Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DATLY BEE : SATURDAY , arAKOII 12 , 1808.
FROM THE FARTHER WEST
MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Valuable Discovery Made in Vicinity of
Pine Ridge.
LARGI DEPOSITS OF HEMATITE IRON
( o Do SomrlliltiK Toirnril Ilc-
tin * Iliul I.nnili l.nte
\vn'H from IMHerent Mln-
LUAT ) , S. D. , Alarch 11. ( Special. )
Last summer ono of the geolo-
glsU of the United States survey
npetit considerable time In the bad
lands In the vicinity of I'lne UUge agency
in studying the geology of South Dakota
anil western Nebraska , the main end In vlow
being to ascertain the underground re-
Bourcea for water In that region. It ts
now learned that several unexpected dlacov-
trlia were made , which may , to a certain
extent , relieve the bad lands of the nanio
of worthlcasness. Extensive deposits of
licmatlto Iron ere wcro found near the
agency buildings , which , the geologist thinks ,
will some day prove valuable to work. Kx-
tcndlng fiouthward from the agency , across
Into Nebraska , was also found an extensive
deposit of volcanic ash , which Is estimated to
bo fifteen feut thick and covers a largo
area. The fland Is a flno quality and Is
dharp grained. It Is valuable for polhhlng
powder and Is also used quite extensively for
ecourltiK coaps. Of more Immediate Im
portance and Interest to the Indians of the
reservation , perhaps , Is the discovery In the
vicinity of the agency of geological condi
tions which Indicate that an excellent arte-
iiian water supply Is available. It Is cal
culatcd from the way the formations arc
arched that the artcalan basin la near the
surface , and that when tapped a strong
piessuro How will bo forthcoming. There
lias been considerable dllllculty experienced
at the agency and on the reservation In get
ting a supply of good healthful water , ancr
Jl Is expected that , on the strength of tin.
Investigations and discoveries of last season
the artesian baaln will bo tapped In the near
future.
J. 1) . Karr of Chicago , who Is Interested
In the Summit group of mines near the Horn-
Wcndo camp , Is In the lllack Hllla looking
b Y after the Interest of hla property , which
* s- considered valuable. The shaft has beet
eunk 100 feet and crosscuts have heon made
In opposite directions which show four ledges
of ore. The ere Is free milling and wll
a\orago $15 a ton gold , besides carrying a
largo per cent of concentrates , some of I
being worth $30 a ton. It Is the Intention
of tlio owners to build a smelter as soon
as the ledges are properly developed. There
la also a good smelting proposition of Iroi
on another part of the. ground.
The new holatlng plant of the Golden Hll
Jllnlns company at Two lilt has been
started. The shaft la ninety-five feet dc
In highly mineralized porphyry which a >
finysj well.
The Golden Reward Development company
composed of employes at the Golden Ilowan
chlorlnatlon plant , has a shaft In Spruce
gulch that Is down over 200 feet. The ma
torlal at this depth has changed to a sani
rock that ia highly mineralized with pyrltl
ere which Is considered a good Indication.
OIJTiAINS A JUDGMENT.
M. D. Uossltcr of Deadwood recently ob
talncd from the circuit court a judgmcn
against the Hlack Hills Gold and Silver Kx
traction Mining and Milling company fo
I1T.912.D3 , and the property of the compan
will , bu said on March _ 2C to satisfy the Jmlg
311011 1. The company owns the cyanide plan
In Deadwood and the claim Is for money
advanced and services rendered for a perloi
of several , years.
The Gold Coin mine Ia located seven mile
west of Custcr. Good progress Is being
made In the shaft , which Is down sixty feet ,
and It Is to bo continued to a depth of 100
fuct when the vein , which Is quite extensive ,
will be a crosscut. The proposition Is frec-
xnllltnt ; .
The machinery for the largo air compressor
at the Keystone mine Is nearly In position
and It Is expected that It will ho ready for
work next week. It has a capacity of forty
drills and \vlion put to work will displace
a number of mlneifl , each drill being able
to do the work of three or four men.
The Klldoimn chlorlnatKm plant at Plunm
has been enlarged by the addition of a new
leaching barrel , which gives that plant flvo
revolving vats. The ere treated In the plant
comes principally from the Horseshoe mines
In the Ruby Hasln district , owned by the
same company which owns the chlorluatioii
jilant.
The Challenge company's March assess
ment on the entire capital stock Is now due
and has all been paid excepting 31,000 shares
which amount la advertised to be sold on ,
the ICth of this month.
A new mining company Is about to bo or
ganized with S. II. Darartt of New York ,
president , and C. E. McIIugh of Deadwood ,
K0iicr.il superintendent , and the company will
bo known as the Now York und lllack Hills
Gold Mining company. The company owns
the 1'yrltln Queen group of claims situates !
on the south divide of Two lilt creek , op
posite the Golden Crest property. It Is ex
pected that a shaft will be- started In a few
days and the plans of iho company , when i
carried out , will place another large , well I
capitalized company In the Two lilt dis
trict.
1'ROPOSITION FALLS THROUGH.
It U reporter that the proposition of the
Kllpatrlck syndicate to de\clop the prop
erties of the Ragged Top district by running
a working tunnel from Spearllsh canyon
back under the district a distance of a 1,000
foot has fallen through. The plan of the
George Francis
. > _ Train , the fa-
-1 * mous snprc of
mm * . _ . Madison
Square , who
ihai for thirty
years dc.
dined the
companion-
' ip of any
[ one but
children ,
[ says , "I am
In child my-
[ self. "
If a man
will live
rightly 'and
take proper
care of uis
health dur
ing- youth and maturity he may live to
n green old age , nnd still be able to say with
absolute truth , "I am a child myself. "
Youth is not a matter of years. Happiness
is not a question of experiences. Youth is
happiness and health is youth. The healthy
person , young or old , will be a happy per-
son. It is a simple matter to get the body
} nto a healthy condition and then to keep ft
there. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis-
covcry is the greatest of health makers ntul
health savers. It is the great blood-maker
and. flesh-builder. It makes the appetite
keen , the digestion and assimilation per
fect , the liver active , the blood pure , the
muscles strong , the brain clear , the nerves
steady and every vital organ in the body
healthy and vigorous. It makes firm ,
healthy flesh , but does not make corpulent
people more corpulent. H docs not make
flibby flesh like cod liver oil. It purific *
the blood and drives out the poisons of
malaria nnd rheumatism. It is the best
remedy for blood and skin diseases. It
cures 98 per cent , of all cases of consump
tion. Grateful patients , who bad been
given up to die , have permitted their experi
ences , names , addresses and photograph *
to be reproduced in Dr. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser. The sufferer who
wishes to investigate may write to any of
these. The 'Golden Medical Discovery1
is sold by all medicine dealers , and only
unscrupulous dealers will try to induce a
customer to Uke some worthies * substitute
for the sake of a few pennies added profit.
Send si one-cent stamps to cover cost
of mailing only , for a copy of Dr. Pierce' *
1008-page illustrated book , "ConmoB
6 nse Medical Adviser. " in paper covert ,
AMiM Dr. . y , MMM , * Mo , K. V.
syndicate was to have the owners of the
property deed to them one-half of the
iroperty for the construction ot the tunnel.
rho proportion was considered at aeveral
neetlnga and nearly terminated suowa-
ully. Several of the property owners held
back , however , and It lu aald that the great
est hindrance to 'ie deal was the ex
orbitant price oaken by the owner of a
pleco of ground on Spcorflah canyon which
vas wanted for the nlte of the tunnel dump-
ng ground. It Is eald the price atfrcd was
> 20,000 for two acres. The Kllpatrlck eyndl-
: ate will operate somewhere else In the
illls. It Is the general belief that the tun
nel plan was practical and would have set-
Jed beyond doubt tlio question of there bo
ng an extensive ere body at the base of
Ragged Top. To roach the ere body from the
surface would require a shaft 1,000 feet
deep.
The main tunnel In the Pcnobscot mine
tiaa been run over 200 feet with the forma
tion and the face at the end Is twelve feet
wide and ton feet high , all solid ore with
scarcely uny waste and an average sample
shows a value of $30 per ton gold , A cross
cut tunnel U being run toward the west to
explore another shoot of ere known to exist.
IAIUJKIY INCIIICASIMJ ACIIHARK.
South Dakota In 1'roparlnK for n
Illtf Crop.
CHAMBERLAIN. S , D. , March 11.
( Special. ) Theheavyfall of snow throughout
the state Tuesday nlRhthnsplaccd the grouno
In the .best possible condition for the com
mencement of spring work by farmers. Al
though the aggregate snowfall this winter
lias been much below the average of former
years , the soil has been In very good con
dition because of the unusually heavy rains
last fall. This , with the moisture added by
the recent fall of snow , which haa now
melted and soaked Into the ground , makes
the outlook very encouraging , and farmers
are quite generally preparing for the early
commencement of the work of putting In
their crops , which will this season show a
material Increase over the acreage of lent
year.
In this , Urule county , many farmers , from
the profits of last season , have for some
weeks been quietly purchasing adjoining
quarter sections , until some have secured
possession of additional tracts two and
three times larger than their original hold
ings. In practically every case the land
purchased belonged to eastern parties and
was unoccuplol during the last few years.
Hesldrnt owners of farm land are not at all
anxious to part with their property. Many
new settlers have also come to the state
during the last two months , and these In
variably secure possession of land which was
abandoned by the original owners during
the drouth period of several years ago. The
new settlers are men who have been rent
ing farm land In eastern states , and who
decldcJ to procure land of their own Instead
of longer pa } Ing exorbitant amounts to
landlonis. A colony of former renters has
located ( south of Chamberlain , and will this
seaHOiw. add greatly to the crop acreage of
the county. The men arc practical faremrs ,
nnd their success , which Is assured , will
encourage the removal to this section of
otheis from the locality ot their former
homos. Other parts ot the state will bo
similarly benefited by colonies which ha\e
located there.
riurn * I'olntrrx.
PIERRE , S. 0. . March 11. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Commlceloncra LaKollott and Klrlc-
patrlck are In this city today on a tour of
the Kioto looking up evidence for further
hearing In the case which they are attempt
Ing to make under the rate law passed last
winter. They take the position that the de
cision of the United States supreme court
on the Nebraska rate case will not In any
way control their action , cs the South Da
kota caao will ! bo presented on different lines
than the case from that state.
The slate Insurance deportment has refused
authority to do business In this state to th&
Homo Forum order ot Chicago , for the rca-
Ken that the organization has failed to meet
Ita lorscs In many cases and other minor
considerations.
'Muy ' llt-li > Hill City.
HILL CITV. S. , D. , March 11. ( Special. )
The total destruction of the Deadwood and
Delaware smelting and refining plant early
Thursday morning may have an Important
effect upon the upbuilding and development
of Hill City and the central hills region.
There were many disadvantages about the
i Deadwood location , not the least being the
( lack of water and room for the accumulat-
Ing slag , which threatened 'to ' fill up the
gulch and expose the company to heavy
damage fulls. An effort will bo made to
secure the plant for Hill City. With the de
velopment of the Keystone belt and the
prospect of a direct line to the Wyoming
coal fields and Montana fluxing ores the
prospect Is encouraging.
niucK HIllH May Not Exhibit.
DEADWOOD , S. D. , March 11. ( Special. )
As It looks now there will not be an exhibit
from the lllack Hills at Omaha. The finan
cial committee on exposition matters has
made Us last attempt at raising mcncy from
private subscriptions and all ot the planto
got the county commissioners to advance
a fiiiffldrnt amount has also failed. The last
scheme with a view of having aid from the
county was to get the leading men ot the
county to sign an Indemnifying bend insur
ing the county against lots. This utterly
failed. Thcro ceercs to bo a largo majority
of the business men of Deadwood > vho are
opposed to having any exhibit at all and the
matter will probably bo dropped.
Ver.llct of lAouiilt Inl.
HELLK FOURCIIE. S. D. , March 11. ( Spe
cial. ) Judge McGee of the Seventh circuit
presided at the trial of William Davidson
In this city yesterday. The case was called
and a Jury empanneled. The state then re
ported that It was not ready with Its case ,
whereupon the court Instructed the Jury to
return a verdict of acquittal. The statutes
provide that when the prosecution la not
ready for trial after a special time the de
fendant may bo acquitted. Davldscn was
tried a year ago for the murder of Gllas arcJ
was found guilty of manslaughter In the
second degree and sentenced to a life Im
prisonment at Sioux Falls.
Timber A no lit ut Work.
HILL CITY. S. D. . March 11. ( Spoctal. )
Timber Agent Green la now making the
round of the sawmllla In. Pennlngton and
Ouster counties and warning 'the ' owners to
saw no more logs until further Instructions
Most of the sawmill men had a largo quan
tity of logs In tbo woods when the suspended
forest reserve proclamation went Into ef
fect March 1. They hustled hard to get
this timber Into the mill ? , but ix > mo of them
now fear that the commissioner will exact
a stumpage for the logs still In the woods
Since the proclamation went Into ettecl
lumber has advanced from 13 to ? 5 per thou
sand throughout this region.
Crcilllnm Duiilile to Agree.
ABERDEEN" , S. D. , March 11. ( Special
Telegram. ) The clothing store of Aaron
Appel of this city was closed by attachment
today levied In the Interest of Max Uowaky
of New York. Mrs. Theresa Llebensteln o
Chicago and Dctulo Appel ot Yaakton , wnose
aggregate claims amount to about $5,000
The titock was bid. In by Appel at mortgage
sale come tlmo ago and the parties to the
present suit were mortgagees with him
They now assert that the partition ot receipts
Is not satisfactory. The difficulty will prob
ably bo settled In a short tlmo.
IloaU Ili-Kln Work.
PIERRE , S. D. , March 11. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Peerless Is the first boat to be
gin work on the river here this year , maklni
Ita first trip today. Tbo Jim Lelghton wll
make Its first trip tomorrow. This la about
two weeks earlier than the usual boating
season.
M HH B MBM > M BM MB
Instruction * on IrrlRutlon.
DENVER , March 11. ( Special , ) The ctato
engineer has received permlislon from tbo
auditing board to fend to bis water com
missioners and superintendents a Utter ot
Instructions concerning their duties. The
engineer think * tbo water supply for Irrlga-
lion will be very short In some districts
and la particular In hi * Instruction to th
water osre-taker * regarding It * use. The
* *
V tO CMMMM ft ! , M tM
superintendent thinks good can bo done by
getting ready for the work. Ho urges that
rotation In the u o of water be allowed In
nil districts. Rotation U , he thinks , pos
sibly Illegal , but In desperate cases desperate -
porato measures are the only ones that
fully cover the case.
for IrrlKntlon.
YUMA , Ariz. , March 11. ( Special. ) The
pumping plant canal of tbo State ot Ari
zona Improvement company Is now nearly
completed for Its length of fourteen mllca ,
and the 100 convicts who have been em
ployed In Its construction will soon be trans
ferred to the head of the great gravity cunal
that Is to take water from the Colorado
river , twenty miles north of Yuma. A late
complication IMS como from the refusal of
a number of farmers to accept the terms
offered for service through the pumping
canal. The farmers have Incorporated under
the name of the Yuma Valley Union Land
nnd Water company and have sent for cen
trifugal pumps and engines wherewith to In
stall a service of their own. The Improve
ment company has within the past few dnya
modified Its terms and offered to purchase
the machinery ordered , but all propositions
have been refuted by the water-users In
terested.
ClilncNi * Murilvror
SAN QUBNTIN , Cal. , March 11. Wing
Tung was hanged at 10:30 : o'clock today for
the murder of his uncle , Yu Lick Chung , at
the Glebe hotel In San Francisco last Sep
tember. He met his death with the char
acteristic ilolclsm of his race and appeared
to bo utterly Indifferent during the final
ireparatlons for his execution. The mur
derer was pronounced dead 12'i minutes
after the drop fell.
Waive * Killing YMIIIIK .Storlc.
OnT COLLINS. Colo. , March ll.-Oray
volves are doing serious damage to the
stock In the neighborhood of the Laramlo
river In this country. They come from
ho timber In p.ieks and raid the cattle
anrhew , killing largo numbers of calves nnd
yearlings. The stockmen are obliged to
corrul their young stock nightly nnd watch
heir corrals.
I'dih I'iMiolit'M ami i
PROVO , Utah , ( March 11. ( Special. )
Farmers predict that the peach and apricot
crops this year will bo very short In this
locality. The reason given Is 'that ' a great
deal of the fruit has been frczen on account
of the ncgllgencti of owners in running water
on the trees' ' too late In the fall.
lilnho \ < M\n .NolfH.
Sixty papers , but caly two dallies , are pub
lUhed In the state.
The wool clip In the vicinity of nimcro will
amount to about 2,000,000 pounds.
The total amount of state warrants can
celed during the month of February by the
state treasurer was $96,263.99.
H Is said In Boise lien. . G. Rich will
Immediately commence the organization ol
political clubs composed exclusively of the
women of southeastern Idaho.
William X. Davis haa entered suit at Ilolso
against the Idaho Mining ami Milling company -
pany for $9,211 , which plaintiff claims Is duo
him for wages at $100 a month.
The work of platting the towslto of Look
out will soon bo fo.'ahcd. It will be a forty-
ncre government town , situated about a ha'i '
mile south of the Bceraan postofllcc In a
rich part of the reservation.
There were ninety members ot the noise
Soldiers' homo February 28 ; two applica
tions entitled to admission are waiting for
vacant beds. The coU for malntaV.Ing cacl
Inmate for the first two months of the
year was $23.84 , against $26.'J7 In 1S97 and
$4C.82 In 1S96.
T. J. Smith , the Blngham county attor
ney , has loft Bolso under peculiar circum
stances. Ho was employed by the countj
commissioners to prcsecuto the sultff agalns
the bondsmen of certain county ofllclalfi for
recovery of money lost In the Bunting fail
ure. Going to Salt Lake , he sent word back
that ho was bound for Texas. It was after
ward learned that he sailed for Hawaii. No
satisfactory reason for his action has been
discovered.
aiontnttn Xewn Xu en.
Port Benton stockmen are beginning prep
nrattons for the spring round-up.
The Butte Coursing club has received a
consignment of 260 jack rabbits from Idaho
The Russian thistle Is said to bo spread
Ing In Montana. In 1S96 It was found In
only nine counties , but now It Is reported li
fifteen.
John D. Loaecamp of Billings has rccelvci
from Oregon a consignment of Chinese plieas
ants , and will place them In pairs with
ranchers In the valley.
Thomas Dunn , engineer on the Montana
railroad , shot and killed a largo lynx from his
seat In the cab as the train waa passing
through Box canyon.
The War Eagle mine near Clancy has been
sold to E. S. Delamaer of Detroit for $35,000
A steam hoist will be constructed and a shat
sunk to a depth of COO feet without a halt.
Every available section of the Northern
Pacific railroad lands In the confines o
Meagher county have been leased or pur
chased , and will bo Inclosed In strong wlro
fcnco ere the summer has passed.
After paying dividends to the amount o
$2,175,000 , the Hecla Consolidated mine a
Glendalc Is reported to bo In a bad way a
last. General Manager Knlppeuberg's repor
shows a loss In 1897 of $39,438. The surplus
has Icon drawn upon to run the propert >
during the last twelve months. The proper
ties ot the company produce lead , copper am
silver and a small quantity of gold.
rV'OllllllK'C11M .YlltfN.
A man who has been violating the game
law In the Jackson Hole country was llucd
$217 at Evanston last week.
The captain ot the state militia ccmpanj
at Buffalo Is engaged In recruiting his com
pany to the full strength Allowed by law.
The Laramlo Republican EUJ-S a wolf wa
trapped In the Sand Creek country that Is
known to have killed fifteen head of rattle
The state engineer haa received a ma |
of a ditch In Jackson's Hole seven mllr.3
long. The ditch connects with the Grovan
river , rnd ten rscichmon will receive watc
therefrom.
State Fls > h Commissioner Gustav Schnltgc
now has C30.000 small fry In the troughs a
the state hatchery , and on April 1 he wll
bo ready to begin the delivery of trout to
the various counties of the state.
The propagation of quail In Na
trona county Is growing with the town
sports and ranchmen throughout the county
and no leas than thirteen dozen quails have
been ordered from the neighborhood of
Wichita , Kan. , to bo scattered along the
wooded streams on ranchcu.
D. P. Stedtnan confirms the reported find
of rich copper ere In the Silver Crown dis
trict. Several assays have been secured
which show values of 40 per cent copper
and several dollars silver to the ton. The'
vein has been prospected for seventeen feet
and at that depths \ ten feet wide.
\fviullt Xe M Motvii.
A town Improvement club Is doing good
In Reno.
A four-horse carriage carrying mall will
soon bo put on between Carson , Hawthorne
and Genoa.
A new concentrator at Plocho will soon bo
In operation , The dump upon which It will
work contains 70,000 tons.
A heavy windstorm demolished the school
house at Blue Springs , Smoky valley. The
wind blow very hard for two days.
The old Indian reservation at McDermlt
was eold at public auction on the ground by
V. L. Snelllng , receiver of the United States
land office at Lakevlew , Ore. , and was bid
lu by Evans & Curtner.
The men who bavo been developing the
Gold Creek properties have sunk there about
$600,000. Experienced miners say that all
that has been done could have been accom
plished for one-fourth or even one-sixth of
that num.
U workman at the Klnkcad mill at Tus-
carora made the blunder ot drinking a dlp-
perful ot cyantdo solution , mistaking it for
water. A record-breaking run for the doc
tor' * office and the prompt application of a
stomach pump averted what would otherwise
have proved serious matter.
Your wlfo'a folk * back et are Interested
In Ub * Exposition. Seed them The Weekly
BM ( or a year ( or H eMfe
BUSINESS MOSI GRATIFYING
InJ
Tbcro ia No Rmtriction t ) Any Line of
Industry. .
SOME OF THEM ARE-MAKING RAPID GAINS
Show Kcuuirknblr S
ill the lletnnuil for I'roilurtu of
( All ( irrut JinliiNlrlca U
NEW YORK. .March 11. R. o. Dun &
lo.'a Weekly Review of Trndo wilt say In
ts IB.JUO of tomorrow :
It Is most gratifying that no Industry or
jranch of business shows nny restriction or
ilntlrnneo. luit s omo ihavo been rapidly
gaining for the lait week wml month. The
rullwuya are even. gaining while speculators
are selling thdr stocks and the demand for
> roducts for nil the great Industrie * ls In
creasing. More gold Is coming from Europe
han Is needed , $10.SGS.OOO h.ivingboon or-
lercd during the last week and money
narkcts arc nowhon > alarmed or stringent.
though reasonably more cautious. The
country rests assured that Its Industries ,
ilmost all of Its business , the. foreign de-
nand 'for Its products especially , and all Its
reaourrei are beyond the rrach of any for
eign power and that Ita honor and foreign
nterests are In safe hands.
The greatest of all Industries Is sending
grain forward na If there were no limit to
he supply. Wheat exports have been ! , -
87,497 bushels. Hour Included , against 1.168-
171 bushels last year , from Atlantic and P.i-
nllle ports , and 'for ' tsvo weeks 7JC2,7.0
tmhel. * . against O.IM.MC bushels last year.
Exports of corn. In siplte of the smaller
yield , have been 7.474.0CO biifhoh * In two
weeks , which far surpasses all records.
Cotton declined an elphth , s.iles of fer
tilizers Indicating less reduction of ncre-
age this year than was ex-pectcd.
KxportH of prlnclpil products In Kcbruary
wcro $01,6.11,031 In value , with an Incretm *
over last year of about W per cent in bread
stuff. in cotton 2o per cent and 20 per cent
In the aggregate.
The weekly output of pig Iron was 22S-
33S tons February 1 , but 2.1I.4S ) tons March
1 , and the Increase of unsold stocks In Feb
ruary was only < S. > 2 tons wetklv for ex
ports or consumption , against 21S.4. tons
in January nnd 213,219 tons In November ,
ISD.'i , the month of greatest consumption be
fore this year. For four months produc
tion has > alncd a little , but consumption
still more , 'ami ! f preparations for war last
only a few week * they 'wl'l add much to the
demand. Other consumption for rullrond
cais. for vnssols ori the la'/es , for elevator" '
and oil iplpe lines , for agricultural Imple
ment works and for sheets ! s beyond prece
dent , and structural and rail works arc
crowded with orders , though now receiv
ing few. Iron bar woiks arc depressing
prices because tome are not fully em
ployed , while the steel bar mllli at Mil
waukee have to put on thrfe eight-hour
turns "dally " to kcop up with orlers. Price"
are very strong , except for wire nails ,
wh'ch dropped beeiuso the great wire com
blnatlona fell through , though a similar
agreement Is expected and In some western
dispatches Is said to have been fanned
The minor metal" ; are gonerallv ftrong li
demand , a sal ( ( of 4.0W.OOO pounds of copper
being reported at 12 cents thnngih the usu-i
quotation is S11.S7. timl the product last yc-u
was rO" > .2. > l tons , against 210 9TO tons con
sumed In this country. Tin li strong at
11.2. cents and spelter .nf JI.M ; le.id weaker
at J3.37'i : tin plates ht f-.K" for the be
njrilnst J4.00 for fotel.ni.
Sale1 ? of eel for -this , we PC have been the
smallest since the week of greatest alarm In
August. ISM. but Not because any mills
have stopped work. ' Cance l.itlons are fre
quent and jobbers hava evidently failed to
sell na much V\B \ they .expected at the ad
vanced juices afkeil , but then those wouh
not be possible hail wool cost the millers
current market prltc'Llttlo wool can tot
move < 1 with fi new clip near and hoiv >
Flocks still In mills' without further reduc
lion. Goodsi are jiorniiJowor In quantltle ?
though. unchanged tn standard grades. For
elgn , goods bavn a. larcr. distribution am
prices are generally. , steady , though In out
side dea'lngs print cloths are a shade lower
Prints nro In better tjemand.
'Failures for the 'nwl ' : havf- been 2)S li
the Pnltcd States. * nftninst 2.6 last year
and th1rty-Blxj.ini Canada , nKnlnst < % slxty-one
last year. i. ' _ ' ,
WKIiKl.Y CMJ\HI. iS IIOHSH TOTUI.S
AHSficlntiMl IlinikN.
NKW YORK , March ll.-Tho following
table , compiled by Dradstreet , shows the
bank clearings at eighty-seven cities to
the week ended March ] 0 , with the per
ccntago of Increase and decrease as com
pared with the corresponding week las
year : _ j _ . _
cm erf. Amount. I Inc. I Dec.
New York ! * 45.
Hasten
ChlcJR ) , ! > 7GS1,30I
Philadelphia . . 31.7
St. Units 28C'JI.X)3 ( 10.9
I'lttsburs 17W7,9 ! 41.1
lialtlmore . . . . ri,977.036 21.2
San rraicloo ' 46.0
Cincinnati . . . . lllsOM ) G.4
19.4
City .
Kansan lo49'i974 ! .
New Orleans . 9.C
Minneapolis . . ( i,72J.Sf.9 | ic.r
lletrolt fi.SOI,073 ! .3 |
Cleveland . . . . . T.iursi S0.9I
IxHilsxllte T.SII.SIS 44.CI
lrolil nce . . . lo.r.i
Milwaukee . . . . 4ri9.l'C ' i 17.31
St. 1'aul ' C9.9
Buffalo 4or,3.'f.j ] | 19.C
OMAHA rill3S40 ! 33.CI
Indianapolis . , 4.1I9.C33 27.9
Columbus , O. . . 4.0M.SOO J.3
Savannah 2.19S2C7 R.2
nenver . , n.3C0.3-7 29.2
Haitfoi'd , 2.2iClll ( 0.1C
Richmond 2.411.t07
Memphis 2.IH7.SC6 47.S
Washington . . 2,0r)3,9"i
1'eorU , LSiWH 31.71
Ilochcjtcr . . . . 1,497.515 8.2 !
New Ilnvrn 1,411,020 C.8I
Worcester b * . l,3IO.ri3 9.51
Atlanta 1.SO-.3S1 11.S
Salt kake Cllv . . ! . . " " .1
Pprlr.rllolcl , Mass 1.4IS.173 31.0
Tort Worth . . . . . . l,434.rIO 31.01
I'ortlanil , Me 1,4i,171 | 23 ;
I'.utlnml. Ore lS.llS2'i . C.S. ' . .
St. Joseph , lC2'.fCl | 13.f |
IXM Ancelus . . . 1.7W.071I M.3.
Norfolk JM.S13 ! .1.
Sjiacuso , i.ir.i.iui
Pen Molnerf l,31,73i 41.5
NnshUllo i.roioiji : o. :
Wilmington , Del 017,37151 D.Oi.
Fall Ill\cr , : .ioo.-ii | 31.2 ,
Si'i.iwon 771.7121 21.01.
Grand Ilapldi . . fSS.4fO | 20.11.
i. ( Ji 8-5.8'l ! 9.SI.
rii. , a- 13.7l.
Hayton , O R16.r.01 50.01.
Seattle l,7C7,7 < i- > i 331.0' ' .
Taroina ra.iM ! 173.71.
Kpol-ino SiO.OSSl " . .31.
Sioux City 8V1.SI3 S.i.Oi
Now Ite.lfcra . C77.G29 5.71.
Knoxvllle , Tenn 4'.S.411I 31.21
TnpcKa 41i.W2l 47.21.
nirniltmham . . , , , K0.073I no.71.
Wlchlt.i 4W.1U ! 10.9 , .
HlnRlmnton nii.o-oi fi.51.
hln-oln i. 311.527I 53.51.
l-exlncton. Ky M9.04SI C7.3 | .
201.014 "
Kalamazon 312.fH4 ! "silsi !
. \kron 3'.O.SfOI 4-.2I.
liay City 2-.7.504 | 31.11.
Cnaltanoopi 377,4Zil ( M.1.
Hockfon ) , III 522,3271 17.11.
f.inton. O . : * J91.4f l | t',61.
rnrlnillelil , O .V 210.8701 23.71.
l-v riro , N I > , 4SS.7I4I SSI.7I.
p. t- , ) . . < S. 1) ? , { . 12S 77 ! 1M.2 .
Ilostlnk' " . Neb . . lH. < i70 | 30.Ol.
Fremont , Neb ) . 13l,7l'2l 91.4) ) .
912,7.-ii ! | 73.51.
TClClIl ) , , , . , . , . . .QV ? .7RS.4 < 2I 157.31.
7.872.JCOI
llnuslon C.124.4W. S.I
2 < : iI | .
Macon , ( la . . . . MJ.'OOI.
Kvnrsvlllo . . ' / / R17,4.llt.
Ilolena . Jl.i : GI3.CSCJ.
Totals , inlte.l . State ? . . [ | 1 747114471
TolnU outtlile N 60.,2CS.193 |
" "
Montreal < ! V""l . 9.H K1.0j
Wlnnlpee i.
Ualirxx ! .
Hamilton ) . .
St. John , N. U. . . , . , '
Total I 27.991.983l 43.0
Not Included In total * because of no com
parison for Utt year.
UIJVIKW OF THIS STOCK '
Spreuliitlon IH Scnxltlve Oitluir < > ( In *
Culinn Situation.
NEW YORK. March 11. Dradstreefa re-
vlow of tbo stock market tomorrow will
eay :
Speculation Is nervous and very sensitive
to the Influences arising In connection with
the C'ubin tdtuatlon nnd our relations with
Spain. The market Is In th > hands of pro-
ftsMonal operators and the public la doing
little or nothing. In fact the liquidation of
last week haa been very severe and there
Is a disposition on all sldea to await devel
opments.
After a lower market on Saturday the
market began with a violent break In tne
first quarter of an hour on Monday , due to
the report that Spain had demanded the
withdrawal of our consul at Havana , anil
a account of London weakness on account
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cision of the Mipremo court of the. Nebraska
maximum freight case in favor of the rail
roads had comparatively llttlo effect. In
fact throughout the weelc the Influence of
the far eastern question on London was re-
llcctcd here nnd aided In unsettling specu
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X,000 , < XjO defense appropriation by tha house
of representatives nnd the more paclllc. at
titude Spain was alleged to have assumed.
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Wednesday on the ready acquiescence of
the senuto In tlio house resolution , but was
lost later In the day on report * that the
president contemplated action which would
bring on a crisis In regard to Cubi.
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uenk. In sympithy with the unsettled for
eign markets and vague Was'ilnston rumors
about the Intentions of the president und
the possibility of an unfavorable report on
the Maine dlsaste- .
HIIADSTUUKT'S HKVII4W OF TIl.VHK.
Co u tin n eil . \fll\lty In tluVcst mill
\ortlnx-Ht.
NEW YORK , March 11. Bradstrcet'a to
morrow will oay :
Continued nctlvltv In nearly nil lines of
distributive ) trade , but more particularly at
the larger cities of the west , soulli and fur
northwest , continues to be the most favor-
nb'.e feature coming under notice. Tint
the dcn.and for dry gooda , groceries , hard-
vtire , Iron and strel and its various form *
and building miterlal is relatively most
nctive nt the west seems evident from the I
slight tone bf disappointment In reports'
fiom leading eastern markets , where busi
ness Is reported moving1 less rapidly than
at the Interior.
Other favorable features Include thn
hejvler foreign dfmand for whe.it and
Hour , as Indicated-by Increased exports over
last week and last year , and bank clearings
heavily exceeding corresponding periods of
previous years , though smaller 'than in re
cent weeks.
I.eaa fnvorablo features nro few , number-
In chlcJlv a weaker tone In prices of a few
ntnples hitherto mnrltnl bv extreme firm
ness , but chiefly perceptible In quotations
for some makes of coarfo cotton goods ,
print cloths , ram wool , the demand for
which Is reported slower than nny previous
time this year ; wheat , which has been af-
foctec } by wnr rumors nnd the growth of
the Impre-Jslon that the world's wheat sup
plies at present prices will milllee , coffee
und susar. *
The. volume of business In the Iron nnd
steel tradn 1 reported very large , with
peed reports from the west. Pig Iron re
duction chows a further gain. Largo e.ilea
of copper nro n feature and prices tire re
ported higher than for the week , as are
also the quotations for Indian corn and
wheat flour. The indiirtrl.il situation ? cms
likely to bo Improved by the. ending of the
New Kngland cotton strikes.
BuslneM Is generally active at the west.
Southern and southwestern buyers are more
active at St. I.ouls. Kansas City rucking
houses report the demand one-third larger
than last year. A ipercoptlblo Improvement
In distribution to noted at Chicago In many
line * of trade. An order for 10.000 tons of
steel rails Is a feature ) of the week's busi
ness at that city. Trade Is of satisfactory
volume nt the northwest.
Ilxport business In flour nnd wheat from
the I'aclflo coast shows a considerable K.iln.
noatbulldlnrr 1a active on Alaskan account ,
A good business Is [ doing nt the south.
nuslncsa failures ID the United States
tliU week number 217. against 232 last wcrk.
227 In the corresponding week of 1S97. 287
In 1S93. 2G2 In U93 and 231 In 1S9I. Uualne.ts
failures In the Canadian Dominion this
week number thlrty-one. against twenty-
seven last week , fifty-six In 1S37 nnd fifty-
eleht In ISM.
Larger wheat and flour , but smnller corn ,
shipments are o feature of export trade
this week. The total exports of wheat ,
flour Included from the United State * and
Canada this week nggretrated 4,4S4,7G1 bushels -
els , aitulngt 3.232,001 buihelt last year , 1.D93.4S ]
bushel * In U9C , 8,791,180 bushel * In IMS and
bushels * In 1S9I. Corn exports are
Miinllcr , amounting- only 3,2sr.t'Vj busheU ,
against 5,031,000 bushels last week.
ALASKA not.M\iiv is SITTJID.
DorlNlon IH Sonn Ililn > 7 of n ( inlii fur
tlio I'nKfil .StiitfN.
NEW YORK , March 11. A dispatch to the
Press from Ottawa Bays : Sir Julian I'aimce-
fete , the 'British ambassador , has Informed
the Canadian ministry olllclally that he has
arranged a convention with the United States
whereby the Alaskan boundary dispute has
been settled.
Under the terms of the convention the
British government has conceded the claim
of the United States that the three marine
leagues shcm'd ' bo measured from the nhoro
of the malt 'and , and should proceed along
the shores of the Inlets , which are thus recog
nized as arms of the ocean , and not as
rivers.
The contention of the Rrltlsh and of the
Canadian governments wau that the three
league limit should begin on thn ocean stele ,
of the Island , and the delimitating line !
should ho run across tlio Inlets and not fol
low their shores. j
These Inlets are numerous and extend Into
the mainland a great distance , and the decl-1
elan therefore Is of much Impoitanco to t'.io ' i
United States. j
The United States has agreed to the Drlt-
Ish retaining the boundary on the limit of the
Chllkoot pass and the White pass , because
In the Uusso-llrltlsh agreement of IS2j the
line of demarkatlcn was fixed as cue running .
along the tops of the mountains , '
The decision , while not entirely unexpected
by the cabinet , Is regarded with dUfavor.
It was understood that the Drltinh govern
ment was Irritated at the forwardness of the
Canadian ministry , but It was not thought
that the surrender would bo so sleeping as
It Is.
Is.WASHINGTON'
WASHINGTON' , March 11. 11 U tald at
tbo State department that the Ottawa ie-
ports that Great Britain and the United
States have signed a treaty for the settle ,
in cut of the Alaskan boundary dispute are
Incorrect , no treaty having been signed us
yet , and the matter still being a imbject
of negotiation. The department will suy
nothing regarding tlio details from
Ottawa as to an agreement that the boun
dary line f > hall be computed from the uhoro
line , following It In all ltd slnucsltlra , and
that the topi of mountain peaks > , hall mark
the limits of American territory , but It h
Intimated that the Ottawa reports are a lit
tle etralncd.
Sir Julian Pnuncefoto , the lrltl ) li am
bassador , through his secretary , aao ! au
thorized a complete and spt-clal dental of the
reported perfection of a treaty. No con
vention of any character , ho said , had been
made , and the details given , ho tulil , there
fore , \vcre erroneous as u whole and In do-
tall.
tall.OTTAWA
OTTAWA , Ont. , March 11. After an all-
night session In which the time of the house
was occupied In a discussion of the Yukon
railway bill , that measure was read a second
end tlmo at C-30 this morning , the ma
jority In lu favor bclnpr thlrty.nlnc. Just
before adjournment Sir Charles Tuppcr had
read a copy of a dUpatch telcgtaphixl from
hero to a Now York p- per and transmitted
back to Ottawa , stating that the Canadian
ministry had been notified that a concluilcn
had been arranged whereby the Alat > Kun
boundary dispute had been lottled. Sir Wil
frid Laurler , the premier , atated that there
won not a word of truth In the story.
Sir Charleo Tupper suggested that the
house should take action to prevent the
sending out of false roporta to nuwipapcrs ,
\I-TT Hiillroml in .Mexico.
DENVER , Msn i 11. W. C. Ilradbury &
Co. of Denver , In conectloa with tbo Nu&wiu
Construction company ot Now York City ,
have cloeed a contract ( or the construction
at 125 mllM ot r lro4 from CbUiiubu * la
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ItlllllllKllllll I.IMIHI'll.
LAHAMIB , March 11. ( Special Telegram. )
Otto Grammctfo \ nt tbo Union Piiclllo
rolling mills at Laramlo , has secured a Icasu
from the reorganization romn ttce of the
Union Pacific railroad on the rolling mllU
for the next tlvo ytMia and will at once pro
ceed to enlarge the plant 'by ' the addition of
moro largo machinery and the employment
of more men. The rolllngmlll will bo oper
ated by tbo Liramlu Iron & Steel company ,
with Mr. Gr.tmm as president and will turn
nut small Iron rails for mlno use and alao
fish plates , spikes and bolts for railway uac ,
Only recently a (30,000 contract wus
obtained by competitive bidding for
suppllm for tbo Oregon Short Line. Tlie
order Is being filled now , ibe mill ruoutag
night and day to nil tl e order In time.