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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Prime mercantile
paper, 4@41z per cent. Sterling ex-
change firm, with actual business in bank
.ers' bills at S487.15@4.87.20 for demand,
and at $4S4.S0@4S4.90 for 60 day bills:
posted rates, $4.S51a @4.SS; commercial
dollars, 471se. Government bonds steady
railroad bonds irregular. Money on call
steady, 2@2% per cent; closing bid. Of
fered at "a per cent. Time loans easy
and dull; sixty days and ninety days,
3@314 per cent; six months, 3A OBJ.
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LIVERPOOL

Liverpool-Spot wheat nominal; flu
lures quiet; March, Is I'D; May. Is SD;
July, rs 7sd. Spot corn easy; American
mixed, new, As 41ad; American mixed DID,
as l0d; futures quiet; March, As 1Ad;
May, As 1Jsd
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MONEY REPORTS
wAsHiNGToN

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan: 5.-Today's
statement of the treasury balances in the
general fund.- exclusive of the S150, 000,0 00
gold reserve in the division of redemp-
ton, shows: Available cash balance, $146,-
2S7, 039; gold, $77,297.331: silver, 81, 239,-
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MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR MARKET
Shipments Continue on Very Liberal
Scale. Prices Strong

The demand is holding up very well, in
some cases it is called excellent, as COM
pared with what 1t has been for some
time. Itsis said that one mill sold 10000
bbls to southeastern jobbers Shipping di-
rections on old orders coming in very
well.
Shipments $3.50 bbls.
First patents, 5000. 10; second patents,
S.. 80@5. so; first clears, 81 ,15@4 .35; sec
ond clears, $4,000. 80.
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BOSTON MINING STOCKS

BOSTON, Mass Jan. 5.-Closing- cop
per quotations: Adventure 61a@6A; AL
louez, 2034 @2Ok; Areadian. ~ o.; Ar
mold l asked; Atlantic, III @1S; Bingham,
34@341s; Calumet & Hecla, 650@655; Cen
tennial, 2514; Consolidated Mercur, 36@3S;
Copper Range Consolidated, 69N Q7O; DAILY
West, 125s @12%: Dominion Coal, 61@64;
Dominion Steel, 1872 @1s1z Elm River.
212 @2%; Franklin, liz 012h; CRANKY
SIS @5A; Guanajuato, 3@3A; Greene Con-
ssolidateed, 2SA @2s; Isle Royale, 27@2S;
gan, 101s oil; Mohawk, sly @53 Old Col
ony, 1915 g. 5Sr Old Dominion, 27A @2S; os.
Phoenix. 2S@3B; Quincy, 110@115; Shan
non Copper Co., 81 @9; Swift & Co. 113
@9H United States Mining, 24ss @241s;
United States Oil. 1151A; Utah, 421a @42A;
Victoria, 5@5A Winona, 12A Wolverine,
106@108; Wyandot, 2S@2A; Santa Fe,
2ss @2%; M. c., Az @51s.
BERLIN
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-Exchange on London.
20 marks 40a4 pigs. for checks. Discount
rate, short bills, 9 per cent; three months
bills, "a per cent.
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NEW YORK Jan 5.-Cotton--Spot
closed quiet % points lower; middling
uplands, 10c; middling gulf. 7.35c; sales.
500 bales. Cotton futures closed steady:
January, 6.73c; February, 6 Sic; March.
6.S7c; April, 6.96c; May. $500; June, csc:
July, 7.lSc; August, 7.15c: October. 722c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
CLOSING STOCK LIST
Sales HighlLow Close

Quotations furnished by Edwards Wood
CO., main office Fifth and Robert streets,
ST. Paul
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LONDON

LONDON, Jan. 5.---Money was in quiet
demand and increased supply in the mar
ket today. Discounts were maintained
The tone on the stock exchange was I'M
decided and prices were irregular. Con-
soils opened irregular and closed firm.
Home rails were steady. Americans
opened steady in sympathy with Wall
street moved irregula-iy and became
steady at parity, despite heavy selling.
Union Pacific was purchased On rumors Of
increased dividend. Russians were firm
Imperial japanese 6s of 1904 were duh at
-971a The amount of bullion taken into
the Bank of England on balance today,
e1S000: The rate of discount of the
Bank of England was unchanged today at
8 per cent. The weekly statement of the
Bank of England shows the following
changes: Total reserve increase, 6 759, =
goo; circulation increased e404s000; hull
lion increased Ell, 162. go; other securities
increased $3.50. 900; other deposits in
creased .e3, 120 900; public deposits in
creased e3. 263. 600; notes reserve in
creased e702, 600; government securities
increased e4S00. 900. The proportion of
the Bank of England's reserve to liability
this week is 1884 per. cent. Last week it
was 37.71 per cent.
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Closing Cash Grain Prices
No. / hard, 81 .16A; No. / northern.
S1-14&; No. 2 northern, ST. 10N oil II 4 !:
No. wheat, 81 OK oil. 0914; No. durum
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Range in Minneapolis Prices

Close Close
Whit
May ISL 163sl Isl II Isl 16kis1 le1 1s1 161.
July 1.1334 .14H 1.l3iS1 1 1885, i .1475
sept "a "a 1885 .93ss s3s4
May 29M .2s1s PISS 2s7s .2SM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
PARIS

PARIS. Jan 5.-Three per cent rentes
81 franc 92h centimes for the account.
Exchange on London. % francs IA CEN
times for checks. The weekly statement
of the Bank of France shows the following
changes: Notes in circulation increased
lS4 500 600 francs; treasury accounts cur
rent decreased 9S.56o.000 francs; gold in
hand decreased 5.725. coo francs; bills dis
counted increased S.975.00 francs; silver
in hand decreased 5,a00. 900 francs.
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SPREAD BETWEEN MAY AND JULY WIDER


9sc; No. yellow corn, ssAc: No. corn,
38!9c; No. 8 oats, 26Ac; No. white oats,
27%c. Barley, 34@44c. Rye. 751s @761ac;
No; fax on spot, $1.22k; No. / flax to
arrive, 81 221k; No. 1 flax, January option,
81. 221s.
Puts and Calls
Minneapolis May puts. s1.155s; calls.
81 II; curb, 81. 16A Milwaukee May wheat
puts, 81. 1875 oil .13a4; calls, 81 .15 Oils Is;
July wheat puts, 98Ac calls, -9S54c; May,
corn puts, 44c; calls, 441ac.
Minneapolis Receipts and Shipments
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT

The following are the receipts and ship
ments at the principal primary wheat
markets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
new YORK BONDS

'ofal sales for the day, sS7,4oo shares.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
NEW YORK COTTON

Spot, steady. sugar-Raw, firm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12

F. w. Gosewisch is elected presi-
dent of the State Bowling associa-
ton.
The officers of the Northwestern
National Life Insurance comnanv Of
Minneapolis agree to resign.
The independent oil dealers esti-
mate that lower freight rates in oil
would save the people of Minnesota
$275,00O a year.
The Italians of the cathedral par
llsll, st. Paul, organize and will secure
church of their own.
The new city directory of Mime
apolls contains 2,845 Olsons.
Leroy Woodruff of Taribault. aged
seventeen years, was accidentally
shot while driving to the river after
some canoes left near SCOTS mill.
Governor John A. johnson "slipped
cog" in proclaiming April FL as Ar
Dor and Bird Day. 1t has since been
discovered that this date is Good FRI
day, so tho governor now charges
the date of Arbor and Bird Day to
April 2s.
The Stearns County Agricultural
society has decided to hold racing
meet at Sank Center on July and s.
The county fair will be held Sept. IL
II and 15. a. nth: s2sss: H..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12
Rider Haggard, Story Teller
and Sociolo8ist
The Wildly Known Ensnhnan Now Visaax u. interested
h Work for Bettsrin8 Condition Of he Poor

1t has been very diftcult for Mr.. Hag.
gard to get away from his Frankenstein
If We may speak of She" as a feni-
nine monster. when he began to write
in behalf of the rural poor, when as a
candidate Of the conservative and liber-
al unionist electors Of East Norfolk he
used in his addresses strong language,
he brought about his head perfect
storm OF abuse. What did the author OF
She" know Of government problems, OF
practicable reforms? 1t was no easy
matter for Mr.. Haggard to live down
that early creation of his imagination,
and to-day revilers are wont to advise
him to stick to his writing trade when he
brings forward some new plea for agri-
cultural reforms.
To New York interviewer Mr. Hag-
gard recently told how he was led to be-
gin story writing. Il had during resi-
dence of some years in South Africa
written sort Of political history, when
one day in London, while discussing the
merits and dement's Of a current novel.
an acquaintance badgered me about not
being able to write as readable novel
as the one which we were discussing.
Well, to make long story short, set
to work and wrote Dawn" which, much
to my surprise. enjoyed considerable
sale. Of course, at that time South and
central Agrica was land of UNEMPLOYED
mysteries, and as such appealed to me as
background and scene for fiction writ
ing. With my knowledge of the cOun-
try. acquired in years of residence there,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12

The oil manufacturers of Gothenburg
have criticised the admiralty for using
English lubricating oils, while. accord
ing to the claims OF the complainants,
the home market can furnish just as
good oils at lower prices
In both chambers of the riksdag
motion has been made to establish
now government department. embrace
ing commerce, manufacture and ship
ping: The bill is accompanied by
lenthy treatise on the necessity of such
a department..
There is q street in Malmo which is
called karlcksgaten U4ovc lane).
Axel Swartling, the speaker of the
second chamber of the riEsdag, cele-
bratcd his G5th birthday anniversary
March 18th. A dcputation from the
second chamber, headed by its oldest
member, Adolf Hedin, made formal
call upon the speaker and handed him
u fine souvenir volume containing APP
propriatc congratulations and the auto
graphs of all the members of the Sec
ond chamber Many kilograms and
tine floral tributes were received at his
home in the course of the day:
When the women working at STEM
strom's shirt factory, Hclsingborg,
realized that the shop was about to be
closed for good they consented to mod
lily some of their demands, and ar
engagements have been made for con-
tinuing the business.
Prince Carl, in the capacity of in
spector of the cavalry, has made a
lengthy report to the minister of war
on the necessity of greatly increasing
the cavalry forces of Norrland
Between 20 and 80 of the best sing
crs at the universities of Luud and
Upsala are gong to form joint
chorus and give few concerts in Swe-
den.
The social democratic labor union of
Helsingborg resolved to boycott the
police of the city on account of inter-
ference with strike demonstration.
A Paris telegram to the Berlin Lo-
kalanzeiger states that King Victor
Emanuel of Italy will receive Nobel
prize because he took the first steps
towards the establishment of an inter-
national agricultural college.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12
Appropriations.
MINNESOTA BRIEFS.

The Minnesota worlds fair COM
mission makes its report.
The earnings of railroads in Min
.nesota last year show a decrease. :
St. Anthony Park will ask for $780,
600 to extend the sewer system.
G. f. Billiard, commissioner of Itas-
ca Park, says the park is we'll cared
for.
The new capitol will not be dedi-
Gated for some time.
The state labor commissioner is
trying to reduce truancy.
T. !. Hove was appointed postmas-
ter at Kiester, Faribault county,
Mimi, vice Albert Fl. Easel, resigned.
The council at Window has fixed
the saloon license at $4,000 for each
saloon, and there will be three.
Will +. White, formerly with the
Fargo Northern league team, has
been signed by the St. Cloud-Brainerd
club as playing manager. Contracts
are also being closed by Manager
Reilly for some fast players.
Telephones are to take the places
of telegraph operators at the Milwau-
kee road stations at Melville, Ham
mond and Zumbro Falls.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12
G0ssiiDFr0'n,
$cak1ui I1avia.
Principal Events That Have o.
CURED in the Old Countries
= Within a Week or So.
Observation-Disclosures

The latest news from Finland make
very gratifying reading to all Scandi-
navians. The car has given an an
swer to the petition of the Finnish
iandtdag, asking that all imperial de-
crccS since 1899, which it is claimed
are in contravention of the organic
law of Finland, be withdrawn or sub
mitted for the approval of the Iandt-
dag. These included the military
conscription act, the manifesto of
1899, placing the imperial interests
in Finland under the Russian author
ties, the language manifesto OF 1900,
providing for the use of the Russian
language i'll the principal depart
ments, the irremovnbility of Judges,
the employment of Russians in pub
lie departments, the restriction upon
the scnate's part in the administra-
ton, and the concentration of the
executive power in the hands of the
governor general. The car in his de-
cision comedies two points-the sus-
pension OF the CONSUMPTION act until
1905, when the whole question will
be submitted to the landtdag, and in
lieu Of military service, Finland will
have to pay Il contribution of s., 000,-
600 in the same way as the Mussul-
mans of the Caucasus pay 1864 1000
instead of furnishing recruits. In
this matter the car went beyond
the recommendations of the Russian
senate to which the petition was sub
mitted, and acted upon the advice OF
the governor general of Finland, who
favored Il concession to Finnish pub
lie opinion. The car also conceded
the point Of the irremovability of
Judges The imperial decision UNI
doubtedly will remove the possibility
of II serious disturbance when the
CONSUMPTION ]evies are scheduled. AL
though only 100 men were to be taken
for the Finnish battalion, the law
required that $4,000 youths submit
themselves at the levy of conscripts,
from which number the 100 were to
be chosen by lot, the Russians there
by compelling general recognition Of
the right of CONSUMPTION. This year
there has been an extensive agitation
against the edict, the young men be-
ing everywhere advised to resist the
CONSUMPTION, and it is believed that
not more than 10 per cent would have
responded. The CONSUMPTION ques-
ton has been a burning one with the
Finlanders, and there was general re-
joicing when the decision of the car
became known.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12
DENMARK

Mr.. Thygesen, the oldest member
Of the rigsdag, died March 81, aged
9S years.
The Danish government has paid
out considerable amounts of money
for the encouragement of domestic
manufacture in the army, and an ex-
position of goods produced in the
homes of men serving in the army
was held in Copenhagen. The king
and other members of the royal fam
lily were present at the opening of
the exposition.
The farms of Denmark have been
divided into five classes, according
to their Sizes. The statistics show
that each acre of the smallest farms
yields twice as much as each acre of
farms containing at least 115 acres.
This is the proportion where the soil
is good. But in localities where the
soil is poor the smallest farms Weld
from four to seven times as much per
acre as the largest farms. This fact
is discouraging to those owning large
estates, and as matter of fact the
landed estates of Denmark are being
divided up into small parcels at Il
rate which is attracting attention all
over Europe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12


III this country, and other at
'empts at bringing together the IMAM
I"ss land and the landless man." The
british colonial office asked Mr.. Hag-
Sard to make this Investigation, that
data might be gathered to aid the office
IN its work OF relieving England's over
crowded cities. Of improving conditions
in her rural communities.
The British colonial Office has in mind.
as result of Mr.. Haggards investiga-
lions, South African colonization; and it
is hoped that the plan will be broadened
10 include immigration from "congest-
al English cities to the manless land of
the colonies" The question of inducing
the Briton to return to the land, to again
engage in agricultural pursuits. to fur
nish for the nation its own foodstutfs,
was matter in which the late Cecil
Rhodes was most deeply interested: and
the expenses Of the investigation Of the
Salvation Army settlements in the
nlted States are borne by grant from
the Rhodes trustees. Mr.. Haggard
comes as Rhodes commissioner
Mr.. Haggard believes Mr.. Rhodes
dream of establishing farm colonies in
all parts Of the British empire is dream
whose realization would be the solution
tor EnEland's problem of oyer-crowded
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12

plants and animals in the United
States amounts to $4,000.0O0,0 00 AZ
nually. Experiments in breeding
plants, In breeding and feeding ant
mails, in dairying. in the general man
agement OF farms, in better culttv2-
ton Of crops and in combating the
enemies Of plants and animals provo
that 20 per cent, or $500, 00O, 900, can
be added to the country's annual farm
product at cost of one per cent, or
Slightly more, of such increase. THU
has been done in millions of acres ia
the northwestern states. 1T has been
clearly proven to be a business il
which one dollar will produce one hum
dred dollars" This is the conserva-
tive statement Of DR.. W. NJ. Hays, OF
the Minnesota Agricultural college. On
the farm as IN every other branch Of
industry science is justified by practi-
cal results.
AS farm hand, though Uncle Sam
has 10,3S1,765 other farm hands spon
his 5,737,372 farms, the most valuable
for to-day and tomorrow is Science.
WALTER WILLIAMS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12

cities and her problem of hapleSS. power
ty-stricken rustics; the one way to avert
threatening weakness. Mr.. Haggard be-
lieves most earnestly in the value OF
country life, in its beneficent influence.
He says: Il am convinced-andt this is
a very most important national aspect of
the question-that most of our reverses
during the recent war were due to the
pitting of town-bred bodies and intelli-
gences, both of officers and men, against
country-bred bodies and intelligences.
We laugh at the Boer for his rude man
ners and his rusticity, but therein lies
are wise, they will not exchange for all
the gold and gems of Africa and all the
most exquisite refnements of Europe.
II they resist those temptations, if they
continue to be content to live roughly
upon their farms and produce as many
children as nature gives them, then
am sure-unless we British change our
ways-that whatever flag flies over it, it's
inhabitants OF Dutch blood will in fact
rule South Africa"
But Mr.. Haggard pleads with equal
earnestness for the side of the question
dealing with the present miseries Of pow
erty that cry for reform. Now the
road to happiness for millions of people
in the English-speaking world to-day
leads away rather than to over-crowded
cities. It leads over the hills and into
the country, where there is real money
to be found in the soil-the real estate.
SO to say London and New York are as
cups full Of tears and bitterness for
thousands of people who would be hap
pier and better citizens were they in the
country, tilling their own land in their
own Canaan"
To many OF US it has come as matter
Of surprise that Rider Haggard, creator
of "She," spinner of stories OF fanciful-
ness and wild improbability. should now
be dealing with the hard facts and real
tiles OF life. But across the water the
story-teller for some time past has been
looked upon as politician and soc,olo-
gist; We are litta slow in learning of
.he new Mr.. Haggard.
Mr.. Haggard has written volume upon
volume of pure fction-24 volumes in 20
vears-but he looks upon all this story
writing as play compared with his books
on sociological questions. 1t was his
work, Rural England" book of some
1900 pages, and certain letters to Lon
don papers, that established Mr.. Hag-
CARDS reputation as an authority on
conditions in TIE country districts of
England. He has we'll earned consider
alton for work Of a very opposite char
acter from "She."
It was in 1901 Mr.. Haggard began the
difficult task of exploring England coun-
ty by county, collecting data for Rural
England" first hand. 1T meant eight
months of constant travel, in sickness
and in health, in all weathers, by rail, by
horse, by motor car, by bicycle, and on
foot. It meant the interviewing Of hun
dreds OF landowners, tenant farmers,
agents, clergymen, doctors, small hold
ers and laborers of every dialect,
opinion, and shade of intelligence. 1t
meant the weighing OF a mass of evil
dence, the sitting out of the true from
tho false, th.ee5 weighty from the trivial
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12
NORWAY

MI. Ioliett or Bangsurd is build
ing cellulose factory at Oplo, Nam
tlaler.
Henrik 1bsen has celebrated his
nth birthday. He was fairly well,
but he received only few of those
who came to call ON him. Much at
tention was paid to 1}jorn Bjornson
on his twenty-five years jubilee as
an actor.
An earthquake was noticed at Fred
rikstad March 20.
All the steamship owners of Kris
tiania have organized themselves into
the Kristiania Shipowners' Union.
Verdens Gang contains an editorial
in which Prof. Hagerup receives a
glowing tribute and touching thanks
for his services as premier of Nor
way. He and the other members of
the cabinet retired with clean hands,
SAYS the paper.
Pending a general revision of the
tariff, the storthing, in secret session,
raised the import duty on cocoa beans
and cocoanut shell from $ to Is ore
per kilogram; on cocoa pulp, cocoa
cake, chocolate, ETC., from 40 to As
ore, and on fruit and orange peel
from 10 to 35 ore, and reduced the
duty on unsweetencd cocoa powder
from 40 ore to IS ore per kilogram.
The changes were made in anticipa-
ton of imports planned to precede
revision of the tariff and on the be-
lief that large supplies are now stored
in bonded warehouses.
The political insigniticancc of Nor
way as compared with the great
powers proved boon to the Nor
wegian shippers in the Asiatic wa
ters. When the war broke out many
Japanese steamers were pressed into
service as transports by the govern
ment, and somebody else had to take
charge of this trade. The Japanese
government gave direct hints that
the safest way out of the difficulty
was to hire Norwegian steamers, and
the result is that Norwegian shippers
have earned millions of dollars in the
far east doing the war.
A disgusting smell from the water
has been noticed at several places
along the southern coast of Norway.
1t is supposed to be due to gases
liberated from the bottom of the sea
by earthquakes.
A twelve-year-old boy living in the
!sDovre region is said to be a direct
descendant of King Harold Haar-
fagre. A Molde paper says that if
Norway does not care to become a
republic with Fridtjof Nansen as
president this boy may be made king
and settle down for good in Trondh-
jem, where the kings of ancient Nor
way used to reside.
The !;fc-boat Trygg rendered valu.
able assistance to the crew of the
German schooner Othello. and Kaiser
Wilhelm sent Pilot Omund johnson
Kvalheim of Ogne, the commander of
the life-boat, a gold watch on which
the kaiser's monogram was inscribed,
and each of the twelve members of
the crew of the boat received five
dollars.
The taxes are trifle lower in
Trondhjem this year than last year.
King Oscar made Christian Sinding,
the Norwegian composer, Il command
err of the second class of the Order of
WASH.