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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
coFFEn.

New York, May al.-spot conea-Rio quiet.
No, inyoice ~ MID Outlet. Cordova sts y
lShc Futures opened quiet at unchanged
prices and ruled slightlysirregular some no.
sltions advancing points, while others de-
clned points The general feeling how
eYer was weak. owing 20 the decline and
larger receipts az Rio and Santos. smaller
warehouse deliveries and the slack demand
for supplies In this country aud absence ~
speculative Interest. Lght room covering
rallied the market In the last fe. minutes
OF trading. Closed Arm at net nnchanced
prices 70 ) points advance. Total safes 6,a0
bags. including September $50 October & X
9s.so; November SIS. December 7os. jan.
uary 5.o5. March Is.
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CHrrAGn

Chicago, May 2l.-Cattle-R Receipts "a 900;
generally steady; butcher stock active others
easy natives, best on sale today, one carload
5000 good to prime steers coos 20, poor to
medium i.2aa4. So' selected feeders 25G5 10 ,
mixed stockers S.iSqi.2 "a COWS 2 20d4 so;
heiiers 8. 2685l5 Gamers r lo63 s5, bnlis 4 M
~ %; calves l50a650 Tcxans-Roceipts
HOO Best on sale today four oars al 4 .S5
texas ted steers 400a6.l5, Texas bulls 25T
so HCgs-- Receipts $1,000, generally 10 lower
top go; mixed aud butchers 3 00a6 25 GOOD
to choice heavy 5.15m5.25 rough heavy 5001
20 light 4.96d5,22is; bulk of sales 8 Sa
o.Su' Shoep-Receipts 1900. steady; lamhs
sirong 10 loc higher; good to choice wetheis
l045.45; fair TO choice mixed /. 60d5, rs.
Western sheep 5.15d5. 90; yearlings 8 e55f5. 50;
native lambs 500730 Western lambs 8 O0fi
1885, spring lambs seas co.
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United States IS, coupon
District OF Columbia 5.65s. ......
Atchison, general Is
Atchison. adjustment IS .
Denver and Rio Grande nrsts,
Denver and Rio Grande As
TT. Worth and Denver CITY lsts
Galveston. Harrisburg and S A s
Galveston, Harrisburg and S A IA
houston and Texas Central
Houston and r c Consol 6a....
Kansas City. p. and G. lists tr. NJ,
Missouri, Kan. and Tex. Ends. M,
Missouri. Kan. and Tex. IS ......,
Reading general As .....
Rio Grande Western lists .......
st L aud | VI consol IS .......
st i and S F general ss .....
Southern Railway IS ..........,
Texas and Pacific lists old. ...,..
Texas and Pacific Ends ....
Union Pacific As .............
Wabash lists
Wabash IDS ...,4.......
West Shore As
Colorado Southern As .............,
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WHEAT MARKETS WEAK.
Rumors Of Rain in the Northwest Caused
Prices 10 Ease OF.
TRADING WAS ACTIVE EARLY IN SESSION
Period of auictncss Came with Low.
Wcais-oncrings Much Larger.

Chicago Nav 2i.-4Aftor hours OF frmness
because Of dryness IN the Northwest wheat
weakened sodey because il looked as II the
condition might DO changed, July closing
%4's under Saturday Corn was weak. July
CLOSING lMc down. oats closed ssGhc lower
and provisions 1laetloc to 25c reduced
Inc trade IN wheat was quiet. The mar
ket opened firm Gables were higher and
inc seed-sproutinR rain sti remained a
stranger TO the Northwest Traders were
disposed TO stay on the safe side until it
ueVeloped whether there was to be pro
lonsed drouth july opened &c higher at
6lsm5i1a. touched 67la and for hours chung
areuhu that mark During the afternoon
some messages from the Dakotas and adj
Jotoinb territory came in ana announced +hat
, ~ lpohed like ram" Vague as this was
- was aiihcient combined with The corn
mtHhh less, to cause selling. As there was
Htue demand July slunpad to 66is The
gicse WIS easy, July aDia down AT 66ss
lle cash business waS SLOW. New York
IeroIttd ten loads taken for export. Clear
hlefS IN Wheat and hour we're equal TO 33i-
WV bushels. Primary receipts were ljf 600
81 sheis. eonipared with 5mtGD bushelsl ast
year MINNEAPOLIS ana Duluth reported ass
cars against 32S cars last week and ISL ears
p year ago Local rcceints u cars
Whio luly corn was declining carly in
inc session The market was active hut at
! ue bottom u became quet ava STAYED so
10 the emu july opened q shnde under Sat
~ uas CaDles from Liverpool were weak
the weather favorable and country nHor-
ins5 especially from Iowa reported much
ket received some support at 81 hut finally
TINS was satisfied and prices sagged a little
Ia. ,u.r' me close was weak. July lac
lover. Receipts here We're 12l cars.
Oats were moderately active. but weaker
IA sympathy with corn and because of favor
aauIu weather Country offerings were also
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New York. May 21.--'rhe cemm a'.r IN.
vertiser's London financial caolss as,.osI,t
The markets here today were very u,,si n Il,
ing, The public having failed e . soTs nj
spite the spirited news from Mais sssra,'hrulsrS
hears had loaded with stocks S,s ssilial
in anticipation of public buying .l ~ m h
M response they released today WI pus.
suit OF producing general hea''H''
ness was light.
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HIDES AND WOOL.
SUGAR.

New Orleans, May 2l--Sugar steady. 49,,
settio SAg4 1885, open kettle centris,,g.i pp 81,
ga centrifugal .yellows 4Sa4 1855, sea -
ones %sqiis' Molasses quiet and nom,n.i
New York, May 2i.-SuEar- ar, riii. mai
lennins a-S2i centrifugal 90 test ,, is5r
lnolssses sugar 3 1916. ReanedNFirm to, ~
. "a a.'SS No, 80; No; 80; No. . As: No
STANDARD and confectionery A a. =, ~, t,sy
SAo. cutloaf and crushed 8 50; nou niousa
e'so' granulated $40; cubes 5.s5. "us'eo
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APRlCoTs-Per crate So .7591S. %
BANANAS-Faney stock, per bunch. packed
81 0142 %. '"'Neu'
G9GoANuTs-Per sack 50 5OD4 90
bucket 50IG5c Low per
LEN toiNS--Fancy Messina. 81 2505 20
budded So % '""'S N'eO'
81 I5Tt2 90 '"'lt crates
IiAN Der klEs--Per crate. 81 759a.oo.
CIERR lEs-California. 50 so nar h.
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LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.


Galveston, Texas, May 21.-The A. P. MOI.
mal Live Stock company reports the cattle
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NEw WORK. EXCHANGE.


New York, May 2i.--Money easier W 7 " "
cent. Prime mercantile paper S;aia TX, "a
cent Sterling exchange softer Wy, Y, s :; X,
business in bankers bills at i.StlfSs IN, y
demand and at 4s4Aa4.S s. for slan ,, NH MI
posted rates 4.s5hd4ss conmessaass, i ~
4.s4n4 S4i5. Silver certificates ev%gIcs sy,rr
silver SOS. Mexican dollars "a, ,us,tis.
ment bonds irregular; State bonus u's'
railroad bonds strong.
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BUTTER AND Ese'-

Chicago. May n.-ButierTs'fa.s,,s ss-Dsa
SKas% Eggs Easy; fresh lo, n,s,elpts 40
New York. May 2i --Egss-fiss,Trs'sst nsil
packages: Arm. storase wess N lsi45ifi
ishTis% regular packing 'O's -
Southern at mark il9llhc s,ssdy 10
st. Louis. May q -EEss-s'rrssrrn dsa,!.I'
Kansas City. May H.--EgEs - stock IN
liberal. fresh MISSOURI ana ~ ID -.
Elsir. Nav 2i~Buttsr-flrIu., LIZ III Ill siis
ings 221 tubs: bid 1917 on nss ~ he vsa
no takers; 20 asked Sales ~
10, 466 tubs.
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AP2LES-FencY eyaporated. 5O-lb ooxeA
Sc; LIB cartons 5t4c choice eyaporated 7lAc.
APRlCO1S-Per h. loose. lsi4c.
ClTRON--In l0-ib boxes, lSc.
CURRANTS--ln bbis, &c: 25-lb box IS. clean.
ed, bulk INC; lib cartons sGS4kc,
DATES-l-lo packages loo; G0-lb boxes &c.
FIGS California l21gc imported l5DlSc.
FEACHES--Choice new stock &C.
RAIsINS-- California, 8-cr1wu L. l.. boxes.
81 25; Y box /. l.. raisins CSG75c; 2-crown L.
NJ. raisins 50-lb boxes. 79ac; 3-crown L. NJ.
raisins. SOLD boxes. SIC.
pRUNES--C California 5n-60s TIC: G0-70s &c:
i0-S0s 6c S0-90s 5i5c 90-lOOs sc.
.NLTsn-.lBrazil loc per lh; ilherts Sicily 12c;
hand picked 5hd5iac; No. 4%c: Almonds
TaraFoua, ice ID in sacks pecans, unscreened
sea 7isc; better grades sal0o; Italian chest
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London. May 21.-Consols for m0n !; it'd
account ioi7: Bar silver hrnier., ~. s,'
per ounce Money per cent Il XII ~ II
discount in the open market lor s4S
three months bills az per cent. ,,n,s lnl
PARIS, May 2i.--Three per " IN lontfl
nc for the account. ESenarse y
25f. lie for checks. ,a- III fsss BAL
New ork, May 21.--clearines Se''1
ances 81 60l n43
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DRUGS ANn cuEM1cAIs

cuinine 4lq45e per ounce IN bottle; NOR
phine S2.05Q2.25 per ounce cocaine $500 per
ounce: borax Sisc per pound in l00-pound
Packages; copperas $l.40 per pound in bar
reg; castor on N.15 per gallon in 5-gallon
packages; epson salts 81 30 per hundred in
barrels; alcohol 81 20 per gallon. sulphur 81 %
per hundred IN barrels; alum 2lac per pound
in barrels; saltpetre &c per pound IN barrels;
camphor zoe wood alcohol 81 LIS; gum
opium $50, powdered opium SAFE; car6nit
acid 45c Der pound bottles: calcitm carbide
50 20 per cwt.. delivered Texas common rail
way points
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Kansas City, May 2l,-Catte- Rcceipts 400
natives and $50 Texans, steady heavy natives
= 6O4a.2O; stockers aud feeders iOOG6. 80
butcher cows and heiiers s50a5 *: Gamers
2.to0Sa0' fed Westerns 2505.M, Texans
4.AHi.sN gs-'Reccipts 500. market slow.
5alQc lower heavy 5.0565 ~; mixed s5fs
o 10; light 1895 02is pigs g. 50ff4 Is. sheen
Receipts 535, all Texans; good killor,s
steady common grade lower. grass Texans,
muttcns, 1,50fp4.55; culls 3.00d8 So
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Cur=ent q rotations on Round Lots of
Staple Commodities


These quotations are revised daily and their
correctness can DO relied upon. The PRICES ars
those ruling in Houston wholesale markets.
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Denton,. New Quarantine

Denton. Texas, May 49, .rsyr ssi'i
sioners court has passed 81 = serssotl''
aside all quarantine orovs and ~
passed relative to this eoaS, nv sid y
also decided that hereai'ef . 49, b. sas
quarantine orders shall % .aurt aloos Z.
count directly and by ne CON so,,nt5 ass!.
former order setting inc IA ~ s.
officers salary at $40 dV
cipded.
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NEW ORLEANS.

INNNFINT 70 the TnRt.l
New Orleans May q The New Orleans
live stock exchange reports Receipts Cattle
ls2' calves and yearlings 800; hogs l12 Sales
-eatile tQ6 eslves and yearlings $40 lcft
over-Cattle IA calves and yearlinss &c; hogs
~. Enough beeves for demand. Others short
or requirementsi choice corn hoSs and NUT
tons wanted.
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Houston Daily statement.
Rniirond Receipts.

iIouston's gross receipts Of cotton by the
various railroads entering the city were as
follows: Bales
Houston aud Texas Central ............... IS
International and Great Northern .... 60
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio. Is
Texas and New Orleans. ................... /
Houston East and West Texas. e..
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe............... 20
Missouri, Kansas and Texas,...........,., 90.
wagons ''''''.'''..-''''......'.. %
NJ,
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Houston spot Qnotntions.
Comparative Spot Markets


Galveston quiet prices unchanged.
Low ordinary. ,.71e Middling .....9h
Ordinary. ..,.,,S Good middling.a T-1G
Good ordinary. So Middling fair Q t-16
Low middllng...s Sales ....,...... 80.
New York Spots closed quiet l-lec down.
Good ordinary..SSs Good mlddlng 10
Low middling... 9h Middling fair, 10 7-16
Middling. .......9 ll-16 Sales ..........370O
New orleans-spots closed easy; prices Lice
down.
Low ordinary. rs Middling ...sls
Ordinary ..,.,,..72i Good mddling Q 5-ts
Good ordinary vSA Middling fair o 9-16
Low mdding. s il-16 Sales ......... 1900
Livorpool-Spots business quiet prices -S2d
lower. sales 5000 bales. OF which 29ON were
American; imports 1000, OF which 300 were
American,
Ordinary ......4 25-32 Middling ..5 T-3-
Good ordinary.,l Sl-s2 Good middnng.5 SID
Low miedllng . 1882 Middling fair. . 1889
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COTTON SEED PRopucTs

f. o b. MILL Texas interior roi,..
eording to location pS ViN 70 ac'
Prime sv,s o'i, ioose 1900. 80 a 81
iniersS " Isr no SSiio" oil 800" S2lsQ 81
'-'N'N''' 1er pouhu''''''''..'... 4&@
Huu. h,lod Per Ton.
.N'''. Jaw 's'- f.'''s.s.ss-..s.. : M
Prime cotton seed meal ~. "A moo
Prime cotton seed cake 49, % so 70 70 ~
Quotations on prime cotton seed NJ ~ 70
ton. dl SalNeS.
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,raanI iIarIsets.

New York, May 2l.--Tin nrms ss,rrsnts s'si
and $50 .S7is asked. PIE iron .uotation s''s.
L nsi u copper uneRSnssd. sls.5' va
50 s7isa4 'o2M. speIter quiet
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medium '''s sra S - isa arm and higher:
nsAys hne i2dlS; tub washed soas ''eiS
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all bottoms rendered 20 them on May and
July. ship tho cotton from here and then do
mand delivery on August from the beiated
shorts,
Under such circumstances, and with the
financial power TO carry out plan Of this
kind, II Is entirely possbie " not probable,
th3t August will yet sell here at Zoe and
July, perhaps, at the same price"
The Liverpool cotton exchange win be
closed on May "a and June 2, 4, and . on
account OF the Whltsuntde holidays
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Stock this day last year
Deficit this ssaBon
frNs cthftNs
wing are the closing quotations:

Following arc the closing quotations.
Jan Feb. ..... 4 lss Apg-sept ....4 56a
'Feh-March 4i7-is stpt-oet .i SSs
May............5.0 4v Oct Nov - M "a
May-June.... .b.02-0g Nov Dec n. 2g
Juno-,Iuly. 3 o0-0i Dec-Jan ...S. 1926
July Aug. ...,..4 SIS
asked: bid value; seller. n nominal
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HOUSTON BANK cLEARTNGs.

HOUSTON BANK NLbAhINGs4
Following are clearances Of the HOUSE,
banks for the week thus far and tu "
corresponding time last year. together "a
the increase or decrease.
This year. Last year l1rit@'
Monday ANN. $685., All S6S,sOl sa's
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WIRE AND NAILS.

w1RE-Galyanized Glidden $40; wauke-
gan SS.S5.
NAILS-$3,t0 base. Advances for common
over base; I'd, zoe 3D. 4jc; I'd and sd, SOc; I'd,
suc: Sd, Toe; l0d and l6d DC. Quotations are
for less than car lots
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CORN CHoPS-Mixed and pure osa9Sc.
OATS-Choicc brlpht Texas .9U30c: good
North Texas 9Sn29c; off or no grades 25d27c
HAY-Alfalfa Sl3 504ll5O per ton. tin-
othy Slt.5Q4lN00; South Texas prairie bay
S5555eaG 5oi North Texas and Territory SlO.50a
al 90
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BEARS RAIDED STOCKS.
Market Yielded Steadily to Assaults Made
on It from the OPENING
DENIAL OF TRASSyAAL RUMORS A FACTOR
Nyenk Cotton Had some Enect--Pa-
per Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ms to
stability of Freight Rates.
,speo,al to The post.)

New York, May AIS. Mum. Son Co
cay: Stocks declined sharply London sold
Is, 900 share, of the International list. ster-
ling exchange advanced h1Ac. Money here
per cent stock sales $4,000 shares. Bonds
s., 600. Sugar advanced early on the an
nounoement of an advance OF points ON all
refined grades and buying by lower Wall
street, but later Il weakened on realizing
and bear raidng There was pretty good
buying of Metropolitan, Pennsylvania and the
Vanderbilts. Pacidcs were depressed 10y the
Texas quarantine against San Francisco, ow-
ing to bubonic plague and the fear that other
States may follow suit. Peoples Gas de-
clined on realizing, Good buying of c., B.
and @. was noticed. Depression in Iron and
Steel at Philadelphia and Piasburg and West
ern selling here forced down the Steel stocks
There was long liquidation in fractions. Un-
favorable dividend rumors weakened Conti-
mental Tobacco preferred. Chicago sold Peo-
pies Gas rather freely. London sold grang-
ers to some extent. II is denied that Kruger
has sued for peace. All lines report good
westbound movement. Banking interests hero
sold stocks. The bond features today in
oluded Northern Pacific As. Reading As, Union
Pacific IS, Wabash dehentures and Balti-
more and Ohio issues
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Carload lots, Lob. cars from millers; dear
ers charge from store 50l0c more ner 100 Tbs
On bran. 243c per brshel on oa.s ana corn and
lUal5c per 100 lbs On hay.
EkAN-Per loo pounds S41lS5c
WHEAT SIl0RrS-Per 100 pounds, $1,000
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BEANs-Imported navy beans SAC; Bayou
4l2c, English dried &c; pinks sac; Lima
6AeMc: black eyes SAC; Texas black eyes
5q4c.
BUTTER--Bue star 2o@2lc, dairy 1Ic Red
Star Csc; Elgin creamery 22123c; oleo-
margarine dairy bricks 1Sc; Lincoln solids
l13ac; prints l2isc, Special Blue star li52c
Crystal Gem and Country Rolls l6c' special
dairy 11c fancy dairy lGc; Texas country
butter SQiOc; Texas bricks l2Hloc
CABBAGE-liomeg grown l%q2c per pound,
in sacks.
CHEEsE-New York full cream l3lA9l4c:
Badger : Jta l4Ee, lscOhstn KUN cream rOl'9
lSAe; Wisconsin full cream daisies. lS1sc,
EGGS-Te Nas,per dozen idrz.
ONIONS Per b.. lAa25ac; new, per bushel
81 00di.25.
80 trl;- Chile l3g15c per 10. alack singa
pcre i5c.
P0TAToEs-C Colorado s5c; fancy Utahs soc:
Burbanks. 75c new 90cQSi.0).
pOULTRY-H Hens. s2.I5dS 90; cocks large.
old i.50a2. 90; mixed lots g 5Gu3 90; flyers
g 25U3.76 broilors 81 7in225 Turkeys, hons,
S5.0OdG.5c; gobblers S70Qd1l.00 per dozen,
according to size and quality. Ducks large
81. 00dS.5o. Geese, full feathered, Sl0O96O0
Guineas. Sl.50Sl2 90.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
NEW-YORK CITY.

The lawns in Central Park. which have been
closed to the public for twenty days owing to the
drouth have been improved so much by the recent
rains they will be thrown open again for those
with permits Saturday. Permits that have not
been used will be received regardless of date.
On account of the great pressure Of business
Chief Factory Inspector Williams has found 1t
necessary to change and restrict the office hours
for the transaction of public business in his sub
office, at No. l Madson-ave., as follows The office
will open at 10 instead OF a.. m, as heretofore
and close at 2:3O instead of o'clock
TIE Rev. DR.. C. Campbell Morgan. of London.
arrived here the steamer Oceanic on Wednes-
day. and went to Northheld Mass, where he Will
deliver series of lectures. He will return to this
city and deliver address in the Gospel Tent
Broadway and Fifty-sixth-st.. Saturday evening
8 o'clock.
The Charity Organization Society asks for 800
with which to continue to pay the board. at SIS a
month. for educated man. nearly eighty years
old who has friends or relatives who con-
tribute toward his support. Any money for this
case sent to the Charity Organization Society. No
los East Twenty-second-st,. will be publicly ac-
knowledged
New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
ELECTRICITY AND TUBERCULOSIS

Dr. c. C. Carroll of No. q East Twenty-fourth-
St. yesterday gave demonstration at his office of
certain effects that can be produced patients by
Tesla's apparatus for generating alternating cur
rents Of high frequency and potential He has been
using the instrument in his practice for nearly a
month, and IS sanguine regarding its efficiency in
treating tuberculosis and other naladies. In some
instances he combines the Of a drug with his
electrical apparatus, but he showed yesterday that
with electricity alone he could raise or lower a
persons temperature and retard accelerate the
pulse, inside Of minute. None Of the apparatus
was exhibited, except wire terminating in slen-
der vacuum tube in which might be trem-
uous glow of faint violet light. A bulb at the end
Of this tube was applied to the patients body.
DR.. Carroll did not feel liberty to furnish any
Information about the machine, or differentiate II
from those employed by other physicians who adj
minister electricity. But presumably the apparatus
was one OF the several forms Of ''oscillator' de-
scribed by Tesla two years his address to the
American ro-Therapeutical Association. DR.
CarroH says that he is the first physician use
this instrument.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
WEsTCHESTER COUNTY.
NEW-ROCHELLE.

Charles F. Lent. secretary Of the horse show
given last Saturday in aid OF the New-Rocheile
Hospital reports that the receipts nearly $500
The delegates to the Republican County COnven-
ton on Wednesday elected Charles Earwicker and
Arthur E. Walradt county committeeman from
New-RochelIe. This is victory for Mr. Earwicker,
who was retired a year ago by the Burns wing
Thomas J. Hume. a New-York merchant tailor
Grated on yesterday I'm the New-RocheIe Hospital
for appendicitis.
Justice Hooker in the Supreme Court, yesterday
handed down a decision in the suit brought by
Frederick Lorenzen against the Board OF Education
to restrain that body from selling bonds to buy
the home of John f. Risley and another plot of
land In the Third Ward for school sites Justice
Hooker restrains the Board from selling the bonds
for the reason, he says. that the election was not
advertised a sufficient length of time.
Charles Il. Seabury, retired NeW-Hork Iner-
chant, died yesterday at his home, on Premium
Point Mr.. Seabury seventy-hve years old and
leaves a sister. The funeral will be held at his
CITY home in Fifty and burial will be in
Greenwood Cemetery Sunday.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
BABYs SKELETON FOUND IN 4 PARK

Yesterday afternoon. while Patrolman Palmer was
walking through a field in Bronx Park he
found the skeleton Of girl baby about year old.
The child lying a brown shawl and was
covered by a large basket, which had been over
turned so to partly conceal it. 1t was we'll
dressed in silk clothing, and its little lace bonnet
was tied about its skull The police believe that
the child was left in the field by some one who ex-
pected that It would be discovered and cared for
a nursing bottle clutched in the bonv Fingers
OF the right hand. The body removed to the
MOrgue. woman who lives the park saws
that about three weeks ago she noticed an italian
who carried large basket. pass near the place
where the skeleton found. She thinks II ia
possible that he may have been hired to leave the
baby in tho field
New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
IRON BEAMS AWFUL FALL
NINE PERSONS HURT BY A TON UPRIGHT
CRASHING INTO A ROOF.
GIRDERs SLIP FROM A BOOM DERRICK
AS IT SWINGS AROUND TWELVE
FLOORS ABOVE THE GROUND.

The lives OF one hundred and fifty persons
were endangered yesterday afternoon by the
fall Of four iron girders and 14-foot iron
upright from the roof of the twelve-story build
ing in course of construction at Nos. 391 and
800 Broadway, corner Of Walker-st. Nine per-
sons were hurt, only three OF them seriously
enough to make their removal TO a hospital
necessary. All viii recover. The injured are:
FLETCHER Norris sixteen years old. Of No 3l6 East
Houson-st.: lscerated wounds OF left eyeid; taken
Hudson Street Hospital and later TO Eye and Ear
Hos0ital
COHEN Fannie seventeen years old OF No. 39s Grand
ST. compound OF and contusions OF
face; Hudson Street Hospital
FISENsTARK Isador. twenty-one old. OF No 116
Stanton-st-: face cut: attended and sent home
FTURIE Phi.ip eighteen years old OF No. 20 Stanton
St: hands and face: attended and sent home
GEENSRERG Isador sixteen years old. OF No. 17s Stan
back attended by ambulance surgeon and
home.
oULLENHOFF. Esther fifteen years old OF No. 100 Mon
bruises az shock; attended ana sent home
I.AURE Annie fourteen years old No. 22e Madison
81; bruises ana shock; attended and sent home
WALDMANS David nineteen yyars old. Of No 4O9 East
Sxtieth-s right forearm broken in places; taken
70 Hudson Street Hospital.
WEISS Morris eighteen years old. Of No. 225 East
Fourth-st- cut face and arms attended and sent
home
All Of the injured persons were employed by
NJ Goldberg & Co. pocketbook makers, who