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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07
AN ENGLISH FIRM.
Reported That Foreign Capital viii In
vest In American shipyards.

New York, Dec. 6.-The Tribune
says: 1t was reported in May this year
that the noted shipbuilders. Vickers
Sons & Maxim of Barrow-in-Furness,
England, were about to purchase al in
terest in the Cramp e. Sons ship n
engine building company Of Philadel-
phia. the capital stock of which corpOr-
alton would be increased from IS. 000. 900
to $40. 000, 900, the additional capital to
be supplied by the English concern.
This rumor was denied by Charles II.
Cramp. president of the Cramp "om-
pany. end the alliance, IL any had been
in contemplation. did not take place.
But IL developed yesterday that there
was after all a strong probability that
the famous English shipbuilding and
gun making firm would extend its cper-
atoms to this country, acquiring a
large interest in the great Newport
News ship yard. where, IL negotiations
now in progress are brought to a sue
cessful conclusion. a big plant for the
manufacture of annon will also be es-
tablished. A Tribune reporter last night
asked C. p. Huntington IL II was cor
rectly reported that an English firm
had bought the Newport News ship
yard. Mr.. Huntington answered:
TT Is not true, because the yard has
not been sold as yet. but / have been In
negotiation with the Vickers Sons &
Maxim. who have thought OF taking a
large interest in the plant n of build
ing at Newport News in connection
with the ship yard an extensive plant
for the manufacture of guns. IL these
negotiations should be carried to a con-
clusion there would be established at
Newport News a new industry which
would greatly benefit that city. furnish
ing work n support to thousands of
people more. But the yard would con-
tinue to be an American enterprise, as
/ do not propose to sell my holdings
outright. put to retain a large interest.
I would like. however. to lessen my
cares and responsibilities and let others
take up and carry on the work that |
have so well started"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07
WHARFAGE AND RAILWAY.
United States L. About To Mako Needed
Improvements i'm Cuba

United States L. About To Mako Needed
Improvement i'm Cuba
New York. Dec. 6.-The Herald says:
The United States is about to construct
a wharf and railway in Cuba. the for
mer to be located at Triscoria, a village
of 500 Inhabitants. on the shore OF the
harbor OF Havana, and the latter to run
to the military camp at Regla. con-
Meeting with the Matanzas branch OF
the United Railways Of Cuba. The line
will be seven miles long. These enter
prises. while undertaken by the gov
because of the military ad-
vantages 10 be gained thereby. are to
be of immense advantage to the mer-
camille interests of the island. There
borhood of Havana. except in the city
itself. where steamships could discharge
or DAD cargoes.
The proposed government wharf viii
be between 800 and 400 feet in length.
insuring 80 feet of water, sufficient for
large steamers. 1t will be constructed
of timber subjected to a treatment of
c~reosote. and will thus be enabled to re-
sist the ravages of the teredo worm.
Numerous sheds and warehouses will
also be erected. but no arrangements
looking to their erection have yet been
entered upon.
The railroad will be according to
Pennsylvania railroad specifications.
Leaving Triscoria N turning east
ward toward Matanzas, IL will keep
close to the shore n later strike into
the The road near Havana
will be double tracked, with a single
track toward the eastern end. 1t Is ulti-
mately intended to carry the douole
track system throughout the entire
line. The government gave publicity to
its plans IN Nov. 20 and received bid
for the work on Dec. I. The contract
was let the same day to the American
Indies company by Colonel Frank
Heckler. quartermaster and chief Of
the division of transportation, who
represented the government.
Work on the wharf has not yet been
begun. as all the material must be OBJ
tanned In this country. The lumber will
be purchased in the South n shipped
to Havana. The railway has been sur
veyed and the construction work has
been started. The country through
which the line is to pass Is rolling and
rocky. necessitating considerable blast
ing. Several hundred men will be sent
to Cuba within the next few days.
All the railway lines in Cuba are
controlled and were built by English
capital and English engineers. The roll
ing stock is mainly English, although
there are a few American passenger and
freight cars. No definite time has been
set by the government for the completion
of the railway and the wharf, as the
formal contract has not been drawn up.
IL is understood that both works are 10
be pushed through in the shortest posi-
BILE time.
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THE WORLDS MARKETS
Daily Record Of Commercial and
Financial Transactions.
NEW YORK STOCK REPORT
Digest of1xchangs Nsws-Aining Stocks.
Metal ouosstions-Wool Prices and
Movements Grain and Pro-
d~ucs-Rsview of Trade.

New York, Dec. 6.-Fractional gains
throughout the list were the results of
the trading to-day. Decided strength Of
the early market was in sympathy with
London's improved prices and London
was a heavy purchaser on balance. Profit
taking at times checked the advance In
the local market. which became dull I'm
the afternoon with quotations generally
well maintained.
Sugar. after an early advance. sold of
as usual on the announcement of the
regular dividend disbursement. The trans
actions in this speciality were very large
and the covering OF shorts brought about
a full recover to the best advance of
the day. leaying the price a point below
yesterdays close. A feature of import
ance was the coalers. which were buoyant
on the assumption that a new trade
agreement would be in effect next month.
Pacific stocks were strong and a period
OF depression I'm the days trading rallied
the rest of the list. Central Pacific
rose 2k points on the dissemination of a
report that the government might extend
the time for that road to pay its obliga-
lions to the government. The action Of
the days market reflected the continued
operations. as for some time. OF large
speculative interests in having diverted
their operations into low-priced shares.
which CAV promise of increased or i'm
pending dividend disbursements.
Considerable amounts of stock ruling
in the 40s were taken in hand. conspicu-
Gus examples being Southern preferred
and Northern Pacific. The granger group
showed spurts OF activity at times and
moved in sympathy with the general mar
ket. although improvements as a rule
were less pronounced.
The bond market showed decided
strength at many points. operations in
some of the recent .avorits being on a
large scale. Total sales, A.4l3, 600.
u. s. new As and the SIS registered re-
acted II per cent. and the SIS coupon u
per cent. in the bid price.
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Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-Cattle-Good to choice
steers sold at S.05d5.75: commoner
grades. sid5; stockers and feeders were
in moderate demand at 5000. selling
mostly at s.. 4Oa4: butchers and Gamers
cattle were better: few cows sold below
s.. 25; fat cows and heifers brought 9 .50a
$50; bulls. 81. 40n4.10.
Hogs-Sales were made at 81 .20m3.3 for
common to fair up to s.. 45d3.55 for choice
to strictly prime hogs; bulk. x.iods.4Iis
pigs, s3.15d3.S0.
Sheep-Sales. 81. 75I5.50 for common TO
prime lambs. 81 70 for yearlings and
s.. 3Od4. 80 for sheep; Western sheep sold
AT 81. 50d4. 10 and Western lambs brought
a. 75G5.3 80: feeders paid A.5odi.s5 for
lambs and S3.55d3.s0 for Western sheep.
ReceiptsLCattie, 1900: hogs, 5000;
sheep, 1900.
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New York. Dec. s.-The Evening Posts
London nancia cablegram says: The
stock markets here were dull and quiet
to-day. the only feature being the
strength of Americans and mines. The
former were good on New York support
and the professional buying here closed at
the best. Northern Pacific and Union Pa
cifc were especially strong. Tn presi-
dents message had no effect. as the mar
ket has been merely awaiting New York's
lead.
The discount market here Is distinctly
weak. the position being that a large
mass of bills are maturing. while the
supply of new bills is very scarce. This
releases capital and the increased supply
Of uninvested funds has depressed rates.
Kafirs were good on the reported re-
newal of the dynamite contract in the
Transvaal at lower prices. Argentines
were easy on reports of damage to crops
by rain.
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The salmon Murder Case.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Red Lodge. Mont. Dec. Elm the dis
trict court this morning Charles Hala-
band. a Goa miner, was convicted OF
assault in the second degree and given
one year I'm the ~penitentiary. He
stabbed one OF his countrymen.
Much interest il manifested in the
Salmon murder case and the court room
was crowded all day. Judge Henry
overruled the motion Of the defense for
a change of venue and the work of Sc
curing a jury was begun this morning.
The regular panel was quickly ex-
hausted and a special venire was is
sued for 40 additional talesmen. II Is
thought a jury Will be secured by noon
tomorrow.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07
CARRIERS BODY FOUND.
1t Was Buried Deep In the Debris of the
Baldwin Hotel

San Francisco. Dec. 6-Workmen en-
gagged in clearing away the debris caused
by the destruction OF the Baldwin hotel
to-day came across the body of John j.
Carter. the ~well-known Eastern horse
man. who had been acting as a judge at
the Oakland and Ingleside meetings.
Judge Carter occupied a room on the
nth foor of the hotel and during the
progress OF the fire IL was thought he had
escaped. but as he did not put In an APP
p~earance. IL soon became certain that he
had been lost. Thu body was positively
identified this afternoon. Howard II.
Pryor. a bookmaker. il still missing and
II il certain that he also suffered the
same fate as Carter. An organized search
is being made for more bodies. The find
ing of Judge Carriers remains brings the
list of dead directly caused by the Bald
win hotel fire ND 10 five.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

Omaha Live stock.

Omaha. Dec. 6.-Oattle-Receipts, 100.
Market steady TO strong. Native beef
steers, sia4.25; Western steers. S.10u
40: Texas steers, s3.50n3.s 30; cows and
heifers. 1880: Gamers. s2Gz.s0; stock
ers and feeders. S.3OM4.5; calves. Ad7;
bulls and stays. 81 .3Od3.S0.
Hogs-Receipts, $500. Market a shade
lower. Heavy. 81. 30d3. 37lz; mixed. s3.32is
d3.3 light. So .3Tkd3.45; bulk of sales.
s.. 32xd3.3 5.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000. Market steady.
Fair to choice natives. S.50ai.4O 40; fair TO
choice Westerns. s.. 5OG4.25; common and
stock sheep, g. 75d3.T5: lambs, Sd5.5.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

New York. Dec. 6.-Pig iron warrants.
$40. Lake copper. l.. CSC bid. u. soc ask
ed. Tin. firm at is. loc bid and a.. zoe asked.
Spelter. soc bid and $3.50 asked. Lead.
3.s2c bid and s.s2lzc asked. The nrm that
fixes the selling price for miners and
smelters quotes lead at 3.45c at the close.
Bar silver. 50 u-16c.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

New York. Dec. e-Money on call. "a
~ per cent Last loans. "a per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 3hd4 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady. with actual
business In bankers bills at S.s44a4.s4,a
and at A.s1lzd4.s1k for 90 days. Posted
rates. $.s2a4.szh and s4.Sa4.s. Com
mercial bills. A.soh. Silver certificates.
eohd6lhc. Mexican dollars. csc. Govern
ment bonds weak. state bonds irregular.
railroad bonds strong.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

Boston. Dec. e-The wool market this
week shows a steady tone. and IL now
looks as though values have reached the
level at which CO ming trade will be done.
The price of domestic wool. is firm and
sales are frequent.
Quotations: Texas wools-Spring me-
diums. Il months. Td1sc: secured. +0dt2c
spring nne, u months, ls9l7c. secured.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

<36$sc. Territory w-ools-Montana fine me-
dunn and nne. 14dlsc: secured. fsa$sc:
staple. f7d4sc. Utah. Wyoming. etc. fine
medium and fine. 1361sc; secured. sc.
staple. 47a4sc. Australian. secured basis
Combing. superfne. 7o072c: good. sSassc;
average S20 6&c
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

London. Dec. 6-At the wool auction
sales to-day l6.i67 bales were offered.
Many lines of secured merinos were
bought by buyers. Crossbreds
were in better demand and well-grown
woods were slightly advanced.
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Cash

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
steady. No. 3 spring wheat. (. o. b., 5sa
s4ikc; No. 2 red, 6sd69c: No. 2 corn, S5Ac:
No. 9 oats, f. o. b., 26laa27c; No. . white,
{. o. h.. 27A@2skc; No. 2 rye. SIC: No. l
flax seed. s91kdl .O2Ia; prime timothy seed,
s.. 25; mess pork, per barrel. ssas.O5; lard,
per 100 pounds. $5d5.l7Ia; short ribs sides,
loose, 81. 5Od4. 20; dry sailed shoulders. IA
d4%c: short clear sides. boxed. A.s0d5.
Articles Receipts- Shipments.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07
Treasury Statement.

Washington. Dec. s.-To-day's state
ment of the condition Of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance. So. $50,
6l4: gold reserve. s2i2. 2ll. l07.
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.......... ........ minimum l.
Union Son..-............ ....-..........-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

Boston. Dec. 6-Boston & Montana
235k; Butte & Boston, COZ: Parrot. 30.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

San. Francisco. Dec. 6-spring woods
Nevada. 10612i1c: Eastern Oregon. lodi2c;
valley Oregon. i5ai.c. Fall woois-NoEth-
ern mountain lambs. s0loc; mountain
lambs. 7dsc: a Joaquin plains. easc;
Humboldt and Mendocino. sd11c.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-07

A general commercial banking business
transacted. including the purchase and
sale OF State. County and City securities.
acceptance OF trusts.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

It seems that when the government
grants 8 sick soldier furiough it
makes no provision TO see that he gets
home AS q consequence. during the
last few weeks. sick and hungry sol
diers can be seen lying about the rail-
way stations Of many cities. a group
Of Iowa volunteers. sick and emaclated.
passed through Chicago the other day
and many OF them went their way hun
cry That such q thing should happen
does not imply that the people are IN
generous, but 1t SO happens because no
one knew they were coming. Arrange
ments are now being made to care for
any sick and hungry soldier that passes
through the city.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

Putting aside the right or wrong OF
1.-THE wisdom or foIly-no candid OBJ
server can fail to note that the Amer
lean people have set their teeth, and
that under the doctrine expressed in
the trite phrase The flag where once
fioated shall never come down. they
are evineing bulldog determination
10 hold every foot OF territory con-
quered in honorable war and held
through superior force Whether il
shall or shall not be better for our
selves, this we know Our ciYiliza-
ton win come as blessing rather
than as a blight TO the peoples upon
whom It shall be imposed
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The prize ring IS dead. as !, ought 70
be The race Of genuine square nght-
ers-;he Szyers. the Heenans. the Sui
lfvans, from Yankee" TO John L.
have passed away The manly art Is
no longer praetieed. The boxing
matches OF today ere kinetoseope
fights. The alleged pugilists are kin
etoscope boxers The fights are en-
gineered for the benefit Of the ma
chine. The whale business partakes OF
the nature Of bunko. not real istic
sport. and the sporting public ought to
tura It's back on IT.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21
ATTACK on Fusion.

Three-fourths of the people who two
years ago were Silver Republicans are
Republicans to-day and % per cent.
8f the people calling themselves silver
Republicans. who went 10 Colorado
Springs n week ago did not intend
and do not now intend. to fuse their
priTciples and their future with the
Fopulist and Democratic parties The
management of fraction or this par
ty saw the handwriting on the wall
2 they SAW that by no decent and honest
it4ethotis could they carry that party
Y It'll POpulism and Democracy. ard
- they found it necessary to resort to
Illegal and violen; methods. aud they
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The average man inagfnes be would
have been perfect terror In the war II
business had NOT kept him at home
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The Cuban iunta Is perfectly willins
TO accept civil cfiees from the hand Of
the new governor Of the island. Their
patriotism IS not unlike a certain brand
Of the same article in this country.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

cupid puts in good deal Of his time
at target praetiee-
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

There are but two classes Of people
in this world difficult TO convince
against their wiIi-nen and women
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

Time Is often said 10 be money. but
it is more-ii is life: and yet many
who would cling desperately to life
think nothing OF wasting time
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The kiudest and harpisst pair wili
ind occasion 10 forbear. and something
every day they live to pity aad per
haps forgive
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

Those Who Eo down TO the sea in
ships should see that the ships do not
go down with them
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The secret OF beauty is carried by
many a Chicago giri--you never sHs-
Psct that il is there.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

woman's ruling passion crops out IN
her desire TO rule a husband.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The average woman acts first and
thinks it over afterward-
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

Truth lIluminates and gives Joy and
il Is By the bond Of JOY. not Of pleas
ure. that meas spirits are indissoluhiy
held
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

Do not blow your own trunPets'
nor, whieh Is the same thing. ask other
people 70 blow them No trumpeteT
ever rose to be a general.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

Lots OF men join secret society BE-
cause they think its emblem viii show
up well on their watch ehainS,
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

There's nothing new Our grand
mothers often took spins on ehainIess
wheels.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The girl who can neither sing nor
play. and knows ii. Is always = ia
vorite,
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

Life Is a quarry. out of which ve
are to mold and ehiseI and complete a
character.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

1t Is really not true that the Bis
narcks forbade the emPeror's weeping
at their funeral
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

The wiss man counts the cost Of his
pleasure after the doctor has seat in
his bRL
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

No man is ever so friendly that he
can't find some one to jolly him along.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

BY the very constitution OF cur na-
ture moral evil Is its own curse
The Lamar register., 1898-09-21

l.a easit- 20 cara aionsz ts-a 8; y
Eet 10 spend il.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Jan. II.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-Janu-
ary opened sic, closed 91Ac; May,
sic, closed S1ssc. Corn-January,
opened 261ac, closed 26%c; May, opened
29c, closed 29hc; July, opened 30c, closed
301Ac. Oats-May, opened 2319c, closed
23%c; July, opened and closed nominal.
Pork-May. opened $9.27h, closed
nominal; May, opened s47h, closed
$3.50.
Produce: Butter = Extra creamery,
zoe per 10; extra dairy, lie; fresh
packing stock, 12c. Eggs-Fresh stock.
21c per doz. Dressed Poultry-Turkeys,
s@I1c per ib; chickens, 7h@Sc; ducks,
7@Sc. Potatoes = Northwestern, 500
60c per bu. Sweet Pota' illinois
$2.00@3.00 per Dbl.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Jan. IL.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
$4,000; quality better; left over about
4,500; market steady and later ruled
easy and &c lower; sales ranged at $40
@S.55 for pigs, $S.45@S.65 for light, $3.4O
@3.45 for rough packing. $3.50@3.70 for
mixed and sS.50@3.70 for heavy pack
ing and Shipping lots. Cattle-Estimated
receipts for the day, 1000; feeling
steady; prices without essential change;
quotations ranged at $5.00M5.50 for
choice to extra steers, $445@495 good
to choice do, $i.35@4.S5 fair to good,
$3.S064.40 common to medium do, 1910
0D420 butchers steers, $3.00@3.75 stock
ers, $3.60q4.25 feeders. S2.00@3.90 COWS,
$2.60@4.50 heifers, $2.40G4.00 bulls, oxen
and stays. $3.00@4.30 Texas steers, and
$350@675 veal calves. Sheep and Lambs
Estimated receipts for the day, 11,000;
quotations ranged at $3.60M4.40 west
ems, $3.10@4.65 natives, and $4.20Q5.75
lambs.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, Jan. H.
Wheat--Steady; No. / northern 92c;
No. spring. S71kc; May, 90bc. Corn
Steady; No. g. 27Ac. Oats--Steady;
No. 2 white, 24@24hc. Rye-Quiet; No.
I, 47c. Barley-Steady; No. 2, 42@43c;
sample. 33Q41c.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14
FLAW IN The Title.
It Affects Valuable Property in Marquett,
Mich,

It Affects Valuable Property in Marquette,
Mich.
Marquette, Mich, Jan. 12.-What ap-
pears to be a flaw in the title to a large
part Of the property in the south part
Of the city, has been discovered. Three
additions to the town covering most Of
what's known at South Marquette are
affected. The flaw came about through
the failure twenty years ago, to secure
the signature OF the five children of an
undivided one third when it was decided
to the new owners. Several claim to
have known of 1t, but to have supposed
the two thirds owners were holding ad-
versely to the one-third interest where
it now appears 1t was a case of coleman
cy. If this is true the one-thfrd inter-
est has not been lost to it's owners or
their heirs.
The parties interested in the one
third are Paddleford Fay & Co., Bos-
ton; Edwin Parsons estate, New York;
John Montemolen's estate, Savannah;
Joseph S. Greenough, Boston. They
have made over their interest in trust
to a local agent to make a settlement
with the present holders. The property
involved is worth several hundred thou
sand dollars, but the settlement will
hardly cost a third of this sum, for 1t
Is believed here that not more than one
of the heirs has an equitable right in
the property and that deeds to correct
title will issue in most cases with no
cost except agents fee.