Nebraska Newspapers

    IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Sale of Hut and Light Produced bj One
Pawn House.
WASTE STEAM TURNED TO GOOD USE
Teat of an Invention Cnpnble of Srnil
Inaj Trrelre Meaanejea Over One
Wire tlcrrnt l'rnejTesa In
Electrical Science.
There Is an Interesting fight on nt Evans
ton, III., between rival electric companies,
which Is very profitable to merchants and
householders using electric light. The chief
feature of the contest, according to the
Chicago Ilecord-Herald, Is the- fact that In
the case of one of the companies electricity
Is a "by-product." Electric lighting, In
fact, Is an cntcrprlso Incidental to the par
ticular industry In which It Is engaged.
The Yar-Yan company, under the franchise
granted by tha city council, has built a
large plant for supplying heat to the homes
of Evanston by means of hot water s:nt
through, underground pipe. The cliy has
been extensively piped for this purposo and
the residents are confronted with the de
lightful possibility of being able to throw
out furnaces with all their disagreeable
accompaniments of Biaoko, ashes, coal and
dirt. The system, of course. Is not an cx
perlment, being In successful operation la
Toledo and many other .cities. It unques
tionably represents the economic and co
operative tendencies of .the times. The
time will come, no iloubt. when a home
with a furnace In It will b as much of a
curiosity as would be a. private dwol.lng
with Its own separate gas plant. ,
Ilut the buslncis of heating a town re
quires large boiler capacity. The coal that
Is used to supply home with hot water can
alio be used to supply power for running
dynamos. If there Is a good profit In sup
plying heat for homes, It Is easy to to)
that tho electricity that. Is generated Id
this same plant becomes a "by-product,"
and when converted Into Incandescent lights
can be supplied at a nominal cost.
Thin Is the feature! of the situation at
Evanston that Invites tho study of econo
mists. Thero aro many big power plants
In every city where n vast amount of heat
Is hourly puffed away In steam. Under the
new system the hot water from which this
steam Is generated can be sent Into tha
homes of the neighborhood for many5
blocks, supplying an Ideal, healthful and
cleanly form of heat.
Tho consumer of electricity of course Is
chiefly Interested In the reduction of his
lighting bills. Dut the fight at Evanston,
which has reached a point whero thrj rival
companies are making contracts to light
stores and homes for almost nothing, por
tends radical changes in present systems
of lighting and heating cities and. towns,
v Cheapening TelcKrnphy.
The telegraph department of the British
postofflce, reports tho Scientific American,
ban been carrying out some Important ex
perlments between London and Glasgow
with a now device to cheapen the cost of
transmitting telegrams. Tho apparatus Is
the Invention of a French engineer named
Mercadler and by Its application It la pos
slble, to forward twelve messages over one
wlrs. Tho system may also he duplexed,
o that when the exigency arises twenty
four separate messages may be dispatched
over tho same wire. Tho apparatus Is ex
tremely slmplo In Its design. At the send
Ing end of the trunk wire are twelve short
wires connected with twelve sending keys
The currents are Interrupted by twelve
rapidly vibrating metal reeds, each of
which oaxlllatejj, jit acertajn jpeed. At
the receiving end o'f the wlro" are attached
another set of twelve short wires. In this
Instance connected to twelve telephone re
ceivers, each of which Is fitted with a
membrane capable of vibrating only at a
rate synchronous with one of the vibrators
at the sending end of tho wire. When
they arrive at tho receiving station
they pass through a microphonic re
ceiver which increases tholr strength,
and then each current enters the telephone
receiver corresponding to its vibrations
Owlnr to the bad weather which has been
experienced In England the experiments
have not been entirely successful, but when
certain, Improvements In the apparatus have
been embodied there appeals uvcry possi
bility ef the postal authorities adopting the
invention. For some time past there has
been an agitation In -England for a reduc
tion In the cost of transmitting telegrams.
At present it costs 12 cents to forward a
telegram of twelve words to any distance
and tho public desires It to be reduced to
6 cents per message. of the same length. The
telegraph authorities contend that the ex
pense of maintaining the wires and tho' Cost
of erecting new wires to cope with the In
creased traffic preclude the possibility' of
such a reduction being carried out until the
cost of transmitting telegrams Is reduced.
The authorities hope that by means of this
device It will be posslblo to Increase the
carrying capacity of tho existent wires
twelvefold, In which event the Idea of 6
cent telegrams will be realized. ( ,
Electrical rrogreaa.
Several new Inventions, illustrating the
progress In electrical science are to be seen
nt the Pan-American exposition. The Edi
son storage battery Is shown in a small
glass box. Only one cell Is exhibited. The
weight is five and three-quarter pounds. It
consists of eight plate's of nickel and ron
in a solution of caustic potash. It rep
resents one-eighth of one hone power or
one and two-tenths volts. Its capacity If
100 watt hours. The weight of a battury
of one horao power would, therefore, be be
tween forty and fifty pounds, whereas the
ordinary battery weighs an average of 170
or ISO pounds to each horse power.
Automobile batteries are of from four to
nine horsepower. The saving in weight on
a four-horsepower automobile Is that of
240 pounds, comparod with 850 pounds. For
this battery Is asserted not only longer
it also an Immunity from the corn
man diseases of storage batteries. It may
be overcharged without harm ,to tho bat
tery and all the energy contained in It
may be oxpclled without tniry, while the
ordinary battery fUffora it discharged be
low a certain point. It contains four plates
on each side Instead of an uneven number
as In other batteries, 'and this supposed to
bo one of Edison's discoveries bearing on
Its Indestructibility.
Not far romoved from this tiny battery
Is a single csll built by the Gould Storage
Battery company of New York, weighing
8.750 pounds. This is the largest cell ever
bum ana can be charged so that It will
oter five horsepower steadily for eight
hours. More than 3,000 pounds of copper
is used in operating it.
A uew electric brake Is shown on a
standard trolley car truck with thirty-
eight horsepower motors. It works Inde
pendently of the. trolley and could control
a ear which had slipped its trolley qn such
an Incline, for instance, as tho state
street hill In Albany. The power to work
the brake Is generated by tho motors. Tho
brake consists ot two plates, one of which
Is fixed to the axle and revolves with the
wheel. The other plate, beside the motor.
contains two colls. The application ot the
brake magnetises tho stationary disk and,
drawing the revolving disk to It, stops It
and the axle. It Is possible to stop tha
wheela Instantly when the car Is going
forty miles an hour, but the motorman who
made so abrupt a atop might tend' his
passengers through tha forward end ot tho
car, Once set the brake remains fixed un
til turned off by the trolley power, demag
netizing the plate.
The machinery used In the development
of . Niagara Falls power jai aiaown." New
forms ot electric lights, arc" 'and Incan
descent, ore exhibited, producing a more re
fined light, but no Invention of practical
value In that line Is shown beyond the hylo
bulbs, which may be turned on for any can
dlo power from one to sixteen. This Incan
descent light Is exhibited In connection with
n meter which shows that the electric power
used Is In proportion to the candle power
used. Lights of this class for use In the
photographer's dark room are shown In va
rious designs.
Volts nnil I'rearnce of Mind.
Flvn thousand Volts of electricity were
hurled Into E. L. Trice, an electrician at
the Edison company -plant In Cincinnati, rc
cently and ho walked over to the city hos
pltal to tell 'cm about It. It proved to be
tho tallest thing In the line ot a story of
that kind the doctors had ever heard.
A very few hundred of those things
voltn of electricity kill a person," ro
marked one of the doctors, eyeing the flee
trlclan askance.
"Just so," said the clectrlclsn, "but al
ways put In providing a circuit be formed.
"ion say 6,000 volts of the stuff entered
your body7" Inquired one, gazing at the
man In wonder.
"Yes, sir," Trice replied; "3,000 volts
registered."
"Didn't it do anything at all to you
asked a physician.
"Nothing but this." replied Trice, and
holding up his left band ho showed the two
middle Angers split a little at the tips.
"That's all, except kind ot a queer feel
Ing In my breast, as It somebody bad hit
me there, but not very hard. When my
fingers touched the 5,000-volt wire I knew
enough not to try and put tho wire away
from 'cm with my other hand. If I had,
of course, my life would have been snuffed
out qulckcr'n a match in a gale. Dut at
that I might have done so, tor the shock
as It was wan enough to make the oldest
hand at the business forget for the Instant
nil ho knew. It's the old question of keeping
your presence of mind, no matter what
happons. Let a person one part of wheso
body comes In contact with a live wire of
whatever strength keep presence of mind
enough not to touch the wlro with another
part of his body, like tho other hand or a
foot or any other patt of his body, in!
he will most generally get away alive.
Thin, of course, Is providing there's some
body clso around or within call to come
and knock the wire away with a club.
"And the rescuer, under such circum
stances, should not try to push tho wire
away, for this may cause him to get tost
ened to It himself. It should always be
knocked away with n blow, any kind of a
blow. This gives only instantaneous con
tact, and tho momentum of the blow sends
the wire away from the club tho next sec
ond after the contact."
Dr. Grless, receiving physician of the
hosDital. dressed the slight wounds on
Tlcrco's fingers and sent him on his way
rejoicing.
FOR GOOD ROADS CONGRESS
Call Iaaneit for the Convention Which
la to Be Held nt Dnltnlo Next
Month.
'SfrrMnrv niehnrdson of the National
flood Roidi association is sending out from
Chicago invitations to the congress, which
will meet at Buffalo September 18 to zi.
n'nn nt tha features will be the special
good roads train, which waa run through
tne soum auring me spring. iv..
will bo constructed, and the working of the
maphlnpvrahnwn fullv..
So "tar as can be learned there will be
no fbprcseHtattotrTrom Omaha at- the con
nr.t. 'm rtnn here seams to know 'ot any
annA rnnria organization, the society that
once existed apparently having lapsed- The
call for tho congress contains the following
n.Ar.lAn. tnr- namlnv rife antes:
.- n.BA.(aMnn ---nrnlvl n tf thai
I He I1KLIUMUI B.nutl-Hut.i . . . o"'- a ----
great Importance of arousing attention, pro-
motlng discussion, rJiiniumiiim bviciiuuv
Investigation, making practical demonstra
tions, collecting unci uisaarniimuiiai niiu lim
it i.ti. n .1, VMat m-lhnil nf mill
construction and maintenance, respectfu ly
invite mo Kiicri fcuciuiuuuvi . ..
United States and of the various other na
tions of the world, the governors of the
i e Ua nnlnH fa tinrs nt fill
neverui Dinicn .. mo e.
muntclpAlltlei. presidents of boards of trade
and road aniocintlonft, and nil other so
ctetles snd bodies worklnic tor the improve
ment of the cemmon roads, to Appoint dele
suites to said congress.
All xaalniia fit th rrtnrrM will ri ft nM
during tho Pan-American exposition. It I
dcelfned to devote a portion of the tlmJ
Included 'In the dntca above numcd to
a-.-. .KA anUnMrin mftli rAm itt m nil .
UUniUimW" "VailHUV .,ie,.sw ee.wt-
crn road construction by building sections
of tne various cianncR 01 ruuua, uiciuuinK
earin; OUr kibvci, Biuno. iwriuai:tiiiiHie
..it ija .a kiAir aAa a a n l n ii I i rni rAnii
J .nidnnAl wltVt mArlArn ! rl.mn Iflncp
l- I .111 tL. ah ,kltlilnli ax 1 J o n
UCai ruBu VeKJCTlB U.1!4 UUUCIl Will ilV?
cnarga 01 tne worn. ,
rrai. AnA rxt tVia j9atihafA Ir, t a nt 4M
congress will Include general discussion and
exemplification of the science of road cotit
BtrUCtlon nnu mninicinwiuc, uncmcr -cvim
experimental tests and experience of tha
Bl'VclAI uuuti..i.n ..v w. u tin ...v
t.i.. nt lhn union, nnrt thn iinllltlnn nf
the problems of road-making. Addresses
will be. maqo ny prominent oimesmen una
oflVluls, competent engineers and sclentinc
ruau exiii-tin IIUHI HID IUUUUI IIUIIUI1S u
me worm.
Fortify the body to resist malarial germs
by putting the system In perfect order.
Prickly Alb Hitters Is a wonderful system
regulator.
MUST PAY A HIGHER RATE
SemUOccnalonat Piihllcatlona Not En
titled to Mull Frlvl!eea aa
Second Claaa Matter.
After this week the fate of six or seven
publications of Omaha will be determined,
tor by that time the postal authorities will
hs.ve decided whother they are entitled to
transmission through the malls as second
claia matter under the last ruling ot the
Postofflco department on the subject. When
the order was first promulgated, to become
crtectlve in every detail October 1, and as
to certain publications as soon as possible,
theso publications wero referred to the ile
partraent for consideration. Tho papers are
mainly those published by commercial col
leges and similar schools and under the
loose construction ot the law previously
In voguo had been permitted to circulate
without question, When the papers had
been Inspected by tho Washington author
Itles the publishers received word to submit
reasons why they should not be denied the
privileges ot second-class rates. Show
Ing was made which apparently has
not proved satisfactory to the department
for It was said at the office this morning
that unless there was a change In the char
acter ot the. publications, as shown by the
coming Issue, an order would be )ssued by
the department denying thorn the right t
use the malls as second-class matter.
For the Instruction of publishers Assist
ant Postmaster Woodard will send to eac
of them a copy of the order ot Postmaster
Oeneral Smith governing a construction
tho regulations 'now In force, provided
can secure sufficient coptts from beadquar
ters.
To save Her Child
rrom trlahtful disfigurement Mrs. Nan
nle Oalleger of La Orange, Oa., applied
uucwen's Arnica Salve to great sores on
her head and face and writes' Its quick
cure exceeded all her hopes. It works
wonders In sorts, bruises, skin eruption
cuts. Burns, scalds and piles. 25e. Cure
guaranteed by Kuhn Co., druggist.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SATURDAY,
BUSINESS IS PICKING DP
Cotton Oaedi Slowest to Begpend to Vigor-
on flew Ceaditiom
INCREASED ESTIMATE LOWERS WHEAT
Corn la Stnblmrntr Firm saoatlona
In Steel I'roilneta Itemnln Nominal
Mnnnfnctnrera nnd Jobbers
Iteport I.nrae Orders,
NEW lOHK. Aug. 30. R. O.'Dun & Co's
weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
J.ven In cotton goods, which have been
the slowest to respond to the vigorous tone
of domestic trade the past, week, has
brought distinct Improvement. Pressure
at Kali Hlver being removed, tho print
cloth market became strong, while In the
bleached goods division the gains were
still more pronounced. In some cases the
only drawback Is the lack ot available sup
plies for Immediate delivery. Such evi
dences In the market for dry goods gave a
firmer tono to raw material, which was
further supported by the unsatisfactory
weather In Texas. Against losses by drouth
in the largest state there Is compensation
In tho greatly Increased acrcago through
out the entlro cotton belt, but an advance
of $3 a bale since the advance began docs
not appear unreasonable. The crop year
ends with a vlslblo supply close to 1,000
000 bales, by no means the severe scarcity
estimated earlier In the season, but a still
more depressing fact Is the decrease In
takings by northern spinners of about 200,
000 bales as compared with tho average
of tho three preceding years.
Somewhat lower quotations for wheat are
not surprising, In view of tho general ten
dency to Increase estimates of tho crop
far beyond the quantity Indicated by of
flclal figures ot condition. Another weak
ening Influence is the slight dccllno on
exports below tho record-breaking move
ment In tho first two weeks of August.
Shipments for tho week, however, were
still phenomenal, aggregating 6,307,30:
bushels, comparod with 2,804.667 last year
and 3,179,017 In 1830. Moreover, this gain
occurred despite the interruption to ship
ments from the Pacific coast by tho ntrikc
of grain handlers. Theso figures of ex
ports omit the movement from Canadian
ports, usually Included In other records
and causing contusion as to tho actual
state ot domestic trade.
Com nemnlna Firm.
With a yield ot R0.0OO.000 bushels In
Manitoba, these shipments from the
Dominion are falling little short of 1,000.
000 bushels weekly. Corn la stubbornly
firm, although Atlantic exports for the
week were but 407,430 bushels, against
2,867,158 a year ago and 4,078,605 In 1899,
while western receipts wero 3,424,886 bush
els, compared with 2,123,817 last year, In
dicating that the farmers are content to
market their surplus at current prices.
August opened with the commercial sky
overcast by storm clouds that- threatened
serious Injury to the steel Industry, while
drouth In the southwest arousod pcssl
mlstlc predictions that business was on
the verge of a severe setback. Thousands
of Idle strikers, together with a profitless
season in agricultural regions, meant In
activity in manufacturing trade and trans
portation, according to the prophets of
evil. Instead ot these calamltlous condt
tlons, however, tho 'month ends with a
hortcon that is almost clear and each day
resumption of work at an Idle mill adds to
thn nroduetlve cacaclty. while Cancelled
orders for merchandtso from dealers In the
drouth section aro rapidly reinstated. After
many years of steadily Increasing prosper
Ity the farming population can toco mod
erate losses with equanimity.
Iinrire Ordera for Fall Oooda.
Jobbers and manufacturers report that
orders tor fall goods have exceeded any
previous year, with noticeable demand tor
the better grades, and there la a definite
measure of active trade In the bank ex
changes at tbts city, 74 per cent larger than
In the same week last year, and 20.5 above
1899. while at other leading cities the In
creaso Is 36.2 and 3G.0 per cent, respectively,
Although scarcity ot freight cars holds hack
a large tonnage, railway earplugs thus far
reported for August ahhow a gain ot 12.1
per cant over last year, and 23-S over 1899.
Steel Prodcta Ifaaalaml.
Quotations of steel products are atlll
nominal, owing to difficulty experienced In
securing prompt delivery. It Is expected
that not more than 20 per cent of the' steel
company's capacity has been stopped by
the strike, and, this proportion dally de
creases, .
Consumers ot tlnplate have secured sup
piles abroad, so that their work Is not badly
handicapped, and while It Is to bo deplored
that American capital and waze. earners
will lose the profits ot this business. It
Is fortunate that other Industries are not
disturbed. Footwear shops continue In
splendid position and the demand for
leather is large at well maintained prices.
Hides are sharing the Improvement, with
higher prices and activity at the west
Wooten mills are crowded with orders, even
the smaller concerns participating and the
wool market Is steady, dcsplto weakness
abroad.
Iloth raw rubber 'and silk are strong, bear
ing witness to the better conditions In theso
.Industries.
Failures for the week numbered 102 In the
United States, against 175 last year, and
21 in Canada, ngalnst 19 last year.
IJH.WJSTIIERT'S TRADE REVIEW,
Omnbn Report Anfruat Trnde Larger
Tlinn I,n nt Year.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Bradstrett's to
morrow will say:
A further improvement in the corn crop
advices, confidence In the early ending of
tho steel strike, a further advance In cot
ton. due, however, to crop deterioration a
much as to the better tone ot dry good
trade advices, and last, but not least, tho
advent of cooler weather, are unitedly re
sponsible for a still further enlargement
ot general trade distribution at nearly all
markets and a perceptibly better and more
cheerful tone ot business generally. Spe
dally good reports come from such renters
as Chicago, which reports a very heavy
business In dry goods, clothing and shoes
from St. Louis, with advices of unusual
activity among Jobbers and the dry good
trade In August beyond exception; from
Kansas City, which reports that Jobbers
have all they can do to handle business
offering, and from Omaha, which reports
August trade larger than last year.
The strength of cotton Is the feature of
staple prices this week, based originally
upon poor crop reports from tho south, too
dry In Texas and too wet In the eastern
half of the belt, but helped now by betto
reports from the dry goods trade and
higher prices psld for cotton goods. Print
cloths are of a cent higher, while th
raw material Is U of a cent higher on the
week, of a cent higher than two week
ago and only 1 cent lower than a year ago
Itecelpts are largo ht tho southwest, thus
confirming reports of premature rlpentng,
dui rains neiay picking In the South At
lantic region. Wool Is moving actively on
good manufacturing demand, but Is no
higher In prices. Reports from tho woolen
goods market continue favorable.
Aside from tho strength In textiles the
feature In prices Is the lower range ot
cereals and farm products generally. Wheat
Is off a little on liquidation, based on large
receipts at the northwest, smaller clear
ances and less aotlve export dmand. Corn
Is lower on good crop reports, Inducing
longs to unload. Other cereals sympa
thlte and country products are weaker on
Incresslng supplies. Ocean freights are
only one-halt to one-fifth what they were
year ago and tho situation Is much de
pressed, With the exception that the
cheaper grades ot shoes are not In active
request, this trade Is In active shape at
the east. Shoe shipments are increasing
The air of patient serenity with which
tho Iron and steel trades view the trade
and strike situation Is significant of the
confidcuco growing that the end ot the
trlke is In sight. Leaving out this mat
ter the trade Is In good shape and con
sumption is large. Finished products, such
as hoops, tuoes, sheets nnd tlnplates, are
till bringing high premiums. Structural
material, plate and bar mills have urdcrs
tor months ahead.
Wire Is scarce at Chicago on account ot
the Jollet shutdown. At Pittsburg mer
chant furnaces are at the end of their
orders and roust pile stocks next month
It the strike lasts. Foundry Iron Is In
good demand at St. .Louis and hardware
Is In active distribution at all western
markets.
Wheat. Including flour, exports for the
week aggregate 6,607,661 bushels, against
6,606,989 last Week and 3,398,392 this week
last year. Wheat exports from July 1 to
today, nine weeks, aggregate 57,286,932, as
against 25,888,477 bushels lest season. Corn
exports aggregate 441,918 bushels, as
against 523.883 bushels last week and
3.717,190 bushels last year. July 1 to date
exports aro 10,192,969, against 30,887,211
Inst season
Duslnesn failures for the week number
188. against 1S1 last week, 165 In this week
year ago, 131 In 1899, 164 In 1898 and
19S In' 1897. Canadian failures number
twenty-nine, as against twenty-four last
week, thirty-two In this week a year ago,
twenty-five in 1899 aud twenty-three in
1S9S.
WEEKLY CLBARiXC HOUSE TAM.H,
AKKrcirnte ot llnalnenn Trananctcd tiy
the Aasnoclntetl ftnnka
N'r,W YORK, Aug. 30.-The following
table, compiled by llradstrect, shown th
bank clearings nt the principal cities fot
tho week ended August 29, with tho percen
tage Xit Increase and decrease us compared
with the corresponding week lust ycur
I
CITIES.
Clearings,
Inc. I Dec
New York ,
Chicago
J1.0M.722.137
73.9
23.9
39.2
79.4
4S.1
21,4
14.6
21.0
6.3
20.8
35.2
1 2
uoxton
Philadelphia
St. Louis
10S.946.S82
121.323.864
SM02.628
31,258,078!
22,742,612
Pittsburg
Man a runcisco,
Baltimore
18.760.731
Kansas City
Cincinnati
16,951,915
15,O2,S00
13,441,778
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Detroit
11,246.714
10,082,254
8.100,8431
62.3
Houston
41.5
'New Orleans
7.650.577
40.6
31.3
20.3
Indianapolis
Louts villa
7.368,680
6.931.60S
6.511,726
6.375,000
5.306.700
1.212,6tt5
1,118,416
1,270.433
5.133,100
5.110.209
OMAHA
8.4
40.4
'Galveston
Columbus. O
11.6
20.3
Topeka 4 .
Scrntiton
31.3
40.4
Portland, Mo
Providence
Milwaukee
Buffalo
13.5
0.6
6,470,570
St. Paul ,
Savannah ,
4.113,181
2.093.421
8.1
25.7
Denver
3,70,133
2 1
16.,
5.;
Ht. Joseph
ii enmona
,2,501,111
1,894,345
3,039,047
1.814,tt
1,900,748
.Memphis
Bcattle
Washington
Hartford
36,5
16.3
25.0
19.S
35.9
l.os Angolen ,
2,271,174
Salt Lake City ......
Toledo
3,142,614
1 9M.738
62.5
28.9
Portland, Ore
'Rochester ...........
.Peoria.
1,863.786
1,470,069
1,'933.701
r.to2,8oe
13,1
22.5
6.9
67.9
iFort Worth
'Atlanta
1 Jit, 124
i45.0l
Norfolk
19.8
veil Moines
Hew Haven
Springfield, Mass...
iNashvltle
1S.9
,1,I14,48
,1,139,418
i;371,69
1183943.1
6.6
27.4
63.6
52.6
S9.0
Worcester
Grand Rapids .......
1,327,899
1,138,223
691,376
' 'S73.6S9
aioux uuy
'Augusta
39.4
3.1
iDayton, O
16.0
Syracuse
fipokane
Tacomn '.,
'Evnnsvllle .-.
Wilmington, Del....
Davenport
Fall River
Birmingham
Macon
Little Rock
Jtclcna
'Knoxville
(Lowell
iWlchlta
Akron ,
New Bedford'
Lexington
Springflold, 111
iRInghamton
Chattnnooga
Kalamazoo ,.
iFarg'o ..,
Youngstown
Springfield, O.......
Rockford
Canton
Jacksonville
Sioux Falls
Fremont
'Rloomlngton, 111....
Jacksonville. Ill
Colorndo Springs
Chester
'Wilkonbarro
931.384
38.1
930.749
897,723
C$8,479
822.409
8.5
1.7
3.6
S.7
8.2
28.9
S94.084
6(6.234
788,722
395.O0O
464,330
541,237
3.0
'ioli
5.0
14.1
' 444,313
541,411
606,700
K.8
2.2
49.2
349,4(7
381.S07
62.3
17.9
2J.2
10.0
4.6
459,610
270.300
341.902
. 380,1041
233,362
' 452.923
254.399!
15.1
'30,'2
293.5301
32.41.
317,069
274.372
34.9
64.0
140.056
26.1
61.2
183, 333
220,803!
153.218
935.262
283,761
. 71S.72S
48.9
17.6
Totnls, U. S
Outside New York..,
11,740,5,6ft4
54.1
WJ,K3,,L'7
23,9
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Montreal
Toronto ,
.Winnipeg
Halifax
Vancouver, B. C.
Hamilton
St. John, N. R...
-Victoria. B. C.,..,
Qucbeo
14.667.3S6
10,870,023
2,184, C32
2.47S.O02
933,9251
62S.K43
27.3
61.1
32.6
74.3
7.0'
4.3
2.9
733,951
492,623
1,541,542
23
Totals
l 33,002,4771 33.5
Not Included in totals becauso contain
ing other Items than clearings.
Not Included in totals becauso of no
comparison for last year.
nRADSTREET'S FINANCIAL REVIEW
Corn Crop Is Found to lie llrttrr Than
1 Jnly Forecast.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30,-Bradstreet's
Financial Review tomorrow will say:
Late advices as to the probable corn crop
yield and as to the resulting effect upon
tho general business of tho country have
made for a rather saner view of tho sub
ject than could have een taken koine six
weeks or two months ago, when the intcnio
dry heat wavo prevailed and when the crop
experts raged up and down tho land seok
tng what they could destroy. With the
greatest respect for the aforesaid crop
authority, It might bo added that tho corn
crop suffered severely at their hands, hut
tho fortunate combination of plenteous rains
and not too hot growing weather since that
time have quite perceptibly repaired some
of tho damage which the. crop suffered from
various sources In tho fevered days of
July.
It was with the Idea of getting a clearer
view of the actual situation In the closing
week of August thst Bradstrect spnt In
quiries to all Its offices and correspondents,
not only In the surplus corn growing states,
but In tho middle nnd southern states as
well. This Inquiry contained questions as
to tho probable yield as compared with a
yrar ago, the price being paid on the farms
for old rorn now as compared with a year
ago, the nation as to the wheat yield
nnd tho probuble, effect of the crop outturn
upon tho course of general trade the com
ing fall and winter- Touching the question
ot ultimate yield, It must of course be V.pt
In mind that estimates as to the probable
outturn made now be In a high degree
tentative, because of the fact that the harv
est Is still some weeks away and the pros
pect ot further Improvement In plant con
ditions may be balanced by early frost.
Tbts latter feature, In fact, renders the
AUGUST 31, 1901.
weather conditions during the next to
weeks ot more than ordinary interest.
The tenor of the report a a whole is
favorable, tt was true that In places the
plant was not so far gone ns to be beyond
help, and even when this tatter condition
existed the effect ot timely moisture on the
other crops has been so good as to detcrvo
pedal notice.
A consolidation ot replies In the several
urplus states of Iowa, Kansss, Nebraska,
Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio percent-
ges ot Increase or decrease by states being
based upon tho reported yield as Indicated
by tho Department ot Agriculture, point to
n reduction in the yield ot thoc states ot ,
not far from 630,000,000 bushels from a year
go. Smaller decreases are likewise Indi
cated In the smaller corn producing states,
like Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky, suffi
cient to awcll the shortage by perhaps 25.-
000,000 bushels. Against this Is to be noted
larger productions reported In such states
as Now York, Maryland, Virginia and South
Dakota, which, while not sufilcleut to offset
theso decreases still limit tho falling oft,
so that a shortage of not to exceed 675,000,
000 bushels In the country's total crop Is to
be looked for. The continuance of the Im
provement noted In the late planted corn
crop, with the holding off of frost, may still
further operate to enlarge the total yield.
On the fact of the returns, however, a yield
of not less than 1.400,000,000 bushels Is In
dicated tor 1901, n decrease of about 30
per cent from a year ago. Questions as to
tho percentage ot the old crop left in
farmers' hands now as compared with a
year ago, contrary to somo expectations,
how that It Is smaller than a year ago, and
the consensus of opinion appears to be that
In the surplus-producing states such sup-
piles are considerably smaller ttiau a year
ago, tho old crop held being quite generally
reported as smaller than usual, owing to
tho high price paid for corn this year. Re
plies to tho question of farm prices bring
ing out thn answer that the present prices
per bushel are fully 40 per cent higher than
a year ago. The farm price for the entlro
United States a year ago, as reported by
tho Department of Agriculture, was In tho
neighborhood of 36 cents, and a 40 per cent
Incrcaso would point to at leatt f6 cents bo-
Ing secured this year, while applied to a
tntnl vleld of 1.400.000 bushels would net
total return of about 8715,000.000 this
year, against $751,000,000 a year ago, a do
crcsso ot only $30,000,000, or less than C pur
cent.
Special Interest, of course, attaches to tho
probable effect on business tho coming
season ot shortage In corn, nnd it Is in a
hlght degreo encouraging to learn that
Bradstreet's agents the country over
In the majority of Instances, look for little
that Is hurtful to follow from the corn
shortago this year. The fact scorns to be
that tho agricultural Interests aro In pretty
good shape at present. The wheat yield
generally has been good, In some districts
cry large, and the prices received have
been very i;ood. Those sections sending
the poorest corn reports, In fact, send the
best advices as to wheat yield and returns.
The concensus ot the Inquiry Indicate
that far from being tho failure earlier in
dicated, a fair crop of corn will he gathi
crcd, and that, thanks to tho good wheat
and other crop yields and to tho prosperous
condition ot the farming Interest, what
would In years of depression be regarded as
a very poor crop outlook, exercises little
adverse effect.
Secretnrr Root III.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-8ccrctnry of War
Ellhu Root Is at his residence In this city
nfrnrlnff from an nbscrss. He came over
from Wash neton yesterday. His nhyslc ana
say the secretary In In no danger nnd that
no migration win oe necessary, sire, noni
said today that her husband needed a little
rent ana mai iney wouia go inmorrow 10
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filta II B D&lt n th I Inn . TJll.,n-l flnmwA A
LAKE FOREST ACADEMY
JJoya live with masters In Christian
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western colleges. Intermediate department
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