Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1903 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. 1• ■ r ' .... QEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - Vr INDIANA.

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LANGUAGE QAINS RAPIDLY IN THE PHILIPPINES. Tagsl Dialect la Expected to Die Out Eoon and Spanish Tongue la Weakening—Operators of an Alleged Big Land Swindle Are Indicted. That English will be the generally spoken language of the people of the Philippine Islands in the near future is the confident prediction of Franklin M. Kendall, who is in Paris on hi 6 way home from the islands, whither he went to investigate the needs of the country in the matter of school books. Mr. Kendall says the Tagal dialect will soon die out, as it can never nerve the needs of a people that are in rapid process of education. Spanish, he finds, is weakening before the all-conquering English, and the children are packing up the language of America with amazing rapidity. Mr. Kendall finds furthermore that the American teachers are delighted and surprised at the aptness with which the children learn what is taught them. UNEARTH 810 LAND SWINDLE. Victims Said to Have Been Found in Every State. Indictments were returned by the United States grand jury at Columbus, Ohio, against John A. Cobb of Bainbridge, Ohio, and W. H. H. Miller. S. E. Struble and G. W. J. Woltz of Newark, Ohio, for misuse of the mails in connection with alleged fraudulent land deals. Several other men who have not yet been arrested are under indictment on a similar charge. The government inspectors claim to have unearthed land swindles of gigantic proportions which, they say, were carried on by men operating in widely separated localities. Large tracts of timber land for which fraudulent deeds were given to purchasers were offered for sale in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Missouri, Texas and Michigan,

BASK BALK SCORES. Standing of the Clubs in Big League Games. v Following: is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball Leagues W. L. W. L. New Y0rk...30 13Cincinnati ....IS 23 Chicago 30 15 Boston 17 23 Pittsburg ....30 17 Philadelphia. .12 2S Brooklyn ....23 21 St. Louis 13 33 ■* The clubs of the American League stand as follows: ' ’ - W: 1.. W. LBoston 25 15 Chicago 20 18 ■ Philadelphia. .24 17 Detroit 18 21 St. Louis. 21 15 New York... .10 23 Cleveland ...19 17 Washington... 11 28 Cut Off Tolls at Omaha. XVord has been received in Omaha that the western trunk line committee at its meeting in Chicago has decided to remove the bridge "arbitrary” at Omaha. For the last fifteen years Omaha merchants have fought for this concession. This will enable Omaha wholesalers to get into lowa territory. It also removes the bridge tolls on packing house and other products. Waterspout Hits a Train. A column of water, which witnesses describe as a waterspout and towering high in the air, struck a crowded elevated train as it was crossing the Jamaica bay trestle near Rockaway. The water fell on the third and fourth cars, flooding the platforms and sending n torrent of water into the cars. Fifty people were drenched to the skin and all badly frightened. Battles with Burglar) Shot. Battling with a burglar in the darkness in the basement of his drug store at 001 West Sixty-ninth street, Chicago. Herbert W. Fryer was shot in the left thigh. Several other bullets fired at him lodged in the door frame above his head. The burglar escaped through a rear basement window without securing anything of value. Ftrikea EmieJ ia Chicago. Settlement of strikes has been effected that mean the return to work of 25.000 persons in Chicago, including laundry workers, hotel employes and others. Arbitration was agreed upon to arrange the wage scales in dispute, especially for hotel employes and laundry workers. Laundry owners announce that they will advance their rates. Steamers in Collision at Marseilles. A terrible shipping disaster occurred a a little distance from Marseilles, when two passenger steamers, the Insulaire and the Liban, K*rh belonging to the Frais.*euet Steamship Company of Marseilles, came into collision. The Liban sank and over 100 of her passengers and crew perished. Lynched by Illinois Mob, —- A mob at Belleville, 111., hanged E. 11. Wyatt, a negro, who fatally shot Superintendent of Schools llertel. who had refused to renew his certificate as a teacher owing to scandals in his district. Prominent Cuban Sentenced. Augustine Menende, a member of one of the first families of Havana, has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for the murder of Greguria Altazarra after a quarrel in a case. Will Move Railway Offices. ‘The general freight offices of the Erie Railroad are to be moved from Cleveland to Chicago. Floods Canoe f3>000,000 Los«. From 75 to 100 per ons perished in a flood which destroyed big cotton mills, causing a loss of $2,000,000, at Spartanburg, 8. C. Supreme Court Refuses New Trial. The Kansas Supreme Court has refused to grant a new trial in the ease <if Jessie Morrison, charged with the murder of Clara Wiley Castle three years ago. A dispatch from Eldorado says that Mi:s Morrison would btjAaken into custody at once and returned to the j>t*aitea-

FRPM THE FOVR QUARTERS

WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER. ReKistry of Amended Mortsage Leads to Startling Discovery. Mrs. Mary McKnight of Springfield township, Kalkaska County, Mich., has been arrested on suspicion of wholesale murder. She and her mother live together, ami her brother, John Murphy, with his wife and baby, lived with them, but were planning to inbve the next day into their own house. They tvere away for a short time and found the baby dead on their return. Murphy was buying a coffin when word was brought of liis wife's sudden death, from epilepsy, it was claimed. Ten days later he died suddenly. An insurance policy for sl,000 in the Maccabees, in his wife’s name, then fell to his mother. A mortgage held by his sister, but not recorded, when placed on file later, was found to be raised from SIOO to SOOO. This aroused the first suspicion that something was wrong. His body was exhumed and the stomach sent to Ann Arbor. Returns show that death was caused by strychnine. Mrs. McKnight lost two husbands, both dying suddenly and both leaving insurance in her favor. WOMAN ESCAPES BURIAL ALIVE. Mere Chance Saves Mra. James Walters at Lewisburg, Pa. By the merest chance Mrs. James Walters of Lewisburg, Fa., escaped being buried alive. She had been suffering from heart trouble for several months. Early on a recent nnjrning, after calling her husband to her bedside, Mrs. Walters lapsed into unconsciousness. In a few minutes respiration apparently ceased, and all efforts to revive her failed. An undertaker was sent for and two women began to prepare the body for burial. They had about finished their task when one of the women observed that Mrs. Walters breathed when her arm was raised. A physician restored the woman to consciousness. Her condition later greatly improved. ,

WANTS MORE MEN FOR NAVY. Secretary Moo ’y Will Re-establish the Recruiting Stations. Secretary Moody has become satisfied that the unsanitary conditions which recently prevailed in receiving ships owing to their crowded condition will not recur and has ordered that recruiting for the navy be begun. Recruiting stations will be re-established in Chicago, Baltimore, Boston and other cities. A number of additional men will be needed to man the new vessels which will be put into commission shortly. The protected cruiser Minneapolis, for some time the receiving slap at the League Island navy yard, has been placed out of commission and her officers and crew transferred to the dou-ble-turret monitor Puritan. This act on was taken because of the infection of the Minneapolis. Killed in Santa Fe Wreck. Two Santa Fe trains collided head on one mile north of Stilwell, Kan. Eleven persons are dead and twenty-eight are said to be injured. The trains were running over the Missouri Pacific tracks owing to the flooded condition of the Santa Fe tracks. Both trains were in charge of pilots, and it is said that one of the pilots misread his orders, causing the accident. Takes Half Pint of Poison. John Howell. 05 years old. committed suicide at Middletown, Ohio, by drinking half a piut of carbolic acid. Local doctors hare never before known of a case in which a person was able to swallow one-third ns much of this poison. Howell's stomach was completely burned out. 11l health and growing blindness caused his suicide. Three Men Cooke 1 Alive. At Pueblo, Colo., while a gang of laborers was diggiug a trench near one of the blast furnaces of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's steel works a bosh, or vent, at the base of the furnaces was opened without warning and molten iron and blazing gas poured out upon them. Three of the men were literally cooked alive. The men are Austrians: Mississippi State lioase Opened. The handsome new capitol building erected at a cost of $1,000,000 was dedicated at Jackson, Miss, It is estimated that 10,000 visitors were present. Five thousand men and women were in the parade from the old capitol to the new, ex-G.ov. Robert Lowrey. commander of the Missif-sippi division. Confederate veterans, being chief marshal of the day. Pittsbnrg’a Importance. George Gould’s effort to secure railroad entrance into Pittsburg is explained, by the city’s tonnage of 81,000,000 in 1902: it is now greatest manufacturing center of United States in steel, coal, glass and foundry products, though population is' only 321.01 G. Hank fafe la Dynamited. Thieves blew open the safe of the Gold-StabCek bank at Vesta. Minn., with dynamite and made a big haul, securing $2,500 in currency and $20,000 iu Dotes. The robbers stole a team of horses and made their escape. They are believed to be amateurs. Americana Are Driven Out. Two Americans,. William Stevens of New York and John Meyers of Chicago, have been expelled from Muehlhaiisen' Thuringia, as Mormons. . The expulsions occurred in accordance with the decision to expel Mormon missionaries. Explosion Injures Seven. Seven people were burned and one girl so seriously injured that she will die. as the result of a fire caused by the explosion of chemicals at tbe big wholesale drug house of W. J. Gilmore & Co. in Pittsburg. Plot to Aaaaaainate Folk. A.detail of sleuths have been scouring St Louis for three men. who are believed to have entered into a conspiracy to

assassinate Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk for $5,000. That they failed to carry the plot into execution is believed to be due to the fact that the circuit ~aF~ torney lias been closely guarded by detectives. The conspirators were heard discussing their plans in a restaurant. TOO MANY RURAL ROUTES. Payne Will Abolish Those Installed by Machen Which Are Profitless. As the result of investigation the discovery lias been made that one-third of the rural routes in the Southern States and one-fifth of those in the North, particularly New England, are unprofitable. There has been enormous demand for the establishment of rural fre.* delivery routes and former Superintendent Machen did , not always exercise the best judgment in complying with the requests of members of Congress. In consequence some of these routes will be abolished. A big fight against this will be made by statesmen who rendered favors to Machen and who have secured more than one re election on the strength of their securing the establishment of rural routes. But Postmaster General Payne admits that the expenses are so heavy some of the unprofitable routes must be abolished. FIRE SWEEPS NEW LISBON, WIS. Town Hna Insufficient Fire Protection —Loss About SIOO,OOO. The business portion of the town of New Lisbon, Wis., was destroyed almost entirely by fire early Friday morning, nnd the loss is approximately SIOO,OOO. The fire -started in Stinson Brothers & Co.’s store about midnight. The fire department, With only 200 feet of hose and a small chemical engine, was unable to cope with the flames, and Mauston and Tomah were asked for nid. The largest losses are: Stinson Brothers & Co., sll,500; Cash department store, $5,000; F. E. Hurd, $2,500; A. G. Anderle, $G,000; Moore’s Opera House block. $0,000; Wolf Mercantile Company, $ 14,000; B. I). Curtis, SO,OOO, and O. B. Chester, SII,OOO.

HURRICANE HITS PHILIPPINES. Transport Said to Have Snnk and Several Other Craft Left. A hurricane has swept over the Philippine Islands and great do mage has been done to shipping. The Uuited-hStates transport Bhamshas is reported to have been wrecked. This, however, has not been confirmed. The United States steamer Pearla de Visayas has been totally lost off Camotes Island. Part of her crew were saved. The United States steamer Haurafel and the schooner Mayflower have be«r driven ashore off Ormoc, West Leyte, and will prove total losses. All on board these vessels were saved. —— ; — — I.ost with Eighty on Board. A dispatch to Lloyds from Valparaiso, Chili, says that the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Arequipa, which during a lull in the recent storm at Valparaiso left that port iu an endeavor to ride out the gale at sea, probably was lost. The ngeut cables that the steamer had eighty persons oil board. The bodies of some of the Arequipa’s crew have been washed ashore. All. Maine Is Fireswspt. Maine the other night was burning from one side to the other and in almost every section. Thousands of dollars worth of property and valuable timber land w v ere destroyed hourly by forest fires and there is little prospect for changed conditions until rain has soaked the ground and woodlands. Windstorm Brings Death, A cyclone started about three miles south of Welsh, . La., and swepj everything before it for a distance of two miles. The two-story house of S. E. Carroll. a wealthy farmer, with all the outbuildings and barns, was wrecked. Ed Burgess, a hired man, was killed and Carroll aud his wife seriously injured. Te Encourage American Commerce. In an interview in Paris Senator Elkius announced that he would introduce a bill at the next session of Congress to decrease import duties 10 per cent on goods carried in American ships and increasing it a like amount’ if shipped in foreign bottoms. Held in Mnd Until Drowned. Charles Lynch, a stockman, aged 25, living in Union County, S. D„ met a horrible death. He became mired in the soft bed of Lewis creek and was held a prisoner until the rising waters passed over his head. Dun's Review of Trade. Dun’s review of trade, says weather conditions proved the only drawback during the business week. Railroad earnings are heavy and trade is encouraging in the principal cities. Married Beside Father’s Bier. Miss Mary Morse, daughter of Henry G. Morse, president of the New York Shipbuilding Company, was married to Harry A. Horner, standing beside the coffin of her father. Lynching Threats in Wisconsin. A mob attempted to take a wife murderer from the officers nt Tomah, Wis., but was prevented by nnd officers, aud the prisoner vSis taken to JSpjirta. Great Failure at Toronto. The banking and brokerage house of A. E. Ames & Co., of Toronto, closed its doors with heavy liabilities and unknown assets. Ohio Republicans Choose Herrick. Colonel Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland, was nominated for Governor at the Ohio Republican convention. Droaght In New England' Drought of forty-eight days in New England is estimated to have caused a lons to farmers of ,|7O,OOO,GIXX

BIG RAILROAD PLAN REVIVED. Omaha the Center of Proposed Transcontinental System. Private advices from New York indi* cate that the project for the construction of a railroad from Omaha to the Gulf ol Mexico on the south and Omaha to tha Canadian line on the north has been revived and is in a fair way to be carried through. The specifications and estimates of cost are now before the syndicate of New York and Omaha capitalists hack of the project and it is given out that representatives of tfie syndicate will soon pass over the proposed route. This syndicate, it is said by Omaha members of it, is alsb tentatively interested in a proposed road passing through Omaha with Chicago and Denver as its termini. The Omaha promoters of the project at*c members of the National Irrigated Homestead Company, of which William -N. Paxton, president of the South Omaha Stock Yards Compatiy, is the head. CZAR'S GIFT TO ROOSEVELT. Russian Horses for the President Arrive by Boat at New York. Two sufierb Russian horses, supposed to have been sent by the Czar as a gift to President Roosevelt, reached New York by steamer the other day. They were consigned to Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador at Washington. It is said the count will present them to the President with the compliments of Nicholas 11. and that Mr. Roosevelt will institute the Russian custom of driving in Washington. In this connection the question is asked whether President Rooseevelt will aceept the gift. Under American law the President cannot accept gifts froim foreign monarchs except by permission of Congress. President Grant accepted such presents, but not until Congress had passed a moasurf allowing him to do so.

KILLED AT FIANCEE’S HOME. Prof. John F. Hicks Victim of In known Assassins. Prof. John F. Hicks, assistant botanist of the Ohio agricultural experiment station, died from the effects of a pistol shot tired by an unknown man as he was leaving the home of his fiancee, Miss Mary Gill of Wooster, Ohio. As he was about to leave the house Hicks saw an unknown man run across the lawn. Miss Gill screamed and Hicks pursued the stranger. A struggle followed, in which Hicks was shot iu the groin. The stranger escaped and his identity has not been learned Mr. Ilicks came three years .ago from the St. Louis botanical gardens. Schooner Wrecked in Storm. That the recent storm on Lake Huron brought at least one marine tragedy became known' when the Anchor Line steamer China reached Port Huron, Officers of the vessel reported having passed a three-masted schooner dismantled off Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron. The schooner’s spars were hanging over her side, and there was no sign of life aboard. J. Q. Adams’ Cousin Dies of Burns. R. H. Adams, aged 82 years, who was burneiLia St. Paul on April 18 in a gasoline explosion which killed his helper, Mrs. Ida Hawley, died nfter several weeks of intense suffering. His son was also burned, but he recovered. Adams was a cousin of President John Quincy Adams, whom he visited in the White House when a small boy. Seven Hurt by Explosion. The explosion of a large quantity of iodine in the laboratory of the wholesale drug house of W. J. Gilmore & Co. in Pittsburg, caused the burning of seven persons. One young woman, Minnie Prim, was perhaps fatally hurt by jumping from a third-story window. Or. Hutchins, the chembt, was dangerously burned and may die. Big Fire at Ottawa, Ont. The sash and door factory and planing mills of Davidson &. Thackeray, the printing and lithographing establishment of Mortimer & Co. and about ten houses in Queen street were burned to the ground at Ottnwa. Out. The loss is estimated at s4oo,otjp. Drowned bjr Sinking Steamer. A Mississippi River excursion steamer at Hannibal, Mo., was crushed against n bridge pier when carrying 200 passengers, most of them women aud children, who were thrown into a panic of fear. The boat sank nnd four people were drowned. Anthracite Miners May Strike. General strike of anthracite coal miners is threatened by executive board at Wilkesbarre, Pa., because of operators’ refusal to recognize miners’ representatives on conciliation board, as promised under Arbitration agreement. Mr. Moody Ready to Retire. It is announced authoritatively that Secretary of the Navy Moody would not remain in the cabinet longer than the present term of President Roosevelt. Mr. Moody expects then to resume the practice of law. Mistakes Hart for a Burglar. Government Geological Surveyor E. M. Hart of Blairsville was mistaken for a, burglar and killed by Night Watchman Edward Thomas of the Hotel Jefferson, in Jefferson township, Allegheny County, Pa. Thoipas is under arrest. Defeat for Republicans. Judge Elbridge Hanecy and all Republican candidates for Circuit judga except Tuthili, Gibbons and Smith, were defeated at Chicago’s late election; Superior Judge Brentano, Republican, was re-elected. Largs April Exports. Exportation of manufactures in April was larger than in auy preceding month in the history of trade with tw# exceptions—March aud May, 1900. ✓

TEACHER IS HANGED.

NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB AT BELLEVILLE, ILL. Avenger* Proceed Qn ietly and Kill' Colored After Dragging Him from Jail —Superintendent Shot for Refusing to Renew Certificate. A mob of infuriated citizens in Belleville at midnight lynched .W. T. Wyatt, a colored school teacher of East St. Louis, two hours after he had shot and mortally wounded Charles Hertel, county superintendent of schools, because the latter refused to renew his teaching certificate. The colored man was hanged 7 by the mob despite the appeals of the Mayor, a&d, other officials for order. The mob conducted its work in a perfectly orderly manner, and many of the citizens of Belleville knew nothing of the lynching. _ . Hertel was shot iii his office by the teacher, who had called to have his certificate renewed. A young man named Fielder was in the office when the shooting occurred. He grappled with Wyatt, but the negro beat him off with the butt of his revolver, inflicting a revere scalp wound. A passing policeman hurried lnto_the room and succeeded in arresting the negro. He was hurried to the county jail and the place was surrounded with policemen, as it was feared that a mob would form.

A couple of hours passed when suddenly an orderly crowd of determined citizens appeared before the jail and forced a passage to Wyatt’s cell. Securing the prisoner they dragged him out and hanged him. Before being executed Wyatt averted the shooting was the result of a political grudge. Wyatt was hanged to a telephone pole in the public square In front of the court house. After he was pronounced dead his body was burned. Superintendent Hertel was removed to the hospital. The ball entered his right breast near the nipple and ranged upward. He is unable to use his right arm, but is resting well, although the ball is still in his body. State’s Attorney Farmer will make every effort to fix tho responsibility of the lynching upon th& leaders. Wyatt was a graduate of the University of Michigan and was not refused a teacher’s certificate because of lack of knowledge, but because charges of immorality had been preferred against him.

MANY DIE IN FLOOD.

Hundred Perish nnd Big Cotton Mills Crumble in South Carolina. By a tremendous cloudburst from 75 to 100 persons lest their lives nt Spartanburg, S. C., and nt I’acolet and Clifton. The great cotton mills which have built up the neighborhood to a high state of prosperity, were wiped out by the tame flood. The Pacolet mills, at Spartanburg, thus destroyed, were the property of Victor N. Montgomery, who owned the mills at New Holland, Ga., which were crippled by the tornado near Gainesville a few days before. - The storm settled over Spartanburg Friday night, gathered force until it brought a giant cloudburst, the downpour from the clouds sweeping away the dams, which in turn settled into a’vasts willing stream, which rushed through the valley where the mills were situated. Saturday afternoon the waters were roaring above the homes in a settlement wjiere on Friday a thousand laborers were busy. The property loss, it is believed, will reach $2,000,000. Many cottages were swept away in the terrific flood with their inmates, who were asleep when the storm burst upon them and cut off their chance of escape. Pacolet and Clifton are situated in the defiles of two valleys and most of the homes of the workmen are located iu the" valley near the mills in which they labored. -Their situation was trap-like, and the bursting cloud filled the valley with its flood of water. The Pacolet River rises in the mountains forty miles above, nqd ordinarily it is just large enough to furnish power for the cotton factories. It is now a giant mill race.' The greatest disaster was at the village of Pacolet. There were three cotton mills, known as Pacolet Mills Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Nos. 1 and 2 have been washed away, together with a number of warehouses filled with cotton goods and raw cotton. Besides the mills at Pacolet the Presbyterian Church, a hotel, a livery stable and a number of dwellings were washed away by the flood. The water is running through the windows of the Southern Railway station there. Box ears standing on the tracks were washed away. All the water power dams on the river are gone. The flood carried away at least three bridges on the main line of the Southern Railway. President Twitchell, of the Clifton mill, located nt Clifton. S. C.. telegraphed to F. J. Pelser. one of the largest stockholders, that No. 3 mill there is wrecked, No. 1 and No. 2 partially destroyed nnd several warehouses swept away. The drtpateh said: “There has been heavy loss of life. Glendale mill (No. 1 Converse) is intact, but the dam and several warehouses have been swept away.”

Sparks from the Wires.

Trainmen and officials of the Northern Pacific road reached ail agreement ns to wages and the running of double-header trains. m Major Gen, Shnfter, United States army, retired, was elected department commander of the G. A. R., for California and Nevada. The Philippine government has suppressed two seditious plays, one in Manila, and one at Batangas, capital of the province of that name. The war cloud in the Orient has led to discussion of status of the 00,000 Japanese in Hawaii. It is estimated that 25,000 of them are subject to recall for military service, and the problem of transportation would be a difficult one. William I*. Harrison, a switchman for the Burlington, 28 years old, fell beneath a switch engine in St. Joseph, Mo., and lost both his legs. Daniel G. Reid of New York hns given $50,000 toward establishing a public hospital in Richmond, Ind.. bis native city. Mr. Reid will also erect a $75,000 church for the United Presbyterian. A special fram Saionica announces that a court-martial has sentenced to death the Bulgarian schoolmaster named Yorgbi, the instigator of the destruction by dynamite on April 30 of the Ottoman bank at Saionica.

COMMEPCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Tj 71 —] “W eat he r conditions Hew York. have improved, particular- - — ly ns regards the great staples, although considerable losses have occurred in garden truck and other minor farm products at the East owing to drought. Labor controversies are still the most disturbing factors in the situation, nnd it is difficult to anticipate bow far distribution of merchandise will he affected. Structural material of all kinds is moving slowlybecause of strikes nr the building trades, which are now exercising more widespread influence than other disagreements. At the East the trade situation ia satisfactory as a rule. Railway . earnings thus far reported for May were 12. S per cent larger than last year nnd surpassed those of 1901 by 25.0 per cent,” according to R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade. Continuing, the report says: After many weeks of discussion the expected transaction in pig iron was completed, involving a heavier tonnage than was generally anticipated and shtfwing but a small decline in price. Considering the improved conditions as to fuel and transportation, the magnitude of the contract and the ample time in which to make deliveries, $19.35 at Pittsburg, was by no menus a low price. Some decline was to be expected, and only by a readjustment of quotations can this industry maintain the activity for which enlarged facilities provide. Demands for steel rails have'again become urgent, particularly from trolley roads, and the rail mills that have been making billets will resume their regular business next week. As practically all this year’s output has been sold, the question of quotations in 1904 is under consideration. Structural steel is still adversely affected by labor disagreements in the building trades' but in the iron and steel industry there have been numerous settlements and few serious conflicts are in progress. Under the new tin plate scale an increased output is provided, and the mills are fully occupied with large orders on hand. Nevertheless, tin declined through liquidation at London.

New Englaqd footwear factories are busy on fall contracts, but few supplementary orders have been received. Leather sells freely, hemlock sole being in great demand for western footwear manufacturers. Domestic hides again average higher, witli notable strength in Colorado hides. Supplies of winter and early spring saltings are abundant, but there is no surplus of better qualities now coining forward. Increased receipts of foreign dry hides have not depressed prices. Failures this week numbered 20(5 in the United States, against 194 last year, nnd 7 in Canada, compared with 20 a year ago. Bradstreet'a Trade Review. Wholesale trade awaits crop, labor nnd price developments. Too much rain is reported for western crops, but particularly for corn, the planting of which is still delayed. The tendency toward readjustment of prices of iron is shown in the reduction of 25 to 50 cents per ton at seaboard markets. Large buyers at Chicago say they will take hold at concessions. „ The outlook as to the country’s export trade is by no means depressing. Exports of manufactured goods for the month of April were only twice exceeded in the Country’s history. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending May 28 aggregate 4,077,678 bustiers, against 5,293,373 last year, 3,900,045 in this week last year and 4,138,970 in 1901. Wheat experts since July 1 aggregate 205,571,810 bushels, against 233,424,840 last season and 193,856,995 in 1900. Corn exports aggregate 1,179,739 bushels, against 1,814,184 last year, 71,488 a year ago and 2.037,043 in 1901. For the fiscal year exports are 01,430,841 bushels, against 25,900,597 last season and 165,159,107 in 1901.

THE MARLERS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.15; hogs, shipping grades, $5.00 to $0.10; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; tvheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 70c; corn, No. 2,40 cto 48c; oats, No. 2,32 c to 34c; rye, No. 2. 49c to 50c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $15.50; prairie, $6.00 to $13.50; butter, choice creamery. 18c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, 55c to 75c per bushel. . Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $3.25; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 74c; corn, No. 2 white, 45c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 37c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $5.20; hogs, $5.00 to $6.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 77c; corn. No. 2, 49c to 51c; oats, No. 2,38 cto 39c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 51c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $4.50 to $1.90; hogs, $4.00 to $0.15; sheep, $3.50 ta $4.00; wheat. No. 2, ,78c to 79c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 48c to 49c; onts. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 30c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 57c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, ,$4.00 to $6.40: sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; tbheat, No. 2,70 cto 77c; corn. No. 3 yellow. 47c to 48c; oats. No. 3 w bite. 38c to 39c; rye. No. 2. 52c to 53c. Milwaukee*—Wheat, No. 2 nortfiern, 83c to 84c; corn. No. 3. 48c to 49c; >ats* No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; rye. No. 1, 51© to 53c; barley, No. 2. 58c to 59c; pork, mess, $17.50. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 7<c ta 70c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; rye. No. 2. 52© to 54c; clover seed, prime, $7.70. Buffalo— Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.50 to $5.40; hogs, fair to prime, $.4.00 to $7.30; sheep, fair to choice, $4.00 to $5.00; lambs, common to choice, $4.01 to $7.35. New York—-Cattle, $4.00 to $5 45; hogs, $4.00 to $0.00; sheep, $3.00 to .$5.15; wheat. No. 2 red. 83c to 84c; corn, No. 2, 57 cto 58c; oats, No. 2 white, 41c to 43c; butter, creamery, 20c to 22c; egg*, western, 15c to 18c.