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DIVISION. OF FUNDS.
Amount invested by tribes, S11, 1896 a.
A"ount in belts OF tribes, 1897. 80

Amount in belts of tribes, 8. 327 20
Total present funds, SIS, 1913, II
degree of Pocahontas-Numb of
members at last report, 545 number
auopted since last report, 80; mum Der re-
lnstated at last report, o; number ad-
585.
Number suspended since last report,
10; number Withdrawn since last report,
o, number died since last report, 5: loss
ny failure to report, l04 Total loss $50.
Present. membersh ip list Cold Moon,
=: .. D. 405). 355.
= Number male members. 1870; number
Ienlaie members 1856; number pale faces
so; number councils at last report, 5,
number councils instituted since last re-
port, .. Total number of councils, 5;
loss by failure to report, 2; whole num-
ner OF councils list Cold Moon, q. S. ID.
405),
WAMPUM ACCOUNT OF COUNCILS.
Marnpum on hand at last report, $424 sS
Mampum received for dues, 237. 90
WampuIn received for fees, $500
Wampum received from other
sources, ga
Total, $719 10
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount for relief of members, 0
Amount for burial of dead, 0
Amount for other charitable
purposes, 0
Amount for education of
orphans, s 500
Amount tor other expenses, 357.ss
-----S362 90
Balance on hand, 1856. 30
DIVISION OF FUNDS.
Amount invested, $3.50. 90
Amount Ia belts, 104. 0S
Total, 1856. 80
GREAT KEEPER OF WAMPUM.
Great Keeper of Wampum Walter K.
SWEET reports receipts s3.s3l.71 and ex-
penditures So, 797. 43; wampum in belt
$34.2S.
GREAT REPRESENTATIVE
Great Representatives w. s. Bailey, W.
e. st. John and j. ID. Randall reported
the tribal receipts (from reports of great
counoils) were 81, 0S7, 1877. sos.
EXPENDITURES.
Relief of mem bers, 1919, 259. II
Relief of widows and orphans, So, 800. rs
Burial of the dead, 50, Glib. Is
Other expenses, 555, 523. "a
Investments, 81, 255, 5SS. A
In Belts, 2S6, 970.72
Total worth, -----$1, 512, 500. 16
%, 61O pale faces were adopted during
the great sun, 1855 resintated and 1402
admitted by card; 81, 76S brothers were
suspended; 1879 were expelled and 1,133
PASSED to the happy hunting grounds
Membership July LIST, 1873. 4S5. Number
Of tribes in the United States, 1862.
The great keeper of wampum reported,
as balance on hand last great council,
$40, 275 81; received from great chief of
records $16 1877. o.; total credit, $36, 957. So;
total expenditures, $40, 79076; balance on
hand, SIG, 1877. %; permanent fund, 3d.
006.19; benevolent fund, $780,. 90 Total
funds, $21, SOFAS.
The great keeper of wampum made q
supplementary report stating that he had
received from the great chief of records
since settling with the finance committee
the sum of ST. 1856. 10, which would make
the total receipts for the greaU sun, $19,-
All. 0S and total balance on hand $685.
237. So.
In the appointment of committees your
representatives found places as follows:
p. g. S. Bailey az chairman of commit
tee on distribution; P. 6. S St. John,
on committee of degree OF Pocahontas,
and P. S. Randall of memorial commit
tee.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-24

by vote of six ayes to two noes, the
house committee on territories has
agreed to report favorably bill admit
ting Oklahoma to statehood.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab let's
All druggists refund the money! it fails
to cure. 25o
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-24

II special information regarding any Ma
ton, Province, State, City, Town or Village
is desired, the knowledge is rarely obtain
able from a school geography, which nee
essarily has only a few general facts and the
location of important cities.
Railroad maps are VIGOROUSLY incorrect
and misleading, hence the puzzled truth
seeker, where large libraries are inacces-
sible, is without relief unless he is the
happy owner of a neutrality-suspicious.
pleasure-giving Peoples Atlas.
All Countries on the Face of the Earth
are Shown.
Rivers and Lakes are Accurately Located.
Among the illustrations are the follow
ing: The Masonic Temple at Chicago (tall-
est building in the world, the Auditorium
Building at Chicago Zone of the largest
buildings in the world), the Woman's Tenn
pie (the handsomest building in Chicago.
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PRICE so CENTS.


be dfromt
by nnailse
Address all this paper
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It's Special Features Relating to the United
States Are.


Immigration
and
in
Office andScho ol-room.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-24

Friday morning, at 9 o'clock, we
shall sell about 6 dozen Ladies'
Skirts, made Of the popular Chame-
leon Moires, deep umbrella ruffle for
CSC each. Regular price $1.39.
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Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty the White
House at Washington, the Great Brooklyn
Bridge, Mirror Lake yosemite Valley, Ell
Captain yosemite Valley, Waterfall and
Cave New Zealand Jordan River, Murchi-
son Waterfall Upper Nile, Pilot Knob
Qron Mountain, Missouri, United States
Signal Service pixies Peak, Colorado,
Giants Gap american River Canon, Col
orado), Scene in Tropical Florida, Falls of
the Rhine,. the Matterhorn Mountain
(Switzerland), Scenes in and near the City
of Picking (China), Island of Juan Fernan-
dez, State Capitols, State Seals, etc, etc.
All the Large Cities of the World, the
Important Towns and Most of the Villages
of the United States are Given on the
Maps.
1t gives a Classified List of All Nations,
With Forms of Government, Geographical
Location, Size and Population.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-24

HOSIERY. Ladies' Chdens Csc Hose sold
Saturday will of Ladies'
Childrens
LADIES JERSEY VESTS Splendid value n 1 and white
and sleeveless,
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Advice to Mothers.

If you say"No," mean "No." Unless
y"n ha.r q good reason for changing
given command, hold to it.
| Take an interest in your children's
amuselnenfS: mothers share ia what
pleaseS them is ii great delight.
BE honest with them in small things
as we'll rs in great. If you cannot tell
them what they wished, say 50 rather
than Gec-iv- Them.
AS long as it is possible kiss the
children good night after they are N
bed they like it, and it keeps them
very close
Make >nnr boys and girls stn,4
physi"i"Gy when they are i'll. try sn
make them comprehend WHY, and how
the complaint arose, So tar as you
know it.
impress npnn them from early in
fancy 'hat their actions have results.
anu That they cannot escape eonse-
quencts. even by being sorry when
they have d"re vinus.
Respect their little secrets if they
never make them tell, and time and
patience will.
Allow them AS they glow older to
nave opinions IT their own. make them
individuals. and not melt echoes,
Mothers. whatever else yuu NAV
teach your girls, do not neglect to jn-
stiuct them III the mysteries of house,
Keeping. 81 shall You teach them in
the way "f making home happy
Herald of Health.
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LIST OF PATENTS.

Granted to Southern States Inventors
this week. Reported by G. A. Snow
Il Co. Solicitors of American and For
eign Patents, Opp. L. S Patent Office,
Washington, D. e.
W. G. Beckwith, Prattville. Ala,
Journal box. NJ. NJ. Benson, Fair,
mont, w. Va, Copy holder. D. C.
Boy ee. Quinnimont, w. Va. Cradle
dump. j. Buchel, New Orleans, La,
Shunt circuit water rheostat. NJ Burt
Jacksonville. Fla Pumping apparatus.
j. D. Cason. Nashville, Tenn, Whiff1e-
tree. J. Claborn, Lexington, Ky,
Fire escape and extingulsher. G. p.
Clark, Alexandria, Va. Non fillable
bottle. A. S. Cummings, Crewe, Va,
Sand box. Il. Dinsmore, Weston, w
Va, Magazine fire arm. T. B. Dixon,
Henderson, Ky. Polar relay. S. A.
Eisele, San Antonio, Fla, Truck bear
ing. j. J. Faulkner, Memphis. Tenn.
Cotton seed delinter. j. A Gamble.
Ashville, Ala. Device for lowering
boats. A. B. B. Harris, Bristol. Tenn,
Railway tie plate. A. A. Hndgins,
Rome, Ga, Huttonhele cutter and
ripper. NJ B. Leonard, Richmond,
Va. Electrical apparatus and system
+. NcGloin, New Orleans. La, Anti
friction bearing. j. l.. Minor, Mem
phis Tenn. Stop and waste cock. T.
). Moore, Pine Bluff, Ark. Lubricator.
D. NJ. Munro. GaltEe,shurg, Nd.
Switchboard. $ NJ. Neely, Smiths
Turnout. S. c, Animal trap. j. Z
North, Baltimore, Md, Shirt. A.
Rothschild, Paducah, Ky, Automatic
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The Reward of Virtue.

A character of Il highly virtuous and
lofty stamp Is degraded. rather than
exalted hN an attempt to reward vir-
tue with temporal prosperity. Such
y not the recompense which Provi-
dence has deemed wolt thy Of suffering
merit. and it is dangerous and fatal
doctrine to teach Young persons, the
most common readers of romance.
that rcctltad+ Of conduct and princi
pie are eifher naturally allied with or
adequately rewarded ny the gratifica-
uons OF nil,' passions nr attaInment of
our Wishes in II word, ii virtuous
and stlf-dtni-'i ,aracter is dismissed
with temporal wealth. greatness, rank
or the indul -"nrr "t such Il rasi,lv
formed or ll-a>>"itrd passion rs that
0f Rebtrca f'n lva,t.i,e. the reader
VIII ." apt t" sa.s, verify. vi.tue has
hat lis reward But glance On tn,
great picture nf liz. VIII show that th,.
duties nf s-lf-dtnia. aud III. sacrifice
oi passion - ril:ciplr. are seldom
tlns rtnnheratr:t and that the eter
nal cnn>ci' u>nrs> Ut their hl.l mind
ed dlsc!arG" "f duty produces on
their own rtti,cflol,> Il more aleonate
recompense. III the form of that peace
which the world rannnt take away
From Preface to Scnti'> lrani,nt.
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NO A
Coins In the Month.

The Boston Herald SAYS on the sub
]ect of ladies' and others ns;np the
month t" hold coins: 1T = quite COM
mon among women, who, under such
circumstances, never seem to have
quite hands enough. and So they press
their mouths into service To do what
Is not only IA vulgar thing but abso-
lutely ti,thly. The nickel which is
taken from the purse may have re-
Gently left il hand unwashed since it
fondlrd 9 Guild dying with diptheria
or other Infectious disease. Or it NAV
have COME from the hands of man
suffering from the most loathsome of
h's"itirIs. None will doubt but tie
habit ~ question Is thoIshulessIy in
duls-d. bur if You have it, break YOUR
>"if "f 1t. aud never again be guilty of
such at:ocity."
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keene's Fortune.

Jim keene owed his fortune to n
woman. The impoverished widow OF
an old friend of his came to him once
with $500 worth Of diamonds, all she
had left, eagerly begging him to buy
tiiat amount ut n certain stock. "i,ut
why Z She had been employed as a
seamsfress at the homes of Fiocd. Fair
AID O'Brien, all former friends Of her
husbands. At one of these houses sb.
had overheard an account of a wonder
1ni bonanza just then discovered near
Virginia City. Keene took the dia
monds. wedding gift to this poor
little woman from her mother. He in
vested their value in the stock desired.
On the announcement of the new dis
coverles the stock jumped from 1928 to
500, then rose to 800, $3.50, up to $2S5.
At that point she asked him to sell.
She thought herself worth about
S2o.OO0. She was in fever Of excite
ment. keenc, slim aud tall, was as
cool as cucumber. 'See how much
Mrs. - has with u.s." he told his
cashier: The answer came, Mrs.
- has $4,000, less commissions
making S562,S7O." Keene asked if
she would have check for the amount
then, but, receiving no answer, found
she had tainted He had made So
o0' 200 himself in the deal, all Of which
he has since lost in the American
Monte Carlo-Wall street. The little
woman whom he enriched now dazzles
people with her diamonds, keeping her
mothers gift as talisman.-Amerlca.
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dumping car G. d. Shepherd, O,lan

dumping car. c. D. Shepherd, Orlan
do, Fla. Dust detiector for car win
dows. A. NJ. Smith. Jr., Cockeysvile
Nd. Guard for freight cars. c. II.
Smith, Birmingham, Ala. Car coup
ling. Ii. D. Terrell. Atlanta, Ga,
Heel sweep. d. NJ. Therrell. Charles
ton. 5. e.. Electric railway system. L.
Y. Wagner. Drexel, Fla, Bndy rest
and support for canopies. JIG. West.
Atlan'a. Ga., Electric block sigma! and
train lighting system. J. F. Wilson.
kissinmee. Fla, Steam canning and
cooking machine. =. L. Wilson, Bal
tim"re, Md, Toy.
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For A LOST TGRAvE.-Recently wan.
der,ng through the village cemetery |
noticed granite slab leaning against
the white board fence and inquired OF
bright eyed, rosy checked 10 year
old girl, who had volunteered to con-
duct me safely through the cemetery.
the meaning of the tombstone leaning
against the fence.
That" She replied, sis for lost
grave
''But what do you mean by lost
grave? p
''Oh. the story is that years and
years ago little boy died, and the
family didn't have the money to erect
monument over the grave. SO they
drove stake down and after a while
moved away. They are wealthy now,
but when they. came back with the
monument aud were ready to put it up
at the grave of the little boy they
couldn't hnd the grave. That's the
story. Isn't it a sad one ?''-Toledo
Blade.
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.No1 ICE!

IT, h THE STEAMER LOUISIANA
G5.2 .'v"s Donaldsonville on Sunday
Tuesday ana Thursday al 6 oc'ock a. m,
passing Nar"lconvile at SIS a. NJ. Thibo.
drux at I0:3e, connecting with IL II. IN.
train: arrives ut Loekp"rt at , p. m.
Leaves !.orkpott N Monday. Wednesday
and Friday. 1T . =. IN. passing Thibndaux at
$50 u. m. Napoleonville at 1890: arrives at
Donaldsnnvilla at $3.50 p. ~. making close
connection with the T. & 2. :3:45 train for
New Orleans.
On saturday. makes the round trip from
Donaldsnnyile ~ rhihodaux and back
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A SENSTBT,E MAN

Covers his steam pipeing and drums with
Carey's Asbestos Magnesia Sectional Cover
ings. 1t pays for its cost in less than II year.
Put in Il thompson Eclipse to burn bagasse,
shaving, rice hulls, pea or buck wheat coal
write fer prices on roofing building and
lining papers and engineers supplies, to
DAFFUON & STOUTZ,
$40 Union Street
9m' =. Z. New Orleans
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Mrs. Wlggles-"Doesn't your hus-
band suffer dreadfully with rheuma-
tism p Mrs. Waggles-''Yes, but it's
nothing to what the rest of us have to
endure" e."-Somerville Journal.
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Yabs'ey-"Sav. When fellow
calls on :: .l'l sl.'nld he leave his hat
and chn- il 'hr ball ~ take them into
the pa'l"r 2" g--"Well. If the
girl Is living IN Il h',arling house and
the nat and cane aIr worth ANYTHING 7
think he had hrtier hang "n to them.n
.J,iriai.
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Simmons "How in the world do YOU
get yourself into the proper frame of
mind to write those pessimistic
poems Z" Tmmins-'I use fountain
pen. n."-lndiainapolis Journal.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE OFFICERS.

STATE OFFICERS.
Governor Murphy j Foster ofst. Mary
Lieut.. GOv....R. II Snyder of Tcnsas
Sec. of State. Jonn T Michel of OIL ans
AID. Pub. Aces. w w. II ard OF Union
Sta, Treas A. V. Fou,net of S Mar in
Atty Gen NJ. j. Cunn nghAm Natchitoch's
Su, t. Pab. Ed. j. V. Calhoun, of Orleans
o. 8. SENATOR'S.
N. C. Blanchard -. .......... of Rarldes
Don Gallery y......-...--. OF 81 mary
STATE SENATORS.
II c. Minor ...-........-. Ierrebohne
w. E. Howell. $50. ..... La1ourche
JUDGES SUPREME Court.
Chic F. T. Nichols of Orleans
Associate " ~. A. Breaux. of Iberia
I" II, C. Miller Of Orleans.
s. D. McEnery, of Ouachita
i" LIB. Watkins, Red River.
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, Fifth Circnit.
R.T. Beanregard- :. ......of st. BERNARD.
Il. D. Smith -.s... ....-.--.o1 ot. MARY.
CONGRESSMAN, 3rd. Congressional Dist.
Andrew Price. ...--.-.---.of La1ourche
18th. Judicial District.
Judge. .........L. p. Caillouet.
Dist. Attorney.-- ....B. F. Winchester
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
lst Ward. II. Clement. 2nd Ward...--.
Baunnn T. Bake. 3rd Ward. Eva
ris,e Bernard, 4th Ward, j. B Ayo 3th
Ward, Arthur A. Boudreanx. 9th Wa,d
Sv!vestre Martinez, 7th ward John =.
p;ttmanp. 9Th ward Lonis Falyout. 9th
rrard p perouilh 10Th ward Augu,te
Cretini.
ooNsTABLFs
Let ward Evariste Morvant. 2nd ward
r. A. Frost. Alberto Bergeron, 3rd ward,
Edwin f'ir"sal'. 1'n Maa" e.h a,'el. wv W.,
5th ward' sS,1ie MI nc ~ ,rii': MI" 49,.
lam fres,ehpaoh, = "H ~, T,a; n., s.on
nepeit, o'h "",u ~, ,r, "a -,
AlVh.J A1ii!
REPRESENTATIVES.: ........:.. NJ. Delaune.
g ...... Il. A. IrOSalr.
Coroner. .-..-.... ..Dt. W.F. Harang
CierK OF Couro. 80 D..
'1uefih pn..''j
treasurer So,
Oihciai oo"ru''i' .,,";,,',t
Asso'sor "
roLioE 'o"onS
rreslneho, re in IL " ny, T. o. y Tams T",
q. W. TABOR Shas III E.,L rhris'
Lnhiie Leae., Lo"'' 80. p',;aa ~, u
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THE BEST
SPRING MEDICINE

is SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. Don't
forget to take it. Now is the time you
need it most to wake up your Liver. A
sluggish Liver brings on Malaria, Fever
and Ague, Rheumatism, and many other
ills which shatter the constitution and
wreck health. Don't forget the word
REGULATOR. 1t is SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR you want. The word REG
ULATOR distinguishes it from all other
remedies. And, besides this, SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR is Regulator of the
Liver, keeps it properly at work, that your
system may be kept in good condition.
FOR THE BLOOD take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR. 1t is the best blood
purifier and oorrector. Try it and note
the difference. Look for the RED I
on every package. You wont find it on
any other medicine, and there is no other
Liver remedy like SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR-th Kingo Liver Remedies.
Be sure you get it.
j. III. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
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THE POLICE JURY.
Resolution No.

"hereas it = me sells" "f ms Jury that
t;on ,,f ~ pa.;.I. g.. al, W
bv tba, a. waiI "a tha af
noll hoxes ~ tle v,r;nns ,,ro,inn,s ~ =, !
nar;,b shnnlJ he ,;xnI hy ,bis ;nr .at;
SO that the nol;ce ;nrv If hi. n,r;sh l,,n,r
inc in advance !, close annrni i;m.t. Of oil
fufnre elect;nn exnens..s ,,,., H., H.
vide finds ,nr .Le Eon;,l.t,"n ,hereaf thp.o p,o
tore l''.''''o'. .'e'soi me-
Re If Resolved bv tba Police 1,rx, of ,b;s
Parish in repnlar maa,:nn .,s.enhlad rba,
thr fees of tIe sn,.ryisars ot. alan,;n, Co... III
their s4ry,res .s snch ;n..iu,l,nS tla ,,ranar
preparation and film" .f an ,allr she.rs and
STATEMENTS TAIN atinn nf tho ,.+nrn, VA
transmissinn ,n tba Saeret.rr !, Sta,a of sa;I
tabnIations are hereby {; vol -, ths smn .',, 81
One Hundred fs,00 0m Dnll.rs far aae alao
tion ans ,bat The amonnt ~ ha nai, ~ ,ha
SheriY of thr Parish tor Tho .,is,r;pn,;nn % anI
delivery of ali the po,l boxes at tbe xarions
polling precincts OF the parish including the
Iire OF extra rnnyeyanees. on is hereby fixed at
otvehty-hSe sta.oo) Dollars and no more
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sWINDLER AND BETRAYER.
Deceives an Innocent Girl and Passes
worthless Checks.

Deceives an Innocent Girl and Passes
worthless Checks
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. March 14.-R. c.
Pickett, alias B. o. Captain, a young
man with a budding mustache, passed
last night in the hold-over at the CEN
trail station, while the 15-year-old girl
whom he had deceived passed the
night in tears at the Centropolis hotel.
Pickett came to Kansas City day be-
fore yesterday. from Carrollton, Mo-,
where he had a store. He passed
forged checks on business houses and
was arrested.
According to the girls story, her
name is Helms, and she is not yet 16
years old. She met Pickett at Nashua,
Iowa, about five weeks ago, and after
an acquaintance of but few days,
consented to leave with him@ She
says that her mother knew of her in
tentions and gave her consent after
Pickett had promised to marry her.
They came to Carrollron, Mo, where
Pickett opened a store under the name
of Captain, and have lived there since
that time, but have never been mar
ried. The girl, who is an innocent
appearing, blue-eyed, yellow-haired
child, does not appear even as old as
she saws she is
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Waiting is the Policy in the
General Market.
There is Great Hope, But Lit
tie Business.
OUTLOOK UNCERTAIN.
Wool and Pig Iron Higher
Than a Year Ago,
But the Market Value for Wheat
is Weaker.

NEW YORK, March I4.-R G. Dun s.
Co. s weekly review of trade says:
Waiting is still the rule. Large
hope, but little actual business, ex-
plains the strength of some markets
and the weakness of others The
feeling that the spring of 1896 ought
TO bring larger business will not suf-
nee to meet expenses all the season if
the larger business does not come.
1t is especially noteworthy that
prices of materials have varied quite
differently from prices of manufac-
tured products, although in most cases
the advance last fall was commenced
by extraordinary uplifting of prices
for materials. Thus, cotton is 27.9
per cent higher than year ago, but
cotton goods average only lO.7 per
cent. Wool is about 5.3 per cent
higher than a year ago, but wooden
goods are, on the whole, about 4 per
cent lower. PigirOn is only IT per
cent higher than a year ago, while
finished products of iron and steel
average As per cent higher. These
comparisons are important because
they disclose something of the grave
d1s!ocation of prices which inadequate
consumption and com binations have
produced.
The market for wheat is weaker,
with no better reason than the Govern
ment report of wheat in farmers
hands, which is altogether out of
keeping with the Government estimate
a year ago, and yet Is probably more
nearly correct.
Failures for the week have been
s., Oil, us, against 81, 500, O52 last year,
and SO, 276, 292 in 1894; manufacturing
was 1896, 9l5, against S795, $50 last
year, and trading was So. O05, $50,
against $780,, CSC last year. Failures
for the week have been 300 in the
United States, against 266 last year,
and 60 In Canada against 81 last year.