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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
Chasing the Whale by Steam

Private dispatches received ir New Bed
ford. Mass, confirming the reports of the IN
precedented catch of the whaling fleet in the
Arctic are cheering to the local whaling mer-
chants. who had beg n to fear that the sea-
son would prove failure. The report upto
October 8 was to the effect that out OF forty
three vessels in the Arctic. eighteen were
clean. Despite the fact that the season has
been a phenomenal one. the sailing vessels
have done nothing at all comp lrattvaly, the
steamers having had all the luck. When the
little steamer Mary D. Hume took thirty
whales two years ago the news could scarce
Iy be believed. Now the report that the
steamer Earwhal has taken sixty-two whales
is simply wonderful. Add to this the fact
that the Baeiena has taken 1fty-two whales.
the Grampus. fOrty-seyHn the Newport,
thirty-seven the Orca. twenty-five the Kar-
luck. eighteen the Belvidere. seventeen :tht
Mary D. Hume. fourteen. and the Navarch,
eleven. and the year proves to be the best in
the history of whaling. The steamers Bae-
lena. Grampus. karuck, Mary d. Hume and
Narwhal are still shut in in the Arctic ice,
so these vessels will winter there this year.
Local merchants think the price of hone will
range at about S3 a pound.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
GERMANY has 100, 600 tramps.

GERMANY has IUU,UUu CEanlpS.
THE living graduates of Princeton number
1857.
FLORIDA oranges will be very plentifuI this
year.
TRAMPs take possession of California
trains.
THERE are over 1000 Chinese Masons In
Chicago.
AT Seattle. WASH, a Chinese firm will erect
four story block.
THE Indebtedness of Spokane Wash is
placed at 1880 TO each family.
GEORGE SHAW. prospector, was found
frozen to death at Telluride, Col.
The number of cattle killed at Kansas
City, Mo-, since January l is 786. .979.
TIE town of Tekoa, Wash, has adonted
the ball-and-chain remedy for tramps.
Up to date. in New York, this has been the
worst theatrical seas on for many years.
Brown UNIVERSITY has an enrolment Of
667 students and a faculty of sixty-flve.
MORE than 1900 tramps crossed the Cali
fornia line going south from Oregon during
October.
GARRETT ETHERTON, q Missouri minor re-
Gently sent out lump of coal weighing 81 30
pounds.
A MONSTER gas we'll has been found near
Findlay, Ohio, that breaks the worId,s rac-
ord with $4,000 feet day.
SALMON fishing is prohibited in the State Of
Washington between p. m. on Satur3ays
and the same hour on Sunday.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. is offered frao oi+.
telephones and the public the service AZ z24
n year, if franchise shall be granted . rew
company.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
OUR. Na,g.IeN !. COlllBCE.
AN Ex6fsb Exc sisE5o fssisEb5oEExPoRrs OVER
IMPoBGs, FOR -oCNBER.

e@sE
UnitediSates Treasu9 b Depart
ment's Bureau of statA&tic>- The
Exports of Gold and S,iGver-Im-
ports and Exports for Ten Months.
The Bureau@ Statistics, Treasury Depart
ment. has given-oa: for publication tae ad-
vance statement OF the imports and exports
OF merchandiseani gold and silver for the
month of OGtpLsr, ,-ts93. The exports of
domestic merchandise were valued at S85,-
9i3.8 as compared with Ss6. .829.-
G21 in October, 1892. decrease
in value of s915,s19. The exports of
foreign merchandise increased by $40, us.
being 81. .772. 013 in October. 1893, and 81
O31 293 in 1892 The increased export of
foreign merchandise nearly made good the
decreased export of domestic merchan-
disc. bringing the total for October. 1898.
to 387. .685, ,815, as compared with S87.-
$50 919 in 1892 the difference in favor
of the latter Being S175, 104 Imports
Of erchandise show a great failing off, be-
ing S51. .641. 1872 in October, 1898, as compared
with +71 .999. 550in the corresponding month
of 1892. a decrease of 800, 357. .76S. The ex-
cess of exports over imports in October,
1892. was 515, ,861 1853, and in October, 1898,
$50 .044, ,033. -
II the exports anu imports IOr tne ten
months ending October 81 in the two wears
be taken, the conditions are very different
there being a much less excess of exports in
1893 than in 1892. S13. 935, 724 in the former
year and S45. .065, ,f59 in the latter. The total
exports. foreign and domestic. for the ten
months in 1893 were valued at $500 9O7. .6S8,
and in 1892 for the corresponding period,
1853, III ,018. a difference of $62 ,263 $50 In
the same periods in the two years the i'm
ports were sos. los, $50 in 1892 and S676 971,-
964 in 1898. Il decrease of $31, ,133, ,595.
The exports of gold were }5505. .91S in
October 1898. as compared with $484 $50 in
October 1892. The imports in October.
1898. were 81 ,583, 937, as compared with So
118. $50 in October 1892. The excess of i'm
ports of gold in 1892 was 80. .634 $50, and in
1898 Of 81 .O78,019 For the ten months end
ing October 81 the excess of exports of gold
was $49, 180, 1876 in 1892 and 1929, 1868 in
1892
The exports of silver were SO. 507 ,422 in
October. 1892, and S3.472, ,768 in October,
1S93 The imports of silver i'll October of
the two years were s., ,494. .958 in 1892 and
S1418O69 in 1893. The decreased inn
ports of silver were sufficient to make
the excess of exports over imports $2,054.-
500 in 1898. as compared with $12, ,464
in 1892. For the ten months the exports of
silver showed n marked increase, this
increase being almost entirely of the domes-
tic product. The total exports of foreign
and domestic silver for the ten months of
1892 were 927 1865, ,420, and in 1893 S36, ,992.-
1872. an increase OF $9, ,527 ,062, of which 80
O24. .S7S were of domestic silver. The excess
of exports of silver for the ten months of
1892 was SO, las, ,911 and'in 1898 $50, ,468, 159.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

SENATOR j"NEs, OF Nevada i sail n y,
one OF the best story telIcrs In Washington.
The Rev. nr. TIlmaGa has an inromo
nearly equal 10 the salary of IN. President Of
the United States.
QUEEN NICroErA'a will IS oncros~,>I in VOL
Ium. qua-tu size. and is bound ~ a va!,,-us
ana secured 10y a private lock.
The present Chinese Minister in Washing
ton l. Of higher rank than any 81 his prrI~-
c"sSorS, being only few degrees removed
from royalty.
fhEsIDENr CKocEER. Of tho Southern
ia'ihc Railroad Company ut California hqs
a two months joh before him to sign sIj.-
OooooO worth Of consolidated bends.
lURING his recent visit to Freien4nor.
the Car Of Russia had with him NJ hiss han
three hundred large trunks orthc transport
OF which fourteen railway vans were ro-
qured.
An English writer describes ". :. Gilbert
fhe author OF "Pinafore' ani "patirucc. as
tall. well-hullt, handsome man, with gray
lsh-whlte hair and mu>tache and lively
bright eyes.
JAMES GoRDEN BENSrrr. owner Of the Noy
York Herald, who has been confined to his
roo'Q by the coaching accident IN Paris. is to
he taken To the Riviera hut his friends arc
reported hopeless that he will ever recover.
ONE ofthe most interesting figures nj tho
funeral of Marshal NGacMahon was that Of
his hroth"r-in-arms. Marshal Canroheri.
Now that MtcMahon is gone, Canrohert IL
the last Marshal of France, aud tho famous
title dies WITH lin hin. .-
tN-SENAToR EDMUNDs, OF Vermont. de-
rives an almost princely income from his
practice in the Suprem" Court. and still
Inds time to fish in Florida in one and
canada in another season Of the year. He
is devoted fisherman
PHIsIP ID. ARMOUR has given his personal
check for $50. 900 10 the Armour Institute at
Chicago, and authorized DR. +. W, DUN
saulus to spen6 tn" whole amount at Jack
son Park for scientific apparatus and col
lectiOns for the institute.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
THE LABOR WORLD.
PARIS has sixty labor papers.
BRICKLAYERs have 81 unions.
LONDON has $500 Union nrintnrs

BRICELAYERS have 3l1 unions.
LONDON has $500 union printers
AL Fall River mills are running.
FALL RIVER. Mass, has 5000 weavers.
The Chickasaw Nation needs cotton pick
erS.
CIGARMAKERs have $5O4OOO in their treas,
ury.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, has workingmen's s politi-
cal clubs.
BREAD riots have occurred among Wiscon.
sin miners.
QUEENSLAND has sixteen labor members o!
the Assembly,.
THOUSANDS Of unemployed men from Co.
orado are going to Texas.
GERMANY prohibits the employment OF
union men on Government works.
A STONE saw placed in the qiarrics at Rut-
land. Vt, does the work OF about 100 men.
FIFTY per cent. of the. woEkinGmcn and
women of Pennsylvania are out of employ
ment.
The Salvation Army at San Francisco gave
dinners to over 1850 people on one Cay re-
Gently.
MACHINERY in a Pittsburg steel works en-
ables 1000 men to dc the work formerly done
by 5000. a. -: -..-'
A BosToS. editor has been appointed State
inspector Of boilers, stationary :engines and
engineers.
RIOTS have been precipitatefa at Los An
geles. Cal. in the work of discriminating
Chinese garden workers.
A PIrTsBUEG iron worker, after hunting
work for two months. was sent to the peni-
tentiary at Syracuse, N. Y, as a tramp
THE State Convention OF Railroad Tele-
graphers at Syracuse, n. Y, declared AGAINST
strikes. The union embraces eighty~tive per
cent. of the craft in New York State.
Boston coal handlers have asked union
men not to receive coal or wood after p. m.
Teamsters are now working fourteen hours
day. and they get from SO to S11 Il week.
The occupation employs 1900 men.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
L0 BENGULA DEFEATED,
One Thousand Of His Soldiers Dead
or Wounded on the Field

Ohe thousand Oh Ills soldiers Dead
or Wounded on the Field.
Desp itches from DR.. jameson hayo bean
received at Fort Victoria South Africa They
confirm the report that Bulawayo, Lo Ben
Gula's capital, was captured hy the forces Of
the Chartered COMPANY Tho columns
which took the town wera commanded by
DR.. jameson and Major Forces. They hal
several Skirmishes with the Matab"Ic5 be-
fore the critical battle.
when about ten miles from Bulawayo they
were harrassed constantly by Lo Bengulas
warriors. Several attempts were made to
surround the columns. At noon Dir. jane
son and Major Forbes decided 10 give battla
and formed their troops in n laagrr Tho
Matabeles, 1000 strong, accepted the chal-
lenge
They attacked furiously. but were held at
n safe distance by the Maxim guns. The
fight lasted an hour, during which the Mata-
beIes kept up a steady but Ineffective rifle fire
They finally fed in disorder Mounted men
were sent in pursuit. but were soon recalled.
as they Were unable to do much execution
The Matabe!es left 1000 dead and wounded
on the field. The forces Ofth0 Chartered Com
pany lost three killed and seven wounded,
all by rifle shots.
During thu same afternoon tho columns
advanced some distance towards Bulawqy,
and then went into laaG"r. The night passed
DuletIE. EarN on IN" morning III" columns
resumed the advance with great caution, but
no Matabelcs appeared. Buawayo was
found empty, hut for few Old people, and
the white traders Fairbairn and Usher, who
were supposed TO have been killed by the
Matahcics. The traders said they had been
we'll treated.
Bulawayo had been abandoned a week be-
fore, after Lo Benguia had set fire to the
huts and exploded tn" magazine, which con-
tanned 90, 900 cartridges and $500 pounds oi
powder.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
FIGHTING IN RIO HARBOR.
Many of the Rebel Shells Fall in the
Business Quarter.

The Loudon Times has this despatch from
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
There vas heavy firing on Sunday and
Mcnday by the Government forts on the fort
on Villegaigron Island. The outside walls
were much damaged. but the interior was
left intact Two were killed and seven were
wounded Tie troops at Mt. Castillo opened
a musketry fire at 1900 yards on Monday.
The irsurgert forces at Fort VilleGaignon
and on the war ship Aqudaban replied with
machine guns, killing and wounding twenty
soldiers and four spectators.
The fire continues night and day. There
is an immense waste of ammunition. Two
guns at Castel,c fred upon Fort Villegaignon
en- Wednesday. The Aquidaban replied, and
many of her shells fellintO the business quar-
ter of the city. Several were wounded.
TIE bomba-tment, it is said, resulted from
the Governments firing from the town in
cCntravent:on Of TIE agreement with the
foreign representatives,.
There ere continued skirmishes at Meth
Grey. torpedo launch was sunk on Wednes-
dav. The casualties on the whole are slight.
SCHe houses have been burned and a gas
Eorse has been destroyed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
HANGED, SHOT AND BURNED.
A Colored Murderer Lynched oy
Others of His Race.

T,ernendous excitement reiCns at Warner
a station on the Iron Mountain hah"aS'
twenty miles south of Pine Blum Ark over
the Ivnching, shooting and burning OF col
ored man named Nelson, who, week oeiore'
had murdered another cOIored man.
A mob consisting exclusively OF Go'ol.u :.
-., hroka down the Jail. hadged Nelson TO
- ,-aa ritdl.d his body with bullets and then
set fire 10 it. ,.,-. mar,
Next morning fragments Of the BODY werS
stiu found dangling from the limbs. IL - -:
been raining hard all night, Sc the hfesSas'
NOT c0nplete its work.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
SHOT THE MURDERER.
a Boy in Alabama Kills the Assassin
of His Mother and Sister.

A special despatch from Riycrton, Ala.
says that a man wearing mask entered tho
house Of Mrs. Davis there. Mrs. Davis WAS
reported to have considerabl" money in tbs
house. The woman struggled with the rob-
Der. and he shot her through the heart, Kill.
ing her instantly Her daughter ran 10 her
assistance, and was also shot and killed.
The man was rObDing the house when
Mrs. Davis'9 sixteen -year-Old son returned
home. He saw the dead bodies oi his
mother and sister lying Oh the floor and thn
murderer rdnsackIns IL trunk. Tn" son
fired three bullets at him, each Of which took
effect, death ensuing almost instantly. The
son left the three bodies lying wh"r" they
fell and notified the authorities. The 70 Dber
Is unknown in the vicinity.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
DA2ING BATK ROBBERY.
Mounted IICn Shoe. the President
and Garry on Loose Cash.

Three men we'll mounted, without attract
ing any special attonnCn, rode lcisurcIy into
Milton Oregon. tn" ether afternoon and
dismountcd at the door Of the bank. Two
entered wife the third stood guarl outside
and held Tho horses. President a. Hopson.
Cashier \. 4. Davis anl Assistant Cashier
William Hopson were in the bank at tho
time.
The first intimation OF the coming Of tho
robbers they had was when two shots w"rc
fired 10y the intrudrrs befor" making Gny YER
bal demand. Both shots tool, effect in hr"~i-
dent IIOpsOm's body, jnliictIng painful fl"sh
wounds and feIing him to the iipOr.
The revolver was held SO close to tho head
OF Cashier Davis that the conclusion kno"kcd
him down. the robbers then dcmauI"i
money from william IIoReOn. He handed
them Il tray of counter change. containing
&9iA25 Taking this they left Immediately
without an attempt to get the cash in tho
vault.
The noise of the shots spread th" alarm,
ana within gyc minutes an armrl amt
mounted pos was IN pursuit. hut all traces
were lost afte. shot distance.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
TYNCHINGS IN THE SOUTH.
One Taken From Officers and Shot
and the Other Hanged.

Henry Bogue. one of the colored men who
admitted taking part in the murder of W. J.
Hincan at Lake City Junction, Fla, wa.
taaken from a sherif's posse at midnight at
the doors of the town Jail. He was carried
of a quarter of a mile and riddled with
bullets.
4 spartanburg IS. CO. special says a
colored man. Bob Kennedy, about twenty
wears old, assaulted woman at dusk at
GafTney. Neighbors of the woman tracked
tho man to ahouse from whence he was taken
and hanged.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
FOILED DESPERADOES.
1t Was Thought They Intended to
Rob "A Bank.

At 2 Clock q. IN. eight strangers rode into
North Middletown, Bourbon County, Ky. It
is supposed that their intention was 10 rob
the bank. They shot At every person seen
on the street, and mOrtally wounded an Old
cOlOred man named Burt Morris.
The citizens rallied and opened fire on the
desperadocs and they answered with vol
icy from their pistols. The citizens kept up
their firing and the despsradoes left. hHt re-
turned ~ an hour They were again charged
upon by the citizens and driven Out of town.
They stoPp"l at Il house on the roadside
about 4 mil" from the town. Three Of their
number wer: badly wounded. Those not
wounded took their injured companions
away.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
| OUR POLICY IN HAWAII.
SECRETARY GRESHAM'S RE-
PORT ON THE MATTER.


I'm letter I" the frrs'u"ht, "" tH
NurS the Restoration oT pu~Cu 1T
4.,,, I,,,,r nj Irr,rt
haN'i on tH"t "' Sl'''" '''
missioner Elouut's.
After a Cabinet meeting hell at tn" Whit"
H., ,x...hf,,..,.,,, .,.f,i,r ,r,s ~ unusu,l
mus ',''
duration, lasting over tbr"" hoNr' "h'
hAlD, Secretary Gresham, with tho concur
-,,,.. ,,, ,l,, p-csiIr,, t.ay, ont for rylIi,,-
.
'i'h t'i"'' y" havana" "'''S' y
sis OF which follows. thohEh NO alr',i "'A''-
racntto thnt effect mpantcsthrpuhh'ah"n
Ct this most important document. II l' u.s.
sumcd that tn" instructions given 90 Minis
ter Willis. who loft for his post - duty Rt
Hawaii Just about this tusN. af"r N'luE
twice delayed in his departure, or"
in ronsonanCC with IN" tenor "l
tho views therein expressed. l.
Is also assumed that tn" change OF NAWlra.H
IN command ht Honolulu. bv substitution
of Admiral Irwin Tor Admiral ~Airr"t', Ni''t
was made 10 tax" effect cont"mporAu"'uNF
with Mr.. WiIlSs arrival thor. hal In WOW
the contemplated change oi policy on "a"
part of the United States.
-Ile Cabinet agreed tina. tho dignity ~ oar
reonlo drnNa gdod that as ETsES - r,..n
ronuitt.I it Ehould - ri.h,r3 M nr.-
Uenra N,ni.,cr wlii. h,s ,rg,r,.tt.,rs tr.t
viii pcr,nit the restoration Of IN, rt,u.r.,l..
ifthG Hawaiians So drstr,
m, -, -, S.r.,-,. ,.tz-., l. ,
cour.a haa.I an th,t ~ rl,,r, rh., ,s,.
sent as Spscial Commissioner to Hawaii ~
the President soon after bts ipap,.ur,tf,p
Mr. Gresham sa,-. that Mr. rl,uu: . r,r,,t
shovvs TINT tho ntc.r ,r I,ur.r,. "A am
no,n.oa hcr iptcnt,,, nr ,r,,,,,,l..,f,,,. ~,
now constitution Eut bv tba aJyi,. Of I,r
Ii. I.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24

AT meeting held at Stockton. Cal. re-
centIy, by real estate owners, 4 committee
was appointed to draft petition asking the
Supervisors and City Council to call bond
election in order to vote $3.50. 900 bonds 10
build ship canal through the ;ule land from
the stockton Channel TO point on the San
joaquin River twelve miles. below Stockton.
The canal would dTain RlaEge area Of valua-
HE land
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
Revival of Gold Mining.

The revival of gold mining in many aban-
doned claims bids fair TO increase greatly the
output of gold next year. Quartz mines
which have been shut down because OF the
expense OF pumping out the Lowell levels
have started up recently, showing that it is
easier than formerly to secure loans TO de-
velop such properties.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Encouraging Reports From All 1,,rt
of the Country.

The New York Sun, in its iaapoi., a.
uLnn, says tnas "the weekly reports of the
conoltion OF business throughout the oo,,a.
Try which have come to hand are the most
encouraging that have been receiva5 :. -,,..
eral months. They tell of an improvaroant "a
n ~ aotH ns mereantlle and manufacturing lines.
ne most favorable advices are rsoniI..I
rom southern points. suggesting the 80.
pIllty OF an earlier recovery there tba, oT-s.
Wnere 1roE;the prevailing prostration =, i.,.t
summer: me reason for this NAV ho y .b,r
hquidaeo1f the South antedated the .n". 'L-,,.
esaet'on G.5'i OF business in the Northern SIT.
ra,hta rtatiLy4nS degree of improvenen IS
throughout the country. -'"nt een'i7
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24

The Emperor o; ChInr, wno - twenty
three years old, is nov stu lyins the fT-n IA
anl English language. wnile Prince lnnlt.-
Wara, the heir pIesumtiyc to the Jap i'll
Sc throne entered the Mobiles School. wA-r,
the pupils are compelled 70 stu Iva foreign
language The young prime, who has at
tanned the age Of fourteen years. ia pursuing
a course in German.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24

or 10 900 babies cared for in the nursery Di
Tho Cbitdren's Building, at the Worlds Far,
a three-months-o.d boy was abandoned
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24

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ittells how to detect and disease; feed for
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Sent postpaid for twenty-five cents in &c. On a.
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24

In Letter tu the President, Ito ~
NorS the Restoration ot pu"cn III
iouukalanI tu Power Ills Report
Based on That of Special Com
missioner Hlouut'~.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-07-27
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

IN the treasury department a change
has been made in the classification of
wool that will lower the duty on some
grades of the article nearly 100 per cent,
A STATEMENT from the pension office
shows that the total number OF pen
sioncrs dropped from the rolls since
March 4, 1903, was 24b, and that the
total number of pensioners suspended
since March 4, pending further inves-
tigation in their cases was 5000.
The number of immigrants arriving
In the United States during the twelve
months ended June 80, 1893, was 497,-
a36, and during the corresponding
period OF the preceding year 6ly,32 ar
rived.
CLEARING house exchanges amount
ing to s9I9, 445, ,2s4 were reported In the
United States during the seven days
ended on the 21st against $1,000, 800, :
0I7 the preceding seven days. The
decrease, &C cmpared with the correspond.
ing time in 1929, was 7.5 per cent
In the United States business fail
ures to the number of 407 occurred In
the seven days ended on the 21st Dur
Ing the week previous the failures
numbered 8T4, against lGs In the corre-
spondng time IN 1899,
g NEARLY 200 national banks through:
out the country have closed their doors
since the ist of January, against less
than fifty during the same period last
year.
p WILLIAM A. MAuRY. assistant at,or-
ney general, rendered his Resignation
to Attorney General Olney.