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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
THE LEASE OF THE AsToR HOUSE

The destiny of hostelry, the fame of which
IS historical naturally interests great many persons,
and this is true regards the Astor House. since the
death of one of its propretors, A. DAM Frank Allen,
the other proprietor said TRIBUNE reporter yester
day: "There will be change IN the management OF
The son OF A. j. Dam, tie manager OF the Union
Square Hotel and the Hotel Dam, had said can say
nothing as 10 what will become OF my fathers interest
i'm the business As the business is exceedingly pros
porous OF should like 70 take his place IN the
Dartnershp presume that legally this viii altogether
depend upon Mr.. Allen. We have not yet had IA CON
ference about the matter, but | hope we SHAH have
soon"
Later Mr. Allen stated that he had come 70 no deter
mDation regarding the vacancy in the firm, which Mr.
Dam is desirious OF filing Mr. Dams own impression
Is that Mr. Allen will prefer to be the sole proprietor OF
the Aston House heDceforth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, May 20 (SpecidD THE market
opened weak this morning. In grain lower range of
prices prevailed. June wheat opened at s9l4 cents
against s9 yesterday Afternoon and July opened
ut 91a091ie cents, against close yesterday OF
Ola cents July advanced TO 91os. fell
back 10 9O091ie, and sold up again 10 Ola cents
by IL o'clock June ranged 2a2's cents below the July
standard Business fiat ia the pit. The excitement
that famed up in the pit Monday and burned out
htully yesterday has apparently entirely subsidized.
The fluctuations prices within narrow range
and although tho market cannot strictly speaking be
called weak. yet 1t far from being buoyant and
strong. The prevailing belief that there is deal in
sorn prevented prices going down. Although Lester
Co. made feint at selling few small lots MAY kept
mn well and no disposition was manifested IN LET 0o NJ
cash stun below the market.
Provisions enained about as they were Yesterday A
slight huctuaton occurred and while the volume of
trading light, nobody appeared to have property
fer sale al lower rates Dull and firm will best describe
the provision market to-day.
No 2 reSular corn In store and No yellow in store
brought 4sss today There is slight sample de-
maDd, buyers being reluctant TO pay the prices asked
No. regular, may be quoted at 49049l2 cents T. b.
told. Mlers are holding on, they do Invariably on
weak markets and the demand from Eastern points is
therefore sowNo o lis quoted at9Oi9G9l cents and
30 At 80 1880 cents. The price In store has ranged
nom SSGS9 SO 70 S89 cents being the ruling rates The
safes OF corn call only amounted TO 100000 bushels
tooay transactions In oats reached 10000 bushels
ID Armour had been selling wheat heavily June and
JAY Tor the past ten days. This about the only
thnor OF sensational nature mentioned In the crowd
euI1ng the entire morning On the other hand II Is
largely OF Juno and sold July carrying charges and
interest and that this state OF affairs In wheat the
Syng charges and reduced the gap between June and
Tho afternoon markets were steady and there were no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
CLOSING PRICES OF BOSTOy STOCKS
BOSTON May 20. 1885.
MrpNEspAY. May 2O-P. NJ.


IL requires the pen Of TO infuse anything
of thrilling character into description Of today's
stock market It was dull at the openingsO dull that
ookerson doubted the correctness OF their hearing when
the fall OF the chairnans gavel gave permission for
beginning of dealings At 1t stagnant and at
the close II already had become somnOlent II was
too dull TO display either the quality OF weakness Of
strength The total amounted Onlyto l2O374
shares Only two stocks recorded sales amounting 70 as
much as 900 shares Union Pacific led by 80 shares
and is almost exceptional in holding It's own; II was
"pegged" at 53l4 and sold between SO and $3.50 and
finally closed the same last evening. Lake Shore,
which was second opened at 522 and declined to 5l4Q
81 L. The stock specially weak because OF the show
ing OF the report Of the company for the quarter ending
March 81 that was published this morning exclusively
in TIE TRIBUSE). although the result before had been
predicted. Central and Hudson third the list
and gradually yielded from "a to 1914 1884, The stock
loaned ut 31G91-lG per cent per dem st. Paul
with sales OF 600 shares yielded fun per cent and
Northwestern declined from 94ia to 937sa94 Della
ware, Lackawanna aud Western dull (only 5000
shares full stock dealt I'M and 1t yielded from 104 to
lO3asQ 1887. Canadian Pacific at 39Ss per cent
higher with sales of only 200 shares and it closed 40
bid Pacific Mail from SO Q53 to 547s9j4ts
Oh an unauhenticated report that Mr.. c. r. Huntington
on behalf of his Pacific systems Of railroads. to-day had
proposed that subsidy of s5000per month be granted
to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company We have
reason to believe that no positive proposition
or offer Of any kind has been made OF the general
market IL ia only necessary TO say That 1t shows small
final declines of leQs per cent, and that IL closed dull
and featureess
Government bonds were fairly active and about
teady with the bids for the Is 70 higher and for the
s per cent lower Annexed are the closing quotations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21


Fivafvates and halforfive were the
monotonous cries heard Of to-day the sleepy bull
ring Of the Consolidated Exchange. They represented
the fact that holders would sell oil at 79a aud buyers
would give 70ig cents for 5000 barrel lots. Around
these figures the market languished rule after an
early decline from 79l2879a- to 794 cents These quo
itions comprised the extreme range OF prices and the
final ngure-1gas ccuts-Was - cent below the close
Yesterday The sagnntOu OF the speculation Is aticstcd
by the record Of 900 arrrlsprObaby the
duost day IN the history Of the two oil boards. II the
sales counted together Neither bull nor bear could
extract any Indication to The future from such mar
ket that OF to-day, and 10 closed devoid Of feature
The range OF prices and the total dealings at tho Con
sOlldated Exchange were rs follows:
Opcuing. ............. 7Jl2 Lowest.......... 70l4
Hghest.....-...... 7Oos Iinal............... 10'5
Refined oil is firm but without change
BRADFORD, Penn, May 2O.-Natlonal Transit Ccrtin-
Gates opened at 1913 and closed 1914 Highest price.
7Oi2 lowest price, 70A Cearanccs Lass 900 barrels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21

Newton Giiet, 90 Ohio sheep % No. at e. IS 20 DO ~
n, at 81 So Isl do, SO 10, at - 5J.
Judd 4 Buckingham 1913 Clipped Ohio sheep. 100 b, -
s. So $50 do so ~ 81 Unshorn do lilo n, ct SEQ,
Dllenback Dewey sold. 100 Unshom state sheep 100
= So g DO H. b. At = 6o Is do Guile 81 a,2c 2Ss
Hallenbeck Davis sold $40 Unshorn Nebrasks sheep.
w ID c; 1ol Clipped Stae she's 80 ID, at 4c; and l35
clipped Nebraska Yeailings. SIS n, at I i2c
HOGS Receipts OF OF $3.50 head4l cars g
Jersey City and 20 60hst Total 3O4S0
head against 29.0j1 head for last week.
Market shade higher. Nominal quotations II 206c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
Per North Riscr, Vessels AMI RIiIro1fs
NEM-YORK May 90. 1895
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.


CoFtEE-spo Rio duh s'.c. Fair sales options
du and points lower. Havre declined l. to franc. The
receipts at Rio 5000 bags At santos for two days
hOoy bags Arnold, Mackey & Co were buyers prakeey
bought II Is supposed for VILLAINS Chaplin Co. May $50
S66S5 June. 6.s5a990; July, 6.9O06:95j August 7O0d
6er tn24GS725i DECEMBER 72597S0 Mild grades quiet
600 mats Interior Padang the latter venadis sold
private terms BY auction 9 bags Maricabo sold at 70
lOo, and 100 mats Java at l2l4dl3Lc.
CoTToNspo cotton dull and wea but without u1table
change Sales "a bales; deliveries 400 receipts
425 last year
The quotations according the American classification
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
BUDDENsIEK's BUILDINGS IN COURT.
ha fan of Rnddensiek's buildings has led


the beginning of proceedings by the Fire Department In
the Court of Common Pleas to compel the builder either
40 or assure the safety of buildings erected
nv him i'm Sxtyrst and Sxty-second SITS. and Eleventh.
ave- The case was called yesterday before Judge D.
Ialv and by mutual consent of counsel was adOurhc9
mill next Monday. One of Buddensieks lawyers sad
that bv that time the buildings would be In such con-
dition that further proceedings would be unnecessary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
TIE CABLE COMMISSIONS RIGHT TO EXIST.
Tho hearing ON the order to show cause why

the appointment Of the New.York Cable Railway Com
mission should not be rescnded took place yesterday III
tbe General Term of the Supreme Court Frederic K.
c;on6ert Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas T.
Wickes and William c. Trull argued that the commits
sion had been Improperly appointed, and william NJ.
Evarts and Everett p. Wheeler gave why the
original order should continue in force. The decision
res
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21

The Consolidated Imperial Mining Company has levied
an assessment OF lOcents per share
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21

The Ontario silver Mining Company has declared IT,
April dividend OF S7j OOO making total OF S6A25OOO
to date Present dividend payable by Messrs Lnuns
berry n Coz transfer agents, - BroadsL May 30 Trans
fers close May 20.
CLOSING PRICES or CALIFORNIA STOCKS
san FIAyfisJJ, May -, 1891
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21

State bonds queti the sales North Carolina 6s
9I9 at 1I0l<. and South Carolina 6s non-fundable
at 3e OF city bank stocks Central National sold 900 at
1922
The feature OF the general bond market the large
sales 81 10000 and tho sharp decline IN prices
from 507s TO 49l4 The remainder OF the market was
comparatively quiet and steady In figures.
West Shore and Buffalo IS sold at 304930ss
a30a. New-York. Chicago and 81. Louis
nrsts were of u at TO- Canada Southern hrss 70
per cent higher at 90. East Tennessee, Virginia ana
Georgia cOnsol 5s up 80 at AYE. Richmond and
Danve rsts ie higher at 102 and the debcnturcs
were up q at 64a Missouri Kansas and Texas issues
were steady with sales of the 5s 4 of ut 614 Atlanta
and Pacific frsts Western division, worked steady be-
tween 73sa73%973As Oregon Short Line Us were duh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
LIVE STOCK MARKEDLY TELEGRAPH.

CHICAGO MAY 2OThe DrOue Journal reports sor,
roc,,,is J0d me ld Shipments. $500 mead mMkot SUN.
or, l0as5 rs; Cows Mixed. 81 90 0s3 soi
srs 81 7Oas5 O Feeders IS 700s5 co. Ieians' " ''~
"a 10. 1890 a.,u,.an,. A 600, market Grml
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
Il. 8. GRANT, JR's PURCHASE OF HOUSE.
In the suit brought against John j. Duncan by

In the suit DrOugnt aSunS. oohh u
william W. Johnson son and executor OF Alvin j. Johh
son to compel him carry out an agreement lor tne
purchase of dwelling No. East sixtyIour'n
H. s Grant IT. was examined as witness 1or tno ue
to,dont Yesterday. In tho Superior Court Special
Term, before Justice lneraham norv he fss4 S' to
nnrchase the house paying $4,000 with the under,
standing that more should be paa on x HptT
Johnson died on April Do and he did not insist upon inc
1rompt ualment of the agreement for that reason On
MAY the failure of Grant Ward occurred anu NC was
unable afterward TO complete the purchase ...
William w. johnson testified that these STATEMENTS 10
were true and that Mr. Duncan had afterWu asreeo W
buy the house, but later refused TO DO So . ,..o
Mr. Duncan testified that he had declined 10 copeto
the purchase after paying $1,000 on it, because ne was
informed that good title could not be gwen on
Of the transaction with Mr.. Grant. carlisle NorWoou
aud John r. Parsons for the plaintiff and defendant re-
spectvey, presented their views OF the testimony anu
the decision reserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
90 Ubom 5t man Concern.
tiorses ano Carriages

DOUBLE Carriage Harness; Wood uioSoh
~ make' In sOOa private stable l4S West 2ethst
FAMILY HORSE, $15O..Good style, sound sound,
aud very good tempered ana gense an n East .sast
about 1874 JoANsoS ? Sssole, -99 -
TANDAULET.-N new. Pole ana
~ Shafts. Price 5000 Inv iIs Wal 2oth.st.
m CART.-Perfect order; pole and shafts |;
Il sps seat Price Private stshA lls West 90th.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
THE COURTS.

.,c,urvTs IN THE uAMERsLEY WILL oA'f'
The counsel in the Hamersley Will case weio
..-,a.say ENGAGED ia summing up before 5urros"'.
y,ns FRANKLIN Bartlett for the contestants salu .@S
the question was whether millions OF real proper ss
hcrted by Louis c. Hamersley but sixteen nos
Gore the making OF the alleged will and the ac.ua
session of which the dead never lived 70 ENJOY sa
mass away from his blood relatives anu Iro -onortv
S,a,d.nts of John Mason, from whom tne r wears
se and he handed over woman VINO alike TO
before Mr. Hamcrslcy's death was as opposed the
him an6 20 the viii to nd peOGin influence
the ground q mental ,be %R ana want
want Of due me part Of testator for the
George g. Dewitt, J, fe document was properly drawn,
will by Of sound mind aa @ne H
and tha rorcised no undue influence ana by tne VIII
was really with less y sS raVe er only
sne IN the entire estate while without IL she
gonld receive So 900 600 absolutely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21

MINES AND MINING.

SALESAr THE YEWRORK HIWYG ENOHiygs
NEW YORK. May 30. 1854
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
TIE MONEY MARKET

GALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 20.
TIE GENERAL LISr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
riding to the American classification are

Strict Good orIaary... Isle Miding los
FUTURES dull and | 10 points lower. The ballot the
question of change the inspection rnles attracted cOnsd
cradle attention. The amendment defeated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
ttlarbles ano nlantels.
6slp Wanteo.
Cost ano fonno

+ OST-Bank-boo No. III, 907. Greenwich
4 4 savings Bank 10 6thave, New-fork CITY rsy"o"s
stopped Please return TO bank
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-12


81 believe a locomotive can be haunted
said veteran Baltimore and Ohio engineer
II ran one on the Pennsylvania railroad for
about year that was haunted, My engine
was good one, but had some very curious
actions at times. The man who ran the en-
CINE before / took her was killed in a little
collision beyond CressOD. He lived in a little
house just west of Altoona. In my run com
ing east | always passed this house about 9
O'Clock at night. just before reaching 1t for
several nights noticed that my engine com
menced to slow up more than | intended. /
began to think l was growing nervous, and
my hand was no longer true IN guiding the
throttle. But as it never occurred anywhere
else, the effect made on my mind by the cir
cumstance became very unpleasant After q
while l realized that there was some power
helping me at the throttle when / reached
this place. mentioned it to my fireman, and
made him try it. He was convinced that my
impression was right.
zone night the whistle gave two or three
SCREAMS. | thought the fireman had pulled
the cord; but he denied it. This occurred two
or hree times afterWard, and / couldn't see
any hand pulling the rope. Well, you may be
sure didn't like this sort OF thing. At last a
creepy feeling began to crawl all over me
when approaching the dead engineers house.
One dark night in June, 1881, | made up my
mind to balk the ghost. / called the fire.
man IN the cab and both of us grasped the
throttle. slowed mp TO the proper speed, and
held on to it firmly. We felt something tug
Ring at it, but We were too strong Tor il. sud
denly the throttle was wrenched from our
hands and pulled out to the utmost limit
Away bounded the train down the grade into
Altoona, the whistle shueking like a demon
Before we could act away from the ghost the
train had att9ined great speed, ana we rau
half way through the city before we could
slow up. A switchman saw us coming and
switched us on side track beyond the Logan
house, where we wrecked two or three cattle
cars and damaged the engine. The incident
caused great commot4on among the people
living along the tracks, and the company
censured me for It. AS / couldn't be re5pOn-
sibe for a ghosts antics, / threw up the joh
and came back 10 the Baltimore and Ohio"
"Was the ghost that of the dead engIneerY''
81 think 80. He always slowed his engine
while nearing his house, aud waved his hand
door and bowed and smiled at MIN. The
night he raised all that rumpus he must have
gotten mad because didn't let him have his
way"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-12
PERSONAL.

Pore LEO is dyspeptic, although the Attic
tiOn does not affect his amiabllity. IL is said
dry bread and milk is his diet week in and
week out.
UNITED STATES MINISTER PHELPs was
given the post of honor at the re, eut banouet
rendered Prince Albert Victor by the "Wor-
ahipful Company OF London fishmongers.n
EDNuND HoYLE, the patron saint Of old
fashioned whist PLAYERS, was born over 200
years aQo, and lived 70 the advanced age of
"a, dying in CaYendish square, London, in
1869.
GEN. SHERIDAN is wearing tightly-laced
leather legRin ~ his right leg below the knee,
10 enable "a small bone which was fractured
IN his accident on the Pacific slope TO re-
unite.
JosEPH TULvAR, chief clerk IN the New
York custom house. although a Democrat,
has held his Office continuously for thirty two
years and has survived twelve changes OF col
lectore. His salary Is $1,000 year.
WALT WHITMAN says hts poems under the
head OF "Drutn Taps are very much read in
the South. and he attributes 10 TO the fact that
his hospital work vas divide equally among
Confederate and lOyal soldiers aud his poetic
thought was consequently inspired By both
sides.
BUGLER MARTIN, stationed now a IT. Nc
Henry, is said 30 be the sole sur
time ~ the bloody battle he was
member Of Troop II Of the seventh
cavalry, and was detailed as Gen. Clusters
orderly.
The funeral Of Henry lIollowbush, aged 81,
took place at Frederick, Pa. II wasauppOsed
that he was In destitute circumstances, for
his family snhsisted on the bare necessities OF
life. After his death nearly $1,000 Ia gold and
silver was found IA bags and pouches secreted
la the house.
THE Queen Of Italy writes theatrical
crifigues, which ehe dOee not sign. for the
Garetfe I'll Parma. one Of her colleagues of
the pen detected, az he thought, the august
critic IN a Migrant plagiarism, ana Indicated
the work from whence the iucrim minated arti-
Gle had heCn copied. The Queen retorted by
proving that she herself was the authoross Of
the work. which had been published two
years before. The accuHor had to bo content
with the lioa Ina his ear.
THE Gen. Fitzhugh Bee-"Our Fitz"-of TO-
day beans no resemblance tn personal appear
ance tD the young cavalry leader who,
two and twenty years ago, rode with 80 much
intrepdity and success at the head OF his
men up aud down the famous Shenandoah
valley. lie A. now very st0ut. bis color IS
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-12
The Safest Plan.

There Is no particular reason, probably,
for thinking that the Norwegian bark
ErbIn, from Valencia, Spain, and now at
Sopelo quarantine station, is a source Of
danger. She was many days at sea, and
there was no sickness on board, and when
she arrived on our coast her crew WAS
found to be IN a healthy condition.
However, she was very wisely sent to
the quarantine station, and if the health
officers are as cautious as they ought to
be they will not permit her to enter any
port in this country as long as the hot
weather continues.
A determination of this kind might be
regarded rs very unjust to those who are
interested in the vessel, but it is much
better that few persons should be re-
quired to make a pecuniary sacrifice than
that the slightest risk of introducing
cholera into this country should be taken.
So little is known about cholera that
opinions as to the circumstances that
would justify the admission of vessel
from an infected port to one of our ports
isn't worth very much. In dealing with
cholera and yellow fever we are still In
the experimental period. What seems
to be the proper thing to be done TODAY
may be decided tomorrow to be the thing
that ought not to have been done.
While the probability is that the bark
Erbin is wholly free from cholera infec-
ton, there is just a chance that she IS not,
and prudence dictates that no risk should
be taken.
In a late report our Consul at Mar
settles, Frank IL. Mason, gives some curl
GUS instances of how the cholera was
spread in France last year. In July a
man left one OF the worst affected quarters
Of Marselles, and visited his native vii
lage of Vogue. He remained there in per.
feet health until he opened his trunk. and
wore SUIT Of clothing that had been
packed at Marseilles. He was almost i'm.
mediately attacked with the cholera. The
disease that was carried in that suit OF
clothes killed one-tenth of the people oil
| Vogue. Mr.. Mason says that there is nc
longer any dotbt that the disease was
brought to Marseilles last year from
Toulon in the clothing of young stu
dent.
Cholera contagion is diffused in water
as readily is In clothing. On July 10, last
year, says Consul Mason, a young ser
want girl arrived at Omergues, a village II
the department of Basses-Alpes, France
She had been at service in Marseilles. Sh,
washed some linen, which had been II
contact with a cholera patient, In a creel
from which the valley draws its supply o
water. The whole valley was stricken
with the disease, anG one-tenth Of th,
population died.
These two cases show how extremely
careful IL Is necessary 10 be In order TO IN
sure immunity from the dreadful scourge
Who is prepared to say that there is M
clothing on the Erbin that has never beer
exposed TO choloray The wsest plan fol
the health authorities Of this country I,
pursue is 10 refuse admission 10 our port
10 all vessels from ports infected with n,
cholera.