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Show Prices of Neats Rising Rapidly in the East New York, July 15. Retail prices of meats wcro raised 1 to 3 cents today to-day In New York City. Dealers statd that wholesale prices of beet now higher than at any time before In twenty years have Increased 4 cenUi and retail pr.'ccs- 7 cents In three weeks In tho Now York calt'.c market, mar-ket, reaching 10. G5 cents per pound of cattle on tho hoof In Jersey City this week. In pork, according to dealers statement state-ment today, a r'so of twenty per cent has been recorded, whllo-. mutton alone temporarily has not Increased In prlco. Admitting an advance- of price of at least 2 cents a pound, tho local manager of ono of the big packing pack-ing houses said that tho present Imports' Im-ports' from Australia nnd South America Am-erica alono kept tho prices from further fur-ther rise. ABANDON STRANDED STEAMER SUIT HINGE3 ON ACTION OF NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS Washington, July 15. Attorney General McRoynolds Is waiting only for tho outcome of tho raeotlng of tho directors of the New Haven railroad, rail-road, scheduled to take place tomorrow tomor-row In Now York, before Onallv determining de-termining -llio course of thd government govern-ment In untangling tho New Haven system. The 'executive committer of Uie road has expressed unwillingness to dispose of the Boston &. Maine In view of recent legislation which gives Massachusetts an option to purchase this stock ht any time. If tho dlrtc-tors dlrtc-tors agrco with tho oxosutlvo committee com-mittee there Is practically no doubt that a suit will bo' flloJ lata this week at Now York to hnvo tlu New Haven dissolved under the Shermnn antitrust act. |