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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-11
sPECIAL SALE or sAMrLE CLOAKs.

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We put on sale this morning whole
sample line OF Cloaks OF several New
York favorite manufacturers. 1nis COL
lection comprises every style ana ci0.n
OF the season, generous quantities. NO
odds; no ends. A complete assortment.
$2.T5-Ladies' Black Beaver Coats, latest
cut.
S3.9S-Wholesale price, S5-Black German
Beaver Coats, box front.
At S5-Wholesale price, s6.J0-Black Bou-
Gle Jackets, half SILK lined.
S.5)-Handsome Caterpillar Boucle, new
four-in-hand, shield 'front.'. SILK lined
finely tailored.
AT N5O-Wholesale price. sl5-Ladles'
Tight-Fitting the very latest style, trim
med with marten fur down front ana
braid.
Cloth Capes from 81 to S.
AT si.25-Tan Kersey Capes, cloth APP
pllqued, trimmed with small buttons.
wholesale price. $50.
DRESS SKIRTS.
Figured Mohair Skirts. lined with rust
ling percaline, velvet bound, 81.
Black Figured Skirts, sl.25; wholesale
price, y.
TOYS.
A fascinating place is our great Christ,
mas Toy Floor (basemenD. And prices'
You would hardly believe them. Every
day some new bargain.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-11

orders for printing sent to the Dispaich
company Will be given prompt Afternoon,
and the style of work and prices VIII %
sure 10 please you.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.
Anniversary Celebration at New York
City.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-The New
England Society of the city of New
York celebrated the anniversary of it's
establishment and the landing of the
Pilgrims by a grand dinner this even
ing at the Waldorf. A feature of the
occasion was the costume of the wait
ers, who were got up as New England
farm laborers, and wore blue striped
shirts, blue jean trousers and straw
hats.
The attendance was the largest in the
history of the society. Among those
present, besides those mentioned were
Horace Russell, Stewart L. Woodford,
Elihu Root, J. Pierpont Morgan, Cen
eral Thomas Ruger, Commodore Mont
gomery Sicard, Hon Charles A Dana.
Cornelius n. Bliss, c. P. Huntington.
Roswell p. Flower
General Miles in his speech reviewed
the history of the army, and coning
down to modern times, said: "In this
enlightened age, with greater progress
being made in the appliances of war
and the effective use of modern inven-
tions by every nation on earth. it i'll
becomes the American people to sleep
the sleep of apathy or dream the dream
Of victory and unwarranted confidence
disregarding all the lessons of history.
Whatever our army is, it springs from
the firesides and the families of our
people. No man can he a perfect sol
dier without first being good citizen.
He must be prompted by the loftiest
purposes to defend his life, the welfare
of his people and the interests of his
country"
The record-union., 1896-12-23
ORIENTAL ADVICES.
ACCIDENT OCCURS ON
THE FUGI RIVER.
A Boat Upset While Descending the
Rapids and Sixteen People
Drowned.

TOXIC, Dec. Especial corre-
spondence Of the United Associated
Presses by steamship Belgic)-A terri
bic accident occurred October 9th on
the Fugi River, a stream celebrated for
its rapids, the shooting of which in spe-
ciaHy constructed boats is one of the
delights of tourists.
Eighteen youths hired boat to travel
down the rapids. When the boat ap-
preached the Yabuga Rapids. which is
most dangerous. the boatmen asked the
party TO land and re-embark below the
rapids They refused, the boat was up
set and thirteen of the tourists and
three boa1nen were drowned
The Mohammedan rebellion in the
north OF China is at an end, according
TO an official decree issued November
9th The number of Mohammedans
that fought Is put by the decree at 300
600, all OF whom have been either ami
hilated or driven into the mountains be-
tween kansu and Thibet, where they
are gradually being hemmed in.
The record-union., 1896-12-23

themselves undersold, have now urged
the Government to assist them, and
have succeeded in their efforts. The
duty on glucose OF syrup has been six
fiorins in gold go 99) on 100 Kilograms
(220.46 pounds). A new tariff to go in
to effect January 1st has now been pub
lished making the duty fifteen f1orins
in gold (S7 23).
This rate" says the Consul General,
''is on glucose from all countries, but
it is aimed only against the United
States, for it is only with syrup coming
from our country that the syrup trust
(home producers) cannot compete
American syrup is sold landed in Ham
burg per 100 Kilograms AT 1850 marks
($2 9119. The import duty for Austria
being also six forms in gold go 99) and
from Hamburg to Austria amounting to
about one fiorin, makes the entire cost
of 100 kilograms of American syrup
landed in Austria about S6 40 against
the trust price of syrup of II fiorins
(SS 4D. This new duty will at once
shut us out from the sale of syrup. 1t
has been this way with other articles
for which Americans found foreign
market. If it was not a tariff measure
some other obstacles have crippled their
efforts to maintain the trade"
The record-union., 1896-12-23
ANTHRACITE COAL.
An Effort to be Made to Take It Out
of the Free List.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Represen-
tative Loud of California will pre-
sent to the Committee on Ways and
Means for it's consideration in the prep
aration of a tariff bill a letter from
San Francisco broker giving the statis-
tics of the importations of foreign an
thracite coal at that port. The letter,
Mr.. Loud says, will cause great sur
prise, and in his opinion the statement
it contains warrants serious considera-
alton from both a revenue and a protec-
ton standpoint.
From the letter it appears that in
1886 1,926 tons were imported at San
Francisco. The importations increased
every year, and in 1895 they amounted
to SO,9S5 tons, while for the first eleven
months of this year they have amount
ed TO 81 200 tons. From 1862 to 1864
the duty on anthracite coal was 60
40 cents, and since then it has been on
the free list, for the reason that the
quantity of anthracite coal produced
outside the United States was, prior to
1870, SO infinitesimal that it was con-
sidered an absurdity to retain it on the
dutiable list, but since then extensive
fields of anthracite have been discov-
cred near Swansea, Wales, from which
the California importation come; Cam
ada, Mexico and Tonquin, and the bow
price of labor at some of those produc-
ing sections, the letter says, should
make protection a prudent measure.
The record-union., 1896-12-23

hshed in 1859 by Dawson & Co. The
Union Stock Yards Bank cleared
through the Bank of Minnesota, and its
closing followed as a matter of course.
1t was stated at the Bank of Minnesota
that depositors would not lose anything
and that arrangements would be made
to carry on the banks business.
The Bank of Minnesota, in common
with all the otlier banks in the city, had
a share of the deposits, of State funds,
and at the time of the last statement
had between $4,000 and $50, 900 of the
State money on deposit. 1t was also
the depository for the county, and un-
til recently was the main bank through
which the city business was transacted.
r. A. Smith, present Postmaster, and
until last spring Mayor of ST. Paul, was
for years Vice President of the bank.
The Dawsons rank high among finan
ciers. William Dawson, Jr., is one of
the owners of the ST Paul Globe" in
which he became interested eighteen
months ago. The closing of the bank
was as great a surprise to the officers
as it was to the general public.
Aside from the closing of the South
st. Paul Bank, which was but branch
of the Bank of Minnesota, no other con-
Germs have closed. A few customers
appeared this morning at the bank and
were surprised to find upon the doors a
notice to the effect that State Bank
Examiner Kenyon had officially taken
charge of the Bank of Minnesota and
its records, books and effects. The news
spread with rapidity throughout the
cfty,.and soon large groups of men and
women made their way toward the
bank building. Some We're present be-
cause they were depoSitors others came
from curiosity. No one was admitted.
The Public Examiner at once began
a careful examination of the affairs of
the bank. AT noon the Clearing House
met and suspended the bank from the
association.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
CHICAGO BANK FAILURE.
The National Bank Wrecked by Its
Second ViCe=PreSident.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The Tribune"
this "wednesday morning says: When
the mist which has overhung the affairs
of the collapsed National Bank of Illi-
nois began to clear up yesterday it be-
came evident that the institution had
been wrecked by w. A. Hammond, it's
Second ce-President. Mr.. Hammond
SO the light of investigation shows, has
played the role of 'kiter" and specu-
lator with other peoples money. He is
man who has deceived his own direc
tors and depoSitorS; man who has
violated wilfully and deliberately the
law which is supposed to protect the
public from the operations of such as
he.
Bank Examiner McKeon, who is act
ing as temporary receiver of the Ma
tional Bank of Illinois, told friend
yesterday that the failure was the lar
gest in the history of the United States
under the national banking law, and
probably the largest in the history of
the country. In the way of cash, the
failure is without precedent The bank
has more than the total amount of re-
serve now in its vaults, and, had its
statement been printed yesterday it's
cash reserve would have been highly
satisfactory.
In this respect the failure is uniG X
The bank was not wrecked in a week or
a month, but in the years during which
it's funds and prestige had been used to
bolster up the far-reaching specula-
tions of it's Second Vice President and
chief executive officer. Bank Examin-
ers and Directors were alike hoodwinked
into the belief that a cautious, safe
business was being done.
The falsifica tions of accounts, which
astounded the directors last week and
caused the warmest of words TO pass
between them and the Second Vice
President, was no new thing to Ham
mond's system. AS long as four years
ago when he first embarked upon the
sea of financing the Calumet Electric.
it was stated how the Comptroller of
the Currency called for a statement
from the bank, just at the time when
Hammond had allowed overdraf1ts
amounting to S115,0 900. He rose to the
occasion, and by carrying the overd :
drafts to foreign exchange" the state
ment was made to appear entirely in
nocent
There is no evidence at hand to show
how many loans We're made 20 such en-
terprises or what losses We're incurred.
Probably most of them came out all
right, but the total of SS1S,00 in small
| bad loans being in connection with
| Hammond's admitted capacity as a
| banker, indicate most clearly that
there must have been many lapses
when the Second Vice Presidents sight
was blinded.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
TROUBLE IN SPAIN.
Officers Fire Into a Crowd of 1en,
Killing Seven of Them.

MADRID, Dec. pa small band of
men carrying a Republican flag, as
sembled to-day at Novelda, Province
of Alicante, and when called upon to
disperse by the gendarmes refused to
do so. They were again ordered to
dlsperse, and upon their second refusal
the gendarmeS fired upon them, killing
seven of them. The others then fled,
but the gendarmes pursued and cap
tufed several of them. A search was
r'ade Of the lodgings of the prisoners
ard number of dynamite bombs were
found. The police are at loss to de-
eide whether the assemblage of the men
was for the purpose of making a de-
monstration of sympathy for the an
archist sentenced yesterday or a mani
festation or republicanism. The find
ing of the bombs tends to make them
Believe the men We're anarchists.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
TARIFF ON GLUCOSE.
Raised to Such Figure in Austria as
to Shut Out the American Article.

WASHINGTON, Dec. o2.-As instant
ing the antagonistic attitude of Aus
tria to all American articles. Consul
General Max Judd. at Vienna, calls
the attention of the State Department
to an intended tariff measure prevent
ing further importation of glucose into
All producers of glu-
cese in Austria have formed a trust.
The market price of syrup has been
made by them II florins tS2 Al per 100
kilograms t22oi6 pounds). This price
has enabled producers to sell their
syrup. which is even better in quality,
at lower figure. The trust, seeing
The record-union., 1896-12-23

At the beginning Of the ceremony the
Rev Edward Brownjohn startled those
present by rising from his seat and
thrice protesting against the confirma-
ton of the newly appointed Archbishop
on the ground that he held to the doc
trine of evolution. The action of Mr..
Brownjohn created a great ation,
and when the congregation assembled
had recovered somewhat from their
astonishment many persons stood upon
their seats and hooted and groaned at
the prote sting clergyman for some time.
When order was restored Archbishop
McLagan refused to entertain the pro-
test, whereupon Mr.. Brownjohn left the
church amidst the groans of the audi
ence The excitement then subsided and
the services proceeded.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Big Mortgage Filed.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. pa mort
gage given by the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company TO the Cen
trail Trust Company of New York for
$50. .000. 600, and dated November IS
1896, was filed with the Recorder of
Deeds in this city this afternoon. 1t
covers the property held by the old
Reading Railroad Company. and is a
part of the reorganization plan.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
REV. TEnPLE CONFIRMED AS
PRIr1ATE OF ALL ENGLAND.
A Protest From Rev. Edward Brown
john Greeted With Hoots
and GrOanS.

LONDON, Dec 22.-The confirmation
of the Right Hon. and Most Rev. Fred
erick Temple as Archbishop of Canter-
bury ard Primate of all England. in
succession to the late Most Rev. Ed
ward White Benson, took place in the
Church of st. Mary Lebow in London
to-day. The Most Rev. William Dali
rymple McLagan, Archbishop of York,
and Primate of England, officiated at
[ he cPrauOnY.
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nurdered His Sister.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-John Ryan, a
peddler, living on Lowell Place. muir
dered his sister. Catherine Ryan, this
evening by crushing her skull with a
baseball bat, and intended to end his
own life in Lake Michigan. He was ar
rested, however, while he was leaving
the scene of his crime, and the police
are of the opinion that he is insane.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Ex.Congressman Hatch Dying.

ST LOUIS, Dec 22.-Word reaches
here from Hannibal Mo-, that ex-Con-
gressman w. H. Hatch of the First Dis
trict of Missouri is dying of Brights
disease at his residence near that city
Mr.. Hatch has been an invalid for sew
eral months, and lately his sickness has
reached an acute stage. He is widely
known as the Father of the anti-op-
tiop hill -
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Fire at Elmira, New. York.

ELMIRA On. V, Dec. 22.-The F. Fl.
Mills Manufacturing Company of the
New York State Reformatory, was
burned out tonight. The flames de-
stroyed two large brick buildings be-
longing to the State which We're occu-
pied by the Mills Company as manu-
facturers of plumbers supplies and fur
niture The loss will approximate S90,-
600, with partial insurance.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Tried to Murder His Brother=in-Law.
Hermann Died a Poor Man.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The widow of
Professor Hermann has applied to the
Queens County Court for letters Of ad-
rlinistration on her late husbands es-
tate. She said the magician left only
$500 worth of property, and that his
debts far exceeded that amount.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
A rlan Shoots His Wife, His Stepson
and Then Himself.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 30. James
Preston, a laborer, shot his wife, Aman-
da, 81 years old, and his stepson, Will
lam Bryant, aged 10, and himself this
morning at their home, 437 East Pearl
street. Mrs. Preston was shot once III
the head and once in the shoulder.
Bryant received a shot in the left arm.
Preston fired a bullet into his own
breast. Jealousy was the cause of the
shooting. All of the wounded were re-
moved to the hospital The condition
of the husband and wife is serious.
Tried to Murder His BrOther=in-Law.
LOUISVILLE Ry), Dec. pa. j.
Speckert to-night attempted to assas-
sinate E. C. Fisenam, his brother-in
law, infiicting a slight wound. He
then barricaded himself in his fathers
house, defying arrest by the police who
surrounded it. Speckeq't is undoubted-
ly crazy. After wrecking the German
American Title Company by daring
Speculations, he fled, returning yeSter-
day, declaring his best friends his foes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07
DuIuth and sunerior c.,

DULUTH, Mimi. Sept. 5.-The market was
dead today. There was but little trading
and no speculative tendency at all The onlv
sign of business was in the cash demand.
sales aggregating about Us oOO the mills TAX
ing 1900 bu The market opened at 591Sc
yesterdays close sold down to 57Nc, rallied
to 5Sc, but fell off at the close to size asked.
September gained hc on December. The
close: Cash No. 1 hard 57k@57Ac; No.
northern, 56@56Ac; No. 2 northern, 531b6 5sslc
No. spring, 511z@52Ac; rejected, 45Z @51Ec'
To arrive. No. hard. 5711c; No. northern,
56c bid. September No. 1 hard, 57ssc; No. /
northern, sec bid; October No. northern
I 5el4c; December No. | hard. 5sasc No.
northern, size; May No. northern, 6SAc.
Receipts-Wheat, 349 547 blu; Shipments. 222 :
OF Blu; Cars inspected. 42s; last year 542.
Rece pts-Corn, s.37e bu; oats, 24421 bu rye.
5.716 bu; barley, 1888 bu; fax, 1878 bu Oats
closed at l7@15Ac; rye, size; fax. s41kc
Cash sales were as follows. l car No. 1
Blu No, ! northern. 5S@c; cars No. north
ern, $3.50: IS, coo blu No. l northern 56Kc.
$4,000 blu No. l northern, 5614c; 10000 No. i
northern. &c; cars No. northern, SAC !;
2 cars No: northern, $3.50; cars No. 4
northern 535ac
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07
Midway Horse Market.

Barrett G. Zimmermann's report: While
there was no great killing made on the mar
ket this week, trade ON the whole was good
and offerings of the better quality. both
in draft horses and drivers commanded good,
fair prices. The arrivals toward the end of
the week were somewhat greater than the
actual demand, leaving a good supply on
hand for next weeks opening market. The
sales at today's auction were the largest of
the week, Western representatives being lib
eral buyers of farm stuff at yesterdays quo
tations. For the coming week the outlook is
favorable for an advance in prices. Some
of todays sales:
/ black mare, yrs, 1850 lbs, quite
speedy ......... ........-.............. $50
/ team bay geldings, and yrs, $3.50
lbs. -. -. ................'... 200
1 sorrel gelding, yrs, LOO lbs, good
1 bay mare, s yrs 1,500 lbs. ............. IS
1 team bay mares. and s yrs 1900 lbs 1870
l team black geldings. yrs, $500 lbs. 40
1 gray gelding. yrs, 1850 lbs ......... IS
20 head from /, $50 to 1850 lbs, per head. 80
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07

nished by driggs. Bros. commission mer-
wHEAT-No. northern. 5s@54c; No. /;
northern, 514@52hc.
CORNING. yellow. 2o@2lc: No. 8. 1910
.oATs-No. white. 17@17Ac; No 8, leg
16%c.
BARLEY AND RYE-Sample barley, 2Od
25c; No: rye. 2SQ2sc; No. 8 rye. 270271zc.
GROUND FEED AND MILLSTUFFS-No
2 feed. blu corn to / blu oats $90S.25; No. Z
feed ground, blu corn to bu oats, $500
9.75; cornmeal, bolted. s139I4; cornmeal un-
bolted, sS.5o@s.75; bran, bulk, $4.5o95,
price holding about steady; choice wild and
upland, s5@6; fair to good, s4@5; good to
choice timothy hay, sos; oats and rye straw
S27ah0
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07
CORN AND OATS NOW LOWER IN
CHICAGO THAN EVER
90. BEFORE.
FALSE START FOR WHEAT
OPENED ATsAN ADVANCE, BUT THE
REACTION CAME AT
ONCE.
RECEIPTS RESPONSIBLE
Provisions Repeated Their Per
Torrance of, the Day Before
and Closed at "a Loss.

CHICAGO Sept 5.-Corn and oats both
went through their accustomed performance
of making new low records today closing
4e lower each. Wheat suffered from appre-
hension Of heavy Northwest receipts. and
closed 2sc lower. Provisions declined 5G10c.
Wheat at the opening made false start at
about Ac advance and had to Immediately re-
turn and commence over again. December,
which closed yesterday at 58@5S3sc COM
menced this morning at 5S1Rc. In about ten
minutes 1t was down around 5SAcs with &C.
casionally few sales at Lice below that.
The immediate course of the opening rise
was the comparatively cheerful tone Of the
financial columns of the morning papers
and the announcement Of 3, $780, 62 bushels as
the flour and wheat exports OF the week,
compared with $3.50 600 bushels on the sim
liar week of the year before. Cables did not
respond to the decline here yesterday, and
this was an additional source of strength.
Inc weakness which so quickly succeeded
was ostensibly the result OF the receipts at
Minneapolis and Duluth, reported as 1117
cars against I ,159 last year. The effect of this
was dlsslpated, however. when it was learned
that the receipts at Minneapolis were the
accumulation of two days, but it had the effect
OF calling general attention to what may be
expected from that source An accumulation
OF over 900 bushels for the week, ex-
| =
that much more to be carried in the visible
supply on stringent money market, was
without doubt the chief reason for the de-
cline The Chicago receipts were 268 cars,
emily 10 Of which were of contract quality.
The clearances from Atlantic ports were lib
eral, and New York reported good inquiry
there for export, but nothing could revive the
bullish spirit of the market. Lower CONT
mental cables intensified the weakness and a
general selling out Of purchases made around
5SAc carried the price down to 577s @58c at
the close. Corn was still weaker than 1t
had been, and reached an even lower depth.
September declined to the unprecedentedly
low price of 1870 per bushel. May opened
shade higher at 247s@241zc, but soon turned
weak and declined to 241sc, the closing price.
Oats were slow and weak, prices reaching
lower figure than ever known before. May
opened unchanged at 1880, and declined to
1874 @1Sssc, where it closed. Provisions vir-
tually repeated the performance of the day
before. January pork declined from 1916 at
the start to s5.35, closing at the latter. Jan
uary lard from $3-621a dropped to $3.571a and
closed at that. January ribs fell from So. 32R
TO- s.: Estimated receipts for Monday:
Wheat. 1926 cars; corn, 900 cars; oats, 400
day; legal holiday
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07
NEW YORK STOCKS.
Market Moderately Active and the
Close Higher.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.--The stock market
today was moderately active with Sugar and
St. Paul considerably outranking the general
list in extent Of trading. The speculation dis
played undertone of strength throughout,
although realizing sales and offerings for
short account caused occasional concessions,
especially after the publication Of the bank
statement. That exhibit, as is frequently
the case, failed, to considerable extent, to
indicate the actual condition of the banks,
and, of course, did not include the s., 1856, GOO
in gold, or thereabouts, which arrived too
late to be reported yesterday but which
was deposited in the banks. OF the amount
mentioned, $500, 900 not being on the manifest
Of the steamer, was not reported until late in
the day. The gold. with two other lots OF
equal amount, was deposited at the subtreas-
ury. The arrivals for the week made about
the largest aggregate imports in any single
week The grand total was $40. 106, 46S The
initial prices were a shade below Fridays
closing figures, owing to realizations and bear
offerings, Influenced chiefly by lower London
prices. After a brief reactionary movement
prices took an upward trend and frmness
ruled all along the line. The closing was
dull but steady at slight gains on the day.
Total sales Of stocks today: Tobacco. 400;