Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1903 — Page 3

Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fen« dig's Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Judson J. Hunt, low, Abstracts, loans ana Rea) Estate. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs in Leopold block, first stairs west of Vanßensselaer street. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The .N. A. AC.Ry, and Rensselaer W.L. A P.Co. |3fe_Office over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer, Indiana. U. M. Baughman. G. A. Williams, Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law, Notary work, Loans, Real Estate and Insurance. Special attention given to collections of all kinds. Office over "Racket Store." 'Phone 829. Rensselaer, - Indiana. J. F. Irwin S. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. R. W. Marshall, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in all courts. Special attention given to drawing up wills and settling decedent's estates. Office in county building, east side of court house square. num.DLti. c. e. •pitli*. harry miuii Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law. Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, INDb Ira W. Yeoman, A TTOR N E Y-AT-LA W, Remington, ... Indiana. Law. Real Estate. Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. Dr 5.1.8.& I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will give special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear. Nose, Throat and Chronic Diseases. He also tests eves for glasses. • Oencs Trliphons No. 4t. Rrsiosnor Phohi No. 97. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over I me#* Millinery store. Rensselaer. Orrtci Pmom 177. SisioiNoa Phonii lie. Dr. Anna Francis, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Office over Harris Bank, Rensselaer, Ind. Hours: Btol2 m; Ito 4:30 p. m. Doctor A. J. Miller, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rensselaer, - - Indiana. Office up-stairs in Forsythe block. General practice of medicine, surgery and X ray work. Calls answered promptly, day or night. Office and residence'phones. ao4 (Jasper Co.); also (Halleck) 43 at residence. W. W. MERRILL, M. D. Eieciic Physician ana suraeon, RENSSELAER. - INDIANA. Chronic Diseases a Specialty. Office 'Phone 308. Residence 'Phone 345 H. O. Harris, E. T. Harris, J. C. Harris, President. Vice-Pres. Cashier, Rensselaer Bank. Deposits received on call, Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time, Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities, Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. We Solicit a Share of Your Business. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug store. AMERICAN DENTISTRY' / ®S Crown, Bor and Bridge \ Work. Teeth Without XR I /fR Plates, Without Pain. .. J. W. HORTON I« YEARS IN RENSSELAER. Teeth carefully stopped with gold and other fillings. Consultation free. Nitrous Oxide Oas administered daily. Charges within the toaoh of all. orncs orrosits court mouis. PLENTY OF E6G9 And no sick chickens where Wells' Hootlsr Poultry Powder la used C'uree Cholera, Ospee and Boup. Keeps poultry healthy. Pries. M eals Sold by A. F. Long.

BITTER COLD WAVE.

COUNTRY IS SWEPT BY WINTRY BLAST. Death and Destruction Following in Wake of Worst Spell of Frigidity in Years Cyclone Sinks Steamer and Twenty-three Are Drowned. The country has recently experienced the most bitter cold wave of the season. Thirty degrees below zero in the Dakotas, zero in Texas, within a few degrees of the cipher in New York thermometers; the entire country swept by winds that add to the severity of the cold, people frozen to death in Chicago, Kansas, Georgia and elsewhere—that was Tuesday’s chapter in the story of the most widespread and lasting cold wave known in years. The other usual incidents of delay to transportation of all sorts, added suffering among the poor, injury to telephone and telegraph wires and general injury to business interests, are reported from ell the area between the Atlantic coast and the far western ranges of the Uocky Mountains. Railroads have been confiscating coal consigned to firms and individuals at such a rate that two bills were introduced In the Kansas Legislature making sfich action a crime. Even by thus appropriating shipments of fuel to their own uses and running the risk of paying big damages, many of the roads have been unable to keep trains moving. Some of tlie temperatures reported Tuesday were: Bismarck, N. 1»...-30]St. Louis —8 Duluth, Minn .. ,-24f<’levelnud -4 Milwaukee —)5 Amarillo, Tex.... 0 Chicago —lOlLoulsvllle 2 Omaha -10;.New York 12 The Eastern States got what seemed more than their share of the storm. In central New York fifteen inches of snow fell. Gales swept the coast and endangered shipping, and fewer v essels ventured out ou account of storm warnings. Pittsburg was in danger of a flood, aud municipal election day in the State of Pennsylvania saw only a fraction of voters willing to go to the polls. The cold was general. East and west from Chicago the country was frozen in its clutch. Near Children, Neb., six trains were buried in snow drifts, the imprisoned passengers including a regiment of United States cavalry. In Wyoming the worst blockade of the winter was reported, while Kansas haa been enduring perhaps the lowest temperature in its history. Ohio reports bitter weather and a serious shortage in natural gas, which is adding greatly to the suffering. In Springfield, Ohio, the street gas jets were extinguished to eke out the scanty supply of artificial gas with which the citizens were trying to keep from freezing. It is estimated that 10,000 persons who depend on natural gas have suffered, and many remained in bed all day in their efforts to keep warm. With a temperature which sank to 10 degrees below zero at 7 n. ni. Tuesday was the coldest day in Chicago since Feb. 0, 1899, when the thermometer registered 21 degrees below. Most of the mail trains entering Chicago were late, some of them being five hours behind time. The whore State of Wyoming has been In the grasp of the fiercest blizzard of the winter, and the railways are badly crippled. Cuts have filled with snow, and it may take days to clear them out. A passenger train, two snow plows, and a freight train were snowbound forty miles north of Cheyenne, on the Colorado aud Southern, seven passenger trains were tied up at Laramie and points west on the Union Pacific owing to a blockade near Medicine Bow. Two passenger trains and several freights were suowbound six miles south of Cheyenne on the Denver Pacific. In most cases the dining cars kept the imprisoned passengers supplied with food. Where there were no diners the railroad companies have sent provisions. Reports of stock losses are beginning to come in from the range, but the losses will not be as heavy as anticipated. Many cities in Ohio, among them Springfield, Dayton, Urbana, Sidney, Tiqua and Troy, have been without natural gas. It is estimated that 10.000 persons dependent upon this fuel for heat have suffered severely. The gas in scores of homes puffed out, owing to the low pressure, and many families had narrow escapes from asphyxiation. Valves had been left open aud the natural gas, when it returned, escaped into the homes. The cold wnve which has swept over southern California during the last four or five days, bringing snow and frost, is broken and orchardists are giving their attention to the work of determining the damage. It has been ascertained that lemons suffered most. In certain localities the entire lemon crop for the summer was killed and in nearly all sections of California there was more or lese damage. It is conservatively estimated that the loss will be between 10 and 20 per cent of the entire crop.

STEAMER SINKS: MANY DROWN.

Accident Takes Place In Chowan River, North Carolina. A cyclone struck the passenger steamer Olive and sent it to the bottom of Chowan river, In North Carolina, drowning eighteen persons. The Olive is a river steamer plying between Franklin, Va., nnd Edonton, N. C. Tho accident took place off Woodley’s wharf, between Mount Pleasant and Oliver’s wharf. Without any warning n furious blsst of wind struck the shallow craft, careening it until the wnter rushed over the side. It righted, but sank immediately, and the passengers on the lower deck and in the cabin hud no chance to seek safety In any direction. Nearly every one was In tlie cabin on account of the threatening storm. Only the pilot house stood above the water when the steamer settled to the bottom. In It were Capt. George H. Withy and five others, the only onca saved. Early the next morning the river steamer Pettit came in sight nnd rescued the atVnoat frozen survivors. Eight members of the crew who embarked In lifeboats to go to a pnsslng craft were picked up after rowing four hours. The Olive was n small single screw steamer, owned by J. A. Pr«tlow of Franklin, Va. It left Franklin for Edsnton, and had almost reached Its destinttlon when the cyclone struck It.

BLOCKADE IS RAISED.

Allied Warship* In Venezuelan Waters Are Withdrawn, The blockade of Venezuelan ports ho* been formally ended by Great Britain, Germany and Italy. Instructions were

cabled Saturday from London, Berlin and Rome to the commanders of the warships in Venezuelan waters to end the blockade immediately. Official notice of the "termination of the blockade reached the State Department at Washington in the shape of a dispatch from the United

H. W. BOWEN.

States embassy at London stating that the British foreign office had given it out that a cablegram had been sent to the British naval commander to raise the blockade. In view of the restoration of peace between Venezuela and the allied powers of Great Britain, Germany and Italy, Augusto Pulido, the Venezuelan charge d’affaires, addressed an appropriate note to the British ambassador and later called at the Italian and German embassies. Mr. Bowen as soon as he had cleared up some details with the British ambassador paid a farewell call upon Secretary Hay at the State Department and reported the signing of the peace protocols. The two were in conference for some time and the Secretary congratulated Mr. Bowen heartily upon the success of liis mission. News of the raising of the blockade was received by President Castro in a

cablegram frirfiiM r. Bowen. To this message President Castro replied as follows: ‘‘ln the hame of Venezuela and in my own name I offer you expressions of my eternal gratitude for the decided s p o n t a neousness with which you have served the cause of justice which is the cause of human-

PRESIDENT CASTRO.

ity—that distinguishes superior minds.” Andrew Carnegie offered Minister Bowen $300,000 with which to meet Germany's demand upon Venezuela. This offer was made without any reservation and without any suggestion that he desired the money returned. It was inferred that he did not wish the sum regarded as a loan, as he made no mention of security for its return. Regarding the message ns a proffer'of a generous gift, Minister Bowen thanked Mr. Carnegie,

ANDREW CARNEGIE.

but stated that Venezuela had arranged for the funds. Mr. Carnegie's Venezuelan offer recalls his effort to secure liberty for the Filipinos by agreeing to pay the United States government the $20,000,000 paid to Spain for the islands ou condition that Immediate independence be given the people of the arcblpelagoi

EX-MAYOR AMES IS ARRESTED.

Minneapolis Fugitive in Hancock, N. H., a Physical Wreck. Dr. Albert A. Ames, the fugitive exMayor of Minneapolis, charged with accepting bribes and defaulting ball, waa

arrested at Hancock, N. H., at the home of the Rev. O. H. Chapin. Dr. Ames is a phya 1c a 1 wreck, broken in spirit and wonderfully changed In appearance. It ia said he is 02 years of age. but he looks over 70. His flesh is much wasted away, and, from a physical standpoint, he Is helpless. Doctors declare he is on tbs vergs of collapse. He is ill in bed and has been

DR. A. A. AMES.

for some weeks. A deputy sheriff Is In the house nominally as a guard. The prisoner employed former United States Attorney Charles J. Hnmblet of Nassau to assist him in resisting the efforts to return him to Minneapolis.

Sparks from the Wires.

Five trainmen were killed In a Rock Island wreck, Tecolate, N. M. P. W. Welford and Palmer ICeJlor wens killed In an explosion, Roanoke, Va. Ths Duke of Tetuan, formerly minister of foreign affairs of Spain, died at Madrid. Methodist ministers of Los Angeles refused to indorse the congress of religions represented by Dr. H. W. Thomas of Chicago. At a secret meeting in Louisville twenty Kentucky distillers decided to fight proposed anti-liquor legislation, especially In Northern States. Tho Missouri Supreme Court at Jefferson City decided that the anti-alum baking powder law, which Senator Stone Is said to have been interested in, is unconstitutional. Van Alcn Nickerson of New York died of heart disease, while on his wedding trip, at Denver, Colo. He was a Wall street broker. Nickerson started to run upstair* and fell dead. Captain W. H. Cushing of the revenue cutter service was found guilty on oharges of conduct unbecoming an offlosr and a gentleman by ths cOurt-martlal convened at San Francisco, Cal

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTB OF THE PAST WEEK. Husband Rescues Wife Who Was Held by Parents—Epidemic of Suicides—- ' Coal Output Increased 23 Per Ceat-i-Claas President Escapes. A suit tiled in court at Dublin in the name of Mrs. Oiuer Teeters for divorce has been withdrawn, and the wife has returned to the home of her husband at London. Mrs. Teeters became ill five weeks ago, and was taken to the homo of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Crum. The children went with her. The husband was not allowed to see his family, and he claims the Crums tiled the suit without his wife’s consent. The other day while the Crums were away she sent for Teeters to come and take her home. Teeters armed himself, went to the house and locked the doors while neighbors gathered in the yard. Teeters took bis wife in his arms and carried her to his surrey and went back for liis children, and then drove away with bis family. When the Crums returned home they obtained writs for the arrest of Teeters, but he was not arrested. Teeters says ho will not surrender his family without a fight. Three Suicides In One Day. August Handy, 50, hung, himself to' a rafter in his brother's barn at Morristown. The brother found the body. Poor health probably caused him to take his life. At Brookville, two suicides occurred in twenty-four hours. Joseph Bergen, aged 22, was found dead by his mother, having committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. lie left a note saying he had caused so much trouble to himself and family that he had better get out of die world. John Schilling, aged .40, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. He was unmarried and lived with liis mother until she died a few days ago. Gain in Coal Output. Reports on the coal mining industry in Indiana in 1902 show there were 8,703,197 tons mined in the State, being an Increase of 1,742,202 tons over the preceding year, or nearly 25 per cent. This is the largest output that was ever made by the Indiana mines, and it is estimated that outside of yearly contracts all of the coal was sold at an advance of from 23 to 40 per cent increase over the price of a year before. The reports also show a steady increase in output in the last twelve years, raising gradually from 3,791,211 tons in 1890 to the figures of last year. Class Chief Eludes Captors. Andrew Thornett, president of the sophomore class at Crawfordsville, was abducted by freshmen tlje other night, taken to the "Shades of Death,” a guard was placed over him, but the following night he escaped while his captors slept and, making his way to a farm house, he called up some of his classmates, who arose in the night and drove twenty miles to his rescue. He refuses to give the names of his abductors lest they be punished. Blow Up Telephone Lines. Dynamiters attempted to destroy the toll lino cables of the Commercial Telephone Company in Warsaw.- The men selected a box at the top of a pole where the cables center aud lead into the exchange office. The top of the pole was blown off and several ..windows in buildings near by were shattered. The noise was heard all over town and men rushed from their homes with firearms, expecting to engage in a fight with safe blowers. The wreckers escaped. Boy’s Life Sentence Commuted. Gov. Durbin has commuted the life sentence of Smith Jones, 13 years old, to Imprisonment at the Flainfield Reform School until he Is 21 years old. Jones stabbed Herbert Dickenson, a playmate, to death two years ago. The boy’s home Is in Warwick County.

State Items of Interest. Johnson County will get complete rural mail service. Twelve new rural routes will run out of Evansville. Union City gets one. An entire business block at Scottsburg was destroved. The loss is about $40,000. The safe of W. Peterson's store at Bryant was blow* and s.'loo and jewelry were secured. Col. G. R. Stormont has t»en appointed commandant of the Indiana Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette. Hanover College has accepted the gift of $25,000 from Mrs. Thomas A. Hen dricks for a library buildiug. Everett Owens has been electe’d superintendent of the Elwood high school. He Is a graduate of the State University. Fire in the Acme Cycle Works at Elkhart entailed n loss of SII,OOO. Ths blaze is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. John S. McDonald of New Albany, a member of the reformatory board, refused to resigri when asked to do so. and (lov. Durbin Bummarily reinovea him. There was an old-fashioned spelling bee at Grace M. E. Church in Richmond. Mrs. James Garver did not miss a single word. The word which "stumped” most of the contestants was "doleble.” Frank McSwigan, a Now York traveling man, dropped dead in a Hummltville hotel as he was paying his bill. He was caught by another guest as he fell to the floor. His death was due to heart disease. In a head-on collision lietwecn a passenger and a freight train on the Vandalin road two mile* west of Terre Haute, two men were killed, two were probably fatally hurt und n dozen pas* sengers more or dess injured. Frank Groves, aged 12, who Uvea seveu miles south of Clinton, was drowned In the Wabash river while out in a boat and which capsised. Edward Young of Marion was elected president by the International convention of the Ruilding Laborers’ Protective Union at Fort Wayne. fit. Joseph's Catholic Church at Dyer, one of the oldest siiifc- finest in the 41oceee. was burned recently. In ransacking the ruins the other day L. Kellman found whet the authorities think is pert of an infernal machine. It baa bean put In the hands of Chicago experts,

INDIANA LAW MAKERS

Edgar A. Perkins, president of the State Federation of Labor, visited the House of Representatives Thursday and handed Representative Tarklngton a copy of a bill which provides for an amendment to the constitution of the State of Indiana. The bill is designed to iucreaso the power of the people by providing fo# a people’s vote through the optional referendum and for a direct initiative by petitions and at State elections. It is intended for a home thrust at political machines'. The bill will doubtless meet with great opposition, as any measure which touches the constitution is looked upon with disfavor. Senator Layman of Marion County introduced a bill in the Senate providing for a complete revision of the Indiana State constitution, lie explained that changes were needed in many sections of the constitution and that, therefore, there should be complete revision. The Senate Friday passed the Mil to separate the woman’s prison from the girls’ industrial school. The bill, as passed, provides for a new board of two women and one man. The amendment to put a man on the board was offered by Senator Davis. Senator Fortune wanted to make it three men, saying that the women would fight "like cats and dogs.” But Senator Davis’ amendment prevailed. On motion of Senator Thompson, lobbyists were excluded from the Senate. The Thompson motion was that when a man is found talking to a legislator about legislation lie shall immediately be put out. Another Sunday baseball bill was killed in the Senate Monday. The judiciary 00 illicit tee made a report in favor of the passage of Senator Thrall’s bill to repeal the present law against Sunday baseball. Senator Ogbern moved that concurrence in the report lie' indefinitely postponed and the motion was carried by a vote of 23 to 10. The light over the Kirkman gas pumping bill, which has passed the House, was carried into the State Senate, where it is being opposed vigorously by a lobby. Representatives of the gas companies backing the bill declare that if it is not passed and the Appellate Court sustains the decision of the Madison County Circuit Court enjoining the Richmond Gas Company from using pumps, Indianapolis, Bluffton, Decatur. Geneva, Wabash, Peru, I.ogansport, Lafayette, Frankfort. X'rawfordsville, Thornton, Lebanon, Kokomo, Anderson, Portland, Winchester, Union City, Fort Wayne and 200 mmller towns and villages will be deprived of gas. The Kirkman bill legalizes the use of pumping stations. The gas syndicate representatives say it makes no difference what the Legislature or the courts do, as they can fight the matter through the federal courts until the present supply of gas is so far exhausted that it will not be profitable to continue business. The gas lobby presents figures and statements showing that the gas companies are paying taxes on $11,000,000 worth of property.

Bills on Third Reading in Senate.

8. B. 185—Permitting transfer of public property for use of schools. Gibson. Passed—3s to 0. 8. B. 107 —Providing for the appointment of a commissioner to determine the position of Indiana troops at siege of Vicksburg. Fortune. Passed —37 to 0. 8. B. 170—Providing that insurance companies may have as assets bonds of incorporated companies and first mortgages on reaj estate. Dausmai. Passed —B7 to 0. - 8. B. 97 —Giving right of appeal to Appellate or Supreme courts in civil <;ases where amount exceeds SSO. Parks. Passed—3o to 1. 8. B. 178 —Legalizing incorporation of Versailles. Singer. Passed—37 to 0. S. B. 113—Providing ways in which savings bank funds may be invested. Passed—Bo to 0.

B. 162 —Authorizing employment of an'agent to procure homes for the inmates of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home. Starr. Passed—--36 to 0. S. B. 96—Authorizing manufacturing and mining companies to Increase their capital stock at other than annual stockholders’ meeting. Matson. Passed—37 to 0. 8. B. 188—Providing for the publication of trustees’ reports in the leading paper of each of the two largest parties and in one other paper in the county scat. Hendee. Passed—3o to 8. 8. B. 134—Providing for an annual Arbor Day. Parks. Passed—3s to 1. 8. B. 172—Providing for the use of primers before first readers. Wolcott. On a reconsideration. Passed—37 to 2. 8. B. 168—Providing for a statue of George Rogers Clark in Statuary Hall at Washington. Barcus. Passed—29 to 7. 8. B. 272 —Providing for the introduction of the study of agriculture by means of leaflets Befit out by the Agricultural Department of Purdue University, and providing an appropriation of SI,OOO for this work. Goodwine. Finance. Rills Introduced—House. 11. B. 95—Making it possible to extend the water works plant of East Chicago by an additional tax levy. Wilson. Cities and towns. H. B. 102—Legalizing the Incorporation of Diamond. • Owen. Cities and towns. 11. B. 103 —Providing for the filing of Hens on ci°P* for the protection of millers. Bader. Judiciary. H. B. 104—Concerning repair of free gravel roads. Boyd. County uud township. H. B. 105 —Providing for publication of 5,000 copies of tho report of the fish and game commission. Decker. Wuys and means. H. 0. 106 —Giving State Superintendent of Instruction the power to enforce school teachers' salary laws. Watson. Education. H. B. 107—Regarding the improvement and maintenance of free gravel roads. Hall. Roads. H. B. 100—Providing bodies for medical colleges. Baird. Health. H. B. 108—Authorising county treasurers to sell land for whet they can get If it cannot he sold for the amount of the taxes. Wilson, Judiciary. Rills Introduced—Senate. 8. B. 260 —Permitting Kewanna to levy an additional special school (tax to repair or to build school buildings. <R>chenour. Education. 8. B. 261 —Providing for publication of legal notices In weekly papers in towns of lees titan 25,006. Powell. Public 1 printing-

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

"Ts 77 T") “Disproportion between fiev iOIL supply aiul demand is still ■ ■■ * a factor of strength In many commodities, while similar conditions exist as to skilled labor, retarding much work nnd in some cases postponing important undertakings aud improvements. Wages have been advanced voluntarily and also in response to demand* by organized labor. Relief to the trafflo congestion is still continued to a few favored districts, and shippers cannot hope for prompt deliveries until lake navigation opens. Earnings continue to show splendid gains over former years, January returns thus far exceeding 1902 by 9.4 per cent and 1901 by 18.7 per cent. Orders for spring shipment are heavy in all staple lines, and the advance business for fall is unusually large, testifying to the confidence of buyers in continued v prosperity The foregoing is from the Weekly Trade Review of It. G. 1 Dun & Co. It continues: Sound conditions continue to prevail in the iron nnd steel industry, with few developments of note. Coko is in somewhat better supply, making it possible to operate blast furnaces with less interruption than was expected when the month opened, but there is eonstaut complaint of the scarcity and high prices commanded by pig iron. Finished steel products have not risen proportionately, although they are in gdod demand. Large exports of wire and wire nails are reported, the movement being heaviest to Australia, South America and Europe. With tho advancing season there Is a better movement of merchant pipe and kindred lines, while structural material is also in more urgent request. The demand for railway equipment shows no diminution, nnd another foreign order for steel rails could not be accepted because deliveries were required In May. Bradetreet's Grain Figures. Bradstreet’s weekly report says oa grain: Wheat, including flour, exports for the week aggregate 2,850,439 bushels, against 5,905,910 last week, 3,175,481 in thin week ii year ago, and 4,814,878 in 1901. Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate 155,421,977 bushels, against 173,322,124 fast season, and 125,038,337 in 190). Corn exports aggregate 1,830,170 bushels, against 2,400,310 last week, 527,801 fl a year ago and 4,700,422 in 1901. For the fiscal year exports are 24,031,150 bushels, against 22,558,490 last sea so*, and 124,327,210 in 1901. 7~ While wheat prices have Luicano. declined somewhat of late j __J the market shows remarkable stubbornness throughout. All tlis I recent news has been bearish, yet the j bears have little to show for it. It IS rue both Argentina and Russia are shipping freely to Liverpool, that nearly all foreign markets are weak, and our exports light, while primary receipts hold ap and winter wheat prospects are excellent. In short, nearly everything in the news or in the regular statistics ha* seen bearish. But the bulls who aril bulls for a long pull are very coufldeut. They see all the bearish facts, but they see also four things first that the Australian demand has clenned up the Pacific coast surplus and Australia has yet to buy more wheat: second, that notwithstanding some adverse conditions the Minneapolis flour mills had the largest January trade in their history and are now doing business fully up to last year; third, that at this time last year there was more wheat In the Northwest than there is now, yet before the new spring wheat crop began to move a great scarcity of milling wheat existed; fourth, that the winter wheat is showing up well, but has not sufficient snow covering, and U liable to damage in places should a cold wave dip over the Southwest. On the certain bearing of the first three propositions, aud the possibilities suggested by the last, the bulls are willing to buy wheat at present prices and hold it.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, shipping grades. $5.50 to $7.85; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $5.35; wheat. No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2,42 cto 43c; oats. No. 2,33 a to 85c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 49c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $13.50; prairie, $6.00 to $11.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 16c; potatoes, 40c to 47c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $6.80; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.50 j wheat. No. 2,76 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 86c to 38c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $5.50; hogs. $5.00 to $7.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00! wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2,35 cto 86c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 40c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $4.50 to $4.75; hogs, $4.00 to $7.10; sheep, $3.50 to $4.20; wheat, No. 2,79 cto 80c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 46c to 47c; oats,' No. 2 mixed, 87c to 88c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 58c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $6.70; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,78 cto 79c; corn, No. 8 yellow, 46c to 47c; oats, No. 8 white, 89c to 40c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 64c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 78c to 79c; corn. No. 8,43 cto 44c; oats. No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; rye, No. 1, 500 to 52c; barley, No. 2,63 cto 04c; pork, mcßs, $19.35. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45c to 40c; oata, No. 2 mixed, 86c to 37c; rye, No. 2, 520 to 53c; clover seed, prime, $7.02. Buffalo —Cattle, choice shipping steer* $4.50 to $5.25; hogs, fair to prime, $4.00 to $7.25; sheep, fair to choice, $8.25 to $4.75; lambs, common to choice, $4.00 to $0.85. New York—Cattle, $4.00 to $5.80 1 hogs, $4.00 to $7.00; sheep, SB.OO to $6.25: wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 81c; corn, No. 2,60 cto 57c; oats, No. 2 white; 48c to 440; butter, creamery, 240 to 29« i eggs, western, 15c to 17c.