Show SALT NEWS ON THE EXCHANGE A wry market was experienced perien ced on the mining exchange this morning and a total of chares were disposed of for which the purchasers checked out the sum of 2830 lower mammoth was again a feature of the session and in the face of a five cent assessment the stock was sent up to 31 cents despite the fact that shares were thrown onto the market while carisa came out to demand for a share lot at 17 cents and new york was sent down ahe scale to 51 cents with the bale of 1150 shared on the open board a good sized volume of business was transacted and besides trades in lower mammoth and new york comstock came out to a call for shares at 20 cent sacramento allowed shares to go at cents silver shield over 1500 at an even 23 cents raymond illinois made its appearance in the pit by exchanging shares at 25 cents and uncle barn consolidated closed the morning business by selling shares at 39 cents and shares at cents STAR CON assessment from the assessment of the sta consolidated company was realized and one of the officials of the company stated yesterday that the company would not levy another as tor at least several months and possibly it would not be necessary to make another call upon the shareholders the company has shares in the treasury and instead of disposing of this stock the officials have decided to make a payment on the the bank and continue the dropping down of the shaft to leloo feet at present some sl licious ores are betas sent to the smelter tor which the company Is realizing an amount sufficient to pay the running expenses of the mine and nhsn they tap the vein at a greater depth the property wall oon foon f respond with enough first class ore 0 o get the company clear of all indebtedness LOWER MAMMOTH assessment t As has been the lower lam rooth mining company directors met and levied an ses Eroen t of S cents a share which will give tha company to continue the exploratory work at the properties in the gintic tintic district the management feel confident that some rich ore wll be encountered when the shaft has been dropped down to the 1600 toot level which depth they will reach in ift short time and it they are as as they contemplate the mine will develop into a bread winner in a short time after they have encountered a tha mine Is surrounded by some of the dividend paying mines of chat section of the country SHOW OF STRENGTH BUT NAR ROW MARKET striking advances are accomplished in some stocks but market Is restricted nevertheless new york aug 7 imposing show of resulted from trading in stocks A study of the list in detail reveals that the market vas somewhat narrow and restricted in spite of the general appearance of strength the of a large proportion of the standard railroad stocks was a striking feature of the market which is only fully by considering what was not done in trading as wall as what was achieved the closing of hc london stock cx change for a holiday and the continued vacation absence of a larga element ot the stock exchange membership here are factors in atis dullness ot the market but these qualifying considerations do not obscure the fact that some very striking advances were accomplished during ho day the buying which caused these a as concentrated upon specialties to a conspicuous extent in the same way that the market of bat wee kwas affected the hotnes for demand were however to a large extent in tha general conditions the news of the day was particularly favorable in its general tenor and covered crop conditions and pro of railroad earnings and lc demand for anthracite large orders tor all classes of steel products and sustained ease in the money market reports were specific of the very large orders being placed fop iron and steel products of the mills refusing it tras said to consider new business except for shipment late in the year or next year as they are already over crowded with work the iron and steel industries gave evidence of organized support and moved as though a party had embarked ia a campaign for higher prices the united states steel stock did not make the widest advances but had an imbor tant influence on the general kit Rall roa traffic officials were quite unanimous in reporting a volume of traffic which was fast absorbing the greatly expanded equipment facilities which haap been added by all the great railroad in the last few months grain has commenced to amov freely except for some backwardness n the corn movement and orders fop AH grades of are re ported to bo on a large seals based on the confidence to the crop outlook the gr angers were relatively backward owing to the jamall movement or that grain and the critical period yet to ba passed for ito maturity the action of the market was due tn no small part however to the maturing of the conviction that tha count rys grain crops are practically assured and that they will prove large the southern railroads enjoyed another advance in concert is lahout regard to the poorer outlook for corn saturdays unfavorable bk statement was the subject 0 ome discussion but the sustained ease of the money market soothes all apprehensions based on possible future developments there was somo profit taking late in the day tout prices recovered again and the closing was strong and quite active there was a large demand for united states steel second as th movement of prices in the general bond list was slightly irregular but mostly strong total sales par value 1 U S bonds were all unchanged on call government SURGEON 18 IN CHARGE OF FEVER FIGHT shifting of authority will not inter fere with work now doing and success Is confidently looked for new orleans august 7 two large foci of infection were discovered today outside ot the city by officers of tho marine hospital service dr corput went to diamond plantation in st charles parish lo 10 look into some suspicious cases and found six positive yellow fever cases of secondary infection three of which were dead they are on a sugar plantation and three of them aro italians one was a negro the cair point of infection ie the of Pat irson in st mary parish dr giuras found nineteen cases ot secondary infection most of these are also italians the local health boards have taken charge in both instances and are following out the directions of the marine hospital service new orleans august 7 archbishop Cb appelle was reported as doing well tonight he the crisis tomorrow new orleans august 7 official report to 6 p m new cases 32 total to date 56 0 deaths 8 total deaths to date new sub foci 4 i total to date 97 with the marine hospital service under the authority ot president roosevelt in complete control the figh to eradicate yellow fever from new orleans beffre frost took on fresh life today and with ample auns funs the best available talent and an army of willing workers at his back dr J H white surgeon in charge looks for a successful termination 0 the struggle dr white visited the state and city boards of health where he communicated the news of the presidents decision to them both cleage all of the assistance of themselves and the forces under them to dr white in his undertaking der taking dr white said the transfer af pf details would be gradual so that there might be no interruption of tho work now in progress the shifting of authority is expected to be complete tomorrow it was announced that the marine hospital service would take up as coon as the settlement of debaus would permit the receiving and compiling of the dally reports an impression has prevailed in some quarters outside of new orleans that all the cases occurring were not made public has been entirely unjust but in order that there may be perfect confidence throughout the country that an accurate statistical report is being made daly dr white declares that all of these announcements shall be hada under federal authority tho rity in alif connection a guint an mcarel some time ago in news papers throughout the country that although the new orleans health authorities ties had announced only a total cl fifty deaths the marine hospital report had put the figure at more than dr white in reply states that no such statement was ever given out by his department that no such number ol 01 deaths had occurred and that the figures carried daily by the associated press were correct there was a prompt response today to the appeal of chairman janvier 0 the citizens committee for additional subscriptions to the citizens fund to the end of raisin the desired by the government checks poured in steadily to office of the committee in addition to this appeal mr janvier took steps tor state aid when governor blau chard camo here for a conference with dr white and the health officials three weeks aso he said that should the emergency warrant it the otate could be depended upon to do its share toward furnishing the funds necessary ebsary toward bringing the fight to a successful finish today mr janvier wired the governor saying that the emergency was here and that the states assistance had been pledged to the government to assist in raising the money desired As the whole state Is interested in the present campaign it Is assumed that in twenty four to forty eight hours the governor will have all the backing he desires and that louisia nas contribution of at least will be made unsolicited checks have been sent here from other parts of the country to the fund which will be fully subscribed bed it is believed when the money is wanted an evidence of the panicky feeling in the country parishes is shown in the experience of the cumberland telephone company at arcadia la the man in charge of the office fled when the fever began to spread local headquarters tried at once to fill the position but arcadia refused to permit a man to coins to work it de dined to take a man from meridian the is that the berries has been A similar state of affairs prevailed at baton where the manager has gone and where rigid quarantine prevails the baton rouge exchange serves much of the surrounding country and all that section will be without communication muni cation the death reported on ho bell plan tation in jefferson pariah opposite to new orleans Is the fifth that baa occurred there showing the heavy mortality from the fever abro adequate treatment is not given fe italian fled from new orleans to this plantation and one after another has taken the fever and succumbed the vicinity has been thoroughly isolated and dis infected and every precaution will be taken to prevent subsequent infection by means of the mosquito dr guteras GuU eras of the marine hospital service ohp davan southwest louisiana investigating reports of suspicious cases |