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THE McHbNRY PLAINDEALER McHENRY PLAINDKALER OOl ILLINOIS. NEWS OF THE WORLD Pomical, Ibypiinings of Minor importance Told in Paragraphs, Stonl mill? in the Homestead, FX, district started a double turn at mid- night Stmiay night E. H. Hairiihan has bought a one- third Interest in the Huntington elec­ tric lines along the Pacific coast ^ E. Cares, a freight handler, com­ mitted suicide at Terre Haute, Ind., by throwing himse.'f in front of a street car. Coke operators in the neighborhood of Pittsburg, Pa., have decided to sus­ tain prices by regulating the produc­ tion. , The brig Tanner, from San Diego, went ashore near Port Angeles, Cal., and will probably prove a total loss. The crew reached the shore safely. The Pan-American Exposition com^y pany, operating between New York, Cuba an.d Central American points,, has acquired a monopoly of the ship­ ping business In Yucatan. Will Newsom. a river pilot, shot and killed John Barbell, a lumberman, near Decatur, Ala., the result of a Quarrel. Barrell went South from Saginaw, Mich., several years ago. In a collision between a trolley car and a wagon at Kansas City, R. E. Wedge, Mrs. Kate Wedge, Archie Cross, Mrs. Hattie Cross and Mrs. Nettie Cross were seriously injured. United States customs inspectors have seized 17,000 '• pounds of wool, valued at $3,000, from Marshall H. ' Maynard, a iarmer near Champlain, N. Y., two miles trom the Canadian line. The wool was smuggled from Canada. Maynard was convicted ot smuggling^ Chinamen into this country and served a sentence. The Women's Society of Home Mis­ sions of the synod of Illinois of the Presbyterian church elected Mrs. C. W. Robinson of Bloomington presi­ dent and Mrs. Margaret C. Monroa of Chicago corresponding secretary at Its annual meeting at Springfield. A subcommittee of the Philadel­ phia city councils has decided to re­ port favorably upon the acceptance oi > Andrew Carnegie's offer of $1,500,000 ' lor free libraries, providing the city • expends $150,000 yearly for their maintenance. Officials of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad charge that an ordinance, granting a strip of land for a pas- senger station in Pittsburg, is being held up by members of the council because the road will not produce boodle for its passage. E. R. Kramer, cashier of the First National Bank of Allegheny, Pa., dropped dead at Sewickley. He had been with the bank more than thirty years. Worry over the failure of the Federal National Bank is thought to have caused apoplexy. Vanlear L. Oldroyd, a nnion ma­ chinist, was shot dead at Columbus, O., by Charles F. Weaver, a nonunion machinist, in front of the former's home in St. Clair avenue. The tragedy Is an outgrowth of the recent strike of machinists at the Hocking Valley^ shops. A bequest of $35,000 to Pennsyl­ vania College at Gettysburg, Pa., i3 provided for in the will of Rev. J. H. W. Stuckenburg of Cambridge, ; llass. ! It is reported that the differences between Colombia and Nicaragua growing out of the aid the revolution­ ists of both countries received during the recent rebellion will be arbitrated by President Diaz of Mexico. Third Assistant Secretary of State H. H. D. Pierce has returned to the United States after an extended tour through Europe for the purpose of in­ specting the American consulates. He will shortly submit his report to Sec- ; retary Hay. Andrew D. White, former ambassa- » dor to Germany, was to have been the guest of honor at a reception given by the Deutsche Gesellig Wissenschafl- licher verein at New York, but owing to illness he was unable to be present. It was stated that he had overtaxed his strength at the Holls memorial ex­ ercises held at Columbia university. Gov. Yates has accepted the resigna­ tion of D. F. Munger of Princeton, 111., as trustee of the western hospital for the insane at Watertown, 111. Mr. ^ Munger will remove to Indiana. General David G. Gregg of Reading, Pa., was elected commander in chief of the military order of the Loyal Le­ gion of the United States at the annual meeting in Philadelphia. William A. Wollendorf, aged 28 years, of Tremont, III., was killed at Peoria by a loaded wagod falling off a bridge and crushing him under the .. load. The Jury In the Samuel Montgomery murder case at Sparta, Wis., brought In a -erdict of murder in the first de­ gree and Judge Fruit sentenced Mont- $wnery to prison for life. Montgom­ ery wurdered his wife. War Secretary Root has arrived in Paris and la the guest of Ambassador Porter. He will meet a number of leading officials there and will re­ turn to London before sailing for Washington. President Loubet re­ ceived Ambassador Porter, who pre- . aetited Secretary Root A resolution addressed to President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Moody protesting against the use of •wine in the ceremony of launching the battleship Connecticut was adopted at ^the annual convention of the Sons of Temperance of Connecticut • Prof. Willard Clute of Binghamton, r , Jf. Y., has accepted the call to teach ^ • Ijiplogy in the Joliet, 111., high school. ' Anthony Drexel, who had been In this country only a fortnight, sailed from New York and, with Mrs. Drexel, Will spend the winter on the other aide. J*®®® Thoburn, bishop ol the Methodist Episcopal church tor India and Malaysia, has sailed on the St. Louis, from New York, for South ampton, en route to India, where he lias been engaged in missionary work Jor |erty.-flve yews. $ Hugh H. Henry J., was elected Dr. PoLcdexter S. Henson, formerly of Chicago, now pastor of a Brooklyn church, in formally accepting a call to Tremont/Temple of Boston, wired the trustees: "Uelieving it to bo the will of God, I will come to you." Miss Rede Henderson of Ashland, 111., has gone to the Navajo Indian reservation, New Mexico, to be matron of an Indian school. Janauschek, the actress, has re­ ceived an offer of a home for life from the Actors' Fund . home, in New Brighton, L. I., and from the Edwin Forrest home, Philadelphia, but pfpb* ably will decline both. Lieut Gen. Sir Ian S. M. Hamilton, K. C. B„ quartermaster general of the British army, who has been visiting Canada and the United States for a month, is booked to sail on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen. The Canadian parliament has been prorogued. It met March 12 and the session has been the longest one on record. The United Brotherhood of Carpen­ ters and Joiners of America and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners are to be merged into one national organization Jan. 1, 1905. At tie Universalift church conven­ tion in Washington former Gov. F. E. Perham of Maine said the trend oi mo^t of the religious denominations now- is toward Universalism. Settlement has been made at Bir­ mingham, Ala., of the plate mill scale for the Southern plants of the Repub­ lic Iron and Steel company, also for the Tennessee Coal lron*and Railroad company, and work will be resumed Monday. A communication from United States Minister Eeaupre at Bogota in­ dicates that the present session of the Colombian congress is not err>pctpd to make any further progress with the canal legislation. E. Mannuel, a second termer, was shot by the guards and killed while attempting to escape from the Folsom state prison at Sacramento, Cal. The convention of the Army and Navy Union of the United States closed at Pittsfield. of Weehawken, N. president. Speed Frye, aged 11. and George Gabbert, aged 10, of Danville, Ky. en­ gaged in an altercation while on their way to school and Gabbert was fatal­ ly stabbed. Michigan prison officials deny that the Supreme Court decision in the case of Convict Harney, granting him a lengthy period of good time, applies to others and do not fear a general exit of convicts. The ninth annual meeting of the Il­ linois Federation of Women's Clubs ended at Cairo, following a talk by Mrs. J. W. Hener of Chicago, chair­ man of the music committee, on "Folk and National Songs." Over one thousand men are continu­ ing the search for L. Wentz, the wealthy young Philadelphian, who mys­ teriously disappeared ten days ago at Big Stone Gap, Va. Rewards for his recovery aggregate $30,000. William Marks was instantly killed and Patrick Hardy fatally injured at Butler, Pa., by an explosion of nitro­ glycerin. The cable supply schooner Jnlia Whalen has been wrecked on a reef at Midway Island in the Pacific. Democrats of Springfield, Ohio, are making a hard fight to defeat Stewart, a Hanna man, nominated for the legis­ lature. The case of Whitaker Wright, the company promoter, against whom the grand jury at the Old Bailey found a true bill Oct. 20, on the charge of attempting to defraud the stockhold­ ers of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, was adjourned until the November sessions on tLe application of Wright, whose defense is not ready. Felix Hall, a negro, was hanged at Birmingham, Ala., for murder. When the drop fell the rope slipped and after ten minutes of agony the man was hauled up and hanged a second time. This time his neck was broken. W. S. Love of Savannah, Ga., who was reported missing, has been found at Denver, Col. He denies he had sought to hide his identity and was working under his right name and had given Savannah business men as ref­ erence. Two survivors out of a crew of four­ teen men have arrived In Newport News, Va. They belong to a Nova Scotia fishing schooner which struck a reef off Cape Cod light The men had been nine hourts in the water when picked up. For the first time in many years the saloons and gambling bouses of Kan­ sas pity, Kan., have been closed tight. The threat to oust Mayor Gilbert from office for neglect of duty proved effica­ cious. Baron Sternberg, German ambassa­ dor to the United States, will go to Germany to consult specialists regard­ ing trouble with one of his ears. He will undergo an operation if the sur­ geons so advise. Four postofflce robbers were convict­ ed at Scranton, Pa. Two of them were given six years and the other two seven years' imprisonment The bundesrath has elected Dr. Gutbrod, director of the imperial of­ fice of justice, president of tttfi su­ preme court Norse Powell and Harvey Barnhart, farmers living near Hartford City, Ind., were fatally Injured in a feud fight. There were nine combatants, men and women of both families participating. Two of the women were severely wounded, but will recover. The evaporation works owned by Prescott & Remington at Paw Paw, Mich., were burned, causing & loss of $10,000. Police Captain Boyd of St Louis has resigned pending a hearing on the charge of complicity in naturalization frauds. RECEIVER FOB 5 LIC WT BUNK State Examiner Has Receivef Appointed for Illinois Institution. TWO GUARDS ARE HELD FOR KILLING PATIENT Coroner's Jury Charges Attendants at Bartonvllle Asylum for Incurable With Murder. ; -fr SPECULATION ' IS CHARGED President and Cashier Are Said to Have Squandered Funds in StockSi Which They Bought Through a Chi­ cago Brokerage Concern. Joliet, ni., dispatch: Speculation In stocks and dealing in margins, by which thousands of dollars of the de­ positors' money was squandered by the president and cashier, resulted In the closing of the State Bank of Lock- port by an order or the court, at the instigation of State Bank Examiner Heath of Champaign. With a capi­ tal stock of $25,000 and deposits of more than $75,000 the total assets are*, only $55,000. The aggregate liabili­ ties are $111,000. Asa F. Mather .<tof Joliet was appointed receiver. Dr. Charles H. Bacon, reputed to be Lockport's wealthiest citizen and a pioneer of Will county, was president of the defunct bank, and Andrew H. Butler, for years confidential clerk of Bacon, was the cashier. The closing of the bank caused a panic in Lock- Ill., special: The inquest in the case of Thomas Hart­ ley, Inmate of the Bartonville asylum for the incurable insane, who died as the result of the injuries sustained in a struggle with two of the attendants, brought in a verdict finding that the deceased came to his death as a result of the injuries and recommending that the two guards, Edward Sorrels and Samuel Flynn, be held without bail on the charge of murder. T\ a two are confined in the county Jail and their attorney announced that he would' institute habeas corpus pro­ ceedings for the purpose of securing their release on bail if possible. J. Mack Tanner, secretary of the state board of charities, and Frank D. Whipp, assistant secretary of the board, arrived in Peoria and were in­ terested spectators at the coroner's inquest Mr. Tanner announced that he would investigate the affair and visited the asylum for the purpose of rfiaking an examination of the build- ing, in the corridor of which the strug­ gle which preceded the death of Hart­ ley took place. - GOOD YEAR FOR THE Y. W. C. A. Work In Chicago and Other Illinois Cities Is Greatly Extended. Galesburg,tIll., special: Reports of the work for the past year occupied i U. 8.--There, little girl, don't cry; why bother about any boundary lines at all --Chicago Journal. port, which shortly afterward took on the proportions of a small-sized riot when the depositor* learned that the bank had been wrecked through stock gambling. Most of the depositors are poor persons who had every confi­ dence in the venerable president. An angry and excited crowd gath­ ered In front of the bank when i|, leaked out that the funds had been dissipated and clamored for their money. Several went to the residence of Presided Bacon, but could not ob­ tain admittance. Excitement was at a high pitch all day, and threats were made that criminal action would be begun against both the president and the cashier. From what can be learned, it seems that the stock speculating has been going on for about two years, and that both the president and cashier were in the deal. They bought, through, a Chicago broker, Union Pacific stock outright when it was up to 112. They also purchased outright Alton common at 41, and a large block of United States Biscuit. After two dividends had been received on the Biscuit stock they bought 100 shares of Brooklyn Rapid Transit on a margin basis. When the slump came shortly after­ ward they put up the stock they had purchased outright to protect the de­ cline In Rapid Transit. In the final crash the brokers dls posad of all the stoctcv to save them­ selves from further losses. In this deal the bank officials dropped about $20,000. There Is still to the credit of President Bacon on the broker's books about $3,600. The bank officials also dealt extensively in Missouri Pacific. Alton preferred, and other stocks. It was reported that President Bacon had drawn out of the bank on his per­ sonal note as high as $8,000 at a time, when there were the heaviest deal­ ings In stocks. The bank examiner came In unex­ pectedly and In less than ten minutes arranged to have no more deposits received. It Is stated that the bank has been insolvent for fully six months, and that a false report was made to the state auditor three months ago. New Church Is Dedicated. Arlington, 111., special: The new St. Patrick's church, one of the finest buildings in the diocese of Peoria, was dedicated, here by Bishop 0"Rlelly. Bishop Spalding of Peoria gave an ad­ dress on education In the evening. the most of the time at the annual state convention of the Illlndte Young Women's Christian association »ln ses­ sion here. The year just close-J proved to be one of the most prosper­ ous in the history of the association. This it was reported was especially true of the work in Chicago, which had been greatly extended and en­ larged. The associations at; Elgin, Aurora and Rockford were reported to be In splendid condition. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. J. J. Tufts, Chicago. First vice president* Miss Jessie R. Holmes Galesburg; second vice pres­ ident, Miss Patterson, Monmouth; secretary, Miss Martha Sarver, Chi­ cago; assistant secretaries, Misses Janet Warnock, Macomb; Mamie Sif- ferd, Carthage, and Miriam Roberts, University of Illinois. COLD STORAGE COMPANY FAILS Minneapolis Butter Concern Goes Into Harris of Receiver. Minneapolis, Minn., dispatch: The Minneapolis Cold Storage Company has gone into voluntary bankruptcy. John Kunz, a heavy creditor, has been appointed receiver. The liabilities are $400,000 and the assets $350,000. There are over 3,000 minor creditors. The company bought cream from farmers for the manufacture of butter. It has a large plant at Nicollet Island, Minn., and branches in Watertown, S. D.; Fargo, N. D., and Aberdeen, 8. D. ROB FARMERS OF LARGE 8UM8 Swindlers Sell Cloth for Suits, but Re­ gain Goods and Flee. Kankakee, 111., dispatch: Farmers in the vicinity of Peotone and Man- teno were swindled out of $8,000 In a clothing game in which a man and a woman from Chicago were the swin­ dlers. The man sold cloth for suits and took the farmers' notes. After the farmers had visited Manteno and Peotone on certain days, been meas­ ured for the suits and left their cloth the man and woman who took the measure disappeared with the goods. Orln Hickok Is Insane. Cleveland, O., special: Orin HIckok, famous driver and trainer of race horses who has been Hi here for some time, has been adjudged insane and sent to the asylum. He is 69 years old and it is feared his case is hopeless. Andrew Carnegie was given the free­ dom of Cork and subsequently laid the foundation of a free library to which he contributed $50,000. Mr. Carnegie afterward proceeded to Queenstown to await the arrival of the steamer Cedrlc. Two Croatlans arrested at South­ ampton, England, are wanted In Pitts­ burg for the murder of a contractor named Ferguson. The chief evidence against them is provided by money changers, who gave them Austrian currency for bills believe^ fcavfc been stolen from Ferruson. •• • ' British Boat Given Up. Glasgow cable: The ship Milton Park of this port, which sailed from Liverpool March 31 for Fremantle, Australia, has, with her crew of twen­ ty-four men, been given up as lost. Hope to Catch Firebugs. Columbus. O., dispatch: The farm­ ers in the northwestern part of Cham­ paign county, now sleep with shotguns by their beds in hopes ol catching in­ cendiaries who have been operating about the county. Croker's Horse Wins. London cable: Richard Croker's Clonmell, quoted at ?C to 1, won the race for the Great Sapling Plate of 1.000 sovereigns , Sundown £*rk. W Tea horses ran. .. ,)."iL^y Pioneers Dls Within an Hour. Belleville, III dispatch: Peter Schau- bert, aged 96, and Mrs. Ella Moller, aged 94, the oldest pioneer residents Of St Clair county, both living In Mas* coutah, died within the same hoar. Oervia Is Buying Guni. Berlin cablegram: The Servian gov­ ernment has ordered a large consign­ ment of Krupp guns and ammunition, to be delivered on March 1 next This is the first indication of a out­ break in the spring: Reprieve for Murderer.. Centralia, 111., special: Got. Tatea has granted a reprieve for twenty eight days tc Antonio Romano, whi was to have been executed at QaMWfc Kane county. Friday, Oct St. v. HIOOtN PICIUaE PltZZLk GENERAL THE BEIIK STEADY Reports From Agricultural Distrlcte Are Consid< . Favorable. ,,.0 •; ,, PLENTY OF WORK IN AIL LINES • "Where are those two lazy boys." BIG NIL GlillS USELESS AT SEA United States Battleships Are Handicapped in Heavy Weather. GUN PORT SILLS ARE TOO LOW Thirteen and Eight Inch Batteries of Kearsarge Were Idfe During Sixty- One Days of Summer Cruise--Speed Outranks Fighting Quality. Washington special: Startling rev­ elations of the inability cf some of the best United States battleships to fight their turret guns, and even theli broadside batteries, in a heavy sea are made in a report in which Rear Ad­ miral R. B. Bradford, the recently re­ lieved chief of the bureau of equip­ ment of the navy department, dis­ sents from the designs for the 13,000 ton battleships Idaho and Mississippi. The designs were approved by the na­ val board of construction. Guns Are Use!-ass. The elevation of their heavy gun port sills above the load water line is so little that in a heavy sea they must be closed and the ^juns thereby ren­ dered inoperative. Some members of this board contend th^t foreign bat­ tleships labor under equal disadvan­ tages, but the fact that the thirteen and eight inch guns on the Kearsarge, the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron, were worthless daring sixty- one days of last summer's cruise will be a disagreeable messago to the bulk of the American people, who believe the American battleship can come off victorious In a fight with anybody and anywhere. Here Is the salient portion of the report, which was made public by permission cf Secretary Moody: Lacks Fighting dualities* "There are two important qualities in the design of the Idaho and Missis­ sippi, now recommended by the ma­ jority of the board, which I believe should receive serious consideration. The first is in relation to speed. In this design speed in shipbuilding is second to capacity for sea fighting. 'If the speed of the Idaho and Mis­ sissippi corresponds to that of the old battleships, then they must be rele­ gated for service to the old battle­ ship class and the first line of defense, composed of battleships of the latest and most powerful type, with a speed of eighteen knots, is not strength­ ened. Should to the slow Idaho class be added the Maine, Virginia and Con­ necticut classes, then the speed of the fleet will be reduced from one and one- half^to two kifots." Free Board Is Too Low. "Even If this sacrifice should be made the Idaho class still would be useless in a moderate seaway, owing to their low free board. "Reference Is made to the report of the commanding officer of the Kear­ sarge, which is a ship of higher gun position than the Idaho. It is stated In this report that during sixty-one days of the summer cruise the turret guns could not be used and for at least one-third of that time the broadside guns could not be used, botn on ac­ count of the condition of the sea." REMOVE MAN'S STOMACH TO CHECK STARVATION Patient Partakes of Food and Gains In Weight as Result of Dell* cate Operation. Sioux Falls, Iowa, special: William Noss, a farmer living near Pomeroy, has left the Samaritan hospital for home without a stomach, yet feeling well and weighing fifteen pounds more than he old over three weeks ago. Noss began to have troublp with his stomach four months ago, and finally the physicians told him he was suffering from cancer. He was dying of starvation when he arrived at the hospital here. The stomach was removed so as to leave a flaring end to the. gullet, while the lower end was cut off where it narrows to merge into the intestines. WLen the stomach had been removed a funnel-shaped part at­ tached to the esophagus was stitched In in such a way as to form a small sack with an orifice. By delicate stitching this passage was made air­ tight. The wound was closed and the man given food. Now he eats as much as he desires. LOOKING FOR FOUR RAILROADS Harrlsburg Expects New Lines to Be Soon Under Construction. Harrisburg, 111., special: Four rail­ roads are now headed this way. Seth F. Crews of Chicago, president of the proposed Harrisburg & Southern rail­ road, has arrived here. Mr. Crews stated that he had all the arrange­ ments made to commence building the road at once, and a committee was ap­ pointed to secure the right of way in Saline county. The committee ap­ pointed to raise the $10,000 required by the Coal Belt Railway company has succeeded in raising the motley and will go to Marion, 111., to close the deal with the road. SEVEN RESCUED FROM WRECK Steamer Goes Ashore Near Grand Marais, Mich., in Storm. Grand Marais, Mich, special: While the steamer Gettysburg and barges Buffalo and Saveland were trying to make this harbor for shelter from the fifty-mile northwest gale the tow-' line to the Saveland parted and she was carried by the storm onto the beach opposite the government dike. With the seas breaking over the stranded vessel, the crevt from the Grand Marais life-saving station res­ cued six men and one woman from the wreck. While the life savers were saving the crew of the Saveland Mar­ tin Derrya of this city lost bis life just outside the harbor. He had been in the lake in a small boat. CONVICTS ARE TO BE SET FREE Michigan Supreme Court Hands pi^wn Important Prison Decision. Jackson, Mich., dispatch: Under a decision handed down by the state Supreme court nearly 100 prisoners In the state prison here will be released at once. John Harney, a burglar, ought to have been released several weeks ago on "good time," but the Chicago--J2.50® 6.15. St. Louis--$5.45®B.05. _ . , _ _„iKansas City--55 206/5.801 prison officials on a technicality re- ^ Omaha--$o@5 so Woman Victim of Feud. Mlddlesboro, Ky., dispatch: Alice Lamb was killed, her head being near­ ly severed from her body by knives. Joe Brim and a man named Nelums mpra arrested. TTi© L&mb womsn wss well known in the mountain districts the robbers until it was almost sev and had been in feuos for many years, ered. fused. He appealed the case and the court held "good time" was unaffected by previous records. Nun Attack Burglar. Wheeling, W. Va., special: Masked burglars entered St John's Home for Orphan Boys, and, after beating one of the sisters In charge, bound her and robbed the building. During the struggle the sister bit a finger of one of Divorce of Warden- Soffel. Pittsburg, dispatch: Peter K. Soffel, formerly warden of the Allegheny county Jail, has been granted a di­ vorce from Mrs. Kate Soffel. Mrs. Sof­ fel Is the woman who helped the famous Biddle brothers to escape. Refuses to Abide by Marriage. 1 Jamestown, N. Y., special: Imme­ diately after Miss Nannie Nelson was married to Charles Carlstrom, the bride refused to accompany har hus­ band, giving no reason for her action. Lady Wlnnlngton Is Hurt. New Yory special: Sir Francis and Lady Winnington. the latter a cousin of the duke of Marlborough, met with ,% serious mishap while automobiling to Settrington house, in which I i'ly Winnington was injured. - ; Train Plunges Down Mountain. Fort Worth, Tex., dispatch: A log­ ging train of the Alamo Gordo & Sac­ ramento Mountain Railroad, near Ft Worth, plunged over a declivity in the OKmntalas. killing nine workmaaw - Reorganize Crucible Steel. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: Payment has been made into the Union Trust Company, Pittsburg, of $2,100,000 which is the capital necessary to per­ fect the plans of the reorganized Cru­ cible Steel Company of America. Prepare for Winter Cruise. Washington specIrJ: It is expected that the vessels of the North Atlantic« squardon, now undergoing repairs at the New York navy yard, will be ready to start on their winter cruise Dee. 1. Hazers Are Suspended. Champaign, 111., special: The facul­ ty of the University of Illinois has suspended six sophomore students for hazing a freshman. Among tho«e sus­ pended was Pitts, the &tac left ewA the football team. "Mormons Are Active. Berlin cablegram: There has been a revival of Mormon activity In all the German states with the exception of Prussia, from which state the expon­ ents ot the cult have been expeUe*.. Grain Shipments Frbm Chicago One-Third Less Than a Week Ag<v|„ but Exceed Those of La«t Year Comfortable Margin. ---- ' ' Chicago dispatch: Dun's review ot/J.-" C h i c a g o t r a d e , p u b l i s h e d b y R . a C " Dun & Co., says: "The position of general trade is one of continued Steadiness, and is strengthened by favorable reports from the agricultural 'districts show­ ing progress in farm work and the re- ,. opening of an important branch la the steel industry, assuring employ- v ment to several thousand men. Har­ vesting of the crops 4s well advanced, and the only difficulty in marketing is owing to deficiency in necessary cars, felt most throughout the Southwest Gain appears in the receipts of lead­ ing products, except wheat, iwhicfr shows disappointing volume. Retail Buying Is Good. "Distribution of merchandise re­ mains as large as in the corresponding week of last year, and Consumption shows little change, the buying in re­ tail lines being of the best and very strong in wearing apparel and other necessities. Considerable business in staples is handled by jobbers, and the mail order houses are tested to the full . capacity of their working forces. "Labor lawfully employed, new de­ mands for factory products equal ex­ pectations, and the freight movement in all directions is as heavy as hither­ to noted. Iron and steel materials are not in oversupply, and with a wider inquiry for rails and structural forms there Is liberal buying of pig iron, many smelters taking advantage of lowered prices. Lumber moves more freely from the mills and current deal­ ings at the yards are seasonably largs^ with country shipments the best. Grain ShTpments. "Grain shipments for six daya, 4(- 327,033 bushels, are 30 per cent under the previous week, but largely in ex­ cess, of a year ago. Dealings in the pits are less animated and prices are influenced in the ieadirg cereal by in­ creased Argentine shipments to Eu­ rope. Domestic buyiiig of wheat ia good and helps to maintain the price, which closed the same as for the pre­ vious week. Coarse grains included few important trarsactions and the closing shows declines in corn flve- eighths of a cent and oats half a cent Sales of provisions were narrower, . ribs showing the most weakness and declining 60 cents. Pork and lard are in liberal supply and each 20 cents lower. Live stock receipts, 341,004 head, are 4 per cent over the corre- -y sponding week of 1802. The supply was well absorbed by packers and shippers and choice beeves improved 20 cents per hundred weight Sheep- and hogs turned weak, both losiag £5- cents in value. \> Financial Conditions. "Financial conditions are easy and not affected by speculative operations. The banks carry strong reserves and have fewer loans on securities than tormerly. Currency requirements for crop moving purposes are not exceed­ ing the normal point, and the best commercial papei discount^ at 6 per cent, the offerings being r^^dily taken. "Failures numbered 279 in the Unit­ ed States, compared arith 239 last year, and in Canada twenty-six^ against twenty-two a year ago." X. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORT WHEAT. Chicago-- No. 2 red, 82{?88o. New York--No. 2 red. St. Ixiuls--No. 2 red, 87c. KnnBas City--No. 2 hard. TIol Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, S7ei Minneapolis--No. 1 r.orthern, Ms. Duluth--Nt>. 1 northern, 84c. COPN. Chicago--No. 2. 45Vi@45V4o. New York--No. 2. 52^c. St. Louis--No. 2. 42VaC. , Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 41%#Ma •Peoria--No. S, 45^ic. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 37@38o. New York-No. 2, 41VfcC St. Louis--No. 2, 36f£c. Kansas City--No. 2 whits, i CATTLE. ' Chlcapo--$1 30@o.7o. St Louis--J2 2506.40. Kansd.3 City--$1.25@tyi^--_ On.aha--o0@5.tr> , HOGS. SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago-- $1.50@5.7&. Kansas City--$2 10^5.i£. St. Louis--5.25!tj5.40. - Omaha--J£.2ii©5. Cortelyou Exceeds Authority. Portland, Ore., dispatch: Federil Judge. Bellinger has decided that Se<y retary of Commerce Cortelyou ex> ceeded his authority when he arbitrar­ ily issued an order to deport two French women on the ground that they were brought here for inuooral purposes. -- : • \ - Colombia Needs Money.' Panama cable: The minister of the treasury at Bogota has announced at a secret session ot the house ot representatives that the national rev­ enues are 30,000,000 pesos la paper currency less than the expenses. 8enator Foraker Improves. Sandusky, O , special: Senator Wot- aker is recovering from the attack of bronchitis which prevented his speak­ ing here, and compelled the .canceller i tion of other political engagameata. V _i Japan Wants Chili's Ships. Panama, Columbia, cable: An *n» confirmed report has been received that the government of Japan Is ne­ gotiating with the government of Chill for the purchase of two eC the - letter's warships. - Robbers Use -Dynamite. Wichita Kas., special: The Burtm State bank at Burton, thirty four miles nortb of Wichita, was dynamited and robbed and thousands of dollars are said to have been takes. v • mailto:o0@5.tr