Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-19
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BUSINESS MEN FOR ARTHUR.
ALL QUIET IN WALL STREET.
Weakness in the Stock Market.
ArExAs VICTIM OF RACE PREJUDICE.
TEXAS WcnM or RACE PREJUDICE.
The Day I'm Wall street.

The Day I'm Wall street.
FISK HATCH SETTLING WITH rHK SkwARK BArr.
F,ss h9sk, 3 May ~, wan strretnMr f,sk ,ro Oh
crossing for a settlement OF all differences between
his firm and the Newark savings bank, and that
ana that II they are completed none OF the Chess-
peake and Ohio securities held by his nrm VIII be
put upon the market
DECLINE IN PRICES or srocIa
Inc stock market opened weak at general de-
cnles London houses report that owing 10 lower
prices abroad there are no European buying orders
IN the market hiernan's London dispatch SAYS
The sharp rally succeeding the decline IN American
runway securities In this market has again been
followed by weakness consequent upon reaIizatio
Ine only securities which have continued 10
advance are New York Central and Illinois central
le ia,rap lorner N showing gain e per cent and the
on irom 10 Il. per cent, the heaviest decline
eelng In Readlng The tone OF the market Is weak,
dealers generally awaiting further Developments
In The financial situation In New York
Mr. GoULp LARGE BUYER op STOCKS
Is believed that the short interest Is largely
elnnlnated There has Leen considerable buying OF
low priced stocks Mr.. Gould Is reported 10 have
been a large buyer OF stocks on saturday, especi-
any western Union and Missouri Pacinc.
EXPECTED ORDERS FROM vASpEkBur
Mr vanderbilt is expected 20 arrive In queens
town to-day, and buying orders viii probably be
received from him In his specalties.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN PRICES LOOKED ron, Brr NO
GREAT ADVANCE
Inc impression prevails on the street that Q
further Improvement In prices may be looked for
Y
the money markat IL is believed In certain quar-
ters that large amounts OF money may he expcs..d
10 arrive from the interior to-day and that In y1ew
OF the low rates prevailing In London consd rable
amounts viii probably be cabled from there 70 this
point Conservative houses are reported as saying
they DO not believe In any great immediate ad-
vance.
DoNNEII, LAWSON q SIMPSON EXPECT TO RESUME
The universal sympathy extended 10 Messrs
Donnel Lawson a simpson by their friends and
correspondents advising and urging their resump-
tlon OF business, has Induced them 20 submit a
Inr
be f oraby entertained and result In their reSum-
Ing business within few days
RALLY IN STOCKS AT HrKvRN 4 Il
ii a m.-The stock market opened lower and
declined 10 per cent, the latter In Louisvtlie
and Nashville The decline was due TO sales 10
realize profits AT eleven O'Clock there q rally
OF i 70 III per cent
THR ADVANCE IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Is regarded as indicating the belief on the part OF
the hear future IL Is not improbable that further
advance In rates VIII be made either to-day or To-
morrow.
LAKE SHORE AT S.
IL Is rumored In the board that private state
ments were made yesterday between prominent
Dear operators and Vanderbilt brokers IN Lake
Shore at IS.
STOCKS WEAKEN BEFORE HooY
WALL STREET, noon.-Stocks were weaker DUR
Ing the past hour. Louisville & Nashville IN the
weakest spot OF the market and has declined on
large sales TO SOh. The other active shares show u
decline OF u 10 I per cent New York CeptrAl
lends at u per cent per diem, Erie new seconds &C
AEERICAN RAILWAY SECURITIES WEAK IN LONDON.
Kiernan's London dispatch, dated $50 .. m,
says: American railway securities closed weak and
lower on continued realizations, showing q decline
OF i TO Ia per cent
HOPE PREVAILS TO-DAY
Everything was quiet on Wall street this morn
Ing There is much confidence manifested and hops
expressed that no further trouble will occur.
NO statements OF the suspended nrms are ready
Yet
Suspension OF q Petersburg, Va. Bank.
PETERSBURG, Va, May l9-In consequence OF tho
heavy runs made on II, as well as on other banks
here, the Planters and Mechanics Bank this NOR
ming temporarily suspended operations The fol-
lowing notice. signed by the board OF directors and
president OF the bank, was posted on the door:
sowing TO the strtngency in the money market,
this bank Is forced temporarily to suspend opera
tons A statement OF the condition OF the bank In
now being prepared, which will be made public as
soon as possible, and We feel assured It viii prove
satisfactory 10 the most scrutinizing" The 0anh
believed to be perfectly solvent and able 70 pay
every cent 1t owes"
Failure OF q New York Dealer IN Chlna
Ware.
NEW YORK, May la-An assignment for the ben
ef1t OF creditors filed In to-day by Michael
Morton, dealer in china, TO Wn- d. Wsdsworth.
giving preferences amounting to S.A5oo
Bank Failure in Indiana.
LAPoRTE, ND, May 19.-The City Exchange
bank bar made made an ASSIGNMENT on SATURDAY owing 70
bilities $4,000; assets f2l 900.
In Favor OF President Arthur.
THE MOVEMENT AMONG NEW YORK BUSINESS nRu.
NEW YORK, May l9.-The secretary OF the COM
mittee OF business men having In charge the
meeting In favor or President Arthur at Cooper In
stitute tomorrow evening, reported this morning
that the arrangements are practically complete He
men OF New York for the nomination OF Mr. Arthur
at the approaching Chicago convention had been
responded 70 by business men all over the
- ffpro
in, "and," said the secretary, .to-morrow nights
meeting Will be OF the most mposing In point OF
respectaoity ana numbers ever held In this city,"
The Methodist Pr0testanes.
AN INTERESTING ADDRESS.
BALTIMORE, Md, May I9.-The Methodist Proteu-
dent Hammond In the chair. An Invitation from
the bishops OF the Methodist Episcopal church TO
the general conference TO the Methodist Protestant
TO join the centennial celebration OF Mcthodism in
1884, was presented and referred TO the committee
on fraternal relations Rev. Dr. Augustus Webster,
OF Maryland spoke OF the rst Methodist Protestant
conference he ever attended. at Georgetown, d. c.,
IN 1892. Only two OF that body now survive He
spoke OF the great pleasure it AFFORDED him that
union OF the Cumberland Presbyterian church with
The Methodist Protestant church is suggested
A Mail RObber Convicted.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, May le.-Geo. j. Williams,
who has been working the pension agent and mail
robblng In Nicholas county, and who obtained In .
fraudulent manner about $1,000, was to-day found
guilty In the u S. district court here Williams -
wen educated There are eight other cases against
him
Masonic Trouble I'm Quebec.
MONTREAL, May ia deputation OF MontreGg
Mark Masons will visit England In order to secure
advice In reference to Masonic troubles In Quebec.
General Foreign News by Cable.
LOW PRICES FOB cyPRIAN ANTIourTIEs
LONDON, May ia portion OF Gen. Di CesnolaS
collection OF CypriaD antiquities sold at auc-
ton to-day, and went at very low prices Many ex-
cellent specimens fetched only few shillings and
scarcely anything was sold for more than nv0
guineas
CITY DESTROYED BY FIRE
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May ia great conf1acraftoa
has taken place at Bei-BaZar, q small city IN tha
province OF Angora, Asia Minor Nearly the entiv
town was consumed. Nine hundred and nfty dwel-
nngs, 54 warehouses and shops, II mosques. -
schools, khans and l46 other buildings were con.
sumed Eleven persons perished In the names
Death Of the Lobby KinR.