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The New South., 1898-01-15

II. q. Dun \ Goa weekly reviss OF
trade. Saturday. says;
In failures 1927 wss not on.y the
best year since 1892, but on the whole.
the boat ever definitely known. With
i3. 522 failures ia number. ii.5 per
cent. less than 1896. and sis2. .5si. III
iefaulicd liabilities, $40 per cent. loss
than iu 1896, tho years banking fail
arcs counted for SIS. PAP. zoo and the
commercial failures we're but ~. ISL,
with liabilities Of siSs. .sa2. .050. tho
average per failure beiug only sii. .5s9,
the lowest ever known.
The new year began with disAppoint-
ment for spoculators in stocks and
grain. which is not bad sign. Prices
ct stocks have gained little. after
Welding at ilrst, and closed gSc per
share higher for railroads ana 81 90
per share higher for trusts.
Wheat declined ltc, owing 10 tho
termination OF the corner at Chicago
Western receipts were about double
those Of last year, and Atlantic exports
a.st0,3is bushels. -four Included,
against 2.i50 D1l last year. A epscu.
iative estimate maksa the quantity still
IN farmers hands 40 per cent. of the
crop, Witch is quite possible. but tho
consumption aud exports ia half tho
year ouAht to take more than 40 pof
cent Of the years crop Exporta OF
corn for the week fell below lazt years,
although Western rcocipte we're un-
usually large, aud the price fell but
, 3-Sc. Cotton was disappointment
TO many because il did NOT change al
nil Ia spot price, although the accounts
Of reduction IN wages by Now England
works warrant tho l1pa 81 larger con
sumption Cotton Manufacture ie n
little encouraging. on account Of larger
demand Cor goods since tho reduction
in prices, and the absicntion OF buyers
for tho month past has probably boon
due In large measure 10 expectation OF
that reduction. But with tho certainty
that the print cloths works ara to con-
tinuc, prices have further declined
TO 2ic.
Tho WOODEN and worstod mills are
both buying WOOL quite largely, At
prices close 10 the best for dealers,
who declare there wcro no concessions
a month ago. are rejoicing that the re-
cent raggedaes' Ia pricea has passed
away. Behind MI the market reports
there Is tho fact that consumption OF
wool has Tor five moushs been tho lnrg-
est ever known, and the buying indi-
Gates. ns does the demand for such
heavy weight goodsa haye been open.
cd, that satisfactory bali year IL cx
pected
Iron manufacturing has been further
encoarrgee BY unusual business for tho
season. Prices nre generally nnchang-
ed. Faiiures for the week have been
322 Ia the United Sia'oa. against All
last year.
The New South., 1898-01-15

A small terrier pushed upon the
shoulders Of a cart horse, where be
balanced himself like circus rider as
his bearer logged along, created con-
siderable merriment in Broadway yes
terday. When the driver stopped the
horse the dog sat down upon the neck
Of his friend and eyed the crowd that
collected with much interest.
"That horse and dog" explained
the driver to an inquisitive youngster,
'haye been personal friends ever since
they met, four years ago. They will
not be separated. The dog sleeps in
the feed box Of the horses back. If
the dog gets out Of sight Of the horse
the latter is sure to Whitney for him.
Tho dog learned to ride on the horse
himself. I have never taught him
anything. New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The New South., 1898-01-15

IT il estimated that considerably
more than 81, 900, 600 has been in
yested.in club houses aud preserves
along the shores Of the Chesapeake.
Certainly no ducking waters are pro-
tected by more wholesome laws, all OF
which are rigidly enforced. Shooting
is allowed there upon Mondays, Wed.
nesdays and Fridays only, Of each
week. Every boat aud ''sink box" in
the Bay is licensed, and the owner
thereof who cannot produce his license
tag when the same Is demanded by ono
in authority, is likely TO get into seri-
GUS trouble. An efficient corps OF paid
officers patrol the waters from tho
opening to the closing Of the shooting
season. These men are assisted in
their work by several hundreds Of EN-
ployes Of sportsmen's clubs, each Of
whom Is stimulated 10 increased
watchfulness by the standing offer Of
reward in each clubhouse for the ap-
prehension Of any gunner violating
the laws. Result: Chesapeake Bay Is
perhaps justly entitled to its appella-
tioD. 'The Queen Of ducking wa
ters,v by which Eastern sportsmen
have distinguished II. New Jersey
and Long Island waters are also pro-
tected by excellent laws, but with the
exception, perhaps, Of Great South
Bay. where are located a number Of
influential sportsmen's clubs, they are
not enforced with anything like ths
rigcr that characterizes those Of the
State Of Maryland New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.
The New South., 1898-01-15

Mrs. Peck-~If had my life to go
over again, ] wouldn't marry the best
man alive. Mr.. II. Peck this chance Al
'ast,- You bet you wouldn't. wouldn't
AK you Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
The Hand hevery night Al
the hour Of midnight the ghost hap
pears and groans and wrjngs fts hands.
American tourist-Ah. Must have died
In the cucumber season. Cincinnati
Enquirer
Old lady-This must be a very
healthy place. Now, what may the
death rate BET Gravedigger- Wonder
fui steady, mum-wonderful steady.
lust one death to each person right
along. Sketch.
The New South., 1898-01-15

ASwede came into lawyers Office
one day, says the Cincinnati Enquir-
er, and asked: lis hare ben law
yer's placer" 'sYes; I'm q lawyer. .
We'll, Master Lawyer, I tank 1 shall
have q paper made" 'fWhat kind Of
a paper do you want7" well, / tank
/ shall have a mortgage. Yoh see, 1
buy me piece Of land from Nels
Petersen, aud I want mortgage on
it," 'tOh, no. You don't want .
mortgage; what you want Ia deco. |"
mo, maister, tank I want mortgage.
You see, I buy me two pieces Of land
before. and ! got deed for dem, and
mother faller come alohg with mort
gage and take the land; so / tank I
better get mortgage this time. =
The New South., 1898-01-15

The cabinet council at Madrid 10
cided Friday to submit Gcn. Wsyler's
conduct. with reference TO the protest
against President McKiniey's message
and TO other matters. 10 fresh In.
quiry under tho direction Of the gem
ersI commanding tbs first army corps,
Lieut.. Gen. Daban. There IL a possi.
biIity that ministerial crisis may thus
DO avertcd
The New South., 1898-01-15

The exports Of specie from the port
OF New York for the week passed
am onnted TO S32, 900 in gold snd
81, ,I02 ,513 in silver The imports
were; Gold, ssiT. .s31, silver $751;
1913; dry goods, $4,000, l52; gcners
msrchandise. ~. 2s7 1884.
The New South., 1898-01-15

A new electrical device connects
clock with the kitchen stove, and when
the hands Of the clock indicate pre-
arranged honr the fire Is started in the
stove and the kettle soon begins to
boil merriiy.
The New South., 1898-01-15

Representative miners OF the Kama
whn Valley met at Cbaflesson, W. Va,
Saturday and organzsd State nsro-
citation. tho main feature Of which IL
the settlement Of all strikes by arbi.
tration. A full set OF officers wcrt
elected. This organization IL IN oppo.
sition to ihe United Mine Workers.
The New South., 1898-01-15

came once more, in the unforgotten,
softly -modnlated accents. young and
sweet, as those that had FIRST made a
boy turn and gaze at Ethel Stuart.
one summer day, long wears ago.
Here's the name Of your wonderful
Colonel Hope. Isn't il interesting,
now that he's grown so fAmousp
You'll dearly like TO look att. Iknow.
wonli give almost anything TO see
him.
A mans step answered the words,
and wiifrid Hope felt strange tremb-
| ling shake him from heed TO foot, such
as he had never known in battle. II
was like a spell cast upon him from
the past.
II he could, he would have got ont
Of the room, rather than tnrn--only to
break the charm, perhaps, and TO face
the ordeal Of meeting. The blood
beat in his ears, as though he had been
eighteen instead of thirty eight; but
il had come.
Moving almost mechanically he
wheeled round, as though in obedi-
ence to some unseen and supreme
commander. In spite Of himself--in
spite Of the stern habit Of self-control
which the years had, he thought, made
second nature--a slight exclamation
broke from him.
Before him stood tall lily Of girl,
the living, breathing image OF the
Ethel Stuart who had cost him his
best friend aud all the light-hearted-
ness Of his boyhood 1t was Ethel,
but Ethel with different soul, look
ing out through the clear wells Of the
beautiful young eyesl
Fire leaped to his. and she flushed
and paled again under the fame Of ii.
Well did she know his facet for she
had cherished an ideal, and even her
father had never seen q certain por.
trait she had cat from magazine and
looked at sometimes in the secrecy Of
q white girls room.
An exclamation echoed the soldiers,
in the voice OF man, only deeper than
Henry Raeburn the boys had been.
"Wilfridr he said unsteadily.
Dear old chap, don't you know meY'
His hand went out, half hesitating,
as II in doubt Of its reception; but
there was no hesitation in the grasp
that sprang to meet it.
Like a man in dream, who Gears
the dream may fade, Hope clasped
the hand Of Sir Henry Raeburn. At
the touch Of the warm, eager fingers
all the old bitterness fell away, like
discarded mantle. The eyes of the
two men met and dwelt, and thero
was stinging on the lips Of each. A
rushing tide Of memory flowed back,
Of joyous schoolboy days, hopes and
fears shared in common thousand
intimacies and helpfulnesses - the
very day when Wilfrid g name had
been carved, with Henry looking on.
After the first words neither spoke
for moment. But the heart Of each
was overfull. Time had done its heal.
ing work and it needed but such
chance for the love that had slept,
though never died, to wake.
IT o see her makes me young again."
Hope answered, still in the dream.
''Oh, but you're not oldp' cried the
girl; then blushed at her own words.
She looked up shyly and something
in her face brought shock that was
half-surprise, half-pleasure to her
father.
'If there should be a way Of atone
ment?" he thought
In the heart of the soldier there
was a tunult.
"Can be such fooll" he rebuked |
The New South., 1898-01-15

Gov. Hastings, Of Harrisburg, Pa. !,
Saturday, issued a proclamation calling
upon the people Of Pennsylvania to
come to the relief Of the destitute In
habitants Of Cuba and named commit4
tee to receive contributions.
The New South., 1898-01-15

The hardware store OF Pollard. Hnare
4 Go. and the dry goods house of Mad
den. Graham 4 Co.. OF Denis %, Tex,
were destroyed By fire Friday night.
II was first discovered in the thiri story
OF the Pollard hardware storc. Esti-
mated loss 5000. 900; partly insured.
The New South., 1898-01-15

The Gnal payment OF o.. 53s, 101
from the Union Pacific reorganization
committee was covered into the treas
ury Friday, making grand total Of
S56. 44s, 22J paid Tor tho governments
interests IN The Union Pacific road.
The New South., 1898-01-15

The Earl Of Harrington, who has
been running fruit store in London,
At which he sells the products Of his
gardens, has now added to it q cream
cheese branch.
The New South., 1898-01-15
DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW.
FAILURES foR THE fEAS 1897 TIE Low.
EST EVER Known

Tho New Year is~ran uitA pi@sppoiat-
mens FOR specmiaters... Wheat Declines
owing 90 the Termination Of tho Corner
at Chicago.
The New South., 1898-01-15

4, / say. do you
know who that is?'
asked one Eton
boy, nudging an
other in the ribs.
Both started with
undisguised inter-
est at a splendid
looking giant of o
The New South., 1898-01-15
THE GARDENER.

Hredlty Is hut Seed. AnaIft the se.a he roea or M
Mtad tbs soil wherein X Hes. 4 OUT.
VIII Is the gardener skiei aae he
Il the souw whersnh h He waters IN
be that
Tnrh
wosli And NIGH thanh
De good
he what would,
Il
Eta whslsr Wilcox Frank Lsiss Popular Monthy
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19
RAILROAD SMASHUP
Two Cars are Ground fO SpIinterS and MonY
 People Injured.
Cars Leave The Tra,k While inc Train is Passing Over a High Tres stIe and Bump over inc Ties Finally Causing a Fatal Wreck.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 1S.-A wreck Western railway at 2:30 o'clock this morning fifty-two miles west of Indi- anapolis, near Guion station. The In- dianapolis express, east bound left the track west of a high trestle and passed over the treo.le, which was sixty feet long, with seven coaches off the rails and pumping along the ties. The tres tie is fifty feet high, and it is considered phenomenal that the train was not hurled off into the creek, ill which event the slaughter of life would have been awful.
 The rear car had just left the trestle wheE- the. spreading of the rails ahead of the baggage car piled seven cars into heap. The baggage car and smoker were ground almost into splinters, and all of the cars were badly wrecked. There were about fifty passengers on the train, and not woman or child wer in the list It is claimed that the train was running at nearly sixty miles an hour to make up for lost time
 Killed:
 T. M. WELLS, superintendent of schools of Douglas county, Illinois, Ar cola.
 Injured:
 Daniel Pointer, Decatur. H., head cut and neck and shoulders bruised.
 Andrew Kafer, Lawrerceville, Ind, head badly cut.
 A. J. Diddle, Indianapolis, frightfully cut about face.
 M. J. Moore, Indianapolis, head cut, spine injured and internal injuries.
 Warren Saylor, Indianapolis, s4-g---y injured.
 J. A. Mitchell, conductor, ankles in- jured.
 A. W. Scott, Indianapolis, head cut.
 H. M Tenneyck, Chicago, slight in- juries,
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19
A NEW TRICK OF THIEVES
Ordering Goods by Telephone in inc Name of a Responsible Person.

Kansas City, Dec. 1S.-One day last week Lihe telephone of the Continental Varnish and Color company, at 1915 West Eighth street, rang vigorously. The clerk who answered the call was informed that the man at the other end of the wire was c. B. Vrooman, real estate dealer in llhe American Bank building The clerk was asked to send this bill of goods to. .Twenty-fourdh and Vine streets:
 Two hundred pounds Of white lead, three gallons of light hard oil, ten gal Ions of boiled oil, five gallons of turpen- tine, three pounds of lamp black and six pounds of putty.
 The goods wero delivered, for the clerk knew MT. Vrooman was a respon- sible man, and were receipted for by a man who signed MT Vrooman's name. When the bill was presented at MT. VrOoman's office ho held up his hands in surprise and declared ne had never ordered the goods. The investigation that followed resulted in the discovery fhat Gus Alcorn, Victor Seville, Frank Golden and Henry Long, all Of them boys, had ordered the goods, received them and sold them for drink How ever, they were not arrested until they had spent the money from the sale of the goods. Monday they will be tried before Justice Spilz.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19
MONSON TALKS FOR PEACE
Would be Ideal for England. France and United States to Cooperate.

Paris, Dec. 18.-Sir Edmund Monson, the British ambassador, tonight. ad- dressed the Anglo-American Young Mems Christian Association here. He referred felicitously to the entente be- tween Great Britain and the United States and said it would be an ideal khing if they and France should coop crate in the worlds civilization.
 Sir Edmund added that he was glad of the opportunity to express the warm feelings he entertained for France, where throughout his diplomatic career he had never, even in the moment of the greatest excitement, had an offen- sive word addressed to him. English men coming to Paris would find the best feelings displayed rotward them. There could net be two opinions, he added, respecting the blessings attached to peace between Great Britain and France, and he fervently hoped that the Christmas season would terminate all rumors of war between them.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19
SHOPLIFTERS RELEASED
Storekeepers Refuse to Press the
 Charge Against Them.

New York, Dec. 1S-Living with their husbands in competence and with no prospect of need threatening them, two women stole a few pal.ry t-inkets in the department store in Sixth aven- ue, where Mrs. .Abbe c. Long, wife of the Presbyterian minister of Wassaic. N. Y. was arrested fcr the same of fense last week The detectives who arrested them refused to make com plaint in the Jefferson Market police court and be- h women were discharged
 These women were Mrs. Laura Swift. wife of the Rev. Dr. Albert Swift, sec retary of the Metropolitan Federation of Epworth League and editor of the Epworth Wheel. and Mrs. Sarah Ray mond. wife of Russell Raymond. the secretary and manager of .he AmErican Safe Deposit company. Beth women live in handsmaa houses, and had no occasion t7 take tic goods without pay ment.
 The detectives saw Mrs. Smith acting in a suspicious manner at the umbrella
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19
ARMY BILL TO BE PUSHED
Report Thai If May Take Precedence
 of Appropriation BiIIS.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The admins tration will ask it's friends in congress to push legislation looking to the in- crease of the regular army at the ex- pensei of all other congressional work. That means that the NicaTaguan Canal bill, the Hawaiian bill and even appro- priatiOn bills are to be suboTdinated to the army bill. The senate will noi, al- low even the treaty of peace to stand in the way. The friends of the admin isitreiion are determined that whether anything is accomplished in i5he short session or not, tfe regular army shall be made large enough to satisfy the de- 1nands to oe nade upon it under the new conditions arising out of the vic tory over Spain.
 The present time is favorable for se- curing the needed legislation, owing to the great pressure which is being brought to bear upon senators and rep resentatives by volunteers who are anx- ious to leave the service. It happens that .he greatesl5 pressure comes upon those who are credited with being luke warm toward an increase in the regular army or hostile to it.
 The army bill and the Nicaragua bill will afford an opportunity for ithe "anti- expansionis-s' to get their views on record before the presentation of the treaty of peace.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19

the outsiders yesterday swept every thing aside in its way, and the manipu- latcrs had themselves to join in the procession. Stocks went up with longer leaps than they have taken since the advance following the declaration of peace. There is thought tonight to | be little or no hcpe of their coming down again, so that when dividend money is free in January these who wish to buy either bonds or stocks will have to pay the highest market prices for every individual bond and sto,k upon the list.
 To add to the embarrassment all around, the demand for investment will be beyond what it has been for six years past, or since the beginning of the hard times. Mora money than ever before is to be paid out in dividends. Half dozen more railways are to re- sume payment of earrings to stockhold- CTS in January or February, c hers to taka action toward payment Of first dividend in March or July, and a few others are to increase their dividend rates. Not one of the regular dividend payers is to default. In addition, there is prospect of payments by one or moro
 
 Rubber directors say they have earned more than per cent dividends cn their common stock duripg the present year. lThe directors Of ttie Ins Paper Company make the same claiIS and General Electric directors are be- hind the report that dividends nay be resumed on the common stock of that company before the end of the year. Thnra will he r0 cbean Investments in January. According to some au-hori- ties, tonight, the conditions will make it impossible for those receiving divi- dends to make really cheap invest ments throughout the year. The aver age of prices for everything is expected to remain higher than has besn known According to the records of some au- thorities, the present prices, with the exception cf one or two stocks, have never been exceeded for ten years past.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19
THE WEEK IN THE SENATE.

The Connecticut question
   last Monday he territorial
  speech ppitate general 
  probability 
  
  siton Philippines will
  bill possible
  of quite till
 
  
  modified printed O aors.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19

visions of the dead and down act, and there Is nothing to show that they have changed their minds. Special Agent Jenkins report will probably be ready in a few days, and it is possible that as soon as it is made public the land commissioner may be induced to reccn- sider his decision. It is not, how ever, probable that such VIII ba the case.
 The Indians still insist that they will not allow their timber to be cut, anG say that if any new camps are inst1tut- ed on their reservations they vii te rCmo3ed. The Indians are not d's- posed to do any misdhfef, and will con tent themselves with picking up the logging parapherna1.a and carrying 1t to ether ground. If there is resls- tance on the part of the lumbermen, as there will be in all probability, there will be trouble that may attain ser ous proportions.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19

counter. and saw hcr shift one Of the
 umbrellas into the folds of her skirt. The detective followed Mrs. Swift, who visited several other counters and pill fered small articles, apparently for Christmas gifts for her children. The detective then arrested her and took her to the station house, where she gave her right name, and her husband was sent for and he had her bailed out. Mrs. Raymond was caught in the same manner, and was also taken to the sta tion house. She, too, gave her right name. and her husband and grcwn-up daughter were soon at the station house.
 Both women were accompanied to court by their husbands today, and when the detectives refused to make a charge the magistrate discharged them4 Both women declared their ar rest was mistake, and that they in tended to pay for the articles they had taken
Arizona republican., 1898-12-19

is strong feeling that the Admiral is entitled to take the Olympia home by way of the Suez canal. It would un- doubtedly greatly please the Admiral to receive an order instructing him to return to the United States by that route.
 The squadron on this station must be strengthened, but what are needed are lighter and smaller vessels. The monitors, with the battleships coming and the few large cruisers here, are ample for any heavy work that might possibly arise. The greatest need is for gunboats of the Helena class. The three prizes. the Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de Austria. wh.c are to be reftted at Hong Kong. will be valuable additions to the squadron Cn this station.
 There is no question that Admiral Dewey is entitled to have his desires granted, and it is just as certain that his desire new is tCi be Urdered home with the Olymp;a throu- {h the Suez canal.