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The times., 1897-05-19
Was Almost Totally Deaf
Hearing Restored.

John w. BerkIey, CSC G st. se.,
Washington, d. c.: Il became deaf sud-
denly q year ago. ! could hear only the
loudest sounds. i bad continuous rumb-
ling, ringing, and whistling sounds IN my
head. The noises have gone, and l hear
again distinctly when spoken to III low
tone"
The times., 1897-05-19

The market had very small and very dis
appointing fluctuations yesterday, TIom the
point OF view OF the specUlator, either bear
or bull. a large number OF stocks closed
at iGehtically the same figures of their
opening. The Whole business was Lanow
and professional, and there is as vet no
sign OF d Change from these conditions,
which is worse. The question of gold
shipments remains in allegiance. Exchange
transactions are on a narrow basis, with
demand sterling still quoted at sbout
4.S7 IL. 1t is generally thought that If
any specie goes outon Saturday the amount
viii be limited. The Cuban matters are
really playing very little part in the market
this week. Wall street apparently relies
upon the theory that the Admin istTation
VIII do nothing. on the whole, the cut
look is perhaps more favorable to tenn
poraTy advances than the other thing.
ANY Of half a dozen stocks should 20 up
a point or so before they go down.
The times., 1897-05-19
Washington Stock Excnange.

Sales Washington Market 6's, 100 at
10: Washington Gas, 20 at 43 1-2: Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage, 100 at 81: Mergen-
thaler Linotype, 10 at 122, at 121 7-9;
Lanston Monotype, 25 at G 3-4.
GOVERNMENT HoSDs.
The times., 1897-05-19

Chicago GriIin anu PROVISION Marked.
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.,
bankers and Brokers Members OF the
y Y. stock Exchange, 1927 F street.
The times., 1897-05-19

$1.25 TO Baltimore and Return
Via b. & O. Z. R. All trains May % and
%, valid for return passage until follow
ing Monday. my19-4t
The times., 1897-05-19

Store your furniture with the B. & o
Storage Company, 10, 2, 1 4 and Is E st
ne, opposite Patio. and Ohio freight depot
The times., 1897-05-19

Through Service to Boston via Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Federal Express to Boston, with through
sleeping car, has been changed to leave
Washington at 4:20 p. m. daily.
my 1S,20,e, 19,21,m
The times., 1897-05-19
PosToFFIcE notice..

Should be read daily. as changes may
occur at any time
FOREIGN MAILS for the week ending
May ", S97, close promptly at this Office
as rraIln
The times., 1897-05-19
He Had Been Very Deaf Ten
Years.

Granville Hartford, 903 c st. np.,
Washington, d. c., employed in the Rail-
way Mail Service, Postoffice Department:
two days ago had you spoken to me in
that tone i could not have heard you. l
had been deaf for tea years. Doctor Mccoy
has restored my hearing SO that can now
hear everything with perfect distlnctness."
The times., 1897-05-19

Western Union was stronger yesterday,
apparently responding TO statements put
out about the probable maintenance OF the
regular dividend rate. AS stated in this
column yesterday, Mr.. Russell Sage is me
of the gentlemen VINO is said to have been
making some such statement. lie sail in
conversation yesterday, however, probably
with this alleged interview as text, that
he was not at all certain that Western
Union would earn its dividend.
Town Topics is of the belief that the
stock is cheap. 1t has been saying this
for the last two or three days According 2
to Town Topics, not only will the regular
l 4 per cent dividend be earned, but the
Statement that will be submitted to he
board of directors three weeks from Today
will show that the earnings of the ,Om-
pany for the current quarter are more tran
1-2 per cent Oh 500 900, 900 capitaliza-
tion.
The times., 1897-05-19

There is a story that the railway pool
ing bill is likely TO receive d favorable re-
port from the committee, amendments be
ing added which put the pools and rates
under the charge of the Interstate Com
nerce Commission. Thsis regarded favor
ably by Wall street.
The times., 1897-05-19
New York Stock Market.

Corrected daily by W. p. Hihbs & On .
Bankers and Brokers, members OF the N
Y. Stock Exchange, 1927 street
The times., 1897-05-19
EARS THAT
WERE DEAD
Are Made Alive to Sound
Again
By the Marve'0uS Treatment
of Do .tOr Mccoy.

Mr.. Knott Was Stone Deaf in One
Ear-MrS. Croft Couldn't Hear
Without an Ear rumpet-Mr.
Sherwood Had Been Deaf for
Twenty Years-Ail Hear Again.
The times., 1897-05-19
Wampole's "a medicine
Elk Llthia Spring Water

is the only water that is bottled under
water.
The times., 1897-05-19

Moore & Schley were yesterday continlr
GUS sellers of Sugar to such an extent ttat
it was openly commented onby those watch
ing the stock. Still, it is not believed that
there will be any important move in the
stock in the immediate future. Certainly
nothing in the way of facts can be learned
about the tariff bill for the present.
The times., 1897-05-19
CORSON & MCCARTNEY,

Do you kno,c that you can hare The Morn
ing, EceDing aud Sunday Times deliuered at
your residence for JVty cents a MONTH";
The times., 1897-05-19

There is news Of an important meeting
of representatives of Wholesale Grocers'
Association Of several of the Southern
States, to be held in June during tie
exposition, to take action against the
American Tobacco Company. These whole
sale grocers' associations have never
been friendly toward the American To-
bacco Company and its methods, although
they have been obliged to keep up its
rates in order to hold its business. 1t is
even suggested that the grocers' associa
tions will boycott the companies, and that
in addition to tislegislative action aguinst
the trust in these Southern States will be
pushed. The news of this meeting, which
is put out as a bear argument, and the
decision by Judge Gibbons, are offset
by the Cuban news most favorable to the
trust the street thought. Still, Tobacco
does not look any too strong just at
present.
The times., 1897-05-19

Dow. Jones S Co. say of st. Paul: By the
The times., 1897-05-19

Chicago Gas had another squirt ycster-
day, aud did not lose much of its gain
in the last hours There are plenty Of
good buyers in this stock, and the bears
don't have any successes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
IN THE
e.&*$t

The market opened OFF little this morning.
and the weakness that was shown seemed 10
promise lower prices, for while stocks were
quiet and London did next 10 nothing. stocks
seemed TO have dropping tendency. The
most striking speciality was Jersey Central,
which at the opening was two points lower
than the high point yesterday. IL rs believed
that the campaign against tho shorts, in this
stock at least, j. over.
II IL also believed that Northern Pacific
preferred will seek a lower level The com
pany IL not earning within ssOO,OO of its fixed
charges, and relatively is not worth dollar for
dollar as much as Atchison preferred. 1t is tho
opinion Of good Judges that the stocks will
come nearer together
IL is generally believed that Leather
Is another sale. II does not look as II the
company would meet with any favor i'm Wash
ington. and failing this the stocks must de-
cline.
In regard 10 the condition OF the coal roads,
f. J. Knight a. Co. say in their daily market
letter:
THE condition of the coalers has not
changed. although one might imagine by the
price Of the stock that there had been ma
terial improvement. Fictitious loaning rates
anu oli uTblicldi osditl'y VI rhSSA h"f0 hSSi
worked by the manipulators who have resort
ed TO all kinds of incredible rumors 20 explain
the cause of the rise. The facts are just as
they have been. Tho stock is not earning the
dividends it is paying, and when the drop
comes IL will be a big one"
Joseph il very bullish upon Union Pacific
today. He says: 1T is going up. You will
find that ON reorganization, even though the
assessment be SIS per share, Union Pacific
will earn a dividend long before Northern
Pacific pays one The advsability, therefore,
of going long of Union Pacific and hedging
by selling Northern Pacific Will be apparent
TO all We hazard the opinion that Union
Pacific will treble in value in the course of 90
days"
In London today consols were steady, as the
war news was by no means exciting, and it
was not believed in the European markets
that Bulgaria will assume any menacing po-
sition. The Americans were steady at New
York parity, but the foreign houses had prac-
tically no orders for London.
Montana was tho feature of the Boston
market yesterday and today. Yesterday it
broke from ll9 10 ll6 and today it touched
1l434 in the first hour. The street talk is that
Montana Is going to 100.
contract was signed today between the
Postal Telegraph Company and the Mexican
Railroad, which is another blow at the earn
ing power of Western Union.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
THE COTTON AND GRAIN MARKET.

THE COTTON AND GRAIN MARKET.
Cotton was dull nc the opening and il was
evident that traders were uncertain as to
what course they had better take.
Price, Mccormick a. Co. wired Weeden,
Kendall & Co. today "The Liverpool ad-
vices this morning indicate that the market
there is gradually acquiring strength. Spot
sales aggregated 1900 bales at prices that
were unchanged but that appeared 10 be
hardening Futures also showed an improve
ment. The port receipts for the day we're
estimated at 10000 bales, against 1886 last
week and Gill last year"
The wheat market opened quiet. Trade
was small and there were no features, al
though the undertone was firm.
Paine, webber a Co. say today: Instead
of 10000, 900 winter wheat crop, All estimate
that was based upon full acreage sown and
90 5-l0 condition in December last, late esti
mates vary from a little above TO materially
less than last years small yield of 264,0Oo,0OO
bushels"
In London today off coast wheat was quiet
and steady. Passage wheat was unchanged.
The English country markets were quiet and
Liverpool was firm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Referred to a Master.

Boston, April 23.-Iudge Knowl,on referred
10 Samuel G. Bennett rs master t.le case Of
the State Street Exchange W.. the Suffolk
Trust Company. This is the suit In which an
effort is being mado by a creditor OF the de-
funct trust company to enforce personal IL.
ability against the in livilusl stockholders of
the concern. There are So shares which are
named in the bill, and the remainder will
probably be included, there being 1000 shares
issued Tho amount which IL is rcccssary
60 raise is equal to AZ least the fll 100000
which would be collected II everv shareholder
paid the assessment, hut this is not probable.
The case has leen pending for several years
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Vote OF the Methodist Conference to
Expel Was Unanimous.

Schenectady, n. y, April 23 Rev.
DIR. Farrar, ex pastor of st. Lukcs church,
Albany, was today expelled from the
Methodist Episcopal church and the
ministry at the Troy conference
Before Mr.. Farrars case was taken mp
one of the clergymen offered "a resolution
that the Associated Press be oensured for
publishing the story OF DIR. Farrar's S offence
before the conference was ready TO have
IL given out for publication. Iho rosou
tion asked that n committee ne appointed
To ascertain If possible what member OF
the conference lad given TO the Associ-
ated Press the facts of the case. The reso
luton aroused spirited debate. 1t
was defeated
DIR. j. ~. Coleman, the presiding elder
of the Albany district who had charge
OF the case for the prosecution whom thc
morning session was continued read "a
confession signed 10y DIR. Farrar, in which
he pleaded guilty 10 the charge Of gross
immortality. The conference then unani
inously voted TO expel him from the min
istry and membership of the Methodist
church. Later In the day Bishop Nindc
announced the expulsion of DIR. Farrar.
A large crowd was present at the regular
session.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
TIE LOCAL STOCK MARKET.

C. Franklin Nugent & Co furnish the fol-
lowing information in relation TO the local
stock market
The local investment market has, during
the past week, boeu without special feature
except rs 10 the r. /. Perkins Horse Shoe
Cobpnny stock. about which great many
rumors are current.
The failure at New Bedford has in some in
stances affected the prices of bank stocks un-
favorahly as it became known which OF the
banks were holders Of the paper ISSUED by
these mills.
A fair amount Of business is being done.
but only az prices which favor the buyer
rather than the seller. Insurance stocks havo
been strong with few transactions.
The WoonsycSct Electric NJ. q T. co. has
issued and sold S25O,OoO of bonds, which are
reported 60 have been taken for investment
by Providence parties.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
THREATS.
(Continueu from Page IL

to go over the route supposed to be taken
had been committed. He was at Mr..
Lcander Buffum' : place when the sheriff
came after him. Aftor being instructed
he went by Ira Bishops place ana by the
John 1rask house 10 take path. Ho
followed the path 10 the Joe Mowry saw
mill. He worked through other paths.
That was on Friday.
On Saturday he looked through some
Of the woods until he came 20 Herring
Pond when ho found tracks on the beach.
Tho tracks came FROM Cyrus Harding :
place and they went 10 the bathing
house. They were mems tracks and they
stopped near the bathing house by u
hole dug out Of the sand. Then the tracks
turned and went back the way they came
There were dogs tracks which followed
the mans tracks right mp To the bathing
house. Witness could not find any other
tracks. lie could not tell how the man
went back or how tho dog left there. The
hole in the sand seemed TO DO "A place dug
there. Witness said that he found n
place where il looked as III man had
taken his hands and dug into the sand.
He found TWO of these places The places
showed finger prints in the wet sand.
There were tracks leading TO these dug-out
places in the sand The tracks came
from the direction of Cyrus Harding s
house.
Other persons saw the tracks. including
two reporters. There was another track
! running from the Anthony place going
toward the Joseph Mowry saw mill.
The hearing was here adjourned to later
| in the afternoon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS.
Two of Them Have Been Busy in the
Jewelry District.

Two well-dresscd men created quite a
Sensation in the jowelry district yesterday
and today by calling at the Offices of
several of the leading manufacturing
jewelers., aEd talking trade, but in
such manner as TO create suspicion.
Early yesterday forenoon they called at
the Office of G. w. .Iencks & Bros, 353
Broad street, and it took &. w. Jencks
but short time to come To n conclusion
that the men were frauds. While they
were talking Mr.. .Jencks took complete
description of them and sent il to the
detective department.. The members of
that department learned that the men
had made several calls, and at each place
told about the same story. These who
have been. called upon 10y the fellows are
locking for something to drop" in u
night or two, and some of them have
taken extra precautions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
BODIES FOUND.
Remains of Mr.. and Mrs.
Murphy Recovered.
Crossed River at Beverly
Monday to Visit Friends.
Their DOry Probably CapSized and
Both Lost Their Lives.

Beverly, Mass, April 23. The search
ers for the bodies Of AIr. and Mrs. Thorn
as J. Murphy of Beverly We're rewarded
this morning by finding both bodies on
the shore of the Essex river at Kernwood.
salem, Beverly and Danvers policemen
were in the searching party. They have
been dragging for the bodies for some
time. Mr.. and Mrs Murphy went across
the river in dory on Monday afternoon
TO visit some friends in Peabody. They
never returned. and it is supposed that
tho dory capsized when they were crossing
back TO Beverly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
HOUSES WRECKED.
A Tornado Sweeps Over The Terri
tory Near Newton, Kan.
Orchards and Groves Uprooted, Glass
Broken and Cattle Killed.

Newton, Kas., April ga small tor
nado which passed mile west of here
last night wrecked several houses, injured
three occupants, killed CATTLE, uprootcd
orchards and groves and smashed thous
ands of panos of glass. J. w. Wcams
had an arm broken, his wife was rendered
unconscious and was severely bruised and
the little daughter of j. G. Chandler. was
slightly hurt. Ii Is not thought any death
will result. The storm apparently spent
itself short way outside OF Newton and
wrought no further damage
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Widow opposes the Sale.

In the Appellate Court today there was
hearing on the Partition suit brought
by Mary H. Bradford W.. Horny p. Stone
and Others. The complainant and the re-
spondents are heirs of the late Moses
Green of Warwick and they desire the
property belonging 10 the estate which is
situated in old Warwick, sold and the
proceeds divided among them. The par
ties in interest all agree that "a sale would
bc bost except Mrs. Eunice II. Eddy, the
widow of Moses Groen. who wants por-
tion of the estate set of 10 her by metcs
and bounds as her dover
Albert IL. Greene and II. w Burbank
were attorneys for the heirs and Louis L.
Angel attorney for Mrs. Eddy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
JUDGE DAY THE MAN.
Will BE Nominated First Assistant
Secretary of State

Washington, April %. 3.-President Me-
kinley has decided to nominate William
X. Day, of Canton, Ohio TO be- first as
sistant secretary of state filling of Office of
first assistant observation-disclosures ending
slated originally for this appointment, but
the nomination was opposed strenuously
by Senator Foraker and other woll known
Republicans, who protested against il on
personal and party grounds.
Judge Day who Will be named to sue
ceed Mr.. Rockhill as first assistant secre
tary of state is said TO be fine lawyer
and his name has been mentioned fro
quontly for solicitor general He and the
PRESIDENT are on close terms of intimacy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Turks Flee Precipitately.

Arta, April 23-6 p m.-The Turks
have abandoned kiafa and Ksuitzade-
sou, on tie left bank Of the Arachphos.
The inhabitants left precipitately, leaving
their belongings. All along the route to
Fort Imarct captured by the Greeks,
there were evidences of the hasty night
of the Turkish households. The belong.
ings OF the Turks were everywhere scat
tered about The project Of Arta has
reached Fillipiada. He was received with
acclamation by the population. a num-
Der of Geek wounded have been brought
to Fillipiada. The dead were left un-
buried along the route. The headquar-
tcrs of Col. Manos, the commander of the
Greek forces in Epirus are at Stina. \
lively fu$ilade continues between the
Greek and Turkish outposts around Arta.
In the villages abandoned by the Turks
the Greeks found a considerable amount
of ammunition
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Investigating the Boston Explosion.

Boston, April 23 Tho gas commissions
ors continued this morning their invcsti-
CATION into the construction of the bridg-
ing at fremont and BOylstOn streets,
where the explosion occurred on March Z,
superintendent Judd trying TO explain
exactly how IT. was built. I'm reply 90
Chairman Baker, The witness snid hn in
s1ectcd the surface of the bridging every
day. hy Watching it when heavy ears ar
wagons were going over It, He did not
go under The bridge every dny, but when
he did not sJmc Of his subCrdnatcs did.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Will Attend the Dedication.

Washington. April 23 Tho House has
adopted "a resolution for the appoint.
incnt Of a committee of twenty-five MEM
hcTs, of which the speaker is chairman.
10 attend tho Grant tomb exercises next
Tuesday. The House has also agreed to
take n three-day adjournment next
week, with the understanding that no
business shall DO transacted
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23

London, April 23.-According to n
special dispatch from Athens fighting has
occurred I'm the Olive Groves near Prevesa,
between the Turks and native Christians.
The Greek forces, IL is added, while on
their way To Fillipiada, passed number
of charred corpscs The inhabitants of
Lakka, and Samarina, have arisen against
the Turks and have welcomed the Greeks
with enthusiasm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Verdict for the Plaintiff.

The suit of Frank Y. McMaugh against
Margaret ana Daniel Kicrnan was tried be.
fore Judge Wilbur and Jury this morning
The suit was TO recover So for horse shoeing,
und the defendnnis denied they owed the
plaintiff anything. The Jury brought in a
verdict for the plaintiff for full amount of
his claim. J. W Hogan for the plaintiff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
us. Chapman Gets the Money.

Thc Westerly savings Bank Is, by n
q rrre entered i'm tic Appoilatc Court
tuis afternoon, directed 10 pay Co Bia cho
Is. Chap,na@n m the sum OF s4sih This
certain real estate ". G. Curtis was
attorney for Mrs Chapman
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
A $4,000 Blaze in Boston.

Boston, Aprl 28-Tiro was discovered NJ
~ carly ho r this morning.in the hve.story
Stone building at the corner 81 Battery
March AMI High streets. Tho fire started ON
the fourth floor, occupied hy FA. Brahams
q sors n pipe factory, and worked its way
Mp to the 9Th ioor. occuuie1 by MeKeye q
Co. manufacturing cl'pmisis The loss is
esiimaiod az sla.OOl. covered hy insnrnnen
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Assaulted a Strikers Picket.

Lynn, Mass, April BIN the police court
here this morning Charles Caspian ana
Michael Pazagian. charged with assault with
"a knife upon James 4. Doyle, a union picket.
near tho factory OF Willihms, Clark 4 Co.,
whore strike IS in progress, had their cases
continued until tomorrow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Turks Stiil Hold Prevcsa.

Berlin, April % "A telegram received
here from Constantinoplc SAYS while it IL
RE that the town If PUvcsa has bccn
partly destroyed by the guns Of the Greek
Greeks occupDiod the citadel j. not dam
agod and Is still held hy the Turks
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Osman Pasha Starts for the Front

Washington, April % Secretary Sher.
man has received a cablegram from Con-
stantinoplc stating that Osman Pasha,
the old hero of the Turkish defense at
Plevena, left Constantinnplo last night
to assume command Of the Turkish army
in the field. The cablcgram is regarded
here as significant of some change of
plans on the part of the Turks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Bombardment Suspended.

Corfu, April 23-Thc western Greek
squadron of warships has suspended the
b0mhardmcnt of Proyesa. the Turkish
position north of the entrance of the
Gulf of Arta and left this morning for
Santa Quaranta On arrival there the
war vessels began bombarding the Turkish
blockhousc
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Greek Women Arming.

Athens, April %. The excitement here
continues To bc most intense. Advices
received here today from Nolo say that
even tho women arc arming themselves
90 do battle with the Turks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
A Turkish Defeat Reported.

Berlin, April 90. The Frankfort Zoitung
publishes n dispatch from Constantinoplc
dated midnight, Thursday, saying that
news of Turkish defeat 10y the Greeks
had just reached that city. The dispatch
adds that Osman Pasha, the hero of
Pleyena, has been dispatched To the from
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-23
Police Raid Stock Concerns.

New York, April - The police ~ this
city today raidcd the Offices Of the follow
ing New street ilms ou thc allegation
that they were conductluc their business
illegally The STANDARD stock aud
Petroleum exchange; the Manhattan
Grnin and stock company and Woodruff
& CO., commission merchants