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Remarkable Increase in the
Figures Of the Last
Six Years.
THE STATISTICS FOR APRIL
Gain Of Ten Per Cent Over Last Year
and Nearly One Hundred Per Cent Oyes
1896 - Showings Made by the BANK
Exchanges-General Prosperity.

Railway earnings throughout the couu>
try continue wonderfully heavy, the re-
ports OF gross earnings for April be-
ing far larger than ever before. Almost
without a break there has been a con-
tinuous increase in both gross and net
earnings for more than six years. eyery
year and nearly every month showing =
gain over the previous year or month.
There has never been such an Nm.
broken record Of railway prosperity be.
fore in the history oS the country, and
never in any former period of pros.
perity have earnings been nearly 80
large as they are now.
Reports for April.
The April reports so far made show
gross earnings of s4S.423.1s7. This Is a
gain of 10.6 per cent over last year. and
of 25 per cent over 1900. It Is very
nearly. ii not quite. 100 per cent over
1886.
Many leading roads In all sections OF
the country are included In the reports.
which is thoroughly representative. With
trunk lines Is New York Nntral. and
on that road are very much larg-
er than in either Of the two preceding
years. With the Central Western roads
are included a number of leading sys-
TENS: also. In the South and Southwest,
The Pacific roads include Northern Pacific
and Great Northern. and the increase on
both is large.
Freight Traffic Large.
The distribution Of merchandise in all
directions is very large. and there is no
sign Of diminution. It is true that trafio
this year in grain and some bulky frelghts
that are carried at low rates Is very much
reduced. while the heavier tonnage Is In
he high-class freights. and this will In
part account for relatively larger earn
nss. but the increase Is by no means
wholly due to this fact.
Earnings Of roads reporting for April
ire compared below with last year:
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The Bank Exchanges.
The bank exchanges for the last week
have not been so large as last year. ac-
cording to Dun's. but they continue verr
heavy. much larger than in any previous
year.
The total clearings for all the leading
cities OF the country are 81. f92. .33s. .002. a
loss of 14.S per cent compared with last
year, but gain Of 45.6 per cent over 1S9a.
Cause of Loss.
The loss compared with last year Is al
most wholly at New York and Boston, dus
to the elimination Of the enormous specus
lative movement In the New York Stock
Market in May last. when bank settlements
at New York were the largest ever re-
corded. In spite of the loss at New York
and Boston, exchanges this year reflect
unusually heavy payments through the
banks
Even New York exchanges are very
large and the average daily for the first
seven business days of May are far in
excess of the preceding months this year
and 1874 per cent over May. 1899. which
was highwater mark up to that time.
Average daily bank exchanges for the
year to date compared with preceding
years are given below:
1902. 1861. 1899
May. si65. $4,000 s569. .225 900 s344, $3.50
April 393. .407, 900 43S. 725. 600 313. .3St. 900
lstQu 351,S5O.ooo S6s. 1870 SO7.49s.Ooa
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PRICE OF PORK ON
INCREASE IN GERMANY
United States Consul Monaghan Reports
on Conditions.

In letter TO the State Department. J.
F. Monaghan, United States Consul at
Chemnitz, says:
During the past few months the or
ganized butchers of Germany have been
clamoring for the abolition of the pro-
hibtive tariff on pork. This meat is an
important article Of food among the
poorer classes of the empire. and its
steady rise in price has resulted in great
hardship TO them. Prices are higher now
than they have been for twenty years, and
If the present scarcity of pork continues.
there will undoubtedly be a further ad-
vance.
The following table shows the whole
sale price per 22O pounds of the best
quality of live hogs during 1901 and 1902:
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STOCK MARKET SHOWS POWER
TO RESIST HEAVY PRESSURE

were steady. Country offerings we're mod
crate. Cash demand rather quiet. Clear
ances from Atlartic seaboard were 2i COO
bushels.
Oats were light today, and there was no
special feature to the market. which ruled
firm. in sympathy with wheat. May
closed 1870. against 42a last night.
Provisions opened very strong on light
receipts Of hogs and higher prices at the
yards. but the strong market was taken
advantage Of by heavy holders to sell. and
the decline brought out stop orders. and
the market had a break. closing trife
firmer
The following are the quotations:
The following are the quotations:
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NEWS OF THE GREAT FNCZ4L TRADE AND MARKET CEN7ERS

tire force of Government employees. These
people support 100000 Inhabitants. per-
laps more than that number. They are q
very important factor in the city.
''The people cannot secure employment
In the Government because all the posi-
tions are filled and the civil service law
keeps out all new clerks. They cannot Sc
cure employment in the factories. as they
can in other cities. because there are no
factories. and can never be. II they are
thrown out Of employment they must go
without or they must leave the city.
Business Men Handicapped.
so much for the clerks. The business
men themselves are also handicapped in n
number Of ways. Rents are high. The
people do not buy as much as they do in
business cities. Insurance is high. Money
cannot be borrowed as easily as it can In
the large centers.
''Tbese various factors are important.
and the business men believe that they
should be taken into consideration in the
framing Of the personal tax law. Our
proposition is that twenty representative
men In different lines Of retail business
should he allowed to give their ideas oil
proper law"
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Many Close Higher.

On the other hand long list OF stocks
closed higher than a week ago. Perhaps
the most s. i,nifcant improvement is that
in Amalgamated Copper, the market for
which has been exceptionally firm through
cut the -.eek.
Today's market was quiet almost TO the
extent Of dullness. and the tone cannot
be described as otherwise than firm, even
at the slight decline that followed the
publication OF the bank statement
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Government Bonds.
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Cap. Traction. 5d115; Wash Gas.
4Gs1, 221GS1A; Merganthaler, 10G1S2h,
15d1S2a; Lanston. 50Gl2; Greene Cop
per, 2iG25. After call--U. S. Coupon
per cent. s50od10Sss: Wash. Gas. 4GslA:
Lanston. 100G12; Merganthaler. 30a1S2h.
l5G1S2k.
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FINANCIAL.
CAINSinEARNINCS

For four successive years. aggregating l. per
cent for each year. explain why stocks have been
advancing and Is THE REASON WHY THEY
WILL ADVANCE MUCH FURTHER. The
drous underlying strength of the financial stu
alton has been most remarkably illustrated the
past week by the action OF the market during
the collapse Of International Power and the
Wthb-Meycr stock bubbles. HAD THE MARKET
SITUATION BEEN RAD. WARRANTING \ COM
ING DECLINE, STOCKS WOULD HAVE BROKEN
FROM 10 To ~ POINTS; INSTEAD or DOING
so. AFTER \ HALTING SIlINER, THEY Ac
TUALLY ADVANCED. As to the strike, the
miners association have barely 100000 in their
treasury: this will not GO far in caring for
nearly ljD.Up men. Strikes are seldom success
ful without the sympathetic support OF the pub.
lie. Merchants in the coal regcn are not in
sympathy with the current movement. so will
consequently curtaii credits should the strike
take place. THIS will bring it to 4 speedy cul.
mnaton. Should the strike occur. THE LOW
EST PRICES FOR COAL SHARES WILL PROB
ABLY BE MADE At ITS NOUNCEMENr.
This is unusually favorable time to buy
either
STOCKS. COTTON OR GRAIN
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Large Payments Made.

Various large syndicate payments have
also been made this week. which have
served TO make the statement confusing
and misleading. The satisfactory feature
of the statement is the decrease in loans.
To be sure, IL is not large, but il shows
that the banks have permitted borrowers
to shift their obligations to the trust com
ket.
The level of prices at the end of the
week as compared with last Saturday in
dicates pronounced confidence on the part
Of actual holders of securities. The only
noteworthy net decline in the usually ac-
tive list is that of 81. points in Tennessee
Coal and Iron
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BUSINESS MEN OPPOSED
TO PERSONAL TAX LAW
Members of Association Ask
for a Hearing.
Mr.. DyRENF0RTH'S PLEA
Declares Mercantile Interest Should Have
;kxy -
DYRENF0RTH's PLEA
Declares Mercantile Interest Should Have
Opportunity to State Views Before
Committee - Hardship to Clerks and
Employers.

President Mitchell Dyrenforth and Sec
retary Barry Buckley. Of the Business
Mems Association, made the request to
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An Unfavorable Statement.

That statement was a surprise to the
street. in that it showed loss in lawful
money nearly three times larger than the
average of the various computations for
the money movements published yesterday.
The loss of ss.oo0Oo0 in reserve is un-
doubtedly due in part to the correction of
the last two previous statements. That
OF last Saturday WAS particularly wide of
the facts, in that it showed an increase in
cash, whereas II is known tsat a consid-
cradle loss took place.
II is possible that cash resources OF the
banks this week have also been drawn
upon to an extent by the trust companies,
for il is known that in consequence Of the
current discussion regarding their re-
serves, some of them have taken steps 10
strengthen them.
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In the retail trade the Increase is also

I'm Chemnitz. where depression among
the industrial branches has been very
pronounced, the retail price of pork has
increased % per cent"
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Adverse Conditions.

This arrangement of the machinery of
the exchange unsettled prices for a time.
but the more important considerations af-
fecting values adversely have been the
condition of the money market and un-
certainty regarding the labor situation in
the anthracite coal regions.
This mornings news regarding the ac-
tion of the executive committee of the
United Mine Workers had comparatively
little effect upon prices. As usual the
event had been discounted. Reading is
sues, Erie common. and ontario and West
ern were dealt in on very moderate
scale, and sustained net losses averag-
ing not much more than q point. In COM
mon with the remainder of the list the
declines in them might have been attrib-
utcd entirely TO the local monetary sit
uation as reflected in the weekly state
ment OF averages of the associated banks.
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Long List of Stocks Close
at Higher Figures Than
Last Week.
TONE OF DEALINGS HOLDS FIRM
This in Spite of the Very Un-
favorable Statement by
the Banks.
OTHER ADVERSE CONDITIONS
Situation in the Anthracite Regions Dis
counted-Level of Prices Indicates Pro-
nounced Confidence on the Part of
Holders of Securities.

NEW YORK, May 10.-The stock mar
ket has been severely tested this week.
snd prices at the close, as compared
with the final figures of last Saturday.
show remarkable degree Of resistance.
Tbe week opened with three failures on
the Stock Exchange, of fairly large bro
kerage houses. whose misfortunes were
caused by the collapse of the Webb
Never syndicate
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Continued on Page Fourteen.)
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-24
TO RETAIN
POSTM MASTERS

Washington, Feb. 15.-An official
statement of the new policy hereafter
to govern the appointments of fourth
class postmasters was made yester-
day. The policy OF the administra-
ton is not to make removals Of fourth
class postmasters without cause. Re
moval of an officer is a proposition
entirely different from the naming of
his successor at the expiration of a
postmaster's commission. 1t is
therefore desired that removals be not
made except for some good reason
which affects the service or at the
request of the seantor or representa-
tive endorsing the petition for such
change made by patrons OF the office
in question.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-24
Hubby Made n Hasty Exit

A Philadelphia man thought he
would be more successful than his
wife in securing servants. So he cut
out a number of advertisements from
the "situation wanted" column of a
newspaper, and started out in a cab
to visit the various addresses. The
first place he stopped at was in front
of little house in a narrow street,
from which cook had advertised. He
saw her and was favOrably impressed.
ST am looking for a good cook" he
said. 'Sure, an don't Oh know it," ex-
claimed the cook. col only left your
house yestidday!" He made a hasty
and undignifed retreat, and decided
to allow his wife to continue in her
direction of the household affairs.
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talented artist with the woman whose
name is now SO strangely linked with
that of the aged capitalist.
Nine. D'Ajuria, or Marchioness
D'Aiuria, as she claims the right to
call herself, flashed upon the fashion
able colony of Lakewood, n. j., in the
season of 1895. She appeared to be
possessed of ample means and rented
from George Gould for the season the
handsome cottage known as Gray
Gables. One of her new neighbors,
says the Chicago Chronicle, was man
of large wealth who had recently be-
come a widower. On returning from
New York to his Lakewood home one
evening he found awaiting him per-
fumed note from Mime. D'Ajuria invit-
ing him to call He did so, and found
her lavishly arrayed in a superb vel
vet evening gown. After some con-
versation and an exchange of neigh
borly courtesies Nine. D'Ajuria sug
gested that, as her caller was then liv-
ing alone, she had thought it might
be agreeable for him to become
boarder with her at Gray Gables. She
would at the same time, she said, if
such an arrangement were pleasing to
him, utilize the opportunity to paint
for him his portrait in miniature. Her
neighbor did not care to give up his
own home and courteously declined to
approve of such an arrangement.
Mime. D'Ajuria was well known at
Lakewood also two years ago. At that
time she rented expensive apartments
in the leading hotel and lived on scale
of luxurious indulgence. With her was
her only child, Orc, daughter, then
about - years old, and young wom-
an who acted as Oro's governess.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-24
SUICIDE

Ashland, Wis, Feb. fisherman c.
Faherig, inventor of the Faherig met
al. committed suicide yesterday by
shooting. His wife and daughter, the
latter the wife of Judge Benton OF
Washburn, were en- route to the rail
way station, Mrs. Benton being about
to return to her home after visit to
her parents On entering the station
they were summoned to the telephone
and notified that Mr.. Faherlg had
shot and killed himself Immediately
after they left the house. No cause
for the suicide is given.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-24
WELSHMEN ARE GLAD
Red Dragon to Have a Place Once
More in Heraldry.
In Accordance with Kings Orders
Badge of Wales Now Appears on
the Royal Banner of Eng
lands Heir Apparent.

There will be rejoicing in Wales, and
among loyal Welshmen the world over,
now that the Red Dragon of Cadwal-
lader is to find his due place in the
heraldic achievement of the prince of
Wales by order of the king in coun-
Gil "that there be added to the achieve
ment of the prince of Wales the badge
of the Red Dragon" This ancient
badge is to be borne-as a badge, of
course, and not quartered in the shield
of the prince-on the sinister side (the
spectators right, that is) of the royal
crest as heir apparent, while the an
cient badge Of the ostrich feathers is
on the other side, the crest and the
two badges appearing thus in line over
the shield. The badge of Wales, as
defined in the kings order, is: con
a mountvert dragon PEASANT gules,
differenced as is the royal crest with
a label of three points argent" The
duke of Norfolk, the earl marshal of
England, is charged to see that the
necessary directions be given. The
accompanying picture is a careful
drawing of the Red Dragon of Cadwal-
lader of Wales, made from a painting
in one of the heraldic manuscripts in
the British museum, manuscript
which contains colored drawings of
the royal badges from Edward III.
down to King Edward VI, and it was
presumably written in the days of Ed
ward VI.
A reproduction is also given of the
banner of King Henry VII, taken from
the Vincent MS, No. 152, in the Col
lege of Arms, from which it will be
seen that that king quartered the red
dragon in banner with his other
badges. Henry also used the dragon
as a supporter, and it can be seen with
the white greyhound in the chapel at
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-24

Windsor supporting a pOrtculIls en-
signed with a rose. From his time the
Tudor monarch used the dragon as
one of the supporters of the royal
arms. Henry VII. descended from
Owen Tudor, thus proclaimed his
Welsh ancestry, but the dragon
dropped out when the Stuart dynasty
succeeded, and has not reappeared I'M
til now, at last, the king, with his
usual gracious sympathy with national
aspirations, has restored it to the
achievement of arms of the heir ap-
parent, who takes his title from the
principality. In 1898 the complaint
was that Wales was not represented
on the coinage, and as Wales claims to
possess a shield of arms as well as a
badge, it was then said that these arms
Quarterly or and gules for lions pas
SAINT guardant counterchanged) ought
to be quartered with England Scot
land and Ireland in the royal banner,
while another suggestion was that the
red dragon should be made charge
and quartered on the banner.
From the quartered banner of King
Henry VII. it will be seen that the
red dragon was actually SO quartered,
but it was quartered with other badges
of the king, and not with the royal
arms. It is as badge, and correct
ly so, that the red dragon now reap
pears in the achievement of the heir
apparent. This drawing of the red
dragon from the British museum is
reproduced from the original manu-
script just as it there appears, with
out the mountvert-the green mound
and without the silver label of three
points at the animals neck. The draw
ing has been specially chosen to illus
trate the subject, because it is good
heraldic design, and dates from the
Tudor period.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-24
HAD LONG STRUGGLE
Miss Julia Marlowe Chats About
Her Career on the Stage.
Worked Hard and Faithfully for
Years Before Obtaining RecOg-
itiOn-WOn Her Way Sure
Iy, But Slowly.

Miss Julia MarloWe, in an interest
ing article in the Philharmonic maya
zine. relates the details of the long
struggle which led to her recognition.
After reading her story it is not diff
fcult to understand why she writes:
II feel could not go through it again.
Born in England, her parents came
to this country when she was lit
tie girl, and chose Kansas, not alto
gether fortunately for themselves, for
their abode. But the need which was
the chief reason for the commence
ment of the stage career of their
daughter cannot now be viewed other
than as a happy circumstance. Those
were the days of the juvenile opera
troupes, and of one of them the child
became a member. Her pretty talent
attracted the attention of the man
ageress of the company, and to that
woman, whom Miss Marlowe does not
name, she gives the credit for her
after rigorous training.
The manageress adopted the girl,
who then was 13 years old, and took
her to New York to begin her actual
stage education. For three years it
lasted, with intermissions only of two
weeks each summer and holidays on
the Fourth of July, Christmas and New
Years day.
"My mornings" Miss Marlowe
writes, "were devoted to reading aloud
and to going over plays with my in
structress. Whole dramas were acted
out, my adopted aunt my only audi
ence, holding the book and reading
the other parts. In the majority of
them have never appeared, nor was
It intended that I should. The aim
was that I should build up an extern
sive repertory and familiarize myself
with the conceptions of the worlds
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great drama lists. Tables and chairs
served to indicate the scenery and the
positions of other players in the act.
In the balcony scene of Romeo and
Juliet the back of the sofa was the
balcony rail, and over it, with my eyes
fixed tenderly upon a worn place in the
carpet, I first delivered Juliet's good
night to her lover.
"After three or four hours in the
morning came luncheon, a simple,
hearty meal. Then the mornings rou-
tine was repeated throughout the
afternoon.
"Such severe physical exercise as
fencing and gymnastics were an i'm
portant feature of my training. Stand
ing six feet from the wall with rapier
in my hand I would lunge for hun
dred times uccessively at a tiny wafer
perhaps a quarter of an inch in diam
eter-pasted to the wall. It came to
be considered not extraordinary when
pierced the wafer 90 out of 100 times
"But the most essential of all was
the cultivation of my voice. That part
y
the purpose being to give me such an
experience as every singer intended
for the opera undergoes, to render my
voice an instrument which could be
played upon in all it's parts and in
stantly made to respond to any emo
tion without any evidence of effort.
To this day [ take two vocal lessons
a week, like any beginner. never had
any so-called elocutionary training"
The strife for recognition itself came
after the three years of study were
over. The 16-year-old girl was deter
mined upon an Independent career,
and to every one of New York's chief
managers she went resolutely asking
not for place in their company, but
for their sponsorship. In telling the
experience she gives no names, but
it is not difficult to pick out the man
ayers upon whom she called Most
of them still live. Their reception was
alike in the particular that they re-
fused to assist her. Two of them gave
her advice on the manner of her read
ings-bad advice, she was sure--and
two others offered her a position in
their stock companies. One laughed
at her pretenaions, and him she hated.
Not discouraged by defeat and more
than ever resolved to accept the DOM
nation of NO manager, she at last de-
termined to give a special perform
ance on her own account. In October,
1887, she and her instructress raised
sufficient money to enable her to ap-
pear as Parthenia at an experim mental
matinee at the Bijou theater. The
fruit of her daring was honest critical
praise and the attention of persons
interested in theatrical art and in
theatrical business. From that time
on she won her way, not rapidly, but
surely. Work, she says in conclusion,
has been the only magic in her achieve
4nents.
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ARBOR DAY MAY 9.
Gov. La Toilette Issues Annual ProcIa.
nation.

Gov. La Toilette Issues Annual Procla'
nation.
Gov. La Toilette yesterday issued
the annual arbor day proclamation as
follows:
''By authority of law and in harmony
with approved custom, Robert M. La
Toilette, governor of the state Of Wis
consin, designate Friday, May Q, next,
as arbor day. The purpose Of the law
is to foster and promote the spirit of
protection to trees and birds and to
cultivate appreciation of their value
to mankind To the attainment of
these ends it is requested that this
day be suitably observed by all
schools, colleges and other lnstitu-
lions of educational progress IN the
planting Of trees, the adornment of
school and public grounds and appro-
propriate accompanying exercises"