Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1906 — Page 2

- - -TTirr - ..I.——. i 'WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. ■HpBB^BpBpB3BSSSB3E3BS^ OEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

RAIL WAR IN ALASKA.

"CONTRACTORS RESORT TO DIABOLICAL MEASURES. One of Them Phm*» flyaualtf Mt»n Atomy Ho»lt <<» —— l Ohio r.rt» l.artrr Tux- from Pnbllc Bloodshed is expected to result ft "in railroad construction war nrtw in progress along the route from southeastern Alaska into the Copper river valley ahd the Tanana district. Recent arrivals from Valdea and Natalia. cuatirnW the report* that Contractor Michael J. Honey, who is_ building the \Vhite Bass Railroad - from Occa. on ftoruptrolTer down the cast bank of the t 'apper-riyer *n<fthcnccto the Yukon', he- ast bank ' of the atre.tm with dynamite. and any nrtempt on the part or tiTs Yivals to seize , this strot.ch of land .»•ill result in a “ftaie "tragedy. '• lleney. \vWn"lS' |he Close Brothers of London, has or—rjtyatrajriri.nst- him the -gnrper. -lij-vet_n nd_ Northwester'll Company, headed by John ' Rosene and re-enfor<v>d by ChlcntracTtp - and'the Vnlder aittl Yukon ..itailrivul, of which Col. YY. A. Swinita is the rateter .mind, having Gorman moneyed men behind him. Q\ THF. niAMON II FIELD. Pre*rem of (lull* in Knee for !»»**• **'T llnll I'oiiunnlN. national iJ.AC.rK. W. t.. w. l. Chicago .. .. 92 31 Cincinnati ■ .51 7 1 r Pittsburg . 7TT : "~'ijS r ßtg^arße- = New York. .74 Hjl St.-doain... .--IS —MLPhil’delphia 55 -(‘."Boston ..:. •40 s 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Non ~ York. .t‘>7 -I'S lietroil ■■ .' Phil'delphia 05 51 Washington, 46 "71 Cleveland ..62 "2 Boston 38 s ' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. U Columbus ~S 2 52 Kansas City, do 07 - -sSdx>utsTii lc . . AHT6Toledo 70 G 2 St. Paul 50 72 Minneapolis 68 05 Indianapolis 4S SO - WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Dos Moines .80 33 Sioux City.. 54 03 Omaha 59 56 Denver .....54 04 Lincoln ....56 t!2 Pueblo 43 74' STATE TVX OY #200,000,000. Ohio Get. 1 Per Cent on tiros* Faming-* of Public Corporations. The gross earnings of the public service companies of Ohio taxed under the Cole law will reach this year the enormous sum of $200,000,090. The reports of the companies are due Sept. 1 and many are in. Included in the list of quasi‘public corporations taxed under this law are steam and -electric railroads, express, tele* graph and telephone, signal and messenger, pipe line, gas and electric light and power companies and freight line companies. They are taxed 1 ]*'r cent on their gross earnings, so ihat the law -will produce this year $2,000,090. in revenue. Last year their earnings reached only $180,000,000. TO NAVIGATE THE MISSOURI. Kansas City Man to Start Two Boats Oil Mmtdy Slri-nin. L. m i ones of Kansas City lias secured options on the river packets City of Memphis and Tennessee. Within two weeks Bhm vessels will make a trial trip up' the Missouri river to Kansas City and St. Joseph. e7r. Jones says that in reopening navigation on" the Missouri river he will show that the river 1* navigable now and if the present trial is a success eight boats will be put in the Missouri river next summer, linking the three principal Missouri cities. Throw* Herxelf Before Train. Mrs. Tillie Harris, aged 24 years, widow and the mother of three children, regarding herself as an incumbrance upon her relatives, attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself in from of a freight train west of Altoona. I’a. With an infant clasped to her Uneast she lay upon the track, but her movement had been observed aqd she was dragged away before the train came Gfrmnu Heir 1* ( hrlsteneil. The son of Crown Prince Frederick was baptised at Potsdam hi the presence of the whole of the royal family and representatives of the royalty of Greece, Schleswig-Holstein, England, Kussia, Austria and Italy. The child was named William Frederick Frauds Joseph Christian Olaf. Shoot* Girl for lturalar. m Mistaking her 14-year-old daughter for a Mrs. \Y. F. Kish r of Taylorville. Ohio, sent three 'revolver bullets entirely through the girljs body. The girl may recover. 1 Victory for Union I.abor. The boycott is a legal instrument in the -'•bands of union labor and does not infringe upon personal liberty, a Washington, D. C., judge has decided. Union Bricklayer* Ordered Out. _ A strike of all the union .brick!ayery employed on the various stations ancF 1 buildings of the New Y’ork, Centra! in New .York City has been ordered. Bomb Found In Liner** Hold. Au Infernal machine was discovered in j the bold of the steamer Eagle Point as she ■ %j' ja the 'Delaware ilver*4t The steamer was saved from destruction by a second, as the bomb exploded ns it touched the water after -being thrown overboard. VI Tramp Slay* Policeman. Herman Personiufc, a member of the Valley City. N. D., police force, was shot and instantly killed by a de»i>erado whom be was endeavoring to arrest in the .Northern Pacific yards, * 5

NIPPLE'S THEFTS AMAZE.

Hoary Steallaar* by Philadelphia's s*lnt-I.ike Financier. The statement of Receiver Earle of the Real Estate Trust Company that Frank K. Hippby the late president of tho concern, bad stolen securities milled at $65,000 and That the lending of $5,000,000 to ‘ Adolph Segal on insufficient security amounted to. theft, createij a sensation th rou gbotit I‘hilifdelph ia. The revelation was a blow to Hipphfa many -nyritnan? friends; - moat of whom aro prominent in. the Presbyterian church, either os clergymen or laymen. So high was Their esteem for the man who abhorred tobacco anil, liquor and refrained from reading- Sunday -newspapers, that not only the -various- organizations—in—the_ iffresbyrerian chun li made the trust com--pany their depository, but hundreds of inwiiberth'Ttf ‘Tbntf demxtrtnnTlon placed their money ip his compttny.bank for their savings was exceptionally large. Most of them refused to entertain the theory that llipple ended- his life and it wag difficult to make them believe that his seer-et ojvcrauoru; were as.J.rregular as they are nllcgt'd to be. In addition to his ehdfch wprk Mr. Hippie took all actiyeintcreM in Cffoi'Hi pnliti.es and is -'"l 10 hn-vo been a heavy cotitribntor- to the reformers’ e.-uiijhiign' funds in last year’* notable e..' ;•! ■;!' ettV. -f’— Critici-m of tlie failure of the directors of the comgaiiy-to'dis.-eiver Hippie’s trans—- ~ a ellOnls Ti N 11 i.'r- a -eff. M 1 el 1 !1,0 1 y • "f 1 J f;h'c iargdr J ereditors are angry at what they iejm-tiet-uree-:;:luse ;n.■ it. ; Ir-nr allegel that yhral nf the directors, had knowledge that same .of. Hippie’s tcansact ions \\e re. .Aiusafe, Tmr—Lii_iL they had BUi'h cohiiileiico in -hise-H#e%Fttw- t hat' they did not susyccw -ttfe true -ST^tTr~nf'affairs or rntcrlain tin- Belief that his ojierations ireu- JrreguTar. ' -—Adol[ih Segn-I. whove borrowing fro-tn-ffie trust edmptiny was- tTie principal cause of the failure, mid whn-had s|>.iketr-ffeely of his :tE&nsdctinns with llipble, has adopted a policy of silence.- 1 It* refuses to disettss any phase or development of t-ho aiTuHr-attd ilii|uirer« tn-b-r*-WtS-Bl'i - > 1. -

ROSEWATER FOUND DEAD.

Omithii Kdif oiv anil Unlit 1 <-iflli Strii *kfa »ltli Ifi-nrt lililnn;. -TrEdward,4tti>cWJiiJr, m-nbruTor and ydi-t-or of th«> Dtuaha Bee and prominently Identified with the political, financial and

EDW. ROSEWATER.

bench in the court room and fallen asleep, and died of heart failure. Mr. Rosewater went to Waterloo, Neb., -Thur.-d.iy • afternoon to-maUo a speech ata Re-fttihlb'nn poHtlOfel iiiectiiig. He lTrrch' ed Omaha on his return at 7 o’ehx'k and went to his .ofiiee id the Bee building, lie is known to have been in the office during the evening, but was not seen by meniiurs of his family after re urning from Waterloo. It was a habit of Mr. Rosewater to go to different parts of the building whenever li is pleasure so indicated, and it is pivsiuiu'd 1)e-sieppodJuilP tht> large court room and sat down for a minute's repos.' and fell asleep. When Judge Troup arrived at the court room in the morning he found the . body of Mr. Rosewater on a bench. The death of Mr. Rosewater, coming so suddenly, was a shock to tlie people of Omaha. I)r. Charles Rosewater, brother of the dead editor, attributed death to the excitement attendant on a long campaign in which Mr. Rosewater was a prominent candidate for the nomination by the Nebraska State convention - for United States Senator.

Yaluntary Insurance Distribution.

The Metropolitan Life has announced the creation of an elaborate dividend system for the benefit of its industrial policy holders. This is voluntary, as it is a stock company. Five per cent will he added to the face value of five-year policies. 0 i>er (VHt to six-year policies and 1 per cent per year up to 27 per cent. Including some dividends to other classes of policies, this to amount to s2,ooo,tK>o for tHtJJ^Lur.

Southern Lyncher Sentenced.

The trial of George Hall, as one of the mob which lynched three negroes at Salisbury. N. C., last week, resulted in bis quick oonviction and sentence to fifteen ycArs m the pbtutefftiary. Half is a white ex-convict, and his counsel has appealed on the ground that 'Gov. Glen was out of the State when tho trial was held. This is the tirst instance of the conviction of a lyncher in the history of the state,

Clerk Byerley Wins Out.

It turns out that Samuel Byerley. the New York express clerk who obtained an award of $5,800,000 of Fauama -bonds with only the investment of a 2-cent •tamp to forward his bid. represented not only himself, but that he has sucheeilcd in disposing of his award to a banking house on terms that would enable him to make good by depositing the cash and leave &na a margin of SIO,IXIO profit.

$25,000 Fee for Seven Dnya.

Dr. Frank Billings, the Chicago physician who went to New York last January in response to a summons from Marshall Field, and who was in charge of the millionaire merchant’s case during the last seven days of his life, has sent to the Field estate a bill for $25,000, which is fre ever ehurged' in this country where an operation was not-performed.

Missionary Graft Charged.

JRev Dr. Sheldon Jackson, general agent of education m 'Alaska, has been charged -wffb- -gtvttig to the - Presbyterian mission school and with haring padded' the rolls of the sctiools supported by the government.

Next Quake for Mexico.

Dr. C, Willard. Hayes of the geological survey has coneluded that’the next country to be visited by an earthquake will be Mexico. The mountain system which is regarded as the backbone of the continent is Buffering from an attack of meniuiritiu.

business affairs of Omaha and the State Of • Nebraska for forty years, was found dead in District Court room No. 0, on the third floor of t-ho -Bee building, early Frill ay. Mr, Ro*ewaterUevidentlv had • • ' *. * : -•.-- :■ sat down on a

WELCOME TO BRYAN.

DEMOCRATIC LEADER RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTICALLY. Graded Tilth Noise and Cordiality O* Hi'typ* Tram Hi* ’Honnd-the-World Tour—New York Bay Hel»«»4» nith I nroar n* Ship Land* wr—- —»; I'll '« ... e-j--New Y'ork 1 correspondence ; William J. Bryan is home again. Bronzed by travel by land autT sea, for a ctiinji-tjgm he llterally fell Into tlie arms of lmzzahing buudreds of Ids fellow countrymen whep the steamship Briuzess Irene, end;ty afternoon. A band oik,one welcoming tugs plttyed “Hands Across the Stht,” whistles and sifCHS screeched and Inmans slionted. All tliis was pfe-v “paratory t., the big demonstration to take place ::t Madison Square Garden Thursday when thousands of Itctnocrats frotn ait over tFu- country gatlxn’ed G. pay t»icir the grerft - •■ " a> '. ' Clashes between rival xfbleoming eoUtllijbV'.. yalLijj.jSed respyet iycly "f the New York “plan and scope'* orgatt dzatiori ams the XeStraska “Imine folks,” each, of which was determined to take possession 'nf the -returning leader, were happily averted bv the action <>f Mr. Brvtta -fi’mseif when the I’rinze.ss Irene reaeiied quhfnmlin?. instea'd of fhonsillg bi *{ yveen flip yacht of Ids friend, Mt. Goltra of St. 1/niis. with the local Committee nil bohrti. and the geiVcfraia nt tug bearing flic people Of hl.s own State, Mr. Bryan elected IP. spend the. night on laud. 'ihe scene dowtt the bay as tlte I’rintile to aitelow in qnaranrliTm~estTtb'.lslie‘.l it nreeedeiil: as a colebration (if -1 be homc-edailng -of- a' iilainAmerican citizen.. The news that the steamer bearing Mr. Bryan -hud been sighted off Fire island just before noon, and tha't -she. >yonld be at anchor "Tor" tlie"fog tha 1 medical iiiipection by 3 o’clock, was the signal for a wild rush of specially chartered boats and pleasure craft down the harbor. The lowering skies and frequent rain squalls served to keep many away, but

WILLIAM J. BRYAN.

those who were not. deterred by the adverse weather conditions gave an enthusiastic spirit to. the reception. The “home folks" were the most enthusiastic of all. On two big tugboats which journeyed down the bay side by side they went to welcome their distinguished neighbor. There was a broad smile on Mr. Bryan's face as he spied the foremost of the Nebraska tugs, and a broader one when-he sawHils old friend. Mayor “Jim” Dahlman of Omaha, standing on the “niggerliead” of the tug, rope in hand, ready to hurl it about the head of Mr. Bryan if he refused-to come peacefully aboard the craft. —. Mayor Dahlman, who was for years a sheriff in Dawes County, Nebraska, when sheriffs wore two revolvers and carried a cutlass and a “billy,” but who had himself elected mayor of Omaha on an “open town” platform, headed the delegation, but with him were many prominent men in Nebraska business and professional circles and others known throughout the State for their oratory and political records. On spying Mayor Dahlman Mr. Bryan laughed heartily; shook his head at the coil of rope which the “cowboy” mayor held In his hand, and said: "I guess you’re going tb get me, Jim.” "You’re right we are, Will. We’ve conie a long way and we won’t leave without you." “You won't have to,” replied Mr. Bryan. With tumultuous cheers the Nebraskans pulled up alongside the after gaugway of the big steamer and called their greetings to Mr. Bryan, who stood on the deck just above them and smiled and waved his hat. Big boxes of flowers were tqssed on board for Mrs. Bryan. Then the Nebraska State flag was flung to the breeze and the cheering was renewed. Usually indifferent to all situations, Mr. Bryan displayed mueh emotion when the two tugs, hearing friends and ueightyrs who had traveled more than 1.500 miles to greet him, ranged alongsitle-the Prinzes* 1 rener-with -flags flying, whistles tooting and crowds singing old-home melbdies, and he spent a half hour among them, shaking bauds and ashing in an earnest manner about their wives and children, about “the. folk* ftrrws the- eteoef' and the political situations iu tire various sections of the State, Mr. Bryan talked to his friends frdely about his trip, which, he said, had been, one continuous round of enjoyment and Instruction. Songs were sung and the cheering was taken up. time and again, while Mr. Bryan was going through the necessary formalities of the customs inspection laws.

BRYAN’S VIEWS ON PARTY ISSUES.

COLONIAL POLICY—“A tour through the Philippine Islands has deepened Hie ponvirtion that we should lose no time in announcing our purpose to deal with the Filipinos as we deaft with the Cubans.” ’ CONGRESS —“A constitutional amendment convening the first session of Congresa within a few months after election and compelling the second session to adjourn several days "before the following election should be adopted.” “In the T'nited States this trend toward democracy has taken the form es a growing demand for the election of I'nited States Senators by -a direct vote of the people.” INCOME TAX —“I am so convinced of the justice of tlie Tncome tax "that I feel gura. that the nebnlri will sooner or later demand an amendment to the Const itutwn'*\HiTcfi i\dlt~specid?irfty~Tnrtiitjrßi!fr-sfrT : tntxmie-tax.-^ CAPITAL AND LABOR —“In advocating arbitration of differences between large "• corporate ewTplm-prg and tlmir employes I believe we are defending the highest interests of the three parties to these disputes, viz.: the employer, the employe and the public. The employe cannot be' turned over to the employer.to be dealt with as the employer may please.” —*— - ~ C—l EIGHT HOl'lt DAY—“The struggle for.:u, eight-hour day is ■an international struggle and it is sure to be settled in favor of the wd'rkingman’a eontention.” MONEY QUESTION —“Unexpected conditions ..have removed the cause of pur differences. The unlooked-for and unprecedented increase in the production of' gold has brought a victory to both the advocate of gold and the aJvocate ,of • *’ bimetallism.” CORPORATIONS AND CAMPAIGN.CONTRIBUTIONS—"I hope that the Jlemocratie party will not only challenge the Republican party to bring forward effective, legislation on this subject, but •will set an example by refusing to receive .Campaign contributions from corporations and by opening the books so Hurt -every -eowtribufor of any eon dd&Fable sum may bo known to the public before the election.” . ... . . . y, TRUSTS “i tui HO2J be : ‘A private monopoly is indefensible and intatetHS~ We,' and our plan of attack must contemplate the total and complete overthrow of tic l monopoly principle in industry.” CORPORATIONS "If the Corporations were required to take out a federal 1 i cense • -———tlie fialerul which would protect the public.” - TAKIIT "Th.’ prim-ipi" “m'.-Cl.d in tin- iaoie.qiv,. tariff has been the. fruitful, source «iT a great ileal of polnicil cwruption, as welT as the support of many of our most iniquitous trusts.” “The high “Tariff U, - long i>• • ! i a burden to the consumers in the United States, and if I< growing more and more a menace to our .foreign commerce because it nron-ses resent mean - and provokes ret ilia lions. v - - - —— -•GOVERNMENT -OWNERSHIP —‘‘U ha -e already reached the--conclusion thatrailroad* partake so much of the mt ure of a monopoly that they must ulti- . ma:e!y become public properly and lie managed hv public officials in the interest iff the-whole community) in aceordan -e with-tlie weH-defined theory that public ownership is necessary where competition is impossible.” “Believing, however, that the operation of railroads by the federal government would result in a centralization which would all but obliterate State lines, I prefer to sea only the trunklines operated by the federal government and the local lines by-State governments.”

RAISES ANTI-TRUST WAR CRY.

PMllltg OwHWihtji of RttHraa.il* and. *. End of 'l'kHll KHVIISgt*. William Jennings Bryan, American citizen, formally welcomed home from his world wanderings by a miglity coneourse “of Tin? fellow countrymen amid the spectacular settings of Madison Square Garden ’Thursday night, buried his crass of gold in a sea of tumultuons applause afid cheering and struck out to lead Democracy in a hew battle with a nqw paramount issue. "Bryan, the former silver advocate at the ratio of 16 to i, is now Bryan the trust-breaker. The annihilation, not the mere restraint of the trusts, is his battle cry for 1908. The money question, he declared, has been removed wfrom -tlie field of political controversy by changes in conditions since 1890 and 1900. The gold men, he proclaimed, have won their point in retaining gold as the standard of monetary value, and the bimetallists have gained the contention for enlarged monetary circulation. They break even, says William J. Bryan—now for the slaughter of the petopi. Into the trust the foremost leader of the Democratic forces of today bracketed the tariff, with a demand for revision; socialism, with a declaration that Socialists are wrong in their logic, but to be reasoned with and not denounced; government ownership and operation of railroads, with a proclamation that permanent relief from present evils must be reached ultimately through this means, adding the admission that-perhaps public sentiment is not yet ready for this radical application of paternalism. Outside of its political features the welcome extended ta+Mr. Bryan Thursday niglit and the ovation that greeted him, a mere private citizen, from the time he set foot on Manhattan Isle in tlie afternoon until he left Madison Square Garden late at night, will stand out in history as something remark-’ able. There may have been greater demonstrations in New York over men. There may have been bigger crowds and louder cheers. But there never

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

has been the exact parallel of this event In honor of a man who holds no office: is the hero of no war—on the contrary, a champion of world arbitration and world peace—and who alone arises a giant figure In the nation’s polities midway between the years of national (election and the foreordainedstandard bearer In the next great contest. In his speech at Madison Squa.e Garden, after advocating an Anglo-American treaty for arbitration and indorsing the T>fXgO "doctrine forbidding the eolTee*ion of private debts by armaments of war. Mr. Bryan declared that the ownership of the Philippines renders American principles a laughing stock in the eyes of the world and denies the IVclaratron of Independence ; demanded that Congress b. made more responsive to the will of thr people by the immediate seating of Representatives and popular election of Sen ruors, calling the Senate as at presen constituted a “bulwark of wealth.” He

layoi>il an iaeoihfr. tax, announced that arbitration' off Jabor disputes ifL'llMßlf rive, and ueuoimcufl government by injunction. Tm-n lie proclaimed that “free silver” is no longer an issue, because the contention of the Democratic party In 1896 has been “proven :. lie demanded the refusal by the' Democratic party of corporation contributions; he congratulated Roosevelt on his democratic principles, and defined a “mist" as a price fixer; - The question of trusts he declared to be the paramount issue. Closely allied with this, lie asserted, is the tariff question. The import “tax be declared to be the root o¥ all corruption in national politics. Government ownership of railroads was declared to be inevitable, though possibly not immediate. He proposed dual ownership. the nation to own trunk lines, with tilt States operating branch lines. On this question he dwelt at length. Closing, he indulged in a flight of oratory like that which in earlier days made him known as the “Boy Orator of tha Platte,” and concluded by quoting a stanza from Robert Burns’ “Cotter’s Saturday Night.” Thus ended Mr. Bryan’s first public reception since his arrival.from Europe. Other receptions were to follow on his way westward.

UNDERPAID TEACHERS.

Miserable Wage* Paid to the Trainer* ot American Youth. A report recently made by a committee of the Maine Pedagogical Association, appointed to ascertain the salaries paid to school teachers in that State, helps to reenforce the argument frequently made that our educators in general, and public school teachers in particular, are a wretchedly underpaid body of men and women. As a result of its investigations the committee received returns from 4.37 S teachers in elementary schools, and found that a majority of tlie women teachers were working for from $6 to $9 per week, while only 575, or about one-tenth, were paid more than $lO. It was found that half the women teachers in Maine are working for less than S2OO a year. I In comparing the pay of Maine teachers with the wages of cotton mill operatives in the State, the committee found that the balance in favor of the former was very slight. For instance, the 6,530 women working in the cotton mills of Maine get an average weekly wage of $5.99, while the women school teachers get an average weekly wage of $6.90. The men in the cotton mills of Maine get an average weekly wage of SB.OI, while the men teachers get $9.18. Since it costs a person much more to become properly equipped for the teaching profession than it does to become an efficient mill worker, to saw nothing of the higher expense of daily living for the former, the additional wage received by the teachers, according to this report, is far less than it should be.

BIG RAILROAD OUTLAYS,

Three Line* Are Siiendlng $120,000000 in New York. More than $120,000,000 is being expended in the borough of Manhattan for the New I’ork Central, the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. It is estimated that the final station plans of the Pennsylvania will require an outlay off $50,000.000. Up to date the plana of the New York Central for a terminal for itself and the New Haven road will cost $50,000,000, and along with the New York Central’s “electrification” of itH rails. $70,000,000. Four hundred buildings had to be demolished for the Pennsylvania’s site. For the station and yards of the New York Central six additional blocks will be tak- ’ ehlleTween 42d and's7th streets." Contrary to the general impression, that which the New York Central is carrying on, so far as the excavating is concerned, is of greater difficulty and dimensions that what the Pennsylvania is doing near Herald square. There is to he a double deck system of tracks—one below for the suburban and one above for the through express service. In the deepest part this plan has required the excavation of rock © a depth of 70 feet. Before the whole excavation is done 2,500.000 cubic yard* >f rock and . earth will have to be re moved. This >is the fourth time in 46 years ‘hat the Grand Centra) station has had to be enlarged and reconstructed.

COMMEPCIAL AND FINANCIAL

“ The high position at CuiMIJO. business generally >» - strongly sustained, draw* •backs -due to the hot wave having but slight effect upon operations. New demands show no diminution in the leading branches of manufactures, raw ma*terial markets reflect heavy consumption and further firmness in costs, while distributive trade -steadily extends, particularly in the wholesale departments. Sales of the textiles and other staple merchandise are on a greater scale than at this time last year, and an important feature is the number of new accounts opened with buyers for the first time here. The accessions of- visiting chants afford much encouragement, and house dealings have assumed increasing force in dry goods, clothing, footwear, millinery, furniture and food products* Other lines making favorable comparisons with bookings of a "year ago are men's furnishings, woolens and liardWare. ~ . — —- ■■ ~Z~ The current; buying Includes many orders Tor early forwardings ; more than the ordinary proportion of bills take “advantage of d.iMbouiits, and with the present low state of country stocks the indications are good for profitable results. Price lists make a high average* for heavy-weight goods, hut lids does not interfere with liberal selections of necessities. Local retail trade is unusually good for midsummer, particularly ill the principal shopping district. Crop reiKirts confirm the former high estimates of harvest returns thus far, while weather conditions have most favorably advanced the growth of corn. These factors exert much influence uiion the future Course of the industries and more confidence is felt as to the outlook. Failures reported in Chicago district number 19, against 2S last week and 21 a year ago.—Dun’s Review of Trade. ~* “ * —| Fall trade has still furNew York I tiler expanded; buyers are in all leading markets in large numbers, and are operating freely despite temporary checks caused by hot or rainy weather. The same is largely true of industrial operations, which go forward with a steadily increasing volume of output and with available capacity in leading lines booked far alien J. This latter condition is perhaps best illustrated by reports from the iron and steel and cotton goods industries, which are in a very strong position, with prices tending upward and mills pushed to meet demands for delivery. The situation in cotton goods is particularly noteworthy, in view of the declining trend of the market for raw cotton. —Bradstreets’ Commercial Report.

THE MARKERS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to SG.BS; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $6.35; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 $5.50; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn, No. 2,48 cto 50c; oats, standard, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 57c; hay, timothy, SIO.OO to $17.00; prairie, SO.OO to $13.00; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 20c; potatoes, 55c to 62c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $6.40; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 tc $4.50; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 white, 51c to s‘2c; oats, No. 2 white, 300 to 31c. St. Louis —Cattle, $4.50 to $6.50; hogs, $4.00 to $6.35; sbeep, $4.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; porn, No. 2,47 cto 48c; oats, No, 2,29 cto 30c; rye, No. 2,63 cto 64c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $4700 to $5.25T hogs, $4.00 to $6.50; sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 49c to 50c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; rye, No. 2,59 cto 61c. Detroit —Cattle, $4.00 to $5.00; hogs, $4.00 to $6.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 74c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 52c to 53c; oats, No. 3 white, 31c to 32c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 75c to 77c; corn, No. 3,48 cto 49c; oats, standard, 30c to 31c; rye, No. 1, 57c to 59c; barley, standard, 53c to 54c; pork, mess, $17.00. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $G.25; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $0.75; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.75. New Yor—Cattle, $4.00 to -$5.95; hogs, $4.00 to $6.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn. No. 2,57 cto 58c; oats, natural white, 36c to 37c; butter, creamery, 18c to 24c; eggs, western, 17c to 21c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 7lc to 75c: corn. No. 2 mixed. 52c to 54coats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 56c; clover seed, prime, $7.15.

Telegraphic Brevities.

Plans are being drawn by the govern* ment architect for the improvement of the ■Bttia Island immigrant station in New York bay. John M. Speyer, convicted in Kan is City of killing his son, has been de; 1 a new trial and sentenced to bo ha:: I Sept. 21. - 1 —■ ——r- • p The 11 amb u rg- Amer i can line denlr, < report current in Belfast, Ireland, t had ordered a steamer of Harlan.l & \**h£ exceeding in size the Lusitania of the Cu* uanl line.