Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
oun.s COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

puN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Tho Success of tho Popular Gold Bond
Sale Has 3 Magic Efect Upon Business.
Brightness, While Rendering the Gus
tomary Record OF Late Transactions Less
Valuable than Usual.
New YORK, Feb. 9S.-R. G. Dun &
Co. weekly review, issued this morn
ing, says:
Failures for the week have been 323
in the United States, against 2S1 last
year, and 63 in Canada, against 50 last
year.
The wonderful success of the popular
loan alters the face of events. January
operations become ancient history as
the nation mounts above all doubts and
fears to a solid certainty that the peo-
pie can and viii uphold their
government. The influence of
this event upon all manufacture
ing and all trade can not be
lightly estimated, it strips the silver
situation of all it's power to hurt. It
puts the treasury upon a safe basis for
the time, whether congress does any
thing or not. It notifies foreign ma
tions that the United States has
power as well as purpose It unlocks
millions of gold which had been gath
cred in preparation, brings directly
several millions of gold from Europe
and stimulates the anxiety of foreign
investors to obtain American securi-
ties.
With such a revolution in business
suddenly effected, the customary rec
ords of the past week and month are of
less value than usual. But there have
been signs of changes in iron manufac-
lures. although the average of price
is nearly one per cent. lower this week,
and orders for wire nails are stimulated
by decision to advance the price again
March /. There is also more active
demand for plates and sheets. South
ern competition lowers coke iron al
Chicago, and prevents advance at the
east, while sales of last years specula-
tors in the Pittsburgh region still de-
press Bessemer.
Speculation has raised copper to 104
cents, with sales of 5000, 900 pounds,
and tin to 1311 and lead to three and
one-tenth cents, with large exports Of
Mexican.
The boot and shoe manufacture does
not gain as yet, leather being about
one per cent. lower for the week.
though in light demand, and about four
per cent. lower for the week.
Sales of wool have been 100000
pounds, against 5, 19s 900 last year, and
with reported reduction in clay
worsteds and mixtures, the orders for
other wooden goods are still unusually
delayed.
The cotton mills continue generally
active, though talk of decreasing the
production still continues; print cloths
do not rise above 24 cents and some
goods tend lower.
Speculation in wheat has again lifted
prices. The speculative market has
been largely Influenced by rumors OF
injury to the coming crop and by fc1-
eign advances.
Corn has been comparatively quiet.
Cotton is practically unchanged, re-
ceipts continuing to accord with 2 yield
of about seven million bales for 1895.
HON. VIM. H. ENGLISH.
The Indiana Capitalist, Politician and
Literateur, is Dead.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. AT 1895
p. m. Hon. William 81. English, capital
ist, politician and literateur, died in his
rooms at English's hotel, after an ILL
ness of six weeks. He was uncon-
scious for an hour before his
death. Around his death bed were
his son, Will English, his daughter,
Mrs. Rose Walling, of Chicago; Mr..
and Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Hodges, Mr.. En-
glish's stenographer, and DR.. Franklin
W. Hays, who attended him.
[William HayGen.Englishw was native Of In
diana. He born at Lexington, Scott
county, August n. 1929. His father, Elisha G.
English. one of the pioneers of the state was
honored with many public trusts during q
period OF 40 years, and his mother was the
daughter of Philip Easton, an officer in the
war OF the revolution. Mr. English was edu-
Gated in the common schools and at Hanover
colleges studied law and entered upon the &C.
tive duties of life young. When he was only
IS years OF age he one of the two delegates
from his county to the democratic state con-
vention at indianapolis, January 8, 1910. The
other delegate was his father, then member
of the legislature. For over half a century he
was actively identified with about all the DEM
ocratic state conventions held in Indiana.
He licensed to practice law before he
was 81 years OF age, and before he was
% had been admitted to practice in the Indiana
supreme court and the United States supreme
court He was four times elected to the con-
gress OF the United States, serving during the
eight years Of intense excitement Immediately
preceding the great civil war and was the
author Of a compromise measure in relation to
the admission of Kansas a state, which be-
came a law and was prolific theme of contro-
versy in the heated political contests OF that
day under the name of the English bill" He
was ever a friend OF the union Of the states
and was always democrat In politics.
In 1861 he declined a reelection to congress
and since that time engaged in banking, street
railroad and various other enterprises, and
thus added the reputation of frst-class
fnancjer to the reputation he had previously
acquired Us statesmen
In 1880 Mr.. English was unanimously NOM
mated for vice-president Of the United States
on the ticket with Gen. Hancock. Although
the ticket was defeated, it received greater
number Of votes in Indiana than the state
ticket of the democratic party received at the
election held only a few weeks before.
During the last ten years OF his life Mr.. En-
and collating material to perpetuate the early
history Of his native state This work he only
partially completed, but one volume, that
touching on the conquest of the northwest ter
rftory, being in print
Mr.. English acquired considerable fortune
during his lifetime. He was married 70 Hiss
Emma M. jackson, of Virginia, in 1e47. She
died in Indianapolis In 1877, leaving two child
rem. Will E. English, OF Indianapolis. and Mrs.
Rose E. Walling, of Chicago, both of whom ara
still living.l
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND,