Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-31

and heavily interested in real estate and
industrial enterprises in the west, died
at his home in Philadelphia, Thursday.
Hon. Truman p Handy, who it is
said had the distinction of being the
Oldest banker in the United States, died
at his home Cleveland, o., March 25,
aged ~ years. Death was due to a
heavy cold followed by stomach COM
plications and exhaustion.
Commercial Affairs.
A report was current on the Chicago
Board of Trade Saturday to the effect
that Armour and Letter had patched
up truce in the wheat pit, to which
P. B. Weard was also a party.
The disruption of the tinplate combi-
nation has resulted in slaughter of
prices and tin plates are now selling at
$2.70 per 100 pounds and large orders
have been placed within the last few
days. This brings the price so low as
to practically exclude the Welsh pro-
duct and imports are falling off to an
alarming extent.
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade says !:
A waiting state of things always hin
ders business to some extent. With
more than $34, 900, 900 in gold received
or on its way since this movement be-
gan, with ample bank reserves and
treasury reserves, and a redemption of
notes in all ways nearly third smaller
than in February, to date, with no
stringency in the money market and
sterling exchange weak, with the vol
ume of business at clearing houses out.
side Of New York larger than in 1892
by go per cent this month, and with
failures nearly 80 per cent smaller than
last year, and 50 per cent smaller than
in the same month of 1892, there is not
much visible ground for panic, even if
earnest efforts should fail to keep peace
with honor. Warlike reports come
every day and stock operators make the
most of them, and yet the average of
prices of railroad stocks is sos. OS, against
$500 two weeks ago.
Railroad Gossip.
Canadian Pacific earnings for the
week ended March were $46G 900; for
the same period last year, $325, 900; in
crease, $lsS,0O0.
Both the Ohio house and senate on
March "a passed 2.cent fare bills in a
modified form. They provided that all
railroads shall sell 500 and 1000 mile
tickets that may be used by any men,
ber of a family or firm or its employees.
There will now be contest as to which
bill shall be made law.
George I. Nicholson, now general
passenger and ticket agent of the At
Gibson road, has been appointed pas
senger traffic manager of the Atchison
road to succeed William F. White, de-
ceased. Mr.. Nicholson was for years
,,occ 81
system and chief assistant to Mr..
White.
ACanadian Pacific railway train, made
up principally of colonist cars, bound
for the Pacific coast, has been wrecked
at English river. Frank Mardian of
Detroit was killed and G. w. Marks,
also of Detroit, was seriously injured.
Among the II passengers slightly in
jured We're: G. A. Downes of Detroit,
and H. S. Shackford and j. O. Clark of
Windsor
The Burlington has issued notice
that commencing April /, tickets from
Chicago or any point east thereof,
through Chicago to any point in the
state of Colorado will not be honored on
their fast train No. l, leaving Chicago
at 10 a. IN. except in connection with
the excess fare check of 81 for those
who ride in chair cars and coaches and
81 for those who ride in sleepers.
News In Osf.er Lanos.
China has agreed to all the Russian
demands.
Minister Angel has returned to Con-
stantinople from tour of Egypt and
Palestine
In consequence of the stormy weather,
Lord Salisbury has postponed his depart
ure for France.
Three OF Russia's largest battleships
will shortly proceed through the Bos-
phorus for Chinese waters.
The Spanish torpedo boat DESTROYER
sailed from Kingston for Falmouth.
England, Thursday, after coaling
The Paris Matin says the French
court of appeal will quash the convic
tion of M. Zola and order new trial.
Plague regulations have been ordered
at Cairo against arrivals from Jiddah,
where three deaths from the plague
have occurred.
At a meeting of British and Amer.
lean residents in Brussels, it was de.
cided to found an Anglo American
chamber of commerce.
"A telegram from IromSOe, TrOmSoe
Island, Sweden, reports that 45 fisher
men have been drowned off the north
coast OF Norway in storm.
A dispatch from Hong Kong saws
orders were issued to theBritish naval es-
tablishment there to make urgent prep
arations to place itself on a war foot
ing. The staff, it is added, was aug
mented and mobilization ordered. The
dispatch further announces that 80
French cruisers have gone north.
avoiding Hong Kong. The British bat
.leship Balt1eur has gone to Nagasaki
Japan.
Gossip at the Capital.
The house committee on coinage,
weights and measures decided to report
a bill for an assay Office on the Pacific
coast, to be located at Seattle, Wash.
Orders We're issued Friday to have all
the warShipS painted blacks a color thar