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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-30

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
MILITARY HOSPITAL IN NEW HA-
 VEN.
No Reply Received to Letter to Sur
 geon General Sternberg.

No Reply Received to Letter to Sur
 geon General Sternberg.
 No reply has yet been received by General S. E. Merwin to the letter which he sent to Surgeon General Sternberg of the United States army offering the facilities of the New Ha- ven hospital in caring for wounded sol- diers. The letter was sent last Sunday and probably reached Washington Monday. At that time, however, Gen eral Sternberg was in New York and so probably did not receive the letter until Tuesday. A replyis expected to-day. The New Haven hospital has already been used to considerable extent as a mili- tary hospital During the war of the rebellion 1t was taken by the govern ment as military hospital and 25,340 wounded and sick soldiers were taken care of there, only 1855 of this large number dying. At that time only one of the present buildings was standing and that the one known now as the central building. Barracks were. con- struoted however, to shelter the ailing soldiers and these barracks covered 9 considerable part of the square occu- pied by the present hospital and grounds. Dr. P. A. Jewell, who ranked as major was in charge of the military hospital. The hospital was known as the Knight Military hospital, after a professor in the Yale medical school, and gentleman ranking high in the medical profession.
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Work Being Done by the Government
 the Waterbury Quadrangle.

Work Being Done by the Government
 the Waterbury Quadrangle.
 Professor William H. Hobbs of the United States geological survey, with an assistant, Gustave Sessingham, has been In Winsted several days gathering material for the government map, and in an interview gave an interesting &C., count of the work. The plan con- templates completing the survey of the whole country in twenty years and many parties are now in the field. The typographical maps of Connecticut, which were issued year or two ago, are the first publications In connection with the scheme in this section. Be- sides these typographical sheets there will be issued the government folios which give a popular account, adapted to general reading; the geological col ored sheets, section maps showing the underground dip of the strata and the economic sheets, showing the mineral resources. The section of the country upon which MT. Hobbs Is now at work is known as the Waterbury quadran- gle and includes New Hartford, Win chester, New Milford and Waterbury. The typographical maps having been issued the geological sheets which Mr. Hobbs is at work on will be ready in two or three years. The geological sheets for the Housatonic quadrangle, comprising Sheffield, Sandisfield, Pitts field and Beckett have been completed and are now in the hands of the print CT. These were prepared by Professors Williams of Amherst, Dale and Hobbs.
 Professor Hobbs states that while the economic products of this region are not likely ever to be of great im- portance, the scientific value of the ob- servations here f considerable and will probably be of much assistance when applied to the study of the geolo- gy in other parts of the country where mining interests are much larger. Professor Hobbs also paid a high trib- ute to the correctness of the general observations on the geology of the re- zion in question made by Professor Dana of Yale years ago.
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HIGH PRICE FOR A BALE OF CoT- TON.

New York, July 20.-The first bale of cotton of the crops of 1898, which was presented to President Mckinley by the citizens of New Orleans to be sold for the benefit of the United States hospital fund, was sold to-day in front of the cotton exchange. There was a loud cheer as the auctioneer covered the bale of cotton with large new American flag and asked for bids.
 The first bid was s200 rising by $50 bids to $450, where it hung for some seconds. President King of the cotton exchange then bid $500, atawhich price the bale was sold, to the exchange. It will be redonated to the hospital fund. The price secured for the bale Is the highest since the civil war when cot ton was $2 a pound.
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BATTLEsHIP CHAPLAIN
At Crescent Beach Next Sunday After

At Crescent Beach Next Sunday After noon.
 Chaplain W. H. Jones of the battle- ship Texas will deliver an address in the Baptist tabernacle at Crescent Beach, Mantle, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A cordial invitation will be rendered to all the soldiers at Camp Haven to attend the services and a large delegation will be present. Chap lain Jones is at present under treat ment at the Brooklyn navy yard, hav- ing been wounded while laboring with the land troops the day before the cap ture of Cervera's fleet at Santiago. He arrived in New York last week and de- scribed the stirring scenes of the San tiago campaign before an immense congregation in the Lexington avenue church, New York last Sunday even- ing.
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MORE GOOD BUSINESS.
Government Orders in Middletown-
 The Bicycle Trade.

Government Orders in Middletown-
 The Bicycle Trade.
 Wilcox, Crittenden & Go. of Middle town have just received another large order from the government for gar- ments. This firm has been obliged to run nights on government work since the war began. The Russell Manufac- turing company has also been very busy on cartridge belts, and has a fresh order that will force them to run over time for some weeks to come, w. t& B. Douglass are making several large brass pumps for the navy. The Arrawanna mills have also received or ders for netting. The present business outlook is better than it has been for a number of months.
 The Heating and Worcester cycle factories are working on their '99 mod els and will in few days increase their help. This year has been the best that the Worcester has had and more wheels have been turned out than ever before. The same is equally true of the Keat- ing factory.
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Etnamctal.
The Stock Market.

New York, July 20.-The slight in-
 stocks to-day would by no means war rant the term animation, but it convey
 ed an intimation that business in Wall
 street is not entirely dead. Any strik-
 ing development in the situation would
 lead to an outbreak of activity in spec
 ulation. The morning advance was oc-
 casioned by nothing more than the cov-
 ering of short contracts put out by the
 small traders yesterday. The assertion
 that the Madrid cabinet has determin-
 ed upon negotiations for peace was
 used to advance prices, and it was
 rather significant that they held firm
 in spite of the demonstrated unreliabil- ity of the report and the decline in
 Spanish fours in London and Paris.
 Measuring official utterances from
 Washington regarding the yellow fever
 situation, and from the Metropolitan Street Railway authorities regarding
 the effect of the temporary suspension of part of their lines pending recon struction, removed the principal ele- ments of yesterdays uneasiness. The foreign crop prospects are scanned with the utmost attention, as the price for our surplus breadstuffs is felt to be roix pf eli, price of cash wheat is almost on par ity with that of a year ago. But at
 that time exporters were doing hand to-mouth business because of what they regarded as the prohibitive price of wheat To-day the farmers are hold ing back the new crop through a feel ing of dissatisfaction at the price of fered.
 The foreign exchange market is al-
 ready showing the effects of grain bills
 coming forward and is heavy in tone
 and dropping towards the gold import
 point after net imports of gold for the
 year of about S100000,0oO New York
 banks continue to lose to the sub treas
 ury, and New York exchange at Chi cago to-day fell to twenty cents dis count. But money continues easy and
 rates for time money are quotably low CT.
 The demand for Denver and Gulf firsts on reorganization prospects con- tinued to-day, and there was distinct awakening of activity in some of the | other speculative bonds, which moved so conspicuously last week. Prices in a number of other cases are notably
 higher. The total sales aggregated s2,- | 500, 00O.
 | The new government threes when is- sued were in strong demand to-day and l 103Ss was bid for them in Wall street. A transaction was made at 103%. Unit 1 ed States new fours and the twos ad- vanced per cent, the old fours coupon and the fives registered fl per cent. and | the fives coupon 1s per cent. in the bid | price.
 NEW FORK STOCK MARRET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
IN FAVOR OF DANISH VESSELS.
President Issues Proclamation Freeing


 President Issues Proclamation Freeing
 Them from the Tonnage Tax.
 Washington, July 2O,-The president to-day issued a proclamation relieving Danish vessels from the imposition of the tonnage tax The proclamation is as follows:
 By the President of the United States
 of America.
 A PROCLAMATION.
 Whereas satisfactory proof has been given to me that no tonnage or light house dues or any equivalent tax or taxes whatever are imposed upon ves- sels of the United States in the port of Copenhagen, in the kingdom of Dem mark:
 Now, therefore, I, William Mckinley, president of the United States of Amer lea by virtue of the authority vested in me by section Il of the act of congress entitled An act to abolish certain fees for official services to American ves- sells, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen and owners of vessels, and for other pur-
  virtue of the further act, amendatory thereof, entitled An act 10 amend the laws relating to navigation and for other purposes" approved April 4, 1888, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date of this, my proclamation, shall be suspended the collection of the whole of the tonnage duty which is imposed by said section Il of the act approved June 19, 1886, up- on vessels entered in the ports of the United States directly from the port of Copenhagen, in the kingdom of Den- mark.
 Provided, that there shall be excluded from the benefits of the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed the vessels of any foreign country in whose ports the fees or dues of any kind or nature imposed on vessels of the United States or the import or export duties on their cargoes, are in excess of the fees, dues or duties imposed on the ves- sels of such country or, on the cargoes of such vessels; but this proviso shall not be held to be inconsistent with the special regulation by foreign countries of duties and other cargoes on their own vessels and the cargoes thereof, engaged in their coasting trade, or with the existence between such countries and other states of reciprocal stipula- tions founded on special conditions an equivalents and thus not within the treatment of American vessels under the most favored nation clause in treat ies between the United States and such countries.
 And the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed shall continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of ves- sells belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes shall be con- tinued to said port of Copenhagen and no longer.
 In witness whereof etc., done at the city of Washington this 18th day of July, etc. (Signed.
 William Mckinley.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
WISH A COMMERCIAL UNDER

Paris, July 20.-The minister of com merce, M. Emile Maruejouls, to-day re- ceived large delegations from the cham Der of commerce and the industrial syn dicates, who presented a reponA on the necessity of commercial understand ing with the United States government under article four of the Dingley bill. M. Maruejouls promised the delegates that he would give the matter his im- mediate attention.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
LAID AT REST.
Funeral Services of Thomas Hurle
 Yesterday.

Funeral Services of Thomas Hurle
 Yesterday.
 The funeral of Thomas Hurle was held yesterday afternoon from his late residence on York street. The house was filled with sorrowing friends, among whom were many merchants and business men of the city, who had known and esteemed the deceased. The merchant tailors in general of the city closed their stores in respect to the memory of the deceased, during the service and large number were pres ent at the funeral. The services were conducted by Rev. MT. Eldridge, pas tor of the First Methodist church, of which the wife of the deceased who died several years ago, was for many years member, and where ever since MT. Hurle had retained a pew, attend ing service occasionally, but not ire quently owing to slight deafness which prevented him from hearing the preaching to a considerable extent.
 MT. Eldridge came from Madison where he is spending the summer to conduct the services. Mir. Eldridge in his remarks which were full of feeling and impressive, paid just and fine tribute to the character of the deceas- ed, speaking particularly of his up- rightness, integrity and excellent life as a citizen, husband and father, and of his genial way, his unfailing kind ness of heart and his regard for the welfare and rights of others. He came of staunch Methodist stock. his mother being a thorough going Methodist in England and he himself attending reg ularly ia his boyhood the City Roads chapel in London, one of the birth places of Methodism. MT. Eldridge spoke words of consolation to the be- reaved family and of the higher and more beautiful life which awaits all who are faithful to Christ's teachings.
 Lewis & Mayoock were the funeral directors. the superintendance of the funeral being In the charge Of MT. At water, an old friend of the deceased. The burial was at the convenience of the family.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
1nHN,s s4 DISAPPEARED.

Catherine Clark was arrested yester- day afternoon by Policemen T. Smith and Marlowe for theft of s4 from John Warback It seems that John invited Catherine into the saloon at No. 90 Congress avenue to have drink and rendered in payment a $5 bill, out of which he received $4 in bills and some silver in change. John afterwards missed the s4 and accused Catherine of having taken it. She denied the charge, but when she was arrested the S4 was found in her stocking where she stor- ed it for safe keeping.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
OBITUARY.
Death of Ira Curtiss.

Ira Curtiss of Ward street, West Haven, died at the New Haven hos pital at o'clock last evening, of an abdominal trouble. He had been at the hospital about a week. MT. Curtiss was sixty-seven years of age and leaves a wife and daughter He and his brother Amos Curtiss, who died about two years ago were well known to old New Haveners as the champion clam jdiggers of the West Shore. It was Ira Curtiss, who while diging clans, found the body of the murdered Jennie Cramer, on the Savin Rock shore.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
PROPERTY OF THE UNITED
 STATES.

Washington, July 20.-Secretary AL ger announced this afternoon that it had finally and definitely been decided that the ships taken in Santiago har- bor by the surrender of that city be- came United States property, not as prizes of either the army or the navy. This is in accordance with a former supreme court decision.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
REMOVING CONTACT MINES.

New York, July 20.-The work of re- moving the contact mines from Long Island sound, under the direction of the engineers corps at Willets Point, was practically completed this morn ing. The observation mines. which are exploded by electricity, and are located in the vicinity of the Willets Point dock and proving grounds, have not been disturbed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21

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 Do Pfd ...,............... 301s 30& Standard Rope X Twlne Coz, 5A Tenn. Coal x Iron ...,......... 24% 20 Texas X Pacific ...,.....,..,.. 124a l2N Union Pacific ............,.... 231A 23A Union Pacific, Denver X Gulf .. 6S United States Express Co ...... 40 4 U. $. Leather Co ,............. 7H oL.$
 Do Pfd .................... 6l3S 6IIs U. S, Rubber Co ............... 309s 30la
 Do Pfd ..................., 9o7s SIH Wabash ..............w. eco. "A
 Do pfd .,....,........... 1S1A 19 Wells Fargo Exnress Go ..11S 123 Western Union Telegraph Co.,. 92A 92h Wheeling & Lake Erie ......... lB
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INVESTMENTS.

Each full paid in advance investment share of The Connecticut Building 6 Loan Association costs $47.25 and pays at matur- dty $10O.0O; making profit of $5275. 100 shares would cost and make 100 times as much.
 Bxample:-10O shares paid in advance costs $4,725, and pays $16,0OO With Life Insurance paid ln advance costs $5,3o5. and turity the Insurance sioooo would come due and be paid, and the shares at maturity would bring another $10,0Q0, making 2 1000 investment for 5,325.
 All shares are secured by Mortgages on Real Estate Assets in Mortgage Loans July 1st, 1S98s $S00,0O0
 Guarantee Fund paid in July 1st, 1800x $100,0O0.
 JEROME KENNEDY, Gen'l Agent, First National Bank Building Mo- 42 Church
 Street, New Haven. jy15
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
New York Cotton Exchange.
..ssss - .asy. Sales $500 bales.
Chicago Market.

Reported over private wire by H. 0. Friedman X Co, Bankers and Brokers. 10 Wall street, N. r., and 703 Chapel street, Room 2 ard 8, New Haven. N. A. Tanner Manager of Local Branch.
 Nnnnilc Highest LnNest Clnsa
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Government Bon tls.
Quotations of Active nonds.

Reported by Boody, Mcclellan X O.. Bankers and Brokers. 57 Broadway, New York. and s7 Orange Street. New Haven.
 Bid Asked Atch, Top. X S. Fe gen g As. 94as g43s Atch. Top X s. Fe adj. gen 4s.. 70A 70A Brooklyn El. 1st IT. Co.,, cts 6s.. 911s 921a Brooklyn Rapid TIT. g 5s. ...... .103A 103la Central Ky of N. ]. mtg 5s. .111A 112 Chic, R. l. X Pacific ext 5s. .1031a 103A Ches. X Ohio gen g 41as. ....,. SEA SIS Erie 1st Con prior lien 4s.... 91 9112 Manhattan Ky Con. mtg 2 is. 91 91A Mo, Kan. & Texas list mtg 4s.. 80 S91a Mo, Kan. X Texas 2d mtg As. 65B 66 Mobile & Ohio gen mtg 4s...... 77 7S N. r., Ont X West. gen mtg As. 9g1A 100 N. Y., Sus. & West. gen mtg 5s. 91 91h No. Pacific prior gen mtg Is. ... 9S1s 9SA No. Pacific gen 2 3s. 631 63A Oregon Short Line Con. 5s. ..... .1Q4 104ls Phila S Reading gen mtg 4s.... S19 SIS Rio Or. & West. list mtg 2 As. SS1s S9H Southern Ky 1st Con. g 5s...... 93A 939s St. Louis X Southw. 1st mtg 5s. v 77h Texas & Pacific 1st mtg 5s. .105h 106 Union Pacific As. 4s................ 961a 97 Wabash Ky Co.,, 1st mtg g 5s. no 110R Wabash Ky O., 2d mtg 5s. s6& STA
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nrrV BURGLARY. FIRE, U[rI FORGER1ES,
 By Hiring Safe in the Vault of Mercantile Safe DepoSitCo.

Annual rental of safe from FIVE to SIXTY DOLLARS. Absolute security for Bonds, Stocks, Wills, Bullion. Plate. Jew elTy, Precious Stones, and all evidences of ing room of the Mechanics Bank.
 72 CHURCH, cor. CENTER STREET Coupon rooms for convenience of patrons
 to inspect the company's premises: open from a. n. to s D. m
 THOMAS R; TROWBRIDGE, President. OI1N ER $. WHITE, Vice President.
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Ftmamcial.
The Union Trust CO[DDaDV
NEW HAYDN.

NEW HAVEN.
 CHARTERED by the State of Connecti- cut with authority to act as Executor, Ad. ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee under will or deed
 Is q legal depository of money paid into Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts as trustee for Municipalities, Corporations and Individuals, and administers trusts of all kinds Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds, or other evidences of indebt- edness, manage sinking funds, and do all business such as Is usually done by Trust Companies.
 It also does a general Banking business, collecting checks. notes, coupons, and re- ceiyes deposits. The principal of each Trust Is invested by itself and kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Con- pany
 This Company is by law regularly exam ined by the Bank Examiner of the State of Connecticut
 HENRY L. HOTCHKISS, President
 EUGENE S. BRISTOL. Treasurer. CAPITAL, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $10O,000 $1.000000.
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Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York, and 15 Center st., Now uayen Rid As,o3
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The Midd!sssx Banking Company
UE MIDULEIOW W N, JUN
 ASSEyrS SS Ol0 nQ0

ASSETS, SS,OOO,O GOO.
 Issues 5 per cent. Coupon Bonds, payable In seven years, secured by first mortgage
 This company has been in existence and doing business in Connecticut for TWEN- has issued and sold many million dollars worth of securities, of which all that have natured have been paid without a days ing paid on or before maturity every obi. gation ib ever issued. It has passed through many financial panics. and all the viciss- tentious and loudly. advertised companies of similar character have been wrecked.
 The following figures show the amounts that have matured and been paid or re- newed during the past five years.
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NEW FORK STOCK MARhET.

Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations On the New York Stock Exchange, reported
 by Prince X Whitely, Brokers, 15 Center street, New Haven,.
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se,059.795
o,or siv nft,ion D.,,, $b,Uog, IJ5

OVtT nIX MIIIlOn D0IIars In Five Years It would seem that this record ought to most careful and conservative Investors
 The Middlesex Banking Company has achieved such reputation for safety that few years ago the legislature of Connecti- legal investment for trustees of estates in Connecticut. The company is under the supervision of the Bank Commissioners of Connecticut, the Bank Superintendent of New York, and the Bank Examiner of Maine. The bonds are issued in denOmina- tions of S1O0, s200, s250, $500 and S1 ,O00 bear i? per cent. interest, payable semi annually, and are sold at par
 For further Information. please address
 or call on
 THE CHAS. w. SCRANTON CO. Investment Brokers, 103 Orange Street, jy1 u Agents for New Haven.