&mwi f: a ; THE PETTSBtmG- -DISE&TOH. STmD&Y UXY ifJ8, 1891;' :Wj JP fin -f fipj r m Vi CR" k 5GCIBTIES e All communications for this department should be mailed to reach The Dispatch not liter than Saturday morning. Reasonable space will be freely given to all orcanizations classified under this heading. I. O. G. T. West Winchester Lodge received three new members at its last meeting. Grand -Secretary Charles E. Steel leaves for Scotland on the 13th as a delegate to the Bight Worthy Grand Lodge. Steubenville Lodge is booming, and will more Into a new and larger hall next Tuesday even ing. Its membership Is increasing rapidly. I Brother John G. Allsopp. Past Chier Templar Tf Enterprise Lodge, of Banksville. Pa ex pects to sail for Europe on the 9tb. He has the 'well wishes of all members ot the lodge. Brother A. H. Leslie left for Scotland this ,Treek. where be is going to attend the Right Worthy Grand Lodge. About 200 other dele gates will follow on the 13tb. The order will be represented by delegates from all oyer the orld. J. W. Moreland Lodge met Monday evening at Odd Fellows' HalUBeaveravenne, Allegheny, and bad six initiations. This lodge will meet hereafter at Wagner's Hull, corner Beayer and Washington avenues, Allegheny, on the first, 'second, third and fifth (Saturdays of the month. Enterprise Lodge of Good Templars, of Banksville, sas elected the following officers: Chief Templar, Charles Campbell; Vies Templar, Thomas Wyse; Secretary, David Mor gan; Financial Secretary. Anna B. Fenton; Treasurer, Samnel Williams; Chaplain, Ida Hol land: Marshal. George Perry. Willow Groye Lodge elected the following officers: Chief Templar, James Fowkes; Vice Temclar. Alice Wilklns: Secretary. Daisy O'Neill; Financial Secretary. William Knight;. -treasurer, o. rowees; Aiarsnai, A. ADaerson; Chaplain, Cora Holbrook; Inside Guard, Will iam Jack; Outside Guard, Lizzie Balrd; Past Chief Templar, A. M. Foster. Friendship Lodge No. 147 elecred the follow ing officers; Chief Templar, K. Terwilllger; Vice Templar, A. Fellows; Secretary. John H. Orth; Financial Secretary, Charles Ray; Treas urer, J. Wittenburg; Chaplain, Miss Lizzie 'Street; Marshal, Eva Febock; Inside Guard, .Eva Stanberry: Outside Guard, J. T. Johnson; Lodge Deputy, William Dickinson. Lawrence Lodre I O. G. T. elected thn fnl. lowing officers at its last meeting: Chief Tem- 6 lar, Jobn Simpson; Vice Templar, L. Bott; iocretarr. Thomas N.KeviFinancial Secretary. C. Mclnson; Treasurer. E. Ray; Marshal, T. Alston; Chaplain, Mrs. Key; Inside Guard, F. Douglass, Outside Guard, O. Beet; Superinten dent Juvenile Tcmple,Mrs.Key; Lodge Deputy, E. Ray. West Manchester Lodge elected the follow ing officers last Saturday evening: Chief Tem plar. William G. Hohmann: Vice Templar, W. N. Kirk; Chaplain, Roy R. Thorne; Secretary, H. C. McGaw; Financial Secretary, Jesse D. Johnston: Treasurer, Charles W. Robinson: Marshal, Harry Hinson; Guard, Josenh Kirk; Sentinel, John Mather; Lodge Deputy, E. N. Parker; Past C. T., W. S. Bigger. Heptasophs. The roll of honor tor May shows a handsome Increase McKresport Conclave No. 82 heads the May roll of honor. Philadelphia will now be develojed as a new iHeptasoph center. The next Supreme Conclaye will meet In -June, 1S93, at Atlantic City. The representatives to the Supreme Conclave returned home much gratified with their trip. The Supreme Conclaye recognized Allegheny ' (county Tory well in the distribution of the offi cers. The baseball opening at the Polo grounds, Hew York, proved an irresistible attraction to several delegates to the Supreme Conclave. The work for the ensuing term will be pnshed carder than heretofore. The Supreme Archon will try to. organize the field service better than ever. Dr. G. E. Mueller, of North Side Conclaye, made a very favorable impression; though not elected Supreme Medical Director, he received a handsome vote. The Supreme Archon, as soon as more press ing work is disposed of, will give attention to the reorganization ot Supreme Representative districts, and provide for the election of the Deputies. L A. Justice, ot Youngstown, Ohio, the Past Supreme Provost, constantly kept the dele gates to the Sapreme Conclave at work, by oc casionally interjecting the remark, "What are we here fort" Edward F. James, of Wilmington. DeL, was elected Supreme Organizer. He will open an office in Philadelphia. This department will ; soon be in full working order. It is expected MOO newconclaTes will be organized during the 'coming term. Order of Solon. Four new lodges were reported at the Su preme Office during the week just closed. The Board of Supreme Trustees received a cumber of applications for loans for the week ending April 80. , Deputy W. L. Davis is again on the move, haying organized five lodges at McKeesport and Boston, Pa., with a total membership of 8, with more to be received at the first regular meeting. At the regular meeting of Charter Lodge No. I, A pril 27, four new members and eight ap proved applications were received. This will aggregate 20 new members for April. No. 1 is searing the S0O mark. Deputies are gradually extending their work into the distant States, and are meeting with tinarked success. Through a wise, conservative policy, Solon to-day enjoys a national reputa tion as the leading organization in her class. Deputy 3. L. Gause, assisted by Supreme Treasurer Godfrey, has instituted a lodge com posed of a number of the wise men of Waynes bare, and judging from the list of names. Its prospects are good for becoming a banner lodge. Brother V. H. Gaskill, Secretary of the Board of Supreme Trustees, writes that Equity Lodge 67, of Meadville, Pa., will celebrate its eecond anniversary May 8. Several of the supreme officers will be present. The com mittee of arrangement is preparing an enter taining programme. General Lodge Notes. Welcome Stranger Castle No. 21, A. O. K. of M. C, meets every Monday night in Speck's Hall. Hazelwood, with a large attendance. It I fast increasing in membership and has plenty -f funds in the treasury. m, ne5Enter"T i Bt. George, the ladles of ady Gladstone Lodge No. 120 will hold a special jaeetine to-morrow at their headquarters, the Guild Hall, Sonthside. to make arrangements tor their tea and reception, to be given May 7 at Odd Fellows' Hall, Southside. Anchor Castle SD8, K. G. E.. held Its first ses sion in the new K. of L. Hall, corner Market and Third avenue, Friday evening, and had a Yery interesting session. It will have work in the second degree at its next session and Invites -all knights to pay it a visit in its new quarters. Lady Gladstone Lodge, Daughters of St, George, will hold a special meeting to-morrow at its hall at 2 o'clock, sharp. All the members are requested to attend. The lodge win hold Its third annnal tea and reception Thnrsday evening. May 7. at Odd Fellows' Hall, corner Eighteenth and Sarah streets. Bouthilde. Mt. Washington Lodge 832, K. of P., at its meeting April 30, elected two new members, re ceived two propositions and conferred the rank of Page upon two candidates. They will con fer all three ranks at the next meeting. May 7, npon several candidates. Knights should give the lodge a call and see how the baby is grow ing. It is almost able to walk without holding on to the chairs, and, as for talking, it is im proving in that direction vary rapidly. Last Tuesday evening at the meeting of Btokes Lodge No. 788. L O. O. F., Past Grand M. Namnan was presented with a veterans' jewel in recognition of his 23 years' member ship in the order. The presentation speech was made by Brother S. L. Neely, and Brother Nan man, who was as much delighted as be was sur prised, responded by thanKiug the .members for their kindness. This is the one hundred and ervcniy-clgbth jewel.of the kind issued in this State. For strengthening and clearing the voice, use 'Brown's Broneblai Troches."- "I have com. firs, and they bays proved extremely serviceable." I .snenota mem to trunds who were pnblle speak' aev. Henry wardBeecher. E w 1 r ' GOSSIP OF THE GUARD. QUAETERHASTJEB JOHK HUBBARD, Of the! Fourteenth Regiment, left for Chicago yester day on a business trip. TnE New York Legislature has passed a law prohibiting gambling or drinking within one mile of Peekskill, the National Guard camping ground. Adjutant Gxkeral MoCi.KLi.AKr spent most of the week in this city, returning to Harrisbarglast Friday night. He will be in Pittsburg to-morrow to attend the Eighteenth Rezlment banquet. LiBtfxENAjn; W. S. Beown, of the Four teenth Regiment, returned d'nrlrre the week from a fishing trip in Maryland. Hard luck fishing stories will be beard around Wood street for soma time to come. Adjutant Suttebi.ee, of the Third Regi ment, has tendered his resignation to Colonel Smith. Since the Smith regime went into effect the changes among the commissioned officers of the Third have been remarkably numerous. Major Fkank K. Patterson, who by ill ness and duty was unable to inspect Company A. Fourteenth Regiment, has now recovered and will inspect the company Tuesday even ing. May 12, at Central Armory, at 7 o'clock sharp. TnE inspections In the Eighteenth Regiment commence this week with Comp'any.A, Wednes day evening; Company B, Thursday evening, and Company C, Friday evening. There has been considerable hustling around the Diamond street armory lately, and some good results maybe expected. Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, owing to the illness of Major .Frank K. Patterson, was not inspected, although the company pre sented its usual quota, being the best in the regiment. The boys felt very blue, as they had their pride to contend with, and will show that they are still iu it. A little Instruction in the dutiesf officers at guard mount wonld not hurt some of tho local gentlemen who hold commissions in the guard. The bull made by the First Lieutenant of one of the companies of the Fourteenth Regi ment last week during the Inspection by Maj or Patterson, was Inexcusable. Major Haslet has some idea of calling a meeting ot the inspectors of rifle practice of the Second Brigade in order to receive sug gestions as to the best manner of facilitating the work this year. The last meeting of the Inspectors, at Washington, Pa., will be remem bered very pleasantly bv those present, and the Major should not let the idea get by him. . The impression seems to have gotten abroad in the Eastern portion of the State that the officers ot the Second Brigade are dissatisfied with the appointments on the staff of the Division Commander, on acconnt of the entire selection haying been limited to the First Brigade. While it is true that General Snow den rather forgot that there was such a place as Western Pennsylvania in looking for members of his staff, it was a matter resting entirely with himself as to whom he should choose, and if he is suited the matter ends there. The re port that any tllssatisfaotion existed at all comes from Philadelphia, and in- conversation with a number of officers in Pittsburg and vicinity, the idea was scouted altogether. BT order of Colonel Herman Osthons the season of rifle practice in the. National Gnard opened last Friday and will continue until October 31. Marksmanship has now been made a requisite as far as the standing of the organ!-. zations are concerned, and practice will be required of every officer and enlisted man in the Guard. In order to receive the annnal allowance of Sou per company, at least 40 men must be practiced on the company range. In most other respects the details of the work required are pretty much the same as in pre vious years, except in the matter of the amount of ammunition allowed. Each company to start with has been sent 1,000 rounds of ammu nition, and 2,000 rounds more will be sent should the company succeed in qualifying all the members. The Monongahela House to-morrow even ing, will be the scene of a very pleasant little affair the occasion being a banquet tendered to Colonel Norman M. Smith and Lieutenant Colonel Frank L Rutledge. Both Colonels Smith and Rutledge, during the recent tour ot duty of the regiment in the coke regions, won the strongest regard of the officers and men, and immediately after the return of thB organi sation the idea of tendering the two officers a banauet was suecested. The matter was nlaced in the hands of Lieutenant Wassell and Quar termaster Davis, who have successfully carried the scheme to a bead. Quite an elaborate menu has been prepared and a favorable oppor tunity will be presented for contrasting lite in the coke regions and at home, from a gastro nomlcal standpoint. The invited guests include Governor Pattlson. Generals McClelland and Wiley, Colonels McKibben and Guthrie and Major A. J. Logan. General Wilet, the Handsome commander. ot the Second Brigade, is considerable of a' baseball enthusiast and lover of all kinds of sport in general. In his younger days he wielded the willow with the best of them around Oil City, and still enjoys a good game. A story is told ot the General's experienco behind the plate in the capacity of um pire, one time. In a hotly contested match between opposing nines from two neigh boring towns. Tho game was progressing nicely and the andience was.worked up as only a baseball audience can he worked nn. when one of the General's decisions on a close play broueht forth a storm of abnse. and snch cries as "Kill the umpire." "Puttiim out," etc., filled the air. Alter the hubbub subsided, the Gen eral quietly turned around to the audience and stated that it there was anyone present who thought himself able to eject the umpire, the game could be delayed long enough for that purpose. The massive frame' of the umpire bad a soothing effect, and the game continued In sileuce,. "WELDING HTJBLES TOOETHEB. A Clever Fraud in Gems That Proved to Be Very Profitable. The manufactured diamonds are not likely to take the place of the natural arti cle, at least or a long time to come, but a recently discovered fraud shows that manu factured rabies may be palmed off on an un suspecting publio with hardly any fear of detection, says A. B. Steinberg in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Some Eastern jew elers were lately in receipt of a package of rubies which came from France. They showed very slight, -clmost inappreciable, differences from the rubies of "commerce: but, as jewelers are accustomed to notice lit tle things, these trifling differences excited a good deal of attention. Careful microscopic examination by ex perts disclosed, the fact .that somebody had discovered the art of welding a number of email rnbies together in snch a way as to produce an almost faultless gem. The gains in this roguish business ought to be considerable, for, while five carets' weight of little rubles would not be worth more tban a dollar or two. a five-caret ruby is worth almost as ranch as a diamond of the same size. The French police are now looking for the enterprising inventor, and, if they find him, his ingenuity will cost him a few years in prison, 1 , - IHCENBE IK THE HOKE. If It Is Used at All the Chinese Sticks Are PreferaDle. Mew York limes. If on entering a fashionable drawing room a faint, spicy, fragrant odor is perceived, look around for tome odd i ringing vessel and know that it is an incense burner and the perfumed air Is charged from its depths. Most of the incense used In drawing rooms is the Chinese sort, which comes in sticks. Some housekeepers, however, affect the Algerian, the real, churchy sort, and one almost looks, on catching its altar flavor,' for robed acolytes and chanting priests. The Chinese -undoubtedly ii to be preferred for pure worldly use, as its aroma is not so distinctively religious. Any ineense burn ing in private houses, simply for effect, must be set down as a oaprioe In question able taste. ' Scarlatina In the East End. Thirty-two deaths v were reported to the Bureau of. Health for the first two days of Hay. Of this number two were caused by grip, eight by pneumonia and two by cerebrospinal meningitis. Yesterday 'fire new cases of scarlatina and three ot diph theria were reported. Of the scarlatina cases four are members of thelEaffer family, of 728 Copeland street. ilCK Br.AUA.CUS -Carter's Uttle LlverTllls. 61CK HEADACHE '-Carter's Little Liver Pills. SJC1C lACHE..0u,,rjw,UwKUV. IOK KXXUAOHX. '-Carter's Little Llvtrmi, ' - , aoWTTSA FINANCE AND TRADE.' Some Good Deals- in Kealty, Showing Business Is Picking Up. RICH ODTSIDERS COMING TO TOWN.. Mr. Barry Oliver Unloads Nina Acres in the flazehrood District LAND TALUES 05 THE NORTHSIDEl Beal estate displayed considerable of its old-time activity the past week. Sales were the largest of the year. Baxter, Thompson & Co. yesterday sold for Bohert Spronl to Mr. H. Finnegan, of Olean, N. Y., a prop erty on the west side of Atlantio avenue, Twentieth ward, for $13,500. The lot is 100x170, with a fine new two-story and attio brick dwelling of 13 rooms. In the same district during the week ex Sheriff Guffy, of Greensburg, bought two vacant lots oh Liberty avenue, each 60x200, for 18,600. Mr. Guffy proposes to build an elegant residenoe there for himself, as be has made arrangements to locate permanently in Pittsburg. Particulars of a Big Deal Brief mention was made a short time ago of the sale of a large block ot the H. W. Oliver property in the Twenty-third ward, but owing to the unfinished state of the deal at that time, details were withheld. These came to band yesterday. The property comprises about nine acres, and is bounded by Second avenue, Hazelwood avenue. Sylvan avenue and the William Lewis tract, with three buildings, one of them, the Oliver mansion, being among the largest and finest residences in- the ward. The purchaser was Ira M. Burcblield and the con sideration 32,000, The deed was filed for record yesterday afternoon. It Is Mr. Buroh field's intention to sub-divide the property and pat it on the market at once. Allegheny Beal Estate. In regard to the condition and prospectant real estate on the Northslde, John K. Ewing A, Co. say: "There is little going on in the way ot definitely completed transactions. The con fidence of real estate operators and real estate brokers in the prospect of an active market is not yet shaken, and, Indeed, there is little cause why it should be. While this week has been comparatively dull so far as completed transactions are concerned, it has by no means been one of idleness. Inquiry for property is active; pending negotiations are legion. There are enough prospective transactions in sight to keep brokers btrsv halt the year to close ud. The same thing can be said now that has been said eacn week for a month or more. With a period of good weather there will be a revival in the market which will equal the fondest hopes ot the men who. make tbelr living by commissions from sales. There is no sign of weakness in the market. There is no property to be had at prices lower tban it could bave been bad a few month's ago; there is much that cannot be had as cheaply as it could last fall. Owners:seein to consider themselves masters of the situation, and are as firm as the ground they own in their ideas of values." Figures on Building. It is roughly estimated that there are fully 800 buildings of various kinds in course of erec tion in and Immediately around Pittsburg, work on whleh has been suspended in con sequence of the strike. Of this nnmber 200 are In tbe Hast End, 100 in the Wilklnsburg dls triot, ISO on the Southside, 60 on Perrysville avenue, 60 in the Emsworth district, and the rest in tbe city proper. Besides these tho various arobttects have orders for plans for about 600 more. Permits taken out in the city so far this year represent 1,000 structures, large and small. These figures show great activity in this line of business under circum stances which would cripple any industry. Kor the interests of the city, and especially ot people ot small means who want to build to save rent, it is sincerely hoped the strike blockade will soon be removed. Facts About Mortgages. Statlstlcr show that the nnmber of mortgages in the United States is 9,000,000, of an average value of between 600 and 600, the total value being about 10,000,000,000. The number of per sons holding mortgages is about 3,600,000. Ninety per cent of all the mortgages were given for what are called 'livo debts," that is, im provements and business operations. These facts prove that debt thus incurred is not such a burden as some people think. It has epabled a great many necestary Improvements to be made which otherwise would bave been impos sible. Borrowing money on mortgage for building or betterment is a species of saving to be commended. It has been the means of changing hundreds of people in Pittsburg from renters to proprietors. Business News and Gossip. Major Pentecost bas ordered lumber for ten houses in Valley View place. Seventeen purchase money mortgages were filed for record yesterday, showing that home builders and improvers are still active. Business in stocks outside of the exchange last week was the best ot the year. Nearly 3,000 shares of Monongahela Water Company were marketed. Orders from new buyers were numerous. The Beal Estate Auction Board -room has been fitted up neatly, bnt not gorgeously, and is now ready for business. Pittsburg and Western Bailroad s sold In New York at 79. Lots in Sheraden Terrace are going off like hot cakes. They are well located, convenient and undoubtedly cheap. Manufacturers should read the inducements presented in another column by tbe promoters of the new town of Kensington. W. J. Bobinson was tbe principal buyer of Electric K. J. Stoney, Jr., took Pleasant Val ley. The Manchester Traction Company's lines will, it is reported, be ready for business about the middle of Juno. - The Iron City National Bank has declared the usual semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent., pay able at once. It is hinted that to-morrow's meeting of the Philadelphia Company will be made lively by an attempt of outsiders to capture the manage ment. The Building BeooVd. During the week 60 permits were issued, rep resenting 6t buildings, 8 -brick, 6i frame and 2 ironclad, the total cost of all being 10670; Tho Nineteenth ward led with 8, followed by the Twenty-first with 7 buildings. The number of permits taken out the previous week was (8, representing 73 buildings of an estimated value of J37.Sfi3. Nnmber of buildings for which permits have been eranted this year to date, 842. Yesterday's list follows: Dr. J. A. Potts, frame two-story stable, 12x22 feet, on Sbiloh street, Thirty-second ward. Cost,U50. . Alfred Marland, frame three-story dwelling, 18x32 teet on Whitfield street, Thirty-second ward. Cost, $1,400. Mrs. Mary Morrow, frame two-story shop, 18x26 feet, on Collins avenne, Nineteenth ward. Cost, (100. Mrs. Mary Morrow, frame two-story dwelling, 18x30 feet, on Morrow street, Nineteenth ward. Cost, (1,000. Samuel Pickett, frame two-story dwelling, 18x30 feet, on Morrow avenue, Nineteenth ward. Colt. 11,000. Thomas Welter, frame addition one-story kitchen, 12xl2 fees, on Greenfield street, Twenty-third ward. Costi (200. Samuel Gallagher, frame addition two-story dwelling, 18x22 teet, on Ellsworth avenue. Twentieth ward. Cost, (700. William H. Prootor.f rame two-story and attio dwelling, 22x32 feet, on Inwood street, Twenty first ward. Cost, (1,600. B. K. Armstrong, frame addition two-story and mansard dwelling, 16x20 feet, on Idlewlld street, Twenty-first ward. Cost, $800. Daniel Wenke, brick addition two-story dwelling, 16x18 feet rear Sarah street. Twenty sixth ward. Cost, (900. John Smith, frame one-story ebop, 10x15 feet, McLean avenue, Thirty-first ward. Cost (25. Andtew Patton, frame two-story dwelling. 16x32 feet, oh Journal street, Thirty-fifth ward. Movements In Kealty. Alles ,4 Bailey sold for Henry Chess the property, Nd. 2010 Carson etreet, Southside, Jot 72x120 feet to an alley, with a large frame dwelling, being tbe old Chess homestead, to O. Mueller for 16,000 cash: W. O. Stewart sold lots Not. 1 and 2 in the McCombs Grove plan, Squirrel Hill to' Mrs. Charlotte Morgan for 62,000 cash. Mr. Stewart added: "This is without doubt one of the cheapest and best located plan ot lots on the 'hill, being right on the line ot the new eleotrio read and but 600 feet from the malnentranoe to Sohenley Park." Black A Balrd sold to B. 8. Voorhaes the' property, No. 260 Meyran avenue, Oakland, being a new bnok dwelling of eight room;," with lot22xlll feet through to Ward street, for (5,75a Beed B. Coyle&Co. sold for Mrs. Jessie Armstrong her property on Lafayette ftreet,-Twenty-third ward, consisting of a frame dwelling ot seven rooms,' with "lot 60x288 feet, for 18.200 casb. ' . . A. Z. ByeN 4k Co. teM tw HrSeater to J. H. Delta aTaeant lot 64. ring a Xreatact of 196 feet on-North avenue, and extending through 227 teet to a 80-foot street, located at Emsworth, Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, tor 2.000. , . ii. F. Hippie & Co. sold for Mr. John Fish ering a lot 60x160 on the' north side of Center avenue, Baum's Grove plan. Twentieth ward, for 13.600. The price does not Include paving and grading. Charles Homers & Co. sold to John J. White. Esq., a residence property situated on Beed street near Center avenue, Thirteenth 'ward, consisting of ground comprising about three quarters of an acie with a bouse of ten rooms, tor $12,600. G. A. 8alnt sold to John Burkman alot 20x100 feet on Washington street, near .Ninth street, Braddock, for (1,160. HOME SECURITIES. A Good Week for All tho Leading Interests Trading Brisk, and Value's Higher. Mr. Westlnghoose' Arrives But Talks Very Guardedly. The better outlook tor business as reported by careful observers whose vocation is to note the ebb and flow ottrade is strongly reflected in the stock market where increased activity and better prices are tbe rule. This is distinctively true of th'e local market. Nearly all the changes during the week Were advances, and the finish for almost everything was at top prices. All the Tractions were higher. Citizens' making a, gain of (4 a share. The miners solidified. ' Bink stocks improved. Electric added oyer a point to iu credit. The' natnral gassers swung upward in fact every thing worth trading in was strong and buoyant. Yesterday's market was no exception to tbe rule. During the hour while tbe call lasted, sales aggregating 290 shares wore made, and in most cases tbe best prices of the week were put on the board. Street prices after call were still higher. Several small lots of Electrlo were picked up at 15Jf. C L. McCntcheon sold 25 shares of Philadelphia Gas at 13& and another broker reported a transaction at 13. There was a bid of 65 for Citizens' Traction. Mr. Westingbouse arrived In the city from tbe East yesterday, presumably to attend the meeting of the Electric and Construction Com pany to-morrow, He refused to say anything further than that his negotiations had been satisfactory. This seems .to be the general opinion, although so far nothing In the way of facts or figures has been presented to the pub lic to give it the semblance ot an authoritative utterance. To-morrow's meeting will no doubt clear up the mystery. Figures were made on bonds as here given; Allegheny Valley first mortgage 7s. 109 bid: Allegheny Valley Income 7s, 20 bid; Pittsburg Junction first-mortgagees, 118 bid; Panhandle first mortgage 7s, 115 bid, 118 asked; Pittsburg and Western general mortgage 4s, 78 bid, 79K asked: Citizens' Traction 6s, 103 bid, 108 asked; Pittsburg lraction, 102 bid. 104 asked. Sales yesterday were 10 Central Traction at 19, 10 Electrlo at 14K, 60 at 14. 10 at 14, 10 at 14, 10 at 14, 10 at 14, 60 at 14, 80 at 14, 10 Switch and'Signal at B, 60 Pleasant Valley at 24, 5 at 24, 25 Philadelphia Gas at 13 total 290; for. the week. 3,186; previous week, 8,430. Pinal bidd and offers follow: BAITE STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Arsenal , S3 ... Citizens -National Bank... 65 CltyDeposlt 66 Diamond National Bank Z15 .... Kxehanee National Bank. 85 fourth National Bank 125 .... Freehold Bant "..65 .... Herman National Bank 305 -.... Iron City National Bank 83 Liberty National Bank lOu Marine National Bank 107)4 ilasonlo Banc 55 w .Metropolitan National Bank 110 Monongahela National Banc 123 Odd Fellows' Savings Bank. 70 Pitts. National Bant of Commerce 250 People's National Bank Peonle's savlno-j Bank of Plttthiir. .. 75 IBs" 150 S00 Bccoud National Bank .210 lnsuhaxce stocks. Bid. Asked. ... 50 ... SO ... as ... eo Bid. Asked. Allegheny Insurance Co., Cash -. Monongahela National OAS STOCKS. Allstheny das Co. (Ilium.) irituDarguas uo. (wum.) WATUBAL OAS STOCKS. 7ZH .... Bid. Asked. Manufacturers'. Gas Co Ohio Valley Peonle's Nat. Gas and Plneare Oa. 11 25 ! Philadelphia Co is if Wheeling Gas Co "J OIL COIIPANT STOCKS, m. .. Bla- Asked. Tuna Oil Co eo rASSEKOEB BAZLWAT STOCKS. ..'.. J,ld- ASked. Central Traction is jgu Citizens' Traction 65 .... Pittsburg Traction S4 " Pleasant Valley uu . (Second Avenue Electric... 51 55 BAQ.BOAD STOCKS. .. Bid. Asked. Pitts. A western R.R.Co. pref.i.. it: IT "is .Pittsburg; Wheeling & Kentuoky 5a BBIDQE STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Asked; ie" Ewalt (rorty-thlrd st.)., nana street .........,,,,,,,,.,,. .., Mli'INO STOCKS. Bid. HldilroMlnlntr Co a La NorlaMlnlnttCo.... S3 Luster Mining Co Bllverton Mining Co ; y UM ELSCTBIO LIGHT STOCKS. ' Bid. Asked. Westingbouse Electric HX 143( MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. X. MM Aifrnrt Monongahela Water Co 27K .. Dnlon Switch and Signal Co....: i Union Switch and Signal Co., pfd IT 13 WestlnKhouse Air Brake Co SI eiu Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. 178 Pittsburg Plate Glass Co..pref 226 .... Standard Underground Cable Co 52 M.,- Ex-dlvldend. At New York yesterday tbe total sales ot stocks were 119,073 shares, including; Atchi son, 7,700; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. 2,606; Louisville and Nashville. 4,055; Mis souri Pacific, 6,900; Northern Paciflo, pre ferred, 4.850; Eichmond ana -West Point, 1,620; St. Paul, 2,050; Union Taclflo, 7,009. SALIENT POINTS. How Local Stocks Look to Those Who Are Handling Them. A. J. Lawrence & Co., in their weekly letter reviewing Ute local stook market, eayt "The signs of improvement noted in our last letter became more clearly defined during the week, and more confidence has been displayed by in vestors than at any previous time this year. Not only have tbe gains established early in the week been maintained, but the market closes with an advancing tendency. Investors bave shown a decided preference for he street railway securities, and all ot them, except Pittsburg and Birmingham, (which has not yet beta publicly dealt in) have advanced from small fractions to (3 ana 14 per share, the latter in Citizens' Traction. The arguments In favor of this class ot stocks cer tainly appeal very strongly to the Judgment ot investors. The companies do a strictly cash business and therefore have no doubtful ac counts or bills receivable. Their Income is not affected by depression in trade, by short crpos, by strikes, or by monetary stringency, for the reason that the fare is ata minimum and popu lation is ever on the increase. Tbe 'one argu ment against them has been ssrercanltallzation. but tbe steady Increase in traffic has in a large measure neutralized tbe force of this objection. Tbe natural eas shares have been dull but firm. The capitalization pi these companies represented by present prices is a mere baga telle compared with their par value, and we bave reason to believe that the attention ot Eastern capitalists has been attraoted to this phase of our gas plants. A considerable amount ot tho Philadelphia Company stock sold during the past six weeks has been taken by tbe East, a fact which has been signifi cantly commented upon. The ensuing week will he especially interest ing in the development . likely to occur in Westlnfrhouse Eleotrio and Philadelphia' Com pany. Mr. Westinghbuse arrived home on Saturday and Is doubtless prepared to gratify the public curiosity as to the outcome of his negotiations in behalf of Electric, which holds its annual meeting on Monday morning.' It would be futile to gness what that outcome may be, but in any event we reiterate tbe opinion that the preferred stock. will displace tbe common in the market. The Philadelphia Company will also hold IU annual meeting on Monday, and the effeots Of a promised favorable statement were seen Saturday in an advance to IBXaiSK. tbe high- est price of the week. All in all, tbe outlook Is very flattering for continued activity In the leading specialties, as well as In the better Issues of bonds. HONEYXASKET. . Interest Bates Clipped Slightly as an In ducement to Borrowers. Funds were In large supply all week, and at the close of business yesterday there was a large, surplus for which no 'employment could be found. Interest rates, as previously re marked, have weakened and tbe extremes may be quoted at 6Q7 per cent. The Clearing House statement for the day Is satisfactory, but that for the week, as compared with tbe previous week, shows a loss of about (2,000.00a Tbe labor strike should be held re sponsible for this, as there was nothing else to bring it about. Iq a general way the outlook at the close ot the week was better than at tbe beginning. Saturday 'a exchanges I 2,211,780 48 Saturday's balances r... ...... , 571,887 54 Week's exchanges. ;.....;...... Is, 473,17$ 77 Week's balances....... ........ ... ..... 2.m.iss4 k Previous week's exehasses..f..it;..15,624Vee3 et SBeBanreeweKrus.''i,.'.,;.'itM l,l6a,amM vTfcwIweelfly suteteat-iC.vi hanks, issued yesterday, shows' the following exchanges! Reserve, increase, 188,175; loans, deorease, $2,663,1001 specie, decrease, tL809,SO0j legal tenders. Increase,- tUfflO.OOOr deposits, -decrease, (2,988,300; circulation. Increase, 9,800. The banks now hold-(7,443,125 above the re quirement of the 25 per cent rule. Moqey on call at New York yesterday was easy, ranging from 8 to 4 per cent, last loan 4, closed offered at 4. Prime mercantile paper 4S. Sterling exchange quiet and steady at (4 85K for 00-day bills and (4 89 for demand. Closing Bonit Quotations. Jf.8.4; rjr. 1M U. s. is, onp.;...lZ0K I1.K.4T. Ms GX Untnal Union s....l03 M. 1. C Int. Cert. .111 Northern lrat.'lsU..115V Northern Psc, lda..lllf Korthw't'n vessels. 117 Nortw'n detwo's Ss.lOSX Oregon & Trans, e. 8t.LI. M. Gen. fa. 86 St.U. ft B.F.On.M.106J St. Pail tonsols....l24 st. r.cMtre. 1IU.J19H sx.. Pclsts SOK u.b. , reg. iuu J. 8. 4)4, eoau. ..... 101 PaeifleAAAr fas lis Loaisisuaitsmptdis t3H MJBOVOXl HI..... ...... Tenn. new set. He.. 302K - uon .... vw Tenn.newaet. ss... .,71. Canada Bo. Ma..-. . 87. Central Poelne isu. 107X xxu. jc, t. ists, ...u un. K. a. 4a... B.O. Weetlsts.... JWeMs U.1L.CT. Ists.... :.3fi TX..-.J? . 5d 34S union racise ista...iC8)4 West Bhore. ....10ljJ Bank Clearings. Now OrliaitS Clearings to-day, (1,644,618. Chicago Tbe clearings of tbe banks were (20,014,000. New York exchange was firm at 60c premium. Bates for money were steady at 6Bper cent. Bterling exchange was steady and unchanged. Cincinnati Money stlffer at 4S per cent. New York exchange 66 par cent premium. Clearings, (12.405,600. For the week, (2.818.250; for the corresponding week last year, (12,230, 050. New Yosk Clearings, (167,233,236: balances, (5,971,824. For the week, clearings, (779,265,490; balances, (37,652,946. Boston Clearings, (18,649,782; balances, CL. 616.(153. Money, 66 per cent. Exchange on New. York, par to 20 cents discount. For the week, clearings, (104,863,271; balances, (11,175, 217. For the corresponding week last year, clearings. (113.424.118; balances, (11.910.022. Philadelphia Clearings. 517,001.217; bal ances, (2,127.132. For tbe week ending to-day, clearings. (63,309,685; balances, (10,646,326. Money, 4Q5 per Cent. Baltluoee Clearings, (2,821,418; balances, (335,261. Money, 6 per cent. THE WEEK 15 OH. Xilfeless as a Quaker Meeting, but Better Figures Made. The oil market again failed to surprise the trade yesterday by a sale. Cash oil opened at 69 bid and finished. at 71. For June 72 was bid here and 73 at OH City, which place fur nished all the steam the market had. The week was dull throughout, one of the dullest, in fact, on record, only about 10,000 barrels exchanging hands. The bighestprice was 71 and the lowest 65. Tbe final bid, as compared with that of the previous Saturday, shows a gain of nearly S cents. Field news of the week was rather bullish, bnt this was offset by monopoly manipulation, so that the foil effect was, not realized. But the scarcity of offerings shows that faith in im provement is still entertained by tbe sanguine element of traders and producers, Other Oil Market. Cleveland, May 2. Petroleum quiet; snow white, 110, 6c: 74 gasoline, 8c; 86 gasoline, 12c; 63 naphtha, 6c New Yobk, May 2. Petroleum had a slight spasm of activity to-day, opening strong and advancing lo on Western buying: Then the market reacted sharply, and closed steady. Pennsylvania oil, spot: Opening, 70c; highest, T2c; lowest, 70c; closing, 71c June option: Opening. 70c; highest. 72c; lowest, TOc; closing. 71c Lima oil: Opening, 18c; highest, 19c: lowest, 18c; closing, 18c Total sales, 67,000 barrels. , NEW Y0KK STOCKS. The Market Again a Waiting One, Owing to the Strikes, bnt Strong St. Paul an Active Stock Large Trading; In Silver Specie Exports. New York, May 2. The stock market was quiet to-day, but there was a firm tone through out, which advanced prices slowly, but steadily, without material changes In prices at tbe close. The street is again in a waiting attitude. The situation in the bituminous ooal districts had some effect to create a feverish market, but it seems to be recognised now that the strikes will not last long, from the fact that tho leaders do not promptly make known the outcome of their conferences with tbe coal operators. There was no life in tbe market at any time, and while there was considerable animation at times in St. Paul, Burlington, Cordage and sil ver certificates, the general list presented no feature whatever. 8c Paul was the only really 'active stock, and it succeeded in scoring a larger gain than the others, but the movement was wltbout life. Silver furnished the only feature of the trad ing. Bumors were prevalent that a large amount ot-sllver was to be shipped, and that London would be compelled to take a large amount In connection with its Argentine com plications. The stock of silver has again begun to increase, and there was evident manipula tion ot the price to-day. which on large trans actions reached (1, but reacted again, leaving it at tbe olose Ji ot a cent hlghervthan last nignt, Tbe bank statement was more favorable tban expected, though tbe heavy shipments of gold to-day counts for little or nothing in it. The former shipments, however, we're balanced by receipts from tbe interior, and a small Increase m the surplus reserve was shown. Tbe mar ket, however, did not respond to the statement, and slight, concessions were made in the final dealings, but tbe close was firm, though dull, at or near the best prices. Tbe final changes ?re in all cases for small fractions only, with a arge majority of advances. ' Bailroad bonds were also quiet and without feature of any kind, and while (571,000 were traded in no perceptible tendedcy in either di rection could be noticed. Exports of specie from tbe port of New York last week amounted to (4,653,629. of which (4, 670,770 was in gold and (82,859 in silver. The im. Sorts of specie for tbe week amouhred to $18, 19, ot which (7,042 was gold and (11,057 silver, fbe following table shows tne prices of active stocks on the N ew York Stock Exchange yester day. Corrected daily for THE Dispatch by Whtthkt & 8tbphehmw. oldest Pittsburg mem bers of the Mew York Stook JCxchange. 57 "Fourth avsnuei, , Clos- Open. Inc. Am. Cotton Oil........ 23 Am. Cotton ouortr... 61 Am. Cotton Oil Trust. .... Ateh. Top. ft 8. 7 2 Canadian facile Canada Southern ., Central of Newjersey.120 .Central faclfic Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago Gas Trust.... 50). C. Bur. ft Qulncy 89 C, Mil. &BI. Paul.... CVi C..MU. 4at,faulpre. .... C. Jtockl. !'. 79 C Ht. r. M. tt. pi C. ftKortowsstera. ...110 C. M. W. Pt - .... C. C. O. I e4K Col. Coal ft Iron sag Col. ft Hocking Vauer 2S Ches. ft Olilo 1st nrer.. tz Ches. a Ohio 1A nrer.. 32H Del.. Lack ft West 139 Del. ft Hudson IK6M Den. ft Klo Grande.... lj Den. ftruo Grande, di. .... Hlrb. Siw- n - est. ut Bin. 23 27J4 77)4 SI W 49 26 KJ4 a M!4 79 MX 120H .113H 119 31 iiii ' com . 51 h S04 89H to HH 64)4 UK lis 79X 19 , 1H 37a 110M 110 110 itsx; 62)4 S4K 65!t S9 JSS tsu 28 X73 S7 S2(4 liU ttB zsh 12 nil 133)3 133 rag 13SX 138 133 19 19 19 ci!4 loix 101 101 1454: liix liiii iiil UK si siS 94 40)4 40 40 Wi 71X 71 194 19 19)4 103X 103 103)4 ...I .... 13 tt ilV 31 61 6j2 55 40 . 2 S3J U VH IS wa tin v r3 n ri T3K .... .. . 18 ' .... Z094 MX M ' S4 191 18 IS 7:j 72 nn 23 91 .... .... 107)4 47 KH an to si 10) M . 2 23 82)4 kS tan 77 76V 76 H 37K 17)4 "X VH' 173? 17)4- S3 Illinois Central 101H Lakejcneft West....- .... Lata JErteft Wen or.' G9M Lass snore ft M. B UIH Louisville AMaihvUle. 81)4 Michigan Central KoDlie Onlo. ......... !4 Missouri facine.. ...... 71 H KattonaiiieadTruit... IBM New xork Central 101 K.Y. ass SI. l. a. r I. . w tm h. T I .ft W. pd.. h H. r. ft. . .......... 99V 2iX.. O. ft W. .... 17 Norfolk ft Western Morrotk A Western r. .... Northern faeise 2IH Northern Paeinonr.... 73 Ohio ft Mississippi..... Oren imorovemens, .... Faclao Hall -. ..- fee.. jeo.,ft Bvans.... .... rnllasel. ftKcadln... S4J4 Pullman Palace uar lllchmona A VV. P. T.. 18 JUchmonaft W.P.4.PI 72)4 St. Paul ft Duluth..... .... st. Faul ft Dalatn of., .... Ht. P.. Minn, ft Man., .... Bt. It. ft Barf t. 1st Dr.. .. Texas Taelne . . Union Paolfle . H Wabasa....... MM .... Wabasn Drererra.. X2M Western Unlsn. ........ 82jJ- Waeellocftu B. ss WheeantUB.prr.. 7T North American Co.- 37J P., U, C. ft St. I, 173 P., C, C. ftbt. Ii. prl .1,. JEs-alTldena. WALL STREET POIBTEES. Surprise Caused by Else When Break Was Expected. That balls as well as bears are sometimes de ceived is shown la the following, wired to John M. Oakley tt O0.1 The judgment from surface indications again proved deceptive. Tbe bulls agreed last night that tbe market was likely to be lower, but wbo jxpecte'd it to immediately develop, a sharp The heavy gold engagements 'of yesterday ex cited fears of a largar -drain tban bad -been counted on. At this season May tho Dank of England is always subject to a heavy drain for StAAtllnA uwnnnt' VaaterAw aftmAs, 40,. MtUacot 8ola Meets eaeltia me few Hat he was' not in sympathy with the advance) and might oossibly put forth gome plan before the meeting of Western managers in this eity next week that might be rejected. Mr. Gould has certainly not been pushing his stacks or appar ently contributing to the momentum of the market. If it goes up it will be with no thanks to him; it will show that tbe body of profes sionals and the' pnblio are more powerful than one single man. This is a fact, however, that needed no demonstration. ." To-day's market.was really a surprise. We are bulls, as we have been for a month, bnt re actions must come to solidify the market, and wa will probably see a reaction early next week, but it is by no means certain. Too many people are bullish for any serious decline; all reactions bring in buyers. Silver, to which we referred yesterday and recommended, gave a good account of itself to-day. We "still consider it a purchase. It ought to go-to 102 or 103 at least this month. Boston Stocks, Ateh. & Top L.G.7S S3M Cataloa., ... ...... 20 IS Boston s juDony....zut Boston & HAlne....lS7 rraniuin .... ...... Kearsarge Osceola. Quinsy santa Je Copper., C B.AQ 89 Eastern B. R. 61.. ...121 FlUktrariK. B.. ... H . 38 105 ev Li. it. s Ft. B sa Hass. Central -.. 1SV 1WHUKCK.,! .150 Anniiton Land Co-.. 40 lAtx. Cen. com 21X N. f.SX. Erne..... 5SH Boston Land Co IX san Diego Land Co. 23 Wtst'End Land Co. .22K Bell Telephone 2OTJ4 Lamson Store S IS n. I. A N. Enc VS. .121 Kutlsnd pref. S3 Wis. Cen. common. 51W AJlonezJH.Co(new). m Atlantic 15. Boston & Mont. 42 Ualamet ft Ueola....U0 Water Power 2U Centennial Mining. 15)4; N. Enr. Telephone, it Butte &Bost.copper. IS Philadelphia Stocks. ClMlnir quotations of Philadelphia stocks. Jur nlihed bv Whitney ft Stephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue." Members New Xork Stock Ex change! Bid. Asked. FennsylvanlaBaflroaa,..,,,. 51 H ' im Beading 17 rTJt Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia S tH Lenlch Valley. 48)4 s LebtgnNavlsatlon.: 481 43)4 Philadelphia and Erie 29) SO Northarn jfaclne common 27H "t Northern Paelfle creferred.. ... TiA , tz Mining Stock Quotations. New York. May 2. Alice. 155; Adams. Con solidated, 170; Belcher, 250; Best and Belcher, 800; Bodle. 110: Consolidated California and Virginia, 1700: Deadwood T-, 110: Eureka Con solidated, 350; Gould and Cnrry. 840;. Hale and Norcross, 340: Homestake, 875; Horn Silver, 345; Iron Silver. 1C0; Mexican, 450; Ontario. 3800; Opblr. 800; Plymouth, ISOt'Standard, 100; Union Consolidated,- 425. MARKETS BY WIRE, A Field Day for Bears All Grains and Provisions .Close at Nearly the 'Low est Day's Notch Slight Revivals Followed by Reactions. CHICAGO Weakness was the predominant feature in all of the trading pits on 'Change to day. The result of tbe day's trading is a loss in tbe value of the July option the leading future in all articles in comparison with yes terday's close, of lc in wheat, lo in corn. o in oats, 17o.ln pork, lOo in lard and lOo in ribs. All ef tbe early news was bearish, and wheat developed so much weakness dur ing the first half hour that It conld not re coyer during tbe rest ot the session. Crop reports were uniformly favorable and receipts continued enormous, xnere was some uneasi-. ness over the financial outlook in the East, and the exports for the last week and tbe last ten months comparod very nnfavorably with those of the corresponding period ayear a'eo. Under tbese Influences July opened at 81 05&? atralnst 21 OSVf at the-elose yesterday, and sold off without mention about reaction to (1 04.' The tact that some 01 tne Aiay wneat which bad been delivered sold rather depre ciated values, and tbe premlnm of .May over July was considerably narrowed. As tbe ses sion advanced considerable bullish news was received. On the strength of this wbeat rallied to (1 04, but sagged off and closed near the bottom at (1 64. Corn was as weak as wheat, the-resu.lt of weaker cables, the weakness in wheat, long selling, and a promise of continued heavy receipts. July opened at 63, andunder steady offerings sold down to 62. A rally to 63 followed on purchases to coyer, and then' an other recession to ibe lowest point of the euy, 62. at wbieb it closed. Oats opened weak, in sympathy with wheat and corn. Holders fearingto keep It over Sun day threw it on the market and caused a break. July opened at 48g4Sc, against 48oatthe close yesterday, and tbe price broke to 47c. At this point tbe shorts began to buy and the price rallied to 4Sc, but renewed free offerings drove it down again to 47c, and it closed o better than that. Provisions were heavy throughout the ses sion. The ruling influences were the weakness in cereals, heavy receipts and the enormous stocks of hog products on hand. The leading futures ranged as lonows, as cor rected by Jobn M. Oakley & Co- 45 8xth street, members of Chicago Board of Trade: Opening-. High it low est. Clos ing. Asncxsa, tfSMxr, Ko.t May.... June. ....-... July COM?. HO. 2 MT June..... ..... .... July OATS. HO. 1 SIM 1061 iosS ??!X IJ04X 105 104K est 1 uo 104)4 106), 64H s. 10M4 87 MX 64 !( 03 H 62)4 82K 1 Kte I3H VUUV....C. July Mass f orx. May July September LASD. May July September Skobt Kiss. . May July. September S3 it M 112 77 112 77)4 12 SS 112 55 n iu 7X 8 70 7 02)4 14 JU 1140 8 70 7 0- 7 25 !0 860 8 87H li KM 22fc 665 6 92-4-717)2 620 6 47H 6 77)4 13 20 86S 690 717K 620 6 47)4 8 7S 1 i 8 20 eTH 6 87K 'Cash quotations were as xonows: Flour firm and nncnanged. .No. 3 spring wheat, 1 04K1 OS; No.8sprlne wheat, SI 00 1 01; No. 2 red. 1 0501 07; Ho. 2 corn. 68c; No. 2 oats. 52?ic; J7o. 2 white, 68K56Vc; No. 3 white, 54Ko. No. 2 rye. 84c. No. 2 barley nominal: No. 3, f. o. bi. 7376c; No. 4. f. o. b., -70c; No. 1 flaxseed. SI 18: prime timothy seed, SI 271 2S. Hess pork, per bbL 812 65. Lard, per 100 lbs. SS 65. Short nb sides (loose). So 2008 25: dry salted shoulders' (boxed), S5 2065 25; short clear sides (boxed), SO 6568 75. Sugars nn. changed. On the Produce Exchange to-day the batter market was steady and unchanged. Eggs. 13QISKC LOCAL LIVE STOCK. Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock Yards. omoa or PnTSBtma Dispatch, I . Sxtdbdat. May X t Cattle Beoeipts, 1,029 head; shipments, 903 head: nothing doing; all through consignments; no cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Beoeipts, 8,600 head; shipments, 8,100 bead: market dull; Phlladelohlas, SS 255 0; best Yorkers and mixed, 14 7505 16; pies, 14 00 64 60; 6s cars hogs shipped to New York to day. Sheep Receipts, 1,400 bead; shipments, 1,400 head; market nothing doing; all through con signments. SOWS' OK TUB WHARF, Tex Keystone State will arrive to-night from Cincinnati. The Congo left at 5 o'clock last evening for Cincinnati: The. marks on the Monongahela wharf showed 2 feet S inches last evening. The Courier arrived from'and departed for Farkersburg, on its regular weekly trip. Wool Markets. ' New Yobs Wool quiet and stea'dy; do mestlo'fleece, 81837c; pulled, 26333c; Texas, 17 240. BT. XiOUtS Wool Receipts, 83,439 pounds. Offerings are fair, and the good bright lots met with ready sales. Prices range as follows: Un washed bright medium. 19921c: coarse braid. 14 Q22c; low sandy. HQ17c; fine light, 192lkc; hnebeavv, ll19c: tub washed, choice, 35c; in ferior, 29S3c FHUU.DELBHIA Wool market quiet and stocks light: 'Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia XX and above. 3233c: X, 29331c; medium, 5739ci. coarse, 85K36c; New York, Michigan, Indiana and Western fine or X and XX, 28320c; medium, 3638c; coarse, 85433Sc; fine washed delaine X andXX, 34g)SSc: medium wasbed combing and delaine, 41i2c; coarse do do do, SCS37c; Canada washed combing, 3i!6c: tub washed choic 374Qc; fair, 36 37c; coarse. 3335c; milium unwashed, comb ine and delalne,.2931c; coarse do do. 273 '8c; Montana, 20824c; .Territorial, 1622c Boston The demand for wool during tbe past week bas been moderate, and tbe sales of all kinds amount to only 1,710,200 pounds. Of this amount 609,000 pounds were or foreign grades. Tbe tone -of tbe market was .about stead v. Small lots of Ohio X sold at SOeKlc, and XX and XX and above at S2033O. Michi gan X has been quiet at 2S 28c Combing and delaine in moderate request. No. 1 combing selllnz at 40042c: Oblo ape delaine at 36037c, and Michigan tine delaine -4t S538c Un washed comblns wools have been dull at 2dfS 2Se for one.quarter and 25030c for . tbree-- pisrDths. xerntnrr wnms nave been sold at (U 034c for fine. C0fl02o f dr flue medium, and S5 670 for medium.. California, Oregon, and Texas wools are wltbout sales of imnortance. Un- ' washed Ohio and Michigan have-been sold at wws44C jruuea wooiaiaateaayuemaBtLwitn sales olsneru waste leg ekoloe and SMfJea tar Mr t,goei eetM, SJi AesiisTui, J -j WtW ADTEK1 ,- .electricity. At , .. rY'-n ' 'h,Himwrt and soda, then some home-made combination of 'soda with cream orVtartar, then baking powders containing ammonia and alum, then Cleveland's Baking Powder, by far the best of all, and entirely free from alnm, ammonia and other adulterants. 1 The best illuminating agent Electricity. The best leavening agent Cleveland's Baking Powder. . Cleveland Baking Powder Co., Nett Yok. Dr. C. N. Hoaoland, Presidtnt, quite active at 85844c. in good demand. Foreign, carpet wools HO EADICA1 CHAHOE. ITrom Present Appearances the St. louis Market Has Abont Beached Bottom. rsriciAi TXLEsajjf to tux DisriTCH.) St. Louis.MayZ Boeers.Brown ctMeacbam say: There has been no radical change in this market Tor several weeks. The month of April shows sales in some instances aterenlower prices than the previous months. But con sumption was so lipht, and the furnaces having scarcely recovered from the recent light money market, that collections were slow. Prices were cut to move some of the accumulation of stock on hand for prompt cash. From the Ereseht indications it appears that the bottom as been reached, and buyers wbo do not take advantage of tbe present low market may re gret it in a few weeks under ordinary circum stances. Tbe furnaces would not accept orders which leave so uttle margin, we quote lor cash f. o. b. St. Lonlst Hot blast coke and charcoal: Southern Coke No. 1 915 60015 75 Southern Coke No. 2 14 7315 00 Southern Coke No. 1 14 00(314 25 Southern Gray Forgo........ - 11 &0Q1J 75 Southern Charcoal No, 1 1" 73(313 00 Bonthern Charcoal No. Z 17 1V3I7 SO Missouri Charcoal No. 1 15 50315 00 Missouri Charcoal No. 2. 15 0015 50 -Ohio Softeners .-. 18 WG19M car wheel ana muieaDie irons: Late Superior 820 O02O SO Southern 19 00(321 GO LATE HEWS IN BRIEF. Herbert Spencer is down with the grip. Thomas Qulnn, M. P., has deserted .Parnell for the McCarthyitea.' Of the 1,105 immigrants landed at New York Friday, 1,428 were Italians. A milkman at Plalnfleld, N. J has. Just awakened after sleeping 100 hours. Mrs. James O. Blaine, Jr., is on her way back te New York from Sioux Falls, 8. D. Vera Crux, Hex., mingles barbarism with civilization by witnessing bull fights by electrlo light. A bloody race riot has occurred between Indians and negroes In Lanapier, Indian Terri tory. Michigan's Legislature has unanimously Sassed a resolution in favor ot reciprocity with anada. Fanny Davenport is suffering from nervous prostration in New York, and is unable to fill her engagements. John H.Adams, the Bt. Louis Jockey; cut his own throat in a stable Friday after a season of hard drinking. Auttralla'obiects to becoming the dumping ground or Hebrews, according to Baron Hirsh's emigration scheme. Boca, Minuter of the Interior of the Argen tine Republic, bas resigned and has been suc ceeded by Senor Zorjata. The Standard Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland has absorbed the plant and patents of tbe Waser Company at Hamilton, Ont. Earthqaake shocks visited Wohnrn. North Woburn. Burlington, Winchester, North Win chester and Stonebam, Mass and Nashua, N. . H., Friday night. A New York syndicate is endeavoring to buv tbe Westside Street Bailroad. in Cbicaeo. from tbe Philadelphia people, wbo have made millions out of lr. Lieutenant Baker, the Chicago World's Fair Commissioner, says be is receiving every courtesy and all tbe aid possible from tbe Mex ican Government. ' - Canada may retaliate on the United States on tho immigration question. A bill'will be introduced in the Dominion Parliament to pro hibit tbe importation of foreign laborers under contract. The Canadian Paciflo excursion- party reached Winnipeg Friday nlebt, having made the trip from the Paciflo in 62 hours and 20 minntes. They expect to make Montreal in 40 hours. A West Shore engine and a freight train collided on i sidetrack near Marlboroneb, N. Y., yesterday moraine. Engineer Lewis and Trainman Cameron will probably die. One freight car was burneo. Nathan T. Dodge, recently in the boot and shoe manufacturing business at Newbury. nort. Mass.. is askiuz an extension from his creditors, ne owes anout tis,wv, witn nominal assets of abont Sill. 000. The French Government has refused the demand of tbe executors of the will of the late Prince Napoleon in regard to tbe hitter's final laee of burial, that his body be Interred on the tie Sanguinares, near AJaccio. Corsica. Canadian sugar refiners do not want any reduction on the present duties on that article, but tbe members supporting tbe Government say that tbe cost must be reduced to tbe con sumer in some way unless tbey are to be anni hilated at tbe polls. The letter from Lord Knutsford to the Governor ot Newfoundland was read in the Colonial Parliament yesterdayand treated wKh .silent contempt The letter threatens Legis lature tkat unless it passes an act to carry out tbe treaties between GreatBrltlan and France, a bill now before tbe House of liords will be come a law. Tbe exnloring party sent out by Frank LeMt?M Illustrated Newspaper a year ago. has arrived at Tacoma, Wash., on its return, having endnred great hardships. They crossed the Chillkat Mountains by a route never before traveled by white men. They discovered a large lake, which they named ArkelL The ex plorers claim that it is the source el tbe Yukon river. William Beel, the man who confessed to helnn- the author of the slanders written from various Texas cities to a Kansas City paper at tacking tho character of honest men and of women, was taken to a secluded spot at Waco, Tex., yesterday, whipped, ridden upon a rail, tarred and feathered and ducked la a con venient pond, The noted ease of Young against the West ern Union Telegraph Company at Newberne, N. C for 810,000 damages, ended Friday by Young withdrawing tbe suit. Young claimed that a telegram annonncing bis wife's illness was not delivered to him for three days; and that in the meantime his wife died. He won bis caso in a lower court, but the Sunreme Court granted a new trial. Tbe telegraph com pany secured evidence that the woman was not Young's wife, but that be had deserted his first wife lor ber.. EV0LTJTI9H 0?- TEB KJNI7J5. The Development of This Useful Imple ment From the Sharpened Flint. Washing ton Star.J' "This case fall of implements which we bare newly placed.on exhibition is designed to show the development of tho tool which we call the knife, beginning from the earliest times," said Prof. Mason at the National Museum. "First, 70a observe, it the fragment of flint which the savage split by banging it oa top .with a stone hammer into a number; of flakes. The smaller ones were used for ar row' points and the bigger ones for knives, their edges being split off so sharp that yon might almost shave with some ot them, tfeit you see the flint flake inserted into a handle ot split wood or bone, and, further improvements, tbe -fastening .of this primi tive knife, in the' handle by-the rosin of trees and by cord' of one. sort or another boand araud to' lettN k. ."It ,- WUml kxt fatfell4. Evolution. In light: first, the tallow dip, then kerosene, then gas, then last and best - In leavening agents: first, sour milk i st tion Is this exquisitely molded blade ef. greenish jade belonging to the stone agel branded with a walrns tusk. Yon caaj hardly find a more admirably formed weapoaj among the products of modern cutlery wareC Most enrions of the modern tools here is the sailor's knife, square at the end instead of pointed, to prevent stabbing in a row or the dangerous falling of tbe weapon from aloft. Its blade drops ont from the end of the handle when a catch is touched, so that Jaok can hold a rope with one hand and open the knife for service without the need of fin eers." The Moon and the Barometer. '"" ' By a comparison of records extending OTeV a nnmber of years, it has been concluded that the moon has an influence in lowering the height of the barometer in the months from September to January at the time of fair moon, and in raising it during the first quarter. Ko effect has been perceived in the other months. p "When baby was sick, we -rave her Castorla, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, When she bad Childrenjhe gave them Castorla ans-77-xwTsa THE AFTER MATH. La Ctsura xm Its Aiteb Eri-zcra. Now tzs Pbopeb Time tor Special Tbxat xkst bt de. btxbs' method. Many people were no doubt surprised that Dr. Byers let so good an opportunity as the "La Grippe-' afforded to advertise himself and his practice go by, when tbe papers were fall of ad' rertisements ot empirical treatments and patent medicine cure-alls. But his time to) speak baa not yet arrived. He goes on the principle never to advertise treatment for any:, disease unless he Is sure he can do some good,; and all nose and throne specialists know that, during the acute inflammatory stages of lal grippe local treatment was worse tban useless."' Nearly one-half ot all Dr. Byers' catarrhal patients suspended treatment by his advice' during the epidemic, as he considered ltlmper-j ative for them to stay closely indoors. This honest stand on bis part bas won him the con.' fldence of all nght-'hinklng patients. JFm. C. Biert. M. D., JVo. tSl Perm Attnut Graduate Jijjrerson Medical College , JPMtadelpMa. Now Is the proper time to take special treau ment for la grippe and its after effects, snch is nasal catarrh, bronchitis, catarrhal pneumonia, incipient consumption, ehronio couihj, eta. eta, as the acute inflammatory symptoms have given way to the sub-acute and chronic forms. In stubborn cases of ehronio coughs, and la consumption. Dr. Byers continues to use the pneumatlo cabinet treatment with satisfactory results. ELIOTBICITT IK SPECIAL DISEASES. Dr. Brers and his associates have employs! electricity in the treatment of suitable cases continuously durinz the past six years with considerable benefit. When carefully and. scientifically applied there' is no doubt of its -great therapeutic value in certain ehronio alb; ment j, such as muscular rheumatism, neu-i raigia. partial paralysis ana nervous anecuons., This branch of Dr. Byers' practice is in charge of an experienced specialist, a graduate of the well-known Bellevne Hospital Medical College ef New York. S5PEB MONTH. All cues will be treated forS5 per month, ta-i eluding medicine, until July L Parties taklac. treatment before that time will he treated at. tbe same fee until cured. Dr. Byers gives his personal attention to all' diseases of tbe eye, ear, nose, throat and lungs,: All nervous diseases, skin diseases, eczema,, hires, pimples, blotches, eta, blood diseases,' scrofula, rheumatism and all kidney, bladder' and rectal troubles successfully treated by am) experienced associate specialist. Office, Ha 421 Penn avenue. Established 19841 Hours. 9 A. Jt. till 4 P. ic; 7 r. K. till 8 rVM.1 Sunday, forenoon only. Ont of town patients! write for symptom blank for home treatment for catarrh. mvC-SSUi-O BROKET.S-FINANCIAI. Whitney & Stephensos, 57 Fourth Avenue. ft s. anKias-? FAHNESTOCK & CO BANKERS AND BKOKEES, T'l No. 2 Wall Street, New York." Supply selected Investment bonds for cash, Of, in exchange for marketable securities. 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