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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
EFFECTS OF CANALS ON COMMERCE.
What the Improvements of Waterways Has
Done for Europe.

What the Improvement of Waterways Has
Done for Europe.
The Rhine, on a navigable length Of 435
miles, has yearly traffic of $500 vessels
averaging 200 tons each, ranging from 1856
vessels of 80 tons to IA of ], 300 tons. On
the Danube the number OF vessels is about
800, ranging from 70 to 525 tons, average 200
tons. On the Elbe the number is 9, 400,
average tonnage 106. From Vienna there
NAV be reckoned three great waterways:
The Danube, the Danube-Oder canal,
giving communication with Prussia, and
the protected connection from this canal to
the Elbe.
On the Danube the westward limit of nav
igation is at present Regensburg, 2S1 miles
from Vienna, although it is probable that
the channel as far as Ulm, 131 miles further,
is we'll suited for chain traction. Connec-
ton could be made with the Rhine in either
of two directions: firstly. from Dillingen,
about 81 miles below Ulm, via Konigsbronn
q, $40 feet above sea leveD to the Neckar,
and from Cannstadt to Mannheim; and sec
ondly, by Kehlheim, Nurnberg and Bam-
berg Il ,375 feet) to the Main, and thence
from Frankfort to Mainz.
The canalization of the Main from Frank
fort to Mainz has been attended by the most
noteworthy commercial results, in spite of
the dry season following the completion of
the work. The saving of freight on goods
to and from Frankfort has amounted to
e37 300 and to other places between the
terminal points e19,750. The saving on
coal freight alone has paid per cent on
the Frankfort Harbor Works.
A canal is now projected from Strasburg
to Ludwigshafen, which would make Stras-
burg a western central point of European
inland navigation; as Vienna must be the
central point for Eastern Europe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
Rx telegraph.

CHIcAeo-Cattie-Receip $1,000 head; no
shipments; market steady: choice to extra
beeves, "a 50@4 30: steers, So 0004 40: stockers
and feeders, 81 S5Q2 go; cows. bulls and
mixed, 81 2b02 so; Texas cattle, 81 5O@2 30;
Western rangers, s. 0003 IS. HogstReceipts,
1900 head; shipments, 5000 head; market
strong; mixed, sS 8@4 Is; heavy. g S5@@4 Is;
light 50 S5Q4 25; skips, s. 0O@3 90 Sheep
Receipts, 1000 head; Shipments. 500 head;
market unchanged; natives, 81 1906 90; West
ern. s. 50@4 Is; Texans. IS 000f 10; lambs.
"a 25@5 IS.
81. s-Cattle-Receipts 5000 head: ship
ments, 500 head; market strong; choice heavy
native steers, S3 2504 IS; fair to good do. 50 40
a. 30: stockers and feeders. 81 7d02 20: range
steers, 81 0O@2 IS Hogs-Receipts, 100 head:
shipments, none; market steady: fair to
choice heavy. E s004 90; packing grades. S 10
@3 30; light, fair to best. 50 9004 10 Sheep
Receipts, l40O head; shipments. 400 head; mar
ket strong; fair to choice, 50 4094 60
BUFFALo-Cattle fairly active. Receipts
146 loads through, l6 sale; good to choice extra
steers s. 1894 IS; good butchers 50 25qS 75;
mixed to handy butchers, 81 0003 80; Michigan
stockers and yearlings, 81 0062 IS; do feeders,
81 5003 90; stock bulls, q 1908 90. Hogs fairly
active; receipts, 81 loads through, is sale; me-
dunn and heavy,A 1004 S5; Yorkers. u 25@4 4os
pigs, - Is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
Dryroods.

NEW YORK. October 28-Business in dry
goods was unchanged In character. but As usual
on Saturdays and with unfavorable weather
What was done was chiefly through orders by
mail and telegraph, the principal feature Of
which was the demand for spring fabrics. The
market was unchanged and prices firm. Stocks
y
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
Dressed Meuf.

Armour & Co. furnished the following prices
on dressed meats: Beef carcasses $50 to $50 ms,
&c; $50 to $50 ms, &C.. $50 to $50 ms. 674@7c
Sheep, SC q n. Lambs, &c y h. Hogs, &c.
Fresh pork loins Sc,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

PITTsBURG BEEF Co., wholesale agents
for Swift's Chicago dressed beef, sold for
week ending October 26, 1401z carcasses of
beef; average weight per carcass, 634 lbs. I;
average weight per lb., 5.47 cents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

ARMOUR & Co. report sales of dressed
beef for week ending Saturday, October
26, 179 cattle, avg. weight 516 lbs, at an
avg. price of "a 90 per cwt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
XXS

swffrs Specific entirely cured me Of = severe
case Of blood poison which obstinately resisted
and refused 10 be cured for over 26 years. The
regular medical remedies Of mercury and
potash only added fuel to the fame. suffered
during most Of this long time with ulcers.
blotches and sores Of the most offensive char
acter, and was for long time practically an
invalid. In less than 30 days use Of 3. 8. 8.
was all cleared up sound and well. This has
been nearly year ago, and NO sign Of any r.
turn Of the old enemy.
JoHr b WILLIS;
1Clark street. Atlanta. Ga
swifrs Specific cured me Of terrible letter.
from which had suffered for 20 long years. I
have now been entirely well for nve years, and
no sign of any return Of the disease.
Rogers. Ark. May l. 1SS9. W. h WIGHr
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Drawer q Al
Ianta, Ga au2l-55MwT
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

The Condition Of Business as the East Libsrfy
Stock Ynrds.
OFFIcK OF PIrTsBURG DIsPArcH,l
SATURDAY, October 26. 1889.
CATTLE = Receipts, 1.s40 head; shipments,
], go head; market nothing doing; all through
consignments; o cars Of cattle shipped to New
York to-day
head; market fair: PhiladeIphias a 35@4 45:
Yorkers, "a 2504 IS; roughs, s. 2504 90; cars
of hogs shipped to New York today.
SHEEP-Receipts. 800 head; shipments, 400
head; market, nothing doing; no demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

prairie. g soas 90; No. 2 81 75@s 50; packing
do, 81 25@7 so.
sTKAw.osts, ss 5o@7 90; wheat and rye
straw, $6 O006 Is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
Resfen stocks
Philadelphia ss.cks.

Closing quotations Of Philadelphis stocks fur
nIshed BY whitney Stephenson, brokers' No. -
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

Refined, London, 54d.
Refined, Antwerp, Exk
Refined. Liverpool. 1-16d.
A. B. McGrew d Co. quote: Puts, 81 o.
calls, 81 0601 0SL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

Grace Dexral thought she did mean what
she said to John Day, bet when Paul came
itOn the hotel where he was stopping the
next day she met him with smile. 1t
may have been q conventional one, COM
pany smile, or smile of duty; that sugar
sas thing which may fool Us or may not.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Queen Dowager of Bavaria is dying
of dropsy.
| JEFFERSON DAVIS writes to Rev. Will
lam Jones. of Atlanta, Ga, denying state
ments recently made that officials of the
| late Confederacy meditated a union of
Church and State.
IT is asserted by friends and relatives OF
Mary Anderson that she is not at all in
sane. but is suffering from overwork.
Mrs. PRESIDENT HARRISON was reported
suffering from severe cold on the 18th.
SECRETARY WINDOW is said to be the au-
thority for the statement that United
States Treasurer j. w. Hyatt will retain
his position until June go when j. N.
Huston, of Indiana, will succeed him.
AT banquet at Rome recently Cardi-
nal Parocchi, the Pope's vicar, said that
if in the future it should become neces-
sary for the Pope to leave Europe, he
would find sure refuge among the Amer
lean Bishops, who would receive him with
honorable hosp ptaiy.
SIR THOMAS GLADSTONE, only surviving
brother of VII lam e. Gladstone, the
great British statesman, died recently,
aged eighty-five.
A GREAT sensation was the elopement of
Chief Justice Fuller's fifth daughter Pau
line with j. Matt Aubrey. The parties
were married by justice of the peace at
Milwaukee Wis.
THE lady with whom Justice Gray, of
the United States Supreme Court, will
wed is Miss Jeanette, daughter of Asso-
ciate Justice Matthews.
AN English blue book issued recently
shows that England has been in accord
with America in reference to Samoa
MRS. PIERRE, of New York, won the
prize at the beauty show at Nice recently.
JUDGE WHEELocK G. VEAzEY, of the
Supreme Court of Vermont, is prominently
mentioned for the next Commander-in-
Chief of the G. a. R.
GERMANY has acceded to the request of
France for permission to transfer the re-
mains of Generals Carnot and Marceau to
France
COUNT SCHoUvALoFF. the noted Russian
statesman and diplomatist died on the
22d. He was born in 1927.
STANLEY MATTHEW'S Associate Justice
of the Supreme Bench, died at Washing
ton on the 22d after a long and painful
illness. He was born in Cincinnati July
81, 1924.
1t was stated on the 22d that Chauncey
NJ. Depew had been offered the English
Mission and that he would accept
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Rookie
feller, eldest daughter of John D. Rookie
feller, of the Standard Oil Company, to
Charles A. Strong, son of Rev. DIR. Strong,
of Rochester, n. Y, took place au New
York on the Odd.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
CHIN KIANG RIOT.
Particulars From COnsuI-General Kennel
Rur.n,ra Of NInra Rinfinn

Particulars From ConsuI-General Kennedy
-Rumors of More Rioting.
WASHINGTON, March 20-The Secretary
of State has received from Mr.. Kennedy,
United States Consul-General at Shang-
hal, a report on the recent riot at Chin
Kiang, China. 1t appears that on Febru-
ary 5 the Consul-General received from
Consul Jones at Chin Kiang telegraphic
news of the riot and threatened attack on
the Consulate and request for protection.
As there was no American man-of-war
Immediately available the British Consul
General was communicated with and q
British man-of-war was started from
Shanghai on February Is, for Chin Kiang.
On that day the British consulate and
four other houses at Chin Kiang were
burned and the office of the American
Consul Quilted and looted by a mob Of
about 5000 Mr.. Jones and family escaped
injury. These facts were communicated
to our Minister at Peking. The Consul
General at Shanghai has also reported
that there was late rumor that more
buildings had been destroyed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
81 remember. - said Trainmaster Fol,

81 remember, said Trainmaster Foley
of the Union Pacific, ''when was a news
boy in Indianapolis. On the fair grounds
one day one of the boys asked me to help
him sell. 1 was green at the business.
started ont calling the name Of the paper
and added all the news but failed to
find a purchaser. In the meantime my
companion was pulling in the nicklss in
good shape. Finally he came over to me
and asked me how many / had sold.
told him had sold none. Well, then, you
don't hoIler out right Why don't you
call out all about the shipwrecxs? He
took the papers out of my hand and
showed me an advertisement OF a vessel
where a cut of the ship at full sail was
displayed. There said he, Just
turn that picture upside down and il that
amt a wreck. nobody's q wreck. Keep
Tellin' while you are dealin' with a buyer
and he will get bunglsd up did this
and was soon doing a land-office business.
sold all the papers and the next day /
started at the same work for myself. But
all the entries to it were hazardous. The
boys clustered at the familiar spot and
they put me into barrel which was kept
there expressly for that purpose and was
supplied with an automatic cover. Once
in the barrel they started it rolling down
hill, and when they let me out was a sad
specimen of q solution of boots, dust,
bruises and carmine. They tumbIed me
over and over, and finally let me out and
declar me entitled to full citizenship
In newspaper circles"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
FRESHIY-FOUND FACTS.

IT takes $4,000, 900 bushels Of wheat to
seed the wheat land Of the United States.
IT is stated that the Mississippi river
has shortened its course 100 miles in twenty
years.
VIRGINIA was the first settled State and
vet there are L, 1000, 900 uncultivated acres
Of the g Old Dominion"
The post-office at Mineral Point, Col, IL,
600 feet above the sea level, is the highest
post-ofice in the country.
THE monument to Mcclellan in the ceme-
terry of Trenton. n. j., will be column
forty-six feet high with an eagle on it.
LII the water of the ocean were to sudden
" cease to being compress sible its mean
depth would be increased by 116 feet
SIX and half is now the average size Of
q lady's glove. L has grown. Time was
when the average was five and three-quar-
ters.
GUNS are now being made so powerful
that the objects which their missiles are in
tended to strike will be out of sight Con-
sequently the guns can only be directed by
the map.
THE basement of the Interior Depart
ment at Washington is overrun with rats,
who come out in battanons as soon as the
clock strikes four, when the clerks quit
work. They traverse all the passages and
open rooms in search Of remnants OF lunch
cons, and are very bold
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

Two young stage robbers, T. G. Cuff, oil
Arkansas. and N. c. Stutson, of Kansas
were sentenced at San Luis Obispo, Cal,
recently to San Quentin for fifteen years
each. This was their first crime and the
express box only contained $13.
A PREMATURE explosion of a blast in
the tunnel company's works at Cumber-
land, Nd, recently killed two men and
seriously injured two others.
The Christian scientists, mind healers
and kindred practitioners of New York
State at meeting in Buffalo adopted a
petition to the Legislature for the repeal
OF the statute restricting medical practice.
A CLOUD burst in Dayton, Tenn, the
other night caused the death of Alexander
Vaughn, washed away several houses and
did great damage to the railroad and iron
furnaces.
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
has sent notice to all the leading railroads
to appear before the commission by theiI
proper representatives and be prepared to
furnish information in regard to theil
passenger rates.
REAR ADMIRAL BELKNAP has been pre-
vented from sailing for Japan to take
command of the Asiatic squadron because
- e-AS nooooS SoTpuS pTOCeeuInSS DeSun
by Ensign George Ormsby, now confined
at the Mare navy yard for not joining G
ship when ordered.
HE sealing steamer Wolf has arrived
at Montreal with IS 900 seals She reports
that the fleet composed OF the Neptune,
Terra Nova, Esquimaux, Iceland and three
harbor Grace steamers, have taken 200, 00C
seals.
The striking weavers of Fall River,
Mass, have agreed in mass meeting to
accept the terms offered by the State
Board of Arbitration.
RECENTLY the pavement in front of the
burned Mammoth building at Louisville,
KY, gave way and dropped to the floor of
the cellar, distance of seven feet carry
ing with it about twenty men. Several
were seriously hurt.
HENRY VILLARD's scheme to interest
terman capitalists in the SIS, 000. 600 con-
solidated Edison Electric Light Company
failed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES

Ex-PREsIDENr CLEVELAND and party
met with very f1attering reception on
their arrival at Havana, Cuba.
| THE schooner Edward S. Eveleth, from
Philadelphia for Gloucester, and the brig
j. F. Merry, from Philadelphia for the
West Indies, were in collision the other
might in Delaware bay. Both vessels were
badly damaged.
CORPORAL TANNER, the newly appointed
Pension Commissioner, declares himself
in favor of liberal pensions.
The Senate confirmed Whitelaw Reid as
Minister to France, but only by narrow
margin of one or two votes.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended March 90 showed an average in
crease of lis compared with the corre-
spending week of last year. In New York
the increase was 1873
On the London Stock Exchange during
the week ended March % prices were firm
notwithstanding the collapse of the
French copper syndicate. In Paris to-
wards the close of the week financial mat
ters assumed a more favorable aspect
THE Democrats Of Brooklyn have deter
mined to erect in that city building
similar to Tammany Hall of New York.
The northbound train from the City of
Mexico on the Mexican National railway
was wrecked at Malveleto the other night
and the engineer and fireman were in
lstantly killed. It was believed that the
disaster was caused by train wreckers.
The Bullard Art Publishing Company OF
Worcester, Mass, organized two years
ago with a cash capital of $50 600 and
$50 900 in designs, has failed. The failure is
Iattributed to Billiards. poor business man
agement
AT Newberg, Ark, the other morning,
Cooper's saw mill was blown to pieces,
John Blankenship killed and John Griffin
badly scalded by boiler explosion.
FIVE recent incendiary fires have caused
$40, 900 loss to the Reading Pa) lumber
company.
THE skeleton of John Hogel, an inventor
Of Cumberland, Nd, who disappeared
seven years ago, has been found in a cave
in the mountains near the city.
WHILE dining in the cafe the other day
General Boulanger was suddenly seized
with fainting fit and had to be conveyed
to his home.
THE Verrugas bridge, the most famous
of the bridges in the Oroya railroad OF
Peru, has been swept away by a food. II
was 10s feet high and its original cast was
400 600 soles. Its destruction has rendered
transportation from that part of the
country almost impossible.
NEWS has been received at Cairo of
victory of Emin Bey over the dervishes.
Emin was ia good health and had several
Europeans with him.
PLACER gold is said to have been dis
lowered in the bluffs on the Missouri river
Iopposite Townsend, Mont. A man named
McGuggan made the discovery. Nearly
lplacer claim.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
Crnelfx tn SaiInrs.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 20-The trial Of
Captain c. T. Beachamp, OF the oyster
boat Ze Beachamp. for cruelty to sailors
under his command, which was begun In
the United States District Court yester.
day, brought out startling statementsl
John Kavelak, a sailor on Captain
Beachamp's boat, stated that the
captain had offered to increase
his pay if be would consent to
throw two worthless hands overheard.
This testimony produced decided effect
on those present Kavelak told how the
captain beat John Steiner with q stick of
wood without provocation, and forced him
to work when his foot was so sore that he
could not put it to the ground Kavelak
said the fare consisted mainly Of half
spoiled beans, with sometimes cabbage.
meat white potatoes and corn bread:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28

On an east-bound freight train on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad recent
ly, some distance beyond the Little
Capon river. in West Virginia, the
engineer noticed that his steam gauge
was falling and turning toward the
tender he said: Fire up, we're getting
low." But his fireman was not there.
The engineer was nonplussed. He
blew down brakes and consulted with
the conductor. Finally they backed
under flag to look for the fireman and
found his dead body hanging from the
top of the bridge across the Little
Capon. The manner in which he was
killed and how he got into his singular
position on the bridge were alike mys-
terious.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
Postal Clerks Worked.

WASHINGTON. March 23-Postmaster-
General Wanamaker has issued an order
directing all clerks in the Office of the
First Assistant Postmaster General and
such as might be required from the other
bureaus of the department until otherwise
directed to begin work at $50 O'Clock a. N.
instead Of nine as heretofore and remain
at their desks until six o'clock instead of
four. This increase of hours is made for
the purpose of facilitating the dispatch Of
applications and preparation of papers for
action in the office of the First Assistant
Postmaster-GeneraL The clerks in the
dead letter Office are also required to work
from $50 a. N. until six p. m. until the
work in arrears in that division is brou ght
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28
Eight With Catamounts.

GUzANNE w. Va, March 24-James
and Thomas LOTUS and Henry and Frank
Nutcbee, sons of farmers, while squirrel
hunting yesterday killed four wild cats in
a deep fissure in a mountain side. One
boy was terribly torn from the neck to the
small of his back, and two others were
badly injured. The only one of the quartet
unhurt ciambered to the top and managed
to drag his comrades out The largest
catamount measured four feet six inches
in length. The other three were full
grown females.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28

REFERRING to the cable dispatch
from Rome regarding the Pope's COM
ing to America, Cardinal Gibbons SAYS:
ut is mere sentiment. The report
was put in circulation by some one op-
posed to the Italian Government and
friendly to America, who probably
thought he was giving this country a
puff, and there is nothing whatever in
the rumor. The Pope's residence will
ALWAYS be in Rome
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28

SENATOR STEWARDS special com.
mittee to investigate the subject oi
irrigating and reclaiming arid lands
will meet at st. Paul and proceed first
to Montana. The chairman expects
that the trip will occupy about six
weeks and cover most of the Ter.
ritories. This committee includes Sen
ators Allison, Plumb, Hiscock, Cor.
man, Reagan and Jones of Arkansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28

The will of the late Judge Grant
Goodrich, which was admitted to pro-
bate at Chicago the other day, dis
poses of an estate worth $190,0O0. The
sum of $1,000 is left each to the Gar
rett Biblical Institute and the North
western University. The bulk OF his
estate is left to his widow, his son
Horace and his daughter, Mary F.
Mcguire, as trustees.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28

Mr. STURGEON. the famous Baptis,
minister, has for many years been in
the habit of sending fresh books to
country clergymen who are unable to
buy such books themselves. Heber
Newton. of New York, has been doing
the same thing, and other clergymen
have been doing similar good work.
A writer in the Advance tells of q
warm-hearted layman who has recent
ly set apart $500 to lend to clergymen
Tor the purchase of books and maga.
zines.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28

A MEETING of distinguished artists
was held the other night at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York.
The object of the meeting was the
formation of a ''free art league for
the promotion of art in this country.
A committee was formed for this
purpose, and the association will do
all in its power to secure the admis-
sion into this country of works of for
eign artists free of duty,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-28

A GERMAN white book containing Of
fetal correspondence concerning Samoa
has been published. 1t shows that
Prince Bismarck disapproved of the
conduct of DR.. Knappe. German Con-
sui at Apia, and severely snubbed him
for his officiousness.