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New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
.soo4si7 s7N772 sisslo 4,5o,

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The great bull movement In stocks which
started In 1879 and reached its limit in 1881
derived no small part Of its force from the sales
wheat abroad In 1879 and in the preceding
year. In 1917 the exports OF wheat from this
country about 36O00OOO bushels. In 1873
,hey increased TO G62Ss 6.ri bushels. in 1870
to ll6SO2.33333 bushels and in 1850 TO 134.S3S237
bushels. The large exports were due TO crop
failures In other countries. The reports OF a
crop shortage this year In Russia India and
Australia imply III possibility OF a recurrence
the events In 1879 and the succeeding two
!urs. The present advance in wheat has come
an unusual time. October is generally
month OF large wheat receipts and OF a declin-
mg tendency In the price This year the ex-
prt movement has not only prevented the
wee from going down. but has sent II up The
meet OF the advance is important on account Of
ne Increase In the buying power OF wheat In
nFmers' hands. 1t foretells an expansion Of
ue merchandise tonnage on the railroads. 1t
~ been considered that there could be no
~neral bull market In this country with agri
'a'ural products and particularly wheat SELL
ns 1t low prices. With improved prices for
'3m products a better order OF things in gen.
'a may reasonably be looked for There was
sdvance yesterday OF one-eighth OF a cent
) ounce In the commercial price Of silver to
~ cents
RISE IN FREIGHT RATES
'"e unusually heavy shipments OF American
-asst make heavy strain on the capacity Of
'es leaving the port Of New-York Not only
:, 'oe shipments OF wheat and grain heavy.
~ Also all kinds Of freight Not since the
isN In 1891 and the winter OF 1892 has there
such an exodus Of freight from the coun-
80 This has caused a rise in the freight
a' OF transatlantic freighters OF 200 per
~ .no In some cases OF $50 per cent since
~'ter part Of July. when thc tariff for Au-
s'"as scheduled. The steamers OF the regular
Z" are barely able TO take care Of the rush Of
ssnt and only few tramp" steamers are
@ailable.
"'t room is at premium. All the room, for
r.nen Is taken up until February. and for
-."ours. Bristol and Amsterdam until Janu-
-. The following table shows the freight
Ss' on the regular lines to the principal Eu-
wan ports for first room:
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
A CRAZY COOK TRIES TO BURN A VESSEL.
nRorGHT INTO PORT IN CLOSE CONFINEMENT
THE CREW WANTED TO THROW
HIM OVERHEARD.

,,,o,.c,,r ,xrO PORT IN CLOSE CONFINEMENT
THE CREW WANTED TO THROW
HIM OVERHEARD.
,r,o ,our-masted British ship Arracan. with
cargo OF iu,e. arrived in port yesterday from Cal
on,,a u,ith the cook. Henry Williams. confined In
,ho hosptal I'm a crazed condition Williams is the
son Of a Trinidad ncgress ana an f'hshSn"'''
sbortly after sailing he got into dsfavor with the
c-cv, and especially with the steward. Thomas
White who he complained ruined MS coohihg py
overdo,,ng all the dishes with salt The crew said
-, couldn't cook The trouble came to a head In
,h I,d,,u Ocean when Williams refused to obey
orders He was locked In the hospital for three
days and nights when he was released on MS prom
ise TO go to work
Two weeks passed by with constant picKerihRS
,,...p Williams and the crew. he threatening TO
en-. their hearts out II they bothered him. Again
h. refused TO work. and was second time iocK'u
mn e., ,h. hospital for fve days when he begged
,,o nordon Of all and was released TO Resume ms
cooklng duties He told the mate that the men
we're con.piring Kill him. 1t WAS thought safer
IN keen him under restraint. ana every night ne
was locked In the hosPta'' oe'"s 'e''"'" ''' INV
daytime to work
rn night smoke was seen issuing from the
oracLs around the hospital door. Chief Mate Da-
v,lson nj the head Of the watch, unlocked the
,nor when Williams sprang at him with razor
ana ana s'ns.' in was oycrpowered. The razor which no
rad was wound with string to Keep the blade open
VII, house with the evident Intention Of burn
Ing the ship. The jute cargo. piled to the deck
,hromrh the flooring had the fire burned much
longer 1t put ou' nor IN nnc razor apJ wfr
sheath knife ready Tor use: ,,.,,, ,,,
The crew demanded that Williams be delivered
@b,s ,hr captnin refused to do and for the rest OF
the voyage the crazy COOK was hsp, ~ ~ ba ncish
Consul here.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
J,rryry,yr WfSE'S NARROW ESCAPE
. MOMENT MORE AND HE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN
WITH HIS KITES

Lieutenant H. D. Wise. L. S. A.. stationed at
Governors Island. who has been eNper'heh''hs
for some time with modification OF 'he i'arsrose
,,,,a. yesterday had n narrow escape from death.
uo had Novn three kites half-inch rope ana
was lust preparing to pull himself up to them by
a pulley arrangement for the purpose OF observa-
,ion. when the beam forming the central spine OF
w. ,ou,er and largest OF the kites to which the
uround rome was attached splln,ercd and the ktes
came down with a rush. A moment more more; ana "a
Iicutenant Wise would have made MS ascent 10
,he Kites and would have fallen with them.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
SENATOR MORRILL, REFLECTED.
VERMONT MAKES HIM HER REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THE SIXTH TIME.

Montpelier. w. Oct. 2o.-Both branches OF the Leg
,sature to-day elected Justin 8. Morrill, as United
states Senator TO succeed himself for the fun term
OF six years. beginning on March T. R9' The vote In
IN, House was: Morrill, 2l7 Herbert f. Brigham.
Democrat H. There being no Democrats In the Sem
ate Mr. Morri,ls election by tha; branch was unan-
NOUS The Joint session tomorrow 10 compete the
election will be simply formal proceeding. MI Nor
r has been In the Senate since lSoI
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
THREE AND FOUR TO ONE ON MkiNLEf.

nrrs on THE STOCK ExcHANGE-A BRYAN
BAcKER BACKS OUT.
On tho Stock Exchange yesterday f.. B. Talcott
80, &, sco 70 500 $3.50 to $500 and lo0o to 1893 80
that Mckinley would be elected Later he onered to
be, s. 500 to $685. at odds OF to l. that Mckinley
could be elected. but was not taken up kiibreth
& Farr offered $40 to 800 on Mckinley. Mr.. Whit
pcv. OF the Produce Exchange Arm OF Mcintyre d
Wardwell. announced that he had an unlimited
.rourt NJ money to wager for a customer at to
a tbat Mckinley would not have l5O 90 majority in
Ssw.York state. f. l.. Norton, OF Henry. Allen 4
Co. wanted to accept the wager. but Mr whitney
word majority Instead Of plurality spoiled the offer.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
WHEAT HIGHER STILL.
,-RrHER ADVANCE RECORDED YES
TERDAY.

rurAr Up ONE CENT AND DECEMBER
.w-ouARrERs OF cENr-rREIGHr
pooN TAKEN FOR WEEKS AHEAD
.... course OF the market yesterday counts
-r,h,ng the high price for wheat has not
J" ..ar reached. For that matter dollar wheat
y" .,nre of a possibility thar ever. In fact,
: seems probable
".,.rday's quotation for cash wheat In New
u,beat for Immediate delivery was 30
i"" aavance Of orc cent q bushel over the
cn',' and an advance of 25s. cents bushel
as' ,r,..n.s nomination. The bulk Of the deal
sh'' ore IN December wheat wheat deliver
m.' =. n.cen,her This. in the parlance OF the
W." "a the "active month
.,orne price Of December was S4A. which
- cent below the final price Of Monday
,,rer price was natural. for a drop or d
I'd. repor.ed from Liverpool and. further
~.,. a reaction vas generally looKec ror me
"o'.' rorkea down steadily until it touched S2Ass
:. ~. mean time there had been enormous safes
y" wheat In the last hour. however. there
". +. surprise as great as any IN 'he eh''re up
- y,oyement in wheat. the dechhe chahseo
'~.,.,v into an advance, and there was WIG
,,e N buy back the wheat mat hao peen
aid The price was carried 10 "'1s .m r,a a nu',y
t". ,,o.e there was a recession TO S''s. wnich
M"' rs. cain for the day 3. OF cent
nass .,. ,,at ,s. the last price was "a OF cent
'.-... than the last pric" OF the DAY nclore.
! agnincant incident Of the day was the an .
..rt q, a sale Of 100000 bushels OF No.
~,.st for shipment TO Lisbon. Ire trans
1, futures on the Produce Exchange
..,.a Nh IA. .OSO,0OO bushels.
".u .hsr corn went up to 1874 and closed to
M making the net loss cent December oats
,os.a a. "a, the high price. showing loss OF "a
aa cent .,o,,,, 4. a,s
- hv the sir 10 fact that enough cars ana
49, 49,. cannot be provided 10 move the grain
ndered for export.
MORE GOLD ENGAGED.
rn largely the wheat going for"eFd 'ha' $
,...,,. gold 10 this country. New consisn-
80. =, cold from the other side to 'ew-horR
s'... and concerns were announced yesterday as
foilows:
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
sEABoARD AIR LINE DEAL CLOSED.
THE PROPERTY TO BIZ TURNED OVER TO TIE
SYNDICATE IN a FEW DAYS.

SYNDICATE IL a FEW DAYS.
Baltimore Oct. eo.-Tae deal for the transfer Of
the control Of the Seaboard Air Line system TO the
New-York syndicate has. 1t is said. been closed.
and the formal transfer Of the property VIII be
made In a few days. The syndicate still has thirty
days In which to accept or reject the terms OF the
present owners. bu: 1t Is understood that IT VIII
not take advantage OF the time limit. being salts
nAd ~ the exner. examination which Is now being
made into the financial and physical condition OF
the property verifes the last annual statement OF T
said. be completed before the end OF the week. ana
the property will then be formally '"rhen over 10
~" rumor was current to-day thit PRESIDENT HON.
man had resigned but he emphaueahy dehieo t"a'
he even CONTEMPLATED such . step'
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
MINERS ARRIVING IN LEADTILLE.

IeadvIl.e Col. Oct. 2O.-Conslderable uneasiness
was caused here yesterday By the arrival of 10 more
miners from Missouri The militia met the miners at
IN. .taton and escorted them to the various mines
where their services had been engaged.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
may become even greater than 1t is

the rush may become even greater than 1t is
low
AT the offices Of the Erie Railroad Company. at
NO Il COrtlandt-st.. IL was said that the rush
or grain and other freight from the Western
states TO tide water had not as yet caused any
serious Inconvenience or car famine hut that
II might do so In the near future 1t was also
said that there had been rerorts that the rail
ROADS running west from Chicago had more
than they could attend to. as the farmers were
lushipg their crops and putting them In motion
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21

CALIFORNIA ORANGES SHiFPED EAhLf.
Los Angeles Cal. Oct. 2o-The first carload OF TINS
seasons crop OF oranges was shipped Ias' n'snt 70
Chicago four weeks earlier than ever before Inc
fruit r. from the Cahuenga Valley.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-21
SNOW ~ TWO STATES.

MICHIGAN TO IMPEDE TRAVEL
Gloyersville. n. Y. Oct. @-Three inches OF snow
f.ll IN Wells Hamilton County this morning. A
slight fall also occurred In this city and county this
morning
Iron Mountain. Mich. Oct. IA heavy snow
s,orm set In here Yesterday. accompanied by stiff
wind from the southwest. The storm continued
nil day and fully four inches Of snow fell. with
a,crv Indication OF a continuance. which may I'M
nnIr traffic throughout the Upper Peninsula.
The herald., 1896-06-01

wood, Happy Medium and Dictator in
her veins, and Is therefore bred in right
royal lines.
Colonel John G. Taylor of st. Louis,
Mo-, states that he will not have very
big stable Of trotters and PAGERS on
the turf this season. Joe Patchen, 1.-The
iron horse" will of course head the band,
and with him will be Dan McCabe, 2:13;
Nina T., 2:15; Robert Wilkes, 2:13A, Net
tie, 2:25A; Fanny G., a green mare, by
oliver Goldsmith, son of Alden Gold
smith; Lilly b., a green mare, by Dorni-
neer; Frank Patchen, a three-year-old
son Of Joe, and several green ones Col
onel Taylor thinks well of Frank Patch
en-, who is a PAGER and will do for the
three-year- stakes, and speaks we'll
also of another three-year- old, Joe Pat
chen, jr, that is not in his stable, but
is perfect picture OF the old horse.
Arrangements have already been made
for it's appearance at the Northwestern
Breeders meeting at Chicago the first
week in July, though against whom
Joe Patchen will be pitted is not yet
known.
Mr.. Tom Williams, the well-known
president of the California Jockey club,
and lessee of the race track at Argi-
cultural park, was prominent figure
at the Morris park races yesterday,
saws the New York Journal. Among his
baggage at the Hoffman house is large
box containing a working model OF Il
new starting gate. It's chief feature is
barrier made of two bands of heavy
webbing joined at intervals of four feet
by cross bands of the same material
The barrier is kept taut by means of n
stiff, adjustable wire, which is strung
between the two arms of the machine
in the rear, and can be frightened at will
Thus the gate is always rigid in from!
of the horses. In action it is much
@l.a, A1tcf ft,a1t To- crat 10 q /.
though in other respects it seems to re
semble that contrivance throughout
Mr.. Williams lays especial stress upor
the use of webbing for the barrier, ant
declares that it is the only material thai
will stand the test of general utility
The apparatus mas been successfully
tried at the Bay District track, and Mr.
Williams has telegraphed to San Fran.
cisco for one of the machines, to be uset
at the Gravesend meeting.
The herald., 1896-06-01
THE RING

w. w. Naughton, well-knoWn sport
ing scribe of San Francisco, Is authority
for the following: Gritfo, the wonderful
ly clever Australian boxer, has entered
upon a plan Of reformation. For years
past he has been recognized by ring
followers the world over as the Peder-
ewsld of pugdom, and whenever he was
billed to box there was always big
crush on hand to see the brilliant anti
podean per1rm. He was never much of
a knocker-out, for his hands were not
Of the horny variety, but he was the
fastest fiddler of them all, and until re-
Gently no one was found who could cor
ner the human will-o'thew wisp and
give him drubbing. Charlie McKeever
of Philadelphia accomplished the trick
few weeks ago, and the reverse was
gall and wormwood to the versatile
Critic. There is no doubt that disSipa-
ton had robbed him of his speed and
talent, but now he proudly displays a
temperance pledge which is good for a
year and he is moving heaven and earth
to arrange a return date with Mckee
YER before the season of denial eX
pires.
Ed Atherton of Cuba, N. Y, whose
claim to the title of middleweight cham
piOn has been considered as good as
that of any other wrestler living, was
defeated at Rochester, N. Y, on Friday
night in two straight falls by Dan Nc
Leod. the Californian. The match was
for $500 a side, and is known to have
been ION the square"
Mcleod gained the first fall after
forty eight minutes of the hardest
kind of work. Atherton started in as
the aggressor, but not more than ten
minutes had elapsed before he was
compelled to assume the defensive
Finally Mcleod secured half Nelson
and crotch hold, catching Atherton's S
foot so as to make it impossible for him
The herald., 1896-06-01
PIGEON RACES

Twenty homing pigeons belonging to
Messrs. j. c. Girton, w. *. Crawford, o.
f. Zahn of this city, were liberated at
Tehachepi on May 18th at 8 am. Four
teen have returned. The best time made
to Los Angeles was three hours and ten
minutes. Last Thursday Crawford and
Zahn had eleven liberated at Poso at
0 am. The air line distance to this city
is about 120 miles. The birds encounter
ed a storm and the consequence was
there were poor returns. The first one
that arrived was also first from the two
previous stations. From Lang lit and
one of Crawford's S came in first.
Their next training fight will be from
Goshen Junction, 242 miles by rail.
There are but three parties in the north
who will participate in this race between
Los Angeles and San Francisco, which
takes place July 4th. They had a race
amongst themselves from Salinas May
IL. 1t resulted as follows: u. ID. Leyd-
ecker, the city trustee of Alameda, won.
his pigeon making best speed, which
was 740 yards per minute. T.. Koeing of
San Francisco entered eight birds, which
were liberated at am; the first re-
turned at 11:41 am. G. T. Marsh of San
Francisco entered eleven; they were lib
Grated at S15; the first returned at :0S
pm. Leydecher's birds were liberated
at $40; the first arrived at 11:441a a. m.
The air line distance is about 80 miles.
The herald., 1896-06-01
A NEW Los ANGELES YACHT

The yachting fever, which has been on
the increase in local waters, has struck
Los Angeles. So from henceforth we
are not to be the only ones who will be
up to date.
Captain c. Fl. Wedgewood, who owned
the speedy yacht Pajarita. which beat
everything at Catalina last season, will
have a new boat this year. She will be
known as the Defender, jr., will be Al
feet over all, 81 feet on the load water
line, extreme beam 8 feet , inches, and
will draw feet 6 inches. The outside
ballast, which will be low down on the
keel, will weigh 1000 pounds, while like
amount will be placed inside. Her main
mast is to be 35 feet long, to which will
be added O topmast 26 feet, mainbDom
81 feet and gaT 22 feet. The boWsprit
will extend IA feet outward. To this she
will have a club topsail that will extend
8 feet above the truck and the club 3 feet
beyond the end of the gaff. She will be
rugged with single jib. This sail will
have a perpendicular hoist of 35 feet
and will be q feet inches at the foot.
a big jibtopsail running from the bow
spirit to the truck. She will almost have
a flush deck, being built similar to the
Italian fishing boats, having a sliding
hatch. If she proves fast she may be
expected to pay visit to San Francisco
bay and take a turn out of the local
boats The launching will take place
June 1St-Fieid Sports.
The herald., 1896-06-01
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES

Harry Cross, Yale's thrower, in prac-
tice last week threw the hammer lab feet
beating the best previous record, held
by Hickok. This practically assures the
championship of the hammer throwing
to Yale in the intercollegiate match.
In London the other day Frank p.
Slavin announced that in case he beat
Peter Maher at the Eureka Athletic
club, on May 20, he will challenge Cor
bett or Fitzsimmons. 1t is said the Aus
tralian could readily find backing in
England up to 10,000.
Parsons recently published a card in
Sydney newspapers denying a state
.ment Of Walford, Zimmerman S ex-man-
ager. that he received sum of money
clist to win the half mile championship
Australian tour.
III a letter to Patsy Sheppard of Bos-
ton, Dick Burge writes that he is almost
sure to beat Kid Lavigne when they
come together. After seeing Lavigne,"
says Burge, Il have no fear of losing"
The Englishman adds that he Is being
trained by Jem Carney and "Nobby"
Clark.
A cablegram was received in Philadel-
phia last week from the manager of the
Australian cricketers, now in England,
announcing their intention of accept
ing the invitation rendered them by the
associated cricket clubs of Philadelphia
for a visit to this country in the fall.
The Australians have accepted the
terms offered and will play their first
match on September Is, 10 and Il.
The herald., 1896-06-01
THE WHEEL

The preliminary arrangements for the
Examiner-Journal Yellow Fellow
relay ride across the continent are being
steadily advanced. Representatives of
the papers are already on their way over
the route and are arranging the most
important matters as they go. The minor
details will be left to the persons in
charge of the various districts into
which the road has been divided. Cy-
clers who reside on the proposed route
of the raceand who will volunteer to ride
from ten to fifty miles as the character
of the road and country will warrant.
can obtain full information by address,
ing l.. c. Steraus of the Examiner.
Souvenir medals will be presented every
rider engaged in the great undertaking,
with special medals for any meritorious
performance.
Put active wheelmen in charge of
streets and roads. They know the con-
ditions of the highways.-L. A-W. Bulle-
tin.
"A well-known railroad offlciar' ia
quoted in a Boston Sunday paper as
saying, 1.-The court has explicitly defined
what constitutes personal luggage, and
nowhere in the court rulings are bicycles
mentioned"
The League of American Wheelmen
has Cos more members today than 1t
had at the close of it's last fiscal year.
when the membership was 43.977. This
The herald., 1896-06-01
bridge. This did the business for the

to bridge. This did the business for the
New Yorker.
The second bout occupied but twelve
minutes. After a few moments of fid-
ding the men went down on the mat,
and before Atherton could get his bear
ings Mcleod secured exactly the same
hold as had won the first fall for him.
The match was for $500 side, each
man having posted that amount with
the Morning Herald of that city. The
men weighed in at 1853 pounds. After
the match a Cleveland man announced
to the crowd that Mcleod would be
matched against any wrestler in the
world, Farmer Burns preferred, for any
part of $4,000.
Slavin reports that Peter Jackson is
in bad way, both physically and finan-
cially. Jackson has been an ailing man
for many years. Shortly after he re-
turned from Australia where he boxed
Goddard, and before he met Jim Corbett
before the California Athletic club, he
was interviewed by the San Francisco
Examiner when he made this state
ment: MY condition is not what I
wish it was. Perhaps because of the un-
usual freedom in the way of social en-
tertainments, or because of change of
climate, I find myself subject to a pain
full muscular rheumatism which moves
from one part of my body to another
and interferes with my comfort very
much"
The herald., 1896-06-01
THE HOR Sc

Wednesday will see Englands, and
for that matter, the worlds greatest
race, the far-famed Derby. No Ameri-
can horse wiz run this year. Leopold de
Rothschild's colt, st. Frusquin, is hot
favorite, but many have pinned their
faith on the Prince of Wales horse, Per-
simmon. 1t is said that the prince would
rather win a Derby than reign over Eng
land. About twelve horses are expected
to face the starter on Wednesday.
Entries for the meetings given by the
Pacific Coast Trotting association and
the Napa Fair association close today.
A dispatch from Lexington, KY, May
21st, says: Chris Smith, who lost Maid
Marian by death three months ago, has
sustained even more serious misfor-
tune in the death Of Yo Tambien. The
mare was sent to McGrathiana near
this city, some months ago to be bred to
Hanover and had been mated to that
great horse twenty days since. She was
romping in the paddock with Hessie
when the accident occurred. Some men
came up outside the paddock and she
became frightened and ran against the
fence, a splinter from a rail penetrating
her abdomen and killing her within fif-
teen minutes. She was six years old,
by Joe Hooker out of that greatest of
brood mares, Marion, dam of Emperor
of Norfolk, etc. Theodore Winters bred
her and sold her to Smith when a 3
year-old. She beat all the best horses of
her time.
Ed. Ryan, for years the lessee of Los
Angeles race track, is at the Palace,
and attended the races Monday after
noon. He reports that he is up from
the City of Angels on business connected
with the California Jockey club. Mr.
Ryan says Walter Maben has good
two-year-old of his in training by imp.
Conveth, out of half sister to Peru.
l.. j. Roses Onondaga mare is also be-
ing trained by Maben. Mr.. r. is the
proud possessor of a yearling by Gano
from the dam of Selkirk (Genoveva).
He is breeding the latter mare to No
mad this season, also the half sister to
Peru.-Breeder and Sportsman.
The Boston Journal in it's supplement
of May 10th published a very handsome
picture of the ex-champion mare Nancy
Hanks and her filly foal, Arion, 2:07%.
Mr.. J. Malcolm Forbes deserves all the
success that this filly can attain, and
every horseman will hope that she will
be world beater. A gentleman who has
the enterprise to pay $125.00O for a two
year-old champion colt, and SAL, 900 for
the champion trotter in order to breed
two champions together deserves that
victory should crown his efforts. This
filly has the blood of Electioneer, Nut