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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-22

not in the main increase existing tariffs cotton
ties, over which there was tive usual struggle,
placed on the dutiabe list. TiU-platc con-
tinues o be protected The duty on lumber IS
81 thousand. The duty on tobacco wrappers
is placed at Sl.S5 a pound Agricultural
products in general have the same duties rs IN
the Mckinley Bill. The duty on raw cotton,
put on in the Senate. was abandoned finally in
the conference. Flax. hemp and jute indus
tries are protected but the duty on cotton bag
eine and burlaps has been reduced. The duty on
wool Is placed at II and Il cents a pound, with
specific rate on carpet woods at four cents a
pound on woods valued at II cents and less, aud
seven cents a pound on such woods valued at
more than II cents pound. The duties on
manufactures of wool are substantially the same
as in the Mckinley Bill Of 1890 The duty on
coal is placed at 81 cents ton.
There is q long FREQ list, with restriction
that American tourists, returning home from
Europe. cannot bring home duty free goods ex-
ceeding 800 in value
The bill gives the President power to place n
retaliatory duty on coffee, tea and various
other articles, when coming from countries
where an export duty is placed on these
articles to our disadvantage.
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MUSTERED OUT.

MONTGOMERY-At Omaha, Neb.. Gen. Mil.
ton Montgomery. 18th Wis. Gen. Montgomery
was born in Ohio, hut in 1850 moved TO Wis.,
consn, and was resident of Sparta at the
beginning of the war. He raised Co. d. 18th
Wis. and was commissioned Colonel OF tho
regiment. lie served until the close of the
war; WIS wounded at Atlanta, aud lost arm
was confined in two rebel prisons. In 1865 he
was brevetted Brigadier. General for gallant
and meritorious service in the campaigns
through Georgia and North Carolina. After
the war he returned 10 Wisconsin. In 1878 he
moved TO Lincoln, Neb., and engaged in the
practice of law. During the past few years he
had been living i'll Omaha.
PHiLIPs.-At Garfield, o.. June II. William
Philips Co. A, 9th Ohio Cav, aged 3d. A widow
aud two children survive him.
CAIN-At Los Animas. Colo. June 10. John
f. Cain, Co. A. 4th Iowa Cav. aged 81. Com
rade Cain enlisted Des. 81. 1865, aud served
until Aug. 8, 1865.
LEvAv.-At Wichita. Kan, recently, Francis
Leran, Co. *, 3i-t Iowa. and IA member OF
Eggleston Post, PA He leaves \ widow, son
and daughter.
FLETCHER.-At Lincoln. Neb.. June 8. John
Wesley George Fletcher. aged 10 Comrade
Flstche. served through the Meg lean War in
c.. E, 18th Ohio, commanded by Capt. Lilly, of
Columbus. At the outbreak OF the rebellon he
enlisted in Co. B. s7th Pa. and remained with
that regiment during its entire service. Hs
was buried by Farragut Post
ANDERsoN--:t Loretto, Pa. June H. Beaja-
min p. Anderson, Lieutenant. Co. L, 54th Pa.
At New Market Il piece Of she'll shattered COM
ratle Anderson's right leg. The woand c:suso3
;,im much trouble until his death. He was .
member OF Post so. Johnsiown, Pa.
SCaooSMaKEE.-At Milwaukee. Wis, Lienk
II. Schoonmaker, 10Th Ill, aged 6l.
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OUR PICTURES.

We scarcely need call attention to
the superb quality of pictures that We
have been presenting lately in The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. They speak for
themselves to every eye. We constantly
strive to be in the very front rank of ali
that goes to make up great and attract
i've paper. The printing Of Photographic
halftones upon fast press is something
that has long been the earnest desire of
all progressive publishers Many have
been striving TO accomplish this, and
expended lavishly Of money and labor
in experiments. We can truly say that
we have succeeded better than any of
them, and our process is admired and
emulated by all our competitors. The
Photographic halftonc has world of
advantages over the ordinary picture
1t has a feeling and fidelity to nature
that the most skillful artist cannot ap-
preach. Take, for example, the picture
We present this week 1t is from war-
time negative. and was taken from an
actual group of men stationed on the
outpost, and who had begun the con
struciion OF works The veteran who
"has been there" will enthuse over Il
st once. He can see the hot day, the
dry, parched country, the familiar
scanty trees, the old uniforms, the clods
in The earth, and all the well-remem-
bered details Of many such experiences
Of lis service. 1t is Il great picture.
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PERSONAL.

Comrade August Donath. who has been Q
prominent worker among the Washington
Cd. CO. GAR. men for a number of years, has
purchased an interest in the West Chester PAL
Republican. and assumed the editorship of the
paper. The Republican, is live, stalwart Re-
publican journal, with fine position aud cir
culation. which will be greatly increased by
Comrade Donath's able management.
The comrades Of the veteran old 9TH Ohio
will be glad to learn that Lawrence Wilson,
M. D., one of the original members of the regi-
ment, and who was severely wounded in its
ranks, has been promoted to Medical Examiner
in tho Pension Bureau at salary of 81, 500.
He deserved this long ago.
Capt. w. w. King. of Alliance o.. is strong
candidate for Furniture Inspector, and has
overw elming Endorsements from leading SOL
diers and politicians. He enlisted in 1861 at
the age OF Is, was several times wounded and
was mustered out April %, 1865, as Captain
in the 18th Ohio.
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A NEW SERIAL.

We have secured serial story written
specially for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
by Hon. Albion W. Tourgee, author of
GA FOOLS Errand," Bricks Without
Straw" Figs and Thistles," etc. There
is no more forceful or popular writer
among contemporary novelists than
Judge Tourgee, and in this story he is
at his best The title is "The Man
Who Outlived Himself" 1t is an
American story true to life. 1t is
"thrilling, terrible, and pathetic" to
use the authors own words in speaking
about bis work 1t is a great treat and
no one should miss it.
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OTR IrOoN OTTER.

Every reader should carefully con-
sidlr the offer of premium hooks made
Oh another page. It is something un-
precedented in journalism. We actually
give away books of the highest historic
and literary worth TO subscribers to TIL.
NATIoSAL TRIBUNE. This is an un-
cqualed chance TO get books of un-
surpassed interest and value. Read the
offer carefully.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-22

THE fiscal year just ended makes a
most prosperous showing. Our exports
reached the enormous sum of $1,O51.-
100000, or the largest in our history,
and about s3o,ooo,o0O more than for
the year 1892. Our imports were also
large s764, 900, 000-but they have
been larger. This shows a balance of
trade in our favor of s2S7, 100000 or
the largest ever known. For the II
months ending May 81 we received
SS3,922, 592 in gold, as against $50, $780,
059 for the corresponding period Of
1896; and sent out only $50, 1857
in gold, as against s105, 4S1, All for the
corresponding II months of the previous
year. This certainly looks like "the
return Of prosperity"
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THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

We have added very important
number to our NATIONAL TRIBUNE LIZ
BRARY. Il is "The Hawaiian Islands"
BY Hon. John w. Foster, the eminent
diplomat. and is profusely illustrated by
artistic and true pictures. The booklet
is included in the set which We give
away for one s,ese subscribers.
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A JAPANEs-SPANIsH alliance is ut
terly improbable. In the first pla ce,
Japan has her own private views as to
Spain, in regard to the Philippines.
In the next Japan is entirely too smart
to go into partnership with a country
bankrupt alike in finance and soldier
ship. 1t will be long while before
Japan forms any alliance suggestive of
hostility to the United States.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-22
FRIGHT WHEAT PROSPECTS.

BhfGhI W HEAL ffsoSi EStS.
All over our broad land the earth is
laughing with bountiful harvests. In
every line of production there is abund-
ance, and in some the crops are unpre-
cedentedly large.
The wheat-grower wears peculiarly
broad and cheerful smile. Not only
have his acres been very prolific, but
there is every reason for believing that
he will get much better prices than for
several years past. Over large areas
the farmers are talking confidently OF
an average as high as 40 bushels to
the acre. 1t is believed that the total
crop will closely approximate the phe-
nomenal yield of 1S92-612,000,O00
bushels, or almost 2OO,O00,000 bushels
more than last year. The Winter
wheat is already harvested, and the re-
ports place its quantity as high as $780,
100000 bushels. Few statisticians put
it as low as 3OO,000,O00 bushels. There
is still little chance for danger to the
Spring wheat, but every prospect is en-
couraging, and the estimates range all
the way from 225,000,000 to 275,000,-
600 bushels. 1t is believed that Mime
sofa and the Dakotas alone will have at
least 20O,O00,000 bushels of Spring
wheat.
With this fact must be considered the
equally important one that not for years
has the visible supply of wheat in this
country been SO low as at the present
time. July it was only 17,5S3,00O
bushels, as against 47,S60,000 bushels
the same time last year, and 63,316, 600
bushels July 1, 1898. The same is true
Of the world at large. Not for many
years has the worlds stock of wheat
been anything like so low.
All our principal competitors in the
wheat market of the world are. suffering
flom short crops. Russia is the chief of
these. and the one whose deluge Of grain
has wrecked the market in previous
years. This year her farmers have been
very unfortunate. 1t would be worth a
great many million dollars to our farm
ers to know the exact extent of these
misfortunes, but that is impossible. But
it is felt pretty certain that Russia will
have quite as much as she can do to feed
her own people.
The same is true of our next strong
est competitor, the Argentine Republic,
where the grasshoppers have been very
destructive. 1t is a significant fact in
this connection that New York has
begun shipping wheat to Brazil, show
ing Argentine's inability to supply even
that market Australia and India are
both considered out Of competition this
year. They may have to import some
grain. In Europe, the English crop is
fair, tie German likewise, but France is
very short, and will probably have to
import from 100000 bushels upward.
Austro-Hungary, which has been re-
gardcd as the granary Of Europe, will
have to import about 100000 bush
els. The Danubian States will not pro-
duce over half a crop.
This, then, looks as if every bushel of
our large crop Will be needed, and good
prices must rule until the next crop year
develops.
In the meanwhile, the Chicago price
is vibrating around the 70-cent mark,
with every prospect that it will 60
higher rather than lower.
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They are now talking of the enormous
crops in the West swamping the rail-
roads" Let them try it. As the tramp
said when asked if he had ever had the
govt, "No; but I'd like to be exposed
to it." The railroads will stand a great
deal Of swapping of that kind.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-22

Last year the people of Nebraska
paid off s2S,0oo,ooo Of farm mort
gags. Nebraska soil is great. 1t can
raise mortgages even in the most arid
years.
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A Massachusetts court has decided that
though the application of such terms as fool, y
" IDIOT" know nothing" brute" vile
wretch" ETC., by Il wife to her husband, proba-
bly, caused him such distress of mind as to
greatly injrre his health, yet they did not
furnish sufficient cause for divorce, since they
were prompted by good motives on her part,
and a desire for his success in life"
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The Supreme Court of Tennessee has soIemnIy
declared that if the exceptionable conduct OF
either widows or widowers when they become
anxious to marry is to be regarded as deiusion
orr lunatic asylum nj ght have to be very much
enlarged"
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SOME years ago the Bourne Mills,
Fall River, Mass, tried the experiment
of proft-sharing. and the friends of labor
Will be delighted to know that it has
proved an unqualified success. The
dividends from the profits last year
were The largest of any in the eight
years it has been tried, and this, too,
when most Of the competing mills had
q particularly hard time to get along.
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rnrrssn ~ nAsneroN eos-ofes IS sseon0oAssM ATTER.
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Out in Arkansas lawyer who was born in
North Carolina discovered that the jury whom
he was addressing were mostly from the Old
North State" He wanted to let them know
he was compatriot. He dropped some chew
gum, stepped upon it, and pretended that his
heel had stuck to the floor. This gave him an
opportunity to say that he was a tar heel, :"
and that the warmth Of the room had made the
tar run. he got verdict
Evening star., 1897-05-08
FINANCE AND TRADE
Only Fractional Fluctuations Re-
corded on the Stock Market.
BROKERS ZEE ONLY SPECTATORS
Little Improvement Expected Until
a General Return Of Prosperity.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. May S.-The local stock
market opened strong around last nights
parity. notwithstanding fractional declines
throughout the American department in
London. The volume of business was small
and almost wholly professional in charac-
ter. Legitimate trading Is merely a MEM
ory and a hope.
The present situation fails to reflect more
than the possibility of its existence. F1uc-
tuations which extend beyond fractional
limits are almost invariably the result of
concerted action on the part of experienced
room traders. The public mind Is preju-
diced in favor of improvement, but until
prosperity becomes apparent outside of
Wall street no sustained improvement is to
be relied upon
Liquidation, except in a few discredited
issues. has ceased, and this fact supplies
the strongest argument in favor of an i'm
proving situation. Mertorious issues de-
pressed below the prevailing lull should find
ready market. Earnings are likely 10
compare favorably with last years reports
me great drawback to immediate actiy-
NY pased on routine developments is the
uncertain business condition resulting from
the chaotic and doubtful position of the
tariff bill. -e
The Sugar schedule continues to insnire
Ho' MY. ne decision IN this matter is of
vital Importance to the entire speculative
situation.
1t is consequently a matter of first i'm
portance to determine the direction of the
most active member of the speculative list
Inc developments of the next fortnight will
throw some light on this subject
The Gould shares have been the features
or the weeks market, sharp declines having
been frequently recorded in the three active
members of the group Missouri Pacific has
apparently been improved by the radical
means adopted in order to force a state
ment of facts from inside sources
Inc prospects for n receivership having
been officially denied, as we'll as stock issue
rumors the stock would seem to be entitled
to less pessimistic comment
Western Union and Manhattan are less
fortunate, however, the evils of competi-
ton not being so easily explained away
The covering of more than 5000 shares of
the former stock late yesterday afternoon,
and the fact that closing figures were a
fraction under those of the evening prev
ious. are significant commentaries en- the
vulnera bility of the property.
The granger shares are strong and are
growing in favor with conservative inter-
ests.
The weekly bank statement reflects de-
crease of nearly s5OWb.tstD in reserve and
a decrease of s6.l02, GOO in deposits. The
loans have decreased nearly one million,
thereby indicating absence Of demand
for either speculative or commercial pur-
poses.
Evening star., 1897-05-08
PROF. BARNARD's BALLOON.
Prof. Langley Thinks 1t Is Little OF
-. No Advance.


At the Smithsonian Institution those in
terested FIJI the subject of airships are not
inclined to consider the flying machine cf
Prof. Barnard, which was exhibited at
Nashville a day or two ago, being an
advance in the line of experiment and in
vention Of airships proper. While nothing
is knowns of the plans or construction of
the machine Which Prof Barnard has
made, it Is assumed from the published
accounts that there is nothing new or novel
in it. IN
It is said that balloons have been made
in cigar shape for fifteen or twenty years,
and have been navigated in the air with
some degree OF success by inventors from
time to time.
Prof. Langley said that these balloon ma
chimes are radically different from the
aerodrcme, which is propelled through the
air without sustaining power of its own.
forms its flight by being lighter In weight
than the air, but up to this time it has been
possible only to obtain a propelling power
sufficient to drive them a few miles an
hour against a wind. 1t is assumed that if
Prof. Barnard's balloon attained a greater
speed than that, it is due to the fact that
In the upper regions of the atmosphere 1t
encountered a current of air and moved
with 1t.
Prof. Largley's airship Is nearly one
thousand times as heavy as the atmos-
phere. yet successful flights of from a half
to three-quarters of a mile have been made
with it. Longer voyages have been i'm
possible from the fact that the airship is
not strong enough to sustain the weight of
man. but one could be constructed which
would dc this, and longer flights could he
made.
Evening star., 1897-05-08
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Col. Bingham Reports ON Operations
During April.


During April.
1t took eight men three days to clear I'D
the litter left by the children in the
grounds south of the White House. as a
result of the Easter egg-rolling festivities,
says Col. Bingham commissioner of public
buildings and grounds. Gin his report on op-
erations during April.
The usual care and attention were be-
slowed on public buildings and grounds in
the District during the month
A thorough examination was made of the
plumbing, drainage and sewerage systems
at the Executive Mansion. Minor repairs
were made, and five sewer traps were
walled around with cement concrete. three
OF which were covered with stone slabs
and two with iron frames and covers, so as
to be easily accessible. Extensive repairs
were made to the tin roof covering All
the old tin was removed from the CUTTERS
ana Tor distance of about eight feet up
the slope of the roof Excepting that por-
ton over the north pOrtico which was
found in good condition) and replaced with
new tin. A portion of the old sheath hing
found to be rotten was replaced with new
boards.
A plank walk in thirty-three sections was
placed In position along the roof cutters,
where there Is most travel in the fnspec-
tion and repair of telegraph and telephone
wires.
There were 14,Ss1 visitors to the top of
the Washington monument during tie
month. of which number 1920 made the
circuit in the elevator and 4.6l1 by the
stairway. making total of ,3S6OSS per-
sons who have visited the top since the
shaft was opened to the public October 8,
1888
Five new flower beds have been made III
Henry Park.
A plank walk $50 feet long and two feet
wide has been constructed in Seaton Park
Boxes of water lilies have beeen placed
to- g.,
ger Parks
A new greenhouse is being erected a. the
propagating gardens.
In Hancock Place the hard-trodden
ground has been spaded up, sown with
grass seed and rolled. and the mound
around the statue resodded.