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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
Total sales, 227,11.

Total sales, 227,1
NEW YORK MON EY-New York, Dec.
2.-Money on call steady at per cent;
prime mercantile paper, 51A0I6 per cent
Sterling exchange firm with actual bust
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

LltDHt G1
In addition to the above. the 81 d
M. & NJ. Co, whose lines are leased r.
the Great Northern railway. paid di,i-
dends amounting to 81. 2OO, 900.
GROSS EARNINGS TAXES
The total amount of taxes paid NV +bo
railroads In Minnesota for the veor a,,5
ing December 81, 1898, was 81 261. 352 ~.
for the previous year, slips 42O53 an
increase for last year Of $132. 931 "a
The total gross earnings for the entire
line of all roads reporting to this commits
sion were, for the last year, s167. GA oo1.
the total amount of taxes paid nv tho
same in all the states through which tbny
pass is reported at S., 40S $780, Thus show
ing rate Of 3.22 per cent upon the oros,
earnings. The maximum in this state Ia
3 per cent. "
SURPLUS IS INCREASING.
The following eighteen COMPANIES on
Grating railroads in Minnesota. renort o
surplus, after paying operating expencao
taxes. interest, rents and dividends on
June 80, 1899, including surplus from nre-
Yious years, for entire line, as follows:
BraineTd q Northern Minnesota s2So 900
Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern 2954, 295
Chicago & Northwestern. . ( go 400
Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis
q Omaha .....:................... 4,5O6, 7S5
R1uiutn IRON range ............ 1,64S Jas
5uiuti' AlssaDe d Northern..... 1,052. 249
Duluth, Red Wing & Southern. As 060
Eastern Railway of Minnesota 686 900
S[reat Northern ......:............ 2,317 81
Minneapolis & st. Louis ..... 47O 567
minneapolis Eastern .....-...... 1921
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

NEW YORK by the 500 Line sl7@
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

The sales for the twenty-four hours
ending at o'clock, the closing hour for
ing the number of head indicated, We're
as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04

ness in bankers bills at $486A04861b for
demand, and at $481@4S1H for sixty days:
posted rates $4.S2Q4. S215; commercial bills,
$4.SOA "a. 8O72; silver certificates, $50 d591Ac;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-04
RAILROADS DO WELL
so SHOWN BY ANNUAL REPORT OF
RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE
COMMISSION
SUMMARY HERE PRESENTED

Mileage, Earnings and Dividends
Increase, While the General State
of Railroad Property In the State
Continues to Show an Improve
ment in Conditions Convincing
to the Commission.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
LUCK OF A WISCONSIN MAN.
nal, Is Nominated for Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.

Madison, Wis, Feb. 13.-s'Hod' A.
Taylor, nominated Saturday for assist
ant secretary of the treasury, is one of
the keenest politicians in Wisconsin.
He is, 81 years old and was born in St.
Lawrence county, NY. Moving to Wis
consin in 1855, he worked on farm,
drove stage and became printer. He
first came into prominence as editor
of the Hudson Star and Times. There
he met Senator Spooner and the two
have since been close personal friends.
He was chairman of the republican
state central committee for years. He
has had rare success as an Office.
holder. He made his tenstrike while
a state senator by fighting the rail-
roads. Then President Harrison made
him railroad commissioner. He was
state timber agent from 1876 to 1881,
when he resigned to take the position
of consul to Marseilles. During the
worlds fair he was commissioner. He
was twice an unsuccessful aspirant for
the republican nomination for govern
or. He has been in Madison since 1893;
as: editor of the State Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
IT'S WORK ENDED.
War Investisation Oomnli ssion Fin-
ishes Its abors and Reports
.EE to the President.

Washington, Feb. 10.-The report Of
the war investigating commission is in
the hands of the president and the COM
mission is dissolved. All of the men,
bers of the commission, including the
secretary, Mr.. Weightman, and the re-
corder, Col. Davis, met by appoint
ment at the white house at 4:15 o'clock
Thursday afternoon and were at once
shown into the cabinet-room, where
they were received by the president.
Gen. Dodge. the chairman of the COM
mission. presented the report and in re-
ceiving it congratulated the commits
sioners on the completion of their task.
Seated around the cabinet table, the
members went over their work in a
general way. and at the request of the
president. read portions of theirreport
which covered certain points in which
he had expressed an interest. The con-
ference lasted about an hour and half
and as the commissioners were about
to leave the president stated that he
was satisfied that each member had
done his whole duty.
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THE EAST.

Maj. J. c. Cravens, aged 81 years, a
curator of the University of Missouri
and a prominent lawyer and politician,
died at his home in Springfield, Mass.
In the United States there were 217
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 24 the week
previous and 295 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 10th aggregated 81,
s26,052,5 $50, against $2,036, 013,734 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 1874.
1t is said arrangements for combin-
ing all the leading wooden manufacture
ers in the United States have been
nearly completed.
In the absence of his mother, James
Hughes, aged three years, gave his lit
tie twin brothers arsenic in Reading,
Pa, and both died!
Flames in the Aldrich lumber yards
at Gouverneur, N. Y, caused loss of
nearly $500, 900.
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CAL o. ]: 90 Cal c URE Ed
Another Philippine City Taken ~:
American Forces.
Our Loss Reported to ne slight While
That Of the lnsurgents In Cons
sideraAle Dispatch
.@lG, from Otis.s !
Washington. Feb. 1.-THE following
dispatch from Gen. Otis was received
Friday niphf.s .G- Is. -. y { -

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE following
dispatch from Gen. Otis was received
Friday night: s@ .ss~se.:.s- 1,..a
Manila. Feb. 1o.-Adjutant General: In
surgents collected siderable force be-
tween Manila and Caloocan. where Agui-
naldo Is reported to be. and threatened at
tack and uprising in city. This afternoon
swung left OF McArthur's division, which
is north Of Pasig river into Caloocan, driv-
Ing enemy easy. Our left now'at Caloocan
Our loss slight. that Of insurgents consid-
cradle. Particulars in morning. Attack
preceded by one-haH hours firing from
two Of Admiral Dewey's vessels. &.
(signeO "oT1s."
Manila, Feb. 11.-Filipino insurgents
have been making preparations to at
tack the city of Manila, but their plans
were spoiled Friday by the Americans.
The rebels had been gathering at Caloo-
can in large numbers and Aguinaldo,
the insurgent leader, is believed to have
been personally directing their move
ments. The people in Manila have been
greatly alarmed by rumors and by the
fact that the insurgents were moving
freely between here and Caloocan.
When it became apparent Friday that
the American forces were preparing
for action there was feeling of general
relief mingled with the excitement.
Shells from Dewey's Guns.
Gen. McArthur's forces, lying north
of the Pasig river, were swung into
Caloocan and routed the rebels after a
lively battle. Before the men were in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Throughout its entire session the
United States senate on the 9th had I'M
der consideration the legislative, exec
utive and judicial appropriation bill.
In the house the sundry civil appropri-
alton bill was under discussion, but no
conclusion was reached. Before final
adjournment number of minor bills
were passed by unanimous consent.
During the entire session of the
United States senate on the 10th the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill was discussed. A house
bill to establish national military
park at Vicksburg was passed. In the
house, general debate on the sundry
civil appropriation was concluded. At
the night session 81 private pension
bills were passed, among them being
bills to pension Letitia Tyler semple,
the daughter of President Tyler, at $50
month, and ex-senator John NJ. Pal
mer, of Illinois, at. the rate of $50 per
month.
A resolution was passed in the
United States senate on the 18th to re-
imburse the states for expenditures in
Cured in aiding to raise the volunteer
army in the war with Spain. The legis-
lative appropriation bill was passed
and it was decided to vote on the Nc
Emery resolution concerning the policy
of the United States in the Philippines
on the 18th. In the house, after the
passage of a few bills of minor i'm
portance, tributes were paid to the
late Nelson Dingley, of Maine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
FROM WASHINGTON.

The report of the war investigating
commission is now in the hands of the
president.
President Mckinley has appointed
Brig. Gen. Wade, Brig. Gen. Davis and
Col. Gillespie court of inquiry to ex-
anime into charges made by Gen. Miles
against the administration of war af-
fairs.
The president has signed the peace
treaty.
The death of George P. Fisher, a
member of congress from Delaware
in 1861, occurred in Washington, aged
81 years.
The president has made public the
report of the commission appointed to
investigate the conduct of the war de-
partment. It finds no fault with the
war department.; says the beef sup
piled to the army was all that could be
expected; that Gen. Miles charges
were unfounded; that the commissary
department was well managed, and
that the camps were generally good al
though many of them had to be aban-
doned for specific causes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
Funeral of Col. Sexton.

Chicago, Feb. 9.-The funeral of Com
mander in Chief James A. Sexton, of
the grand army, took place at 1 30 F. m.
WEDNESDAY from Memorial hall in the
public library building, where the re-
mains had lain in state since the early
morning, and been viewed by vast
number of people. The funeral serv-
ices consisted mainly of the ritual of
the G. A. R. Rev. Daniel Lucas, of In
dianapolis, offciated, and memorial
address prepared by the executive COM
mittee of the national council was read.
The remains were taken for interment
to Rosehill, where squad from the
Seventh regiment fired the salute
which constitutes the military honors
to the soldier dead.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
The Ohio Centennial.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The ways and
means committee Saturday acted ia
vorably on the bill forgovernmentpar-
ticipation in the Ohio Centennial and
Northwest Territory exposition, to be
held at Toledo, O., in 1929. The bill
provides government building to cost
100000 and government exhibit to
cost 100000 The exposition will COM
memorate Perry's victory by naval
display on Lake Erie; show the re-
sources of Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines, and in particular
exhibit the progress and development
of the northwest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16

Down in the Argentine republic they
have very effective method of punish
ing confirmed drunkards. Every time
such man is arrested for intoxication
he must sweep the streets for eight
days. The tramps in the United
States have learned that it is much bet
ter to lay in good warm Jail, growing
fat at the expense of the tax payers
money, than to sleep in barns and beg
for their food during the winter. and
the result is that they deliberately COM
init petty crimes in the sight of Of
ficers in order that they-be arrested and
sent to Jail for few weeks.
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mansion. There was little Formally
observed, although number of persons
were present by invitation of the pres
ident. While signing the document the
president and the secretary of state
sat at the round table in the center of
the library. The pen was an ordinary
gold one, which the president frequent
~ uses in his office work. The cere-
mony occupied only a few minutes, and
at its conclusion Secretary Hay replaced
the document in it's crimson velvet case
and took it to the state department for
transmission to Madrid.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
Lord Beresford Arrives.

San Francisco, Feb. 11.-Lord Charles
Beresford, admiral of the British navy
and special trade commissioner of the
London board of trade, who has been
making a.study of the trade conditions
in the orient with particular reference
to the maintenance of the open-door
policy in China, arrived here Friday on
the Japanese steamer America Maru.
His present plan is to remain here few
days and then proceed to Chicago, New
York and Washington. He proposes to
ascertain for himself the sentiment of
the American people on the "open-
door" policy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The last treadmill has disappeared
from English prisons.
Five million women are engaged in
paid occupations in the British islands.
An order expelling Asiatic traders
from the Transvaal win be put in force
shortly.
Rochester has been admitted to the
Eastern Baseball league, completing
the circuit.
Miss Helen Gould has read law ex-
tensively and did she so desire could
practice in the courts of New York.
A telegraph line across Africa will
soon be built, regardless of the success
ofthe Cape-to-Cairo railway scheme.
England is the only one of the great
European states in which a career and
fair treatment are open to a Hebrew.
Ore assaying 70 to 80 per cent. copper
and $50 ounces of silver to the ton is re-
ported to have been found in Montrose
county, Col.
John w. Price, at the age of 80 years,
walked out of the penitentiary in Balti-
more free man. Price has spent al
together 80 years behind prison bars.
Consul McCook reports from Dawson
City the discovery of platinum in large
Quantities in the black sand that forms
the beds of the streams in the Yukon
district.
Lord Dufferin recently stated in a
public address in London that excessive
drinking and the use of stimulants to
make toll easier had become the great
est curse of the age.
The Nebraska house adopted resolu-
ton indorsing the votes Of Senators
Allen and Thurston on the peace treaty
and declaring Mckinley the greatest
president since Lincoln.
Jesse II. Bunnell, who was in the
United States military telegraph serv-
ice during the civil war and who was
widely known at that time as slight
ming" sender, died at his home in Brook
Ign, N. Y. .- $500
The, report that the Carnegie Steel
company had purchased the railway
and vessel interests Of John d. Rookie
Teller on the great lakes, and that Mr..
Rockefeller would retire entirely from
the lake business, is denied.
Trolley cars are to invade the land OF
the Pharaohs. Negotiations haye been
closed by the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company in Pitts
burgh for the equipment Of IA cars Of
the ordinary trolley type for.use in the
] city Of Cairo. 49,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16

just before Senator Morrill,, of YER
mont, left the senate, never to return,
some one sent him handsome silver
soup tureen, which had been taken
from the Spanish warship Cristobal
Colon. Engraved on the dish were the
ships initials, C. C. ''That stands for
Charlie Clark, so I'll give the tureen to
him." said the senator So it comes
that Capt. Clark, of the Oregon, now
has the former soup tureen of the
Cristobal Colon.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
BAD FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Book and Stationery Firm of A. G
McClurg & Co., Suffer a Loss
of $3.50, 200.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Fire Sunday de-
stroyed the five-story brick building on
the northwest corner of Madison street
and Wabash avenue, occupied by the
book and stationery firm of A: C. Nc
Clurg & Co., entailing loss of $3.50, 900,
of which 100000 is on stock. Mandel
Bros dry goods store, adjoining in the
rear, was damaged $4,000. The fire
was caused by an explosion of gas from
leaking pipe on the third floor Zero
weather hindered the firemen, many of
whom were severely frostbitten.
Frozen water mains checked the supply
of water. McClurg's stock was insured
for $35O,OOO.
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Fire Causes Loss of $3.50. OOO

Albany N. Y, Feb. 13.-Fire at. six
o'clock Sunday morning destroyed busi-
ness property on South Pearl street
valued at $25O,00O. Mann & Anker.
makers of women's garments: the
Grand Union Tea company, Hallonbock
& Co., milliners, and Mann & Valid
mann, wholesale dealers in women's
suits, are the principal sufferers, losing
their entire stocks. E9tssfss9 ,#ssss. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16

The ranks of the veterans of the civil
war are being steadily depleted by
death. That we are in the fourth decade
since the war closed is brought to mind
as the soldiers pass away, and empha-
sis is given in the death of so distin-
guished a veteran as Commander-in-
Chief Sexton of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Col. Sexton, who died in
Washington, served in the war from
the beginning to the end, and was
wounded three times. The country
joins with the grand army in mourn
ing the death of this worthy comrade
and commander-in-chief.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Treaty OF Peace Now Awaits the Ac-
ton of Spain-Little Formal
ity ObseEYed.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE official
copy of the treaty of peace with Spain,
bearing the signatures of the Spanish
and American commissioners. which
was ratified by the senate last Monday,
as certified by Vice President Hobart,
was signed by the president and Secre-
tary Hay at 1885 o'clock Friday after
noon in the library Of the executive
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
WEST AND SOUTH.

Near Fort Gaines, Ga, ALT Boynton
and wife (colored) were assassinated
by unknown parties.
In the Baxter stove works at Mans
field, O., an explosion caused fire loss
of 100000.
The only survivor of the Alamo mas.
sacre, Nine. Candelaria, died in SanAn-
tonic, Tex, aged lis years.
Fire nearly wiped out the business
portion of the village of Pleasant Mills,
Ind.
One lady and two men were baptized
by Rev. Wharton, of the Christian
church, in the river at Coal Run, o.
with the thermometer 20 below zero, a
hole being cut in the ice for the bap-
tism.
In Cleveland the Kelly block was
burned, the loss being $150,0O0.
At Coral and Greenville, Mich, earth
quake shocks were felt, houses being
rocked violently.
An earthquake shook every house in
the village of Chesterton, Ind.
At the age of 81 years Mark w. Dun
ham, millionaire, and owner of one OF
the largest and best known. stock farms
in the world, died in Chicago.
A cottage at the insane asylum near
Yankton, S. D., was burned, and II
women lost their lives.
Fire destroyed the home of Anton
Bader, near Paris, Mich, and his wife
and two-year-old son persisted in the
flames.
Gen. Gomez, commander in chief OF
the Cuban army, arrived in Havana
and grand reception and banquet
was given in his homer.
Since the occupation of Santiago by
the military forces of the United
States, on July 1s,1ses, to December 81,
1898, the total receipts derived from all
sources amount to $33s,816.32~ \
Fire wiped out the establishment OF
A. C. McClurg & Co., booksellers, sta
TONERS and publishers; in Chicago, the
loss being $650.0OO. ,s-'s<ss
Flames destroyed the post Office and
other property at Van Vert. O.. the
total loss being sits, 200.
George Fort, Bill Holt and George
Bivens (negroes) were lynched by q
mob near Leesburg, Ca, for assaultine
q white woman. 81. .ss: d.
At Silver Plume, Col. IS italian min.
ers lost their lives in snoWslide.
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After the war of 1859, when Napoleon
III. crossed the Alps with his army to
fight against Austria for the sake of
Italian unity and independence, fund
was raised by Italy to erect a monu-
ment in his honor. Barzaghi, the Ital-
ian sculptor, modelled a magnificent
equestrian statue. Political conditions
changed and with them popular senti-
ment. and the statue was slowed in the
courtyard of a palace in Milan and has
remained there all these years. covered
by dust and cobwebs. A movement has
now been started to erect the statue
and the proper site is being discussed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16

Gottlob Rink, New Brunswick IN.
J.) gunsmith, claims to have a new
motor that the force of gravity will
operate. The weight of cars equipped
with his motor will operate the motor
and carry the train up any grade. Each
passenger, by increasing the weight,
will add to the power of the motor. Fat
men will be given inducements to
travel, and the heavier your freight is
the less the bill. This is an age of
naradOxeS
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the field, however, shells were thrown
from the guns Of Admiral Dewey's
ships for a full half hour. The Fill
pinos were badly demoralized and had
lost heavily before the real fighting had
begun. The American. land forces were
hurried forward at 3:40 Friday after
noon and within two hours all the live
Filipinos had got out of range of Amer
lean bullets and all the huts forming
the village of Caloocan had been re-
duced to ashes.
Significant Victory for Otis.
The driving of the Filipinos from
Caloocan by the American troops is
regarded as a most significant victory.
They still have one more stronghold.
They doubtless will make stand in
Malabon, and it is presumed that Gen.
Otis will not rest until this place has
also been seized. The Flipinos have no
other Notifications in this direction
near Manila. At Caloocan and Mala-
bon they have trenches and breast
works, the latter being made of the pre-
vailing bamboo type. But when once
driven from these positions they will
have to give up fighting in force and
either surrender or resort to guerrilla
warfare. :.
Not Seeking Peace.
Montreal, Feb. 11.-Agoncillo stated
Friday positively that he had authentic
information to the effect that Agui-
naldo did not want a cessation of hos
tilities and had not asked for it. When
asked how he obtained this Informal
ton, he refused to say.
why He Fled.
Montreal, Can, Feb. 1O.-When Agon-
clio arrived last Monday morning he
asserted that the sole purpose of his
visit was to establish cable communica-
ton with his chief, Aguinaldo, the
United States government having in
tercepted his messages. Thursday he
went a step further and told why he
particularly desired uninterrupted
cable communication. He said:
"On Friday last, when was in Washing
ton: received a telegram from Aguinaldo
instructlng me to cable Immediately to him
the result Of the vote on the ratification Of
the treaty in the senate. He desired this
information 30 that his representative
could use It In q conference he was hold
ing with Gen. Otis l did not think that
could get this information through to
Asu1naldo. expecting. as l did. that the
senate would refuse to ratify the treaty,
and that the United States government
would object to putting such valuable in
formation as that In the hands of the Fill
iptnoS. 30 / came to Canada just for the
purpose of sending this cablegram. ,: