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E> LAST SESSION OF THE BANKERS Speakers at Convention Include Sohweppe, of $t. Louis, and 5 U. & Treasurer Roberte—|Fighting Hes Already Begun Wounded Russian Soldiers Have Been Taken to Town—Japs Going For-| te sto market tier a iresutar ward by Two Roads. American Finance Lauded. SPECULATION SEVERELY SCORED IN ADDRESSES. . MUKDEN, Sept. 16.—Early this mornihg twenty-six wounded mer be- * Stop Should Be the Watchword longing to Major-Gen, Mistchenko’s Cossack division,, were brought Into When Danger Signal $hows—)Mukden. Particulars of the skirmish are not -avallable. simple outpost affair or the beginning of the real Ji e6e _ Successful Handlers of Cash| tavance on Mukden ae eee End Meeting. 8ST. PETERSBURG, Gept. 16.—The Assoc! Mukden, announcing that, according to information from Chinese sources, the Japanese are leaving a garrison at Liaoyang and their main forces are. ‘The third and last day of the Amert-| moving out on the Rusian flanks, {s partially confirmed by the despatch whether it was ean Bankers’ Convention, at the, Wal- eo GeecAstoria Hota, whe devoted prine from Gen. Kuropatkin reporting that the Japanese are massing on the . elpally to the reading of two papers and | Russian flanks, that a large force is concentrating at Bentsiaputze, twenty, the election of officers of the association | miles southeast of Mukden, and that another forc, whose strength has not been established, fg moving up the Liao Valley. Farrar, of the First Reformed Church, But the greater part of Field Marshal Oyama's army {s still near Yental, | of Frooklyn. The two principal speax- | encamped along the heights between the mines and the railroad, ers. .yre W. EF. Schweppe, manager of The preliminary dispositions of the Japanese forces are taken to indl- cate that the Japanese intend to atrike from the eastward. They seem to be avolding the territory west of the Liao River, possibly because it is fiat and Indemntty and Its Value to the Bank-| would give the Russians the advaniage of their superiority in cavalry. @," and Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of Chinese residents fleeing to Mukden complain that the Japanese are for the coming year, Prayer was offered by the Rev. J. M. ‘the bankers’ department of the Ameri- ean Credit Indemnity Company, Louis, Mo,, who spoke on the the United States, on “The Strength and “To-day credit is the cheapest com. | the regulation square-nosed bullets of the service revolcer, modity on the market, Oftimes in the | game calibre as the Russian rifle of 1891 and the bullets are all lead, are not @trenuous demand for business conser- vatism 1s lost sight of, Quantity, not |Ja¢keted and are in nowise dumdums. The General also denies the atate-| The holder of | ment that the Japanese captured a large quantity of ammunitioh, He says! fining. The Erica were a shade higher. place named for him | they only obtained possession of a few boxes of empty cartridge shells, and | says it 1s not true that the Russian rolling tock fell into the hand of the tion, and while the bond does not in Japanese. Only two old trucks, he adds, were left on a siding. where conservative judgment says { ‘Stop.’ To go beyond means specula- @ny way Interfere with its holder's in- dependent action, this point limits its “Financial disturbances have abit of weakening confidence at stated JAPANESE ARMAY BEGINS TS ADVANCE ON MUKDEN It ts not clear 1d Press despatch from ‘Weakness of American Finance.” pillaging Liaoyang. Geh. Sakharoff telegraphs a formal denial of several of Oyama’s state- Credit a Cheap Commodity. Mr, Schweppe said In part: ments, He says the alleged dum-dum bullets found at Liaoyang are simply | They are of the . } Uability and gives the danger signal JA PS TUNNELLING UNDER MINES AT PORT ARTHUR. THE WORLD: FRIDAY ! ‘EVENING, SEPTEMBER !6, 1904, AL STOCKS LIFTED YOUNG GIRL ENDS CHILD VANSHES IW STRONG RALLY. LIFEIN THE STREET. FROM FAST FAST TRAIN Steel Takes the ba hae in Late Just Discharged ed ele Hospital Advance, While Metropolitan and. ‘Street Railway with Fine Support Is a Good Second. opening to-day sold off fractionally and continued weak up to the start of ¢ afternoon seasion, when the list ralli all around, Further strength and a uvity developed during the fnal deal- ings and prices closed from 3-4 to 2 per cent. higher, ‘The prominent issue in the advance wan United States Steel preferred, It selling up more than 1 point and estab- lisding a new high record for the move- ment, The common closed fractloaally higher, politan Street Railway during the se at 11 1-4, the stock sold up 2 points, Brooklyn Rapid Transit closed over 1 point higher, while the rest of the group realized fractional gains, | There was a fairly good borrowing | demand for delivery, expecially in Ateh- ison, it advancing 1 point, St, Paul, Balumore & Ohio, Missouri Pacific, Souther Pacific, Reading was next in strength and activity, the price advancing 1 1-2 per cent. Fine support was given Metro- sion. Following an unchanged opening | and Fearing She Never Would Recover Her Health, Young Woman Takvs Carbolic Acid. Fearing that she never would recover her health, a girl who gave her naine 4s Blanche Stich, sixteen years old, at the Flatbush Hospital, committed Je early to-day on Clarkson sirect, between trand and Rogers avenues, by drinking carbolle acid. She had been discharged from the hospital yes+ terday after three weeks treatment, The police do not belleve the girl gave her right name and so far have unable to learn anything about When she was admitted asa pationt she gave two addresses of friends, one at No, 18 Guartleld place and the other at No. i Myrtle aven te. The police made inquiries at both places, but no one living there know her eS ee COTTON PRICES EASY. Sell by Sh and Kept Values Down, The cotton market opened easy to day the decline in Liverpool being the unfavorable lofluence, causing activity among shorts here which more than a Pacific and) supplied the buying orders from the (8 Rock Island showed gains of from b2) South and elsewhere, It was under to-1 1-4 per cent, | stood that a big operator in this city After selling off almost 3 points, tO) had sold heavily in Liverpool, This M1 24, Coloraado Fuel & Iron advanced | fact was chiefly responsible for the for bonds. The t shares d of bonds $3,588,000, The Cosing Quotations, To-day’s highest, lo Closing prices ‘and from last recorded sale, lows: Net Open, High, Low, Changes + There was a good scattered demand | Janua to ¥. Boston buying was the feature | break there. Prices continued soft of Amalgamated Copper, It scoring @| after the call as there did not seem to fractional gain, Advances of 34 to 1/be much disposition to support the per cent, were scored in Consolidated market, trade being generaly of a room Gus, Tennessee Coal & Iron, American | character, Sugar and American Smelting & Re- The opening prises were September, 10.82 to 10.33; Novem- ; December, 10.85 to 10.96; , 10.38 to 10.99; February. 10.3 h, 10.4 to 10.46; May, 1049 to ‘Phe late prices were: October, 10.41; 110.45 bid sales of stocks were 9,20 10.50. ———— ind closing 1 ‘ pres MEME, ae ftom venders] TO PAY READING DIVIDEND. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16—-The di- rectors of the Philadelphia and Read- ing Railway have declared a seml-an- pplied Demand December, 10.44; January, 10.47; Mareh, | 10.58, Eight-Year-Old Girl “Old Girl Put es in Philadelphia Failed tc Ar- | rive at Jersey City, Where| Uncle Was to Meet Her, The Jersey City police were asked to- day to look for an eight-year-old girl, who was put aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Philadelphia at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, but who has not yet arrived at this end of the road, The mother of the child put her on the train and then telegraphed the child's uncle to meet her in Jersey City He was at the station when the tra'm arrived, but the little girl was not on it, He walted for several other triins and the ed the police to as ertain her whereabouts. The missing girl is Edna Quinn, She sed in white and was to have met her uncle, T. J, Shine, of No, 518 Hudson street, Manhattan, at whose home she was to spend sev SHIPPING NEWS. ‘al days. ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY, Sun rises. 5.40°Sun sete 100 Moon sets. AM. | THE TIDES. Mian PORT OF NEW YORK, ARRIVED. Hirunde":: INCOMING STEAMSHIPS. DUE TO-DAY. Germania, Naples. —- Pannonta, Gtbrattar, Elawiek House, La Touraine, Havre, Gibraltar. OUTGOING STEAMBHIPS, SAILED TO-DAY. Cadrte, Liverpoo Orisaba, Nassau, ———— THANKSGIVING IN ONTARIO. OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 16.—An order has been passed by the Government ap- pointing, Thuraday.. Nov 1, a day of iving in the Dominion. BLARNEY 9c it periods in this great country of ours. A mal. Copper... 50% 1h | dividend of 2 per cent on the Panice are nothing more than lack of Am. 8. é niet ‘ ~ ry r+} | nual divides Oe ote ot onthe te ta catia Kot | CHEFOO, Sept. Ib—The Japanese | der all the public bulldings, wharves, | Am: & eat wet Bee Mindend ie worms Nov. in. and Ghe world te eager for & preventative troops between Sept. § and Sept. 10 cap- arsenals and everything that could pos-| 4™ vist vy 1s ae Tine books close on Oct. 21 tured a fort situated on @ high hill two sibly be of use to the Japanese with the 1 T. re t 3 Foot Fy 05% Se +} ‘1 |should the Japanes ti | Bklyn Ray BT Mat In his address Mr. Roberts said, in| The Japanese were able to remain in| vedy caucus 4 Roe Pcie: 1a rh the we + fh mi The house formerly occupied by Vice-| (hes & Oh ae tat bet m the fort because the quality of the| roy Alexieff was hit by a shell re- Chie, Gt 16% 10% 18 ihmerican finance does not stand | powder used at Golden Hill was $0 poor cantly and partially wrecked ¢ Sa Mnt vane meu i eet lone, @ Teneriffe in mid-ocean, «| that many shells fell short and others mmun'tl or vi mM Bhasta, or Ranlor, or Mont Blanc, ris-| fatled to explode. The foregoing informa. tere ls plenty rena rae] fend ae) hd be) i SOTA. BA ing in solitary majesty among their, tion was received from an intelligent flour 1s now nine roubles. Bea. Sf. R net's C ranges, It Is the vital current of the| Chinese who lett Port Arthur Sept. 12, waving Swami uncer er whieh + a 4 +% ® activity of the people. Its strength is| He had been @ dockyard laborer there i & % 1% ieos tb pot in theory or In petty technicalities, | for many years. He adds that the Ing seven sailors. This sheit came from A ay ala as b Tt Us strong, with the brain and brawn | Japanese are tunnelling under the Rus- hanese fleet which comes in much Minnatan. ex-div 194° a my > 3 (th the varied re-| Man forts, with the Intention of blow- | few shells, One ‘shell demollanod weve | Met? 8 e ‘Be Et All Da Friday & Saturday soll, and forest,| {9S them up, He says that the work of | em! ¢ k yards and Mo. O° he ity — x Mi ’ ; with the sheep and| ‘Unnelling is slow and arduous and will Kiiled An OMtcer and two men I h we wt t The latest vocal and Instrumental music, horses on many ranches, and the cattle| Probably be successful late ate’ fully able te participate in ane ¥, as agtm 1s’ tk on « thousand hills; with coal and iron,| 7% Russians have placed mines un-, other fight at present, Prcnagives au in wet & At the Special per and all thelr products; with wheat, and ay ‘8 Floor. corn, and sugar, and’ cotton; with the me %, t'|, Sent t rice of copy. inventive minds’ and skilful ‘fngers of WHEAT SOLD OFF. 118 1-2 to 11-6 3-8; December, Be ons RYT o D éfficient artists; with forge, and factory, ‘ GorneMay, 1 to OT ROE eto AR fo ones fC and dynamo, aid motor, and, not least, fouth. Pac h” ue wes 8 Add 2 Cents extra for each piece ordered by malt, ith school and college, with university! Dear Pr re st F \- South, Pi 11% 1k ae orders filled. — tha) harsh "hance Strength, It] "deg atter a Btenay Rene ett oncogene eae A BS BS aR The gaat nO the country. of evel « ‘9 ary . ne Bethe AM east Wheat, ater ar ataty” run in. the [HE MA Detomber, 2% ba el? 7 Qc A BIT 0° aracter," market to-day, sold off in the after-|_ Chicago's closing prices wore: tT om oe id ety Published as a rong or two-step € 1d Delegate Speake. noon under bear pressure and stop- : May. 147-8 to 115. Corn—sep- io Pacific wy 8 Wy + - - Rising to call attention of the dele | loss selling. Corn showed similar | tember, 521-4 asked: December, Si1-8 {! 8 Leather... Oh sh ON + 1h gates fo his race, thelr progress and | weakness tn the late trading, asked May, 001-8 bid. tebe. Oo fo fet, = R © Mele hopes, John’ Mitenel, Jr. Pres | cent, under ilquldation an eaneneaiiiicueene U; 8 Steal pe By ws we + 8 _ he Mechantes’ avings Bank, | ment in weather, . . 1 2 M of Richmond, Va., the only covored dete: | New York's oJ SUNDAY WORLD WANTS Wabash pt Hane UST ROSES AT TWILIGHT. successor to vioiets, te attending the convention, eulo-| \ May. 3 December, 118 3-8 |Wie'cend fay oe toy — 8 MY BLUE-EYED SUE. _ iitatine Aorta! cartons ember, = ‘ white man sald to the negro, 20's opening prices were; Wheat WORK MONDAY WONDERS. | Wie, Sant, \ i Til lade » sited both white and black men, leave politics and go into DusiNeSS,” | eenmmnees, said Mr. Miten “and we have, and are now knocking at the door of finance, and only tiene stands in the wey of our reaching the planacle of success,” Col. Lowry, President of the Lowry National Bank, of Atianta, Ga, replied (B= to Mr, Mitchell, saying: “There is no trouble between my race and his race in Georgia. Both the loaf- ing white men and the loafing black men are despised in my State, [I am glad Mr, Mitchell has spoken and given on record that the Bankers’ Association draws no color line and welcomes suc- cessful bankers, be they white or black, aa members.” OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK. Gasniani | Entire Block Fulton, From Bridge to Duffield St., Brooklyn. President Bigelow, with a touch of humor, thunked both speakers for pui- q ting the convention on record. {_ With Cash Purchases, | From 8.30 Until 12 0’ Clock. Double Stamps Every Day. Stamps Therea! With C. 0. b’ SHOOTS WIFE AND SON. Victims About to Leave & and Father Because of Tri JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Sept. 16.—Stephen Fellows, a miner, shot his wife and six- tenn-year-old son Charles yesterday in | ¢ the Pennsylvania Rallrond station at Barnesboro, this county. ‘The wife and son were about to take w York, where they were ng their home with a sister of Mrs, Fellows, on account of long oa Tamaily troubles, Mrs, Fellows bly die, The boy has a dan- ¢ jerous wound ttrough the mouth. Fel- , 8 was arrested, Fifth Ave, & 9th St., B’klyn, CREDIT Freely Extended to All. Gorn ces reece * CLOTHING For the Entire Family. $1Down & 50c. Per Week a On Purchase of $10 Worth, Furniture ‘Special Values for Boys at 3.95. Fine quality serge or fancy mixtures in high grade pro- ductions for Autumn wear. 4 t06,..,.,0000 Eton sailor atyle, sizes S to 11,,. Sailor blouse style, sizes 3 to 12 Norfolk style, bloomer or plain pants, Double breasted 2-piece Suit sizes 7 to 16,, Single breasted Vest Suits Fall Overcoats, sizes 3 to 15, Fall Reefers, sizes 3 to 12,, Men’s Fine Worsted Suits for 12.00. Newest effects in fine worsted, tailored by experts in the production of fine clothing, fit and quality guaranteed, single or double breasted, sizes s 34 to 46, regulars and stouts,...... Our Hat Department is now ready to present a complete line ‘of Fall pd the most exclusive -“ 12.00 @ modest price; quality 9 9¢ 9 THE GIRL YOU LOVE. nn otsuver supper 9% BLUE BELL. TEASING. 9c THERE'S NOBODY JUST LIKE YOU. Qc GOOD-BYE, LITTLE GIRL, GOOD-BYE u LAUGHING WATER. SAMMY. ‘eeeeese “Also any of the following hits at 9c.: Vocal. Mississipp! Mamie, verander. Lauehing aa |ai Yo. tave in ap Hannan. Won't ¥: chard. Oven That Dw Spooning, eap on @ Shinit Where the South- Silvery. Moon. orn Rows Grow pear Pid. Girh Where the! Dear Luna works ance iver) All Aboard for cite (new) 1 es oof the| Sat of the Sea for th Mefore the! Me. ar rik he Tale the Bella! ae ne Fell we With Your JY, from ‘The Princess.” SQUIRREL poll Snappy Money Savers i in Shoes. Boys’ $2 Shoes, 1.50. laced, heavy leather soles, none better Boys’ Shoes, s'tin calf, box calf, viri ki for serviceable wear, sizes 2% to $ Little Men’s $1.50 Shoes, 1. 19. Vici hid, box calf and satin calf, spring me laced, solid leather and an sep 1. 19 Children’s § 1 Shoes, 79. Child.ea's congola kid, bu'ton and lace Shoes, spring heels, sizes 610 8....+...++++ 79¢ Men’s $2 Shoes, 1.59. ea te it Hor benpacs iia wins ss efdeniin ses 1.59 UNK (new a SrRoLL 1s Ld MY HEART GORS THUMPING AND | RUMPING FOR YOL UNDER THE MISTLETOE HOUGH MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, LOUIS. Alsothe hits of the following operas at 15c.: Goo-Geg Man. Heldelbers Stein Sot Daye of O14. My, ten Domingo M Fo. ia Great to He Craay, HO MY LITTLE CANO. Moyet Gitte Mtstc St. | Mon Amour Waits. | Dance ofthe Har AND THE CHIP: | Tob WE MOONLIGHT FOR | tgre's OL Sweet Instrumental. Under the, Kime. moutnern QO ieene, Aaabing Weve. Woblage. . id My Pixhunterw’ ay Burning. of Rome. Polly Prim lequins. Sun Dance. chariot Race. Classic Music, 5 cts. a copy. an eet September, Clubtellow Maren. i | tucky Home er Double | Up Yani ack Mawk. jendelwohn Spring | dale Padorewant 1) Smif Hong | The Little Princess | fu ain Monastry | peru em. “| i r [William "ety SIX BIG BEST STORES: Third Ave. & 122d Street. san 0s 009 Sth Ave.,39th& 40th Sts, © gad 102 Bowery, near Broome St 2891 2d ave 150th & 15ist Sts, Brooklyn Store, Oth Aveand27thStrect, —-Fagiaries 829-831-833 Broadway, bet. Park Button, Patent Leather, New Styles Laceand | Box Calf, Wax Calf, Smooth Black Russia, Vici Kid and FOR FALL git Weights, Horsehide Enamel, The staple standard shapes are here. So are the newest of the 1904 ideas. Every purse satistied; every taste gratified. Above all else the Blyn Solidity, the Blyn Reliability—thoroughly built into every shoe that bears our stamp. The Children’s Styles and oe Ss H O ES. Please Wear, Style, comfort and durability are features of all our Ctildren's Shoes. Weare determined to serve the chil. dren so well that we shall have thelr custom continu- ously—not only as boysand girls but as men and women, SHOES IN EVERY GRADE, IU in and Ellery St || The New York Telephone — Company announces the opening of a New Contract Office at No. ae E. | 58th Street, corner “~All Cars rer eine or J HBe |___ by transfer to our doors. | Breadway, Graham and Flashing Avenues, Brooklyn, Autumn Stocks Are Here _ in All Their Splendor. Port au Prince | ; Mull New Orleans New Orleans | Madras Walsts, both in white and colored) Specials grounds, figured and striped, tucked fromts, jorth 6%c. SATU fancy tab collars, all six DAY, from 8 to 1.. Biscuit; revular price 5c; SATURDAY, from 8 sone eeenee 10 5 Hours Only, erscuie Special Uneee Baca or Unsede Ml No Mall Orders. to 1, 3 packages tor . ‘aa None C, 0. D. Limit’ 6. Port Antonio IZED WAISTS, front| ures, brown and. nay finished with clusters of| kilt flare and d tucks, doutle tucks in} stitched for Wom Children's black ribbed cotton h medium and heavy weights. fast colors. In narrow or wide 12%e rib, all sizes from 6 to 9%, black. ‘all sines, men’s hoslery, fa Witer, split sole, also drop’ atten, and Sigured ankle, to 6%, % Little Fello “0 4 warranted viel kid, box calf, patent contd seegese = Dae. Ede Lard in 3, 5 and 10 ib, | | se," and Plain; value 1% | re for Mother's Oats; value t0e, | These $15 Tailored Suits at $10, Made in the new Fall style, with all the latest fashion touches, these suits are nevertheless priced far below what you would be asked to pay elsewhere, They are of the best all- wool cheviots, black and navy; jackets are collarless and satin lined, finished with white broadcloth bands at neck to form collar effect and trimmed with silt braid; skirts have kilt 175 dos, black 1 MERCER: 200 al-wook WALKING KIRTS in fancy mix- stitched seams, around Sean: — £5:95e! Gate 2095 rae teens @accatts | | Hosiery Specials Shoes. It’s not the low prises alone that are increasing the sales of this Shoe Department so steadily, It's the combination of those three essen cotton hose, | | tials in footwear—comfort, good quality and price lowness—that brings thrifty’ buyer here to fil) shoe needs tday's good news: and Children, ribded black as fine ribbed hose, isle | qouble knees, fast’ Qc | Shoes, “double soles and high and enamel, tliced “heels elastic top. cr spliced | quality, « 19 Misses’ Shoes, gioat soles, Reduced Prices in ry with mat kid Scholars’ Needs. || fii: i Children’s Kid nm for donen 1c. Penholders. lace, patent leather tine for Se. box of Crayons, sizes 6 to If for regular Se, gréss of Chalk for Ite, Pencil Box. for a te, Pencil Box for a be. Pad. tor a be, Notebook, for a 2c, Blankbook, viel kid and’ patent}: kid tops, Se Women's Shoes, stow! sole, box calf, lace nae “viel An assorted lot of Wome Mi cen war “4 a ‘ootwear, Clothing for Boys and Young Men At Prices that Mast Make a Stir. eT |, Outside of the big savings always to be enjoyed when buy- ing clothing here, there's interest enougn in che new fall stocks to tempt you here, even if you do not care «o buy. What do you think of these specials for Saturday? Long Cvercoats, Oxford tiene, Saturday..... | Long el ons, fur ages 7 Boys’ and Viena Men’ 's Suits Two-piece Double- Pivasied tw piece Sults, Sults, all colors, pert, foyal.. y or up to 37 chest rade Dr 6.95 to 11,95 Norfolks n List of Most Appetizing ing Foods| Priced Much Lower Than Usual. x for 4 the. of fancy Head Rice: | 46, 6 { Pure Food Corn | value lic, a package. Johnson's & kes Secure. Co.'s Gras | LOC, Butterthin and | grated; ¢ Biscuits; valu Apa.our's 4c. Wh f Dr ‘s famous 1Bc, 9 Walter | farble. Citron, Raisin Sunday World Wants Work | Monday Morning Wor for ages 5 to Mi wor with Vest for ages 1. 98 of ages 10 to 16; 98 ice testes and fancy color Serge Sailor and Russian Riouse Long Pants for young met Sults, tor ages & to garnet, brown, 2.080 Suits, in Russian Suits, Sailor Bults: « for Young men of of up to ST chest ad ver novelties “ rape Nuts, Boston Brown king Chocolate; aker's Breakfast Be.