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The Washington times., 1901-07-20
DUN's REVIEW OF TRADE.
Fear of Future Troubles Causes
Cancellation of Orders.


NEW YORK, July 19.-Dun's review to-
morrow will say:
Anxiety regarding unfavorable possi-
bilities in the future, rather than any
actual present misfortune, depressed Sc
curities. and caused cancellation of some
orders for merchandise by Western deal
ers Retail distribution of goods will not
be curtailed by the labor controversy, un-
less it is of long duration. as the men
have saved money during the recent pc
riod of full employment at high wages.
Similarly in some agricultural districts,
where there is fear that little corn will be
harvested, preceding bumper crops at good
prices have put farmers in such a pros
porous condition that their purchases Will
not fall off materially, while the greatest
crop of wheat on record has not brought
a return to the low prices of previous
heavy yields.
THE actual volume of business is shown
by bank exchanges outside New York,
265 per cent larger than last year and
236 above 1899, while at this city specula-
ton helped to cause a rise of 90.5 per
cent over last year and 55.S over 1899.
Railway earnings continue to show good
gains over previous years for July thus
far exceeding 1900 by 10.1 per cent, and
1899 by 1916 per cent.
Beyond advancing prices of steel
sheets and depressing the market for tin,
quotations have not been affected by the
strike of the Amalgamated Association.
Pig iron furnaces are not disturbed, al
though record breaking production Will
bring an accumulation of stocks if the
rolling mills are kept idle for any length
of time.
"Woolen mills are more generally ac-
tive than at any time this year, orders
for heavyweight goods arriving in large
numbers. Some uncertainty is seen in
the wool market, sellers making futile
efforts to secure better terms, and ulti-
mately accepting bids at former figures.
The tone is distinctly firmer, and stocks
at mills and in warehouses decrease. In
cotton goods the situation is unchanged.
There was a decline in cotton below Sla
cents, followed by slight recovery as news
from plantations failed to show the de-
sired Improvement.
Stability of prices seems assured in
the footwear industry. The firm tone is
sustained by the steadiness of leather,
and buyers are not seeking concessions.
Factories running full time. with orders
on hand for months ahead. Hides are
fairly steady, some grades at Chicago
tending downward on account of in
creased receipts of cattle because of the
drought.
"CaImer counsel prevailed in the grain
markets. Exaggerated dispatches were
discounted and variations in quotations
were less extensive. After severe break
from the best price last Friday wheat
steadily advanced as the feeling became
general that foreign requirements would
bring new record for exports, possibly
exceeding $50, 600 900 bushels.
Failures for the week numbered l93 In
the United States. against 2Sl last year,
and 81 in Canada, against q last year.
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BRADSTREETS ON THE WEEK.
Drought md Labor Troubles Affect
ing the Trade situation.

NEW YORK, July 19.-Bradstreet's to-
| morrow will say:
Heat drought, and strikes have fur
| nished their quota of disturbing in
fiuences this week, lut despite these
a fair volume of business goes for
| ward, and nearly all markets have
| taken the developments of the week TALL
of which, by the way, have not been un-
favorable) calmly and even cheerfuily.
While only scattered rains are reported
| in the afflicted sections of the corn belt
and much more rain is needed if the
| damage is to be repaired. the nest of the
country reports a fair amount of mois-
| ture, and the South Atlantic, the Central
West, and the Northwestern States re-
| turn more favorable advices than a week
ago. both as regards the crop outlook
and the business doing.
1.-The great steel strike, closely followed
by the tie-up of hard coal mines by a few
! mine firemen, has resulted in the greatest
| suspension of labor reported for some
years past but it is to be borne in mind
that this season is the natural one for
vacations, and nothing like the maximum
number of men actually on strike are
| thought to be out. Fair estimates place
the number of men actually striking in
tit sltti tFduS at less Indn ob,UU, ana
the number of idle coal miners will not
equal this amount
"On the other hand, the machinists
strike has shown signs of disintegration
and is generally conceded to have been a
failure.
General business the country over has
been of midsummer character. Rains
have helped the crop situation in the
South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States
New Orleans reports an improvement in
crops and in the tone of trade, and At
lanta, Montgomery, and Nashville return
similar advices. Memphis reports corn a
total failure and Little Rock says that
upland cotton has been damaged, while
that on the bottom lands can stand the
heat for a while longer.
AT New York the dry goods trade is
not active, but deliveries of fall goods are
of fair volume. Textile manufacturing
is better footing than a month ago
Cottol goods are frmer and many mills
have booked so large proportion of their
output that they will take additional or
ders only at value
Raw cotton has been quiet. but on the
whole rather firmer, owing to the reports
of dry weather damage particularly in
the western half of the cotton belt. The
advices indicate distinct Improvement in
the eastern portion of the belt
Failures for the United States were
POS, against 1893 last week and 2O2 this
week year ago.
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THE MARKETS OF EUROPE.
COnsols Harder, With Strength in
American Securities.

LONDON, July 19.-Consols and the
market generally were harder today on
the publication of the captured Boer war
documents showing that the burghers
were disheartened. London utterly neg
lected American stocks, but New York
support advanced Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific at the same time hoisting
the whole list
Four insignificant failures were an
nounced. Several other unimportant mem
bers helped bring about the result. The
American shake-out is now over.
Money rates rule steady.
Paris exchange is 25.1Sl5.
Following were the London prices:
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of eleven points from the low price Of
Monday.

The Steel securities were traded in
heavily, as usual, but did not show much
buoyancy at any time. As Mr.. Shaffer
says, it seems probable that Mr.. keene
has expended a considerable block of
his $500, 100000 fund in keeping Up the
price Of the stocks recently. Mr.. Keene's
advantage is that he will be likely to get
il all back by selling out all the stock
he has bought at higher price whenever
the market becomes strong and the pub
lie begin to buy.
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September-34ik Near the close there
was again an easy spell on realizing sales.
Provisions were comparatively steady,
lard receiving thessmost attention. with
packers buying both the nearby and de,
ribs was rather light The closing was
firm, most of the list showing small ad-
yances. The cash trade keeps good.
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far as possible. Brokers who witnessed
,he offer said that it did not loci. In the
ieast like an attempt to sell stock at the
pest possible price.
Another theory which fits better with
the circumstances, but which. of course,
may be quite as far from the truth. was
that the syndicate itself was Offering the
price down for some purpose. 1t is sug-
gested that in reorganizing the various
companies into one, under the law of
June, 1900, the syndicate is empowered to
purchase the minority stocks of all con-
stituent companies at an equitable price
The people who advance this theory saw
that II the syndicate intends now TO re-
organize under this law, as has been
suggested, 1t is quite possible that it will
endeavor to buy in the City and Suburban
minority stock at as low a price as it
can. If the market price at the time of
the reorganization is at u or lower the
syndlcate OF course, win have a better
chance of forcing the minority stockhold-
ers to sell low than 1t would have if the
market price was at 20 or so.
One suggestion made in this connection
is that when the matter should be brought
up in court the decision would be likely
to follow the price paid by the syndicate
itself for a large block of the stock.
rather than the price made on small
sales in the open market now, when the
monetary affairs of the syndicate are
under somewhat of a cloud. On the other
hand, it is argued that the syndicate
paid a fictitious price for the stock to
obtain control, and should not now, two
years after, be forced 20 pay more than
the stock is worth because of this. 1t
may even be suggested that the syndicate
really wishes to ascertain what the pub
lie estimate of the value of the stock is.
with view to making an equitable offer
Stockholders
The local stock market yesterday
showed very good strength. Both Mer-
genthaler and Lanston made advances in
price, the latter on heavy transactions
amounting to nearly 500 shares. Mergen-
thaler, which has been selling recently
between 161 and 1924, went yesterday to
165 Lanston advanced to 145s. The
street continues to whisper the runor
that there is to be some combination be-
tween these two companies in the near
future, but no more foundation can be
found for the story than was discovered
when it was first given publicity several
months ago.
Graphophone common stock sold at 9.
another new low level Some interest
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LOCAL BUSINESS GOSSIP.
City and Suburban stock offered Mt
Low Price.

A few days ago attention was called in
this column TO the fact that the interest
on the City and Suburban bonds will be
due on August / and it was menti oned
that there was some interest in the street
In the question whether the payment will
be made on time usual or allowed to
go by default, as the interest on the
Washington TRACTION bonds was. Later
the statement was made ION good author
ity," apparently in answer to this ques-
tion, that the interest will be paiG as
usual The street took the announcement
as semi-official and ceased to speculate
over the matter. In view OF these facts
the extreme weakness of City and Sub
urban stock this week Is most interesting.
The stock was offered yesterday at u
and found no takers. The hint is under
stood to have been thrown out by the
broker who made the offer that the price
will be lower stiH before it is higher.
This is the lowest price ever attained by
the stock, it is believed, or at least the
lowest by many dollars share since the
syndicate bought out the line and as
sumed control.
The syndicate paid $50 a share, or par,
for more than 5000 shares of the stock
only two years or less ago. The total is
sue of the stock is $500 shares. so that
it obtained much more than control. The
ever, small as it is, is practically the only
one among the companies controlled by
the syndicate. In the case of the Metro
poIitan and Columbia and other lines and
companies the syndicate has absorbed the
entire issues After City and Suburban
advanced to par it dropped slowly to 40
and then 80 and not long ago to 20. 1t
was held around 30 for a long time ana
finally offered down sharply to 20 two
months ago by the same broker that Of
fered IL down to u yesterday. on Thurs
dav this broker offered the stock at % and
made a bid of u for it. Yesterday he Of
fered 10 sell it at u and found no takers.
Naturally such violent break in the
stock to less than quarter what the
syndicate paid for il caused much COM
ment in the street yesterday. There were
a number of theories offered to account
for the circumstance, none of which, OF
course was confirmed by the company it
self one of these was that af.tI the
Washington Traction does not intend to
nav the interest on the City and Sub
urban bonds. and that some minority
stockhol6er has found this out and wishes
take chances on a forced auction sale
perhaps except that the offer of the
stock yesterday seemed to be made with
the idea of getting the price down as
The Washington times., 1901-07-20

The new Consolidated Tobacco bonds
are selling around sc. 1t will be remem-
bered that the Tobacco stocks were sell
ing not long ago as if it were supposed
that these honds would reach par.
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Graphophone common stock sold at 9.
another new low level. Some interest
seems to be feeding the stock out stead
lily, and ITS downward movement has been
persistent.
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Earnings of Railways.

NEW YORK, July l9.-The following
reports of railway earnings were sub
mitted today:
WEEKLY GR0Ss-HoCKING VALLEY:
1901. 1900. 1899.
Second week July. Sill 1913 No2,556 s76, 721
From July l....... 207,9l7 190.iGl 1888
MINNEAPOLIS ST. LOUIS:
Second week July. 72,705 56,764 81 sci
From July L.. 1872, 1855 1ll,215 100, IA
CANADIAN Pacific:
Second week July 6S5O0O $4,000 567 600
From Jan 1......l5, 74l9s3 l5,251O3S 13, 765, ,0Si
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO:
Second week July. 2s692s 275,146 246,6So
From July l....... $4,000 5l3,267 $50, 959
SOUTHERN RAILWAY (incuding st. Louis
Divisionl:
second week July 63l, $50 624.671 400, SIS
July 1-July H.. 1,l92, ,2s5 l,l71,75S 959,507
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN:
s. ond week July s9,5Os siS49 S6,65s
Jy l-July A.. 72,sl6 7,052 6,9ll
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA:
Second week July. lis, 7S5 100 495 &C. I67
July l-July H.. 2S6,270 2Sl,ls0 1898
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General Counse
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The FORWARD REDUCTION COMPANY k In Its own name and through II
subsidiary companies above named the owner Of

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washington stock rxcnnnge.

dl65 Lanston Monotype, i50d14%; 1i0a
1412; 150d14E. After call-American Graph
ophone Company, common, 10ed9; 10oa91s.
Lanston Monotype, 5oml41z.
nIcrpIl.r OF C0IIrAfRrA pnNns
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Chicago Grain ana Provision Market.
Corrected daily tv W. B. Hibhs CO., mem
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.ar US possible. Brokers who Witnessed
the offer said that it did not loci in the
,east like an attempt to sell stock at the
best possible price. ~
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Government Bonds.

Advance. Decline. NEx-dividend.
tai sales of stocks, l.o7s, 100 shares.
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The stock Of the FORWARD REDUcTI(
alive investment for the following reasons:

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Tennessee Coal and Iron was one of the
fairly active securities yesterday. 1t ad-
vanced to "a at enc time, but later sold
off The story heard regarding the com
pany in the street was that President
Schwab, OF the United States Steel Cor
poration, has made tour of inspection
of the plants and mines of the company
The story could not be confirmed. 1t has
been believed by conservative people for
some months that the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company would ultimately go into
the trust
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FINANCIAL.
FINANCIAL
The Forward Reduction Company.
II William Street, New York. Beaumont Texas
Williamson Building Cleveland Ohio LakeChares Louisiana
CAPITAL STOCK. $4,000. 900.

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The Gould securities generally were
fairly strong yesterday on rumors of
Greater Missouri Pacific developments.
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Sugar was advanced we'll, at one time
selling above III. The stock has been
one of the strongest the list during
the past week, showing a gain yesterday
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The stock market yesterday was some
what erratic, exhibiting at different
periods of the session great strength ana
weakness quite as pronounced Business
became more professional in its tenor
and conservative people. many of them,
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HERE is your opportunity to procure a loan
on your furniture piano from private party
at a low rate Address BOX $50, this office.
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Railway earnings statements yesterday
were all good, a number of systems re-
porting gross earnings for the second
week of July showing good increases: The
Louisville and Nashville and the Chesa-
peake and Ohio We're among these.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-30
ROBS HIS EMPLOYERS OF DIAMONDS
VALUED AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Secures Possession of the Jewels While Family Church
Disappears Before Theft Is Discovered

Plains yesterday as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Wilets. They were to
spend Sunday with the Willets family.
The valet accompanied them. This morn
ing the Willets, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Thebaud and several other guests,
went to church. Soon after their return
Mrs. Thebaud discovered that her dia-
mond and pearl were gone, but fodA1
that little else had been taken. ThebSGd
at once communicated by telephone with
the housekeeper Of the residence in this
city and it was discovered that the other
valuables had been stolen
The valet was last seen about o'clock
this morning, when he took one of How
ard Willets' rigs and drove to the rail-
way station in White Plains Three hours
later the rig was found at the station
abandoned 1t is supposed the valet
whose name is Kern, left town on an out
going train soon after he drove to the
station, The New York police late to-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-30
.F|ENO'S HANDS
END HER LIFE
Terrible Crime Commit
ted in a Room at
Stockton.
Murderer of a Woman Beats
and Kicks the Victims
Body.
Special Dispatch to The Call

STOCKTON, Dec. ga murder seldom
eoualed for brutality was committed
early this morning. A woman known as
lena. Young was killed in her apartments
at a clearinghouse at the corner Of Suffer
street and Weber avenue, and George
GribbIe is in Jail charged with the crime
The woman's maiden name was Lena
Wood She claimed to be Grfbble's wire,
and the two had been occupying inc
apartments for some time.
The murder took place some TIME De pc
tween midnight and 5 o'clock this morn
ing. Shortly after > o'clock Ielepn none
message to the police ofhce summoned
the police to the house GrlDDle was
found In the hall in an excited frame or
mind. with face and hands covered with
blood. He was arrested immediately. ne
declared that the woman had come nous S
badly beaten and that ne put her TO ped
She arose, after which he again placed ner
in the bed, and she died there In rev
moments.
there being evidences Of her having been
Jumped on. Her body in front was mass
of cuts and abraStOns, and her race na.i
been beaten out OF recOSnltlOn' oh0 hao
also been strangled and much OF her hair
torn out by the roots. The room bore
evidence of a terrible life and death
daubed over the walls and furniture, and
there was also considerable blood upon
the floor.
The murder created considerable excite
ment in town, and hundreds of people
viewed the remains in the mOrgue.
The officers do not believe Gr1bble' .
story. The woman was seen intoxicated
on the street as late as IL o'clock the
night before. Little is known of her here,
but Crtbble has been a gambler here for
several months. 1t has been his habit to
work on ranches during the summer and
to make saloons and gambling halls his
headquarters during the winter. He was
known as 'AlcohOl George" about the re-
sorts he frequented, on account Of his
for 7rin al
The woman claimed to have two broth
ers in business in San Francisco. Grtbble
said in Jail that she was not his wife.
The COrOner's jury claimed that the de-
ceased came to her death by strangula-
ton and bodily injuries inflicted by
George Gribble.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-30
WREGKAGE LANDS
At THE BEACH
Broken Boat and Deck
house Fragments on
the Shore.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Dec %
Advices from Neah Bay are 10 the effect
that z large amount Of wreckage is being
found on the beach south Of Cape Flat
terry, among which is z large broken row
boat, several oars and hfe-preservers,
matches, broken doors and a quantity of
boards probably belonging 10 the deck
house Of some vessel Some bedding was
also found On various parts Of the beach
from information al l2no no cIeW IS Iur-
nisLed by these finds, though il is thought
the wreckage is part Of the collier Mat
teswan-
Victoria and Vancouver Island are com
PIeuely cut OF from telegraph communica-
ton, all cables 10 the island having been
broken by the numerous vessels which
dragged anchor during the Christmas
night storm and il viii be some time be-
fore the cables can be repaired
Mail adTices from Victoria state that
she ship Santa Clara Is last on FlatrOck.
Jugs mace an unsuccessful attempt TO
-aul her of The vessel is on her beam
-uCS and the tide GIBBS and flows in a
hole The vessel is being dismantIed- The
shipping men express the opinion that the
vessel viii become a total wreck, but the
captain Of the Santa Clara has hopes Of
saving her, providing the weather con-
The ship Bankburn, for which so much
anxiety was felt has been located at
False Bay, San Juan Island. She had
drifted a distance Of twenty miles. Her
anchor chains had not parted, as at first
supposed, and when found by the tug
Hope she was in twenty-five fathoms of
water with los fathOms Of chain out. She
viii be tOWed TO Fraser River.
A life buoy was picked up yesterday at
CadbCrO Beach, on Vancouver Island, and
sent TO Captain Gaudin, local agent Of the
Marine and Fisheries at Victoria. The
buoy is painted white with the letters
and figures; '@W. 10 W" No other wreck
age was found and to what vessel the
buoy belonged is a mystery.
The tug COlman, which broke her shat #
last night while towing the brigantine II
win TO this city, was picked up by the
tug Nigilant and tOWed here. When
picked up she had drifted remarkably
close to the rocky shores Of Vancouver
Island
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-30
the Ending of the Trial of the Alleged Leader the Mob That
Lynched Old Calvin Hall and Four Others in May Last
Special Dispatch to The Call.

nesses outside of court and threats in
Modoc County are things not lightly to be
considered. The activity Of the prosecu-
ton in the case of Brown, who is the
present defendant, has provoked wrath
among all the persons WHO have for weeks
been trying to block the legal proceedings
and shield the culprits. A serious clash
is expected some time during the week.
Assistant Attorney General Post, whose
admirable handling of the celebrated Lit
tlefield and Round Valley feud cases at
Weaverville in Trinity County few years
posed on him here, said to-day:
Prosecution Is Hopeful.
1.-THE prosecution is making good head
way with the trial. We will put up a
case in which no fair jury can do other
wise than convict. The evidence will be
plain and we think we have a good
the prosecution will all be in by Friday