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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
OVERLAND STOCK WIRE.
House II $50, OOO-Cable Arbi-
$. TRACE Business.

A large Chinese grain and stock
brokerage firm has leased a private
telegraph wire from Chicago to San
Francisco, says the Inter Ocean. The
firm already had private wire from
this city to New York, so that it now
controls for it's own exclusive use a
wire service Of 5000 miles from ocean.
to ocean. Some idea Of the profits
that such Arm must obtain by
means Of their private-wire service
may be gained by the fact that the.
1,000-mile section of wire from this
city to New FORK costs $4,000 annu-
ally, which would indicate a total for.
the entire 5000 miles Of about $4,000
Another form of wire service that
yields large revenue to the ocean cable
companies is that which IS associated
with the arbitrage trading, based.
upon multaneous varying quotations
for the same stocks in this city and
New York and London. The average
time for the round trip, Or for an ar
bitrage order to London and the ans
swer telling of it's execution ia the
market there, is between four and one
half and five minutes. There have
been messages sent UNDER exceptio
condit ions IS the record time Of three
and one-half minutes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
A IAN NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean. .*
HAPPENINGS IN THE FA1HERLAyD.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
X. North Sea Within Week
II r5y,. sOr So Just Past. =

q Denmark has national debt of about
$S6,OOOO 600; Norway about $4,000, 900. The
national debt of Denmark was, contracted
to large extent by the war of 1864.
Denmark Is by far the richer of the two
countries, and her railway system is al
most complete. while Norway must pay
out tens of millions of kroner before her
proposed railways are completed. A large
proportion of the Danish bonds are held
by Danes. while practically all the Nor
Wegtan bonds are in the hands of for
eigners The national debt of Sweden Is
$76.GoO.O oO. In proportion to the popula-
ton the national debt of Sweden is only
one-half as large as that of Norway, and
goodIy proportion of the Swedish bonds
are In the hands of Swedes. Sweden,
too, has completed all her great railway
lines. except the Ofoten line. These fig
ures show that the Norwegian tax
payer will have at least twice as heavy
burdens to carry as those of his neigh
bors, and Norwegian newspaper makes
the following apt remarks: 1--WE need
able financiers to point out the way
through this wilderness. We must seek
consolation in history, which proves that
an energetic people can surmount difficult
ties OF this kind, and we must take hold
of the problem with determination and
perseverance"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
TATTOOED WITH PORTRAITS.
Many Soldiers Have Portraits OF
Their Sweethearts Pricked
Into Their Backs.

The American soldiers leaving San
Francisco for the Philippines are re.
sponsible for an entirely new lovers
idea, says an exchange of that city.
They have the por traits of their sweet.
hearts skillfully tattooed upon their
backs. "Prof" Jake Londella is the
man who makes living by tattooing
the faces of infatuated folks upon each
others backs. Londella's business
brings him in contact with men, WON.
en- and children. Women are his best
customers. Says he, regarding his pc.
culiar mission:
During the war I tattooed many a
soldiers photo upon his sweetheart's
arm, and the soldier often had her
picture or name written by herself re-
produced upon his breast. Many Brit
ish soldiers have had the portraits OF
their wives or sweethearts tattooed on
the back before going to South Africa
It is fad with the officers especially
I know one who has the portraits OF
two girls tattooed upon" his breast
with their names beneath them.
'You would be surprised to know
how many women bare their necks anC
arms for the needles. It is becoming
fad here just as it did in London years
ago.
eyes, woman is usually scared when
she sees the instrument and ink, but
she gives me less trouble than a man
when she discovers that tattooing does
not hurt much after all. Last week
spent half day working on the arm OF
a bride-to-be. Years ago she had
mans name placed there. had to OBJ
literate it by filling in with flower de.
sign. She said it would never do fol
the groom to know about the othe,
man.
'Here is list of the designs tat
tooed upon the limbs not long ago OF
Mrs. Frank Caldwell, the actress:
Snake, horses, peacock, butterflies
flowers, anchor, parrots, ockatoo.
checkered stockings, necklace, eagles
stars, flag, hearts, shields, leaves and
fam"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Sure, Pat, and why are ye eyearfn'
yer coat buttoned up loike that on
q warm day loike this % .Faith, yer
reverence, to hoide the shirt Oh haven't
got on."-Punch. s.# EFF.
Judge-"Prisoner at the bar, stand
up" Prisoner (thickly Excuse me,
your honor, but I've been standing up
at SO many bars that I am quite UNI
able to comply with, your request
Baltimore American.
Mrs. Gallagher-"An' phwat1l Oh do
a. all, Moike? This machine only
goes up to Is shtone, an Dim Is
shtone if Dim an ounce" Gallagher
-"Get on twoice, Bridget, an add up
tn totals. '-Glasgow Evening Times:
A Falling Out -" And why did you
leave your last placer" "Cook an me
had fallin' out, men," 81 don't see
why you should leave for little thing
like that" .But we fell out o. tn
thirdrstory window, mem."-Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
: ''What will I get here for 1unch?''
asked the man at the restaurant
counter. "There's the bill of fare"
answered the man in the white coat,
"you can order what you want. I'm
not saying what you will get."-Indi-
annapolis News.
'Can you tell me which mushrooms
are poisonous and which are not?"
asked the young woman. 81 can," an
swered the young man who never adj
mits he doesn't know. "How?'' ''By
reading the papers next morning.
Washington Star.
Old Gentleman-"And have you any
brothers or sisters, my little man?"
Bobby-"Yes, sir. got one sister an
one an half brothers." Old Gentle
man - what" Bobby Yes, sir.
Two half-sisters and three half-broth.
ers. "-Philadelphia Press.
"Have you reason to think the pris-
oner drinks?" inquired the prose-
cutor. 81 never saw him drink" re-
piled the witness with engaging
frankness, sbut T remember he once
asked me why built my fence square
~ across the sidewalk, and then i'm
mediately afterwards tried to walk
over two-story billboard"
delphia Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

AS it stands to-day Mr.. Mckinley
is by act of congress autocrat of Porto
Rico and by the inaction of congress
absolute despot of the Philippines
Boston Post.
We haven't heard about the
frauds in the Philippines. The censor
still takes care to 'let nothing go
through that will hurt the administra-
tion."-Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat.
u President McKinley's hand is to
be the one to return the rebel flags that
were captured in battle during the civil
war. Where is Foraker? Where are
the other pot-valiant patriots who de-
nounced Cleveland as a traitor for pre-
suming to suggest such a thing mil
waukee Journal. f .sas5. .:s.SS# ts..5..2
The American people will hold
Mr.. Mckinley responsible for the fact
that the trusts are now the dominant
factor in this government. They are
resolved to overcome the trust evil
and to punish the party Of the trusts.
They know that this is imperative
if true Americanism is to survive.
They know that to control and regu-
late the trusts they must retire Mr..
Mckinley from the presidency Of the
United States. st. Louis Republic.
The trust organs Of the country
are congratulating themselves that
democratic opposition to trusts will
be crippled by the ice trust corruption
in New York city. Fortunately the
New York ice trust cuts little ice
with the democra tic party, except to
make it more determined to- suppress
these evils. The democratic party has
its scoundrels, but it does not defend
them, and it does not propose to let
them control it in regard to trusts.
indianapolis Sentinel.
The price Of wheat and corn and
cotton and other products which the
United States exports in large quanti-
ties is hxed in the markets Of Europe,
where Mckinley does not rule. Amer
lean markets are based on Liverpool
markets, and the latter are independ-
.ent of the action Of republi legis-
.1ation. Mckinley has no more TO do
with the high or low price Of farm
products than he has with the food
or drought Or the coming of frost
sarly 81 late. Helena Independent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11

Hyssop Does your wife make any fuss
when you bring home one Of your friends:
TO dinner without giving her previous no.
tice - Birden- Oh, no, she never makes.
any fuss until after my friend has gone. -
Boston Transcript.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
WHAT THE PEOPLE PAY.
Taxes for the Republican Policy OF
Imperialism Wrung from
WOrklngmen.

The first session of the Fifty-sixth
congress ended with record for ex-
travagance with the peoples money
which will not soon be forgotten. The
appropriations made at this session ag-
gregate $710, 1000, 900 iii round numbers,
of which $114,220, 095 is for the army
and SOS, $3.50, 916 for the navy. These two
items must be credited to our imperial
policy. heyindicate very plainly what
our heavily taxed people may expect in
the future if this policy is continued.
According to Representative Living
ston, no part of the cost of warships re-
Gently authorized by congress and es-
timated at $56,0OO,000, appears in the
total of appropriations made at this
session. In addition there is no appro.
priation for river and harbor improve
ments, with the exception of a few
small items, nor is any provision made
for public buildings or for the payment
of claims against the government. If
the senate had followed the lead of the
house and passed the Nicaragua canal
bill, with. it's provision for an .expendi-
ture of s141 ,OOO.O 900 for the .construc-
ton of the canal, and If the usual APP
preparations for river and harbor i'm
.provements, public buildings and the
payment of claims had been made, the
total expenditures authorized at this
session would have aggregated $780,
729, 476. It is not surprising, therefore,
that, as much as they desired to pass
the ship subsidy bill, the republican
leaders, after securing favorable re-
port on it in both houses, postponed
final action until the next session Of
congress. This measure authorizes
bounties aggregating $12o, 1000, 900.
The sapppepriations at the first session
show an increase, as Mr.. Livingston
points out, all along the line, while
large amounts that must be met have
been withheld until the next session. Z
when il is probable the expenditures
will be equally extrayagant. The re-
publicans are fast reaching the point
when .billion-do llar congress" will
be regarded as an economical body,
and .billion-and- -hal f'' st atesmen will
be the rule, rather than the exception.
The people are not likely to overlook
the fact that the money which con-
.gressis spending vii = such lavish hand
IS taken from heir pockets BY q system
5of excessive taxa Il Bal timore Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
A Literary Help.

a Literary Help
Cannibd King Ito poet laureate w hats
wrong with that coronation ode? Can't you
finish it IS
& Iaureate-I can't get enough feet i the
last stanzas.
f6cer Of the guard, 60 out and cnt'
enough feet of those slaves to supply the
poet laureate peeds. Il shall never be said
that King Oombalo nskago did not encour-
age literature to the limit. Baltimore
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
PROFITS IN MARITIME TRADE
Tramp Steamers Make More Money
Than the Finely Appointed :.
81. b. Ocean Liners. 81. IS

It is fact worthy of note in Eng.
lish maritime experience that the
great passenger steamship companies
are not those which are the most prof.
liable sea-going enterprises; The Lon.
don Economist has recently given the
net profits for several of these lines
for last year and the year precedi1zz.
Thus the Cunard company paid IN
dividends to it's stockholders in the
year 1898 three and one-half per cent
and in 1899 five per cent. The Royal
Mail paid in each of these two years
five per cent, and we imagine that, il
they had been given, the dividend
showings of the P. and O. would not
have been greatly better than this
The intimations is given that during
the present year profits will be less
for the reason that there has been q
great advance in the price of fuel suf-
ficient in a large company to almost
eat up a low rate of dividend. -,
The tonnage that has proved most
profitable to British sshipowners has
been that of the tramp variety, where
high speed is not an object, and where
tits not necessary to employ and pay
wages to those whose. main duty it is
to tidy up the ship and. polish the
brass work. There were quite q num-
Der Of these English tramp steamers
that paid last year to their owners 20
or 80 per cent. dividend on the cost of
the same. Of course, part of. this.
income in shipping property has to be
set aside for depreciation and repairs,
but in the cases we have reference to
these dividends were earned and paid
after q seasonable amount had been
deducted to make good these two
charges. s @s==
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11

The rest Of the trouble appears
to be. the inability Of the Mckinley adj
ministration to max head against the
5spoils system to which tbs committed.
Its the same trouble that Imperialism
has had 81 every insta lance in the history
OF theworld. Boston Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11
W. E.xli.h Fabric. Are superior,

WHY Enxlish Fabrics Are superloF.
& The superiority Of textile fabrics
made in Bradford, England, is due to
their finish, in which regard, American
fabrics are lacking. The Bradford SUI
periority is due in great measure to the
damp climate, wool absorbing the
moisture md acquiring softness not
otherwise obtainable.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11

loss the amount of bank-created credit
circulating in the market is diminished.
An elaborate essay might be written
in illustration of the statement con-
tanned in these few sentences, but it is
unnecessary just yet. Our immediate
object is to point out that the shrink
age in the market price-not alone of
the miners and bubble industrial or
other trading companies whose names
we have cited-is having direct influ-
ence in curtailing resources of our
banking institutions as whole. AS
sumo, for the sake of argument, that
the total depreciation has reached
s 100000, 900, and it follows inevitably
that no small portion of this has pro-
duced an unfavorable effect upon bank
ing resources. If consols have depre-
ciated upwards of s so 900, 900, from the
highest price of last year, and upwards
of & 26, O00, 900 since the LIST of July last,
it follows that whatever amount Of
sconsols has been utilized for creating
credit is to the extent of this depre-
citation less efficient than it was. When
sconsols were at Ill borrower could
obtain perhaps credit to the extent Of
e1O5 upon each & 100 nominal Of the
stock lodged. Now that they are down
at par he cannot get more than IS adj
vanced from his banker. It results
that III this and similar examples the
resources Of banks are being curtailed,
and with them the money Of the mar
5ke5 that banks create. From this
source arises no small portion Of. the
5hardupness now felt il our money
market Bankers have less money
Is lend III consequence Of the deprecia-
ton Of the securities utilized with them
TO create credit, and il proportion as
their means decrease through falling
prices do the difficult ties Of the market
grow. AT d point these difl1cul ties must
produce som where inability to pay,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-24

-ss5z @s83xo; receipts. 1854: exports,
SIS, ia bushels; southern white and yel-
low corn 40@41c.
Oats, firm; No. 2 white STA @32c;
No. 2 mixed 29@291zc.
Hay, firm; No. / timothy $1,000.
Cheese, butter and eggs, firm and un-
changed.
CINCINNATI. February 23.-Flour.
dull.
Wheat, quiet; No. 2 red 73c.
Corn, firm, higher; No. 2 mixed 36c.
Oats, steady; No. 2 mixed 26c.
Rye, firm; No. 3, 63c.
Lard, quiet at $50.
Bulk Meats, easier at $605.
Bacon, lower at $3.50.
Whisky, active at $1.23h.
Butter, steady.
Sugar, firm.
Eggs, easier at 121ac.
Cheese, steady.
Wheat, weak and lie lower; contract
grade February 711a@72Ac.
Corn, steady but quiet; No. 2 mixed
February 39A @40c.
Oats, quiet but steady.
Butter, unchanged; fancy western
creamery 251sc; do. prints &c.
Eggs, firm and in good demand;
fresh nearby 13c; do. western 13c.
Cheese, firm.
Sugar, refined, quiet and firm.
TOLEDO, O., February 23.-Wheat.
No. cash 7O%c; May 121sc; July
7o1ac. I
Corn, No. mixed 36c.
Oats, No. 2 mixed FAC.
Rye, No. cash 5S7ac.
Cloverseed, prime cash old $3.50;
February new s5.571a; March $3.50.
Oil, North Lima s1.26; South Lima
S121; Indiana S1.21.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-24
DUN's REVIEW OF TRADE.

NEW YORK, February 2S.-R. g.
Dun rs Co.'s Weekly Review OF Trade
to morrow will say;
Prices in material are yielding. It
not the best news possible for some
SPECTATORS, it is the best that could
come for the country, since industries
could not long prosper without reac-
ton from the extreme prices caused by
actual or supposed scarcity OF mater
ials last year. Some help comes from
new iron furnaces that have opened or
approach completion, and from the
famine in India which sends hither
such loads of hides; some from the
much increased fiocks of sheep which
have weathered the winter, and some
from the opening of the new iron, zinc
and copper mines. The causes are
many, but the revision of quotations
gives promise of greater activity in all
the chief industries.
The great iron industry mas been en-
barrassed by prices for pig and billets,
which were no longer sustained by the
gradually yielding price of products.
Considerable transactions are now re-
ported at Philadelphia 81 to $3.50 per
ton below recent quotations. At Pitts
burg 10000 tons OF Bessemer have been
sold and $4,000 tons billets, both iron
and steel being reported 81 per ton
lower. The new furnaces supplying
foundry iron have been competing
Sharply at the east, and small sales of
Bessemer have been made, for Pitts
burg delivery at so to 65 cnts below
previous quotations. Sheets are
strengthened there by the new combi-
nations, though it does not embrace
some large works, but with this addi-
ton of 100000 tons yearly and it's sales
to the hoop and tin plate companies,
the National Steel Company has Sc
cured large and rich mines in Mime
sofa. Plates are still weak, as. most
consumers are provided far ahead, but
the Pacific orders at the east for $500
tons of bridge work covers 1000 tons,
and the Chicago and Northwestern has
placed orders TO the east for $500 tons
OF bridge work. Rail mills are full but
have taken a small contract for export,
and better business enables tin plate
works which have been idle TO resume.
Failures in three weeks have been
$724l ,230, against S7,129,780 last year
and $685. 39 in 1898, but in the prev
lous years they exceeded $4,000, 600.
manufacturing were $2,S56,535, against
$3,643,S64 last year, and. trading were
$3,822,930, against $3,237, 472 last year.
Failures for the week have been in the
United States 201, against 19l last year,
and SO in Canada, against 40 last year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-24
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, February 2a-Cattle--
Choice cattle, nominally steady; 9TH
ers steady to slow. Texans, firm.
Good cows about steady; others 10c
lower. Gamers, strong. Stockers and
feeders, active and about steady.
Good to choice $5.00@5.85; poor to
medium s4O0@4.75; mixed stockers
$3.40@3S0; feeders $4.25@4.75; good
to choice COWS $3.50@4.25; heifers
$3.25@4.60; Gamers $225@290; bulls
$2.6O0425; calves $5.00@8.00. Texas
fed beeves $4.00@5.00.
Hogs, active to strong; top $4.97R;
good clearance. Mixed and butchers
$4.70@4.95; good heavy $4.S5@4.971s;
rough heavy $4.70@4S0; light $4,000
4.85; bulk of sales $4.80@4.90.
Sheep, steady. Lambs, strong. Ma
tive wethers sa0o@5.S0: western
wethers s50O@5.75; lambs 5000
7.15; western lambs s6.00@7.05.
Receits-Cattle, 5000 head; hogs.
$4,000 head; sheep, 5000 head.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, February 3d.
Cattle steady at unchanged prices.
Hogs, slow and lower. Prime med
iums $5.15; best Workers s5.10@5.121a;
light Workers $5.9O@5.O5; heavy hogs
s5.O5@5.1O; pigs s4.70@4.90; roughs
$3.50@4.75.
Sheep, firm; choice wethers $3.50
SIS; common $300@.00; choice
lambs $715@725; common to good
$5.15@710.
Veal calves $7Q00725.
CINCINNATI, February 23.-Hogs,
lower at $4.25@5.00.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-24
Mining Stocks.
PRODUCE

CHICAGO, February 23.-The enor-
nous export business done by Argen-
tina last week was the dominant fac
tor in wheat to-day, May closing 11s@
15sc under Wednesday. The other
markets were depressed by the wheat
weakness. May corn closed A05sc,
and Max oats shade lower. Provis-
ions at the close were 21a @1212c down.
The news from Argentina held the
center of the bulletin board on the
Board of Trade to-day. Other bear
ish news was merely subsidiary to it..
The shipments from Argentina, $780,
coo bushels, were exceeded only twice
last year, and have not been exceeded
often in the history of the commerce
of that country. In consequence May
wheat opened 5sc under Wednesday at
6?B@67Ac. The price touched 60
671sc, and later 67Ac, between which
quotations it fluctuated for two hours.
Then the descent began. Under pres
sure of foreign selling and bull liqui-
dation with scarcely any outside de-
mand, the price of May was forced
steadily down to e6Ac, at which the
market for that option closed, lament
ably weak and 11a@15sc under We'd
nesday. New York reported twelve
loads taken for export. Atlantic port
clearances in wheat and -four were
equal to 10000 bushels. Primary re-
ceipts for two days were 1.074 900
bushels, against 652,0OO bushels last
year. Minneapolis and Duluth report
ed $40 cars, compared with 5S1 last
week and sos year ago. Receipts
here were 112 cars. none of contract
grade.
Corn was inclined towards firmness.
but finally succumbed to the wheat
weakness. Trade generally was quiet.
Country offerings were fair, but the
shipping demand was poor The crowd
was ready to buy at the least encour-
agement, and did hoist May up a bit
while wheat was making its early
struggle against further loss. The re-
port that there were 42S,000 more corn
eating cattle in the country now than
year ago caused some heavy buying
from the provisions pit, which was in
fluential N the bulge. Much of this
was let out again later in sympathy
with wheat. Receipts here were 95.
cars. May ranged from $3.50 to S4ss
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-24
RAILROADS.
THE
Burlington Route
The BeSt Lime


WEST. From ST. Louis or Chicago
to Kansas City, st. Joseph, Oma ha,
Nebraska, Denver, Utah, Pacific
Coast-TWO TRAINS DAILY. Weekly
California excursions.
NORTHWEST: To Black Hills,
Montana, Washington, Puget Sound
via st. Louis and the short Billings
route-5O to 500 miles saved. Tour
Kansas City to Seattle.
NORTH AND NORTHWEST: Via St.
Paul and Minneapolis-three trains
daily from st. Louis, two trains dali
ly from Chicago.
HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS to
the West and Northwest.
1850 MILES OF STANDARD RAIL-
ROAD. The Main Travelled Road
through the Corn Belt.
Wide VestibuIed, Pintsch lighted,
complete trains of chair cars (seats
free). Pullman sicepers. Dining car
service on most trains.
All Ticket Agents can ticket via
the Great Burlington Route.
Write
w. NJ. SHAW, Div. Pass Agent,
400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, o.
L. w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agent,
st. Louis, Mo.
HOWARD ELLIOTT, Gen. Manager,
st. Louis, Mo. wed,sat