Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 6, 1915, Page 1

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LVI.—NO. 5 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulleti_n’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, DECISIVE D EFEAT OF THE TURKISH ARMY Two of the Ottoman Arm y Corps in the Caucasus Been Utterly Defeated by Russians REMNANTS OF ANOTHER ARE BEING PURSUED Still Another Turkish Army Corps in the Vicinity of Ardahan is Reported to be Frantically Striving to Find an Outlet Through the Snow-Filled Passes of the Armepian Mountains to Escape the Pursuing Muscovites—In Poland Conditions are Virtually Unchanged—France Claims Gain of Some Strategic Positions in the Vicinity of Rouvrois and St. Mihiel—Berlin Hears That Darda- nelles Forts are Bombarding the Anglo-French Fleets. o corps in the vic F is reported to be frantically st to find an outlet througt er omi; hordes GERMANS ALONG THE VISTULA IN WARMED TRENCHES. | Be;\md Them We Several Lines of Equipped Artillery. | Are mi commer armed behinc imber 7¢ miles. that the the offensive, remaining on nated that at le ve been released into the second here they would now e withdrawn c ver Th that par being t to r ro0Ds thus re enewed of the righ a trianeular . bounded b Thorn to Mlawa and a movement is ind renewed activity between north of the ning from GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS TELLS OF DEFEAT OF TURKS In a Telegram Addressed to General! Joffr: m.—The fo ion was i sued by the war office tonight: “Last night our troops took posse: slon of a quarry situated at the cros: ing of the road from Rou \ihjel and tha Mihiel and also some neighboring | trench: | ‘There is no other operation to re- port. The weather continues to be ery bad, with incessant rains. “Grand Duke Nicholas has address- ed to General Joffre the following tel- ten to inform you of the joy- that the army of the Cau notwithstanding that its forces been reduced to a minimum, with view not to weaken the army in the principal theatre of war, has won o decisive victories-—on December and (January 3 and 4, modern ndar) against Turkish forces su- Terior in number, at Ardahan against | the f corps, and at Sari Kamysh inst the ninth and tenth Turkish rps, The entire ninth cory has apitulated; the tenth corps is making every effort to withdraw, but is being pursued by our troops.” “General Joffre has sent the follow- ing reply “1 pray Your Imperial Highness to accept my warm felicitations for the Zreat victory won by the army of the casus. By their constant and un- effort all the theatres juterrup ney | nection rations, the 3 re preparing the defini future.’ of i op FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN SHIPPING BUSINESS. Both Sides Discussed by Boston Chamber of Commerce. Both sides of the federal government e in- ipping business nt marine’ to- n Josiah W. Alexander onsor for the bill now s which would provide owner of merc ships characterized osed legislation as “the Mag- arter of Américan shipping was no intention among t ¢ the bill to create nent monopoly, he said. the other hand, Congressman E. of Vir objected to as a poor business propo as a breeder of delicate i complic: i the most federal pol it soc! Alexander npon was ire among said Con- t is in travention of the plank adopt- 1e Baltimore convention on the of merchanf marine. The which would require an ap- propriation of approximately 310,000, 0 and an issue of bonds to th of b v $30,000,000, fali it cor of this ph which jt cted st measu impos- additioral burdens upcn the peo- CARDINAL MERCIER HELD PRISONER BY CERMANS. Primate of Belgium and Archbishop of the Malines. been ar- oTiti nd pis- > at Malines under a mili- hich has cardinal's rial ¢ been confirm- rrest was the letter issued by sult of s | bim and read in the churches through- out Belgium Sunds In this letter | the cardinal is said to have referred o occupation of Belgium as fol- ow. This power has r and > legal authority consequently you owe it in your eart neitier allegiance n obedi- ce. The only legal authority in 2lgium that appertaining to our nment and the 8! Tepre- s of the nation.” Killed in Action. Another Garibaldi Paris, Jan. 5, : son of General Ricciotti Gari ndson of th I been killed to o sem The Fry lerand, family. minister, i t condolences to the war Mil- . Lieutenant Bruno Garibaldi, accord- ing to announcement made in Paris December 30, was killed while leading a charge of Italian volunteers against j the Germans in the Argonne district, France, Another Arrest in Counterfeiting Case. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 5.—Govern- ment secret service men made another arrest at Marlborough today in con- with alleged counterfeiting Joseph Mevers, a farmer, was taken into custody and brought to this city, where he will be given a preliminar hearing tomorrow ‘bofore United States Commissioner Wright. Philip Leiberman was arrested in that town recently, charged with counterfeiting. Other arrests in connection with his were made later. Shot Himself Rather College. Somerville, Mass., Jan, 5.—Because he was urged to prepare for college against his wishes, Lewis W. Martin, a junior in the high school, shot him- self fatally with a revolver today. The boy’s desire was to go to work, ac- cording to his friends. He was 15 years of age. Confessed Wife Poisoning. Manchester, N. H., Jan. 5—After Oscar J. Comery had pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering his wife by administering poison, he made a confession, according to Chief of Police Michael J. Healy. The details of the statement were withheld for presentation to the grand jury. Than Go to the} Cabled Paragraphs Former Turkish War Minister a Pris- on~ 2 5@“31 London, Jan. 6. 1240 a - P despatch to the Bourse © %% from Tiflis savs that the P %% have taken Izzet Pasha, fo- oFurkish war minister, a pris- Petrograd, Dandanelles Fortresses Bombarding Anglo-French Fleet. London, Jan. 6, 12.25 a. m.—A wire- less despatch received here from Ber- lin gives a report, received in the Ger- man capital, from Athens, that the Dardanelles fortresses have com- menced a bombardment of the block- ading Anglo-French fleets and that one torpedo hoat has been slightly damaged, CARRANZA FORCES HAVE CAPTURED PUEBLA. Villa Forces Routed With Loss of Two Trains and Six Machine Guns. Vera Cruz, Jan. 5.—Puebla, capital of the state of Puebla, which was evac- vated a month ago by the troops of General Venustiano Carranza, was r taken today after a campaign which besan with the capture of Tepeca, a short distance to the southeast = of Puebla six days ago. Six Hour Engagement. The fall 8 Puebla came after engagement of hours of wl cribed as having been the us bombardment to which any Mexican force has yet been subject- cd. General Alvaro Obregon, com- manding th rranza troops, worked into a position about the city last night with virtually all his = forces are reported to have aggre- not less than 30,000 men. He determined to make the battlo it as possible and threw nearly all his men into action, beginmng the fighting in the mornins pounding the positions of the of Generals Villa and Zapat: an is most G ‘which gated had strength is estimated to have been some 15,000 men, with 92 cannon, | the troops of General ( gon ad- vanced ur the fire of their artil- lery, When General Obregon left Vera Cruz he told friends at headquarters that he would be of Puebla in cight ne was ntil tonieht. Casualties Not Known. How many of the forces of Villa and Zapata escaped is not known, but early reports of the fighting indicate that a greater part of them were kiil- ed or made prison From the re ports it would seem that in few of th battles that have occurred in Mexico has the slaughter been so swift so_great. The hardest part of the action was fought outside of the city proper. The dead and wonrnded are said to cover the ground at some places and to. be strewn plentifuily across a field whose diameter from west to east some twelve miles. not up is PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE SUFFRAGETTES TODAY. Members Are to Ask Him to Support Constitutional Amendment, president w the suffragettes final effort c present session the suff {the ypu resolu- tion¥ call bmit the {pending amendment and asking the I 1t to help enfranc the won en. Then the delegation will ride to the White House in a long parade of automobiles decorated with suffra will be seen by t room of where he told another everal months ago that he suffrage question by the different Wilson ended the in- 1 tion were t; to SUGGESTS COUNCIL OF CHURCHES TO END THE WAR Prominent Conaregationalist Minister of London Says the Pope Is the One to Call It. T.ondon, Jan. 6, 2.20 a, m.—The Rev. Reginald J. Campbell, one of the most | prominent Congregationalists in Lon- don and minister of the City Temple, suggests, with an object of putting n end to the war, that a_general council of the world's Christian churches should be summoned. The | Rev, Mr. Campbell says there is only one’ person, namely, the pope, who could, with any chance of success, call tsuch a conference. There is precedent for this, he say: in the fact that Protestants were summoned to the council of Trent, “and who knows,” he adds, “but that if they had accepted the invitation, the scandal of a divided Christendom might have been averted.” n The Rev. Mr. Campbell has b famous for some time because of somewhat unorthodox view CHICAGO POLICE SERGEANT SHOOTS BOYHOOD CHUM Whom He Caught Robbing a Drug Store—Wept as He Told Story. Chicago, Jan. 5,—Axel Jensen, a po- lice sergeant, said today that George Hennessey, whom he shot and killed this morning on discovering him rob- bing a drug store, was a. boyhood chum with whom he had been intimate for years. The coroner’s jury commended Jen- sen for his promptness in performing his duty. Jensen wept when he told of killing his former playmate. Austria Accedes to Pope’s Proposal. London, Jan. 6, 12:50 a. m—A Vi- enna despatch to Reuter’s Telegram Company by way of Amsterdam says that Emperor Francis Joseph has re- plied to Pope Benedict's appeal that his government cordially agrees with the pope's proposal for the liberation of prisoners of war unfit for military service and will immediately open ne- gotiations with the other governments conserned. The Rome correspondent of the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger estimates that a total of 150,000 prisoners will be lib- erated through papal interventiom, and | | ; ashington, Jan. ’resident Wil- tomorrow will receive a delegation 100 democ women, hem vote ho will call at | House to ask him to sup- | nstitutional dment for | nation-wide woman The amendment is to be voted on in the house Jan, , and the call on the believed the speak- | and Its Total Circulation is the Larg Danbury Union Hatters Lose MUST PAY $252,130.09 FOR BOYCOTT UNDER ANTI-TRUST LAW SUPREME COURT FINDS Ends 11 Years of Litigation—Money of Bank Accounts and Properties Under Attachment — Foreclosure Neéxt, Wagshington, Jan. 5.—Ending eleven vears of litigation, the supreme court today held that some two hundred Connecticut labor union members must pay $252.130.09 damages under the Sherman anti-trust law, for a nation- wide boycott of D. E. Loewe & com- pany, Danbury, Conn., hat manufac- turers, who refused to unjonize their shops. The bank accounts and homes of many of the mea already are under attachment to pass the judgment, and the next step -robably will be fore- closure. Leading lawyers of congres: agreed today on waether this deci meant that union workmen would be liable in the future for damages on account of boycotts. Some hold that the Ciayton anti- trust law, passed last year after this suit had been tried. would make an- other such prosecution impossible. Largest Judgment Under Sherman Law It was i Danbury hatters’ case that the ne court decided in 1908 that labor unions were subject to the terms of the Sherman anti-trust law and sent the suit back to the New York federal courts for trial. The Jjudement, the la t ever before the court under the Sherman law, as well as the vigorous defense the union men, attracted wide: ttention to the litigation. Court’s Decision Unanimous. Justice He y sion of the law involved was brief. said the ground for discussion under the Sherman law had beer cut away by the 1908 decision to a large extent and narrowed further by the the eastern state ) the effect st of “un- dealers” with the intention to put among a , combined W jthe ban upon these des e consume woint act of the Sherman a A Forbidden Combination. ost of the decision dealt with the acts and application of the law 4o the The justice pointed out that the lants were some 200 members of he United Hatter America_and of the Ameri tion of r. With £ ived at the conc York federal viola- aw. o as i . Primary and Secondary Boycott. “It requires more than the blindne: of d ce Holr . “not tto that many branches of the United Hatters and ti of Labor, in pursuance of 2 {ing from head h lists (unfair dealers) mary and secondary orts to subdue the pl demands. The union {and a strike of the pia | ordered and carried | nd the pu comm and of the Members Jointly Liable. guarded the defendants rights t the defendants got all that - were entit ask in not being “hargeat with knowledge r of Jaw.” Damages Threefold were approved over the object; ome of them accmued since th began. PREVENTION OF EXPORTATION By This Government is Not Expected by Germany. ‘Washington, Jan. 5.—The government, according to today before the house for committee, does not expect legi: in this country to prevent the ex Germs tatemen that the German government, through its foreign office, had taken this p tion, and Representative Met York told the committee that he re cently had talked with “high authori- ties” in Berlin who held that the United States was within its rights under international law in permitting trade in war supplies with the welliger- ents. Chairman Flood made hls statement in the course of an argument with Rep- resentative Bartholdt, who was before the committee advocating his resolu- tion which would empower the presi- dent to prohibit such exportations. He asked Representative Bartholdt if this attitude on the part of the German government would alter his conviction as to the necessity for the proposed legisiation. The latter replieq that his opposition to the traffic in war sup- plies was not ‘controlled by the Ger- man government, but was based on a sense of “inter: ional morality.” Novelties in Shoe Styles Condemned. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 5.—Novelties in shoe styles were condemned at the closing session of the National Asso- ciation of Traveling Shoe Salesmen here. today, and the.association voted to work with the National Association of Shoe Manufacturers and the Na- tional Assoclation of Shoe Retailers to stop changes of styles between sea- sons. Too frequent style changes cut orders 50 per cent. below unormal, it was asserted. * | miners e court in o jury that se. memb: their dues and continned t to their officers interfere with the plaintiffs’ inter- state commerce in 1 cire ances that they knew or ought to have | known ana officers were war- | ranted in the bellef that they iwere {acting in the matter within their dele- uthority, then such membe jointly liable and no others. It t this instruction suf- the Injury. The damages, which under law | w threefold the injury suffered, OF ARMS AND MUNITIONS | ropean belligerents. Chairman Flood of the committee said he understood | z of New | 'General Assembly Members Caucus BARTLETT, BRIDGERORT, PRESI- | DENT OF SENATE REPUBLICAN SELECTIONS x Healey of Windsor Locks for Speaker of House—S, S. Russell Clerk of Sen- ate — McKendrick, Doorkeeper. Stonington, a | Hartford, Conn., Jan. 5—The mem- bers of the general assembly of 1915 who will be sworn into office tomor- row ,gathered in the capitol tonight and eéffected prellminary organization. Senator Frederic A. Bartlett of Bridge- port was nominated for president pro tem of the senate and Frank E, Healey of Windsor Locks was nominated for speaker of the house, in the republi- can caucuses of the two branches, senate clerk the choice was Sabin Russell of Killingly, who, for two was clerk of the house; i of the house, John Buckley | Union, twice assistant clerk in the | © were chosen. Nominations Unanimous. hese nominations were unani- made. In the house caucus All mously there were two candidates for assist- ant cle: E. J. of Stam- (Continued on Page Three.) Kenealey MEETING OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY REP. LEGISLATORS {To Nominate a Candidate for County | Commissioner. ~A meeti ord, Conn., Jan. ew Haver county republican | | French ndidate for county commissioner | r the place now filleq by James ¥ “loonan of Meriden a democrat, and | appointee of Governor Baldwin, to fill a vacancy throush the fallure of the 1912 session to elect a successor of John Wilkinson of Orange, has been called for Jan. 13, it was learned to- night. Under the 1907 law, the appoint- ments made by Governor Baldwin of county commissioners and judges of inferior courts, where the 1913 session failed to appoint, expire on the third nesday of this month. As there are many ad interim ap- pointments of judges and commission it is predicted that the republ ns will prepare to bring in resol tions to fill the vacancies when they exist. It was stated tonight that other | republican county meetings wiil prob- i 1 1 ably be held besides that of XNew | Haven county next week, i The candidates for commisgsioner in | New Haven county include John Wil- kinson, Orange; Mayer D. J. Dono- | Meriden Fred Gaylord, Ansonia, [ and D. Walter Patten of North Haven. | FEDERAL INTERVENTION IN ; EASTERN OHIO COAL STRIKE | — | Ordered Yesterday by. Secrstary of | Labor Wilson. Jan, 5.—Federal inter :0al operator: stern Ohio, in th nued since Ap f settlement, of e 1J. former commi ration, and Hywel Davies, a coal and imn ator and former mediator in the | c strike, were designated by | : to undertal ble | of the co and Mr conference for several hours i Mr. Wilson and Repres is of Ohio, dis ing the tion. Later it was announced t the | two conciliators would leave W ng- ton probably tomorrow night to hold hearings at Bellaire, Martin's Ferry, geport, Steuben and Flushing, O., e request for vas received in a telegram from the | | Wheeling Board of Trade, which s: |t the suspension of operations i It o coal fields wa using sreat | | ng and fnconvenier pub- | hroughout the section, as well as | h parties to the controversy. | THREE MEN ELECTROCUTED AT‘ NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON | | Court of Pardons Had Refused to In- terfere in Each Case. Trenton, N, J. Jan. 5.—Three were electrocuted at the state pr tonight, making the first triple e tion since_the electric_chair stailed in New Jersey. Richard s, years old, and George Green, 24, | bth colored, paid the death penalty | r the murder of Charies A. Ely, fish dealer, at Freehold, on Septembe 9 Jast. The third man, Griffin J. John- son, also colored, killed Laure Smith, colored, September 15 near River- after a quarrel over money affairs. he court of pardons refused to in- terfere with the death pemalty in each case. Quashed Erie Railroad Indictment. ‘Washington, Jan. 4.—The supreme | court today affirmed the federal dis trict court’s action in guashing the indictment against the Brie railroad for carrying Western Union Telesraph company letters in alleged violation of the postal laws. The court held that, under the contract between the two companies, letters relating to ihe | telegraph rules, from the telegraph superintendent to a station operator. concerned ‘“current business” of the railroad and were permissible. British Merchantmen Reach Boston. Boston, Jan. §—Two British mer- chantmen with cargoes valued at $2,- 500,000, reached here today from the Far East after narrow escapes from becoming prizes of the German cruiser Emden. The crew of the Orpheus heard guns which, it was afterward learned, sank five steamers and the Framlingham Court's skipper saw the smoke of the cruiser on the horizon. Feudist Dies Peacefully. Winchester, Ky., Jan. 5—Fulton French, leader of the factlon which bore his name in the ‘noted French- Eversole feud in Perry county, but for years a well-to-do citizen of Winches- ter, died peacefully in @is chair to: | inighe | erations after s | ford ed Rear Admiral Baron Shigete Dewa f Japan's distinguished naval of- 1 envoy to the Panama- - Exposition. Railroad bridges in the State of axaca, Mexico, and the only tunnel e railroad, across the Isthmus of untapec have been blown up by | Mexican soldie: More than 14,000 employes of the| | wooden | stores and offices, est in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Popula?ion Condensed Telegrams Russia has thirty-two schools for seamen, The Carfadian Parliament will con- vene February 4. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops at Mount Claire, Md., reopened. The Italian Government loan of | $200,000,00v is reported fully subscrib- | ed. Shrapnel ordered in Canada since the beginning of the war is estimat- ed to value $22,000,000. Protestant churches in the city of ewark, N. will celebrate Sunday, anuary 17, as “Boys' Day.” About four inches of snow covers the important wheat growing section of Klickitat Valley, Wash. During 1914, there were 1 panies incorporated in Ne compared with 1,743 in 1913. The Bankers’ Trust Co., of Buffalo, . Y., organized August last, paid an initial dividend of 1 per cent. The Rockdale, Iil., plant of the American Steel Wire Co. resumed op- months’ idleness. H Operations of the New York Assay Office in 1914 exceeded $60,500,000, an increase of more than ,000,000. American Ambas- s gone to the front George T. Marye, sador to Russia to distribute mas presents from America. A strike which members of the Galesburg, Ill, Brickmakers’ Union has waged for four years, has been de- clared off. The first Candy Makers’ Union has been organized in New York and has applied for a charter to the Journey- men Bakers. A wagon manufacturing company of Louisville, Ky., has begun work on 8,000 portable kitchen wagons for the | army. i There will be no session on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange next Friday, the 100th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. The executive com tee of the ook Railroad has vot- i-annual dividend Bangor & Aro ed to reduce ti to 1 per cent. Losses by fire in Canada and the fted States during 1914 aggregated | $11,000,000 more | the Chicago to be| stponed | The annual meeting of Rock Island & F if] T held in Chicago, again to March The total capital issue in London in 1814 were approximately $2,750,000,- 000 including war loans compared with $1,250,000,000 for 1913. Grant Hall has been appointed vice- president and general manager of the nadlan Pacific F at Winnipeg of lines wes Articles of incorporation have been filed at Ottaw y the United States Coupon & Profit Sharing Co., Ltd., of Toronto, with capital of $500,000. To the tu “Tipperary” plaved ¢ a man ssed in pajamas, a flre in the basement of Hotel Albert, New York was put out by firemen. An attempt to blow up St. tholic Church in Trent tra by the failure ounc N. J., was | of a fuse to of dynamite in 2 can. fru ignite The extension to Rhode Island wo- men of the right to vote for President s advocated Governor R. Living- ston Beeckman i dress. Five hundred female inmates of the | New York State Reformatory at Bed- Hil being allowed to skate, c on the ice on the The Japanese Cabinet has designat- and Trunk Railroad and thousands | of men employed by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad have refused to cept reductions in pay. ac- The Prussian Government has form- ed a war cereal society to buy bread and cereals and supervise their con- sumption during critical months pre- ceding the new harvest. James Stillman, former president of | the National City Bank, New Yorlk, has increased by $100,000 his contribdtion to the American clearing house for re- lief of French war victims in Paris. The Republicans are in full control of the Rhode Island general assembly, which convened in biennial session Tuesday. On a joint ballot they will outnumber the Democrats by a ma- Jority of 109 votes. The Commercial block, a three story structure on Main street, Palmer May containing several | has been produced here ‘FLOUR JUMPS England’s Fight to Search Ships BASED ON SHIFTING OF CARGOES AT SEA. AFTER CERTIFICATION Waiving of the Right to Search Ships Bearing Contraband Would Be In- vitation to Smugglers to Ply Their Trade. London, Jan, 5, 6.55 p. u the foreign office regards w vor the American government's of certifying cargoes loaded under direction of officials of the treasury department and destined for European orts, it was said today that Exn cannot accept such certificatio auvsolutely guaranty of the the cargo in case any caus: picion arises after a ve America. In other wort of search cannot be wai of the possidility of s! at sea and of the impc ing the treasury officer who issues the as certificate a to her destination agai smug- glers who ma pper or other contraband on small s ferred at sea. Would Facititate S The waiving of t s to be trans- muggling. right S ships bearing co: a can the opinion of several British officials, would be an invita- tion for smugglers to ply their trade, whereas the retention of the would tend to prevent dishonesty. icn is precisely the same as trat by the foreign office concerning the certification fests of American cargc consuls at American por For Revised Contraband List. The government is communication with r £ Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Hol- land. Tt is reported that all of these nations are taking steps to revise thei lists of prohibited exports so that they will correspond with the British con- traband list, thus making possible a resumplion of shipping to neutral iropean countries from America without delays or the dan: of seizure. A decided favorak can certification plan. B it as a further n e desire of the Amer n ge ment to hasten a =satisfactory ment of the differences concerning the itish_offlel, ifestat delay and seizure of American goes. English Public Not Well Advised. Owing to the failure of the Lon- don newspapers to discuss the pre- liminary nesotiations between Am- bassador Page and Foreign Secretary Grey, extending over before the American sented, the Engli well advised conc: which grew up, is quiet, notwitr tion of the Ame: dent Wilso, search. Conseguentiy m shock ocecasioned by the of the American not apprehenslion which, pea lowly on secou pre was due (o mis- sentation weve disap- Private Owen Rdss of the British |&nd friendly attitude of the govern- garrison 3ibralt was upheld for | ment {killing Ernest Palm, a German pris- — oner of war who was trying to escape. sbulesih ving to escape. CENTS A BARREL IN 24 HOURS At Chicago, Where War Prices for Wheat Also Prevail. o not only e nning blow heat bu nsumers compared with ing held at Flour $5.60 Last Week, No. $6.30. 8 previou a barrel. r th id for $6.30 = Second qualit 30 last week rel after tc se. 3 mmanded today $7.15 a barrel s t for $5.30 a barrel. nce in the Ay given for flonr was hat owin abnormal Eurovean demand for bread- stuffs, h_ wheat in Chicago today had ched $1.36 1-4, January nrice in more thz hange lative opi $1.37 5-8@ 1 cents in a s or more above last nigt okers declared that the irn was merely another step toward 3. that the “rice of M far bevond the S$1 in 1898 at the time of the Leite Such enthusias: vowedly based thei predictions on a belief that the Euro- Pean war would last as muc as two ears more. Halt in Export Buving. On the other and, the export ing came t A temnorarv buy- ha today. so far £0 was concern- ed, though not at the seaboard. It ct that great numbers of including ur bulls, many sa~called were content to realize profits and get out of the market. Indeed. at one time to- day du a bac rd sweep of nrices, some of the sell said to be of an ominot top-loss charact and a small fruit store adjoining were burned. The loss was estimated at $40,000. Gold bars to the amout of $2,000,000 were withdrawn from the New York Assay Office. The operation is de- cribed as a “transfer” and the identity of the parties concerned has not been disclosed. Word was received at Asheville, N, C.. of the destruction by dynamite of the monument on Mount Mitchell, cted 26 years ago in memory of Prof. Elisha Mitchell, for whem the mountain was named. The corporation tax of $6498 on the property of Mrs. Mabel Hunt Slater, widow of Horatio Neison Slater, a prominent manufacturer of _textiles, must be paid to the town of Webster, Ma: where the Slater mills are lo- caled. OBITUARY. Mrs. James T. Fields. Boston. Jan. 5.—M James . Fields. w of a cel ad avih and publisher of this city and a friend of Charles Dickens and ~ther i nent writers of 50 years ago died to- day, aged 80 years. She d written several books. Movements of Steamships. Liverpool, Jan, 5.—Steamer I ia, New York for Liverpool, Due Liverpool 9 p. m. steamer Orduna, New York Barcelona. Dec. 28-—Arrived, steam- er Antonio Lopez, New York. Havre, Dec. 29.—Arrived, steamer ‘.a Touraine, New York. Naples, Dec. 29.—Sailed, steamer Na- poli, New York. ew York, Jan. 5.—Arrived, steamer Minnehaha, Londous