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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. .TATSTTTATlY 1. ISOfl.
B KH" '
I , FROM THE * FARTHER WEST
WATER SUPPLY OF WYOMING
Engineer Computes the Amount Available
.in Streams.
HIVERS * DISCHARGE MORE THAN USUAL
ItccorilM .Show thnt the Slnlc'n J'rlncl-
l nl Uiyiwtli Diirlnw tlu * liiint Ycnr
Him Ili-cn lAlniinr lAurl- ,
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CHBYENNE , Tcc. ) .31. ( Special. ) The
atato engineer has Just completed computa
tlon of tbo water supply of the atato the last
year. Statistics la regard to the I.aramlo
river show that moro water flowed dowrn that
etrcam In the month of Miy this year than
In the entire seanons of cither 1805 or 1890.
The water which the stream discharged In
May this year would cover 117,000 acres ono
foot deep. The May discharge of the North
riatto river was alto much larger thla year
than , for many years past. The discharge
for tbo same month beingnumclent to cover
700.C70 acres ono foot deep. For the entire
Irrigation season the fall of the North
Platte -would cover 1,760,000 acres to the
same depth. During the last year applica
tions -were recol-cd to taVo water out or ICO
streams , Tlieco applications described G03
mllca ot ditches with an estimated cost of
$1,400,000 and susseptlblo of Irrigating 277-
Only ono largo enterprise Is included In
thcso applications. This was the Cody &
Salsbury canal the estimated cost of which
is fl.000,000. If completed In accordance
with the surveys and the maps In the en
gineer's olllco It will Irrigate 125,000 acres of
land. The remainder of the projected ditches
are all small onea and are being built by
resident settlers.
Thcso records show that Wyoming's prin
cipal growth this year has been In the direc
tion. ot agriculture , Increasing the number
of farms and adtag to the acrcn of Irrigated
Jnnd. The engineer's office has Just com
pleted tbo maps ot the ditches surveyed last
summer. In all there nro sixteen ot these
maps and they ahow the location ot slxty-
flvo ditches on La Prelo creek , eighty on
Box Elder , twonty-flvo on Deer creek , ten
on Elklionn creek , sixty-one on La Bonta
creek and nineteen on Wngonhound. Few ,
except those familiar with the country em
braced In these surveys , realize how greatly
agriculture ban been extended along the
tributaries of the Platte 1m Converse and
Natrona counties during the last few years.
.Tho 200 ditches surveyed show that this ecc-
tlon Is fast becoming ono of the Important
agricultural center * of the stato. The re
cently completed determination of the rights
to water on. Black's Fork creek In U'nta
county shows that another agricultural dis
trict , licrctoforo but little thought ot , Is
being rapidly created. Certificated of appro
priation no tclng Issued to 184 usern. ot
water. Ten years ago there wcro tcacely a
score of settlers along the cntlro stream.
AVA11HI2.V ItlSPMES T > CIUTICISMS.
TnllCH JJi\el "n tTiie Pnpei-H on tlie SII-
* * * * * " ver flucHtloii.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , , Dec.31. . ( Special. )
The attention ot Wyoming's senior senator ,
Francis E. Warren , was wiled this morning
1o the criticisms ot several of tbo Denver
newspapers upon tlio course ouraucd In the
senate by himself and .nomo of the olfccr
western republican senators upon the finan
cial question. Concerning the matter. Sena
tor Warren said :
"The extreme free coinage papers of Den
ver , It seems to me. Insist upon doing In
justice to Wyoming and Its senators , cither
maliciously or through misinformation. One
olt these papers eays , referring' to Wolcott ,
"Warren end Clark , and other senators : "Not
ono of these senators could have been elected
to the ofllco ho holds If his constituents had
the slightest cause to suspect that * io would
not stand fast for free coinage at the ratio
oif 1C to 1 through the Independent actloiu ot
our own government , from the beginning to
the end of hts term. "
"As n matter ot fact , the republican party
in Washington has never declared 'for free
coinage at tbo ratio of 10 to 1 through the
Independent action oC our government , ' and
I dare say it never will , for that would mean
for us silver monometallism. The repub
licans ot Wyoming are not and never have
been clt'.ier gold or silver monometalllsts ,
but are blmetnlllsts , and dcslro recognition
and actual and general tiso ot both metals.
Sln-co - Wyoming republicans have always re
frained , or I might say , refused to declare
for silver monometallism. It must bo patent
to overyoco that the senators of Wyoming
could not have been elected had they enter
tained , or glvcti promise ot advocating the
extreme position taken by the Denver oapers.
Ono of these papers , the Republican , kindly
gives the following warning : 'Of course ,
Senator Warren lias the largest portion ot
his present term yet to serve , but time files ,
aud he cannot hope to bo hla o\v.n successor
if ho continues to march much longer under
the direction of the national "banking ring ,
etc. '
V "Thla prediction may provo true. But It
is a matter of entire Indifference to the pub-
llo .whether Senator Warren succeeds blmsoj
or not , providing the state ot Wyoming is
well represented In the United States senate ,
and It should bo a matter of more concern
to a senator to faithfully servo bis state
whllo occupying that posltlcci of great trusl
thnn whether ho bo continued as Its rcpre
scntatlvo. Under a man's conscience am !
commission ho ougbt to consider It a duty , as
well as a high privilege , to represent , while
lioldliiK onico , the sentiment of the people
who have committed their aso , In part , to
his charge. When a public officer cannel
da ) that , he ought In justice to cither resign
or bo retired by his constituents. Speaking
personally , I am proud to bo the representa
tive of 01,0 of the most promising young
states In ttio union , at the greatest ami
grandest court or parliamentary body In th
world , the United States senate. I hav
endeavored heretofore to ask nothing for my
celf that my party was not Inclined goner.
ously to accord mo , and , should retlromcHi
follow tomorrow , my good services and gratl
tudo would bo due , and I am sure forth
coming for the balance of my lifetime , am !
I give the Republican and all others notlci
that a co-election for myself will not b.
unduly pressed by mo upon an unwilling
coostltuency. " %
lu > W-omliiK'r < OllloiTH.
CHEYUNNU , Wyo. , Dec. 31. ( Special Tel
ogramO Benjamin F. Fowler , w o has hoi
the ofllco o attorney general for Wyomin
for the laat three years , tendered his rcslg
nation today. It was accepted by the gov
f -pr , who at on o arc > elated J. A. Vai
Oi&dcll to the position for the remaining ye.i
of Mr. Fowler's term. An a result of th <
change , Mr. Van Orsdcll , who was an ap
"invigorates In the morning
and refreshes at night. "
Every pound of tea shipped
from Japan is critically in
spected by tlie Japanese
officials and pronounced pure
and of high quality.
All good groctrs sell Japan Tea.
pllcant for the United States attorncyshlp of
Wyoming , withdrew his Application , and T.
F. Durke , the law partner ot Mr. Fowler ,
will bo * rpolnted to that position at the ex
piration of the term ot the present Incum
bent , Gibson Clark.
„ . Fill * Wnrrcn'i * IMnco.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Dec. 31. ( Special Tel
egram. ) I'lo republican state central com-
mlttco for Wyoming met today and elected
Hon. J. C. Davis of nawllns chairman , to
nil the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Senator Warren , which was tendered
last year , but not acted upon until the pres
ent tlmo.
COUIISI2 OK STUUV UOI2S NOT SUIT.
In Trylmc to 1'Ionne Krcrj-oiic Com
mit too Plenum No One.
SIOUX PALLS , S. D. . Doc. 31. ( Special. )
The course of study for the use ot high
schools , prepared by the committee of ten
nrpolntcd by the State Teachers' assoclatlcn ,
gives such poor satisfaction that It Is doubt
ful If the recommendations ot the commtteo
will bo followed In a single high school In
the stato. 1'rot. Frank McClelland of tlie
Sioux Falls schools says Sioux Falls will
have nothing to do with It , and It Is not
thought that It will bo odcotod anywhere.
Ttoo report la admitted by members of the
committee to be a compromise , no two mem
bers being abto to agree. In effect It makes
ot the high school simply a fitting school
for the colleges and It gives to the pupil not
so much of the studies ho may need In later
lire. In aiso his education should ccaso wild
the high school , but the branches ho will
need to fit him to enter college. Inasmuch
as less than one-fifth ot the high school
pupils over enter college the high schoo
men vlgo-ously oppcso the wasting of the
tlmo ot DUnlla In illttatr thorn for that for
which they will never qualify.
Ucdflcld was chosen as the next place of
meeting. The HMck Hills country made a
fight for the locatkn but It was decided to
hold the scsalon next year at Uodfleld and Uie
following ycai In the Black Hills.
The dcpartmuit ot 'graded anil common
schools elected thcao oniccra for the ensuing
year : 1'rcaldcnt , Homer Davla , Turner
county ; secretary , Miss Ilattlo Lyman of Mln-
nohnha. Prof. George M. Smith of the State
unlverolty wus elected president ot the de
partment of colleges and high schools , aat
Prof. Ocorgo XasLof Yaulttoii , secretary.
The session closed last nlgJit by a soda !
In Germanla hall. A dance had been ar
ranged by the local committee , but many o
the vlolltag teachers objected and It was
finally decided to forego this feature of the
cHtertainmi. 'x
MOM AMI PETTI Gil 13 W ' .MAKE TIE-UP
Kcniilt of TionfV Conference lletweei
Soiintor nnil 'nnvcrniir. '
SIOUX FALTJS , S. D. , Dec. 31. ( Special. )
Dnforo leaving forAVashington Senator Petti
grew had a two hours' Interview with Governor
ornor Lee. It Is understood that the scna
tor ngrccd to support the governor for re
nomination If ho would kill off the nntl
fusion movement started In the populls
party by II. L. iLoucks nnd "that " the gov
ernor assented1 to the -terms and will cxer
his Influence In that direction ,
Wolve * llocnniliiR More > \iitucrous.
SIOUX FAMJ S. iD. , Dec. ,11. ( Special. )
Karry Sheldon , n rancher on the IWhlto river
west of Chamberlain , Is hero on a visit to
his brother. Ho says < hat every year th
wolves west of the river are Increasing , am
that the ranchers nro kept Ijusy devising
means to protect their flocks and young- cat
tic. The wolves are thicker than nro jacl
rabbits cast of 1ho river , and the losses to
ranchers are great In spite of high corral
and great caro. lAsldo from the wolf prob
lem' ' cattle and sheep are dolug well , very
llttlo snow , .having fallen thus far on th
ranges.
nAMULEllS GOING TO SIC AC WAY.
They Ill-Hove Tliere Will Tie Money
There for All Kinds of GIIIIICN.
CRIPPLE CHEEK , Colo. . Dec. 31. ( Spe
cial. ) It is anticipated that gamblem will bo
scarcer In this part of Colorado this year than
over before , elnce so many of them cro
making arrangements to ply tholr vocations
In the towns cf Alaska , or the northwest ,
Sam LMcDowolI , or "Tcxaa Sam , " Tcay Ab
bott and lOobby Durns , all noted gamblers of
thin district are preparing a gam
bling layout > to take to Oio Klon-
dlko region in the course of the aext
two weeks. The parties ibavo plenty of
mraey and aro'backed by 'tho ' richest gam
bling men In 'this part of the country. Ab-
bitt Ms Just returned from Sltagway , where-
tie party Intends to locate , and ilcft for th.it
place ogaln today to superintend the crcollqn
of a building ior the outfit. 'Everything la
the way of gambling paraphernalia will ba
taken , and the outfits have already been pro
cured.
They will take 'two ' faro layouts , two roulette -
lotto -wheels , lour poker 'tables ' and all the
other appliances th > H are necessary for 'their
line of business , and If anything clso Is
nco'ded they will procure It when there.
From an Interview with Abbott It Is
gathered that the pirty expeo'.s.to reap a rich
harvest in a very short time , ss 'ho says that
there lu money to burn in that place , and the
Indications point totlio fact 'that ' there will
bo moro during the coining ecascn. ( Abbott
cays that nothing has been exaggerated 'jo
regard to tlie richness of the gold produc
tion of the country , and that ' .here are some
great surprises In store for the public when
the first steamers get donn Uho river after
the nprlflg cleanings. Ho sayo that he ex
pects to como back a mill loin Ire and people
who have known him for a long time aay
Mat ho usually knowo exactly what ho Is
talking about.
Not for Grunt for Senator.
LO3 ANGELES , Dec. 31. Nathan Cole , Jr. ,
national coramltteemeu torbo ' { silver party
of California has given to the press a letter
In which ho positively den-les the statements
tha't ' have been published to tlio effect that
the fitlver republicans under his leadership
are endeavoring to secure Uio election cf
U. S. Grcnt.ijr. , co Biiccrnsor ot Stephen M.
White In > the United States t'Ctvato , They are
for White , the democratic senator.
To Yukon with Dnpr * .
JIISSOULA , Mont. , Dec. 31. ( Special. ) D.
0 , lilaiicly anA wlfo aro'ltf Mlssoula , having
como from Uratuard , .Minn. , co the
wiy to > the Klondike , in a wagca
drawn by six dogs. Harness for two addi
tional dogs.was procured , aud.a ninth animal
goes along as substitute. Dicudy ioe3 ; _ to
Spokwio by way of WaUicc. Ho may take
the overland roulo from Spokane to Yukon ,
California 7Vi\rii NutoH
The prune crop'of Santa Clara county this
year will reach 25,000 tons.
Clara Fallmcr Is on trial In Oakland for
the murder of Charles la Due. Insanity Is
the plioeo of the evidence her attorneyu em
phasize ,
Jamro W. Chard , a poatofflco employe who
falsified papers as to money paid by nowe-
pnpcrs for postage , waa sentenced to six
months' Imprisonment in the Alameda county
Jail.
Clerks In the recorder's office In tbo city
hall , San Francisco , are puzzled to know
how a Bteel-gray fox got onto the roof. It
Jumped fifty feet to the pavement when pur
sued and was killed.
Dr. Noah Fields Drake , a graduate student
In geology at Stanford university , has been
called to the University of Tlen-Taln. He
will bo the head of mining , 'engineering and
geology In the Chlncuo university , which Is
presided over by American professors.
Thomas Pauling , ono of the Jurors In the
Pholan case at Donnlcvlllo , while attending
court to hear the sentence , ( ell down the
Btalra leading to the gallery and fractured
tils ekull , and died three hours later from
tlio effects of Ills injuries. Ho waa an old
nd respected pioneer of Sierra county.
Charles Walter Wllley , a , youug San Fran
ctacau ; lalicrltea a fortune from his mother
a few years ago , married , aud tlie couple
squandered It , tbo wife securing a divorce ,
The father later left f 125,000 , but the young
follow only receives { 500 a year from the
trust. He confessed judgment for this to
defeat alimony and Is In Jail for contempt.
The appraisement of tho. estate of Colonel
Charles Fred Crocker chows that it amount *
o a trifle over $7,000,000 , of which all except
375,000 la represented by stocks and bonds ,
'hero were no notes ot ( rlonds , so that If
Crocker had loaned any money In this way
ho destroyed the notes. When Mr. Staiifctd's
atAto waa appraised nuch notes , most of
hem -worthless , amounted to a largo sum.
IOltI'2 liMl'LOYMISXT fOIl WOIUCME.V
of Two I.oni ; Idle Cotton
CUIIU.
NEW HAVEN , Ccnn. , Dee. 31. A syndi
cate has fraught the two mills ot the Nor
wich Woolen company at the Tillage ot
Np.tm Hill , in the town of Norwich , Conn. ,
and will reopen them for the manufacture of
cxtllo fabrics , giving employment < to 200
hands. The mills have been closed for GOV-
oral ycira.
KITTANNINQ , Pa. , Dec. 31. An advance
of 12 % per cent In the wogcs has been
granted to the employes of the Wyck China
company , and the men will go back to work.
HUNTINQTON , Pa. , Dec. 31. It Is re
ported on the beat authority that the 13cr-
wlnd Coal Mining company has purchased
the property ot the Eist Broad Top llall
road company , which Includes , 'besides Its
railroad connection with tlia Pennsylvania
line at Mount Union , this county , Ms coal
mines , furnaces and timber lands. It Is
said that the now purchasers will change
the East Broad to a standard guago , put the
Idle furnaces Into opcrtalou and cuter
largely Into the manufacture of coke.
HAZLETON , Pa. , Dec. 3l. A committee
of the striking employes In the Honcybrook
district had < a conference today with Super
intendent Gomer Jones , the result ot which
was an amicable settlement ot 'tho ' strike be
gun yesterday. All the men discharged
nr o to bo reinstated , anu tomorrow work at
both Honoybrook and Audonrled will bo re
sumed.
BUADDOCK , Pa. , Dec. 31. The now wage
scale for itho employes of the Edgar Thonip.
sou Steel works and the blast furnaces has
been mndo and will go Into effect on Satur
day. The slgnitures of the men to the
contract nro required on or botoro January
1. The ofllclals claim that there will be an
amlcablo adjustment of the wages of the
tonnage men , but the wages ot the day men
will remain practically the same ns they
were during the past year. It Is said that
owing to Improved machinery at the ocel :
department the cut In tonnage will ranga
from 5 to 20 per cent. The workmen are
expected to make equally as much money as
they did at the ( beginning ot itho last wag
scale , owing to the Xacllltlca for turning
out moro work.
CHARLESTON , W. Va. , Doc. 31. The
United Mlno Workers , in session hero , has
elected state officers and an executive boan'
nnd adopted a rceolutlon extending an In
vitation to the opertaors ot West Virginia
to attend Uio interstate mooting at Chicago
January 17 to agree upon a scale ot prices
for mining In this state. The Indications
are that the operators of West Virginia
will refusa to attend the Chicago mooting.
WILKESBAHRE , Pa : , Dec. 31. The
Blackman mlno , operated by the Lehlgl
Valley Coal company , suspended operations
today Indefinitely , throwing GOO men out o
work. Dullness In , the coal trade Is given
as i'.ilie reason for the suspension.
IlondiM of n Day.
SPRINGFIELD , 111. , Dec. 31. The Rev
John B. English , a prominent Baptist minister
tor , died yesterday at Doland , Fla. , where h
was the professor in the Baptist institute-
and pastor of the 'Baptist church , agsd 50
years.
CITY OF ( MEXICO , Dec. 31. Pedro Es-
cuero , who was minister of Justice during the
empire of Maxlmllllau , and who was tht
author of the civil code , one of the most
eminent of Mexico's Jurists , died today , at
the age of 80.
BA-R HARBOR. Dec. 31. Miss Lucille ,
eldest daughter of .Mr. and Mra. Joseph Pul
itzer of Now York , died today at Chatwold ,
their summer home , after an Illness from
typhoid fever lasting over four months.
Miss Lucille was In her ISth year , and lasi
summer made her debut in Bar Harbor
society.
WHAJAMSPOKT , Pa. , Dec. 31. Reuben
Stoneslfcr , a well known citizen of Wll-
llamsport , died nt his home on Park avenue
last night , aged CO years. Jlr. Slonoslfer
was employed In the government service at
Washington at the tlmo Abraham Lincoln
was shot. Shortly after the assassination
Stoneslfer was arrested , being mistaken for
John Wllkes Booth , to whom he bore a re
markable resemblance.
'Iiorv ' HiitcN. Oninlm mill ChlcnKO.
CHICAGO , Dec. 31. The Great Western
road has announced that It will run excur
sions twlco each month between Chicago and
southwestern Missouri river points , and when
the Burlington announced that It would
carry the rates Into Council Bluffs and
Omaha , the Great Western made n rate of
JIG for the round trip between St. Paul and
Kansas City.
WEEKLY CLB.VUI.Vr. HOUSE TOTALS.
of HtiHlnenM TrniiHiictlonx of
the AfiHoclnteil lluiikn.
NEW YORK , Dec. 31. The following
table , compiled by Bradstreet , shows the
bank clearings at eighty-seven cities for
the wee-k ) ended December 31 , with the per
centage of Increase and decrease s coon-
pared with the corresponding week last
year :
YEAR IN BIGNESS WORLD
Comparatively Tow" Failures During ; the
Twelvemonth' ' "Jest Closed ,
LIABILITIES ARE SMALLER THAN USUAL
Xow Ycnr Oponit-vrHU a nrlRlit Out
look Commrrclnlly , mill J-'nll of
Hone fiiQ SncccH.ifu.1
NEW YORK , Dec. 31. n. 0. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly novlow o Trade will any :
'PAllures ' for Uio ycnr , whloh closed last
night , hnvoibeon wnallrr tlinnn \ nny year
slrico 1S92 , In number smaller tlinn In any
year except In 1S95 , nnd Jn ax-erase liabili
ties per 'failure , smaller thnn In nny other
your during the. lust twenty-three , except
four. Tlio nsKreffnto of nil fnllurcs , com
mercial nnd banking1 , wna $1SO.COO.OOO , of
which S2.- . XCOO was In bnnWnfr. In 1S.3CO
ammcrclnl failures the amount of liabilities
ras $151,800,000 , of which JC3.COO.OOO Una In
innufncturlnir nnd 173,700,000 in IrntUng ,
1th $12.100,000 lt brokeroBo'nnd ' other coin-
lerclnl lines. The average of liabilities | > er
nlluro was only $11WO , anil In. 1M > 2 only
11,025 , but only three years In the lap ;
Lvrnty-Lhroo were rival" , 1RSSwith $11,595 ,
93 with $11G51 , and 1883 with $11,073.
A now year opens twlth conditions rnd-
: nlly different from th'oso ' I A Mich prevailed
year TIRO. Great ( liuuiclnl dlstrtiwt exlstril
hen , but 1ms gassed nway. Ailtcr a. whole
'car of entire freedom Irom disturbance ,
r alarm. In which the country has , j > nld
icavy foreign | Indebtedness , taken nnd paid
nany rnlllloiw ifor stocks pent from abroad
nd accumulated credits njrnlnst other cred-
_ ls represented by imerchandlsn balances of
more than $320,000,000 In Its favor for the
"nst flvo months , with deferred excliaiiRos
' 3r more than $20.000,000 held by New York
anks alone , Lvbllo the Rreat IndustrU-f )
ave been iiushlti ! ? their way Into forelsn
.inrkcts with unprecedented success , the
monetary situation Is no longer 11 tnnttor
f anxiety.
Moro than 000,000 men In a few state.0 , : ic-
crdlnff to oniclnl reports , nro employed
io\v who were Mia a year ago , nnd the
enernl nilvance Inwages for those em-
loyed has pone f. r to restore the rates
revalllni ? : before the panic. The- volume of
tislness' through clearing1 houses itor the >
vcek. U.2 per cent larger thnn In ISO' ' , lias
'or the month been 0.3 per cent larser than
n that year , and In many Industries anil
irancbea of business the latter months of
hln ycnr < IKIVOsuipassc.d nil records.
The Iron Industry has been fjroatly on-
.ourn trail by Increased domnnd during the
nst few weeks , nnd while the slight Im-
irovomont In plu Iron at 1'lttsburs 1ms
) cen mialntalncd , notlA.lthstandliiR the
sreatrst output ever known , the new con
tracts , for llnls'ied products have been nn-
; isual for the season. They include SO.flOO
: olis of steel rails to onn paMern mill , 12,000
.ons of struntural work for Improvements
it Now York nlone , with Hirre operations
it Chicago nnd other cities anil a greatly
ncreased demand for manufacturing nia-
jorlals generally and especially for sheets.
Minor imotalp have been rather weak , with
tin at 13.0 ccntu nnd copper at 10.S7 cents ,
n spite , of InrRO exports , while lead Is
quoted at , $ .172 % nnd pnelter at $3.&j. The
liest Ucssomcr full welslU tin plates are
elling1 at ? 3G , against S4.10 for foreign. No
hange In prices of coke appear. , thoush
ho shipments were the largest for any
ivock this year.
The cotton Industry is halted by the ques-
.lon of wnges , although n general roductioi
now seems probable , The manufacturer !
liavc been buying'larsely of material for
worsted poods nnd ( heir purchases have
stimulated buying by' wool manufacturers
so that the wool Imarkots arc stronger ,
though Jivltliout changes in quotations.
After the great xcHomPiit at Chicago
wheat still pees out of the country a
argely ns boforo. Atlantic port ? . 3,570,78 :
bushels , Hour Included , asnlnst It > l2,54' '
nushcls last ycnr. nnd from 'Pacific ' iports
l,7122j ( ; bushels. Irtifour weeks the Atlantic
exports. Hour Included.'have ' been la.OW.O
bushels , against S.WO.lfl bushels last year.
Heavy western receipt ) ) are only rcflectln.
temporary conditions Iti the Clilcnsro mar
ket CHut extraordlnar'y exports of corn
14 , H.D03 bushels , ajfalnst D , 4S53 bushels Ir
the four week ? ) last"ycixr , shovr how s nrcly
foreign -markets are'pushed , bv the incre ; > sIng -
Ing ( U-mand for broadsturfp. Wheat ha.dc-
clined % cento with tlxo Chicago mnrV.st.am
corn baa imeanrsvhile hilvanced % cents.
The cotton .movement continues remarka
bly heavy , anil ye.t thp.'sllght ' advance lasl
week is maintained. The movement to date ,
although imoro than 7,00) OCO bales have comi
into Fight , scarcely supports the largcs
current estimates.
Failures for the work hive been tM ! In th
United States , against 33 last year , nn
twenty-one In Canada , against thlrty-nlni
last year.
nilAiDSTIIUliT'S IIEV1BW OF1 THAJJK
Host IleporiH from tlieVrnt nn
XorUiwcHt.
NEW YOUK , Dec. 31. Uradstrcot's tomor
row will say :
Holiday quiet nnd stock taltlntr close i
year which , while not tfully realizing th
most saiwulno expectations , certainly con
tallied much that was gratifying nnd mor
that Is ifull of promise for tbo ye ir IKfli
Follcl.vlng a series of years of alternat
panic , stagnation and f'low and'erven ' palp
ful rovlvnl , 1 97 presented a lar u voiiim
of business done as a whole at prices which
while not altosother satisfactory , re ultc <
In a , total of trade larger than In any. pro
vlous vear since 1S02.
Tariff changes restricted dcmiand , but on
coura.c-d speculation , and heavy Imports Ir
the llrst ipart of 1S97. whlla the enlarge
forplsn demand * for Aimerlcan breadstuff
and for seme varieties of manufacture !
articles bettered the condition of the Amor
lean farmer , nnd therefore business men
quite -materially. In Hie latter part of th
year. Price conditions have not f.ivorsd tli
southern producer ott.cotton . nor l'ie north
ern manufacturer of cotton goods.
Tlio best rcipcrtH como from tbo ITVI .
northwest and the Pacific coast. Prices a
the oloDo are ns a'wholc on a higher rang
than at the opening , advances belns mos
numerous In food products , raw silk am
s'ool , while decreases are reported In rn-i
cotton and cotton good ? , nearly nil onotals
anthracite coal and petroleum.
llallroad Interests auaro In the revival o
prosperity , with gross and not earning
larger than In any year sincn 1833 , and th
year 1SJ3 opens 'with the business com
munlty , with thoiJaw execrations noted , In
very cheerful frame ofmind. .
A heavy falllnw off lln number and In lla
bllltlos of Individuals , firms 011 corporation
falling , was EhcU'n In 1S97 from 1S90 ami th
four ipreccdlrrs years , A partial return t
moro or IOPS normal conditions Is furtho
Indicated by n drop In the jxjrcentaKo o
assets to liabilities and by a reduction I
the commercial death ratu as comoare
with every year flncD nnd Including 1S53.
The total number of failures reported .t
nradstrect's for the year Just closed wa
13Cf9 , n decrease of 2.000 for thn ycnr an
ever 13 iper 'ent from 1KK5 , a falling off o
15 per cent ifrom 1ED1 , a year of prosperou
business , but of numerouo buslnoSH cmbai
rassments , Compared with ISSj there wa
a gain In the number of failures Piiown o
about half of 1 per cent , | ; vhllo compare
with ISCa there wns an Increase of 27 i e
cent. Liabilities of thfse falling- constitute
ono of the smallest totals of recent years
amounting to only SlOpl&,0"0 ! , a decrease o
37 iper pent frcin ISM. ( of CO iper cent fron
1S83 , nnd of 19 , per , cfliu from 1831 , but
Knln of 47 per cent'tSyer 1S32. The leas
favorable showlns Is ttado by the caster
states , which repoitt' ' ilncreases In niimbe
oud liabilities over 1SC6. In fplto of depref
nlon In cotton pricey.jtouthern failures an
llabllltlpH are malj n.thnn a year iurc
iwhlln the frrcnteHt .falllnK1 off Is roporto
In the west and tbAunnrthwc t. The per-
centngo cf assets toLlllbllltlc3 ! of thosff fallIng -
Ing In 1JB7 wan 54.4' iwr cent , tbo amallowt
percentage fInco ] f)3ji ! ) nnd only filthily
above the normal , , Tli ( > commercial death
rain , that IK , the iicrrontaKo of those In
business fallins In .1S&7 , wan l.'JO as com
pared with 1,40 In If'O'rniid ' l.r,0 in 1S03.
Tlio so rcllablo Indlcatlpns of tbo business
fltuatlon-banlc c'.earln e-polnt to the year
1S37 a wltnoEaliiB itho heaviest business ,
both speculative nnd.crcnmerclni. done ulnco
the record yrar 1W2 , Just preceding the
panic , The total cjcarjnss at llfty-elght
citlpii for the year , onn.Meek estimated , OK-
Bresatcd at least JM.PM.CO ) , a sum larger
bv 12 per cent than the total of 1SOO , a yuan
of tllver agitation and an cxcltlnu pres
idential election : S per cent larger than'
HS3. the dlHaripointlnjj year , when a bo-wii
In Iron tmd kindred products led lo false
hcpcs of business Improvement : U < per cent
over the year 1894when the depth ot de
pression 'following ' the panic inuy be raid
to have. bcei reached ; 6 per cent over 1S93.
the year of widespread dlaastor In llnanclal
and commercial circles : nnd only 7 per cent
wnaller than the total of ISM , when the
boom following' tbo largo foreign demand
For lufnntb and Chilrlren.
tot
for Amorlpan brcadstuffs and other
products reached Its height.
Practically the entire gain In clearings
In 1S97 wns concentrated In the Inst nix
months , nnd It Is a ghtninc.int Ifnct that the
heavltst monthly total reported for five
yeast r < nst < wns rcportcil In the month of
December. Oalns r i re heaviest In the
northwest , the m'dd : nnd 'New ' Hnsland
states , nnd ptnalleH In the south nnd north
west , nt the latter of which the trade Im
provement WAS rather later In arriving ;
The total reports of wheat ( flour Included
ns wheat ) from both co.ists cf the United
States nnd C"nnada amount to 5.403.COO bus"i-
ela , or double those In this i.vt-ek , a ypar
ngo. and 700,000 bushels larger Hum last
wok. Corn exports arc slightly smnllor ,
aggregating 4,05OiX > bushels , as-nlnst 4.ST9.-
000 buMi\ls last week nnd 2,742,000 Inuhels
last ycnr.
Uuslness failures for the l > omlnlon of
Canada and Newfoundland for the calendar
year 1S97 amounted to 1,927 , with total lia
bilities of $13.219ao. a falling off of 13 per
cent In nuniTjor , anil of 19 per cent In lia
bilities from a year ngo.
iiisviiiw oi nu.j STOCIC OI.VIIKUT.
I'our of tlio Mnnry lAlnrkct ItcMtrlct *
'I'm ill ti tr.
NEW YOniC , Doc. 31. Uradstrccl'a Flnan.
clal Review tomorrow will say :
Asldo from the activity of porno of the
ocal stocks , there has been llttlo In the
larkct entitled to description. A holiday
cellnpr prevailed throughout and In the
arly portion of the -w < > ok t ! > continuance
f slightly hlKher rates tor call ln n nnd
ho fear that a Hurry , milRht occur In the
loncy market before New Year's day
ended -to still ( further restrict trading ,
Condon has sold a llttlo stoclc. but the innr-
ot there was mainly Inactive , owingto the
rmneaj of money anil the possibility of
orelgn complications In connection with
lie Chinese situation.
Our own public has been Indifferent to the
took market nnd coromlsslon houses wcro
t no time ( prominent In the transactions ,
'rofesslonal operators iwcro to wime ixtent
uluenced by the extreme dullness and
clllnpr of long1 stock by such Interests
aused some concessions In prices. On
uch occasions , hownver , the belief Hint n
> etter maiket Is liable , to develop with the
IPW year assorted lt.uo.lf and the undertone
> f speculation Is unquestionably strong. If
ho market \vns npparcntly Ins'-cns'lblo to fa-
orablo developments , such ns the tcner-
illy good returns of ne.t railroad earning *
or November , it lvns also quite unmoved
> y dlsturbltiK' rumors like that of Secretary
Gage's alleged resignation , or the stories
lolntlng to war Involving the Kuropcan
owera and Japan.
The bond market has been loss active , but
irlces ) for Investment Issues bold llrm and
dealers lu municipal and other hlgh-trade
iecurltles gcner.illy reach a fcnrclty of su--
ily to meet tbo demand. Toward the end
of the ( week the market iwus , If anything ,
duller.
The absenceof any disturbance In the
noney mar'ct had a good effect on tlie
pccuatlvo ! tone , but Tailed to encourage
any activity. '
i Tlilrf to \ fA'urlc. .
KANSAS CITY , Dec. 31. Djputy Sheriff
Whiting of Sprlngwntcr , 'N. Y. , left for that
state today with Tyler M. Glbbs , the Altd-
laml hotel thief , who about three weeks ago
ivns cangbt under the bed of another patron
of the house. Qlbbs Is wanted for high
way robbery , be and another 'having gag-
pod and robbed n former near Atlanta ,
N. Y.
Alilcrincii Iiulh-tei ) for Cnnililliu-
CHICAGO , Dec. 31. The grand Jury today
returned Indictments against Aldermen
John Powers nnd William O'Brien for run
ning a gambling house. The- case against
Alderman Michael MoKenna , more widely
known ns "Hlnky Dink , " was continued for
hearing until next Tuesday.
Perhaps in your family you use
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States Government guarantees the
Age and Purity of every bottle of
through its Internal Revenue officers
at the distilleries , at Frankfort , Ky.
Every bottle of Old Crow nnd Hcrmlt-
ngo is tested , lie sure the Internal ! { < ? v
cnuo Stamp over tbo Cork and Cnpsulo is
not brol ! " ! ! wild that it bears tha uamo
W. A. GA1HES & CO.
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