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THE STOLEN BOY.
Philadelphia Excited but No Tidings. J
[Philadelphia letter (Julv 18) New York Sun.] *
Poor little Charlie Ross is not yet m i c
his home. The police say that they are t
sparing no pains to find him, and the i c
parents of the child are frantically en- i a
deavoring to discover his whereabouts, j
It is now seventeen days since he was \ j
kidnapped, and those who undertook i ,
the search for him are as far in the
dark as ever. All Philadelphia is ex- j
cited over the disappearance of the lit- A
tie fellow. Chief of Police Jones seems t
stupefied, and Capt. Hines of the detec- (
tive force says he knows nothing about ,
the case, although several of his subor- i j
dinates are understood to be hard at 1
work on it. It is the first case of the
kind ever thrown into the hands of the 1
police of this city, and it is a puzzler. I (
One of the detective wiseacres said to |,
the Sun correspondent: _
“It is a crusher for us. The child- .
stealing business belongs to the old
world, and is patterned after the w'ork
of the Italian brigands. It is a little
too much for Philadelphia. We have
tried all the devices known to uetec- 1
tives to unearth the scoundrels, and I
have been unsuccessful, and we are sat
isfied beyond a doubt that the work
was done by persons who do not make i
this city their abode. I think that the i
abductors are Englishmen, and I know !
that they have made a great mistake in !
their man. They would gladly, if it 1
were safe for them, return the boy to
his parents. They must know by this
time that they can obtain no ransom
for him, and consequently he is an ele
phant on their hands.”
THE MAN UNDER ARREST.
Christopher Wooster, who was ar
rested yesterday by Detective Joshua
Taggart on suspicion of having some
thing to do with the abduction, is still
in prison. lie is tall and thin, with (
sSiarp cut features, and sallow com- , t
plexion, and he has a coarse, straggling j
beard. He has served several terms in <
the penitentiary, and but a few months <
ago was released from Moyamensing ]
prison, where he was confined for blacK- i
mailing. He was known to the police
ms a confidence man, and last attempted ;
aTimposc on a physician in Walnut!,
street. Detective Taggart, when called
upon by a number of citizens and di- j
rected to begin a search for the ab- j
doctors, made himself acquainted with
Wooster's movements. The detective
learned that since Charlie Ross disap
peared Wooster has been mysteriously
prowling arouud the post-office, and
thinking that he might be in some way
implicated, arrested him. Some of the
police and their allies have been busy
circulating stories that Mr. Ross knows
the whereabouts of his little son ; that
he had him taken away for a purpose —
that purpose being to gain sympathy \
from his creditors and to obtain money
from them ostensibly to be used in the
search for the boy. Those who know
Mr. Ross pronounce such stories false.
THE PARENT'S GRIEF.
The fact is patent to all that he and
his wife have suffered terribly in the loss
of their child. The father has worked
almost incessantly to discover the little
fellow's whereabout’s, and it is but fair
that the story of his attempt to gather
money from his acquaintances was
started by those who were unable to ex
tort money from him. To-day's In
quirer prints a communication from one
who says that every parent's heart must
have been made to bleed by the pub
lished accounts of the abduction of
Charlie Ross. The writer suggests that
the amount demanded by the scoundrels,
520,000, for the return of the boy be
raised by a public contribution of from
one to five dollars. He asks that two
hundred responsible persons be appoint
ed by the mayor to go from house to
house soliciting money for the purpose.
The Inquirer says:
“ We advocate it because we believe
it to be the only way by which the
stolen child can be restored to its sorely
stricken parents. The machinery of the
law, which was thought sufficient to'
have affected the rescue of the child long
before now. has proved itself to be ab
solutely worthless, and it is folly to
place reliance upon it any longer. Noth
ing can be more humiliating to justice
and the community, or more disgraceful
to the agents of the law, than that so
enormous a felony as this must be com
pounded ; but to Mr. Ross the restora
tion of his child is greater than any ab
stract idea of justice, and every parent
will sympathize with him in this feel
ing. The harm of it all is that com
pounding a felony of this sort once be
gun, no one can tell where it will end,
and a subscription raised in July for the
recovery of a child stolen in June will
have to be supplemented by another
subscription in August for the recovery
of a child stolen in July, and so on in
definitely. A better plan, we think,
would be for citizens to raise a sub
scription as a reward to any person oi
persons to hunt down the stealers of th<
child. It should be made large enough
to induce men of intelligence and discre
tion to play the part of detective. A
wholesome precedent should be estab
lished by this case that child-stealing i:
a crime which this community will noi
tolerate.”
WHAT MAYOR STOKELY SAYS.
The correspondent visited Mayor
Stokely in his office at noon to-day.
Correspondent—l wished to speak to
you of the kidnapping of little Charlie
Ross.
Mayor Stokely—Oh, yes; that was a
very sad affair. I came back from
Long Branch yesterday to look into it.
Correspondent—Will you offer a re
ward for the recovery of the child and
the arrest and conviction of the kidnap
pers ?
Mayor Stokely (earnestly)—Oh, no.
I couldn't do that. You see I would be
liable to a criminal prosecution if I did
that. I could not offer a reward with
out the direction of the Common Coun
cil. They have had one meeting since
the kidnapping, but they took no action
concerning it. They will not meet
again for some time.
Correspondent —That is unfortunay;,
isn't it ?”
NOT THE BOY BUT THE ABDUCTORS WANTED.
Mayor Stokely —Yes, but then if I
had the power 1 wouldn't offer a re-
ward for the boy. It is his abductors
that we want. When I became Mayor
of Philadelphia I said to my detectives,
“There is to be no more compounding of
felonies. When goods are stolen, I don't
wish them returned so much as I wish
those who stole them brought to jus
tice. I must have the thieves. If any
one on the force turns up stolen goods
1 without bringing the thief to prison,
the officer will be discharged from the
force.” You see?
The correspondent inquired whether
the Mayor thought that the arrest made
by Private Detective Taggart amounted
to anything.
■ “No,” arswered his Honor, quickly,
’“I don't believe it does. Many arrests
have been made. Men have come here
; from a long distance saying that they
i knew where there was a horse and
! wagon answering the printed descrip
! tion, but upon investigation we
i could find nothing in it.
But I tell you I am doing my best
to keep Philadelphia clear of rouges,
and my men are determined to hunt
down the fellows who stole the little
boy.”
WASHINGTON SOSSIP. f
Chit-Chat About the Belles and
Beaux of the National Capitol. |
Washington girls are renownediy in- s
lependent, writes a correspondent in 1
hat city of the Cincinnati Gazette , but
n nothing more so than in their style a
if dressing. They promenade after s
sundown these summer evenings minus i
lead-covering—even walk out for an ice, 1
>r soda water, without any addition to i
their indoor toilets. In the winter, they
ittend the opera in full dress or walking <
costume, as their fancy or necessity :
dictates, and what they “have on is 1
the last thing to worry them at a ball. ;
They conform in a degree to the edicts 1
of fashion, but not to such a palpable
extent as to destroy their mdividu- 1
ality. At the outset of <
the season, the all-powerful
Dame Fashion issued her pronuncia
mento against white dresses, and the
ultraists forthwith ordered their mo
distes to construct costumes from dark
colored, hot-looking fabrics, differing
from their winter costumes only in ma
terial. They desired their grenadines
—stifling enough in themselves —to be
made up over high-necked and long
sleeved silk linings, and instituted gen
eral preparations to immolate them
selves upon the roasting altars of the
inflexible goddess. “Our girls, how
ever, knew that such foolishness would
be simple perdition, in this semi-tropi
cal climate, and like sensible human be
ings they have arrayed themselves in
the crisp, maidenly, but despised white
garments, considered so unstylish !
At church, troops of our prettiest
and best dressed young ladies, still re
luctant to leave this fascinating city,
even for Saratoga or Long Branch gai
eties, sweep into their various pews,
clad in such spotless, cool-looking suits
that they unconsciously bring memories
of the snow on the summits of the far
off Sierras. One young lady, univer
sally accredited as being the “best
dressed girl in the city, wore a suit
which was a marvelous combination of
elegance and simplicity. It was some
' diaphanous material of creamy white
ness. profusely trimmed with exquisite
needlework. The rulf. elaborately em
broidered, stood plaited high ia th« b'ack
.of the neck, and formed a perfectly
plain, deep reverse in front. The over
skirt was drawn stylishly back and fas
. tened on one side by a wide, soft, white
silk sash, heavily fringed at the ends.
A leghorn hat. of the Charles I. period,
was carelessly rolled up on one side and
drooped charmingly down on the oth
er, throwing the face of the
wearer into the softened
shadow of a crayon. Around the
crown and down the back trailed a
vine of exquisite, fragrant-looking white
wild roses, with dark, bronzed green
leaves. A fresh, pure, charmante face
peeped out from another broad, yellow
Leghorn covered with fine, gossamer
white mulle, in which nestled tiny, pale
pink moss-rosebuds, and lilliputian
faint blue morning glories clambered
toward the gold tints of her hair. Her
dress was a translucent linen lawn, the
flounces edged with Valenciennes, and
the plaits in the waist bordered on both
sides with the same lace, while a full
ruff of the soft, filmy lace stood high
around her throat. Another young
lady, whose large dark eyes dealt death
blows to the hearts of susceptible young
men. was dressed in a suit of white
camel's hair, self-trimmed with the
fashionable shirred puffs, heading side
plaited frills. Another looked delicious
ly dainty in a pretty, fluffy em
broidered white muslin another still, in
a clear, waxy Victoria lawn, with em
broidered insertion, and edge to the ruf
fles. I felt like offering the young
ladies a vote of thanks for suggesting so
much coolness, and affording such satis
faction to on-lookers, for nothing is
more tiresome on a hot day than „to rest
one's gaze on dark-colored, dust covered
dresses, no matter how stylishly made.
The jaunty sleeveless lace jacket, be
studded with glittering jet, is a great
favorite with us, but has not been car-
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ried to such an excess as to suggest an
Amazon warrior clad in armor. The
“killing” little side pockets, sparkling
with beads and fastened to the belt by
jet chains, are also in vogue, and are a
great addition to a toilet.
SHARPER THAN A SERPENTS TOOTH.
Society has been very much exercised
over two scandals celebre in their very
most aristocratic midst!
Last Tuesday the son of a rear ad
miral, just retired, was joined in the
bonds of matrimony to a notorious dan
seuse occupying a position in the can
can at the Theater Comique. The boy
is hardly nineteen, delicate looking,
slight physique, with dark eyes and
hair, olive skin, and the faintest shad
ow of a man's moustache darkening his
lip. His dress has always been a study
of perfection, and if his actions were as
much above reproach as his gloves and
ties, there is no knowing to what heights
he might have reached. He was sent to
West Point several years ago, but fail
ing to pass a creditable examination,
was dismissed from the academy. His
father had him placed temporarily in
the navy department, and intended send
ing him to the Lehigh University in the
fall, but he has already graduated!
JUMPIN6 THE 6AP.
Tom Potts, the Esglish Engineer,
Tells How the Witch Went Her
Prettiest.
[From Taylor’s Modern Highways.]
Tom Potts, a well-known locomotive
engineer in England and the States, is
the seif-accredited hero of the following
wonderful story of successful daring.
I will narrate it as nearly as I can in
his own words. I have heard him tell
it often:
“Well, gentlemen, I say you'll think
it's a lie, but I can't help that; you
have asked me to tell it, and all I can
say is, if you'd been in my place you'd
have seen it.
“I had been driving the Witch for
about seven months, and a sweet thing
she was. I never was half so fond of
an engine as I was of her. She was the
kind of a machine a man only gets once
in a lifetime.
“She made her steam quick, was easy
on fuel, started off lively, and went like
a deer. Her cylinders were 16 inch,
her stroke 22, and her drivers 7 feet 6,
and she was as kind to handle as a'
baby.
“To see her run off with a heavy load,
light and gay, was enough to shame the
Juno, Venus and Helen, and other
18-inch machines.
“She never wanted fixing up. Venus
was always going in and out of the shop
to be titivated, and if there’s anything
I don't like it's an engine that all the
time wants to be titivated. She was
always ready and willing to work.
Why, bless you ! she wait only washed
out for the sake of cleanliness —she
didn't need it a bit.
“She was the tidiest thing ever seen;
seemed as though dirt wouldn't stick to
her.
“Well, what I am going to tell came
off' years ago, before I lelt the old coun
try, and it was one of the best railroads
—single track then, though it’s got
three now, and four in some spots.
“Well, the Witch and I were put on
the mail, one of the fastest trains, and
they went like sixty in them days.
“The engineer was fined a shilling for
every minute he lost. He dared not go
slow lor fog, unless he wanted to lose
his day s pay. He had to keep going
right along, and see things before he
got in sight of ’em.
“We were running north one darkish,
wintry day, and were making our best
streaks. I should reckon we were going
about fifty miles an hour.
“I was saying to myself, ‘She’s going
her prettiest,’ when we suddenly shot
ahead as if we had been fired out of a
cannon.
hr.cw what that meant. We had
broke loose ; we hadn't a car behind us.
The coupling had broke between the
tender and the first coach.
“How we flew, to be sure ! I whis
tled the guard to break up the train.
How we bounded along!
“I could make out irothing alongside;
we seemed to go faster and faster; we
must have got as fast as 100 miles per
hour.
“It was a straight piece of track for
some miles. I did not shut off steam
directly we broke, for I didn't want the
train to run into us, which might hap-
pen, if they did not hear me whistle for
brakes.
“It was lucky I kept her going, for
just as I had had about enough of such
flying, a man started out about six
hundred yards before us holding - a red
flag.
“There was nothing in the way, so I
knew something must be wrong with
the track.
“You might as well have tried to
stop a whirlwind as the Witch in that
distance. Her speed was frightful.
“There wasn't much time to think,
and as we could not stop, the faster we
went the better; so I gave what more
steam there was. She seemed to have
some ‘go’ in reserve, for we shot past
the red flag like a flash.
“I saw men standing horror struck.
9 “Bill,' said I, ‘quick! Get on the
coke, and see what's ahead.'
“He looked, and went deadly pale,
tottered, and fell back in a faint.
“By this time I could see plain
enough what was wrong.
“There was a gap in the track where
a bridge had gone down.
“You can t imagine my feelings just
then. Going to death—death, swift
and terrible, at about two miles a min
ute —getting nearer, nearer! I thought
of my wife and child—nearer! An in
stant more —the gap.
r*£ AS
immm
“God have mercy,’ I shrieked.
“Would you believe it ? that engine
just cleared that gap!
“It was fifteen feet across, and abdut
sixty feet deep.
“She jumped that gap like a stag,
and what’s more, she struck the rails
all right on the other side and kept
right along, just as if she had not
noticed the gap.
“I stirred Bill up, and with both of
us at the brake, we managed at last to
stop the Witch.
“She was on a tear that day, but I
never dreamed she’d jump the gap—
that’s a fact.”
The first named stand out in conspic
uous superiority as agricultural stock
for breeding by gentlemen farmers and
retired merchants or professional gen
tlemen or the sons of either inheriting
their property having incomes without
cause for further accumulation; for
those capitalists want amusement, and
the breeding, raising and training of
such animals as would command a very
high figure among the class of men they
belong to, would give zest to the enjoy
ment of their fortunes, giving a taste
for country life and thereby preventing
the questionable excitement and specu
lation in forming monopolizing compa
nies, &c., called “rings,” for taking ad
vantage of the public. Many of the
members, of rings and monopolists have
worse dispositions and are bigger
rogues than any in Sing Sing, and it
looks bad for the future of the United
States to see how much ill-gotten
wealth is used in bribery and corrup
tion to attain ends adverse to the com
munity at large but to fraudently en
rich a few.
Horses vs. Cows and Sheep.
Therefore, as the breeding of trott
ing or sporting horses is calculated to
cause the common farmer to neglect the
other stock and may serve to give the
sons a contempt for the less exciting
duties appertaining to the herds and
flocks, itjWould be fortunate if the rais
ing of sporting animals could be chiefly
confined to the wealthy class who have
no business which can suffer by their
devoting time and attention to all con
nected with the training and racing of
fast horses.
Farmers could breed the fine draught
horses, and, take an average of years,
do better than being confined to cows
and sheep, for a mixed stock raising is
best if persevered in; for if one kind is
down in price another will probably be
up. Besides on all farms devoted to
stock raising there ought to be old
grass pasture permanently kept from
the plow, and on all such all the best
native grasses flourish so very much
more luxuriantly and the stock thrives
so much better, if a variety of stock
graze i for the sheep eats after the
horse with great relish, and the cows,
too, while at the same time the horse
does well after the cows.
Monkey Sagacity.
It was a wild and dreary part of the
country, on the plains of India, while
journeying, that one day a friend and
self sat down under the shade of a ban
yan tree. We were enjoying a meal of
various edibles when we were disturbed
by the arrival and the noise of a troop
of large, black-faced monkeys. The
branches overhead literally swarmed
with them. They looked on us as in
terlopers, no doubt; and for some time
their gestures appeared so menacing
that we were apprehensive they would
dispute the ground with us. We had
just risen from our meal, when, to our
surpise, one of the monkeys (a young
one) fell down from a high branch at
our feet. It was quite dead. The
clamor that arose above us on the oc
currence of this calamity was deafening.
The whole assembly of monkeys clus
tered together for a confab. Long and
loud were the chatterings and various
the grimaces of the tribe, each individ
ual vieing with the other in the loud
nesS of his tongue. Their looks and
gestures made it apparent that they
suspected us of being the cause of the
death of their juvenile comrade. But
we were unarmed, and the good sense
of the monkey seemed to tell them that
there must be some other culprit. Hav
ing come to this conclusion, one mon
key, apparently the senior and leader
of the whole tribe, separat
ed himself from the rest, ran
to the spot on the beach whence the
young monkey had fallen, examined it
carefully, smelt the branch, and then
glided nimbly down one of the pillars
or pendant roots, and came to the
corpse of the monkey, took it up, ex
amined it minutely, particularly the
shoulder, where there was a small
wound. Instinct immediately turned
suspicion into certainty. He placed the
corpse on the ground again, and, turn
ing his gaze in every direction, endeav
ored to pierce the foliage in his search
for the murderer. After a little while
something seemed to rivet hisattention.
In an instant he had mounte d the tree,
sprung to the spot, and with one clutch
had seized a long whip-snake, with i
which he hastened to the ground. Now
occurred a most curious scene. The
whole monkey rabble, following their
leader, were on the ground almost as
soon as he. Then as many as could
ranged themselves on each side of the
snake. Each monkey put his hand on
the reptile, clutching hold of the skin
of the back tightly. At a given signal
the executioners dragged the writhing
snake backward and forward on the
ground till nothing was left of the mur
derer but the back bone. The mode of
execution was effectual, and in the way
it was carried out showed the clear un
derstanding which the monkey lan
guage conveys. —Travels in the East.
Ix twenty-two counties in South Car
olina, within the last two years, 580,143
acres, an area of 960 square miles have
been confiscated to the State for delin
quent taxes. Is this repudiation ?
ANOTHER CHiCASO FIRE
Burns up a Quarter of a Million.
Chicago, July 22. —At 4 o'clock this
morning a fire broke out in the fine
stone front block, Nos. 121 and 123
State street, occupied by E. F. Hollister
& Co., dealers in carpets, and Giles
Bros. & Co., jewelers, and before it
could be extinguished consumed every
thing. The origin is not known. As
these were very heavy business firms
the loss is large. The amounts with in
surance will be given in another dis
patch.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The building in which the fire oc
curred this morning cost 35100,000 in
1872. The insurance is not yet ascer
tained.
The stock of Giles Bros. & Co., jew
elers, is valued at $20,000; insured for
nearly half or $60,000 worth. Their
stock was in the vaults.
E. F. Hollister, furniture manufactu
rer and carpet dealer, loses about
$75,000; insured.
Richards, Shaw & Winslow lose
through damaged stock about $10,000;
fully insured.
The firms on the other side of the
street suffered by breaking glass a loss
of about SIO,OOO.
The following are the insurances as
far as known:
On Giles Bros.’s stock, in the Frank
lin National, of New Orleans, Amer
ica and Home, of New York, $5,000
each; in the Citizens, Hrrvard, Man
hattan, and Williamsburg City, $2,500
each. *
On Hollister’s stock, in the Irving
and National, $5,000 each; in the
Phoenix and Brooklyn, $10,000; Wil
liamsburg City, $2,500.
The building was insured in the
Home, of New York, for SIO,OOO.
The total loss is probably quarter of
a million, and the insurance, as far as
ascertained, $70,000.
Who Was tbe Friend.
[From the Mankato Review.]
Rumor has it that the reference
made by Mr. Dunnell to an attempt to
get him into a ring and force him to go
back upon a friend, has reference to an
attempt made to commit him in favor
of Bill King’s nomination in the third
district, and Averill was the friend that
he was to betray. Will Dunnell rise
and explain ?
Trouble in Mississippi.
Washington, July 22.—The Govern
or of Mississippi telegraphed that he
has sent the President by mail, a state
ment of the condition of affairs at Vicks
burg which leads him to apprehend a
disturbance of the peace which, owing
to the militia being unorganized he
would be unable to suppress. The
mayor and postmaster of Vicksburg
have on the other hand telegraphed to
the President protesting against send
ing troops to that city, as such an act
would have the effect of increasing the
excitement as there are no indications
of an outbreak.
Yesterday the Secretary of War or
dered two corps of troops from Jackson
to Vicksburg as their presence might
have the effect of preventing acts of vio
lence, should such be contemplated or
be likely to occur in absence of restrain
ing power. The action of the Secretary
of War meets the approval of the Presi
dent. Nothing more will be done in
the premises. The Secretary of War
leaves here Saturday for New London,
where his family are spending the sum
mer.
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
Saint Paul Retail Market.
At the city market this morning pri
ces were as follows : Eggs 25 cents a doz
en ; butter 25 cts. a pound; porter house
sirloin steaks, 15 cents a’pound; round
steaks, 12 1-2 cents; chuck steaks, 10
cents; corn beef, 5 to 10 cents; mut
ton, 15 cents; pork, 121-2 cents;
spring chickens, 50 to 75 cents a pair ;
pigeons, 30 cents a pair ; new potatoes.
51.20 a bushel; beans, 51 .40 a bushel;
peas, 25 cent 3 a peck ; cabbage, 40 cents
a dozen ; cauliflower, 40 cents a dozen;
squash, 5 cents each; onions, 10 cents a
dozen; turnips, 5 cents a dozen ; com,
10 cents a dozen ; cucumbers, 20 cents
a dozen ; pickled cucumbers, 30 cents a
peck ; tomatoes, 25 cents a dozen ; ap
ples 75 cents a peck ; cherries, 15 cents
a quart; blueberries, 10 cents a quart;
raspberries, 30 cents a quart; gooseber
ries, 20 cents a quart; currants, 25 cents
a quart; red raspberries, $2 a pail of 14
quarts.
St. Paul Produce Market, July 22.
So far as the St. Paul and Minneapo
lis markets are concerned, the old crop
of wheat appears to be exhausted, and
buyers must rest until the new crop be
gins to come in. On the St. Paul Sc Pa
cific, St. Paul Sc Sioux City, I. Sc M. Di
vision and H. Sc D., the reports are that
there is no wheat in sight, and that
what is in store at a few points belongs
to the millers who are generally well
provided for the next few weeks. Those
who are lacking would willingly pay
Milwaukee prices to-day, which are a
little better than yesterday.
,-Old oats are scarce and as it will be
sometime before the new crop win come
into use, the value of coarse grain and
3
feed is likely to advance. The stocks
on hand are comparatively small.
Provisions are firmer with mess porn
quotable at $22.50 to $23; hams 14 to
14 l-12e, according to brand ; and all
pork products advanced 3 to 5 per
cent.
Choice butter is worth 22 to 25c and
cheese 121-2 to 14c, according tO’
packages and quality.
New potatoes are taken freely at 75c
to $1.25, according to size and the time
they have been out of the ground.
Green apples are in but light de
mand as yet although some choice lots
are on the market.
Lemons are scarce and selling at $lO
to sll to arrive.
There was a lively demand for blue
berries this morning, which fairly
cleared the market before noon, not
withstanding the large receipts. Lots
which were damaged by being sent in
large packages and jammed, went slow
at $2.00 to $2.50 a bushel, while choice
lots went quick at $2.50 to $2.75. Some
of these last, which were packed in
double crates of quart boxes, each crate
holding 20 to 24 boxes, if they had not
been taken so early would have sold
later in the day at $3.00 a bushel. The
local demand was good, but the market
was kept up by large orders from other"
towns by mail and telegraph.
Wall Street.
Slie stock market opened steady and de
clined * to 2 per cent., the latter on Lake
Shore. Since 12:30 there lias been a recov
ery of ,'s to % of 1 per cent. Lake Shore
has been the centre of attraction for the rea
son that the executive committee of the
board of directors has been in session con
sidering as its understood outside question
of half yearly dividend and lease to the New
York Central and Hudson. At one time the
Stock Exchange had a report that the com
mittee had adjourned ana done nothing and
this caused a decline of 2 per cent, on Lake
Shore.
New York money and Stocks.
[Special Report to St. Paul Dispatch.]
New York, July 22.—Money—no loans;:
2% to 3 percent. Gold 109%. Govern
ments dull and strong. [State bonds steady.
Stocks dull and weak: Western
Union 71%; Pacific Mail 44%;
Adams Express 107%; Wells Fargo 74 r.
American 60 % : United States 67 % : New
York Central 99% : Erie 36% ; do preferred
47 %: Harlem 124%; dopreferred 126: Panama).
109: Union Pacific 26% ; Lake Shore 72% r
Pittsburgh 87%: Northwestern 37%; do
preferred 66 ; C. &. C. 70% ; Rock Islandl
98; St. Paul 34 y % ; do preferred 63% ;
Wabash 35 ; do preferred 65 : Ft. Wayne
92 % ; Ohio & Mississippi 25 ; Hartford &
Erie 1 %'; Illinois Central 17: Hannibal &
St. Jo 26.
Chicago Produce Board —July 22..
[Special Report for St. Paul Dispatch.]
10 a. m. —Wheat irregular and higher at
sl.ll # to sl.ll % for July, and SI.OB # for
August.
10: 16 a. m.—Wheat easier and active at
$1.11),' to sl.ll if for July ; $1.08!,' tosl.-
08 # for August. Corn quiet and firmer at
62c to 62 c for August; 63 # c bid for July.
10:40 A. m.—Wheat steady and moderate
ly active at $1.11,',' to sl.ll A' for July ; and
sl.oß# to sl.oß# for August. Corn irregu
lar and stronger at 64 # c-ts. cash : 64 # 1 to
64# cts. for July; and 62#e for August..
Oats firm, higher and in good demand at
36# etc. for August; and 36 # cts. for Sep
tember. Pork stronger; $21.85 bid for Au
gust. Whisky nominally 95 cts. Freights
unchanged.
11:26 A. jr.—Number of car loads on the
market: Wheat 123; corn 416; oats 11;.
Rye 6 and barlev 9.
*11:30 a. m.— Oats unsettled; spot strong
at 55c; July 50c ; August 36 to 36# c; Sep
tember 35c.
11:40 a. m.— Wheat quiet and steady at
sl.ll# cash; sl.ll# to sl.ll# for Julyg
sl.oß# for August.
11:50—Com dull at 64 #c cash for July ancE
62 # c for August. Rye dull; nominally 76c..
12:30 p. m. —Wheat quiet and easier at
sl.ll cash or July; sl.oß# for August and
$1.06# for September.
12:40 p. m.—Corn quiet and firm at 64 #c;
Ash or July, and 62# to 62#c for August;
high mixed 64# c; rejected 62 #c. Oats ir
regular ; sold at 55 to 58c cash, and 65c Nov.
with bids of 59 to 50#c for July; 36 to 36# a
for August; 34 #to 35c for September.
1:05 p. m.—Rye quiet at 7oc to 76c. Barley
dull at $1.02 for September. Whisky quiet
at 95c. Freights inactive; nominally 3#e
for com to Buffalo.
1:20 p. m.—Wheat steady at sl.ll # for
July, and sl.oß# for August. Com firm at
64#c for July, and 62#c for August. Pork
irregular and. unsettled at $22.05 for August,
and $22.40 for September. Lard firmer and
more active at $1.15# cash, and 9#c seller
the year.
New York Produce, July 22.
Cotton quiet at 17c for middling up
lands. Hour rules in buyers’ favor with a.
very moderate demand; receipts 16,000-
bushels; sales 9,000; quotations
Wheat a shade tirmer with a moderate ex
port demand; receipts 65,000 bushels; sales
48,000 bushels at #1.28 for No. 2 Chicago;
#1.31 for No. 2 Milwaukee; and #1.33 to
#1 .36 for No. 1 spring. Rye quiet. Com a
shade firmer; receipts 169,000; sales 86,000;
78 ato 79c for western mixed; 79 to 80c for
high mixed and yellow. Barley nominal.
Oats firmer; receipts 13,000 bu; sales 24,000'
bu at 65 to 66)$ c for mixed western; and 70
to 72c for white. Pork firm; #2l for new
mess. Cut meats quiet. Beef, western nom
inal. Lard firm at 12 xc for steam. Whis
ky 98)4 c. Sugar steady. Petroleum, erode
4% to 6c, refined 12c. Coal unchanged.
Leather steady. Wool firm.
New York Produce Board, July 22.
Special Report to St. Paul Dispatch.
11:10 a. it. —Market opens with wheat qui
et at #1.27, #1.29 #1.31, and #1.32. Corn,
quiet at 78c to 79c. Oats firm.
1 P. m.—Flour quiet at #5.80 to 86. Wheat
firm, higher and m fair inquiry at yester
day’s closing prices, or #1.28 to #1.32 ‘for fair
spring.
Milwaukee Produce Board, July 22.
Special Report to St. Paul Dispatch.
9:15 a. it. —Wheat firm at #1.19 for No. 1 ;
#1.16 if for N 0.2; #l.l3*s for August and tl .09
for September. Receipts 35,000. bushels;
shipments 107,000.
10:20 a. at. —Wheat firm at #i.t» tor Wo.
1; #1.16 for N 0.2; #1.13 >4 seller Aug, and
#I.OB 3$ seller September.
1:16 p. m.—Wheat weak at #1.191$ for No..
1; #1.16;$ for No. 2; #1.135$ seller August;
. and #l.oßls seller September.
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