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New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.

New York. December 10. 1893.
DFANS AND PEAS-The position - the market Is
about IA. same reported Tor days past. Jobbng
,r.de h nu,et and there much export
now Prices fairly steady FOR nearly all varieties but
no s,sno.,tlon 10 q further advance. Green peas
az. e~cee,Irgly dull quote: Beans. marrow, ls0s
.hoc. per hbl 81 52,Qsl 65. do medium. 1898 81 35
a. 40, isos si 21s0$l 30 red kidney. 1895 81 $50
81 So DO kidney. 1893. 81 dogk @ DO yellow sye.
S 5OdSi G5 do black soup 1893 81 65Q$l 20: do
lima california 81 3oGf2 35: green peas 1898 bags.
81 /. lptc. do Scotch bags. &iaSl Tl5
rlsT-rFR-The market maintains very hrm position
ON fancy fresh table grades General sales day or
extra fresh Western were ut SOC but tnst nsure was
.,,eeted in few Instances the market was almost
rrong enough double quotation Several bus ere
wcre on the willing operate at former prices but
NOT many willing to an advance sellers
took strong Of the situation and In many cases
yer. not willing to show their beat goods nj the price
generally quoted Frsts and seconds have sympa'h
10 some extent and the has been yer, much
freer during last week The buying for export has
relieved the situation natsrtay no ehanss IN s...s
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
EXPORTS TO DAY.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

Scw-York, December 10. isoS
COFFEE-To- day's market for Brazilian conec 'utures
exception the general run oi the Week. Wh'i
has been marked BY average or e%eptioha apathy hh
lack OF interest the part Of speculative opeiatoS Wy
little disposition sell however. has marked the course
OF the Tatterly coffee was held u higher
prices yesterdays prices we're bd sellers
generally asking IA i.c above the level OF yeste
day This would the spot basis Gsc FOR Invoice lots
OF No RIO and &c tobbing parcels Of the same
Buyers follow the advanced pretentions OK
holders for time. Of the features of stability devel
oped during the week the very liberal average OF
Initd States warehouse deliveries. especially heavy pro
nortionaiely from, New-York. The visible supply ~
brazilian coffee IN stock. afoat for this country. s
zip pretty liberal figures. the total being lOi2o3
bags Some the local traders claiming that the
OF frmness ia the general narket for
coffee OF sentimental Characteran anair OF sym
paihy TO extent. with the increased speculative
energy dispa-ed by the market The market this
morning opened steady unchanged prices speaking OF
the future list and ruled exceptionally dul 1t was
1913 o'clock before any actual business transacted
and for the entire session sales were limited to 5000
tass The market finally firm at net gain "
10 10 points having improved late IN the session on
unfavorabe crop news . -,
OF contract prices In the local market To-Day
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

weather having fallen in S nusfr 1sn n Ds
.eeiops including S 1 @se Of s1 snnsns ri hs crop
interferrei with during the last week thst '"e "e
cotton Exchange special Liverpool cabesspot rG cotton s2
port pSrs SO" 80. %%ecan oS 1000 A%eGc.I ".
1900 mddng upands ga d.es fngqy steady
s W''" al ga ne, decline January Fehruary Sotas &
ac9s: Mas Jue so 10 June jay' soss July ~
Ea %S a%e o.%Sa A%s%s ScPs%Ssr sSb ece%eT os
% M ,o4G o,en. were In better de
mnna SptM than HN Winter brands the whole
market developed undertone w,ho.s s
%iaSr %ss+'Sf SdH: 80
s. IS T s5efe :. S to s.:s
r. gaooa ar XII" andsd sd " ne cgsa sais @
Zoe: nDe Yellow o5casi coarse i5a7c FEpn ,;J Iso7
5 F5% % .n"s .scs o s5' as S%F sa
$ii6s5 nne ss1si. mddnss si4asT rye "sa fssa I s2
GRAIN-wIIEAT-The reaction from 'a,e "rT ,'rtssr
general upIIft in prices led by December and March, In
which options the short interest was evnen.y ectns
were accepted owing rains in the noh
was to this from % winter
5 rois that the forenoon strength prices
was largely The December option advanced van 10 & a
night and closed regularly about IN. top Or a. sMic
net adyancs According TO BmhS snmpsrd ,ns with
estimates Of oRoOOo bush. Export transactions s "my M
consderably Only about IL loads reported worked
at all ports Weekly cearnnces from h2th coasts VIZ
not opaed. considering IN" ract tna'
ncial exceeded those OF last week
'3i cars, compared 'h
l. AZ last Saturday 6ss year ago the recent ~.
creas. I'm movement shown BY the fact thht tecepS
for the week hut 70s1 against -o u" "eth
before i1so ago. The liverp",, Harh't, r.
ae.flng large receipts closed unchanged 10 ,d net oW
cash wheat the Northwest was firmly held ana higher
with mlers good buyers No red closed 3sc o'er say
@ b anoat and No ! Northern Duluth +bc over Nay
: % aloat. curb MAY wheat ranged from
20 lOr 10 7Ossc BID closing 1u'sc asked at U'1ck
Parl, markets closed jN.i points higher cox
advance in this morning vas principally influenced
ny wheat. stil taFpI t"I'
and Liverpool market without anv change. fha
rrires &c not interest Nk" tlat IN
wheat ely small. sales u only y loads ,hg
repOrteT. No closed liec over May o d hn'h'
curb trading quiet Nay ranging from %N"'
closing at 39c bid at o'clock... q oATS-Ihe hafke,
Inactive and nominal In speculative way 10 =
closed 3Os.n3lc No 3 oats. 3oltc, NO = wh.te
32c: No white. Bic track mixed. 3l6i32c track "ni,e
92G38 No white Gins 32 .RYEMarket steady
No Western. eo'tc b ahoat 56c hunai9 81 Satr r
rye I,,a5Gitc New York. CARROTS. .BCCkW HEAT
Market steady: quoted at &c track New forh.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
OTHER MARKETS TELEGRAPH

Chicago. Dec. iO-The cattle market vas very li,,a
than nominal Very few lots were offered ani
they disposed Of prices unchang from yeser.,y
The week hns been good one for sellers ~ well sasnsl
b~~ves holiday cattle bring high prices Bu, receps
Of hal ia prtcs
for such lots have declined SHARPLY The market, as A
whole cloaed in fairly good condition There soS
for hog. from Chicago packers and prices rld
steady with sales 81 2Onx3 ~ Tor cho,os
lght and 25nS3 ~ .Or poor prime heavy
the bulk Of hogs selling AT 81 32sas3 5il. Tn. b.s
hogs sold 2izc lower than week Most = p,2,
sold at 81 i5as3 20 Receipts of sheep and lamb. ven
very light, and the market in consequencs alnos,
nominal Lambs we're quoted az - 'ouS - FOR in,eo,
10 prime nocks Year,ings sold at SHst - .hs.p
a, S2Qsl 30 going over 81 10 k'oeipis-care 10
head: hogs q. 900 sheep 800.
Cincinnati. Dec. 10 Hogs active st"at, % soa5 8
ca,,le steady JOass - sheep steady s. as, lambs
"A
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

age At 80 90 per 100 10 1sS Canada 40. ez b at -
Canada sheep. 133 n. at ~ ~.
Mcpherson & Co.: 800 Buffalo lambs. 30 ro st n.
10 do 90 10 at s. 4J 81 Buffalo sheep. ~, ~ Al N
s. Judd & Co.. H. Buffalo lambs ~ n. at s. sS iM a.
a5 10 at 81 co. II Buffalo sheep. liz No. at $50; ii2 a.
81 n, at 81 ~
NJ Collins I12 State lambs. 10 No. at s. 70: lie Penn
syyana do. Cs ~ at 81 c5; 81 Pennsylvania sheep
s. sanders: 90 State lambs 67 n. at s. IS; 100 PEN,
sylyania DO 90 ~. at 81: do. 50 n. at 81
Newton Il Co: 300 Buffalo lambs. 30 fb At IS ezx.
200 do 81 ~ at 81 621s.
Harrington CO.: is3 BunaIo lambs. O't b. a. q.
81 Buffalo sheep. 124 N. at ~ 70
J. H. Hume 4 Brother: $40 Canada lambs. 9i n =
s.
J. O. Curtis g. Son: i8l State lambs 7s r at IS A.
10 'cull' sheep. 81 n. at 81 ~.
Andrew Mullen: IL State sheep. ~ n. At 81
HOGS-Receips were cars, or l22t head. ncludns
OF for the market Dull feeling trie frmer s.Isrs
quoted fair 10 prime hogs at 81 eDns3 7j per 100
Country dressed slow at 3hd5isc per n FOR extreme
weights.
saes-s Judd g. CO.. SO Western hogs. iss n. av.ras.
at 81 60 per 100 10: Ni Western pigs l03 n at q So
III do i6s n at 50 10: 1is do. ioe ~ AZ - 70.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

patents @ 8 i?as5 90 .rash,. 50 ioas3 % '',as y.
sia 81 s. q pak'r. 81 2eas3 80 10 yellow cor
Q33',c. No 3 spring wheat. 81 g53c 80 rs5 |" 20
esiec: No corn 33%G33ec No. oats. 2's a.1e; No.
ssTiSS; SsF 20 rasseed sio no new. sles Vrn.
,m9;sy @ S ,ses 4 Gs : | 2S1S sSof Pr FITS '9 as
s4 70: dry sa,ei shoulders 'boxeil s. ga IT. 'son
Clear s, ssss be2 ss !. ss sugar.. cai
lated 81 a. on Produce Exchanse iay ne ou,s,
market was s;eady ssaioic Eggs arm 20
as.c ~ o''s's ''e'''' ~
Cincinnati. Dec ioFour easy Wheat qaist' 70 60:
sea ns.,sr No mised 2sa2sac Rye steady. No ~:
Whisksy steady. 81 % Butter dull. sugar nm Ss"
nrri i9c. Cheese firm .,
No Mys%ss x"ssin psS 60 lcWssaf Rss afm au sassc Barley
lower; No 2 4sG4s.c sample. 4lgis'.c
Minneapolis, Dec lowhea strong 52;c, Is,s.ay Nay g. g.
go ? Northern. sic Flour-Milers have done a SUI,
stantal business in -four dnnns te "a mer. hav. .i
ond d patents s. $5gs3 49, hrst clears 81 eoas2 20
Philadelphia Dec. lowheat arm &c hshsr con,isS
grade DecemJer 7la7li.c Corn hrm 70 higher ~ ,ss
mixed December old 3sd3si.c Decem.er new' ~. S'y
Ss.e 1s c1ac Ts1s ~ mixed clipped 80? Butter
r s higher fsny wesFn ne wcs:srn @ 40 ..s ss:
40 somthwestern e.,; 30 Southern. ?2c Chesse nrm
Recepts-Flour 300 bhs 5r sacks, ~n,st ySsa
isiS i.ooo GSah bnsh: corn iSE Iico, oats 1900
St. Louis Dec. lo-Fonr unchanged whessrsH .stsea..
higher: " red cash elevator d'c eld' track oySo
Msy so &c ea cash y? , hsT sa is bsesnSer axe
a32'.c oas-sp9 higher No 40 40 whi'e 2si.c
Itr1n arm east track sacked 5Sc Butter wea@ cream
erv i7a22iec: dairy. l4aisc. Eggs hr" l''-
scs,'he LoieGo i ,si Msy e,a.c corn dull steady 10
mixed. s4,.c oats dull seaey Ne ,Ne' 'Asa s5ra sHa
sasI dall higher prime. Old 81 TO- No" cash and De-
cember 81 42ii.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

COTTON-The cotton market governed to day
sensational from tho cotton iet inli
damage from widespread frs-. rali
and and the pacica! termination OF the cot
ton crop harvest This led reduced crop estimates
and predictions Of abrupt falling on In port ana
In the support Of this view advccs
Southern spot markets generally of very bulsh
purpOr. 1t claimed that exporters ari American
active competition for supplies and that
holders becoming arbitrary The effect
considered that cotton cannct be brought
delivery loss OF per
pound While estimates not running as low as
ba,es few that may be considered ent"d
gr confidence above llJnOocv bales The claim
IS that the crop heretofore estimated high
bales the Indian Territory Included now will
bales Other important cotton states
give lower following bad weather conditions
and South Carolina notably 80 \ new claim
being up the effect that the quantity OF low
dsadvantages while the crop was maturing; point
particularly regarding the proportion Of grades
Deliverable These claims naturally alarmed
the shorts and buying feature Of 70 days
market. Gables also firm and assisted the
upward which, at the strongest point Of n
positions Reports from Lancashire. Manchester ana
Liverpool well from American spinning districts
and irygoods generally OF tulish pufport
Some loca operators claiming that the rise In cot
ION has been and inclined
to "go slow" sentiment at large was unmisakaby
the close Of business day and indicating popular I'm
preston tnat the English cotton market viii make
full response Monday morning the activity and
nd market closed steady at net
Of 3qj points Fal. River telegrhns stated that
call for print cloths on the advanced
bs 81. OF 2i:c but sellers holding of.
Of contract prices IN the local market to-day
& follows:
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
NAVAL, STORES.

III. usual Saturday feens pe1 plnaI' Iotwhsandng
bat fa dse9 onirt hut with press Sn
spirits 'Io ,eadv more particularly IN ,le Low low
Rosin Was Ia closed quiet but with h''H''s "ss
mf'In mn Iae S5r, ppi:es onotarons follow "a 60
'uI, I AZ 'He Regulars. 81 -: OIL th's :; 49,, >" w
to s.?l g, lo s 81 *; 81 ssasi %: ~
r 81 co. 9, e. e. "a. W g. 81 60: W W 81
- '''7-' STOCK.
az
.. D.
1rr- ............--.'. t..
savannah Dec loSrlrii- t'rn." ,r AMI unchanged:
-. ois bbls: receipts. '"lf h"'9 c,,, q, 3-.
80, ,,.,~iss,,, Dec lO-Turpenth' ""'N'' "''' w
asked Rosin quiet, unchanEra ,-,a,ti,. aru, 36sc
wilmington Dec onSI'r'tEs & Eo.,n Grm VI c1ssl o2
and ~.'c cc ,,ns crude ,urpen,ne firm 81 80 ,. anu
i s''P'@ az nils Tar 81 10, re,~P.s; '"''
v ,nl rsyl nsc lo-Turpentne spirits ms li'-'
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
TIE STATE or TRADE.

Boston, Dec. lo.Flour qa!e'; rs."ip'' sa5 bsls;
c'e,rs ami straghts 50 4o4s3U ~ cornmeal steady 50
Sc per bag 81 s5asi 90 per bbi crn qii@ receipts
o9 ooi Lush steamer yellow. 90 ~ " oats steady.
r@cents Al III bush fancy. 3ja3j zc Nos ori %.
3,iS Mufeci quiet: bran sq-.ng. sli ~ nler s5 2j
ttif,gs s., 25uSi7 dog -four. 81 2jI 81 30 But
,or Gr,n. Northern .io. western 2u'sq2ie initiation
5nf5i1c. iaf7es I4c. Cheese hsf. Northern. oaiO,c:
Weston lDitG iOa.c.
Chicago Dec. Io-The leading features ranged a, ~
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
r,.poprAy PRODUCE MARKETS.

,.--oli ~ IT. H. I'D Io 10 p -Whea-N0 . ri
Western winter dull. 6s ID: NJ red Northern sirhs
d,l rs nd Corn-Spot American mixed ol1 s'ssls'
w. ga. recenber aui~t 81 SID March quie * Dte'
Tlour[St Iouis fancy winter steady. - II ps al Ln.
don Pacific Coast firm. tjat6 Beel-EN'ra Ila p ms.
,,asr Ga I'd. urlrne mess steady, G.s '- f9A-
80 nne Western steady 5ts prime mess meiHm Mes.-
49,, e.aodv 47s I'd Ftme-Short cut u 70 10 10 In m
S a. cumberland cut - TO 81 n dun 5is ei'
hort r,b 10 10 - 10 Strong :s3s long clear mll.s" m
itgh, 35 70 rs n easy 2cs. long clear Wisies .a
~ =, Ak n, easy oss short Gear backs. 10 70 - 10
steady 29s clear bellies "a to 10 10 easy -, "a 81.
dsrsHSnuare lo to - n. firm Us u go So
Western dull oIs 30 CheeseAnercan ines' Mhs .sy .'
as. do coorei firm. 49,. Tallo"-prine oS "a. a
10 Oh (,ottonseed oilGAvsrpool rehnfl eIi, ~, 40
TSrpent,ne-spirits firm c's Cd Rosin ''eA1'
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

spo, cotton closed firm with quotations unchanged. on
Tho hasis u midd.ng upland and q ! lCc
FOR midsline Gulf compared with 5.sc and Gisc
e,ecvelv lasf year Sales of 215 bales We're an 20
spinncrs. spo cotton I'm southern mar1e,s ,middling
nioe1 was reported by wire 10 the local Exchange
iovs. Charleston steady 5isc. isc advance Norfolk
arm SO i-lGc alrance: sales 595 bales baltimore
nnmioal 5tc Memphis arm. 5-lGc. sales 600 bales.
Augusta steady. i-lGc; sales GGs tales Galveston
Grn, 5sc Orleans firm. Bic. Mobile firm. lGc.
Svanrsh steady 5i.c advance Of lice. Wilmington
nIm. use 49,
Great Britain France. Continent.
.ro..l io- G.INj
1-it,s this q 100 $50
rot. guce Sept l.... i.ICG.s!6 3i' i2l l."0l.3Ot
Receipts at New orleans for Monday were officially
estimated hc from 1900 70 ~ 'p 'ales against 10 IA
h.Ies actual last and 22 Gil bales last Mon
sys r.relus Houston estimated nj from li'sD
i; n, b,ra AKA nsi Gl2J bales last week ana i0ss2
bales last y"aF. ..,-- -.,-.-. =. g.,
Receipts At tho ports md interior points today
,,r.1 uith ,he sane day last week and last year
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

Chicago Great Western Hallway Co.
YTHE 18th semi-annual dividend of 500 per
share interest guaranteed dividend ~
Debenture stock the Chicago Western Railway
Company Will made according pertain
ing 10 such stock. the 18Th - January 10 the
holders Il the last day 81 Decor her.
The Transfer Books OF the a. Debenfure
closed from the close Il business December 2Ist 1895
a. the Is day of January, 1899.
BY order of the Board OF Directors
r. c. WIGHT. Secretary.
ST Paul MINI. December 7,h. 1895.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Of the Ch

- cago Western Railway Company have decla-ed
seni-annual dividend Of s2 share the Preferred
A stock Of Net Earnings for the half end
ing with December. 1895 payable on the Sst day Of
January 1899 the holders OF record the last day
Of December 1895. and have ordered that the surplus
earnings said half year applicable for dividends
SAD stock carried forward and held available FOR
the dividend end OF the next half ending with
June 1893
The Transfer Books Of the Preferred Stock will be
closed from he lse - business the 21h OF
I1ec.mber 1895 TO the lst day Of January. 1899
Ry order Of the Beard Of Directors
r. WIGHT. Secretary.
ST. Paul MINI. December 7ih. 1898.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
finantial elections.


TIVE PEOPLES BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
- Noveri er 2sih. 1895
LLECTION-The annual election for Direc-
~ for, o., this Inspectors Of Election Will 10
,sd a, the tsnAing house. 1913 and 395 Canal St.
On Tuesday December 18Th lss between the hours Of
10 n and / = NJ BY order %. the Board OF Directors
- " WILLIAM MILNE Cashier.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

THE GEaAANIA LIFE INSURANCE CoMpANY.
~ 20 Nassau Street. New York
November 20. 1893.
U,HE ANNUAL ELECTION of Directors OF
The Germanis Life Insurance Company VIII te held at
ths nrncipal the Company No ~ Nassau Street
ip the CITY OF York Wednesday. the l<h day OF
Iece.nb<r. IL ! i. NJ
HUBERT CILLIS. Vice PreGt Ssc'y.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

Receipts OF breadsurs Interior points In thousands
three cphers COo) omitted -four bbls grain oush
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11

F,-een coffee markets Ssntos-CoNee market firm; good
average Santos 5000 receipts $1,000 bags; stock $1,000
bags Hamburg-Cofee market opened Unchanged at
70 m unchanged Z pfenning advance; sales
~ On6 bags Havre-Coffee market opened steady, un
changed: al l2 unchanged; at m quiet = franc
advance AT $50 D. m closed steady al net gain OF 4
e. pn haga
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
FRED. H. SMITH
STOCK BROKER, BROAD ST.. n. Y.
Write for Book 0; Railway Statistics and Market Latter.
Established 1858.
Dipiorn0 Notires.


ONCE of the MARYLAND COAL CO.,
Ne. ] Broadway. New York Dec. I. 1898.
AT A REGULAR MEETING of the Board
Of Directors held this day a SENT annual dividend
Of TWO AND ONE-HALF PER CENT declared
preferred stock payable Jany ID 1899 10 preferred
stockholders Of record Dec. 10 lseS
Transfer books close Dec. 49, 1898 and Jany
1899
Checks will be mailed.
II. B. NEDHAM. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
isticai position Of Brazil coffee Is as follows:

Rioo'0ffce market sicadv No RIO. $50 OK 0h0ie'
% 32l; receipts 5000 lags. cleared FOR the Iniiei
tatcs. 1900 bags. cleared FOR Europe. 1000: stock
Washington sentinel., 1898-03-26
HoSSffche Zeiklng.

To Judge from England's attitude
hitherto, it is hardly likely that the Brit
ish Cabinet will suddenly have an attack
OF the old British love OF fighting.
England will, at most, seek to indemnify
herself in Central China for Russian
progress in the north. Petuna lies on
the frontier of Manchuria and KirIn.
South Of KIrin lies Shengking, with its
capital. Mukden, and the Peninsula of
LlaO-Tong. at the southern extremity
OF which is Port Arthur. Thus Russia
really intends to acquire the whole ter
ritOry between Manchuria, Korea, and
the Russian coast province, an acquis.
ton which would complete the depend.
ence Of Korea The exclusive employ
ment OF Russian military instructors in
Pechli, the province in which lie Tien.
tsin and Pekin, would considerably in
crease Russia's influence in China.
MOmentous as these changes may be for
England, they are still more so for Japan.
But it is hardly doubtful that Russia will
gain her end if she shows energy, as she
generally does. Meanwhile, France will
probably take similar action in southern
China. A great part of the Chinese
Empire may, therefore, be partitioned,
and yet the Chinese Emperor retain
territory and people enough, and persist
in the miserable misgovernment OF
hundreds OF millions.
Washington sentinel., 1898-03-26
Comforting for New York.

No hostile feet can approach
New York near enough to throw
a shell into it. This much is GER
tain as a physical iact.
Sandy Hook lies twenty-one
miles from the Battery. The long
est practicable range for any naval
gun is six miles. The longest
theoretical range is twelve miles,
and there is not gun in any feet
that could secure an elevation SUIT
icient for a twelve mile range, or
that could endure for more than
two or three shots if the elevation
we're obtained. Those shots might
tall somewhere in the market gar
dens near Coney Island. They
could never reach further.
But this is sup posing that feet
could lie at Sandy Hook. It can't.
1t must lie at least six or eight
miles ontside OF Sandy Hook or
be blown out of the wa'er That
is to say, its nearest approach to
the Battery must be twenty eight
or thirty miles away. II might as
we'll be at Cadiz so far as offensive
operations are concerned.
Sandy Hook bristles with big
guns and IL inch rifle mortars that
at anything less than six miles dis
tance can easily and quickly pierce
the armor of any warship that
floats. The Long Island coast is
equally we'll armed, and at the
Narrows big guns of high pene-
trative power have been multiplied
as an almost superhuous precau.
ton.
AS to the Sound route He'll Gate
is as terrible as the suggestion o.
its name to any floating thing with
a warship draught of water. Anc
for twenty miles beyond He'll Gate
there are batteries and mines that
Washington sentinel., 1898-03-26
Searching for Andree,

The announcement that an eXpe-
dition is presently to be arted in
search OF Andree will recall forci-
bly, to the public mind the peculiar
hardihood and bravery OF the three
men who risked their lives in
search of the North Pole. Save
for a note brought back by a car
rier pigeon in July Of last year,
says the Chicago Record, not a
word has been heard of the party
which took the balloon from Danes
Island. In spite Of numerous
rumors, it has become pretty well
understood that AndTee and his
two comrades, if still alive, are in
location inaccessible until the
breaking of the winter season.
Andree carried provisions on
which the party could subsist for
a period OF nine months. In other
words, if the party has been able
to make a landing somewhere on
the ice pack of the far North its
members would be able to keep
alive until some time next month,
and in all probability even longer.
But as to the site where the bal
loon likely dIifted there is no way
of telling. According to the testi-
monV of those who are best able to
Judge of the matter the balloon
must have descended into the sea,
the aeronauts being drowned, or,
in case of exceptional good for
tune, come down upon Franz
Josef land. II they were able to
make landing there without ac-
cident there is still a chance that
they are safe and will be found
somewhere near Cape Flora when
the spring opens. In any event
they will be without provisions in
a very lew weeks and the present
rescuing expedition is a necessity
il the explorers are still living.
1t may be many months before
the actual facts are known, but
there is little justification for the
hope that Andree and his brave
companions are still living. The
chances are that they perished
somewhere in the drifting ice OF
the Arctic Ocean, and it is not un-
likely that their fate may remain D
mystery tor the rest OF time.
Washington sentinel., 1898-03-26
What the Golden Tide Means.

The enormous sums OF gold that
are coming to us on both sides OF
the continent--more than a million
a day 81 ce Feb. ss-are a source
of national strength tar too little
appreciated.
They add largely to the ability
of the people to support the Gov
ernment in case of need.
They greatly increase the vol
ume ofmoney in the country, every
dollar meaning, as bank reserve,
from four to six dollars Of avaIla-
BILE money with which to meet the
needs Of commerce.
They mean that the country as
a whole is buying far less than it
is selling; that it is living far with
in its means--a circumstance that
is as suggestive of thrift and pros
peritY in the case Of nation as it
is in the case Of an individual.
They mean that our national
credit and the credit of all our en-
terprises are unimpeached in for
eign markets. Otherwise Ameri-
can securities-national, munich
pal, State. railroad and industrial
would now be flowing in upon
US from timid foreign holders, and
we should be exporting gold to
pay for them.
AT a season when we usually
export gold. and with a "war
scare" on, we are still importing
gold in phenomenal quantities
The fact is reassuring in an extra.
ordinary degree.