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rRONG SUPPORT GIVEN.
Alone Saves Market from An
pther Spasm of Liquidation.

Pther Spasm of Liquidation.
York, Aug. 15,-support of a
Initial character saves to-day's
ft from another spasm of liquida-
] nd bear attacks such as charac-
i the previous days late opera
Assistance was forthcoming al
from the outset but not until pric7
d receded from 2 to 4 points in
Of the speculative issues. The
+ was speedily arrested, however,
Extensive covering by shorts fol-
the news shat the sheets of the
exchange members had passed
bh the Gearing house without a
As usual, the bulk of the days
SIS was done in the first hour.
the remainder OF the day there
Frequent periods of dullness, with
relapses. What with an advance
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lent professional selling, stop loss
S, liquidation of accounts, and the
brow by London and the conti-
of about 10000 shares, added to
les with which the market has
dealing. Two hours later stocks
buoyant and to 5 points above
|rst prices. This change was due
|pport at the critical moment, and
B fact that the market had reach
range of quotations below which
bid not go on the basis Of present
|tions.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn.
blower & Weeks, members Of the
New York and Boston Stock Ex-
changes, New Haven office, ~ Center
street,
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Reported oyer private wires of Prince
& Whitley, members of the New
York and Boston Stock Exchanges.
New York office So Broadway, and is
Center street, New Haven, Conn.
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CLOSING PRICES

Reported over private wires OF Prince
& Whitley, members OF tho new
York and Boston Stock Exchanges,
New York office 50 broadway and is
Center street New Haven Conn.
New York, Aug. Is.
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LOCAL STOCK QUOTATIONS.

Quotations reported by Kimberly,
Root & Co. Investment Brokers. 1873 Or
ange street, New Haven, Conn:
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{ features OF
The STOCK MARKET
es Open Down and Break,
Then Improve.
GAIN AT THE CLOSE
Der London Bank Rate
Few York Must Provide
it's Own Funds,

elk market prices opened lower at
|tart yesterday and some new
bvels were established, prices break
b some cases from 8 to points.
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| action OF the market, as a sequel
E industrial suspension of the day
L indicated how large a part is
played by speculation pure and
e-this time for lower prices.
advance in the Bank of England
BIZ discount 40 IL per cent. con-
led to the general pessimism that
He'd at the start. This advance
clearly meant thaa the New York
4 BIT must provide for its own re-
5ments-which it has certainly
doing, in it's wholesale reduction
edit liabilities, through the Stock
nge liquidation, Exchange on
bn rose in response to this Lom-
street development, but the adj
was, only slight, and meantime
New York money market main
stationary position.
York Central under par, Con-
4 ted Gas at par, Amalgamated
pr at 65 IL, Union Pacific at
~, Shelters at 80 and Reading at
q, were figures against which
selling seemed rash. On the ad-
s 1t was the shorts who bought
Of the stock, though there was a
luation of. the small investment
g.
Ne balm was had In the report
the speech of President Roose-
bit Provincetown next Tuesday
reassure corporations investors.
Is claimed that he would satisfy
lblic that the innocent need fear
rm from the government policy.
err, it was believed that Secretary
at Columbus on Monday would
a conservative note.
&ndard Oil directors ordered pay
q of Sc q share on their stock to-
*br $6,000,000, They evidently be-
that the $29,000,0)0 fine will be
n out of court when ruling on the
is made.
great attention was paid to At
y General Bonapartes statement
ratification of his previous inter-
Generally, it was regarded as
Id, and as coming after the mis-
of the earlier indiscretions had
Zone.
e market capital was made of the
return Of ]. p Morgan from Eu-
The last statement about his
= coming was to the effect that he
roach here in September. 1t
rgued that the unsettled state Of
arket had called him back sooner
s eXpected.
q per and Smelling stocks were APP
fly well taken after the first half
and seemed to be as firm as any,
: on the list Notwithstanding a
4 kr reduction in coner metal around
This was ignored.
solidated Gas went to par. In 1901
ched 23S, and as late as 1905 it
t 214, Dividends then were twice
paid now. Back in 1892 when
ropped to 102, 1t paid 10 per cent.
#nds. That its credit is very much
what it used to be is shown by
Pcessity of paying z per cent. for
loans.
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action of the market, as a sequel
b industrial suspension of the day
b indicated how large a part is
played by speculation pure and
|e-this time for lower prices.
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VIEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER friday AUGUST m 1907

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
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IAuStSe' "iluSl wiz Vi ueeu'
Is legal depository of money paid IN
to Court and Public Trust Funds, acts
as Trustee for municipalities, Corpora
lions and Individuals. and administers
Trusts of all kinds. Empowered to act
as registrar Of Stocks, Bonds or other
evidence Of indebtedness, manage sink
ing funds and do all business such y :
is usually done by Trust Companies.
It also does a general banking husi-
ness, collecting checks, notes, coupons
and receives deposits. The principal Of
each trust is invested by itself and
kept separate and apart from the en-
eral assets of the Company
This Company is by law regularly
examined by the Bank Examiner of Tho
state Of Connecticut
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The! The Union Trust Co,
NEW HAVEN,
NEW HAVEN.

Chartered by the State of Connecticut
with authority to act as Executor, Adj
ministrator, Guardian, Receiver, or
Trustee. under will or deed.
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e market capital was made of the
return Of ]. P. Morgan from Eu-
The last statement about his
coming was to the effect that he
1 roach here in September It
rgued that the unsettled state Of
Farket had called him back sooner
seXpected.
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per and Smelling stocks were APP
fly well taken after the first half
land seemed to be as firm as any,
on the list, Notwithstanding a
kr reduction in copper metal around
This was ignored.
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great attention was paid to At
General Bonaparte's statement
Publication of his previous inter-
Generally, it was regarded as
4 d., and as coming after the mis-
of the earlier indiscretions had
& 1one.
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lndard Oil directors ordered a pay
of Sc a share on their stock to-
pr $6,000,000, They evidently be-
that the $29,00O,OoQ fine will be
n out of court when ruling on the
u is made.
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SPARKLER
FIRES BIG STORE
EXplodes Large Cracker and
Several Persons Are
Hurt.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa, July 4.-Ons of
the supposed innocent sparklers invented
for the express purpose Of minimizing
danger from fireworks was the cause
of fire the store Of Severance &
Roberts here
William Gunter, a clerk, had lighted
one Of the sparklers and was showing
it to a customer when a large giant
cracker near him became ignited and
exploded in his face. burning of his
eyebrows and the greater part of his
hair and tearing the skin and flesh from
his hands An Instant later there fol-
lowed such a protechnic display as this
town has not witnessed in many years.
Hundreds of dollars worth of firecrack-
ers, rockets. and Roman candles were
exploded, the candles and rockets shoot
ing in all directions. The store was
crowded with customers at the time.
and in the panic that followed a number
of children were thrown to the floor and
trampled upon
ter of ]. H. Johnson, had several teeth
knocked out; Helen, the two-year-old
daughter of George Longenberger. OF
Catawissa, was trampled about the
head and face; and a daughter of Ed
ward Searles was badly burned.
The fire department in a short time
extinguished the flames, but not before
the entire stock of the store had been
ruined by the fire. smoke, and water.
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DETECTIVES TRACING
TELLER'S CAREER
Runyan Made $4,000
Plunge in Wall
Street.

NEW YORK. July 4-Paying Teller
Chester B. Runyan. Of the Windsor
rust Company. who disappeared Satur-
day with $4,000 from the institution,s
vaults, did not leave New York on snv
OF the regular outgoing passenger trains
or by any regular line of steamship
OF this much, the police and private
detectives feel certain. Iloy say their
investigation has been so thorough as
TO leave little doubt that he has left
New York.
The detectives work shows that Run
yan made a $4,000 Wall street plunge.
presumably with the Trust Company's
money. in the hope of winning enough
TO enable him to leave New York for
a more congenial climate, physicians
having assured him that he had not
long TO live IL he remained here. This
money was evidently lost. 1t is be-
Ileved the balance of the $500 went
with him IN cash.
Ihere Is theory that he NAV trv
70 communicate with his wife. I'm New
York. or his mother at his old home in
Rochester. Both houses are under sur
Veillance. SUI
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MARRIED At YEARS,
HUBBY ASKS DIVORCE

CINCINNATI. July 4-George Casper
Weiss. father of thirteen children, eight
OF whom are living, has applied for a
divorce.
Weiss alleges extreme cruelty, and
says he was married forty-seven years
ago. but for the last ten years his
wife has refused 70 allow him to dwell
at his farm, near this city.
They were married in 1860. just before
the civil war. Weiss says his wife.
Charlotte. and he lived happily together
until ten years ago, when she COM
menced treating him with cruelty, and
he also charged that she has threatened
TO take his life.
He would not give his nor his wife's
age, but they are about seventy years
old.
Friends of the pair have tried to Ell
feet a reconciliation, but have failed.
The children, 1t is said, take the moth
er's part.
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GIRL SHOT DEAD
WHILE DRESSING;
JULY 4 BULLET
Another Missile Barely
Misses Two Women
in Bed.

NEW YORK, July 4.-The exuberance
OF two young men IN celebrating the
Fourth is regarded by the police as the
cause Of the death. early today, of MIN
pa Girczante, nineteen years Of age.
a tailoress. while she was dressing.
The girls room overlooked he room
occupied by two men in Mott street. a
distance Of only about ten feet seperat-
Eng the two houses. Nimpa was stand
ing in front OF a looking glass arrang-
ing her hair when two shots were sud
denly fired.
One bullet struck her IN the fore
head and she fell dead without uttering
q sound. The second bullet passed over
She heads Of two other girls s1ill In bed,
burying itself in the wall.
The police made a roundup Of all the
occupants of the Mott street house and
marched them 20 the station house,
where they are being held as witnesses
The two men got away before the po-
lice reached the room. 1t is supposed
one of the men fired the revolver in
celebration OF the Fourth, supposing II
was loaded with blank cartridges
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BURNING GRASS FIRES
TWO CARS OF POWDER

SALT LAKE CITY, July 1.-TWO car
loads Of giant powder on a side track
of the Oregon Short Line at Becxs Hot
Springs, five miles from this city,
caught FIRE from burning grass and ex-
ploded, jarring buildings in this city
and breaking windows for miles around.
A local passenger train was a quar-
ter of a mile away when the powder
exploded Every, window in the train
was broken. and passengers were hurled
from their seatsl Telegraph and teIe-
phone communication was cut of. as
every pole in the neighborhood was
down.
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Ex-VlRGINIA ATTORNEY
ATTACKS ROOSEVELT

OCEAN City, Nd, July 4-John S.
Wise. of New York. one-time Republi-
can candidate for Governor OF Virginia,
made an adress today before the Mary
land Bar Association on Capitalization
by Construction" in which. after com
menting on the Presidents course. he
declared that many OF the things he was
doing have no justification in the Com
stitution- He predicted the people
would not uphold party which adVo-
Gated Federal or State aggression
other addresses were made by Judge
Conway ". Sans, president of the as
ISOLATION. and Attorney General W. S.
Bryan, Jr.
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The Governments attitude in regard
to the mistrial of Edwin S. Holmes. Jr.'
after the indicative charge OF Jusuce
Stafford. will be one Of unrelenting
prosecution. IT was learned In good au-
thority today.
The disagreement Of the jury is taken
10 be only a temporary setback by the
Government
Haas and Peckham.
It is supposed that the jury were
rN1ivided upon the question of Holmes
alleged conspiracy with Haas and Peck
ham. and it is proposed by the Gov
ernment at the next call of the case.
during the autumn. that this phase OF
the case will be fully cleared.
It is not known exactly what new
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Kills His Aunt
BV Accident and
Commits Suicide

NEW YORK. July 4.-Celebrating the
Fourth, Albert Cairaro killed his aunt.
Mrs Flenico Fucarino, today. Horri-
fed at the sight Of her corpse he then
turned the weapon on himself, and blew
out his brains
Spectators Of the tragedy say there
Is no doubt; It was accidental. Cairaro
intended 10 fire into the air, but his
hand slipped as ne pulled the trigger,
and the bullet struck the woman in the
forehead. The suicide followed so
quickly that the bystanders had no time
10 Wrest the revolver from CairarO' 5
hand. He died instantly.
John Barrett. of Brooklyn. was shot
through the cah of the leg while watch
ing crowd OF boys firing revolvers and
urecrackers in Warren street.
In each case II is believed ball cart
fidges were used by mistake under the
impression that they were blanks
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H. ]. TRUESDELL INSANE
IN BlNGHAMT0N HOSPITAL

BINGHAMTON, n. Y, July 4-Her-
bert J. Truesdell. the salesman on
whose testimony the Government based
its prosecution Of former State Sena-
tor George Z. Green and George "
Beavers is now an inmate OF the Bing-
hamton State Hospital.
He was found a few davs AGO b,- hts
Binghamton relatives in a hospital on
Wards Island, where he had been com
mitted by woman who IS said to have
dominated his actions since his relations
with the time-recording company were
severed
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POLICE ON LOOKOUT
FOR CALIFORNIA CROOK

washington authorities are requested
10 look out for Harry Brooks by the
police Department Of Los Angeles. Cal.
from which place he decamped recently
after having stolen jewelry valued at
about 5000 from Mrs. Clifford NJ. An
thony- BROOKS is described by the Los
Angeles authorities as being ahovt
twenty-four years old, OF medium hei1ht
with several scars on his face 70
ward Of S1,500 is offered for information
leading to his arrest
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JURY FINED HIM SIS
FOR KILLING NEGRO

HEARNE, Tex, July 4.-The jury in
the case Of J. H. Sannon, charged with
killing an aged negro in this city, March
IL. by hitting him with a billiard cue,
has returned verdict finding the de-
fendant guilty of assault, and assessing
his punishment at $15.
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MRS. BUNDY DIES SUDDENLY;
WIDOW OF REPRESENTATIVE

WELLSTON, Ohio, July 4.-This COM
munity was shocked by the sudden
death Of Mrs. Mary E. Bundy. widow
OF Congressman Bundy, who represented
the Tenth district for twelve years.
Mrs. Buudy, wno was eighty-one years
old. was the stepmother of Senator Jo-
seph 3. Foraker's wife. and the circuu-
stances of her death lave not yet been
fully explained.
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Pressure is low over the northwest
ern half OF the country, except in the
north Pacific States, and relatively high
10 the southaastward Showers cOntin-
ued in the south Atlantic States. and
there were also thunder showers in the
upper Mississippi valley, the upper
lake region. the extreme Northwest and
districts generally west of the Rocky
mountains, except the extreme South
west
Temperatures are high in the West.
but rather low over the eastern half
of the country.
There will be showers tonight and
Friday along the south Atlantic coast.
and In the lower lake region, and up
per Ohio valley and probably ON Fri
day in the northern portion Of the mid
die Atlantic States. II will be some
what warmer over the northern dis
tricts
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light east TO southeast. on
the south Atlantic coast light to fresh
and mostly northeasterly except vari-
able on the Florida coast, on the east
Gulf coast light TO fresh northeast 10
east. and on the lower lakes light to
fresh and mostly southerly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh north
west to north winds. becoming variable.
with fair weather to the Grand Banks.
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ONE MAN DEAD
AND TWO DYING;
WRECK VICTIMS
Surgeons Strive to Save
Lives of Ill-Fated
Trains Crew.

Two men, one a mere boy, deli
rious and babbling Of green fields
and his Virginia home, the other
conscious but weak. his grieving
wife at his side, lie in the valley Of
the shadow of death this afternoon
in Georgetown University Hospital.
They are victims of the terrific
wreck of yesterday on the Wash
ingtOn, Arlington and Falls Church
railway near Fort Myer- George T.
Waring, of Balston, Va, died in the
hospital last night. And now the
surgeons, fighting to the uttermost
for the lives of Wilbur LoveIess and
William Mock, fear they Will follow
Waring into the Great Beyond.
Composed Train Crew.
Loveless is a youth Of eighteen years.
OF Hunters Hill, Va, and was the
brakeman on the rail car into which
the passenger car crashed with aU-f,Il
impact Mock is thirty-two years of
age and was the motornan on the
WAtNht0 passenger car. Lr0NeIeES'
ankles were frightfully lacerated and
broken, and his coIlarbone was frac-
tured- Both Of Mock S legs are broken.
and he also suffered a fractured collar
bone
Mock. had he jumped before the crash
came. could have saved himself from
Injury, but he stuck 10 his post. and
was broken on the wheel of dutv.
And ne and LOveless and the others
who are injured and broken owe their
plight TO the fact that the man who
should have signalled to tell them 10
look out for the freight car. forgot
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MISS ECKESTEIN
PETITIONS THE
PEACEMAKERS
Document Signed by
100000 Americans
Presented at The
Hague.

THE HAGUE, July An. Nelidoft.
president Of the peace conference, to-
day received Miss Anna ECkstein, who
presented 10 him a petition signed by
more than 100000 Americans, in favor
OF a general arbitration treaty. Miss
Eckstein talked with the president con-
cerning the sentiment in America IA
voring the ultimate settlement OF in
ternational questions by arbitration.
The proposition Of Cuba, presented
by NJ. Bustamente, providing for the
individual registration OF all prisoners
Of war, is being generally commented
upon. This movement. II carried into
effect, will render impossible. in the
future, the uncertainty that has charac-
terized wars Of the past
Hollands Propositions.
Hollands propositions. one to prohib-
II the use of force to induce the popu-
latIon Of a town 20 give information
about the armed forces of the country
and the other TO prohibit the inhicuon
Of capital punishment without a regu-
lar court-martial, approved by the COM
n,snder-in-chief, are under considera-
ton.
new to the conference are that nobody
shall be forced to night against his own
country and that the inviolaoility OF
private property on land shall be ex-
tended To contractual obligations
The opposition to the American propo-
sitIon before the peace conference on
the inviolability of private property AT
sea is increasing. 1t now seems that
Russia and France are not even IN favor
of the italian amendment suggesting
that belliserents be allowed TO capture
private property at sea, but that sucn
property be returned after the war. ana
that the. owners be paid an indemnify
for the damage sustained
Submarine Gables Neutral.
Japan is preparing proposition re-
gardinR the use of wireless telegraphy,
based on her experience during the Rus
so-Japanese war, while other powers are
desirous Of proposing that submarine
cables be classed as neutral property
The Japanese have not presented any
proposition regarding the bombardment
of towns, but have asked the Ameri-
cans. who in their proposition desire TO
prohibit the bombardment of towns for
not having ransoms, to propose the
abolition OF the payment or ransoms IN
order to escape bombardment
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WORN OUT CARS
FOR us. TROOPS
ANGER OFFICIALS
Railway Companies Scor-
ed for Supplying Poor
Equipment.
Future Discrimination to
Be Reported to Inter
state Commission.

The War Department is Irritated be-
cause Of the poor accommodations GER
tain railroads Of the country have been
furnishing in the transportation of
troops, and threatens to take the mat
ter up with the Interstate Commerce
Commission. 1t is officially charged
that the riff-raff Of railroad equipment
Is supplied for the soldiers, despite the
fact that the arst-class rate is paid un-
der contract.
Last fall certain railway companies
supplied such inferior cars when Uncle
Sam was rushing troops 20 Cuba that
the commanding general OF the Depart
ment OF Missouri complained 10 the War
Department