The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-29

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a dozen times a day, as well as Mrs
Van Colt, and all the noted revival
lists. The singing and praying is Of
the emotional kind, the end being to
get up as much religious fervor and
feeling as possible. Bishops Simpson
and Peck have charge OF the exercis-
es. 1t is an immense success this
year.
WALL STREET.
Not since the summer Of 1878 has
there been such q grip acquired
by the "bulls" on the whole front Of
the Wall Street stock market, as now
exists.
A great bull" combination led by
Keene, the heavy operator from
Frisco" Russell Sage, the man who
sat down" on Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
for so long a time, d. p. Morgan,
Sam Mills, Osborne and others as
sisted by Vanderbilt and also by sew
eral b1nks who are interested 10 foat-
ing the wreck 10 North West & Rock
Island II. r. stocks made By Tracy's
failure arc now manipulating for a
higher market, the controlling part of
the stocks of railroads and telegraph
companies representing q capital Of
no. less than three hundred millions
of dollars.
Their argument is, Grst, that in the
general depression Of trade-noW
slowly improving-and in the liqui-
dations which have been going on,
railroad stocks FELL below their true
value and, second, that the great
crops Of the country will be carried
over the roads this fall, and tie war.
giving q market at good prices, will
stimulate the business Of the
entire country, and the roads, having
already Effected great economy in
running expenses viii show a large
increase in earnings, and at paying
rates for all, and investors and specu-
lators will then buy stocks at tie aG-
VaRced prizes.
There are those who DO not take
this Foseate view, and Jay Gould is
u Of them. This clique have dem
onstrated their positive strength by
advancing the whole line in the face
Of the recent labor strike, and It's at
tendant destruction OF railroad prop
erty, so that during the ten days Of
its continuance, the stocks in their
hands marked in quoted sales an in
creased yalue Of eight million dollars.
Jay Gould taxes gg hand on that side
present, bat last week. 10 the tele-
graph stocks, Keene and Gould exc
cuted a pas de deux" ia which j. G..
showed the most leg, and left Keene
and bis confrere Sage, loaded with a
few millions Of the Atlantic & Pacific
stock and with the reflection that
'for wars that are dark, and tricks
that are vaiR," Wall 81. is surely pc
Gould is playing 0 "lone
hand" and seems 10 rely on the gen.
eral opportunity which comes for
breaking so long a line, aud whea the
get all they can carry. be will
assault their weak points. la the
meantime there viii be a great ed.
vance in stocks, no matter what fol-
Iowa. One house on New Street is
carrying over three millions Of New
York Central stock, which they fond
y expect to sell at par or higher, and
v anderbilt will take care of twenty
millions OF the Lake Shore stock.
Wall st. will again be the great
centre, and this Fall will see
many fortunes there lost ana won.
cIReUNsTAgFIAL EVIDENCE.
About q year ago, RubensteiO, a
Jew, was arrested, tried and
'ound guilty of the murder Of Sara
Alexander, a Jewess. 4 post NOR
EN- examination showed the girl 10
De pregnant, and the theory was that
here had been criminal intimacy be-
.weep the two, and that Rubenstein
lad killed her TO conceal it. He was
sentenced to be hung, and protesting
lis innocence, starved himself to
The case was a peculiar one,I
Ind there were not wanting those
Who believed in his protestations Of
innocence. But be died all the same,
md his old father and mother also
lied of grief, and the Ruteastein
were ruined. And now comes
! mar named Huber, who contesses
hat ii was be who killed the Alexan-
Ter girl, and that Rqbenstein was
innocent. He gave a foil and eircum-
account as TO how be became
possessed OF Rubenstein's knife aud
boots, AID is so circumstantial in his
account, inst th9re can be but little
ioubt that bis statement is correct.
The affair shows how dangerous it is
o trust to detectives 10 such eases.
They have a direct interest in finding
'ome one guilty, for unless they can
discover a criminal, o. what use are
hey Z and so when they fail to fad
ne murderer, they fasten The crime
ipon the first person that suspicion
an be directed against, and if they
layen't evidence they make it. There
5 but little doubt thet poor Ruben
TEN was worried into his .reye and
bat the detectives are guilty. OF the
Of him and his entire family. |,
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