The Portland daily press., 1874-08-04
NEW YORK.
Another Abduction Case.

New YORK, Aug. 3.-Annie Miller, child
of Sebastion Miller of East New York, yes
terday afternoon left her parents house and
has not since been heard of. The father has
visited all the police stations. but obtains no
| news of her. Geo Hustler, playmate OF An
ME, residing at Washington and Atlantic ave
nnes. says he four negroes lift the girl into
wagon and drive Off
The Currency and Banking Law.
The new currency and banking law has al
ready been in force long enough to give assur.
ance that so far as it changes the old order or
affairs, it improves it, The New York banks
have gained instead of losing strength, and are
TO day prepared to grant larger facilities 10
business men than at this season for years.
Criminal Notes.
Gilbert +. Riisbeck and Chas H. Bertrand,
New York lawyers, indicted and convicted of
conspiracy to defraud Gardner Keep of Brook
iyn out OF valuable estate, were sentenced at
Newark, n, j., to two years in states prison
ana fiae OF $500 each aud costs OF proseca-
ton.
Mrs. Maria Duffy, No. 342 cast 18th street,
was beaten and kicked by her husband Peter
to-day, in the stomach aud abdomen. She is
pregnant and little hopes are entertained OF
her recovery.
Insaue,
Young Walworth, the parscide, who is now
IN Auburn prison, is reported TO be insane. The
State Commissioner of Lunacy says he is an
epieptlc SUBJECT. lie was removed TO the aSy-
lum on Thursday.
Railroad Competition.
The Tribune reports conference of railroad
men in the private apartments OF Vanderbilt at
Saratoga last Thursday, at which were present
the presidents of the Pennsylvania Central. Al
lentown and Great Western, Columbia, Gin
cinnati and indianapolis, Toledo, Wabash and
Western, and various other roads. The meet.
ing is said to have been less for the purpose of
raising freIghts than to establish equitable and
uniform freight and passenger rates and put
an end to the cut throat competition be-
tween the corporations, SO much in vogue in
the past.
The Corners ia Grain.
From the latest information received by
dealers in New York in regard to the corner in
corn, it is more evident than ever that the Chi
cago operators have put themselves to great
deal of trouble for very small result. Accord
ing to letters and dispatches reaching New
York to-day, they may have got rid of 1,000,-
900 to 100000 at an advance of 10 to Is cents,
but they appear to have on hand still five to
six million bushels here and in Europe, with
the prospect of large new crop coming into
the market. 1t remains to be seen whether the
losses upon this enormous holding will be set
off by the profits on what they have sold to the
"shorts."
There appears to have been more of real fact
on which to base the corner in oats True the
receipts at the lake ports since Aug. l, 1873,
nave been fGlly equal TO an average or the three
last years, but the low price of the article APP
pears to have caused a largely increased con-
sumption at the West, for the shipments from
the lake ports since J9nuary !, are about three
million bushels below the average of 1872 and
1873, and the result is apparent in a visible
supply" of only 100000 bushels as against
100000 bushels year. TIE shortness of the
visible supply has facilitated the creation of the
corner, but the speculation has eliminated,
the market is now open to the full effect of the
prospect Of large new crop, and prices are
rapidly falling.
Death of a Bond Forgcr
l. NJ Van Etteu, the California bond forger
died 10 Hudson county, n. j., tonight. He
admitted taking laudanum Saturday last and
said he never intended to return to San Fran
CISCO for trial.
A Boy sent by Express
This evening boy about five years old er-
rived at the Grand Central depot, who had a
label pinned to his clothes bearing the address
of Clara Sculy No. 81 Jones street. The boy
b d been given in charge of the conductot of
the Boston express train at Springfield, Mass.
The conductor sent the boy to the address in
lcated, but no person by the name of Sculy
could he found. The boy, who CAV the name
of Frank Phelps, was taken to police head
quarters.