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WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota—Threatening Saturday and
Bunday, with snow flurries in northern
portion; warmer Saturday; east to south
east winds. _ , .
NSrth Dakota—Threatening Saturday;
With light rain or snow in northern por
tion; Sunday fair and probably colder;
Variable winds, becoming northwesterly.
South Dakota—Partly cloudy Saturday;
threatening Sunday; westerly winds.
Montana—Showers Saturday; Sunday
probably fair and cooler; west to north
west winds. ■
Wisconsin—Threatening Saturday and
Sunday, with snow flurries in extreme
ftorthem portion; light easterly winds.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
}*. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
tour hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature
tnd elevation.
lightest temperature «
lowest temperature 11
average temperature 18
>aily range 1}
Jarometer <».bi
lumidity 84
°1
p. m., temperature 22
p. m., wind, east; weather, snowing.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
•SpmHlgh *BpmHigh
Battleford ...14 20 Cincinnati ...82 34
3ismarck ....32 40 Cleveland ....30 38
)algary 36 38 Galveston ....52 52
Duluth 16 18 Jacksonville .58 66
Sdmonton ...24 40 Los Angeles..66 74
lavre 32 40 Nashville ....42 46
lelena 48 48 New York 84 46
luron 36 42JNorfolk 38 60
Hinnedosa ...42 42iOmaha 48 48
?r. Albert.... 4 16;Philadelphla .86 44
Qu'Appelle ..20 22 Plttsburg ....80 32
B. Current....2B 82 San Franctscos2 54
Wllliston 30 38 St. Louis 44 46
Winnipeg ....16 16 Salt Lake 44 44
Boston 86 38 Washington .34 42
Chicago 32 82
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
SATURDAY. JANUARY 13, 1900.
COTTON AND STEEL GOODS MAR
KETS.
If the Yankee statesman should go mad
for a few years on the subject of mar
kets for steel and Iron goods and cotton
hifinufactures, outside of Europe, ho
Vould leave a record behind him of
Which great men might be envious. With
>n enormous Iron ore production, the
largest In the world, we are In imml
hent danger of entering upon a career
t)f shipments of pig iron to foreign fur
hr.ces. With the greatest cotton fields In
the world, and ample coal and water
powers to run spindles for Its total manu
facture, we are yet shipping to foreign
trills over two-thirds of our entire
Jfrcwth. And producing food sufficient to
jtced all the possible hands engaged In the
manufacture of all our cotton and Iron,
Jf they were all manufactured on our
own soil, we are yet hunting for mar
kets in South America and Asia for flour,
bocon and canned goods.
For the ten years closing with the fiscal
year 1898 the five Central American
|rtates had a balance of trade against
l^ie United States of $29,000,000, Cuba a
balance of $398,000,000, Brazil a balance of
|C 36,000,000, and the other South American
ktates a balance of $127,000,000. Of all the
countries to the south of us, for those
jten years, only Mexico, Haytl and Peru
JUtood our debtors at the close. And on
Jthe "whole shooting match" we were com
pelled to fork over the sum of 51,135,152,227
Jin gold—balance against us for merchan-'
'flise. Such brata of republics as Guate
tnala, Venezuela and Salvador came up
smiling and demanded their gold eagles
In the sums of $11,000,000, $35,000,000 and
>8,000,000 respectively, and others In like
planner. Only Mexico, Hayti and Peru
Jthanked us for Bmall favors and paid
iis in silver at the market price the to
lial sum of $72,000,000 for the ten years.
In that ten years we sold to Mexico
Weel and iron goods to the value of
barely $41,000,000, to Cuba $28,000,000 and
io Brazil $18,000,000. But we took from Mcx-
Hco cofTee to the value of $45,000,000, from
Brazil to the value of $574,000,000, and
Ifrom Cuba sugar and tobacco to the
[Value of $492,000,000.
To Cuba in that ten years we sold but
|973,000 worth of cottons, to Mexico we
feold to the value of $22,000,000, but to
Brazil only to the value of $9,704,000,
While to the whole South and Central
American hierarchy of Spanish republics
!we sold but $80,000,000 worth.
So that "the net result of ten years
J>f trading operations with our much less
Advanced neighbors on the south was a
dead loss to us of more than $110,000,000
J>er year in gold eagles, without taking
Into consideration the vessel freights on
three sides of the triangle.
1 Thirty millions short with five Central
(American revolutionary republlcsl Yet
to Costa Rica we sold cotton goods in
.that time to the value of $16,000,000, show
ing what might have been done with
the others had we sought the trade.
And we were short $636,000,000 in gold
In our trading with Brazil, the other
really great republic In th« Western
hemisphere, but supposed to be far be
hind us in all lines of manufactures and
even of agriculture. Practically all that
-we sold Brazil in that ten years came
•under the four headings of provisions,
Iron and steel, mineral oils and wood and
cotton manufactures. But cotton g-oods
only to the Bum of $10,000,000, and iron
and steel only $18,000,000. Where were
Our cotton manufacturers? Ask the
Bplndles of England and Germany. What
bocame of our total gold and silver pro
duction for those ten years? Ask the
Bplndles of England and Germany and
their steel mills. For all the excess of
trade that Brazil and Cuba had against
us went to pay for European cottons and
Iron goods, and more good money with it.
our coffee balance with Brazil al-
Jnost exactly equaled our silver produc-
Uon, while our balance with Cuba for
higar and tobacco almost exactly equaled
»ur gold production.
So that it stands thus: We had south
»f us twenty-two inferior replies o r
aland dependencies, away behind us In
the race for wealth and la all the at
tributes of civilization, bo we said, we
had had 100 years of marvelous growth,
we were 70,000,000 aggressive and Intel
lectual people, rich In the ownership of
properties worth $1,000 per capita, with
more miles of railroad than all the rest
of the world together, with the greatest
food, cotton, Iron and forest production
of any nation, opulent In improved and
unimproved water powers for the pro
duction of Initial energy, yet so absorbed
In our relations with Europe, so pleased
with the bauble of travel abroad and a
wheat market In Liverpool that we have
gone on blindly and prodigally throwing
gold dollars to these Spaniards and to
Asia and Oceanlca by the hundred mil
lions a year, when they might have been
glad to accept our cotton and steel goods
In full payment and In addition allowed
us to carry the goods both ways In our
own vessels.
See what Europe sells to them In cot
ton and steel and iron goods! But that
is subject enough for a distinct article.
Enough to say, that the South American
bill to Europe each year far exceeds
South America's balance against us—and
European vessels carry the freights three
ways, from_ Liverpool and Hamburg to
Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro, from
thence to New York or Baltimore, and
from there to Liverpool or Hamburg.
What rich picking we are for the Euro
pean nations! We have not yet learned
the lesson of the value of a shipmaster
as a missionary of trade. Our long heads
at Washington are worrying about the
merchant marine between New York and
London or Liverpool, while the trade of
South America and the Orient goes beg
ging for lack of ships and their comple
ment of commercial travelers—for every
ship under the flag is a traveler for the
trade of that flag, and makes it the busi
ness of the day to secure a return cargo
to its home port. Extend our navigation
laws to Hawaii and the Philippines, se
cure special privileges to our ships trad-
Ing to China, Australasia and the South
American republics, and It will be but a
few years until Yankee cotton and steel
goods will dominate those markets, as
those of Europe now do.
THE TRUTH WILL. OUT.
The very curt disposition made yester
day by the house of the resolution of
fered by Mr. Sulzer of inquiry into the
sale of the New York custom house Bite
to certain officially favored financiers of
New York gives promise of a course of
conduct- which may be adopted by the
present administration toward the va
rious subjects of popular inquiry which
are presenting themselves so numerously
these days.
Secretary Gage has thought proper to
make a speech In defense of his conduct
in many of the particulars in regard of
which he has recently been subjected to
serious criticism. The delivery of the
speech seems in itself to be quite suffi
cient to meet all the requirements of the
situation in the mind of the average im
perialist member. Accordingly it is
thought safe to shelve one at least of the
troublesome inquiries relating to the head
of the treasury department which have
taken such secure hold on the popular
curiosity.
This course is the one which, from the
political standpoint, must be most accept
able to the opponents of the administra
tion. It Is entirely In acoord with the on
tlre course of the administration. The
need of explaining anything whatever
does not occur to the average member
of the administration. Silence and se
crecy until after the event are the great
distinguishing policy at Washington to
day. If the public can be kept In the
dark; if It can be successfully misled by
statements wholly or in part false, until
the course contemplated has been pur
sued, there is an absolute willingness
shown to abide by the proverbially short
memory of the public, and to trust to the
distance of time throwing sufficient of
uncertainty around the event as to dull
the public curiosity. Moreover, accom
plished fact, these philosophers know, is
a strenuous influence in relegating any
subject whatever Into obscurity.
The official conduct of the secretary of
the treasury has aroused the indignation
of a large proportion of the people of
the several states, and it is regarded al
most universally as in many directions
a very fitting subjeot of official Investi
gation. If congress proceeds to discard
from serious consideration all such inqui
ries as that which formed the subject of
Mr. Sulzer's resolution, It will, the
Globe imagines, be all the better in
the effect of such action on the ultimate
condition of public sentiment. The no
torious system of co-operation which haa
prevailed between the treasury depart
ment, under Secretary Gage's direction,
and certain /well known favored interests
In Wall street, is not thus to be dismiss
ed. The truth will be made known soon
er or later, despite the best efforts of
congress in the direction of shielding the
operations of its leading characters. What
enlightenment the public has been pos
sessed of already has come without the
co-operation of congress or the White
house, and, indeed, In spite of both. There
can be but little fear that either of these
forces will prevail In the future in con
cealing the actual state of facts, what
ever it may be, from the public knowl
edge.
SENATOR* MORGAN'S NEGRO HOME.
It is hard to withhold the most com
plete sympathy with the views expressed
by Senator Morgan, of Alabama, during
the discussion provoked by Senator
Pritchard's resolutions on Monday con
cerning the grievous wrong done the
South and the Southern people by the ex
isting relation between the races In the
Southern states.
All that the Alabama Benator has to
urge is well founded. The very existence
of the negro is in Itself a pall on the
energies and possibilities of the South.
The crime committed against the suf
frage by negro enfranchisement is no
longer denied. Americans, North as well
as South, are agreed that the Southern
whites should be left to deal with their
race problem in the most enlightened
manner possible. While no outbreaks of
general violence toward the blacks of
the South can be tolerated, it Is generally
believed that the Christian sentiment of
the South, outside political influence.
THE ST. PAUI, QI/OBK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 190O»
ought to bo trusted to bring about the
ultimate solution of the difficulty.
But Senator Morgan talks about pro
viding a home for the colored man of
the South. A home where? And If the
place Is clear to the senator, how la he
going to send his colored brother home?
Supposed the colored brother refuse* to
go home, what thenT Drive him home?
Make him pull up stakes In South Caro
lina, down In the several Gulf states and
wherever else he has become an eye
sore and a menace, and migrate to the
home thus furnished for him? And who
furnishes the home? And who pays for
It? All these are not only very impor
tant questions, but it is a prime essen
tial to the intelligent consideration of any
of the various questions arising out of the
unhappy social and racial conditions pre
vailing in the South that the answer to
them shall be made known beforehand.
It Is not plain to anyone outside the
South what earthly good can come of
such discussions as that which Senator
Morgan has Just Indulged himself In, un
less those who undertake them come
armed with their specific remedy. Sen
ator Morgan might as well, In the present
condition of the resources of the country
In that particular direction, not touch hl3
subject at all as to tell this people that
the United Staes should find a home for
the negro. Perhaps it should. But, in
the name of all that is rational, how is
It going to find it, and how is it going to
get the black American there after the
home has been discovered?
The race problem In the South is a
desperately serious one, and it is grow
ing more and more serious every day.
It is not made any the less serious, but
rather aggravated by the advancement
by men of national eminence, such as
the Alabama senator, of fantastical no
tions about the United States doing
something utterly impossible to be done
to help the South rut of Its difficulty.
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REFORM IN TROUBLE.
The Globe some weeks ago advised
Its imperialist friends who were disposed
to triumph In the success of public virtue
and reform in Kentucky that It might
be well to await further developments.
It is worthy of notice that peans of
rejoicing rang throughout the land when
that election commission decided to grant
certificates of election to the "reform"
candidates in Kentucky, whereas these
days there is not a whisper in the way
of comment indulged in by the imperi
alist brethren regarding the progress
of events.
Reform in Kentucky has fallen in evil
lines. Its chief exemplar, Col. "Johnny"
Whallen, stands self-convicted of an ef»
fort to buy a state senator and his vote
for the reform candidate for governor for
the snug sum of $4,500. Self-convicted It
is, for the virtuous colonel has essayed
to explain the transaction. His explana
tion is really quite as remarkable aa the
story which it is intended to substitute
The colonel admits agreeing to pay the
senator 354,500. And the senator, he ad
mits, had thereupon declared his purpose
to vote against the wicked Goebel. But
the colonel was sadly deceived. The sen
ator, he says, told him that he had ex
pended that amount in his vain endeavors
to promote Goebel's interests, and, as his
conscience was then pricking him, he
had come to the colonel with the double
purpose of having his misspent money re
funded, and laboring thereafter in th*
cause of reform and good morals, which
meant that he would stay out of the
Democratic caucus, and vote for the Re
publican and anti-Goebel candidates.
It is not surprising under such circum
stances that our pure-minded, Christian
friends should remain silent in such a
crisis. Silence In such a case is more
than golden. With such rules adopted
by both houses of the legislature as will
have a tendency to give the worst of it
to the cause of reform, it may ultimately
become necessary to say a word or two
in order that it may not be said of pure
minded patriots such as those who are
dally endeavoring to save the common
wealth of Kentucky from Democratic
sway- that they resorted to bribery and
corruption for the advancement of thelp
self-sacrificing aims. But for the pres.
ent, and no doubt for some time to come,
the newspaper advocates of reform and
Christian expansion will feel Impelled to
keep mute tongues in their respective
heads.
Another touching feature of reform
progress in Kentucky is visible in the as
sumption of leadership of the reform
forces by the renowned W. C. P. Breck
lnridge, formerly congressman. If mem
ory serves aright, it is not so very long
since this gentleman was under a cloud
with all the strict moralists and reform,
ers who now concentrate their wrath on
the ambitious Goebel. But there can b»
no reform without progress, and Col.
Breckinrldge is evidently one of th«
progressive statesmen of Kentucky who
has concluded that the cause of reform
was In its rising tide in Kentucky and
might sweep him somewhere or other this
side of the White house itself.
It is a pleasure to reflect that silenc*
will not forever endure for the reform
ers. After the Democratic legislative
majority has succeeded in securely In
stalling William Goebel as governor of
the Blue Grass state and has made Mr.
Blackburn United States senator the op
portunity will once more present itself
for all true reformers in Kentucky and
elsewhere to break loose and proclaim to
the world the Innate wickedness of Dem.
ocratic majorities, legislative and other
wise.
_^k-
Congressman Tawney is alarmed over
the Immense Increase In the production of
oleomargarine, last year's output being
25,634,445 pounds larger than the previous
year's; the total output for 1599, he claims,
was 83,141,081 pounds. Of one thing Mr.
Tawney can feel assured, and that is, we
don't get much "oleo" in Minnesota, as
far as we know, unless we are paying
about 30 cents or more per pound for it
as butter. The state dairy department In
spection is now more efficient than it ever
was, so that the prospect of enjoying
"oleo" at 80 cents per pound on our morn-
Ing muffins is an exceedingly remote
pleasure of the future.
The Chicago Tribune reports a clash
between the United States and Turkey.
Probably a belated Thanksgiving story.
j
The persistence of that Pettigrew boy
tn putting bent ping in the presidential
chair Is very trying to Mr. McKlnley.
Mr. Root in declining to run for tho
vice presidency shows that he does not
care to become a branch of the adminis
tration.
Mr. Beverldge has not yet been named
the boy orator of the Wabash, but the
christening will not be long delayed.
The Republicans In extracting comfort
from the address of Gov. Llnd find It
necessary to use a corkscrew.
"In His Steps" has been dramatized.
The first walking gentleman should have
the leading role. ■
Even In Kentucky no contests are re
ported as a result of the recent national
bank elections.
"There Is no fool like an old fool"—ex
cept a young one.
.
j: Chat of the Capital- f
<! Washington Gossip, Political and |'
| > Otherwise, for the Readers '
' | of the Qlobo.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan.
cial.)—Comment has been excited in the
lower house of this congress over the al
leged ill treatment of Representative
Tawney, of Minnesota, by his fellow Re
publicans. Mr. Tawney was the author
or the resolution to provide for the crea
tion of a committee on Insular affairß. It
was everywhere expected that the con
gressman from the First Minnesota dis
trict would be chairman of this commit
tee in advance of the actual ruling of
Speaker Henderson. There is no doubt
but that Mr. Tawney anticipated as well
that he would be assigned to the chair
manship of this committee, and the un
derstanding now Is that this promise was
made to him by Gen. Henderson in Chi
cago several weeks before he was in
ducted into his present high office.
Reasons why Mr. Tawney was not
placed in this position are many, and It
would take too much time to recite the
various acts of the speaker to prevent
and failure on his part to assign Mr.
Tawney this important position. Two
weeks before Speaker Henderson an
nounced the "make-up" of his commit
tees Mr. Tawney believed, and rightly so,
that he would be named for the chair
manship of the committee, which will be
important in dealing with the affairs con
nected with legislation regarding our
colonial possessions at this session of
congress. Had it not been for the work
engineered by National Committeeman
Payne, of Wisconsin, and by the advice
and consent of President McKlnley Mr.
Tawney would have been given the posi
tion he desired at the head of the com
mittee, which he created by resolution,
and as a matter of fact there was no ne
cessity for giving this prize to any other
man. In order to pay a debt the presi
dent and Speaker Henderson named Mr.
Cooper, of Wisconsin, overlooking the
services to the party by the First Minne
sota district representative.
*♦ • „
Mr. Tawney is not offering any objec
tions because of the failure to get the
desirable position he wanted. He still re
mains on the ways and means committee,
a post of importance and one which will
benefit the people of the Northwest, If he
desires to introduce measures—as he like
ly will do—which will benefit not only the
people who sent him to congress, but the
entire Northwest.
* • •
Speaker Henderson, as has heretofore
been telegraphed this paper, Is by no
means as capable as was Mr. Reed,
whom he succeeds. He is not built on the
Reed plan. The former Maineite, practic
ing law In New York, with an income of
over $50,000 a year, will be able if he likes
to scoff at his former colleagues and -fol
lowers In the lower house of the national
oongress. It will be many years perhaps
before another Reed assumes to manage
what is considered the most impetuous
legislative body In the world. Gen. Hen
derson, before the end of his present
term as" speaker, will without doubt dis
cover that it is not an easy matter to
fill the shoes of the big Maineite, and it
goes without saying that his prestige as
a politician and statesman will suffer
therefrom.
* • •
The West is not at all satisfied, as I
have heretofore pointed out, with the
committee assignments allotted to the
various members in the far Western
-states on committees where the speaker
could, had he so desired.have given much
better places. It Is an open secret that ;
in order to win the speakersh!p, Mr. Hen
derson was compelled to cater to such
men as Payne, McKinley, Platt, of New
York, and others of that ilk. The West Is
dissatisfied. The members from this sec
tion have reasons for showing their en
mity to the speaker in placing them upon
committees where they will be unable to
meet successfully the requirements of
their constituents. It is not necessary to
state here that Mr. Tawney Is not the
only Western representative who Is dis
satisfied with the action of the speaker
In reference to committee assignments. I
might go ahead and name Cushman and
Jones, of Washington state; several
members of the California delegation, the
Oregon members, the representative from
Montana and others In this section of the
country.
The present speaker will therefore have
a hard task in endeavoring to force
through certain policies he has under
way, proposed as they are by the McKin
ley administration.
—J. S. Van Antwerp.
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MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
METROPOLITAN.
Otis Skinner, In "The Liars," played to
another crowded house at the Metropoli
tan last night and delighted a most ap
preciative audience. The popular star has
always been a favorite in this city, but
his reception during this engagemnt has
been the most flattering and enthu
siastic he has ever been accorded here.
Mr Skinner's engagement will close with
two performances, this afternoon and to
night.
A German star, a German dramatic
company and a German comedy will be
presented at the Metropolitan tomorrow
night. Adolf Phillipp Is the star, the
stock company from the Germania thea
ter In New York city the company and
"Em New Yorker Braver" the play. 'A
New York Brewer" Is a simple story of
German-Americans in New York city, full
of fun not without sentiment, with a
story worth the telling and enlivened
with a wealth of charming musio.
GRAND.
Romantic drama will have an inning
at the Grand op«ra house the coming
week, commencing tomorrow night,
when Juliu3 Calm's dramatio organiza
tion will present for the first time here
what is said to be one of the most pleas
ing romances of the day, "Under the Red
Robe." This is a dramatization of the
story of that name. Paul Cazeneuve, an
actor of prominence in the romantlo field,
will assume the leading character in this
play.
Performances today at 2:30 and tonight
at 8:15 will afford tocal theatergoers con
cluding opportunities to enjoy a presen
tation of that clever farcical success,
"Why Smith left Home," at the Grand
opera house.
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Oreg-ontan'H Annual Review.
The special edition of the Portland Ore
gonian, bearing Sate of Jan. 1, 1900, in Its
sixty printed pages offers a comprehen
sive exposition, past, present and future,
of the industries and resources of the
state of Washington and of the country
outside tributary to the city of Portland.
A half-tone supplement, covering a wide
variety of interestsfis a notable feature
of a most meritorious publication. The
Pacific Northwest, in this annual review,
receives treatment entirely adequate to so
Important and progressive a section of
the country. i
BUSINESS IS STEADY
BR ADSTRBETS lIEVIEAV OF TRADES
CONDITIONS FOR THE CUIU
RffiXT WEEK
SUMMING UP IS FAVORABLE
There I» <lule<neaa tut to Demand,
but Steadiness am to Prices—
Actual Opening of the Spring
Seaaon Not Yet Inaugurated—Aff-
RreMlve Strength In Prices 1*
Confined to a Few Staple*.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
"Quietness as to demand, but marked
steadiness as to prices, is still the leading
feature in trade lines, a condition, it must
be remarked, not uncommon at this stage
of the year, which Is a sort of middle
ground between stock-taking and inven
tory time, and the actual opening of tha
spring season.
Aggressive strength in prices la con
fined to a few staples, such as pork pro
ducts, which are firmly held on a rather
tardy recognition of the fact that sup
plies, both of live hogs and of dead
meats, are far from burdensome. Tallow,
cotton see.d oil and similar products are
sympathetically strong. Raw and refined
sugars have both been advanced this
week, not apparently because of the
war between the refineries being settled,
but really because supplies of raws are
limited. Quite a flurry in coffee occurred
as a result of reports of the outbreak oi
the plague at Rio.
"The bearish pressure on cotton has
not been relaxed this week, but the dis
proportion between the decline in spots
and options would seem to point to the
bear campaign having been less profit,
able than had been hoped for. Statis
tically the position of cotton is strong,
but the African war has checked British
cotton manufacturing and discouraged
foreign buying. Domestic cotton manu
facturing 1b apparently highly prosper
ous, Southern mills being especially well
employed, While low water in the streams
affects New England production. What
few lines of next season's woolen goods
have been opened are at advances rang
ing from 25 to 85 per cent and much In
terest attaches to the reception that will
be given these increased quotations.
Pending the settlement of this raw woo\
is dull, but firm and speculation la
naturally light.
"Iron and steel are extremely quiet,
but signs of weakness are not numerous,
the shading In pig iron being confined to
a few grades and markets.
"The immediate demand for lumber U
naturally seasonably light, but the
strength of supplies is notable, as evl
denced by the fact that while pine stocks
are 22 per cent smaller than a year ago,
the mild weather and lack of snow In the
Northwest, if long continued, it Is
thought likely, may affect the cut this
winter. The large yellow pine order for
10 000,000 for the Pan-American exposi
tion at Buffalo, erroneously printed
10,000,000,000 feet- last week, is Btill un
placed. ,
"Cereals have been almost hopelessly
dull this week on the "hand to mouth
demand. Stocks are large and crop re
ports are in the main favorable, but short
sellers arc nervous, in view of possible
foreign complications. Price changes,
not .only in wheat, but in corn and other
grains, are the smallest noted for many
weeks past.
"Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the week, aggregate 4,248,826 bu, against
2 509,682 bu last week, 5,678,590 bu In the
corresponding week" of 1899; 5,299.617 bu
in 1898; 3,948,154 bu in 1897, and 8,202,124
bu in 1896. Since July 1, this season, the
exports of wheat aggregate 110,742,805 bu,
against 134,036,048 bu last year, and 137,
--842,590 bu in 1897-98. Corn exports for the
week aggregate 3,314,576 bu, against 4,010,
--033 bu last week, 3,297,072 bu in this week
a year ago, 4,641,750 bu in 1303; 3,757,251
bu In 1897, and 8,336,017 bu In 1896. Since
July 1 this seasorf~corn exports aggregate
123,970,757 bu, against 89,008,099 bu during
tho same period a year ago, and 88,444,426
bu In 1897-98.
The current week's failure returns re
flect the annual clearing out of delinquent
traders in a total for the week of 29?,
as compared with 229 last week, 304 in this
week a year ago. 323 in 1898, 478 in 1897 and
412 in 1896. Canadian bank clearings for
the week aggregate $35,773,661, an Increase
of 19 per cent over last week, and a gain
of 10 per cent over this period a year
ago."
EXTREME DULLNESS.
Bradatre«t'a Review of the Financial
Situation for the Week.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Bradstreefs
financial review tomorrow will say:
"Extreme dullness characterized the
stock market in the early days of the
weelc There was a manifest lack of
buying power, and commission houses
were relatively idle, the general tone of
the market being indifferent and some
what resembled what might be looked for
in midsummer. Prices, however, held well
for a time, although the operations of the
room traders were confined to a few spe
cialties and revolved largely around the
question of the dividends to be declared
last Tuesday on Louisville & Nashville
and Federal Steel, though the market
took a favorable view of the trunk line
deals and the acquisition of the "Big
Four" and Lake Erie & Western by the
Vanderbilts.
"The relief of the money market from
the strain of preparations for the Janu
ary disbursements and the large amount
of money unlocked at that time, of which
a considerable portion" Is presumably com
ing back into Wall street for Investment,
seems to have failed to produce the ex
pected effect upon quotations. Money on
call ruled easy, a 6 per cent rate being
generally quoted, while balances de
clined on Friday to as low as 3%®4 per
cent. Time money is, however, firmly
held at 6 per cent, though some lenders
show a disposition to relax their attitude
to the extent of putlng out funds at that
rate for sixty days, while borrowers are
Indifferent and inclined to wait for easier
rates." '
BUSINESS BEGINS WEIX.
n. G. Dan A Co. Sum Up Outlook at
Opening of New Year.
NBJW YORK, Jan. 13.— R. O. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade will say to
morrow:
"The business of the new year begins
well, though there is still much of the
unusual hesitation. In branches where
last year's business was extraordinary
and prices have risen greatly some pause
is natural, though nothing Indicates de
crease of consuming disposition or pur
chasing power, but there is continuing
rise In wages to promote Increase.
Monetary conditions have grown easier
with the return of J4.000.000 from the inte
rior during the week and further depos
its by the treasury, and more liquidation
In some speculative stocks has also help
ed. Banks report an increase in their
per cent of commercial loans, and rates
were generally more easy- after the de
cline announced by European banks.
"The furnaces in blast Jan. 1 were pro
ducing weekly 294,186 tons of pig Iron,
against 296,959 Dec. 1, but as several had
stopped only for the holidays, and others
had started the output, now it is proba
bly larger than at the earlier date. It
exceeds consumption at least, as the Iron
Age shows an increase of 9,256 tons In
unsold stocks, but the manufacture ap
parently consumed during the year 13,831,
--628 tons, less small exports in December.
The Increase since 1892 is about 4,825,000
tons, or 46.5 per cent. Price changes are
slight, nor Is new business significant.
The minor metals are strong in tone, but
as yet without much change in prices.
"Textile manufactures are more fully
employed than for a long time, though
scarcity of water has troubled some cot-
ton mills, Trading is embarrassed by
uncertainty about prices.
"Hides are weaker, with a lower av
erage than at any time since Nov. 1.
"Cotton moves slowly, and the belief in
a vdry short crop is constantly strength
ened, but foreign demands are much re
duced also. On Jan. 1 only 6,000,031 bales
had come into sight against 8,001,916 last
year, but exports had decreased 1,725,000
bales, and European stocks were far be
low last year's. Foreigners are using up
old stocks, Instead of buying more, and
the price hesitates."
WEEKLY BANK CXX VRINGS.
The following table, compiled by Brad
street's, shows the bank clearings at the
principal cities for the week ended Jan.
11, with the percentage of Increase and
decrease as compared with the corre
spondlng week last year: ,
] Inc. 1 Dec.
New York $1,179.877,919 7.8
Boston 143,888,087 4.0
Chicago 145,053,868 7.4
Philadelphia 90,045.791
St. Loula 84,969,785 4.8
Pittsburg 28,031,232 23.3
Baltimore 21,630,019 6.0
San Francisco 18,611,000 23.1
Cincinnati 17.471,650 2.3
Kansaff City 13,341,499 16.0 ...."!.
New Orleans 11,235,802 10.4
Minneapolis 10,643,391 6.6
Detroit 8,627,973 2.1
Cleveland 11,707,567 18.6
Louisville 9,534,396 11.4
Providence 7,007,000 2.9
Milwaukee 6,914,499 1.9
St. Paul 6,157,409 26.2
Buffalo 5,840,113 21.4
Omaha 6,395,000 14.8
Indianapolis 7,036,899 5.5
Columbus C.414,900 7.3
Washington 8,110,212 19.6
Portland, Or 2,066,418 24.0
Dcs Moines 1,682,700 11.1
Seattle 1,988,313 65.0|
Tacoma 923,558 27.1
Spokane 1,308,482 16.0
Sioux City 1,145,393 19.0.
Fargo. N. D" 888,716 27.2
Sioux Falls, S. D... 177,994 5.9
Helena 541,425 28.5
Totals, U. 5.... $1,869,300,836 3-6
Totals outside N. V 689,422,917 4.7 ......
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Montreal $16,774,5551 9.4
Toronto 11,374,382 3.9
Winnipeg 2,588,500 37.2
Halifax 1,860,852 8.2
Hamilton 938,300 19.4
St. John, N. B 674,1621 16.0
Vancouver 798,359] 29.7
Victoria 764,551. 12.6 ,
Totals $85,773,661| 9.8|
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EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL
There Is one youngster in St. Paul, who,
If he fulfills the promise of his youtß,
will be a philosopher when he grows up.
It ia the small son of Charles Kartak.
Aa the story goes the youngster had been
guilty of some misdeeds, for which his
mother desired to inflict corporal pun
ishment. Being warned by the prepara
tions, the small boy crawled through a
small hole under the barn, where he
spent the day in cramped enjoyment of
the situation, while his mother tried with
alternate threats and promises to cajole
him from his retreat. When Mr. Kartak
came home at night the situation waa
explained to him.
"I'll bring the rascal out," he said, and
forthwith proceeded to wriggle himself
under the barn.
The urchin was crouched in a further
corner and viewed the advent of his
father with some surprise.
"Is she after you, too?" he asked.
There was no whipping.
• • •
A story Is told by Paul Cazeneuve, re
lating to a visit to Montreal a number
of years ago. Mr. Cazeneuve plays "Oil
de Berault," the hero In "Under th« Red
Robe," which will be presented at the
Grand next week.
He sauntered into a cafe during an en
gagement there. Whll« eating, his at
tention was arrested by a nervous little
man who hurriedly entered the place,
seated himself at a table next to Mr.
Cazeneuve, and at the approach of a
waiter ordered a cigar. It was brought
him and for a moment he smoked in si
lence. Cazeneuve noted that although
his neighbor said nothing, he gave every
Indication that he was keeping up a ter
rible thinking. Soon he called for some
Brie cheese and a cup of black coffee.
The waiter supposed, no doubt, that the
man had been- hurried away from his
dinner elsewhere and was accordingly
putting the finishing touches to his meal
at his leisure, when the fellow surprised
him, and. Incidentally, everyone else in
the cafe within hearing, by calling for a
plate of ice cream. Cazeneuve looked
the new comer over closely,but beyond ap
pearing eccentric there was naught un
usual about him. After the ioe cream
had been eaten, a hot roast with a full ac
companiment of vegetables was ordered.
To make a short atory, this queer patron
of the cafe finished his meal by demor
alizing a bowl of consomme, six oys
ters on the half shell, and wound up with
a cocktail! The check for the repast
was furnished, which the consumer of
.this inverted dinner paid. He was about
to leave the place as suddenly as he- had
entered it; the waiter who had been act
ing Ilk© a man In a trance while filling
the entire order could restrain himself
no longer.
"Excuse me, sir," he said in broken
English, "but you will gratify my cu
riosity, I know you will. Pray tell me
why you have ordered your dinner fore
end last?"
The fellow glanced around the room
quickly and then whispered: "I have been
a disciple of Bellamy, and have decided
to go him one better; I have been eating
backward."
• • •
There are some new conceptions of
what constitutes slanderous matter in
th« juvenile circles of Dayton's bluff,
judging from an Incident that occurred
at the Slbley school a few days ago.
One of the youngsters cam* into school
evidently broken-hearted and bawling at
a rate that seemed whole-souled, yet un
satisfying.
"What's the matter?" inquired his
teacher, solicitously.
"That boy (boo-hoo) called me a bad
name," blubbered the little fellow, un
consoled.
"What did he call you?"
But this was too much. The youngster
declared that it would not bear repetition.
However, In order to punish the other
boy for any possible Infraction of the
school: discipline, a diligent inquiry was
necessary, and at last the lad blurted out
the terrible charge.
"He called me (boo-hoo)—he called me
Agernaldo."
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BOLD ROBBERY.
Chicago Woman Victim o* Two Chi
cago Footpads.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—Two robbers, on*
dressed as a woman, gagged, choked and
robbed Mrs. George Wheelock, wife of
the chief street engineer of the city, In
her millinery store, 6816 Wentworth ave
nue, this afternoon. After taking $75
from the bosom of Mrs. Wheelock's dress,
the robbers set flre to the building in the
hope, It Is thought, that In the confusion
they might make their escape unnoticed.
Their ruse was successful, and now the
police are searching for the pair, of whom
only a meager description was given by
Mrs. Wheelock, who is prostrated over
the occurrence.
.
Prof. Hadley Entertained.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 12.—Prof
Arthur T. Hadley, president Of the Yale
university, and Mrs. Hadley were enter
tained by the Yalo men of Kansas City
today. Prof. Hadley delivered an address
to the students of C«ntral high school
this morning, and this afternoon a re
ception In honor of Prof, and Mrs. Had
ley was held at the CoateV house. The
local Yale Alumni association gave a
banquet this evening In honor of the vis
iting president, after which Prof, and
Mrs. Hadley departed for St. Louis.
«*.
Annie Wu Wedded at Sixteen.
Judge Otis yesterday took under ad
visement the divorce case of Annie Nel
son vs. Nels Nelson. The plaintiff told
the court that the marriage took place In
1890. She Is twenty-six years old and her
husband forty. Mrs. Nelson declared that
her husband was addicted to drinking
diluted alcohol and then threatening her.
NO CAUSE TO WORRY
AVERAGE CITIZEN \EISD NOT RAC»
HIS BRAIN OVER PHILIPPINE
PROBLEMS
GEEAT MINDS AEE EN KOUTE
Justice Canty, Robert O. Evam and
Star-Farmer Dowllng Will View
the Questions With Their Own
Ejm, and. Beard the Filipino In
Ills Native Mestizo—S«m<» Note*
Political.
Those anxious citizens who have been
poring over heavy tomes, and possibly
burning up electric currents. In the small
hours of the stilly night, trying to study
up on the Philippine question, at the risk
of nervous exhaustion and possible blind
ness, may now put the histories away In
the library and teach the children to
play backgammon, parcheesl, or tlddledy
wlnks, with the consoling faith that the
future of the Philippines Is going to be
settled, and settled right.
It was somewhat reassuring to many
to learn from the Globe several days
ago that Robert G. Evans had engaged
passage for Hong Kong and Manila,
and that "de Bofc" would let his guber
natorial 1 bee die of unrest, while he gath
ered material for a book on the Ameri
can Orient. That there would be no po
litical advantage given to Evans' re
searches was assured these anxious citi
zens, for almost simultaneously It was
announced that Justice Thomas Canty,
recently retired from the supreme bench,
was going to the same Islands to look at
them through the unbiased eyes of a dis
tinguished scion of the Democracy mili
tant. That these men have been good
judge* was admitted, but that there might
be no question as to the accuracy of their
reports, the public may rest absolutely
complacent In restful contemplation of
tto« fact that to the presence of these ob
servers will be added that of the skillful
chronicler, Michael J. Dowling, for sev
eral years editor of the Renvllle Star-
Farmer, where his faithful narratives of
the progress of the painting of MaJ.
Jones' barn, and brightly original nota
tions of cords of wood, needed or receiv
ed, endeared him so to his constituency
that he is now a banker, and Instead of
buying cords of wood, he can stay In
Renvllle in summer and go to the tropics
In winter.
Mr. Dowling and wife have gone on an
eight months' tour around the world,
and will visit Luzon before getting back.
You see, eight months will bring Mike
home about the middle of September,
and enable him to register In time to cast
his vote, not to mention the delightful
opportunity he will have to supplement
his readable letters to the Star-Farmer
with interviews bracing up the polioy of
the National League of Republican Clubs,
as dally exemplified through tho official
acts of Its hired man, McKlnley.
• • •
So that the corner grocery broils about;
whether Aguinaldo ought to be feted,
imprisoned, or embalmed, may lose their
bitterness, their dicta must be cold and
tasteless beside the comprehensive con
clusions drawn from the piercing Inquiry
of this galaxy of high-strung and emi
nently non-partisan talent.
• • •
It might be remarked before leaving
this matter to reassure the worshipers
of William Henry Eustis that while the
former mayor of Minneapolis has not
been able to spare the time to visit
the Philippines, his lecture on the "Moorg
in Spain" has made him very familiar
with the Spanish character and, besides,
Joe Mannlx, who was a sub-editor of
the Saloon Journal during the Eustis re
gime, has been in Manila, and in any
event the spellbindera will have plenty of
stuff to talk about.
• * *
Prominent Minneapolis Republicans are
thinking of sending Loren Fletcher to the
Philippines too. Some of them, beside
Frank Metcalf, think Uncle Loren has
been in Washington long enougli.
• * *
Perhaps that is one reason why Steve
Lovejoy and others of the Fletcher co
horts are trying to make an example
of Metcalf for his temerity in trying to
object to the Fletcherian intrigues.
• * *
H. W. Sawyer, representing the S. D.
Reform Press association, was in Min
neapolis attending the Bryan functions
and was accompanied by M. L. Fox, of
Sioux Falls, better known as the author
of "Private Smith at the Philippines," a
campaign book just out. It is learned
that Mr. Fox went to the Philippine
Islands for the very purpose of collecting
Information and data upon which Private
Smith was based. Mr. Sawyer is en
deavoring to interest the anti-Repub
lican press of Minnesota in readyprints
furnished by the organization of the re
form press of South Dakota.
• • •
It is not too late to. make note of the
appointment of T. J. Knox, of Jackson,
as railroad commissioner, and we do so
with keen satisfaction, for Oov. Llnd
has again greatly honored himself and
done the state an Inestimable service in
selecting him. Mr. Knox is one of the
ablest attorneys and most upright and
esteemed citizens of the state, and he
possesses the right temperament and the
Bound and practical judgment requisite
for the administration of the office. Even
the Republicans are unable to find a
flaw in Mr. Knox, and they are forced
to admit Gov. Lind's wisdom in calling
him into so Important a sphere of the
public service. —Albert Lea Standard.
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ECCENTRIC WOMAN DEAD.
Left a Large Fortune, but Named
No Heirs.
PARIS, Jan. 12.—An eccentric old Amer
ican woman, known at the United States
legation and consulate for the last twen
ty years under the name of Lady Liv
ingstone, has died here under extraor
dinary circumstances, leaving a largo
fortune for unknown heirs. Her eccentric
ities and temper made constant trouble
for her, and It was chiefly to make com
plaint of the actions of her neighbors that
she called continually on the American
offlcdals. She always dressed fantas
tically, but lived the life of a recluse.
She had two rooms at Neullly, her only
companion being a parrot, and she al
ways pleaded she was In reduced circum
stances.
Not being seen from Friday last her
rooms were broken into on Monday,
when Lady Livingstone was found lying
in the middle of the floor, unconscious,
and waa taken to a hospital, where she
died without regaining the power of con
versation. There were indications that
she had lain on the floor from Friday
until discovered. The room waa in the
greatest disorder. Her papers and books,
coal, wood and scraps of food were scat
tered about the place.
Her rooms were taken in charge by
the official! of the consulate and search
ed without avail. No will, nor anything
designating her heirs, was discovered.
The sum of 1,400 francs waa found in
the room, and the consulate officials also
have in their possession a deposit book
on a prominent bank for a very lurge
sum, the exact amount of which the offi
cials prefer not to mention. The letters
found Indicate that the correct name of
the deceased was Maria L. Livingstone,
and that she was eighty years of age.
There was no evidence of foul play.
The body has been embalmed and placed
in a mortuary chapel, and the consul gen
eral is making efforts to locate her heirs.
— ■*•»-
Thought to Be Dying.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., Jan. 12.-Col J
V. wood, the theatrical manager and
showman, who was prostrated lMt nl»hl
by paralysis, Is thought to be dying, jjh
is one of the beat known showmen !• tha
world,