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Evening Star, Issue 12687, 13 June 1907, Page 6

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THE MARKETS. Press .Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 12. (Received Juno 15. at 9.133 a,iu.) Copper : Spot, £9T ; three months, £94. Tin : Spot £185; Utree months. £lßl ss. Lead. £2O 15s. The imports a no 17.500 tons; Australian. 3.955 tons; exports. 6.054 tons. The quantity of wheat and floor afloat for the United Kingdom is 5,410,000 quarters, and for t ho Continent 2.600,000. The Atlantic shipments were 554.000 quartets, and the Pacific shipments 13,000 quarters. Australian cargoes sold at 33s 4d to 34s 9d. At the tallow auctions 1,255 casks were offered, and 842 sold. Vino mutton, 57s 3d: medium. 55s 6d. Fine beef, 36s 6d ; medium, 34s 6d. FROZEN MEAT. NAPIER, June 15. The C.C. and D. Company (London), cable the following report ; —Canterbury mutton, 4)<l : Napier. Wellington, and North island, 5Jd. Lamb : First quality, bid; second, s)d. Beef: Hinds, 4)d; fores. sjd. NEW YORK INSURANCE. CHARGES OF FORGERY AND CONSPIRACY. An agent of the Now York Life Insurance Company was arrested on April 30 on a charge of forgery, and throe of the campaign managers of the International Policy Holders’ Committee were taken into custody on a charge of conspiracy, Jacobs Frank, the insurance agent, has confessed to having forged, or caused to be forged, at least 150 ballots. oast on behalf of the administration ticket of the New York Life Company. The arrests of the officials of the Policy Holders’ Committee were based on information given by three young women employed as clerks at the Committee’s offices. They say they were instructed to tamper with the ballots, imitating as closely as possible the handwriting of policy holders. One of _ the officials of the Policy Holders’ Committee arrested is George Scrugham... manager ai

the Committee, 'l’lie others are Charles CorringUm and Charles Stirrup, assistants to Scnigham. Scrughara was arrested at Albany. Ho asserts that otic of the women who made tho accusations against him and his assistants was discharged for incompetence, and tho others were discharged after tho polls wore closed, and immediately obtained positions with the New York life Company. ISerugham declares that the proceedings against himself and his two assistants aro tho result of a conspiracy on the part of the New York Life officials. On the other hand, it is asserted that additional accusations aro to be tiled against, the officials of the Policy Holden.' Committee, who, it is said, destroyed thousands of ballots which should have been delivered at tho offices of the New York Life Company, but which, through some error on flip fuirt of the Post Offioo officials, fell into the hands of the Committee.