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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
BRADsTREETs TRADE REVIEW.

New York, Nov. 23.-Bradstreet 10
morrow will say:
The features of general trade for the
week include an increase in distribution
of holiday goods, of heavy clothing, mats,
seasOnable dry goods, and at various
points hardware and shoes. This was
stimulated by reasonable cold weather
and continuance of the feeling of CON
fidence in nearby improvements III de-
mand At the South a favorable infiu-
ence is a moderate advance in the price
of cotton. due to the great favor with
which lower estimates of the size OF the
cotton crop are being received and To the
prevalence of the opinion that the price
of cotton is too low. There has also been
a good demand for spot cotton. Some
shippers Of Southern lumber complain
that Southern railroads are showing pre-
ference to cotton. From points IN
southeastern Atlantic states some hesl-
fancy is reported in supplying goods be-
fore making collections from the fall sea-
son.
At the north navigation has practically
closed and the results of the season s
work are generally satisfactory. Snip
ments of shoes from seven manuiactur-
ing centers. while smaller than last week,
continue to run heavily ahead of the IKE
week last year, $1,000 compared with o.
600 cases.
At Eastern cities the volume Of trade
in dry goods has fallen off, although the
tone of the market is good and colder
weather inclines to help it. The price OF
wool is practically unchanged as are prices
for hides, leather, lumber and print cloths
although they are firmer. The fact that
the demand for iron and steel has fully
kept pace with the production is made
Dlain in another reaction, bringing the
price of Bessemer pig down TO $1O.25 and
Iof billets to $j.25 with the outlook now
favorable for SO, Bessemer pig iron anc
1915 for billets at Pittsburg. Coal prices
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
DUN'S TRADE REVIEW.

DUN > TRADE KEW LEW.
New York, Nov. pr. G. Dun & Co.'S.
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
There is some change for the better.
The gain is slow and in some directions
not very distinct, but the signs of it are
a little more definite than last week. The
most important of them is the larger EN-
plOyment of labor, insuring better de-
mand on the whole for manufactured prod
ucts. Much of this is due to the unnatu-
raj delay of orders for the winter which
resulted from prolonged uncertainty, but
there is actual increase in earnings and
purchasing power of the millions, and so
gives promise of large demand in the
future. Prices of farm products in the
aggregate do not improve, but the prevail
ing hopefulness is felt in somewhat large
transactions.
The wheat market has lost this week
the 1c it gained last week, wheat receipts
being larger and Atlantic exports are also
larger-776,771 bushels against 703,026
last year-but these are of small account
compared with the great visible supply.
Foreign exports for the week have been
rather more than promising, though the
fact remains that the worlds crop outside
of the United States is the largest ever
grown.
Corn has declined lie receipts having
much increased.
The foreign demand for cotton continues
large, exports being $4,000 bales larger
htan for the same week last year, but re-
ceipts also continue greater than a year
ago and for three months closely approx
mate those of the same three months when
the yield was over 100000, but the price
rose 1-Sc.
Textile industries have added a few fac
tories to the working list against only
one or two withdrawn, and there has been
some improvement in the demand for
woolens. More supplementary orders for
spring have been received and colder
weather has increased the demand for
heavy goods. Yet on the whole the mar
ket is not active and the manufacture is
much below the capacity of the works.
Sales of wool this week increased again,
though still far behind last year, and for
our weeks of November have been 12,259,-
300 against 17,590,521 last year. Since
August the sales have been II per cent
more than last year, but 80 per cent less
han 1892.
The iron industry again records lower
prices for bessemer iron-SlO.4O Mt Pitts
burg-and for some manufactured pro-
ducts. The consumption is large and
for the season fairly well maintained
but as it is not equal to the capacity of
works in operation their struggles to get
business keeps prices at the bottom. 1t
is reported that an American shipyard
has secured orders to build three armored
cruisers 'or Rr,sia, which will give adj
ded work for some years and that CON
tract for 10000 tons east pipe for Toxic
will probably be secured by u Southern
concern.
Tin, copper and lead are still weaker
and some concessions are reported in tin
plates.
The coke products slightly decreases
but was about the largest ever known
for October.
The failures this week have been 322
in the United States, against $50 last
year, and 81 in Canada, against ~ last
wear.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT.

Wash ngton, S.v. 26-h ttention is called
to the most dangerous counterfeit that has
made its appearance in years, in a circular
issued by the secret service of the treasury
department today. 1t is a $50 United States
silver certificate, series 1891, signed w. S.
Rosecrans, register; q. Z. Nebeker, treas
urer, and has the portrait of the late Secre-
tary Window on its face. The general ap-
pearance of the note is excellent and will
bear close scrutiny. 1t is about neeighth
of an inch larger than the genuine. The
numbering, seal and Autograph work are
well executed In the portrait of Window
the eyes appear to be larger than in the gen
uine and have bulky look. The outline Of
the right side of the face is not clearly de-
fined, the shade lines running into the face
between the eye and chin. The paper con-
tains distributed silk threads, but the silk
is heavier than in the genuine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29


Washington, Nov. 26.-ln regard to the eX-
clusion of all American newspapers from
Turkey, Superintendent Brooks Of the
foreign mail service says that there Is an
agreement by all nations In the universal
postal union can exclude any mail which the
government decides detrimental to its in
terest. At the state department no question
is raised as to the authority OF the turkish
government to take the action Indicated;
Nearly every European power has exercised
such authority In the past france mas
freely ayailed herself of it and 1t Is well
known fact that the Russian government eX-
ercises most rigid censorship over the ad-
mission into Russia not only OF foreign
napers but of magazines and books. The
latter are not always withheld from the
persons to whom they are Addressed Dut
obliterated by the dense black cancel seal
of the Russian censorS some Oh t1e leaulig
American magazines have suffered severely
i'm this way when their articles are judged
to embody anarchistic or socialistlc doc
trineS and in one case an Oruer was passeu'
excluding for all time one OF our largest lhas
oZines from Russia Although this arbitrary
action caused much complaint at nome, not
oven n protest could be lodged against the
exclusion. as it is the well defined power OF
any country to control the ADMINISTRATOR
Of printed matter WITHIN lLs serra aI,,Gic i 10
the case of Turkey the order OF exclusion IL
doubtless to be found to be caused by me
fact that American newspapers nlleu WIN
outrages alleged to have been perpslrateu
upOn the ArmenianS ana reports VI hlas 20
meetings held by the active Armenian agents gents
in tbe United States to protest against these r,
atrocities have been received tneFe dV
Turkish goYInment is properly appTenehsIEe
that the free circulation OF such Iierdtule
in" Tho o." disaffected provinces may stir up a
III rat om The outcome of which, in the pres
ent temper of Europe it would be dif tbenI
to forecast SO far as the ArmenianS c Ile do
solves are concerned, our government can ~, ~
se at,'ng for them. no matter how much dis:
hotlnE /. IU ,ov he TO alleviate the fortunes OF
ihe ssn native Christians. The great European
are bound by treaty 10
anu Ines ;nmtorfarence by the United States;
s 81 the ay resolutions which are being directed
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
JEWELER ASSIGNS.

Special to The Statesman.
III PasO, Tex, Nov 2G.-P. T.. Kern,
one of the largest jewelry firms in town..
made an assignment today for the benefit
of creditors. His assets are placed at
$31 ,000,an liabilities at $4,000. His
largest creditors are in ST. Louis.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE.
A Negro Assaults a Respectable White
Girl in San Antonio.
Special TO The Statesman.

San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 26-MatiIda
Wolf, respectable girl, ~ years old,
was assaulted in the suburbs today by n
negro man named Albert Kellman. The
girls screams frightened her assailant
away before he accomplished his pur-
pose. Kellman was arrested and placed
in jail, but not before large crowd had
gathered and some talk of lynching in
dulged in.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
SUICIDE AT BELToN.

Special to The Statesman.
Bolton. Tex, Nov. 26.-D. w. Proctor
suicided last night at Corn Hill by shoot
ing himself. in the head. Death was in
Simultaneous. Family troubles is as
signed as the cause.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
KILLED A WOMAN.

Special to The Statesman.
Josserand, Tex, Nov. 26-Last night.
at negro festival John Robb shot ana
instantly killed Emma Davis. Robb was
arrested. Cause unknown.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
BRADSTREETS AND DUN'S
WEEKLY REVIEWS.
Approaching Cold Weather Stimulates
Trade in Winter Goods-Rumor
That Russia Will Have Three
Modern Cruisers Built in
America.
BRADSTREET'S FINANCIAL Re
VIEW.

New York, Nov. 23.-B .adstrcet's
financial review tomorrow will say:
Although the bond issue was the real
factor of the week in connection with
the movement of speculation, the stock
E'mket for several days was mainly in
fnenced by the question of the dividend
on Burlington stock. Up to "Wednesday,
when that company acted on the question
the market exhibited great nervousness,
but was Influenced mainly by q belief
that the dividend was reduced from IA
for :he three months to l per cent ere
ated temporary but marked depression
i'll ali the granger stocks and affected the
the general list to a greater or less eX-
tent, the proceedings being attended ~
some very peculiar developments in CON
neCtlcn with the ann1 'nC,'nruS of tho
news. which left very bad impression
upon the street.
During the time this dividend was up-
permost in the attention of the profess
sional spectators who constitute the mar
ket the bond issue seemed to remain in
the background, although more or less
disappointment was felt that London
took no interest in the market and that
a considerable amount of gold was taken
from the treasury reserves. reducing them
to $57,O0O,000 odd. BY Thursday the
success of the loan became well assured
and the market at once hardened in tone,
although speculation continued to narrow
and professionals failed to respond with
any vigor. The advances in exchange
rates to a point which would increase
the fear of gold shipments was practi-
cally disregarded, ii being well understood
in banking circles that even if rates and
conditions justified gold exports none
would be made at the present juncture
and on Friday the decline in rates indi-
Gated that foreign interests would take a
considerable share in the subscriptions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
DEED OF TRUST.

Special TO The Statesman.
Atlanta, Tex, Nov. 26.--T. Cope, Jew
elerr, filed deed Of trust, naming Albert
Cnlberson, as trustee. Assets and liabil-
tiles not known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
STATE MASONIC MEETING.

Special to The Statesman.
Houston, Tex, Nov. 26.-The commit.
tee on work of the Grand Chapter Of
Royal Arch Masons of Texas begins its
session here today. The Grand Lodge
and Grand Chapter meets next Tuesday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
A CLUE TO PITZELL.

Chicago. Nov. 23.-The Chicago police
nave obtained clue regarding BENJAMIN
". fltzel, the accomplish of II. III. Hol-
mos; aiias Howard, who is now detained
ut fniladelphia on charges of having
ssW dnd an insurance company out OF
$4,000 This amount was placed on
fltzers life and on September 30 n body
supposed 10 have been his wife was
found in Philadelphia. Pitzel had lived
up to May last on Madison avenue nenr
SXty-third street. 1t was found thar
P1tzel had vacated this fiat apartments
on May /, and that the furniture had
Deen stored at 407 SiXty-third street. On
or about August /, he was in the civ
oostensibly to make arrangements regard
ing the removal of his household effects
TO st. Louis, where he intended making
his home for the winter. The ST. Touis
address was given as 2306 Michigan
street. A letter was received from Pifzel
from st. Louis in which he promised fo
soon clear the standing indebtedness ON
ms furniture and effect its removal
fonr letters have been written TO Pitzej
at st. Louis and none has been returned
to him, despite the fact that the precau-
ton was taken TO Replace the writer's nd
dress with the usual request for return
on the outside of each envelope. This
the police think, shows that If Pitzei
himself is not alive and living at 81.
LOUIS, some one is representing him
there who knows every detail connected
with his business transactions The
hand writing of the st. Louis cores
pods with the one mailed Mt pbiloJeI-
phia by Pitzel.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
A NEW RANK.

washington, Nov. 26.-The Comptroller Of
the currency has authorized the Farmers
and Merchants National bank Of EldOrado,
Kans., capital stock $4,000, to begin bust
ness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29

are cut again. The anthracite outnut for
the completed calendar wear promises 70
am. to 40,500,OOO tons against AZ :.
1;o4,ooO tons in 1893 and pig iron produc-
1i9n 10 6,o4o,00 tons as comnared with
I,1zf,UOO in 1898. Wheat is off 1-Sc
corn lie, pork 25c and lard Inc Fraa re-
celpts OF cattle and hogs aft Kansas or
omaha and other Western points bsv oi, -,
lower. ionS' sugar is also
The Pacific coast makes another roo
I'm ~ IN the matter of exports of wheat
Tacoma having secured an nnnsnoilS,
large proportion of this business dmr;ny
the last week. San Francisco w;re @u thass
vessels are being chartered there TO nro'
uee .I TO Columbia river in ballast to Ipad
Exports of wheat flour MS vbeaA
ooth coasts, United States and CANAL
amount this week to 3,3I2 0O0 b"sboIa'
compared with $500, 600 bnsbeIS 'n Ias,,
Week Week z,'6i,OOO bushels in the week .
year ear ago, 3,465, 900 bushels in 1875 ard 4
f'uMSS-,ooo bushels in 1891. 'u
ne demand for fresh meats nj no
Tohto has increased, with which 49, ~
S9n the trade situation is nnnbonoe99
NMon!real wires that higher nr;cas Gu.
Mahltoba flour represent the increo S Io5
t nmount going to the railroads for fbe
BANK CLEARINGs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29

The genuine Angostura Bitters Of DR.. j..
G.. b. Siegert G. Sons are the most etficacious
stlmulant to excite the appetite. Ask your
druggist
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
BANK CLEARINGs

co NEW York, Nov, 23.-The following fable
clearances oS NJ BtrSadstreets, shows the total
percentage, of increase or decreasse an" nS tne
y pepr. with the corresponding week ' iast
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29
FRISCO ON THE ALERT.


Special to The Statesman.
Iarls' NOV; 23.-Since yesterday morning
armed armed guards have been running on the
ana Fort Smith. The reason is thai niaht
before last five desperate looking heavily
armed men went to the camp Of n ma1
named mann Adams Adams who is prospecting for coal
them food and lodging The men said the ev
belonged to- the Cook gang and would tolerg.
aLe no foolishness 1t is believed thew ore
ttha,nEgi ,g the base OF their operations from
the Frisco. 'N"o runway 10
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-29

Total United States, 7sGnc) 81 ,O10, o50, sos.
Exclusive of New York
lo'0 unc.). 400, 172. 331
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-04-07
Urllbrcllafula of Gas,

saw curious method used the other
day. in Illinois to take the foul air out
Of well. The well was to be cleaned,
but the man that took the job was
afraid to go down until he had ascer-
tanned the quality of the air at the bot
tom. He let down lighted candle, and
when it descended to about six feet of
the bottom it went out as suddenly as
though extinguished by a Whit of air
That was all he wanted to know. He
was then sure that the well had poison
GUS gas in 1t, and took a small um-
brella. tied a string to the handle and
lowered it open into the well. Having
let it go nearly to the bottom, he drew
it up, carried it few feet from the
we'll and upset it. He repeated this op-
eratlon twenty or thirty times, with all
the bystanders laughing at him. then
again lowered the light, which burned
clear and bright even at the bottom.
He then condescended to explain that
the gas in the well was carbonic acid
gas, which is heavier than air. and
therefore could be brought up in an
umbrella just as if it were SO much
water. It was simple trick, yet per,
fectly effective
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-04-07

1t will be news to a good many peo-
pie that for twenty three years Con-
gresham Jerry Simpson was a sailor
on the great lakes, having, in the course
of that time, commanded numerous
large vessels. The title Of captain,
which is sometimes given him, comes
from that lengthy experience, and not
as q result of service in the army. Jerry
wore the blue, though, as a private in
the Twelfth Illinois infantry. Born in
New Brunswick in 1912, he was taken
to New York State by his parents six
years later. When fourteen years of
age he began the life of a sailor, and it
was not until 1873 that he drifted out
to Kansas, where he has lived ever
since, his residence being near Medicine
Lodge, Barber county, fhere he has for
years been engaged in the business of
farming and stock raising. Mr.. Simp-
son rode into congress on the great po-
litical cyclone of 1890. His name be-
came firsc familiar to the people of the
country by the persistent repetition of
campaign joke about an important
part of his wearing apparel. His first
national celebrity was based on many
fake" articles about Simpsons socks.
But In congress Mr.. Simpson has devel-
oped genuine ability, and. according to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-04-07
Ozone for the PeOnIe.

The production of ozone has hitherto
oecn so expensive rs to greatly limit
the use OF this most valuable deodor-
lzer. An attempt is now being made
in London to produce ozone on such Il
scale that it will be available for in
numcrablc hygicnic and commercial
p'rp' g.. The apparatus used is elec-
trkal. ->ne oZonizcr consisting Of num-
Der OF Scrratcd strips formed ND into
grlds and separated from each other
Dy strips OF glass. On connecting these
Erlds With opposite terminals of a
nigh potential alternating current.
what IS called brush discharge
takes place on to the glass from the
points OF the serrations, and the char
;t'telistic smell of ozone is quickly ap-
parent. 10 makee the ozone in still
greater volume, large number of
these are so arranged in a suitable case
That when the discharge is established
a current OF air is passed through the
apparatus, whence it energies heavily
charged with ozone. Before the air is
passed into the ozoniZer it is filtered.
cooled and dried, so that it's purity is
insured. One of the industries into
ozone is likely to be introduced is the
bleaching Of paper pulp. 1t is stated
that this process can thus be reduced
i'll cost by three-eights to one-half of
what it now entails. It is also sug-
gested to use the ozonizer in the prep
aration Of oils for painting, the same
result as to drying properties being
obtained rs by boiling the oil, with the
added advantage Of great improvement
i'll it's clearness and color In one
branch of the wine and spirit trade the
ozonizer is sure to be widely used.
When subjected to the action of ozone
raW spirits or new wines acquire in a
few hours the same mellowness and
bouquet as if they had been kept in the
cellar for years. In the bleaching of
sugar and the oXidizing of varnishes
ozone will prove of special service.
Another use of ozone is the removal of
tannin from tea, and a company has
been formed for operating the process.
AS a disinfectant, ozone will have be-
fore it a specially wide field of useful
ness, as a gaseous disinfectant, which
has not the unpleasantness of sulphur
Gus acid and chlorine. is still wanted.
Ozonized air will kill bacteria, and the
number Of bacteria in the air of a
room can be appreciably diminished
by working an ozonizer. The statis-
tics quoted by Mr.. Andreoli the in
ventor Of the new method of producing
ozone electrically, as to the relations
between the quantity Of the so-called
ozone in the air and the prevalency of
cholera, are worth careful considera-
ton in this connection.
An Instrument for Typewriting Mu-
sic. 2s
While great improvements have been
made in the last few years in short
hand systems, and language can now
be transferred to paper with the rapid
ity OF speech, the writing Of music
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-04-07

A New Method of Signaling Through
the Water-OZOne for the People
An Instrument for Typewriting
Music. 80.
A very. interesting test of a new
method of signaling through water has
been made in England. The system is
the invention of Capt. Neale, and is in
tended for the exchange of messages
and the carrying on Of conversation be-
tween ships on the sea and on rivers,
whether moving or stationary, OF be-
tween ships or light houses and har-
bors, forts or piers on the shore. Com
munlcation is effected without any con-
nection whatever between the two OBJ
jects, except the body Of water in
which the ships float or the light house
stands, the water being the sole me-
dium through which the message is
transmitted. The system utilizes Il
we'll known law of acoustics. If Il
muslcal note in a given key be sound
ed, an object capable Of emitting sound
in the same key will, under certain
conditions, sympathetically respond
with a sound similar to that which in
duced it, it being of course, a primary
normally tuned in unison. Capt.
Neale's invention is based on this prin-
ciple, and, utilizing the high conductiv-
ity of water for the transmission of
sound, he has constructed a signaling
apparatus, consisting of a. transmitting
and receiving instrument, which are
effectively operated without being in
any way connected with each other.
except through the medium of water.
In the recent test the apparatus was
mounted Oh two punts, mOored about
tWo-thirds of Il mile apart and carry
ing Il transmitter and receiver re-
spectlvely. The transmitter consists
OF bell about sixteen inches in di-
ameter attached to the lower end of
framing which is fixed to the side of
the punt, at the upper end of which is
crank handle. This handle, worked
from the punt, actultes a double-beat
hammer, Which strikes and sounds Il
Dell submerged about six feet The
morse code is employed, Il quarter turn
OF the handle being given for the dots
OF the code and 4 whole revolution for
the dashes. The receiving apparatus
consists of a pair of metallic drums
about ten inches i'll diameter, open at
one end and fixed. mouth to mouth,
upon 4 piece of board placed between
them. These drums, suspended in the
water, are connected up with a small
battery, and through it with a tape
j recording instrument. I Messages Were
eorreettll t1anslai ted and recorded.
The speed Of operating was somewhat t
slow, as the signalling had to be car
ried on by hand instead of by electric
ity. which will shortly be utilized. The