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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
CIVIL NOTES,

Brown Brothers a. Co., bankers, procured an
attachment in the Supreme Court yesterday against the
property in this State OF Martin Turner Co., OF Gas
gov, Scotland, in a suit 10 recover S2f2o5 for money
loaned An attachment against the same firm for 3d.
499 50 were also granted to Ira Bursley.
Argument was heard yesterday by Judge
Wallace in the United States Circuit Court demurrer
10 the complaint seeking aside the transfer Of co.
600 shares of NewOreans stock The litigation grows
out Of the affairs Of the Crescent City Gas Company
and the NewOreans Gas Company and the transactions
OF Henry Y Attwil, Of NewO cans, and il said 10 in
vove 100000. Thomas Scmmes, OF New Orleans Charles
6bsnb OF st Louis. and Roscoe COnknC argued FOR the
demurrer and were opposed By Richard De Gray, Of New
Orleans, and Wheeler II. Peckham. Decision was re-
served
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
OPPOSING SUBF4cE R4UL04D.

Signatures to a remembrance against an
extension Of the terms Of the Rapid Transit Commits
souers are being solicited by T. IS Clarksou Coz real
estate dealers n Pucst Particular opposition Is made
to the projected surface railway In TTeny-ec0nl-st,
and over sixty owners Of property in that street
have already signed the reuon-trance. henry
Bergh and Abram \. Hewitt signed the paper
yesterday. The residents In Twentysecondst.
oppose The road unnecessary in view Of the crostOwn
line n Twenty ,hird,, and injurious the property
in their street, which Is occupied almost entirely ny
private dwelne-. They also d-approYe the placing Of
ali the route laid down 2T the Rapid Transit Commission
under control, II prCp0s 4. No property
IN y-secGndsD who DDS been approached has
fused 20 sign fhc I.aoI STRANGE.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners yesterday adopted
!louaI specifications Tor tile guidance the Ncw-
York Cable Railway Company in constructing the pro-
posed Iys requiring tie company 70 keep he pave
meuts between the tracks and 0r Two feet 0n either side
of them in repair. The session partly taken with
the consideration the time within which the roads must
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04

The business IN State bonds included Tennessee
Gs at $685. Alabama, class b, at 1904, and c at
S03, North Carolina consOj As at S3ll, and special
taxes at pa and Georgia Is at 1872 Of city bank
stocks Merchants Exchange sold at 80, and Irving
at 142.
The railroad bond market generally was quiet,
but prices more or less sympathized with the
strength shown 10 the share market; the demand
was snail but holders were trihe more ezacting.
Erie second consols We're down u 10 03 and recOy-
cred to o.. Missouri Kansas and Texas first con-
soils were y higher at lO9 Rome, WATERFOWL and
Ogdeusb1rg IS were mp p at 71I2. Canada South
em first Js were 4 easier at 9S5s West Shore and
Buffalo js were active at advancing prices and
closed at 81 after - L against sos Saturday, and
New-York Central and Hudson unsecured debeu-
ture 5s sold at 107 Northwestern debenture IS
Were off L at 90 and Burlington and Quincy de-
benture IS were faily steady at 50. Kansas Pacific
con.ols were up L at 9Gl2. Northern Pa
cite frsts were Il off at 1OOl2, and Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation frsts were up L at 1OSl2
The Sub Treasury to day lost on balance 1870
1Oj. made mp by losses of S3O8.776 currency and
S72,J29 COM the general balance was further
reduced by the retirement of $500 900 gold certih-
Gates heretofore counted in the cash. The DAYS
operations included: Receipts S2,234,054: pay
ments S29l3,1S9; currency balance, SO, $780,
$50 coin balance, $l20,5S2, 902.
Inc money ularket AT Iu6 OtOCk EACnangt ruleO
easy at slightly harder rates. 2a2l2 per cent, with
n small exception at per cent.
The Clearing House statement to-day was as fol
lows: Exchanges, 9l0691o,O+1 balances, So
637, $50.
The United states Treasury at Washington to-
day received $4,000 National bank notes for
redemption. The customs receipts were SOB, a,
and the internal revenue receipts $7SO,OSS
The foreign exchanges remain inactive, hut the
rates firm, and tO-mouow's steamers will take
81 .900,0 900 in gold to cover the bills sold Quota
tiOns for business are as follows: Bankerss bills.
81 o62l and S9@ for long and short sterling re-
spectively; J.17ls aud SIS for francs; 95ls and
9J3i for rechmarks f; 40ls and 405s for gnilders
In London British consOls we're steady at 10l Il-16
for money and l0l 1916 for account. United
states As were unchanged at 1854 aud 4l2s were
OF Is at 1l52 American railways followed after the
advances made Saturday IN the home markets and
therefore are quoted from 4 10 = per cent higher
The Bank Of England gained E5s,O00 bullion on
balance. At Paris French per cents were up 10
1925 francs. The weekly statement of the I'M
perial Bank of Germany shows = specie increase of
100000 marks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
CAPTAIN DUYcAYs SUNG THE TINES
AN ALLEGED LIBEL IL Az INTERVIEW WITH
MARK TWAIN


The suit Of Captain G.. G. Duncan, Shipping
Commissioner # this port against George Jones propr-
eoy Of The Ner- York Times 10 100000 dam
ages Tor alleged libel trial yesterday in lhe SUI
preme Court in Brooklyn. The libel Is charged 70
have been contained IN an article pub
lished IN The Times last summer, pur
porting 10 bc an interview with samuel l. Clemens
e. Mark Twain which captain Duncan was charged
with dishonesty and with dividing ae fees " his Office
with his sons. Captain Duncan was formerly member
~ Plymouth Church. olt now attends the Tompkins
Avenue tona Church, in Brook yn. IN @73 he
got up The Quaker City expedition travel to all parts
OF the world, and MARK Twain was one OF the
passengers and secured the on which lie based
InuoceEts Abroad"
Lach juror was asked II lie attended or member
Of the TompbiYs Avenue Coug1t -stionai Church. and
also how near lie lived to it, The case
was opened by Robert Benedict, who
said that the feeling against Captain Duncan shown in
the article caused ny his efforts break uD 'hc or
authorized hy law appoint h- deputies and their
salaries 10 De pgd from fees. lie first apuointcd
five depulleS, two or tho IL ms S0U-. and a4icrWaId
iOur hrs did al the work. and now
only three were employed a. the work had fallen Of
tap tain Duncan was thc only witness examined lie
gave tine details OF his lie ana the method according o
which he managed his office. lie p1i1 no salary over
$1,000 year and thy ranged FROM +2,4OO up 10 that
H. is asserted that Mark Twain Gcnes the statements
attributed 90 Eim. HE testimony has been taken by
cOmnlss Oh and VIII De read al the tIlal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04

The suit for absolute divorce of Agatha weige against
Lorenz Wege sent TO referee by Justice Lawrence
decree Of divorce denied by Justice Donohue In the
proceedings Of John g. Frank against his wife Emile.
decree OF absolute divorce granted 10 Rosa echenck
from Oswald Schenck The absolute divorce suit OF Maud
MCGOWAN against Michael MctOwan sent 70 referee
by Justice DOnOhue. verdict in favor OF John T. Nc
Teey In HIS suit for absolute divorce from his wife.
Mary e. Mcerney rendered by jury before Justice
Van Worst in the Supreme Court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
COVRT OF APPEALS.

ALBANY, March Sin the Court OF Appeals
to-day Chief Justice the Hon. william c. Rugor and asso-
cates present the following business transacted:
No 242-Clemence p. Bloomfield respondent agt stephen
A. Ketchum appellant Submitted
No. ~s-ROber Livingston individually with another
appellants agt russell and others respJn-
dents. Argued Tor appellant submitted respondent
No 1SJohn L. HOhsOn and others. executors, PLAINTIFF.
agt Ruth G. Hale and others respOudns imp loaded with
James Frank Hale and others, appellants Argued.
The following Is the day calendar for Tuesday:
Nos. o. 81, %, 100 90. 90 90 and 40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
comm OF CLATNe DECISIONS.

WASHINGTON, March Sin the Court of
Claims today the demurrer in the OF the ChOctaw
Nation overguled and the viii come up on
merits. The ruling IN this IN effect that the
senate award not binding on the Court The claim
General W. n. Emory. United states Army. aud the
claim Of James f. North United States Navy for three
months pay for service IN the Mexican War were
allowed This decision affects all the survivors " that
u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
TIE PETROLEUM MARKET
NEW YORK. March 3

NV YORK, MATCH ..
Larg and at times excited dealings and err
ratio fluctuations the features OF the petroleum
speculation to-day The dealings at the Exchanges were
reported az nearly II 100000 barrels aud IL is doubtful
whether all the transactions which took place IN the Last
half hour Of business were recorded With an extreme
range OF prices from 81 O44 81 O6 the close shows
net loss from the final figures OF Saturday Of Il 10 81
cent. In the forenoon the market fever
ish aud unsettled After a lower opening
az II OLE prices IL O52 and then declined
81 Ola II Is probable that the covering 0f shorts
which took place above 81 O5 was than counter
balanced by free renewals extensions OF short sales
the market dropped or In the afternoon however
the temper OF the speculation grew stronger and by tho
last half hour prices had risen 10 81 O6i IN OH City
certificates sold high 81 O6a but here the market
generally kept \ cent below OH City prices Ii the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
ONE DAYS DIVORCE RECORD.

Justice Donohuc refused yesterday to release
John schaeer and Louis Meyer The Ludlow Street
jail They went there TOR contempt Of ia HOt pay
Ing auony their wives pending divorce proceedings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
CLOSING PRICES OF C4LF0PyI4 STOCKS
SAY FRANCIsCD. MArch 3. 1894.

The Justice Mining Company has levied an
assessment OF 10 cents per share.
The Bodie Consolidated Mining Company has
declared dividend No. 10 of 90 centai per share
payable on the 9Th inst. Easter stockholders of
record will be paid at the otice Of Laidlaw s. Co.,
No ~ all-sr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
COTTON M4PHEr9-BY rGLEGRApH

4
LIVERPOOL Mlrch 3-l1.jD o. m-COtt0n steady Kidding
Uplauds H.. do orleans ID Gales lu1j bAcsr including
Ou ul r. Tor speculation aud export receipts
Including American. tutaTes-J pands Low Mid
ding clause Apul drtcly, ,--.iA; d" A IA
ami Ngv delivery. o. J-j4d: May and June delivery
It'd: June and July delivery, o.-Ord no. Jdy ard
August delivery. o f-.id. Futures -iritci- .....
l3np OttOu-I he Of the day included @U0 bales
American. Futures L paut4 Low Addlus clause AaTth
April delivery J5O4di do. Msy ard June delivery
D. m-Cotton- Futures-CpIands Low 4idd.ng clause
ApTi delivery, oJ64. september and October
delivery. o lU-usd FUTURES closed uTm.
GALVESTON March Cotton urui Middllng lOIc; Low
Mdding. 10 -l6c, Good Ordinary IL &C.. net receipts
go OsIes gross. bales; Exports 10 Great Britain
- bales o. toe Continent 10
Coastwise bales; Sales B3 bales STOCK s3SJS
balee $500. 1900.
Mdding. Good Ordinary D4c net receipts i'o'o
bales .T0ss ORG bales Exports 20 Great Br am, -
bales France bales; the continent 4,acl bales
COastWise bales; sales, 400 bales; last evening %
bales STOCK. $40 bats
NES.ORLKANa, March 3-COtJ0n quiet hiddlng To acs
Low Kidding 10 lGc; Good Ordinary &c, net receipts
abs< bales; grOsa 4Jil bales exports 10 Great bItA
bales: q IIsinec bales tO Inc continent -.-lO
Coastg1se ~ bales sales GOO bales Last evening
--- baes. atocA Spool Dales
CNcNNAu, March Co., Flour quiet Family, 81 t5asI 0oi
Fancy. 1890 60 NO p htu, - Nba - u .
May, 81 %; receipts 1850 BUSH shipments loo bush
3,c Rye hrnrr No Soc. barley hrmi Ehtii no
s Fall. e.. fofk quiet &le uuarls 20. l-1ll diili
Prime steam. 50 30 Aukmeat' sieIiti -houlief' - -
oloftub - 20. Bacon, dul, rhouder~ = ,lni, u I.
10 30. Short Clear Wlksy steady az ~ ID. but-
ter nlm aud unchanged. SUGAR quiet. isfi Eehuul.
&c; Sew Orleans. = rs &c. ti0-s rir-y oLnli ann
Light % .. .5 Packing and batccrs ~ 20 az so 10
ceipts 5.fV0 mead ahlUAeHts ls-Cu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
MINES AND INNING.

SALES At TIE EEWYORK HyIyG EycR4yGE
NEW YORK. March g. 1854
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04

last fifteen minutes the excitement intense,
and after brief resistance the market
wss driven down under heavy sales to
81 o4 at the NewYork Board and 81 OLA at the MIN
ing Exchange. Traders greatly perpexed to the
character OF the Late ssleswhether they for long
short Whatever may be the developments OF
tomorrow the market to-day closed excited andamOsde
InOrazed Unless strong check il given the decline
ended only because the sounded for the close
OF business, a free tumbling % stocks by tho
frightened traders will probably follow. The loaning
rates still indicate a good demand for GER
tiicates and the only news OF consequence
from the oil fields IS that the Mckinney
No well opened with low OF so barrels In the 1rst
hour few hours later the yield falling 10 barrels
hour
The range Of prices and the total dealings wers as
follows:
NY, Pet Con. Er.
.............................. 1854 iO64
Lowest. 1O4A 1Of4
Ftnal. lO4Lz
sales. q.J820OO 7,2O3OOO
Nieashces saturday ltOOJO 4lZ5SpOD
The cearances elsewhere Oh City. IL. 100000;
Bradford, ll,6j00OO; Pittsburg, 100000 barrels
There ID no change 10 report In refined oil
BRADFORD Penn, March 3.-CTude oil excited and
calculating; total runs Saturday aud Sunday, 61i26
oos total shipments, $1,000 bbls.; charters, 1872
bbsi oesrances, I335fOOO bbls. United Pipe Limo
certificates opened AZ 81 O5 and closed az Ill 04la;
highest price, III O6os, lowest, ~ Of2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04

The stock market to-day was feyersh aud I'M
settled from the opening to the end; the huetua-
lions in prices were frequent, erratic and sometimes
vlolent but the result is material advance In
prices for majority of the stocks Saturday oper-
atoms in Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, ana
the usual predictions that several other stocks
were tobe treated in like manner, were the princi-
pal factors in the days dealings and the numerous
fluctuations in prices mp and down were the indi-
Gators that marked the varying faith in the predio-
tions The transactions for the day are recorded at
46S, 275 shares. As a matter of course Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western stock was the leading
feature, as it records transactions of 1850
shares; it opened at 1909 cash and lZ34
regular against 1893 SATURDAY. evening Its sabse-
quenU fluctuations of not less than Z per GENITAL
ways for stock in the regular way-were; ESQ
1850 1874 l20127l2 6129 u lbs 4 a l29A
012S3s 1919 G12S4 The stock loaned from per
cent down to Il premium for use, and the diner
ence between the cash price and the regular price
for the stock simply followed the change
in the loan market Union Pacific stock
loaned for use at 1872 al per cent premium
and its price in the market was unusually huetuat-
ing; 1t opened at 7912 against 10 Saturdays last
figures and afterward sold at 79l4 81 797sG S1as
as05sG SIS. St. Paul opened at 9O3i-an increase
of Il per ceut-and sold at 9Ol29913s091G917s
007s49l4 9l3sG915s. Lake Shore opened up IA
at 1881 and sold at 104lsG 1O33 a 1872 a 1914 a.
The stocks named were the leading features Of the
whole market and upon their movements rested the
fluctuations of all the others. At the end prices
were strong. but the market was feverisb.
Government bonds were quiet and steady at IN
changed quotations as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
CLONIAG PRIoEs u BOsTON sTOCKN
NnNnAY. Mlrnh 9-P. n


HE United states treasurer monthly statement
of liabilities aud assets as Of March / shows de-
crease from February of the sO-Calied available
baIaucrr of%l 0Ot al which is due tOaD increase
a. - ... 10 on 90
OF INf current 4ltDillcH tD ic d4lptiut vi fiDt-'
OBS against an increase OF cash IN excess OF out
standing gold and silver certificates 20 the amount
.af CO.. o. - ~, -. ..,,stor1;r
cold certificates of $3.50 $40 So the gold reserve
was reduced during the month Of February only
&3lZ, J33. Lcga-icnuer ana National Oauk notes
were ucfcdsc q psJt,JiU, duO deposits III Natlohdl
t,o.i-s r-ora daoraased pR1n ora Accounting legal
+sDlor and N,ioal hank notes in tbe vaults Of the
i''i -' - ,et..-art,.I..-.
treasury tuu the tcpoaitH III ,I' -'"t''"" D''i'"
+ho a,uaior+ Of COLL +Ie told reserve q0a inst the
total authorized amount Of ecal-cnder- was reduced
10, L.t,ror 20 o.t So ~ from, OG IA ~ Or ~ per
i' ICY F''''''if''f va -'
cent u. gam III SILVER """ai' va W.
+bst an Mich rho Teqs,r,.,s ov-nersbp OF Do
grain silver dollars was 4OJ7, 90l greater than Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-04
THE MONEY MARKET.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE
MARCH 3. 1884.

THE GENERAL LIST
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-05-09

ton of hostility toward Lieut.. Gov. Pingree
Mr. Pingree is courteous and honorable gem
teman He is Of good parts as a man and Of
average ability as a lawyer. As a soldier In
the field he did good service, and IL elected
governor of Vermont he would serve the state
creditably and vol. All this is everywhere
felt and said Of him with sincerity. But en-
tirely beyond this, and aside from It, the feel
ing is-or rather, we may say, the proposed
principle Of action is-that because Mr.. Pin
gree's friends have brought him out, and be-
cause Mr.. Nichols has virtually promised him
an unopposed nomination and election, there
is no reason why this should be accepted as
fnaity and the people have no real voice in
the matter. The disposition is rather to say
that the time is more than ever one when the
people may take things into their own hands
and have whom they will for governor.
We believe there is far more involved in
suggestion which we made last week than
seems generally to be realized by even the
most strenuous advocates Of the right of the
people to make their own nominations. This
suggestion was in regard to the danger which
is involved in allowing it to become an estab-
lished rule that the lieutenant governor is to
be promoted to the governorship. Twice in
succession the lieutenant-governor has been
promoted, and should Col. Pingree's promo
ton follow, the precedent would become one
which we believe would be found to DO very
difficult to break over. Presently it would
come to be said that the Acknowledgements
must be made governor, because this is the
rule-because it is an established precedent
that he should be, and not to promote him
would be to express lack of confidence in
him and would be an affront to both him and
bis friends. Let this rule prevail, and of what
sort of timber will our governors come to be
made Instead Of selecting once in two years
the best timber that the forest affords, we
shall come to take the culls-that which is
good for nothing else, and so make the state
laughing stock, as it would deserve to be.
If this rule had prevailed in the past, how
should we ever have had Holbrook, Smith,
Stewart, Peck or Proctor for governor, and II
it comes to prevail, how shall we ever expect
any man of distinguished ability to accept a
second place on the state Ticket as his only
reasonable chance of going to the head al
some future election? -
This whole matter is one which we hope the
Republicans of Vermont and especially those
of Windham county, will think and talk Of
seriously. We hope for the next six weeks
it will be the theme of conversation on the
farm, in the shop, wherever men meet to dis
cuss public affairs, and we hope The outcome
of it will be the election in every town of in
dependent, unpledged delegations to go tc
Burlington on the 18th of June. For our owr
part we should like to see that convention rist
up to the point of rendering to Frederick Bill
lings unanimous nomination, and try wheth
or he would refuse a nomination for the gov
ernorship coming to him under such circum
stannes
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-05-09
Rrat,Ieboro Freirht Rates.

As is elsewhere stated, at the railroad meet
ing the other evening it was definitely said by
two prominent gentlemen who spoke by au-
thority that the Central Vermont railroad
company stands ready to give and to guaran-
tee to Brattleboro oil the advantages in freight
rates that a competing line would secure, If
the effort is given up to get q parallel line
built to South Vernon. Here is a suggestion
to make a note of, and to act on OF once.
Why should not the business men of Brattle-
boro hold meeting and appoint a committee
to invite Gov. Smith and the other Central
Vermont managers to Brattleboro for con-
sultaton on this subject II all the advan-
tages of competing rates can be permanently
secured without competing line being built,
so much the better. 1t is well understood
that all the large Brattleboro shippers and re-
ceivers of freight have secured such conces-
sions as satisfy them and keep them quiet 1t
is the small shippers and dealers who suffer
from the present oppressive rates, and il is
the complaints of this class, who really con-
stitute the bone and sinew and life of the
town, that never reach the ears of the railroad
managers. There is no reason to doubt the
sincerity of Gov Smith in this matter-cer-
tainly not until this sincerity has been put to
the test-and Bratteboro business men should
not let another month go by without con-
ference such as we have suggested. But let
it be remembered that what We want is not
promises of relief, but actual permanent re-
lief. We do not want relief which is given as
matter of policy, to tide over present emer-
gency or to quiet present uneasiness We
want an equitable tariff which shall place
Brattleboro on an equal footing with Bellows
Falls, Keene, Greenfield, Shelburne Falls and
North Adams, and which shall be faithfully
guaranteed to last as long as the present rail
road management lasts. Let Brattleboro mer-
chants and manufacturers move in this matter
| at nnoa.