Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-07
The Pennsylyania Coal T.aaa-

o,i tons to the same time last year. a deere Sc
| nl s'3,te3 tons. The quantity coke aud N
aLApoi Ted over the Pennsylvania railroad
Tor The week was 10f.ISO tons and for n
year E,5@S,SGs tons, OF which o. ,Jl2 was coal
ara ill.i4 coke. THIS embraces all tue coal
cfifltu bOlh east and west. At Port Rich
moLo Tor the week ending the 4th inst. there
were receipts OF $1,000 TOT s of coal SHIPMENTS
| o. tU.Wo tons, leaving $4,000 tons on hand.
TIE retail coal trade is steadily more active
| as those who have been out of the city return
| 10 their homes The retail trade for domeS-
tc use promises 10 be quite large, but we
cannot anticipate any heavy consumption
| until those engaged in manufactures are
ger orally IN active operation. On this
point there is some difference of opinIon
The Reading Coal and Iron Company has
made some offers 10 the iron trade In the
Schuy XIII region in the hope OF stimulating
Ihe furnaces the into activity, with what
result Is 10 be seen. Some think the iron
| trade Is dull because there is little or no de-
niand for rails by the railway companies
that branch OF enterprise having been over
done in the past. We are assured by an in
| telllgent and large manufacturer of iron
that while IL is literally true there is no
over production OF flushed iron. the natural
| Inference from that fact is calculated 10 lead
To unreal conc usions. Our informant saws
iieIe meyer is much stock of flushed rails on
hand. Rails, as the rule. are not made i'm
advance of orders Al the present time the
materials for rails is in advanced prepara-
tion TO very large amount, but that there
| are positively no orders for iron on the mar
NET. our informant is prominently connect
od with more than one large iron works aud
says he has not a single order, nor is he
aware of more than one order for new rails
at any works, and in that instance il is sim
ply an exchange OF the new rails for old ones
which are to be taken in exchange to the
value OF the new. The iron interest, we re-
greet 10 say, is exceedingly depressed, and is
so from railroad making years ago in al
vance OF any Legitimate business want up to
the present time. Until there is a uuickeped
demand for iron the coal trade cannot CON
unUe active.-Pttjd. Le,tger, 6th.
THE WEsTERvELT TRIAL.-The first wit
ness examined yesterday was W. H. Titus a
New York detective who said that on the
night of December 2}d, 1874, by direction Of
superintendent Walling, he accompanied
Wtste~velt TO POughkeepsie and had a con
snitallon with the prisoner concerning Mo-
sEer and Douglass. In this conversation
Westervelt had detailed the Irip that ne had
taken with Mosher and Douglass In me sen
Iember preceding to ROndOut and EiIyviIie
witness testified that in answer TO his aues
tioh as 10 whether Charley Ross was with
the party on that occasion, Westervelt had
answered, mo, he was not with us at that
lime" Another point of interest and inn
pOrtance was Westervelt's declaration To the
witness that if Superintendent Walling had
had him (Westervelt) re-appointed on the
ponce force, he would have brought To light
MGsher, DoC glass and Charley Ross bat he
was not going 10 do the work and let some
Body else get the credit. Clinton q. Mosher
brother of the dead burglar VIM MOsher
was sworn, but told nothing OF interest The
following appears in the Personal" column
OF The Public Ledger Of yesterday morning:
Georges Station, South Carolina, send me
his address? c. X. Ross 30G Market street.
Philadelphia" This publication is made in
consequence of some anonymous letters
Nhlch nave been received by Mr. Ross.
A RASCAL AKREsTED.-Norman Chase
the railioa agent ana telegraph op orator h.
Mcntro>e, Wesichester county, has for two
years lived rent free with PniletuS SlOte the
proprietor Of the village hotel. In Septem
Der, 1913, Chase persuaded Margaret Slote
the lHlKgEner'E dan -rlfpr I'm " n IVA NIT
him. In a few days they returned and said
thar they had been married. Believing this,
the father took the young couple into his
house. They lived IN this way until a few
days ago, when it became known Chase hal
n3de arrange mentS to leave town. He was
asked whether his wife was TO 20 win him
bit he replied that he had no wife When
'al!Cj upon 70 explain he said that Margarst
ana himself had agreed 10 return and de
ttlve neI iataer, WIZ The understanding tha,
intir relations might De severed at auv time.
Wheh TINS came 20 Mr.. SlOte's ears he went
10 JCuge GlHJrd and procured an order for
5he arrest OF Chase in civil suit for board.
6!ter q stout resistance. Judge q ifford held
hlm In $1,000 baii.-N Y. Sun 9Th.
WAS IT SUICIDE OR MURDER?-Henry
StTaub and his wife occupied squalid apart
ments on st. Charles street, Newark, y. ].
They drank heavily, and, as is generally the
case with such people, quarreled frequently
Saturday evening they had a disturbance.
Nothing more was heard of them until Mr..
teTday morning, and said that his wife had
got up during the night and hung herself An
officer accompanied him to the house and
found the dead body Of the woman suspend
ed from beam. Straub was questioned as
TO the circumstances under which the hang
ing had taken place, add failed TO make sat
lsldctCry replies. he knew that his wife
went out TO hang herself, but he made no eff
fort TO cut her down or otherwise to save her
me- There are bruises on her body showing
violence, and inquiry among the neighbo,S
ELECTED the information that the dead woman
was heard TO call ''murder" two or three
times before the noise ceased. Straub was
taken into custody.-N Y. Times, 9Th.
A STRANGER IN NEW YORK STRIKES
BACK.-At about twelve O'Clock on Saturday
night John Adams, aged twenty years. resId-
ing at NO. lOI Washington street, and num-
DER OF other men set upon an unknown man
ard attempted 10 rob him. The stranger re.
sisted vallanJly. Finding himself becoming
overpOwered by numbers, he drew knife
from his pocket and dealt blows right and
left with Ii. One of these reached Adams
and cut into his LETT lung. Adams dropped.
quietly pursued his way. Adams was taken
TO the Park hospital. Nothing has been
heard of the man who so effectively acted in
MS own deience-N T. Herald, Oh.
WHISKY And THE WATERING PLACES
Most of the hotel prOprietOrs at Long Branch
nave made money this season, ana the Ocean
apparently had its share OF the patronage
All OF them, however, have felt the loss OF
iEOlil tue DdTTpe1uS. III JDe seasons
OF Flsk's and Helmbold splurging, when
money was plenty, the sale Of wines and
liquors at bars and in the dining rooms was
enormous in quantity, and at very high
prices. This year, although the number of
guests has been equal, there has been vastly
less tipping. A quieter mode of living has
been the rule, and lavish expenditure the
rare exception.-N Y. Sun, 7h.
THE QUESTION OF HELMBoLD's SANITY
Ii. I. Helmbold, of patent medicine success
and failure, has been again in the Pennsyl-
vania Asylum for the Insane-taken there a
few weeks ago from Long Branch where he
had rejOined his family. On Thursday a
writ of habeas corpus was secured in his be-
half and DIR. Kfrkbridge OF the asylum was
required by IL 10 show why he should not be
discharged as sane. Judge Elcock, before
whom the case came, heard the testimony
and discharged him. He is now In New Yorx
city, and he declares that he will soon sue
the persons who put him In the asylum for
kidnapping.
COMPARATIVE SPACE OF INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITI0Ns.-A correspondent of the New
York World writing from Philadelphia in
regard to the Centennial next year, gives the