Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1902 — Page 2

JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. “ RENSSELAER, • - - INDIANA.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

The explosion of a gasoline engine at the mines of Jacob Sliiro, an individual operator at Short Mountain, Pa., wrecked the power house and destroyed the breaker and storage house. The loss will amount to thousands of dollars, partially insured. Miss Mabel Wells of Monticello, Minn., and Eva Sasker and Laura T. Tye. both of Faribault, were drowned in latke Jefferson. Their bout was capsized during a storm. Profs, Bingham and Hanson of Minneapolis were with them, but could not save them. Goldie Lake, aged 10, who was kidnaped, it is claimed, by Mrs. Peter Itasmus, her grandmother, from the Auburn Children's Home at Cincinnati, three years ago, has been found at Youngstown, Ohio, after being traced to Detroit, through Canada and back to Ohio. Fire in the plant of the Thomas J. Lipton Company at the Union stock yards in Chicago caused a loss of $22f»,000. It was vicious while it lasted. The entire contents of warehouse “B” were destroyed, only the walls of the building remaining. The tire is'supposed to have been caused by crossed electric wires. A dispatch from Tarbes, France, gives news of a terrible fire at Lourdes, the town famous for its shrine to Our Lady, to which many pilgrims go. The tire brigade was unable to check the Hames, and, when the dispatch was sent, an entire block of houses had been destroyed and a number of persons had been victims of the tire. Charles Preble, a prominent farmer and stockman residing near Lanham, Neb., made three attempts to commit suicide before succeeding. He first tried to shoot himself through the heart, but the bullet, the last one in the revolver, failed to strike a vital spot. He then leaped into a fifty-foot well, but was rescued by relatives. Later he took the rope from the well .yid hanged himself from a rafter in the barn. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Basebull Ixuigue: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...i>o 2*l Cincinnati .. .36 44 Brooklyn . . ,4!t 39 St. Louis. .. .37 4*l Boston 41 37 Philadelphia. 35 49 Chicago ... .44 4t> New York.. .27 54 The clubs of,the American League stand as follows: W. L. YV. L. Chicago ....44 35 Washington. 40 42 Boston 40 37 Baltimore ...37 45 Philadelphia 42 34 Cleveland . . .37 47 St. L0ui5....43 30 Detroit 32 -J 5

NEWS NUGGETS.

Asa Messer shot and killed YVilliam Simpson during a quarrel near Barboursville, Ky. Daniel Farley, colored, was hanged at Memphis for the murder of his wife July 23. 1901. Fire at Baldwinsville, N. Y.. destroyed the principal business block, causing $50,000 loss. David Watt, a night watchman, wasburned to death, and 1. P. Miller fatally injured in a tire at Des Moines. Alonzo Searberry and Faris Castle were struck by lightning and instantly killed during a storm at Inez, Ky. Warren Smith killed Calvin Senter and was mortally wounded himself during a dispute over a woman near Mingo Mines, Ky. lowa Republicans in convention at Des Moines indorsed President Roosevelt for nomination in I!K>4 and named a State ticket. A third attempt to wreck the Illinois Central limited to New Orleans was made near Gilman, 111., when the engine ran into half a dozen ties. Judge Sidener of the first district police court in St. Louis has decided that a wife has the right to strike her husband when assailed with vile epithets. The United States government has been warned to watch for anarchists recently ordered out of Turkey ami supposed to be headed for this country. William Tierney, an Adirondack guide, who, with his companion, George Jackson, disappeared a month ago. has been found dead in Saranac lake. N. Y. Y\ hile Benjamin Saurwiue, living near Sitegerville, Pa., was digging postholes for a fence he discovered a partly decayed box filled with cash, both paper and coin, amounting to $3,400. One person was killed ami between forty ami fifty were injured, some fatallv, in a riot nt Shenandoah, Pa. Those hurt Include five officers. Forty or more of the rioters, nearly all foreigners, were wounded. A tire in Ignacio street. Havana. Cuba, resulted in a loss to the dry goods firm of Pn tides & Co. of $1(18.900, $90,000 of which was covered by insurance. Other dry goods firms, including Pella A Co., also lost heavily. In a fit of temporary insanity as a result of a severe attack of pneumonia, D. P. Dye, formerly a barber, shot and fatally wounded his 11-ycar-old son, Carroll, and then coinmitfed suicide at his home in Louisville. In a dispatch from St. Petersburg the correspondent of the London Daily Mail says the order for the wiflidiawal of Russian troops from Manchuria has been rescinded, ns that country is overrun with Chinese robber bands. Grant West was killed. Fred Michael sustained a concussion of the brain mid internal injuries ami John A. M< Donald, Fred Brooks and William Steffen were cut and bruised in a collision betw-cn n trolley car and a surrey in St. Louis. In ill-health. Charles Wright, aged <W, a veteran of the Civil War ami the author of several books on military history, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid at Hamilton. Ohio. Railroad net earnings for June show decrease for large systems, in spite of reduced operating expenses: Santa Fe reported $240,150 and Canadian Pacific $274,095 net loss. The weekly crop report found tempcralure generally favorable: corn making good growth and spring wheat promising; rain delaying winter wheat harvest and drought seriously hurting cotton.

EASTERN.

George D. Middleton was electrocuted at Clinton prison, Dannemole, N. Y., for the murder of his wife. The steamer Henry J. Johnson was sunk in Lake Huron in collision with the Fred Pabst in a dense fog. A great tunnel transit system for New York is indicated in a bid to construct . a line from Battery to Brooklyn. The publishers of Collier's Weekly nre said to be at the head of a $10,090,000 corporation to buy newspapers in New York State. It is said Senator Quay of Pennsylvania is endeavoring to secure the seat of United States Senator Penrose for his son, Richard It. Quay.” Wall street expects a big boom on return of J. P. Morgan from Europe. Settlement of coal strike and new railroad and industrial combinations are then predicted. Archie Roosevelt attempted to' buy a monkey for an Oyster Bay pet. The secret service officials mistook the Italian who had one to sell for an anarchist, aud hustled him away. Anthracite miners began the eleventh week of the strike sure that operators cannot get skilled employes to resume work. Unskilled labor is plentiful, but is not likely to be used. President Roosevelt reviewed a brigade of New Jersey National Guard at Sea Girt and delivered an address eulogizing the citizen soldiery as the nation's main dependent© in time of war. Rock Island stock went to 200 in Wall street'Thursday on rumors that the management intends to retire the stock with 4 per cent bonds in the proportion of two for one, and to form a holding company. William J. Bryan, in his address at the banquet 0? the New England Democratic League,- declared against concessions to men who left the Democratic party, and announced that conciliation and. conquest are the only means for bringing about harmony. Six firemen injured, two eight-story buildings almost completely destroyed, a number of others slightly damaged and a property loss estimated at $318,500. is the result of a fire on Libert}' street. Pittsburg, which raged fiercely for seven hours. The insurance is $21X1,000. A terrific thunder ami lightning storm, with a heavy,rain, visited the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa., the other evening, causing three deaths and much property damage. In Hazelwood the Presbyterian Church was struck by lightning ami the steeple thrown over, but no one was injured. At Hays' Station, Street’s run overflowed its banks and Hooded the village. Quite a number of residents had to flee for their lives, so quickly did the rise in the creek come. Twenty-five buildings, residences and stables were struck by lightning in the district during the twenty-five minutes the storm prevailed.

WESTERN.

Fire destroyed the plant of the Bryant Lumber and Shingle Company at Seattle, De Witt Browne, a real estate man, accidentally shot and killed Marion Hurt at their camp on Mad creek, Colorado. The Board of Equalization of St. Louis County, Minnesota, has increased mine assessment valuations 330 per eent. Dr. Charles K. Adams, former president of the University of YVisconsin. died from Bright's disease at Redlands, Cal. The annual report of the Missouri river commission gives result of improvements and shows financial expenditures. Chicagoans are suffering from an unprecedented plague of mosquitoes, supposed to be due to continued heavy rains. Two are dead, three are fatally and over a score seriously injured by a car falling from a trestle near McConuellsville, Ohio. Earthquakes were felt in Nebraska, western lowa, South Dakota and California Monday, causing fright and doing some damage. Two men were killed and two others seriously burned by an explosion of gas in one of the Sans Bois Coal Company’s mines, one mile west of McCurtain, I. T. Thirteen Chicago firemen fell forty feet into the heart of a burning factory when the roof crashed and all were rescued by companions, only two suffering severe injuries. An invention for feeding live stock has been perfected by a Chicagoan, with the result that the cost of feeding will be decreased and better and cheaper meat be produced. A. M. Rothschild, (he well-known Chicago merchant, killed himself with a revolver, insomnia and physical suffering prompting the act. His estate is figured at $1,900,000. Topeka grain men say a corn crop of 200,000,000 bushels is assured in Kansas. They estimate that Nebraska. Kansas and Oklahoma will harvest 500,000,000 bushels of corn. While mowing his lawn Walter Kilner. a wealthy retired business man of Mattoon. HI., cut bis finger with a blade of grass. Blood poisoning set in and he died in great agony. Waterloo, lowa, suffered a loss of $109,000 by a fire which started in the basement of the United States express office. Two firemen were badly hurt while fighting the flames. Frank Duben of Chicago was picked up by a train crew near Texarkana, Ark., in a dying condition and expired in a few hours. Hu had S6O and a check for SIOO on the Dearborn Bank, Chicago. The water famine which has been threatening Trinidad, Colo., for so long is now n reality. The city is without fire protection and water for domestic purposes has to be purchased by the bucketful. A passenger train from Chicago on the St. Daul Road ran hito a box car standing on the main track at Etter, near Hastings, Minn. The engine was <k railed and Fireman Burns, who liver at Red Wing, was killed. A tramp also was killed. While chasing a rabbit Charles Seymour, n farmer living near. Chillicothe, Ohio, stepped into a hole. The shock threw his head back so quickly that the vertebrae was broken, killing him instantly. Miss Katherine Graham died at Logansport, Ind., and an investigation by the coroner showed that her death was directly due to cold contracted n few days before while sitting under an electric fan. L. D. Zimmermann, postmaster tor a

quarter of a century at Lynnville, Ind., -was fatally shot by two robbers, who secured over SSOO in money and made their escape on a hand car.. A posse is in pursuit. Dr. Charles Kendall Adams, aged 67 years, formerly president of the University of YVisconsin, died at Redlands. Cal., from Bright's disease, after a illness. Dr. Adams had been ailing for several years. At Excelsior Springs. Mo., white caps took Riley Thompson and wife and Chas. Walker, all colored, from the jail, marched them outside of town a short distance, tied them to a tree aud administered a severe whipping. The Chicago messenger boys’ strike ended Sunday night in a practical victory for the employers. Rioting all day and assault with clubs on Detective Peter Johnson, who stabbed his assailant, disgusted the strikers. On Huderer's creek, Grant County, Ore., 280 sheep belonging to J. C. Moor of Mount Vernon were slaughtered, presumably by settlers and cattlemen. Armed men came upon the band at night and fired buckshot into them. Mrs. William R. Chandler, aged 40 years, and her stepson, Moses Chandler, aged 26 years, were taken from their home, six miles south of Bloomington, 1n.!., at an early hour in the morning and terribly beaten by white caps. At St. Louis the jury in the case of Harry A. Faulkner, charged with perjury in connection with the “boodle” scandal, returned a verdict of guilty, fixing punishment at two years in the penitentiary, the maximum being five years. James J. Jeffries still holds the title of champion pugilist of the world by defeating Robert Fitzsimmons in the eighth round of a fast and furious battle at San Francisco Friday night. Brawn and muscle told against science and skill handicapped by age. Judge J. 11. Slover, in the Circuit Court at Kansas City, decided in a written opinion that the faculty of the Manual Training High School, a municipal school, has the right to prevent scholars of that institution from joining any secret society that has not the approval of the faculty. The Omaha Indians held a meeting at Pender, Neb., and resolutions were adopted severely criticising the system ruder which they are governed, and declaring they are a prey to speculators who work in league with Indian agents, who phin der and cheat them of their full rights and benefits of their lands. Willis L. Moore. inspector of the weather bureau, is about to install at the observatory in Duluth an apparatus which, it is claimed, will detect a lightning storm at a distance of 100 miles and foretell its appearance in any given locality. The device is the invention of Rev. Father O. L. Odenbach, a Roman Catholic priest of Cleveland. Judge Bunn of the federal court of the western district of Wisconsin handed down a decision dismissing the complaint in the $2,000,000 suit of Albert C. Gunnison, George A. Bright and Howard J. Forker. all of New York .City, against the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company ami G. Hilton Scribner, trustee. The suit was brought to recover the value of old bonds. A cyclone visited the Gulf of California, wrecking vessels nnd damaging many buildings in the coast cities. At Guaymns five vessels in the bay were sunk. Two of them —El Luella and El Gravina —were large steamers engaged in coastwise trade. The public building, containing the offices of the harbor master and collector of customs, was destroyed by the cyclone. The residence of the English vice-consul was unroofed and otherwise wrecked. The new municipal hall aud city prison were damaged.

SOUTHERN.

Two negroes whose names were unknown were lynched at Womelsdorf, W. Ya. More injunctions were issued Monday by Judges Jackson and Keller against the West Virginia mine unionists. Rev. S. O. Mitchel), a Baptist minister of Louisville. Ky., while visiting his brother-in-law, George H. Maston, near Yelvington, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Capt. M. Terrebonne was awarded possession by Louisiana court of his daughter found adopted by New Orleans family, after he thought she had been drowned in 1593 storm. Judge Jackson nt Parkersburg, W. Ya., senteneed to jail six coal strike leaders for violation of the court's injunction. Suspension was granted in the case of “Mother” Jones. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Secretary-Treasurer YVilson of the miners' union. When Boisey Bryant, colored, is hanged at Adel, Berrien County, Ga., Aug. 22, he will be launched into eternity by the hand of a white woman. Bryant was convicted of the murder of W. A. Hyers, the marshal of Ade], who was trying to break up a gang of negro “blind tiger” keepers and gamblers. Miss Hyers, daughter of the murdered man, wrote to Sheriff Swindell, requesting the privilege of springing the trap at the execution of Bryant, and the Sheriff replied that he would comply with her request. For four days there was almost a continuous fall of rain covering practically the entire State of Texas, the downpour being particularly heavy in Western Texas. In Sourry County it rained for seven days and nights and all streams arc out of their banks. The town of Snyder had no mail for rec days and is cut off from all communication except by telephone. Traffic on the Texas and Pacific is almost completely tied up at Abilene. No trains haVe.arrived there from the West for three days. Ten persons have been drowned.

FOREIGN.

The Pilgrim Club, a new organization to bring Englishmen and Americans together, has been launched in London. The inability of King Edward to leave his couch causes uneasiness in Dindon and talk of a possible second postponement of the coronation. The law at Lorenzo Marques requires former British prisoners returning to South Africa to have at least SIOO before they are allowed to land. Earthquakes have occurred daily nt Bunder-Abbas, Persia, since July 9. The inhabitants are camping on the beach and there is great suffering on account of the abnormal heat. Other towns in the

vicinity were damaged and the old forfr ress of Ormuz was destroyed. The losa of life is believed to have been small. The com beetle has done immense damage to the crops in many districts in the government of Kherson, Russia, and in a large area of Bessarabia. Two hundred thousand acres have been ravaged. All the planters of the larger West Indian Islands are talking of annexation to the United States, owing to their dissatisfaction over the small amount of money contributed by the imperial government to help the sugar industry. One hundred and twenty-four cases of cholera have been reported in Cairo, Egypt. The drinking fountains have been closed. The epidemic is of almost virulent character. Many of the natives are attacked in the street and die in a few minutes. Cholera, which had been diminishing for a week, suddenly increased to seven-ty-eight cases in Manila Saturday, the largest since the outbreak. The removal .<f the quarantine on fruits and vegetables possibly accounts for the renewed outbreak. President Loubet of France signed a decree submitted by the Premier, M. Combes, ordering the forcible closure of twenty-six congregationalist schools in Paris and in the department of the Seine which have refused to disperse voluntarily. Decrees closing forcibly similar schools In other departments will be signed so soon as the prefects’ reports are received. A serious situation is prevailing in the Catholic country around Brest on account of the closing of the unauthorized schools. The countryside has taken up arms and is determined to resist any attempt at the forcible execution of the orders of the Premier. Placards have been posted in the townships urging resistance to the police. In the British House of Lords Lord Burghelere, Liberal, asked Lord Onslow, Under Secretary for the Colonial Office, it he could inform the House regarding the alarming statements that Canadian land was being bought up by Americans, of whom 200,000 were said to have emigrated to Canada this year. The Under Secretary said he thought Lord Burghelere’s figures were incorrect. In 1901 the number of Americans who emigrated to Canada was 17,987, while to the most recent date this year the number was 24.100. The Under Secretary also said that in Western Canada land was being taken up with unexampled rapidity, not only by Americans, but by Englishmen and other Europeans, which bid fair to make the Canadian wheat fields an important factor in the wheat supply of the world.

WASHINGTON.

Postmaster General Payne declares that increased pay for mail carriers is impossible. A series of small fires occurred in the treasury building, Washington, due to burning out of an electric cable. General Miles has selected Colonel John B. Babcock to be bis chief of staff, to succeed General Thomas Ward. Secretary Moody says more couihais-sic-ned officers are needed to properly man warships now in commission. Gov. YY’illiam H. Hunt of Porto Rico has arrived at New York and talks of the remarkable development of people and their affairs under American rule. President Roosevelt approves the finding of the court-martial in the cases of Maj. Glenn and Lieut. Gauchol, convicted of administering water cure to Filipinos. Secretary Root has declared in an interview that the United States did not seek to expel Philippine friars, but to assist church by replacing friars with priests acceptable to natives. The Interior Department has sent out notices asking for bids for the pine timber on sections 16 and 36 of each of the townships of the Red Lake reservation and of a part of the YVhite Earth reservation, in Minnesota. The action is the beginning of the disposal of the timber and the agricultural lands of those two extensive reservations under an act of the last session of Congress. The timber to be disposed of amounts to about 20,000,000 feet and covers 12.00 Q acres. The law requires that the sale shall be advertised for six months in most parts of the country.

IN GENERAL.

The Jewish YVorld of New York estimates there are 115 millionaire Hebrews in America, of whom Chicago has thirteen. Nicaragua has commuted the death sentence of Dr. Russell Wilson of Ohio, who was captured with the revolutionist party. Cubans are worried oser failure of United States to vacate Havana coaling station and President’s delay over Bragg letter. , W. H. Horwood, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, has been appointed Chief Justice of Newfoundland in succession to the late Sir Joseph Little. The blue book of American shipping for 1902 reports 1,657 vessels built in twelve months, with 473,981 gross tonnage. Sailing craft declined from 128,099 tons to 101,072. A census report on the parking industry shows 198 concerns driven out- by big companies in ten years. Illinois plants decreased from 81 to 64. Total capital increase was $72,310,700. The anti-imperialist committee has announced the result of its Philippine inquiry, and accused American troops of murder, robbery, torture of Filipinos. The President is urged to investigate. One million dollars in treasure was brought by the steamship Roanoke, which has just arrived at Seattle from Nome and St. Michael's. This is the largest shipment from the Nome diggings this season. Subterranean roarings resembling thunder are frequently heard in San Jose, Costa Riea, and in Alajenla, a town eleven miles distant. They are believed to be caused by the Poas volcano, niuetcen miles northwest. The greatest trust the world has yet seen, a combination which will have absolute control of the. trade of Europe, America and Asia, sprang Into being when a semi-official announcement was made in London of the merger of the interests of Rockefeller, Rothschild and Nobel. Thia combine has unquestioned proprietorship of the great oil fields in the United States, in Russia and in Siberia.

LITTLE SOUTH AMERICAN REGION

That May Precipitate War Between Bolivia and Brazil. The region of Acre, in northern Bolivia, has been disputed territory between that country and Brazil for nearly fifty years.

The little country has come into public notice recently because Bolivia leased a part of the Acre region to an Anglo - American syndicate. Brazil objects to this business arrangement, and has threatened to break off diplomatic relations unless the contract la rescinded. Except that the

AN ACRE CHIEF.

country is rich in rubber, little is known about it. It occupies a triangular space between the boundaries of Brazil and Bolivia, and Peru and Bolivia, with the Beni river as the base. The position of the sides qf this triangle as interpreted by the two-countries is the cause of the dispute. A traveler recently returned from Acre gay.v of the natives that they are in many respects like the Bolivians, but that there are among them tribes of a lower class than ean be found elsewhere in that part of the world. Some of them are said to be cannibals, and all are shy and averse to the invasion of their country by the whites. Thsy are experts in the art of using darts, spears and javelins, and delight in practicing with these from the bush on intruders, whom they usually attack from behind. They wear no clothes, but hav© elaborate head dresses made of feathers and beads, and the younger ones wear strings of coins and metal disks around their necks and wrists. There are no horses or mules in Acre, and the llama is used as the beast of burden.

JEFFRIES WINS THE FIGHT.

Knocks Out Fitzsimmons in Eight Rounds at San Francisco. At San Francisco, in the eighth round, after the most marvelous exhibition ever •een In any ting, Jim Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons with a left to the body and a left to the jaw. This was not until, however, Fitzsimmons hud mads the champion look like a comparative novice at the boxing game. The battle was won by Jeffries solely and wholly by his overpowering weight, brute force, and Inordinate capacity for taking punishment. YY’hile the fight lasted, and, In fact, until the final punch landed, th© marvelous one from Cornwall had all th© better of it. He outboxed the champion at every point. The defeated man fought a marvelous battle against almost unsurmountable odds. This was evident before the men had boxed four rounds. Fitz brought his erstwhile powerful right into play time and again. Yet Bob's punches had no effect save in cutting and bruising up the face of his opponent. Even the loss of blood sustained’ by Jeffries did not appear to have any debilitating effect on the champion. He bored in against his opponent's leads as though merely boxing with a sparring partner. The first punch, the one to the body which really did the work, landed two inches above Fitz’s navel. The man from Cornwall went to the padded floor under the impact and was counted out. He was unconscious at no stage, shaking his head indicating his inability to proceed longer at the count of the watch. It is a question which of the two men was cheered the most when they left the ring. Jeff for his victory or Fitz for his heroic battle.

HILL ADVISES THE FARMERS.

Railroad President Telia Them to Diversify Pursuits. President James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad has caused a circular letter to be distributed among the farmers of North Dakota, against devoting all of bheir lands to the raising of wheat. He urges diversified farm pursuits in order that serious results may not follow an unlooked-for failure of the grain crop. The North Dakota farmers are advised to diversify their pursuits by raising cattle, sheep, and poultry. The Great Northern promises to issue bulletins giving information as to how to obtain and handle live stock.

ODDS & ENDS OF SPORT

Now Teter Maher steps to the front and announces that he is through with the ring for good and aye. ' Harry Bay has made but one error since he joined the Cleveland team, end thnt was a fumble of a ground hit. Delehanty Is the chathpion distance hitter of the American League. He leads In extra bases, with 117 to his credit. Burkett of tbs St. Louis Browns has a record that is probably equaled by no other player. He has missed but one game In three seasons. Albert Champion, the speedy French cyclist who has developed into one of the greatest pace followers of the year, was the star in the 20-mlle event at Brighton Beach. The bout between Dave Sullivan and Young Corbett having been forbidden by the St. Louis authorities It. is likely that the two will not meet again until after Corbett and McGovern have their go. "Rube” Waddell's pitching feat at Itlladelphla, it Is safe to say, will not be duplicated for many a day to eome. It is seldom that an absolutely perfect game of ball fas pitched. J’hat is what this one was. The Intelligence from England that Charley Mitchell, the famons heavyweight, is critically ill, came as a severe shock to bls friends and admirers In this country. It begins to look as though Billy Bergen’s days as a member of the Cincinnati ball team were over, owing to his poor showing. Last season Bergen was the catching wonder of the year. Ton* Cooper, the noted cyclist, has deserted the bicycle game for the new fad —automobillng. He Is at presett working on an automobile in Detroit which he la making for racing purpose*.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

r~ Each day brings the agrlNPW Yritk cultural products of the na—Jtiffn nearer maturity, and as the possibility of any serious injury becomes smaller the feeling of confidence in fully sustained trade grows strong r. Storms destroyed much property in some sections, and the prompt restoration of structures has added to the activity of building trades. Railway stocks rose to new higii record quotations and gold was exported, yet money ruled easy. July oats succeeded corn as the leading speculative cereal, but all distant grain options tended lower as the outlook improved. The heavy distribution of merchandise is shown by railway earnings thus tar reported for July 25 per cent larger than last year and 20 per cent in excess of the corresponding period of 1900. R. G. Dun & Co’s weekly review thus sums up the trade outlook and continu - ing, says: Insufficient fuel is the one serious difficulty in the iron and steel industry, interruptions and delays from this cause becoming more noticeable each day. Supplies of coal are curtailed by the strike, although coke ovens are making new records of production. Shipments are retarded by the car and motive power shortage. In a market where 'there is comparative dullness because deliveries cannot be made promptly, the outlook for long continued activity seems favorable, especially as scarcity Of fuel cannot continue a factor indefinitely. All forms of pig iron have sold ahead, and there is no evidence of over production, in the near future at least. Billets are still somewhat unsettled by heavy importations, yet domestic prices are steady and further foreign arrivals are expected. ~ The Northwest is just IfllCdQO. about entering upon what —— may be called the nervous period of the year. The time is close at hand when the growing wheat will have reached the most delicate stage, and the weather attendant upon the process of maturity through the critical period following may make or unmake the crop. From every corner of the Northwest comes good news, and from every point of view the present outlook is highly encouraging. Grain men, whose business it is to anticipate, and who habitually scan the horizon for a speck to denote the rise of an adverse factor, are unable to discern the faintest indication of anything in the least disturbing. Hot winds, always a possibility through the milk period, could do great damage to the crop. There is no more reason, however, to expect them now than in any other year. One of the most conservative financiers in the country said: “If the corn crop fulfills its promise, this fall will see the advent of the most remarkable era of commercial prosperity America has ever experienced.” Without a doubt a bumper corn crop will bring this about, for if the granger roads made money with a corn failure last season, a heavy yield this year should enable them to show the largest earnings in their history. All other roads will share in this to some extent, and the people will be benefited by the continuation of general prosperity. The country at large presents a view not materially changexl from the previous week. The same activity is noted in the leading lines, the same hopefulness and continued talk of the good fall business that is to come. The fruit season is now at its height. Produce prices in general are high, considering that there is a sufficiency in the supply centers, but the people are consuming largely and are paying for the best. Cotton, nearly all hog products and the cereals are lower. An exception is found in cereals for July delivery in which the scarcity of supply and bull manipulations forced prices to really phenomenal points. At 72 cents, July oats were higher than corn, and higher than at any time since the Civil War.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $8.25; hogs, shipping grades, $4.25 to $8.00; sheep, fair to choice, $4.00 to $4.40; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2,58 cto 59c; oats. No. 2,49 c to 50c; rye. No. 2. 55c to 57c; hay, timothy, $ll.OO to $10.00; prairie, $6.00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 18c; potatoes, new, 40c to 60c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $8.25; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $7.70; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn. No. 2 white, 65c to 66c; oats, No. 2 white, 50c to 52c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $7.75; hogs, $3.00 to $7.85; sheep. $2.50 to $4.40; wheat. No. 2,65 cto 66c; corn. No. 2, 61c to 62c; oats, No. 2,37 cto 38c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 53c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $4.50 to $7.25; hogs, $4.00 to $7.75; sheep, $3.25 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 66c to 67c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c, rye, No. 2,58 cto 50c. Detroit —Cattle, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs $3.00 to $7.60; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 67c to 68c; oats, No. 2 white, 61c to 63c; rye. 60c to 61c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 77c to 78c; corn. No. 3,64 cto 65c; oats’ No. 2 white, 54c to 55c; rye, No. 1,59 c to 61r; barley, No. 2,67 cto 68c; pork, mess, $17.40. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 62c to 63c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; clover seed prln.e, $5.12. New York—Cattle, $4.00 to $7.60; hogs, $3.00 to $7.65; sheep, $4.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, N'>. 2, 65c to 67c; oats. No. 2 white. 65c to 66c; butter, creamery, 18c to 21c; eggs, western, 17c to 19c. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $8.25; hogs, fair to prime, S4.OC to $8.15; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to $4.25; lambs, common to choice, $4.00 to $6.50. Gates is said to be planning a merger of all the railroads between the lakes • and the South.