t > THE OMAHA DAIIAT 33EE : MOXDAY , [ NOVEMBER 20 , ISO ! ) .
CLEWS'\YALLSTREETREV1E\\ ' \ \ \
Bizss Up tbe Condition in the American
Stock Market.
STRUGGLE IS TOWARD HIGHER PRICE
JIull Fac < orn Arc Jtint Now Considered
to IJe Cltillr TrtiMttvorli- -
Fneor.i Arc About
( lie Same.
NEW YORK. Nov. 19.-Spcclnl.-Henry ( )
Clews , , head of the bunking house of Hour ;
Clews & Co. , writes :
AKaIn Wall street 1ms boon In a condl
tlon of struggle between the upward force
Incident to a position of extraordinary nn
tional prosperity nnd an Insufficiency In the
nupply of credit nnd circulation facilities
Outside the monetary Rltimtlon there cm
hardly be said to bo a "bcur" clement li
tlio ftlttiatlon. All other tendencies nro
admitted , on all Bides , to fnvor a hlghn
range of values and , as a consequence
holder * are Indisposed to sell , strong opcr
ntor. i arc ready to buy on the declines UIK
"bears" confine themselves to translen
Ventures based upon momentary features
In brief , the preponderant disposition Is
to stand well for the "bull" campalgi
which all nro anticipating. Nobody , no
even thn most pessimistic "bear , " seems
prepared to sell tipon tbo rentionable pos
tdblllty of the money stringency contlnii
Ing to hold speculation In restraint , "Holi
on to what you have nnd buy on the drops'
fcoinH to bo tbo controlling policy al
nrniind. Tlio "bull" factors are consldcrcc
BO trustworthy that all arc willing to wnl
for their fruition and unwilling to follow
the udvcrso currents of the money mar
ket.
During tlio past week the foreign markets
Imvo caught the same spirit. The politico ,
disquiet In the European capitals appears
to Imvo produced a feeling abroad that
under the present unsettling conditions on
tlio continent , American Investments nro
likely to provo more steady than tboso of
other countries to sny nothing of the
chances of an Improvement In their vnluo
when our. money market becomes easier
nnd this feeling hns expressed itself within
the last few days In net purchases of about
230,000 shares on foreign account. This
Blgnlllcant movement comes in as an Im
portant reinforcement of the home ten
dencies toward nn ultimate general rlso In
prices. It means that , In the estimation
of foreign Investors and speculators. Amer
ican securities afford better nromlso than
certain classes of continental issues with
which their' markets have recently been
over supplied ; and , thus Interpreted , It has
nn encouraging effect upon the New Yonc
market. To some extent , this drift of for
eign investment is to be attributed also to
the imprcssjon produced abroad by the
great outburst of Industrial activity in
this country and to the unmistakable evi
dences of our Immediate destiny as one ot
the foremost competitors for the world's
International commerce. It Is a very sign -
n I ( leant fact tliat. Just at the moment
when pur Btato department authorizes an
announcement of Its llrm adherence to the
policy of "tbo open door nnd equality ot
opportunity" In the far cast , the European
bourses send extraordinary orders for our
necnrltles showing that , however much
foreign countries may deprecate our com
petition , they respect our Investments. It
will probably bo found , however , that there
Is a limit to tlie extent to which these
foreign purchases will bo at present car
ried. At all the European money centers
credit Is about as stringent as It Is here
and the balance of trade with Europe ns
a whole is largely in favor of the United
States. So much Is this the case that It
would not bo surprising if some of these
purchases of stocks would be sent home
again at nn early day , but , however that
may bo , these export operations are sig
nificant and assuring features of the mar
ket.
Whilst all Intrinsic conditions of the In
vestment market outsldo the recent Issues
of the industrial consolidations are solid
and promising of higher prices , yet the
problem as to when the rise may be ex
pected Btlll remains entirely a question of
the money market not easily solved. The
reserves of the city banks remain close on
the "dead line. " There Is a notable abate
ment oC tbe shipments of currency to the
Interior , but the receipts from the west arc
Ftill less thaivtlrey Kholild be at this sea
son , and there are no Indications of the ex
tent of the reflux from the country which
always places the banks In an easy con
dition In November. A sudden rise in
prices and wages ntid a largo Increase In
the volume of trade have altogether very
greatly .swelled the amount of money
needed for the retail circulation nnd. while
tbo banks need moro legal tender money
to meet the Increased demand for loans
or rather to provide the enlarged reserves
for which the loans Indirect ! " call the
augmented popular wants for cash settle
ments make it dlincult for tbo banks to
get tbo supplies of lawful monev which
their reserve laws demand. The truth is ,
wo have reached a position of commercial
expansion In which tbo restraints of the
national banking system make it impossible
for the banks to supply the legitimate
wants of credit , and the difficulties In tbo
money market must bo set down almost
entirely to legislative regulation which tbe
timed and the country have outgrown. This
Is an obstacle to financial operations not
easily overcome without a remedy in the
lluv. Wo may e.Vpect a return of these
spasms with every return of the crop
movement , and during the intervals bank
ing operations must bo necessarily re
stricted.
Although Europe Is undoubtedly largely
Indebted to this country , yet it is not cer
tain that we may safely calculate upon
early remittances of cold from that source.
The exports of merchandise for last month
were JI2fi,76l7S6 , whtlo the Imports were
t72,705,89l , showing a balance of exports of
f54,05SS92. which Is about J12.000.000 less than
tbo Balance for October , 1S98 , when the ex
ports were J11S19,5G3 ( ! and tbo Imports wore
{ 52,319,526. The exports for the ten months
ending with October have surpassed all
previous records , reaching a total of $1-
10,219.286. The Imports have increased
fl"0,000,000 above 1S9S , but have not been
Rufllclent to radically reduce the balance in
favor of tills country , which for the ten
months ending with October , two years ago ,
was $219.218,114 , and ono year ago , tltji-
Jfi9,220. The net Imports of gold for tha
ton months have been $ S.lSOfi02. as com
pared with Imports In 1MS ) of $130,020,320.
Taklijg gold and silver into the account
tlio not credit balance In fnvor of the
United States for the last ten months ap
pears to bo $380,000,000 , while tlio balance
for tbo same riionths of 1898 was about
$350,000,000. It is apparent from thcso fig
ures that Europe is largely indebted to tha
Vnltcd States , but evidently there are tn-
lluences potent enough to prevent an 1m-
medlnto adjustment of the international ac
count In gold. During the last week for
eign exchange lias fallen quickly to a point
HO close upon the gold-importing parity a *
to suggest that relief to the money market
may bo about to come from tills source ,
but the promptness with which rates re-
hound when they verge upon parity Indi
cates that there is Homo strong hand at
work to prevent or postpone any lessening
of tho'European bank stocks of the yellow
metal. Still , Importations of gold may bo
f vilicomlng nt any day , and with that
ulci como positive relief to the money
At tlio moment there nro two legitimate
ways ) of easing the money market , and
o her of them Is llablo to como to our re-
' cf now any day. Ono Is n decisive battle '
In South Africa with victory to the British ,
'I his would enable us to Import gold from
London without much resistance. The rate
for sterling bills for sight sold down to
4.85 parly in the week , but afterwards ad-
vunreil to1.S6. . Wo can bring gold hero at
4.81'A. but until the Hoern are knocked out
tliu Hank of England and the London bank
ers will uijo their united efforts to keep
gold from coming to tbla country. In the
meantime relief will have to como through
u flow of funds from tlio Interior and the
rate * of domestic cxclmngo will Boon begin
to Indicate it , I think. So long as wo are
deprived of tlioso modes of recuperation' '
tlio money market is liable to remain moro
or IMS utrlncent. . . . , . .
I nm clearly of the opinion , however , that
tlio backbone of tight money Is now
broken , as Is the backbone of the Philip
pine rebellion , nnd I now also look for a
speedy collapse of the South African war ,
Jt will porno nftcr the first big victory to
tlio British arms , which may occur at any
moment. With Agulnnldo taken prisoner ,
a big British victory , securing the open
ing up of the African gold mines , and the
casing up of tbo money market here , the
overhanging clouds will all bo removed ,
which 'Will cause very active and increased
prosperous business all over the world and
ewectaly so In this country.
The moral effect of the action of the
treasury In purchasing J25.000.000 of bonds
lias been immediately beneficial. The high
tension Is relaxed nnd. while conservatism
is the better part until the natural return
flow of currency from the Interior estab
lishes eabo , wo nro assured of governmental
aid in times of stress. . . .
Through the present Inelastic system the
revenues of the government , Increasing
with the expansion of business , withdraw
from trade channels large sums of money
nt tbo very time of greatest need. The
relief afforded by the secretory of the
treasury emphasizes the value of a thor
ough , business administration , and lie Is to
bo heartily commended for such prompt
'measures.
I "or i-1 mi IMiinnrlnl ,
LONDON , Nov. 19. The Stock exchange
last week , although quiet , did n. profitable
ft mo lint of business , Buyers were encour
aged by a variety of circumstances , such
as the arrival of British reinforcements
in South Africa , the delay In the Hocr at
tack , the expectation of nn early forward
movement on tbo part of the llrltlsh and
the hope of cheaper money In the near
future. As a result there was n distinct
Improvement in prices , although consols
closed no better , owing to realizations.
American railway securities scored a ma
terial advance for the week , although the
movements wcro irregular. Baltimore &
Ohio shares were In special demand , the
preferred stock rising 3 points nnd the
common 1 % points. Among the other In
creases were Wabnsh debentures , which
roe 114 points ; Wabash preferred , Penn
sylvania , Illinois Central nnd Mexican Cen
tral 1 iiolnt.
Among tlio declines wcro Union Pacific ,
which fell % point : Louisville & Nashville ,
% of a point : Atchlson preferred , U of a
point ; Denver & lllo Grande preferred , j
Union Pacific common nnd New York Gen-
tral & Hudson Illver , each \i \ of a point.
Money was In moderate demand , Until
Monday , 3 to 3V4 per cent ; for a week , 3'.4
to 3- % per cent ; three months' bills , 4 9-1B
to 4 % i > cr cent.
BUENOS , AYRES , Nov. 19-Tho gold
quotation yesterday wap 133.60.
MADRID , Nov. 19. Spanish 4s closed yes- !
terdny at 72.00. Gold was quoted today nt
23.SO. The Bank of Spain report for last !
week shows the following : Gold In hand , i
no change ; silver In hand , Increase , 2,87J > ( -
000 pesetas ; notes In circulation , decrease ,
1.333,000.
Mmiolirnlrr Textile KnbrlcH.
MANCHESTER , Nov. 19. Last week the
local market was dull , sales being nowhere
near the amount of production. Prices for
cioin icndcci 10 Lie irregular , inuiti uiiu
Calcutta inquiry had to be turned down
because prices were not acceptable. Not
ono of the principal centers showed any
particular activity. At a , few points , how
ever , some of the best things were well
sold nt full prices. Orders for staples would
bo welcome now. The home trade is very
good as concerns yarns , although buyers
are not rushing and the price was from
ono-elgnth to one-sixth lower.
France reports good markets and higher
prices all around since the previous week.
Germany shows no changes. The con
tinent seems to be more Impressed by
American missionary bull work than Man
chester.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Featured of the Trailing nnd ClonliiK
I'rlcen oil Saturday.
CHICAGO , Nov. 18. Wheat was firm on
light northwestern receipts at the opening
today , but eased off , closing a shade under
yesterday. Corn , oats and provisions closed
n trifle lower.
Trading in wheat was exceptionally dull
and the price was within a range o % c
throughout the session , with the changing
of December for May contracts the enl ;
feature. The spread was at one tlmo 4VMP
4Vic , narrowing at the close to 4c. The
opening was nrm at HiSVic over yesterday's
close , December nt 67 % < Zf67 4c and May a
71'iig > 71jjC. This strength was only attrib
Litable to the smallness of receipts am
.he denial of the report received yesterday
: hat 1,000,000 bushels of Duluth wheat was
billed for this market. This wheat will be
put In cheap storage in Georgian bay elo
valors , disappearing from public stociis
The week s receipts were about half those
of the corresponding period last year.
Today's news was not potently Inllucntla
and on the strength of the expected de
crease In world's shipments of 1,000.0 *
bushels next week and an Increase in loca
stocks of 400,000 bushels the market eosec
off from the opening , closing a shade under
yesterday. May at 7K871V&C and December
at 67c. Primary receipts were 047,000 bushels
compared with 1,533,000 last year. The
northwest received 712 cars , us against
,039 last week and 1,493 a year ago. Local
receipts were 75 cars , 42 of contract grade.
Seaboard clearances were 050,000 bushels.
Corn was steady , influenced early hy the
nltlal strength of wheat and held by an
mprovcment In tbe cash demand. Country
offerings were small , receipts light and
cables higher. Public stocks are expected
o decrease 2,000,000 bushels. The trade was
ery light. December opened at 31tf"2c ,
ranged from 31c to 32o and closed steady ,
a shade lower at 31c. May opened at 21 %
Q33c , sold from 32Q ( > 32c to 33c , closing un
changed at 32v4c. Receipts hero voif 2
cars. Atlantic port clearances wcro ! ' 70XX ! )
bushels.
Oats were steady but dull , trading being
lone within a range of ' ,6c. Country offer-
IIJT were freer , but the market did not
cflect this. Clearances were only 10,000
lushels and receipts light , 127 cars here.
December ranged from 22c to 23c and
losed % c higher at 23c. May ranged from
to ' 21l/4c , closing unchanged at 21H@
.
Provisions were steady , but the volume
f trade was very light. There wis some
December pork on the market , but not In
nfllrlent quantity to affect prices much
Exporters reported a slight improvetnoit
n the foreign demand. Hogs were 'oivsr. '
There was some selling of January lard ,
ut buying was scattered. The opening was
t unchanged prices for January pork and
ard and n shade lower for January ribs.
anuary pork closed 2'e . lower at ? 3.45 ;
anuary lard and January ribs unchnngi.-d ,
espectlvely , at $ Ii.07'/i. nnd $4.92i .
Estimated receipts tomorrow : Wh iat , 75
ars ; corn , 300 cars ; oats , 170 cars ; hotf3 39-
000 head. i
The leading futures ranged as follows :
Articles. | Opehr'nigh. | Low. | Ciosc. | Ycs'y.
Cash quotations were as follows : '
FLOUR Steady ; winter patents , ' $ ! .43 < iT
3.65 ; straights' , J3,003.25 ; clear , J3.00fj3.15 ;
I spring specially Jl ; patents , J3.00@3,50 ;
i straights , $2.80 3.10 ; bakers , J2.10T2.107
WHEAT No. 3 spring , 615I < J7c : No. 2 red ,
, . .
CORN * No. 2 , 324CI No. 2 yellow , 32if33e. ( .
OATS-NO. 2. 22140 ; No. 2 white , 20'Ac ; No.
3 white , 2
RYE-NO. 2,54Vifl55c.
BARLEY No , 2 , low grade , 3639c.
SEEDS Flaxseed , . No. 1 and northwest ,
. $1,29V4. Prlmo timothy , J2,452.55. Clover
I contract grade. JC.OOJ/8.25. /
PROVISIONS Mess pork , per bbl. , $7.55 ®
J9.60. Lard , per 100 Ibs. , J4.75g4.971,4. ; Short
ribs sides ( loose ) , J4,7ofj0.15. Dry salted
shoulders ( boxed ) , J5.371/45J6.50 , Short clear
sides ( boxed ) . J5.105J5.20.
WHISKY Distillers' finished goods , per
gal. , on basl of high wine , $1.23V4.
SUGARS Cut loaf , $3.70 ; granulated , J5.18 ,
Following are the receipts and shipments
for tofay :
Articles , Receipts. Shlpm'ts
Flour , bbls 11,000 14,001
Wheat , bu 38,000 2T.S.OOO
Corn , bu , 213,000 332,000
OatH , bu 214,003 211,00)
Rye , bu 11,000 60,000
Barley , bu 81,000 cOM
On the Produce exchange today thn but
ter market was llrm ; creameries , I5ift25c :
dairies , 14R22c. ( Cheese , weak at llV-S12ic !
Eggs , fresh , ISc.
IlviTiiiol ( i ml u anil 1'rnvlKloim ,
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 18. WHEAT Spot
steady ; No , 1 California , 6s 2dQ6s 2'/4d ' ; No.
2 red western winter. 6 4d ; No , 1 northern
Hprlng , 6s 10V4d , Futures closed steady ; Do-
combcr , 6 8Hd ; March , Bs9d ; May , Bs 9d.
CORN Spot llrm ; American mixed , new
and old , 3s 6d , Futures firm ; December ,
3s 6id : January. 3s 6d ,
FLOUR St. Louis , fancy winter , dull ,
7s 6d.
PEAS Canadian , 5s 5d.
PHOVISIONS-Bcef , llrm : extra India
mess , 90s : prime mess , S2sfid. Pork , firm ;
prime moss , western , 67s Cd. Ilnms , short
cut , 14 to 16 Ibs. , steady , 42s Cd. Lard ,
steady ; prime western. In tierces , 26s 9d-
American refined , In paIN , 25s ! H1 ; American
refined , 2Ss , Bacon , Cumberland cut. 20 to
30 Ibs. , steady , 32a ; short rib , IS to 22 Iba. ,
steady. 3la 6d ; long clonr middles , light , 30
to 35 Ibs. , firm , 35s ; long clear middles , 35
to 40 Ibs. , llrm , 36s 6d : short clear backs. 16
to IS Ibs. , steady , 30s Gd : clear bellies , 14 to
16 Ibs. , steady , 31s Cd. Tallow , dull : prime
city , 23s Gd ; Australian , In London , 25s 3d ,
Hutter , KUK anil Cliecne Market ,
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 18.-BUTTER
Firm. ' ,4e higher ; fancy western creamery ,
26e : fancy western prints , ISc.
ECiOS Firm , fresh nearby , 23c ; fresh
western , 22Q23c ; fresh southwestern. 22c ;
fresh southern , 20c.
CHEESE-Qulet und steady.
NEW YORK , Nov. IS. BUTTER Firm ;
western creamery , 216 < ! 6e ; western factory ,
15i.ifjl7c ; June creamery. 202 o ; Imitation
creamery , icfl-21c ; state dairy , lS@25c : state
creamery. 21M26c.
CHEESE- Steady ; small. September. IS'i
® 12ic ; tlnest , October , 12S12soj ! large fancy ,
September , 12UJ12Hci large finest , October ,
11HP.
( COGS Firm : state and Pennnyivrinlft , 2314
mo , loss oft ; western , ungraded nt murk ,
I4fl2 ( > c.
ST. LOUIS , Nov. lS.-MTTTEt-Flrm :
creamtry. 22 2flV4o ; dairy , 17Q22i,4c.
ErH5S-Flrm nt IGi.ic.
CHICAGO. Nov. 18. BUTTER Firm ;
creameries , Hif e ; dairies , 14J22c. ?
EOas-Klrm : fresh , ISc.
KANSAS CITY , Nov. IS.-BUTTER-
Crenmery. 2017230 ; dairy , ISo ,
EOOS Market Head } ' ; liberal receipts ex
pected ; fresh Missouri and Kanms stock ,
llrsts , 15c , cases returned ,
LIVERPOOL , Nov. 1S.-CHEESE Stendy ;
American , [ Inest white , 54s 6dj American ,
llnest colored , 56s.
RUTTER-FIrm ; United States , Us ; good ,
75 9.
OMAHA GF.MmAL MAIUCET.
Cnnilldnn of Tratle anil Quotation * on
Staple anil Fancy Produce.
EGGS Receipts light ; market firm at 15c.
POULTRY-IIcns , live , 6V4Q6c ; spring
chickens. C14c ; old and stnggy roosters ,
live , 3'44c ; ducks nnd gecso , live , 6jfGHo :
turkcvf , Sc.
BUTTER-Common to fair , 15c ! choice , 16
MNc ; separator. ? 6c ; gathered crea.me.ry , 23
PIGEONS-Llvc. per doz. , 75c.
VEALS-ChoIco , 9c.
OAME Pralrlo chickens , per doz. , J4.00J ?
4.GO ; quail , per doz. , J1.8KI1.75 ( ; mallards ,
f3.OOJi3.25 ; blue wing teal , $1.75 : tjrorn wlnjr
teal. Jl.25ifil.50 ; mixed ducks , Jl.SO .OO.
OlSTERS-Medlum. per can , 20c ; stand-
nrd , per can , 24c ; built standard , per gal. .
$1.25 ; extra selects , per can , 32c ; extra
select ? , per gal. , $1.75 ; New York Counts ,
per can , 40o ; New York Counts , per 100 , $1.25.
HAY Upland , choice , $6.50 ; midland ,
choice , JC ; lowland , choice. $3 ; rye straw ,
choice , $5.50 ; No. 3 corn , 27c ! No. 3 white
oats , 22i.4c ; cracked corn , per ton , $12 ; corn
and oats , chopped , per ton , $12.50 ; bran , per
ton , $13 ; shorts , per ton , $14.
VEGETABLES.
SWEET POTATOES-Per bbl , , Kansas
$2.233(2.50 ( ; Jerseys , $4.00.
POTATOES Per bu. . % S33c.
CHANBEHIUES-Capo Oed , $5.7506.00
fancy Howes , $ G.507.00.
OIs'IONS Retail way , yellow , 63c ; red
75c.
75c.CELERY
CELERY Per doz. . 20G40i.
TURNI PS-Rutabagas , per lb. , I'.ic ; Calm
dlan , IMmjc. .
CAUUAGK Per lb. , H4c ; Holland seed
FRUITS.
APPLES Choice western shipping stock
$2.7oQ3.00 ; Jonathans and Grimes' golden
$3.50 ; New York stock , $3.5Vff3.S5.
GRAPES-New York , 20c ; California Em
pcror , $2 ; Catawbas , per small basket. 15c.
PEARS Western varieties. $2.25Q2.oO.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
ORANGES-McxIcan. per box. $1.2504.50
California navnls , per box , $1.50.
LEMONS California fancy. $4.7505.00
choice California , $4.0004.50 ; Messina , $5.00S
5.50.
HIDES. TALLOW , ETC.
HIDES No. 1 green hides , SUc : No.
green hides , 7c ; No. 1 salted hides , 0ic ? ; .No
1 salted hldce , S c ; No. 1 veal calf , S tb 1
lb ! . . No. 2 veal calf , 12 to 15 Ibs. , Sc.
TALLOW. GREASE , ETC. Tallow. No
39ic ; tallow. No. 2 , 3Uc ; rough tallow , l c
white grease , 29i@3Uc ; yellow and brown
grease , 2H03c. ;
2H03c.MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HONEY Per 21-sectlon case , $3.25@t.50. :
NUTS Hickory nuts , large , per bu. , $1
Shell Barks , $1.2501.35.
FIGS California layers , per 10-lb. box
$1.15. California carton , per 10-lb. box , $1.25
MAPLE SUGAR Per lb. . 9c.
St. I.onln Grain ami Provlnlonn.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 18. WHEAT Dull and
weak ; No. 2 red cash , elevator , 70o held
track , 715i7H4c ; December , GS0G9c ; May
727fff73o , ! ; No. 2 hard , GGH < ji67l4c.
CORN Easy ; No. 2 cash , 30e ; track , 31c
December , 30e ; May , 31Mc. ,
OATS Dull : No. 2 cash , 23'4e ; track , 24c
December , 3314c ; May , 25c ; No. 2 white , 2BJ
2GHc.
RYE Firm ; 62c.
FLOUR Dull and unchanged.
SEEDS Timothy , firm at $1.9002.25. Flaxseed -
seed , nominal at $1.26.
CORNMEAL Steady at $1.7501.80.
BRAN Dull and unchanged ; sacked , east
track , GS'/.c.
HAY Timothy , steady at $6.50,310.60 ; pral-
rlc. scarce and llrm at $7.5003.50.
WHISKY-Steady at $1.23& .
PROVISIONS Pork , steady ; standard
mess , jobbing , $9.00. Lard , better ; prime
steam , $4.So ; choice , $1.00. Dry salt meats
boxed shoulders , none offered ; extra shorts
$5,25 ; clear ribs , $5.37 % ; clear sides , $5.50.
Bacon , boxed shoulders , none offered ; extra
shorts , $5.SO ; clear ribs , $5.9005.95 ; clear
sides. $6.
MKTALS-Lead , nrm ; $ l)7 ) ® 1.50 , Spelter ,
dull ; $4.40.
POULTRY Steady ; chickens , 6c ; turkeys
Hc ! ducks , 6r6 c ; geese , Gc.
WOOL Active , strong and unchanged.
RECEIPTS-Flour , 5,000 bbls. : wheat , 22-
000 bu. ; corn , 78,000 bu. ; outs35,000 bu.
SHIPMENTS Flour , 4,000 bbls. ; wheat.
8,000 bu. ; corn , 47,000 bu. ; oats , 14,000 bu.
Kiiiisn.s City Grain anil I'rovlBlonn.
KANSAS CITY , Nov. 18. WIVEAT De
cember , Glc ; May , G5c ; cash. No. 2 hard
62063c ; No. 3 , 690Cl e ; No. 2 red , G9@71c :
No. 3. G50G.Sc.
CORN December. 27T4c ; May , 29Uc ; cash.
No. 2 mixed , 2Sic ; No. 2 white , 2S&c ; No 3 ,
OATS No. 2 white , 25V.S26Wc. (
RYE No. 2. 4SfT49c. (
HAY Choice timothy , $3.5009.00 ; choice
prairie. $7.25ffj7.50.
RECEIPTS Wheat , 34,200 bu. ; corn , 33-
100 bu. ; oats , 10,000 bu.
SHIPMENTS Wheat , 33,500 bu. : corn.
22,700 bu oats , 10,000 ru.
MImirn ) > nllM Wheat nnd Flour.
MINNEAPOLIS , Nov. 18. WHEAT In
store : No. 1 northern , November. C5c ; De
cember , G3i/@G3c $ ; May , C7'/4C67c. On
track : No. 1 hard , 67c ; No. 1 northern , 65e ;
No. 2 northern , G2/.c.
FLOUR First patent , J3.50fi3.GO ; second
patent , $3.30 3.10 ; first clear , J2.30J/240.
BRAN Unchanged.
Toledo Market.
TOLEDO , O. , Nov. IS. WHEAT Higher ,
dull ; No. 2 cash , 60fnc. ( ; '
CORN Dull , Hteady ; No. 2 mixed , 33c.
OATS Dull , steady ; No , 2 mixed , 23&c.
RYE Nominal ; No. 2 cash , 56c.
SEEDS Clover , dull , easy ! prime cash ,
old , $5 asked ; December , $3.70.
1'eiirla Market.
PEORIA , Nov. 18. CORN Firm ; No. ? ,
32c.
32c.OATS
OATS FIrm ; No. 3 white , 23i02ic.
WHISKY Firm , on the basis of $1.23'
for finished goods.
.llllirniikee Grain Market ,
MILWAUKEE , Nov. 18. WHEAT Firm ;
* To , 1 northern , C6'/A0G7' ' c ; No. 2 northern.
BARLEY Higher ; No. -140)i5c ) ; sample ,
5042'ic.
Duliitlt Market.
KaiiMan S'olcjt mill Comment ! ! ,
There are only eleven young men of mnr-
lagcable age In Erie , while the young
vomen number sixty.
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the
snnsns State Grange will bo held at Olatho
December 12 , 13 nnd 14.
Ex-Congressman Ben Clover fell out of a
vagon In Butler county the other day and
broke his collarbone.
Harper and Burton counties voted to
make the county printer an elective olllce a
privilege accorded by a recent law.
Miss Margaret Schletzbauni , who was
elected county cleric of Danlphan , received
more votes than any man on her ticket.
Miss * Annie B , Halderman , formerly of
Leaverwortb. Is sold to have made $1,0'JO,000 '
by successful ventures In Joplln zinc mines.
Hickory nut parties are the latest thing
In Atclilson society. A prize is given nt a
party to the one who cracks the most
hickory nuts In u given time , >
The New Era says that a Valley Falls
business man received a check for 3 cents
a few days ago. It bore a 2-cent revenue
stamp , und cost 2 cent ? to mall It to him.
An editor at Concordla , Kan , , when Miss
Helen Gould visited the place recently ,
wrote an article Inviting her to get married
and nettle down In Concordla , When Helen
Gould miw the article oho said : "If that
man wan not married I might be tempted
to take him , wooden leg and all. "
The tallest man In the Twentieth Kansas
wan Sergeant Hrldgman of Company B. He
li several Inches over six feet In height and
is as slim proportionately as ho is tall. The
shortest man was Private Jones of Company
G , Ho Is a little over flva fret in height
nnd IH about as big around us he Is tall ,
The- farmers within eight or ten miles of
Chanuto are generally preparing to heat and
light their dwellings with gas. From $150
to $300 will sink n well down to the ehulo
gas and plumb their buildings , and then
these farmers are Independent of wood , coal
or oil , besides having the beat fuel In the
world.
The government ho * a sited Kansas to con--
trlmito to Its proposed corn exhibit at the
Parlti exposition. Ten barrels of UB many
varieties are wanted. If lesp than that
number of varieties are Bent two barrels of
each are wanted , The corn In the barrels
is to bo on the ear. Two bunhels of the
sumo varieties of shelled corn are uS3 )
wanted. The tall utalkf , that are rcspon8l-
tile for so many stories , are also wanted.
About 00 will be packed In long boxes and
shipped with tbe corn. The government will
nay all expenses of shipping the corn from
Topcka to Washlneton ,
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Light Eecaipts as Usual on ths Last Day
of the Week ,
HOGS ARE SELLING A LITTLE EASIER
Mnrkct for the Week In tower Sheep
Are Scarce , lint 1'rlccn Arc
Lower Cattle Arc Xoinl-
nnlly Steady.
SOUTH OMAH'A , Nov. IS.
Receipts were ; Cattle Hogs. Sheep.
Oniclal Monday 6,720 4.050 4,9.
Ofllclal Tuesday 6.30S 10,065 3,181
Oltlclal Wednesday 6,020 9,894 3,959
Olllclal Thursday 6,202 9,560 3.1KJU
Official Friday 3,409 8,302 1,311
Omclnl Saturday 218 9.JMS JMjOJ
Total this week .27,918 M.179 18,143
Week ending Nov. 11..18,810 42,293 23.G.2
Week ending Nov. 4 25,171 40.C1G 22,064
Week ending Oct. 28..26,964 44,570 32,172
Average price paid for hops for the lust
several days with comparisons :
J1S99.1S9S.1S97 | | lS9fi.lS95.lSl.18g3. | ! ! ) | .
Nov. i. . . . 4 01 3 531 3 29 3 42 4 44 B 90
Nov. 2. . . . 4 04 3 451 3 41 3 27 3 44 4 45 5 'JS
Nov. 3. . . . 4 04 3 47 | 3 43 3 30 4 39 C 07
Nov. 4. . . . 4 02 3 51 3 43 3 31 3 33
Nov. 5. . . . 3 62 3 44 3 21 3 3. ; 4 41
Nov. G. . . . 4 01 3 46 217 336 4 50 5 81
Ncv. 7. . . . 4 02 3C5 * 3 23 3 45 < 55 5 85
Nov. S. . , . 4 03 3 52 364 3 45 4 42 5 81
Nov. 9. . . . 4 06 3 45 3 41 3 28 3 39 4 2a 6 34
Nov. 10. . . 4 03 3 47 3 31 t 4 41 5 63
Nov. 11. . . 4 02 3 43 332 3 17 339 673
Nov. 12. . . 3 44 338 3 22 3 45 4 43
Nov. 13. . . 3 91 * 334 3 23 3 44 4 64 6 63
Nov. II. . . 3 92 3 41 3 25 3 451 4 44 5 64
Nov. 15. . , 3 90 3 35 327 3 4 37 6 61
Nov. IB. . 3 S4 3'35 ' 327 346 4 37 6 64
Nov. 17. . . 38. 3 36 332 3 11 44S 5 29
Nov. 18. . . 3SG 3 32 3 14 3 41 5 2JI 5 S&
'indicates Sunday.
The olllclal number of cars of stock
brought In today by each road was :
' '
C. , M. & St. P. . . . . . ? - ? -
O. & St. L. Ry. . . . I ! 3
Missouri Pacific Ry 2 7
, 3 Ifi
10
, 1 26
. .
C. , 15. & Q. Ry . 1
C. , R. I. & P. Ry. , E .
C. , R. I. & P. W . 4
Cripples and driven In. . 7 62
Total receipts . 9 129 6 3
The disposition of the day's receipts was
as follows , each buyer purchasing the num
ber of head Indicated :
Buyers. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Omaha Packing Co . 1.015
G. H. Hammond Co . 23 1,580
Swift and Company . 12 1,162
Cudahy Packing Co . 11 1.8S4 623
Armour & Co . 49 2,149
Omaha Puck , Co , , 1C. C. . . 47
Cudahy Pack. Co. , K. C . 904
Armour & Co. , Sioux City . . . 505
Vansant & Co . 19
J. L. Carey . s
McCrcary & Clark . in
Huston & Co 46
Other buyers 31
Held over 500 . . . . 1,071
Totals 76S 9,329 1,691
CATTLE No fresh cattle of any consequence
quence were on sale today and there was
nothing to make a teat of the market.
Values were nominally steady with yester
day.Tho
The cattle market this week has not been
entirely .to the liking of sellers. In that
values have been lower. The very best
ueef cattle have not declined much , pos
sibly lOo for the week. However , the
warmed-up and common kinds of cattle
have declined 25c. It would be well for
shippers to be very careful about shipping
warmed-up cattle , as they are more than
likely to sell to very poor advantage.
The worst break of the week was on cow
stuff , which went off 2330c , owing to the
largo run. Canners , however , owing to the
brisk demand , did not decline on an average -
ago over lOc.
The best stockers and feeders for the
week were lOc lower and common to medium
stuff of all weights , and light cattle of all
kinds about 25c lower.
HOGS The market opened about steady
on the best light and butcher weight hogs ,
but easier on heavy hogs as a rule. Later
on , under the Influence of the lower close
at Chicago and the fact that It was the
lust day of the week , the market eased
off and closed weak to 5c lower. The de
mand waj fair and the market in reasonably
good shape , in spite of the fact that prices
were a little lower.
The general tendency of tbe bog market
this week has been lower , values having
shown a decline each day , with the single
exception of Friday , when there was a
slight reaction , as will bo noted from the
table of average prices. Another fact that
will be seen from the same table is that
boss are now selling at the highest point
for this" season of the year since 1891.
SHEEP The few sheep here today were
bought to arrive , so that In reality there
was nothing here to make a test of the
market. The shee.p market this week has
md a lower tendency , especially during
he latter half of the week , and It Is safe
o yay that prices arc lOfflSc lower. At the
same time the demand lias been fair and
quite a good many of the sheep have been
bought by the packers In advance of ar
rival. Feeders have been rather slow all
ho week and on most days the market
on that kind of stuff has been quoted as
draggy.
Quotations : Good to choice fed wethors ,
l.254.40 ; good to choice fed yearlings ,
4.40W4.CO ; good to choice grass wethers ,
4.10Q4.25 : fair to good grass wethers , $3.90 ( ! ( >
.10 ; good to choice grass ewes , $3.6003,75 ;
air to good grass ewes , $3.255T3.50 ; good to
bolce native lambs , $5.00 5.50 ; good to
holce western lambs , $5.00 < ? J5.23 : fair to
good western lambs , $1,7504.90 ; feeder
vethers , $3.C5iiT3.75 ; feeder yearlings , $3.75 < < ( >
.00 ; good to choice feeder lambs , J4.25fi4 40 ;
air to good feeding lambs , $1.0004.25.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MAIIKIST.
IViillve Cattle IllKheNt in Sixteen
Ycnrn , TPXIIH HlnIieM < In Seventeen.
CHICAGO. Nov. IS.-CATTLE-NotwIth-
tandlng receipts this week were the third
argest of the year the best native cattle
lave sold the highest for November slncu
SS3. This week witnessed a triumph for
"exas on the Chicago cattle market , when
"exas fed cattle brought $ fl,35 per 100 Ibs.
Ylday , being the highest price for Texas
attic since .May. 1SS2. Chicago also paid
ils week the highest price for western
ingo cattle since 1S91 $4.50 per 100 Ibs ,
turltet steady , generally unchanged ;
irictly fancy , $ G.75iS'7,00 ; good to choice ,
5.50 < f)6,50 ) ; poor to medium , $ I.HOfl5,40 ; mixed
lockers , $3,0003.75 ; selected feeders , J4.255J )
.80 ; good to choice rows , $3.75 4.50 ; heifers ,
3.6005.00 ; cnnners , $2.0003.00 : bulls , $2.40 ®
.30 ; calves , $4.00i7.25 ; fed Texas beeves ,
4,3306.35 ; grass Texas' steers , $3,2501,25 ;
vestorn range beeves , $4,0005,30.
HOGS Market steady to a shade lower ;
oed clearance ; top , $1.05 ; mixed and butch-
rs , $ : ! .SOB4,05 ; good to choice heavy , $ : i,85f >
05 ; rough heavy , $3.7503.85 : light , $3.750)
971,4 ! bulk of sales , $3,9003,95.
SHEEP Market about steady , prices un-
langed : native wethers , $3.7Mi4.50 ; lambs ,
,004(5.25 ( ; western wethers , $3.8001. 10 ; west-
rn lambs , $4.6005.10.
Receipts : Cuttle , 300 head ; hogs , 18,000
lead ; sheep , 1,000 head ,
ICiuiNiiN City lilve Stfiflt.
KANSAS CITY , Nov. 18-CATTLK-Re-
elpts , 600 head ; weak at unchanged prices ;
iipply of choice killing cattle this week
as small : prices advanced about lOu and
moro could have been used to advantage ,
vhlle all other grades were uotlvj .it steady
o lOc higher , other grnd-js showing the
nest strcTFtli ; heavy mitl/a steers brought
j.lOJjC.lO ; lightweights , $4 61 JT 30 ; mockers
ml feeders , $3.2505.10 ; butcncr cows 'ind
elfers , $3.0005.35 ; fed 'Ve.-Uerns , $4.0005.6 , ) ;
vestern feeders , $3.0004,53 ; Toxaris , W.O" ®
,70.
,70.HOGS
HOGS Receipts , 4,700 head ; trade slow ,
irlces mostly steady ; a few common droves
&a lower ; heavy , $3,9004.00 ; mixed , tU00) )
' . ' 0 ; light , $3.75 < f/3.UO ; pigs , $3.6003.70.
SHEEP Receipts tills week. 14,000 head ;
oed Iambs were scarce this week nnd met
1th good fnlo at strong prices ; motions
n liberal supply and values are IHfi2'iu
lower ; stackers and feeding kinds active ,
I steady ; lambs brought .M.S00 > 5.35 ; muttons ,
$3,7501.35 ; feeding lambs , $3.0N.60 ; feeding
sheep , (3.2503.75 ( ; feeding ewes , J'-.DOji3.'j5 ' ;
culls , $1.6002.50.
St. I. oil IK Mrn Stunk ,
ST. LOUIS , Nov. 18-CATTLE-Recelpts ,
200 head ; market steady : native shipping
and export steers , $1.5006.35 ; dressed becif
anil butcher steers , $4,4005.35 ; stssrs under
1.W10 IbB. , $3.0004.75 ; stockerw and feeders.
i $2.3001.65 ; cows and lieifcrn , $2.0U M.75 ; can-
nero , $1.5002.b5 ; bulls , * 2.90ff4 , Texan and
Indian steers , $2.5001,75 ; cow * und heifers ,
" '
"iloa's-RecelptH , l,60rt head ; market
strong to DC higher ; pigs and light , VI.75T { <
3.95 : puckers , $3.b504.00 ; butchers ,
SHEEP Receipts , nominal , no
SI. .loxrpli llv Slock ,
SOUTH ST. JOSEPH , Nov. 18.-Speclal. ( )
The Journal quotes ;
OATTLB Receipts , COO head ; market
steady to strong ; natives , $ l.0 > 8o.W ; Texaa
nnd westerns. $ .1.40tTfi.60 : cows nnd heifers ,
$2.0034.60 : bulls nnd stacs. K.CKKf 1.60 : year.
lings and caHcs , $ .1.76 < ! tt.00 ; stockers nnd
fppder ? . $3.2304.50 ; veals , $4.23fl .00.
HOGS Receipts , 4.300 head ; market
steady to 2'Jc lower ; nil grades , $3.S503.95 ;
bulk. $3.87H5i3.92V4.
8HISI3P Receipts , none ; demand strong.
IVeir York l < lvc Stock.
NEW YORK , Nov. 1S.-HBEVES-RP-
CPlptf , 007 head : a car of cows sold at $1,70
02,00 ; foiling steady ; exports , 1.0S3 head
cattle nnd 6.233 quarters of beef.
CALVES-RecclptR. Ifil head ; dull ; veals ,
$6.00JS.OO $ ; grnsscrs. $2.75.
SHEEP AND LAMB3 Receipts. 2,610
head ; slow ; sheep , $2.5003.60 ; lambs. $ I.OOH >
6.60 ; Canadian lambs , $5.0oCifl.20.
HOGS-Rccelpts , 3,922 , head ; steady at $4.2 ?
04.35.
Stock lit
Following are the receipts nt the four
principal western markets for November 18 :
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
South Omaha . 21S 9.24S l.Ol
Chicago . 300 11,000 1.000
Kansas City . COO 4,700
St. Louis . 200 1.600
Totals . .TsTs SJiiilS 2.C9I
AUOU.VU A noonoo.
Superstition DletnteN the Plans of a
WiiNliliiMon Miiiuilnn ,
A palace built literally around a supersti
tion U Washington's newest marvel , and one
may safely say that nothing to match It has
over been seen anywhere , relates a corre
spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Uaronlal castles , as well ns edifices of other
kinds , often gain resident spooks or acquire
curses as Incidents of their history , but It
has not been the fashion hitherto to provide
in the architect's plans against such troubles ,
and the notion of embodying n hoodoo-killer
In the very fabric of a mansion Is wholly
novel ,
The owner of this remarkable house , which
as yet Is not quite halt finished , Is Mrs , n ,
H. Townscuid of New York City. Before her
marriage she Avas Mary Scott , a daughter of
the late Colonel Tom Scott , of Pennsylvania
railroad fame. Her wealth runs up Into
millions , and the mansion aforesaid will
cost her about $400,000. Itwill bo nearly
twice the size of the famous Loiter house ,
on Dupont circle , being 125 feet In width
and 123 feet in depth. Mrs. Townsend Is
building It , she says , for her younger daugh
ter , now 17 years of age , and almost ready
to enter society. It will be the scene , doubt
less , of some of the most gorgeous enter
tainments over gvlcn at the national capital.
Now , once upon a time a very proper
way to begin such a story as this Mrs.
Town&end Interviewed a witch. It was a re
markably clever witch , and , In revealing the
future of her lady patron , she predicted a
number of events since realized with as
tonishing accuracy in Mrs. Townsend's life.
It was a very bright and cheerful picture
shn drew , on the whole one may command
a good deal of brightness and cheerfulness
If ono possesses millions of dollars but
there was ono unpleasant prognostication.
This was that , If Mrs. Townsend should ever
occupy a dwelling that had never been lived
in before , she would die within six months
after moving into It.
Thla nrobnMv struck Mrs. Townsend ns
gruesome , to say the least , and up to now
she has carefully avoided all risk of Incur
ring the penalty suggested. Though anxious
for some tlmo past to move her residence
to Washington and build a home here , she
has been restrained from the accomplish
ment of this desire by the witch's ominous
vaticination. She thought of buying a
house , but could find none that was largo
enough or adequate in other repects for
her purposes. At length , however , she hit
upon an ingenious method of evading the
hoodoo and getting what she wanted at the
same time. She decided to purchase the
old Hillyer mansion , on Massachusetts av
enue , and to construct a palace around it.
This she Is doing In such a manner that ,
while occupying the new mansion , she will
actually live In the old Hillyer house , the
skeleton of which is retained as a middle
portion of the revamped structure. Her bed
room , her dressing room and bathroom
and her boudoir will bo In the ancient
dwelling , the original floor joists and frame
work , as well as the roof , being kept Intact.
Thus the hoodoo will be defeated , inasmuch
as the construction on which the builders
are now engaged comes under 'tho bead of
"alterations , " technically speaking , and
Mrs. Townsend may consider herself safe
against the fulfilment ot the conditional
threat recorded against her in the book of
fate.
fate.One
One interesting point in the story Is that
the retention of the framework and roof
of ths Hillyer house does not save one cent
of expense ; on the contrary , it adds to the-
ccst of the mansion , being very much in the
way of the builders who are obliged to ac
commodate their plans to the old skeleton
Instead of putting up a fresh ono to suit
the requirements of the new structure.
Another very curious fact well worth
mentioning In this connection Is that the
Hillyer house which the millionaire New
Yorker IB thus cmziloylnr as a nucleus for
her magnificent future habitation , Is Itself
most unlucky , having 'been the scene , a few
years ago , of a deplorable tragedy an inci
dent , In fact not less melancholy than the
suicide of the only daughter of its owner ,
Judge Hillyer , from whom Mrs. Townsenfl
bought the property recently. The roman
tic hlstorv and tragic fate of nrcttv Bessie
Hillyer , who married for love against the
wishes of her family , make one of the sad
dest chapters In the social records of the
national capital.
Cut I'reveiitH n. JJurirlnry.
Captain Samuel G. Iluytcr of Hloomfleld ,
N. J. , former department commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic of New Jer
sey , Is tbo owner of a Maltese cat named
Dewey , Ills next door neighbor is George
Havlland , a New York merchant. Mr. and
Mrs , Huvlland were to the theater the other
night , leaving no one at home.
Mrs. Iluytcr was reading In her room
when her attention wiui attrarted by the
mewing of the cai , She opened a window ,
Jet him In and resumed her reading. The
rut continued to mew and ran back und
forth.
Mre. Hnyter began to think Dewey was
mad. Dewey llnullv began to tear her drees ,
and 'then ' , thoroughly alarmed , she opened
the door to let him out.
AVhen ehe reached the front piazza she
noticed a light In Mr. H'nvlland'H houso.
Knowing that the Havllands were not nt
home she yelled "Burglars ! Burglars ! "
Captain Hayter returned home at that
moment , nnd , learning what the trouble
was , started for Havlland's home. Ho paw
two men leaving the houce on a run nnd
followed them. They Jumped into u wagon
and escaped. They got no booty. Dewey
Is to wear a new collar ns a reward ,
MlHNourl and MlHNiiiirlniiN.
Elmo's cheese factory will open next
week.
Pattonsburg Is to have rural free mall de
livery.
A new postofflce in Livingston county is
called Harmony.
Bob Lester was dragged to death by a
team at Gallatln.
Corn gutherlng Is nearly finished in many
north Missouri counties.
A Canton man found a pearl as largo as
a pea ( n n mussel shell the other day.
The Parnell Sentinel remarks that Noda-
way county needs less law and more rope.
Hannibal is to have n cigar and tobacco
manufactory that will employ 500 men and
boy * .
There are n few lens canines In Pnttons-
burg than formerly. A dog poisoner has
teen at work.
At a church soda ) held at Chllllcothe
where hugging was permitted $63 was
raised In a Hlnclo hour.
There Is nothing In a name after all. Mr.
Wisdom was fined $20 nt Trenton the other
day for catching fish with a seine ,
James Pistole , of Hopkins has shelled und
shipped 12,000 buKhels of rorn already thin
fall , for which he received 26 ! cents per
bushel.
II , S. Priest of 8t , Louis , who resigned n.
federal Judgeshlp under President Cleve
land , IB said to have' a practice now that la
worth $200,000 per year.
John D. Henderaon started to cut down
a tree at Jumepon a few days ago. The
llrst lick he struck the tree the ax sank In
honey to a depth of a foot. Ono hundred
pounds of sweetness was taken from the
tree ,
An Oak Grove woman , says the Winston
Star , who couldn't afford a new $5 hat ,
went home , pounded her old hut with u rollIng -
Ing pin , Kturk a turkey feather through the
band and went to church the next Sunday
< ho envy ot all the women In the town ,
BANKER RIEGER IS CONVICTED
Vnrmor PronldriH of Ml-inonrl Xa-
( Innnl Knund ( inltty of .Mlxnpply-
Inp : Kmidft of HIP llnnlt.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 19. Dnvld V. IlloRcr ,
former president of the Missouri National
bank , which foiled In November , 1SOS , owing
depositors $1.500,000 , fans been , In the
United States district court , found pullty of
misapplying the bank's funds nnd sentenced
by Judge Adonis of St. Louis to six years In
the penitentiary. A formnl motion for a
new trial was overruled and the case will
RO to the United States court of appeals.
HICKor was released on n $20,000 bond
furnished by relatives.
Robert 1) . Covlngton , former cashier of
the bank , who was Indicted Jointly with
niegcr , was Acquitted.
Illegcr Is now engaged In the Insurance
business at Springfield , 111. , and Covlngton
Is In business In Chicago. Both had lived In
Kansas City many years and were well and
favorably known.
The Missouri National bank failed for the
second tlmo November 30 , ISflG , nnd car
rled down the Hank of Wostport , a private
concern. It had nearly 2,200 depositors and
carried $1,501,000 In deposits , 62 per cent of
which haa been paid depositors since by
the receiver. Shortly after the failure Ille
ger and Covlngton were arrested on numer
ous counts charging misapplication of the
bank's funda nnd embezzlement. They were
tried last November , the Jury falling to
agree. The present trial has lasted ten
days and has been hotly contested by both
sides. Treasury Department Expert B. P.
Moxcy , who worked up the case against the
bankers , was the state's principal witness nt
both trial * .
The first count of the Indictment against
Illeger nnd Covlngton , upon which Illeger
was convicted , IK founded on the discountIng -
Ing of a note of 13. W. Townley for $1GGOO.
The testimony showed that the note wae not
well secured and that Illeger accepted It to
pay off nn accommodation note of J , J. Ille
ger , which had been put In the bank to pay
a no'to of President Illeger for $15,000.
SWI3I21 * OK THI2 MONGOLIAN IIACI1.
IiullcntloiiN ( lint tlio Cliiiiedo Mny Vet
Overrun Civilized Imid * .
Evidences are not altogether lacking , says
the Boston Transcript , that Macaulay's trav
eler from New Zealand , visiting In the Lon
don of the future , will nnd himself. Instead
of "In the midst of a vast solitude , " In the
center of a population of several millions of
almond-eyed , yellow-skinned denizens of the
metropolis of the world. The sweep of the
Mongolian race is a fixed fact , to which the
wisest and brightest of minds may well turn
their attention. Some Malthus of the future ,
some Hofrath Heusrecke of a yet unfounded
Institute for the repression of population ,
may rlso to give his serious attention to this
problem , ere the west be nwallowed up by
the all-engulflng jaws of the yellow dragon.
Backward as one may consider the civiliza
tion of the Chlnsc , the fact yet remains that
where they arc given an Inch they toke an
oil , and neither the exclusion decree of an
Otis nor the competition of the Semitic race
is absolutely effectual in stopping the for
ward movement of the Mongolian. There
are gaps in the Chinese wall. The barrier
was effectual for ages nnd generations in
keeping the "foreign devils" out of China ,
but it could not keep In the Chinamen. The
Chinese trader has pushed his way from
Pckln to St. Petersburg and from Canton
to the port of Vladivostock , in spite of the
strenuous objection of the Russian Jew ,
who retires , baffled and beaten , after a setto
with the Celestial. With all their reputed
hatred of progress , as exemplifled by the
locomotive and the Krag-Jorgcnsen ride ,
the queued merchants have not been slow
in pre-empting the most available business
locations along the line of the Trans-
slberlan railway.
There is an awakening consciousness
among' the students of ethnological char
acteristics that the people of the Celestial
empire have been misunderstood and that
they poasefc a simplicity which is , after all ,
a high species of cunning. It is reported
that the recent Illness of the dowager em
press was but a subterfuge to allow Marquis
Ho to establish a few needed reforms around
the Imperial household and to glvo him a
chance to eliminate certain individuals. No ,
the Chinese are not so slow as some people
would have us think. Of course , we all know
that they were familiar with gunpowder
centuries before Monk Schwartz's pestle wae
blown skyward , but possibly , seeing the
effect of giving flro to mortals , they kept the
knowledge to themselves. Yet as they move
across the map of Asia and Europe they maybe
bo expected to introduce new notions Into a
world which considered their doctrines as
strange as their appearance and dress.
Harlkarl , at least in a political sense , we
already ewe to them and what other great
Oriental Institutions may not follow the
march of the Mongolian race ? Possibly our
own vegetarians may be paving the way for
the domination of the rlcc-catlng people.
Surely the signs of the times , in splto of all
our boasts of Anglo-Saxon supremacy , point
to a conflict , generatlonn hence , with our new
almond-eyed neighbors of the east , and there
are not wanting thoea of our people who see
In imagination some "son of the sun" as the
future ruler of a universal Imperialism under
Mongolian rule.
GUNS TKSTKU IN SI2CIII5T.
Secretary Hoot K.\I > | MIIH Why Kxporl-
iiientN Wore I'rlviitv ,
Secretary Root's response to a request that
representatives of the press be allowed to
be present nt tbo Important tests of guns and
explosives at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds was : "I nm sorry , but I don't think
It is possible to allow you to go along. The
government in these t 'ts ' Is In very much
the same position any ono engaged In any
branch of trade is where there are competi
tors. Such a one would not show his hooka
to his rival and enable htm to learn all the
secrets of his trade , and yet If you wcro to
accompany us that Is exactly what wo would
be doing , for the government would throw
open Us books and expose to all Its rivnlH
this part ofla \ methods of carrying on Its
business , Certain trsts are to bo made that
render It necessary that It should bo carried
on privately , and be , in fact , a sort of army
family affair. "
Lieutenant I. N. Lewis of the artillery , the
recorder of the board of ordnance and forti
fications , said to a newspaper man : "Secre.
tary Root Is very anxlou ? that nothing
definite should get Into print , either about
the experiments already had or those to be
held hereafter. I heartily agree with him
r.nd feel that no efforts too strenuous can be
taken to accomplish this end. There has
been altogether too much publicity in the
past. Take thorite as an Instance. Nothing
should bo known of this explosive , yet the
press has published columns concerning It.
The direct result of this publicity Is that wo
are experimenting , not alone for ourselves ,
but for the whole civilized world as well ,
and this publicity has become a Bcr'ous
drawback to the development of our modern
high explosives , The secretary IB determined
that It shall stop and that hereafter there
shall be no more leakage. " The publications
heretofore "throwing open the government
books and expcalng to all Its rivals this part
of Its method of carrying on Its business"
were not made in the press alone. The fact
is that the too great "publicity in tbo pant"
and the "leakages" were largely effected In
government official reports , where , from year
to year , minute details wcro given of toils
and Important experiments , and for every
column published In the newspapers there
wcro probably bund rods of pages of "pub.
docs. " containing detailed accounts and ac
curate illustrations , showing minutely the
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progress of experiments with guns and ex
plosives nnd the plans and works on fortlfl- *
cations and harbor defenses. After the outt
break of war last year , for Instance , there
appeared in the Congressional Record a com.
plcte list of the coast fortifications of the
United States , with full details , which could
not have bone furnished by any ono except
under authority of the War department.
The recorder of the board ald further that
"already too many attaches of foreign coun
tries are altogether too well Informed as to
what wo are doing. None of them were
present. Foreign newspapers also ara
getting n deal too much information as to
our doings in this line. "
Ono way to avoid exposing to rlvalo this
part of the department's method of carrying
on its business , save the Washington Times ,
Is to use the "blue pencil" on government
"pub. docs. , " which would at least limit to
some extent the facility with which "at
taches of foreign countries" become Informed
as to "what wo nro doing , " and foreign
newspapers also would get a deal less ln
formation as to ttio government's doings la
this line.
Dllllciilt Tcht. V
One of tbo hardest tests given applicant
who go before the Civil Sorvlco commission
boards of examiners , reports tlio Washlnc *
Ion Post , IH In the form nf printed mattci
which Is to be copied without a Hlngla
change. It li Bnld to bo surprising to llnd
how many Intelligent people Und It Imp03 <
Hlble to properly Eland thlw test. They can
frequently correct errors In language which
they cannot copy verbatim.
Tlient was lately nn applicant who
showed his aptitude for this work. Mo wua
given a printed page and told to copy It ,
"Want it Just illco tills'ho ( inked.
"Without a change , " the examiner re *
piled.
The man labored. The printed mattof
wan on a white pheet that was upotlew ,
with the exception of a lly speck on ono of
Its corners. The sheet tlio student linrl wu
I mlniiH a blemish in that puniciilar spot ,
but when It was turned In there was a we.ll-
Imitated lly ppeck. There was not a Haw
In the work , and ho received a rating ot
100 on Unit portion of his examination and
today Is onu of the best and most trusted
employes In the service of the commission ,
wliero ho was detailed shortly after taking
lil ; < examination.
The Uhlllll ,
Detroit Journal : Thn heartless landlord
II.'IH come to nvlrt the widow with eighteen
children , many of whom are teething.
Hut at the threshold the woman waves
him hack Imperiously.
"Not today ! " she crleo.
"Why not ? " asks the landlord , with par *
donablo curiosity ,
"Hecuuso , " the woman replied , "no pltl-
lets : storm of rain mingled with Icy Hloot
nines without ! "
Tlif landlord grinds bin te < > th In Impotent
rage ; ho may trample under foot the
promptings of his better nature , but not
the conventionalities established by long
usage.
" \V rlclni : > i of n ( lueer Iair ,
Tlio Hofton Herald Kays : "A man was
brought Into thn Sprlngthtld pollen court tha
other dity charged with neglecting to Blip- M
port Ills wife , Jin pleaded guilty and was
lined $20. Thereupon Ills neglected wlfa
stepped up to the clerk's desk arid paid Ilia
linn , which was promptly refunded to her ,
under tlio provision of iho law relative to
non-mipport cases , vhlcli provides for the
payment of the amount of the line Imposed
on the huplmml to the * wife when the court
so directs. The- law appear * to be Imfed on
the right principle , but It operates qucerly
sometimes , as In this case. "
flilciiKo Hole ! Tiller
KANSAS CITY. Nov. Ift.-Frank Vlcker * .
who Is wanted by th Chicago police on a
cliargo of stealing money und valuables to
Iliu value of J2.DOO from tlio gucnlH of the
Great Northern hotel In that city , wius ar
rested hero today. Hn linit been traced
from Los Angelon to thl city and will ua
taken to Chicago tomorrow.
.Notify Mrx , I , < IRIIII of Delay.
YOl'NOBTOWN. O. , Nov. 19.-A message
was received today by Miu Logan from tlio
War department mating that under the
sanitary regulations at Manila the romaltia
of Major Logan could not lie dlnliiterri-d for
two weeks , but that at thn end of that
tlmo they will bo shipped by fast steamer to
San 1'Vanclaco. _