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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
AFTER THE STORM.
Rradstreet's Summing Up OF the FL
nanciaI Situation.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29l-Bradstreet's re-
view of the New York stock market to-
morrow will say:
after the storm of the preceding week
this one has seemed decided calm.
While the movements Of prices have been
irregular, they have mainly been in the
direction Of Improvement. and there has
been an entire absence or Iiqu6ation or
OF the other tendencies which had so
alarmed Wall street. Last Saturdays
bank statement, while not as good a one
as had been hoped for, was nevertheless,
favorable, and 1t was also evident that
the strain upon the money market had
been removed by the action of the treas
ury and the New York banks. 1t would,
indeed, seem that the money market has
been under firm control ana that finan-
ciai interests Of the largest caliber were
determined that no further disturbance
should be allowed while the preparations
for the January disbursements were in
progress
Call money this week has not been
above Z per cent, and at the stock ex-
Chenge lower rates have been quoted on
large transactions Time money, however,
sion houses hesitate about supplying
themselves al a per cent rate, which is
now the minimum.
1.-The Improvement in the money situa
ton here had Its counterpart in the bet
ter feeling at London, which market ap-
parently owes its more cheerful tone TO
the fact that further gold shipments to
the amount Of some $3,350,000 are being
made to it from New York today.
THE Indifference with which the firm
ness of exchange and the gold exporting
operations were regarded by the market
was another feature of the week. There
were no other factors of speculative i'm
pOrtance, but with the removal of the
pressure to sell stocks there was an ap
parent reaction Of sentiment which favor
ed higher values throughout the list.
Fresh buying by the public has not
developed yet. The bear interest, how
ever, covered extensively, and pools and
large operators found little opposition to
marking up the prices for their special
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Nothing Like 1t Has Been Seen I'm
Nearly n Century.


Nearly a Century.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Bradstreet's re-
view of 1.-The year in business tomorrow
will say:
Rarely have sanguine commercial and
financial hopes or predictions found such
adequate realization as they did during
1899. Certainly nothing like the wide
spread and general upward movement
of values, alike of staples and of Sc
curities, such as occurred during this
year, could have been foreseen. Linked
with an immense business and a record
breaking production in nearly all lines Of
business and industry, except, perhaps,
in some products, of the agricultural in
terest, there was with it an advance of
staple values, either Of which alone
would have made the year notable, and
combined they have served to establish
the year as a record one and set up new
standards. The record of new business
was a remarkable one, and the bank
clearings, rejecting expansion, active
speculation in stocks and immense new
industrial floatings, far surpassed all pre-
vious records. Prices, as result pri-
marily Of the stimulating feeling Of sup
ply and demand conditions, were far in
advance Of any previous year, and
brought the level of standard values to
the highest point for more than eighty
years past
''These results have come to pass in
the face Of a considerably lessened pro-
duction Of wheat and immense falling off
in the yield Of cotton. With the eXcep
ton Of marked speculative activity in
the latter during the earlier months of
the present season, speculation on the
leading exchanges has been most largely
confined to stocks and securities.
I'm industrial affairs the year has been
one Of enormous expansion. Certainly
nothing like the general advance in wages
of industrial employees has been witnessed
for many years, and this had been ac-
complished with a minimum of friction
emitting the year to special mention on
this, if on no other account.
THE close of the year finds order books
filled from three to six months ahead
In nearly all lines. Distributive trade was
naturally Of immense volume throughout
the year. though mild weather at the
close tended to modify the satisfaction
with which retail trade in winter fabrics
was regarded. This was, however, partly
compensated for by holiday business
surprising all previous records"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
BIG BETTING EVENT
MUCH MONEY BEING WAGERED ON
THE M'COY-MAHER
FIGHT
H0OSIER IS THE FAVORITE

Supporters OF the Irish Champion
Expect to Get Odds-Fine COndI-
ton OF Mccoy Brings Many Adj
InIrers to HIS SuppOrt-PittsburE
Phil Is Taking 81 Look at the
Principals for Betting Purposes.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-There is likely
TO be a panic among the SPECTATORS of
the sporting world before Maher and Nc
Coy step into the ring of the Coney Island
Athletic club the afternoon of New Years
day. A few weeks ago Maher was a pro-
nounced favorite in the betting at odds of
100 to So His admirers are now making
wagers at even money and many are
holding off for odds
Wonderful stories of McCoys superb
condition continue to come from the Sc
le2t sanitarium of William Muldoon, and
so adroitly are these rumors circulated
that 1t would not be surprising to see the
Western boy the favorite. McCoy's stock
IS now enjoying a boom. but should the
friends of Maher rush to the front with
big rolls of money at the last minute the
odds on Mccoy undoubtedly would take
a grand tumble.
BIG BETTING EXPECTED.
The indications are that this fight will
be one of the biggest betting events in
the history of the ring Louis Wormser's
$4,000 of Mccoy money has not been COW
cred. but the chances are that "Pittsburg
Phil viii be one of Wormser's best Gus
toners. He will visit Muldoon's farm to-
morrow to get line on the kid" He
has seen Maher
As the time for the battle draws near
the little betters are anxiously awaiting
some news Of how the plungers are lay
ing their money. The odds have not
taken definite shape, and no one today
could safely predict the figures at which
the ringside money will be placed Within
the week, however, it Is probable
sufficient knowledge of actual transac-
tons of we'll known sporting men will
be had to serve as a guide to those who
will lay their money in accordance with
judgment on which they place their
faith Betting on the result of the battle
is expected to be brisk from now on.
George Considine has $1,000 to bet on the
1rishman.
IN FINE CONDITION.
Mccoy and Maher are trained to the
hour. They could answer the bell at a
moments notice If necessary. Mccoy was
weighed after he had finished his days
routine work, and he tipped ta.e beam at
1882 pounds. This is at least nine pounds
heavier than he was when he fought
Sharkey last winter.
The kid" says that, had he been in
his present form when he tackled Shar-
key, he surely would have finished him in
the fifth round, when the sailor was so
near defeat
Maher has been working hard to take
off superfluous flesh. He has reached his
fighting weight and announces that he is
ready for the fray. He weighs only ia
pounds. which is lighter than he has
been in some time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30

plague since last advices. There hava
been several sudden deaths. and in each
instance rumor assigned the plague as
the cause. Investigation proved other
wise. On the 18th the quarantine
over Chinatown was lifted, and business
IS now going on as usual in that district.
There have been no deaths by plague
since the 18th instant. Up to that time
nVe victims were reported. The board Of
health now claims but two deaths were
caused by the scourge the remaining
cases being doubtful or suspicious"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
TO BE CoURT-MARTIALED.
War Department Accepts Challenge
of Capt. ShufeId.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The war de-
partment has accepted the challenge Of
Capt r. F. Shufeld, U. 8. A, retired, and
has transmitted all the papers referring
to the case of the officer to Maj. Gen.
Merritt, commanding the department of
the East at New York, for court-martial
proceedings.
Several days ago the adjutant general,
dered Capt. Shufeld to place himself
within the jurisdiction of the civil courts
Of Maryland, before which that officer
was the defendant in divorce proceedings.
That action was based on the allega-
lions of the attorneys Of the wife of the
officer that he had failed to comply with
the orders of the court for the payment
to his wife Of a stated amount of alimony
and he remained outside the jurisdiction
of the court in order to evade process.
Subsequently the officers counsel in
formed the war department that, acting
on his advice, Capt. Shufeld would de-
cline to comply with the order to Lla-Se
himself within the jurisdiction of the
court The attorney said he based his
advice on the fact that his client had
recently been declared bankrupt by the
courts of the district of Columbia and con-
sequently relieved from the payment of
the alimony decreed by the Maryland
court, amounting in all to about $500.
Obedience to the orders Of the war de-
partment, the counsel states, would lead
to Capt Shufeld's' Imprisonment without
cause.
- a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Prosperity for 1900.

Indications everywhere point to great
prosperity for the coming year This Is
an invariable sign of a healthy nature
The success of a country. as we'll as the
success of an individual, depends upon
health There can be no health If the
stomach is weak. If you have any stom-
ach trouble try Hostetters Stomach
Bttters which cures dyspepsia indiges-
ton and biliousness. It makes strong.
vigorous men and women.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Boxing at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec 29-Danny Mcmahon.
of Detroit, was given the decision over
Turkey Point" Bill Smith. of Philadel-
phia, In a sIx-round go before the Fort
Dearborn Athletic club tonight. McMa-
hon had much the better of the milling
in all but the first round. bringing blood
from Smiths mouth in the third and
scoring a Touchdown in the fifth.
Chicago" Jack DAILY and Jack Lewis,
of Chicago, lightweights. fought six hot
rounds to a draw.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
EYE ON LIBERIA.
Government Is Seeking COaIing
Station There.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-It has deveI-
oped that the United States cruiser Mont
gomery has been on secret mission to
Liberia. Africa, performed, it is believed,
with view to displaying the American
flag on Liberian waters, and the 10 alton
of site for an American coaling station
on the Liberian coast
There is no doubt that this government
is seriously contemplating the establish
ment of a coaling station on the west
coast Of Africa. and the observations
made by Commander Merrill, of the
Montgomery, will be considered in con-
nection with the decision reached.
LONDON, Dec. eft has been learned
by a representative of the Associated
Press that the United States cruiser
Montgomery's visit to Liberia is appar-
emily the result of overtures made to
Washington by that republic. Though
the British government is In complete
ignorance Of the purpose of the Mont
gomery's mission, the establishment of
a coaling station in Liberia by the United
States is regarded as scarcely probable.
as. it is asserted, no Liberian port has
any facilities for coaling, all Of them
being open and surf-bound.
The Associated Press representative
learns, however, that a far more impor-
tant step is under consideration. 1t con-
sists of a joint request Of the United
States and Great Britain upon France
to define the boundary between the ter
ritory she claims and that claimed by
Liberia. This step is not yet decided
upon, but Great Britain only awaits the
United States assent to become a party
to such a request. 1t is alleged that
France, for many years, has been en-
croaching on Liberia, and 1t was only by
strenuous protests of the United States
that she was prevented from appropriate
ing a large slice of Liberia in 1892
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30

tor who has come into prominence as the
leading man of the Pike Theater Stock
company, Cincinnati, has been engaged
most, if not all the players in Mr. Rus
sells support will continue in their pres
ent parts. An entirely new route is be-
ing booked, the purpose Of the manage
ment being to play only in those cities
where Mr.. Russell has never appeared.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Alleged DefuuIter surrenders.

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-Louis E. Gold
smith, assistant cashier of the Port Jar
Wis National bank, OF Port Jarvis, N Y,
tuition of $54, coo on Nov II last, and also
to have falsified the banks books, to-
day surrendered himself Goldsmith left
Port Jarvis four days before a warrant
was issued for his arrest. He waived ex-
animation and was held in $40, coo bail.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Iowa Teachers Elect officers.

DIES MONIES, To-, Dec. 29-The forty
fifth annual convention of the Iowa State
Teachers association today elected the
following officers: President, w. o. Rid
dell, Des Moines: first vice president, G..
I. Miller, Boone; second vice president,
A. c.. Sale Mason city; third vice presi-
dent, William Bell Creston; Inez Kelso,
of Corrydon, committee at large.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Hurst Pleased Them.

DETROIT. Mich, Dec. 29.-Referee Tim
Hurst pleased 1900 spectators tonight
when he gave Curley Supplies. of Buff
falo. the decision over Emil Sanchez, the
cuban Wonder" at the end of their
ten-round bout before the Cadillac Ath-
lettC club.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
The FOreign TrayeIer.

In this country usually studies transport
tation facilities. Thousands of travellers
from abroad who have used the MilWau-
KEGS popular Pioneer Limited between
st. Paul. Minneapolis, Milwaukee and
Chicago have returned to their native
countries and shouted the glories of tho
only perfect train in the world.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Richard. witb Richora OF

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Mr. Fred Berger
who has been Sol Smith RusselFs mana
ger, IS preparing to reorganize the pres
ent company after Mr.. Russell retires
and VIII put 1t upon the road in "a Poor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Surrendered to Cnnid.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 29.-Florence
Blythe Hinckley, heiress to several mill
ion dollars left her by her father. Thomas
protracted litigation, has been quietly
married to A. A. Moore Jr., deputy at
torney- general Of this state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
GA 20 T
Canadian Catch of Seals.

WASHINGTON, Dec 29.-The total
catch of seals by Canadian sealing yes
sells during the past season was 80, 344 as
compared with total for the preceding
wear of 2S 552
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
RicyGIe Race Scores.

NEW BEDFORD, Dec. 27.-The score
at, the end of the fifth days racing was:
John Dubois, 65414; Munroe, 651.7; Nc
McDaniels 4773
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Parker Defeats Moriarity

LEADvILLE. Col. Dec. 29.-Kid Park
er, of Denver, knocked out Tom Mortar
ity' of Boston, tonight in the tenth round
OF tWenty-round go.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
LAYTON Home Fund.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29-Adjt. Gen.
Corbin reports today that the contribu-
tons to the Lawton relief fund amount
to $50, .55, being an increase of about
$1,000 since the last previous report.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Weekly Bank CIearings.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29-The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet' s, shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ended Dec. 49, with the per-
centage of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
Boston Boxing Promoter Dead.

BOSTON, Dec. 29.-William ]. Mahoney.
well-known to sporting men as a pro-
years. In his younger days he spared
with Tommy Chandler, who died in Chi
eaGo on Tuesday, and with Steve Taylor,
who died in Boston.
Mahoney refereed the Sullivan Mitchell
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
CoIIege Gymnnsium Dlrectors Meet.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Dec 29.-The
Gymnasium directors opened here today,
with an attendance of about thirty d.
rectors from about score of UNIVERSE
ties
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
PLAGUE HAS ABATED.
Such Are Latest Advices From Ha-
Waiian Points.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-The steam
er Gaelic arrived here this afternoon
from the Orient via Honolulu. The Gae-
lie was sent to quarantine. owing to the
plague scare, but her cabin passengers
were allowed to land tow boats plying
between the steamer and the city for the
purpose. The Associated Press CORE
spondent at Honolulu sends the following
under date of Dec. %:
There have been no new cases Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30

fight in Madison Square garden. New
York, March Il, 1888 He had been a mem
Der of the Boston common council.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
DULLNESS is NATURAL
BRADSTREETeS SHOWING OF
TRADE CONDITIONS FOR THE
WEEK is FAVORABLE
HOLIDAY BUSINESS BRISK

In Fact, 1t Outstripped All Previous
Records, and Il Temporary Cessa-
ton Is to Be Expected-FIrming
Up of Staples Regarded as an
Excellent Indication of Healthy
State of Trade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30

An old German living Tabulesi
When eighteen
had big family had hard In the house and outside
milking stopping pickeng horses making garden and
like country nobody
stayed at home and worried We had hard time of it No fruit
vegetables nothing Such living enough anybody nd
After while order lost
appetite Nothing tasted good troubled with and gulp
Then bear downhearted Kind
of dows of the time and had for anything the
didn't think bad and doctors
much be don't do good At last brother In Philadelphia
TbuIes said they good used
well again
Crln herman
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-30
MORE BRICK BIDS IN
FIGURES CONTINUE TO RUN SUS-
PICIOUSLY CLOSE TO EACH
OTHER
BOARD TO DO SOME THINKING

The James FOrrestaI Company the
Lowest Bidder for Each Piece of
Work.. H. KiIImar, who With
drew His Rice Street Bid, Gives
His Reason for Having Done So
When He Did.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-05
Trapped by the Trusts.

Ire business men, and particularly
the manufacturers of the country, are
beginning to realize that they were
trapped like mice by the trusts in 1896.
Their individual independence is being
crushed out, and their descent to a
species of serfdom is inevitable unless
they can break the letters they helped
to forge under the seductive influence of
Mark Hanna. While the trusts may
injuriously affect the farmer, by oblig
ing him to take less for his products and
pay more for what he has to buy, they
cannot curtail his independence or
oblige him to do their bidding as they
can the men engaged in trade OF manu-
featuring industries. Men in these lines
are largely at the mercy of the big con
spiracies against trade. They must do
the bidding of the trusts and pay their
tribute or go out of business. 1t is USE
less to attempt to compete with trust.
The trust can give away its product in
one or two places, for the purpose OF
running dealer or manufacturer who
will not obey its orders, and charge the
loss to its operating expenses.
The men who helped to place trust
administration in power are the creates,
sufferers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
LErom oar Regular CORRESPONDENT /


From our Regular Correspondent
w ASIlINGToN,
April 1, 1899.
The Br, an- Belmont correspondence has
naturally been the principal topic of con-
versation among democrats since it was
made public. All sorts of opinions are
expressed concerning its effect upon the
party in next years campaign, but the
general tendency is that Col. Bryan only
did what any other man of spirit would
have done, in striking back at those who
lave been hitting at him for months,
and that the fight which the correspond
ence has precipitated had to come any
way and that it is better to have it now
than next year. 1t is an open secret that
the element of the party represented by
Mr.. Belmont which bolted the regular
platform and ticket in 80, has been work
ingto down Col. Bryan and toget control
of the next National convention of the
party. Col. Bryan's friends have contend
ed that men who bolted in SO, and who
openly threatened to bolt again in 1900,
if the same platform is adopted, have
no right in reason to dictate to the demo-
cratic party that these rule or ruin men
have not SINCE electoral vote that they
can promise with reasonable degree of
certainty, even ii they were allowed to
dictate both candidate and platform,
and consequently that their detection
will not reduce the electoral vote of the
democratic party by single vote; also
that the party in every state that went
democratic in SO, is overwhelmingly in
favor of a readoptiou Of the principal
planks of the Chicago platform, next
year. The discussion of this correspond
ence will have a tendency to show
whether these claims are correct or not
also to cause the rank and file of the
party to make sure that they are prop
erly represented in the next National
convention. \ movement has already
been started to make every delegate ad
mitted to that convention pledge him
self to support the ticket nominated and
the platform adopted
Military officers who have closely fol
lowed the testimony taken by the Court
of Inquiry say the verdict is bound tt
support the charges made by Gen. Miles
One prominent officer said: 81 don't Sc.
how the court can do anything else blu
report that every charge made by Gen
Miles was justified, and expect it to g
further and fix the responsibility upoI
Alger and Eagan. know that grea
pressure will be brought to bear to pre-
vent such a straightforward report as the
evidence calls for and to get some wore
| juggling done than can be made to meal
anything or nothing, according to thu
wishes of the reader; but there are mel
on that court who are not in habi
of suppresslng their consideration
opinion"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-05

The Springfield, Mass Republican
sees the present condition of affairs and
asks
What of the general industrial
effect of this? Every trust that has
been formed has closed some facto les
and discharged some wage labor, and
people have talked OF it as baneful in
tluence Of consolidation and monopoly
And what, then, of the trust when it be
gins to add commercial travellers to the
amy of the unemployed, and then other
salaried or commission agents, and then
merchants among the very mainstays
of the existing industrial and social fab
rio?
Fortunately this country contains g
great party that is the open enemy OF
every trust in the land. A party that
during its last presidential struggle did
not accept any trust contributions and
is under no obligations whatever to any
trust influence.