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6 t ' ' svf&Oxr- ' ***^S^ w \*Bir*y*^^^CTTO> Ssssst t fisMJW» aßi> /? \\\s\\\ssWSt, X B^^^l J ■igfesfilaa'M'fe''^ -JH|U|H^r^M>j}>/ OQnVsMrWrßrjc TRAM 18 IRREuTLAR BRADSTREET*S SIMMIXG I P FOR Till Wll'.h MVKKS THAT SORT OF SHOWING WARM WEATHER THE CAUSE JKothlnfr. However, to Indicate n Jiillinu on That la Aln miliix — < nu<l it ion*. Are All That Can Is«' lC\in-«'te«l With I nneuNonable Weather—lron and steel Quieter Tim 11 11 Week Kfto. NEW VORK, Dec. 1 Bradstreefs to morrow will say: •'Warm weather and a holiday have Im parted an appearance of irregularity and to some lines of distribu tive ompleting a month which has been, on the whole, quieter than wns the preceding month, but one which still makes satisfactory comparison with a corresponding period last year, when the weather conditions particularly favored distributive business in seasonable goods. The oii'e situation generally is appa rent: notable strength, in view of these conditions. Farm products, it Is true, notably wheat and corn, have been \\tak and lower on unsatisfactory foreign and, and a bearish Influence exer < Ised by increasing supplies of the former grain. Other cereals are stronger, how- Provisi' us have been lower, large* ly on Increased receipts of hogs, but lard has been steady on good export de mand. The situation In textiles has aP parently lost little in strength during the week, though raw cotton lms suffered from a bear raid In domestic and foreign on alleged estimates of heavy - being held back. Offsetting this, however, have been advices that - of actual cotton at Liverpool this week are the largest of the year. «'ot ti.n goods have been very strong, and the report of Fall River mills for the third quarter is of conditions the best Woolen goods have been ng also, despite unfavorable weather. "lr<.n and steel are even quieter than they were a week ago, and some shad more in the nature of re :. however, than of weakness, have given an appearance of irregularity. Th< j the week has been the ment on Iron ore prices, placing the for the coming season, as was inti mated in this column last week, at nearly le that paid at the opening of the it season. Other metals have been fairly firm. "Wheat, Including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,699,400 bushels, against 3,583 >'.7T bushels last week, 7,483.939 bushels In corresponding «>tk of 1898; "■' hush. Is In IM'7; 3,653,160 bushels in 189$, and 3,156,828 bushels in 1595. Since { 1. this season, the exports of wheat 1 • 89,167,946 bushels, against 96,- 1 605.042 Lush.-Is last week, and 107,938,6» ', hels In 1897-1898. Corn exports for the ! e ite 4,441,514 bush. Is. against ' 4.149,523 bushels last week. 4.7i':i.!»ss bush- | . this week a year ago, 1,585,806 bush- i In 1897, 1,768.102 bushels In 1896 and ! 1,867,054 bushels In 1895. Since Jul\ son, corn exports aggregate 96, --0 bushels, against 65,546,750 bushels 1 duriiiK the sain.- period a year ago, and I " 951 bushels In 1897-1898. "Business failures in the United States, sual at this period, number 171 for the j week, as compared with 202 last week, 1 this week "a year ago, 250 in 1897, 859 in 1896, and 3!5 in 1895. Business fail- 1 ures in the Dominion of Canada for the ; w< ek number 25, against 38 last week, 25 ! In this week a year ago, 37 in 18'j7, 47 in : 1896 and 39 in 1895." MOM-1V THE FACTOR. It Determines the Current Specula tion in Stocks. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—Bradstreet'j financial review will :-ay tomorrow: "Money continues to bo a pre-eminent fa< tor in determining the character and tendencies of curreni speculation of se curities at New York. The favorable bank statement which appeared last 'Saturday, v. hen im.- stock exchange had adjourned >ut of. r< spect to the memory of the late president had, however, been expected, and in part discounted i>y the strength of prices during the final days | of IjsJ week- The tact that s'me money j l>ad relumed from the West and that the r< establishment of a $6,000,000 surplus over the legal requirements of the banks in place of ihe deficit in reserves shown by the two preceding weekly statements, vas not entirely due to purchases of government bunds by the treasury, had a favorable effect en sentiment. Neverthe less, when the market reopened on Mon day, it became apparent not only thai speculative interests rhlch had been sup porting prices wre Inclined to realize on th< development of any public deman 1 for stocks, but th.it while stringency in the loan market was improbable, there was still no likelihood of a leturn to easy monetary cmdirions. "While money is beginning to return to New York from the West, the South is drawing considerable amounts, and it ■was al(=o noted that foreign exchange ad vanced in a way which gave support to tho idea tVuU. gold might be shipped to ! Ixmdon, until this tendency was checked by the renewel and somewhat unexpect ed firmness of call loan rates, which were only temporarily below 6 per cent, and particularly on Tuesday, were as high as E per cent. '"The turning in of some fairly large blocks of governments at the treasury on Wednesday and the extension of Secre tary Gage'o offer so that the $7,000,000 or au of the. bonds the treasury had not ob tained out of the $25,000,000 ~-vill be taken Tilor to December 23, had, however, a good effect on the tone of the money market, and arrested any expectation that rates would be allowed to reach a higher level than is needed to act as a preventive of gold expoi;ta.'' BI'SIXESS CQVriNIES LARGE. Bo Bay H. G. Dnn & Co. in Summing I'll Week's Trade. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will eay: "Business continues wonderfully large, prosperous ami healthy. As the detailed statement of failures by branches of busi ness cannot be made until next week, it seems well to say that in four weeks fail ures have been reported amounting to $6,848,590, against $8,110,475 in the same weeks of last year. $11,610,195 In 1*97 and over $12,000,030 in lM'tf and also In I*Bs. Yet the volume of solvent trade represented by exchanges at the principal clearing houses has been for the month 22.5 per cent greater than last year and 40 per cent greater than in i'2. Thus the ratio of defaults to business payments was $2.57 In $1,000 for November, IS!>5, and $2.7f. for 1896 and $2.15 for 1897, but $1.25 for 1898 and only !'O cents in $1,000 for 18^9 In many lines the volume of business has been larger than in October, notwith standing the extraordinary flood of buy ing ever since the beginning of last March. "The cotton movement has not changed much, but prices gained a sixteenth for the week, closing .it 7.81 cents, against 5.62 last year. The larger takings of spin ners and the great demand for goods have materially helped the rise. Cotton goods have remained strong, all coming forward not under contract being snapped up quickly, with contracts still unfilled runnirg into next year. "The iron manufacturer has to meet a greatly increased cost of material next yea r. "The shipments of boots and sho-s in four weeks have been 373.307 cases—l4 per cent larger than in 1897 and S3 per cent larger than In 1894—exceeding those of oilier years even more. But new busi ness, although considerable in quantity, shows a marked decrease because of the prolonged rise in prices, even though that rise has been relatively less than the advance in leather, which still continue?, or in hides, which has apparently been checked again." WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS. Brndstreefs Table for the Principal Cities. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—The following ta ble, compiled by Bradstreets. shows" the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended Nov. 30, with the per centage of increase and decrease as com pared with the corresponding week last year: ' j Inc. ! Dec. New York 1910,988,1151 3.6 Boston ... 103.517.056: 10.4 Chicago".': 104,^0,874; 15.4 Philadelphia 76,0^,120; 3.5 St Louis 25.874.855; 26.2 l'itt<burg 23,945.736 13.9 Baltimore 17,021.137; j 15.0 j San Francisco 17,285,890 7.0 j Cincinnati 12,402.350! 3.1 j Kansas City 10,707,094; 21.8 i New Orleans 10,283.615 14.2 Minneapolis 11.750,604 9.3 Detroit 6,439,996 12.8 Cleveland 8462,769 4.5 i Louisville 6,456,008 | 2.1 Providence 6.331.600 i 3.2 Milwaukee 4,955,262! | 9.1 St. Paul 4.457.1f;r 29.2 i Buffalo 4,427,439 15.8 Omaha 4.797.570! 35.4 Indianapolis 1 4.962,606' 8.1 I Columbus, O I 4.805.200i 7.6 i Washington 2.167,'J1u Portland, Or 1,623,875 1 26.6 Des Moines 1,079,166' I 12.2 Seattle 1,959,4121 21.8' Tucoma 940.336! 29.21 Spokane 1,111.011 i 30.6 Sioux City 852,516! j 6.6 Fargo, N. 1> 411.M0 24.0 Sioux Falls. S. D...1 125.(«4! 4.9 1 Helena I 609.823' | 20.2 Totals. V. S 11,437,945,1261 1 Xji Totals outside- N.Y.] 527.037.011! \ 10.2 DOMINION OF CANADA. . Montreal $14,922 448 ! 26 Toronto 9,384,040...... 1.4 Winnipeg 3,286,156] I Halifax 1,521,507 24.5!.."!! Hamilton | 783.124! 10.4! St. John. N. H 573,283! 10.8 Victoria 451.020 30 8 Vancouver 850,507| 30.1! Totals : g1,770,085|...... 1. 1.6 iia '- PENSION LEGISLATION. Important Recommendations by Sec retary of Interior Hitelirock. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The annual re port or" Secretary of the Interior Hitch cock, made, public tonight, while summing up the work In all bureaus, is of special interest by reason of its statements, re garding pension policies. At the close Of the fiscal year there were 991,519 pension ers?, a decrease of 2,195 during the year. The average annual value of r-.1l pensions was $132.74. The Spanish war probably will Increase the pension- roll dining the current fiscal year. The secretary con curs in the recommendation? for legisla tion, providing that no pension be grant ed to commence prior to the date of filing the claim, and for an early revision and codification of the pension laws, as tho numerous amendatory laws and decisions have made the whole systtm a labyrinth of laws and legal opinions. Secretary Hitchcock urges legislation to definitely construe* the act of June 27, 1890, relating to widows' pensions. Re garding this he stys: "In order to more exactly define the words 'means of support' 1 approve the recommendation of the commissioner of pensions that the act of June 27, 18!'0, be ro amended that a pensionable status b; grunted to widows whose income, inde pendent of the proceeds of their dally labor, Is not in excess of $2f«o per annum.' The report also recommends legislative authority for biennial examinations of pensioners; legislation prohibiting the payment of "any compensation whatever to pension attorneys and agents for any service in connaction with any claim or proceeding under the pension laws, ex 6ept such as may, within certain limits fixed by congress, be allowed by the com missioner cf pensions, and paid from the pension money, as now provided with respect to 'claims for pension' and for the delivery free of any part-paid letUr or packet addrersed to pension agencies.'" BRITISH COMMENT. Standard on Opening of the Amer li'itn < <»iiitr«-»*. LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Standard, in the course of an editorial briefly reviewing the present prospects of the opening of congress, says: "Seldom has a presidential message been delivered In circumstances so favor able to the nation and to the party in power as are those In which Mr. Mc- Kinley is about to approach congress." NEW YORK by the Sod Line $17.00. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1899. IT INVOLVES MILLIONS AXOTHEH BIG TRIST SAID TO RB IN CONTEMPLA TION HAVEMEYER AT THE HEAD JMiKiir Combine Reported to Have Secured Options on the Arbuckle >»Kiir Company, the Doncher Con cern, and the Outside I'liiiilh In Boston and New Orleans—Glucose Comp«n>- Approached. CHICAGO. Dec. I.—A $200,000,000 trust is in contemplation. There Is every pros pect that the American Sugar company, the Glucose Refining company, and all of the so-called independent sugar refineries will be consolidated. H. O. Haveraeyer, of the Sugar combine, secured an option on the Arbuckle Sugar company, the Doscher concern and the outside plants In Boston and New Orleans. This even ing, it is said, he will receive a definite proposition from the Glucose company, whose representatives left Chicago last night and will tonight arrive in New- York. It is understood that representa tives of the Havemeyer company have been in this city in conference with C. A. Mathleson, of the Glucose company, for several days. The result of this confer ence, it is said, was an option on the Glucose company plant. The important feature of this plan, it is said, is that the American Sugar company will ln cseaee its capitalization from $75,000,000 to $200,000,000. it is understood $30,000,000 of this will be given the Glucose people for their plant, and $20,000,000 to the out side refineries, and that the entire com mon stock of the sugar trust will be put on an 18 per cent basis. The rate of disbursement on the pre ferred shares will not be changed, while the holders of ordinary will be allowed to subscribe for the new certificates at par. The capital of the Glucose Refinery company is $40.000,000—514,000,000 preferred and $26,000,000 common—so that the cer tificates will be taken in presumably at an average of $75 per share. When quc-stloneu in reference to the prospective sale of his company, C. A. Mathieson today refused to discuss the matter, saying: "Any Information that may be of value to the public will be given out at the proper time." There is no lawful authority for the | statement, but reports from the East have credited the movement chiefly to a ; mutual desire on the part of H. O. Have i meyer, of the sugar combine, and the : Arbuckles, to combine and end the war. ! There are many people who do not credit i reports that the Glucose company will be* : sold to its older and Btronger rival. It is I a local company in the sense that a num ■ ber of its stockholders are residents of this state. In this connection the point is made that the company will be more willing to sell to Its mere formidable I competitor, since the Illinois supreme court rendered its decision than before. DISCREDITED IN NEW YORTv. NEW YORK, Dec. I.—The dispatch j from Chicago announcing the formation ! of a $200,000,000 combine, embracing the | American Sugar Refining company, Ar buckle Brothers, Glucose Sugar Refining company, and various independent con ! cerna was discredited in trade circles ehre. C. R. Heicke, secretary of the American Sugar Refining company, said he knew nothing of the deal and would not give It out for publication if he did. At Arbuckle I Brothers' office "nothing was known of I the matter." R. S. Howells, representing independent refineries, knew nothing of it. Other sugar refiners knew nothing of | it and recalled that a similar story was circulated last summer and nothing came of it. TO INTERROGATE JIMINEZ. Minister Powell Will Inquire Into Dominican Affair*. WASHINGTON", Dec. 1. — Instructions I have been sent to Minister Powell, at | P( rt au Prince, directing him to proceed j to Santo Domingo and make an investiga i lion to determine the stability of the ■ Jiminez government. The minister wili ■ also make representations to Gen. Jlml- I nez to ascertain his intentions with re i Bpect to the continuance of the conces i s'ons made by the late Heureaux gov -1 eminent to the American syndicate which ! controlled the finances of the island and to other Americans. I'nless such con cessions are recognized it is extremely di.ubtful that this government will rec ognize President Jlminezs admlnlstra ' tion. The authorities are determined that i the change in government in Santo Do ! mingo shall not prejudice American con ! cessions, and it is in pursuance of this determination that Minister Powell has received the representations indicated. It is expected the moral effect of the rep i-esentations will be sufficient. NEW YORK by the Soo Line $17.00. CongresMinen at White House. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—The White house was overrun with members of con gress today, but owing to the cabinet meeting, few of them saw the president. Among those were senators Fairbanks and Beveridge, of Indiana; Cullom, of Illinois; Platt, of Connecticut, and Lind say, of Kentucky; Representatives "War ner, of Illinois; Brownlow. of Tennessee; Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Steele, of Indi ana. Senator Platt, who was a member of the finance committee, said that the subcmmlttee. at the meeting tomorrow, would agree upon the terms of the finan cial bill to be presented to the senate. *jjfMj f4l B by disfwi-e or excesses we jbljf* JIO IM can save you. AbJespeoial |™^^ 1^ l«ts study your owe. TTV W0 I r **nd retnediee and appliance ijLgm MU r JA on approml. Return at our raf| t^*.4fi e*P«M>se u not satisfactory. 11l aULI We tniFt >'our honor. No 1 J r»v fl|ll% 9 or)- tnui. Fulli nforma- V *s^«iVr.»l tion under plain seal, free. ERIK medical co., Buffalo, n.y. MAY BE DISAPPOINTED MEMBERS OF MHMXIH DELEGA TION \*HO ARE EXPECTING MICH OF Mil. HENDERSON EAST MAY HAVE THE CALL Representative »iorri» is on the Am. foil* Sent, While Mr. Heatvtole He miiliis ModM< In Hlm Expectation* —Committee Chalrnian»hli> M Will Likely Be Scarce When It Comes to the WeMtern Contingent. WASHINGTON, Doc. I.—(Special.)—lt is merely guess work to even attempt to outline just what committee assignments members of the Minnesota delegation will secure at the hands of Gen. Henderson at the coming session of congress. The men from Minnesota seem to be earnest in a desire to get committee places which will give them an opportunity to serve their constituents satisfactorily. Some of them are selfish, however, and Repre sentative Tawney Is one of these. Mr. Tawney is a man who goes around with a chip on his shoulder and a devil-may care air, believing that his prominence will secure him whatever he may desire from the next speaker. Perhaps Mr. Taw ney will get what he is anxious to secure. There is a possibility, however, that he may be humiliated in certain directions when Gen- Henderson announces the make-up of the house committees. The other members of the Minnesota delega tion are not pushing their claims in any direction, so far as can be ascertain ed, although the seven members from the state seem to think that when the com mittees are announced they will be fairly well taken care of and if they are dis appointed will not in any way attempt to oppose the speaker on various issues of importance which he will have to deal with this winter. MR. MORRIS ANXIOUS. Representative Morris, of the Sixth Minnesota district, is anxious, as has been previously stated, to secure his old place on the rivers and harbors commit tee, a new place on the judiciary commit tee and a minor chairmanship. The Sixth district congressman is pretty certain to be disappointed, and no man better than he realizes the situation as It exists at the present time. It will not be possible for the speaker to satisfy all the aspirants who seek good positions for chairman ships or assignments on committees. It is practically certain that Representative Stevens will be given committee assign ments which will assist him in carrying through legislation greatly beneficial to his constituents. Representative Fletch er, of Minneapolis, will probably not get a chairmanship, but he will get some good assignments. Just what will become of Eddy is a question that the speaker will be compelled to decide later on. The Seventh district congressman is not a fa vorite of the new speaker, and the places he may desire will probably not be given him. Representative McCleary is certain to be far from the "firing line," so far as chairmanships are concerned. At one time it was believod to be certain that he would secure the chairmanship of the committee on banking and currency. It is now known, however, that the. place is to go to Representative Brosius, of Penn sylvania, and the Second district Minne sota congressman, notwithstanding the fact that he is well qualified to assume the leadership of this important commit tee, will be compelled to become merely a member of it. So far as the Republican members ere concerned-, however, he will be in a position td give them advice re garding future currency legislation and may add to his record as a very valua ble financial man in a minor capacity. MR. HEATWOLE MODEST. Representative Heatwole is not antici pating very much from the coming speak er, though the Northfleld edkor may re tain his present high position as chair man of the house committee on ventila tion and acoustics. This will at least re lieve him of paying office rent, and for ttls reason will meet his favor in every way. Whether or not he will go back to the house committee on foreign relations is not yet settled. He expects to assume his old place, but may be disappointed when the next speaker announces fully the places he will give the 357 members of the house over which he will preside. The entire West will probably not get all the good places the members from j these states have hoped would come to them. The East, through the efforts of • professional politicians like Quay and j Platt. will undoubtedly capture the great- j est number of prizes because of their in- r fluence with the McKlnley administra- i tion. There will be a vacancy on the j ways and means committee which wirl go to some other section than Minne scta. Mr. Tawney was a member of this committee during the last two sessions, and former Representative Johnson, of North Dakota, occupied a similar place us the congressman from that state. Mr. Hender&on, it is now assumed by his friends, will not be able to give these assignments to representatives from eith er of th»se two states, though there is a possibility that the Northwest will be represented on this great committee, but whether the assignment will go to North Dakota. Minnesota or Towa Is something that Gen. Henderson has not yet fully j decided upon. In any event, the North- | west section is not going to receive as j many favors under Gen. Henderson as h I did when Thomas Brackett_Reed wielded the gavel In the lower house. Several prominent members of the Na- j tional League of Republican Clubs are j now- in Washington either in an official 1 i <r business capacity. Sentiment, as a rule, appears to favor St. Paul as the meeting place of the league next summer. A delegation will soon be here to further the interests of the state capital. MR. Sl'l.XEirS CHANCES. At the caucus of the Democrats in the house of representatives tomorrow (Sat urday) afternoon, William Sulzer. of New York city, an aggressive candidate for the leadership of the minority, will give other candidates a hard fight for su- ] premacy. Mr. Sulzer will go into this | caucus with the Democratic members j from New York. New Jersey and Penn sylvania, and he anticipates that he will receive substantial' support from his col leagues in the South and West. Mr. Bulser's candidacy is no longer looked upon as a joke by such distinguished men as Richardson, of Tennessee; Bank head, of Alabama, and De Armond, of Missouri. Nearly all the aspirants for the leadership of the minority have opened headquarters in Washington. The friends «.f Mr. Sulzer appear to be earn est in their support, and the opposition candidates are now satisfied that his de- Mre to secure this honor from his Demo cratic associates Is no longer n.ythical. As a matter of fact, the New York city candidate Is now regarded a strong fac tor in the fight for the leadership at the coming Democratic caucus. —Van. Government Bntance Sheet. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The monthly comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the government dur ing November shows the total receipts to have been $46,945,572, as against $38, --900,915 for November. 1898. The disburse ments during the last month were $40,769, --847, which leaves a surplus for the month of $6,175,725. The receipts' from" customs during the month amounted to $19,204,417, an increase over November, 1898, of about $4,000,000. From Internal revenue, $23,693, --254, an Increase of over $2,300,000. From miscellaneous sources, $4,047,900, an in crease of nearly $2,000,000. The total re ceipts from all sources during the last five months was $238,034,390, an Increase of $33,477,000 over the same period in 1898. The disbursements during the last five months amounted to $224,621,000, as against $287,816,000 for the same period last year. Cheating Isn't Smart! It isn't at any time. It's doubly foolish and doubly wicked to cheat a man who has the be ginnings of Consumption by promising to cure him when you can't. You might as well throw a drowning man a rope with a sinker on I Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will cure Consump tion in the earlier stages ■—. sometimes even when the disease is far advanced. We say this on the testimony of thousands, many of them doctors who have prescribed the Pectoral for years and years. Their words are such as these : "My mother was troubled with consumption for many years. At last she gave up and came home to die. A neighbor told her not to give up, but to try Ayer's Cherry Pec toral. She did so, and is today in the enjoyment of good health. Of course, after this Ayer's Cherry Pectoral was a household remedy with me. Both my wife and son have weak lungs, and they always keep "Cherry Pectoral near them, for it promptly cures coughs and colds of all kinds. We would not be without it for the world " D P Jolly, Avoca, N.Y., Feb. 2, 1899. " I am using Ayer's Cherry Pectoral at the present time In my own family and am well pleased with it. It seems to have the same physical and medical properties it had forty years ago when it saved ray life."— A. J. Eidson, M.D., Fort Madison, lowa, Jan. 4, 1899. Now don't discount this testimony. We stand back of every word we print in the papers. The $1.00 size is the one for those who fear the beginnings of Consumption* J. C. Aver Co., Manufacturing: Chemists for 60 years at Lowell, Mass. FORCED TO ADJOIJrI ANOTHER WII,D SCENE ENACTED IN FRENCH SENATE DURING TRIAL. OF DEROII-EDE MUCH DAMAGING TESTIMONY Friend* of the Prisoner* Shout Themselves Hi>ar*e, But the Httfh Court I» Determined, aud Exam ination of WltneKsea la Continued! —Gen. Ho« t >t Tells o * the Inter ference With Troop* by Deroaled e PARIS, Deo. 1 —The senate, as a high court, today, by a vote of 134 to 93, grant ed the public prosecutor's request to vithdraw some of his unnecessary wit nesses. Counsel for the prisoners object ed, on the ground that they -wished to cross-examine some of them; The read ing of the couit's decision evoked violent protests from the prisoners, who rose and made a terrible din. Counsel for the de fense-asked that one of the witnesses be heard, and the court, amid great excite ment, retired. After a few minutes the public session was resumed and M. Fallieres, president of the court, announced that there was By this plan men are made powerful, the blood is sent through the veins in jumps and bounds, it carries warmth and active life to every vital part, restores vim, ambition, mental and physical power; the nerves are filled with new life and every part of the physical body feels the glow of health. 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Tne sall'tarium, I thought 1 would give your electric belt a trial, and, BrHkliL'ffSttL ttoned trouble. 1 have been well and strong ever since and would not 3l.ivrjm take $500.00 for my electric belt if I could not get another one. Too E fflflnm a From A. T. Lindholm, Ass't Postmaster, Stillwater, Hinn. Dear Bir: 1 used one of your $20 belts and must say that had I paid BT* WM or '*'• '!I'stt'"^ °f (-> > tno money would have been well invested, for BBfgk jmj tm\lmis»\ t'*e t^'1 cured me of a trouble for which 1 had doctored for years with Yours truly, A. T LINDHOLM, V I B \|flLlL^ From Supt. Leitz, of the Northwestern Casket Co. mlmimifiilll'iHiliilliufflzs I (i^X^ I><?e" lendln^ the belt to liulte a number <->f my CJ. A. 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SUNDAYS—IO TO 12 A. M. no ground to deliberate on the counsel's reouest, and ordered that Gen. l.'oget be heard as the first witness. The general described the demonstra tion of Feb. 24, at the time the tro<;>s were returning from the funeral of President Faure, and said M. Deroulede clutched the bridle of his horse, which reared. Gen. Roget added that he laid his sword hand on M. Deroultde, who released his hold. AT PEACE WITH THE WORLD. Austrian Emperor Delivers an Oiiti inleitlv Atlilre.sd. VIENNA, Dec. I.—Replying to the ad dresses of the presidents of the Hunga rian and Austrian delegations today, Emperor Francis Joseph referred with emotion to the "innumerable manifesta tions of devotion to himself and the im perial house," in which the peoples of the monarchy had united with himself in deep sorrow at the death of the em press. His majesty, continuing, said the rela tions of the monarchy with the powers continued friendly and appearedto justify confidence that they would not be dis turbed. The continuance of the peace of Europe, he added, was the surest guar antee, and this was afforded by the "un disturbed existence of the close and trust ful relationship with our allies." A further guarantee of peace, the em peror said, was the harmonious co-opera tion of all the civilized states at The Hague conference, "originated In mag nanimous Initiation of the czar, who had imparted fresh and increa&ed hopes to those recognizing the need of peace throughout the world." The'emperor also referred to the friend ly relations with Russia in regard to the Balkans. Alluding to the Transvaal, ha said: "We have resolved to observe the strictest neutrality, and can only wish the conflict is approaching an early conclusion." ■ -^»- Pnbllc Debt Statement. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—The treasury statement of the public debt issued today shows that at the close of business Nov. 29, 189P, the debt, less cash in the treas ury, amounted to $1,140,091,831. a decrease for the month of $6,537.750. During tho month the bonded Indebtedness of the government was decreased by the pur chase of bonda amouminK to about * - 712,861. Durinß the same time there was a decrease in the cash on hand of $3,175, --100, which was used in bond purchases. Monthly Clr<-n!»tlon Statement. WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—The monthly circulation statement of the comptroller of the currency shows at close of bus iness Nov. 29. IS9!'. the total circulation of national banks was $243,760,248. an in crease during the month of November of $755,554. and an Increase during the last twelve months of $l,06&.210. Gen. Wood to Return to Cnlut. WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Gen. Ltonard Wood will return to Cuba next week. He says he expects to remain in the line of the army as long as he lives and is permitted to remain.