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New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
OTHER mARKErs-Br TELEGRAPH.

Chicago. Oct. 21-Cattle-Receipts. 24OOO including
2T5 Texans 5000 Westerns Choice steady others slow
prime steers So 2Oas6 poor medium So 20
ass; stockers feeders So 259S4 S16s4 60
heifers 50ds5; s1GS2 % bulls 81 75as4 80
s3Gs6 3d. fed So s0GS3 so; Western
steers So 60qs5 so Hogs-Receipts to-day IS 900; to-
morrow 900; left over 5000 opened steady strong
closed easy. Mixed and butchers, s6gS6 50; good TO
heavy s61S6 co. rough heavy IS 1885 90: light
S6qs6 25 bulk OF sales IS e5Gs8 25 Sheep-Receipts
strong higher. Good to choice wethers So 50qS4
Western sheep s3asS S. native lambs. 81 5oGs5; West
lambs So 25dS4 40.
Cincinnati Oct 21-Hogs active strong. s4QsS so.
Cattle steady 81 1895 25 Sheep steady sl4sS; lambs
steady s2qS4 go
East Buffalo Oct 21cattle-Receipts. 1s5 cars; fair
y active demand good butchers grades 10a5c higher
extra ne s6as6 2o fair 70 choice shipping
IS 4O$5 20, rough s 4s4 u.s. SO 10
- 90 common TO extra cows 81 lSgS4 5o export bulls
50 904S+ vea and calves choice s5 5OGS7
HogReceipts 13o cars slow and lower fair to choice
Sc 5Sh IS; choice heavy IS 55s6 60;
s6as6 1o pigs, IS ooGs6 roughs SIS 65qs5 S. Sheep and
lambsReceipts, 100 sheep steady TO firm choice
wethers. s. 5Oqs3 rs; common 20 fair 81 6oes3 Lambs
duh iOa15c lower for culls; fair TO fancy 81 501s5:
fair 4as4 AS good to choice yearings So so
Gs3 70; cus 81 75as3 40.
Past Liberty Oct aicattle steady choice. s. I5ass;
prime S5 6Ods5 rs; good IS 1OQS5 c5. Hogs dull and
lower prime heavy g. esass 75 hesyy Workers g. ssg
roughs sSaS6 SheegSteady on sheep lower on lambs;
yearlings. 81 5o@s3 go Veal calves. sTas7 Is.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

MErALs-There was nothing doing in the local metal
with sellers s25. At LONDON values advanced los TO
s .ne @ @ g 81 ana f at m % aha ID
at a S a Lake s Superior ~s an qsst @ @ aas r
ing and sectrolytc Lead was dg but Ss % higher to
sPssF m naon @ %sa dsnsd haSgs = 81 @R6 I'd m fg a s ZIG
90 markets we're festureess and nominaily unchanged
Pig iron warrants 50 5Oasio 80: No Northern foundry.
foundry sl4 5oGSI3 30; No southern foundry sotts
Mieiesboro closed a. 45s 4.,,.,,s
Was steady quiet and comparatively little stock
for sale Mossses was quite active and current
new crop moasses is coming forward just now 9n9ta-
fair l5glee good l1g2o9 or prime Me- 22ss9e Nsno
oommon l2Qi4e: fair. l59l7c' good, lsglsc: prime.
OCEAN F'isEIGHT-Business in steam and sail ton
mage light and unsatisfactory the demand for
rates showing improvement Quotations to iverPool
@ we're IaSna IsS aa ad 5d Antwerp ad
Hamburg 30 pigs RS51eFaa aa4s % I SIa 20 eTP2s
Steamer 2ss oats hence TO two ports South Africa
2ss o. aa 10 New-York 81 net DeoeunbertJsnuary
British stssmer IS options efsnd ore S. Fbraary 70
March Dutch sts2mer 81 o "a tons gnSs es to uFtsd @
sh steamer 1853 timber Gulf TO Continent, SIS
sfeamer SIS tons ore Beoa PhiadeIPhia Balti
los Noyemer % ad prompt new steameF zoo
tons dead weight, Gulf timber trade twelve months
is1s cotton and Ossses Neworleans TO Boston private
Chester private schooner LIS tons coal Nor
or,S s1 70 barbados Trinidad private terms choonsr
ss ambr APasshieMso Moss 10 p stHas 81
I hence private terms bark 80 tons hence 20 Jack
son'e y, @ Ti private terms bone black
schooner s tons toms coal coal Perth xboy 70 Rocsnd zoe
schoonsr tons coal 10 t9 Bton s
coal ,i .9SdsPss n es 70 ps,roeSm s
ssnss sTss % srsa ssanshs a fSTsls os5
tons desd weight eos 40 toas Sew@Yorksouth Africa
Irsds one round trip Is Tho on deaa "eKh'
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

@ s q n i a g g. n 3 s. S. 81 "a h DO 8; 3 3d. at 1 3D.
ia m DO DO at Is s. n ' dS 80 p at ss dI 81 DO nj @ at * '
2S ~ o. % S g. ss n at ss iI, DO ~ n at ss do
do = % n g @ s is s'ss smss 4 a 81 r m at S s e. nd s
g. e F. St sso s. ri a e. g g n g at n 81 S s i2 3 s1a;. s &! .S.,s 81
4s 90 5afd &C. e s. @ 2s2 ,ss SrF.a ksseF 1@ 80 79 N at
15 R5na5 de- 81 o. lss S'ass Do n m, n at a s. 2
s. so % II ia Ksasgsky DO o. ~ 81 sass do ss 10
1o5 i 8 JAS s'4ss lambs san. at $s >;
at ats s. % Is IS a. s e 40 9S q 4o n q at 3 g S m S s ao SsS y S
3 M ~ sS VeS9ant IS :hes do Sa S9 p r. at at & A. do 81 H. at
Kerns Commission Co: 252 Kentucky lambs. u 70.
s. s. 8 80 q s9t9eky sheen 1S4 p at 50 49, 14O do 50 10
Harrington Co: 2IO Canada lambs. 81 n, at IS 20;
"a So @ 3D. at 10 81 r. "a a. s 81 is ssss ss DO S S m ~ at e CO. 81 de
u n DO e r at 3 Ia $50 Dc a ~ S 8 10 o. sos DO %
vania do 90 n at s+ 65: "a Indiana vearnFs - N At
So IS 225 Indiana sheep us NJ at So s5 rs do. los 10
9d9 So so: % State d. i0i r. at s. 7S: S de-
George I ptneneaek; i7s Canada lambs II ~ at
s. 81 @ q sate ss's sheep es g % r. R. at at s l2 SO do IS NJ
Newton Co.; I5s sSats lambs 81 r S. 10 cuns
fR:gGsy Rs8;sy shssR lO5 = 8 IS do Ito 10 at So
SsSss i:s ESQ n baa6 at s lambs ss n at s. TO-
2'S S6Grsg de- % T,isn n at s. 30 e on,o o,o
2ss4 g aS: State g. ~ + = S
SO do 81 NJ at s 90 % State sheep SO 10 at So % DO
H. II. Hollis; 2lo lambs. u 10 s. 12ts s12 do II
NJ. at S5 %; 100 do, so ~ IS TO- 90
SO sheep 100 no. at IS 12't; A do e5 10. 81 cus
Mcpherson & Co.: 245 Ohio lambs 10 N. at s. Is.
Jelline. Wright CO.. 33 State lambs ~ at IS 25
Al State sheep lis 10, So %.
HOGS-Reeepts for days A cars. S.133
head, including about 2 for the Feeling
easier State and Pennsylvania hogs sold s6 50Gs8 IS
100 N; few pigs at SO go; mixed Western hogs
at Sd i0qS6 Is. Country dressed steady.
So g per 100 % Il d. IL s6a'f a n AG a So g. n 10 sae
Ill II. at Sc so.
J. g. Curtis & Son: 1s State pigs 81 ~ at s6 so.
Iobtn & shannon: II State hogs. III N. at So so
kerns Commission Co: 10 hogs. Sc so.
s. Judd & CO.. 81 mixed Western 1T2 n at So 16;
ss do 167 NJ at Sc 1O Qete Saturday, 1O6 Western hogs
n, AT
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool Oct. 21.-Ctosing: wheat-spot firm; No 2
red Western winter, shd: No Northern spring 5s
9l4d; No California, es led: futures dun; December
mixed new As 1Oi.t futures quiet October As s5sd;
November IOssd: December. 4s 1O3sd
6s fancy winter steady Is
Ga Hops at London acihc Coastl steady fs 5-gf3 l5s
Beef irrn: 74s Cd Pork firm; prime
mess Western. T3s Cd. Lard hn; American refined in
4Ss prime Western, in uerceS ABS Hduis-Short
eut IA 10 Ia 10 firm SOS Sd Bacon hrm: Cumberland
cut 20 TO so 10 short rib. Is 20 "a 10. 4ss 3D.
long clear mtddIes light 81 10. sos; long clear
iddles heavy 40 10, 4ss ga short clear backs ID
10 90 N AIS: clear bellies 70. SIS Cd Shoulders
square IL N. hrm. SIS Cd Butter steady: finest
limited States 93s; good United States, us Cheese
quiet: American ass: American finest eolored
dos TaIow-Prime quiet 2ss Cd; Australian in Lon
Son steady sos 3D. Cotonseed oiI-Hull refined,
quiet ea o. Turpentine-spirits nrm. 2Is Sd Rosin-
Common steady. As Nd Petro'euu--Renned urra. 5Ad
lInseed oil drIn. 33s-
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
SOUTHERN COTTON MARKETS

Galveston Oct. 2i-cotton steady; middlins sac
low r,idfIing 7Ac good ordinary. Sac Receipts II
SS baS exors 10 Great Britain 4s58 to the Continent
II S03. coastvise, s.825; stock i3T.27s
Savannah Oct 21.-Cotton dull and easy; mtddlinS'
II-I6f. low middIins TIC Receipts 1896 bales; eX
ports to Britain. es2s; 70 the Continent S9St
eoastwise l6O: sales. 81; stock. ss,osS
Memphis Oct. 2f.-Cotton easy; middiing. slse; low
raiddIng 7sSc good ordinary, 3-i6c Receipts 0.il4
baIes: shipnents 6, T3s; sales $50: stock. 81 SD
New-Oreans Oct. 2i.-Cotton weak middling, l,l6c'
low middling 7ssc good ordinary. lS-l6c Receipts,
~ les f. exports Continent 300; eoastwise SOO
sales 5000 stock. III. 4Sl
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

Tie closed quiet with quotations &c lower on
dine ~ ~ b&c for middling upland and sac for mid
were ,S1H sales 1000 bales Southern spot markets
reg,s sfaphen follows: Nsw-Orieans weak and ir-
Al ~ &C le~er at iiec; Mobile ana UNCHANGED
savannah quiet and 1-l6c lower. at
more wilmington nonains NC lower. at 1hc; Balti-
3iac l1ai ano unchanged az sSct Augusta steady NY
chan1ss 81 l3-l6d7 &c; 81. Louis quiet and IN
tonsTs - nse Estimated receipts at New-orlesns Tor
fl2 hs.~ <@voo 20 1900 bales, compared with NJ
ysar actual last week and .se7 bales actual Last
s' $685. actual last wees and 81 S6s actual
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Ifverpool Oct 2i. p. m--Couon-Spot-Mod Moderate
business; prices 1-l6l lower American middling fair
s9i good middling. % SD middng 29-j2d; low
nddne 4 2-S2d good ordinary. 4l-d; ordinary 5-i6d-
The sales of the day 1900 bales Of which 900
Sr suecuation and export. included 6UO American
Receipts all American. Futures opened and
closed essy. American middng {. October. 2I-64d
,alne. October and November 2G44 2i-64d sellers.
November and December IT64d buyers; December and
January 10 Gid buyers: January and FEBRUARY. 15644
4 1e ed value: February and March. 156sd BUYERS
March and Aurfl l5-64d buyers and May. 1564d
sellers; May June. l5-e4d sellers; June and July
4 sellers: and August l5-64d sellers
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Buffalo. 21-Flour steady; best patent spring 81
asa Is bakers straight spring s3 75Qs4 bakers clear
s3gS3 So low grades winter and spring s2qS2
clear 50 25qSS so: cracker dour 50 Sas3 So rye -four
So 25RS3 Wheat-Spring. little doing: No Northern
zoe winter quiet No red. 76lac. Corn weak No yell
low. 6t%c: No do 6ltac: No corn. size; No do
Gle dull; No white 4lc No do, +oizc; No 2
mixed S9i.c No do as9o Barley easy; choice to
fancy 6Od6lc Rye-No 2. 5sc. Canal freights steady;
4c; 3s.c: 2'sc to New-York; lumber.
81 60 Albany. and 81 20 New-York-
Chicago. Oct 21-The leading futures ranged as fol-
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
NAVAL STORES.

Savannah Ga. Oct. 2t-Spirits turpentine firm S5s.c
receipts. 766; sales b24 exports 7l4 Rosin firm;
ceipts. 2S19: sales, 2O02; exports 3O3s
Charleston. s. C., Oct. 2l.-Turpentine hrm 35Ac
Resin lrn unchanged.
New-Orleans. oct 21.-Receipts: Rosin $50 barrels;
turpentine 2OS
Wilmington. " c. Oct. 21-spirts turpentine-Nott-
ing doing; receipts II casks Rosin 90Q95c;
Geips 49, Crude turpentins hrEL 81 l0as2 receipts
65 bbls. Tar firm, 81 %; receipts. 4S6 bbls
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
lows: FS" - ~

teOIIoN-The market for cotton futures opened
ssSe win prices 70 points lower and continued 70
No- most or the morning under heavy and thorough
s-.-elon, started by weak Liverpool cable. ana
receipts pretty much all the belt. There
is" supporters in evidence and before the selling
f-setAeit gave any signs OF letting up January had
Ash 10 81 so more than 81 a bale from the best
- I last Friday. Europe Wall Street commission
no aie room longs devoted entire attention 70 dis.
rs-e 2, cotton purchased. large part OF IT, above
Sood weather conditions over the entire belt ana
hess-a-y lower Southern spot markets added 70 the
Ss.hss Of the market Private cables from Liverpool
- sae had csused the weakness there But throughout
me session crop reuorts from an sections OF the South
ea that short Yield inevitable and that picking
A. cease when the regular crop had been gathered.
usfe would be no TOP crop. Soon after the noon
me market signs Of being sold and In
~ sen 70 rally with anything like moderate support
'5 however. slow 20 buy again fearing an
sak n Liverpool tomorrow under free estna es
ston and NewOrleans receipts. The more tirnid
eJ-s oa The market 20 points but bear pres
dsV - prices back nearly the lowest level OF the
ov. the market finally and net Is 10 ls points
Feror .oal sales estimated 100000 bales Late
CO.'S RON Southern spot markets stated that spot
PEOPLE south holding on IN the belief that
sooo I've markets had on too rapidly and would
ssecN and owing 20 continued good demand from
wee - MIL reports from Fall River and the South
noiee as good as heretofore and dryg2ods markets
wee good trade fun former prices Port receipts
-se than expected. but offset IN effect 70 some
.n y further enormous clearsnces Saturday
ssm. 10y ovsrtoppng total port receipts during the
Tbs psl.oa thus causing loss 10 port stocks.
vac a. follows:
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

.pa sA rBsa, s % o IS !osT' 4 Fan %
3ss.c: No white S7fsgSsic No rye, 55I4g 4gS6c fair
to choice mailing barley 54a57c: No nsxseed 81 S3
per bb s13 s0asl3 S. lard per 100 10 So 300
50 80 short ribs sides uoose) IS 2qSs As dry salted
IS s5ass a5; whLsey basis high wines 81 80 on the
Produce Exchange today the butter market steady
IoF.c Eggs frm; fresh ISals14c.
Duluth. Oct. 21.-C1ose: Wheat-Cash. No 1 hard
72i3c; No Northern. 66sc; No Northern. 69i9c;
ber d9lsc; December. 6s'sc; May. 72c. Oats. S5l39
35I4c. Corn. 54i=t.
Milwaukee. Oct. 2f.-wheat easier; close No North
7Oizc No Northern, 69G69' &c; December. To9s
70l9c Rye firm; No l. 55i.c Barley steady No 2 5s'a
Q59c; sample. 45Qf5Sc Corn-December. 5Jiec.
Minneapolis oct 21.-wheat-Cash. 691sc; December
6Tssc; May IO1c. close: track. No hard. 5Oc: No
Northern. 69lsc; No Northern. 67ise FlouE-F1rst
clears 81 75dS2 So second clears 81 % Bran-1n bulk
81: 259Si2 80.
Philadelphia. Oct 21.-wheat. lgc lower; contract
grade October. I3laa74c Corn nc lower; No mixed
42Rc quiet but firm; winter super. 81 1892 80
extras 81 4O9S2 6; Pennsylvania roller. clear 81 $50
s. q1GS3 i5 do straight So 2OG$3 patent. S.
straight in sacks IS 2OtSS so do patents
~ mm 35ss GO DO patents sS 65s3 So do avorite brands
81 S5aS4 city mills extra 81 4OgS2 Is; do clear 81 9Od
S 20 do straight s3 2oqss 80 do patent 81 5Oa$4 rye
hour steady at 81 sSgsa per Dbl as 70 quality buck
sTesmSty a ca5d fresh nearsy 2c do western 22c do
York fun creams fancy small. 1Oisc do fair 70 choice
0a0l4c Receipts-Flour 400 6Ss 145Sooo 70 n odn In
bush Shpments-wheat 1900 bush; corn. S4oO bush:
oats, 5000 BUSH
St Louis Oct. 21.-C1ose; whest-No red cash
7oSc December 71aG71sc May 54se; No hard ver ggls
ass.c Oats-No 2 cash sic: December. S6%c; May
s5sc No . white. 3saFSsc.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

klo-Co1ee market firm: No Z Rio. $500; exchange
. lSl6c receipts, 26.00O bags cleared for the United
1ss.Olo bags.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

FOFelgn Coffee Markets. SantOs-COnee market EFtls
GOD average $500; receipts 10000 bags stock
ls5ao0 bags Hauburg-COffee market opened pig
higher; 80 202iz pigs higher; sales;
o90O bags. Havre-Cofee market opened strong. lt2D
IL francs higher: n advanced ! franc: at 3 IN
unchanged = lower: $50 p advanced =
frsnc; total sales l9l COO bags.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
CTNARD LINE.

~h' To LIVERPOOL. VIA QUEENSTOWN.
7. NJ Lucana-- Nov l6. $50 A NJ
Nov A. NJ Etruris NJ 23. . p.
O. 2 NJ Campania- Nov. 80 $50 AK
VERNON II. BROWN & co. Gen Agents.
% BROADWAY. NEW-NORk-
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
HOILAND-ANIERICA LINE.

IL New-YoIl- Rotterdam via Boulosne-sur-Mer.
The New Tvin-Screw $ s. 13, 900 RYNnAM
saturday. Oct &c. 10 A NJ.
Twin Screw 5. s Y SEQ tons POTSDAM
Saturday. Nov .. 10 A. NJ
Twn-SCrew S. 5 S.300 tons ROTTERDAM
Saturday. Nov. 9. 10 A. NJ
Apply % GenI Passenger Agency. 81 BWay. y l.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New-York, October 2f. 1901.
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New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

Foe La Puerto Cahello. Curacao Mara
calbo. CuracaO-CallinE also p. r
Roberts Pier, Brooklyn
S = PHILADELPHIA. saturday. Nov. 2 Noon
S S CARACAS saturday Nov Is. Noon
These superior accommodations for pas
BOULTON. BLISS & DALLETT
m
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
.AST ITALIAN LINE.

l. Ia VELOCE"
NavfgazOne Italiena NapOre 70 Naples. Genoa
REGJ-I.Ar, Z : MAI. SERVICE EVERY WEEK.
Nerd Oct 20 Cttta ii Tortno Nov IA
YarEe Daing saloon promenade deck
BOLOGNESI. HARTFIEI.D & Co. % Wall ST.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-22

III From New-York Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays
FOR TEXAS GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
STRAIGHT and ROUND TRIP Tickets issued % al
points in Texas Colorado Arizona California Maxico
Sc. Georgia Florida sc DeighItJl ExcursS9ns
Write for 6e-paEe Pocket Guide ulaled Ireel--
C. II MALLORY 4 CO.. Gen Agts-- Pier 20 T. X. N T.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

York in December, 1SS on her maiden
voyage, laden with 1,,JhtU0 gallons of oil
and crew Of thirty-tWo men. She was
never heard of again. 1t was the mem
orable January when there were heavy
gales. during which at least ten steam
ships were lost. She may have shared
their fate or she may have blown up. as
many believe. One tankShip. the General
Knox, laden with case oil. burned at the
foot of Wall street, affocding a splendid
spectacle for financiers. On the beach at
Fire Island may still be seen the wreck
of the tank GluCkauf. now half buried in
sand She was driven ashore there. and
the best efforts of her crew could not
bring her off from the shifting and cling
ing bottom.
One great danger to tankships appears
after the cargo has been discharged when
gas generates in the empty tanks. Any
ind of an open flame results in an eXplo-
sion. Electric hand lamps are now gen
orally used. 1t is the gas generated by
the oil, not the oil itself. which eXDlodes.
A Costly Experiment.
Prior to 1890 the tankships had their en-
gines far aft Then an attempt was made
Evening star., 1901-05-25

are not uncommon in the neighborhood Of
the Mediterranean-genera bears more
resemblance to ordinary dust. Usually they
are free from the organic material. " hi n
does sometimes come down from th, sky
1t does not, indeed, literally rain eats a..d
dogs, but fish and frogs have really de-
scended, and the yellowish dust on Alpine
| SHOWS has sometimes proved to be pollen
or some minute vegetable organisms
But the dust is far more commonly min
eraL That of Cotopaxi. brought home by
Mr.. Whymper, is a pale reddish-gray color,
the particles Of which seldom exceed one
wo-hundred-and-fiftieth of an inch and
often much less They consist of chips oT
minerals. such as felspar and augite, and
OF fragments of scoria. The exact nature
of such dusts depends on the volcano from
which they Were elected. Some collected
at Batavia, after journey of ninety-hve
miles through the air from hrakatoa, con-
tained in abundance, besides minerals mi
mute CLASSY fragments-shattered pumice
In the Island Of Barbados similar frag-
ments have even been found in strata far
older than the days of history. which must
have travelled far, from some West Indian
or Central American volcano. 1t is there
fore, possible that the last blood rain may
have similar origin, but it is highly i'm
probable, for the gale has evidently been
travelling continuously northward. What
comes down near the Mediterranean ap-
pears not to be volcanic. The question
however, can be quickly settled by any
geologist accustomed to use the micro
scope. The dust from the North African
deserts-the probable source of this ma
terial-wiu be readily distinguished from
that of volcano. The rocks which have
supplied 1t consist largely Of quartz and
reispar. ana though the latter mineral is
often much decomposed, sooner or later
the investigator Will find chips not only
recognizable, but even to be distinguished
from those which have come out of lavas
Such are plentiful enough in Nile mud:
they may be recognized in the kryokonite.
or mineral dust, from the Greenland ice
neldS, ana In numerous grits and mud
stones, often of immense antiquity. There
Is little doubt that the African deserts are
the source of the late phenomenon. Dust
storms are. as is well known common in
that part of the world. Some more violent
than usual, actual tornadoes, have whirled
great clouds of mineral powder to an un-
wonted height and this, possibly, buoyed
up after time by small globules Of water
In the atmosphere has been floated TO an
unusual distance from it's starting point,
Evening star., 1901-05-25

to place the engines amidships, with tanks
at both ends, causing much comment and
apprehension on the part Of the marine
underwriters. There were devices ar
ranged certain steam jets, to blow the
gases from the oil out Of the shaft alley
The several vessels constructed In this
manner were soon condemned, and build
ers returned to the former method of
placing the engines aft ard the tanks for
ward of them. There has always been
much difficulty in keeping the tankships
tight. as the oil eats the rircts. At pres
ent the underwriters have nothing to do
with oil craft. the owners insuring their
own vessels. The owners of tankships and
all other oil transports are now combined
in several corporations, closely associated
with the oil monopoly.
y tank ship may be described as a steel
marine Goliath. divided into stecl-walled
air-tiEht, oi-tight compartments. located
forward Of the motor section and living
rooms. 1t is loaded and unlOaded by pump
ing the oil direct to and fro between the
wharf reservoirs and the compartments of
the ships. Each compartmen mt holds on the
average lfoCnO gallons Of oil. and each tank
ship has from twelve to twenty cO:nuart-
meEts. AIT Of the compartments are the
Evening star., 1901-05-25
QUEER SORTS OF RAIN.
Singular Things Which Have Come
Down From the Skies.

Singular Things Which Have Come
Down From the Skies.
From the London Standard.
The recent rain of blood as it is called,
would in the middle ages have been con-
sidered a portent. Beginning in Tunis and
Sicily, it travelled up the Adriatic to Tri-
este, Fiume, and many other places in the
Austrian dominions, and we have since
heard of it at Bamberg, and even Ham
burg and Schleswig- -Holstein. In some dis
tricts enough material has fallen to make
a thick coating of reddish mud. The parti-
cles of dust, we are told. are oleaginous,
and appear to have been elected from
Hecla. This gives us quite a new view Of
volcanoes! We have heard that at Baku.
when ''oir' has been struck 1t has spouted
up like a fountain. Iceland has geySers
how oils are to escape being burnt up in
volcano passes human comprehension
Rather than explain the scientific mystery
we should suggest that something is wrong
with the facts related. That the particles
of floating dust are volcanic is possible
During an eruption great quantities of mi
mute flakes are sometimes fired into the
air, like powder smoke from a mine or a
cannon. Mr.. Whymper, during his second
ascent OF ChfmboraZo, had the good fer
tune to witness this, and the subsequent
transit of the material. Quite suddenly,
the cone Of Cotopaxi, which was full In
view about sixty miles away, shot up a
dust-to a height of some four miles above
the edge Of the crater. He watched its pas
sage through the air, and finally 1t began to
fall on ChimboraZo short time after he
had reached the summit. But the material
brought down by these blood rains-which
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The first of the great iron tank ships was.
with singular Appropriateness christened
the Maverick, for it was destined to wan
derings yaSrant as those of un
claimed Texas steer. After knocking around
the seven seas. it was burned with it's
cargo of oil. in the harbor of Halifax,
sOUsed in the water and finally sunk; then
fshed out, weirdIy twisted and warped by
heat and water. rebuilt and recommis-
stoned. Finally. when the war with Spain
was declared. it accompanied SIMPSONS
fleet all through the war Il water supply
ship for both sailors and troops in transit.
When the unpleasantness over it was
promptly returned to coast oil trade, where
1t is now doing business as usual It's
career may he taken as typical, for there
Is no other vessel dfoat that encounters so
many adventures and misadventures as the
tank ship. and none other would survive
half of them.
Tank ships. widely scattered over the
oceans, have done great service to shipping