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BTATR NEWS.

Burglars entered the hardware store
OF o. A. Rudolph Of Canton and carried
away about $3.50 worth OF knives, razorf
revolvers.
The residence Of z. A. French, q prom
inent citlzen OF Chamberlain was burg,
larized. Considerable valuable property
Was carried away.
The Fort Pierre Review has been re
moved to durphysboro, I'LL, where il
will be conducted as : populist paper by
its editor and proprietor, g. w. Everts
washington dispatch, 20: The secre.
tary Of the interior today approved the
allotments in severalty TO the Yankton
Indians 81. South Dakota, The allot-
msnt isover q hundred thousand acres,
w. q. Rehling and Joe Mckee had d
light at Bridgewater over a chicken,
Mckee was arrested for assault and bat.
terry and had two jury trials and was ac-
quilted. And the taxpayers foot the
bills, which amounted to go.
chamberlain dispatch, 90: The first
large shipment Of cattle from the ceded
Sioux land ranges was made from here
tonight, comprising q train Of thirty carr
destined for Chicago. The run to Chi
cage viii be in the nature OF a test, the
railroad officials expecting to get the
train through In thirty hours. Other
large cattlemen in the country adjacent
to Pierre and who are dissatisfied with
the Northwestern railroad. are waiting
the result Of this Shipment and, IL good
time ID made viii ship an aggregate OF
twenty thousand head of cattle from
this point over the Milwaukee road.
AZ a meeting Of the executive, COM
mittee OF the South Dakota State Agri-
cultural association held 90 Aberdeen,
it was decided TO admit all exhibits, en-
cept in stock and speed departments,
without entrance feeor charge of any
kind, exhibitors, however, to pay their
own personal admissions at the gate in
the same manner as does the general
pablo. A sum OF money was appro.
priated for 9 series OF bicycle races
which viii features for at least two days
OF the fair. President Kemp, OF Water
town, was instructed to meet the rail.
way managers ut Chicago in q strong
effort 20 secure free rates for all ship
ments of exhibits 20 and from the fair.
The state fair will be- held September
II, 10, 10. % and q. $4,000 will be paid
in premiums and purses
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THE CITY.
PERSONAL lrEMs.

Il. H. Keith vent north this evening
Mons. Grinager was in arrival frou
Chicago. ao
Mrs. K. I'll. smith returned from a visil
to friends at Artesian.
John McMechan came over from Win.
fred on the morning train.
Misses Lola and Zue jerks are visiting
with Mrs. August Ripe this week.
Rev. N. M. Minnie returned TO day
from conducting funeral services at Old,
ham.
Mrs. III. Brennan and children and
Mrs. Marx returned this afternoon FROM
Mnscoda, Wis.
Ike Todd, banker and real estate mar
OF Salem, was looking after business in
Lake county today. e
Norman McGiilisray came down from
Ramona On the morning train, and re:
turned ON his wheel.
Y. Krefting. druggist Of Dell Rapids;
locked MadisoE over yesterday and today
spending the night ID thecity.
Mrs.T. Lannop accompanied BY her
daugter Nora and lilttle Della Sheridan
went 70 Howard TO spend the night.
Hon. JohhE Diamond passed south
To day from Brookings to Sioux Falls,
ne says he i e private citizen DOW, and
bis time . bis Own
For rent-A seven room house with
stable. y. B. KENNEDY.
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shina Must Make Certain cencessions 1
". the RaRirs.

shina Must Make Certain cencesslOns In
~ a PaRirs. /.
LONDON. Ang. s1.--A dispatch. to the
standard from Berlin says: According
TO the latest communications from the
East the Korean King Is under the pro-
tecti6n Of the Chinese general, Yeh.
Competent Judges do not believe the
king has declared himself Independent
Of China. The Japanese government,
IL ii reported. bought recently Though
an ageAt Id Viefna 10000 needle gums
Of aiiscldsmbdsL and succeeded in get.
tng thBm shippsdyto Amsterdam 1t ii
said that R0ssias profiting b. fhs Korean
dihieRlbyp has put pressnre on China to
compel hesftc make concessions Ia the
Pamirss China, however, refuses to
yield square inch,o f territory. n
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A Death Test.

81 was talking to Appointment ply
stefan in Chicago the other day. said
Mark E1lsmith, a Boston drummer,
s..and he told me Of a. way to. deter
mine whether a person supposed to
be dead is 50 in reality that ] never
heard of before, but which he claimed
to be an infaIlible test. He said to
tie a tight igature around one Of the
fingers 81, the supposed corpse. IL
life be not extinct the. extremity or
tie finger soon becomes red, the
depth OK the color gradually increas-
ing tosa.dark crimson, while the skin
above theligatpre remains white, He
said that he has tried the test on q
number of occasions. andsthat in one
instances il had been the means Of
saving Young lady whom every
body supposed was dead from being
buried alive. st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat. sf
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NEWS CONGREGATIONS.

Sixty Canadian pilgrims will be re.
ceived by the pope next Sunday.
Mr., Morley, chief secretary for Ire.
land, is visiting Andrew Carnegie at
Cluny castle.
The cash balance in the treasury il
$126,329,595, of which Sg5,4l5, I03 il
gold reserve. ,asa
James, Capehart, congressman from
the Fourth West Virginia district, was
renolninated ON the first ballot by the
Democratic convention.
The police Of Milan have arrested All
anarchist in whose possession were pa.
pers detailing the plans of O conspiracy
to stab the King OF Greece.
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woKK on,

Laks shore freight HELD Up and An ON
beard Robbed and Beatsn.
.sLAP oRTE; Ind, Aug. BI.--Lake Shore
local freight Mo- b6, westbounn, was
boarded by thrse shighwaymeal near
Hudsora Lake. this county They beat
andsrobbed every imap ON che train be-
fore fit ,reaChed this station, James
Gardner, and hishrother from Bertrand,
Mich, who were stealing u ridegto Chi.
caGo,were terribly beaten. the former
fatally shot and both being pitched from
the train. They were found by The
roadside later and taken 10 New Car
iisle. seven other tramps were beaten
ana thrown from the train before il
reached this place, where the robbers
disembaFkedsan disappeared.
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! THE NEW roRpEDo BoAr
Ericsson Arrives III New York After 81
Days Passage from 81. .Kodls.

--I.aM Sa&% AE4e4 %A&N&%F@ aest@ $500 8&MgEa
Ericcson Arrives ~ New York After %
Days Passage From "a. ..todls.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 3i.-The torpedo
boat Ericcson, the vessel built on inland
waters passed Quarantine at l0a. m,
having consumed 90 days IN the passage
from st. Louis. The vessel was built at
the Iowa Iron, Works, Dubuque, Ia.
She began her voyage 10 New London.
her destinationsiA Aug. Sat noon.
The government requirement ID that
the Ericsson must make "a knots per
hour, and her builders hope to exceed
this by ut least oneknot.
Superintendent Hopkins Of the Iron
Works win stayswith the boat until Ii
NJ turned over To the governments. when
Lieutenant r. NJ Usher. Il. s. n. who
Is alsogon board. win takercharge.
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PRICES or sEvREs.
Bonne OF the Fancy Figures Paid For This
Much Coveted ware.

FHiCES OF SEVRES.
Seine Of the Fancy Figures Paid For This
Much Coveted ware..
"a set of three even tail iardinieres
of the largest model. green ground
painted with birds and flowers by
Al0nde, which sold In Lord Dudley's
sale In 1886 for 1.668 guineas-they
cost him FL, 995-dropped to. lao
guineas when they appeared IN Lord
Revelstoke's sale iii 1898. AT the last
named collectors sale also a Rose
DID Bari jardiniere of the largest
model, with white and gold scroll
handles, sold for 1850 guineas; b
pair Of green even tail iardinieres,
each painted with tropical birds and
flowers on white ground, went for
$50 guineas, and a pair of Rose du
Barr square jardinieres, 81 inches
high, fetched go guineasl
Among the Cassiobury Park treas
ures, collected In France soon after
the great French revolution by the
fifth Earl ofEssex and sold in 1893,
an oviform vase and cover on gros
bleu ground, and painted with a sea-
port and Marine trophy IN colors In
medanions by MORN, f5 inches high,
realized the extraordinary sum of
/. 900 Gnineas, or close on $4,000. "A
garniture OF fyesea green vases, with
birds and plants In dark blue and
colors, each about 14A inches high,
realized ], 400 gllineasy and many 9th
or items sold for equally extravagant
amounts. At the Hodgson sale at
Christie's in 1893. among the old Sc
vres porcelain were rs white plates,
with blue lines and gilt edges. These
plates realized over 8 guineas apiece,
but much more artistic articles may
be had from any dealer IN modern
china at less than as many shiIlings
each. Even as far back al 1855 Ger.
tain example, OF old Sevres ran well
into three figures, for atthe dispersal
of the Bernal collection in, that year
q pair of vases of, the Rose du BARR
pattern, 14i inches high, with plinths,
sold for &l.492 los. and a pair of
vases turquoise, for 41.417 10s., the
purchaser in each case being Lord
HEREFORD.
But probably neither before nor
since. did Sevres porcelain realize
such absurd prices as at the Hamil-
ton palace sale in, 1889. Collectors
were simply carried away by the
great fame Of this extraordinary col
lection, and their enthusiasm outran
their diserettion, ay doubtless many.
have realized 10 their sorrow since,
30 FAR 70 regards examples of old
Sevres in this collection, we have
only room to mention two Mustra-
fEa examplea--a vase and cover, .tur-
Quoise ground. with white and gold,
hands and festoons Of foliage. 1874
inches high, e1, 5e5, and an oval pla-
teaSi. gros bleu festoons and medal
lions, Initiating moss agate, Ifainches'
by 81 inches, ESQ. An interesting
item inSeyres occurred Id the coIlec
ton OF Dr. Patrick Sinclaif Laing,
spld,at sotheby ia Eebrparysis 1888, a.
pair. OF vases and covers ia rich ,bIef
ground, painted with, Portraits OF
the Erapress Catherine of Russia and
intersaceap letters forming mono,
grams cf the king of. France and the
empress, With crowns of gold above.
This lot sold for e99.-Fortnightly
Review. 4I - VI
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Countryeyisxv Of Wsman;s Cy

ount4yes ~ - xoAn&h Gycso Uresss
tCountry people in Surrey still look
with unsympathetic eyes on lady
cyclists who don ssknickerss and af.
feet q mixture Of masculine and fem.
inine costume generally. MOI long
ago Il VS. at Dorking and while
waiting at the railway station no
ticed. i lady acyclist dressed ia the
latest style She was an object III
great interest TO q number of.natives
on the platform. who looked at her
With much astonisbment, Toaman,
appaEenfly plQWmRn, who was
watching the lady with staring eyes
md open mouth, whispered, What
Is thata The countryman gginned
and ansWsred Izeabehauged il j
knaMs. but Thinks it's an oastrich. !
London News.
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Asia 1nfbrEaaticr,

WAsHINo1oN. Aug. Sl.-The state de-
paFtment has received no word from
MinistezsB Baker. concerning feoent events
In Blueflelds, and has sent hirn-a dis
patch sshin8 him To- asfulI report on
al matters pertaining " the ersnst 81
oartaih Americans residing ON. the Mos
Qnitoe observation by the NicaraRuan
authorities.
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PxthlaI Prirs Drills.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The knights
Of Pythias had o damp time Of it in
their camp on the Potomac during the
morning as q thick fog hung over the
place. Damp weather has been their
fate since they first encamped here, but
they are having q hilarious time never
theless. The prize drills are in progress
at the base ball grounds, attracting
many spectators.
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local nRKyiriEa.

LEEIfssfffF fE49 &aEFs{ A#st HR&aAZ#HN.Z
Cornelius sarby y confined 70 bed
Frank Palmer is convalescing finely
and expects to.get down stairs today. 1
James. Bridges IS circulating ! sub.
scription paper TO assist Ed. Gregory %
take the Keeisy cure.
Jo6h ]. CoGey has traded his ranchs
Oh the Vetmillion for q stock OF hard
ware 10 Fresport, Ill, J. r. McBride, OF
the latter piacs9btainipg The farm. Is
B. B. WilllamsOs WINS d passenger for
Sioux Cit, as was also W.. w. James and
wife. Mr., Jahes had 6Sbuis Up che night
before last owing to the serious illness
Of her father who is not yet Out of
danger,
Howard Press, 81: r. s. Person was
chosen member Of the state central com:
mittee bY the Miner county delegation
at the Yankton convention, and yesterr
day he received from Chairman Basford
notice OF ME appointment on the execu-
live committes.
hCitizsns Rre wondering Why the coun-
oil does not order the water service
turned on between 8 and 8 D. m, instead
OF toe. TO would DO 90 much more
convenient. Superintendent kafIerty
expects soon to make ! regular practice
Or blowing the whistle ut the opening
and closing hours OF water s~srvice,
which will DO o great convenience.
wv. w: Comstock and wife. old CoIum-
bia county, Wis, neighbors, Of A. e.
Fuller arrived last evening from Ne
braska, where they had spentathe sum-
mer. 10 made Mr.. Fuller and other
friends here ! visit. Mr. Comstock says
we have not vet suffered from drouth
u thsy have done doga IN Ne
braslxa.
Mr. T.. Kramer of the One Price Cloth
ing store has retufped from chicago.
With s25, 900 worth of goods which he Is
opening UP Ut 30 cents on The uollar.l
he has contidencein Jake county bF6e-
peEltg. knows the .presen: heeds on ifsl
people sad i going to ggesthsm aunh
bsFEaips ~ they hare never had before.
he v bound Vi drive 3 rushing business
eysps IL hard tinsa. 81,
mandkau Euterprise, 90: hi. d. IA.
Rsttagrew, Grand SecrSsary Of tie Grand
Lodge 4: and s s9f,, and he Grad
Chapter of the State. IS now conyen-
ientlyi located II his nov qasrtsrs. He
has the libraries Of both Of these eranu
bodies nicely arranged and q place Tor
all pamphlets and circulars and every
one of these articles ID il pro Or and re-
spective place. The doctor makes an
expert aeetstarys
Postmaster Tobin III receiving fire.
Squens enquiries ii regard 70 stock, .
or which, received yesterday, read some
what a. follows: II hear that they are
giving away horses for nothing in your
county. 4 would liz. 10. get some ~,
them. Would you iet me Know 10 whom
60 apply. hear that there are ope
hundred horses In one pasture starving
5la&EM&
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niaxaland.a C,amannr.

.WAsHINGToN, Aug. Sl.-The presi-
dent granted six pardons before leaving
Washington: Joseph c. johnson, sem
fenced in Minnesota to 1sl months for
introducing whisky in the Indian conn
try, has his sentence commuted to two.
months GtA Ek vi 5i2t rIF@DLI s. %L
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MNNRAPoILss Ang, S1.--The North,
western Miller says; The Minneapolis
mills made their banner runlast week,
gEinding 245, 1855 barrels, against 2S,
900 the week before I07, J75 iii 1888.
and TO- 0oOin 1891. The water poNsf
j. less favorable. and the output this
week vii be several Thousand barrels
smaller. Export shipments, 81. $40 bar
rels, against 81, 1a5 the week before. and
q, 2S5 in 1895. Every min at the head
Of the lakes Was I'm motion last week,
= d1tAee output was S0,756 barrels,
against 65.0i0 t~aerprsvions week, SO, l8f
iala1e93 baadual, a94s ii ssIBD2. All mills
IRE goiagsasain CHS weak aud likely 10
turn put 5 Do0 bafrelsoe more. Report
shipments. aisa8e basrels, againsf q. 77q
the week befCles and ais74s id, 1898. 4
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Funeral Of John Newell.

GHlcAao, Aug. sl.-The funeral Of
John Newell. late president Of the
Lake Shore railroad, occurred during
the day and was attended by q major
.ity 81. the leading railroad men Of Chi
Icago. The interment was in Oakland
cemetery. un~ ireAt .hef~ee 81 at~G
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Started in a livery stable.

COLUMBUS, Ind Aug. 8l.--A fire de.
stroyed the livery stable Of Shea & Ora.
ham. Ten head Of horses persisted.
The flames also destroyed the new st.
Denis hotel and four other buildings.
The total loss is estimated at $4,000.
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Eeaweed has not even In q widest
moments ever BEEN dreant Of a. an in
strument OF electoral corruption, jet the
Tokyo newspapers just nc hand contain
IN account a. tho triaI.of In memher Of
the Japaiaese. parliament who was no
cused OF bribery BY corrupting his con-
stituents with. presents of edible sea-
weed. - 81.
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WAsHtE0foNs Aus. yI.-Hereaftef the
fourth ciAsS postiAiAstersawill hare ssn.
other ts0dfce of fsvennsAta I'D ID s.dhe
sEhanyA thai nekvah0ldsTin thsamaIlsp SET
stlsndentss He can nuw actaasnotary pab-
hc tor pensioners and Witnesses ihsp6n-
sion cases Only wsnd scaza charge Il :
pensioaer not exceeding Is cants for
each voucher ID which he mikes tbs
seal Of hissofice. The law zvas passed
e the instance Of congressman repre-
senting country districts which are but
spaxseay settled, and Is 10 save travel On
the part of pensioners.
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when in trouble, said the emf.
nent lecturer. refrain from worry:
ing, 1a.
Bit, Doctor asked q woman in
the audience, sshow can Wet
"AnyWay,n replied the lecturer,
refrain from Worrying other peo-
pie r9Indiarapolis journal.
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.aaleidsA fsr IsTs.

81. PAuLeAug 3l.W. r Pitman. j
SC. Louis druggist. shielded III hts room
6 the Ryan hotel. this city. 81 taking
strychnine. An unhAppy love affair
was the cause.
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Mr.. Henpeck tsOliloquizingl--It il
when / read of Solomon's. many
wives that I begin t6d64bt the great
wisdom ne Is said I'd have had.
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Inanl rama rahne.


L0eaa TAme TnhAe.
ChIc1g0, Milwaukee ii VI Kanl hAllway, which
took effect, sunday. May n, 1894
TRAINS e0IMa mAeT.
Passenger, No. 4, departs 1l:b0a .. m.
Ffsighs, No. 81, departs 6:A5 q. I'M.
freight, No. a, departe $50 p. m
TEAMS Nofm0 WEST,
Passenger. Nc. q Departs sos p n.
freight, NO, ~, depmEseb 10 q. "a.
TnAfNe 1npm yEzN East.
Passenger, No. 3, afxlsea 500 p. m,
FseiehE 10. "a, arrives a % 9. ~.
Freight, M. 81, afFaxea SEQ p! m.
- FhAxIgr RHnM xgB wHeT.
Passenger. No. AfksveA LES |. q.
FFAight, No. So, arrive D no p. u.
All the shove tKaiae carry pAseenRers: but
treIFAts ohly when passengersa are psovidsd With
Passsnger sgalna ecsng eAst make odhneesioA
1t Eqan tor Aii points eeath, and passenger train
gGfmg waas, nc WO6nsoehet for all points north,
ENEHs MADss05E b n1faEDE IrRB. a48
Passenger Gulng uofths departA 3tlSp. IA.
PAsseugef from north ARRIVES, IL: 20 4. m.
mo. LARKIN. Local Agent.
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todeath. Please let me know, and
will come after some.r
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A soldier. being asked III he had
met with much hospit in Ire
land, replied that heNa the hos
pital nearly All the time he was there.
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Dr.. Prices Crsazn Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
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For rent-A seven room house with
stable. . y. b. KENNEDY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-11-10
Boards and Morals,

y policeman on duty IL the jefferson
Market police court remarked that IL
the course of IS years service he had
seen great many men brought up OF,
the charge Of insulting women i'll the
street or elsewhere They do not re-
sembl one another much he said.
except that III every instance they
wear full boards. | don't remember OF
ever seeing a clean shaven, thoroughly
smart looking man at the bar on that
charge Their whiskers are never trim
med to point either, hut always grow
III struggling or careless way | have
never noted any exception to this, and.
SO far as my opinion goes, | think tina,
any man who gets up in the morning.
takes bath and shaves himself with a
bit of cold steel is apt to start out and
he decent, whereas the whiskered man
is rot. ! read an article by Chauncey
Depew once, III which he said that the
passing of the cold steel over his face in
the morning always dro-e the fanciful
ideas of the night out of his head and
Strengthened him out for hard and
sensible days work. | guess there is a
good deal in it, though l am not able to
reason these things OF; as Mr.. Depew
does. But YOU can 20 bail for one thing,
and that Is, whenever you read i'll the
papers that 4 man has been arrested for
insulting women you can picture him
IN your minds eye rs having shabby
set of whisllers. New York sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-11-10
AN INCREASE OF CONFIDENCE.
Brought About by Cold Weather and the
Election ..Emphasis.''

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Bradstreets saws:
Interest in the elections this week natural
ly tended to restrict the volume of trade,
particularly in the south, where it inter
fered with mercantile collections. But
within few days the influence of more
seasonable weather west and northwest
together with the emphasis with which
political questions have apparently been
settled. have increased the confidence
of many merchants and manufacturers in
prospect for an increased rate of i'm
prOvement in general trade in the near
future. Chicago and st. Louis manu-
facturcrs and business men already report
evidences Of tendency on the part of in
terror buyers to purchase for future deliv-
cry.
From such iron centerS as Philadelphia.
Pittsburg and Chicago relatively greater
steadiness is reported in quotations for
staple brands of iron and steel than for
months past. There is an increased ship
Irent of anthracite coal both by lake and
by rail within the week. and a stimulated
demand for shoes, hats and clothing.
Foreign competition with domestic plain
WOODEN dress goods is noticeable; free or
ders have been placed for delivery after
Jan l. and American fleece woods feel
the effects of competition with Australian
and quotations continue easier.
Returns on gross earnings of lO7 rail-
roads for October show an average de-
crease of 81 per cent, compared with
those of October, 1891. september showed
decrease of D per cent. from. that month
in 1893 The Granger central western
and trunk line roads show comparatively
large decreases in comparison with the
Worlds fair traffic, "a year ago. Southern
roads, with "A gain of 80 per cent, again
make the hest showing. and the south
western and Pacific groups also show
favorable comparisons with last year.
While prices for iron and steel shapes,
for Bessemcr pig iron and steel billets are
practically steady, there is another net adj
vance this week i'm prices of wheat and
lard, and coffee and sugar have advanced
fractionally also. There has been fur
ther recession in quotations for corn and
for oats and general commercial condi-
tions at the south continue to struggle
with another decline of 4 cent on cotton.
Bank clearings mt seventy-five cities
throughout the United States this week
amount to $3.50, 800, 900. or 80 per cent.
more than in the previous week; per
cent. more than in the first week of No
vembcr, 1898, and only 20 per cent. smaller
than in the corresponding week two years