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The evening world., 1894-08-24
Wall street Notes,
For the third week OF August the St. Paul roI
sarned s5i9. 6i?. an Increase OF S2s. S22.

For the third week OF August the st. Paul read
earned sSi9,si? an Increase OF s2s.s22.
The Government directors of the Union Pacific
system Fitz Hugh Lee; OF Virginia; J. W. Pad.
T. Ellery Anderson. will meet next Tuesday. II
Is thought that they may prepare report OF the
condition of the system to be submitted to tie
Secretary OF the Interior.
The Join. committee OF the Trunk Lines, Css-
trail Trafic and New England Associations yes
terdsy smoothed over the Eastbound rate diihcuty
by adopting a resolution In favor OF adherng 70
the regular schedule. The meeting also resolved
to firmly maintain rates on Eastbound freight on
a basis OF 20 cents per bin1red. sixth class, all
rail- and 10 cents per hundred lake and rail- Cuts
In EastbOund passenger business from Chicago V
the Atlantic seaboard were referred to the mana
gers OF the Chicago lines who meet next week.
The imports Of dry goods a, q. the port Of N;s
amount marketed 81, 400. s32. For the correspond.
Ing week OF 1898 the imports were g. go. ts7. an
the amount marketed N6l3, 1883.
The Texas State Railroad Commission Ia.
computed the valuation of the Houston and
Texas Central Railroad at 50. 5sS, $685.
The London Stock Exchange has been asked
to list Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail.
way Company $1,000. 900 additional general mort.
gage per cent coupon gold bonds. series A.
Nos. 1907 to lI,sO6.
The date for the sale of the securities carr
nK with them the lease OF the Cincinnati South
-rn has not yet been fixed by the Court. II II
probable tnat the Southern Railway will buy
inc securltits, allhouKn the CINCINNATI, hamii'
ton and Dayton is quite likely to be com
petitor for them The latter road owns In coz
junction with Baron Erlanger. SO. DOL, 900 Of the
majority of tho issue. The minority Interest
obtained an order from the Court that pursuant
to default on the bonds the securities hypoths-
Gated to the issues should be sold.
The gross earnings of the Northern Padfs
road for the third week OF August were $780,
4cs an increase OF SOS. 5U9.
j. 4 W. ssligman Co. viii chip 1850 oos
Of silver; Ncsslagc, Colgate a Co. 100, o0o
ounces; Muller. Schall Co. IS, 900 ounces and
Handy 4 Hartman, 200, 900 ounces and IS ood
Mexican dollars on the steamship Campania,
which sails for Europe Tomorrow
The Minneapolis st. Louis Stockholders
Committee met to-day and adjourned until Mon
day next. Nothing OF Importance was transact
Cd
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PULLMAN WINS.
Judge Hanecy Refuses to Take Up
the Quo WarrnntO Motion.


CHICAGO, Aug 2t-Attorney-C en-
eral Moloney appeared before Judge
Hanecy to-day and asked leave to file
information in quo warranto against
the Pullman Palace Car Company.
The motion was opposed by Attorney
Rankin on behalf of the Pullman Com
pany. He said that j. S. Runnels, the
Company's counsel, was out of town on
advice of his physician, and that Mr..
Runnells would wish TO contest the At
| tornov-Generars motion.
Judge Hanecy decided that he could
rot take up the motion and the Attor-
ney-General left the courtroom He said
that he would try to find another Judge
to hear his motion for the revocation OF
the Pullman Companys charter.
General Manager T.. st. john, OF the
Rock Island road was recalled by the
Strike Commission to-day. Mr.. st. Johns
testimony OF yesterday regarding the
black list had apparently not satisfied the
Commissioners and he was closely ques-
toned regarding it,
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MAY STRIKE on sept. I
Builders Complain Of the General
Use of Imported Material.
Vandcrbilt's New House at Newport
to BE Made a Test Case.

Tho Building Trades Conference has
appointed a committee of two to In
ves,igate the charge that Contractors
cue! s: Roubert, of Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street. are importing ma
terial foi Cornelius Vanderbilt's new
house at Newport. Should the charge
prov" true. President Bausch, OF the
Trades Conference says that general
strike will be ordered against the firm.
"Cuel q Roubert." uaid Mr.. Bausch.
have. in addition to he alleged impor-
tatiSn of material, inaugurated system
of getting material from small country
towns where workngmen are SO poorly
paid that New York operatives are
wholly unable to compete with them.
This is just as bsneful a system as that
Of importation from abroad. Many other
large firms are going into the same
practice, and it eau easily be foreseen
lnat unless an end IL soon put TO II
ingmen but to leave this city altogether.
Inv view OF the TACT that the New
York landlord Is paid much higher rents
by his tenants than the rural landlord,
he ought to be content to pay proper
tionatcly higher wages to those who
build his houses. fhe rural artisan,
with his SO per month rent can get
y .
wnltn in New York would be equivalent
10 starvation wages"
In order to make peaceful propaganda
for these views, Mr.. Bausch says that
the Trades Conference will hereafter
send "A circular to every contractor rs
soon a. he files his plans with the Build
ing Department ASKING him not to use
material that mes been produced by
cheaOer labor than that regulated by the
union scale
The Trades Conference has also re-
ceived notice that the United Carpenters
of New York will inaugurate a tight on
Sept. | against the so-called Jumping
system. Jumping" means the sub-let-
ting of work by a responsible contractor
t. an irresponsible sub-cortractor, who, in
order to cJunterbalance the low price at
which he undertakes to perform the con-
tract. employs the cheapest kind of
labor.
A committee will shortly be appointed
to investigate what has been done with
the seized marble imported by Allard
K Co. of Firth avenue, near Thirty.
ninth street, for ex-Commodore Gerry
new building on Fifth avenue and Sixty
first street.
THE marble was seized by the GUS
toms authorities" said Mr. Bausch, ION
account of undervaluation. The in
voiced amount of duty, as figured by
the firm, was 81, 400, whereas the Gus
toms officials appraised the duty at
81, 400. We have made several inquiries
At the Custom House as to what has be-
come OF the marble, but, although more
than FIVE weeks have elapsed since the
seizure. We are told that nothing has
as yet been done"
The evening world., 1894-08-24
HELPED BY LONDON BUYlAG.
Stock Prices Open Higher and the
Market Is Buoysnt
Changers Are Stronger and Other
Specialties in Demand.

There was renewed activity at the
Stock Exchange this morning, and the
temper of speculation was buoyant.
The prices attained were the highest
yet recorded. London came In as a buy
cr at quotations above the parity of our
closing of yesterday, and the commits
sion houses had more out-of-town Or
ders than for months past. The shorts
are in bad way. as every attempt on
their part to cover is the signal for
a strong advance. the bulls being in
complete contlol.
The favorable character of the ST.
Paul statement for the third week of
August helped all the Changers and they
were very conspicuous in the dealings.
American Tobacco rose H. to 103;
Canada Southern S-4, to So l-2; Big Four
SIS, to Al 2-S; Chesapeake & Ohio 1-2, to
70: Burlington quincy 5-S, to Is rs;
Northwest 1-2. to l0S IA: St. Paul 3-4, to
wanna "a, to 1876 "a; Manhattan IL, to
IL IL; Northern Pacific 3-4, to Is IA;
Norfolk a. Western. pref, IL, to rs;
m1 as oret e. to 70 FGh%Sae G res
IT,; to IS IA; Union Pacihc IS, to IA;
Louisville G. Nashville IA, to 90 is, and
Distillers' 3-S. to II IL.
IN Ine inactive stuChS oTtBOH NdNl-
cation jumped l-2, to 70; Hooking VAL
icy, pref, 4, to IS, and United states
Leather pref, | H. to "a 1-2.
Money, per cent. on call and 1-2
for three to four months. Foreign ex-
change weak at i.b5 IL 4.8S 3-4 and
i.S6 - 1855 ga for bankers long and
short sterling respectively.
- Bar silver in London declined to
90 1l-16d. per ounce. Commercial bar
silver here Is unchanged at "a 3-4 and
Mexican dollars at 81 81.
The Stock market In the main was
strong. Shortly before noon prices ran
off II to FER cent. but rally quickly
set in, the bulls having distributed lib
eral buying orders right through the list.
Chicago Gas and Distillers were favor
ties and moved up on large transac-
tons
Stocks were more active toward the
close under the leadership of whiskey.
which sold up to 20 1-2 on heavy pur-
chases for both the long and short
accounts. The rise was due to another
batch OF rumors that the Trust had
succeeded in raising the funds needed
to whiskey out of bond.
These rumors. although denied by in
siders received credence on the street
AS rule, final quotations were at or
near the best figures of the week.
The sales of listed stocks were 1S5, 100
shares. In the unlisted department %, 900
shares of Sugar and 1900 Lead were
traded in.'
The evening world., 1894-08-24
RAILROAD TIES IN DISPUTE.
C"nnOrs Accused of Stealing Them
from the "HuckIcbcrry' Road

Thomas Connors, thirty-siX years old.
u junk dealer of 32l East One Hundred
and Twenty-second street. and his
helper, George Ashley, twenty-five years
old. were held in the Harlem Police
Court this morning for examination,
charged with the larceny of a pile OF
railroad ties belonging to the "Huckle-
berry" railroad.
Several months ago r. Mclaughlin, a
contractor, of One Hundred and Forty
third street and Brook avenue, began to
pave Southern boulevard, from Willis
avenue 20 One Hundred and Thirty
eighth street. He notified the railway
people to remove some old tracks not in
use. The company. however, paid no at
tention TO McLaughlin's request, and in
order to finish the work within the spec
| filed time, the contractor removed the
tracks himself and placed the rails and
| ties on IA vacant lot at One Hundred and
Thirty-third street and St. AIMS ave-
nue..
A month ago, Connors says he bought
the ties from Mclaughlin. paying there
for $50. Mclaughlin denies the transact
! ton.
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TAYLOR MAKES DENIALS.
Did Not Claim Washington Political
Associations Levied Tribute.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2+-The investi-
cation of the assessment charges against
&. II. j, Taylor the colored Recorder
OF Deeds for the District Of Columbia,
was closed to-day. The report Of the
Civil Service Commission probably will
be forwarded to the President to-mor-
row. II was prepared by Mr. Proctor
OF Kentucky; the chairman OF the Com
mission. and presents what all three
members of the Commission consider a
strong case. 1t urges prompt action by
office.
Taylor sent letter to the Commission
today giving his side OF the case. 1t
was In reply to "A communication signed
by Commissioner Proctor calling alien
ton TO the Recorders published asser-
tions that local political associations in
Washington were guilty OF the ofrensc
with which he Is charged, and asking
him for information or proof
Taylor. In his statement. practically re-
pudiates these assertions, and says he is
NOT responsible for what appears In the
newspapers.
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BEEKMAN NOMINATED.
fresident Names Him for U. 8. Dis
trict-Attorney for New jersey,

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.--The Pres
ident has sent TO the Senate
the nomination Of John W. Beeknan, Ct
New Jersey, TO be Attorney Of the
United States, District OF New Jersey:
also John p. Sweeney to be Postmaster
at Lawrence. Mass.
The nomination Of Mr.. Beekman set
ties quite a spirited contest for mat po-
sition, in which Senator Mcpherson ap-
pears to have been successful.
While he was absent the President
sent in the name OF Charles Parker,
based upon a letter from Senator Nc
Pherson, which spoke very highly d.
Parker. but did not specify any pattic-
ular ONCE to which the New Jersey
Senator desired that he he appointed.
Upon his return Senator Nc Pherson
asked that Parker's nomina ton be With
drawn, as he intended 10 'ccommt nd
another man: The Prssidelt compiled
ana Mr.. Mcpherson Recommended Mr.
Beekman. who mas now b. en- npnoin ted
The Senate In executive session mas
confirmed the nominations of John n
Z Srennan to be Postmaster at Medinp
and Mitchell Chadwick at Newark.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
MACHlAS TO CARRY RELICS.
She VIII Return Columbian Ex-
hibits to the vatican.


WASHINGTON, Aug. AIN the ex-
ecution OF it's pledge that the valuable
Columbian relies now In the. custody
of the State Department shall be re-
turned to the Vatican ON ship of
war, the Navy Department has deciued
that the Machias shall perform this SER
vice.
The Machias Is at the New York
Navy Yard, where she has been many
months undergoing the naval operation
OF being cut in two and heightened. To
correct instability. She Is nearing com.
pletion, Will go into commission Sept
IL under Commander Houston, and II
expected TO sail about Oct. l.
She was chosen because she will be
the first vessel available Tor the ser
vice, and as she Is going to China by
way Of the Mediterranean and Sue7
Canal. she will not be diverted from
her cruise.
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THE RECEIVER APPOINTED.
He Takes Charge of the United
states Credit System Compnpx

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 24.-Ex-stats
Treasurer George r. Gray this morning
took charge of the United States Credit
System Company as receiver. Mr.. GRAY
Is now having the books carefully ex-
amined in order to discover the condi.
ton of affairs.
The news of the failure of the United
States Credit System Company was 4
surprise to a great many until the state
ment in THE Evening World" last night
was read. 1t was supposed that the con-
Germ was on A substantial basis. The
examiners who last investigated the
Company's affairs report that the CAM.
tai has been impaired to the amount Of
nearly 100000 The concern has been
authorized capital of over a quarter Of
a million. Its object was to insure mer-
chants and jobbers against bad debts.
The President of the Company was w.
H. F. Fielder. ex-Mayor, ex-Congress.
man and ex-Postmaster of Newark.
Judge Gottfried Kruger. the wealthy
brewer, was Vice-President.
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uniform speed of nineteen knots an

q uniform speed Of nineteen knots an
Engineer. Ayres, who designed the en-
gines for the Cincinnati, said before the
vessel left this morning that he was
confident she would run twenty-five
knots an hour and possibly more. III
such a speed Is developed, the new
cruiser Will rank among the fastest Ves-
sells In the new navy.
The present trip Will enable the crew
and officers to handle the ship when she
goes on a second trip under the super
vision Of the Naval Inspection Board.
the relation between motive power
anu displacement, it Is expected, Will
develop u proportion OF to |.
the displs cement of the Cincinnati
Is said to be 5000 tons. although rated
al 800 The estimated horse power of
the engines Is 10000. At the dock trial,
however. the engines developed 1900
horse power, ana for this reason 1t l.
believed the new vessel will prove as
fast as any built by contract.
When the Cincinnati receives all her
armament abe will have nine guns in
her main battery, including one 6-inch
piece and twelve rapid-tiring machine
guns
She will have five guns mounted to
fire ten times d minute, sending forth
shells weighing ninety-five pounds each.
She will carry 500 men, including officers.
She has "A coal capacity for sailing $500
miles.
While the vessel Is on her trial trip
the crew will he drilled to use torpe-
Ices the firing Of guns and abandoning
The evening world., 1894-08-24
SAW A BIG ICEBERG.
4 Frozen Mountain .N Feet High
sighted bv the Normnnnia.

The Hamburg American steamer Nor
MAMMA arrived this morning with 32l
cabin and ll9 stcerage passengers. after
a voyage OF six days and thirteen hours
The weather prey alled hne during the
entire passage.
on Tuesday. In latitude 400. longti-
tude I635. a large Iceberg was sighted
II Is estimated as 100 feet high
Among the passengers were. Nat
Goodwin. Elsa baroness Won Grave
Wilhelm Won Domanus and Consul Her.
man Wolff.
The White star liner Britannia also
arrived this morning with 81 cabin and
800 steerage passengers She encountered
strong head winds and seas
Among the Britannics passengers were
nett, j. r. Henchy. {. &. Cieather. Col
T. r. Turnhull and Mr.. and Mrs. j
kearney Warren.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
BEARS IN A BAO FIX.
Two Wall Street Firms Said to b
Embarrassed. 4
Steady Rise in Stocks Has Wipst
Out Margins.
Reported TO Have Called on Friena,
tor Assistance.

The miniature boom In the stock mar
ket since Wall street operators mads
up their minds that the new Tariff hin
would become law has entailed heavy
losses in quarters where the bearish feel.
Ing on securities was rampant
As Is usually the case In a rising mar
ket, the dyed-n-the-wooI bears hays
contested the upward movement inch
by inch. The result Is that margins
have been wiped out. and rumors q,
failures are rife.
This morning the names OF two Wa,l
street firms were mentioned, and an
announcement of failures would havs
occasioned little surprise.
1t is understood that the firms in cues,
ton have called upon their friends for
assistance. and that they may be able IA
pull through after all
one OF the firms said to be embarrassed
was In difficulties few years ago. raw.
Ing been heavily loaded with Northern
Pacific and other Willard stocks when
that group Of shares broke with a crash
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ALMOST A MURDER.
4 sRloon-keeper Slashed with IA
Razor Over Game of Cards.

Giuseppe Despini, Il saloon-keepero OF 493
President street. Brooklyn, appeared be-
fore Justice Tlghe in the Butler Street
Police Court. Brooklyn, to-day, and
pressed his charge of assault against
Alfonso Mignioni, of 3 Carroll street
Mignionl was held for examination.
Despini's left arm from the shoulder
to finger tips was covered with bandages.
Mignioni, Antonio Jamiseni and two
others were playing cards for the drinks
In Desplni's saloon last evening. They
became noisy and a quarrel ersued.
In the melee, in which all the men
Joined. 1t IL alleged that Mignioni pulled
razor from his pocket and made a
slash at Despini's face. Despini caught
the blow or his left arm. receiving Il
deep cut. Jamiseni tried to help Despini
and was also cut.
Policeman Culbone placed Mgnioni
and Jamiseni under arrest. The other
men escaped. Despni lay on the
floor bleeding profusely. Ambulance
Surgeon Prendergast said that II he had
been left without attendance much
longer he would have bled to death.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
A DROP IN CEREALS.
Wheat, Corn and Oats All Open
Lower.

The wheat market was somewhat un.
settled, first sales showing a decline Of
1-4c. September sold here at So Lie, and
December at 81 lie. In Chicago Sep
TENDER opened at 81 lie, and DecembeS
at 81 1-2c. During the forenoon there
was a further decline Of about 3-Sc., S1l
this was followed by slight rally.
Corn opened lower here by about La,
September selling at 50 Lie. and Decemt
Der at So 1-2c. In Chicago corn was
somewhat excited September opening
at SO 7-Sc., selling Off to So 1-2c., and
then rallying to 81 1-Sc., against So 80,
at the close yesterday. Oats were about
lac. off, September opening here at ~
and so l-2c. in Chicago.
Cotton opened somewhat Irregular
early months ranging from unchanged
to / point decline, and distant month";
from unchanged to l point advance,
Early sales were at the following prices:
September 6.63: October, SO, selling
after the call at 6.72 and then at 6.Sj
November, G76; December, 683; January,
$50: February. 6.S; March, 1908. Liver
pool was irregular. Receipts at tho
ports fair. Crop conditions favorable.
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the crew and officers were on hand get
ting everything In shape preparatory
TO the start.
When Capt Glass gave the order to
cast OFF the moorings the machinery of
the vessel began to revove. and AS she
swung out into the stream the few per-
sons on the dock cheered.
The crews aboard the New York and
San Francisco stopped their work to
watch the start. Passing tugs blew sa-
lntes of three whistles.
The Cincinnati will go to GARDENERS
Island. where she will remain We *
testing her engines.
The new cruiser was built to develop
The evening world., 1894-08-24
CASH REGISTER STOLEN.
Block Thinks IL Former Employee
Is the Thief

T.. Block, proprietor Of Ruppanier Hall,
at 10 East Fourth street, has asked In
spector Mclaughlin to search for the
thief who took his cash register, which
he values at ST5.
Saloon Keeper Bauer, who keeps n
place several doors from Ruppanier
Hall, said he was passing Blocks place
early Wednesday morning, and looking
In saw a man behind the bar. When
seen the man hid. but Bauer says hi
did not think anything of the circum-
stance until Block reported the loss of
his register.
Block suspects former employee
Block went to the home Of the man in
question, and learned that he had
quietly moved away. His boarding
mistress said his trunk weighed about
200 pounds, and as he had very little
wearing apparel Block Is OF the opinion
that the register was in the trunk.
The evening world., 1894-08-24
ROBBED AFTER A CHoWDER

Two men were robbed OF their watches
last night while watching the parade of
the Columbian Club. This club paraded
after holding chowder party yes
terday. an event signa.iZei by
seven men jumping overheard to
rescue policeman. The thief in
each case was caught and arralgned
before Justice Feitner in Essex Market
Court to-day. The prisoners described
themselves as BERNARD Smith. tiftean
years old, OF l79 Varlck street. and John
Mccarthy. seventeen years old, OF 50
Rutgers street. II
The latter stole a silver watch from
Brooklyn. and Smith took a gold one
from Jacob Ledner, OF 81 &illett street.
They pleaded not guilty TO the charges,
and were held Tor trial 80 I,
The evening world., 1894-08-24

SHIPS.
1t is about two years ago that the
daughter of the Mayor of Cincinnati
broke bottle OF champagne over her
bow as she slid down the ways at the
Brooklyn Navy-fard and was launched.
Since that time the naval authorities
have been more than pleased with the
raptiity of her construction.
The Raleigh a sister ship of the Gin
cinnat now in course Of construction
at the Norfolk Navy Yard. although
commenced at the same time, Is not yet
ready for y dock trial of her engines.
Tne Cincinnati IL the first OF the new
cru!sefs built at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. Rvetv part It Ter machinery and
inSmen In the employ OF the Government.
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BETRAYED BY HIS WALK.
Lee Said I" Have Been Over
weighted by stolen Tools.

Thomas Lee. aged twenty-five, of l+l5
Second avenue. employed as calker by
Contractor Crimmins, Was held for trial
In Yorkville Court to-day on the charge
Of stealing tools from the Broadway
cable power house. He was caught with
the tools in his possession by Policeman
McNamee. of the East Fifty-tirst street
station.
The officer met him on Fiftieth street,
near seventh avenue. at o'clock this
morning. Lee was walking with great
difficulty, as though oVerweighted. An
examination showed that his pockets
were filled with new lead ana tools be-
longin. TO machinsts.
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HOUGHTON MUST ANSWER.
Held to Answer for Passing Forged
Checks.

Henry ID. Hougton, alias Frank +.
Ward, arrested by Inspector McLaugh-
Inns detectives on a charge of passing
a number Of forged checks. was ar
raiGned in the Tombs Police Court to-
day. The complainant was + j Pats.
of the Merchants Exchange Bank.
Hougton presented check to the Y.
MICA. foi s. dues,supposed TO have been
signed by the American Press Assoc!a
ton. and made payable to New York
Truth" The check was for 81, and he
received the change.
IN court Houghtop claimed to be an
advertising agent. and gave his resi-
dence as l52S North Seventh street, Phil
udelphia. He waived examination, and
Was held for trial In bonds of $500
There are several other complaints
against him. They are made by james
Miles, OF 1903 Fourth avenue: Clyde
Balston. of the Bennett Building, and
the Fourteenth street Bank, and others.
Houghton Is about twenty-siX years of
age and of good address.