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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
Rainmnkinr cnnnons.

Storm cannons are very common in
Italy now along the southern slopes Of
the Alps. where damage from hail.
storms during harvest time Is always
imminent, says the Argonaut They
are the invention Of a Padua firm.
They look like a huge mcgaphone and
they are set with their wide mouths
gaping skyward, beside little houses
that look like sentry boxes. When they
are fired, they boom like sure enough"
cannons, but instead OF a bail or shpll
or other similar rrojcctile they emit a
ring of smoke which grows larger and
larger as il asceHds until at last be-
fore it breaks it Is big enough TO sur
round ten acre ild. Instead Of han
only rain falls who's the guns are us L.
and damage to GRIPS is prevented.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
A Tender Hearted Girl.

Softer than swansdown was her
heart, more tender than spring tints in
the sky.
She could not bear to give pain to
any living thing.
As they walked through the woods
such was his love that he went first
and brushed away t..e spider webs
with his face.
All about thdm lay the beauties Of
nature and the habitations of civiliza-
ton.
See" he cried, pointing to a forest
giant. "Seer'
And on it she saw a craven heart
with their names cut inside it,
"Oh. cruel cruel" she wept. "Our
engagement is broken. | would not
marry a monster who thus inficts pain
on
''Whatr' he cried. What have l
done that is so cruel?"
"You have cut a live oak tree!'
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
Probate Order

STATE + MICHIGAN. G, unity of Iouja :
- Al session cf the probate Court ~ ~
ounty, held at the Probat, Unice in the on
~ Ionia on Monday tn 22nd day o Decen,
her A. ID 1912
Present: Hon. william o. webster judo
OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Fred s Holm
Minor.
ON reading and filing the petition duly tcli
hed OF Lewis l.. Holmes guar Ian ~ sat c~
tate, pray ng that he may b. rant.d a iirersl
10 eel ut private sale. certa reaf estate mfu
ion'd and described in said petition for tta
purpose Of eypent ing or investing TIE pro aee.is
IN more profitab manner
Thereupon IL Is ordered. that MONDAY tho
Nth day OF January next al 1880 o'clock in thu
afternoon, at said Probate once be assigned
hearing said petition, and all persons inter
esied Ia said estate are required 10 be p csen'
and show cause, " an why said etitior
hould not be granted and Il il M Their ordrrcc
that copy OF this order be published in tn
lield ding HAMMER newspaper print and cir
eulating iu said county az Iona 3 successive
weeks previous 10 said day OF hearing
VIM. -. WEBSTER
true copy judge or Probate
Montgomery Webster Register,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
Cares all stomach troubles
No,ice Of Commissioners ON claim.

SrATE OF MICHIGAN County OF Tonia s S
= PTobtt q Court for said ounty
estate OF Adam Reinhardt deceased
Ihe understRutd having been appointed by
y" Judge OF Probate OF said County. Commits
'lone On claims IN the matter Of said estate OF
Aoam Rhcinbartt nd six mon'h from the IN
'aN - Nov a ID lgD2 b wing been allowed by
@ald dudge % Probate 10 al per ons holding
cl"lns against said estate in hch to prrse mt
lhelr claims 70 Us for examination and adjust
N"llce Is hereby gwen that we will meet on
Monday the 18th day az Jan A. d. ipOf and
Mohdny he nth DAY OF May, A. d. 1908 at
9he o'clock r. NJ. Of each DAY NJ Mira n the
loS nsh Of Ousco. IN said County, 10 r. ceive
md examine such Claims
Hated ID c. 10th A ID 1919
MICHAEL X ENP
ErPOI.D II mp.
Comm. Oi ers
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
Took Him For m "Puu.o

The late Justice Gray was man of
austere manner and not the subject
one would choose for practical joke,
but none the less was he ready to en-
joy n joke on himself and to tell it.
This Is one of his stories. About the
time that John L. Sullivan was Mt the
zenith of his glory Mr.. Gray was tray
cling in the west and compelled,
through missing connection. to wait
an hour or more at a little junction
town i'm Kansas. AS he strolled back
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
Ah.cn,nin.Icd-

A French mayor. who mt one time
held the Office of criminal Judge. was
about to perform the civil service OF
marriage
Mile. NJ" he said addressing the
bride. do YOU agree TO take SIr. H.,
here present. FOR your welded hus-
bandl''
And after the young lady had replied
In the affirmative the mayor. turning
20 the bridegroom. delivered himself ms
follows:
Prisoner AZ the bar what have you
70 say IN your dcfense2"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
wonderful Nerve.

Is displayed by mary a man enduring
pains Of accidental cuts, wounds. hruis.
es, burns, scalds, sore feet or siifT joints
but there's no need for IL. Buckleu's
Arnica Salve will kill the pain aud
cure the trouble. 1t is the best salye
on earth for piles, too. 25c, at Cornell
Bros, druggists.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15

Don't let the little on, ,uiTyr iron
rzema or othJr torturiog kin discas,
No need Tor it Doan's Ointmeutcurt
Can I harm the most delicate skin A
~ drug store, 30 cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15

Urbana, H.. in the class of go. Bailey
graduated and went TO Kansas to take
charge Of his fathers stock farm and
to make Il home to which he expected
in year or so to bring his fair bride.
The young lady remained at the uni
versity for another year and during
that year Bailey lost her.
Letters between the lovers were fire.
quent for awhile; then they almost
ceased. and one day Bailey received a
made him Il confirmed bachelor. She
had learned 10 love another 1t was
Johnny on the spot" She married
Johnny.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15

Misses Viola and Dolly Cole spent
Sunday with relatives in Elsie.
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01
1nnflutnings s"traumurinn.

Al@rei hetir innAutnirgur til Bandar1kianna
Verlo ems feiknar mikill og MI 4 pessu ari. Hing
a0 til heir lri6 1882 bori0 af 0llnm 5rum hvaa inn.
futning ahrerir. PAD ar huttu 788,992 MEM inn /
landi0. l peirri t0lu voru jnnibundin narri 100000
fra Canada. Nj cru innflytjendur fra Canada ckIli
taldir meo I NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SAINT heir
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01
Chamberlain og tollmali6.

Joseph chamberlain, nVlenduStjOri Breta og
mestur stj6rnmalamaour peirra, heir ekki alls fyr-
ir l6ngu borio upp pao nymeli, az England TAXI
upp verndartolla fyrirkomulagio, sem cnsk stj6rn-
arvisindi hafa talio villukenningar UNI margar aid
ir. Chamberlain will koma 4 nyju verzlanar-fyrir
komulagi UNI ALT Bretaveldi, frjalsri verzlun MILL
Englands og allra nylendanna, err England l1ta,
en- leggja tolla i inntluttar v0rur fri O0run l0nd.
UNI 0llum. pessi uppastunga Chambcrlains hetr
vakio mikla eftirtekt UNI allan helm og 4 England
komst am stund alt i uppnam lit af hcnni. Mali
pessu hreifoi Mr.. Chamberlain fyrst opinberlega 4
fund.- / B Birmingham Is. mai sl0astl. Sioan hefir
ham haldio tvl fran og fengio %sjalfan stjornar-
formanninn, Mr.. Balfour, til ao mala med pvi.
Ham hetir lagt malio fyrir neori malstofu enska
pingsins, og r6tt par veri lila sndist vic pvi vita
allir, 40 Chamberlain heir ckki lagt arar / bat.
Ham veit hive mikio ham L undir ser, ham er at
kv%0a mestur allra stjornarherranna, og ham hetir
CERT tetta stora NAL a6 sinu mali og byst vio az
standa Goa falla med pvl.
Chamberlain hetir enn ekhi skyrt greinilega
fra fyrirptlunum sinum. 1 faum oroum sagt err
tillaga hans 1 pv1 f0lgin, ao England hntti vic
frjalsa verzlun, en- leggi tolla a %innhuttar v0rur.
pi skull nylendurnar, sem England tilheyra, faa0
fytja v0rur s1nar %toll-laust inn a enska marka OHM
gegn pvl, ao tpr TAXI 4 sama haiti vio v0rum Eng
lands a slna markaoi. peirri m0tbaru, ao oil korn-
vara lljoti ao hakka / verdi 4 England eff tollarn-
ir komast 4, hetr Chamberlain svarao med pv1, ao
ham mum semja reglugero fyrir launahnkkun
banda blum verkalyo og koma 4 eftirlaunum banda
uppgjafa ertioism0nnum Ham heir lofao al
s!na bad Observation-Disclosures ao ekkert tap skull
pessu vera samfara fyrir verkamanninn.
Augsynilega vakir pao fyrir Chamberlain. az
knlta me0 Pessu fyrirkomulagi ALA parta hins
brezka veldis saman 1 Gina held. Med pvl mott
byst ham vio a0 England geti aftur MAO pv1, sem
Fao hetir tapa0 at heimsverzlaninn L sioari arum.
p.izkaland heir, ems og kunnugt err, leikio Canada
hart tollstricinu. Pa0 dtpmi brikar MI Chamber
lain til ao sauna med. a6 England Sc varnarlaust
gegn %oj0fnuoi annara pjooa i verzlunarmalum
meo Pvl fyrirkomulagi, sem MI er. S0kunl pess
40 nIlendurnar fylgja verndsrtolla .fyrirkomulag O.
lhu ser chamberlain raunar engin rao til az hafa
algerlega frjalsa verzlun imam brezka r1kisins. en-
viii lata semja MI pegar vi0 nylendurnar UNI for
gonglrctt fyrir enskar v0rur og UNI v0ruskifti
MILL Iarta veldisins eftir serst0kum t0rfum hvers
parts.
NAL Petta hefr litla aheyrn fengi6 alment heima !
1yrlr England enn. sem komi0 er, en- bar 4 mott
ha1a Australia og New Zealand lati0 anpgju sina
l]osi yfir pessari nyju hi gmynd og skuldbundio |
sig I'll 40 styoja hama af 0llum matti. Canada
Var raun og veru dour bdin ao sampykkia pessa
hugmynd med fvl a0 sla af tollinum 4 v0r,m fra
hngland' 80 per cent. Fulltrdar nylendustj6rn-
anna 1Suour-Afriku konu ser saman nm h,a : !
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01

innfytjendatalan fyrir arid, sem endaoi mco april
1908, komist upp i 8O8,272. 40 meot6ldum inn
fytjendum fra Canada og Mexico mundi ITALIAN ad
llkindum ver0a UNI $4,000 fyrir arid, og pc cru
einungis taldir peir innfytjendur, sem koma a 6dyr-
asia farrlmi (steerage). Aefri kaetum koma aud
vitae margin, sem gerast fastir ib1ar her, en- engar
skyrslur cru til UNI ra.
Ekki er pao fj0ldinn ao ems heldur lika teg-
undir inndytjendanna sem eftirtekt vekur. 1 stao-
inn fyrir pa0, as aour var mestur innfutnings
straumurinn fra Bretlandi, pyzkalandi og skand-
inavjsku l0ndunum, pa er MI mestur
fra Italiu, Austurr1ki, Ungverjalaadi og Rllsslandi.
Upprunalega byg6ist Amerlka af sma h0pum
framgjarnra mama fra Norouralfunni. En- hop
arnir voru svo smair ao ekkert munaoi UNI burtf0r
peirra dr g0mlu l0ndunum. En- MI er 0oru mali
40 gegna. F6lkst1utningurinn q ytirstandandi t1o
er ems og vara peim d0gum pegar Gotar og a6rar
Pjooir steyftu ser y1ir R0maveldi. Jafnvel heilar
fj6oir cru teknar upp meo rotum og Huttar / nyja
heimsalfu. Til dHmis a0 TAXA, pa cru MI heiri
Irar / VesturAeimi en- 4 Irlandi - feiri en- allir
lbl1ar Irlands. Aoalst0ovar irska pj6oaokksins
hafa verio huttar fra Irlandi til Bandarikjanna.
Aorir pjooaokkar stefna 1 s6mu ultima. T0k-
um Su0ur-Itallu til damis. Bar fgoist 'arlega 1873,
900 fran yfr Pa0, sem deyr. Innfutningur tr pvi
landsplassi til Bandar1kjanna arid 1909 var 1888.
og 1 ar verour ITALIAN miklu harri. AT pessu sest ao
Bandarlkin drekka sig ALA f6lksfj0lgunina og
aoi miki0 meira, folksfj6lgun Italiu er flutt til
Amer1ku. 4 mott hverju emu syeinbarni, sem fro-
ist / Su0ur- Itallu, fytja tveir karlmenn til Anne
rlku. Fra 0llum l0ndum nema 1rlandi emu hytja
miklu heiri karlar en- konur. pa0 hefr1 sialfu ser
ekki litla pyoingu fyrir pj6ollfs v0xtinn ner, sem
sezt ]lka a pvi, a0 ario 1900 voru her / landi 1856,
$50 innfHddir hvltir mem, sem attu ttlenda fe6ur
en- lnnfRvdar m@our, a mott 1,670,7S0 sem itlend-
ar maaur attu en- hGrlenda fe0ur.
Slovakarnir Ungverjalandi er annar rj6o-
fokkur, sem er ao flytja 1heilu lagi inn / Banda
r1kin. Fj0lgun peirra / gamla landinu err UNI %,
600 arlega. ARID 1902 auttu 36,931 peirra hingao.
Mccall r1ssneskra Gyoinga err f6lksfj0lgunin ar
lega UNI 10000. ARID, sem leio, tluttu 81, 846 peirra
inn 1 petta land og vegna ofs6knanna / R1sslandi
fytur n&sta ar hinga0 ~sjalfsagt nokku6 heira en-
fj0lgunin er heimafyrir. Hingao kemur ennfrem-
ur narri jafnmargt af P6lverjum ems og fj0lgun
Peirra err 4 %attj0rou hcirra.
AT innfytjendum peiln, sem MI koma, cru Ital-
ir fj0lmennastr, 1S0,535 arid 1902, og 1tlit a ao tall
an komist upp 1 %fj6roung milj6nar MI al. Npstir
cru Polverjar, 69,62o, og prioju r0oinni cru Gyo-
ingar 57,6S8. Fj6rou cru Scandinavian, So, 78O, og
49,. < RS: 1. E.>-
fra pyzkalandi hetir fario minkandi, svo MI err ham
ekkl nema nlundi part.,r Pess, sem ham var ario
1882. En- svo koma bjo6verjar VICAR ao en- fra
pyzkalandi. Fra Austurrlki koma n@rri ems marg-
IT, Og tOluYer0ur tIningur bi6dYeria kemnr fra
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-07-01

fund.- i desember a0 mBla med pvi a6 sla rs pei
getur rvi verid hro6ugur at pvi ao vita nylendurn.
ar vera med ser pessu mali og er pa6 ekki py0-
ingarlaust fyrir ham / barlttunni heima fyrir.
V6Ntur nylendanna, einkum Canada, 4 s16ustu ar
um heir Kent Englendingum ao vert sc ao TAXA
villa Peirra await til greina. Chamberlain segist
ckki halda 00ru fran en- pvi, sem vaka6 half fyrir
fundinum, er stjornarformenn nylendanna hGldu /
Lund1num / fyrra sumar. Ham segir pao mum
leioa til ognfu eff ,,m0ourlandio" ekki mott MI taeki-
fario til 40 binda ,dntur sinar", nylendurnar, fast
ar vo sig med verzlunarl0gum. Ham alitur pao
enda rcss vert ao tapa nokkru af vioskiftu,n vic
6nnur l0nd til pess ao tryggja ser pfnleg vioskifti
vo nylendurnar.
Enn Ell ekki hagt al segja hvort enskiriona6-
armenn lata sanufarast at fort0lum Chamberlains
ne hvort verk@lyourinn gerir sig anng0an me0
LoFoRD UNI k%auphakkun og eftirlaun Chamberlain
verour ao .likindum ao syna pad svart 4 hvitu, a0
ekki ver0i bad fatRkum daglaunam0nnum til tj6ns
ao leggja toll Il kornvGruna, eff pj60in 4 40 fast til
ao sampykkja %ra6agero hans.
Bandarlkjamenn horfa me0 athygli 4 leikinn
pv1 malio snertir pa mj0g mikio. pao vnri Banda
rlkJunum ogagn mikio eff tollur yroi lagour 4
hveiti peirra og aorar korntegundir, en- samskonar
v0rur fra brezku nylendunu,n fengu frian inngang
4 markaoinp enska. ARID 1902 keypti Bretland
korn- og aora mat-v0ru upp 4 1870 miljonir dollara
at Bandarlkjunum. Fari svo az tcllur yr0i lago-
ur a Pessar v6rur, myndi Canada standa betur ao
v1gi en- Bandar1kin og myndi pao hin sterkasta
hy0t fyrir Canada og hinar aorar brezku nylendur
aoleggja fran ALA krafta til hjalparakuryrkjunni.
Og Hmm mikli straumur Bandar1kjamanna til moro
vestur bygoanna / Canada hytir fyrir digging pess
mikla hveitilands. Fai Canada og hinar nylendurn-
ar Silk toll-hlunnindi attu rpr sannarlega ao geta
kept vo 0nnur l0nd og er pvi eigi ao fur0a p6tt
rHr fagni sllkri till0gu.
En- fari svo, az uppastunga Chamberlains kom-
list gegn, pa ma blast VIC az breytt verdi 0llum
highland tollsamningum Bandarikianna VIC nv
lendurnar brezku. Bandarikin hafa ofengi dreg-
ID ao bj6oa Canada aogengilega vioskifta samn-
inga og Pess vegna hefr MI Canada sndi6 ser m.eir
40 enska marka0inum. Dad ma b1ast vi0, a0 erf6-
ara verdi her eftir az na tollmala -samningum
vio brezku nylendurnar; par sem par bloa MI /
voninni UNI Pessi nyju hlunnindi hja England, og
enginn efar PAD, ao Mr.. Oh ,mberlain haldi malinu
afram og til lykta.
lnnflutnings straumurinn.
AlCrei hntir nnHutninmnr I'll Pnndo.zlx:a..a
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

The market for outside securities opened hrm
and, under the leadership of Northern Securities
and United States Steel bonds prices developed
considerable strength up to the time when the
decision announced adverse to the Northern
Securities Company. The stock broke sharply upon
the publication of the courts ruling, ana heaVy
selling carried the price down to 102lz. loss Tl
394 per cent. About 15(00 shares changed nan'tS'
and the lowest price this year was MADE Inc
rest of the market to a large extent neglected
soon this development in Northern Securities
became known. United States Steel bonds. now
continued fairly active. though they Iost
practically the entire advance of a point scored
earlier in the session. The general movement Was
in sympathy with that of Northern Securltles-
About $4,000 worth dealt in. While there were
slight declines in other quarters: me rest %
the market generally fairly well sustained
At the early advances American Can issues We're
dealt in to extent at advanced prices AD0ut
80 shares of White Knob Copper sold from It12
117s, advance of IS per cent American LlgiiI
and Traction issues quiet the common selI-
ing % and the preferred go. About loo SlaFeS
of Greene Consolidated Copper sold from Z5&4c up
237s. Electric Vehicle issues were among Ihe
active features. the common selling at lZ12 Tor
1600 shares; 200 shares of Seaboard AT Line
common sold 24I5. Tennessee Copper was traded
in around 291a. Montreal and Boston sold at ll2
Northern Securities recovered over per cent IN
the final dealings; $50 American De Forest SoId az
91a 100 United States Light and Heating sold dt
77s and 300 Kitchener Mining sold at 3&G37s.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.


5000 shares in the local market buying on balance
In London consols were frmer. although the Bank
of England did not change its rate. The weekly
return showed high proportion of reserve to lla-
bilities but rather heavy loss in bullion on the
week. Money was quotaby hrmer IN Londoh-
Paris exchange easier.
CURRENCY MOVEMENT.-The principal move
ments of currency for the five days ended Wedhes-
day. April 8. compiled by The wall street
Journal" indicate that the banks gained thereby
81 9446ON They received from the interior S31105'o
and sent 10 the interior s1,9119oo- The gain from
the interior was s203,6o0 Receipts of new gold
were S814 200. of which 400 was on New-fork
Assay Of1ce checks. $4,000 on San Francisco Mint
checks and S20.S00 on Seattle Assay Office checks
Sub-Treasury disbursements miscellaneous ana
ordinary, accounts were s15,68S0o Payments to
the Sub -Trea sury for customs, internal revenue
per cent redemption fund, etc, were Sl56s2Vo Inc
loss on Sub-Treasury operations proper was S75,Z"
The total gain from the interior and new gold was
81 500; dedUcting the loss of s732o to the SUD-
Treasury. the net gain was Sl94i,6Oo
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper. Anaconda, American
Ice Atchison common and preferred, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common, Colo
RADIO Fuel Delaware and Hudson, Erie common
first and second preferred, Louisville and Nashville
Manhattan Missouri Pacific. New-York Central
Norfolk and Western Metropolitan Street Rail-
way Peoples Gas Reading first preferred. Re
public Steel preferred, Rock Island St. Paul
Southern Railway preferred SOutIeIh TdclilC,
Sugar Tennessee Coal and Iron Union Pacific
common and preferred United States Steel com
man ana preferred, United States Leather pre-
ferred, Wabash preferred, and Western Union. 5
per cent Canadian Pacific, AZ per cent. and Penn
sylvania, 412a5 per cent.
NEW RAILROAD EQUIPMENT--The following
companies have ordered from the American
Car and Foundry Company: The Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway Company 100 freight
cars the Western Railway Company of Alabama,
20 freight cars: the Copper Range Railroad Com
pany 25 ore cars. The following companies have
ordered locomotives from the American Locomotive
Company: The Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
Railway Company. Is locomotives the San Pedro
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, 4
locomotives; the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Rail
way Company. l locomotive.
LARGE ANTHRACITE OUTPUT.-The produc-
ton of anthracite coal in March amounting TO
100000 tons. 1881 233 tons in excess of the out
put in the corresponding month in 1902. and about
130 coo than in February, but showed fall
ing off of 764 $50 tons compared with January.
The output so far this year has broken all pre-
vous records, the average monthly production for
the three months ending March being Sill S53
or at the rate OF about 6j,000.GO0 tons a year.
NETWORK CENTRAL.-It is reported on good
authority that the New-York Central will make no
issue of securities this spring, and that will
be made until money market conditions are such
that it he made with
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
FAILURES IN MARCH.

Reports from the branch Offices of r. G. Dun &
Co to 'Dun's Review show commercial failures
in March S1 against $50 year. with liabilities Of
so45S0o0 against ss117,228 last year Manufacturing
failures numbered Cps. with liabilities 1889 1ls.
against AS manufacturing failures this year with
liabilities of Sl05.94 Trading failures in March
this year were 2339. with liabilities of si5.s6s s45.
against 25G2 last year. with liabilities Of I5.9iISZ'
appears at cursOry glance. In manufacturing
lines the average liability TO each failure for less
than 100000 1882 only the two preceding years
of the decade making better exhibit while in
trading insolvencies other March recorded as
low average the s5.249 reported this year
Comparison is made below Of the number of COM
mercial failures in March each year for years
with the amount Of liabilities:
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.
London. april 9. p n.-Market for American Sc
crlrities strong. Final prices follow:
FOREIGN BANK RETURNS.

London, April 9-The weekly return Of the Bank
OF England shows the following changes Total
reserve decreased f2176,10l circulation increased
f32s co bullion decreased S477oe other securities
decreased f64 000 other deposits decreased f46 62-
Go public deposits decreased Is 14S0Go notes reserve
decreased E,205 GOO, government securities un-
changed. The proportion Of the Bank of England's
reserve to liability this week IS 1872 per cent as
compared with 1913 per cent last week. The rate
of discount unchanged at per cent
Paris April 9.-The weekly return Of the Bank Of
France shows the following changes: Notes in cir
culation decreased l3,575.eO0 francs treasury ac-
counts current decreased $50 eco francs gold in
hand decreased 10000 francs bills discounted de-
creased 1903ooOoo francs silver in hand decreased
625 COO francs.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
Bankers posted rates were:

DOMESTIC w-Orleans - Com
mercial. SOC discount bank. 81 premium. San Fran
csco-sght 121sc; telegraph, l5c Boston-25c dis
count. Charleston-Buying. 1-16c premium; selling,
1-l6c premium. Chicago-40c premium Cincinnati
Between banks. soc discount; the counter, SOC
premium. Savannah-Buying SOC discount selling
15c premium.
BANK CLEARINGS-New-York - Exchanges
s29 730567; balances, So 05s 227 Boston-Exchanges
S2l 067 942. balances. 81 253 27s Philadelphta-Ex-
changes SIS 304 49, balances 81 906 sO3 Baltimore
Exchanges. s. S4S 051. balances, s43s.45 Chicago
kA.4.1-Ses s355 ss3. .582: balances 81 4Sl, ,54s
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET-Call money in
London. S7xq4 per cent Open market discount
for long bills. 31x13Ss per cent; for long bills
9-lsa3os per cent Berlin discount rate 2A per
for three months bills and 2i2 per cent for
short bills. Berlin exchange London. 70 marks
5l12 pfenn!gs. Paris discount rate, rs per cent
Paris exchange on London % francs 161e centtmes.
FOREIGN SECURITIES.-British consols for
money ga; for account. 81 1ll5. French rentes 90
francs A752 cenumes.
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver, zs14c: Mex
lean silver dollars. Ssl1c. Bar silver in London
closed at 2 13-i6d
GOLD PREMIUM.-In Madrid. s575; Lisbon. 25.25
Buenos Ayres. lZ-27-
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS. Customs receipts
reported from Washington $74,2sT: internal Ieye-
receipts, S7Ise e2S; miscellaneous receipts sZaS sS
Receipts for the day. 72z 772 expenditg5es 500
COO Receipts for the month to date slaZaaolZ; eK-
DendtUres s2 25G9: excess OF receipts sss.ol2:
New-York tribune., 1903-04-10

RAILROAD BONDs-Market irregular. Total
sales amounted in par value to S2492,oo0. against
1880 Wednesday. The heaviest dealings
in the Atchison general IS Atlantic Coast Line
Is. Chicago. Burlington and Quincy As. Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific As, Kansas City Southern
IS. Mexican Central first incomes. Oregon Short
Lire Is, Pennsylvania convertible 312s. Rio Grande
Western frsrs St Louis and San Francisco re-
funding IS, Southern Railway first 5s, Third Ave
IS, Union Pacific first and convertible As and
Wabash debenture Bs. Colorado Fuel and Iron con-
vertible IS and Consolidated Tobacco As were also
active.