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With the Removal of Fever Ouarantines the
Distribution of Staples Increases.
BOTH WEEKLY REVIEWS OPTIMISTIC
Trade Balance Favorable to America Created
by Heavy Shipments of Grain.

tribution, so that print cloths have
and staple goods are sold at conces-
sions all averaging not per cent above
the lowest point. In woolen goods, ad-
vance has been arrested by doubts
about the future market for goods and
the cost of wool, which has advanced
slightly in October, though heavy sales
to take profits are reported, few
at Boston, covering 100000 pounds
this week. The mills have all they can
do for some time, and the opening Of
the next season may be deferred un-
til the future can be more accurately
judged. Cold weather is greatly need
ed to hasten distribution of textile
goods and to provide indications Of the
future demand.
Another rise in wheat lifted the
price above 81, but profit taking speed
lily caused reaction, and the price
closed 21A cents lower for the week.
Receipts were about 100000 bushels
larger than last year, and Atlantic
exports, flour included were 3,2S7, 536
bushels, against 1,862533 last year. Ex-
ports In October as in September, were
heavier than in any preceding month
and, after gloomy reports of the con-
dition Of winter wheat, extensive rains
have caused material improvement
Corn has grown stronger in spite Of
the course of wheat, and authorities
much credited estimate the yield at
1923, ,OOO, 900 bushels, which would hard
ly permit continuance of heavy exports
in place of wheat through the year
Failures for the week have been 276
in the United States, against 23O last
year, and 80 in Canada, against So last
year.
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plain much that was dark. Mr.. Tay-
lor's letter concludes as follows: In
my former article I deliberately ven
tured to assert that I am satisfied,
after careful investigation, that the
ruling classes in Spain, civil, clerical
and military, are resolved, regardless
of party, to refuse to make any con-
cessions to their rebellious colonists as
would meet with their acceptance. 1
cannot doubt that any minister who
dares to undertake such a perilous en-
terprise will be at once discredited and
driven from office, and it will be great
weakness upon our part to be misled
by any false hopes and promises in
that regard Events in the future
will demonstrate that I am right on
that point. Of course, if Gen. Blanco
had brought with him anything like
autonomy he would have proclaimed
it at once. His effort, on the con-
trary. was to conceal the fact that he
was powerless to give any assurance.
1 am now the advocate of such inter-
vention because I am satisfied that 1t
is the only remaining means by which
peace in Cuba can possibly be Sc
cured"
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CANAL CUTOFF.
Bow at rlaritime Interests of
Buffalo Contemplated.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-A special from
Ottawa, Ont, says: With the arrival of
ex-Mayor Mcleod Stewart, Of Ottawa,
from London, in a few days, there will
be begun the first real steps toward
the construction of work that should
prove one of the most important un-
dertakingS yet attempted in Canada,
second only to the great Canadian Pa
cific trans-continental railway that
binds Halifax to Vancouver and
cl1nches the solidarity of the Canadian
confederation. The work referred to
is the projected Montreal, Ottawa and
Georgian Bay canal. Mr.. Stewart has
been in England laying the big scheme
before the British financiers and the
British government. Gable dispatches
received few days ago say he has
succeeded in interesting the British
money in the project. About $25 OOO, 900
is needed to do the work The Geor-
g1an Bay canal when built will make
a cut of over 400 miles to the seaboard.
In other words, grain and general pro-
duce will be carried from the great
lakes, through an all-Canadian route
with far less expense and time by any
existing American or Canadian water
way. Though the scheme is called the
Georgian Bay canal, there will really
be but little canal about it. The idea
is to use the present waterway from
the Atlantic ocean to Montreal (the st.
Lawrence river), then the Ottawa river
up to its headwaters, from where the
Black river and a couple of smaller
but deep streams run into the Georgian
bay near Parry sound Not a great
deal of lockage work will be needed.
The main cost Will be in the deepening
of the Ottawa river in it's upper. reach
es. Though there will be little lock-
age, what will have to be done will
be very expensive, as it will be almost
entirely rock excavation. The main
feature of the canal that is said to
have interested the British government
is the fact that the canal would form,
in case of war with the states, a per-
fectly safe military waterway to West
ern Canada and the great lakes. Should
war break out now, Britain would be
forced to take her gunboats up the ST
Lawrence, subject for hundreds of
miles between Beauharnois and Tor
onto to fire from concealed American
pctIICIlSSs oSSlueS, SIOulu the A1lerl-
cans capture and hold the Welland
canal, all chance of Britain getting her
gunboats to the great lakes would be
gone, and the American vessels could
play havoc with Toronto, Hamilton and
other points, while Chicago and other
American cities on the lakes would
live in safety But the Georgian Bay
canal would run so far north from the
line, traffic could be maintained with
almost certain safety. For this reason
alone it is likely the British govern
ment will take hand in the construc-
ton. The canal once built, will be a
severe blow to the carrying trade now
controlled by Chicago and Buffalo, as
the difference in cost and the immense
saving of time will be certain to force
the bulk of the carrying trade to the
new route. An effort will be made at
the coming session of the Dominion
parliament to get the government to
guarantee the payment of $4,000, 900
worth of bonds for the canal at per
cent.
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CANADH COMING
INTO LINE.
Ready 10 Discuss fhe
Sealing Question on d
Broad Basis.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-A new
phase of the Bering sea negotiations
developed today when the state de-
partment was advised that Sir Wilfred
Laurier, premier Of Canada, and Sir
Louis Davis, minister of marine and
fisheries in the Laurier cabinet, would
come here early next week to take
part in the negotiations. Later in the
day a. dispatch from Ottawa reserved
apartments for Sir Wilfred and Sir
Louis and party at the Shoreham, be-
ginning next Tuesday evening. The
British embassy was not advised, how
ever. and it was understood that the
British foreign office was equally un-
aware Of the fact that the chief Of
ficials Of Canada would come to Wash
ington to treat in person on the sub
ject. Up to this time the British au-
thorities have strenuousfy insisted that
the Bering sea meeting was to be con-
fined strictly to an exchange of tech
nical information between experts, and
they have resisted any larger consid
GRAFTON Of the subject, which would in
volve general principles Lord Sails
bury's letter to Secretary Sherman
carefully limited the meeting to one of
experts" and in execution of this
Prof. Thompson was named as the
British expert and Prof Macoun as the
expert of Canada. Notwithstanding
this strict limitation adopted at Lon
don, the two chief officials of Canada
will come to Washington prepared to
discuss the subject from a much broad
er standpoint than any thus far con-
ceded in London. How far they will
be able to treat concerning Bering sea
reciprocity or other subjects is a ques-
ton of interesting conjecture. The
state department is much gratified at
their coming, as it is felt to offer the
first prospect of considering the sealing
questions on broader lines than here
tofore.
Sir Wilfred is regarded as the head of
that element in Canada favorable to
the most cordial relations with the
United States. The Liberal party, of
which he is the leader, came into power
on the issue of closer commercial re-
lations with the United States. The
Conservative party resisted this as
tending toward the annexation of
Canada to the United States and dis
loyal to the mother country. Sir Will
fred, has not been an anneXdtioHlSt, puI
has favored the most liberal trade ar
rangement with the. United States.
Heretofore his efforts and those of his
party toward securing a reciprocity
treaty with the United States, have
been unayailing, but within the last
few days the state department has inti-
mated that it would view with favor
negotiations for reciprocity between
Canada and the United States. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-06

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Dun & Co.'S
weekly review will say tomorrow:
Stronger proof Of the great change
in the condition of business could not
be given than is found in the detailed
report Of failures by branches of busi-
ness for the month of October. Though
swelled by a few large speculative or
brokerage failures, the aggregate was
smaller than in any other month for
more than four years, except in July
and August and one month in 1894
The manufacturing and trading fail
ures-$7,S23,199, against $7,S30,S11 in
September, and $776O, 835 in August
include one for $1,OOO,O0O, having no
relation to the present state Of busi-
ness. During the four years iron man
ufacturing failures have not been
smaller, except in one month, wool
manufacturing except in two months,
leather and shoes and unclassif1ed
manufacturing except in four months,
and cotton manufacturing except in six
months. OF trading classes, failures
have never been smaller in groceries,
jewelry and books, except in one
month; in clothing, furniture and un-
classified trading except in two months,
and ten manufacturing and eleven
trading classes out Of fourteen each
have never reported smaller failures
in a third of the past forty-eight
months. Improvement SO general with
a remarkably low average of liabilities
in most classes has a meaning which
cannot be mistaken.
More works have Joined the active
list, including some long idle, and the
production in iron manufacture is the
greatest ever known. The output of
pig again exceeds the demand, which
naturally diminishes near the close Of
the year, and prices yield slightly, but
the consumption is kept at the max
imum by pressure of orders which the
works are not able to fill fast enough.
The Illinois Steel company, shipping
5000 tons of finished products per day,
is behind. Eastern and Western orders
accumulate for railway materials, for
cars and bars, for ship plates and
structural forms.
Cotton manufacture is doubly him
dered by decline in cotton and by ac-
emulation Of goods with slow dis
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SPANS REPLY.
Full Text of 1t Received by the
State Department.


State Department.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The full
text of the Spanish reply to the note
of Minister Woodford has reached the
state department in the last mail and
is now under examination by the Of
ficials. So far as can be learned, it ls
not the intention of the administration
to give it publicity now, so that the
interest of the people must be satisfied
at present with the more or less official
statements emanating from Madrid,
as to the character of the Spanish
note. 1t is expected that the presf-
dent will make this note and the cor
respondence leading UP to 1t the basis
for one of the most important chap
tiers Of his forthcoming message to
congress upon the reassembling of that
body in December next, and mean
while it is not believed to be probable
that any radical change In policy will
characterize the correspondence be-
tween the two countries unless some
thing unforeseen occurs.
1t appears that the determination OF
the Spanish cabinet to courtmartial
Gen. Weyler, while not directly due to
a request of this government was
probably inspired by an intimation
from the state department that his
utterances were not calculated to
smooth the way Of the negotiations.
It is surnised that by thus acting
with promptness, the Spanish cabinet
has paved the way for a counter-re-
monstrance against the publications
of ex-Minister Hannis Taylor.
The conditions in the two cases,
however, are said at the state depart
ment to be entirely different. Gen.
Weyler being a Spanish army officer,
is amenable to discipline for any in
reference with the policy of the gov
ernment, while Mr.. Taylor, being a
private citizen, is not accountable to
his government for his individual ut
terances.
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states and from Montreal this week
aggregate 5,575,216 bushels, compared
with 5,911, ,391 bushels last week; 3,472,-
coo bushels one year ago; 2,566,00O bush
els two years ago: 2689,O0O bushels
three years ago, and as contrasted with
2,813,000 bushels in the corresponding
week of 1893. Exports of Indian corn
this week amount to 2,199,55O bushels,
compared with 1,5S9,0OO bushels last
week: 2,247,0O0 bushels in the corre-
spending week one year ago; 1,225, 900
bushels two years ago; $4,000 bushels
three years ago, and as contrasted with
1884, 900 bushels in the first week of No
vember, 1893.
There are 223 business failures re-
ported throughout the United States
this week, compared with 21S last
week; 223 in the week year ago; 260
two years ago; 241 three years ago, and
as compared with 333 in the first week
of November, 1898.
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BULLETIN OF
TIE ST. PFUL GLOBE
SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1897.
Weather for Today
Fair and Warm er.

PAGE 1.
Weekly Commercial Reviews.
Ohio Situation StII Strained.
WeyIer Has the Call in Spain.
Canal Cut-OR Contemplated.
Canadians in the Seal Conference.
New War Ship Alabama.
PAGE 2.
Two Sudden Deaths.
Charter Commissions Work.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis Matters.
Annual Charity Ball.
Attorney Crum Sent to Jail.
News of the Northwest.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
City Lighting Considered.
Democratic Organization Complete.
Social Gossip of a Day.
PAGE B.
Ames Given n Game at Iowa City.
Days Sporting Events.
Street Railway Delays Paving.
PAGE 6.
Panic in the Stock Market.
Bar Silver, 81 I-Sc.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, Csc.
Worlds Markets Reviewed.
PAGE z.
Big Railway Land Suits Settled.
Sale of Denver Pacific Postponed.
Railway Gossip.
Growth of the Pension List.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
Defense in the CIewett Cases
Supreme Court Decisions.
Court Routine.
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kIondike and heavy foreign shipments
of wheat and flour. Larger Eastern
cities report no increase in the general
merchandise movement. New England
centers report that orders from the
West exceed those from the South or
East.
Leading manufacturing industries
continue fairly well employed While
there has been a moderate reaction in
iron and steel. furnaces and mills
continue we'll employed and the out
look for higher quotations next year
is unchanged. In addition to lower
prices for Southern and Bessemer pig
and for steel billets, quotations for
naval stores, woods, copper, coffee, pork
flour, oats and wheat are lower, while
those for cotton. print cloths, sugar
and beef are unchanged. and for IN
dian corn and lead are a shade higher.
Exports Of wheat-fiour included as
wheat-from both coasts of the United
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TAYLOR URGES ACTION.
Intervention Alone Can Save the
People of Cuba.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-The Herald
prints this morning remarkable let
ter from Hannis Taylor, former United
States minister to Spain, in which,
after telling of his strenuous efforts
to prevent a rupture of diplomatic re-
lations between the two countries dur
ing the dark days of the Competitor
case, he asserts that the ruling classes
Of Spain are determined to refuse any
concessions which would be accepted
by the Cubans. Mr.. Taylor, the seal
Of secrecy having been removed, tells
how he and Senator CASTELAR, tried to
pursuade the late Premier Canovas
to offer genuine reforms to the Cubans,
as that otherwise Intervention by the
United States must follow inevitably.
This was Mr.. Taylor's attitude as
diplomatic representative anxious to
prevent war For time he believed.
he says, that the iron premier had
yielded. But when the proposed re-
forms were made public, he says 81
saw that the great man had trifled
with US as if we were children"
Mr.. Taylor denounces the hollow
ness and emptiness of the whole
shadowy pretense embodied in the.
royal decree Of February, 1897 and
after discussing what he believes to
be the attitude of Spain's ruling class
es. says he sees no solution of the
Cuban problem which will end the in
human strife except intervention by
this country.
There are many dramatic passages
in Mr.. Taylor's letter. and it makes
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Heirs stiII Fighting.

HELENA Mont. Nov. 5.-The heirs OF the
late millionaire Andrew J. Davis. have Sc
cured writ of error from Justice Brewer
at Washington, and will push their claim for
the stock Of the First National bank of Butte,
valued at 81, 600, 900. Before he died, Davis
is alleged to have given the bank to his
favorite nephew. Andrew J. Davis Jr.. and
is that points involving the national bank law
are raised, thus giving the United States
jurisdiction.
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coming of Sir Wilfred at this time is
therefore of more than usual interest,
not only in it's bearing on Bering sea
negotiations, but also in connection
with Canadian reciprocity.
The o-Japan-American treaty
relating to the Bering sea, was not
signed today, the statement being made
by officials that the formalities were
not yet completed.
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Let's see about New Jersey, Mr..
Hobart. 1t will be remembered that
the vice president said on the night
of election that the Republicans had
won a splendid victory in New Jersey.
The Democrats got five Of the six SEN
ators chosen on Tuesday, and elected
twenty-four of sixty assemblymen.
There were only seven Democrats in
the last assembly. Tell the truth, Mr..
Hobart.
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TRADE EMBARGO LIFTED.
General Business Relieved of the
Yellow Fever Check.

NEW YORK, Nov 5.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say: Killing frosts south,
the raising of quarantine embargoes
at nearly all states invaded by yellow
fever, the resumption of traffic and a
prospective revival in demand for
staple merchandise constitute the trade
features Of the week. Rains in central
and Western states, followed by colder
weather. have favored farmers and
stimulated demand from interior store
keepers. This had a favorable effect at
Louisville, ST. Louis and Kansas City.
Jobbers in Northwestern states are
awaiting seasonable weather to stimu-
late the movement of heavy dry goods
and winter clothing. Features at larger
Pacific coast cities are confined to sales
of merchandise and provisions for the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-06
TO TEST
The ISSUE

that will be heard of the combine
against Hanna, as the Republican sem
ator1al nominee. At Republican state
headquarters, the reports have never
received any credence. They state
that, If they are assured of a safe ma
Jority on joint ballot, they have no
doubt or concern as to what that ma
jor1ty will be-
1t is learned here tonight that coun-
sci for both the Democratic and Re-
publican committees at Bowling Green
today agreed to submit the Wood coun-
" case at once to the circuit court
and the lawyers in both sides went to
Toledo for that purpose. The court
will be asked to decide whether the
election board can go behind the re-
turns. OF course it will be left for pro-
ceedings in contest in the house to de-
eide whether the vote of Center town.
ship shall be counted Information has
been received at Republicans head
quarters Of protests to the soldiers
home vote at Dayton on the ground
that the voting precincts were not in
the proper place. If that vote should
be thrown out, the Democrats would
gain two representatives from Mont
gomery county and one senator. enough
ION the claims of the Republicans to
make the legislature stand 73 Demo-
Gratis and 72 Republicans on joint ball
lot. Chairman Nash says there are
about fifty precincts in the state where
these technical points on the location
of the polls can be raised, and if it is
made an issue of contest It will work
both ways with none knowing the final
result
TOLEDO, O., Nov. 5.-The close vote
in Wood county on the election of a
representative TO the legislature. has re.
suited in a contest which was begun in
the circuit court here today. The Of
fetal count on the vote for representa-
tive gives Norris 4,S42, and Mears
Oem), Ash, thus giving Norris a
plurality of only 81. Center townships
vote, if thrown out, wouI give Mears
a plurality of eleven votts. Nominee
Mears protested the vote of Center
township on the ground that the voters
of the township, outside OF Bowling
Green, went out of their precincts 10
vote. The question was argued before
the supervisors. This morning the
board heard final arguments and 6iyid-
ed, politically, two and two on the
question of admitting the vote of Cen
ter township. In such an event the law
provides that the matter be referred to
a Judge of the circuit court, so that
the case was brought here and sub
mitted this afternoon to Circuit Judge
Parker Congressman Burton, Of CleVe-
land, represented the Republicans. and
Frank Baldwin, Of Bowling Green rep
resented the Democrats. The hearing
was held in chambers and the argu-
mentS resolved themselves into a mere
statement of the facts and the rights of
an election board to establish a voting
booth in a convenient place. Decision
was reserved until tomorrow.
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Senorita Cisneros, since she has been
in Chicago, has had an offer of adop-
ton and an offer of marriage She
hasn't had an opportunity to try
the Chicago article of divorce yet
but, If she accepts the offer of mar
riage, she will be able to experiment
with it in a few days.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-Alabama, the
new war Ship for the American navy, is
rapidly approaching completion, and it is
one Of the finest, If not the finest, that have
risen from the ways in the big shipyards of
the Cramps. This engine of destruction is
one of four sister ships. The three others
are the Kearsarge, Kentucky and Illinois,
which are now well under way at the yards
in Newport News. The Alabama is battle
ship of the first-class. She is 372 feet long
by 70 feet In the beam and draws 23 feet Of
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YoRK-Arrived: Campania, Liver
pool; Fuerst Bismarck, Hamburg; Edam,
Amsterdam.
ENsToWN-Arrived: Lucania. New
York for Liverpool.
PENHAGEN-Arrived Hekla, New
York.
LIVERPoOL-sailed: Nomadic, New York
NAPLES-Sailed: Ems, New York.
GENOA-Arrived: Werra, New York.
LONDON-Arrived Mississippi, New York
BREMEN-Arrived: Karlsruhe, New York
HAMBURG-Arrived: Columbia, New York
via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Pennsylvania,
New York.
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Alleged Murderer.

MADISON, Wis. Nov. 5.-The police of this
shot John Robinson at Darlington. Oct. 24,
while attempting to rob his house. The
prisoner gives his name as Charles Mcdonald
and tallies with the description sent from
Darlington. Robinson died today. Mcdonald
was taken TO Darlington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-06

The annual chrysanthemum show of
Chicago is about to open. 1t IS sug-
gested that the University Of Illinois
and University Of Chicago footballists
he given places in the front row Of the
flowers.
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EVENTS TODAY.

Met-otis Skinner, 2.8O, SIS.
Grand-Gay COney Island, ESQ, S.I5.
Market HnII-Bazar, 7.3O.
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Hannis Taylor wants war as badly as
Joel Heatwole. He says he now ad-
vocates intervention by the United
States because he Is satisfied that it
is the only remaining means by which
peace in Cuba can possibly be secured.