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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-07-12

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
ing to buy stocks to save themselves from

Ing to buy stocks to save themselves from
less.
interpretations of the bank statement
were decidedly confused, and the market
ran off on realizing. 1t did not get back
to the top, but hardened again materially.
1t is an evidence of the hidden resources
brought out in such a crisis as that Of
the past week. The item Of loans can
hardly be an accurate reflection of the
net result Of the drastic contraction of
the week. The smallness Of the decrease
IS 094, 000-must be due to the average
system of computations. What happened
in Wall street this week has been a long
time brewing Any one Of a half dozen
or more causes might be sighted but
any Of them or all of them combined
were more properly but the elimination
of long series of causes which precipi-
tated the event. The whole may be
summed up In the term Misrepresentation
Bonds acted in sympathy with stocks,
but declines have not been so violent nor
selling so large. United States old As ad-
vanGed a point, the threes y, and the two,
new fours and tves, u In the bid price.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
The following were the fluctuations of
the leading railway and industrial shares
furnished by G. H. E. Smith & Co., men,
bers Of the New York Stock exchange and
Chicago Board OF Trade:
10y No
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
FAREWELL TO BROOKE.
hanquet Is rendered Retiring Gov
ernor General of Cuba.

banquet Is rendered Retiring CIV
ernor General of Cuba.
HAVANA, Dec. 22-Sixty-five persons
were present at the farewell banquet ten
oereo TO Gen. Brooke today, at the Paris
restaurant. Gen. Mario MenCcal nresid
co. and MIR. Ernest Lee Conant acted a
'odSt ihaster. Senior Llorente, In propos-
liis the heaIth Of Gen. Brooke, said:
Gen. Brooke was called upon to gov
eFh CUBA under the extremely difficult
conditions of transition from the old.
marrow system to the new, liberal regina
ana ne did so without injuring the rights
OF anyone Cubans will always remem-
Der him with gratitude and love"
MAJ. Gen. Wood, who spoke briefly in
response to words Of welcome. said:
The United States IS in Cuba in the
person of representatives who intend to
carry out great work and to fulfil
strictly the promises of the United
States congress. AS for myself I can
only do what the president has sent me
TO 90; but hope to enjoy the esteem and
confidence of the Cuban people as Gen.
Brooke has enjoyed them"
Gen. Ludlow said: Those American
officials who remain behind may count
themselves fortunate if, when the time
comes for them to leave the island, they
are followed by the respect and good
wishes of those whom they in turn leave
behind, as Gen. Brooke is about to do.
The Cubans have had no better friends
than the American officers"
Gen. Brooke responding, said in part:
Il shall always remember the long
hours of toll in Cuba, but / shall also
ever recall the kindness shown me by
all Cubans, especially by those who re-
al1Ze that the Americans are their best
friends
Gen. Brooke will leave tomorrow for
Tampa. A squadron OF the Seventh cav
airy and Il battery of the Second artillery
with a bard, will escort MIN from the
palace to the wharf. A major generals
salute will be fired from Cabanas as the
steamer leaves the harbor, at l o'clock
A governor generals salute will be fred
in honor of Gen. Wood. The Patria
says:
"Cubans were formerly accustomed to
say that the aut0nomists forfeited all
right to be called Cubans by the shame
less manner in which they abused their
short term of office, giving all the good
billets to their own kinsmen end friends
But after the shameful way in which the
first revolutionary government has wound
up its term of office, having made and
given all the billets it could to its own
friends, Cubans ere forced TO realize that
Spanish corruption has contaminated the
neart of the present generation. We
must look to the sckoolmaster to build
up q generation Of honest citizens
At todays meeting Of the municipal
court a motion was made to send an adj
dress of thanks to President Mckinley
for his candid references to the Cuban
people and the future of Cuba in his
recent message to congress. The motion
was rejected, on the ground, as asserted
by the principal speaker in opposition,
that the message contained nothing new,
but merely reiterated a former promise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
MRS. SANDERS0N FREE.
Jury Declares She Did Not Kill Her
Husband.

Husband.
MARSHALL, Mich, Dec. 22-The case
or Mrs. SandersOn, charged with attempt
ing to murder her aged husband BY feed
ing him ground glass in his oatmeal
went to the jury this evening. In closing
for the prosecution Assistant Prosecutor
Clark admitted that the reputation Of
Marie Robertson, who swore to seeing
the glass ground and placed in Mr.
SandersOns feed, was bad but held that
that did not affect her testimony. Mrs
SanderSonS attorney declared that Mrs
Robertsons testimony was worthless. as
she had been impeached by so many wit
nesses. He said that the glass found In
Mr.. Sanderson's stomach might have
come from the jar in which that organ
was conveyed or might have formed by
heat from natural elements within the
body. Mrs. Sandersons trial has been
in progress for the past two weeks
Just on the stroke of u o'clock the
jury entered the court room and returned
a verdict of not guilty. Mrs. Sanderson
burst into tears, and collapsed in her
fathers arms when she heard the VeI
dict. She soon revived, however. and
thanked each juror personally During
the evening the jury came In once ana
asked for further information from Prof.
Prescott, the analyst who discovered
the glass in Mr.. Sandersons stomach.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The holiday dull
ress was upon the market today. May
wheat crossed &c under yesterday; May
corn 18c down, and May oats &c depress-
ed. Provisions closed easy, 5@D71bc lower.
The record of the wheat market here
today could be blotted out without ma
terially affecting commercial history.
With outside exchanges closed and no
Liverpool cables, there was little incentive
to trade. The small pit crowd amused
itself by kicking about a football most
of the time. Statistics were incomplete
There was triding bit of foreign buy
ing, but with New York not open the
cash business was practically shut off,
May wheat opened and closed at 691h@
$3.50, 1Sc under yesterday. Local receipts
were 100 cars, IS Of contract grade.
Corn barely held its own. Country Of
ferings were small. Business was incon-
sequential. May opened at 327s@33c and
closed sc down at 327sc Local receipts
We're 27l cars.
Oats We're at a standstilI, with barely
sc tluctuation Receipts here were IA
cars. May closed &c depressed from yes
terday at 2378c.
Provisions were easy but very quiet
A bit of selling of May lard caused some
weakness. May pork closed TIC under
yesterday at $10S21a; May lard &c lower at
'$5.C719@5i0, and May ribs 5Q71hc under at
$5.42KsM545 IS.
Estimates Tuesday,: Wheat, IS cars;
corn, SOC cars; oats, $50 ears; hogs, 10000
head
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24

TEEN in which they are held in this city
The recital will be given in Mozart hall,
Seventh and Franklin streets, Wednes-
day, Dec q. Following II the pre-
gramme:
Sonata" OPP. 1876. No. 3d.. Schubert
Allegro Motto.
Andante.
ScherZo.
Allegro Moderate.
Herr Claude Madden
AtC4Si $500. .'.''.'............. Schumann
"Widmung."
Die Lotosblume.'
"Fruehlingsfahrt."
''Du Bist vie cine Blume"
Die Beiden Grenadiere.'
Lewis f. Shave
az "SMIa a yEr3iHs Wiegenlled" Madden
\D) Mazurka ............. Wieniawski
Claude Madden
Aus Mienengrossen Schmerzen" Franz
..IDu Bist Die Rub" ............. Schubert
ar Mer Die Lehmsucht''-
.r,,, TschaikoWsky
.sO He 80: ....'... s.......... Wagner
% Du Mein Holder Abendstern" WAGNER
Lewis Shave.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
PLEA FOR PENSIONS.
Col. Shaw Contends That Old Sol
dfers Should he Cared For.


dfers Should He Cared For.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-Col Albert
D. Shaw, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, stopped
here today, on his way from Washington
to New York, and conferred with Adjt.
Gen. Stewart relative to the pension leg
islatton recommended by the last national
encampment. In speaking of the subject
of pensions, Coils Shaw said to a reporter
so far as the Grand Army is concern
ed, all they ask is that the present pen
sion laws be executed with exact justice
and in conformity to the spirit that
placed them on the statute books Of the
nation The Grand Army, as an organi-
cation, is not asking unreasonable things.
They wish to see every needy and worthy
veteran and his widow and dependent
children receive the pension that the ma
ton has passed in it's laws Unfortunate
ly outside of the Grand Army, there are
some organizations, and individual posts
as well, who are asking for unreasonable
things. These Independent bills tend TO
befOg the public and prejudice the Grand
Army in the estimation of the people
ut is a fallacy to think that the grant
ing Of pensions to needy and worthy ap-
plicants weakens the country's finances.
The soldiers of 1861 and 1865 enlisted to de-
fend the nation. Consequently it is the
nations business to care for them in
their old days. 1t Is clearly unjust for
communities to be obliged to support
helpless old veterans out of local funds.
The Grand Army believes that a patriotic
government and people should be willing
to justly pension this class and so relieve
local communities of a burden that should
not fall upon them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
Totals
OVER-SPECULATTON.
cause of the FURRY I'm Stocks tho
Past Week.


NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The first transac-
tons on the stock exchange TODAY die
closed how much of yesterdays weakness
must be attributed to selling for short
account. The rush to cover short con-
tracts carried prices up. without regar
10 fractions, in the Specialties which had
been the mark of attack. Sugar Metre
poItan, Tobacco, Brooklyn Transit and
Peoples Gas jumped from 31a to 5 points
on opening sales. The same buOvant
tendency was shown in the international
list or railroad stocks London had Hft-
ed these sharply before the opening hers
but they bounded above the London parity
TO a level from 1 to points above last
nights close here.
Inc urgency Of the demands from the
pears constituted a miniature. The short
selling yesterday was based on an as
sumption that the periodical settlement
in the mines department OF the London
stock exchange, which began today, would
d1sciose so weak a position there that a.
panic would be likely to result. On the
contrary, the earliest news from London
showed that the settlement In London
was proceeding easily and in an orderly
manner, sentiment there being much en-
couraged by the shipments Of gold from
New York.
Rumors Of financial ENHANCEMENT and
forced liquidation by a prominent figure
in the financial world prevailed all dav
yesterday. Today, on the contrary, it
was affirmed that 81, 100000 in government
bonds had been placed as additional Sc
curity for this man Of wealth, and that
his difficulties were at an end. The pro-
fessional traders accepted the one rumor
with the same credence as they had the
other, and put in lively two hours try
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
Des NIoines-Nortbern ProIcct.

DIES MONIES, 10, Dec. 22.-The CORPS
Of surveyors for the Des Molnes, Iowa
Falls & Northern road today completed
a line from Des Moines to Iowa Falls,
eight miles. The road is still on paper
stockholders have invested $4,000 in the
Illinois Central backing They say the
line will be built next spring from the
Illinois Central main line at Iowa Falls
into this city, and that 1t is necessitated
by the Illinois Central failing to secure
control Of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS

LONDON WOOL SALES-London. Dec.
23.-The arrivals of wool for the first
series of wool auction sales in January,
1900, amounted to 99,029 bales including
10000 forwarded direct. The imports Of
wool during the week were as follows:
New South Wales, 1922 bales; Melbourne,
! ,45T bales; South Australia 671 bales:
Cape of Good Hope and Natal ,9n bales:
Singapore, ISIS bales; Burrah. az bales:
Dunldrk, 1,243 bales; Reval, 1,142 bales;
elsewhere. LOCO bales
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
Alaska Mail Service.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-The postoffice
department has prepared circulars IN
vlt1ng proposals for carrying the malls
and Seattle to st. Michaels and all points
along the Yukon river as far as Dawson
City, Canada; for Nome, Alaska, where
spring, and for additional service to
offices on the Alaskan southern coast
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
Demorest,s to BE Discontinued

NEW YORK, Dec pa contract was
signed today transferring all copyrights,
title and subscription lists Of Demorests
Magazine to Robert Bonners Sons DEM
and the fashion and patterns depart
ments, half minute talks and worlds
progress will be continued in the Ledger
Monthly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

ceipts at the Union stock yards today
(estimated) were: Cattle, 60; calves, 20;
hogs, 1,200 sheep, Is; horses, none; cars,
49,
The official receipts Friday were: Cat
tie, IA; calves, 20; hogs, 1,947; sheep, EOS;
horses. none: cars, 81
The following table shows the roads over
which Fridays receipts came in and the
number Of loads hauled by each:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24

Aia.' CLASS A.. .1105alN. & W. con. As SS1A
" S''''''''''''1d0 do gen. 6s......135
go o.. .....1W Or. Nav. lists 1Os
90 currency. 100 do 4S......,,,.. 1OO16
Aicnlson, gen. As 1914 o. S. L. 6s....1255
Can; Sou; Ends. s106 r. G. w. lists. q5S
{. & o. As. 9413 St.L. & IN. c.5s107A
n do 6S....:.......115 stL. & ST. .6s10 q
do ST deb. 5s116 SIP. @ r. p 1etsi4d,L
Chi. Term. As. go do Is lie
D.: & R. G. 1sts.1O12l Sou. Ry. 5s, i057l
T. 10 II U.s. ?. y VA s. R. & T. S. 78
-, - V. oe I'1sts103 Tenn. n. 6. 3s 80
F.W. & D.C1st. 69& do ends i ~
n Gg4 n elee. os:. LIZ Union Pac As. .1O2K
u O. S''A'Os.. !d0 Wabash lists .l12
20 E n 49,. 1S do 2nds 9S
II: l. =: oS... 1V924 West Shore As 1113S
1o NO con on 0s;. .-1d0 Wis. Cent. lists IS
y 3Ta ley. IslS.lU8 va. CENTURIES 81
T 49, . q G:1sts 20 do deferred....
Ia Ne" con- 4s.10St2 Col. Sou. Is so
=: q n: UNI. As. 98A Sou. Pac. As. 771h
% NEW YORK MONEY-New York Dec
7 merca14iIgg on call firm per cent Prime
bills at S7G467H for - dema m BANKERS an6
- 88gGAg48l for sixty days; posted ra+es
6iGs Bits g go ana anfl $3.50 SS14 Commercial
5 5s Bar silver 585Sc Mexican eS doi HTS3g9
4IAc State bonds inactive R HGII9l :,
FOREIGN FINANCIAI-Naw vor,,
pee 23.-The Commercial AdWer+is oIh,
m n 1{iofs financial cabegram says: Ths
nioei HetS mere We're quietly strong TO-DAY.
cIosIng at the best. The mining csrry1
e an 2daf f9r more easily than was expect
Gold was reported as coming fo Tt 1oie;
ii ire coa a9d there was evidence Of return
In bars and el92 900 in German coin SS n.y.
A cags dn Republic public took $4,000 Ameri
cans opened 7@G1 point over parity and
f ngaardened up to the close Spanish IS We're ere
3 ~ dGl dos, 2412, Anacondas, I 8-l6. Utahs
shade less firm" -" UH's
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT-N
York, Dec. 23-The weekly hank etafaV
m men shows shows the following changes Sur
crease, $3094, 600; specie, Increase. S2.7S3 zoo.
i egaa tend sds ,d6 ncreas $8s 500 deposits
S68, AGO. The banks now hold s10.SS4. O75 in
excess OF the requirements of the Is per
BANK CLEARINGS.
st. Paul, $500, 500 20
Minneapolis, $1,751,3 15
Chicago, 500 691 ,OS5
New York. $3.50, $50 1927.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
IUCUo HctUICU ny 6tO4I'
Cattle. Hogs, Sheep. Mixed,
TntalS

The receipts thus far this month, COM
pared with the same period in December,
$685. show an increase of 3,745 cattle, an
increase of ], 467 calves an increase of 1855
hogs, an increase Of A sheep, an increase
The total receipts thus far this year.
compared with the same period in 1898,
f1,ll
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Steady; winter pategnts s1e,o s.: 4Oe 3Sg
specials, $4,000; patents, Sc. 90g3- IS;
sstraights,- $29O@3; bakers. ,$1,so@2.55S
VI Whea eat spTngss e JIG No red
low, 31@3114c. Oats-No 2. 221a@23c; No
2 white, 2502534c; No. white, 45sq25c
Rye-No. 2, SIC. Barley-NO. g. 3SGD42c
Fiaxseed-N. w. $1.4912. Timothy Seed
Prime, $2.35. Pork-Mess, per Dbl, $500
10. Lard-Per 100 lbs, s. 1905. 5212: Ribs
Short sides Qoose), $5.15@5.40. Shoulders
Dry sailed Cboxed). 53s@512c. Sides
Short clear (boxed), 5.45@555 Whisky
Distillers finished goods, per gal, $l.231a.
Sugars-Cut loaf unchanged. Receipts
Flour. $4,000 bbls; wheat. Al, 900 bu; corn,
255,G0O bu; cats, LOCO bu; rye; 5000 bu;
barley, $1,000 bu. Shipments-Flour. 900
bbls; wheat $1,000 bu; corn, SS,OG0 blu;
oats, $4,000 bu; rye, 2,0OO bu; barley,
5000 bu. On the produce exchange today
the butter market was steady; cream
cries, 16025c; dairies, 16022c. Cheese
Firm at 11$4@13c. Eggs-Firm: fresh. zoe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
DULL DAY in WHEAT
HOLIDAY INFLUENCE WAS UPON
THE GRAIN MARKET THROUGH
OUT THE SESSION
LOSSES WERE RECORDED

Wheat Closed an Eighth Under Pre-
VtOus Days Prices-May Corn Was
One-Eighth Down and Oats Were
Depressed an Eighth-Provisions
Were Easy but Very Quiet-There
Were No Special Features.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
+Loss.
HOGS.

Total for today (estimated) ........ 1000
week ago. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 937
"a year dSO'.' ~
Quotations: Mixed and butchers, S3.S5@
S.95 heavy packing and rough, So. 70(l375;
good to prime light, $3.S56t3.95: stays and
boars, $1.50M3.10: pigs, So. 25@3.80.
Hog receipts heavy with prices strong
and an active market. Bulk of good hogs
sold at $3.921aQ3.95, with rough ends and
pigs at $3.7003.75. Representative sales:
Mixed and RutcherS-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-24
BANK CLEARTNcs

st. Paul, $500, $500.
Minneapolis, $1,751,315.
Chicago, $50, 691, OS5.
New York. $233, $50, S27.
Boston, $22, 9S3.O61.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
IN VARIOUS PLACES.

The recent boom in stocks and the
accompanying wave OF prosperity in
Wall street, New York, proved a rec
ord-breaker for hotelkeepers, as well
as brokers. and 1t is said that visitors
have been turned away from the hotels
by the hundreds. Visitors focked to
the metropolis from all parts OF the
country and Canada until the figures
of last year, which were then con-
sidered unusual, have been far sur
passed.
When Lord Darlington of England
suggested an emigration of eligible
young ladies to Australia-a sugges-
tion which has caused great indigna
IDENTIFY had not considered the brisk
demand for the charming commodity
in Moulton, in Cheshire. The school
board in that interesting village Is at
its wits end, because the new school,
marms and assistant schoolmarms are
snapped up almost before they put
their feet inside the schoolroom. The
intimation of their arrival is usually
accompanied by an announcement that
they are leaving to get married.
Prior to the recent passage Of the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill by the United States senate It was
amended so as to increase the salaries
of various United States consuls and
secretaries OF legation. The salaries
of secretaries of legation to the Argen
tine republic, Venezuela and Peru were
increased from $500 to $1,000: OF the
consuls at La Guayra. Venezuela. from
$500 to $1,000. and at Pernambuco,
Brazil from $4,000 to $2.500. The sal
aries Of the third secretaries of embas-
sy at London, Paris and Berlin were
fixed at 81 500 each. The consulate at
Naples was placed in the $500 class,
the consulate OF Collingwood, Canada,
in the 1000 class. and the consulate at
Niagara Falls In the $1,000 class.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
PRE- ESENTIM EMIT.
Saved Him from Death and Pa. n,~

Saved Him from Death and Pat Hin
on tho Road tn Wealth.
San Francisco Chronicle: Captain
George F. Ellis, of Santa Barbara, who
left the city last Tuesday for Alaska.
has had the experience OF being saved
from death by presentiment to be-
come a Klondike millionaire. Four
years ago Ellis was a poor man and
gained livelihood as master OF
small craft employed at sea otter hunt
Ing along the California coast. Toda.
he owns several of the most valuable
claims on El Dorado and Bonanza
creeks, and he is known to the world
as one of the miners of the far north
ern gold fields to whom fortune has
been kindest. And this far flight from
the deck OF steam schooner to the
owners stateroom of the finest private
yacht that can be built. should Ellis
choose to own such a craft, is all be
cause he obeyed a mysterious mental
warning that kept him. in 1895, from
becoming member of the crew OF the
schooner q. E. Webster. that was lost
with all on board. Ellis at that time
was financially stranded in Santa Bar
bara. with family to support. He Sc
cured a position OF otter hunter with
Liebes & c., Of this city, and signed
a contract to go to the coast of Alas
ka. on the Webster. For several days
before he was to start the PRESENT.
ment haunted his waking and sleeping
hours that the voyage he was about to
make held death for him. He is
strong fearless man. but finally he
yielded to his fears and secured release
from his contract The fate that over
took the Webster entirely vindicated
the occult admonition that had reach
ed Ellis, for in terrific gale OFF Lazy
harbor the schooner foundered. and
the twenty men on board pershed. Ell
lis worked his way to Alaska, toiled
over the icy trails. and reached tn"
Yukon in time to locate some of the
richest claims in the Klondike. Dur
ing his recent visit to San Francisco h"
brought his family here from Santa
Barbara and established them in
home worthy his present affluence. Ell
lis has returned to the Yukon country
to look after his interests there. He
will be absent year, and will thea
come back to his family and make his
home permanently in San Francisco.