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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-02
MARKET FOR SPOT WAS QUIET.
Offerings Were Poor and Better Grades
Were Scarce.

O''G'''lSS WIZ w. 1870
Were scarce.
New Orleans, april 1.-The market i&
spot cotton was very quiet today ias
ouer'ngs were poor ana the better grades
which were principally in request wels
especially scarce and buyers were inennsa
to nolu UaCk because OF tue present "
parentiy unsettled condition OF safes iu
contract. There was good bit OF tfauss
done after hours on saturday tnat w.
heip 10 swell rodays record OF safes, w
This mornings unsatisfactory opening y
the contract market had the effect Of w
couraglns buyers ana despite the suoss
quent rally in prices for deliveries on po,a
SIDES of the Atlantic, the element OF cav
tlon held full sway, sales today, 2iUu pa'ts,,
including 100 to arrive. Prices uncninsts
except Tor good middling. which was ~
vanced l-16c. Trading IN contracts na ~,
confined almost entirely to May ana guy
engagements, but in those months tarr
was u fairly good movement. AT the on.
set conditions were altogether favorsple y
the short side of the market, the turtle.
decline of l-32d in Liverpool spots ana ias
opening loss of 1-64d in the Engllsh ma.
ket FOR futures, influencing first deciln na.
10 points all along the line here. Dry
with tine rally at Liverpool. where tas
closing marked a net gain for the day y
l'bid TO lid, a sharp buying movemfn'
set IN on this side and prices worked "
steadily to the close, the market showing
net gain of to points above sa'u'
days closing.
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feeIino Not So One-sided.

cnrgii d Richardson say OF cotton In
their circular OF yesterday:
Liverpool was about 2G4th lower at one
time this morning, but Improved later on
the strength shown In our markets. closing
prices being Js64d 10 Lad higher. SpOts
were reduced l.i2d on SUES OF 900 bales
10 Sppncrs. our markets opened about >
points down. hut good buying was quickly
In evidence and prices rracted sharply
May selling from ~ TO ass Ia n rompar
atively short time. After the high point
was reached n slight reaction occurred. but
the market displayed considerable strength,
closing to up In New York and 4 10 Z
up In New Orleans. Spots unchanged. The
movement does not show any signs of de-
.crcaslng, IN fact estimates at Houston and
New Orleans for tomorrow were fully
double the amount received on CORE
spending day last year. but these facts
were apparently ignored, and 70 a casual
Observes II would seem rs though the mar
kut had simply become ovcrsnld and WHOM
shorts attempted 10 cover sellers were
scarce. There IL, however, Il feeling ilat
present prices discount much OF hcarish
nature. and 1t might bc said the feeling
is not nearly onc-sldoh as has been the
rule lately. Tho demand from abroad dors
iot appear M al pressing but. on the other
hand. tho interior docs moi seem nciinct
10 offer TOO freely. Liverpool Is due 10 be
up tomorrow.
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New York. April / Flour Receipts %.
un; wheat S6,500; exports 1906. spot
easy; No. . red SlTS fob. ahoat and Sos
elevator; No / Northern S0lS fob. ahoat;
No | hard a9Ns fob, afloat; options weak
May. TaAs. July TON. September IaiS HAY
steady. Hides Arm. Leather steady. Wool
quiet
Kansas City. April Wheat May 66Is;
July 66lsil5I; cash No, hard 6adIOi6: No.
rea lGM72, Corn MAY 2o7s; July iOIs
cash Ne. mixed ~; No white 50 oats.
No. > white este, Receipts wheat los. COO;
corn 2i60o; oats i2,OO0. Shipments Wheas
5000, corn l6no; oats 5000
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COFFEE.

New York, April L. Coffee-spot kls
dnll' No. ! invoice SIS. Mild-Quiet; .e y,
unchanged prices: ruled quiet hut partially
NalO points higher. and closed sIesu,,
with prices unchanged TO 10 points w., ",
higher. Total sales 1880, including wy
.. 50' June $50; July 5.65: Sepleli,.,ss..
5.13; October 3 so: November 5.S0 W
cember 5.B5; January 500.
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LOCAL TRADE REVIEW.
Meat and Hog Products Steadily lncteas
ina in Cost,


The price Of meat, and In fact, Of Al
hog products has been steadily advantin,
for several weeks. except at times whi
the steady advance gave way 10 the ID
vance that came in leaps and bounds
While the increase has been the greatest
in hog products. beef and other meats hlyt
also grown dearer.
Bacon is quoted today at prices nc
27sc higher than it was on April 2, lNl
while lard has scored a corresponding ID
vance.
This being the case. the farmer vac hn
to buy his meat and who is now contfn
plating Increasing his cotton acreage has I
rather gloomy prospect before him. eF
pecially since meat is expected to 20 STU
higher.
The upward trend Of meats is felt u
Houston as well as elsewhere. local PACKER
having Increased the price several umi
OF late. the last increase coming yesIse
day.
u few crates of strawberries were Is'
ceived yesterday. The market has not ye1
opened in earnest, but dealers are 1901
lhl Tor good supply OF berries towar'
Tue emu o. tlc Week.
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AMMUNITION Powder. per key, $4oo;
blasting powder, Sl,ta per keg; urOp shot,
per sack, Sl.45; buck Si.GO,
BACON Extra short clear, In sacks NlSe:
regulars Toe; boxed lic higher; bellies, 1914
6tlNa.c.
RANGING AND TIES Ranging OH
T&c; ai4-lh Sic. Arrow ties less than chr
load lots, from Houston. 81 40.
CANDY Stick wrapped. basis -, 6isTl
CSC per 10; No l. fun weight basis 81
T4lTisc- per ih special slses nc higher,
CANpLEs-star. full weight. ioise;
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SUGAR..

New Orleans. April 1.--Sugar-ouiet; oP y.
Kettle S4M3A: open kettle centrifugal ~
M4h; centrifugal yellow 4lt@4 9-l6' sec rps,ls
3@3 1916 Molasse-Firm; open ke'''
Sd17. -.
fair refining 3 1882: centrifugal 70 VA
Z 1,32d4 l-16: molasses sugar S9-S2gS v"s
Rehned-Steady.
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DRUGS AM cHEMtCALs.

Quuiuc, 45Gi7c per ounce hottie: NOR.
phinc, 50 3lq255 per ounce; cocaine, 81 20
per ounce; horaN, size per pound in lUl-
castor oil, $3.50 rcr gallon in 3 gator
packages, epson salts, Sis per huudrcd
IN barrels; alcohol S2.T0d3.0G per gallon:
sulphur S26 per 100 In barrels; alum
2lsC per pound In barrels; saltpeter. &c per
pound In barrels. camphor, zoe: wood alec
hol, $l0o; gum opium. Sass; powdered
opium, SAS5; cAibolic acid. 40n42 per
pound In bottles calcium carbide. 50, 20
per cwt., delivered Texas common railway
points.
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Financial Gable.

New York. April 1.-The Commerci"i o"
vertisers London financial cabl'srain Say .
The stock market here was oniy mo v dnne
was mainly in the American department.
American stocks were supported ~ sp'e 10
ties. particularly the Atchison, lhi"h
clfc issues and ST. Paul.
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DRIED Fruits AND NrTs.

APPLIES Fancy evapornted. 5nlb boxes.
6l,c, lib cartons, &c; choice cvnporated tic.
ArRlCoTS Per H. loose, Toe
ClTRON-lu lob boxes. lSc
CURRANTS- hbls l3l2c; 25-lh boxes,
cleaned, bulk, lac, l-lh cartons l5c.
DATES-l-lh packages, Toe; 6o-lb boxes,
&c
FIGS California. 12hc; imported 800
lSc.
PEACHES Choice new stock, SIZE
boxes. S225: J.. box l., /. ralsins. 65d75c:
2crown l., NJ raisins aOlb boxes. SnSl4c:
3 crown !. NJ raisins, 50.lh boxes, Sc.
&c: 70 SOS &C. 81 ao w." 5,,c; 9oSio6s &C. VS.
NUTS Rrnzil. lac per III; hlbertS. Sicily,
l3c' Walnuts, l4Gl5c; peanuts fancy hand
picked, @6lsc No. >, Nd5p9c; almonds,
Tarngona, lSc 10 In sacks, Italian chest
nuts l0c; pecans. selected, loc large, Ia
l5c, medium, 6GIc.
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West shore As blal ..................1loA
New York Money

N-w York. April Mooney on call nrn'
or 2isa3is per cont: last loan per cent
Prime mercantile paper si4n4h per cent
egorit,r axcberye Arm with actual busl-
ness IN bsukers bills 4 sSAni ss's TOT
demand and nj 4 So for sixty days Sin, postssaa
rates 4 s5lbGf4 SO Commercial nil l, 80
"A S4l5 Silver certificates 1r'4HoIi o,,,,,.
silver 5qis. Mexican dollars asa. uo'r III
ment bonds weak state bonds hrm' r"''
road bonds irregular.
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but later tho arbitrage brokers were sellers.
Considerable cotton was bought IN the
afternoon on expectation Of better values
tomorrow. The volume OF business as
whole was moderate aud reflected canton,
receipts being Still large with the senii'
weekly Increment estimated AZ $4,000 bales
against 10000 last year.
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London ConsoIs.

London. April 1.-Consols for money
SIS o rs; for account 95Is Bar silver nat
o. q ted nor ounce Money per cent.
The rate of discount in the open muiKSI
tor short bills 3%m3%. three months pi'is
z a-1CIn3as ppr cent.
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Carload lots. + . h cars from miilers
dealers charge fIom stove 50lloc more per
l0O lbs on bran. 20Sc per hushel ON oats
aud corn, and l0di5c per 100 lbs on hay.
WHEAT SHORTS Per 100 pounds. 9oSl
LEO.
CoRN-No. , sacked. a2lsa53Isc.
CORN CHoPS-Mixed and pure, 9S9oSc.
oArS-3iisi36c per hushel.
HAN-Alfalta, ST.. T06lS,0O; choice timo-
thy, S15TS1lGO0, South Texas prairie
hay SS,5OdToo North Texas and Terri
tory hay, $9ooal2o0
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

New York. April 1.-Clesrings SlS9' e.
7a3; balances S7.7s7ioo.
Paris. April Three per cent rentes
101f 22ikc for the account
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Difference 6s3i 9,2ll ADOBE
ComparatiNe SPOT Markets.
METALS.

New York April l. Tin firm at 2GON,I
IS ~; spelier Arm az 300a3.p5; lake cop.
per unchanged al ll.ou; lead unchanged;
pig iron warrants dull az aa08lo.50
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Dry Goods.

New York, April / The market FOR dry
goods opened the week quietly. There has
been no Improvement Ia the demand 10 any
direction nor any material change In prices
of brown blonchcd or coarse colorcd cot
tons. Underwear and hosiery dull
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wool

81 Louis. April H. Wool dull. quiet on
medium and easier strong IN amer grades.
medium grades l2@1sib; light me l2aLS;
heavy hne lo4l2; tub washed l7G2T
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3 az y ST 4 4 rcr acceptable IdsH
4 WA I'VE State if patented.
4 WAM w AEH THE PATENT RECON-
ID snssszknxaz2 Baltimore. Nd. n

Choice muttons ............ 3 10 d4M
Coru fed hogs, tops, 100 lbs.
up .......,................4 rs a5y
Cornfed. lights and rough. 4 % AN
Mastfed hogs ............... 90 d3 50
Market steady on all classes of chela
cattle early arrivals will find ready uA
Fat corn-fed hogs wanted.
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Current Quotations on Round Lots OF
Staple Commodities.

These quotations are revised daily and
their correctness can be relied upon The
prices arc those ruling In Houston whole.
sale markets
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pDutrc

APPLES New York Raldwins. s4.O0n
4Su; California hox, 81 50d1.TS,
BANANAS 81 7Sd2,O0 per bunch, packed.
CRANRENRlES Cape Cod, crate. So, ~
GRAPES Malaga, half barrel full
weight S6.7IaITi 30
LEMONS California. extra fancy. Se.I5d
500 per box; Messlnas, SS50SIa.I5.
ORANGES Navels. S2.50I2,1o.
STRAWBERRIES on market.
S4,T5@5,0o per crate.
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corToN SEQ PRODUCTS.

T. o. r. mill Texas interior points, ac-
cOrdlng to location: Per gallon.
Primo crude oil. loose. % al ~
Prime summer yellow oil. nj q 26i5
Lintcrs, per pound .,..,.. y q SS
Per ton.
IIullS. halcd .... 81 %
Prime cotton seed meal, Sal 90 al -
Prime cotton seed cake. II 90 m2l -
Cotton seed az stations, IL 40 @l2 no
Quotations on prime cotton seed meal
and prime GOTTEN seed cake are for deliy'
cry AT Galveston.
Cotton Seed Oil.
New York April LECTION seed oil arm:
prime crude 81 prime yellow 50.
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wheat 10. spring eoa72'g No red
7psM7d&
corn No. . ~: No yellow g.
oats No. . St@2iil: 80 - white 29i.a
2u9,; No 3 white 2SAu2Nig
Rye No. 81.
BARLEY Good feeding - fair TO choice
mailing ipGi5S.
FloN seed No. 80; NO, 1 Northwest
ern | 81
Timothy seed Prime { Ia.
Mess pork Fer bhl II 5u6I IS
Lard Per 100 lbs 5 i2lsmS. ~.
Short rib sides Loose :, i0tiS 80
Dry sailed shoulders -BoNcd 6Nd67S
Short clear sides BoNcd 5, ioQS so
v hlsky-BaslS of high wines per gallon
~
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SHIPMENTS FROM VICTORIA.

Victoria Texas. April 1.-Baldridge Bros
and 7 II Austin each shipped a car OF
horses from Clip to Wagner, r., Mon
day, 10 he used in herding the stock cattle
they will begin shipping to that section
next week
Richardson and Windsor. who have been
supplying the rice farms in Matagorda
county with mules, received another ear
lest Monday at Pierce
Branch Bros shipped a car Of calves
frum Louise to New Orleans Tuesday
Nj j Rnthwell who is buying horses
n this section for the English army, ship
lcl two cars Tuesday from Victoria IL
hort Worth.
5. b Holt shipped two single deck car'
Of sheep from Van Week to uniontown
Kan, saturday.
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NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans, April THE New Orleans
live stock exchange reports:
!, Receipts S,1,. si-Cattle 26s; calves and year.
Sales.-Cattle PA; calves ana veorurrs
rs: ho~S IS 'euiinss
Left over,-Hogs 9S.
Market eleane. ~ of all classes Of far
~ heeslpls pas' week short Of require
mems, esrly arrivals will sell readily n,
outside quotations Market bare of cor ~
hogs price steady as quoted '''n
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CHICAGO.

Chicago, April l. Receipts Cattle op.uOo
including 800 Texans Market steady 10
strong. Good TO prime steers 5,nOsiG %.
poo! to medium 3,T5d4oo; s,orkers and
feeders 2.15qA.I5 calves 4.50QG25: Texas
Ied steers 4'od50o; Texas grass steers
3.+0q 90; TeNAs bulls 2GOG365. Hogs
Receipts 5000, Closed easier. Good 10
choice 6ood6 .22ia; light 590d6 10. sheen
Receipts 1900 Market steady To strong.
flood To choice wethers 4 sogf5 10. fair r.
choice mixed 4.50@4,05: yearlnEs sn6f
6,l5; native lambs 4.T5d5. 40; Western
lamhs 5.lO654 40
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New York Futures.
liverpool Futures.

Leading futures closed MS follows;
April. ........ { 2a.gnh iunc-.luiy - Tvs
April. May. y ~ ,ius July Aug ....i -=;'h
May.Juno, - nh Aug Sept .....A. ~ Is
a asked, II bid value.
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Following are the sales nj stock and
closing prices IN the New York stock mar.
ket; Closing
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HOUSTON.

IN, me Iouowlng are the live stock ouo,.
n no Tor tnls market as furnished by m,
i.S Sa"naers Commission eorpany, sne
company; Vissiot
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,HIPMENrs FRoM AIIcr

Alice Texas, April 1.-Catttle sbInn,,u
mas commenced In earnest from afices
March ~ four uainloads. or seyentS N,tSe,
cars started Tor the Indian Territory. wv
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san ANGELo NOTES.

san Angelo, Texas. March 80 n F. Sims
sod To t. A Eroome sos aud 4-yedr-old
steers
IL NJ Nays Of Coke sold 10 A. Stewart Of
Sutton 100 choice cows at $3.50.
Flank Russell and A. r. Day sold 10
T NJ Puliam twenty yearlings and thirty
= year-old steers
W. p Brown and ]. NJ Shannon will snIr
about 3olU cattle to the Territory In about
two weeks
i. Weathcrspoon of Kansas CITY bought
from the 90 ranch 2oO0 : and 4-ye1r.ol,l
steers for $40 They will he shipped to the
Territory in about three weeks
t, Is. Wilson Of Concho sold tn xnm Sha W
of Runnels. steers as follows: Four hundred
and fifty fours al $3.50, 10 per cent cut.
NJ $3.50: roo twos at Sis. 80: also In
calves at $3.50.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-18

who is out of the state. and three al
 ternates who were also sick and by
 whom physicians certificates were presented. Capt J. w. Ragland was ians certificate Capt. N. T. Roberts | Messrs. J. w. Tucker and J. H. Tru- | lock gave personal reasons why they should be excused, but the judge did not think their excuses were suffic- tent to warrant their dismissal Capt. | S. w. Boswell was excused on the grounds that he was a member of the last jury. It being a legal excuse Judge Grace dismissed him
 The Judge then among other things said: Private business must, in this case, give way to the public vel fare. It would be very gratifying to me to dismiss you all, but without q competent jury the court is paralyz- ed. "
 The grand jurors were then sworn Tn. They are:
 Messrs. s. T, Wair. w. o. Taggart, Geo. l.. Madding, $. c. Alexander. N. T. Roberts, John Shelby, J. S. Me Donnell, J. H. Trulock, H. C. Cady R. G. Atkinson. w. w. Byrd, John M. Mccain, w. J. Clary, M W. Ware. John W. Tucker and J. K. Baxter.
 Judge Grace then charged the jury His charge covered all the duties of the jury and was lengthy and com plete. He called the Jurors special attention to the various laws covering the criminal and official violations and their Investigation The court appointed Capt N. T. Roberts to act as foreman of the grand jury.
 Judge Grace announced that the petit jury would be empannelled at l:30 o'clock and promptly at that hour this afternoon the jurors were sworn in The venire is as follows: w. z. Simpson, George Graine. Sam Hardin, T. M. Phillips, A. L. Cason. G. W. Davis, Sam Griffin, R. H. Bum pass, W. T. McFadden, Lewis Cheek. l. J. Wick, Ed Young, C. F. Owen. Sam Berlin, R. A. Chestnut, Clayton Gould, E. B Houston, Leo kastor, R. M. Knox, w. F. Fergus, H. B. Mizell. J. D. Cherry, John King and J. A. Bain.
 The petit jury was then excused until Tuesday morning at o'clock. The docket is being sounded this af- ternoon
 The grand jury immediately went to work with it's business and hopes to finish the regular routine in a short | time
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WILSON: THE WORKER
WILL SERVE SEVEN YEARS IN
 THE PENiTENTIARY.
The Man Who Solicited Subscriptions For Magazines Here.-An
 Artist

C. E. Wilson. the crstwhile book agent and magazine solicitor. who op= orated in and about this city for sey. eral days, representing himself to be q solicitor for the Curtis PnbIishing company of Philadelphia, submitted in seven cases of obtaining money under false pretenses in the Criminal court
 at Memphis last Saturday. He was sentenced to the Tennessee peniten. tiary for seven long years
 The evidence against the prisoner was most conclusive, and he decided to plead guilty and take d year in each of the seven cases.
 In the indictment secured by Geo
 B. Clark, and Thomas Kemp, a yer dict of not guilty was entered In these cases a verdict of guilty could have been secured, but the attorney general was of the opinion that sevz
 en years ill the penitcntiary would bt. sufficient punishment for the crimes. ollucI lue agreement between the lawyers the thirty OF forty other cases will be abated
 Wilson's fame spreads out over sevz eral states. He worked quite exten= sivcly in Texas and Arkansas and
 gradually worked his way to Memphis Officers were on Wilson's trail all the while. but he was an artist ill that line of sWindling, and invariably escaped When he struck Memphis, however. Sergt. Cole of the police department. 1 caught on to his work, and driving out to the outskirts of the city apprez 1 hended the crook Wilson's plan was to solicit subscriptions for the Ladies Home Journal, collecting all the way l from . cents to dollar and half It is believed that he victimized sev.
 eral hundred people in the outlying
 districts before his arrest.
 The news of the ooviction of Will
 son will be gladly received by his
 many Pine Bluff victims He was ill
 the city only q few weeks ago and
 went from here to Memphis, where he met his Waterloo,
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ENORMOUS PENSIONS
SENATOR GALLlNGER SAYS THEY
 MAY REACH A BILLION.
Pension Sharks After Commissioner Evans Scalp and Seek His Re-
 movaI-Will Not Resign.

| WASHINGTON, March l4-Onde- tered by the enormous total to which the pension list has attained, the Grand Army, backed by the pension attorney sharks, is hard at work adfo- eating fresh schemes for despoiling legislation and by putting new inter- pretations on the old laws. So utterly extravag gant is the plan advocated by that great pension grabbing organiza- tion that Senator Gallinger. of New Hampshire, chairman of the senate committe on pensions, himself a re- publican of the deepest dye has de | clared after making a carful study of | it's terms. that if it should be enacted into the law the total pension eXpen- ditures of the government would reach the enormous sum of $1 ,000 ,000- much as the expenditures of the gov ernment for all purposes at the pres ent time
 It is owing to the refusal of congress to enact this extravagant legislation and to the stand that Commissioner Evans has taken against making new I laws by putting unwarranted construc- ] tions on the old ones that the pension expenditures remained practically sta l tionary during the last four years. But. even now, despite the fact that the veterans of the civil war are dy- ing off quite rapidly and many names are being constantly stricken from the rolls by minor children passing the questionable age limit, there has been a net increase in the number of names on the pension rolls of ,500 since July 1 last, very little of this being due to the Spanish and Philipine wars.
 Meanwhile efforts are being made to bring about Commissioner Evans retirement by insiuations that he is tired of the work of the Pension Bureau, desires some diplomatic post cts, etc. MT. Evans, however, has let it be clearly understood that all such assertions are canards and that if he leaves the Bureau it will be be | cause President Mckinley yielded to the pension sharks and forced him to do so.
 'I suppose all this talk about q new Pension Commissioners, he said. re gently. grows out of the fact that took the oath of office on the first o1 April 1897, and my four years is therefore, very nearly at an end have not, however. rendered my resig nation. nor has the matter been dis cussed by the President when have had occasion to see him. "
 Of course. if the President asks fol your resignation it will be rendered ?,
 Yes, was the reply. T am not : financial pauper nor a political mendi can't
 But if it is not asked, will it bt tendered?''
 ''I do not think it will be" replied Mir. Evans
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CIRCUIT COURT.
GRAND JURY EMPANNELLED
 MONDAY MORNING.
Sickness the Only Excuse Warranting Dismissal--The Personnel of
 the Jury.

The regular March term of the Jef- ferson circuit court convened Monday morning at 1 o'clock. Cirucit Judge Anthony B. Grace presided and the various county officials were at their post The grand jurors as named by the jury commissioners were present with the exception of Messrs E. P. Ladd, who was sick; k. w Williams,