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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-31
BUSINESS FAILURES IN TIE LAST QUARTER

The total number OF business failures throughout the
United Sates reported Bradsreers' for The last
three months is 1858 against 297S in the corresponding
quarter OF 1887. decrease 10 The liabilities
sented this year OF all failures s34 1o5 O0O against
591, period OF 1897 which represents
gain OF nearly sixth In amount, In the face OF dc
cline Of 10 per In the total number Of failures
or this gain in NewYork City contributes 81 7s2
0Oo the States OF Georgia and Florida 81 o0o and
Ohio e1 300 600 The bank failure In Cincinnati explains
the increased losses Ohio and 5000 900 Of the Increase
in Georgia and Florida charged disastrous speculation
The failures New-York City during the
quarter number ISL against 113 In the period Of
1887 Increase Of 49, 93 per while the lisbi
ties Of failing traders increased 81 1872 000 81 per cent
The report goes say This Increase Is however
be attributed particular condition Of general
trade at New York. there having been several large fail
there within three months owing 70 causes which
be best described by the words dry rot and which
would place had the condition Of business been
far prosperous than IL Is"
The failures In Canada and the Provinces number 528
against 300 during the three months Of 1887 and the
liabilities have increased from 53S 500 in 1887 only
2S57 in the last quarter which IL small In ratio
compared with the total increase Of failures while the
reported by failing traders increased s674 900.
81 per which long onset the less le
sirabe features Of the report from the Dominion"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-31
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON, March 30-Th~re has been q fair movement IN
and large sass Of domestic wools have been made
stIow prlce Pail sliiornis aolt
tsat 65o00o pounds 9oi0c wool heavy desrs
bic In quality and old Territory
With demand bat buyers will only purchase at ceu-
Arc net .ps 70 pay over scs tr %.sis s.s
there 81 ieelnv and ohis asA Peaa.ylvass
oney at 30 500 Xxx 81 Soa3ie end Michiraa Al 2Sc
market DUH In No Ohio d1occs thsre has beeu
ge.a taae and sales q p.sa. hsvs bee. mad. =
steady demand &c "a o9sc no md ssg3se ter
NO fne as,,ine weois sre aan sxssse w -
largo aAd steeks srs rhr sss cses o. an knas
ef wool on this market we're abvvt 6oHSOo ID.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-31

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-31

SPIRITS OF rURPENrINE.
sAyARsAH. March 30.-Tarpsntine dali at s9asc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-31
Play BILL. GENTLEMEN

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-31
The Clearing House statement to-day was a.
follows: Exchanges, s113,226.59s balances,

The Clearing House statement to-day was a.
follows: Exchanges, sl13,22659s; balances,
"a. OOO,32
OPERATIONS OF THE SUB-TREASURY.
The Sub-Treasury to-day was debtor at the
Clearing House S3ll .407 The business OF the
Sub-Treasury for the week ending tonight i'll
cudes receipts of S7,4s9,373 and payments OF
s654S 227, leaving the general balance 81 6l,573,-
667, against 81 so, 632,42l March 20, showing an
apparent gain of S94l,l46, but deducting from
the payments S772,0O0 for items which only
affect the Sub reaSurys account with the ZEN
eral Treasury its gain as Affecting the banks ID
sl,7ls'l46 To-days operations Gs coy covered; he.
balance, Sl2.426, 946; coin balance, Sl49,l4 ,o2l.
The United States Treasurer at Washington
received to-day $4,000 National bank notes fol-
redemption
Inc customs receipts were s6675s2 and tho
internal revenue receipts were s3s220l.
To-day's Washington Treasury statement OF
cash on hand and deposits in bank compares with
the figures of the last previous statement as fol-
lows
Mar. o. 1888. Mar 80, 1888 Direrenees
Me- Me- sG SeS On Inc sS1
on hand 24O2e,S2o 2tst4.2Os Inc altosa
oyss Ousst usS
psss.: bank. Sss g ss Dec
Ne, cash balances ss7 asa 1871 sse I64 IncsI ss4 ar
sterling bills We're again slightly lower. Fol-
lowing are the quotations for actual business
Bankers bills, 81 So l-2 and "a 81 Ia for long
and short sterling respectively; BIO 3-S and
b.l7 IL for fran,s; 95 l-2 and 9s rs for reich,
marks; 40 3-S and 40 5-S for guilders.
RAILROAD EARNINGS
NEW. YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN.
Month OF February 1so0. 1857. 1885,
Gross earnings Sly23, 500 e2.O4o,2oQ
0porati ting expenses - 132I0o2 l,43s.Vo2
Net earnings .. s5990l3 s6o9.2ss
Deduct proportions due
50 leased lines 102.4S3 167,S03
Net earnings $751; 657 S4S4, 100 s44l,495
Oct | TO Feb 2S- 1855 80. 1oo6lSi. lSS1-SS
Gross earnings - elo. 6v9 500 ell Ill SIG
Operating expenses - HSo22sl 1,449,bl5
Net earnings e37l7,0sS &3 00l. 993
Deduct for leases lines'
proportion - S64,esc eoo,zls
Net earnings s2.4SeoSe ~ 7o2,fo2 e2,07l,75b
IMPORTS OF DRY GOODS AT NEwYoRK.
Entered a, tn, vo, s2asS4ss O. ssoo77 o. asses7
Thrown market 2.272.42l q $50 l6o 24Ss,123
Since January l. = -
Entered az the lott eS429lOO7 eS1 5el 200 tS99t6021
Thrown market G.7O6,o1o SSoloOo os,922, oS3
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE proposed lockout of the ale and por-
ter brewers of New Jersey has been avoid
ed, the men having agreed not to con-
tribute in any way to a boycott.
The steamship Allentown foundered in
the recent gales off Cohassett, Mass. The
crew of eighteen men were drowned. The
vessel belonged to the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company.
THE round house of the Omaha road at
Spooner, Wis, was destroyed by fire the
other day, seven engines being destroyed
Loss, 100000.
AT meeting of the direct ors of the
Keely Motor Company in Philadelphia all
| differences were said to have been settled
BY the explosion of a shotgun near JEFF
fersonville, Ind, the other day an un-
known man was killed and William Arms
dale and his son and a young man named
Middleton were badly hurt.
THE dead body of Anna Ellen Neal aged
nineteen, who disappeared from Cum
minsville, o., November 6, has been found
in creek near Cincinnati. She had
probably committed suicide.
The report that a lifeboat had been up
set off Whitby, Eng, and twelve persons
| drowned proves to be untrue, the boat
having reached shore in safety.
GARDNER, the chief of the opium snug
glers of Ogdensburg, N. Y, has been
found guilty on six counts.
A STORY was current in New York that
the trunk line rate cutting troubles, which
have occupied so much attention of late,
men from projected movement for an in
crease Of wages.
DURING Thanksgiving celebration by the
Hudson Guards at Manhattan Park, New
York, the explosion of a can of powder
caused severe injuries to three men and
resulted in a fire which destroyed the
shooting pavilion. Louis Mudhauk was
badly wounded by the accidental dis
charge of a musket.
The elevator at GREEN'S siding, on the
Northern Pacific railroad, Casselton, Dak.,
burned the other night. Loss, $4,000.
THE officers and crew of the Haytien
Republic have arrived in New York, hav-
ing been sent home by the American Con-
sui.
A DUST explosion at Stenglein's furni-
ture factory, Saginaw City, Mich, re-
Gently, caused the serious injury of two
men. Another man was reported buried
in the ruins. Loss, $4,000.
r. c. DAVIS, mem Der of the British Par
lament for Remington, London, has
been arrested for maladministration Of his
uncle's estate. $40 hn'- sf @
The Anarchists celebrated Thanksgiving
day az rhalia Hall, Chicago, by denoanc-
ing God for permitting social misery on
the earth. ..s' = fsfa. t-..-....,*.
L w. E OWENS, the we'll known horse
trainer, died at Toronto, Ont, recently, OF
Inflammation Of the lungs. His name was
familiar on every race course IN America.
SEVEN new cases Of fever were reported
at Jacksonville, Fla, on the 29tH, Of which
five were white and two colored. There
were no deaths.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
Trusty Jim and Harrison.

The election of Mr.. Harrison, of In
diana, will bring Mr.. Blaine, of Maine,
into the Government as President de
tGcto, with all the aroma of Peruvian
guano, Jake Shepherd jobbery, Co
lumbia bull-ragging, Guatemalteco
insolenee. and that arrogant "plumed-
knight bumptiousness of which Mr..
Edmunds said: That means war;
What with the tariff robbery and
guano diplomacy, the Blaine-Harrison
regime promises an edifying enter
tainment for the world, but one tC
which future generations will hardly
point with pride. - Chicago Globe.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

AT Hopkinsville, KY, on the Cd, 122 col
ored converts were baptized in mill pond.
The time occupied was only one hour and
ten minutes.
MADISON county, Ala, is greatly excited
| by the mysterious disappearance of
Thomas Cox, a prominent sawmill man
who has been running big mill on Paint
Rock creek.
TIE Government pays the Adams Ex-
press Company $175, 900 annually for the
transportation of bonds and specie to diff
ferent sections of the United States.
1T is said that the great oil fields of New
York and Pennsylvania are rapidly be-
coming exhausted. The supply has fallen
from 100000 to $4,000 barrels per day.
Search is being made for new fields.
A CoURTsHIP lasting over thirty five
years was ended at Knoxville, Tenn, on
the I'd by the marriage of Joshua Swipe to
Miss Margaret Douglass. They were en-
gagged when he was % years old and she
was 10, but oppositions by Mr.. Swipe's
maiden sister and Miss Douglass mother
prevented the marriage.
IT seems to be the general opinion among
Republicans that an extra session of Con-
gress next summer will be inevitable un-
less some conclusive action is taken on the
tariff question at the session now beginning.
THE business failures for the week end
ing on the S0th, number 223, as compared
with total of 2G6 last week, and 237 the
week previous. For the corresponding week
of last year the figures were PA.
Center Ridge, Ark, is under arrest charged
with tampering with registered mails.
TIE treasury disbursements have been
unusually large during bhe month of
November, the pension payments alone
amounting to $22,OOO,OO0.
IT is whispered that an effort will be made
in the next congress to separate the
national election entirely from the State
and local elections, having them held on
separate days. and placing national cleo
tions entirely under charge of federal
authorities.
THE following Tennessee postoffices have
been discontinued because no one desires
the honor of being postmaster: Edna,
Newell, Rudderville, Stephens and Lyons.
FIRE at Durant, Miss, on he Goth
destroyed fifteen business houses. The
loss is estimated at $4,000; insurance,
5000.
The jute bagging trust, which during
the last fall has controlled the market for
the covering Of the cotton crop of the
country, is reported to be going TO pieces.
AT Hope, Ark on the 18th, John NJ
Watson, by mistake gave his wife dose
of carbolic acid, which produced death
within an hour after the most agonizing
suffering ever witnessed.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
POST.ELECTION THOUGHTS.

Let the South come closer to-
gether than ever, for the day of her
trial is upon her:-AtLanta Constitu-
ton.
"A desuetudinous hush has
clapped its innocuousness over the
blatant mouth of the campaign liar.
He won't resume business for year at
least PhHadelphia Call.
OF course we win now have
grand exposition of CivilService re-
form, touching which we have heard
so much from Republican party or
gans. As we understand the Repub-
lican idea of Civil Service reform, it
lies in kicking out Democrats and put
ting in Republicans with all possible
speed. .-E0nsas city Times.
The course of the chief Repub-
lican organ in New York during the
campaign just ended is pithily charac-
terized by the Horld Of that city,
which remarks: - Horace Greeley
rest his soul,-was an honest man and
a truth-loving editor. But he is dead"
To this fact the columns of Horace
Greeley's paper have borne eloquent
testimony far number OF years
SpriHlfsLd Repub!ican.
The Chinese vote in New York
City numbers forty-fve. OF these
thirty registered, but the number of
votes they influence is far greater than
an ordinary observer would suppose.
Tom Lee, the Chinese deputy sheriff,
with German wife, lives in Eighty
first street now. and is a powerful
Republican factor in the affairs OF the
Twenty first Assembly district Will
lam Sing, once the richest Chinaman
in America, has q son on the police
force, and wields powerful influence
in Fourth Ward politics. &C Chicago Her
ald
"A recent action OF the Chinese
potentate, Lii Hung Chang. contains a
hint for. the coming Republican Ad-
Eministration. He has put the Chinese
cotton industry into the hands Of q sin
gle monopoly, and has not, only pro
hibited foreign .importations, but abso-
lutely interdicted the manufacture. of
cotton by any other Chinslnan. The
Chinese idea beats even forty-seven-
| pe1ecens tariff, and the next Congress
I might restrict our manufactures to the
+ men who have come down with the
most ''fat' and are certain TO respond
to calls for fat hereafter. = Cleveland
P!eia Dealer,
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
HE AMERICAN NAVY.
Annual Report of Secretary whitney Pub.
iiSf,ad

ltSiitd,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3).-Secre.ary Wits
ney has presented his annual report to the
President After giving brief review Of
the condition of the navy es it will exist
on March {, 1889 in comparison with the
same as it existed on March 4, 1885, and
furnishing a list of armored vessel, here
tofore authorized Gy Congress, the Secre'
tary says:
80 far as armored ships are concerned,
the subject Is yet to be treated in broad
way by the department and Congress. At
the present time the conditions are such
that every thing necessary to lirst-elass
fighting ships can lie produced and fur
nished to the department in this country
as soon as in the course of construction
any element or feature is required; but
this has never heretofore, until the present
time, been true, and therefore the con-
sideration of the subject has besi1 neces'
sarily postponed by the department until
the present time"
He then dwells upon the necessity OF the
armored cruisers now building, and says:
1--WE can not at present protect our coast
but we can return blow for blow, for we
shall soon be in condition tt launch fleet
of large and fast cru sers against the COM
serious and lasting injury thereon"
at is gratifying to be able to report"
says the Secretary, "that notwithstand-
ing the large expenditures for the new
navy in the last three yeais, the teducl
tiOn in other directions has made the total
expenditures of the department less for
these years than for the three years ended
June 80, 1884, the ordinary expenses of the
depal tment having been reduced over
twenty per cent. The year lSs4-s5 was
omitted from the table as not having been
wholly in this administration"
Total expenditures ofthe department for
three years ended June 80, 1ssi, COM
pared with the three years ended jane 30,
1883 items being taken iroih reports Of
the fourth auditor of the treasury and dis
tributed under the various objects of ex-
pendiutures for the year ended June 50,
1928 and 1884 were S47,979,397 and for
the years ended juno 90, lsS3's7 and 1888,
SAC So, 60"
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
GOULD AND HIS TRUST.
He Fails to Convert the Rock Island Mag
nate to His Views.

He Fails to Convert the Rock Island Nag
nate to His Views.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Mr. Jay Gould
spent the greater part of his Thanksgiving
day in missionary work. He devoted two
hours trying to convert President r. K.
Cable, of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific read, TO belief in the big railway
trust by which it is proposed to remedy
all the evils and Generalization that
abound now in the shape of rate cutting
wars. Mr.. Gable stated plainly the
weakness he saw in GOuld's propo-
sitions and pointed out objections
that he believed would be raised by
anti-1nonopolists as rallying cries for fur
ther legislation adverse to the railroads.
He told Mr.. Gould frankly that he was far
from convinced that a trust such as is
proposed, could be operated for any long
time, or even while operated be equal to
the tasks prescribed for it. When the two
magnates parted, however, Mr.. Gould was
reassured by receiving President Cables
promise to give the subject further consid-
Grafton with a view to its acceptance and
Endorsement if possible.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
o -
Eight Men Perish.

CALUMET, Mich, Dec. Fire was dis
covered at the eighth level of No shaft
of the Calumet branch Of the Calumet and
Hecla mine yesterday morning. A large
party of men were working at the time of
the fire which, when discovered, had
made such headway that the smoke was
terribly dense, and their lives were in
great danger. All made rush for the
surface, but eight men are missing. That
they are dead is certain.
Nothing is known of the whereabouts of
the eight men who are missing. Over 100
men were in that portion of the mine at
the time, but escaped. The missing men
are Joseph Masaler, Antonio Kessler, Joe
Vanderbilt, Andrew Hansen and two
others, names not known.
The company made the most desperate
efforts to control the fire and to try to res
cue the miners, but this time it looks as il
the case We're hopeless. The men were all
married but two. -a.ss
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
NEW YoRk'S INFLUENCE.
The General History Of the Empire State
In Presidential Elections.

In Presidential Elections.
Party contests for the Presidency
commenced with the retirement of
Washington, and the election Of 1896
was the first in our history where the
people were divided on National
ISSUES, though they were but Hide
fined.
Virginia was then the most populous
State, and had the largest number OF
electors, and, for this reason, she held
the Presidency for thirty-two out of
the first thirty-siX years of the repub-
| lie.
But 1t was not long before New York
! began to loom up as power in Ma
tional politics, and by the time the
third census was taken it led in the
column of the electors, and has main
tained that position ever since. This
it is that has always given that State
a controlling voice in the nomination
OF candidates, and yet so strong has
been the spirit of faction within all the
parties that have from time to time
dominated the State that but very few
OF the candidates New York has pro.
posed have ever been elected. Since
1896 it has proposed nine candidates
for the Presidency and nine for the
Presidency. OF these Van Buren
and Cleveland were elected to the Pres
idency, and Aaron Burr, George Clin-
ton, Daniel d. Tompkins, Martin Van
Buren, and Chester A. Arthur We're
elected to the Nice-Presidency Pro-
portion of success not at all commen-
surate with the power OF the State, nor
equal to what Virginia had done in its
/ daJs Of ascendancy. And the reason
! is. that while the Virginia politicians
| had their personal rivalries and per-
| sonal ambitions, they always renamed
| loyal to their party, no matter how it
/ Jared with them individually, while IN
/ New York personal. animosities con-
trolled party fealty.
The art of .'knifing" first came into
vogue and was brought to perfection
in New York. In a majority OF the
elections since 1896 the State wentDem-
ocratic, and when it did not go Demo
cratic there was some division in the
party that forbade success. In 1913
Van Buren, split the party on the free
soil question, and thus defeated Cen
eral Cass. In 1856 the party was di-
vided In two factions called Hard
Shells and "Softs," and this, through
the assistance of the "Know-Noth-
ings," carried the State for Fremont
against Buchanan. From 1856 down
to 1876 the State went constantly for
the Republican party, except in 1868,
when, the Democratic party being
again united, Seymour carried it
against Grant.
Such has been the general history
of New York in the Presidential cleo
tions. 1t has never had the influence
it properly should have had, and the
day has now passed for it to regain the
scepter. Hereafter the Empire State
will be reduced to the same rank with
Virginia. The West now enters upon
its period of control in National issues,
and the homogeneous States of the
Mississippi valley will for many years
| to come dominate American politics.
Here a great, free and intelligent peo-
pie, unmoved by personal considera-
tions, will cast their ballots on the
side of progress and reform. The
Herald gladly welcomes that suspicious
| day. Chicago Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
PugiIists Fired At,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.--Some excitement
was caused in Kiernan's theater last night
by what is regarded as an attempt on the
life of Jake Kilrain or Charley Mitchell by
John w. Robinson, an intoxicated occu-
pant of one OF the boxes. The men hal
just been introduced when 9 shot was fired
from the rear OF a box in the second tier
which whistled past the heads of those in
front and buried itself in the scenery at
the right OF the stage. A policeman who
rushed into the box caught Robinson in the
act OF laying smoking revolver on tho
floor behind him. He was arrested, as wa 5
Hea>q G. GRAY, who accompanied him,
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
DEFENDING THE G. A. r.
Comma Chief Warner Speaks on th'
Reported Defections.

Commander-in-Chie Warner Speaks on the
Reported Defections.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30. - AT the banquet
given him by Chicago posts Major WaIner,
the new COMMANDMENTS Chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, spoke briefly and
referred to the reported defections in
Ind ana and that of General Palmer in
Illinois. "And | say it here" con-
tinued the Commander in Chief with
emphasis, mo matter how high any
man is who says to the contrary, that this
organization is not circumscribed by Sec
tarianism or partisan feeling. Let me say
here that the platform of the Grand Army
is broad enough for every good citizen
to stand upon. We recognize that we
fought for frcedom-freedom of thought
will stand elbow TO elbow in defense of
our comrades in the exercise of their
functions, whether we agree on ques-
tions involving these principles or not.
But though you wear this badge, and
many of you have purchased freedom at a
dear price, you should not live in the past.
You must discharge your whole duty in
the present as citizens. Your badge rep
resents the unity of principles on which
your organization was founded-frater-
nifty, charity and loyalty. As long, COM
Tades, as this country shall remain faith
full to the principles for which we fought,
so long shall the right of every American
citizen be respected before the law. And
the Comrade who can not stand upon his
platform is entitled to our profound SYM
pathy, for he has read wrong the lessons
of the Grand Army Of the Republic"
En- Commander in Chief Fairchild said
that the ones who had joined tie organ
ization through selfish motives had all left
it, thank God. They found it didn't help
their social standing, nor their business,
nor secure their pol tical advancement.
They discovered long ago that the Grand
Army man who attempted to use the Or
ganizaton for selfish purposes was no
longer n Grand ARMY man
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06

THE late Commodore Cicero Price,
father of the Duchess of Marlborough,
who died last week at Troy. N. Y.
was tall, striking looking man, re-
served in manner and a thorough aris-
tocrat. He was bitterly opposed to
his daughters recent marriage.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06

A MAN named Danth has been ar
rested at Carlsruhe. Germany, for the
murder of Herr Hulseberg, of the
Hamburg-American Packet Company,
whose body was found in a trunk in
Baakendeck. Danth had 5000 marks
in his possession. He confessed the
murder and tried to commit suicide.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06

THE Sublime Porte Is discussing a
scheme to establish a State Bank with
a German rs manager, tn" idea being
to manage the exclusive privileges of
the Ottoman Bank.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06

The Labor vote in the United States
was over 10000. From official re-
returns Streeter, the Union Labor
candidate for President. received $500
votes in Wisconsin, 4.500 in Michigan,
13, 900 in Missouri. $4,000 in Kansas.
35, 900 in Texas. $4,000 in Arkansas
and 1900 in Indiana Thevote in the
other States Was light { / VA