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NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 18.
CHICAGO HAS A BIG l'AMC
oiAsr &AH.VHE ow juoobk niton,
' Jlf I'll a lit UHKAV STOCK VEAL.
They Go to the Wall for Seven Millions
Chtcugo Close! Its Stouk Exchange The
Dlitmomt Miitoh Company and t lie l'ls
cult Couipuuy Vropertles All ltlght The
Moores' Towering Ambition A Iilg
Tumble.
N New York, Aug. 4. The announce
ment that the Chicago stock exchange
had been closed In consequence of the
failure of Moore Brothers, of the Dia
mond Match Trust and New York Bis
cuit company, had a very demoraliz
ing effect on the New York stock ex-
change this morning.
The news came like a thunderbolt
from a clear 'sky. An unusually large
attendance of brokers was present at
the opening, and Just as soon as the
gong sounded the bears made a vigor
ous attack on the whole list.
In the first five minutes of business
upward of 25,000 shares of stock chang
ed hands. Brokers who had "stop"
orders proceeded to execute them with
out delay, and the result was a sharp
break In prices all along the line.
After the first ten minutes or so the
heavy decline showed such Inviting
profits to the bears that a movement
to cover started, and prices quicmy ral
lied to 2 per cent.
Advices from London reported de
pression In the market there In conse
quence of the failure of Moore Broth
ers. Diamond Match, which closed at 224
last night, was offered at 175.
The effect upon the New York stock
market was not so severely felt this
morning as It would have been were
the Match Trust and the Biscuit com
pany's stocks dealt in on the New York
exchange. The stock is a Chicago spe
cialty. H. Ii. Horton & Co. say: "The stock
had been bulled to a high point, and
when the present financial depression
began, those who had invested were
unable to put up the necessary mar
gin. "There is no doubt that the stock is
Intrinsically, valuable, and that the
Continental Match company, of which
Mr. Gould is president, has little or
nothing to do with the cause of the
Diamond Match company's failure.
"The result of. the Diamond Match
speculation has led to the closing of the
Chicago exchange."
A Chicago dispatch says: "Various
-bankers who have loans on Match and
Biscuit and other local stocks express
ed entire willingness and determina
tion not to call loans or ask for fur
ther margin if the exchange were
closed, and it was deemed the safest
course to pursue. ' ,
"The Diamond Match company had
completed contracts with the French
, government under which it enjoyed
royalties of $100,000 a year, and it was
negotiating with the English govern
ment for similar privileges.
patents to produce matches cheaper
, than they could "be turned out any
where else, and it was these negotia
tions which led to the bulling of the
stock 'by the Moores and others.
The capital of the company was
held in New. York, New England and
the west."
'inn iiannnnn niarnn nnmnanw it- 'j u
Incorporated under the laws of Illinois
and bought out the old Diamond Match
company of Connecticut.
The factory properties owned by the
company are located as follows: Bos
ton, Mass.; Westville, Conn.; Wilming
ton, Del.; St. Louis, Mo.; Detroit, Mich.;
Barberton.O. : ,
It also owns store properties at Bal
timore, Md., and Philadelphia, Pa., and
two large saw mills at Ontonagon,
I Mich., with-130,000,000 feet of logs and a
large quantity of pine stumpage, which
is tributary thereto.
The patents covering the machinery
employed by the company in the man.
ufacture of its products are owned by
the company.
The real estate, factories, machinery,
tools, teams, furniture, fixtures, etc.,
of the company are put at $7,218,648 in
the company's last annual report;
value of matches on hand, $584,553; of
lumber, $1,275,493; pine stumpage, $396,
472; logs, $1,308,332; miscellaneous mer
chandize and raw materials, $205,332;
accounts receivable, $781,054; bills re
ceivable, $74,192; cash; $317,848. Total,
$12,162,958. Liabilities, $12,162,958, which
includes $11,000,000 capital stock.
The directors elected on February 5,
1896, were O. C. Barber, William H.
Moore, J. K. Robinson, James Hopkins
and George T. Smith. ,
The officers are: O. C. Barber, pres
ident; William H. Moore, vice presi
dent; J. H. Moore, second vice presi
dent; J. K. Robinson, treasurer; H. C.
Cranz, secretary. . The main office is at
604 Pullman building, Chicago, 111. The
New York office is at 88 Hudson street.
The New York Biscuit company
leases and owns property in New
York city,. Chicago, Cambridgeport,
. Mass.; Des Moines, la.; Denver, Col.,
and other cities.'
"The Diamond Match Co. collapse is a
matter that Wall street is not connect
ed with," said Mr. Henry Clews this
morning.
"The entire business of the Chicago
stock exchange is purely of a local
character.
"New York has no Interest whatever,
bo Wall street ought not to be much
affected, if any, by the Diamond Match
difficulties or anything that happens in
the Chicago market"
William H. Moore, president of the
New York Biscuit Co., gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"The failure of Moore Bros, will In
no manner affect the business of the
New York Biscuit company. The fact
that Mr. William H. Moore of Moore
Bros., is president of this company. Is
no reason why we should be affected In
the least. We have heard of the failure
and that is about all. The Btock of this
company is well protected. It is very
likely that when full information is re
ceived from Chicago it will be found
that the affairs of the Moore Bros,
will be settled within a very short time.
Whether they are or not. business here
go on Just the same as If the Moore
Bros, were perfectly solvent.
HOW THE MOORE BROS.' HUGE
FAILURE CAME ABOUT.
Chicago, Aug. 4. The speculative deal
in Diamond Match and New York Bis
cuit stock has come to an end. The
Moore Brothers have failed.
The greatest speculation ever lmuwu
in Chicago has culminated in the fail
ure of the people who were behind the
deal.
It is believed the llabllties will reach
nearly $0,000,000.
The adjournment of the stock ex
change at 10 a. m. to-day for an Indefi
nite period wbb decided upon at a meet
ing held last evening at which wera
present the members of the stock ex
change governing committee and a
number of prominent capitalists.
This meeting was assembled Inform
ally after the i announcement, which
was made latt in the afternoon by
James H. Moore, that margin calls no
longer could be met.
The announcement was made to a
few of the men most heavily interested
and It was thought best to call a meet
ing to discuss the situation.
Those who assembled discussed the
best means of restoring confidencs after
the shock which Svould be given to
speculative circles by the announce
ment of the failure.
It was the general opinion that It
would be the wisest possible move to
close the stock exchange for a period.
The points were made that nearly ti e
entire business of the stock exchange
for weeks have been In Diamond Match
and New York Biscuit; that the closirg
of the exchange would Interfere only
In the slightest degree with general fi
nancial affairs, and that' the present
was a particular opportune time, ow
ing to the fact that the settlements In
the July acount had just been complet
ed and there had been as yet compar
atively little trading on the August ac
counts. So far as the banks are concerned
they are Indifferent as to whether the
exchange should be closed or not. The
stocks held by them are margined to a
point which leaves them secure n any
event.
The speculative deal, of which the
failure is the culmination, Is by all
odds the most important In the history
of the Chicago stock exchange affairs.
It began early in this year.
The stock of the Diamond Match com.
pany had been selling all along at 130
for quite a time, and there had been
special activity in the market. Just
prior to the Venezuelan Incident the
tip had gone out In inside circles that
there were to be some Important Euro
pean developments In connection with
Diamond Match affairs, and the buy
ing of the stock began by strong peo
ple. The Venezuelan panic interfered with
the speculation, and the stock dropped
during the general decline at that time
to 115. From then the rise started which
Is the most remarkable In the history
of the exchange.
A strong group of speculators, head
ed by James H. Moore and William H.
Moore, began buying the stock.
It moved up with scarcely a halt. The
bears dccasipnally endeavored to inter
fere with the rise, but they each time
found that there were both speculative
genius and financial strength behind
the market, which was unlike anything
they had ever encountered In local
speculative affairs. ',' : ,
The rise went on for a considerable
time before the general public had any
intimation of what was really behind
the advance. In time came the an
nouncement that the Diamond Match
company had closed a contract with
the French government under which
the patents and the machines controll
ed by the Match company -were to be
told to the French government for a
royalty of $100,000 a year.
PresidentBarker and Director George
D. Smith were in Europe carrying on
the negotiations. A '
Following the announcement of the
closing of the French contract the
stock advanced with great rapidity. In
the earlvw speculation the bulls had
named 200 as an extreme figure, but as
the prospects of further profitable ar
rangements in Europe appeared, much
higher prices w-ere predicted.
Negotiations were opened for the for
mation of a new company in England
which would unite with Bryant &
May, the largest match producers in
Great Britain, and would give to the
English field the advantage of the labor-saving
American machinery. A
factory was equipped in Liverpool,
which was owned by the Diamond
Match company and which served as
an object lesson to European manu
facturers, showing them the great ad
vantage of the improved machinery
over their methods of manufacturing.
Negotiations were also opened in
Austria for the formation of a compa
ny which should combine all the man
ufacturing Interests there. Other com
panies weryto be organized in Belgium
and Italy,
The head and front of the speculative
movement were the' Moore Brothers,
but they were ably seconded by the
most prominent local and eastern spec
ulators and kept in absolute control of
the situation.
The stock sold up as higH as 248. The
Moores went through the break which
followed without the slightest difficul
ty, and it was generally believed that
they had been glad to see the decline,
so that more stock might be accumu
lated. From 200 the advance began
again, but it had hardly the snap that
had characterized the first riRe. -There
was no question about the implicit
faith of the people who had the closest
information regarding the company's
prospects. They were steady buyers.
When the decline in stock markets gen
erally came, following the democratic
convention, the stock wras selling at
about 224.
The values of other securities tum
bled day after day, but Match was held
steady, without so much as a fraction
al decline.
The Moores bought the stock with a
confidence that Inspired confidence in
others.
The people who had most informa
tion about the company's prospects
seemed to feel absolutely certain of the
value of the security, and prices were
held through all the sharp fluctuations
in other stocks fluctuations which car
ried West Chicago to the lowest point
in its history and marked startling de
clines in all other securities.
It was believed that a heavy short
interest had been created by bears
who did not think quotations could be
held In the face of the decline in the
general market. Apparently the hopes
of the bulls rested on the size of that
short interest.
When the July account came to be
closed the carrying charges for turning
stocks into the August account were
very large, so large that faith was
shaken in the existence of an extensive
short interest. The great part of the
capital with which the deal had been
t arried on had been raised in New
York and New England. Local bank
ing institutions are only moderately in
terested in the affair.
Difficultx iv as experienced,, owing to
the general loss of confidence in re
newing some of those eastern loans.
Settlement day was successfully
passed, however, and every one believ
ed that in spite of the heavy carrying
charges the bulls were still in control
of the situation.
The stock came out, however, In enor
mous quantities.
The Moores were almost alone In sup
porting the market, but they stood un
der It with remarkable courage.
Yesterday the stock was held with
hardly a waver at 222, but there was an
outpouring of long stock which led the
keen observers of the market to fear
that the load might become too heavy
and the events later In the afternoon
proved that those fears were correct.
The deal In Diamond Match was only
part of this great speculative opera
tion. The Moore Brothers had organ
ized the New York Biscuit company
several years ago, after the first great
success of the Diamond Match com
pany. The panic of 1893 had hit the Biscuit
company severely, as it did all other
Industries, and the stock was far below
par. The success which was met with
in speculative manipulation of Dia
mond Match led to a desire to see what
could be done with New York Biscuit,
and that stock was taken several
months ago and advanced from 70 to
108. From that it dropped back to 92,
and for weeks was held close about
that figure, In spite of the sharp de
clines in other securities.
NO SERIOUS EFFECT LOCALLY
THE PROPERTIES ALL RIGHT.
Both the Diamond Match company
and New York Biscuit company have
branches In New Haven, the former
a factory in Westville that will soon
be closed in part, the latter controlling
the New Haven Baking company, at
11S-126 State street, where about thirty
men ajre employed.
Mr. Root of Klmberly, Root & Day
said in an Interview that several hun
dred thousand dollars' worth of the
Match stock are held in this city. The
Beechers of Westville are, of course,
the largest owners of It here, but there
are many small lots held and locked
up here for the big dividends which
the stock pays and will undoubtedly
continue to pay.
"The Beechers will not become fright
ened by this failure, for it will not af
fect the operations of the trust in any
way, and if the smaller holders do not
become scared by the falling prices
they will find that their dividends are
all right and that the security Is as
good as It was last week."
The New Haven Baking company
was and Is a firmly founded and good
paying concern, with a business of Its
own that will insure its continuance,
because Its customers must be sup
plied. Even if the trust should hap
pen to go under, the New Haven
branch would continue to run.
Many people thought that the faliure
of Moore Brothers meant that the Dia
mond Match company and the New
York Biscuit company were both in
financial straits, but the Chicago col
lapse really means nothing of the
kind. - ,
Captain Charles C. Smith, manager
of the New Haven Baking company
branch of the New York Biscuit com
pany, said yesterday morning that he
did not expect any trouble for the com
panies. "I do not see," he said, "how this
failure can hurt the companies In any
way."
Mr. C. P. Bolmer of Prince & Whlte
ly said that their dispatches thoroughly
corroborated the Idea that the Diamond
Match property Is all right. The com
pany had nothing to do with' the specu
lation. It earned $1,800,000 last year on
$11,000,000 capital stock, and has $5,000,
000 in quick assets. The speculation
has been by the Moores and their
friends.
BULLETS FOR STRIKERS.
Two Men Shot Into a House at Cleve
land and Were Fired on by Soldiers.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 4. Shooting by
soldiers and rioters marked the opening
of another day in the vicinity of the
Brown Hoisting works.
At 1:30 o'clock two men stopped In
front of Mrs. Llnd's boarding house, a
a few squares from the Brown Hoisting
works, where a man named Gettner,
who Is employed at the works, boards.
The two men yelled for the "scab" to
come out, and then they began to
throw stones at the house.
The noise attracted the attention of
the militia, and a detachment of Co.
I men were-ordered to the scene on the
double quick. As the soldiers turned a
neighboring corner the two men start
ed to run. The lieutenant in charge
shouted "Halt!" ,
The pursued men paid to attention to
the order and the soldiers began firing
at them. They returned the fire and
for a few moments there was a lively
fusilade.
One of the men was heard to cry out.
..A-moment later, however, both had
disappeared in the darkness. The af
fair caused the utmost excitement in
the neighborhood for a time. The bul
lets struck several houses. Two went
clean through the side of a grocery
store. '
The soldiers and others believe the
two men had planned to blow up Mrs.
Lind's house.
About 150 non-union men went to
work at the Brown works this morning
under guard of a large force of militia
and police. An enormous crowd of
strikers and their sympathizers were
present, but no trouble occurred.
ONE KILLED; EIGHT HURT.
Fatal Collision of Passenger Trains on
the Santa Fe.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 4. Santa Fe pas
senger train No. 1, which was due in
this city at 4:27 last evening, collided
with eastbound local passenger train
No. 18, near Dean Lake, Mo., shortly
before noon yesterday.
One person was killed and eight in
jured. The dead: Fred Heady, Topeka,
engineer of train No. 1.
The injured: John McConnell, Bos
worth, Mo., slightly; John W. Mudec,
Rodgers, Kan., not serolusly; Mrs.
Smith, Oklahoma, head badly injured;
W. J. Morgan, Emporia, Kan., serious
ly injured; Leads Budway, Wells-Far-go
messenger, seriously; Curtis Barber,
Pullman porter, Chicago, slightly;
James Hickey, San Jose, Cal., fatally:
John McCabe, news agent, Marcellne,
slightly.
Train No. 1 was ordered to wait at
Dean Lake for the Kansas City local,
but instead proceeded toward Bos
worth. The collision occurred about half
way between the two places.
DECREASE OF PCNQ BIRDS.
How they are Nettedand Snared In
Connecticut.
S. B. Keach In Country Gentleman
says: I am loth to believe, but cannot
doubt, that the number of our useful
birds Is decreasing every year. The
decrease Is especially apparent with
such varieties as are, unfortunately for
them, the possessors of showy and
beautiful plumage, and with others
that may be kept alive in captivity in
cages. There was a time when or
chards, fields and woods were populous
In May with thrushes, orioles, blue
birds, yellowbirds, finches, song spar
rows, linnets and many other warblers.
However humiliating the admission,
it is doubtless a fact that In some parts
of Connecticut parties are actively en
gaged during the summer in the busi
ness of catching linnets, yellowbirds
and other warblers, and supply the
bird fanciers of the metropolis. They
use nets and blrd-llme. These flagrant
violators of the law skulk In out-of-the-way
places, and when they discov
er that any one is watching them, dis
appear in the nearest woods. It is very
seldom, Indeed, that they are prosecu
ted, for nobody cares to take the neces
sary trouble to follow them up and se
cure the evidence that is requisite.
The harm these petty land pirates do
Is not limited to the number of birds
they catch and carry away. They car
ry on their nefarious work with no re
gard for the season, arid the young of
many parent birds are left to starve in
their nests.
Yet worse than those who capture
song birds alive for cages, are the
brutes who ruthlessly slaughter richly
plumaged birds whenever they can and
whenever they dare. That hundreds
and thousands of eggs and nestlings
must perish in consequence is nothing
to them. They will be paid for every
murdered bird. This detestable work
will be continued as long as fashion
continues to demand dead birds as or
naments, as If feminine beauty could
be rendered more captivating thereby.
For years eloquent and earnest writers
have Implored and abjured the gentler
sex to put a stop to the Infamous traffic
in dead birds. But the marble heart of
fashion Is Irresponsive. Honor and ad
miration for the few women who will
not wear bfrd-corpses In their head
gear; but the many who do, forfeit
their right to be honored or admired.
Those who are engaged In this partic
ular trade are ready with the assertion
that most of the ornaments now used
are not of real birds; but artificial sub
stitutes. This Is doubtless the fact,
but without explanation, a misleading
one. The substitutes are sold at com
paratively low prices, while for real
dead birds, or any part of thei plu
mage high prices are demanded and
paid. The bitter truth Is that our
song birds have been butchered until
fashion's uncanny demand for them
can no longer be fully supplied.
The scarcity of birds is augmented by
other causes. Boysp of both city and
country, rifle their nsts and destroy
them and their young. That their pa
rents have never taught them better,
and make no effort to restrain them
from such acts of ; wanton cruelty,
makes the matter all'the more discour
aging. I have now in mind some boys
not little fellows for whom ignorance
might be a partial excuse but great
hulking lads, almost men grown, who
will shack along the cross-roads arid
over the fields, shooting any innocent
birds that trustingly come within range
not for food or any other possible use,
but only for the pleasure of killing the
harmless creatures. Time has stern
lessons yet to be learned by them.
The father of one of the youthful
bird-killers Just referred to keeps three
dogs perhaps four; It would be char
itable to say that these nondescript
curs are only useless. They scurry ev
erywhere, intruding their unwelcome
presence upon premises to which the
birds instinctively retreat for security.
All living creatures are frightened by
their yelping. They seek out the well
concealed nests of ground birds and
devour their contents. The stealthy
house-cat is a deadly enemy of birds
that build near houses for safety. The
red squirrel destroys blrds'-nests and
eggs In a most spiteful and malicious
way. One of the worst charges against
the crow is that he destroys the young
of other birds at times.
Many are inclined to believe that the
death of numbers of birds may be at
tributed to the excessive use of arsen
ites in spraying during recent years.
Whether or not this is the fact, there
can be no doubt that the alarming in
crease of insects, compelling the resort
to poisons, is largely attributed to the
lessened number of birds.
Birds have natural enemies, from the
destructive propensities of which they
cannot be wholly protected. But by
far their worst enemy is man, of whom
they are friends and helpers. That It
may be even worse in other countries
is no excuse for ours., A recent number
of the Fortnightly Review states that
fifty thousand birds dally come into the
London markets, whose poulterers sell
them by the bushel. Beside those sold
for table purposes, there are thousands
killed for their feathers, their wings,
when dyed so as to counterfeit tropical
birds, being worn for ornaments. .
Americans may cry shame to the
English for permitting the destruction
of a charming songster, Justly celebra
ted by their poets. But as long as they
make no atonement for the wholesome
destruction of our own song-birds, and
the almost complete extermination of
some varieties, and make no worthy ef
fort to effectually end the cruel and
dastardly slaughter of birds, Ameri
cans had best hold thelr-peace.
PATRIOTIC TREE PLANTING.
Connecticut to be Represented by a
Beech Tree In California.
Some months ago Mrs. Peter J.
Hughes, wife of Magistrate Hughes of
Philadelphia, made the suggestion that
Sequoia chapter, Daughters of the
Revolution, San Francisco, might plant
thirteen trees in Golden Gate park to
represent the thirteen original states.
Each state to send a tree from some
historic spot with small parcels of Rev
olutionary earth from other localities,
to be placed about the roots of the
trees. The trees to be planted in a
semi-circle or arch, with Pennsylva
nia's tree for the Keystone;' Pennsyl
vania's tree to come from the historic
camp ground at Valley Forge.
Mrs. Peter J. Hughes Is a member of
Marlon chapter, D. A. R. of Lower Mer
lon township. Montgomery county. Pa.
Sequoia chapter has voted to adopt
this suggestion provided the Daughters
of the American Revolution in the thir
teen original states co-operate. It is
expected that the tree planting will
take place October 19th, the anniversa-
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Mrs. S. Isabelle Hubbard, first state
regent of California, has been appoint
ed by Sequoia chapter a committee of
one to open correspondence with the
original states. So far (August 1) ten
states have responded favorably, with
three yet to hear from.
Massachusetts will send an elm tree
from Concord Bridge, New York a tree
from Saratoga battle-field, kind not yet
specified. Pennsylvania, a tulip tree
from the camp ground at Valley Forge.
Valley Forge chapter, D. A. R., is ex
pected to provide the tree. Mrs. Anna
M. Holsteln is regent of Valley Forge
chapter, also county regent of Mont
gomery county, and regent of Valley
Forge Centennial and Memorial associ
ation. Washington's headquarters 1 Is
the property of this association. The
camp ground, of three hundred acres or
more, is a public park.ana oeiongs io
the state of Pennsylvania.
Marion chapter, D. A. R., has already
sent parcels of historic earth from
nearly every Revolutionary locality in
the neighborhood of Philadelphia.
John McLaren, superintendent of
Golden Gate park, has prepared a list
of eastern trees eastern trees which
flourish in California. Mrs. Hubbard
hopes to receive trees as follows:
New Hampshire, sugar maple.
Massachusetts, elm.
Rhode Island, plane tree (button
wood.) Connecticut, beech.
New York, white oak.
New Jersey, linden (lime.)
Pennsylvania, tulip tree (yellow pop
lar, liriodendron.)
Maryland, liquidamber.
Virginia, chestnut.
North Carolina, black walnut.
South Carolina, magnolia.
Georgia, catalpa.
Any state may substitute one tree for
another in the above list. -The tulip
tree grows in all the original states.
It is to be hoped that the tree plant
ing will be a great success also, that
the happy idea of Mrs. Hughes may
prove another link to help bind togeth
er the hearts of the easf-and the west.
The annual meeting oi the Wood
mont Improvement association was
held at the Pembroke hotel, Saturday
evening, with quite a large attendance.
The following committee was chosen:
Charles M. Smith, F. C. Cannon, Willis
N. Buttricks, Professor Smith and Mr.
Hart. Willis N. Buttricks was select
ed chairman, Charles M. Smith, treas
urer, and F. C. Cannon, clerk. The
committee is the same as that of last
year, with the exception of Mr. Hart,
If the heads
man's block of
mediaeval times
were in use
to - day many
a woman would
go and lay her
neaa UDon it.
willingly giving
up Her Hie for
- the sake of hav-
.,'ing relief from
S the torturing
pains of weak
ness and disease
peculiar to her sex. If women could only be
made to understand that there is a positive,
safe and speedy cure fonJl these ills the
world would be infinitely Brighter than it is
to-day. For thirty years Dr. X. V. Pierce,
chief consulting phyaieiaa of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N. Y., has made a specialty of the diseases
of women. He is a regularly graduated,
experienced and successful physician and
his "Favorite Prescription" has curei
more women than all the doctors. The
tory of the "Favorite Prescription" is
totd it thousands of testimonials similar
to the one aff. V. Severly, Esq., of Goliad,
Goliad Co., Tex W wjttaft :
" My wife suffered from cold tad ftUtlna
spells, heaviness and soreness in the lower plT
of the stomach, also heart trouble, loss of appe
tite, tired feelings, rest broken could not sleep.
I tried five doctors in one county and two in an
other. None of them gave her relief. She suffered
five vears. She was helpless could not walk from
the bed to the fire-place. The last doctor pro
nounced the complaint inflammation of the ute
rus ; and after five visits claimed that it was a
peculiar case, and said that if I desired, I could
consult some other physician. So I wTote to Dr.
R. V. Pierce, and after receiving an answer from
Dr. Pierce I did as he directed. Mv wife used
two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
one bottle of Dr. Pierce's Pellets, and used the
local home-treatment he advised. Before my
wife had used the first bottle of the md'r.8 she
felt the good effect and -r-ri M bottle would be
enouah. I iusisted on her using two bottles, and
she did so. Now she is sound and well, kbA I
can praise your medicine to the extreme."
Biliousness is a sign of a serious condition of
thediyrestiveorgans. It iseaused byconstipation,
from which springs nine-tenths of all human ill
nesses. Constipation can be permanently and
positively cured by onlv one thing, and that is
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They assist Na
ture. They are easy and pleasant in their ac
tion. They cause no unpleasantness, no grip
ing. You "do not become a slave to their use.
One " Pellet " i gentle laxative, and two a
mild cathartic. If the druggist tries to sell you
something else, laSave his store and don't go
there again be is not a safe man to trade with.
who fills the vacancy made by the res
ignation of Olln H. Clark.
Mr. C. M. Upson and a party sailed to
Charles Island, off Milford, Saturday
morning, in Mr. Rose's naphtha launch.
The island has recently changed hands,
and has been divided into twenty
building lots, with plans for a casino
in the center. Already there is one
very attractive dwelling In the course
of erection.
Colonel Lakin has had a pretty
weather vane put up on Flagstaff rock.
Mr. Harry Merwln did the perilous
work.
Colonel Laktri has now purchased
two larger megaphones In order to
communicate more easily with the
Richard Peck,, as she goes homeward
each night through the Sound.
Mrs. Tracy B. Warren and three of
her faily spent Sunday at Hotel San
ford. Colonel Lakin has commenced to
build a very substantial dock In front
of his house. It Is of larg'e cobble
stones, securely fastened with large
quantities of cement.
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Middlebrook
'and son Willie spent Sunday at the
shore.
Many from this place went to the fire
of Mr. Clarke's barn near Indian River.
Miss Margarette North, her brother,
Master Burnham, and their father, Mr.
George North, drove down from New
Haven Sunday. The two former had
a nice dip in the salt water. '
Many will be pained to learn that Mr.
Fife is seriously ill at his home. Sun
day a New Haven physician was
called.
Mrs. Mark Merwfn, who has been
very ill for a week, had a very comfort
able night last night. There is great
hope of her recovery.
Dr, Anderson preached to a crowded
house Sunday. Every one is always
glad to hear this popular and scholarly
divine.
A. O. H. WOMEN.
State Officials Will Meet to. Consider
: i Matter. .;'
The state officers of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians will meet shortly un
der the call of State President John P.
Murphy, of Norwich, to arrange for the
organization of the Women's Auxilia
ries of the order. The last national
convention of the order held In Detroit
provided for the formation of a nation
al body of these societies. As it is now
the women go along alone quite inde
pendent, of the regular body so far as
any rules of the order are concerned
and yet having full sympathy with the
A. O. H. divisions, to which may belong
their husbands, fathers or sons. The
plan is now to bring these auxiliaries
Into closer affiliation with the parent
lodge.
There are seven divisions of women
In Connecticut and the membership
numbers something like seven hundred.
There are two divisions in Hartford,
two in Waterbury and one each in
Naugatuck, ThomBonville and South
Manchester. New Haven has no such
society, but earnest effort is being
made here, and there is not much
doubt but that before next fall a
promising woman's auxiliary division
will have been started in the Elm City.
The question of the organization of
the auxiliaries will be the chief busi
ness to be done by the officers of the
state section of the order. The officers
will provide for a woman's convention
to be held sometime in the fall, at
which a permanent auxiliary organiza
tion will be formed with the election of
a state president, one president, treas
urer, secretary, etc. The convention
will most likely be held in Hartford,
which is the most convenient point to
the members of the society In the vari
ous towns. It is hoped that the formal
organization of the auxiliaries will re
sult in strengthening the order. In
New York there are eight thousand
women enlisted in the cause. In other
states particularly Massachusetts, the
women are numerously organized.
WEATHER FOR AUGUST.
Horace Johnson, the Middle Haddam
weather prophet, has some choice lots
of weather on his counter. From the
3d of August to the 8th, a very trying
heat will prevail and the atmosphere
will be exceedingly close. From the 8th
to the 10th there will take place an in
termediate disturbance, not of ling du
ration, but may be furious; look for a
medley of hail, rain, thunder and light
ning and all that is wrought Into a
storm. Tobacco-growers are warned
to look out. From the 13th to the 16th
j there will be a disturbed condition of
the atmosphere if not rain and what is
worse, a very dense fog, something
. that you can place the suction pipe into
i and. throw a stream.
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At the Lowest Prices in
America
IS WHAT WE ADVERTISE AND ,
SELL.
Dull August Will Not
" Dull in This Store.
6,000 YARDS
Light Cambrics and Prints at 3cj
yard.
1,000 YARDS
Continental C, Cotton at 5o yard.
3,000 YARDS
Organdies that were 15c, and French:
Cloth Lawns that were 19c, all in!
the latest patterns. Now lc yard.
EOc to 62c .
Dress Goods, the very choicest styles,
all wool and silk and cooL Now 250
yard.
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62 to 75c - ''.:
Fancy Silks, in as desirable colors ad
can be found. Dull August brings
the price to 39c yard.
A LOT , ... .
Of 36-inch Percales,! been selling hera
at 10c, others asked 12c. Now 64(1
yard.
MR. URAN,
The upholstery man, says he'll glva
you a bargain in Swiss, Ralnbowj
Muslins, just the same as sold In
town at 15c. Our price 10c yard.
MR. RICHARDS,
The Men's Furnishing man, was sur
prised at the sales of Laundered
Negligee Shirts on Saturday, tha
kind we sold previously at $1.48,
, Now, $1.00.
Good assortment of sizes still left.
MR. JENNINGS,
The Notion man, says we sold mora
Candy Saturday than any day since
the store kept Candy. We keep tha
best and sell the best at half-price.
MR. DIXON, " . . . ... . :
TheNLace man, says almost every
customer that buys our Special Job
of Laces at 5c thinks at first that
the saleslady must be joking, rthey
expect to pay three times the price."'
MR. ELLISON, '; ' - '
The Cloak and Suil man, would like
to have some of the customers come
.; in the morning, the afternoon
trade is phenomenal, and morning;
buyers could get better attention.
The reductiofa in prices here crowd
the, department everyday.
HAVE YOU SEEN
The P. N. Summer Corsets vo ard
selling at 50c, 76c, and $1.00 ? Don't
pay to buy any other, as these fit!
better, wear better, and give mora
comfort. ' : .
EWEN MclKTYRE & CO.
834 to 84Q Chapel Street. .
E. MOSES & CO.
Offer special bargains in every de
partment. :4
At half price; Whlte,B!ack and Navyj
25c, 35o, 50c, 75c and 98c
25 flozen Lesliflra Hats,
35c, 50c and 75c.
5 Cases lite Bmiia
Short Black Sailor hats at 45c each.
1,000 yards fancy ribbons, 25c pet
yard; former price 75c a yard.
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150 Trlmmefl Hats,
Of this week's production made oil
choice material and tastefully trimmed
at 1.50 each. Regular price, $3.25.
Yachting, Golf, and Bicycle Caps, at
low prices, in all the new styles, white
and linen color.
. MOSES & C0.
841-843 Chapel Streets.
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