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The times., 1899-09-12
washineton Stock Excnanrc.

Sales-Regular Cail-Wash. Loan &
Trust 10G160 Ia, 106160; Capital Trac-
tion, 50q94; Mergenthaler Linotype 100
2l4 Ia; Lanston Monotype 50@17 3-S;
Amer. Graphophone 20@13 IA.
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The times., 1899-09-12

Sugar was "ex'' dividend per cent yes
terday, and it went off little from the
opening price.
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New York Sock Market.

Corrected daily by W B. Hibbs & Co.,
members of the New York Exchange,
1919 L Street .t9 ag
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had been disposed to sell the stock yester-
day there cannot be any doubt that it
would have tumbled badly, a very good
indication that there was no selling of the
stock except by small holders.
The times., 1899-09-12

Women as Wei as men are
made miserable By kidney and
bladder trouble. Or. Kfimer's
sWsmp-Root. the great kidney
remedy. promptly cures A,
druggists IN fifty cent and dol
ay have 4 sample bottle ~ mai
let telling al about il aad itz
ner & Co.. Binghsmton. n. Y.
The times., 1899-09-12
DANIEL Fl. FERRY
Broker Office. 1885 F Street.

New York Correspondent, F. L. Loring, 10 Wall
Street Fractional lots OF stock. wheat, cot
ton carried on small margins Phone 1925.
The times., 1899-09-12

There was such general selling of stocks
and decline in prices that features were
few. Tennessee Coal and Iron sustained its
reputation for strength by making a new
high record during the day, 126, and holding
its own with very little loss until late in
the afternoon Some short selling in the
last hour carried the price down to 121 IL,
2 points net loss for the day, certainly
small one for a stock that has made such
tremendous advances during the past two
weeks. The action of Tennessee Coal and
Iron is the best indication in the world of the
closeness with which it is held by the in
siders. AS long as the insiders desire TO
hold the price up tight money will have
very little effect on it, and if they should
decide to unload it is probable that per
cent money would not prevent 1t from drop
ping like shot. Colorado Fuel and Iron
was also fairly strong for the same reason.
1t is understood that the same strong
financial people who have been backing
Tennessee Coal and Iron are now booming
Colorado Fuel.
The times., 1899-09-12
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
DISTRICT OF COLUMRIA Royns

6's 1902 80 year funding gold 106k =.
IS 1901 Water stock" currency. l07 =.
IS 1903 water stock currency - .
Funding currency 3.65s 5s....... Il64
Anacostia & Potomac 5's -
The times., 1899-09-12

The coalers were among the strongest
securities on the list. Jersey Central de-
clined only fractionally, Delaware and Hud-
son only point, and Lackawanna not any.
Talk of the harmony among the companies,
the demand for anthracite, the advances in
price, and the certainty that these things
will result in greatly increased earnings
has created an optimistic feeling regarding
the stocks which caused good buying of
some them yesterday on the drop. 1t is TO
be remembered that Lackawanna has paid
per cent dividends for years, during good
times and bad, and that Delaware and
Hudson until three years ago paid 7 per
cent, and since that time has paid per
cent. When the larger business of the
good times is considered 1t seems certain
that these stocks will advance from their
present levels. Reading first preferred is
also considered a good purchase on this
break by many.
The times., 1899-09-12

The selling of st. Paul was very heavy,
stock coming out by the thousands of
shares during the entire afternoon. De-
spite this fact the stock only declined 2
points, closing at 132. Burlington went off
/ S-S from the opening price. closing at
1873 is. Rock Island declined to III IA
and closed at III ga. Atchison preferre1
went off to 63 Ia and closed at 6S SIS. The
way that st. Paul in particular was bought
leads TO the belief that the important peo-
pie are not selling stoeks4s If 1here has
been any disposition on the part of the
leaders to liquidate it seems probable that
the stock would have tumbed much more
rapidly than it did. The. meeting OF the
st. Paul directors is to take place on
Thursday, and the question If the common
stock shall receive an extra dividend will
be taken up.
The times., 1899-09-12

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit was one of
the weakest securities on the list opening
at 104 is, the highest price of the day, and
declining to 100 1-2, the closing and lowest
price. There seemed to be some support of
the stock at 101 but although many shares
changed hands at this figure, the price
finally went lower in the last half hour OF
the day. Opinions differ regarding the
prospects for the stock, but 1t cannot BE
denied that many are losing faith in 1t on
account of its persistent sagging recently.
Manhattan went off Q IL points, but
closed at a higher figure than that OF the
early part of last week, There is still an
inclination to believe in the alleged deal
between the Manhattan and the Metropol-
itan people, and 1t seems probable that
there is some foundation for the story.
The return of Mr.. George Gould from Eu-
rope will at any rate be a matter OF much
interest to the street
Southern Pacific was relatively strong,
losing only a fraction Of point during
the day. 1t is suggested that if the Clique
The evening times., 1899-02-07
A BIG SOAP COMBINE.
Manufacturers Said to he Uniting to
DO Away With Premiums.

st. Louis. Feb. In a few weeks at
least twenty five of the largest soap manu-
facturers in the country will have COM
biDed, with a capital stock of 500 600 600,
and under single management will adopt
a new policy by which they expect to save
fully $4,000, 900 each year in their operat-
ing expenses.
Soap manufacturers. il is said have be-
come tired OF sinking large proportion of
their annual profits in the free distribu-
tiOn Of napkin rings, sleeve buttons, punch
ing bags, footballs, curling irons, hatpins,
baseball bats. and nearly everything else
kept in the department store 10 the hold
ers of wrappers which prove that a pur-
chase has been made.
All Of the big Chicago soap manufactur-
ers are said TO be interested in the deal,
which is now being perfected in New York
city by Charles Scott johnson, formerly
secretary TO the Western Mutual Life As
sociation.
The Larkin Soap Manufacturing Com
Cincinnati; b. T. Babbitt, of Philadelphia !:
Colgate q Co.. James Pyle & Sons. and the
Higgins Soap Works, of New York are
among the Eastern firms which are said 10
he interested.
A feature Of the consolidation will b. that
the price of soap will not be advanced TO
the consumer. In fact. ii is stated by one
OF the leading Chicago manufacturers that
the price of soap viii eventually be lower
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CUSTOMS REVENUE INCREASING
Receipts of Over S3.OOO.OOO So Far
This Month

The revenue from customs duties con-
tinueS steadily TO increase and the pros
pect now is that if no untoward event oc-
ours the sum total for the fiscal year end
ing June 80 will be larger than that of any
prior year since the one ended June 80
1893. when the total amounted 10 $203, H.
$40. The total for January (S17, 74D eX-
ceeded by about $3.50. 900 that of January
1875, which had not since been surpassed.
The receipts for the first seven months
of the current fiscal year (s114037, $500 ex-
ceeded by $40. .25S, 794 those of the first
seven months of the year ended June 80
1898, and by s31. .4S0, ,S55 those of the cor
responding period for the year ended June
so, 1897, and promise total OF about $685.
600, 900 for the entire year. OF course, the
receipts of both 1897 and 1898 were seri-
ously affected, the first being enormously
swollen by importatons during the last
half of the fiscal year in anticipat on of an
increase of rates of duty, and those of 1898
by an enormous falling off during the fir. I
six months, owing to the same cause, and
probably, TO some extent, also. to the
Spanish war. The extent of these influ-
ences is shown, in part, by a decline of
total receipts from SIT. 6.554, 900 in 1897 to
$3.50, ,07S, 600 in 1898, and in part by an in
crease from $3.50, ,021 900 in 1896 to SIG 554 :
coo in 1897.
The receipts for this month thus far
four business days-have been exceedingly
encouraging and satisfactory. the total
amounting to S3,136591, or at the rate of
about S7S4, 600 day. These figures indi-
cate total of about ST. 100000 for this,
the shortest month of the year.
The evening times., 1899-02-07
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
The Good They Have Done in I'll
State of Maryland.


State of Maryland.
College Park Md. Feb. I'm speaking
recently of the influence of farmers clubs
upon the progress of a community, Prof.
James S. Robinson instanced the work OF
Mr. Hallowell, of the Sandy Springs region
of Montgomery county. The land in that
vicinity was not of the best, when, fifty
years ago. Mr. Hallowell formed an agri-
cultural club Two or three others were
soon organized in the same vicinity. These
all met together. and the president of each
would report on the success and methods
of the members of his club. A strong ri
valry sprang up, and the outcome of the
many experiments made was that the ca
pabilities of the land and the best means
of caring for and fertiliZing it. and its
adaptability to various crops, were thor
oughly studied Today the Sandy Springs
farms are among the best in Maryland,
and the region is widely known for its ad-
vanced agricultural standing.
The subcommittee of the Nansville
Farmers Club and the Beltsville Grange
met i'll joint session at the residence OF
Director H. j. Patterson. in College Park,
on Saturday evening, and made arrange
ments for the farmers institute TO be held
at Beltsville February %. Special COM
mittees were appointed TO make up the
programme and extend invitations and an
auxiliary committee of ladies.
The evening times., 1899-02-07

days by the Greene Steam Engine Company
and the Wheelock Steam Engine Company
of Worcester. When the deal has been
closed for these, several large Western
concerns will be absorbed. The arrange
ments for acquiring them will be complet-
ed at a meeting 10 be held in this city
within 4 week.
The president OF the new company is
Col. ID. NJ. Thompson. of Providence, and
the directors will include Edwin s. Cramp,
President of tho WheeIock & Greene
works; Lewis Nixon, w. H. Knight, Chief
Engineer of the American Air Power Com
pany, and Charles A. Lieb, the Washing
ton, ID. c., street railway owner. Ex-Dis-
trict Attorney George S. Graham. of Phil
adelphia, and Henry W. King, of Worces-
| ter. will be counsel for the company.
''Of course. our principal object in gain
ing control of these companies is 10 su-
persede the power of steam with that of
| compressed air Will be the power popu-
| larly used, and that at some future time
il will be on an equal footing with cleo
tricity. The reason / seem positive
about this is that many street railway
| companies have alraedy asked for esti-
mates for equipping their systems, in
preference TO the overhead and under
ground trolley.
The Corliss works have about 800 men
on their payrolls. They have recently OBJ
tained contract with the Boston Elevat-
ed Railway Company for the largest steam
engine ever built. 1t will weigh nearly
800 tons. and Will have 800 horse power.
As the famous Corliss Centennial engine
had only ], 400 horse power. the size of the
one under construction may be imagined -
The evening times., 1899-02-07

In military prisons an offender is some
times sentenced to carry cannon balls from
one place to another and pile them up all
day long. That is ALL Perhaps it does not
seem very terrible but it soon wears his
life out. 1t is practically death sentence,
and he knows it; he would rather be shot.
Many sick man feels the same way about
the burden of disease that he is Juggling
back and forth from day to day. He would
as soon be down with mortal disease. 1t
Will come to that sooner or later
A mans life can be dragged out by
dyspepsia and liver complaint The ex-
perience of Mr.. ]. T. Cardwell of Fall
Creek Depot Pittsylvania Co., Va, shows
how Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry saves people from consumption by
waking up their nutritive organism and
giving it power to supply pure, healthy
blood, which drives out blood poisons and
dead tissues and builds up sound, whole
some flesh and muscle.
. feel it my duty" writes Mr.. Cardwell in
letter to DIR. Pierce " to write you of the lasting
benefits derived from the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and little Pellets
seven years ago j contracted severe cold
which baffied the skill of one of the best ply
sIcianS i'll my State II ran on and | continu-
ally grew worse until concluded to write to
.he Worlds Dispensary Medical Association.
The answer to my inquiry advised me TO use
Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets for
indigestion and liver complaint at this time
two months had passed. In two or three DAYS
after ! had commenced the use of your medi
cine my cough had entirely stopped, my diges
tion was better, my low spirits driven away and
felt new life and vigor in my whole body"
This marvellous Discovery makes
nerve force and rugged power. Ii is far
better than oily emulsions; it does not
make fabby fat, it does not Increase the
weight of cornularli ',cNrle
The evening times., 1899-02-07
ESCAPE OF JOHN DOE.
Another Evidence of the Insecure
Condition of the Annapolis Jail.

Annapolis, Feb. sheriff Frank S.
insecure condition of Annapolis Jail has
been brought so often TO the attention of
the county authorities that it seems use
less to refer to it again. The escape of
John Doe, charged with horse stealing was
another instance of how easy it is to get
out of prison. Doe escaped while break
fast was being served. 1t was at first sup
posed that he had walked out of his cell
after picking the lock, but an investigation
disclosed that, with the aid of portion of
an iron bedstead. he had picked the NOR
tar from the brick wall facing Northwest
Street, making a hole large enough to
admit his body, and after reaching the
ground, distance of six feet, had scaled
the fence six feet high, and was soon lost
to sight. The warden, it is said. had been
talking to the prisoner few minutes be-
fore he was missed from his cell. Doe had
carefully placed a blanket to hide the aper-
ture, on which he evidently had worked
during the night. Sheriff Revell said of all
the prisoners in the Jail Doe was the last
one he would suspect of attempting to es-
cape He is about 40 years old over six
feet high. and is very polite. 1t is believed
Doe is an assumed name. He is said TO
have come from Virginia. He left satchel
and clothing behind. Police Marshal Ham
ilton, Of Baltimore and the police of Wash
ington, Virginia, and elsewhere have been
notified TO arrest the fugitive.
The evening times., 1899-02-07
DEAL BETWEEN ORE MAGNATES
RockefeIIer's Lake Fleet to he Sold
to Carnegie.

Cleveland, Ohio. Feb. THE largest
deal ever made in the Lake carrying trade
is reported about to be consummated. 1t
is said John D. Rockefeller intends turn ng
over his vast lake fleet and other interests
on the lakes to the Carnegie Steel Com
pany. The Rockefeller fleet is the finest
feet on fresh water and is capable of car
rying 2,000, 600 tons OF ore in a season, and
is valued at several million dollars
According TO the report, Carnegie also
gets by the deal control OF the Duluth and
Mesaba Railroad, which taps the Lake Su-
perior Consolidated Mines. Carnegie a.
ready has tiftyyear lease OF the Me aba
range of mines. A local official of the Car
negie Company says he has heard the re-
port of the transfer, but not fic.ally, and
therefore cannot confirm il.
That the deal is on, however, has been
known for some time by vessel and ore
men here. The acquisition by Carnegie Of
the big fleet and railroad will enable him
TO mine ore and handle it on his own raj :
road. docks, and vessels until it reaches his
own steel works. The Carnegie Company
will also purchase this week the Queen
Mine on the Marquette range.
The evening times., 1899-02-07
INDICTMENTS FOR FELONY.
Three Returned i'm the Corporation
Court at Winchester.

Winchester. Va, Feb. In the corpora
tion court yesterday the grand jury re
turned indictments for felony against
James H. Castleman. John ". Brown. and
E r. Heisletr. Castleman is charged with
criminal assault and incest; Brown shot
and seriously wounded Charles +. keter,
a prominent farmer.
Heislett who was arrested on Saturday
and given preliminary hearing. giving
bail in the sum of S200 for his appearance
yesterday, failed TO appear, and his bond
was declared forfeited. Heislett. who is a
merchant and postmaster at Rest, This
county. is said 10 have left for parts un-
known. Miss Bertha Tharp. who charges
that Heislett betrayed her under promise
OF marriage. was too i'll 10 appear in court.
Eddie Kahn, Randolph Palmer. and Rus
sell c. Williams. young men. were given a
term on the chain gang for petty thievinS.
Williams is from Shenandoah county, and
was member of the Anderson Guards.
Palmer is a we'll known newsboy.
The evening times., 1899-02-07
IN FREDERICK COUNTY.
Opening of the February Term of
the Court.

Frederick, Md, Feb. THE February
term of court convened at 10 O'Clock yes
terday morning, with Judges McSherry and
Motter on the bench. Thomas Hightman
was appointed foreman of the grand jury.
In charging the jury, Chief Judge James
McSherry said: We have been informed
by Mr.. Kinks, the States attorney. that
the number of criminal cases is very light,
which certainly reflects very much TO the
credit of our county.
Charles p. Troxell has bought from
Glemmore Castle his farm. north of Fred
erick, containing seventy-three acres, for
S7.l00.
Peter Poole of Ceresville, Frederick
county. died Sunday of general debility,
aged seventy-five years.
John Flock, of Burkittsville, Frederick
county, died Sunday, aged eighty years.
Mrs. Catharine Yost, an aged lady, died
at her home, in Frederick city, of general
debility.
The evening times., 1899-02-07
TRAGEDY ON A Vessel
AT NEWPORT news news
James Clark Stabbed Through
the Heart.
Andrew ID. Drayton Charged With
the Crime.
No Examination of the Cause of the
Murder-The lIctinf West In
dian Negro.

Newport News. Va. Feb THE schoon-
er Pasadena was yesterday the scene OF a
dreadful tragedy when James Clark, a
West Indian negro was stabbed 10 death
it is alleged, by Andrew ID. Drayton, also
a native of the West Indies.
The crime was perpetrated with large
pocketknife Il is said thar Drayton stab
bed the man in The fOrecastle Of the YES
sci. Clark ran 10 the captains cabin and
fell down al the door All he said was;
''Oh. captain,"
The blade of the knife is said TO have
pierced his heart.
Drayton was brought ashore by Police
Sergeant Reynolds and is in the city Jail
The matter will be turned over TO the
Warwick county court, as the tragedy oc-
CURED outside of the jurisdiction of the
city
The evening times., 1899-02-07
BANANA MEN COMBINING.
Trust i'm View by Dealers in tn
Tropical EscuIent.

Cleveland, Ohio Feb. "A Banana
Trust is about TO be formed by the Ameri-
can Fruit Company, of New York, the Bos-
ton Fruit Company. of Boston: the Quaker
Fruit Company of Philadelphia, and the
Buckman Fruit Company. of Baltimore.
Bernard F. Sullivan. who has been with a
local commission firm. has resigned his
position To become the Cleveland agent OF
the trust. The combine will control three
fourths of the bananas handled in this
country.
The Fruit Dispatch Company is the
style of the new organization Sullivan
claims the prices will be lower under the
combine than before.
The evening times., 1899-02-07
Sending ALLEGED
GAMBLING MESSAGES
The Liability of Telegraph
Companies.
States Attorney Brashears on Gam
bling i'm Anne Arundel County.
An investigation to BE Made and
Facts Presented to the
Grand Jury.

Annapolis Nd, Feb. 7.-Referring to
his letter asking the cooperation of the
Baltimore city police commissioners for
the suppression of alleged gambling at
Brooklyn, Anne Arundel County, State $
Attorneys Brashears says telegraph COM
panies transmitting messages for such
purposes are, in his opinion, liable to in
dctment.
He will, therefore, make an investigation,
and should be find that telegraph lines
are permitting such messages TO be sent,
will cause indictments to be brought be-
fore the grand jury against them.
The States attorney said he intended TO
do his duty and break up the gambling If
possible.
The evening times., 1899-02-07
A STEAM ENGINE COMBINE.
Hts Plan Is TO Make Use of Com
pressed Air.

New York, Feb. Negotiations are 60
ing on for combination of all the large
steam engine building companies of the
United States into a new corporation, 10
be capitalized at $40 coo 900 or So, GOO 600.
The Corlss Steam Engine Company s
plant, at Providence, one of the largest en-
gine works in the world, has already been
secured in the interest of the syndicate.
Joseph II. Hoadley, of this city, president
of the New York Auto-Truck Company, is
interested in the engine building consoli-
dation product, and is quoted as saying in
reference TO il:
1t is the intention to take in all the
large steam engine building plants In
America. The organization is composed of
the Cramps, of Philadelphia; Lewis Nixon,
OF Elizabeth, and this city, and bankers in
New York, Philadelphia, Providence and
Boston. The company that mas been taken
in in Providence and which starts the COM
bination is the original Corliss company.
which has been in existence and famous
for many years. We paid 81 900, 900 for it.
This company will be followed in few
The evening times., 1899-02-07
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Frank Aronson Gashes His Throat
With a PenIsnife.


With "a Penknifc.
Newport News. Feb. Frank Aronson.
a stranger in the city, but who is said 10 be
from Maryland, attempted to commit sui
eide yesterday morning in Dyson's saloon,
on Washington Avenue, by gashing his
throat with an ordinary pocket knife.
1t was a deliberate attempt at suicide,
and the man undoubtedly would have bled
TO death had not medical aid been hastily
summoned. The man went into the sa-
loon. took a drink, and went back to the
toilet room, where he made the attempt
upon his own life He will probably re-
cover. as his knife escaped the vital parts
of the throat.
II is thought that Aronson contemplated
suicide before be entered the saloon, for
the knife had been recently sharpened al
most to the keen edge of a razor. Aron-
son came 10 this city several days ago.
Early yesterday morning he went TO Of
Rcer Crump and told him that someone
was tickling him with a feather about the
face while he was asleep. Although the
man was not drunk when he committed the
deed il is believed that he has been on a
protracted spree, which worked on his
nerves.
The evening times., 1899-02-07

ticket. was filed last night with the board
of town election supervisors. For council
men eX- Mayor Christian Eckert heads the
list, with the rest of the ticket made up as
follows: Charles H. Schotta, DR.. James
f. Shreeve, George W. Carr Thomas l..
Brian and William R. Dorsey. Ellicott City
votes under an Australian ballot system,
the election coming off Oh April l. While
the candidate for mayor is a Democrat,
the councilmen are equally divided in poll
tics. The town government has always
been pon-partisan in character and the
Dunkel ticket, ii is understood. will not
encounter any organized oppositios-
The evening times., 1899-02-07
CUMBERLAND INDUSTRIES.
Steel Mill Making Large Shells 70
the Government.

Cumberland, Md. Feb. THE steel mill.
which is still operated by the Cumberland
Steel Company, has put in a new twenty
eightinch mill, one of the largest in the
country, with new 1,50O horsepower en-
gine.
At this mill TO- 13, and 15-inch steel
shells are being turned out. the small
est. when finished. weighing $50 pounds
and intended to be thrown twelve miles.
They are made of crucihle steel for the
government, and are finished up in the ma
chine shops. that run night and day. The
company is planning other improvements,
including furnaces.
The tinplate mill in South Cumberland
is still running to its full capacity. 1t was
absorbed by the trust but there are no
prospects as yet of its closing down.