, 1876-03-13
A Warm Winter Disastrous to
Co1d.Wcnthcr Trades.
Jay Gould Playing Heathen Chinee..-
Tho Western Union Raid.
What Clara Louise Kellogg Says Of Her
Reported Engagement.
, Strong Anti-Matrimonial Prejuaices Of
Theatrical Managers.
Romance and Reality in Hoboken---
Interesting Art Gossip.
GOSSIP AND NEWS,
1 wAnX WINTER p1sAsTnous 70 coLp-wEAT1rEn

TRADES,
sptefa, cor7tspon.t1,ee ef Tho Cnitaao Tribune.
New Yonu, March 0.-Tho une1amplod warm
vintor is no Joke to sundry aorts Of people, how
ever profitable It may be to othors, Certain
lines OF trade lnrgoly, II not wholly. dependent
upon good, honost, cracking cold wcather,
havo almost suffered annitilat!on.
Tho slotgh trsdo, especially tho con-
signocs Of alcighs rocuiyod from tnscrior manu-
factories, has amounted to no1t 10 nothing. a
certain Broadway bank bad warehouse receipt
for a quantity of new s,oirbu lnyoIcod to parties
hn-o at e95 ta1, nov },o,l 40 coatnral for 1oor,
~ an mr. wv, ~" ,,,roJ ,x,,h.
out being paid. IN effort haa boen fnado to aosl
s!,om at forced sale, but In rain; the pricos do
mt covcr Tina far 2B nor cont OF tho Invoice,
nnd. altar sac,,flcInr ono-tbIrd Of tho lot, tho
banK "iscly mhao an otfhn9omens VIII t.e OWL,
or to ssoro tho balance Of tho property until
next wiuter, and avals hotter opportunity 70
closo out tho Investment Dealers in skates,
suow-ahovos, ice-toolB otc., have suffered lm-
monHo1y, and the coal doaors, having SOD only
laf Of thcie stock, arc III doapar TO pay th9lr n
dobtedness Several lnpostaai, ta1nrea @ ~ tno no
inpcudlng.
HOW JAY GOULD rLAgED IT on T. w. pArE.
somo Tina uro II. ", Park. President Of tho
p'nana m.,,,on1 nomnnnv m.niou1ator of Tho
rmma n1inc ecnndaj in london. otc,. otc.. b.,
e.n,a ,r1o,vo, tr a -ov viii thc Pacific Mall
s,asn,sh,, connanv than contro,loI hv Inv
nott5 p,rl roao5vo1 "a hnvo ANNA roror win,
I'm A1o,, comnanv. and for thts nnrnoso nronnro,1
scheme for pust;ur on lima Of steamers bo-
,voo, Nav york md son Froncisoo. Gould NJ
Ms. fono,,t ,,,Ia oan,o hard In cauae1 an IN,
,unr+ion tn M ,Gsuo1 fnrhlddinr ,1o Panama
nomnanv fron, euran1ng IN Tho atcntn.
thin b,isiness. but Park por.oyorod and
.,,,I,n1 ,1n lima M \, fr5;vid,,1
sTs,a a,,sta, -, .,,a n,n,,,, p,itro,a = Cn,n.r.-
om "at11' Snss raot,s ,ro Gn nant ~ .|crt
sso1. - aos "1 III 81 st sst, ~, t, Se I.t,, ~ ,.,s
s,k IT, ne,iraa5 rn,n,,ot,, trnni1o H., ~c. n.u
.naoe ~ ~, I,nrt, nr.ai'nrt - tha r,,rnsn,.
sna fn,cci n Cn tn tbn 1stirn,,s IN nnrsp,, ~
,as,i H. ~ ~ r. ~ a,,1i.a ,i, ~ on ~ W
4uu thts aIo tao1eT,snt nn ~ aou s par.
sost sa t,raod ns ~ str,a+ RI, a. .n
we ~ ,t, .sar ~ H. w.
sInt,. v1S,v IN annr,el r. nrsrrc A. rith -, ia
htnI,o,al M to so,l pnrao Mat, ahnrt Try n,,cvod
t,r@ - az ,nsn ~ IN Wa. s,,f,,n.S ~ ~,
hs.sus st+ - Js T.. NV r.t,t oE nHa S .nS
.fa ~. s,atna ~ IT'S ns,~ ~. ,,s,i,, H., ~
nhst Iondors II ,vns t,nstfnnI to nrcornn,ish
About this timo 1t began to bo whispered that
Gould lhd aroppnd paclilc Mail. and tho stock
an COVE; aoMn. aown ,5 70 ~ 70 -. ~, zos9,
ant17 sn1 IL ttai,o- ~ i,sst ,a,f ,,n i5ot &
ira by tl,Fa fnrn in TIM marked. onginnorcd in
his intorcst by hla invotcrato enemy, Il. ". Park.
TIE nA1p on wEgrEnx UNION.
l10 HAll 6EIoet pEQkoTh arc p0Epl08ou Dy lilo
,ppAlcut Grmuoss OF Western Union at tho low
ut ratos recently touched. Gould Is tho Mephis-
tonl,nloa vorkinr th,s puppct n,ao. Uo IL To-
r., 49, ..t.,,,.,., ..s.,, ~ H.,
sss n.tna ~ nosaTa a,,S H.. mee'nk ~ me Union
neripg Western Union ilctcoy. Tho main dlf-
scnlty tlioy cncountor ia in trying to frieuten
tho isrro bona ndo hol,1om of I'm stoct
ike coamodoro Conn vandosbi1t Van s Augustus ~ sn' seue n
William Orton, MoBoe Taylor, and others, to
patt With thoir shares. Gould is tho principal
Dwnor Of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Com
pany aud has reduced tho Income OF that Com
pany greatly by tho lessoncd ratoa 10 competing
points. 1t Ii, In fact, an even thing in respect
10 the reduced ratea. Each company has Just
about tho RAmo amount Of business na formerly,
en1y at prices ranging from 25 to 80 por cent Less
lhan before tho war. y hills Gould persists IN
Ibis method Of warfare tho Western Union Ia
lilo largest sufferer. It iH now given out he has
,olo snoIt at ~, anu ~ trying 70 beat tho price
~ v~h Ja,a ~ % - -. a nay luah tno f. q T.
tjnfnn r. nav liz 1oasos. '' sAo's" VA "'''''A
o1,Aus 1omsr xr1,ooa ANN ,,,rur,,ovv '
Ths oluba nro fl,ad with r,n,ora ~ tha noa,-
Nyo cncacomont of Clara LoutHo 1so,lnpp tho
nncro s,nror. md tbIa t,mo tno ooaa,n, h,vo
Whitfield IL down to a f1us po;nt. naming thc
hsppv man and tho dnLo Of tha woddtnr. CJ.ra
Louise has been interviewed ou tia eub,eot
m.ny times. but sho nearay.,luely euTs, INV
avn afY,ir. aro rnt,,o and rot -, nt,,,,n,,
no...s.",.. ,os 'pa0 ~ ana nus snc pnoaos.
poe'.'soiy ooohoe 70 say "nosnof tnase atofios
are truo or iAso. bomo years sgo slmllar storlca
wero printed about me-, and gladly contrsdiotso
them. but l Nas tod tdas ny donIals wero
esas,Yo, aha altefMard shat haa Tilted worthy
eeosleman morely TO mako good ny donials,-
1or pnfpotei 30 now III SAY nothing.
ana people sy that ta proof that
.ae seo1'os @ a1o stuo, way caanot hGIn y. They
capnos gay eheoaragod them." This Ia tho
which
4os % properly tesmeo "a interview. Olara
Loulso, Bays, ~ nc way taat tho Worst intor-
Vlo~osa ato sneso OF hot own Re1, ana ta!le some
good stories OK the way eho was bored for tnfor-
tfora 10 tha Son,aio "orroonan5onta T., 1vai.s.'t
Ton. An iut,mase ,aly frjond Of Ciara Lo,,iss
rocontly remarked that Whenever tho latter con-
templated matrtsgo SHE would not hido hes Light
9nuo1 a nuahol Ana conceal long from het
"to.aa'
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