall moving the bottles of medIcine, but might have touched them. He said the first time he had seen Charles J. Forbes, who is jointly indicted with Wooldridge, since the fire was in the Farmville jail.
He had not seen him since Wednesday before the fire. Thursday, before the Sunday he was arrested, Wooldridge had written Peter Forbes, clerk of the courts, to have him arrested. He wrote this, he said, because he heard he was suspected, and wanted the matter investigated. Wooldridge said he did use violent language to James H. Forbes, because he had been accused by the Forbeses of doing the burning.
a man makes a grave and serious charge like that," he said, "I suppose it would raise an angel in Heaven much less 8 man." The accused man explained his statement to Forbes about the burning being planned on February 27. He said he had heard through Elkin Agee that Tom Ferguson, who had been sent to the penitentiary for a robbery and burning some yeacs ago, was seen in the neighborhood on that date. He denied having said to Jim Forbes that he had the whole matter in the hollow of his hand; he also denied having told him he was in a bad fix about the fire. The witness denied emphatically that he had ever said that he was a "good mind to make a clean breast of it." When a question was raised between the prisoner's statement and that of a negro witness for the Commonwealth, the prisoner said: "It's merely a question of veracity between me and the nigg*r." INDICTMENT OF MR. RUCKER Other Prominent Romney Men Aceused Of Gambling.
Romney, W. Jan. 8. The indictment by the Hampshire county grand jury of Superintendent Rucker, of the West Virginia State School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, on the charge of Sunday gambling, has created much comment throughout the State. Rucker is a brother ex-Attorney-General and Congressman Edgar P.
Rucker, of West Virginia, and of Congressman Rucker, of Missouri. Several well-known Romney men have been indicted on the same charge. Five Want Front Royal Place. Dispatch to Baltimore Front Royal, Jan. are now five applicants for the postmastership here and a prospect of more.
Those who are circulating petitions are Charles L. Pritchard, internal revenue service; Lemuel B. Moore, internal revenue service; Charles B. Silman, internal revenue service: Johnston, farmer, and the incumbent, H. W.
Kinzer, who has held sidney, the office for the last 12 years. Killed Her Father. Dispatch to the Baltimore Onanco*ck, Jan. trial of Thomas Smith for the murder of Luther Trader at Hallwood last July occupied the attention of the Circuit Court of Accomac nearly all of last week. The jury, after being out only a short time, brought in a verdict of acquittal.
The case was hard fought, many witnesses being examined by both sides. The defense contended that the murder was forced on Smith owing to his being assaulted by the two Traders, father and son. That made it a case of life and death with him and he shot in self-defense. The Commonwealth tried to demonstrate that the killing was the result of an old family feud brought on by Smith's secret marriage of Samuel Trader's daughter. Mrs.
Smith showed the utmost devotion to her husband. She was in the Courthouse when the verdict was announced and a smile lighted up her face, which showed that she was happy once more. Mr. Edgar Spady, of Northampton, assisted Mr. John R.
Rew In the defense and Mr. James H. Fletcher alded the Commonwealth's attorney, James Tarlington, in the prosecution. A remarkable accident occurred at Willis' Wharf, a remote corner of Northampton county, one day last week, when Garland Gray, a boy 12 years of age, while in the act of brushing the snow from his broke his neck. He lived only a few secshoes, fell from the steps a of a store and onds after the fall.
The property of the late John T. Powell was sold at auction at Lemont by Stewart K. Powell, special commissioner. The main place of about 100 acres was bought by Mr. Thomas W.
Shreaves for $6,800. He also bought another tract of 15 acres for $1,085. SMITH ACQUITTED OF MURDER Wife Faithful To Husband Who SHIPS IN LINE FOR REVIEW 01d Point Hotels Crowded With Guests To View Spectacle. Dispatch to the Baltimore Newport News, Jan. Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, Admiral George Dewey, Capt.
John E. Pillsbury, assistant to Rear-Admiral George E. Converse, chief of the Bureau 1 of Navigation, and Capt. William, Swift, member of the General Board of the Navy, arrive in Hampton roads tomorrow morning on board the Dolphin they will And drawn up for, review one of the strongest fleets ever brought together in this country. The Dolphin will take station near Cape Henry and the ships of the squadron will pass in single column for review.
The battleships will go first in the following order: Flagship Kearsarge, the Kentucky, Illnois, Alabama, Missouri, Iowa and Massachusetts: then will come the coast squadron, led by the flagship Texas, which arrived today; then the Caribbean squadron, ted by the flagship Newark, and then the torpedo-boat flotilla, led by the flagship Whipple. As each of the ships pass the Dolphin an admiral's salute will be fired. The hotels at Old Point Comfort are thronged with friends and relatives of the officers of the big fleet, and last night's german at the Chamberlin Hotel was one of the most brilliant held there in a long time. The review will take place in the morning and the vessels of the fleet will proceed at once to sea for the winter maneuvers in Caribbean waters. The cruiser Yankee was still in Hampton roads today, but there is an unconfirmed rumor here that she has been ordered to quell disturbances in Venezuela.
She took 300 marines from the receiving ship Franklin. SHOT HIMSELF AT CHURCH Newport News Youth Had Attended Cantata Rehearsal. Dispatch to the Baltimore Newport News. Jan. Spratley, 18 years old, shot himself in front of the parish house of old St.
John's Episcopal Church, Hampton, last night. The wound is in the abdomen and the doctors say there is practically no hope of his recovery. A love affair is said to be at the bottom of the boy's rash act. He attended a rehearsal for a cantata in the church and something that transpired did not please him. He went home, secured a revolver, walked back until he reached a point in front of the church and shot himself.
The affair created a sensation among the young folk in the church. HOMES FOR SEAMEN Government Petitioned To Build Them In Large Ports. Dispatch to the Baltimore Norfolk, Jan. agents have secured the assistance of Senator Martin, of Virginia, for the purpose of obtaining legislation a from Congress to provide a system of national homes for seamen, The object of the bill is to protect seamen against "crimping." The bill provides for the building of homes at various ports so as to keep the "crimps" away from the sailors. It provides for a superintendent, an assistant superintendent, cook, assistant cook and various attaches to look after the comfort of the men of the sea who are in port waiting for berths.
If the bill passes the Senate and House and is signed by the Prestdent and the appropriation becomes available it is hoped that the home here will be built at once, as there has been much complaint of stealing sallors from vessels and "shanghaing" at this port. IN WEST VIRGINIA Items of Interest From Different Parts Of Mountain State. The verdict of the coroner's jury, which viewed the bodies of five of the eight killed in the explosion of the towboat Defender, is that the men came to their deaths by the explosion of defective bollers. Peter Dancey, colored, charged with the murder of Inez Leadbetter, of Richmond, has issued an appeal to his friends and the public to give him the financial assistance necessary for him to procure evidence. Dancey will be tried next Thursday in the Henrico Circuit Court.
Miss Moncure Lyne, of Richmond, has published "The Grito," a story of Texas and the Mexican border, which has entered its second edition. Immediately after being Installed as commander of Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Richmond, Major J. W. Johnston tendered his resignation, saying he was obliged by ill health of himself and family to go to Nassau, N. for a long stay.
He is the father of Miss Mary Johnston, author of "Audrey" and "To Have and to Hold." The camp failed to elect a commander. A new local company is planning to furnish gas for Grafton. R. W. Kennedy, manhas bought the Hugh Evans farm.
ager, W. E. Parmenter has started a newspaper in Tunnelton, the Tunnelton News. Governor-elect Dawson is said to have refused the demand of railroad employes that A. L.
Heffner, of Fairmont, be made State game warden. John F. Pickett, one of Grafton's pioneers, is dead. Albert Watts, a well-known attorney, was found dead on the railroad track at Genoa, Wayne county. The victim was last seen walking on the railroad three days.
ago with Stanley Burks, a contractor. It is said Watts had killed two men and was acquitted both times on the ground of selfdefense. Ex-Sheriff S. B. Jenkins died January 6 at Grafton.
The residence of Rev. A. N. Auvil, on Clover run, near Parsons, was burned: loss $2,500, with no 1 insurance. The County Court of Mineral County has granted a franchise to use the county roads to the Keyser, Burlington and Petersburg Electric Railway Company, a company composed of Cumberland business men, who purpose to build a trolley system through the fertile South Branch Valley of the Potomac.
Rights of way have been secured from many farmers. Physicians of four West Virginia counties met at Keyser and organized the Grant, Hardy, Hampshire and Mineral Medical Society, with Dr. E. H. Parsons, of Piedmont, as president, and Dr.
Percival Lantz, of Alaska, secretary. A wood alcohol factory, to employ about 200 men, will probably be established at Piedmont. Thomas Carey died at Piedmont from blood poison, caused by an Injury to his hand while employed in the Baltimore and Ohio shop in Keyser. He was 20 years of age and was a brother of John Carey, foreman of the Baltimore and Ohio shops at Rowlesburg. Cold Weather For It.
Ida--This story says the heroine was wrapped up in a dime novel. May-Goodness! Is that all she had to Chicago News STATE OF MARYLAND Susquehanna Freshet Partly Floods Port Deposit. SUDDEN RISE OF THE RIVER Ice Gorges Break And Others Forming A Night Of Great Anxiety For The Townspeople. Dispatch to the Baltimore Port Deposit, Jan. Deposit today was the scene of unusual activity owing to the sudden and quick rise of the Susquehanna river.
The heavy gorge which was already formed here, reinforced by ice from the McCall's Ferry gorge, caused the water to flood the greater section of Port Deposit. So sudden was the rise that many of the people were caught unawares and had to wade through water several feet deep to remove their household goods to places of safety. The heavy pressure of water finally caused the ice to break and move slowly down the river. The water in receding carried with it the large lumber sheds owned by the Rowland Manufacturing Company. A great amount of ice and debris was deposited on the Port Deposit and Columbia railroad and the running of trains will be impossible until Monday night.
Later accounts report that the ice has again gorged at Hutton's Island and the water is again backing toward Port Deposit. Should the five-mile gorge at Pequea give way this will prove a night of horrors to the residents of Port Deposit. Already many of the merchants are heavy losers, and should a final catastrophe occur many of the property owners will be nearly ruined. Services in several of the churches were abandoned this evening. HOG ISLAND FARM Ratification Of Sale Made By Judge William R.
Martin. Dispatch to the Baltimore Denton, Jan. exceptions to the recent sale of the Hog Island Farm, of nearly 900 acres, in lower Caroline county, filed by Secretary of State Oswald Tilghman, have been passed upon by Judge William R. Martin, who ratified the sale. The purchaser was William H.
Deweese, of the Denton bar. Colonel Tilghman objected to the ratification of the sale on the ground that the price was inadequate, and for other reasons. Examiner N. Alex. Hutson, of the Circult Court, took voluminous testimony, but the court found that not a single one of the exceptions was supported by the evidence.
The farm was purchased several years ago by Antonius Helmich, at the time when a Holland colony was being planted along the Choptank river, for $9,000. Helmich soon afterward went back to the Netherlands, leaving Colonel Tilghman the manager of the property under a power of atcorney. He mortgaged the farm, and the recent sale was made under foreclosure of the mortgage. MARYLAND OBITUARY GEORGE P. MOLLER.
Dispatch to the Baltimore Hagerstown, Jan. 8. George P. Moller died yesterday evening at his home in Hagerstown, aged 56 years. He was a native of Denmark and came to America about 35 years ago.
He was connected with the Moller Organ Works, owned by his half-brother, M. P. Moller. He embraced the faith of Dowie's church. His half-sister, Miss Louise Moller, Dowie's Zion City, near Chicago, arrived last night.
WILLIAM HOWARD RESLEY. Dispatch to the Baltimore Cumberland, Jan. Howard Resley died here this afternoon, after having been confined to his home for a week. He had long been in poor health. Mr.
Resley was a son of the late Col. Horace Resley, a noted man of this county in his day, and was a brother of John M. Resley. He was educated as lawyer and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. He had a clerkship in the Baltimore and Ohio freight office here.
MRS. MARY M. WOLFENSBERGER. Dispatch to the Baltimore Hagerstown, Jan. Mary Magdalene Wolfensberger, widow, died today at her at Maugansville, Washington county, hoped 81 years.
She leaves six children, 46 grandchildren and 31 greatgrandchildren. Two Killed In A Wreck. Dispatch to the Baltimore Cumberland, Jan. a wreck on the Somerset and Cambria branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near Rockwood, John Sobeski and Dominic Bareno, laborers, were killed. An engine and several freight cars were badly damaged.
The accident was caused by the snowdrifts on the tracks. The train consisted of 14 cars. The men killed were stealing a ride. The trainmen escaped injury. Rector's Thirtieth Anniversary.
Dispatch to the Baltimore Ellicott City, Jan. was the thirtieth anniversary of the rectorship of Rev. Robert Andrews Poole, rector of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Ellicott City. During all these years St.
Peter's, though small in numbers, has been self-supporting and has borne a considerable share in general and diocesan work under the guidance of Rev. Mr. Poole. For the same length of time Mrs. Poole has had charge of the church music as organ1st.
her efforts money was raised to buy a fine pipe organ, to build a commodious parish house, to buy a bell and a handsome altar rall, besides other improvements in and around the church. Funeral For "Math" And "Skinny." Dispatch to the Baltimore Annapolis, Jan. has been granted the first-class midshipmen to celebrate the burial of "Math" and "Skinny." This is a custom that has been followed by the middies for a number of years, but in the last year It was stopped by the academy authorities. "Math" (mathematics) and "Skinny" (physics) are the two studies regarded by the middies as the hardest during the course, and upon completing them they celebrate by giving a torchlight parade, all of them being attired in weird costumes. Mrs.
Scott Improving. Dispatch to the Baltimore Hagerstown, Jan. 8. Relatives here today received word that Mrs. Scott, wife of Dr.
J. McPherson Scott, of Hagerstown, had been operated on for gall stone yesterday at the Union Protestant Infirmary, Baltimore, and that she had rallied from the shock and was doing well. Her husband, who was severely injured a few days ago by falling upon an icy pavement, was recovered sufficiently to go to Baltimore, and is now with Mrs. Scott, who was accompanied to the hospital by her brother, Mr. William R.
Beall, of California, and her daughter, Miss Scott, Dr. Fisher, of Baltimore, and a trained nurse. Ellicott City A "Gretna Green." Dispatch to the Baltimore Ellicott City, Jan. hundred and eight marriage licenses were issued last lear in Ellicott City to Baltimore couples, who came out here to avoid ex. pense and publicity.
Yesterday Winfield Phelps, of Howard county, who applied for license to marry Mary Burrus, frankly admitted that he had a wife already, and of course was refused license for No. 2. The trolley cars have brought prosperity to the preachers here, for Ellicott City is becoming more popular all the time as a Gretna Green. Bridge Carried Away, Dispatch to the Baltimore Ellicott City, Jan. footbridge at Orange Grove, connecting Howard and Baltimore counties, was carried away by the ice Saturday morning and swept down the Patapsco river.
It was a temporary affair and a new bridge was already in course of erection. Three bridges there have been destroyed. Maryland Brief. The January term of the Circuit Court for Caroline county, which was to have begun in Denton next Monday, will he adjourned until January 23, as the judges are engaged in the trial of the Constable murder case at Elkton. VIRGINIA BRIEFS Notes Gleaned From Every Section Old Dominion.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gould, of New York, are spending some time at the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond. Mr.
Gould owns the Richmond and Petersburg street railways, and has recently bought the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works. Prof. Bruce Ryburn Payne, of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, been granted the degree of doctor of philosophy by Columbia University, New York. NO DIVORCE COMPROMISE Rev. Dr.
McKim Explains Position Of The Episcopal Church. AN OPEN LETTER TO CARDINAL The Recent Episcopal Convention, He Says, Was Determined To Prevent Abuse Of Existing Canon Rev. Randolph H. McKim, pastor Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Father ington, D. and a prominent clergyman, has written the following open letter to Cardinal Gibbons: To His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons: Most Reverend Sir--My attention has recently been called to an utterance of yours reported in the Baltimore SUN of November 4 in these words: "The recent convention in Boston apparently made an endeavor to compromise on the subject.
There is no compromise on divorce. The only effective remedy is to go back to the Gospel, which prohibits all divorced men and women who are validly married from entering into second nuptials." May I venture to point out that your Eminence has inadvertently mistaken the significance of the action of the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church to which you allude? There' is compromise. The distinct issue was this: Shall the church reverse the attitude which it has occupied on this subject of marriage and divorce since 1808 and graft upon her canon law a modified recognition of the principle of the absolute indissolubility of marriage? The battle of debate was fought out on that issue, and the result was--not a compromise, but the distinct reassertion of the right of an innocent party in a divorce for the cause of adultery to marry again, The restrictive amendments to our canon law, adopted by an overwhelming majority, covered no compromise on the above issue, but were provisions Intended to prevent the abuse of the existing canon-to make it as sure re as human laws can that only the really Innocent party should be permitted to marry. Having had, as president of the convention, exceptional opportunities of knowing the minds of its members, I can say with some confidence that those who supported the views which finally prevailed in that body would find themselves in sincere agreement with your Eminence when you say "There is no compromise on divorce." They would also be In hearty agreement with your further statement that "the only effective remedy is to go back to the Gospel." The issue to their mind appears clear. It is simply this: Shall we accept the teachIng of our Lord Jesus Christ as sufficient and supreme upon this vital question, in volving as it does, the purity of the home and the stability of the family? But when your Eminence goes on to say that the Gospel "prohibits all divorced men and women who are validly married from entering into second nuptials," they would find themselves unable to follow you, because on two of the three occasions when our Lord spoke on this subject (recorded in the fifth and nineteenth chapters of St.
Matthew's Gospel) it appears that He laid down an exception to the rule of Indissolubility. When he said "Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another committeth adultery," He added, they urge, this exception, "except for fornication." This interpretation of the Master's teaching is sustained, in their opinion, by a great array of most learned divines of ancient and modern times. They point to the fact that that great body of bishops (of the Anglican communion) which met in conference at Lambeth Palace in July, 1888, held the same view. They urge, also, with great force, that this one exception to the indissolubility of marriage has been held to be based upon the teaching of our Lord, not only by all Protestant communions, but also by the Greek Church, from the earliest times. I am, of course, aware that these authorities will have no weight with a Roman theologian.
I only mention them to show that the action of the recent convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church was In loyal obedience to the principle which your Eminence affirms, namely: That the only effective way to deal with the problem of marriage and divorce is "to go back to the Gospel." This action, you will permit me to say, is, in their opinion, based upon an interpretation of the Gospel which may fairly claim the greatest antiquity and the highest ecclesiastical authority. Some of the best equipped patristic scholars of our generation hold that there was no allthoritative rule in the primitive church based on the principle of the absolute and invariable indissolubility of marriage. Although the ancient fathers were not in com. plete agreement on this subject, nor always consistent with themselves, it is certain that utterances in plain support of the position that such remarriage is lawful are to be found in the writings of Tertulllan, St. Ambrose, St.
Chrysostom, Origen, Epiphanius and St. Basil. Lactantius is emphatic in the same sense. Petavius, one of your own great scholars, the aquila Jesuitowas of opinion that the great Council rum, of Arbs, A. D.
314, consisting of nearly 600 bishops, "permitted remarriage after divorce." Some writers also affirm that the Apostolic Constitutions (111-1) plainly allowed the right of remarriage, and Pope Gregory III. (A. D. 731-741) and Pope Zacharias (A. D.
741-752) allowed remarriage to the innocent. Perhaps your Eminence will permit me to say further that, without wishing to detract from the service which the Roman Church is doing to the cause of good morals in the United States, it appears to us that the numerous annulling impediments, which without special dispensation make a marriage null and void from the beginning, very seriously compromise its oft-asserted claim to be the one and only church which under no circ*mstances allows a marriage to be dissolved. In a Manual of Prayer for the use of the Catholic laity, set forth by the order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, under the certificate of your Eminence, I And that the following alliances (unless special dispensation is obtained) are forbidden: First--Marriage between third cousins or any nearer degree of relationship. Second--Marriage with the third cousin or any nearer relation of a deceased husband or wife. Third--Sponsors may not marry their god-children.
Fourth--Parents cannot marry the of their child or the person who sponsors baptized it. Five--Marriage with the parent, child, brother or sister of a person to whom the party has been validly engaged. It appears to follow from this that any marriage contracted In violation of any of these five groups of impediments, withont special dispensation, may be set aside as null and void, and in that case the parties would then be free to marry again. 1f this be the correct interpretation, it appears to us that here are a great number of cases in which marriage, though it has existed for years, may be set aside as null and void and the parties set free to marry others. To our mind it appears that the distinction between these numerous cases of annulment of marriage and the dissolution of marriage is theoretical rather than practical.
It appears to us also that in relation to the sacredness of the family and the purity of the home and the happiness of the children, these various annulments are no better than so many divorces. To assert that marriage is indissoluble except. by death and yet to stand ready to annul marriage on all these various grounds appears to us to place the great church which you SO worthily represent in a rather equivocal position. Nor is this all. A "non-Christian marriage" may be dissolved even after consummation.
Of this we have had a recent example in the case of a lady who, though divorced from her husband, was married to another in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. It was said in the public press that Archbishop Farley submitted the case to the ecclesiastical court of the archdiocese, which decided that as Mr. the former husband, had neved been baptized, the contract with him was void, and Mrs. was, in the eyes of the church, a woman who had never contracted marriage.
Such a principle as this seems to us to strike at the very heart of the family, since It renders illegitimate the children of the marriage thus declared null by the church and puts their mother in the position of one who has lived all those years in an illicit relation with one who was not her husband. There were not a few in the recent couvention of the Protestant Episcopal Church who urged that body to change Its ground and adopt, at least in a modified form, the Roman principle of absolute indissolubility. This, however, the convention refused to do, and I think it was largely influenced in reaching this decision by what seemed to many the practical failure of the principle of indissolubility where it has been in force to secure the purity of the home and the stability of the family. Thus in England and generally in the West, in the ages preceding the Reformation, while marriage was held to be indissoluble, yet, in the opinion of some of the most learned and impartial historians, "as a matter of fact, what were supposed to be marriages were dissolved with very great rapidity and ease--a rapidity and ease of which we have no idea at present." Further, from all the evidence available it did not appear that the results were favorable in our own age in many of the countries where your church is supreme or predominant. The evidence did not show that the principle of indissolubility bad made the homes of the people in the West Indies, or in Mexico, or in South America, or in the Philippine Islands, or even in France or Spain or Italy, purer or better than the average that was to be found in England and the United States.
Far from it, indeed. I may mention that a gentleman of the highest character, who had lived at least 30 years in the city of Rome, publicly declared that in his opinion family life in the United States was much purer than in the Eternal City itself, and that marital fidelity was by no means so general in Italy as in the United States, in spite of the appalling prevalence of divorce in the latter country. My reason for referring to these countries, which are wholly or predominantly Roman Catholic in religion, must be obvious. A better and more scientific test of a principle is found where that principle has free and unhindered scope than where it is working side by side with diverse or antagonistic principles. I trust that your Eminence will not misunderstand my motives in addressing this letter to you or the line of discussion which I have followed.
I have desired to clear up a serious misapprehension of the principles upon which the Episcopal Church has recently acted, and, incidentally, to vindicate her claim to be as conscientious and effective a guardian of the home and the sacredness of the family relation as any church on earth. I am your Eminence's most obedient servant. RANDOLPH H. McKIM. Washington, Dec.
22, 1904. A REPLY TO THE PRIMATE Leading Baptist Criticises Church Of England's Attitude. London, Jan. Dr. John Clifford, a leading Baptist preacher, in a letter issued in reply to the response of the Archbishop of Canterbury to a communication addressed to him by evangelical clergymen of America on the subject of the hardships Imposed upon non-conformists under the Education law of Great Britain, says: "If Americans have learned nothing else from the primate's letter they would at least learn how to graduate in the art of suggesting much and holding back very much more." Dr.
Clifford accuses the Church of England of not caring much for education as Americans understand it, but "for Roman and Anglican atmosphere." KNIFE TO CURE CANCER Verdict Harvard Commission Which Has Been Investigating. Dispatch to the Baltimore Boston, commission, composed of seven physicians of the Harvard Medical School, who have been studying the disease four years, has decided that cancer is not hereditary and that it can be best cured by the knife. The commission has just completed an elaborate report of its investigations. The research was made with fund of $100,000 left by Mrs. Caroline Brewer Croft to Harvard for this specific purpose.
Some members of her family died of cancer, and this caused her to leave money for the inquiry, hoping to benefit mankind. Those who form the commission are Doctors Nichols, Mallory, Locke, White, Robey, Tyzzer, all of Boston, and Dr. Weis, now of New Orleans. Dr. Nicholas said "Our work thus far has been largely to find the cause or origin of cancer, and we have been unable to do so, although we have exploded some popular theories.
When we know what life is I think we will then know what cancer is. It is a supreme mystery. Cancer can be completely cured if the patient is operated on early and completely. Drugs have never cured it." SAYS ROCKEFELLER IS Loomis May Be Dropped By His Bank, According To One Paper. New York, Jan.
New York Ameri- can today says: "Were it not for the influence of Standard Oil at Washington, Wall street would be looking for a Federal investigation of the alleged overcertification of checks by the National City Bank in the wholesale 'laundry' deal revealed by the failure of Munroe Munroe, who, it is claimed, 'washed' three millions of Montreal and Boston copper stock on the 'E. Z. Marks' of the street. With the memory of the favor shown the Rockefeller bank in the purchase of the custom house, however, nothing more than a mild flurry, the ousting of a scapegoat and a general order from 26 Broadway to look sharp are expected. "In Broadway has acted.
There was a general. understanding in the street yesterday John D. Rockefeller, anneyed at the smirch on the reputation of his bank by the action of Second Vice-President Loomis, has turned down his thumb, indicating that the official head of Mr. Loomis must come off. "If the general talk accurately reflects the situation on this point, there is a break in the harmony that usually pervades Standard Oil councils.
For Mr. Loomis there is apparently no sympathy at all, the situation calling for a sacrifice and he being right at hand. But there is something else to be considered. "it has been pointed out to 'the old as Mr. Rockefeller is called by irreverent brokers, that the instant decapitation of Loomis would be tantamount to a confession that all of the charges against Loomis are true, whereas 'the king can do no H.
Rogers is said to be one of those who believe it would be bad policy to admit that any official of the National City Bank could do even a technical wrong, and he has urged this point upon Mr. Rockefeller as a matter of policy. To remove Loomis would be an admission that the bank had been guilty of shady transactions, and it is regarded as far better to adopt the calm attitude of James Stillman, president of the bank, that an error of judgment was committed. "Standing pat on this view, it is the theof those who differ from Mr. Rockeory feller that after a while the storm will blow over, when if Loomis is still objectionable to 'the boss' he may be quietly dropped.
"It remains to be seen, however, whether Mr. Rockefeller will give his consent to this arrangement. This is not the first cloud that has settled over the National City Bank. And there is an uneasy feeling that the future hearings before United States Commissioner Alexander in the proceedings of Munroe Munbankruptcy roe will bring to light even more startling irregularities. "Next week the annual meeting of the of the bank will be held to select directors officers for the ensuing year.
It is said that Mr. Stillman will certainly be re-elected; Mr. Rockefeller makes up his but until personnel of the rest of the staff mind the will be in doubt." Steel Magnate Expects Revision. Pittsburg, Jan. a dinner tonight tendered to a retiring official of the Carnegle Steel Company First Vice-President said that there was no doubt H.
P. Bope tariff would be revised during the that the administration of President Roosevelt, but he did not anticipate any radical or that sensational action, Death Of Miss Lucile Daniel. Front Royal. Jan. corpse of Dispatch to the Baltimore Miss Lucile Daniel, who died at Delaplane yesterday, was met here this morning by W.
L. Updike, undertaker, who conveyed it to Flint Hill for burial. Daniel was the only daughter of Miss Mrs. William Daniel, and was very popular. During the last summer she was the guest Miss Alice Reid at Belmont, near Front of Royal.
Banana Peel Fall Broke Hip. Dispatch to the Baltimore Norfolk, Jan. Thomas O'Conblacksmith, who has been an inner, a mate of the Home Mission for days as the result of dissipation, stepped on a banana peel in Commercial Place, fell and fractured his hip this morning. He was sent to St. Vincent's Hospital.
COURT PROCEEDINGS CRIMINAL COURT-Judge Wickes, Assignment for Monday--Larceny, Frank Lowe, Matilda James Redmond, colored, Frank Dunn, Reed, Harriet Easton, colored, John Hauhn, Chas. W. Clifton, Minnie Russel, colored, Carrie Taylor, colored; Amelia Bradley, colored: assault to rob, Henry Brown, colored; assault, Ella Dorens; malicious destruction of property, Frank O'Donnell; concealed weapons and disturbing peace, William Owens, colored; habitually disorderly, Nettie H. Pierce, Jubb, Solomon Goldberg, Henry Salas; selling colored; selling liquor on Sunday, William liquor to minors. Solomon Goldberg; violating sky.
sweatshop Hyman Goldman; peace case for review, Louis law, Henry Neistadt, Bernard RashinNoisette, colored. SUPERIOR COURT- Judge Baer. Assignment for Monday--Preliminary call of first 25 cases, excluding commercial cases, between Nos. 1 and 50, at 10 A. M.
Trials will begin Tuesday. CITY COURT- Judge Dobler. Assignment for Monday Preliminary call of Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6. 8 to 15 and 17 to 33, at 10 A.
and Nellie K. Reed vs. United Railways and Electric Company and Gilles J. Shaw vs. Charles E.
Evans (stet), for trial. PART 2-Judge Stockbridge. Assignment for Monday--Burnt district cases. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS- Judge Sharp. 1 to 41, Assignment excluding for Monday commercial cases.
Preliminary Trials call of Nos. will begin Tuesday. JUDGE-AT-LARGE-Judge Wright. Assignment Monday- call of Nos. 164, 7, 186, 16, 35.
187, 188, 61, 194. 70, 73, 77, 104. 105. 114. 120, 139.
53, City Court commercial 214. 216, 217, 218, 230 and 231. docket. CIRCUIT COURT-Judge Harlan. Sommers and for August Monday--George Stork Billek vs.
George Assignment al. VA. Matthias Schuck et PART 2-Judge Dennis. Assignment for Monday--Emma 0. Smith VS.
Richard B. Smith cross bill. ORPHANS' Judges Block, O'Brien and Gaither. Letters Testamentary Granted--Estate of Wilson Crosby Kuhne to John Hannah W. A.
Lohmuller, Crosby, bond bond $100: of Sophia $100. liam N. Guardians Neibich Appointed -Catherine Neibich for WilSingley for Harry and others, bond Frederick J. Inventories Filed G. -Estates Neibich, bond $1,000.
$208; Jane Cummings, $300; Carl of Paul Henry, riet Dushane, $2,500 real. Twele, Julia Ratified- A. Myers, -Estates $30. of Margaretha T. Deeg, Sales Administration Accounts Passed -Estates of Peter Kershaw, Harriet Rosanna A.
Hall, Jane Cummings, 300; Dushane, $2,039. COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND-January ment Term, for 1905. Tuesday. -Annapolis, January 10 Nos. January 2.
5, 6, 7. NEWS OF THE SHIPPING Furnished Provisions To Crew. Capt. Samuel Gowan, of the Johnston steamer Ulstermore, at this port from Liverpool, saw distress signals flying from a neat-looking threemasted schooner. At the time both vessels were in latitude 17' north and longitudo 40' west, and the date December 27.
It proved to be the Russian schooner Olga, Captain Publing. who reported that he was 66 days out from Laguna, Mex1co, for Falmouth, and was short of provisions. For the seven days preceding the falling in with the Ulstermore he told Captain Gowan that himself and crew had subsisted on bread and water only. Captain Gowan furnished them a sufficiency to carry them to Falmouth, which was then 670 miles distant. The Olga is a vessel of 266 tons net register and hails from Pernan.
The Ulstermore had moderate to fresh southeast winds from Liverpool to latitude 28 north and longitude 8' west, when she took fresh to strong southwest, west and northwest winds, which lasted to off the coast, when on January 4 she met with a heavy southwest to west-northwest gale, with mountainous seas. The meridian of west was crossed in latitude west and the meridian of west in latitude in west. Clear weather prevailed over the Banks and no ice was visible. Crowley's Last New Schooner Here. New flve and six masted schooners continue to drop into of coal ports from the great shipbuilding plants Maine and Massachusetts, the latest being the Samuel J.
Goucher, which arrived yesterday from Boston. The Goucher was launched from the yards of H. M. R. L.
Bean, Camden, Maine, on December 8 for the Coastwise Tarnsportation Company, which is familiarly known as the Crowley Combine, which owns the Thomas J. Lawson, the great seven-master, a number of six, five and four masted schooner. The Goucher is commanded by Capt. Elmer E. Crowley, who, with other brothers of Capt.
John Crowley, the promoter, has followed their brother in one or the other of mammoth fore-and-afters as fast as they are launched and ready for sea. Her first cargo will be coal, loaded here, for Boston or Portland, and she is expected to carry about 5,000 tons. The dimensions of the Samuel J. Goucher are: Length, 271 feet; beam, 48 feet; depth of hold, 27 feet; gross register, 2,517 tons, 2,249. She was constructed at a cost of net Gray, Irelan Co.
are the local agents for $120,000. the Crowley fleet. Disabled Schooner Towed To Port. warmed, Tugs And Their Tows. Dougherty's Dauntless left yesterday with four The schooner Alice E.
Clark, Captain McDonald, arrived yesterday from Key West in tow of the large sea tug Edgar F. Coney, of Brunswick, Ga. The Clark sailed from Charlotte harbor December 9 with phosphate rock for Baltimore and later went ashore on Tortugas and damaged her rudder. She was towed into Key West and sailed from that port on December 30 in tow of the Coney, stopping at Charleston for coal for the tug. To Quicken Vaporization.
Mr. John Ramsay, 25 East Ostend street, says that he has discovered a way that will insure the quick vaporization of gasoline in gasoline engines in cold weather and overcome the slow or jerky movements caused by slow vaporization. The way he solves the problem is very simple. He unscrews the vaporizer cap and removes the spring and seating valve and warms them with a candle or a piece of burning paper. He says that the gasoline will vaporize perfectly when the parts are barges for Norfolk.
The Defiance arrived at Norfolk yesterday from New York with the barge Norfolk. The tow was weather-bound in Delaware Breakwater on the trip. At 4 P. M. the Columbia passed in the Capes for Baltimore with barge Conemaugh, loaded with oil from Port Arthur, Texas, for the Consolidated Gas Company, of Baltimore.
The barge was towed to the Capes by the steamer Ligonier, which proceeded to New York. With a barge from Norfolk for New York the Margaret passed out the Capes at 1.20 P. M. yesterday. Last night the Standard Oil Company's tug Raw diant arrived from Norfolk with barges 52 and 77.
The tug Sandow, bound down the bay for a tow, passed Cove Point at 3.45 P. M. yesterday. The Irene came up from Queenstown with the barge Susquehanna, loaded with grain, The Rescue brought to port three bay vessels loaded with lumber and wood. Port Paragraphs.
The State steamer Gov. R. M. McLane, Turner, has arrived in port from a cruise among the oyster dredgers. At Spedden's shipyard the Philadelphia barge Wyandotte, which was cut through by the ice while bound here last week with a cargo of acid from the Delaware river, is out for repairs.
Captain Wylie, who was last here in command of the Atlantic Transport Line steamer Montana, and transferred to the Europe, arrived in New York on Saturday from Antwerp. The Europe will be used in the New York-Antwerp service of the Red Star Line. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Port of Baltimore, January 7 and 8. Arrived On Sunday, Barge Susquehanna, from Queenstown; grain. Sailed On Sunday, Stmr Essex, for Providence.
Schr Richard Linthicum, for Georgetown, S. C. Arrived On Saturday. State stmr Gov. R.
M. McLane, Turner, from Stmr Lexington, Crowell, from Savannah; passengers and merchandise, to C. R. Gillingham. news Stmr Essex, Johnson, from Providence via Norfolk; passengers and merchandise, to C.
R. Gillingham, Stmr Hector, Keene, from Boston; light, to Consolidation Coal Company. In Curtis Bay. Schr Alice E. Clark, McDonald, from Charlotte Harbor December 9 via Key West 30th and Charleston January phosphate rock, to order; vessel to F.
L. Clayton Co. In tow tug Edgar F. Coney. news Schr May V.
Neville, Carter, from Port Tampa December 26; phosphate rock, to order; vessel to George W. Jones Co. At anchor. Schr Samuel J. Goucher (new), Crowley, from Boston; light, to Gray, Irelan Co.
In Curtis Bay. news Schr Henry R. Travers, Nelson, from Rappahannock; lumber. Schr Lillie W. Owings, from Rappahannock; lumber.
Schr Julia, Kelly, from Rappahannock; lumber, Schr Idaho, Venable, from Wicomico; wood. Schr Anna Comber; wood. Schr Minnehaha; wood. cruise. Stmr Juniata, Nickerson, from Boston; passengers and merchandise, to C.
R. Gillingham. Nantucket, March, from Boston; passengers and merchandise, to C. R. Gillingham, Schr T.
Charleton Henry, Sanford, from Boston; light, to Gray, Irelan Co. Schr George W. Wells. Haskell, from Boston; light, to Gray, Irelan Co. Schr Thomas Richards, Kennerly, from Wicomico; wood.
Barge Atlantic, from Norfolk; lumber. Barge Glide, from Norfolk; lumber. Cleared On Saturday, Stmr Manhanset (Br), Garlick, for Philadelphia; Patterson, Ramsay Co. Stmr Main (Ger), Koenemann, for Bremen; A. Schumacher Co.
Stmr Hanseat (Nor), Rasmussen, for New York; master. Stmr Vulcan (Br), Hicks, for Hull: Gill Fisher. Stmr Charles F. Mayer, Muchow, for Boston, Consolidation Coal Company. Stmr Manna-Hata, Charles, for New York; Clar ence Shriver.
Stmr Juniata, Nickerson, for Boston; C. R. Gil lingham. Schr Richard Linthicum, Brannock, for Georgetown, S. Wathen Hooper.
Schr Kate L. Gerdes, Middleton, for Suffolk, W. J. C. Michael Co.
Schr Sallie C. Marvil, Quillin, for Savannah; S. B. Marts Company. Schr Hilda, Rines, for Port Royal; Gray, Irelan Co.
Sloop Carrie, Poplar, for Suffolk, W. J. C. Michael Co, Barge Lucretia, Primrose, for Bayboro, N. W.
J. C. Michael Co. Barge No. 14, Train, for Providence; Consolidation Coal Company.
Barge William Blades, for Newbern, N. Wathen Hooper. Barge No. 18, Peterson, for Boston; Consolidation Coal Company. Sailed On Saturday.
Stmrs Arkansas (Dan), for Copenhagen via Horten (for orders) Manna-Hata, New York; Chatham, Savannah; Charles F. Mayer, towing barge No. 14 for Providence and barge No. 18 for Boston. Schrs Hilda, for Port Royal; Sallie C.
Marvil, Savannah. Chesapeake Bay Ports. Cape Henry, Jan. A. clear; wind southwest, 20 miles.
Noon, clear; wind southwest, 24 miles. 4 P. clear; wind west. 15 miles. Passed in for Baltimore, stmr Gloucester, from Boston via Norfolk.
Passed out from Baltimore 8th at 8.20 A. stmr Charles F. Mayer, towing barges Nos. 14 for. Providence and No.
18 for Boston (toward Hampton Roads) 8.30 A. stmr Chatham, for Savannah; 9.40 A. stmr City of Philadelphia, for Philadelphia; 5.30 P. barkentine Arlington, for Jacksonville. Passed out from Baltimore 7th at 7.40 A.
schr Mary E. H. G. Dow, for Boston; 8 A. schr Paul Palmer, for Boston: A.
stmr Bodo (Nor). for Port Maria: 10.40 A. schr Singleton Palmer, for Boston (in tow tug Margaret): 11.20 A. schr J. W.
Hutt (Br), for Liverpool, N. 1.20 P. stmr South Australia (Br), for Savannah; 11 P. stmr Arkansas (Dan), for Copenhagen via Horten (for orders). Cove Point, Jan.
wind west, moderate breeze. Passed up for Baltimore at 12.39 P. steamboat Caroline: 1 P. stmr American, from New Orleans; 4.40 P. schr Black Bird.
Passed down from Baltimore at 11.50 A. stmr Koln (Ger), for Galveston: 12.40 P. stmr Quernmore (Br), for Liverpool: 1.10 P. stmr Main (Ger), for Bremen; 2 P. schr Sallie C.
Marvil, for Savannah. Arrived From Baltimore. Stmr Hippolyte Dumois (Nor), Danielsen, Norfolk 7th instant. Stmr Cape Antibes (Br), McDonald, Tampico 21st ultimo. Stmr Florida (Dan).
Orum, Copenhagen 4th inst. Schr Edward E. Briry, Dudley, Boston 7th inst. Salled For Baltimore. St.mr Nordkyn (Nor), Beer, Vizagapatam 1st instant (via Perim).
Stir America (Br), Stapleton, Philadelphin 8th instant. Stmr Stmr Chesapeake, Delano, New York 7th instant. Fredeick, Tyler, Savannah, 7th inst. Powhatan, Ryan, Providence 7th instant. Stmr Ontario, Hudgins, Boston 7th instant.
Memoranda. Stmr Maryland (Br). Whittle, from Philadelphia for London, passed out Delaware Breakwater 8th instant. Stmr. Pennine Range (Br), Blance, from Bremen for Galveston, sailed from Sunderland 5th instant.
Stmr Lord Dufferin (Br), Dunn, from Nordenhaus, arrived at Savannah, 7th instant. Stmr Venango (Br), Manning, from Santos for New York, at Bahia 4th instant. Stmr Mississippi, Findlay, for Bremen, sailed from Port Eads 8th instant. Schr Samuel T. Beacham, Nicholas, from New York for Georgetown, 9.
sailed from Delaware Breakwater 8th instant. Schr Venus, Foxwell, from Georgetown, 9. for New London, off Deleware Breakwater 7th inst. Schr William Bisbee. Barnett, from Rockland, Maine, for Annapolis, at New York 8th inst.
Charters. Schr William Linthicum (148 tons), general cargo, Baltimore to Georgetown, 8. and back with lumber; private terms. Foreign Imports. British Steamer Ulstermore, from Liverpool quarter-casks.
brandy, 65 barrels stout, 50 bales ground olive nuts, 100 bales gunnies, 18 bales gunny cloth, 73 bales beanian cloth, 409 tons ferro-manganese, 50 tons spiegeleisen, 26 tons spiegel, 500 casks china clay. 2 cases pig iron, 39 casks palm oll, 548 bags sulphate ammonia, 8 cases scythes, 20 bales vegetable fiber, 26 caaks bleaching powder, 1,000 sacks salt, 3 cases cotton linings, 70 cates and 2 casks earthenware, 12 cases cottons, 1 box earthenware samples, 325 15 cases linens, 50 hogsheads sherry, 124 rails, bundles Ash plates, 150 bales corks, cases machinery, 24 cases chalk. 100 bags wool, 486 crates linoleum and oilcloth. 52 crates linoleum, 2 cases books, 33 cases wine and brandy, 7 packnges wines and spirits, 1 case confections, 1 case horn combs, 42 head live cattle, 1 1i-e calf, 110 bales oakum, 64 cases spirits, 60 cases onions, 4 cases furniture, 31 cases cottons. British Steamer Basuta, from Rio de tons manganese ore, Foreign Exports, British Steamer Indore (Cleared December 30), for Liverpool 40 barrels wire, steel billets, 32 tierces, 139 cases, 60 packages and 50 hogsheads tobacco, 11 packages sample tobacco.
94 barrels tallow, 2,375 packages lard, 955 boxes bacon, 318 boxes hams, 36 boxes shoulders, 1 barrel bladders, 550 packages lard, 100 barrels pork, 400 barrels grease, 409 sacks oilcake. 240 barrels lubricating oil, 181 barrels zine dross, 13 tierces and 1 box tobacco, 1.341 packages tobacco, 3,238 bales cotton, 31,875 feet onk and poplar lumber; 101 cases nails, 1 box merchandise, 200 bags nails, 5 bales and 4 bolts cotton duck, 2.583 bars copper, 11,896 feet logs, 120,000 bushels corn, 181 barrels zine skimmings, 845 cubic feet walnut logs, 11,175 feet poplar lumber, 25 cases canned apples, 50 cases canned oysters, 20 cases canned tomatoes, 25 cases canned corn, 23,800 feet oak and poplar, 4,563 white oak hogshead and barrel staves, 5,150 (suposed) feet whitewood planks, cubic feet black walnut logs, 15 bundles wheels, 64,000 feet oak planks. Value, $568,935. British Steamer Oakmore (Cleared December 30), for Antwerp via conduits, 100 barrels cottonseed oil, 7,100 packages lard. 200 boxes bacon, 161.
packages hams, 10 tierces oleo oil. 568 packages tubs, 6.892 feet, oak planks, 1 box castings, 17,452 ft. oak squares, 1 crate washboards, 1.523 white onk staves, 25 hogsheads leaf tobacco, 3.807 bars. 309 cakes and 1.593 ingots copper, 200 barrels fish oil, 20 bales hog hair, 300 boxes bark extract. 50 boxes flavine, 24,470 feet white oak planks, 38,934 feet oak and poplar lumber, 9,505 sacks oilcake, 11,045 pieces and bundles iron pipe, 2.508 cases, 12 hogsheads and 382 packages tobacco, 432 barrels lubricating oil, 252 crates woodware, 558 head cattle.
300 sacks flour, 300 sacks timothyseed. Value, $395,126. Norwegian Steamer Salvatore Di Giorgio (Cleared January 5), for Port Antonio -Additional-395 barrels and 80 bags flour, 1 package sewing machine, 2 bixes soap. Value, $2,310. British Steamer Vulcan, for bushels corn.
Value, $110,000. Domestic Ports. Charleston, S. Jan. stmr Bangor (Br), Sailed from 8th, Bremen: schr Fortuna.
Philadelphia. stmr Iroquois, for New York. Delaware Breakwater, Jan. brig Sullivan, from Black River, Jamaica, for Chester. Pa.
Passed out 8th, stmrs Algiers, from Philadelphia for Key West; Indian, Philadelphia for Boston; Hugoma, Philadelphia for Arecibo and Guanico, P. schr William K. Park, Philadelphia for San Juan, P. R. Passed out 7th, stmr Alba (Br), from Philadelphia for Newport News.
Sailed 8th, schrs Marguerite, from Fall River for Norfolk: Gertrude L. Trundy, New York for Norfolk: Jesse Barlow, New York for Charleston: Edward C. Ross. New York for Georgetown, Edward R. Baird, New York: Lewis K.
Cottingham, New York: William Marshall, New York: Mary K. Curtis. Norfolk for New York: John A. Beckerman. Norfolk for New York; Lucie Wheatlev.
Norfolk; Longfellow, Virginia; N. H. Burrow, Virginia. Galveston, Texas, Jan. stmr Concho, from New York.
Jacksonville, Jan, stmr Apache, from New York. Key West, Jan. stmrs Olivette, from Havana (and sailed for Port. Tampa); Denver, Galveston (and sailed for New York): schrs Azilda (Br), Bonacco: Goodwill (Br), Caribbean. Marcus Hook.
Jan. stmr Paraguay, from Sabine Pass. New York, Jan. 8. -Arrived, steamers New York (tank), from Rotterdam: Pocahontas.
Venice, Patras, and Gibraltar: Zambesi, Savannah (for Bremen, in distress); Coamo, Ponce, Maynguez and San Juan: Louisiana. New Orleans: Arapahoe, Jacksonville and Charleston: Benefactor, Philadelphia; Jefferson, Newport News and Norfolk; Chattahoochee, Boston. Sailed 8th, stmrs Trautentels, for Savannah; Duncan, Sydney, C. Brookwood, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres via Fernandina; Norman Prince, Cape Town, Algoa Bay and East London; Wells City, Bristol; Camoens, Manchester: Roman Prince, Pernambuco, Santos, British Princess, Gravesend and Antwerp; Bordeaux, Havre; Aragon, Georgetown, S. C.
Pensacola, Jan. stmrs Norwood (Br), for Algiers and Leghorn; Transit (Nor), Santa Cruz. Philadelphia, Jan. stmrs Ackworth (Br), from Marbella: Edda (Nor), Santo Domingo; Winyah, Norfolk, Oneida, New York; Lassell, New York; bark Abby Palmer, Hawaiian Islands: schr Clara E. Randall, Charleston and Port Arthur, Texas.
Port. Eads, Jan. steamers Nor (Nor), from Mexican ports; Columbia (Nor). Mobile; Avona (Br). Tampico (and sailed for Mobile).
8th, stmrs Induna (Br), for Havre via Norfolk: Masconomo (Br), Aalborg via Norfolk: Antillian (Br), Liverpool; Glenarm Head (Br), Belfast: El Alba. New York. Port Tampa, Jan. stmr Olirette, from Havana via Key West (and returned). Savananh.
Jan. stmrs Buckminster (Br), for Brunswick: Crostafels (Ger), Bremen; Hydra (Br), Bremen; Lincairn (Br), Manchester. Foreign Ports. Cape Spartel, Jan. stmr La Croma, from Gulfport and Pensacola for Venice and Trieste.
Liverpool, Jan. stmr Chesapeake, for Philadelphia. Tarifa, Jan. stmr Fert, from Norfolk for Barcelona and Genoa. Ymuiden, Jan.
-Arrived, stmr Soestdyk, from Newport News via Rotterdam for Amsterdam. THE BANK STATEMENT Increase In Legal Tenders Nearly Offsets Loss In Special. New York, Jan. The statement of averages of the Clearing House banks of this city for the week shows: Increase. $3.041.500 1,109.168.600 5.119.500 43,172,400 27.100 Legal 85.216,400 4,075,500 Specie.
203,684,000 288,900,400 Reserve required. 1,279,875 Surplus. 11,608,250 2.075.175 Ex U. S. deposits.
17,306,050 2,129,425 The Financier says: "The most notable feature of the bank statement for the week ending January 7 was its failure to reflect in the cash item the large gain which was estimated from the traceable movements of money during the week, an increase in legal tenders nearly offsetting a loss in specie, while the estimates indicated a gain of more than $7,500,000 cash. It is dithcult to account for this discrepancy upon the theory that it was caused by the week's exports of gold, for these shipments were included in the estimates and. moreover, the traceable gain was chiefly from the interior, representing the return flow of currency. "The net decrease in cash shown by the statement was $795,300 -specie decreasing $4,870,800, while legal tenders Increased $4,075,500. Deposits were augmented 119,500, which was $2,873,300 in excess of the sum of the increase in loans less the loss of cash; therefore the statement showed an unusually bad proof.
The required reserve was increased $1,279,875, through the augmented deposits, which requirement added to the net loss of cash made a decrease of $2,075.175 in surplus reserve to $11,608,250, or about $3,000.000 less than the surplus at the corresponding date in 1904. Computed upon the basis of deposits, less those of $22,791,200 public funds, the surplus last week was $17,306, 050. Loans were increased $3,041,500, reflecting, probably, ordinary loaning operations. "The daily average of clearings was $371,000,000, against $276,000,000 IA the previous week. This large increase doubtless represents shifting of loans incident to the January disbursem*nts; the clearings on Saturday reflecting Friday's business were $359,545,153.
The statement was probably made up on declining averages for cash, for there were large withdrawals of gold at the end of the week for indirect export to Japan and for shipment to Argentina. Still, it would seem that, considering the fact that in the previous week there was a large unaccounted for gain of cash as the result of receipts from the interior and that last week there was a still greater gain, the discrepancies of the last fortnight ought soon to be corrected, enabling the statement to show considerable increases in this item of cash. Comparisons show that five banks increased lonns by 000 net and seven banks gained $1,500,000 net cash. interesting feature of the statement is that with the exception of 1902 this is the first time in 15 years when there has been a in surplus reserve; even in that year the reduction in this item was less than BRIGHT PROSPECTS General Conditions Favor Good Trading Market In Stocks. New York, Jan.
Clews, in his weekly market letters, says: "'The new year begins. with a hopeful financial outlook. Both the agricultural and industrial situations are exceptionally sound and promising. In both of these great divisions of industry the conditions which prevail are conducive to continued prosperity, chiefly because production nas not vet overtaken consumption; the only exception of consequence being the enormous crop of cotton resulting from last year's excessively high prices. principal basis of prosperity, however, is still in the soil, and the whole country is now experiencing the stimulus of a profitable harvest.
Trade, too. is exceptionally sound, and merchants in nearly all sections of the country are dolug large and satisfactory business: in fact it is many months since the general business situation was so healthy and promising as at present. While these conditions last it is useless to expect any very serious decline the stock market. Prices are certainly high and possibly even above intrinsie merIt; but it will be difficult to induce any prolonged selling movement when the domnating spirit in business circles is one of well-grounded hopefulness. As soon a9 111- developments of an important nature occur we may expect a downward movement in stocks.
The financial situation has many elements of strength. The Investment demand for bonds is still good in spite of the heavy amounts absorbed during the last two months. Here is basis of confidence which naturally affects the entire market, and is the healthiest symptom observable from the bankers' standpoint. "January disbursem*nts will be larger than usual, and this means a further demand of the same character. Money is easy and abundant.
and this also is a bullIsh factor and will remain so as long as stocks command returns. so much better than money, as they now do. Again the railroads are once more making excellent earnings; witness for Instance recent returns of Union Pacific. Southern, Pennsylvania, New York Central and St. Paul, all of which are typical of the sections they serve.
That railroad prosperity l9 general is also proved by Reading Joining the dividend-payers, by Lackawanna declaring its extra dividend and by favorable rumors concerning other properties. "The Northern Securities decision had no adverse effect even upon Union Pacifie Interests, partly because its effect had been anticipated and partly because it will be carried to a higher court. At present there is a strong feeling of harmony among rival railroad Interests: and while this lasts adverse decisions count for little. "The fall of Port Arthur indicates a shortening if not an enrly termination of the war. Russian pride inay lead her to refuse peace overtures in the hope of redeeming a lost prestige, but the ultimate success of Japan is practically assured.
"Conditions favor a good trading market. Now that the holidays are over and the situation is becoming clearer, a resumption of activity would not be surprisIng, especially among the cliques who have been awaiting suitable opportunity to infuse more life into their favorites. In this direction more frequent fluctuations are quite probable, but this may temporarily have to be at the expense of WALL STREET Decline In Metropolitan Issues The Feature Of The Market. New York, Jan. continued their reactionary tendency today.
Trading was very largely professional and activity was curtailed. Aside from the various diverting movements of a few pools and cliques, which served to keep Interest aroused, today's business appeared to be made up exclusively of traders' operations. Moderate short covering worked some trifling recoveries, but a drive was made at Metropolitan Street Railway issues in the late trading, which forced a weak and unsettled close. Speculative sentiment was much mixed, but so far as the trading element was concerned. It was inclined toward bearishness, chiefly in consequence of the lack of Interest displayed by the publie.
Aside from the publication of the bank statement and the sharp recovery in demand sterling exchange, little developed in the way of news. Sentiment was adversely influenced, more by the failure of the public to enter the market than any thing else. For this varlous reasons were assigned, including the Washington devel opments, and the discussion of an extra session of Congress to revise the tariff. the foreign selling of stocks on reports of the possibility of internal difficulties in Russia and the like. Aside from the further sharp decline in Metropolitan Street Railway issues the market was one of limited movements, with business poorly distributed and activity confined to a very limited group of issues.
London prices came generally lower, and, though transactions were light, the disposition of foreigners to sell, which has been one of the most significant developments of the week, continued. It was responsible, in part, to the recovery of demand sterling exchange. The local market opened slightly changed, but averaging a shade lower. Thereafter the movements, aside from pool and clique issues which were worked up, were little more than an frregular drift. Moderate selling developed on the advances and prices shaded off.
This was accelerated by a late drive against Metropolitan Street Railway issues. The feature of the market was a decline in Metropolitan Street Railway and Metropolitan Securities Company. Both stocks made a net decline of points. The general impression of the street was that the break was the result of a bear raid. Still the consistent henviness of these issues during a long period attracts much attention.
In some quarters the heaviness is attributed to some strategical maneuvering. Elsewhere poor earnings, due to the opening of the subway and the prospect of decreased net earnings, due to the present inclement winter, and the Third avenue requirement are assigned as causes. Many well-informed bankers regard a further assessment on the securities company as inevitable. Condition of The Treasury. Washington, Jan.
7. The condition of the Treasury, divisions of issue and redemption, at the beginning of business today was as follows: RESERVE FUND. Gold coin and $150.000.000 TRUST FUNDS- -DIVISION OF REDEMPTION. Gold $524.842.069 477.188.000 Silver dollars of 9,303.465 Silver bullion of Total. $1,012,099,969 DIVISION OF ISSUE.
Gold certificates outstanding. $524,842.069 Silver certificates outstanding 477.188,000 Treasury notes 10.969.000 GENERAL FUND. Gold coin and $21.110.656 Gold certificates. 54,690,440 Silver coin and 4.580.680 Silver 10.257. United Other 26,945.785 Total in Treasury, $122.902.113 Deposits in national 118,881.003 $241,783,116 Current 96.736,805 Available cash $145,046,311 London Security Market.
London, Jan. 7. -Money was in quiet demand in the market today and supplies were much depleted owing to repayments to the Bank of England. Discounts were firm. Business on the Stock Exchange was dull and uncertain.
Speculators were disposed to await developments. Console were easier. but closed above the lowest quotations of the day owing to the favorable Board of Trade returns. Home rails were heavy. Americans opened weak and under parity, recovered slightly and closed quiet.
Foreigners were irregular, being affected by Paris offerings. They closed with a better tone. Imperial Japanese Government 6s of 1904 were quoted at 97 COMMERCIAL Business At Baltimore Stock Exchange In Light Volume. The clearings of the Baltimore banks for the week ending January 7 were 394. For the corresponding week a year ago the clearings amounted to $26,578,337.
The trading at the one Saturday session of the Baltimore Stock Exchange was in light volume, and there were no marked fluctuations in values. Seaboard common stock was somewhat firmer, advancing to while the preferred advanced 1. to Seaboard 4s rose to but later again sold at The' dealings in these amounted to $17,000. United Railways 4s were steady at 93. Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron 5s advanced to 85 Sales of $10,000 were recorded in Virginia Century bonds at New York Stock And Bond Market.
Money on call at New York was nominal: no loans. Time loans were easy; 60 days and 90 days, per six months, per cent. Prime mercantile paper was per cent. Sterling exchange was steady, with aetual business, in bankers' bills at 487.258 487.35 for demand and at 484.90a485 for 60- day bills. Posted rates were and 488.
Commercial bills were Bar silver was Mexican dollars were 47 Government bonds were steady. Railroad bonds were steady. Prices of stocks were inclined to yield again, but the pressure was not urgent and any evidence of support in the market tended to check the selling. Such support developed for Erie and Reading during the course of the first hour and a practically complete recovery of the opening declines was made. There was a good demand for Illinois Central, which was accounted for by unsubstantiated rumors of an intended increase in the dividend rate.
At the recovered level of prices the demand became so languid as to cause fresh discouragement over the failure to appear of the Jannary reinvestment demand and prices sagged away again at the last, making the closing weak and dull. Disappointment was professed over the bank statement, but the showing was not calculated to produce more than a nominal influence with the extreme ense ruling in the money market. The fact is not doubted that currency has started to move in a strong tide to New York, and the failure of the bank statement to reflect it is attributed to cross currents in the movement, which confuse the computation by the average system. The Metropolitan Traction stocks were.
