tutu: BUSINESS.
.It Has Been Unusually Dull Even For
- This Season Of the Year. '
BETTER; FEELING IN STOCKS.
A Gradual Advance In These Securities.
The Gloomy Government Crop Re.
port and Its Emcee—Failures
Reported For the Week.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15..-—R. G. Dun & Co ’5
weekly review of trade says: ~
An extraordinary spell of deadly hot
weather has afiected trade throughout the
country. According to government re-
ports, the crops have sustained serious in-
juries. Labor difiiculties extend, and the
closing of establishments for want of work
and the refusal of commercial loans by
.banks checked operations in many branch-
es of industry and 'trade. The week there-
fore closes, as the last week .did, with do-
mestic business unusually dull for the sea-
son, measured by clearing house exchanges
5 per cent smaller than last year and 15.5
per cent smaller than in the same week of
1892, the last year of full business at this
season, in spite of some gain in conditions
affectng future operations.
There is evidence of greater confidence
in the stock market, which began to ap-
pear on Monday. The average of 60 most
active railroad stocks had fallen to $40. 85
per share, a decline of over 7 per cent for
the Week, against 345. 09 at the lowest point,
after the Venezuelan difficulty last De-
cember, $41. 71 at the lowest point in 1893,
and 841.54 at the lowest point in 1894, so
that prices were actually the lowost in- 17%
years, since the first month after specie re-
sumption. Trust stocks also declined $2.78
for the week. There was some selling by
foreign holders, but a far more important
factor was the general feeling of capitalists
and investors here that it might not yet be.
the best time to buy. Men of more confi—
dence put up prices a little on Tuesday,
and still more on Thursday, so that the
week closed with an advance averaging 70
cents per share for railroad and 79 cents
for trusts. Many men" have the idea'that
stocks are a purchase as soon as political
doubts are removed, but are not agreed as
to the thing needed to rembve those doubts.
Railroad earnings for the first week in
August were 4. 4 per cent smaller than last
year and 14.3 per cent smaller than in
1892, and with some improvement in ship-
ments westward to Indianapolis, but de-
crease to Chicago; The Chicago east bound
tonnage was over 4 per cent less than last .
'year.
A Gloomy Crop Report.
The government crop report for August
was so gloomy that a great rise in prices
would have followed if it had been entire-
ly credited; In fact, wheat rose about half
a cent, but again deciined,-5closing only a
fraction higher for the week. Corn de-
ciin‘ed- throughout the week, closing near-
ly a cent lower. Cotton receded-an eighth“,
notwithstanding continued reports of in-
jury. It is wise to-remember that the gov-
ernment accounts were based on returns
prior to the fearful spell of‘heat, and hence
may be more nearly correct than they
were when prepared. . But official and un-
cflicial estimates of gr‘eat’decrease in wheat
yield are confronted with ‘a movement
from the farms cf 3,560,741‘bushel‘s for the
week, against 2,295,242 lastv'yeargandvit
scarcely seems reasonable to believe that
ketedsincc 'fiuly 1 this year, against 11,-
625,262 .last year, if the yield had been
smaller, with the price 9 cents lower than
a year ago. Atlantic exports, flour includ-
ed, 1,409,780 bushels, against 889,301 last
year, are not enough to account for the
difference. No one now questions the prob-
ability of a very large yield of corn. But
the advancepf cotton to 8.12 cents caused
large selling and a reaction, although it is
undeniable that much injury was done by
the severe heat and drought prior to the
recent liberal rains in the southwest. '
Iron production was reduced 20,764 tons
weekly in July, and-has been further re-
duced since Aug. 1, while unsold stocks
increased 26,192 tons in July. The stop-
page of a large share of the Connellsville
coke works and of ,many lake iron mines
is fair indication that the two combina-
tions do not believe anything could be
gained by reducing the prices of materials,
.and the main difficulty is obviously the
extreme narrowness of demand for finished
products, which is so small that most
transactions are at some concessions even
from the current low prices- With Ala-
bama No. 2 offered at $6. 50 at Birming-
ham, equivalgnt to $10. 25 here, against
$11.50 for northern No. 2, the marketis
not large enough to support pricesof ei-
ther. Copper receded to its quotation before
last week, tin has been sold below current
quotations at 13.35 cents, and with sales
of 800 tons lead weakened to 2.75 cents.
Boots, Shoes, Wool, Etc.
The boot and shoe industry is approach-
ing the end of orders at hand, and gradual
advances in the prices asked tend to the
restriction of new orders which appears in
other “industries also, but shipments from~
the. cast thus far iii-August are 10 per cent
smaller than last, year in number of cases.
Leather is scarcely changed in price, many
of the tannerica halving ceased operations,
but hides are 6.p_er oent‘lowor for the Week
and have declined 17.43 per cent within
the last five weeks. The woolen manufac-
ture makes little change, with not more
than a third of- the machinery now run-
ning, and the demand for goods does not
improve, although prices of some impor-
tant grades have been further reduced.
Sales of wool at the three chief markets
for two weeks have been 4,791,000 pounds
against 14,473,150 in the same weeks of
1894 and 16,436,302 in the same weeks of
1892. Nor has improvement appeared in
cotton goods, although the curtailment cf
production for some Weeks has been great.
- It is a step toward recovery, not quite
pleasant, but sure, that merchandise im-
. ports since J ulyl are 18 per cent lefis while
exports are 16 per cent more than last year.
It means depression of trade, but also de-
crease of foreign indebtedness. The fall-
ures for the first-week of August ending
with the 6th showed liabilities of $6,977,-
258 against $2, 403, 774 in eight ”days of
1895 and $3,294,689 in 1894. ,Manufac-
turing were $6,458,441 against 81,293, 894
last year, and. trading were $1,461,707
. gainst $1,104,880 last: year‘. Failures for
~ he week have behn 298 in the United
.‘ States against 196 last year and 36 in Can-
ada against 38 last year.
i , California Fruit Abro/ad.
LONDON, Aug. 15. —The consignment of
10,600 half cases of California fruit, which
lhas just reached here, was in excellent
condition and of better sizethau former
.lots. The prices realized were, however,
flower, owing to the glut in the market 0
.English and French fruit. .'
‘ _ Advertisein the Gamma. W
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run YAQUI UPRISIliG.
Origin of the Religious Fanaticism tn.
Which It Is'Due.
NOGALES, A. T., Aug. 15.——A~'strang€
religious fanaticism, finding its motive
power in the preaching of a newspaper,
brought about the attack made, on the
Mexican custom house at N ogales, Sonora,
just across the line. It would be useless tc
Seek to explain the outbreak by reference
to such motives as inark the lives of sane
people. The men ivhc made up~the moi:
had been working as cheap section hands
in the employ of the Southern Pacific com-
pany. They were of all sorts-Pima In-
dians, Mexican peons, Quyaquis and Mesi-
tos.’ They were not after plunder in the
usual sense, for they did not take the very
considerable sum of money in the custom
house. It appears that they are all follow~
ers of a magnetic healer and .prophetess,
Santa Teresa Cabora, for whom their ad-
miration has grown into worship. Thc
newspaper which is devoted to the'exploi-
tation of her doings is published by Laerc
Aguirre and is re‘sponSible for most of the
mischief. The paper declares that Santa
Teresa is a divine, or at least an inspired
leader, delegated from Godto free the com
mon people of Mexico and release them
from the slavery in which he tells them
they are bound. . '
. DENVER, Aug. 15.—General Wheaton,
commander of the department of Colorado,
when informed of the Indian outbreak on
the Mexican border, at once placed troops
in the field to head of! the Indians shoulc
they invade American soil. From .Hua-
chuca, 40 miles north of Nogales, Captain
Bumus, with Troop A, First cavalry, im-
mediately started for the border. The of-
ficers at army headquarters state there is
no reason to believh that the troops-Will be
involved in the trouble. A telegram was
received from Fort Huachua saying Colonel
Bacon left for Nogales by rail with two
companies of the Twenty-fourth infantry.
VENEZUELA AGAIN.
Important Statement From Balfour In
the House of Commons. .
LONDON, Aug. 15.—The first lord of the
treasury, A. J. Balfour, in the. house of
commons today, replying to Sir William
Vernon Harcourt, the Liberal leader, who
requested information relative to the {hog-
ress of the negotiations for arbitration of
the Venezuelan dispute, asking whether
the apparent difficulties had been removed
bythe proposal of the United States con-
tained in the dispatch of June 12, said that
the government was still considering the
latest proposals of Secretary Olney, which
are regarded as opening the way for an
equitable settlement. Mr. Balfour said
that the government has every reason to
expect that the pending negotiations will
lead to an early settlement of the dispute.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt said he
thought the house would regard Mr. Bai-
four’s statement as eminently satisfactory.
Considering the anxiety felison the subject
throughout the country, and since the ne-
gotiations had assumed a shape which led
to the belief that the papers on the subject
could be communicated to the house at an
early date, he hoped that they would be
communicated to the public -as_ soon as
possible. .
“Yes,” answered Mr. Balfour, “it is the
desire of the government to communicate
the papers as soon as this can be done with-
out prejudice to public interests.”
The Times says that it understands that
parliament'will reassemble at the unusual-,
ly early. date of Jan. 11.; - -
- GOULD ssrsrs owner. -'
20,700,990“, $1118!) .818 would 1333,79 Mammal,“ :She Has 1309311“ All HP! Interests Inftho
, 'Esta't’es to<fwo Persons._ ~
NEW YORK, Aug. '1. 5.-—-.By ordinary .war-
rant‘y deed, purporting to convey “all the
right} title" and interest in and to all prop--
erty of every kind“ and nature of which
Mrs. Angell is and was seized as her dower
right in the property of J 'ay'Gould.” to
Amasa J. Parker, .Ir., of Albany and Mar-
garet E. Cody of_ Denver, was sent to the
register’s Office by a law firm of Denver.
'Mrs. Angeli claims that her whole name
is Sarah Brown Gould Angeli, and that
she-is the widow of the late Jay Gould, to
whom she claims she Was married in
April, 1868.
For a document which purports to deal
with such large interests this instrument
is very carelessly, not to say slovenly,
drawn. It is dated July 1, 1892, but in
the acknowledgment the date is omitted.
It also lacks the county clerk’s-certificate
of the notary’s authority to take the ac-
knowledgment. The deed must be return-
ed for correction before it can be filed.
The consderation is “$1 and other valuable
consideratibn.” Sarah Brown Gould An-
geli makes her mark for her signature.
That Alleged Filibuster.
-WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—No official in-
formation has been received by the treas-
ury officials concerning the reported de-
parture of the tug Dauntless with afili-
bustering expeditionirom the vicinity of
Brunswick, Go. The Spanish legation
had informed the department that a large
party of Cubans had left Tampa, Fla.,‘for
Jacksonville, and it was supposed the ex-
pedition would leave from that point. .
Concessions to Americans.
”WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-—United States
Minister Baker,"in a report to the state de-
partment from ‘Managua, says that the
g0vernmentsof Costa Rica and Nicaragua
have granted to the International North
and Central American Transportation and
Express company, a corporation composed
of citizens of the United States, authority
to do business in those republics. .
More Trouble In Ashanti.
CAPE Coasr CASTLE, Gold Coast Colony,
British West Africa, Aug. 15.——It is ru--
mored that Chief Samory has attacked the
Inkoranza country, north of Kumassi,
capital of Ashanti. A detachment of Haus-
sas has left here under sealed orders. '
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BGDYIN THECISTERN.
DEAD MAN’S, WIPE ARRESTED:
Neighbors Declare That She Threatened
Ber Husband and That He Disap.
peered Nearly 'a Year ' Ago. " ' *
Statement of the Accused.
Bnoovax, Aug. 15.—Mrs. Phcnbe wu-
son, the body of whose husband, tied with
rope, was found in the cesspool at hei-
home, 22 Pine street, Flushing, N. Y.,
spent a restless night in the Town’hall,
where she aw’aits examination on‘ the
charge of having murdered her aged hus-
band. -The authorities Were early at the-
house today looking for further evidence
in the case which'has stirred Flushing. ,
The Wilsons lived for 30 years in ‘a two,
story'frame structure at 22 Pine street.
Mrs. WilSon’s temper of late years has been
well developed, according to her neighbors,
and it'is'claim‘ed that she made the life of
her‘ spouse very miserable. His-health
broke down, but he continued to work for
the New York and Northern railway at
High 'Bridge' until about a year'=ago.- He
was brought home last August by fellow
,Wcrkmcn, a cripple from rheumatism.
According to Mrs. "George Fields, a
neighbor, Mrs. Wilson was angry” When
she saw him, and as scenes the workmen
left she berated him harshly. " ' "I
Mrs. ‘Fields: says the couple quarreled
frequently. Once she heard sounds of
beatings follOvved by Wilson’s cry: '
“Will no one help me?” ' " V
Another time she heard Wilson cry out,
and then she heard his wife exclaimr
“If you do that-again, I’ll kill you; ’-’
It was a wonder to the neighbors how -
the Wilsons lived, as 'it was known that
they had no money. The wife earned a
few cents by sewing. '
One night in the latter part of August
or September Mrs. Fields and her husband
heard Mrs. Wilson walking about the house
all night and both watChed the Wilson
house. They say they sm Mrs. Wilson
enter the collar with a big bundle.
. Both cellar windows were nailed up with
lumber, and thocellar door was. also fast»
ened. Since then Mrs. Wilson seldom
allowed any one to enter the house, and
usually answered callers from a‘ Second
story window. ‘ ‘ 2
‘ The First Suspicious,
» "’ Constable Slavin has been looking up
the case, but Police Justim Smith "was
afraid to issue a warrant. The neighbors
complained of a terrible odor coming from
the cellarof the Wilson house. They hint-
ed that old Wilson might have been buried
there and that the old farmhouse concealed
a murder perhaps.
Police Captain Hance saw Mrs. Wilson,
who said her husband was in California.
She told others that her husband was in
various parts of the country. «.3
, .Health. Inspector Rafi heard of the- story
and began an investigation of the premises
under the pretense of examination for
health purposes. ‘
The Woman was plainly annoyed at the
intrus’cn. She protested 'that the cellar
was clean. The smell, she said, came from
dead eels she had fed to cats. -' . . 2,
"“Wher‘o was‘herihusband?’-’ . -
‘ ‘In 'rarrytbwn, ’ ’ Mrs. Wilson answered
quickly,.“with"Mr.. H. C. Morse.”
'Rofi . left ,‘the. premises on {sumo pretext
and. hurriedly? wired to vTarrytown. ~ -Mr.'
Morseansweredst'hat be last heard Wilson
was in Flushing in 1894. This time ,Rofi
wentjto the house with a tailow dip, deter-
mined tc investigate carefully. " '
“Where'did’ you say ‘Pony,’ your .hus-
band, Was?” asked Rolf.
- “In California. Went there a month
ago,” replied Mrs. Wilson, watching Rofi'
nervously as heafip‘roa‘ched the opening of
the cistern.‘ ' ' ' " - ’ -
Roff poked the pool.
“There’s nothing there except what the
rats carried there,” said Mrs. Wilson as
Rofi took up the boards. She replaced one
or two of the boards. He ordered her to
leave the cellar and had a keeper outside
watch her. Rofl soon fished out a headless
body.
Around it from neck to foot was a rope
which~fastenedboth hands together. It
had been fastened around the neck in a
thin slipknot. The left foot was gone.
Wilson's Body.
The head was subsequently found. Roff
recognized it by a gray mustache and its
general outlines as that of Wilson, whom
he had known for many years.
The body had apparently been in the wa-
ter-for a long time. as it was almost flesh—
less. - - ~
Inspector Boff told Mrs. Wilson what he
had found. She protested that her hus-
band had} startedwith a Russian for Cali-
fornia amonth ago. She couldn’t give the
Russian’s name. She denounced her ar—
rest as an outrage. '- . ' '
“How do you know it is my husband?”
she exclaimed. “How could you identify
it? You'must be mistaken. . God knows
I have worked day and night for my hus-
band,’ although he was a great care. I
took in washing and sewing. ” ‘-'
Later Mrs. Wilson said the body must be
that of some Italian that neighbors put
there to get her into trouble“.
She said she was married to Wilson
Sept. 12, 18675. She has a sister, Jane
Elizabeth Season, living at Port Washing.
ton. She said her husband left the house
in January to work on the New York and
Northern. ' ’ '
- Mrs. Wilson says she is 45‘years old, but
she looks ten years older. She = has pro—
truding eyes of a faded grayish blue-of a
feverish brilliancy;- ‘She seemed worried
as to whether her house was " closed and if
her animals would be allowed to starve.
She impressed her keeper as being in-
sane or as feigning insanity. Her form is
wasted and bent, and she has su‘fiered
great 'privationswithout doubt. The Wil-‘
sons hadn’t paid rent in two years.
Hottest Place In America.
GUTBRIE, 0. T., Aug. 15.—After a slight
drop of temperature for 48 hours the hot
wave started in with renewed vigor, and
the temperature reached 109 degreesin the
shade. The city water supply "is short, and
lawns and flowers are burning up, and cot-
tonand late. corn are being damaged.-
Boiler Explosion: Kills Three.
thasora, Tex., Aug. 15.-—A boiler ex-
plosion occurred at ,Somerford’s sawmill,
near here. The dead are William Henry,
Ben Johnson and James Winzers. The in-
._ _ jurod are M. R. Henry, Ned Henry, Ed-
ward Johnson, iataliy, and Frank Somer-
ford. i ; ~ .
Irish and mu Passed. ,
. LONDON, Aug. 15.—-The house of 101115
accepted the Irish land bill as reamended
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by the commons, which finally passed it. '
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We have secured through thew
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ell-known house of S'lllTll & illliELl, balance of their
MEN’S, LADIES? AND MISSES’ ‘ HOSE,
at prices lowerilian all previous records. It means,io”slaie iibriefly, that '
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506WILL BUY ONE DOLLAR’SWORTH.
SATURDAY MORNINGAT 9 O’CLOCK.
r’ llosuery.
1 case, 60 dozen, Ladies’ fast black,
seamless Stockings, spliced heels, full
lengths; all clean and fresh stock, per
pair, 8c; box of our pairs, 39c.
1 case boys’ and girls’ ribbed Stock-
ings. S. & A. make. the-regular 250
quality; not more than six pairs toa
customer;per pair, l2 I-2c.
1 case men’s fine black and tan Hose,
high spliced « heels, warranted two
thread, Hermsdorf dye; per pair,
121-520. .
Ladies’ French‘lisle Hose, in black
only, every pair warranted perfect,
same as sold everywhere at 48c; can’t
last long; per pair, 250.
Dress Goods.
10 pieces black, figured Jacquards,
cashmere finish; 500 grade; for one
week, only 37 | .2c a yard.
46 in. all wool French Henrietta, 81‘
qualitv. sold usually by dealers at $1.25 ;
special for this week, 75c per yard.
' Linens.
56 in. fine bleached German Damask,
extra value; one week only, 23¢ .per.
yard- . . .
_ Half bleached, extra heavy, pure
linen Damask; for this week, 280.
'_Just received, a new and complete
line of Window Shades. Prices from
25c up.
in ilur Popular cloak Room,
Ladies’ Suits, a few sizes only. in
plain and fancy Serges and fancy mix-
tures, at about one-half regular prices.
Ladies’ separate Skirts, in black
Serges, figured Mohairs and fancy
Checks, at prices from 25 to 40 per‘
cent less than regular values. ‘
.Ladies’ Bathing Suits, at SI .98
and $8.50: worth $3.00 and $4.50.
Infants’ and Misses’ short Dresses,
in white and fancies, a large variety at
reasonable prices.
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.I will write you a, policy in fithe Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insur-
ance Company. Glass will’break and burglars use dynamite. _’
In case of, Fire
You should be insured. A policy in. the Reliance of Philadelphia
Phoenix of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire of
Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United'States and Pacific
of New York; Seourity of New Hampshire. or Granite State of Ports;-
mouth will protect you against the fire fiend.
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