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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13

dend payer until the management was
assured that the dividends at the
present rate would be permanent.
Earnings during the present year have
been very large and are now averaging
more than ever before.
Dispatches from New York state that
the anthracite coal trade, while not
presenting the urgent demand hereto
fore noted, is still taking the entire
output of the companies up to the
limit of transportation facilities avail
able. To and along the seaboard the
movement is active and will continue
so as long as good weather permits.
Prices are well maintained, including
the December advance in the smaller
sizes. The November output was
4, $685. 1922 tons.
Loans made last month in Boston
on amalgamated shares by New York
interests paid as high as and 7 per
cent, with the stock margined down to
$50 per share. Activity in amalgamated
is not what 1t was when the stock was
traded in largely around par. At that
time a single New York house traded
in 10000 shares of amalgamated and
came out just $162 ahead.
United States Oil company stock is
widely distributed, as the company has
more than 700 shareholders. 1t is said
by people in a position to know that
no one person has as much as per
cent of it, nor is it believed that any
one interest will hold more than per
cent of the stock after the underwriters
have taken their $4,000 shares at $40
per share on the 18th.
The Senate bill to establish cable
across the Pacific from San Francisco
via Honolulu and San Jan to Manila.
has appropriated S1,000000, When laid
the cable is to be operated by the post
Office department.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13

New York, Dec. 11.--Lester Reiff and
his little brother John, the two Amert-
can Jockeys who have met with such
amazing success in England, were yes
terday visited by many friends at the
Hoffman House
m Lester, the elder Of the two boys,
rides for Richard Croker. He had
much of interest to say about his en-
ployer's horses.
Despite all rumors to the contrary,
Mr.. Croker has not lost on the English
turf. Indeed, he is a good winner. l
could mention a few cases where he has
won large amounts, but l don't think
it proper to say anything about my
employers business.
Mr.. Wishard cJund Mr. Croker's
horses in bad shape When he took hold
of them, and it took him nearly all
summer to get them in condition to be-
gin to train them
MIR. Croker has Is horses, in ell,
Americas is his crack Splinter lie is
practically unbeatable at five or six
furlongs. He has improved wcnder-
fully since he left here
"Salina, a filly belonging to Mr.. Gro
ker, is one of the best that have shown
this season. There is good material
in the stable. and with fair luck, they
will all give a good account of them
selves.
Mr.. Wishard will train Richard Gro
ker's horses next season, and also F.
w. brakes string. There will be is
horses belonging to the former gentle
man and five the property of the lat
ter.
John Higgins will continue to train
for Lord William Beresford next sea-
son. Mr.. Higgins was very success
full last year, but in spite of his good
luck. he would like to get back to
America
Il leave for England in February in
company with my brother Johnny. 1
have been engaged by three men to
ride for them next season. Mr., Croker
has first call; A. Bailey, rich dia-
mond dealer. has second call; and H.
Rghhael has third call. The latter
gentleman Is to try his fortune with
horses for the first time next year, and
has at present only five yearlings,
Johnny will ride for Mr.. Croker. Ev-
erything points to successful season,
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CROKER'S JOCKEY, RE|FF, TALKS
TAMMANY Chief A BIG WINNER

and expect that Mr., Croker, Mr. Wis
hard, Johnny and myself will get our
share Of good fortune.
THE dirt courses over there get as
hard as flint during the dry weather.
You can hear your horses hoofs rattle
when they are running. At times Mr..
Wishard runs his horses without plates.
This has been advantageous In several
instances. A horse with a good hoof
can run much more quickly not grab
himself and keep from slipping with
out shoes.
1.-The English Jockeys have changed
their tactics a great deal since l was
over there few years ago. They have
all, more or less, shortened their stir
rup feathers and ride closer to horse
than formerly. They now crouch in
the American style over their horses
Withers.
"They are more alert at the post, too;
One can't slip away from them at the
start and get a running lead any more.
They arc nptto that game now. Here
tofcra they would pull their horse up
and begin to wait with him almost inn
mediately the flag fell Now they are
just as o.,ick and alert to take an adj
vantage Is the 'Yanks,'
1T is a pleasure to ride among them.
They are all artists and know how to
ride. They can keep horse straight,
and there is little or no rough riding
INDUCED in. AS class, they are supe-
rior to the jockeys in this country at
present. but 1 believe six years ago
America had the finest collection of
jockeys in any land.
Racing in England is very expen-
sive. Unless you have number of
good horses that can win, one had bet
ter stay in America. The meetings
are of short duration-from two to four
days each. This entails lot of NOV
ing around, which is costly. Living Is
dear and there are a great number
of incidental expenses, which count up.
If an owner, trainer or Jockey can win,
there is not better place to race in
than England; but If he can't be sue
cessful. America is much the cheaper
place of the two.
I'VE are going to try the barrier
next season with the two-year-olds.
The one In use in San Francisco will
be the kind adopted Arthur Coventry,
the starter is rather skeptical about
the value of it,"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
lHoward, Crosby & Co.'S Boston Letter.

(Ioward, Crosby & Co.'S Boston Letter.
Boston, Dec. 12.-Liverpool wheat mar
ket opened quiet and I'd. lower, and the
wheat market in New York had a narrow
opening. There was little or no Chicago
gossip at hand, owing to wire trouble,
due to weather conditions, and about all
the official quotations, indicating slightly
higher prices, and 1t was on this that
New York prices were advanced at the
start Bradstreet reports the world s
wheat stocks increase 100000 bushels, of
which !, 100000 was European increse and
the balance east of the Rockies. The
market was dull and closed weak and
lower.
The stock market was only moderately
active, and the tone was rather feverish
There were some rallies from yesterday
additional scattered liquidation prices
drifted downward again, and there
seemed to be little If any aggressive sup
port. Pressure was exerted against some
of the railway shares, with q view to
forcing LIQUIDATION, but the selling was
more to test themarket than for any
other reason.
London was a constant buyer of stocks
In moderate amounts, and there was
some heavy buying orders on Sugar GER
tifcates. There appeared to be supporting
orders on American Tin Plate, National
Steel and American Steel and Wire, but
Federal Steel stocks were left to take
care of themselves. Money was consid-
erably easier as the result of the enor-
nous liquidation yesterday, during which
something like $50 600 600 was paid off in
loans, but there is no immediate prospect
OF permanent relief to the money market
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Market Notes

Passenger traffic on the Mexican Cen
trail road has made such a large gain
recently, that the management has
been forced to order first and third
class passenger cars. Tourist travel
over the line still continues very heavy
and the freight business is reported to
be the heaviest on record.
Present earnings of the New Haven
road are reported very heavy. For the
month of October the gross increases
were 100000, and since June there has
been an average gain of $500, 900 for
each month. $50
Biscuit common has declined to about
S5. 1t was recently placed on a 4 per
cent dividend basis, 80 that 1t nets the
present investors over IL per cent. The
common was not established as a diyi-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-13
The Cotton Market

New York, Dec. u. = Cotton futures
closed steady; December 733; January
7.3S; February, IA; March, 7.4S; April
7.50; May, 1882 June, TSP: July, Z 49,:
August, IA; September, 10.
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The following quotations were made
on stocks held in Worcester and VI
cinity yesterday:
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New York Stocks

December u, 1899.
(Reported by Winslow & Coz
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is given to the money market by the
secretary of the treasury,
Russell Sage says:-"St Standard Gas
increased stock will be used as a war
fund in preparation for a long fight"
George Croker, vice president of the
Southern Pacific Co., denies that he has
resigned from the board of directors.
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The Money Market

steady, 4GIS; last loan, 6 p. c. Prime mer-
camille paper, 5@11. Sterling exchange
firm, with actual business in bankers
bills at 4.S67s@4.S7 for demand and 4.SlQ1s
for 60 days. Posted rates, 4,S2@19 and
4S71a Commercial bills, 4.S0d15. Silver
certificates, 5000. Bar silver, 1913. MeXi-
Cau dollars Az
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-02
ECHOES OF THE WAR.

The poem most generally published by the
press and quoted by orators last Memorial
day was Theodore o'Haras grand classic
The Bivouao OF the Dead" That immor-
tai martial poem is peculiarly appropriate
to the day set apart for tribute to the
patriot dead. But lent greater signih-
canoe to the memorial observances last
Tuesday. Few OF the thousands who
honored the soldier dead on that day, or
heard recited the stirring lines;
The muffied drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo:
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On fame,s eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
But Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
were aware that the author had con-
tributed some OF his life blood to the cause
of Cuban liberty. The newly made mounds
OF soldier dead. freshened by the tears Of
the living, represented the triumph OF the
principle for whieh OHars fought on Cuban
soil. The distinguished Kentuckan fought
in the Mexican and civil wars. Between
these two struggles oHara Joined one Of the
three flibustering expeditions organized by
General Narciso Lopez, which sailed from
American ports In 1s49 1850 and 1851. One
OF these expeditions landed at Cardenas,
can officer was killed in the late war.
o'Hara had command of some of the land
ing party and in the charge against the
Spsniards was severely wounded These
expeditions were disastrous to most Of the
participants, that OF 1851 particularly so.
General Lopez was captured by the Span
iards and garroted at Havana September !
OF that year. O'Hara was more fortunate
than most Of his associates. He returned to
the United States, fought through the Eivil
war and died OF fever June I, 1867. His
mortal clay was laid to rest on the spot in
the cemetery at Frankfort, KY, where he
stood reading his famous poem commem-
Grating the burial Of Kentucky soldiers who
perished on the bsttlefelds Of Mexico. The
reinterment Is beautifully expressed in the
ninth verse:
Sons of the dark and bloody ground,
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the needless air.
Your own proud lands heroic soil
Shall be your bitter grave;
She claims from war his richest spoil
The ashes OF her brave.
1t is singular fact that the name Of Theo-
dore o'Hara does not appear in so-called
popular encyclopedias and dictionaries. Yet
1t is not difficult to find in them the names OF
men whose deeds are forgotten, while the
transcendent merit of OHara's poem grows
with the passing years. But the neglect or
oversight OF biograIhers does not affect pub
lie esteem or dim the luster OF his inspiring
lines. In every national cemetery dedicated
to the soldier dead bronze tablets contain
ing stanzas from the poem mark the walks,
and over the main gate at Arlington the
first verse is inscribed. Here they inspire
and will endure while the republic lives.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-02
A PERTINENT SUGGESTION.

The city council has properly tabled
the resolution directing the Board of
Education to submit to the council its
plans for regarding the High school
grounds. There is no doubt that under
the law the control of the ground Is
vested in the Board of Education.
1t would be eminently proper, how
ever for the Board of Education to con-
fer with the council and Board of Pub
lie Works before contemplated changes
in the grade of the High school square
are definitely agreed upon. Inasmuch
as these changes must affect the grade
OF the streets surrounding the square
the board should, as a matter Of pre-
caution IL not as a matter of necessity,
come 10 a full understanding with the
municipal authorities, who alone are
charged with the responsibility of es-
tablishing and changing street grades.
The disastrous effect of Independent
action by the school board may be seen
at several of the school building sites
which were raised or lowered regard
less of the street grades and thus had
either to be walled in at great expense
or are subject to periodic flooding, to
the detriment of the health of the teach
ers and pupils
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-02
THE N1CARAGuI CANAL REPORT

THE NICdHdGUA CdNdL IL hEfOhi.
The abstract given out by the State
department Of the report of the Walker
Nicaragua Canal commission Is not Of
much value as guide to public Opin-
ion 1t is merely statement Of the
route which the commission agreed
should be followed in the construction
of the canal, but the reasons for the
conclusion reached are not given and
until these are known judgment as
to the soundness of the commissions
recommendation cannot be formed. 1t
is stated that the surveys have in gen.
eral revealed better physical condi-
tions than were hitherto supposed to
exist, whereby it Is possible to greatly
reduce the estimated cost of construc-
ton.
In regard to the most important mat
ter of cost, however, the commission Is
not unanimous. The majority think
that a canal along the route recon-
mended can be built for not exceeding
a little over $11S,O00,000, while Colonel
Hains estimates that the cost would
exceed S134, 900 900, an amount slightly
in excess of the estimate of the Lud-
low commission. The latest estimate
of Colonel Hams is, however, consid-
erably less than that which he gave
year ago to a senate committee,
while Admiral Walker also reduced
the estimate he then gave, but Prof.
Haupt has largely increased his esti-
mate of year ago. 1t Is worth while
to note that between the lowest and
the highest estimates submitted to the
senate committee last June-those re-
spectively of Prof. Haupt and Colonel
Hains-the difference was $50, 900, 900.
ut Is now reduced to $4,000, 900, but
there has evidently been compromise,
so that little confidence can be placed
| in the revised figures. Admitting that
| the investigation by the Walker com.
| mission was somewhat more careful
| and thorough than that of the Ludlow
| commission, still the estimate of the lat
Hams, Is entitled to quite as much con-
| fidence as the estimate of the Walker
commission. All the estimates must be
| regarded as largely guesswork, but the
weight of expert opinion is ON the side
of the higher figures and there are
competent engineers who believe these
to be below wnat canal by the Mica
ragua route would cost
The report of the Walker commission
/ is not final. There Is to be another in
vestigation, authorized by the last con,
gress, which will include all of the
isthmian routes suitable for canals
The commission to make this investi
cation has not been officially an
nounced, but 1t will consist of seven
members and 1t is understood will EN-.
brace those of the present commission
The new commission is expected to in.
vestigate with especial care the Pan.
ANA route, where work is now In ac
tive progress and the promoters OF
which are said TO have ample capital
for completing the canal. The Panama
route has strong claims to considera
ton from n commercial point of view
and 1t is urged that the United States
can obtain all the privileges of this
route without any expenditure, If the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-02
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VIII RETAIN TITLE.

According to the latest information
from Washington and London in re.
gard to the Alaskan boundary issue ne.
gotlations are still in progress, but the
prospect, of reaching an understanding
does not appear to have improved.
From Washington II is reported that
the State department is not disposed
to question the accuracy Of the state.
ment made by Premier Laurier of Can.
ada In respect to the proposition made
in the joint high commission for ar.
bitrating the question, but it is pointed
out that the premier omitted any refer.
ence to what has taken place since the
adjournment of the commission, which
shows that our government has made
very earnest effort to reach a fair un.
derstanding, which might have been &C.
complished but for the attitude of the
Canadian government. The fact is
well attested that President McKinle,
has been most solicitous for fair ana
honorable arrangement looking to the
settlement of the boundary question.
1t Is authoritatively stated that he
uISeu lne american members or tile
commission to make every reasonable
concession and 1t Is said that the pro.
posals of this government to the British
government were regarded by the lat.
ter as eminently fair and just.
If these statements on behalf of our
government are well founded, which
there is no reason to doubt, the respon-
sibility for the existing situation rests
wholly with the Dominion government,
whose most remarkable demands 1t is
quite impossible for the United States
to accede to. Our government will re.
tain title to all territory that is indis-
putably American. The Canadian pre-
tension to any such territory Is utterly
preposterous and undoubtedly is so re.
garded by the British government. 1t
Is still to be hoped that the pending
negotiations will result in Il good un.
derstanding that will insure the early
settlement of this irritating issue, but
it will probably depend on Canada and
the position of that country Is not re-
assuring.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-02
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Senator Butler OF North Carolina is to
enter the law school OF the North Carolina
university next month.
This is the season when the only essential
article of clothing in the Philippines is
waterproof cartridge belt.
The New York definition of a sacred con-
cert now ts a vaudeville performance from
which hard drinks are excluded.
The Boston Democrat points out that, de-
spite the increasing heat in the Philippines,
Aguinaldo still continues to cut little ice.
Secretary Hollis of the American Peace
commission possesses what may prove
handy accomplishment. He writes equally
we'll with both hands.
If rum is to be fought with tea. as is
proposed in New York, the tea must be re-
enforced. Otherwise 1t will be like fighting
Mausers with bows and arrows.
David Rankin, the millionaire farmer Of
Missouri says that he began life with
Colt revolver and dollar bill. For me-"
he adds, there has always been an eleventh
commandment Thou shalt not sell corn "
Charles D. Poston, upon whom the terri
tory Of Arizona has Just conferred pension
OF s25 a month, is known as THE Father
Of Arizona" He was the first delegate to
congress from that section. He has been
a world wide traveller and Is fun OF stories
Of China sea pirates and how he governed
his little kingdom of Tubac.
The organization of so many industrial
combinations is adding materially to the
federal revenues under the stamp tax. The
great quantities of new securities issued all
have to be stamped, and 1t Is stated by the
internal revenue collector at New York that
the receipts OF his Office alone will be in
creased at least 900 from this cause.
Tom L. Johnson, the trolley car magnate
of Brooklyn and Cleveland, who was going to
inquish his business enterprises and de-
vote his millions to the development of the
single tax theory, is in London, and credited
with the intention OF going into electric
rapid transit for the English metropolis. He
will go before Parliament, 1t is said, with
plans for doing things on large scale.
The traditions of Yale university have
been smashed by the election Of Prof Had
ley as president of that institution. He Is
under 43 years old for one thing. Then he
is not a clergyman, which had hitherto
been regarded as an ironcfad qualification
in a presidency OF Yale. In addition to all
that, he Is not professor of Greek Latin,
philosophy or any of the so-cailed couture
branches Of education, but OF political sci
ence-the science of government in Its broad
sense.
For some weeks there has been almost
total absence of reports Of wealthy farmers
captured in their homes by robbers and re-
lieved of their valuables, but now comes
report from Binghamton, N. Y, of such
case, in which the thieves got $4,000 In cash
and $25, 900 In securities. II men Will keep
such sums about them, instead Of depositing
them In bank, they must expect that the
knowledge OF their boarding will become
public after which visit by burglars is
almost inevitable.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-02
THE WHEAT PROSPECT.

The time Is at hand for discussing
the wheat prospect and the matter Is
one of no little interest. Last years
wheat crop was the largest on record
and 1t is not expected that this years
yield will equal 1t. Indeed those who
give careful attention to this matter ex-
press no doubt that the production OF
wheat in the United States in 1900
will fall considerably short of the un-
precedented yield of 1898, but 1t is a
question whether the deficiency will be
greater than the excess production of
last year which will be carried over
into the crop of the present year. The
foreign crop conditions are reported TO
be fair. though damage has been done
to wheat in Russia, In the Danubian
provinces, in the Argentine and in In
dia. How serious this damage Is, how
ever, cannot now be determined. Judg-
ing from the best available information
the countries of Europe will generally
have better crops this year than last,
so that there Is not likely TO be con-
tinuance of such activity In the Euro
pean demand for American wheat as
that which has given this country a
commanding position in the markets
during the past two years.
In regard to the important question
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-02

Of the future price OF wheat, It is OF
course not possible now to make re.
liable prediction. If there is reduced
crop here and the foreign yield is not
greatly increased, the price Of wheat
is not likely to go below the present
figures, but we can do nothing better
than to conjecture and there is no sat.
isfsction in this. One thing may be re-
garded as assured which is that there
will be a sufficient wheat supply to
meet the worlds demands and the i'm.
mediate prospect is that bread will not
be materially If at all dearer in price
than it is at present. We take 1t that
the American wheat growers will be
pretty we'll satisfied If the average
prices Of this year shall be maintained
another year.