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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-28
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The stock Market.

New York, Jan. 27.-On the stock ex- change to-day the changes as result of the days trading were rather mixed, with gains predominating. The market opened with hesitancy, but this was speedily dissipated by an influx of buy ing orders, and the market started up under the influence of strength in the low-priced specialties and standard stocks. London was a free seller on balance the sales amounted to 30,000 shares, which encouraged the room traders to put out large short lines to check the rise. Commission houses had
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-28
AN ALL DAY MEETING
To-Morrow at the West Haven Metho.
 dist Church.

To-Morrow at the West Haven Metho.
 dist Church. An all day meeting will be held to- morrow (Sunday) in the West Haven Methodist Episcopal church. The church will be open from 9:3o a. m. to 9 p. m. Hot tea will be furnished those who bring their lunch. 9:30 a. m.-Love feast. Led by w. G. Lotze, secretary of New Haven
 Young Mems Christian asso- citation. 10:30 a. m.-Platform meeting. Address es: W. G. Lotze, w. F.. Fenno, secretary of the Railroad Young Mems Christian asso- citation. 12:00 m.--Sunday school. Address to the children by Miss Ella M. Chadwick, New Haven. 1:30-2:30 D. m.-Intermission. 2:30 D. m.-Praise and promise meet ing, conducted by Ensign J.
 Henderson of New Haven. 3:0o p. m.-Preaching by Rev. B. M Tipple, pastor Epworth church. New Haven. S:i D. m-Salvation Army, led by En- sign J. Henderson. 5:O0-6:15 p.m.-Intermission. 6:15 D. m.-Epworth League meeting Subject: Prayer" leader, AL bert Siebold 7;30 D. n.-Preaching. Rev. George William Carter will speak on the Fifth commandment, in the series on the Ten Command ments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-28
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE
STEADY RISE IN THE TIDE OF GEN.
 ERAL BUSINESS.
Diversified by m Outburst of specu- Iattve Interest in q Number of Staples, Notably Cotton and Wheat.

New York, Jan. 27.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say: The apparently steady rise in the tide of general busi- ness has been diversified this week by number of staples, notably cotton and wheat. Exceptional industrial activity, particularly in the iron and steel trades, is another feature of note, and here, too, prices advanced are all but general, reflecting so far as can be seen chiefly the urgency of consumers re- quirements, the claim in fact being made that speculation has not as yet entered into the buying in this branch of industry. Tn the regular channels of distributive trade, conditions continue, in the main satisfactory, the volume of spring orders at most markets being reports as larger than in any recently preceding year at this time.
 While it is hardly possible to fix the entire responsibility for the bullishness in wheat and cotton upon the move- ment which so far has proved so suc- cessful in stocks, the claim is freely made that considerable profits realized in the stock market have sought ex- pression in the channels of staple food and textile distribution. Color is given to this claim by the fact that the sit- uation of actual wheat shows but little change from recent weeks. Stocks at home and abroad continue smaller than a year ago, and the United States still continues to furnish about 80 per cent. of the worlds supply, although exports recently show a falling off.
 The improvement in cotton dates back, primarily, to the record-breaking low-prices reached last autumn on es- inmates of immense yields of the Amer ican crop, while the improved situation of domestic manufactured goods, the enlarged shipments abroad and the tendency, supported by reduced crop movements oflate, to minimize large es- inmates, is reflected in the steadiness of recent advances. Activity in demand for nearly all classes of iron and steel  is reflected in advances for nearly every class of pig iron and in steel billets, rails, wire and plates. The advance of 20 cents per ton by the old range Bes- sinner ore producers is regarded as con- servatice in view of the recent advances in pig iron. Announcements of large number of consultations and combina- tions, projected or under way, are also feature. In the domain of other met als, notably copper and tin, speculation and actual demand alike make for high CT prices. Better reports are received from the lumber trade in a number of cities, with confidence in the outlook for spring business. Some improvement | in the dry goods trade is to be noted at | eastern points. Wool, though firm, is slow of sale. General industry is re- ported active, notably coal mining and shipbuilding.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-28
Govern eAt Bon dD,
Dld Asked
Chicago 1ai ct.

Reported oyer private wire by H. c. Friedman & Co.,. Bankers and Brokers, 10 Wall Street, N r., and 763 Chapel Street, Room 3 and 3, New Haven. N. A. Tanner. Manager of Local Branch.
 Opening Highest Lowest Close
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DO list Pfd ................, 621s 62ss
 Do 2d Pfd ................. 31% 32 Southern Railway Co.,, Conn.,. 13ss 1872
 Do Pfd .................... 4SB 49 Standard Rope & Irvine ...... 101a Il Tenn. Coal x Iron ............ 47as 471a Texas x Pacific ..........".... 1sls 1s4 Union Pacific .................. 47A ..
 Do Pfd .....................S S1 :. Union Pacific, Denver X Gulf :. 12S 13 United States Express Co ...... 55 5TS U. s. Leather Go .............. 7ss 11a
 Do Pfd ...,.....,........-. 7o74 73% U. S. Rubber Go ............... 52A 53
 DO Pfd .....................ll .lllA lIS Wabosh .................. .... S1h 8M
 Do Pfd ..................... 239s 23aa Wells-Fargo Express Co. o....... .125 127 Western Union Telegraph Go. .... 961s 96ss Wheeling X Lake Erie. ......... osas
 DO Fra .................... out3 oL
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At, Top. < s. Fe gen g 4s. 102 1o2A At, Top. x s. Fe adj. gen 4s.. SEA- o4
 Brooklyn El k. T. Go. cts 6s. .1031s l041s
 Brooklyn El. R. T. Go. 5s. .. .IO 110h Central Ky of N. J. g mtg 5s. .114& 115
 Chic, R. I. X Pac. ext 5s......10lh l0S
 Chesa. X Ohio gen. g 4As...... 96A 961a
 Erie 1st Con. prior lien g As. ..". 94 01la Manhattan Ry Con mtg As. .. 105 1051a Mo-, Kan. &Texas 1st mtg 4s... 93% 94A Mo, Kan. X Texas 2d mtg 4s.. 69A 69% Mobile X Ohio gen mtg 4s. s...... sl1a S5 N. r., not x West gen mtg 4s 1041a 105h N. T., Sus & West gen mtg 5s. V672 91 Nor. Pacific prior gen mtg 5s. .l03A l03A Northern Pacific gen lien s., G91a 69A Oregon Short Line 5s. .....l10 IL Phila. X Reading gen mtg As. ,.. STA SS Rio Grande X West. list mtg 4s. 0i1A 05 Southern Railway list Con- 5s. .106A 1061a St. Louis X Southw. 1st mtg 5s.. 90 90A Texas X Pacific 1st mtg 5s. ... .109H 110 Union Pacific As. 4s................1 .105 105h Wabash Ky Co.,, 1st mtg E 5s.. .114h 115 Wabash Ky Go. 2d mtg 5s. 9912 100
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-28
Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York, and Ia Center st., New Haven. Bid. Asked
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PRICE REDUCED.

A E c OATMEAL-Unsurpass assed, Delicious. STODDARD, GILBERT X CO.,; all grocers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-28

Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations On the New York Stock Exchange, reported by Prince X Whltely, Brokers, 15 Center street, New Haven.
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Quotations Of Active Bonds.

Reported by Boody, Mcclellan x Co, Bankers and Brokers. 57 Broadway, New York, and S7 Orange Street, New Haven;
 Bid Asked
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NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATIONS.

Furnished daily by Kimberly, Root & Day, Bankers and Brokers, 133 Orange Street.
 BANK STOCKS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-28

Now York Cotton Exchange. Reported over private wire by H. c. Fried man X Co.,. bankers and brokers 10 Wall Street, N. r., and 7G3 Chapel Street, New Haven. N. A. Tanner, Manager of Local Branch.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
THE WARD HoLDFAST.

The first division of the railway mail
service will shortly experiments with
recent invention known as the "Ward
Holdfass." This Is cord long enough
TO 60 about the largest package of letters
and has on one end O wire arrangement
which holds the package together without
the necessity of tieing a knot. The
idea is TO save string and facilitate the
tieing Of packages Of letters This hold
fast cord can tie used again and again and
after the first cost the government will
not be obliged to make any outlay for
string. In the course of year thousands
of balls of twire are used In the post
offices and on the railway mail cars and
1t Is expected that this new invention
will prove big saving to the govern
ment. Capt. MARSHALL. chief clerk Of the
Portland Office Il. P. o.. expects to Le
supplied with these holdfast cords soon
and will at once put them into ervics.
They will be tried for month in the first
division and II they work we'll they may
be adopted generally all over the United
States. Now the postal clerks do not
think that they will like the new ar
rangement very well as they can tie mp
package of letters with Irvine very quick.
ly and until they become accustomed to
the Ward Holdfast 1t viii take them SONS
time to tie a package of letters together.
1t is believed, however. that when the
men become accustomed to the neE
scheme they, will prefer 1t to the old Irvine
arrangement. At any rate 1t is to DO tried
here in the first division of the railway
mail service and the result will be
watched with interest all over the United
States.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
pIoKpoCkEgs AT WORK.

o. u. Ruggles.a commercial traveller
for well known Boston house. was re-
lieved of $50, all the money he had with
him, at the ball grounds Tuesday after
noon. while coming through the small
gate after the game.
Mr.. Ruggles does not copmiain great
deal for the job was done SO well that he
has admiration for the thief. and is moi
kicking. He had roll of bills amounting
to asout s2S in his trouser pocket and
about 81 in change in small pocket OF
his coat and all was taken, leaving him
almost without car fare home.
Tuesday thers was not very large
crowd at the game and when the light
fingered gentry will take such chances in
a small crowd, the danger is very great
in crowded places.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
GORHAM.

Rev. George W. Bicknell, formerly ad :
jutant of the Fifth Maine regiment. was
the guest of his old oomrade, Capt John
O Summersides Wednesday.
A party OF IS visited Ola Orchard We'd
nssday aud had delightful outing. Col.
II. X. Millett was In charge Of the party
Mr. Charles E. Odiorns has returned
from a pleasure trip in the Eastern part
Of the state.
Mr.. Harry l. Day and sisters Alice and
Mabel have returned from carriage
drive through the MONTANA, and Wis
1t at Old Orchard.
MIR. John q. Winship of Ohio, former
resident OF 1orham, was on Wednesday
the guest of Mr.. Charles winship OF State
strest.
Mr.. Bion Bickford Is TO take a large
party OF young people to Portland today
TO attend the Gem theatre at Peaks ISL
and.
Mr.. Albert NJ. Jones and wife, are
spending n few days with MIR. and Mrs.
Edward Penneil of brunswick.
Mr.. John A. Hinckley has returned
from business trip to Boston.
Miss Mabel Shapleigh of Elliott, Is the
guest Of Rev. Thomas Millett.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
MORRILLS.

Mr.. Walter g. Whitman. graduate Of
Westbrook Seminary, '0a. and tufts col.
lege. '96, has been In the city a few days
as the guest Of his uncle and wife. Rev.
and Mira. II. S. Whitman, Stevens Plains
avenue. Young air. Whitman is now
successfully located In Goddard Seminary
at Barre, Vt, as an instructor. Prior to
coming this way Mr.. Whitman enjoyed n
brief outing at Newton, Mass, with
a number OF well-known educators. lie
left this city day or so ago tor Norway
where be will visit friends. Mr.. Whit
man made the trip to and from Portland
on his bicycle.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
A PLEASANT PARTY.

Mr.. K. W. jackson Of Oak street, en-.
tertained number Of guests at at BLUFF
cottage. Falmouth Fo-eside, on Wednes-
day. A fish dinner and visit to Under
wood Spring were features Of the enjoy.
abs occasion. The guests were: Mi SIS
Ada NJ. Brown. ST. John; Miss GLADYS
Randall, Boston; Miss Frances l.
Bogart Philadelphia; Mrs. @. A. Sloan,
Mrs. +. d. Johns, Mrs. e. Ames, Mrs.
G. g. Libby, Misses Marian G. LIBBY,
Alice NJ. Libby, Clara Johns. Mr.. r. W.
jackson, O. Amss. II. bennett and Her
bert Libby.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES..

Capt W. A. Paul of Co. B, Cd Regi-
ment. has received all appointment in the
volunteer army and is assigned..to the Goth
Regiment which Is stationed at Fort
MCPHERSON, Georgia.
Capt Paul served in Cuba as first lieu-
tenant in Battery A, of the LIST Maine.
Capt ]. b. o'Neil, assistant surgeon
LIST Regiment Will be at the .Armory on
Friday evening to examine the remaining
recruits for Go. L, Sheridan Rifles, and
all members are ordered to be present
without fall.
The recruits for Co. B. Portland Cadets,
win be examined on Monday evening.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
MADE GRAppLEs FOR WAR SHIP,

1t is fact, not generally known, that
the firm OF Thomas Laughlin & Co.,
made for the United States navy the
heavy iron grapples which were used by
the war ships about Cuba in dragging
for the cables. Lieutenant Winslow used
one of these grappIes when he took up the
cable off Santiago when he and his boats
crew were exposed to CALLING firs for
some minutes from the Spanish batteries
on shore.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
WOODFORDS.

DIR. Carleton Kimhali, Pleasant street,
tae well-known dentist, Is enjoying his
annual visit at Fryeburg where he is at
tending the meeting OF the Maine Cha q
tarqua Union at Martha's grove.
Mr. Ira Fields, Forest avenue and Pleas
ant street, who Is sick at the Maine SEN
ernl hospital, where he had an opera
ton performed a few days ago, was re-
ported as quite comfortable yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04

Order by Telephone or call
any Part of the city and any
station. The above are but n
found mt
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
SOUTH PORTLAND.
TEDDY HAMILTON WAS ARRESTED
YESTERDAY MORNING.

Teddy Hamilton was arrested yesterday
morning by polics officer Fowler for en-
tering the room Of Mr.. Morris at the
South Portland House Sunday and taking
bicycle. Hamilton was boarder at
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04

Group instantly relieved, DR.. Thamas's
Eclectric on Perfectly safe. Never
falls. At any drug store.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
U. 5. COMMISSIONERS HEARING

y. 5. COMNI5SIUNER'S HEAhIN6.
Yesterday morning Perley s. Shaw of
Standish was arraigned sbefore United
States Commissioner Bradley on the
charge of selling liquor without United
States license. He pleaded not guilty
and was held In $500 bail to await the
action Of the grand jury at the September
district term sitting al Bath. Suretios
were furnished.
U. S. DISTRICT COURT.
Yesterday petitions In bankruptcy were
nled by kEdmund c. Buzzeli Of Buxton
and Arthur I. Carlton Of Etna.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-03-23

Agnes had been his sweetheart IN
his native town. On the night before
their wedding day. while under the in
fluence of wine. he ran away with q
worthless woman.
Next evening at the hour set for the
wedding the deserted girl sat down to
her piano ind for the last time sang
her favorite song. THE Heart Bowed
Down." Then, after playing the 10
hengrin" wedding march. she went to
her room, dressed in her bridal robes.
and shot herself She left a letter for
her faithless lover.
Here it is, cd man." Attention said.
taking 1t out of his pocket and hand
ing me the letter.
I read it. It was full of the bitterness
OF sorrow and passionate love. trem-
bled as read the last paragraph. It
was this:
You are mine, and mine only.
Neither death nor hell can keep US
apart. We separate now, but not for
ever. 1t may be for day-it may be
for year. But if there be God or
a hereafter will come to you and
you shall come to me. Yours in
death. AGNES"
The handwriting was like that on
the window pane. The signature was
exactly similar.
'She has come" Attention said, and
the look on his face was awful. 1T
was her voice that sang the old song.
1t was her face on the window pane"
What could say? These things were
beyond me. 1 tried to cheer him, but
my words were hollow, and knew 1t.
1 went home with a strange fear at
my heart.
Next morning the telephone from.
police headquarters to our editorial de-
partment rang, and this slip" came
over the wire:
Herbert Attention, a young lawyer.
was found dead in his room at 81 La
MARITIME street at a. m. An ambu-:
lance surgeon from the city hospital
said he thought death was due to
heart disease"
Perhaps the ambulance surgeon was
right. There are several supposedly
sane persons who think differently.
But then, as at first said. all men are
superstitious.-New York World.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-03-23
No Females There.

There is only one territory Of any
size. and never has been but one, occu-
pied by any considerable population,
from which woman is absolutely ex-
cluded.
Yet such a place exists today. and
has existed for centuries. AS far back
as history reaches, to all females it has
been forbidden ground.
This bachelors Arcadia is situated
on a bold plateau between the old pen
fnsula of Acte, in the Grecian archi-
pelaeo. and the mainland. Here, in
the midst of cultivated fields and extern
sive woodlands, dwells monastic con-
federation of Greek Christians, num-
bering more than 1000 souls, and not
one of the monasteries dates from a Ia
ter time than the twelfth century. A
few soldiers guard the border of this
anti-female land, and no woman is al
lowed to cross the frontier.
Nor 10 this all. The rule Is extended
to every female creature, and from time
immemorial no COW. mare. hen, duck
or goose has been permitted to make
ACQUAINTANCE with this territory.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-03-23
sYMMs GOT RID OF CATS.

Canned the Fe:incs and That Removed
tho Great Evil.
Mr. Symms' back garden has been
for many years infested with cats.
Affections sore from this particular
cause he bore, and bootjacks were in
vain. The voices of the cats were to
the last degree exasperating to his.
nerves, and a month ago Mr.. Symms
was apparently on the way to fall a
victim to persistent insomnia. One
night peculiarly melodious sound
floated up to Mr.. Symms' back win
dows. 1t was a gentle, soothing sound,
of delicious timber, and, while totally
different from the yell of an ordinary
cat, it suggested what the voice of a
celestial and glorified cat in another
and better world might be. Mr.. Symms
listened with admiration and delight,
and in a short time was lulled to sleep
by the melcdious voice. In the morn
ing an investigation in the back gar
den resulted in the discovery of what
appeared to be new species of ami
mal-half cat and half tin cana sort
of connecting link between live cat
and canned sausage. 1t appears that
can containing little preserved sal
mon had been carelessly thrown into
the garden by the servant A predatory
cat had squeezed her head into the can
in order to get at the salmon, and had
found out, when it was too late, that
the fragments of tin around the mouth
of the can prevented her withdrawing
her head. In these circumstances she
wandered about the garden, blind and
unable to escape. The voice was so
modified by the can that it lost it's
harsh and distinctive feline character,
and became the delicious music which
had charmed Mr. Symms' midnight ear.
Mr. Symms at once saw that the means
Of rendering all the cats Of the neigh
borhood harmless was at his command
The next night he placed twenty-f0ur
salmon tins in his back garden and in
the morning he found that twenty-four
cats had bonneted themselves. For
nearly a week these animals roamed
about the garden, unable to steal. fight
or destroy MIR. Symms' geraniums,
while the neighbors called on that
gentleman to thank him for the public
spirit which had induced him to put
in his window such delightful Eolian
harp. 1t was not necessary to use
more than twenty-four cans. for the
other cats Of the neighborhood, the
moment they caught sight Of their
canned companions. fed. At the end
of a week the cats gave up the efforts
to live with their heads permanently
canned, and Mr.. Symms buried them
in his garden.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-03-23
a VOICE AND A FACE.

Now, first let It be understood that
all men are full Of superstition.
In the second place, let 1t be under
stood that all men think they are not
sureIst-tious.
So did We. So especially did Jim
Beasley, the artist, at whose diggings
we had gathered to help consume big
thanksgiving turkey that his mother
had sent him all the way from Yer
mont.
Beasley was a skeptic in all things.
He was born that way. Yet he was a
member OF the Society for Psychical
Research, and the time that he did
not put in in the artroom Of his news
PAPER he spent looking into hypnotism.
telepathy, spiritualism and kindred
subjects.
So it was Beasley who proposed.
after the turkey had been disposed OF
and cigars smoked, that We try some
psychical experiments.
Il am sure we can get results. he
said. Attention here will make good
subject, l know"
All of us were newspaper men except
Attention. He was a young lawyer re-
Gently arrived from the East. He was
rather silent, peculiar chap, but a
thoroughly good fellow. None OF us
knew much about his past or cared to
know. Among newspaper folk a man
is taken for what he is-not what he
has been. Attention had high-struns.
nervous system, and this it was that
made Beasley say he would be good
subject.
We pulled card table into the CEN
ter of the room, turned down the gas,
and, sitting down, formed a mystic cir
Gle around the table, with hands touch
ing. Then We waited for the spirits
to come. For half an hour we sat in
silence. Then Rogers leaned over
to me.
Were a pack Of fools. old man." he
whispered. AS he spoke sound came
from the piano in the corner. 1t was
followed by another and still another.
An unseen hand seemed to be passing
over the keyboard. Each Of us looked
at the piano in blank establishment.
The lid was closed.
This did not bother the unseen per-
former, who was evidently looking for
keynote. In a moment it was found.
Then through the room the swees
tones of a woman's voice stole softly.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-03-23

How Hljlaa elects Are 0a00
The Fipian clock r. rather . c:,rioo,
ity; It u made from . followed Tree
trunk. something after the shape Of .
canoe. This II placed ON the ground
In the center Of the towns. At IL
o'clock . few sharp strokes upon this
hollow trunk with a wooden club at
tract the attention. then twelve slow.
loud strokes are given. This takes
place every hour. the right number Of
strokes being given. The sound can
be heard from one side Of the harbor
to another.