Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1902 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN OEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - INDIAN*.

CASH INDIAN FUNDS.

SECRETARY HITCHCOCK CONSIDERING SUCH ACTION. Government Has Large Trust Funds of Indian Tribes Upon Which It Is Paying Interest-Filipinos Ask the Church Authorities to Expel Friars. > - Secretary Hitchcock and Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones are now' engaged in the formulation of a policy which, if approved by Congress, will result in the payment by the federal government of Mearly $75,000,000 to the Indian tribes throughout the country within the next few years. The plan contemplates the cashing of the Indian trust fund* which the government has held in trust for the Indians and upon which it has been paying them interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum. The Oteos have on deposit with the treasury $717,000. There are 862 members of the tribe, so that they wiH receive approximately $2,000 each. The Pawnees have a trust fund of $400,000 and a permanent annuity fund of $600,000, making a total of $1,000,000. There grj> 600 members of the tribe, so that they will receive a per capita payment of approximately $1,900. The Pawnees have only $50,000, while the Towankas have $30,000. The Raws have ■ trust fund of $135,000 and a treaty fund of $135,000, making a total of $270,000. TELLS ROBBERY AND MURDER, i Kansas Woman Confesses Complicity in a Double Crime. Rhoda Taylor made a written confession to the police of Argentine, Kan., that Noah Long, who disappeared mysteriously from his "home there a week ago, had been robbed and his body thrown into the Kaw river. Long was an old soldier and had drawn $2lO pension money from the bank. He visited a saloon in Argentine that night, which was the last time he had been seen. According to the woman’s confession, Henry Donohue and James Goff were with her and Long at Donohue’s house on the night Long disappeared. Donohue taunted her with not being able to secure the money from Long, who, it appear/, had also paid her some attention. During the evening, she declared, the men robbed tho old man and then compelled her to start with him across a bridge over the Kaw. While in the middle-of thu bridge the men caught up with them, held Long and ordered her to hurry on and not turn back. A moment later she hegnl a splash, she says, and knew that they had thrown Ixmg into the water.

ASK EXPULSION OF FRIARS.

Insular Prcaidentes of Philippines Plan Petition to Papal Delegate. The insular presidentes will present a petition to Monsignore Sbarretti, the apostolic delegate in the Philippines, on his arrival at Manila from Rome, praying for the expulsion of the friars and friar bishops in the iiHerest of the church, as the Filipinos consider them untit to serve in the house of God. A majority of the presidentes have already signed the petition.

Tried to Pass Forged Checks.

A young man who gave his name as R. G. Sutton of New Orleans; - but who was subsequently identified as Ray Suttt ton Garlick of Tacoma, has been arrested in San Francisco on charges of forgery and obtaining goods by false pretenses. Representing himself 'as the nephew of William Alvord, president of the Bank of California. Garlick bought a gold watch and a diamond ring from W. E. Vanderslice & Co. and offered in payment a check ter SIOO, to which Mr. Alvord's signature was forged. Offers Body for Vivisection. Dr. .Tames Edwin Russell, a Brooklyn physician, has made the startling offer of his life to science. Over his signature he invites physicians and s’.;rgeons to use his body as a subject for vivisection for one year's time or until death, if he succumb to the experiments before the expiration of twelve months. Smallpox la Raging. Epidemic of smallpox, the most serious In many years, is raging all over the world. Health officers in all the large cities nre taking unusual precautions to stamp out the disease, and vaccination is being enforced when necessary. Death Tells Secret. Death has disclosed the name of the man who stole the famous Gainsborough painting of the Duchess of Devonshire. Adam Worth, noted in the criminal annals of the world, is the man. lie died Jan. 10.

Great Fire in Paterson, N. J.

Fire in Paterson. N. J., destroyed twen-ty-six blocks, consuming 500 dwellings in addition to the main business section of the city, and causing a loss of $10,000,000.

Jersey City Pier Burua. Pier G of the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Jersey City nnd adjoining property and barge* were burned, entailing a loss of $250,000. W»son FucVory Destroyed. Fire in Brooklyn, N. Y.. destroyed the Shadbolt wagon factory and other property worth $300,000, and injured fourteen persons. Chicano Music Hall Burns. Orpheon Music Hall in Chicago was destroyed by fire. Eight persons were injured, one seriously. • . - Minneapolis Hotel Burns. Fire destroyed the Vendome Hotel, a three-story building in MinneapoUs. The building is in the heart of the retail section. but good work by the tire department confined tho flames to the hotel. Many guest* in the hotel had narrow escapee. The Joe* is estimated at $75,000. Four Children Are Cremated. Four children were burned to death in •J? ’ rh l cb . destroyed the farm house of William P. Robertson, twenty-nine miles •uet of Cumberland, on the Maryland •ide of the Potomac river.

From THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

FIRE ROBS WOMAN OF LIFE. Mrs. Amelia Ericson Feared Marauders and Locked Herselfln. Fear of burglars is believed to have cost Mrs. Amelia Ericson her life in Chicago. She was burned to death in her home in a fire caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove. Her cries for help were heard by members, of a family in the same building, but they were unable to be of assistance because all the doors leading into the apartments occupied by Mrs. Ericson were locked. By the time the police and the fire department arrived and broke down the doors Mrs. Ericson was dead. Mrs. Ericson had been left alone in her flat for some time during the days, and recently she had expressed fears of being a victim of burglars. Usually she kept the doors of her apartments securely locked. Just how the explosion occurred which caused the woman’s death is not known. It Is believed that she was attempting to light a burner of the stove when it exploded, and her clothing was covered with burning oil. KIDNAPER CAUSES A PANIC. Nebraska Man Steals His Own Child in Omaha, but Is Arrested Later. J. B. Evards, a merchant of, Kearney. Neb., kidnaped-his U-yearokTchild from the custody of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dodder, of Omaha. He put the child into n waiting carriage and drove rapidly to Council Bluffs. The streets were crowded and the sensational carrying away of the child caused great excitement. Mr. Dodder was alighting from a street car and a stranger assisted the child from the car. Instead of putting her down he passed the little girl to Evards, who forced her into the carriage nud lashed the horses. Evards was arrested in Council Bluffs. He agreedto return to Omaha, where he will institute habeas corpus proceedings. Evards and his wife have not lived together for some time and the kidnaping- is the result of an effort of both to secure possession of the child.

VAN LOAD OF GOOD? STOLEN.

Merchandise Valued at $15,000 and the Driver of the Wagon Disappear. A van loaded with silks, feathers, millinery, furs, and general merchandise, said to be worth _ $J5,000, sent out by the American Express Company for wholesale houses in New York City to retailers in New Jersey, is reported to have been looted. ' Detectives on the case have found the horses and vehicle in New York City, but no trace of the goods or driver can be secured. The driver was not one of the company’s employes, but was furnished, with the conveyance, by a delivery company. The fact that the goods had not been delivered at their destination was learned only when complaints from the retailers had been transmitted to the wholesale houses.

Powder-House Blows Up.

Two men are dead and four others seriously injured as the result of an explosion in the powder house at the mouth of Japan tunnel, Telluride, Colo. All the buildings around the tunnel were wrecked. Santiuo Marta, who was thawing powder in the powder house, stepped out of the building for a moment, and the powder, becoming heated, exploded, the concussion setting off the entire supply of several hundred pounds.

Body Under Ice in the Ditch.

The frozen body of John Neavaney, a farm laborer, who had been missing for a week, was found under the ice in a ditch near Cole, Mich., by a fellow laborer of the. name of Jenks, with whom Neavaney had quarreled over money due the two men. There are suspicions of foul play. Dutch Offer Refused. The British government replied to Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch premier, that if the Boers in the field desired to negotiate for peace, negotiations can be entered into, but only in South Africa. The British government adheres to its intention not to accept the intervention of any foreign power. Plot to Kill Empress Dowager. News of a most extensive conspiracy to assassinate the Empress Dowager of China and members of her court and foment widespread rebellion, which was to involve the whole Chinese empire, was received in Victoria. B. C., by the steamer Gleuesk. Van Sant Asks Appropriation. In a message to the Minnesota Legislature, in special session. Gov. Van Sant outlined his plans for fight against the Great Northern Railroad consolidation, expressed belief that the present State laws are adequate and asked appropriation with which to carry on litigation. freight Goes Through Trestle. Two dead ami three badly injured is'the result of a freight train* going through a trestle on the Gauley Railroad near Berry’s Siding, W. Va. The engine and- several cars crashed through the trestle to the ground many feet below. English Commons Excited. British House of Commons is excited by a statement that English agent, buying American horses for South African service, had been offered the services of the chief horse expert Of the United States army. • ' Fire in Akron, Ohio. The feed store of Peterson & Wright at Akron, Ohio, was damaged $30,000 by fire. The origin of the fire is unknown. Insurance SIO,OOO. British Ixmmcm to Jan. 31. British losses in the Boer wait up to Jan. 31, as officially, given ent. reach a total of 105.041 casualties, including surviving wounded. Explosion Kills Twelve in Chicago. Twelve lives w»-re lost and a score of persona injured in an explosion that demolished two buildings and blew out the

fronts of a dozen other structures in Archer avenue, Chicago. Otto Trostel’s entire family of seven was wiped out. Street cars were lifted from the rails, gas mains blew up and sent steel and iron manhole covers crashing through space, flame mounted high at a dozen points and panic reigned for almost an hour. GIVES UP RICH ORE PROPERTY. Steel Combine Surrenders Land Acquired Through Error. An important agreement has been reached between the United States Steel Corporation and the State of Minnesota. It is an adjustment of a controversy that was inherited by the steel corporation when it took over the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad. Several—years ago, through an error by the attorneys for the State and the railroad, the State conveyed to the road 45,079 acres of State institution land. Title was made absolute to the road by decree of court. The State had no right to convey State institutional land. The officials of the road have formally agreed to transfer these lands back to the State and select other lands in lieu of them. Ou the land that was. conveyed to the road by mistake were three iron mines worth many millions of dollars, and which will yield the State not less than $1,000,000 a year in royalties.' PAYS AFTER FORTY YEARS. Scuds Boyhood Friend SIO in Letter, So He May Die in Peace. For over forty years, haunted by the memory of a small crime committed when a boy, and making reparation in his old age that he might die in peace, is the story revealed in a letter received by Albert Morse of Bowling Green, Ohio. The letter contained a draft on n Chicago bank for $lO, and the writer stated that over forty years ago, when they were boys together, he had stolen the $lO from Morse when Morse was sleeping, and that the burden of guilt on his soul was such that he could not die in peace. Mr. Morse never knew he had lost $lO that way.

KEELEY INSTITUTE BURNS.

Hotel Also Reduced to Ashes—Total Damage Estimated at $500,000. The city of Dwight, 111., suffered a $300,000 fire Joss Tuesday. The great laboratory of the Keeley Institute and other buildings were completely destroyed, together with the Livingston hotel. The hotel was a fine brick and stone structure, and was owned and controlled. by the Keeley company. Ail of the guests and employes escaped without injury, with the exception of a colored cook, who was bruised by jumping from a second-story window. The fire started around the boDefs used for lieating purposes in the main building of the Keeley company.

Fire Razes $75,000 Plant.

The $75*000 plant of the Wireton Heating Company at Wireton, a Chicago suburb, was burned to the ground. Not a drop of waterother than that supplied by. a bucket brigade was thrown on the ‘flames. Engines went to the blaze from Blue Island, a mile and a half away, but the firemen were helpless. The village water supply comes from wells. Tom L. Johnson Loses Case. The Supreme Court put an end to Tom L. Johnson's effort to secure a higher appraisement of the railway property of Ohio. The court handed down a decision sustaining the demurrer of the Attorney General to his petition and -dismissing the same. Stores and Residences Burn. A disastrous fire at Mentone, Ind., wiped out half the business portion of the town, causing a loss on buildings and stock of $40,000 to $50,000, on which there was but little4nsurance. A whole block of stores and two residences were destroyed. Killed by Nitroglycerin. By an explosion of nitroglycerin at the works of the Cerebite Manufacturing Company at Landover, Md., Superintendent Richard Martin was instantly killed ami. two workmen injured. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Helen Hay In Married. u One of the most important social events of the season in Washington took place at noon Thursday, when Miss Helen Hay, daughter of Secretary and Mrs. Hay, was married to Payne Whitney of New York City.

Direct Vote Plan la Lost.

The Ohio House of Representatives by almost a strict party vote defeated a resolution by Representative Carle calling upon Congress to authorize the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people.

Fire In Indianapolis. Fire in tho large four-story building in Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, occupied by the When Clothing Company, did about $50,000 damage to building and contents. The greater part of the loss falls on the clothing company. Chile Buys Armored Cruisers. It is reported that the Chilean Government has signed a contract for the construction of two armored cruisers. This report obtains credence because Argentina has contracted for the building of three battle ships in European shipyards. Dies After Prise Fight. At Yokohama. Pugilist JackJWavln and a negro named E. F. Pad more gave a boxing exhibition which proved so tame that the sports were angry. Lgter Padmore. who was attached to the United States hospital corps, died. Murderer Is Hanged. Gov. McMillin of Tennessee has refused Io commute the death sentence of Armstrong Hensley, convicted of murdering his stepdaughter, and be has been hanged at Erwin, Tenn. ‘ y-

DIVORCED WIFE AS SERVANT. Mrs. Elliott Is Atoning for Her Folly— Ran Off With Coachman. Alfred F. Elliott, a’ wealthy resident of Cadiz, Ohio, has his divorced wife working for him as a servant. She ran away with his coachman a year ago. Then the man deserted her and she came back to beg her husband's forgiveness. He would not give her this, but agreed to engage her a? a paid servant, because “the children Would find her useful.” Mrs. Elliott accepted the situation thankfully. She takes the orders of her husband and her children more humbly than if she were a servant girl engaged in the ordinary way. Not only does Mrs. Elliott humbly take orders from the family, but also from the cook. She helps in the witchen, cleans her husband’s and her children’s shoes, waits at table and generally acts as a maid of all work. She is a refined and educated woman.’ Her former husband and the children address her as “Mary” while she always says “Sir” to Elliott. The children have been told that they must never speak to her or of her as their mother.

SUICIDE TRIES THREE WAYS.

■Woman Student in Philadelphia Fine Art School Ends Life. Belinda Riordan,’ aged 30 years, whose home is at Troy, ‘N*. Y., a student in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Philadelphia, was found dead in her rooms at a boarding house, having committed suicide. In the breast over the heart of the body were three gashes inflicted by a painter’s palette knife and beside the body lay an empty phial that had contained carbolic acid. A tube, one end of which was attached to a gas stove with the other end resting beside the dead woman’s face, indieated that she had also inhaled illuminating gas. Miss Riordan, who was a tall,.handsome blonde, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts during the terms of 1897 anef 1898 2nd returned to tho school last year.

NEW CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

Washington Institution Intended to

Educate Priests for "Missionaries. The first news of a new Catholic university, to be built and established in Washington, D. C„ at a cost of $150,000, was given out at Alton, 111.. by Rev. Father Walter Elliott, rector of the St. Thomas- College in Washington. The purpose of the university will be to educate young priests, already admitted to the priesthood, to do missionary work among the non-Catholics of the United States, and insular missions in the Philippines and Porto Rico. Priests who have finished the priesthood can enter the school, and after a three years’ course will beadmittedtp missionary list.

Settles Young’s Shortage.

The bond company which was surety for the late Stuart R. Yoiing, formerly city treasurer of Louisville, who committed suicide last November after a shortage in his accounts had been discovered, sent to Mayor Grainger a check for $42,404, covering the entire amount of the shortage, with the exceptioti of $332, which was paid by Col. Bennett H. Young, father of the dead official. Balloon Voyage Is Fatal. Captain Tartsch von Siegfield, the military aeronaut, and Dr. Linke, who left Berlin on a short experimental trip, were carried away by a gale and reached Antwerp after it five hours' voyage, when the balloon collapsed. Capt. von Siegheld was killed, but Dr. Linke escaped with several bruises. Kill Sheriff in Battle. Robbers blew up the safe of the Bank of Clarksville at Clarksville, Ark., with dynamite, stole a sum estimated at s<»,000, killed John Towers, sheriff of Johnson County, who attempted to capture them, and escaped before the citizens were aware of their presence. Wyoming Laws of No Effect. The discovery has been made that every law enacted by the last Wyoming Legislature which met a year ago is invalid, for the reason that the bills were not read and recorded properly in the lower house. Seventeen Years for Chism. At Bloomington, 111., the jury in the Chism wife-murder case returned a ver-, diet of imprisonment for seventeen years. The estate of the murderer is estimated at a quarter of a piillion .dollars, and he did not spare money during his trial. Gale on Atlantic Coast. Shipping all along the Atlantic coast has suffered from the recent gale, and severe snow and wind storms in all the Eastern States have crippled railroad traffic, isolated towns and interfered with electrical communication.

Falling Walls Crash Firemen.

Nineteen firemen were killed under the falling walls of a five-story awning factory in St. Louis, fire esusing the walls to crumble. Several men were injured and the monetary loss amounts to SIOO,000.

Illinois Building on Fire. The Illinois building st the Charleston exposition was discovered on fire Thursday morning and narrowly escaped destruction. The damage will amount to several hundreds of dollars. TenneMre Negro Lynched. Euless Whittaker, colored, charged with the murder of John Doster, was taken from jail at Lynchburg, Tenn., and hanged by a mob. Youfag Heads War College. Gen. 8. M. Young has been selected by the Secretary of War to be president of the Army War College. Special Legislative Mession. The special session of the Minnesota Legislature. called by proclamation of Got. Vu Sant, Is now In session.

Congress.

Debate on the oleomargarine bill continued Tuesday in the House. The opponents of the bill are making a strong fight so far as the presentation of argument is concerned. The speakers on Tuesday were Messrs. Tompkins (N. Y.), Robb (MoJ, Knapp (N. Y.). Bates (Pa.). Davidson (Wis.), Driscoll (N. Y.), and Hepburn (Iowa) in favor and Messrs. Cowherd (Mo.). Lanham (Texas), Grosvenor (Ohio) and Kleberg (Texas) against the hill. After brief discussion the Senate passed the bill providing for a 25 per cent increase in the salaries of United States Judges. All amendments were voted down, including one to increase the salaries of cabinet officers from SB,OOO to $12,500 a year. During the remainder of the day’s session the urgent deficiency appropriation bill was under consideration, the Philippine tariff measure being laid aside temporarily. Mr. Hansborough (N. D.) made a spirited defense of Judge Arthur H. Noyes of the District Court of Alaska, and Alexander McKenzie, upon whom an attack was made in the on Monday.

It was agreed in the House on Wednesday that the oleomargarine bill should come to a vote after two days more of debate. Representative Boutell of Chicago delivered the speech that attracted most attention in Wednesday’s debate. He based his opposition to the bill on alleged discrimination. There is tfo excuse, in his judgment, for discriminating between different brands of the same product. It is conceded on all sides that there is no fraud in the manufacture of oleo, Mr. Boutell explained. The only fraud charged is in its retail, when in some instances dishonest dealers sell it for butter. The pending bill, he asserted. would not prevent these frauds. Representative Crowley of Illinois furnished the House considerable amusement in discussing the bill. li% announced emphatically that lie would not permit himself to be read out of the Democratic party because he supports the bill, and made an earnest appeal for the wife of the poor farmer churhing butter, who, he insisted, should be protected against the product of the oleo manufacturers. Other speakers were Messrs. Kluttz (N. C.), McCreary (Minn.) and Eddy (Minn.) for, and Messrs. Allen (Ky.), Scott (Kan.) and Moon (Tenn.) against the bill. Throughout the day’s session the Senate had under consideration the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, and just before adjournment passed it substantially jn the shape in which it was reported to the Senate by the committee.

For four hours Thursday the Senate had the Philippine tariff bill under discussion. The measure was completed so far as the Philippine corpmittee is concerned, allot the committee amendments being adopted. Toward the close of the session the discussion became heated. In response to a resolution offered several days ago by Mr. Rawlins of Utah, the Secretary of War transmitted to the Sen? ate the sedition laws enacted by the Philippine commission. They were read in full, and immediately drew the fire of : the opponents of the government’s Philippine policy. Mr. Foraker of Ohio had ‘read from the revised statutes of the United States the laws of Congress re-Jaling-ItLlhe crime of treason and similar offenses against the government, and said that the acts passed by the Philippine commission were almost identical in their language with the laws enacted by Congress in the days of the fathers of the republic and that there was nothing unprecedented or unusual about them. The Ohio Senator was interrupted continually and had several warm colloquies with Senators who were opposing him. In conclusion of the debate Mr., Hoar poured oil on the troubled waters of the Senate, maintaining that men might well differ on any of the great questions now before the country, but that all were thoroughly loyal to the country and were doing their duty as they saw it. Early in the day Mr. Scott of West Virginia delivered a speech in which he advocated an investigation of the San Blas route for an.isthmian canal, and Mr. Hansbrotigh made a carefully prepared address on his bill to provide a national system of irrigation of arid lands. The House spent the day on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Very rapid progress was made, seventy-four of the 130 pages of the bill being disposed of before adjournment.

The House on Friday passed the legislative. executive and judicial appropriation bill, the second of the regular supply bills. It carries $25,171,909, which is $503,721 in excess- of the current law. Oqly two amendments of importance were adopted. One provides for a commission to redistrict the legislative districts of Oklahoma, and the other authorizes the President, in his discretion, to cover into the civil service the temporary clerical force employed on account of the war with Spain. There are about 1,250 of these clerks still in the service. By the terms Of the amendment the President must place al) or none of them under the civil service. The Philippine tariff bill was taken up early in the Senate. The session was notably quiet. Mr. Turner of Washington delivered a carefully prepared speech on the general Philippine question, and had not concluded when the bill was laid aside for the day. He discussed particularly the legal and constitutional questions involved in the government and control of the Philippine archipelago by the United States. After the adoption of minor amendments the pension appropriation bill was passed early in the session.

The House on Saturday devoted an hour to the transaction of minor business and the remainder of the day to eulogies on the life and public services of the late Representative Burke of Texas.

Washington Notes.

House ways and means committee reported a bill repealing all that remains of the war tax. < » Porto Ricsn Legislature adopted reaolotions protesting against granting tariff concessions to Cuba. L. E. Cooley said 25.000 Americans coaid engage In profitable business along the Nicaragua ctwjgl right of way. Senator Hanna In debating proposed Department of Commerce recently, said new markets must be found or production restricted.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

~ ~ | Adverse influences in the NEV lOrlt. business world are few in ■■ “ ’Humber and are not of sufficient importance to deflect trade from its steady course. One mouth* of | the year is already gone, and all that the records have shown, by comparison with the corresponding period of 1901, is in the main favorable—more so even than many men of experience had permitted themselves to expect with confidence. There is no diminution in the demand for iron and steel products, which continues greater than the mills- can meet promptly. Assurance of this prosperity is contained in the annual report of the United States Steel Corporation, which says everything indicates that all the facilities of each subsidiary company will be taxed to the utmost to supply the demand for this year. The same must be true also of the independent companies. The inability to get orders filled in reasonable time is responsible for more imports of German steel, Inquiries have been made in England by consumers iu this country for pig iron. Production of pig iron in this district is increasing. The policy adopted by the United States Steel Corporation of avoiding advances in prices is being adhered to in substantially all lines. Wire and nail products have been raised again 5 cents per hundred pounds, but this is more iu the nature of a restoration of past prices. The new price is still below last year's quotations, which were made before the various manufacturers were operating in harmony. Pronounced activity continue* at the structural mills. These plan'ts ami those which turh out railway supplies are the busiest.

~ In Chicago real estate an LIIiCdQO improvement is registered a * Iby the volume of transfers of property of all kinds, and.cause for encouragement can be seen in many directions. The continued purchases of land and the plans for improvement of downtown real estate assure many betterments during the present year. These will attract the attention of investors to other desirable properties, which can be made to yield good incomes by the erection of new structures or the modernizing of old ones. Laboy disputes exist only in isolated localities. Some apprehension has been expressed over the possibility of labor difficulties in the anthracite coal districts this spring. It is possible also that there may be a controversy between the operators of the bituminous coal mines and their employes. The former are not prepared to grant that 10 per cent advance in wages asked by the latter. The operators say that while the demand for their product is good the price they get for it is low. The consequences of strife in the coal industry would be so serious that the peacemakers of the National Civic Federation will be likely to keep their eyes on the situation and do what they can to avert a strike. Fear of a coal famine is no longer entertained. The output of the anthracite mines is larger, and the better transportation facilities afforded By the railroads have relieved the situation. The snow storm which extended over

wide areas helped the prospects of the winter wheat crop, but at the same time had a tendency to depress wholesale buying. That buying is simply deferred for a short time, however. All grains broke on Monday last as a result of the liquidation of a line of 1,200,000 bushels of May oats. The rapid selling of May oats caused a decline of 5*4, cents, but there was a quick recovery. The net change for the week was a gain of to %c. May wheat closed at 78c to lower. May corn closed at G2%c, a gain of %c to %c. The repeal of substantially all of the war revenue taxes is recommended by the ways and means committee of the House, and, it is believed, will pass both branches of Congress, giving relief after July 1 io many business interests.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cajtle, common to prime, $3.50 to $0.35; hogs, shipping grades, $4.25 to $6.55; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 83c to 84c; corn. No. 2,58 cto 59c; oats, No. 2,41 e to 43c; rye. No. 2,57 cto 58c; hay, timothy. $9.00 to $13.50; prairie, $5.50 to $11.50> butter, cholte creamery, 24c to 27c; eggs, fresh, 23c to 25c; potatoes, 75c to BOc per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $6.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2,85 cto 86c; corn. No. 2 white, new, 62c to 03c; oats, No. 2 white, 46c to 47c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $6.20; hogs, $3.00 to $6.25; shebp, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,85 cto 86c; corn. No. 2, 59e to 60c; oats, No. 2,43 cto 44c; rye. No. 2,61 cto 62c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $6.35; sheep, $2.25 to $4,131; wheat, No. 2,89 cto 90c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 63c to 04c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 46c to 47c; rye. No. 2,60 cto 68c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $6.15; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,86 cto 87c; «orn, No. 3 yellow, (JOe to 61c; oats, NO. 2 white, 45c to 40c; rye, 62c. to 63c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 86c to 87c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 59c to 60c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 44c to 45c; rye. No. 2,52 c to 53c: clover seed, prime, $5.67. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 northern, *74c to 75c; corn, No. 3,58 cto 59c; oats. No. 2 white, 45c to 46c; rye. No. 1,60 c to 01c; barley, No. 2. 63c to 64c; pork, mess, $15.80. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, ’ $3.00 to $6.90; hogs, fair to prime,>.s3.oo to $6.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; lambs, cothmou to choice, $3.75 to $6.50. New York—Cattle, $3.75 to $6.40; hogs, $3.00 to $6.2q; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 86c to 87c; corn. No. 2, 67c to 68c; oats. No. 2 white, 49c to 50c; butter, creamery, 23c to 27c; eggs, western, 26c tb 2.8 c. *

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