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Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-05
Increase in Cities.

A rather better showing is naturally made
by the individual cities than was reported
in March. The gain at New York is heav-
ier than it was in that month, "a per cent
in April against 72 per cent in March, and
the increase in the rest of the country in
April was 23.2 per cent against 27 per cent
in March. In the southern group the large
gain by Baltimore, AZ per cent, is largely
accountable for the increase in that group,
as a whole, although fewer southern cities
show decreases than in March. In the west
the heavy decrease reported by Omaha, %
per cent, due to the withdrawal of some
banks clearings from current totals is a
notable feature. Bostons clearings Is April
were very heavy and the gain over u year
ago, 81 per cent, is notable one. The
gain shown by Philadelphia equals this,
however. Chicago shows a gain of 145 per
cent over year ago. Activity in the iron
trade is reflected by the gain of rs per cent
at Pttsburg. st. Louis shows a gain of 10
per cent. as does also San Francisco.
For the four months period of the cal
endar year the clearings aggregate $32,-
4Q5, ,437 ,S65 a gain of AGA per cent over 1898,
cf 97 per cent over 1897 of 120 per cen I
over 1894 and of SO per cent over 1892. In
the four months compilation, as in that for
April, the middle states group shows the
heaviest increase, 5S.4 per cent. The gain
in New England is over 20 per cent, while
the increases in the northwest and south
exceed 20 per cent. The gain in the far
west for the four months closely approx
mates that shown for April GA per cent,
while the gain in the southwest is also a
moderate one, S.2 per cent
Canadian bank clearngs while smaller
than those of March, note heavier propor-
tionate gain in April than for a number OF
months past. The cearings at six Canadian
cities for the month aggregate $11S, 1856, 1854,
an increase of 10 per cent, compared with
a gain of only 4 per cent in March, of less
| than per cent in February and less than
10 per cent in January, while for the four
months the clearings aggregate $491 1854, ,795,
an increase of 9.5 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-05

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Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-05
BOON IN BANK CLEARlNGS
April Business Shows Immense Increase
Over Previous Years.
INTERIOR CITIES DO ESPECIALLY WELL
Decrease at Omaha Accounted For by
Withdrawals of Certain Hanks
ClenrinRs-Cnnndinn Points
show Up Well.
NEW YORK. May 4.-Bradstreets of May
6 will eay.

NEW YORK, May 4.-Bradstreets of May
will say:
Widespread business activity ard heavy
financial transactions, resulting from or con-
sequent upon the large number of industrial
combinations planned or executed during
the month of April, seem to have been
largely responsible for the heavy bank
clearings reported for that month, because
stock speculation was rather quieter than in
March or the preceding months. The April
clearings, in fact deserve special notice, be-
cause though they were smaller by per
cent than the aggregate for March, this was
owing chiefly to the smaller number of busi-
ness days in the month"; because the aver
age daily cleHrings were heavier than the
like average for the manth of March. In
percentage OF gain, too, the increase shown
over April year ago was the heaviest
noted this year and the result is n further
enlargement OF the gain reported for the
calendar year over recent preceding periods.
The aggregate bank clearings for the
month just closed were $S,266, 4t9, ,069, gain
of 66.5 per cent over April one year ago,
an increase of l02 per cent over the month
of April, 1897, gain of l22 per cent over
tho corresponding month in 1894 and an in
crease of GS per cent over the like period
of 1892. The heavy gain for April COM
pares with an increase of 54.6 per cent
during the month of March; of 25I per
cent in February, and of 41.S per cent in
January over corresponding periods of last
year.
Relatively the best showing for April, as
indeed for many preceding months, was
made by the middle states group of cities.
In this section the Increase reported over
April year ago was in excess of SO per
cent, tho next heaviest gain being that re-
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cent. Other considerable gains are those Of
20 per cent in the southern cities, 1871 per
cent in the western group, and 1l.3 per cent
in the northwestern. AS for some time
past the gains in the southwest and the far
western groups have been comparatively
| moderate, but even here the increases have
| ranged from 6 to S per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-05
STATIONS AND STATE
OF WEATHER.

T indicates trace Of precIpitallon.
j. A, WELSH,
Local Forecast Official
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-05
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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
ASYLUM BOARD
John Milstead Appointed to
Succeed J. M. OlmStead
rs Steward.
Number Of Asylum Attaches
Reelected to Former
Positions.
Board Decides to Advertise for
Bids for Bonds Soon to
be Issued.

At yesterdays session of the asylum
board John Mllstesd was elected as
steward to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation OF j. NJ. Olmstead. Mrs. s..
A. Archibald was re- elected to the po-
sition Of matron.
At today's session DR.. Branch was
re-. elected assistant physician. o. J.
Seller was reelected treasurer. Anton
Fried of Wimbledon, who was appointed
by Governor Fancher to fill tue unex-
pired term OF John Milstead as asylum
trustee, was elected secretary and 81.
Cornwall was elected president Of the
board.
The board authorized the secretary to
advertise for bids for the bonds which
will be issued to the amount Of $50, 900.
The bids must be opened at II O'Clock
Wednesday, May 3, at which time the
regular meeting of the asylum board
will occur.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
CHAMBERLAIN NAY YIELD.
Probable Ending of the Crisis in Jamaica.
Open Rebellion Was Feared.


KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 5.-The
political crisis that has arisen over the
new tariff bill continues. For several
days the island has been on the eve of
rebellion against the attempt Of the
government to coerce the representa-
tives of the people. Realizing the full
gravity Of the situation the governor
general made proposals for compro-
mise. but the representatives would ac-
cept no terms, which did not include
the abandonment Of all coercive meas
ures. The government, unable to con-
cede this point without consent OF Mr..
Cham berlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, proposed an adjournment for a
week and this was agreed to. The
moral victory thus secured by the peo-
pie has for the present Gained the ex-
citement. No one now doubts that Mr.
Chamberlain will yield and abandon
the attempt to force crown colony rule
on Jamaica as he has on Antigua, Do
minica and Trinidad. Meanwhile the
incident has had the effect of reviving
the movement for an agitation in behalf
of American annexation in line with
that now going on in the Leeward ISL
ands.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
PLEASES THE OFFICIALS.

Work of Reconstruction Can Now Pro-
ceed More Rapidly.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The news of
the Cuban assembly's vote for imme-
diate dissolution and disbandment of
the army was received here with relief
and qualification. The prolonged strug-
gle over the payment Of the Cuban
army had begun to exhaust the patience
of the authorities here. The admins
tration now looks for more rapid prog
ress in the work of reconstruction of the
island and less difficulty in instituting
reforms generally.
The vote, 81 to ], shows the lack of a
quorum on the basis of the original Or
ganization Of 49 members, but the ap-
parent insignifcance of this is weakened
by the fact that numerous mem bers of
the assembly left it without ceremony
on account of its attitude.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
RESULTS IN WISCONSIN.
Republicans Carry q Ma jority OF the
Elections Held.

depuDllcanS carry Ma JOruy or the
Elections Held.
MILWAUKEE, April g. Municipal
elections were held in nearly all the
towns and villages in Wisconsin outside
of Milwaukee. The Republicans lead in
the number of victories, while in sew
eral towns the mayor and council are of
a different complexion.
The Republicans carried Elk Mills,
Elkhorn, Baraboo, Black River Falls,
Delavan, Berlin, Marinette, Grants
burg, Barron, Hortonville, Tomahawk,
Edgerton, Fox Lake, Prairie du Chen,
Sturgeon Bay, Cumberland, Colum bus,
Fountain City, Fort Atkinson, Glen
wood, New Richmond. Viroqua, Wau-
pun, Appleton, Janesville.
The Democrats carried Oshkosh, Ra-
cine, Sheboygan Falls, Elroy, Clymar,
Chippewa Falls, Manitowoc, Plymouth,
Tomah, Portage, jefferson, Arcadia,
West Bend, Waukesha, Watertown,
Hartford, Madison and Beaver Dam.
Non-partisan tickets were elected at
Durand, East Troy, Fennimore, Hud-
son, Merrill, Ripon, Rhinelander and
Kewaunee
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
An Interesting Session Held by
the Pastors OF the City
Officers Elected.

The Ministerial association held their
regular meeting Monday afternoon,
and discussed paper on "The Judg-
ment" presented by Rev. Hardy.
A letter wac read from the North
Dakota Sunday School association,
thanking the people OF jamestown for
their invitation to hold their annual
convention here in May, but stating
that previous invitation had been re-.
ceived from Wahpeton, and that they
had accepted the latter. 1t was voted
that the delegates from here to that
convention be instructed to invite the
association to meet in jamestown in
May 1900;
Mrs. Chapman, secretary Of the w. C.
T. u, came before the body with a
from Mrs. Marion B.
Baxter of temperance lecture fame
stating that she would like to make q
date In Jamestown the 10th Of this
month. It was voted to extend to Mrs.
Baxter an Invitation to address union
meeting OF all the churches on Sabbath
evening, the 10th. Mrs. Baxter ,s one
OF the most fluent speakers on the TEN.
perance platform.
Officers were elected for the ensuing
six months as followe: President, Rev.
l.. NJ. Bingsmsn; vice president, Rev.
l.. B. Hardy; secretary and treasurer,
Rev. Z. b. Phillips; pro ,ram com mittee,
Rev. II. A. Spicer.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
WRECK OF THE CHILKAT.
Four Passengers and Six of the Crew
We're Drowned.

Four Passengers and Six of the Crew
Were Drowned.
EUREKA, CAL, April 6.-The steamer
Chilkat, with six passengers and crew
of thirteen, capsized on the bar as she
was leaving the harbor on her trip to
San Francisco. Four passengers and
six of the crew were drowned. The
steamer was almost over the bar, hay
ing blown three whistles to indicate
the fact, and had turned toward the
south when breaker struck her beam
and she Immediately capsized. The
steamer Northfork, also bound for San
Francisco, had preceded her to sea, and
seeing the accident sent back her two
boats and succeeded in rescuing nine
persons. The Chilkat lies bottom up
and is pounding in the breakers north
of the south jetty. She will come
ashore before long.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
HARRISON WINNER.
IL Again Selected Mayor of Chicago by q
Plurality of Forty Thousand.


CHICAGO, April 6.-The official count
for mayor is in this city is as follows:
Carter H. Harrison Dem.) 1901
Zina R. Carter (Rep.) 107,225; John P.
Altgeld Qnd. Dem.) 45,93S; scattering,
1885. Harrison has a plurality OF
41, 933.
In the last mayoralty contest Harrison
was elected by vote of $4,000, against
59,342 for Sears, the regular Republican
nominee, and 69, ,637 for Harlan, the IN
dependent Republican. Of the "a alder
men elected the Republicans secured ~
and the Democrats 16. The next city
council will consist of % Republicans
and AZ Democrats, gain Of for the
Republicans. The city ticket OF the
Democrats was elected by majorities
running all the way between 5000 and
5000. The bitterest fight on
This Part of the Ticket
was for the city treasurership which
was secured by Ortseifen, the Demo
cratic candidate, by majority of 5000.
The Democrats also carried all the
town elections, electing assessor, collec-
| tor, supervisor and town clerk in the
| North, South and West towns, the ma
jorities running from 5000 to 10000.
The election was entirely upon local is
sues, no element of national politics en-
tering into the campaign.
The election revealed some remark
able changes in the Republican vote,
particularly in the strong Republican
wards where the shifting to the Demo-
cratic candidate was very marked
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
SHIPYARDS FOR DULUTH.
Despite Denials 1t Is Alleged They Will
Soon He Built.


DULUTH, April A report was
printed few days ago by the Associ-
ated Press to the effect that company.
had been formed in West Virginia with
$1,000, 900 capital to build a steel ship
building and dry dock plant to compete
with the new com bination of lake ship
yards and that it's plant was to be at
Duluth and managed by Captain Alex
McDougall. who denies the story. 1t
is learned from inside sources,
however, that there is good
deal of truth in the matter. and
that details will come out in due
time. The plans of the syndicate call
for large shipyard and steel floating
drydock, the company to be fitted 10
enter actively into the construction Of
all classes Of big ships for any trade.
Captain McDougall twas he inventor Of
the famous whaleback style Of ships,
the patents for which were bought by
the American Steel Barge company,
whose first vessels were built in this
city but whose works We're later re-
moved to Superior under very
large bonus, and there have been one of
the chief, and probably the very first.
industry of that city. Captain McDou-
gall has now practically closed his con-
nection with that company. or soon will
do so, and his intimate acquaintance
with the lake vessel interests has led to
the formation of this new company and
the backing it with all the money he
wants. There is ample room here for
another drydock and the establishment
of second shipyard will be welcomed
by vessel interests all over the lakes.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
FINALLY GIVES UP.
Cuban Assembly Votes to Disbnnd the In.
surgent Army and Then DissOlves.

CUBAN Asse mDly votes tO DlsDnuu tAo LII"
surgent Army and Then Dissolves.
HAVANA, April 6.-The Cuban as
sembly has voted to disband the Cuban
army and dissolve. The vote was 91 in
favor against opposed. The muster
rolls were left in the possession of the
executive committee of the assembly
who will facilitate the preparation of
copies for Governor General Brooke.
The final session of the assembly
lasted four hours and was calm and dis
passionate. After the motion to dis
band the army was carried the assem-
bly, entered upon the details ana
methods of disbandment. A new ex-
ecutive committee was appointed to at
tend to the routine work and this COM
mittee will supply to General Brooke
the copies of the Cuban muster rolls.
Salvador Cisneros of Puerto Principe,
who was chosen president Of the Cuban
republic at the meeting of the provin-
cial delegates at Puerto Principe Sept.
%, 1895, and was ultimately succeeded
by Senor Bartolomo Masso, was the
only member to vote against the resolu-
tions to disband and to dissolve. To the
very last he declared that, in any event.
the resolution to dissolve was unconsti-
tutional and that he would never give
up his position until new assembly
had been elected.
The resolution adopted calls for the
disbanding Of the army with permis-
sion to the soldiers to accept money
from the United States. The various
amendments had to do with the details
of DISCRIMINATION.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
PENITENTIARY BOARD
Discuss Plans Regarding the
Building Of the New TWine
Plant.

The new penitentlary board met and
organized at the penltentiary at Bis
marck Tuesday. The members of the
board for the ensuing Two years are Ed
ward Braddock of Wlllismsport, J. d.
Moulder Of Fargo, John F. Fort of
bismarck, G.. W. Stevenson OF Mandan
and r. J. Turner OF Gladstone. At the
meeting Tuesday the general affairs Of
the penitentiary were discussed. Ed.
ward Braddock Of W,lliamsport we
chosen as chairman Of the board, and
the present warden. N. F. Boucher, IS
warden of the institution and account
ing officer for the coming term.
The matter OF the building cf twine
plant, provided for at the last session of
the legislature, was generally discussed
and steps taken to carry out as coon IS
passible the will of the Legislature. There
is much work to be done in establishing
the plant, and the board appointed two
committees to look after the different
features of the work One committee
was appointed to act with the warden IN
the matter of building and grounds, AZ
another to act with the warden in the
securing Of machinery and power.
The building will be OF brick, several
stories in height to accommodate the
machinery and to furnish store and
warehouse room, and will be bullded
from brick furnished by the penitentiary
yards, and the work Of construction will
be done largely by the convicts with ex.
perlenced men as superintendents, so
that the work will be done at the least
possible expense to the state. Tie
matter OF machinery will be carefully
looked into by the committee. There
was mum Der Of firms that furnish the
machinery required and the board will
secure figures from them, and decide
upon the best for use IN the proposed
plant. The same committee will decide
on the matter OF power. Electricity le
one OF the means of power that Will be
considered, and if it is decided on, light
may be furnished for the institution
from the same plant.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
BRYAN WILL BE THERE.
Will Attend the Monticello Club Bau-
quet at Chicago-Its Significance.


quet at Chicago-Its Significance.
CHICAGO. April 6.-The Chronicle
Dem says: William J. Bryan is COM
ing to Chicago on April IA, as the guest
of the Monticello club, and he will
make speech on that occasion that
will doubtless be full of significance to
the mayors friends, as we'll as to those
politicians of the state who are pre-
pared to fall in behind the Harrison
standard Mayor Harrison will also
make a speech at the same board. He
will doubtless define his future policy
and Mr. Bryan will hear whether Hi
nois is going to make alliances with the
Eastern states which have been reach
ing so eagerly for sympathetic co-opera-
tion or whether the organization that
was formed in the national Democratic
convention in Chicago in 1896, is to re-
main intact"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
N, Mo,.., Un,on pepot Opened.

DEs MONIES, Is., April 5.-The first
Union railway station to be erected in
Des Moines was opened to the public
last evening with grand banquet and
speeches in the main waitingroom.
where covers were laid for 800 guests,
composed of the Commercial Exchange
and $50 railroad officials and employees.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
Republicans Garry Superior.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis. April 6.-This
city went heavily Republican. Every
Republican on the city ticket was
elected by majorities ranging from 200
to 1000. Republicans elect at least
seven out of nine aldermen and eleven
out of fourteen county commissioners.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
Democrats Generally Successful.

Houston, Tex, April 6. 6.-Municipal
elections were held throughout the
state during the day. There were no
general issues and only local questions
were involved. Democrats were gen.
erally successful.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
Americans Invited.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-The Russian
ambassador has l.otlfed the secretary Of
state that the Imperial Russian Horti-
cultural society will hold an exhibition
at St. Petersburg from May to May
q in which the United States is invited
to participate. Exhibits will be ad-
mitted duty free on condition of their
being re-exported from Russia, via the
frontier station by which they entered.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
Lily Post Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Lilly Post,
the opera singer is dead of heart failure.
She was taken to the insane asylum on
Monday by her son, who had trouble in
restraining her, as she appeared greatly
excited. Cn Tuesday she was stricken
with heart trouble, and died peacefully.
She had been the primma donna Of sew
Tal operate organizations.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-04-06
MINNESOTA ELECTIONS.
Question of License tho Issue in . Number
of Places.

of Places.
ST. PAUL, April 6.-Elections were
held in number of cities and towns of
the state, but as a rule political lines
were not adhered to. The question of
license or no license was the issue in
many places, the saloons winning in
most instances.