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VOL. VI.
RISING CORN.
A Decided Improreme it In the Trice
of Corn Eesterday*
A BOOM FELT ALL ALOXti THELI>E
Stronger Markets for Wheat, Oats
and Rye All Day Long.
PROVISIONS IX BETTEIt REQUEST
The Hammering of the Bears Keeps
Stocks at a Low Eauge.
CHICAGO.
[Special Telegram to the Globs.
Chicago, Aug. 7.— The feature of the
market to-day was the sharp advance in
corn. A clique of wealthy New Yorkers
manipulating the market with snecess,
and seem to have facilities of placing the
cash property. On 'change corn was more
active to-day and a decidedly stronger
feeling was developed. The receipts con
tinue liberal, but shipments are large.
Numerous buying orders were on the mar
ket, and the shorts becoming alarmed at
the iirinne?? of the market began to cover
freely, and the advance was quite rapid at
time?. Cash corn was actively called for,
evidently for shipment. Prices were held
j c over the figures Tor August deliv
ery, aud at time? fully 2c above prices
paid for September. This large
premium for thn cash oferings natnrally
made the short interest uneasy about out
standing contracts. Foreign advices were
also indicative of a stronger feeling, and
New York was higher, while the demand
was active. The offerings at times were
slight. The market opened ay about the
closing figures of yesterday, rallied with
but slight fluctuations for August and for
September and closed within about 18 @
lS^c of the outside prices reached. Char
ters were made for 3G7,000 bushels. Lied
blom says he believes corn too high, and
does cot advise buying, bat he adds, it
must be also remembered that the crop is
not gathered and there is plenty of time
for unfavorable weather to cut down the
large estimate made. Peale, Kent & Co.
said: The strength in New York and con
tinued demand bere by shippers served
to hold the cash and August options very
strong This in turn effected the latter
months and forced a good many shorts
ashore. It the shipping demand continues
large receipts will not have a very depres
sing effect on the market, and the bears
will find it rather up hill work to force
lower prices. However, if by the 11th of
this month (the iast day corn can leave
here to arrive in New York) the demand
for ca?h should drop off it is proba
ble we will have a roaction down.
Chicago elevators contain 1,746,105
bushels; Milwaukee 59,631 bushels
New York and Brooklyn, 1,526,051) bushels.
The visible supply of corn in the United
State.; and Canada on July 28, was 10,521,
--72S bnshels.
In the wheat pat trading was a little
more active, and most of tho business
trau«actions in the early portion of the
session. Some outside orders were re
ceived, and when they were executed the
marl'tt settled into a more quiet condition.
The feeling developed was a trifle easier
at the opening, influenced evidently by
fine weather, but later, under a good spec- i
ulative demand, influenced probably by
the advancing tendency of corn,
a stronger feeling was devel
oped, and prices advanced %@
--lc above opening ligures. Later ruled
more quiet, prices easing off about J^c,
fluctuated and finally closed about }$@,%c
higher than tho closing figures on 'change
yesterday. The receipts were smaller, ag
gregating 111 cars of spring and winter
against 180 car loads inspected in store
yesterday. Foreign advices quoted wheat
firm.
There was a firmer feeling developed in
oats, and a good business was transacted.
Trading mostly in futures, though a good
demand existed for cash in store, but light
offerings, most of the consignments being
sold on the sample market. Receipts
\ smaller and prices higher. New No. 2
Bold at about %c higher than
yesterday, and closed at -S : '.;c; old No. 2
at 29c. Sample lots in good demand, '
especially of oM oats.
Flour remains dull and without quot- j
able change in prices. A few lots of low
grades were picked up for shipment, but j
the entire day's trading was on a very I
limited scale. Local jobbers made scarce- j
ly any purchases, and shippers were hold
ing off-
Eye ruled very strong, and prices were
'.;. li' higher. Demand active on specu
lative account, and good shipping inquiry
also prevailed. No. 2 cash closed at 51) c
bi3. Rye in store nominal. Sales were
effected entirely on the sample market.
In barley there was nothing doing for I
in store lots,and prices were entirely nom
inal. The receipts continue small, and
there are but few sample lots selling. A
sale of new barley by sample equal to No.
3 sold at 51c free on board carp, and this is
the first transaction for a number of days.
No. 2 September was offered a few day*
ago at 74c, but this is an entirely nominal
quotation.
A fair speculative business was reported
in the market . for hog products,
and the shipping demand was
moderate. The receipts of hogs were
smaller than generally anticipated, and
this tended to a steadier market for pro
duct?, notwithstanding the former were
selling at lower prices. Lower adv.ices
were favorable to holders, and bacon was
quoted 6c lower, while the eastern market
showed no particular strength nor encour
agement to buyers. The receipts of pro
ducts were moderate, while the shipments
were heavy, and indicated that considera
ble product deliverable on August contract
is being forwarded to distributing mar
kets. The market opened firmer and
prices slightly higher than the closing fig
ures of yesterday, and during the early
part of the day a substantial advance was
gained in prices of some of the leading
Baity
■ .-•• : "'4 .;■•-' ,
articles. Prices flutjtmated considerably
during the middle of the session, but to
ward the close ruled with considerable
steadiness and the improvement was mod
erately well maintained . A firmer feeling
was manifested in the market for
mess pork, but the market was
only moderate. The offerings were not
very large, and the demand only fair. The
market opened stronger, and for the de
liveries which attracted most attention an
advance of 15@200 was gained. Later
prices settled back again 10@12^c, but
near the close rallied again and closed
with considerable steadiness. Shipping
demand only fair and orders chiefly for
small quantities. Cash quiet and steady.
There was a fair business transacted in
the lard market and a comparatively
steady feeling prevailed. The -offerings
were not very large, and there was no par
ticular urgency in the demand. The mar
ket opened firmer, and prices were ad
vanced »@loc per 100 lbs. and were sub
ject to quite frequent fluctuations within a
small range, and finally closed with con
siderable steadiness. Shipping demand
rather light. Cash in small demand. Live
hogs were 10c lower and rather slow.
>E\V YORK.
I Special Telegram to tho Globo.]
New Yobk, Aug. 7. — The stock market
to day has been a good deal demoralized
by rumors of various kinds, and by the
persistent hammering of the bears. Prices
were well sustained at the opening, and in
some instances stocks were advanced. The
properties that suffered the most yesterday
received tho attention of the bears this
morning. The rumor mill was in full
blast. It was reported that Gould had
been called for a loan of $5,000,000 and
was obliged to sell. At one time the bears
confidently announced his failure. W T abash
was very sick, selling down very rapidly
from 22% to 19. No sale between 21^
and 20, except stop orders between brok
ers. Transactions were very large in the
Gould properties and Oregon. Towards
the middle hours there vjas a halt and good
buying was shown in New York Central,
Northern Pacific, and some of the promi
nent .bears covered freely. The market
continued to gain in streßgth and
closed gradually higher than
last night, the Omaha, Northern
Pacific, Northwestern, New York Central
and Union Pacific being particularly
strong. The market for the day would
seem to show that each tub is standing on
its own bottom; that worthless trash will
not drag down the sound dividend paying
stocks, and the latter are purchased on
every reaotion. The real cause for the
weakness in the Wabash is that large
amounts of the stock have been held
abroad and have been sold the last few
days, and the bears helped the sale this
forenoon. There was good buying in
Northern Pacific preferred, one house tak
ing 5,000 shares. Woerreshoffer announces
that we shall have no surplus grain for
export. Tho market will probably be
feverish and unsettled till the labor
troubles are out of the way. Duluth net
income for the year ending June is $">■!!),
--000. The balance, after payment of
equivalent, trust, sinking fund and
dividends, will be $l. r )0,000.
The transactions were 196,000 shares.
Northern Pacific earnings for the fourth
week of July increased $01,000. The mile
age increased 403.
One of the Gould brokers this afternoon
said thut the room traders, in selling the
Wabash's short, have been playing with
fire. It is well known that the Gould peo
ple held a vbry large amount of common
which is off the street. So far as the pre
ferred is concerned there is so much of it
held in London that the floating stock here
is not equal to the short interest. It is
undeniably in the power of Gould and his
friends to advance the price of this stock
8 or 10 per cent, without making any heavy
purchase, and while it is in the power of
the room traders to cause low quotations,
it seems no longer possible for them to
shake out long stocks. They admit that
the public are not in the street, and have
nat been for some time. This means there
are very few stocks carried on
margins, and that the large bulk
of securities are I lodged in strong hands
and are so held that they will not come
upon the market untU the holders realize
the profits they are willing to take. It is
generally understood that success against
the Western Union company means strikes
in almost every Hue of business in the
country. This is one reason why the Wall
ftreet bears lend encouragement and con
tributo funds to the strikers. It is unnat
ural that labor should demand higher
compensation when i:> every direction
there is Liquidation and a decline in value?.
A deerea.-o rather than an increase in pay
wonld be more in keeping with the times
po far as general business is concerned.
Preparing lor Adjournment.
Habbiseubg, Aug. 7. — The house 10-day
adopted the Ammerman resolution, author
izing the appointment of a free conference
committee of five from each house, to con
sider the object of congressional and leg
islative apportionment. The Lowery
congressional apportionment bill, giving
the Republicans seventeen and the Demo
crats eleven districts passed finally. The
Jamison legislative apportionment bill
passed to a second reading. It gives the
Republicans thirty and the Democrats
twenty senators and the Repulicans 114
and the Democrats ninety members of the
house. ' In the senate a resolution was in
troduced declaring all efforts to reconcile
differences between the two houses on ap
portionment bills must be fruitless, and
that further prolongation of the session
would lead to a suspicion that the legis
lators desired to obtain the per diem sal
ary and providing for an adjournment sine
die the 15th instant.
Demanding Lower Freight Rates,
Milwaukee, Aug. 7. — The Minneapolis
millers, including Charles A. Pillsbury,
J. A. Christian, W. H. Dunwoody and L.
Christian, to-day met the representatives
of all the northwestern railroads to re
adjust grain rates so ns to meet the rates
to the east via Duluth, claiming that the
difference is at present so great, that they
must either g«t lower transit rates or close
down their mills. No decision was reach
ed, but another meeting will occur to
morro'.r.
ST. PAUL, MINN., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1883.
THE TELEGRAPHERS.
THEY J'LATED THEIR TRUMP, JiUT
IT DIDX'T TAKE THE TRICK.
The Railioxcl Operators Ordered Out, but
Few ol Them Respond— Future Move
ments Involved in Great Mystery— A Re
ward Oftertfa for Those Caught Cuttinc
Wires— The Amalgamated Association
Ofters Resolutions of .Sympathy— Strike
Notes from all Quarter*.
THE OPEBATOBS' BEPOBT.
B. of T. met at the usual time and place,
a full attendance, present. Communica
tions received from outside assemblies
show strength, unity and fidelity. Visiting
delegations from L. A. K. of L., of city,
addressed the meeting. Also a delegation
from the Chicago B. of T. giving an ac
count of the struggle there. During the
course of his remarks he stated that Chi
cago was solid, and oould be depended
upon to remain out until the last. The
Western Union wa3 demoralized and bad
ly crippled. There were not more than 100
alleged operators in the Chicago office to
day. One-third of these were nominally
good, the balance chair warmers. One new
member was initiated, No deserters, and
all feel confident of ultimate success, if it
takes all summer. The Western Union at
titude to-day would seem like as if Jay
Gould had adopted Vanderbilt's motto:
"The public be d ." The Western
Union in this city continues to withhold
the salaries due the strikers.
A WEAKENING MOVE.
New Yobk, Aug. G.— A Times editorial
this morning says it will weaken the
brotherhood to call out the railroad opera
tors. To call them out now would savor
of a compulsion, and that it is clear that
they are not inclined of their own notiou
to leave their instruments. The Sun says
the brotherhood's action in calling out the
railroad operators is wrong and unjustifi
able, and says that the fact that they have
ordered them out amounts to a declaration
that the telegraph strike has failed.
ONE-THIBD WENT OUT.
Pittsbubg, Aug. 7.— Superintendent
King, of the Baltimore <fc Ohio, reports at
2 o'clock that about one-third of the ope
rators working on the Pittsburg division
quit work and are now out.
didn't leave theib keys.
Cincinnati, Aug. 7. — No strike among
railroad operators on any roads leading
into this city was reported up to 2:30 this
afternoon .
St. Louis, Aug. 7. — Nothing new locally
this morning regarding the telegraphers'
strike, and at 12:20 p. m., there had been
no withdrawals on the Iron Mountain lines,
and there were no indications of a strike.
A BEWABD FOB WISE CtJTTEBS.
New Yobk, Aug. 7. — The following was
just issued from the executive offices of
the Western Union Telegraph office:
New Yobk, Aug. 7, 18S5. — Notice. — It
has come to our knowledge that in con
nection with the strike of operators and
linemen, au organized plan of cutting the
wires and crossing the wires of the West
ern Union and other companies in New
York city and vicinity has been agreed
upon and is now being carried out. In
pursuance of such plan a large number of
wires have been cut during the past week,
and fifty wires cut last night in New Xork
and vicinity, the work shoeing
all the marks of having been
done by skilled hands, and $1,000
reward will therefore be paid by this com
pany for the arrest and conviction of each
and every person wilfully displacing, in
juring or destroying any part of this com
pany's telegraph lines or appurtenances.
[Signed(,
Tiie Wkstkbn Union Telegeaph Co.,
Thos. T. Eckeut, Acting President.
In relation to this matter the official of
the company say the cable box at the com
pany's cab was destroyed last night and
the cables cut, that twenty-six out of twen
ty-nine Mutual Union wires were rendered
useless at Scassdale and the American
Union and Atlantic and Pacific routes to
Boston interrupted with evident intention
of preventing the Boston papers from
getting full reports of the slugging affair
at the Madison Square Garden.
A STKOXG ENDOESEMENT.
Philadelphia, Ang. 7. — The national
I convention of amalgamated iron and steel
workers was called to order by President
John Jarrett at 10:30 this morning. Mr.
Jarrett made a brief address, congratu
lating the delegates upon the strength and
prosperity of their association, and expres
sing the hope that not only their delibera
tions, but also the example of the conven-
I tion would be fraught with advantage to
i the workmen of the country. He said this
■ city was the cradle of American liberty,
and was a fitting place for a convention
I of men, banded together to securo justice
; and resist tyranny. Mr. Jarrett was heart
, i!y applauded. The convention then v.-eat
j into secret session to afxect an organiza
tion. One hundred and sixty-eight delegates
: besides fifteen officers of the associa
| tion answered to their names r.nd pre
j sented credentials. There are said to be
many lodges in the order, and it is ex
: pected that many more delegates will ar
j rive during the convention. Andrew Lee,
| vice president of the Eighth district,
■ Philadelphia and vicinity, delivered an ad
i dress of welcome, to which President Jar
! rett replied. He spoke hopefully of the
j prospect of the society, and, alluding to
the strike at Bethlehem, expressed a hope
that victory would soon be won by the
strikers. After his address he introduced
P. J. McGuire, of New York City, general
secretary of the Carpenters and Joiners'
association. McGuire spoke at some
length . A reference to the strike of the
telegraphers elicited rounds of applanse.
Delegates F, E. Powell and Wm. Robinson
presented the following resolution, which
was adopted by a ronsiug viva voce vote:
Be it resolved by the National League of
the Amalgamated association of iron and
steel workers in convention assembled,
that we do hereby extend to our striking
brothers of the telegraphers' brotherhood
our sincere wishes for their victory in the
present fight against monopoly, and we do
hope that ere many days a victory for the
telegraph operators will be noised all over
the nation. Upon theadoption of this reso
lution three cheers were given for the tele
graph operators and also for the strikers.
The officers of the convention are the gen
eral officers of the national association.
It was decided to hold sessions from 9
i o'clock to 12 noon, and from 2 p.m. until
| "». Doors were opened and about noon the
j convention adjourned until 2 p. m.
THE STRIKE IS VIBGINIA.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 7.— The strike of
I the operators en the Chesapeake <fc Ohio
I railway causes no inconvenience to the
I ~*W^ V
company, only a small proportion of the
men having quit work. All the operators
west of White Sulphur Springs remain at
their posts. The places of the strikefc be
tween Charlotteville and White Sulphur
Springs can be easily filled. There is no
interruption to the movement of trains,
everything working smoothly. None of
the operators on the eastern division of the
road left their places. The business of the
Western Union offices is moving along
smoothly. One operator who remained iv
the office a week after the strike began and
then quit work returned to-day.
NOT MUCH OF A STBIKE.
Chicago, Aug. 7. — From best advices ob
tainable it appears that very few operators
have left the employ of the W T abash &
Chicago it Alton roads. It was gxpected
the full effect of the strike would be felt at
noon to-day on those roads, but according
to the version of the officials in this city,
not to. exceed ten are reported to have quit
their posts on both those lines.
DESEBT THE OFFICE AT CAMDEN STATION.
Baltimobe, Aug. 7.— The officials of the
main office of the Baltimore & Ohio Tele
graph company make the following state
ment: All the operators at Camden sta
tion quit work to-day. Not one remained.
They have heard from nearly every station
along the lines of the road and the number
striking and leaving their posts does not
exceed half a dozen, and their places have
been supplied. The strike at Camden sta
tion, they say, is not of serious moment, as
he main office at Baltimore and Calver
streets can be used for all the wark of tho
Camden station.
A J! K.i ine.su Man's Opinion.
To tho Editor of the (ilobe:
St. Paul, Aug. 6, 1883 — But few busi
ness men had any faith in the survival of
# the Mutual Union Telegraph company
and they were not disappointed, and the
Western Union became one of the heav
ies if not the heaviest monopoly on this
continent. Several thousand young men
found their pay inadequate to the supply
ing of their every day wants, and they ap
pointed a committee to wait on the head
man of the Western Union, or its repre
sentatives, with a view to an increase of
pay, but were told in not very polite, or
even civil language, that it did not enter
into their plans to listen to any overtures
from operators, and they refused to grant
the committee on interviews then and
there.
It may be claimed that the operators
were precipitate, and so it would seem to
ordinary business men, but with tele
graph men on both sides business can be
done in forty-eight hours, and give ample
time for the consideration of any proposi
tion the Brotherhood of Telegraphers may
have wished to make, aicd a decision arriv
ed at on the part of the Western Union
without any undue haste. You, Mr. Edi
tor, are better aware of this fact than I.
Tne brotherhood organized a strike, and it
seems more decidedly obstinate every day
since it began. A few business men see
the wrong the boys are suffering, and have
the manhood to show it in a tangible form,
but with the press as a general thing, with
a few honorable exceptions, it is good Lord
or good devil, which being interpreted
means Gould. My meaning may be
a little obscure here, but I think
an operator would make mum of it
lam no telegraph man, but aua not un
familiar with their duties and work, or
rather work, as that about constitutes their
duties. Some of the best operators of
to-day commenced by "running messages"
as boys and (in the olden times) leaping
nitric acid batteries down cellar on Satur
day nights and Sunday mornings, say up
to 1 and 2a. m. (I am told that commer
cial colleges turn out some fine operators,
but unfortunately, I have never met them.)
Any boy of fair parts naturally aims at
something higher than "running mes
sages,'* so he aeks, and is granted the privi
lege of working some instrument with
some other boy, when both should be in
bed, and after long and persistent labor
they are competent to go into some rail
road station office at low pay, and if am
bitious will go higher and become full
fledged operators and can earn the wages
of a skilled mechanic. He can as
pire to one position higher, that
of manager of an office, and then
stop; his work begins with a salary, and
with a salary it will end. He cannot em
bark in business, as any ordinary mechanic
may. He must dress well, must live as be
comes respectable men, and must do his
life's work in two-thirds of the time that
others do theirs, and should draw a salary
that would enable him to save enough to
support him the last twenty-five years of
his life. No good operator should be paid
less than $100 per month.
With regard to the ''watered stock" and
other "tricks that are vain" I have nothing
to say, but am of the opinion of men much
much wiser than I, (and the experiment
has been tried with very satisfactory re
sults); I mean that the old trouble with
capital and labor can be adjusted by shar
ing the profits with labor. The work will
be done better and by more efficient help.
All will be cheerfol, and strikes, -which
cause =o much lofs ay.d inconvenience to
the public generally, will be a thing of
the past. J. M. M.
American Sr»c ety of Microscopists.
Chicago, knx. 7. — The preliminary bus
iness session of the American Society of
Microscopies was held here this after
noon. This is the sixth annual session of
the society. About 150 member?, repre
senting the leading scientific institutions
of the coun try, and many of them fellows
of the Royal Microscopical society of Eng
land, are present. The sessions will con
tinue through four days, aud in addition
to the reading of papers it is proposed at
the evening session to present the methods
of work observed by accomplished special
ist.-, and give illustrations of the develop
ment of the science.
Ocean Stemusbips.
New Yobk, Aug. 7. — Arrived: The
steamer Fricia, from "Ham burg.
New Yobk, Aug. 7. — Arrived: The
steamers Grecian Monarch, from London ;
Havanna, from New Orleans; Honoria
and Absynnia, from Liverpool.
Boston, Aug. 7. — The steamer Walden
sian. from Glasgow, arrived, having in tow
the steamer Marion, from Liverpool, dis
abled at sea.
Boston, Aug. 7. — No new 3 from the
steamship Ludgi Drew, three weeks over
due.
Obituary.
| Special Telegram lo the Globe.]
Fakibault, Minn., Ang. 7. — John J.
Byernes died at 2A~> o'clock this afternoon
a^ed twenty-nine yej-.rs, of consumption.
Ho has served four years as city justice,
and one year as city recorder. Funeral
services will be held Thursday at 18 a. m.
«Rom the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception.
THE OLD WORLD.
THE TRIALS OF DYHfAMITE CON
SPIRATORS IX LIVERPOOL AXD
DUBLIN.
The Uprising at Badajas Not Very Serious
SE— The Gossip from the Various Continen
tal Capitals.
GEEAT BRITAIN.
London, Aug. 7. — Many members of
parliament will go to America during the
coming recess. A motion \*ps offered in
the commons last evening against the
policy of the government in regard to
Transvaal and Zulaland. They were de
feated, however, after speeches against
them had been made by Gladstone.
Livebpool, Aug. 7.— The trial of O'Her
lihy, Featherstone, Deasy, Flannigan and
Dalton, charged with being in possession
of explosives for the destruction of build
ings and lives, began to-day. All the
prisoners pleaded not guilty. The solicitor
general, in stating the case to the court,
said he was confident the evidence which
would be offered against the prisoners
would convince the jury of their guilt.
London, Aug. 7. — A dispatch from Liv
erpool says James McDermott arrived
there yesterday on a vessel from America,
and was remanded at once to jail on a
charge of being engaged in a conspiracy
to murder public officials,
McDermott was arrested on board the
steamer City of Montreal, on which he
came from America. Tho warrant was
issued in Cork, where he had been seen in
company with Oherlhy. Some correspon
dence with O'Donovan Bossa and James
Stephens was foun<| on the prisoner, who
said he was an American citizen and
would call on the American government to
protect him.
London, Aug. 7. — Amount of bullion
gone into the Bank of England to-day,
£106,000.
The meeting at Brighton began to-day.
The race for the Brighton stakes handicap
was won by R. Jordon's Whiteblossom, Sir
F. Johnston's Thebias second, R. Peck's
Lackness third. Five starters; Whiteblos
som won by six lengths. Betting at the
start wa3 5 to 1 against Whiteblossom, 6
to 4 on Thebias, and 30 to 1 againt Lack
ness.
London, Aug. 7. — In the commons, Glad
stone read extracts from a private letter
from Egypt, stating that the reorganiza
tion of the Egyptian army under the
Lord Dnfferin plan was about completed,
and the reorganization of the judiciary
and the police whs slowly advancing.
Plans for the irrigation of the delta of the
Nile are favorably regarded. The com
mander of the British troops in Egypt
telegraphs the improvement in the situa
tion is maintained, and no fresh cases of
cholera are reported.
SPAIN.
London, Aug. 7. — The Times correspond
ent at Madrid says: The uprising at the
military headquarters ended in an uucon
sequential manner, very little harm being
done by the insurgents doing a slight
damage to the railroad and the robbery of
regimental and municipal monies. It i 8
doubtful whether the movement was ever
serious. In some quarters the outbreak is
thought to be only a part of the pro
gramme of a gigantio stock jobbing oper
ation induced by a certain clique, which
for a long time have been making extra
ordinary efforts to destroy tne improving
credit of Spain.
London, Aug. 7. — A special from Paris
says that at a dinner in that city a fort
night atro, Ruizziorilla, whose name is
mentioned in the proclamation of the in
surgents at Badajose for president of the
republic, made a speech in which he de
clared in an excited manner that he would
not return to Spain until the republic had
been reinstated there.
Madbid, Aug. 7. — Gen. Blanco, com
mander of the forces at Estremadurn, v.-ill
make strict inquiry into the causes of the
rising at Badajoz. The papers severely
blame the officials of Badajoz for allowing
the insurgents to surprise them. The in
surgents arrested the prefect-general com
manding the troops and four officers in
their beds on Sunday morning. The edi
tor of the liepublican newspaper was one
of the leaders of the insurgents.
Lisbon, Aug. 7. — The authorities at
Elvas have disarmed nine hundred insur
gents and some civilian fugitives from
Badajoz. They will be interned in a forti
fied town on the coast. The reported
object of the rising was to corer up a rob
bbery of public money, and that a defi
ciency of £t),GOO has been discovered in the
Brdajoz treasury.
MISCELLANKOtTS.
Paris, Aug. 7. — News reesived from
Namuinh and Tonquin says that the
Frence have destroyed the dams across
the canal .
Beklin. Anj*. 7. — Krazewski, the polish
author, charged with teing connected
witli conspiracy, has been released in
30,000 marks bail. He remains under the
supervision cf the police, and has gone to
Dresden.
Tiueste, Aug. 7. — Twenty thousand
florins have been collected towards a per
manent exhibition here to be given for
the sufferers by the Ischin, earthquake.
CASUALTIES.
COAL MINE CAVED IN.
WiLKESuAiiiis, Pa., Aug. 7. — A serious
cave in of the Pine Ridgo mine of the
Delaware <fc Hudson company took place
to-day. The disaster has been expected
for some time, and there was no loss of
life. The caving is confined to the interior.
The mine surface is at no place affected.
Work is suspended in a large portion of
the colliery until the exact situation is as
certained. The loss will be great.
KNICKEBBOCKEB ICE CO. EUESTED OUT.
Philadelhiiia, Aug. 7. — The warehouse
and wharves of the Knickerbocker Ice
company, extending along the river front
ta Delaware avenue, below Welland street,
and the stables of the company, which
occupy a large part of the blook bounded
by Delaware avenue, Beach, Willow and
and Buttonwood streets, were burned to
night. Only two of fifty -one horses and
rnnlos were saved.
PAPEB MILL BUBNED.
Theee Riveks, Mich., Aug. 7. — The paper
mill belonging to Bradner, Smith &, Co.
was burned early this morning. Lcs3 $35,
--000 and insured for $22,000.
KILLED BY A BOLLIKG LOG .
Stoegis, Mich., Aug. 7. — Reuben Robin
son, a wealthy citizen four miles from this
place.was killed yesterday while unloading
logs. A 105 rolled over his bead, crushing
it. H 3 figa was forty.
fires .
Evansvii-le, Ind., Aug. 7. — Eville furni
ture iaatory burned last night. Loss, $15,
--000; fnlly insured.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. — A fire this morn
ing t'.estroyed s tn c labratory of Hance
Bros. & White, manufacturing chemists.
Loss, f 25,000.
Boston, Aug. 7. — Hinckley's bowling
alley, a tenement house and a nnmber of
business firms were burned out last night.
Loss, $35,000.
FINANCIAL WRECKS.
A>OTIIER HATCH OF FAILURES RE
PORTED FROM SEW EXGLAND.\
The Liabilities In Most Cases Very Heavy
— Each Seems to Hinge Upon the Other to
a Great Extent— A General Feeling ot Un
easiness in Commercial Circles.
Boston, Aug. 7. — The Herald says there
were reports in Lynn this morning of
several failure?, on account of the suspen
sion of Chas. W. Clements, among small
manufacturers. Most of the shoes made
by them were for Clements' trade. Samuel
Gale is amor.fr those reported embarrassed.
None of the factories affected by the
Clements' failure employ over thirty or
forty hands, and it is said their suspen
sion is onlytemporary. The Shaw failure is
thought to be more far reaching in effect
on sosne of Lynn's business men than the
public has been given to under
stand. C. H. Mars states
that he thought the failure places
one of the city's financiers in a position
he was not thought to occupy. It is assert
ed that several suspensions will occur
among the linen manufacturers during the
ensuing few days, but it is thought no large
amounts will be involved in any case.
New Yobk, Aug. 7. — The commercial
Advertiser says there is a big run on the
Second National bank of Elmira in con
sequence of its president, D. R. Pratt,
having lost $150,000 in pork speculation.
The bank is believed to be solvent and has
a president able to stand the loss of $150,
--000 or $300,000.
Boston, Aug. 7.— W. C. &R. M. Silsby,
tanners of Troy, N. H., have failed, in con
sequence of the failure of Hersey, Whittier
<fc Wyman, of Boston. They will make no
assignment. £. H- McCluie, tanner and
currier of Peabody, Mass., has also failed.
The liabilties of these firms are not defi
nitely known.
Wright, Wooster <fc Co., wool dealers of
Federal street, have failed and made an
assignment of all their property to Lester
Goodwin, an employe. The firm is one
of the prominent wool houses of Boston,
and has done a large business. The liabil
ties are thought to aggregate a heavy
figure. The concern has stood in very
good credit and been considered worth
from $100,000 to $150,000. The failure
causes surprise in the trade.
As regards the liabilities,nothing as yet is
known definitely, but those conversant
with the firm's business are of the opinion
that they will not exceed $300,000, the bulk
of which it is thought to be owed to banks,
which have, in the majority of cases, the
endorsement of Jno. AVorster, father of the
Worster of the firm, and who is currently
reported to be worth $500,000 and who is
not, as far ns known, engaged in any out
side business, having retired from trade
several years sinc«i. The failure is looked
upon as due in a great part to a general
feeling of distrust now prevalent in the
mercautile'community.
St. Albans, Vt., August 7. — President
Brainerd of the Trust company says the
depositors will not lose much. The last
statement showed 2,100 depositors with de
posits of $600,000. Several railroad men
including Gov. Fairbanks, held a confer
ence to-day at Barlow's residence. The
statement that the comptroller approved
of a bank loan to the South Eastern road
was incorrect. The comptroller said it
was too large and suggested its reduction.
Tho First National bank prepared for an
unexpected run wnich did not take place.
I^Montbeal, Aug. 7.— Barlow's failure cre
ates no embarrassment here. The local
banks are said to have some of the insolv
ent paper, but are amply secured. The
Canadian Pacific railroad has claims
against the Southeastern for $1,250,000 for
money lent lately, but fully secured by
$1,750,000 first mortgage bonds. The re
port that the Investment association has
suspended from loss by failure is not con
firmed.
Bangob, Me., Aug. 7, — Just prior to the
mortgage of F. Shaw & Bro.'s of] their
personal property in Maine to S. E. Ring,
of Portland, being recorded, attachments
b.y telegraph were put on by Bangor par- j
ties to the amount of about $50,000, on j
bark at Kingnpan, Vanceboro and Ponlton. j
A dispatch from Boston was received to- I
day asking the release of 100 cords of
bark at Kingman, so that the tannery there I
might not be obliged to suspend, bnt the j
request was refused. Shonld they not be i
able to obtain the bark the tanneries 1
i might have to shut down, and the loss to
hides in the process of tanning would he
very great.
Elmika, N. V., Aug. 7. — There was some !
anxiety in business circles yesterday
morning on account of rumors as to the
soundness of the Second National bank, |
caused by the rumored speculations of its
president. When it was ascertained that
the president had settled all the demands
against himself from his private fortune,
leaving him still several hundred thousand
dollars, and that the bank had money
ready to pay every depositor, a reaction
took place. Now there is no excitement,
and other banks assert there is no cause
for alarm.
Arms for the Chinese.
San Fbancisco, Aug. 7. — Last Thursday
500 cases of ammunition and arms were
sent on board the Pacific mail steamer
Comstock. The ammunition cases had
the brand, "United States government, 45
caliber," and all the cases were from
Springfield, Mass. It is said that for the
past eighteen months regular shipments
on an extensive scale have been made to
Schmidt, Shanghai. During that period
219,000 Springfield rifles and 25,000,000
cartridges in all have been forwarded,
besides from 5,000 to 8,000 bales of cotton
duck suitable for tents, by express steamer
for China. The total value of this war
material approximates $500,000.
'„ Ruinori d ObUiirment of Judgment. "
Boston, Aug. 7, — The statement tele
graphed from the Pacific coast that the
Southern Pacific Railroad company had
obmiued jndgment against the California
Southern Railroad company, owned in
Boston, Hiid that the road would be sold
Ausjn^t 27. is not believed here, where the
company has met every obligation prompt
NO. 220
ly. In response to a telegraphic inquiry
President Nickerson received a dispatch
to-day from the superintendent at San
Diego, saying that the verdict of the jury
was for $1,524 for land, and damages
$5,000. _^
One Thousand Photographers in Conven
tion.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 7. — The photog -
raphers fourth annual convention opened
to-day and was addressed by President
Bebee at the exposition building. In the
afternoon a visit was made to the Soldiers'
home. Nearly 1,000 delegates are pres
ent, many with their families, and a large
number are unable to find lodgings.
A Telephonic Syndicate.
Boston, Aug. 7. — The Advertiser will
say a powerful New York and Boston syn
dicate has formed to control the Drais
baugh telephone rights, in view of the
anticipated result of the lttigation against
the Bell company. It is learned that New "
England, the middle and western territo
ries are alreadj^acquired.
OPERA HOUSE:
GRAND OPENING.
Entire Week, commencing Monday, August 6.
JAY EIAL COMBINATION,
Supporting
LOUISE
May, Tuesday, Wednesday ami/Thursday
Ilia Mr. Samuel Colville's Drama
TAKEX FROM LIFE.
FRIDAY EVENING and SATURDAY MATINEE
-EiVeT LYKKE.
SATURDAY EVENING,
TICKET OF 1 11.1D.A.-VE MAX
Evening prices as usual. Matinee, 50 and 25
cents.
Mr. Rial has by arrangement with Mr. Col
ville been allowed to present "TAKEN FBOH
LlFtf," exactly as presented at Wallack's thea
ter in New York city .
Seats now on sale.
Great Westernßand
White Bear Lake
VEDIESDITEVEIHG BIROG THE SEASOI.
Regatta Concert and Pavilion Hop at Rama
ley's Cottage Park Station.
Train at 6:15 and 7:15. Leaving, returning
from the Lake, at 9:40 and 11:30.
MEN'S SUITS, $4.00.
GREAT RED FIGURE SALE,
B. o. P. c. BL,
Cor. Third and Robert, St. Paul.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Gives Special Bargains in
KNABEuiUB
Olough & Warren Organs.
96 E Third Street. - St. Pau'.
PROPOSALS
EXCAVATION
Proposals will he received for the ex3avation of
the site of the NEW Hotel, on Saventh aid Rob
ert streets, St. Paul, Minn., up to August 10,
(Friday,) at noon, to the extent of
Eight Thousand Cubic Yards,
More or less.
Particulars can be had on application to Den
nis Ryan, oiiice — People's Bank, corner Seventh
and Sibley streets, St. Paul.
219-222 DENNIS liYAN.
Offick of Boakd of Education, ')
No. 8 Odd Fellows' Bloc;;, [-
IST. Paul, August?, 1883. )
To Wood and Coal Dealers.
Propotals will be received at this office, up to
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11,
6 o'clock p. m., for furnishing the Public
Schoole, with best
DRY HARD MAPLE WOOD
AND BE3T HARD
EGG COAL:
The Board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
By order of the Committee:
J. G. DONNELLY,
220-223 Secretary.
BOYS' SUITS, $2.00,
GEEAT RED FIGURE SALE,
B. O. JP. O. H.,
Cor. Third and Robert, St. Paul.