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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
AMERICAN WHEAT AND
SHIPPING.

The total value of the oheat crop
of the United States in 1896 was nc
greater than the sum of money an
nualy paid to foreign shipowners fol
doing the carrying of the United
States, based upon the estimate Of
the outlay for foreign freighrs made
by such eminent ship-builders as
Charles II. Cramp, of Philadelphia,
and Mayor William 7. Master, OF
Baltimore. The wheat crop u 1896
was valued at $3Io, 900, 900. There
are men, such as we have quoted,
who assert that we annually pay tc
foreign shipowners, underwriters,
bankers, and others connected with
shipping as large a sum as we have
named. 1t may surprise the far
mers OF the United States to be in
formed that every bushel of wheat
raised in the United States is re-
quired to defray the single cost of
foreign freight on American imports
and exports.
Senator Hanna has bill in the
Senate, and Representative Payne
in the House, the object of which
is to give American ships; larger
share of American foreign carrying,
so that in time the value of the wheat
crop for one year may suffice to pay
foreign ships for the service they
perform for our people during two
years, the remainder going to Am
erican shipowners, and remaining in
the United States, to employ and re-
employ, over and over again endless
ly the people of this country instead
Of going abroad to employ, over
and over again, endlessly, aliens.
There cannot be an intelligent
farmer, or, for that matter, an in
telligent American in any line of
business, who will not admit that
the drain on the United States of
even paying half the value of our
wheat crop annually to foreign ship
ping is enormous and deserving Of
the most drastic national legislation
for the substitution of American
goods for goodly portion of the
foreign shipping our foreign CONNER
ce now employs.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
THE RECORD OF 1898.

IF there is still anyone who doubts
that 1898 was prosperous year,
= the following concise statement
of the record in the various lines of
business that are fundamental and
Indicative of commercial activity
ought to be convincing. The COM
parison in every instance refers to
the United States alone:
I. Largest wheat crop except that
of 1891.
1. Highest price recorded for
wheat except in 1888.
3. Largest cotton crop.
4. Largest exports of breadstuffs.
5.Largest exports of manufactur-
ed goods.
s. Largest aggregate exports of
produce and merchandise.
7. Largest production of iron
ore.
8. Largest production of pig
iron.
9. Largest production of coal.
10. Largest production of cop
per.
II. Largest production of silver
except that of 1892.
IL. Largest production of gold.
IS. Largest gold holdings.
ID. Largest per capita circulation
of all forms of money.
IS. Largest aggregate bank clear
ings.
16. Largest aggregate railroad
earnings.
II. Largest aggregate sales of
bonds.
IS, Largest aggregate sales OF
stocks on New York Stock Exchan-
&c since 1882.
10. Smallest number of failures
and smallest aggregate liabilities
since 18oa.-St. Paul MINI. Pho
neer Press.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
KANSAS CITY MARKETS.
WEDNESDAYS REPORT.

Wheat strong; market advancing.
Corn strong; slight advance. The
long continued cold weather has less
ened receipts and reports of damage to
wheat have caused an advance.
Receipts of wheat today SO cars; a
week ago 89 cars; a year ago So cars.
No. hard sold for 66c; No. soft 73c.
Corn-Receipts today 80 cars; week
ago SO cars; a year ago III cars. No.
? mixed sold at 324 @33c; No. ? white
at 33c.
Oats-29c.
Rye-52c.
overwhelmingly s1.0+l5.
Castor beans-95c.
Hay-Active, firm. Choice prairie,
$500; No. prairie, 5000; alfalfa. $50.
Cattle-Firmer, with no advance.
Receipts S,342; shipped zoos. Ship
ping and dressed beef steers $420@
5.75;Western steers at s4.20@5. 30; Tex
as and Indian steers at s3.00@4.40; ma
tive heifers at s345@ 4,25; native cows
at $3.0O@4.25; native feeders s415@
ASS; native stockers at 50 50@5.00
Hogs-Steady, closing dull; re-
ceipts 1903; prices from $500 to $685..
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
Excursions via Santa re.

Feb. oath to 18th, inclusive, good for
return March 8th. one fare for the
round trip to Pittsburg. Kans., ac-
count of annual meeting, Grand Lod-
ge, A. o. u. w.
Feb. 18th and 13, good for return Z
days from date of sale to Woodward,
o. r., account of Live Stock Associat-
ion Meeting. One fare for the round
trip. G. B. YOUNG,
Agent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10

The great unsolved problem IN
American craftsmanship is the res
toration of American ships to the
foreign carrying trade. An attempt
to solve it is to be made during the
present session of Congress, through
a bill introduced in the Senate by
Senator Hanna, and in the House
by Representative Payne, which pur
poses that the United States Govern
ment shall pay to American ships in
the foreign trade an annual sum but
little more than half that paid by
France to her shipping in the foreign
trade.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
A NATURAL RESULT.

S6Y VOW far the present small
purchase of goods by Am
i erica has been due to the
Dingley tariff we have no means of
ascertaining, but is it not remarkable
that a country which sells us prod
uce in one year of the value of
2I24, 900, 900 should buy British
goods of the value of only 4I4,5 500, :
ooo?" says the London "Statist. "
The people of this country are bet
ter informed than is the "Statist"
and are convinced that the favored
conditions are very largely due to
the Dingley bill. If nothing else
were at hand, the record of the past
would show that under protective
tariff our imports have decreased
and unusual prosperity and activity
obtained in our manufactures. while
under trade or low tariff the re
verse has resulted. The great re-
duction in the sales of British pro-
ducts to this country is but the nat
ural result of Protection, for the de-
mands of our people have been sup
piled with American instead of for
eign products .-Tacoma Leader.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
An Honest Medicine for La Grippe.

George w. Watt of South Gardiner,
Me-, says: II have had the worst
cough, cold, chills and grip and have
taken lots of trash of no account but
profit to the vendor. Chamberlain
Cough Comedy is the only thing that
has done any good whatever. l have
used one 5O-cent bottle and the chills,
cold and grip have all left me. Icon
graduate the manufactures of an hon
est medicine" For sale by all drug
gist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10

The tin plate industry, opposed,
derided and legislated against, by
Democratic Free Traders, has grown
to wonderful proportion in few
years. a combination of about all
the manufacturing companies pro-
ducing this article has just been for
med, with a capital stock of $780,
900, 900, and embracing thirty eight
separate concerns with 268 mills. 1t
is estimated that the tin plate pro-
duced in the United States now
reaches s, 900, 900 boxes year, the
weight of each box being 90 pounds
Such rapid growth is remarkable.
1t shows the adaptability of Ameri-
can workmen to new processes.
Tin plate making was conferred IN
Wales when the Mckinley bill was
passed. Iii is rapidly being center
ed in this country. Capitalists and
workmen alike have thus been bene-
flied. An entirely new means of
employment has been furnished,
which is of the greatest importance
in a country where every man pre-
fers to earn his own living, and there
are comparatively few idlers. Brook
Ign On. w Standard Union.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10

entertainment, IN which the
possibilities of woman were held up
in glowing colors, wherein it was
shown that woman had exceiled in
many of the learned professions,
and the names of many women
were given who had distinguished
themselves as lawyers, doctors,
preachers, etc., and the girls were
exhorted to prepare themselves for
these vocations and shed luster on
the sex.
This all sounds nice in a public
performance, but we got to thinking
the matter over and wondering what
the future has in store for the boys
who are growing up to manhooi's
estate. After we had pondered the
question in the deepest perplexity
for some time, a FAINT light seemed
to dawn upon our befuddled intel
lect, and we finally reasoned the
problem out so that we have grain
of consolation for the boys and feel
that they have no reason to be dis
couraged; new field is opening up
to them in which many men have
distinguished themselves, and there
is room for many more.
There is young man in this town
who does most of the dlshw washing
at home, to the credit of himself
and the great assistance of his
mother, and it is said he has be-
come quite an expert.
We once knew bachelor who
could sew on a button or mend a
rent in his trousers with neatness
and dispatch.
There is gentleman in this town
who, in his boyhood days, distin-
guished himself by piecing a quilt.
The most fashionable cutter and
filter of ladies' dresses in Gales
burg, ILL.,, used to be a man.
Worth, the great Paris leader of
fashions for feminine veal, was f
the sterner sex.
And the leading cooks of the
country are men!
Then, boys, don't be discourag-
ed; vast fields of usefulness are be-
ing opened up for you and many of
your sex have already won distinc-
ton therein. 1t will not be neces-
sary for you to don the petticoats,
though many of the opposite sex
are seeking to don your neither gar
ments,
Push bravely on; these broad fields
are being deserted by your sisters,
and, by proper training, you can
soon fill them. OF an evening
around the home fire, get yor r
needle and thread, or the knitting
needles, and prepare yourselves for
life's work. You can soon learn to
cook as well as your sister, who is
porting over Der Blackstone or ma
terra medica. Get right down to
first principles and learn the new
business, and while your sister is
talking politics on the street corner,
or pleading for the liberty of some
libertine who is arrested for a hei-
nous crime, darn up the socks, tidy
up the rooms, and have good
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
For La Grippe.

Thomas Whitfield & Co., 24O Wab-
ash-av., corner Jacksou-st, one OF
Chicago's oldest and most prominent
druggists, recommend chamberlain
Cough Remedy for la grippe, as 1t not
only gives prompt and complete re-
lief, but also counteracts any tenden-
cy of la grippe to result III pneumonia
For Sale by all druggist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
For Sale.

l have a fine lot of sorgum seed for
sale. which l will sell at one dollar per
hundred pounds, at my place three
miles north and two miles west of
Chanute. E. JOHNSON. At
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10

warm supper ready for her when she
comes home, worn out with her ar
duous labors.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-10
MANS OPPORTUNITIES.

we recently heard an address
M by a young lady at public
w entertainment, in which the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
The MARKET ELSEWHERE.

View York ApGI THE usual accu-
mutation over sunday u Buy OF the
market" orders caused buOyant
opening IN many stocks The dealings
were on tremendous scale particu-
larry in The morning, the total tran
sactions being over a million and p
quarter shares The most sensational
advances we're among the specialties
many NJ which maintained gains 10 the
close. although the railways eased of
The usual rate Of 3 per cent was the
prevailing figure for cal money on
good collateral but the range for the
day vas from 70 with the closing at
market was closed because Of the
Easter holidays. arbitrsgs brokers put
out some lines ~ stock in the expecta-
ton Of getting them back cheaper IN
London tomorrow
The market throughout was highly
speculative with rapid advances and
declines Manhattan. on tremendous
dealings. maintained an advance Of :
points The stock WIS apparently con-
troiIed by pool operations. support be-
Ing extended on declines and on much
realizing appearing at the high hg-
ures
Federal Steel on transactions sec
ono only 10 Manhattan, sold early at
the highest figures yet reached The
preferred advanced about as much.
American Steel was pushed up three
points Missouri Pacific. on trading of
over 100000 shares. advanced three
points on buying by n pool supposed 70
include some Of the insiders
Kansas and Texas preferred. 81 the
same time. Was marked up over
point.
The announcement of the privilege TO
subscribe for new stock In Brooklyn
Transit. together with an erroneous re-
port n a cash dividend declaration,
caused the stock to sell 40 to 1885, but
the stock receded sharply. leaving p
net decline Of over two points AZ the
close. The trading in some half dozen
epeciaities nearly equaled the dealings
In an the rest Of the list. The most
conspicuous advances were Third Ave
nue. 2, North American 3 81. Intsrna
tioual Paper z 3-8, Tin Plate 7-s. Ten
nesses Coal ga and Sugar 3. Pacific
Mail Delaware and Lackawanna, Mex
lean Central and Western Union were
spots OF strength,
crop advices we're assigned as The
reason for realizing in the standard
western railway stocks.
Burlington, Pennsyl New YORK
Central and Northern Pacific SUFFERED
declines Of a point and over.
Kansas city. Pittsburg and Gulf and
Metropolitan were weak The closing
Of the general market was weak. Il
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04

IN THE coppERs.

The Wgntaua Supreme eour- al He.s~
ma on Friday rendered decision in wit
of Dr3Ai5lsion asked - prevent =. r
Hnds taxing possession o. Montana
proper .es as receiver and 70 prevent
Judge clancy of the district court from
putting Hlr1 lu possession. The so-
Dreuls e5ur, denied Erlg and refused -
grant Montana people stay y peocssG-
fngs
II Judge Clancy viii eo-operste vita
nim. Receiver Kinds VIII atEempt -
take possession a. once. II - believed
III s6rna houever. mat CLANCY viii
suspend aetlod anti he hss passed On
numerous other points raised.
Re had already ser 1Dril fOr hearing
these motions before he learned of &C
zion u lha supreme court Il ne At
tempt e made ~ the receiver 70 take
possession. 81 - likely 70 be resisted ~
force ~ Re Office 81 The Montana y
r. stated that the supreme court de-
-,slon IS rot Of great moment Il sim
ply tles eae matter W for while org
.r The Montana company nov ez-
oectg - 20 before Judge Clancy on
me merits Of yds case, 70 secure ne
1lgGnarga 81 me receiver II Judge
Clancy does not grant such discharge
Che Montana company has me feht
o. appeal
# e reported ne Heinzs eros, VIII
20 order ~ make J0BDty sBre the &C.
Feat " ths proposed copper tfDst Tor
nation institute proceedings ssalnsf
The Anaconda copper Mining C1Tnps-
ay arIta q rIeW of placing eaat corpora
on u Sands Of z receiver . 50 Inst
Fs#gg Clancy Higl today when ne mo-
gr Tor the dlschsrEe u Receiver
3 sd- j. arz1ed decline ~ remove said
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
AND COMMERCIAL.=

developed after the close % business
laat deal mad been effected between
Manhattan and rhird Avenue Railway
Companies. Considerable lrreg1iaTitT
prevailed Ia todav's bond market, with
the more prominent issues sagg5ug. To-
tai SAFES, e ss5 900 r s s. advanced
IA bur the 81 lost is m the Did price
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
EarnIngs- DIVIDEND Rates. &c.
A SAFE COPPER PROPOSITION.
Arizona and Texas Consolidated Con
per Company.
Fully Pad and N0n-AssessabIa.

This company owns. absolutely free Of
all encumbrauce. rich group. embrace
Ing property situated in the Great Conner
Belt" equal TO "a Z. s. mineral claims. Of
which the BraZOs-Nerde. Iona Blanco
Hecia-Knoll. Permian. Mansfield. Mount
Anaconda Washington and New Calumet
leads all Of which have been extensIveiS-
developed and proved
For the purpose Of construction and
equipment, and for necessary funds for
other properties TO be acquired a lin
tied number Of shares may he had At az
aIter Whicn the price viii be advanced to
Money invested IA tHls enterprise means
sate Investment, substantial dividends
and greatly enhanced value Of sbsras -
the near future 81
a. A. MEYER & co. Is Equitahla b,,ftd
ing Boston. OF WHITE & gTOCKWETT
f05 Main St. Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
FREDk c. CHANDLER.
Investment
Securities,
Room $50. State Mutual Building.
Worcester, Mass.
uoNEY 10 LOAN an furn,

MONEY TO LOAN on furniture, personal
property collateral securities; rates III
per cent per month for frst-class loana
worcester Collateral Loan Association.
STATE Mutual building, room SIS. CHARTS
T. Durham. treasurer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04

sSsSgs

% THEIR WORK WHILE you 90 YOURS.
rbai is II you have lame OF weak
back "a cold sore chest or muscles and
ruf on The plaster and 90 about your
cork, = cure follows. sometimes inmn-
diatflT Tho nrc the only good plasicrs
nr costly
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04

BAY STATE SAVINGS RANK
47s NJ lain st,
deposits put on interest the frst day
OF March. June, September and Dscem-
Der. =
Bank hours: 9 to L Saturdays. -
1, TO D. m.
RICHARD HEALY. President
GEORGE NcALEER. Treasurer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
Continued on 9TH page)
20 EPR Is FrMAN.

People ike to talk about attractive
things IN advertising. IN a company %
Gently che Dr0gerb above quoted and
which appeared at the head Of one of 2
Of Hoods sarsaparilla, was 50 much dis
euazed fhsk We doubt II any one there
viii ever forget the source whence u
came Messrs Hood 60. are using these
.r1vsr5 advertisements on q very broad
scale and they are attracting dtscusslon
ara favors bio comment evsryWnere.
u you wake n the morning With Dit
ter faste n the mouth. coated tongue,
perhaps headache your liver . torpid
You need CartePa Little Liver Pills
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
BOSTON Z LAKE SUPERIOR
Copper MINING Co.

The best Of the recent new conpspies-vyjU
stand all the investia alton YOU want 20 give il.
rev underHriters' subscriptions offered.
For further information inquire
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-03

are convinced OF Gen. Whites ability to hold
his own. and declare that anxiety is needless.
The Times SAYS: THAT Gen Whites force
will shortly be surrounded. IL not surrounded
already, Ia almost a matter OF course. but
that he can be forced to surrender. II
his command Is handled with ordinary pru-
dence Is hardly credible. Assuming SUM-
cheney ofammunition and supplies there should
be no difficulty in PLAYING waiting game until
Gen. Butler can create a diversion.
PARIS. Nov. THE London correspondent
OF the LiLertd says that the Beers in strong
force under Gen. Lucas Meyer are occupying
the town OF Coenso. thirty-nyo miles south OF
Ladysmith. thus completely investing the
latter place. The correspondent adds that
Gen. Meyer took part In Mondays battle.
but continued his thanking movement uu-
Ill he reached Colenso. with the result that
there was renewed fighting south OF
Ladysmith. in which the British lost an
other thousand in killed. wounded and prls-
oners. Gen. Meyer. according to the French
correspondent. now holds the railway from
Ladysmith to Pietermaritzburg and Durham.
BRUSSELS. Nov. 1T is reported here that n
force OF Orange Free State Beers has occupied
Colesburg. on the Midland railway. eleven and
one-half miles south OF the Free state border.
1t is also reported that Gen. Lucas Meyer has
defeated Gen. White south of Ladysmith and
captured Colenso. The British commander is
said TO have been wounded
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-03
LOSSES Nv MONDAYS FTGHE
Gen. white Reports the Killed and
Wounded, Not the Missing.

Special Gable DcsEdich IN THr sUS.
LoNpoN. Nov. 2.--Gen. Whites report. sent
this morning. shows that six officers and tlfty-
four men were killed and mine officers md 2:il
wounded during the flghtlng on Monday. The
list was accompanied by a promise that list
Of the missing would follow
The correspondent OF the London star at
Ladysmith teleErnphs that he has visited the
scene OF Mondays disaster lie says: Il
found the Beers In possession, but was granted
safe conduct over the field. Tho engagement
occurred at the top OF high mountain where
our infantry had thrown up intrcnchments
while the i Jers were engaging the Irish
Fusiliors AMI the Worcestershire Regiment
from hills facing a rrccpitous mountain. an
other party OF Beers crept up a gentler sope
81 the same emiHence. Thus our men were
virtually surrounded"
The correspondent says the fighting lasted
seven hours He counted twenty British dead
on the Hill and one hundred wounded were
picked up. Eight hundred aud seventy prison.
ers were sent to Pretoria.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-03
sH0r Ar ny 4 rEIAED woM,N.
Gray-b"ard"d Man with n flnshy Conn
paninn Has Narrow Escape.

Gray-b"ardrd Man with flnshy Conn
paninn Has Narrow Escape.
Samuel Wolf. proprietor OF the four.Mile
street and Third avenue, ia the only person who
was hurt in queer shooting case there On
Wednesday night. /, was whip that laid
him low ON SATURDAY last nm elderly man
and Young woman went to the hotel
registering as "a. B.hman and wife. Ihlad".
phia" II" was about ~ years old. had gray
beard wore a high hat aud irock coat and
looked ike prosperous broker Tn" woman
was young AMI inclined toward many da-
monds and Nnshnc-s. They remained at the
hotel for the night and went away in the
morning.
II II O'clock on "Wednesday night the sam"
coupe walked into tho rear room o' the hotel
lar. The man ordered u quar- bottle 81 cnnm-
pagnc. which the proprietor himself ear
Rcd into the room. Just ~ he was
leaving il the side door was opsncd nni a
woman. dressed entirely IN black ana heavily
yelled. stepped into tn" room. she advanced
from the folds of her dress aud l"y"lied
II at the man with tho gray beard;
As she pulled the trigger. Wolf knocked
her arm NJ and TINS saved tho man
life The bullet struck sign about ak inches
above his head The woman did not wait to see
the effect Of the shot. hut STEPPED out of
the door. and wake! rapidly ~ carriage that
was waiting. Wolf followed her and was
Knocked down by her conrhman with the butt
end 81 his whip When he got unck to h"
saloon, he found that the man and the young
woman had deuartcd
Wolf saws he IL positive that tho mans com.
uaniOn is AN Acr ross who has appeared several
times at prortor's r!rasur" Palace.