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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
APRIL.

Senator Chsaneey N. Depsw was reported to be sut
HSsn. Ss ga. bill at Al
Paul Sossgs sculptor and Who had made
I il ri. balloon
roach Amtyvue.
S% .a a1 and IN BGss"o on. hundred
Hirachen at Nnso Back Fore she a2s5 zum
Tho Increasing ssroqsness Of eruption from Veau-
Tho base q ne yossno. SanS ' ned for
crater was over 9sogs"nd feet SisS 'G nma the the
Ge eihS @ ,n mss sma OF
T. Earthquakes added to the danger from vesaSus and
E. ssss 1 f Ss%S IN fsss
To the city By a was o %GRs
- Annunziata was surrounded by lava.
@ Five hundred victims OF Nesuvius reported.
M the side Of @ vo Gt the RSg% OH
his post reported his observations by tele-
rived in New York the Kaiser Wilhelm der
IL The news from yerpyius was rens.urins Trio King
personally helped in the rescu" work
"a In he sfeisP in m f%o 6s. gum na T s5
Is The Ts ar Ka ana %sr tons ar all
York hotels at which they applied. because Of the
ss b VIZ " bom nha g Known that be- had
ett hi. wife ond children in Russia r,.,-
three men |tre shot to death and boy was
Is }ate succession o, saT,hqqsl,ss
The destruction was widespread and the night
was ore Of panic and terror as the real extent Of
many DAYS gradually destroying practically
all already shaken and wrecked b.
tho shocks. The people hed IN dsnav 20 open
places parks. the bay to Oakland and
other points. seeking refuge bllndly from city
that seemed threaten destroy its population
in It's destruction. Until food and other
supplies could he rushed 10 the survivors who
had lost their all much suffering hut
the country large subscribed millions. Con.
made two appropriations for relief. and
funds and supplies soon began 10 pour into the
city The the people sleeping
in the air under supplied by the
government. United States under the
command OF General Funston did much pre-
order and relieve suffering in the early
days following the fire. For weeks
teal chaos prevailed, but the cheerful spirit OF
people who, although they had lost ALL
themselves the OF reconstruction W
niomable and avowed intention Of
creating city the ashes that should
the world beauty and prosperity has cnused
% The Belgian training ship Count dc smot de Taeyer
founderSl OFF the coast of Dover. England
drowning the captain and thirty three
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
JANUARY.

J. The December uprising in Moscow declared ended
ay6T oSPs hod1e dd the city and IN. heads 81
. r. nicipaI departments assumed control , s
Killed In an engagement at Puerta Plata. Sahto
7. While batteships Atlantic SQUADRON
the Alabama the Kentucky were in collision
and the kearsarge and the Kentucky ran aground
near Norton's Island
n Y causing the iogs Of twenty lives
10 The Senate ordered investigation Of the Panama
~ The Clyde Line Cherokee ashore
Brgsntine shoals, Atlantic city. and after
much difficulty the passengers and crew were
landed four days later. leaving the vessel 10 the
Ia. A G Ialfour Unionlst party and for
merry Prime Minister Of England; was defeated ted
East DIVISION Of 81 Man0hester BY 'tA G Horrldse
. - Liberal and Free Trader.
1e The House Insurgents beaten and the Philip
pine Tariff bill passed with only II dissent
Ii. NJ Falieres President of the French Senate was
elected President of the republic on the first bal
"a An exceptionally warm prevailed one prostra-
Is About unSTef lives lost in the
- boat Valencia on Vancouver Island
"a The statehood fight was won in the House Speaker
4 Of the Republican party
20 Joseph Wheeler ex-Ctnfederate cavalry leader
with SPAN ou8 Sa IN I BTookH states "
20 The Interborogh METROPOLITAN Of all traction
eeSated sarfa"e and sbwa! wss ' aino"Hcsd as
eompsted beaded ,s o by august Belmont, and with
81. Colonel W. D. Mann, Town Topics" was ar
eSsq for s sy !" w ss Ssss Of Norman H"Ps00d
81 CaPtain Van sChaiek Of the steamer socum, was
20. Christian TX. King Of Denmark father Of Kins
George Of Greece. Queen Alexandra Of England
Russia grandfather of King Haakon VII of
SGrway ,s and reatsd to nearly al the Eur9Pesn
ertrk, was proclaimed IN succession
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
BOOTS AND SHOES.

The year has been characterized by prosperous
trade throughout all of the months at no time
since last January has the price question proved
disturbing element. Jobbers in 1905 con-
fronted with frequent advances on all kinds OF
footwear. and in 1906 the market has ruled very
firm, but without mu III change in values during
either the fall spring season and the volume
OF business very large. Although quotations
this year have not shown any great change, no
varieties are any lower and certain descriptions,
such grain, satin and split goods. and particu-
larly the last two named, have scored an advance
of five cents 10 seven and one-half cents per pair
over rates ruling year ago These kinds have
been especially Arm, owing to the scarcity and in
creased cost OF the particular feathers of which
they made Most OF the advances that
made late in .9o5 OF sufficient
such increases as have occurred this year in most
kinds O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
REPORT OF THE WOOL MARKET

Prices of wool declined average of about III
cents for domestic grades during the year 1906 but
the level at the opening OF the year was abnor-
mally high owing to the low available stocks. and
returns TO ranch owners have been salts
factory on the whole According to the statement
of the National Association of Wool Manufactur-
ers the clip amounted to 2eS SIS 100 pounds. eqQlva
lent TO ei2 pounds of secured wool, slight
increase In quantity compared with the previous
year. but the total value OF s79.T213s3 was about
per cent less than in 1905. Little change hos oc-
Cured in recent years in the wool clip of the
United States. which amounts to only about 10 per
cent of the production of the entire world although
the percentage of value Is larger. owing TO the
better quality As result there are continual
liberal imports of Chinese and Australian wool,
and domestic prices largely influenced by
suits at the London auction sales. The sixth
series OF these sales was recently concluded under
most favorable conditions. nearly all offerings at
tracing brisk competition. and the tendency Of
WAS ri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
AGRICULTURAL RESULTS.

Prices Of grain have lacked special sensational
features during tie last year. although at times
speculative activity produced wide fluctuations. but
the general trend has -0fp toward normal quota
tiens that returned substantial profits 10 producers
although she crpus srester than before
in the aggregate. started the year in a
high position owing u. moderate supplies that
gradual decline, however. IL became evil
cent that stocks excess Of anticlpatons,
she oiiical report showing l9s9qSVf' bushels on the
farms March !. making with the visible supply at
that date total Of $4,000 bushels.
corresponding date a. i@3 the quantity in farmers
hands III Ooeof5 bushels. making with the vsi-
date the farm ,10S 10000
bushels, and Of 3,-st 30 bushels. both figures
SURPRISING all previous 3rds Irregularity in re-
ports regarding the going wheat caused
recovery by July J. ana that date the visible
supply only -, Ss2ee0 bushels AS new crop
natured under favorable conditions, there was a
considerable fall IN quotations. although the
eBdt surprisingly firm market in Of the
certainty that large crop had been secured.
The yield OF corn exceeded previous records, and
the crop In 1905 was the up that time.
that have had consecutive years
of such abundance IN the conGelds that the low
position Of stocks caused by short crop of 1901
only in position TO meet ali domestic requirements
but there IS a liberal surplus for shipment abroad
This foreign trade is not attaining the high record
of earlier when Drices were c4nte
81 a bushel cheaper but there is a fafriv
stes6y addition to foreign credits because of this
st@2le The most striking increase in production
yield OF almost half billion bushels Spring wheat
returns were less phenomenal, falling behind the
crop in SIX recent years, and the total of snrina
and winter wheat 1885 $40 bushels or sli.hti15
other years. A gratifying surprise was supplied by
The nnal report as TO oats. which exceeded the
ports had indicated that the Weld might saIr &c
much as 1O5r0.V0 bushels short of the crop in 1905
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
July.

1 rwenty-seven-sH but four Americans -passensers
from the steamship New YORK. bound from
Plymouth for London were killed ct SALISBURY
England By the wreck Of the fast steamer train
on the South Western Railway. Mayor Mctle!lan
decided at tho last moment 10 stay on the New
and thus probably saved his life.
4 President Roosevelt delivered an Independence Day
address a Oystur Bay; ". j Bryan addressed
tho American Society at the Hotel Cecil. LONDON
8 The cruiser Charleston. with Secretary Root and
party, arrived Juan. Porto Rico.
O. Ths International Policvholders Committee organ
lied a meeting at the Wadorf-Astora 20
fight the arrangements OF the New York Lie
and Mutual Life insurance companies
Secretary Taft spoke North Carolina Republicans
Greensboro. firing the nrst gun In the Con-
gress campaign OF 1906
Alfred Dreyfus fully exonsrated by the Court
OF Cessation Ht Paris and restored to his rank
in the
10 Indictments for bribery found against four New
Rochelle aldermen.
IL Mrs. Leslis Carter william L. Payne mar
ried Portsmouth, n II.
Ia II announced Newport that Mrs Fanny Burke
Roche and Aural Batoryi had been married
time before
B.lt wealthy African nnancer died
In London
Crsr dissolved tn. Russian Dournn 10 maintain
the system OF aristocracy
81 France decorated Dreytus with the OF chevaer
OF the Legion OF Honor.
g. Russell Sage died in Lawrence; Long Island.
22 The Russian Douma defad the Gar and called
upon tho people 20 refuse TO support system
OF arstocracy
as Prince Eugene Murat killed by the
turning OF his automobile at Munich. Bavaria.
rs John d. Rockefeller his trip
20. Two killed and than dfty injured in
the wreck OF the Pacific Express OF the N5w
York Central Railroad eleven miles from
PouEhkeepsle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
AI+GI ST.

sAnsqinery mutines broke out in the for'resses at
& Admiral Train, In Command Of the United States
Assuc hee,. died at Che Foo, China
s. Some three hundred lives we're lost sinking
srio. running from Genoa to cadiE and south
7 Paul o s,snsand. president of Milwaukee
Sa'e snn or Gh'oaso % n ~ ' iiit from '
7 Higgins ordered the cessation OF gambling at
/" Franz ss. si Of e og Ii: wrecked ma :;
10 % aS thai sy S9s On :
II Root Canal bs o S7 an FdTnH
~ ROn lasting for several days GspT,Sa Gy s the az
One woman was killed by being knocked from the
bridge oyer consy Island creoI \ test case ,se
question, and In the mean time the company col
tho eoltSon Of ' the steo o fare good fSr
turn should the test case ultimately be decided
is partS Of from nine 70 fifteen Negro soldiers OF the
battalion OF the 18th Infantry. stationed at Fort
Brown. Tex shot up the town Of broM asI yi l,s
tenant tenant Of police NAM shots we're nrsd. some
caeas The War began an
tlEetion the post vas t o'a"do"e' ana 'ne
Is Charlie. iushss SnnognCed as v SS g i R
publican ticket. there much agitation Tor
f M1isSq Iearue and some talk Of
GsI%S.n an %Ts, 9 and inmate nomn"or ani
inclined to run on an independent ticket n
II Tie wildSst stock market the Northern Pacific
THE cutting OF a melon In Union and southern
Pac.f stock BY L. IL. Hartman Union Pacific
gained seventeen points and the h1ll movement
phenomenal
II An earthquake destroyed the city
Of Valparaiso. chill. much the manner
o life and property nnd much su 1eTi1c
destitute and homeless people uut
supplies rushed to their relief
Five thousand persons reported Killed IN the
Nalparaiso disaster
IS charles p MURPHY announced himself and Temmany
% Two uprisines were reported Cuba and
bel toned.
% NJ J. SAGE 6 CO.. the alleged central office for a
system o. bucket shops the country. backed
doors by II said OF the bull move
rnent In Wall street. Tho suspension Of many
bucket shops followed closely
The disorders assumed the magnitude OF n
rebellion. with several engagements between
government and jnsurCcntv.
% The President ordered The odopt"n IN all his official
correspondence Of the "slmplifed spelling Of
Carnegie committee
Stolypn. Russian P~AmlrC. escaped With
Elight injuries when attempt was madc 60
assassinatc him with bomb At reception at
his home. Twenty-ssv killed Including
his daughter. his secretary and his chief 81
Puard.
27 The cuban insurrcctos wegc defeated 10y Govern
meat troops n battle tteafVcHos, with ~
% seventeen. ono government soldier
Etlled.
closed its doors Frank X. Hi~"le, emerged With
Irregularities. committed suicite.
30 Thousands OF persons greeted " Il. BRYAN at
ception him In Madison SQUARE Garden. He
outlined part Of his pol!Cv and among other
things. spoke in favor 81 tEc government
ownership o. railroads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
SEPTEMBER.

2 Two members the state constahuary We're killed
and three injured fight with Giotng Italians
PunNSutawncN Penn.
: Hermann Oehicls died tn Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse hetwcon Bremen and New York
3 Paul o. S-e.saul, tho fugitive president OF the NIL
waukee Avenue STATE Bank OF Chicago was capt
ured in TaHCer. Morocco
2 The greatest naval review IN American history
held oyster Say and reviewed by the presi
dcrt.
6 Cuban government troops whipped the rebels
The business situation affe Cted by the
disorders talk OF American mediation O
tSrvcntion became
8 The Cambridge racing defeated on the
Thames, England.
o Hundreds of persons killed in riots Between
soldiers and the penple-hoth Christians and
Siedlce Russian Poland.
o. A Republican administration elected hv a narrow
margin I'm Maine.
2 The army and held in readiness inter
vention in cuba: The United States cruiser Den
arrived IN Havana.
The independence League dominated
headed by ". r. Hearst and Lewis : Chaner.
2 American sailors were landed Cuba but with the
exception Of legation guard. were returned "a
tho Denver.
President Roosevelt announced that lie would send
commission beaded by Secretary Taft to mediate
In Cuba. He warned the Cubars that only peace
would preserve their Independence
). The Pacific Mall steamer Magnolia went ashore
Midway Reef.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02

JUNE.
sd ksd R2R6: e Ada a IA
troubles were given mas the Ssuse .r. Injured
when a trolley car was wrecked after rushing
. In battle between Mexcans ana americans in the
% tpe zm %a SanaR We're Mfef0 eight
The CROWNS suspicion Of chicago pscns qGSe Pres
dent Roosevelt sen special message 70 e ygs
and tho need for federal legislation
s. Eeve S' men we're blown to bits in the Of
IL Mrs William Es Grsy s Of the s suit 1T 5s
di HtSSa at se Keno s Sev '''S'0' "'
la Brutal Jeysh mgssaGes wsTe t pn in threw
bomb into Corpus Cristi procession. killing and
IA The Biaiystok assacres increased intensity Chris
f faH se mgfi9e rang r"v'nins ana ''S
IA Chester Gillette was arrested Fourth Lake near
Utica, y. y. charged with the murder oil trace
in Balystok ard many troops
were rushed into the CITY The riots Were gs' Of
lives had been sacrificed in the most horrible and
IS Macaro sakay self styled president Of the Re
publica Filipino, surrendered to TIE American
authorities in Manila, putting an end 10 armed
H. James r. Ketnes 500 900 colt sysonby died from
IL cnare sqS Math Seven years old who happsa
found in emty house under th tba InSppe
% aT%s' Captured aa and se1teced twenty
20 ~ the ng1 fe Of tho former Vice
roy Of In4ia who was Miss Mary Letter of CHI
n Police Commissioner Bingham announced return "
system In the deIaftIieI, -
IN The House OF REPRESENTATIVES passed the Meat IN
spectioT bill
81 Attorney acting under tnStrnGtion
from President Roosevelt, announced NJ NtS,,us
TON that the government would bring proceedings
he OIL COMPANY II.
%. President Roosevelt announce, thaI 'e ~ 800
OK Stanford White well known architect. VINO
signed many notable New York buildings, HCLua.
ing Madison Square Garden: WAS shot ana -
instantly killed by Harry X. Thaw, n fneiliueff :"
n we'll known Pttsburg f1mily. on the tpot or
Madison Square Garden bring the p'eH''e'e VI
''Manzelle Champagne
beat Yale in tho annual race TOT Vaislty
Fights on tho Thames River at New LONDON
Conn
30 The Both Congress adjourned it's first session With the
Railway Rate. Pure Food end Meat Inspection
laws 10 It's credit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
DECLINE IN COTTON AND WHEAT.

Cotton and wheat prices declined good CROP
prospects. stocks were Hquidated. trade and In
dustry continued active, midsummer shutdowns
were fewer and shorter than usual. with fall
orders good. In August. free marketing OF win
ter wheat brought the lowest prices in four years
but iron and steel and cotton goods were active
and advancing, while raw cotton declined Rains
helped corn and hurt wheat in shock. but the
latter rallied lighter movement and poor
Russian reports. September showed more snap
to trade. very high money rates, rapid advances
in commodities. active trade and industry, rec
ord corn crop gathered free from damage, with
cotton goods advancing. At the end, q. severe
Gulf storm destroyed property on that coast and
hurt cotton inland October saw an immense
advance IN cotton prices-14O points on spots and
166 points on fucures-in ten days; copper
reached the highest price IN twenty-six years.
cool weather helped trade. and a record months
business was done. Car congestion became
acute and reports came Of damage 70 harvested
grain and growing cOttOn-the latter by frost
Storms at harvest hurt tobacco South and West
and hurt cotton badly in the South Atlantic.
States November saw only slight lull IN trade
before Election Day. iron and steel continued 10.
advance despite record production, and large
imports and congestion haInpered all lines
but business active and a large area Went
into winter wheat. Preparations for a record
holiday trade made at wholesale. later
justified by early and heavy demand. IN
December, car shortages affected trade and
caused suffering in the Northwest. The in
creased wheat area entered the winter IN a con-
dition equal TO 1905 An unprecedented trade in
holiday goods at record prices closed the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
r",,, ' So 7o4 oOoO0o Inc ST COG. 100000
FINANCE AND INDUSTRY.

The frequency with which increases are met
in the summary table given elsewhere VIII
at once strike the reader Of this article. The
combined production Of al cereals was the l7rS-
est eyer IJuoan. chiefly because of the immense
CON Weld The values OF all cereals and of all
rarm products are alike the greatest ever re
corded In the financial records. the frequency
OF increases. unfortunately 10 TO L. per cent, Is
p~obably a real guide to the increase Of gen
eral business over 1913. In the statistics of IN
dustrial output especially of the IRON trade, the
-.aiuS are not far below The above percentages
Anothe. .,uidC To the character OF the years
business i, 20 pr had in the gain IL stock sales
and the loss in bO&d sales Indicating that. with
prosperous trade greater disposition To be a
partner rather than q creditor was manifested
FINALLY the fact that the decreases shown in
The second table are largely confined failures
and failure liabilities is in high degree indie
atiVc of the iICt th"t the vastly enlarged out
puts The movement ca products and the vol
,clc Of sales ia 1896 were conducted with less
friction than IN 1893. ,huS constituting tribute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
DRAWBACKS TO PROGRESS.

or the drawbacks, Interruptions and what in
some years, would have proved to have been
absolute checks to progress, there were several
we'll deserving OF mention Mild winter weather
has not usually been associated in the past with
present or future good trade crops, and yet
the country had the mdest winter in years.
Later on in the year the greatest city the
western coast Ievelled by earthquake and
fire, a shock to financial circles which might
have been fatal in ordinary year Legisa-
ton OF Il somewhat radical character affecting
FdllrOddS and large corporations, with numerous
prosecutions of companies and individuals, was
marked feature resulting from the previous
years moral agitation and uplift in state and
nation, apparently without any other than bene-
hciai advice TO the country at large. Tight
money at home and abroad put a strain upon
general business which resulted in strikingly
little friction, judging from failure returns, the
most noticeable effect being feeling of con-
gressionaI and state elections had little effect,
the general conclusion being that the people
were too busy 10 talk politics. Transportation
congestion or the acuteSt kind resulting in loss
OF trade and some actual suffering where fuel
supplies were concerned perhaps arrested but
certainly did not check. progress. Strikes were
numerous but, except in the coal mOulderS' and
printing trades not Of long duration. owing to a
spirit OF compromise and yielding on the part OF
employers, who realized that the cost as well as
the CountryS standard of living justified larger
compensation.
Some occurrences which made the year an
especially notable one, the final effects of which
have not yet been worked out. the immense
speculation in and advance of land values. which.
with the building activity in some sections was
claimed to be dangerous to continued. prosper
ity. High money gave check TO this as II also
did 10 the enormous volume OF speCulat ton IN
mining shares. which diverted attention from
10 a certain extent, from cotton though the lat
ter showed great activity throughout the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
REVIEW OF TIKI yoTToN MARKET

fIgi. prices prevailed ~ The cotton market dur
sng Ike entire year 1906. although the closing
months brougt; Il somewhat normal level
OF quotations, owing 10 the fact that the new crop
promised to exceed all records, with POSSIBLY ore
exception, Zach calendar embraces parts OF
tyo cotton Esasofis. as the crop begins 10 move
hbort September Prior 70 that date the mod
ersfs suppl and steady consumption maintained
very high quotations. tt.e calendar wear openinr
With rsddlire 1plandS At New York. selling close
20 II cents for spot. and during the next e,sht
usczths the prize aas often above that point, xc-
aQrdiaE 10 official returnss the average export prcs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
SILVER BULLION.

1t thought that the advance IN quotations OF
silver bullion OF 10 ounce from April
to November. 1906 a remarkable event and Ii
did establish the highest quotation In nine years
But during the last year the market usually ruled
above the highest point of 1905, raising record
about six cents higher, to 90 cents at New York
and a small fraction above 20 pence per ounce at
London. Yet IL is still that the recent record
of the highest price in ten years would have APP
peared cheap more than ago. One factor
in the year's strength of silver bullion was the
purchase for the government mnts. bat this bust
did not attain great proportions by any
means and when the price almost y cents
ON tenders 10 the government il decided %
wait for reaction. When il was possible to
secure bullion at less than 20 cents the mint again
made moderate purchases But this demand was
insignificant compared with the exports from Lon
don 10 India OF about s45,ooo0o0. This is not only
he largest total for recent IL
necessary 10 go back to the great famine of 1877
to find larger figures. and az that time the price
was much higher that the exports did not rep
resent quantity equal to the movement this year.