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New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
THOUGHT PLASTER WAS BURGLARS
Watchman, Struck by Falling Pieces,
Shoots Up" Parlor on Fifth-ave.

Residents near Fifth-ave. and Northumberland
tw,uty-siNth-st were alarmed at 3 O'Clock yester-
day morning to hear q fusillade In the home Of
John Mclaughlin, at No. 2OH Fifth-ave Mr. Me
laughiin and his family a Rye, and the house
has been left In the care Of Solomon PostIes
Ou Monday night Solomon made his bed on the
parlor floor and WAS sleeping sweetly when he was
"wakoned 10y heavy blow in the face Reaching
for MS revolver he hred five shots i'm quick success
sion and. nearing no sound. to the conclusion
that If there We're burglars in the room they must
an be dead. lie reached Tor a match and re-
c~tved ., blow on the head which feed him to the
floor and knocked the revolver from his hand
Frishtered almost out Of his wits he crawIed
around on his hands and knees in the darkness
until his revolver was found, and, after reloading
IL. fred i've more shots.
tie then made hIs way To- the street where h.
met Policemen Zangc and Hogan and a crowd Of
re"pl" who had been attracted To tho SPOT bv tho
sound Of the shooting. solomon was bIee,liu,,
pr"iuseIy from cut the nose and inother nT
me h'ad. ana he explained To the policemen thar
nc had killed them all " ''''7''
Cautiously the policemen entered tho rco,,, ,,itt
hlaWn rev"vers. and turned the light 4 larre
mirror. which extended from 1oor To ceiling h9d
n'th smashed by one of the bullets p,iutiDrs
piC-d "itc ana ornaments of all kinds were strevn
over the moor. and the room looked as II had heru
>ttHrk ny cyclone. There were no dead burglars
ON iI" moor. but there two large pieces nr
PlaSierlhs which had fallen from the ceiling
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10

s.lSs Aafs6 siTfas & Som94sy pa 59psyle 6y
..B,ia King MeLeod Newport + l. F. Bullock. repre-
.nS Si9s 5.5,, TeIs4 Eeegort Mqrrsqn slaaA'
furnishing goods. :. sehosnseid, s.. Denis.
kim Eppthimsr & Co. Reading; IL EhI eoaks AMI
Koie Brothers x EuIsnaa Pttsburg, L Kob. drysoOds
J, Kuttrer Co Rome. Ca. Ike MAY. drygoods and
E Levine. Bowling Green Ohio drygoods. Broadway
Levy Brothers. Houston. Tex; II Atersohn Ora Dee
ve. drygoots: W r. Souza. No. - Frankli1,st- ,,,
E EslIy women ana satsatz' wesT No 81 Unon
IIon Lry cio%ls comgeay Toledo. Miss M0rsen'ra'eF
Ioveuan. Joseph q Loeb. ErulusHau Ala. NJ V
Joseph, NJ. 81 Franklin 81. imperial
linens, NJ. % WASHINGTON Place. ventome ~
lasryS ,11SerIaai i15f.s-l S2ii''' Worcester ~
h Loweas,ein x Bros. Memphis; F. . Parask h7-
LYMAN brothers cesr Rapids Iowa: o. W Lyman
1dsa5d "a, Male .1 Conn ce%pa2g NeHaysn 4 s 6 ss. Bs.D
Maniel Brothers, Chicago; NJ b. O'Toole. furnishing
SIanahoiSg & I iirot6ers s. Paul: B~eur, notions.
teoTse w McAlp'n Eo'9Jany ,i' in@'' Miss 4 9'
E Te6i1a5h & CO. FroyideaSs. E McGrath. cIoaks
nsblns GOODS, hosiery ana gloves. i5 LispeaaTis
yeiin ripbss iaces han!kerchirfs ana necsWear Miss
salisbury. muslin underwear and infants wear No +4
s.rs ga:aq I! W Moore voolIenz 4 ,ayi y95s
millinery and cloalls: No - Leonard st. Park Avenue
y sluRielder Pit,saeId Mass c'oa,s ana millinery
6c6m < Co. Baltimore. C., oehm. wooleas Impe-
''SS "ppenheim oseniorf Co. Baltimore; l. A Open
'f Fanon While company; Duluth MINI c. T Miller
Penetier DIV Goods company. siour CITY a. F PelIe
tier. trygoods. NJ. ~ I@onari 81. Grand ~ -
J. II e. Peterson's Sons Davenport w; II Peterson.
H. & $ rosu, Sompan1 ,iuennatl; Miss N Whitak'T
Marsh fancy goods. leather goods. etc. Grvuo3l"-
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
SIGNS OF PROSPERITY.
TertiIc NGnufactoies Enlrging
Plants and Working Orertimc.

There numerous new textile plants being
established in the country. while those existing are
being enlarged and equipped with new machinery
10 take of the constantly growing demands o.
the trade. In some the plants are now
working overtime I'LL their accommodating orders.
The Clyde Bleachery. River Point. r. L. is
running overtime in nearly all OF its departments.
and extensive alterations being made to facil-
tate the delivery OF the large orders for goods
which on hand. Improvement is reported
IN other mills in that locality. the Coventry mills
for instance which had been running at less than
full time for the summer, having found II neces-
sary resume operating TO their capacity
The DanielsOn Worsted Company, at DdnieIson,
Conn is running its plants night and day, and has
orders hand which will make necessary the run
ming Of the plants overtime throughout the season
The company has added looms and employed
new weavers. that the orders may ne promptly
filled.
A silk mill is being built Chamhersburg.
Penn. which is employing large number Of men
in It's construction. and which viii furnish perna-
nent employment for a considerable number when
COMPLETED
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
ARRIVALS OF BUYERS.

REGISTERED At TIE ROOMS OF THE MERCti, >!rs.
ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW-YORK
B;eWr Brggs Day Goods COMPANY Pueblo. L
Brown. drygotds. No. pol West Forty second ~
tharlcs Netcher. chicago IN. Steiner iinar,re,
and barbara Kelly, muslin underwear. Noruande
T.. \ Rose Mercantile Company. Clrthagg Nj, Nry
r. Fischer. millinery. Westminster. ' SO
y. Weyer Il Bros. Hartford city Ind: a n v-s,.,.-
depart ulrut store. CiiTar' ~ N''N''
J. Stisfe sons Angola, Ind L. e. StiefeI doyarmen,
store. Graru. '''N'''
Fegnes. Wright Company; Junction city Kan: l. =
Fegues dryEoo1s. No 70 West Twenty seventh, =
Ken Schlesinger. Fort Wayne. Ind 4. Schlesnrer
oln4ks suits No ~ East Ninth-st
Goldman. hickman 4 90. tfncInnati Ohio. a \ II
Iieckmnn. clothing. No 2iB Church St ~ ' ~ u
y. NJ carlton Bros CO. Hico Tex: c. W carl
ton general nerchsndis7. Herald square. Mrs NJ :,
NabeWeu general merchandise. No as West one hmm
"a third st.
T. ". S-Ovai HCG. Tex: J. " Scovau rarar.I No.
chandise Hciald square NJ
Srhwarz TeSarkand. Tex. T.. Schwarz general p,ar
chand!sc toilinewood, ~
T.. J.. B,ilR Fort Dodge Iowa drvsoois AIb.,.
Roseninal Dry Goods Company. Peors. lii Mrs J. l.
jores miilinere. Wellington. - -
l. y Martin Goods Peoria III Vs.
frances -. Kiernan, drygOods. Cumberland
Ba.rlbevt & Co lireensburg Ind William n R,v
land. drvso.i-. Westminster " -
- Ne-' TWentietN ST -
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
CLERKS FORM CITY BANK cLUe

The City Bank Club has just been formed with
more than TWO hundred clerks Of the National civ,
Bank as It's members. The objects Of the orgapiza
Lon' which is the first the sort In this citv ar.
10 promote comradeship among the members and
10 IamlAarlze them with The theory and tine his
tory OF banking, experimenting the practical
knowledge which they get in their daily routine OF
Morh IA the bank All the clerks are .ligibi. a.
HiSLIlLs-s' ana Inc officers may made hOuor4T ~
4tSitDe4s Inc new club IS uuqcr tb.. conIr,J
@ % me -N3uona4 City Bank but its formation 6at
DSSH approved Dy the Officers Of the insritIIttn,
"41o nave given the club the Use of a jarne room,
"a tIe DANA building for its meetings which Iii
oe ht4u once month. At these meeting Iauart
wiz De Ieau ana discussed. The officers ~ -
St1p are, president A H. Titus. assistant T., -
tL-Io tS4ISL N4ee-pFesideut, i. s FmInons. seots-
80 " d 1laJtesOni treasurer. J. a. NfartIro.
us1SSs5 ID r DAWSON. G. + Barnes q kolIU,et'
A-0seu hllhail Reed, {. Zabriskie and II - nan
ne NduoIai city Bank about three months 80,
.nNlteu ltS clerks to turn in suggestions for Ir7.
FsoEHIS tile methods and extending the iunt,eUr.
te tItuuoA prizes being offered Tor the most
sel-aDIe IDEAS The nrst prize was an addltIor.I
"SthS vacation, which should include :, tr,o
80 INC 81 LOUIS Exposition. with all expenses ,z a.
- we Won ~ J. g MARITIME, assistant oiscn1Int
n, VINO mas Deem elected treasurer of tba nm
- sStS tHS.lly-S.FeA other pTZes-several each
VI 50, 80 ana SO Mr.. Martine, IN his uaner ,r-
ullls 70 one OF MS associates who smoke viii,
~ ~ ShVlous ar, went from the roof To tbe csIiar
paTtmenI. -'i '''Iy ue-
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
WHE1T BLIGHT SPREADS
Prices Jump T7oo Cents on the
CHICAGO Board.
Try EGRAFH TO THE TRIBUNE

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Chicago. Aug. S.-Wheat operations to-day were
marked ny an early period Of great excitement
and sharply advanced prices, followed by a back
from quick profit taking. II was a continuation
Of the great bUyiuS demonstration of yesterday.
Prices were forced up very fast-September from
81 OF TO 81 0&; December from ST 0O14 TO 81 02ls and
May from 81 0Izs TO 81 o.
All the houses with Northwest connections had
rust and blight reports alarming as before
Added to thiS there dangerous rains over the
spring wheat States last night, and the chance tina
the hot sun will spread further the black rust.
James A Patteu has returned from the North
west and declares the rust blight a calamity
They are used to injury from drouth up there. -
he said. also To damage from frosts and excessive
rains. The rust. the wheat raisers were not look
ing for. They drove around their fields The
straw and heads looked all right at a distance.
When the rust raised they climbed their
fences and went into the grain find the crop
is blishted."
The travelling expert OF the Western Elevator
Company, at Winona. Mimi. in message from
Huron. 5. D.. says:
The black rust has damaged the wheat crop in
my territory at least 90 per cent. and in some local
lteS II Is damaged IS per while the grade
rms bldCk rust or disease has spread very pidly
ana local. where there rust the first Of
the week have been stricken the last few DAYS and
the crop nearly ruined.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
ONEKTLLED: THREE HURT
alderman Lundy 1mong Those In
jured IN Collision.

one person was killed and three were more
or less seriously injured in a collision last night
between car on the Franklnave. line and q
carriage returning from Coney Island i'm Nep-
tune-ave between Coney Isand-aVe. and
Ocean Parkway. The dead man was Thomas
Osborn of Emmons-ave. and Sheepshead Bay
chief clerk of the Coney Island court. The in
fured were Alderman Frederick Lundy, OF Noor-
hees-ave.: William MCKane. of East twenty =
third-st and Charles Hogan. the driver, all or
Brooklyn.
Neither the occupants Of the carriage nor the
motOrman were able to account for the accl-
don't The driver seems not 10 have realized
that the car was near, and tho motormah
said he thought the carriage was out OF redch-
The carriage was demolished, and the occu-
pants were thrown in every direction. The m
iured men were taken at once To the t-IneiSthcy
Hospital. The mOtounan, John SinalIhlah' ol
No 1924 President-st.. Brooklyn and the con-
ductor Joseph Hickey, OF No. . Fllmore-SI'
arrested
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
SUBMARINE SIGNAL

Boston Aug. 9.-The Canadian government b,.a,
"fder adopted in council at Ottawa viii enter mn,
an agreement with the Submarine Signal Cor,ns,,,
"a boSoh Tor the installation 80 bells In tho :,
I-1"teiIee flFer and off the of the darlt,tue
IFo'lhces- OF the 50 stations 10 be- established
~ are 10 be operated IRON the shore ana four RON
II Is expected that all ships making Canada,
ports VIII he equipped with lie IelfnbcnIc -
PSratus Tor picking up the sounds Of the h.I1s
AIreddy proVisonal arTaug gemeuts nave. been rnriia
WIN the principal steams mo COMPANIES ar ~. IL
H-tlLoA non TOT me installation OF Jne apparatus
-Athough canada has taken preifdenc. oF tba
United States the formal adoption OF inc sIySIaI
a. al tld 10 navigation is bf .ievcd to
ye ohiy d question Of short time when The
1hiteu states government viii adopt the sy
~ mas been investigated thoroughly by the Navy
OF the officials who observed the working Of M
system unite IA recommending Il as tie most M
yoIt4hl invention. for the safety Of ships ~ sea-
mat has Yet been discovered.
The system has been installed experlnentaIIy for
S2iGe months at Boston Lghtship, Pollock Rip
eheaIS hghtship and Vineyard Sound Iightship
alI ] scoIea OF government officials and ship owners
made the trip from New York to Boston on The
S.ts ts 3I the Metropolitan Line, which are equipped
81 81 .Le system These tests have been uniformly
The telephone wires on the ships never fail 20
Fch up the sounds Of the belts AZ distances rangi-E
IN locating the direction from which the sounds
ss en- ~. w. mariner, by the use OF the signal system.
station IL he has wandered from his course for
AZ ~ Issscli or II he is picking his way through
Many - the recent accidents at sea would have
e - a Fol.ei bad the submarine signal service heen
NJ ~neTe the City of Rockland went the
r'je si,F,-e.,esi .,esieest would not have happened
r--r, ~ ''i NJ me signal Company. of which Mr.
permission of The Tnitsd Sfatee T5rhtho,,s@. Pord
10 install one os is tells for exrorirntnta purpse5
| ~ tho followinR urbt~hins. Nanfnrke. shoa IT,
Reef Coraa S Fok 19ii3 is BraHt32
es nes efn b3 made ~ his time g. ng to ,ne eager
tor IN o2.ortu;dy TO tes. he systen at that port
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
DENY PORT CHESTER APPLICATION
Railroad Committee of Aldermen Reject It
by Vote of Five to Two.

OF the Board OF Aldermen yesterday rejected the
application Of the Port Chester railroad for fran
chise. The Board adjourned action on the commit
Tee report until the meeting, which VIII De
August 81
The committees report was in these words;
The committee. being unable to determine the
reliability OF the company TO properly perform the
work obtain anv information OF their fnan-
cal ability, believes and recommends the proposed
application be rejected.
Aldermen Mccall and Gass voted for the fran
chlse. and the former announced that he would
present minority report at the next meeting OF
the Board. The board for over a year has been
putting on action this application, but recently
granted a similar permit to the resurrected New
York. Westchester and Boston road. whose appli-
cation was entered last winter.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
TAKE PIPE FORTH 500, 900.
Lead Inciosing Copper Hire Stolen
from Light Com PAM.

Lead pipe Insulation. incloslnG copper wire. has
disappeared rom the Edison Electric Light Com
panys various storage houses and subways and 1t
was declared last night by detective for tho
company that 100000 worth of the product which
costs 81 - a foot. has been stolen.
William r. Wood, foreman Of the company.
living ~ No 2l% Fulton-st, Brooklyn. was ar
rested last night charge of the larceny OF some
"f tho pipe. Twenty-Five feet of it was found in
Is possession at reuth-aye and Thirty-seventh-st
II Was said he went there To try sell the goods
" oud was At work at Eleveuth-ave. and Thirty
S'V'nth-Sl. Yesterday John Bush. detective. said
ne Was Watc hing him. and saw him get into the cart
az William potle who employed there The
cart drove 10 Tcuth-aVe., where there was a Junk
shop. The arrest made there.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
GIRL FOUND AFTER SEVEN MONTHS.
Hancock's Descendant Won't Go Home and
Is Sent to Institution.

Lillian r. Hancock, seventeen years old. after
seven months absence from her home. No 80
Steuhen-st.. Brooklyn. taken into custody
early yesterday morning by tho police Of the
Forty-seEenth Precinct Manhattan. She refused
10 return TO her srandmothers house in Steuben-
ST.. where she had lived. and yesterday in the
Aiyrtir-ave. court Brooklyn. on a complaint OF
Nay srduess made by her grandmother Mrs. Re
h'cCI Hancock. was sent To the House Of the
Good shepherd. until she attajns her majority
The girl was a member OF Emmanuel Baptist
huTrh l1faN cftC-av". and st. James Place.
brooklyn. ana Is the great great granddaughter
OF John Hancock. siEncr OF the Declaration Of
Independence Her parents are dead and she Vas
left I'm Oh" carc oC her grandmother
After her disappearance. the -irl took a position
with \. q Auurecht. Of No. 81 Broadway. under
am assumed name and aftcrward played soubrette
parts at froetor's Twenty -eighth-st. Theatre She
had been living with friends in West Sixty nfth-st
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
MAJORITY CENsURE HIM FOR DEATH
Four of Jury. However, Exonerate Detec-
tive for Killing Daily.

Coroner GoIdonkranz held inquest yesterday
into tho killing Of William DAILY who shot on
the night Of July q by Detective Edward McEvoy.
Of the West one TWEEN -dfth-st sta
ton while attempting to escape. McEvoy testified
that DAILY was a prisoner. and that at One-hun-
dred and twenty -sxth-st and St Nicholas-ave
Daily tripped him and attempted TO escape lie
being dstanced by DAILY, and he fred low, after
shouting him to stop He tried to hit Days
heels. he declared. and did not kin the
Young man. McEvoy found Daily III a pawnshop
trying To dispose Of stolen goods. Tho jury
turned divided verdict. The majority OF five
censured the prisoner. while the remaining four
eNonerated him. Coroner Goldcnkranz parolcd him
n the custody Of Acting Captain Iehers OF the
West One-hundred- d-and-twenty- y-hfth-st. station.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
REDUCTION OF 50 A TON.
Ordered in Official Prices Of Steel Wire and
Steel Wire Products

\ reduction of 81 ton has been ordered IN the
e7iaI prices Of steel wire and steel wire products,
according to adviccs received here from Plttsburg
Special dispatches from Chicago quote officials OF
the American Steel and Wire Company as saying
that the Pttsburg reductions have been in force
Tor some time. and have now been officially recos-
nized American Steel and Wire Company oihcalS
here say that they selling their products at the
same prices as were in force month ago.
II is understood that one Of the members OF
the steel plate pool has been making CONCESSIONS
Similar 10 that charged against the Republic Iron
and Steel Company. Nothing has yet been done
the matter.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10

Now that we've Strengthened up
after the suit sale advertised a few
days ago, we find that there's Just
good big handful left for big men.
Several hundred suits, and most all
big sizes. 80 to IS inch chest.
AT $3.50: mixture suits, serges
and cheviots that were $40 to $27,
AT $l5; mixture suits and outing
suits of crashes and homespuns that
were $18 to $25.
I'm the $3.50 trousers there are all
sizes still left-we make nothing less
than S. quality in mems trousers.
ROGERS. PEET & COMPANY.
25s Broadway. cor. Warren.
opposite City Hall
Sf2 Broadway. 18Th.
and I40 20 1iS 4th Ave
1850 Broadway. SD
and 54 West 33d st.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
SAILED
,- f,~ COLON NIan7anfio tCut
ur.--trfr-, NorT11L and
SAUED
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.

,.-,,r .ur a-Saled Steamer Aurania srr 'oN
N-w York. Wis Queenstown, .-- 1,,,r-,-is ,tyarl.
srfly Aug . 800 Passed steamer 1e-,-s Ss,1S
E-r,ifsh Nav York fOr Dover ana Hsihuu,s -~ars-
r,-4sI AM, Arrived avisr Jersey 'ity irF'' '
land. New NorS- - ,-i,.-fs .Er, Blasio.
40 -, YNrk Tor Glasgow eart procesdefi ,,sr,.,
.1,-jsrispfa AuS 5-S Sailed steamer tteSIa tLai'
York ,t -.,,-,.- yvireh4d ,f7s-a,
Zllrttnsen. New York. for StsltlI ,,,,f,,s ,Flar,.
,-,srSaren aug 4-Sailei. steamer louisiana
Nu,i,rsen New York ....t. lar crosse
ttr,,er Aug Arrived sTsdmer gr'elFl.n - ,ge~-
Ger Eichel. New Yo.k Via Fy"o"'" anu
,nt8esp. S@s5- lux : Arrived steamer v4iersHd
Ehon Nv 5sea4 5".S4 STEAMER Clrta d Terno ''fa''
C,oust1 New vtrk fl~ Naples ana fers o., t.s,rrs
y'A''et. .rvtvss steamer Algeria '6f' ''r''~
New York Genoa etc -;.t,iar Prince tBri,
Palermo. Aug sailed. steamer "
Hanks New NorS- , r-aVo1sfy,. steamer
sydney, \ = W. Nue - Work via Vincent 2 f-
sT5n~n, 1Ts y, ,-rived eorevorss steamer T.
az robertson. Ney-YurS vis - Vincent
,,aae Po'Ht Juiy Passel s.'an'r i9' r'r suck
Iobrston Nev YoTE via - NiH'fHf' ''
Iaad. ,,f -+o,-,.v Moorish Primes
NA taT BTrett tsrSm Rio Janeiroj. Ne"-AsH-
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
TALK OF SALE OF CUNARD SERVICE.
Continental Lines May Acquire Mediter-
ranean Traffic to End Rate War.

London Aug. g-The Cunard Line officials decline
TO discuss the reports Of negotiations ON the part
OF Continental lines for the purchase OF the
Cuuard's Medlterraucau American service II s. be-
lieyed however in London shipping circles that the
subject has been broached and the opinion is tN-
pressed that il wound in the end prove the easiest
and cheapest way to end the disastrous rate war
Doubts are increasing whether any agreement OF
importance can los reached AT the conference to- Dee
held in Hamburg next month. It is thought that
the Cunard uccIe could arrange for release from
their emigrant contract with Hungary. If the pro-
pusal for a sale of their Mcditerrauean-A American
service Is acceptable. Nothing has been done yet
by the other lines meet the latest cut OF The
White Star Line.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
TO RESUME AT MORSE IRON WORKS.
New Company Succeeds the One Bankruuted
by Labor Troubles.

", & a. aI'loUl'cec Yesterday that the Morse Ircli
~"H'paliS- Nhlch Went t1to the hands of
-'s' 1'c'oDer. hao been Teorganized. and
SSeine business soon al its old place al the
~ 'i Fliiy-eighth-st.. South Brooklyn. The
-" concern which has been Incorporated rs the
Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company win take
charge OF the old plant. which IS one of the hest
equipped OF its kind IN greater Neyg-York. The
capital of the reorEsnized concern is said TO be
soooo0o L. p Morse was the head OF the old con
oern and was one Of the heaviest creditors Of the
company. Ee is OF the CHEZ organizers or the
lew company ana mas associated with him as di-
ls-s9ss l'snsl J. Lsesry. George Leary and John r
Broolcyn --' - +NN-"' w.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
FIRE DESTROYS A STEAM YACHT.
Passengers Barely Escape and the Crew
Abandon the Craft.
Try TELEGRAPH To TUE rmBuNE.l

=
Ogdensburg, y y. Aug. 9-Shortiv after / o'clock
TINS afternoon the steam yacht Naetta owned by
Captain J.. j. Peton. OF Alexandria Bay y y
was destroyed Iy fire iRsidc of MorEan's Point ON
the southern part of Wolfe island, IN the ST. Law
River midway between CLAYTON and ,aue
Vincent
The yacht mad been chartered by a party of
guests from the Frontenac' Hotel carly i'm tho
afternoon She arrived at The dock at Aorgan's
foihl ABOUT o'clock The passengers had barely
reached shore when Ike yacht burst irro flames
Inc crew realizing thcir inability TO cope with the
li3 reIeastd the burning cTaft. and she 1oaatl it
nldsuealn aDaze from stem to stern. She was
@ @tpigeu III Iew minutes The urigir OF the fre
y unknown; The yacht lmogeue conVs ld Tho ms
seHSerS ana crew back 10 the Froatertac '
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
GOULD REPAIR SHOPS BURNED.

s'' l-o'ls Aug s.-The repair shops OF the Amor
leah He!Fg"Tatirg Transit COMPANY incmdino.
siNtN-hFe retrigerato. cars. Werc burned to-dav
) ne loss IS $1,000 fully insured. The fire is sun
poses 70 rave been caused by a spark from A pass-
ing engine Tn" cars destroyed We're yolurd al
A",O eaGh. IN tho building We're machinery mn,lds
and l"ols, which she frt ruined. The shnu Was
under control Of the Ciaut@ lines.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
LAKE COMMERCE. IMPRovEs.

Commercial activity IN the lake region IS evi-
denced by the increased canal tonnage In July the
tonnage the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ana
Ontario exceeded that of the corresponding period
Of last year By S29 651 tons. heavy increase being
noticeable in the tonnage Of lumber and coal Tho
coal receipts Milwaukee have shown a great
Improvement In July 4SO So tons Of soft and hard
coal received there from the lakes. this
amount being l2OJ greater than IN the CORE
spending period Of last year.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
BIG BUYING ORDERS EXPECTED.

Advices from the Middle and Northwestern States
are that large demand may be expected this fan
and winter for all varieties OF merchandise There
is every indication that there win be abundance
OF money in the hands of the agricultural classes,
which VIII be- reflected IN a good consuming de
mand. 1t Is said that merchants have been pu.-
suing rather conservative policy. and that they
are not carrying large stocks of goods. This viii
make necessary larger purchases than would have
been needed otherwise. and wholesalers are eN
pecting unusually good season.