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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
IN CONGRESS-.

Up to Saturday night last congress
had done little more than talk for and
against repeal. Notable features of the
debate in the house on Saturday were
the speeches by ex-Speaker Reed on the
republican side and Bourke Cochran for
the democrats. Both spoke in favor of
the repeal of the silver purchasing clause,
though Mr.. Reed held that the cause of
present difficulty did not lie wholly in
that direction; he maintained stoutly
that much of the trouble was due to
threats to overturn and destroy the
economic system under which the coun-
try has thrived and prospered during the
last thirty years as it never had before.
The burden of Mr.. Cockran's speech was
the impossiblity OF the maintenance of a
bimetallic standard by any country sin
gle-handed and alone. He denounced
the attitude of the free-silver leaders who
want to pay the wages of the laborer or
the farmer for his wheat with a dollar
which is worth the market price of 271
grains OF pure silver plus the prophecies
Of Bland, when honesty requires the pay
ment of dollar worth the market
price of 651 grains of pure silver. On
Monday the Wilson repeal bill came to a
vote in the house; BANDS free coinage
amendments were voted down one after
another and the bill was passed by a
vote of 240 to 10.
In the senate he time has been taken
in disposing of the contested election
cases from Washington and Colorado
and debate on the national banks bill.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
BOSTON MARKET REPORTS.

BuTTER-Vermont creamery, extras,
% to 25c; New York and Vermont
dairy 16 to zoe.
CHEEsE-Vermont extra, 914c; hrsts
and seconds, 6 to S12c sage to 912c
EGGs- Vermont and New Hampshire
19c.
BEANs-Hand- picked mediums $19C
per bushel; pea beans $40 to 1856
red kidney $2.75 to 2.S5; yellow eyes
$500 to 2,25.
HAY AND STRAw-Fine SIS to 16;
swale $1,000 to11.00; rye straw $14.00
to 1900; oat 81 so to $50.
PouLTRY-Chickens IS to zoe per ID
fowl, extra, lac.
PoTAToEs-Native Rose and Hebrons
1926 to $50 per barrel.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

The latest news from the Peary
expedition, via mail steamer from
Labrador, is rather discouraging.
All the burros which the lieutenant
took with him have persisted, and he
finds himself unable to purchase dogs
except at a very high figure. The
Falcon, in which the party sailed,
was month behind her time, and it
was thought problematical if she
ever reached her destination. TWAS
thought certain she would be frozen
in before the supplies and cargo were
unloaded.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

New York city was on Thursday
last the center of a storm which left
its mark on the metropolis as no
other storm has done for years past,
and its effects were felt quite gener-
ally, too, along that section of the
Atlantic coast. 1t seems to have
been of the West Indian tornado
species, and toyed Familiarity with
seaside resorts, shipping and crops.
While the damage was extensive and
included the loss of not a few lives,
it might have been much worse but
for the timely prediction of the ap-
proach of the storm up the coast.
The national bureau seems to have
performed really signal service
on this occasion in uttering a note
of warning that averted disastrous
results. The amount of rain which
fell that day on Manhattan Island
New York city, is estimated at
2,700,000,000 gallons, or nearly
enough to fill the great reservoir in
Central Park.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

Harper's Weekly does not spare
the silver men in congress who are
working so hard in their own inter
est and with no regard for the pros
perity of the country. Under a
group ofportraits it puts the label,
Enemies of their Country" and
comments thus editorially:
ave cannot remember in the polit-
ical history of any country an ex-
hlbltion OF more undisguised glazing
private seltishness as against the
public welfare than we find in the at
titude of the silver kings and their
attorneys in the senate of the United
States"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

called for blood" and wanted to
shake things up generally. Another
Western governor has lately been
heard from. 1t is McGraw of Wash
ington, who, when interviewed con-
corning the scheme for commercial
division OF the country, announced
himself thus:
Il believe this nation to be an in
divisible union Of indissoluble units !;
that any man who proposes any
measure today looking to a secession
of states from the Union is traitor
to the flag OF freedom, as he was in
1861; that united we will stand,
but divided we will fall, whether we
attempt to divide on the line OF slave
nv North and South or of silver East
and West. We are proud to walk
arm in arm with Maine, Massachu-
sets and New York, and have no
desire to join a Falstafian army
Shake, Gov. McGraw. There is
not a single Vermonter even who
could talk more periodically than
that. Washington is to be congrat-
ulated on her governor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

Boies has taken it all back and will
run again for governor of Iowa.
His desire for a return to private
life was not so intense after all as he
himself at first suspected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
Commissioners Notice.

V. ~. SfALDlNG'S ESTATE.
The subscribers, having been appointed by
the honorable Probate court for the district
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive, ex-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate OF V. N.
Spalding, late of st. Johnsbury in said dis
trict deceased, and the term of six months
from the 10th day ofAugust, 1898, being al
lowed by said court to the creditors of said
deceased, to exhibit and prove their respec-
tive claims before us Give notice that we
will attend to the duties of our appointment
in st. Johnsbury, in said district, on the 18th
day of September and the 10th day of Febru-
airy next, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, on
each of the said days.
c. II. DWINELL,
F. W. SILSBY,
Commissioners,
st. Johnsbury, VT, August 20, 1898.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

The Manchester Journal appropri-
ated the CALIFORNIAN notice of
The Book of the Fair" word for
word, without credit, 1t does not
cost much to use a dash and a brack
ct in such cases, but a good many
Vermont papers are reckless in this
direction.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

One or two mishaps or delays in
the Peary expedition which recently
left for the Arctic regions have led to
fears in some quarter that the ambi-
tious lieutenant might fail of his pur-
pose this time. But member of the
previous expedition, who is now in
Philadelphia, reckons by this time
as the Springfield Republican has
1t, the Peary party are now unload
ing supplies and preparing to build
their house on Red Cliff on Bowdoin
bay.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

Secretary Gresham and Minister
Blount have met and discussed
Hawaii, but mum is the word" be-
tween them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
A HINT FOR yERMoNTERs TOO.

The people of Massachusetts, who
drew millions of dollars out Of the
savings banks and threw them into
the endowment order hole can now
see the value of a savings bank
which pays only 4 per cent interest,
but keeps the principal where it can
be had when wanted Springfield
Union.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

Ex-senator and Mrs. VIM. M.
Evarts celebrated their golden we'd
ding at their summer home in Wind
sor yesterday. They have had
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

twelve children, and the family re-
union under the old roof-tree was an
occasion of rare interest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
A TRUE blue GOVERNOR.

There is just as much difference in
governors as in other people, A
while ago Gov. Waite of Colorado
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

Siam has settled with France to
the tune of three millions. That's
franc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
Commissioners Notice.
WILLIAM c. GLEASoN's ESTATE.

WILLIAM c. GLEASON'S ESTATE.
The subscribers, having been appointed by
the honorable Probate court for the district
of Caledonia commissioners to receive ex-
anime and adjust all claims and demands Of
all persons against the estate of William c.
Gleason, late of Barnet, in said district
deceased, and the term ofsiX months from the
9TH day of August, 1898, being allowed by
said court to the creditors ofsaid deceased, to
exhibit and prove their respective claims
before us: Give notice that we will attend to
the duties of our appointment at the
dwelling of the late William c. Gleason in
September and the 9TH day of February next,
at one O'Clock in the afternoon on each of
said days.
WILLIAM B. WARDEN,
HENRY A. GILFILLAN,
Commissioners
Barnet, VT, August 1s, 1898.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
FOR SALE.

At Mrs A. W. Prestons, Danville Green.
two good work horses; one young driving
or work horse heavy two-horse wagon,
and all farming tools
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

The president has approved the
joint resolution making Immediately
available the appropriation for pay
ment of mileage to senator's and
members of the house of representa-
tives. That is right. Now that the
poor fellows have had their railroad
fares provided for, they will feel
more like helping the country out of
its financial dilemma.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
WE APPRECIATE THEM THEN.

1t is not a bad thing after all now
and then, for a storm to interrupt
steam and Geographic communica-
tons, and, in so doing, remind us of
the usefulness of the railway and the
wire. We appreciate benefactors
the most when we are deprived OF
their ministries Boston Traveller.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

1t may be worth noting that c. T.
Walter, under arrest at st. Johns-
bury on a charge offorgery,is mem
Der ofthe republican state committee.
Il Brattleboro Reformer, dem.
ut may be worth noting" that
Mr.. Walters connection with any
political organization has no bear
ing on the sad developments in his
case; and the Reformer editor
thoroughly understood this when he
put the above quoted paragraph at
the head of his editorial columns.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
Monday.

The new ambassador from China to
this country says China does not ex-
pect the enforcement of the Geary excu-
sion act.-A triple drowning accident
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31

Barnet, VT, August 1s, 1898.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03

cluding red dog. Local millers advise
that demand is fair.
Bran ana Shorts-Quoted at s9.25@
$50 for bran; 50. 75(010.25 for shorts.
Corn-Receipts 1900 bu: shipments
$40 bu. Corn is somewhat easier. with
few sales; 36(03612c was paid for No.
8 today and for No. 3yellow. See sales.
Oats-Receipts, q, $40 bu: shipments,
Is, $50 bu: quoted at 31(@3219c for No. 3
white; 3O1%@31c for No. 3 oats. De-
mand good. See sales for other grades.
Barley-Receipts, %, $50 bu: shipments
7,480 bu; quoted at 30C05Oc for NO. 8;
really choice. see sales.
Receipts. 2.240 bu; shipments,
none; No. 2 rye, quoted at 44C045c on
track.
Fax-The market is based on Chicago
market. less the freight. Flax closed
at Sl.l6 cash. timothy, cash, $l.9S;
nominal in Chicago.
Feed-MiIlers' held at s15015.5O per
ton: less than car lots. Sl5g16: white
cornmeal, $l4914.50; gIanulated meal,
$19.
Hay-Receipts, 542 tons; shipments.
none. The market is steady for choice
upland at about S7QD7.50 for Iowa up
land; extra choice, IS.
N. B.-Receipts and shipments are
for two days, March 80 and 81.
Some Sample Sales-No. l hard, 4
cars, 641lc; No hard. car. 65c; No. l
northern. l08 cars, 6319c; No. northern,
q cars, 64c; No. northern, car, f. 0.
b., 65c; No. northern, 2 cars, 634e;
No. l northern, So cars, G3; No.
northern, ID ears, 62Mc; No. northern,
cars, G215c; No. northern, Q cars, 59c;
No. northern, q cars, G0c: No. north
ern. 20 cars, Gle; No 2 northern, cars,
6l13c; No. northern, car, 62c: No. 2
northern, l car, 601zc; No. 3 wheat. L
car, 60c: No. wheat, car, old, 5Sc:
No. 3 wheat. 3 cars, old, Sc; No. 3
wheat 2 ears zoe
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03

and soul, for some worthless vulgarlan
who has nothing, apparently, to recon-
mend him. Hateful to one, he Is fas-
cinating to another; and the mystery
why remains unsolved and insoluble.
A wife clings to drunken, dissipated
husband, not from a sense OF duty,
which is heroic, but from abject love-
the dog-like love of one hopelessly sub
dued and fascinated to the point which
lies beyond self-respect. A hus-
band adOres woman who has not
charm, physical or moral, that
an outsider can discover - and
so on through the scale OF
human emotions. We have this power
as a clue to some strange stories in his
tory, which. however, does not advance
us much. But the only practical part
which touches our daily life is the care
we ought to take as to the character
and nature of those to whom we open
our own house door; for where there
are young people there will ever be the
"feld" whereon The faScinator can
work, to the harvest of good grain or
tares, as may be determined by his own
nature"
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03
Union StOckYarhs.

Receipts-Hogs, 12l; cattle, 48; calves. I.
Hogs-50t0c lower than yesterday. But a
couple of car loads received; but few
punches were held over from yesterday.
making a small killing for each packer. The
market was lower, following the Eastern de-
cline, but active. yards clearing early. Quail
ity only fair for the bulk, one good load sell.
ing at 81. 45. All sold at S6.25O5.45; pigs and
skips at 50.
Cattle-Steady. Hardly enough arrived to
make a market, and business was quiet
around the yards al day. \ few head were
sold at no change in prices ana a few
punches were held over. Helfers and cows
sold at Sl.75G1?.75; stockers and feeders,
S?.55G13; steers, S3.5c@4.
Quotations: Prime steers, S46A50; good
steers, S3.5004; prime cows, j.. .2504; good
cows. s. 5gGg3.20; common 10 fair cows. 81. 81
240; light veal calves, S3.5C04 80; heavy
calves, S2@3; stockers. S39y2 80; feeders
g.. .50Gl3 Sc; bulls S1.25@2.75.
Sheep-No receipts and no trading. Fail
demand for good sheep; stockers and com.
mon slow.
Quotations: Muttons. 50. 7504. IS; lambs, 81
O4.99: stockers ana feeders, S5Q4.50.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03
r. M. NEWPORT & SON.
INVESTMENT BANKERS,
Loan money on improved property in ST..
Paul and MINI eapOlis
At6Fer Cent 't0n or Before"
New Tioneer Press Building, st. Paul.
Reeve Building, Minneapolis.
New York Prod uce.

NEW YORK, April 1.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, $1,000 pkgs; exports, 1921 bbls,
Z, ,733 sacks; sales, 6,200 pkgs; market
dull, steady; winter wheat, low grades,
50. 10(025 SIS; do fair to fancy, S2.55@3. IS !;
do patents, S3.S5@4.25: Minnesota clear.
81. 50@35O; do straights. $360@4; do
patents, S4.25@4.90. Cornmeal quiet;
yellow Western, $2.65@2.75.
/ Rye-Dull, steady; Western, $4,000.
Barley dull, firm; Western. 60l0S0c.
Barley malt quiet, steady; Western,
65@S5c.
Wheat-Receipts, 1880 bu; exports,
146. 706 bu; sales, 1,6S0,000 bu futures,
$4,000 bu spot; spot market dull, firm: :
No. 2 red, store and elevator, 1850
74$lc; afoat, 7515 5@75$4c; f. 0. b., 751a@
TIC; No. l northern, S1%(0S2c: No. l
hard, S4$4c; No. 2 northern, S00S014c;
options opened firm and advanced go
&c on light contract deliveries, foreign
buying and local covering, declined &c
with the West and on realizing, closing
firm and quiet, unchanged to &c up.
trading fairly active; No. 2 red, 1880
76c, closing at 1870; July, 7714@77%c,
closing atf714c; September, 7S5s@7S13c, c.,
closing az 7S1@c.
Corn-Receipts. AZ, 400 bu; exports, S4S
bu; sales, 100000 bu futures, 21,000 bu
spot; spot market quiet, steady; No. 2,
size. elevator. SIC afoat; ungraded
mixed. >el57c: No. 8, 4Sc; options
were dull, 4@3sc lower on realizing,
closing steady; May, 4S94SsSc, closing
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03
SCOTS EMULSION
SUPPORT THE CUTTERS.
Brotherhood OF Tailors May In
augurate a sympathy Strike.

brOtnefnOOu Oh laIlOfS Ndy HI
augurate Sympathy Strike.
NEW YORK, April IA second in
junction was granted today against the
Iocked-out garment cutters, restraining
the United Garment Cutters of America
from interfering with the business of
Kaufman IL Co., Pier. Stone IL Bern
heimer and Holrzman & BieuZsung,
and in any way enforcing the boycott
against them, The officials of the
manufacturers association said that the
names of the four firms had been in
advertently left out Of the original
application. 1t is believed, however,
that the real reason IS that the manu-
facturers became convinced that the
leaders OF the lOcked-Out men have been
cleverly evading the first order Of Judge
Lawrence, without making themselves
liable for contempt of court. A mass
meeting of the United Brotherhood of
TailOrS was held this afternoon to con-
slider the advisability of declaring a
sympathetic strike. The speakers were: {:
President GOmpers, of the Federation
of Labor; Charles T. Richers, Abraham
Kahan and Mr.. Hekew, of the Hebrew
Trades union. A resolution was adopt
ed pledging moral and financial support
TO the lOcked-Out cutters, and promising
that if called upon by the cutters and
garment workers to quit work, the tail
ors belonging to the brotherhood would
close. The resolution will be submitted
to the executive committee on Monday.
In case a strike should be declared on
Monday, about $1,000 men will be
thrown out of work.
A meeting of delegates of the trades
council of United Garment Workers of
America was held tonight. Thirty dele
gates, representing ten unions of cut
tiers and tail0rs of New York and vicin-
ity, were present. and it was decided to
hold a grand mass meeting of tailOrS
and contractors and the entire
clothing making industry Of the
city in Cooper union Oh Tuesday night
to protest against the injunction served
upon the officers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the United Tar
ment Workers of America before there
had been any hearing in court. During
the coming week a secret conference OF
the leading officers of the trades
unions of the United States
will be held in this city to take action
on the legal question of bOycOtts raised
against the cutters during the present
lockout, and to adopt measures to make
bOycotting hereafter more effective.
Quite a number of desertions by X. OF
l.. men in the shops wnere cutters are
locked out were reported tonight. a
number of nOn-uniOn men were also
reported to have quit work tonight.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03
MINNEAPOLIS MlARIXE IFS.
Chamber of Conn merce-

Wheat for future delivery was very
dull, due to reaction after the late
activity and the presence of holidays in
tervening. Today was also holiday
in Europe, and there were no cables
markets from there. Reports of injury
to the winter wheat crops are still COM
ing along. Michigan is emerging from
snow in all parts, and that state is now
the subject of solicitude on tie part of
spectators. On the whole, reports from
there are like they were in Ohio and In
diana two weeks ago. 1t is only where
the live wheat begins to grow that much
can be known yet. The Northwest
movement is slow all around the inter-
ior. Minneapolis receipts were S63 cars
in the two days. Wheat ranged as fol-
lows:
April, opening, 621@c; highest, 6215c;
lowest, 621@c; closing. 6215c; May, OPEN
ing, 6416c; highest, 641sM64Ic; lowest.
631Sc; closing. 6S1sc; July, opening,
661sc; highest, &c; lowest, G5Xc; clos
ing, 657sc.
/ On Track = No. 1 hard. 64c; No. l
northern, 621lc; No. northern. 59@6Oc.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-Receipts,2 =, 10 bbs: shipments,
63, 800 bbls. Quoted at S3.55@4 for first
patents, S3.25@3.65 for second patents,
So. 25025 so for fancy and export bakers,
$l.10Ql.45 for low grades in bags, in
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03
at 4sc; July, 48 9-l6@49c, closing at

at 4Sc; July, 4s 9-l6@49c, closing at
4S5sc.
Oats s-Receipts, 173,25O bu; exports,
12,200 bu; sales, 10000 blu futures, 68,-
600 bu spot; spot market dull, mixed
lower; options dull, weaker. May, 35S
@354c, closing at 3515c; July, 35Bc,
closing at 35Ic; spot No. 9 white. 4014
@4034c; No. 2 Chicago, Ssc;' No. 3,
361Ic; No. white, 3919c; mixed
Western, S7@39c; white Western, 800
4Sc.
Hay-Fair demand, firm; shipping,
70Q075c: good to choice, 850095c.
Hops-Dull, steady; State common to
choice, lS@2l19c; Pacific coast, lS(@
2lHc.
Hides-DulI, easy; wet, salted, New
| Orleans selected 45050 pounds, 414W6c
Texas selected, $4,000 pounds, 50Y7c
Buenos Ayres dry. 20 to % pounds,
1219c; Texas dry, 20 to 25 pounds,
| 80021c.
Cut Meats-Quiet, depressed; picked
bellies. 10Ml04c; pickled shoulders, &c
picked hams, l212W13c; middleS dull,
easier; short clear, 1GHc. Lard dull,
much lower; Western steam closed at
S10.3215 sales, $50 tierces at SlO.321ac; :;
| option sales, none; April, 5000; May
closed at $40 30; July closed at $3.50;
! September closed at $3.50. Pork quiet,
lower: old mess, $l8: new mess, $3.50;
extra prime, nominal.
Butter firm, fairly active: Western
dairy, 1S(024c; do creamery, 24932c ;
do factory, 1S@2$c; Elgins, 3l12@32c.
Cheese steady, quiet; part skins, 3@lOc.
| Eggs-Fair demand; receipts, ~, 10
! pkgs; Western fresh, 15c; duck, $500
36c; goose, 60c.
Tallow-Quiet, steady; city (s2 for
| pkgSl, SIC. CottnnSeed oil dull, weak !;
crude, 4219c; yellow, SOC. Petroleum
quiet, firm; Washington, 5bls, $500;
do in bulk, $2.7O; refined New York,
! s.. .45; Philadelphia and Baltimore, s.. 40;
do in bulk, $5.95; United closed al 6313c.
ROsln quiet, weak: strained, common to
good, sl.35@1.3i13. Turpentlne dull,
lower, at 321lQ133c.
Rice-Fairly active, firm; Domestic
fair to extra, 335@Gc; Japan, 4a4(@5c.
| Molasses New Orleans open kettle,
good to choice. fair demand, 30(936c.
Sugar-Raw frmer, quiet; fair refln-
ing, 258c; centrifugals. 96-teSt, 3%c;
sales, $1,000 bags centrifugals, 96-test.
at 33sc; refined fairly active, firm;
off ~ 4%M4$lc; mould "a" 1-16@
54c; standard "a" l3-l6@5c; con-
fectoner's "A" a 1l-lG@47sc; cut loaf,
5$s@5 9-16c; crushed, 55s95 9-16c; pow
dered. 4 l1-16@54c: granulated, 1916
@5Bc; cubes. 1-l6@515c.
Pig Iron-Quiet. steady: American
S12 75@l5.50. Copper steady, quiet;
lake. S11.G5. Lead dull; domestic,
S40213. TIN steady: straits, $2O.SO bid,
$40. 50 asked; plates quiet, steady; spell
ter, quiet; domestic, A.2713.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-03
Has PLUNGING DER.
Death OF a One-Time PrOminen
Chicago Broker.

Death OF One-Time Prominent
Chicago Broker.
CHICAGO, April I've. Place, known
OIL the board of trade as the "Pittsburg
Plunger," died at Mt. Clements. Mich,
this morning. Place hailed originally
from the oil regions of Pennsylvania,
and seven or eight years ago estab-
lished brokerage business in Pitts
burg. He founded chain of bucket
shops covering about hundred
agencies in Ohio, West Virginia and
Pennsylvani a, and in couple of years
amaSSed fortune of over 5000
When the board of trade shut Off its
official quotations Place closed his
bucket shops, IN owed to Chicago, satisfied
the directors of the board that he was
earnestly deSirOus of doing a legitimate
business, and was admitted to member
ship. lie Speculated Oh mammoth
scale. his operations at times
rivaling those of Partridge, Hutch
inson or Cudaby. Eventually he met
with serious reyerseS, and during the
last couple Of years did not cut much of
figure. He lost his health about the
time he lost the big end of his money,
and has been visibly failing tor several
months. In the heyday of his success
Place thought nothing of buy ing or sell
ing a couple of million bushels Of grain
in single day.