Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-03-15

tions center at ChicaRo and 81, Louis
the s0rmer reporting the best weeks
sale Of dry goods Tor months. Mil.
Waukee bankers report increased de.
mands for accommodation, and other
evidences OF Improvement in trade,
while ut st. Paul spring trade, although
moderate, is. In full swing. Kansas
City and Omaha make reports which
suggest strong underlying demand.
Wheat, Indian corn and oats have ad.
vanced / cent, cent and cent in
price respectively this week, and cot.
ton and sugar have remained un.
changed. Pig and shaped iron, steel
billets and rails and iron ore have
been again making new low records,
and pork has gone of rs cents and lard
10 cents, Reports OF the available
Europe and in Australia, show net
decline for last week Of 4.7GO, 900 bush
els. Exports of wheat flour included
from both coasts of the United States
ana Canada amount to 2. 85l ,OO0 bushels
this week, against 1884, ,OCO bushels q
year ago. Only 233 business failures
are reported throughout the country
for the past week, against 22l year
a(o
ARLINGTON speeials The dsa.eass
0f applications received daily 1T the
Pension Bureau is shown In a state.
ment prepared at the department.. The
number of pensioners on the rolls Is
now approximately 966,GOO, against
952, coo for the corresponding week OF
last year. The number has, however,
steadily diminished since the lst oi
September. The number of cases now
pending the action of the examiners is
654, 1863. This is a decrease of over
9l,0CO in the standing number during
the year. The number received dur.
ing last week is decrease OF 3. 441
from the number received In the cor.
responding week last year. There Is
also decrease of PSI in the number of
cases allowed during the week and an
increase in the cases rejected. The
claims now pending are divided by
classes as follows: Old war, 3,557: In.
dian wars, 2,717: service since March
4, 1861, 203, 3,495: act of June u, 1880,
l26, III; additional to prior applications
on Tile under former acts, los, a,427: in
crease. 2O3,62): increase and accrued
widows, 5,8S7: army nurses, $40.
BOSTON, Mass, special: The com.
mon council has passed an order that
the mayor be requested to direct the
trustees of the public library to cause
the immediate removal of the ob]ec-
tlonable features Of the art decoration
on the facade OF the new Public
Library Building directly over the en-
trance. The art decoration referred
to is seal from a design by the artist
Kenyon Cox and accepted and turned
over to Mr.. st. Gaudens, the sculptor.
whose reproduction Of the seal, which
had been placed over the main en-
trance OF the new building, is about 4
by 6 feet. The principal features of it
are a shield or globe in the center,
with a perfectly nude male figure on
each side holding torch, while over
the. figures is the legend "Omni
Civium."
WASHINGTON special Walter
Wellman, the Washington correspond
ent who has organized an expedition
to solve the polar problem, leaves the
city in day or two for New York
from which city he and his companions
will sail for Europe. At a special
meeting of the National Capital Press
Club, Wellman was presented with a
Observation-Disclosures >A--AA----1I-tA,;,,a :,
or plant in the hole discovered. Well
man, in q gracious speech, accepted
the burden placed upon him, and said
the flag should be planted at the high.
est northern point the expedition
reached.
BALTIMORE, Nd. special: Cardinal
Gibbons is in daily expectation Of de-
cision from Rome in regard to the re-
moval Of the ban of the church from
the orders of Odd Fellows and X. OF F.,
which were submitted to the Pope by
the last plenary council. Father
Thomas, secretary to the cardinal, said
that no intimation OF a decision from
Rome had been received, but that the
document would appear shortly. 1T is
generally expected in Catholic circles
chat it will grant permission to com.
municants OF the church conditionally