The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1903, Page 5

GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR WILL WELCO Executive Committee of Grand Army Encampment Arranges Plan for Great Reception of Visitors. Further Contributions ME VETERANS to Entertainment Fund A GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE GRAND AKING A VERY ACTIVE INTEREST OR THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. | IN THE | commander and Ne- n of the 2 from Par- Many the s city a day or Several big dele- reach here Sat- escorting rive be escorted at the H. Thomas Post have been decided rades to be held i Wednesday viewing stand ue and front of ing, and the main ave ENTERT i ager ge Gul- $10; Williard great e visiting on veterans he committee in charg entertainment ¢ all patriots w e the entertainm & t » that & e mies and as early 3 John fe, 305 Lark et, who will notify m of ret rehearsa LETTER FROM SHAFTER. M r General William R Shafter, mr er of the department of Califor- 1 who was at Detroit, ng the reunion of the Soci- of Santiago de Cuba, of chief officer, sends the ) General Stone, chalr- committee of the na- Grand Army of the Mich., July 20, 1903 ught me to Detroit is ack to-day for -the coast, iays en route. 1 have and here & great many and_they all express the umbers will come out in Which ey were received | as mot been forgotten, | epr Jt spoken of. 1 have believe their reception this | {ying to them as it was in | moving with you satisfac- rediction and promises of a | companions will be fully | the weather here oppressive, and shall be very glad #d. 10 be back where, though the thermom: range @ few degrees higher, it is not y oppressive. We had a large Soclety of Bantiag nout of the men of the Cuba upon the fifth an- niversary of the an troops entering that ty, and everything passed off in & most satis- | factory and pleasant manner. The was & great succest. quite a contingent of the regu- ar army was here, troops. coming frog Chi. cam,, Clacinnat, Washington and m the . 4 celved yesterday from Dr. A. C..Yengling, old regi- ence In the veterans of marched a > 98 (veter- get in working order the re- s e. of which 1 am chaliman. th kind regards to all, 1 am very sincerely WILLIAM F FTER. SONS OF VETER. The Division of California, Sons of Vet- ! erans, is making ample preparation for the reception and entertainment of the visiting Sons of Veterans. About 500 members of that flourishing and patriotic organization are coming to spend a week in San Francisco while the Grand Army | is in camp and be with their relatives who are identified with the Grand Army or its kindred socleties, and will enjoy | California hospitality under the auspices of the Livision of California. San Fran- | cisco falled to secure the national en- | campment of that organization, which is to be held at Atlantic City, commencing | September 24, and the delegates deter- mined to visit California and taste of its famed glories. Commander in Chief Frank Martin of Indianapolis, Ind., and | his staff will be here, also the fraternal relation committee, which will act in con- nction with a like committee of the for the purpose of deciding T Sons of Veterans' camps shall become auxillaries to or shall be ad- mitted to the meetings of the Grand Army posts. The Grand Army will take | action on that proposition at the coming | session and the Sons of Veterans will re- | port to the commander in chief of the en- | campment The California Division has secured | headquarters at the Lick House. It will | have them decorated and keep open house all week and dispense California hospital- | ity with a lavish hand, supply the visit- | ors with California flowers, fruits and wine; show them the sights of the city and the surroundings, take them on ex- | cursions in the vicinity of the city and | the bay, and try to impress upon the | strangers that San Francisco is the ideal | convention city. The Grand Army has ap- | pointed a committee to supervise the functions of the Sons of Veterans and | General R. H. Warfield is chairman of | that committee, working in conjunction with the committee of the Sons of Vet- erans, with the following officer: man, Frank R. Handley; secretary, F. Wilson; quartermaster, D. 8. Cahen; com- ry, Bert McCoy. A letter to the hotel committee re- the commander of the Department of Ohio, Grand Army of the Republic, the com- er writes as follows: L, We will have a train of 400 or more persons, or whom no lodgings have been engaged, and they will want them, but I am not authorized ngage them. Persons having lodgings to will do well to meet us on our arrival. will be no less than 3000 Ohfo people in your city during the encampment. » —_——— Stock Exchange Building Sold. _A deed covering the transfer of the San Francisco Stock Exchange building on Pine street, near Montgomery, was re- corded yesterday. The document shows that the property is conveyed to Marion Leventritt by the Company of Associated Stockbrokers for a consideration of 390,000, ———— i Becomes a Sailor. James F. Graham, fifteen years of age, desired to enlist in the navy but was not allowed to do so urless he could se- cure the consent of a parent or a guar- dian. The boy's parents are both dead and he has no guardian. Judge Murasky consented to make M. J. White of the Boclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children the youth’s guardian and the aspiring boy is now on Goat Island learn- ing haw to become a Dewey. —————— In the Divorce Court. Tedie Florence Tobin filed a suit for divorce against Thomas A. Tobin yester- day, alleging intemperance. W. A. Leg- gat is suing Florence Leggat for divorce for desertion. Judge Murasky granted an interlocutory decree of divorce to Mary A. Rhoton from Frank J. Rhoton for cruelty. | chay THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FATURDAY MONS YIELDS FLES ESTIMNTE IR BOND IS Board of Works Thinks Water Supply Should Be First. s Would House Public Library in Another Story on City Hall. PR B The Board of Public Works transmitted to the Board of Supervisors yesterday the repott of City Engineer Grunsky cov- ering the plans and cost estimates of public improvements aggregating the sum of $18,135,000, to be made by a proposed | bond issue upon which the people will vote in Sentember. The first named board in a communication declares that it is of the opinion that the proposed im- provements should have been allowed to rest until the question of a municipal water supply had been settled. The esti- mated cost of each of the twelve proposed improvements is contained in the follow- ing tabls Sewer system ... 7,250,000 Repaving accepted s 1,621,000 Children’s playgrounds 741,000 Extension of Golden Gi 330,000 Telegraph Hill Park 897,000 St. Mary's Square 205,000 Mission Park . 293,000 County Jail ..... 697,000 Twin Peaks Par} . 159,000 Public Library . 1,647,000 City and County Hospital 1,000,000 New schoolhouses and sites. 3,595,000 Total oot eiteaditonsnsssornyees $18,135,000 ENGINEER .FILES MAPS. The City Engineer also submitted maps designating the proposed improvements, accompapied by the following statement concerning the character of the work which has not been previously published: The plans and cost estimates include four eight-room brick _buildings, eight twelve- Toom brick buildings, three sixteen-room brick buildings, five elghteen-room brick buildings, three elght-room frame bulldings, one ten-room frame building, one twelve-room frame build- ing. a five-room addition to tHe Crocker Gram- mar School, a four-roem addition to the Rich- mond Primary School, the Lowell High School bullding, the Polytechnic High School and Evening Technical School of Architecture and Naval Design building; an annex to the Girls' High School. PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. The proposition to establish children's play- grounds has received some attention during the last few years. The city at present maintains one on leased land at the northeasterly corner of Seventh and Harrison streets. Should bonds be voted for the purpose two will be estab- lished—one in the northern section of the | city, the entire block of land just north of Washington Square, and ome south of Market rly from Seventh to Harrlet street, arrison and Bryant streets. The lo- » of these playgrounds, in both instances by @ public park, the one south of Mar- street being separated only by Harrison street from Columbia Park, will add to the popularity of parks as well as playgrounds. The josed extension of Golden Gate Park ne Presidio is to be effected by a sorther purch ¢ several blocks of land lying between Thirteenth and Fourteenth avenues. The Park the Presidio would be connected, purchase be made, by a broad parked way, with a street upon each side, having a total length of almost one mile. Not including the surface of the streets urossed by the tension it w add nearly twenty-four acres to the park e Mission will be- directly in tssion High School. r e two blocks of land which extend southerly f; Eighteenth street to Twentleth, between Dolores. and Church. The establishment of & Twin Peaks Park will insure the preservation of the Twin Peaks, which form such a beautiful limit to the fi land view along Market street, and which, by’ on of their altitude, slightly in excess of feet, and their commanding position In al- t the exact geographical center of the command @ view that deserves to be world famed. A park dn this location as pro- posed, with an area of 161 acres, would, when weli improved, be sure to prove a popular pleasure ground. The preservation of Telegraph Hill without g | detriment to the business and commercial in- terests of the North Beach section will result from the establishment of a Telegraph Hiil Park, as now proposed. The lands to be ac- quired are contiguous to Ploneer Park, which is a small park on the hill summit, donated to the city some years ago by a number of pub- lic spirited citizens. By acquiring ownership of the lands along and including the steep eastern and northern decliylty of the hill the city will be in a posi- tion to control its ultimate shape. A limit will be set to the hiliside excavations. The rugged slopes can be beautified by the planting of trees and vines. The hailtop itselt will ul- ely be made accessible by a winding way and by a number of stairways. The roposed bond issue is for the purchase of the necessary land The acquisition of land for a public park between California and Bush streets, easterly from Dupont street, has long been under con- sideration, and if established will be known as St._Mary's Square. 2 The Board of Public Works transmitted a letter to the Board of Supervisors in which certain suggestions are made with the hope that they may serve to direct the thought and judgment of voters to a full consideration of them, and not only to segregate the esscntial from the non- essential, but also to consider whether the best ‘possible sites have been selected, and whether over-generous measures have been made of someé of the actual necessi- ties. The letter savs further: In 1900, at the beginning of the studles, di- rected by the charter, as to the acquisition of public necessities and utilities, the er sup- Ply very properly occupled the first place, and received the most attention and study. The results of these studies have not yet been laid before the citizens in full published form, so that they are in a large measure in ignorance of the very carefully worked out phlans for meeting this most pressing necessity of the This vital matter has in some way been allowed to fall in the rear, and does not ap- pear at all in the list of projects to be sub- mitted to the voters. Water supply 8o far out- ranks all other matters, both in importance and cost, that they could well be allowed to rest until the water question had been settled. The sewer system ranks next in importance. Its conditions and negessities ha been fully set before the public, 80 that vof may well Judge of their action in this matter. New and more modern schoolhouses are un- questionably needed. Since the new arter went into effect, very great additions and im- provements have been made, and accommoda- tions have been added tof the extent of over 13000 seats, and a new faurteen-room school- house is in process of erection in Noe Valley. NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS. The additions called for in the list submitted aggregate twenty-seven new buildings and ex- tensive additions to three existing bulldings. These have an aggregate capacity of over 360 classrooms, with a seating capacity of over 38,000 pupils. About one-half of these new bulldings replace existing ones, some of which, like the Lowell and Polytechnic high schools, will become available for schools of lower grade. In seventeen schools which are pro- posed to be rebuiit, or added to, the number of rooms is raised from 112 to 236, and the seating capacity is raised from about 6200 to about 11,800. This is of course Included in the figures - previously given. "The estimate for a néw hospital calls for an expenditure of $1,000,000. The plans have been made to fit a site on the westerly slopes of the Almshouse tract, set apart on June 27, 10, by, resolution No. 551. The grades of this site necessitate placing the main gallery upon a grade of six per cent (8-100), with which gallery the wards and other-bufidings connect. The site is not so advantageous as others now owned by the city: much as better hospital facilities are needed, there may be doubts as to the wisdom of expending 8o large a sum upon the site set apart. The estimate for the improvement of accept- ed streets calls for an expenditure of §1,021,- 000, the details of which wiil estimate and the contemplated improvements are fully set forth in the report of the City Engineer. Voters are fully apprised of the necessities, and can vote —_— . THE "OLD HOMESTEAD. HENRY P. SMITH. The Art Supplement with the Sunday Call of July 26 will make a most attractive picture if framed with three or four: inch Flemish dark green oak and powdered gold ornamenta- tions. > ->— It will em-.| FITZSIM TO" WILES OF CUPID Im patient Lover Will Wed Girl of His Choice This Afternoon in the Palace Hotel, George Dawson Acting in the Capacity of Groomsman SR e B e OBERT FITZSIMMONS. the ex- champlon pugilist, will wed Miss Julia May Gifford this afternoon. The ceremony will be performed by Judge Danleis at the Palace | Hotel. George Dawson of Chicago, who has supported Fitzsimmons on more strenu- ous occasions, will be the gromsman. Miss Gifford will be attended by Miss Bertha Darrell, who accompanied her from the East. Both are members of the same theatrical company. Fitzsimmons secured the marriage 1i- cense yesterday from “Cupld” Danforth. ‘While this Is not the pugilist's first ven- ture In the matrimonial ring, he felt the need of assistance in the present. affair and was accompanied by Justice of the Peace Danlels and by Stanley Fay, who materially alded him in the preliminaries. “Fitz"” gave his residence as Benson- hurst, N. Y., and his age as 4% years and his prospective bride’s residence as New York City and. her age as 23. Miss Gif- ford is an actress, who has been playing throughout the East In the musical com- edy, “When Johnny Comes Marching | Home.” The wedding ceremony will be celebrat- ed this afternoon at 4 o'clock. After securing the license Fitzsimmons and his prospective bride went sightsee- ing, driving about the city for several | hours. | @clmimiiimimlminmimielelnimieleiinid i @ with a full knowledge of the facts The agxragate of costs for children’s play- grounds is $741,000. These areas can be ac- | quired at no time in the future any cheaper | than at present, and the necessity for healthy, | open alr exercise is such as to warrant the {m- mediate expenditure of the sum above named. | . The library and site are estimated to cost | $1,647,000, of which sum an offer is yet avail- | able for 750,000 for the bullding. This mat- | ter has been 5o fully discussed that voters are | fully advised regarding its merits and de- merits. This board expresses a_preference to seeing the public and law libraries housed at { less cost In @ fourth story and under a new roof to the City Hall, Additional park areas, aggregating five In | number, call for an expenditure of $1.584,000. | "It has been considered best to submit to the people the proposition of acquiring the. lots to | the northeast of the Hall of Justice, and to | extend this bullding over them to Dunbar a ley, and also to acquire the lots one-ha way from Dunbar alley to Montgomery street, for a City and County Jail. The board also submits a table showing that the total cost'of the bond issues; in- | cluding interest for 40 vears at 3% per cent per annum, will aggregate $31,162,- | 830 39. The interest will decrease each | vear by $15,868 13, COLUMBIA PARK BOYS’ ; CLUB ENDS ITS TOUR | Major Peixotto Brings His Youthful ¢ Charges Back to City in Ex- cellent Condition. The sixth annual walking tour & the members of the Columbia Park Boys' CGlub terminated yesterday, when they returned to the city under the direction of Major Sidney S. Peixotto, drganizer and director of the club, ‘all looking hearty and strong and in good spirts. During the tour to Eureka, Cal., the boys gave entertalnments at various points which were largely attended. Following were the members of the club who took part in the vaudeville per- formances during the tour: Herman Stein, Joseph McKeon, - Willlam Prang, Bert Talbott, Charles Norton, Harry | O'Day, Abe Appleton John Lavell, Walter Rosenér, Eugene Richards, Adolf Muheim, Joseph ‘Morlarty, Edward' Penaluna George Hammer Albert Schneider, Willlam McLaugh- ter Weinberg. lin, William Scott and M —_— WILL PAY NO ATTENTION TO MRS. GREENAN’S CHARGES Mayor Schmitz Says Ousted Teacher Should Look to the Courts for Redress. Mayor Schmitz stated yesterday that he would pay no attention to the charges of perjury and slander made against School Director ‘Mark by Mrs. Rebecca Greengn, a former teacher in the depart- ment who lost her place after a hearing. The Mayor sald Mrs. Greenan had been bothering him for more than a year ‘past. She had filed- with him a transcript of the testimony of her trial which he had returned to her notwithstanding her as- sertion to.theicontrary. ; The Mayor says that the matter is one for the courts to decide. Furonc v i Total Assessed Valuation. Formal announcement was made yester- day of the corrections made by the Board of Bqualization and’the Assessor on the assessment roll, showing that the total assessed valuation of all kinds of property is $427,515,347. The itemized list of cor- rections was printed in Wednesday's Call ang shows an increase of $63,237 over the original figure, $i27,452,110. SRS Ronzrer | 727V * + EX-CHAMPION PUGILIST AND CHARMING WOMAN HE WILL MAKE HIS BRIDE. A FAMOLS RESTAURANT ENTERTAINS Elaborate Preparations to Fitly Celebrate Reopening. For weeks past artisans have been in- dustriously plying their trades in the premises of the Bay State Cafe, conduct- ed by Max Adler, at 29 Stockton street, with such effect that this famillar and popular restaurant has taken on a fresh- ness and brilliancy that could hardly be excelled if entirely new. Those who know a good French dinner, and there are many in town who-do, will readily recall when Mr. Adler first opened the Bay State Cafe ten years ago and the instantaneous success that he met with in establishing the best medlum priced dinner in San Francisco. “His success was noteworthy from the start because he knew what the public wanted and furnished it at a price that was always reasonable for the ser- vice rendered. To keep pace with his constantly grow- Ing patronage enlargement and Improve ment have been necessary and so to-day the Bay State Cafe makes its reappear- ance remodeled and rehabilitated. No ex- pense has been spared in the decorations of the place. The furniture, rugs, carpets, ’draperies and fixtures are all of the latest pattern and the most famous makes. Probably the most impressive feature of the recent improvements, because most conspic- uous, is the large and comfortable dining- room, where an elaborate scheme of dec- oration was planned and effectively car- ried out, re3ulting in one of the most at- tractive dining-rooms of the West, To-day Mr. Adler will entertain in honor of the active resumption of business and to that end has secured an orchestra, whose leader, Pietro Marino, is favorably known as a_musician of recognized abil ity. A choice list of musical selections will gratify the senses. Artistic decora- tions will charm the eye and deliciously served viands so effectively appeal tg the appetite that to-day should be memofable in the s:l Is of the Bay State Cafe. Aside fre the high character of substan- tial foods that will laden the tables of Mr. Adler he announces a list of vintages and b2ers that are famous and reasonably low priced. All the domestic and import. ed beers, . as Culmbacher, Wurzburger, Pilsener, will be constantly on draught, while the Cresta Blanca white wines and the Asti Wine Company’'s red wines are too well known to connoisseurs to require other indorsement. Mr. Adler, when he founded the Bay State Cafe, determined that his cuisine should be of the highest order and that it has been well sustained is evidenced by his greatlr Increased patrona family trade is enormous, while theatrical gatronlxe. always critical of cooking. and service, bears mute evidence of his abllity to "i)leua the most exacting. The leading fur nhlni‘ houses of the city have contributed to the appointments of the modern restaurant. Among the firms are Nathan Dohrmann & Co.. Thos. H. Day ympany, Bare Bros. and John G. Ils & Co. 7 Says Wall Is Unsafe. Secretary Barrett of the Board of Edu- cation notified the Board of Works yester- day that the northern wall of the old Metropolitan Temple buflding is a menace to the lives of the puplls attending the Lincoln School. The board is requested to have an Inspector examine the wall. ———————— A Pleasure Shared Is a pleasure doubled. Take a Kodak with you on your outings and photograph the scenes for your friends at home. A full line of ‘photograph s in the hoto department at Sanborn & Vail's, g‘l Market street. . Al - ‘zzzzj Afo Young married women must remem- ber that the experience of 'maternity shc;ukfl_ not be approached without careful physical preparation. ) # A capable mother must be a healthy mother; the birth of the first child is an es&cially trying experience, and nature needs all help it can get. rrect and practical counsel is of the most vital portance to the would-be mother. Mrs. Pinkham’s advice at such times, together with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, have E:ided many a young woman through this trying experience with the ppiest possible results. Her advice is that of a mother with an ex- perience with thousands of such cases, and fiivan entirely free. | By special permission we publish the fol owhfi:]hroo letters, show- ing the absolute necessity of proper care and ice at the time of maternity. That of Mrs. Sexton illustrates the dangers of maternity. That of Mrs. Hanson the suffering during the period ; and that, of Mrs. Massey the troubles that may beset a young mother after child-birth; and they all illustrate the wonderful value of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in such cases. o > [rs. Lilie Sexton, Ashland, Ky., Boyd Co., says. w! ‘“DmAR Mrs. PINxuAM : — I wrote to you'in Sept., 1900. Ihad been married two years and had two miscarriages, one at six months and one at seven. My organs were very weak. You advised me to use Lydia E. s Vegetable Compound, and I began at once and used 13 bottles. ““In June; 1901, I again e: to become a mother, and now I have a fine baby girl, two months’ old. I took the Compound all the time during preg- nancy. I cannot praise your remedies enough.” Mrs. Karianna Hanson, Box 343, Worthington, Minn., says: “DEAR Mgs. PINkmAM :— I feel it my duty to send you my sincere thanks for your kind advice and for the ¥y E. 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My bowels would nearly kill me at times, only easy when under the influence of opiates. It seemed at times there were knots in my bowels as large as my fist. I had such pain in my left side. I T e A ed— ‘I got a bottle o iy N s e Compound one will always praise your evening; nnd by the next day I was nearly easy. 8. @ us;:rel hmohendorlemA t should dllpdhdlubtb&nfio-hdl ting women. reading such letters, u?m- is willing to remain si we can only say it is her own fault and she de:e‘rvas to suffer; for the medicine that has benefited these women and a hundred thousand others will surely hielp you. it ot forthwith the lotters and of $5000 fomERr i e s e e v 301 WURDERERS STAIKES BECONE O ON SALLONS LES3 FREQUENT Trade Shows Less Than Pay Penalty of Usual of Midsum- Crime. mer Dullness. BRI * LEXINGTON, Ky., July 24—Claude NEW YORK, July 4—R. G. Dun & O’'Brien and Earle Whitney, boys in Co.’s weekly review of trade will say: The tenor of dispatches from every section of the country indicated that there is less than the customary midsummer dullness in business and collections are more promptly met than usual. Earnings of raflways reported for July exceed last year's by 12.9 per cenmt. Fuarm work still retards retaif distribution of merchandise ¥ in Western sections. Foreign trade at this port for the past week shows a gain of $2,560,209' In value of imports,-as compared with the same week last year, while exports decreased $502,022 news as to years and whose faces indicated nothing of the criminal, were hanged here at $ o’clock this morning for the murder of A. B. Chinn. The boys ate a hearty breakfast and at 7:30 o'clock were dressed for the scaffold. Both were so calm that they elicited com- ment from all the officials. Two priests at 6 o'clock administered communion. Both the condemned said they felt better and were ready to dle. Whitney smiled from the scaffold at the crowd. They shook hands with the priest. O'Brien's lips moved in prayer as the rope was ad- justed. Both replied they did‘not have anything to say. Barly on the morning of October 12, 1902, O'Brien and Whitney entered the home of A. B. Chinn, a wealthy merchant'and an ex-Confederate soldier, and with revolv- ers in hand demanded his money. Mrs. Chinn screamed. - Asa Chinn hurried to the door of his parents’ room and the burglars began shooting. = Asa also opened fire. The elder Chinn, sitting on the side of his bed, was shot through the body. The boys then ran from the room, over the form of Asa Chinn, who had been shot and was lying on the floor, using his revolver as best he could. Whitney was wounded in the left knee. The elder Chinn got up out of bed and went to the door, where he dropped dead. The boys were captured a few days’ later near here, but owing to rumors of Iynching were removed to Louisville for fe keeping. O'Brien was 18 years old and his home was in- Memphis. Earle ‘Whitney, one year his senfor, has rela- tives in Nashville, Tenn. —————— ROBBERS TAKE MONEY AND LEAVE 1inm TOOLS LINCOLN, July 24—L. B. Hinman's general merchandise store at Sheridan, Placer County, was entered by burglars last night_ the safe was.blown open and len. Quarter-inch burrowing used. The safe was covered with sacks of barley to deaden the sound of an. explosion. The postoffice and the office of the Wells-Fargo Company are located in the store. - The robbery was not discovered untii late this morning. and aside from the fact that several suspicious . characters had been noticed about town, .there are no clews. The burglars left their drills and braces in the store. 2 the progress being made toward settlement of labor disputes was neutralized by the decline in_securities In so far as the iron and steel industry is concerned. There were many in- dications that the interruption from strikes | would be less trequent in the future and there was a general disposition to sustain prices. Footwear factories have much work in si buyers having placed orders freely. Thus f there is no reflection of this activity in the leather market. The unexpected happened in the market for woolens. It was confidently belleved that mew lines of stanles, viece in the yard goods, would be opened at fully main- tained quotations, but the American Woolen Company reduced prices to about the same level as existed a_year ago, despite the ma- terfal increase in raw wools and several other items in the cost of production. The cut was evidently made to secure business rather than because of any weakness in the market. Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: ock market liguidations at the expense of iniesiry most afftcts sentiment and. igmores but does not conceal improvement in the corn and cotton crops, a cl for the better in industrial conditions at New York and%other disturbed centers and a continued eheerful feel- ing in_Western and Southwestérn trade cir- cles. The markets for the cereals also reflect selling, but here the moving feature is the erop advance at home and abroad and the pressure of the excellent quality of the new wheat arrivals. The iron and steel mar- Kets and those for other metals feel the reflex action of depression in securities, and buying is closely restricted, even with dropping vaiues. Trade reports are in harmony With crop ad- vices. Nhe partial end of the bullding strike at New York leads to hopes of a better business., Wool is firmer at the East. as manufacturers enter the market to cover sales of goods for spring delivery, which are improving. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week 2,781,988 _bushels, _againat 3,652,784 last week, and 3,980,960 bushels last year. For three weeks of the ceéreal year the aggregate 8,815,152 bushels, against 12,1 bushels in 1902. Corn exports for the week aggregate 1,301, 338 bushels, against 1,402,404 last week and 79,611 bushels a year ago. For three weeks of - the mt |1 year they aggregate 4,428.- 526 1, Business o in the. United Btates for th fallures in nt . wedkk mamber 183, against 173 last week and 178 in the like week of In Canada for the week they were 20, against 13 last week and 17 a year ago. ? LONDON, July 24 —Baron de Bush fell a train this morning near Northampton died shortly afterward. ”H;n was traveling to Scotisnd. accompanied wite, who was T T ey