Show buildings vibrate and dishes rattle when the seismic wave is at its Height Slipping of the earth portland me july 15 an earthquake shock affecting a large portion of maine occurred at a m today and was noticeable for about ten seconds it was said to have been more evere than the shocks of march 1904 which occurred about 1 a m trembling awoke many people from sleep it was reported rom bangor to kittery and from above to the coast at rock island and seemed most severe at centra maine especially at augusta and waterville Wat erville early reports of the quaking were received from kittery tork portland brunswick lewiston augusta waterville Wat erville rumford falls farmington skowhegan Skow hegan belfast and bangor ii and manchester and concord in new hampshire night operators new england telephone and telegraph company at caribou dalton machias and all east of bangor did not notice any disturbance TTO shocks were felt at brunswick thompson and some other places the second being more severe than the first in the vicinity of portland a noise accompanied the shock being heard perceptibly by captain gilbert M dinsmore of the portland observatory who became familiar with earthquakes while living in morocco the state prison at thomaston was shaken but no camago was done there or in any section of the state reports indicate that the shock was not felt west of new hampshire portland me july 15 A slight earthquake shock was felt a m today followed in a few seconds by a heavier one no damage was reported the shocks are said to be heavier than those experienced march they were reported very severe at augusta bangor lewiston rock island and brunswick reports from thomaston cay that one shock was felt there short ly after 5 0 about fifteen seconds duration the state prison and house at thomaston were shaken noticeably tice ably and dishes and stove coders tattled saco and old orchard also noticed the shock at this morning the earth trembled and there was a sound like distant thun tier the convulsion was of out a few seconds duration at bangor there was one long rumble which rattled dishes and shook windows sate kejs of bowdoin college said jas near as he could judge he tremulous passed from to west at and was of between seven and ten seconds duration there is no instrument at bow edoin tor registering the velocity and strength of the oscillation professor Pre fessor lee said it was one of those shocks which is caused by the slipping of rock on the side of a fissure at some considerable sid erable depth probably tap twp or thred miles as a result of long continued atrain it could have been stimulated by an explosion of some kind processor lee could not locate from reports received the center of the shock NEW HAMPSHIRE SHAKEN concord N H joiy 15 an earthquake shock was distinctly felt in this city at morning reports from the city of manchester and other points indicate that a distinct shock vas e over the southern section of the state about the same hour CLAIMS DEFENSE young woman shoots her aged husband san francisco july 15 gustave hauler a retiree capitalist was shot and killed today at his home three miles from alma by his young wife arno said shooting was done in belt defense w none of the details haa been received heuter who was formerly prominent in the paint and oil business in san francisco was 70 years of age the woman who ahot him is 30 years of age and la his second wife she telephoned heuters son the news of his fathers death and the gone to tho scene FRAUDS AT STOCK YARDS kansas city mo july 15 the grand jury today returned indictments against wm A towers a prominent cattleman on a charge of fraud and carl H bruce tar and charles at the kansas city stock yards DUNS REVIEW new york july 15 R G duha coa weekly review of trade tomorrow gay seasonable merchandise goes into consumption more freely than usual retail trade exceeding FUNSTON IN TROUBLE 1 father of the general attempted to use a revolver tola kas july IS BH funston ex congressman this district and father 0 gen fred arick funston was placed on trial in the city court here today charged with carrying concealed weapons and with disturbing the 1 peace following the dynamite explosion in tola recently when H temperance crank wrecked three saloons mr funston on the street stated that it the officers had done their duty tho would not have occurred A crowd was drawn to tha scene and when an off leer r e quested funston to destat in bis talk the two clinched and funston it is allayed all aged attempted to draw his revolver A verdict Is not expected until monday next J lions at many points ana preparation for fall and winter business is on a liberal scale except in a few agricultural communities where there is a disposition to await definite assurances assur antes re garding the crop tho official report was more encouraging as to grain and later dispatches to this paper from the principal arming centers indicate that good results are being attained despite some excess of moisture manufacturing reports are irregular the cotton industry being unsettled by the rise in raw material woolen mills have a similar but less sensational obstacle footwear are shipping less freely but are maln taing the higher level of prices and dullness in pig iron doss not weaken confidence in an early resumption of liberal purchases duns index number on july I 1 was against a month earlier and a years ago prices of commodities had not felt the full effect of the rise in cotton at that date while the unusual midsummer mid summer abundance cheapened dairy and garden products rail way earnings for the first week of july exceeded last year 53 per cent and for commerce at this port for the last week showed gains of in imports and in exports as compared with the corresponding week of 1904 mercantile collections have improved in striking contrast in dullness and weakness of the raw material structural steel is so urgently sought that premiums are sometimes paid tor quick delivery and producers are considering si the advisability of a general advance in list prices many large building contracts have appeared during the past week and the tonnage of new bridge brok is a feature recent large transactions in hides strengthened the tone and further advances are recorded in light weights failures this week were in the united states against last year and 26 in canada compared with 20 a year ago bradstreets REPORT new york july IS bradstreets tomorrow will say midsummer mid summer influences still govern general trade and industry but weather and crop reports make tor quile optimistic trade reports in the surplus cereal producing sections sect fons of the west large though except in a few cases no record breaking crop yields now appear reasonably assured in the entire region west to the pacific coast and there is a general agreement that fall business already booked exceeds a year ago at this date wool is steadily absorbed at the highest prices for years hides are and while the advance of the year favors rather quieter conditions in building material lumber bricks and hardware reflect the continuance of activity in construction work business failures in the united states for the week ending july number against last week and last year in canada failures for the week number twenty as against twenty nine last week and eighteen in the week a year ago wheat including flour exports for the week ending july are bushels against last week this week last year from july ast 1st to date the are 1903 bushels against bushels last year PROBING INTO COTTON SCANDAL washington july 15 harvey jordan president ot the southern cotton association arrived here today and immediately went into conference with richard cheatham secretary 0 the same association and henry hosier secretary of the new orleans cotton exchange who are in in connection with the probing i 0 charges that the statistics have been juggled for the benefit of stock brokers none bt them would state the character of the business under consideration be yond that the officials ot tho two organizations in every way pos elble will assist the examination of the charges which is being conducted by the department of justice GEN DANA DEAD portsmouth july 15 general na bolcon dana IJ S A was found dead of mra george here today at the home II 11 joy where he waa passing the summer was adne to apoplexy RUSSIAN PARTY paris july 13 the north german lloyd company tas received a finally engaging passage OD the steamer welhelm der drossc kaiser july 26 for the following from cherbourg Cher bourg list of russian plenipotentiaries and their parly M witte chief plenipotentiary ot international D martens professor prof law at the university of st pe M poff director of the terp burK major general department treasury military at london ot the rusman foreign M formerly af occa at M boroto daf faires charge russian secretary of he altz formerly M of the legation at foreign office reorganization OF TEAMSTERS july 15 reorganization of chicago conservative lines the teamsters along coming con attempted at the nelll be brotherhood of the international thoro teamsters and helpers of strike to curtail the foot i a plan on officers general of the calling authority in the and boat that the chicago strike is referendum ot he proposed reorganization causo the haa been initiated LB trone move latrone constitution of he national revise the to organization using as a model i A the constitution of ana united mine workers PRESIDENT ENJOYS OUTING oyster bay L 1 july 15 taking advantage of the beautiful leather president roosevelt and some of the members of ills family enjoyed an outing today they left sagamore hill early and did not return until late in the afternoon secretary laeb and mrs loeb hlll leave tomorrow on a months trip to th yellowstone national park and vicinity |