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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-14
Uaion Pacific Excursion Rates Now In
Eject From Helena.

Eject From Helena.
To Chicago and rstutn, account
Worlds fair 66 20
To 81. Louis and return ............. 60 90
To oil Missouri river points and re-
50 90
All round "trip tickets to Chicago are
limited to November Is; 10 81. Lsuis and
Missouri river points, ninety days.
On the 10Th OF each month excursion
tickets are ssld to Utah and California
points "a follows:
To sam Fraroisco and sturn....... $75
To Los Angeles and return ............ 50
TO Salt Lake and return. ........... 30
Tickets to California points aEs limited
to six months. and to Salt Lake sixty days.
Great bargains in ladies' and children's fast
hlank ha.o Ru4 aho 4 P.adlau,a ms kroadmau
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To Chicago.

Now is your opportunity 70 buy dress goods at
Tho Bee Hive discount sale.
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IsSsug Eass-eavs Time.

Domestics Of all kinds come under the dis
count sale at ] he Bee Hive this week.
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The Montana state Fair-Rnoing Meeting
August 10 to go.

The Montana State Fair-Rnoing Meeting
August 10 to &c.
Entries in the following races at Helena
close July IL; five per cent to enter. five
moro to start. circuit conditions to govern:
Trotting-Purae $500; 1884 class.
T~rottinR-Pu g $500; 800 class.
TrottinR-Putso $500; 1924 class.
1rottinR-PuSse $500; 2:19 class.
TrottinR-Pars. $500; + se-for-aIl class.
P~aciua-Purse $500; 1929 class.
PaoinR-Purse $500; free-for-all class.
Fifteen hundred dollars additional will
be hunR up for special classes, colt races and
mile dashes. Entries may bs made in Butte
with Assistant Secretary D. F. OConnor.
A.. j. DAVIDSON. President.
FRAxcIs PopE, Secretary.
trockery, glassware and tinware 10 per cent
cheaper than ever before offered. at The
Bee Hive sale this week.
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Ho. Lu.ehe. a. Tom Card.r.s.

Save 10 per cent on dry goods aud fancy goods
BY buying at The lee Hive this week.
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4 Great C~snvenisnoe.

Ladies' and children's tan -colored hose 1t
Butcher & Bradley's. los Brosdwsy.
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Cheap Exoursisns via the Great Northern
Railway.

CheAp EXouTslons VIA the Great N0rtkern
Railway.
Seattle. Warrington $751; 90
st. Paul and return ............... 5000
Winnipeg and return. .............. 5000
Chicago and Observation-Disclosures. &c. 20
Sunday excursions to Alhambra and
Boulder one fare for the round trip.
Fourth OF July tickets to all points within
300 miles one and one-tfth fare for round
trip. Cheap one way rates TO all points
east. B. H. LANGLEY, G. 7. A.
Hosiery and underwear Of all kinds at The
Bee Hive discount sale this week.
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Great bargains in ladies' and children's fast
black hose. butcher & Bradley's. los broadway
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Through Tickets

Are sold 1t all coupon Offices Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad 70 points North: East. sontl
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The Yellowstone Park Line.
/. This marvellous WONDERLAND reached oni,
By this Inns
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HELENA IN BRIEF.
MARRIED.

Capital City Music Co.. Ill. Main street.
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The Peoples Line.

Daily Express Trains.
Have PULLMAN PALACE CARS, PULLMAN
TOURIST bLEEPlMH CARS, FREE COLON
l6TH SLEEPING CARS.
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General Agent of tho Northern Pacific r. B. q
a. HELENA, MONT. +,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20 1893

Iymber. hewn and sawed, and timber
used for spars and in building wharves;
timber, squared or sided, sawed boards,
plank, deals and other lumber; laths.
pickets and palings; shingles; slaves of
wood of all lands; wood unmanufactured
provided that If any export duty is laid
upon the above mentioned articles or
either of them, all said articles imported
from said country shall be subject to
duty as now provided by law.
Chair cane or reeds, wrought or man
nfa tu1ed from rattans or reeds.
Woods, namely cedar, lignum vita.
lalicewood, ebony, box, granadilla, ma
hogany, rosewood, satinwood and all
forms of cabinet woods in the
log, rough or hewn; bamboo and
rattan, manufactured; briar root or
briar wood and similar woods, manu-
factured; reeds and sticks of partridge,
pearwood, pimento, orange, myrtle and
other woods, in the rough, or not
further manufactured than cut into
lengths for suitable sticks for umbrellas,
parasols, sunshades, walking sticks or
whips.
All wool of the sheep, hair of the
camel, goat, alapaca, and other like
animals, and all wool and hair on the
skin, noils, yarn waste, card waste, bur
waste, rags and fogs, including all
waste or rags, composed wholly or in
part of wool.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
TELEGRAPHIC BREyIrIEs.

Ihere seems to be no prospect of an
immediate settlement of the Italian CAR.
met troubles.
The spread of influenza is increasing
at Berlin, and several deaths from the
epidemic are reported.
IL Is said James r. Sovereign. labor
commissioner of Iowa, will probably
succeed Mr.. Powderly as general master
workman of the Knights of Labor.
The London Times announces the sud-
den death of Mr.. Kenelm Digby at Ok
ford, who married daughter of Mr..
William Groesbeck of Cincinnati, O.. in
1870. -
The state department has recognized
temporarily Don Luiz Munzi as acting
consul of Spain at Baltimore in place Of
DON Carlos Diaz who recently committed
suicide.
The criminal court at Hagen has SEN
fenced the ex-editor of The Rhinisch
Westfaelish Zeitung to six weeks inn
prisohment for insulting Chancellor Won
Caprivi.
The Swiss bundesrath is having a list
or the dangerous anarchists in Switzer-
land prepared, and in accordance with
the agreement with the other powers,
they will be secretly expelled.
The new Clyde four-master, B ahama.
ON her first voyage from Glasgow to
New York, was abandoned during the
recent gales. The steamship State of
Nebraska rescued the crew.
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Rogues Fall Out.

FAIRFIELD, Ia, Nov. 2s.--A year ago
Ed Markley, Thomas Robinson, Henry
A. Bauer, Thomas Bauer and Fred
Cunningham enticed w. E. Bowman, a
bookkeeper in the Pennington, Ia,
bank, toy bet $1,000 on a foot race be-
tween Mafkley, who claimed the worlds
championship, and a stranger. Bowman
placed the money in the hands of Mark
ley's pal and lost. The rogues, escaping
with the money, afterward quarreled,
which led to their arrest. They were
brought back here. and Markley has
just been sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary. The others will be tried
in January.
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FOUND TRUE BILLS.

Madison Square Bank Oficials Indicted
by the Grand Jury.
NEW York, Nov. 2S.-The grand jury
has found an indictment for forgery ON
two counts against Joseph F. Blaut,
president of the defunct Madison Square
bank, and indictments against Blaut
and Directors Mcdonald, Soulard, Kali
ishcher, Selover, Kursheedt aid Often
berg, for misdemeanor in receiving de-
posits after they knew the bank was in
solvent. The only directors who escaped
indictment were johnson and Ullman.
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WAsHiNufuN, Nov. 2s.-The presi-
dents iAessage is not half finished and
he Il denying himself to all callers to
work upon it. He does not come into
his Office except on cabinet days, Tues
days and Fridays, and works late into
the night. Heretofore President Cleve-
land has usually allowed himself six
weeks to work on his message. 1t il
supposed that he has deferred the work
on it this year to allow time for some
development in the Hawaiian matter.
The time for congress to convene is sc
near that no longer delay is possible. II
is therefore thought probable that Ha.
waiian matter will be treated later in q
special message.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
The German Political situation.

BERLIN, Nov. 2s.-The parliamentary
situation is so complicated that it would
be rash to forecast the issue, the more SO
that it may be said to rest outside the
house. The agrarian campaign, out
wardly directed against the chancellor,
is nothing less than deliberate at
tempt to intimidate the emperor by con-
stant allusions to the growing dissatisfac-
ton of the rural populations and the re-
peated threats that the peasantry will
throw itself into the arms Of social Dem
ocracy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
UP FOR SMUGGLING
Trials OF Prominent People For Evad-
ing Duties on Opium Begun ut
Portland.
An, Ex-Collect0r Of Customs aud q
Special Agent Among Those
Indicted.
Officers of the Madison Square Bank
Indicted by the Grand Jury at
New York.

PORTLAND, Or, Nov. 2s.--The trials
of 90 persons indicted for smuggling
have begun in the United States court.
The trials are of unusual interest, owing
to the social and political prominence Of
some Of the defendants, among whom is
James Letan, ex-collector of customs,
and J. G. Mulkey, ex-special agent of
the treasury department.
The first case called was that of
Nathan Blum, ON the charge of SNUG
Cling 300 pounds of opium. Blum plaed
guilty. Sentence was reserved. 1t is
stated that Blum will now be witness
for the government.
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Still o Question Whether or Not thu
Celestials will Register.

Still o Question Whether or Not the
Celestials will Register.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The treasury
department is somewhat concerned over
the prospect of the Chinese registration
under the new law bearing upon that
subject which passed upon the eve of
the adjournment of the extra session,
and under which the department has
just issued its regulations. The suppo-
sition is that the Chinese will comply
with the law, but no one can say
definitely until the experiment is tried.
The officials themselves are as much in
the dark as any one else. The only ex-
perience they have had with the Chinese
is against the supposition.
Almost a month has elapsed since the
new law went into effect, and no test of
the temper of the Chinese has been made
under its provisions. The instructions
OF the department under which the fed
eral officials are to act have now been
prepared, and it is to be presumed that
no great time will be permitted to elapse
before the United States marshals and
other officials throughout the country
will be informed as to the course they
are expected to pursue towards the
Chinese. Ii they should again refuse to
comply with the law the situation would
be awkward. Estimates made by the
treasury and judicial departments has
placed the cost of deportation of all the
Chinese in the country at some
thing over $40, ,000, 900, and there is little
money available for the purpose.
A Puzxling Question.
Congress will, in all probabilities, be
in session when the vexed points shall be
determined, and it could of course, be
appealed to for an appropriation. But
with the treasury receipts falling behind
the expenditures at the rate of 81 ,O00, 900
per month, the question of getting the
money would still be puzzle, and it
would doubtless require some hard
pressing to get the necessary funds ap-
propriated. The Pacific coast represent
atives, who have taken the greatest in
terest in the question say, however,
that the money would be forthcoming.
and that there would be NO
more temporizing. 1t is said that
intelligent Cinnamon generally did not
object to the registration, and generally
look upon it as a personal protection,
but the bulk Of them will be controlled
by their employers now as formerly.
They do not as race take kindly to
having their photographs taken for the
purpose, but there is no reason to sup
pose that this objection will long stand
in the way Of compliance with the law,
if the Six Companies and their attorneys
be not obduratH.
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The Dream or the vatican.

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-The correspondent
of The Standard at Rome says that in
the highest and most reserved circles it
is well known that the present dream of
the Vatican is the establishment of a
federal Italian republic. This idea is
the only real explanation, the correspon-
dent goes on TO say, Of the extraordinary
language lately adopted by the Vatican
organs in speaking Of the mission oi
France ana Russia with relation to the
papacv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
Iowa WIN Case,

FAIRFIELD, Ia, Nov. 2s.--A contest
has been filed in the case of the will of
Mrs. Mary McElpinney, which distrih-
utes $3.50. 900 in money and property to
numerous heirs, but leaves only $2,0cO
each to the contestants, who are the
children of daughter. The case will
be q long and bitter one.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29

81. PAUL, Nov. 2S.--The second trial
OF Thomas Fleury, the alleged bank rob-
Der, was begun before Judge Kelly at 10
q. m Owing to the>wide publicity given
these men and the robbery of Messenger
Lares 1t is expected there will be great
deal OF trouble in securing a jury.
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To Relieve Distress.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 2S,-A
largely attended mass meeting was held
at the opera house for the purpose of
raising funds to relieve great distress
prevailing in and among the unem-
ployed. Senator Voorhees, and ex-Secre-
tary of the Navy Thompson addressed
the meeting.
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Duluth Grain.
DULUTH, Nov. g.

DULUTH, Nov. q, 1893.
WHEAT-No hard cash. t2c; November.
&c; December.tOs6e May, a63zc: No. Northerr
cash, 6lr; November. Ole; December, 6o5ko.
May, 6S34c: NJ. Northern, cash, 57Iac; No. o.
52c; rejected, 4534c. On Track No. North
ern. To arrive IN :.
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LATEST MARKET PRICES
Minneapolis Grain.

MiNNEApoLIs, Nov. ~ 1893
WHEAT-May opening. 63ssc; highest, 64Ac:
lowest 63ssc; close, 63S4c: November closed nj
osc; December opening &c.: highest, 59skc:
lowest, 6s9sc: closing, 59c. On Track
No. hard, 6ls4c; No. / Northern, 8olac: No q
Northern 5sa<. 49, ~
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29

CHICAGO. Nov. - 1885,
CATTLE Market lifeless; lower. Christmas
beeves nominally, $.5oDal0; export and
prime, $44,g5.25, export, S41004SO; good.
$4. .iODiSO; medium. S3.15G14.l 10; common ia
fair, 1885; cows, 15c $2.s5; stoekers and
feeders, S2.0J6D35O. Texas steers, 81 lOa2 AZ.
Westerns, S2.l16D2S5.
HOGS-Opened l0c lower; closing strong,
Rough and common S5.10@5.20: packing and
shipping, $5.20G5.+5; prime heavy and butch
ers, S5.5OD56G prime sorted light, S5.5561585.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Weather bad; trade
slow; steady. Good sheep, $i.OO6135O; good
lambs. $iQD45O.
Receipts-Cattle, 1852, including 1902 Tex
ans, l,iOJ Westerns hogs, 5000; sheep, I3,O0I
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO. Nov. u, 1898
CLOSING PRICES
WHEAT Firm. Cash, 62M,; December,
t21xc; May, 6s1s@6914c.
.CORN-Steady. Cash. and December, 35j<,:
May, 393zc.
OATS = Steady. Cash. 27zkc December,
zsc; May, 3O5Sc.
RYE-Steady; 47c.
PORK : Firm. January. $1257Is May.
$780,
LARD-Firm. January. 81. .s2,S; May, 81. .ssi<.
SHORT RIBS - Firm. January, Sa7lN
May, sSS21k
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-29
Prejudice

Is loaded at both ends.
Drop it or it may hurt
you. 1t never pays to
stick to a wrong idea, no
matter how old it is. It
is better to be RIGHT
than to be---left. That's
why people ale buying
our Silverware. It paws
them.
A 1OO-cent dollar is
what the people demand
and that's the kind of sill
verware we are selling
them. Good for it's face
value good all over
good all through - just
what we represent it to
be without calling an
extra session.
Frank Smith,
We engrave all silver
ware bought of us.
NO CHARGE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-14

Although up to this time nearly s.0oO.-
600 persons have paid TO see the fair the
officials are disappointed. AT the pres
ent rate the record for the first half of the
six months Of the fair will reach s. 80. CO.,
The most sanguine experts on expositions
say that under the most favorable condl-
tons the total attendance will not reach
N. OOo 600. Before the exposition opened
Worlds fair officials declared that the at
tendance would reach 5000, Goo Heroic
duce the number of passes at least one
third. This is TO be done by requiring ali
passes TO be again presented to the depart
ment of admissions for revision. Ali sea-
son passes mus, be presented and ''vised'
before August l. /, is estimated that at
present there are 2.o00 full term typo
graph pass books outstanding.
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s'SsvKHsirr or SEATTLE orxS.
o$sSo1 fess Be0tss f~day-valasn ole
Ioaaatoa 60 LthsoYy.

he University Of Seattle, Ut Co.urs,s,ia.
or she Rainier Avenue Electric railway,
scasfh OF abe city. begins its second scar
to-day. Extensive improvements lave
hsrn made around the buildings. Ess,er
accommodations for day pupils have tsen
provided and the dormitories enlarged.
0ev. ID. J. Fierce continues rs prinftaaI.
srd will have charge Of the departments,
oi mathematics and history. Miss A4sms
W. give instruction in the sciences and
wi.A also teach rhetoric and English civ
tn4 special attention 10 the latter brsNch.
ny NJ. = Fierce stsil holds tbs f,o-
st3on OF nairon, and will eiso
seash somc Of thc younger p.sai.s
unsil the organization Of a public s. fool.
MfS. Slanson will meet her class in xs.scu
TOP tomerrov morning ., II O'Clock.
Physical culture will also 10 under her
chlrse. Miss Annie Hall still has ths de-
pa:smsnt of music in her charge. ans siil
hert her classes on Mondays and Tf.,,r,-
ds.s She viii also give INSTRUCTIVE. In
Ge>nan. The board Of trustees believes
th,Srres;ess present need o. King and
otAr eoantses bordering on the Aas,ad
IL thorough preparatory staoi.
ana 40 effort wsll re made at presen, .. in
ffcfuce the higher college branches gnto
thss university. The rhetorical exeres.s.
on FRIDAY evenings sill lie made ssA.s.,is!
feature of the present year. A .ocsas sill
be !given each Friday evening foll.s lag
he.rhetorfeal exercises, and all :-ier,.ts of
theischool will be invited to attend.
eiaother new feature ol the school - the
hhr:sFy. Heretofore il has been as,,sIl
bu,:last week IL received an adtttsss7 in
shssssy Of . gifs from the Youths ySona.
parton Publishing Company. of Bs<ton.
eevsnty-sx we'll assorted volumes -eer,,
dorHted. and IL is now expected thSs sAe
iibgs,ry will soon he such ~ the it's si,,..
sip,S needs. one Of the editors ef ;ht saar.
asis:e making the location was ass
nsG of Praf. Pierce at the New Hai4 ston
Theological Institute. and their 3anc
friesdshsr - the reason for the max s..s of
the fiis ia the school. The volumes do
oats! are
Hlstory~'sThe Nineteenth Centssey. :.
Mssfseaxse: christopher Colpnhus.
:. Z. Abbott: Conquest Of Messsa. /"
three volumes, Prescott; ''Colonixas,.n of
Cnised States" Bancroft: "Feriinanl. and
lsah;lla. Prescott; French Revoluxi..n. -
Garlic; Young folks' Hlssors Of
America" busierworth.
feur book on The Eastern Quesslsn"--
''ssrsia and Roamsnla. ." Tosle: (. &on.
ss-ssro and Bulgaria. rewle 4, Msseru
tsfee. e" Towie. Uncle Toms cahsr II.
II. stowe; '.fhr.r Scoess," RANGES. ''
Hels.i jackson. Miss oiaberl's tasszr -
J. s.. Holland: Norwood" IL ".
iseosS.sr. bred" II. Il stowe: "AesAgr
Ron3icsssle. = ]. q. Hollani; We tssess,
NrsSA. II. r. Haitaey. Path Gsrssey's
eir.tte,f." Mrs A. IL L. Wnis.sey:
'.rwsee Told Taics," Hawthorne: M asse.
Fron3 an GA Msnse.r Hawthorne: sssar-
le, Llt;e- Hawthorne.
Biography ~~s'Sicsor Hugo and Ills
Tmst' Alfred Rsshoa. '.pautHsqh's
L.vst." Traits OF Representative Asa,"
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CIV. Basssy. George Dsss Boardnsa.
Possxy-whissier's poems: LosxsesIo~'s
poenzs, .sTho1saa9 and Ore fsenns. Chap-
maa. ~Maa Burschacess." l. Belle Ssa
Nsda. .Eisssnvsss." ]. G. Holland.
Javssiss-.s5ysmf1's rsiry 1sses An.
1&rpoa's fassy Tales" "Assbsan SiGSss.
-ssory of The Isisd.s Causeh. story OF
The 0tyssey.s churyA: .Nssxhb0s jack
socd. j. =. Truvbsid9s: -Asry Jane
Par<ss.s Three vassar Girls Abroad.
4 W. Chanpney.
Fsesson - .-yinety-shree, Y. Hugo:
.sToissss Of the sea- " HuEo: Lee
Msserahses."y Hugo: .'sevsn osks," J.
9 . Hel .s. s.y r..s"x ., e H0',. Tea
Times One II Tsn." T. f. Hale.
Sctenee-"W winds and Tornsdoes.
Davia: lis Darwin Rsgasp Denton.
.'cyesopsasc Science Ssmpsssed," Pepper;
"Wh;saker's Almanac. '-Diekenn Dc
sionayy of London"
Es.igion---Hsroes Of the Crusedes A.
". Dougiss. 'sfn His name. T. 2. Hale:
BEN Har." Lev waIiacs: History OF
the Churches ~ Boston "Prince OF the
House Of David" Ingfaham. Stepping
Hes-enwafd. /" Pfensiss.
Political economy. many autho.s-rro-
t>csion or Free Trade. The American
Cstssen," c. r. Dole: s+Our Country,
josiah strong; Labor Movemsnt IN
America" r. r. Ely: History Of Prssi-
dsnsisi Elections sssn9ood. Looking
Back vsyd," Beiismy.
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.sPOOR'S MANUAL BOlLED DOWN.
1ueage, Capital. Barnings aaA Dlvl.
bends Of Ratlroads Il 1892.


Poor's Manual for 1898 sives the total
railroads OF the United States up to De-
cembsr 81, 1892. q us, 923 miles. The net
increase in the year having been 4. 40
miles. The mileage at the close of the
fiscal years OF the companies Was III .s66
miles Of main line track. The La
bilities Of these companies were $ll ,oss.
0Oo. 600. and the assets $ll, 49,, 0O0, 600 Full
statistics Of operations were received from
companies operating 170,607 miles, and on
these the following figures are based: The
revenue train mileage. exclusive of ele-
waited roads. was s65, 10000; the passen-
ger mileage, Is 697 600 900; the freight
ton mileage. s4.44s. 0oO. 600 The total
traffic earnings were 81. 2o5. 900. 600,
operating expenses $s47. ooo. 900. net earn
ines $S59. 0OO. o00, other receipts Sis. 0OO-
600. and total available revenue SAL. 00O-
600. The payments in interest amounted
to over $2S9, 600. 900. and in dividends to
little over SIS, 00l0 900. The ton-mile
rate for the year was 1857 cent.
which is somewhat better than the
two preceding years, and nearly as good
as the year 1885, The freight receipts per
miis Of railroad were the best since 1883.
having been a. ISL. The tons of freight
highest figure ever recorded. The tons Of
freight per freight train mile were l6l. 81
less than either Of the two preceding years.
but greater than in any other year.
The average haul per ton Was III miles
The average passenger fare was . LAB cents
per mile. being the lowest ever recorded.
The receipts per mile of railroad were
$l.72l from passenger fares. which is less
than most Of the preceding ten years. The
passengers carried per milo OF railroad
were 1875 and the average train load ~ -.
The interest paid on bonds and
debt amounted 20 AS per cent the
dividends on stock TO Les per cent,
and the total payments OF interest and
dividends to 3.01. The locomotive equip
ment at the end of 1892 10 reported rs 35,-
7A; the passenger service cars at 81 22i,
and the freight cars /. les s67. The miles
of steel rail IN track were reported - ISL
SIS, being an increase Of about q 900 miles:
and the miles Of iron rails were reported
a. 81, 64I, a decrease of l. 100.