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The morning times., 1896-08-21
K. OF |. NAMES DELEGATES
Messrs. Simmons and O'Dea
for the General Assembly.
WILL MEET IN ROCHESTER
1t Is the First Time the District Has
Had More Than One Delegate
Beer Trouble Discussed at the Reg
ular Meeting of ID. A. 68-LabOr
Day Plans.

Mr.. W. II. g. Simmons, master workman
or District Assembly, No. Sc, X. OF L., and
MIR. Thomas O'Dea, OF Carpenters As
sembly, l74s, II. OF L., were last night
chosen delegates to the general ASSEMBLY
OF the Knights of Labor OF America, which
will convene at Rochester, n. Y, November
10, 1896.
This is the first time in the history OF
the organization in the District that As
sembly Sc has been represented in the
general assembly by two delegates. The
representation in the national body is based
on the mem bersnip OF the various as
seinblies or which it is com posed and here
tofore the local assembly has never been
entitled to more than one delegate.
At the meeting OF the General Assembly
this fall matters OF vital importance to the
laboring classes throughout the country
viii Come up for consideration, AMI no doubt
the proceedings will be watched closely by
organized labor everywhere. The most
| important OF these, perhaps, is the biennial
| election OF general officers. The present
general master workman. James X. Sover-
| eign. has already served two terms and
according to he constitution, is ineIili5Ie
to reelection.
MAY GET ONE OFFICE
The same is true OF most OF the other
officials, and in the wholesale change
which will take place it would not Is. at
all surprising to the local knights If one OF
the delegates from this city is chosen as one
OF the general officers.
The meeting last nj ght was well attended.
but tine CHIEF Interest conferred in the cleo
.tar..
sembly. There were several candidates
Tor the honor, but the ballot resulted in a
decided ma Jority in favor OF the sc ntI-.nen
mentioned above.
\ communication was received from the
mann gers OF the Crawford shoe bpise in
BostOu in answer to a letter to the local
branch OF the firm requesting them to
close their place OF business here AT 6
p. NJ. The answer, it is reported, declined
to join in the movement.
LABOR DAY REPORTS.
The general committee on Labor Day
celebration and the delegates from Car
penters' Assembly, 114s. reported that ali
arrangements for the observance OF the
workingmen's lo'iday were perfected. The
carpenters announced their acceptance o.
the Challenge of the eccentric engineers
for a h yCrocycIe race between River View
and Marshall Hall, and also OF their ac
ceptance of the challenge OF the painters
for a game OF baseball AT River View.
The Plasterers' and Timers teams Will
play at Marshall Hall.
The agitation committee reported the
result of the conference between the repre-
seDtativeS OF organized laborand the execu-
tive board OF Association OF Retail Liquor
Dealers. The action of the Federation OF
Labor in this matter was Endorsed and the
question referred back TO the committee
for further consideration.
By unanimous consent the firm of II.
SOmmers & Son, Georgetown, was taken
from the unfair list.
The morning times., 1896-08-21
roo LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

1900 will buy out half interest in
saloon and restaurant: centrally To-
Gated; party must understand the bust
ness Address c. E. L., this office.
eu21-3t
The morning times., 1896-08-21

Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 20. Gov. Atkinson
has respited Arthur Hayne for ten days.
Hayne was sentenced to be hanged here
tom arrow for murder.
The morning times., 1896-08-21
Wanted Furnished Houses.

Wanted for immediate tenants. furnished
houses in all sections of the city. Daily
applications. Call or address Times Real
Estate Bureau. Tenth and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest.
The morning times., 1896-08-21
pxcursion Tickets to the Sea Shore
yto II q q. n. n

Commencing June 8 and 6, and continu-
ing each Friday and Saturday until August
go, the B. & o. r. r. will sell excursion
Sea Isle Citv for 10 Il. IN. and noon
trains, good to return until Tuesday fol-
lowing, at rate Of So for the round trip.
The morning times., 1896-08-21

The smoked sugar cured shoulders
which we will sell today for 81
cents per pound are simply the finest
which money will buy-every Shout
der guaranteed-and further we
would say a word to you regarding
the size They weigh from to
pounds each-tbis makes a whole
shoulder cost you only from 80 TO
40 cents each.
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STOCK STAGNATI0H
BROKERS EvINCE A Dispositions
TO BE SHY FOR THE HoL-
DAYS.
SLIGHT BREAK IN GAS STOCKS.
AGITATION FOR CHEAP GAS AND
THREATENED LEGISLATION
RESPONSIBLE.
light BREAK IN GAS STOCKS.
RAILROADS WE'RE QUITE STEADY,
And the Payment of Expected DIVE
dends Served to Cause an Adj
vance In Some Lines.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24-The stock market
today reflected a general disposition to carry
lines over the three-day holiday and in
consequence the trading, as a rule lacked
| significance. At intervals the stock indicator
was mot1onless. and the fluctuations recorded
were In the main narrow. London prices for
American securities came higher, but the ar
bitrage operations were on a very limited
scale. In the specialties some wide changes
were noted. The continued cheap gas agita-
ton and suggestions Of impending unfavor-
able legislation at Albany were responsible
for decided weakness in the local gas shares.
consolidated declined Az to 1894, and ap-
peared to be absolutely without support but
later rallied on covering to 141. Long Island
was also prominent feature and after de-
| cline OF 8 per cent to AZ, was offered down to
077s ON seller sixty-day options. The stock
closed at rs bid, 80 asked. The unfavorable
predictions In reference 10 the dividend due
In February have resulted in fairly extensive
liquidation in the stock recently Delaware &.
Hudson. ON moderate dealings made a spIr-
ited advance of ia, and Manhattan also rose
sharply, but failed to hold the improvement
Inc general stock market exhibited frmness
throughout. with the Vanderbilt shares prom
inent. In this group New York Central adj
Vanced rs per cent to 93h, and closed at "a
DID, The declaration of the regular quarterly
dividend of IL per cent on Lackawanna ex-
erted strengthening influence upon the an
thraeite coal stocks, but business in them, as
IN the other shares, was at minimum The
per cent disbursement on rubber common,
reported late yesterday, was followed today
by gain of ~ per cent In the stock. but
the preferred appeared TO be marketed and
lost an important fraction. The market closed
firm at slight net gains.
Railroad bonds were stagnant, but generally
$74S, 900. "eio
Government bonds were extremely dull but
were steady on sales Of $1,000
Silver certificates were active but shada
lower, on dealings Of 81, 200.
me stock exchange will be closed until
me following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway and Industrial shares. fur
n1shed by c. H. F. Smith & Co., members
New York stock exchange and Chicago board
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Dee. Acknowledging,
16, 400 bbls; exports, 4,150 bbls; market dull,
fairly steady. Rye flour dull Buckwheat
flour dull, $1.S5. Buekwheat quiet, 35c. Corn
meal dull. Rye nominal Barley steady;
Western, 281kc. Barley malt nominal. Wheat
Receipts, SO, 400 bu; exports. 1870 Blu. Spot
firm; No. 1 hard 951ac; options opened firm,
and, except for slight early reaction, were
very firm all day, closing at ssqAc net adj
vance. The strength was based on firm
cables. local covering and light spring wheat
day character. No. z red, May, S71sQ87 10 Ice,
closing at S7%c; December, 8s1a@90c, clos
ing at 90c. Corn-Receipts, $500 blu; ex-
ports, 1884, 613 blu. Spot firmer; No. 2, 291ac;
options quiet, but firm all day, with wheat
closing at 1s6Ac nee higher; May, 313s G3113c,
closing at 311Ic; December closed at 29Ac.
Oats-Receipts, &c, 400 bu exports, S7;603 blu;
spot firm; No. 2, 224Q231sc; options mac
tive and featurelSss. Rclosing unchanged.
May closed at 241zcs December, 2212c, clos
ing at 2212c. bssrso
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Dee. 24.-4:15 p. m-Spot
quiet demand poor; No. 2 red spring, IS
101kd; No. / California, Is; futures opened
quiet with near and distant positions I'd
higher, closed firm with near and distant
middle positions; December, nominal; Janu-
airy, 6s Cd; February, IS 91ad; March, IS 10d
APRIL. nominal; May IS I0d Corn-Spot
steady; American mixed, new, rs 101zd; fu-
lures opened steady, with near and. distant
positions unchanged, closed steady, with May
I'D higher and other months unchanged;
business about equally distributed; December,
Is sgd; January, rs, sgd; February and
March. 70 s1td; April. nominal; May, Is 10d.
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cylinder once more, he Is able to tell just
where the difference lies.
PAYING DEARLY FOR rITAL.
Humiliation an American Girl Was
Forced to Undergo in Europe.

Not infrequently is the fact conspicuously
brought out that the American girl who weds
titled European must be prepared TO ngnt
long for equal social recognition with her
husband. In some cases, be she never SO
diplomatic, victory of the kind indicated is
simply beyond her reach, the attendant
humiliation being occasionally Of the deep
est character. The experience of the late
Duchesse Decazes is case in point. She sur
vived but short time after the slight to
which she was subjected in not being invited,
along with her husband, to attend the mar
riage of the duke of Orleans at Vienna. There
were several ladies of plebian birth among
the wives of the French noblemen in the
train of the duke Of Orleans at Vienna to
whose presence the imperial court had at
first objected, subsequently, however, CIV
ing way. But the line was drawn at the
young Duchesse Decazes, owing to the fact
that she was the daughter and one OF the
heiresses of great sewing machine manu-
facturer, whose sewing machines are to be
found in almost every Austrian household.
The snub was all the more marked owing to
the fact that the duke is one of the principal
members of the household of the duke Of Or
leans, and as such occupied conspicuous
place at the wedding ceremony. Yet the
young American duchess was infinitely SUI
per1or in every respect to her husband, men
tally as we'll physically. For he is so
small and diminutive in one sense as we'll as
In the other that he is known as the pocket
duke
Moreover, in point of ancestry, the young
duchess was every whit as respectable as the
duke. For the latter's mother was lady Of
Hebrew birth of the name of Loewenthal
who had been mixed up in all sorts of queer
financial undertakings with the late Baron
Hirsch, acting as his social sponsor in
France-for she had no social status at
Vienna-While his grandfather, the first
duke, started out in life in the mental capac-
ity and wormed himself by unsavory means
to such an extent into the favor Of King
Louis XVIII. that the latter, after the restor-
alton, not only conferred upon him the title
of Duke of Decazes, but likewise obtained for
him the title Of Duke of Glucksbjerg from
the king of Denmark. Alongside Of the
duke and his record and lineage, his Amer
lean wife appeared like true princess Yet
the caste tyranny of European courts ex-
cluded her from the recognition that was her
due.
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TEACHING by PHoNoGRAPH.
Clever scheme OF n New York Pro
ats2 ~. fessOr of Languages.

afs2 fessOr of Languages.
Many novel projects have been devised in
the way of language teaching but never
until just lately has the phonograph been
fessor, says the New York Herald. 1t is
difficult at first to see how this instrument
can help along teaching of any kind, but
thereon hangs the tale. The man who has
aoapted the monograph to this profession is
Z. d. Cortina, and he has been so successful
that already he has sent out over 500 ma
chimes. all loaded with his instruction and
primed with his voice.
Until the photograph was applied to lam
guages it was necessary for any one wishing
to study a foreign tongue to sit literally at
the feet of the master and learn the pro-
Lunciation and the accent from his very lips
Books might be pcred over and a language
partially learned in that way but the voice
of the teacher had to be heard. The idea
came several years ago to Mr.. Cortina that
through the phonograph he could practically
duplicate himself in every corner Of the civ
His method is simple. With each phono-
graph there is sent his text book. twenty
loaded cylinders and twenty blank ones.
Each lesson in the book is arranged in the
form Of questions and answers. The pupil,
ready to begin puts the cylinder of the first
lesson in the machine, the tubes in his ears
and starts the photograph.
Keeping his eye OH the book he hears the
words and phrases repeated With their proper
accent: just as If the professor stood at
his side. There is al additional advantage
that tte lesson can be repeated twenty or
a hundred times if necessary, until every
sound is familiar to the pupil.
Tfen. having thoroughly learned these SEN
fences, he puts one of the unused cylinders
IN the machine and repeats the lesson In
a little PAPER box the cylinder goes back to
New York and at his earliest opportunity
Ar. Cortna pops 1t into his own machine.
At his side is the stenographer AS he
listens to tie lesson repeated hack, now stop
ping the prnnogreph. now starting it going
again, ha Dictates his criticism where the
procure a4ic1 IL wrong, what is right what
the mistakes are and where they have been
made.
Tbs lctter and the cylinder go back to the
pupil. who rcads and N-tens to his own voice
reproduced Then, taking Up the original
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chickens are easier and dropped nc. Ducks
and geese are quiet.
There is poor call for veal and prices
are unchanged from yesterday, &c being the
quotation for strictly fancy. Mutton and
lamb is in fair request, with dressed hogs
in heavy receipt.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
NEW YORK. Dec 24.-Lard easy; West
ern steam, $4.071z asked; refined steady. Pork
close at 9Sc bid. Rosin steady; strained,
common to good, $1.75. Turpentine steady;
26A @271@c. Rice steady. Molasses dull Pig
iron dull; Southern, $11.00G12.25; Northern,
1l.0o013.0O. Copper firm; brokers', 1880;
exchange; 11S71zg11.5o. Lead continues
Tin firm; straits, $13; plates steady. Speltcr
dull; domestic, $4.121bQ4. 25; spot lead, So
exchange, s11.3715911.50. Lead continues
prices 10 points higher, ruled fairly active
smaller receipts at Brazilian ports; closed
irregular at 5000 net advance Sales, 5000
bags, including December 9.55Q9. Coo; March,
960@9.65c. Spot coffee, Rio, quiet; No. 7,
invoice 10c jobbing 1014c. Mild quiet Cor
dova 1512@17c; sales, 5000 bags Maracaibo
filming, 1866; centrifugal. 96-test, 8 3-16c;
refined quiet.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
15@2lc; dairy, 10Q1Sc. Eggs firm; fresh,
New York, Dec. 24.-Butter-Receipts 1858
packages; steady; Western creamery, 100
&c; Elgins, 22c; factory. 7@12c Cheese
Receipts, 5,557 packages; state. large, TAO
full skins, 2A@sc. Eggs-Recelpts, 2,O4S
packages; steady; state and Pennsylvania,
21@24c: Western, 15023c. Sugar-Raw easy;
graduated, 47sc; crushed, &c. Coffee quiet.
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ST. PAUL GRAIN.


Quotations on bag, grain, feed, etc., fur
nished by Griggs Bros, commission mer-
chants:
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 771k@7S1ac; No. 2
northern, 76@77Hc.
Oats-No 2 white, 16@161kc; No. 8, 1501sc.
Corn-No. yellow, 2013Q21c; No. 8, 1870
Barley and Rye-Sample barley, 2O@25c;
No. rye, 35Q96c; No. rye Sag 34%c.
Seeds-No. 1 fax, 71@72c; timothy, COCO
Ground Feed and Millstuffs-No. feed,
Blu corn to bu oats, S9d9.5O; No. feed, ]
blu corn to l blu oats, $9.75Q10; No. feed,
ground bu corn to 2 blu oats, $10.25@11
cornmeal, bolted, $13014; cornmeal, unbolted,
$8.25@8.5O; bran, bulk $5.25@5.75.
Hay-No change in the situation; market
demoralized account of heavy receipts and
continued light demand. Quotations: Fancy
upland, $50 $50; good to choice wild and
upland, $4Q5 common and coarse qualities,
$3Q375; good to choice timothy, $6.50q7.50.
Straw-Good demand; oat straw, $3Q3.25;
rye straw, $32563.50.
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INSPECTION AND WEIGHING OF
GRAIN WILL COST LESS NEXT
YEAR
THAN 1T HAS HERETOFORE.
WAREHOUSE COMMISSION MAKES
THE CUT ON RECOMMENDATION
OF GRAIN INSPECTOR.
CARRYING OUT INTENT OF Law,
Which Provides Fees Shall BE Reg
uIated Upon Basis to Make
Work SeIf-SuppOrting.

At a meeting Of the railroad and
warehouse commission held yesterday
afternoon, upon the recommendation of
the chief inspector of grain, a new
schedule of fees for the service of in
spection and weighing of grain was
adopted, as follows:
The fees for inspection ION arriveI' shall
be Is cents per carload for all receipts except
for inspection ''out of store" Is cents per
carload to cars and 80 cents per thousand
bushels to vessels on all grain excepting flax
seed; for the latter, rs cents per carload TO
cars, and 81 per thousand bushels to YES
sells.
The fees for weighing shall be Is cents per
carload and 80 cents per thousand bushels to
vessels on all grain, including haxseed
either ION arrival or "out of stotre."
The above rules are made to take effect
Jan. l, 1897, and to continue until further
notice.
This, in effect, is a reduction of 10
cents per carload for the inspection
and 10 cents per carload for the weigh
ing of grain Into store" and reduc-
ton Of 20 cents per 1000 bushels for
either inspection or weighing "out of
store" to vessels, the fees in force pre-
vious to this change being % cents per
carload into store" and so cents per
LOCO bushels "out of store to vessels
The fees for flax inspection were not
disturbed, the expense of this particu-
lar branch of the work being greater
than the income derived, even at pres
ent fees.
In taking this action the commission
were governed by the intent and pro-
visions Of the grain, law, which pro-
vides that the fees shall be regulated
from time to time, upon a basis which
will make the work self-supporting and
no more. Under this change the fees
will be lower than ever before in the
history Of the department, and from 40
to go per cent below those in force in
other markets.
The surplus on hand at the close of
the last crop year was about $50, 600.
This has been increased rather than
lessened, as anticipated, by the bust
ness of the fall months, and on this
account the reduction was decided
upon. 1t is expected that under the
new schedule the surplus will be grad
ually reduced so that at the close of
the present season it will have fallen
to about $4,000 or $40, 900.
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Jade Is the Fashionable Stone.

Jade is the newest ornament of fashion.
The idea is said to have originated in Lon
don at the time of the cars visit. for the
Jade is a stone highly valued IN Russia, as
well as malachite. We may see revival Of
the latter, too, perhaps, though it does not
lend itself easily to articles Of jewelry. By
degrees silversmiths have rung the changes
on all the precious stones. Sapphires used
to be sold at large and prohibitive price; it
always dear and precious; rubies have risen
in market value. while diamonds of ordinary
quality are cheap large stones of any sort
remaining always the prize Of millionaires
only.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH, Mimi. Dec. A.-The mills were
out of the market today, and the elevators
took 25,000 Blu at 2%4c under May. The op-
ton market fuctuated very little compared
with other days IN the past couple of weeks,
the entire range being &c. 1t opened at
Ss13sc,. sold down to Nc and reacted clos
ing at size, yesterdays closing price.
The close: Cash No. hard, S0Ac No. 1
northern, 78%c; No. northern, 76Ac; No. 3
spring, 72Q73c; rejected, 6A@6s14c; to ar
rive, No. hard, SO4c; No. northern, 7Sa4c;
December No. hard 8OAc; No. north
ern, 1890; May No. / northern, 811sc.
Receipts Wheat, HOS S4 bur; no shipments;
cars inspected, 124s last year, 629 Receipts,
corn. none; oats, s42,7e5 bu; rye, $685. bu;
barley, 11,S15 bu; flax q, 10 bu. Oats, close,
1S1a@19c. Rye, 37c.- Flax 73c; May, TIC.
Cash sales were as follows: 1000 bu No.
/ hard, 79%c; Is, 900 bu No. 1 northern, 7S1ac;
10 cars No 1 northern, 1880; cars No4 2
northern, 76c; cars rejected, 65c;-2 cars fax,
72Ac; 5 cars fax, 721ae.
SUPERIOR GRAIN.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Dec. 2.-Close-
No. hard, S013c; No. northern, 79c; Nc. 2
northern, 1910; No. 3.northern, 73c; rejected,
Tic; cash, fax, 73c. The receipts of wheat
were 59,979 bu; Shipments none.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-25
RAILWAY NOTES.

E. L. Bonner, president and general man
Rger of the Columbia River & Astoria rail-
road, is in the city.
Mr.. Bowers. wife and children, arrived in
the city yesterday from Chicago to spend
Christmas with Judge Wilson, farther of Mrs.
Bowers. Mr.. Bowers is general attorney of
the Omaha road.
Louis A. Robinson. auditor of the Chicago.
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road, will on
Jan. 1 receive the title of comptroller. The
official circular announcing the change was
issued yesterday from the general offices.
Mr.. Robinsons duties or salary will not be
changed. The change merely affects the title.
P. c. Sohr, general freight agent of the
Great Western, has been appointed a member
Of committee selected to confer with sim
liar body from The Southern Traffic associa-
, ton relative to rates from New Orleans and
NGalveston to Missouri river points.
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To SUCCEED DAVIES.
e. l.. BevingtOn Expected to Go
With the Great Northern.

e. l.. Remington Expected to Go
With the Great Northern.
Edward L. Bevington, who is at pres
ent connected with the Chicago & Alton
railroad, in the capacity of rate clerk,
with headquarters In Chicago, is said
to be due for a nice little gift in the
way Of holiday presents About a
month ago the G | b e announced that
Mr.. Bennington was scheduled to sue
coed Assistant General Passenger
Agent Davies, of the Great Northern,
who resigned that position about the
first of December.
Mr.. Bennington arrived in st. Paul
from Chicago yesterday, and it is un-
derstood that he will be appointed to
the vacancy Jan. 1. Mr.. Bennington is
said to be a first-class railroad man,
and just the man for the place.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
SEED MARKET.


CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-The flaxseed market
opened firm this morning at yesterdays clos
ing figure. Trading was light because Of light
offerings. Receipts here were IA cars; 16
cars at Duluth, and IL cars at Minneapolis.
The official close, as reported by the Weare
Commission company, is rs follows:
Cash fax at 1870 per blu, and May at TIC.
Cash timothy seed closed at $255 per 100
pounds, and March at 1915. Glover seed
closed at So per 100 pounds. Minneapolis
fax quoted at 7O1ac, sellers. per bushel.
NEW YORK COFFEE.
NEW YORK, Dec 24.-Coffee- Santos firm;
good average Santos IL. ST. 900; receipts, 1900;
stock, 67S, 600. Hamburg, quiet, Y pig de-
cline sales, 1000 bags. Rio No. Z, 10, $500;
exchange, s 7-16d. Receipts, 10000 bags.
Cleared for the United States, 10000. Cleared
sor Europe. 1000; stock. Biz, coo; total ware
house deliveries from the United States 1876
including 1850 from New York. New York
stock today, s4S. 275: United States stock,
402, III. Afoat for the United States, S07. Coz
The total visible for the United States, 70s, III,
against SIS, 14s last year.