The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1898-01-08
:stablishal. Fehruary 10th, l67'
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News Items.

Neutrality-suspicious., 200. 900 gold reserve
fhere is nOW III the cnuntry, according
TO the Treasury and bank statements.
sS740, 1000 of the yellow metal.
The official figures of the Treasury
department show an increase in the
snoney 10 circulation of$14 ,O00,0 900 DUR
lng tue month of November, of which
oyer Que third was gold.
This Christmas found sone few h1u-
dred thousands of people, or perhaps
millions, who are able TO buy wheat al
81 10 per hushel, aud potatoes ut go cents
per uu hel, hut who last year could not
buy wheat aud pota,oes vt any price.
The nomination OF Judge McKenna to
The positiou0u the Supretle Court bench
occupied by Justice Field Is being more
widely commended the more Ii is dis
Guessed. The opposition to Judge Nc
KenDa was. terms. general ard non ;
specific, and came from those who are
continually tlnding fault With everything
which the administration does. The
new appoiaAln1ent is, N all respects, q.
Every day strengthens the belief Of emf.
-nent physicians that impure bleod is the
cause Of EpNgt pf our diseases. Twenty-Five
years aE9 this theory was used as q basis for
the AesHpla of Browns Iron Bittsrs. Ihs
rep,edy arc sufR 80 REaxs- fhs.. ths9FS
ALL DEALERS.
The manufacturers and producers OF
the South are keenly alive TO the bene-
Jifs Of opening trade relations with the
far East. Until recently this has been
"a market controlled almost exclusively
by Englard, but the South Is now under.
Kidding the manufacturers of that conn
TRY in many lines. In one week 1000
tons Of iron were shipped from Ala
bana 10 Japan alone. The iron was
gold al the furpaces in Alabama AT 81 =
ton less than was asked nit the furnaces
An England, and sstse freight is about the
ssame from both points.
Postmaster General Gar. g schema n
establish postal savings banks for the
benefit of the rural districts where good
banking facilities are mitcd is meeting
Y it'll genera favor. Canada las utflaeofI
the postal SAVINGS bank syrlen1 eth i
great success and satfsfaction TO her
sclrizeus. and Gen. q ry thinks that the
.effect OF the system JIM this country will
BE- to not only induce saving to great
Siegree, but will brlug out millions of
dullars now lying hidden and put it into
through the channels OF
1raJe
During the first ten months Of 1897 the
OF domestic manp4actArs
to 1924 72ssOs7 against only
$208. 276.lS5 during the same period OF
1889. This must be rather annoying TO
the democratic statesnlen who held
forth last summer OH the remarkable
increase I'm fhe xportations Ut lnanu-
factured articles during the operations
of the Wilson law, and pIedlcted fheir i
rapid falling off rs soon as the intqukons
Dimsley law should 70 into effect, for1
these expectations continue to Increase
rapl.lly under the new law, thus knock
ing out the last pin from the support Of
the Wilson law.
i.nothcr great increase in iron pro-
,ductiou in the United States has been
made. breaking all previous records.
The Iron 1ge gives hgrles showing the
weekly capacity Of rnaccs in Opera
tion December LET % BE- y2U,O24 tons. or
M incrrHsrl0f Il, 900 tons during Noycm
Der. Ever since July Of tho present year
here has cen 4 steady Increase In the |
output VI pig iron. anil the Indications
ire thai the demand VII; coptinpe UNI !
Ibats..i. The Illinois Steel Conipany
lss orders now nearly double THOSE ,of u | /
ear ai.o. As u business Indicator, the
zig irash figures are Ut grea. importance.
ron and steel entering largely iuto all
,FF.aiEFhes u industry and manufacture,