The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-09
The Neg=Q thelWek
BY x4saR1AeaaM4A. i
FROM WASHINGTON.


In United States the visible supply
of grain on the 29th ult was: Wheat,
Ia, 599, 1886 bushels; corn, j, Ssh ,O51 BUSH
els: oats, 1866, 24S.
The state department has received
official notice of the dcath~on June of
Alexander Clark, United States minister
to Liberia. y
NEWS was received That the congress
of Venezuela had responded favorably
to the reciprocity provision of the
United States tariff act of $780,
@Acehsus bur4~ Dq}fetinssh6ws that
thGsnpIhb Der of aheolxs .torsthesblind in
the United States in 1890 was 1881,
while in 1880 the number was 2.c41.
The appointment of Mark w. Har-
rington, o. professor IN s'the university
of Michigan, as chief Of the govern
ment weather bureau. was announced.
NJ In tho United Estates the. business
faiiuresssfor tbs slasaBsix monthsshow
40 'nerease afezl 10 pared With
the total OF the first half of 1890. the
totals being 6,O36 for 1891 and s, Ago for
1890 The liabilities for ls91swere Sal.-
70,252, against $50, 1851, 961 for 1890; as
sets for 1891, $4s, 2O5, 496, against $780,
oa5, 116 for 1soo.g
FROM 1921 to 1890 the arrivals OF i'm
migrants in this country reached 49,
641,5Ss. The arrivals from 1871 to 1890
were $3.50, 9O7,$ or 81. % per cent: Of the
total arrivals from 1921 to 1890. The
only leading countries from which ar
rivals have fallen off during the past
ten years are France and Chino. Of
the arrivals during the ten years from
1881 to 1891, 3,205,9ll were males and
2,040, 073 were females. The greater
portion of females came from Ireland.
The statement. Of the public debt is
sued on the 1st showed the total bt
to be Sl,00s, OPS, 2.e; cash in the trea-
sury, S153, 1893, sos; debt less cash in the
treasury,xS1. $40, 996, sol. Decrease dur
ing June,s S2,21S, $685.. Decrease since
June 3o,1 1890, $50, 483, $40. 'S~*s.&
CENSUS report shows that the total
value of 1.-The, mineral products Of the
United States at the eleventh census
amounted to $3.50, 9Ss, $50, the greatest
total ever reported for any country.
The mum Der Of industrial mining es-
tablishment, was given at $4,000. The
number of persons employed in mining
industries 512,11 The annual wages
paid them aggregate 1912, 4O9,S 500. The
capital employed in mining operations;
was 81, 175, 100000 :. T.,
THE sugar industry statistics of Cuba
for the last ten years show, an average
production and export of $50, 900 tons,
Of hi oh %< IL: I'D
States.
The president has issued proclama,
ton granting the privilege of copyright
in this country tosthe citizens Of Great
Britain, France, Belgium and Switzer-
land.
The monthly cotton report shows
that the movement into sight during
June was 103, 43s bales, exceeding all
records for that month. The total
amount of the cotton crop market for
the ten months from September to
June inclusive was 8, 493,313 bales.
1T was decided at cabinet meeting
to extend the ~ per cent" bonds at :
per cent. = ( r. r.,
THEspresident has appointed William
E. SimmCns. of Connecticut, commits
sioncr of patents.
THE exchanges at the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 4th aggregated
81, O20, 49,, 472, against so4o, 1862, o3o the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1890 the decrease
amounted to lib.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended or
the 3rd numbered 2:7, against 234 the
preceding week and 1919 for the corrc.
spending week last year..