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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1900.
THE WORLD'S NAVIES
Lessons Tauit byjhA Spanish-"
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A&vtJAL OF THE NAVY DEPARTME
Ta4cHor Is to Build 3fere Battle
SUns-flfernoeo-Beats la Disfavor
"OasM -md flaa Praotiae.
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ITAWrrWITOK, Fen. . The naval an
nual, Just issued from the ofSee of naval
inteingenoe. Is of exceptional Interest and
breadth of soon.
The leading feature is an article entitled
"Recent Tendencies of Foreign Naval De
velopment, od the Effect Thereon of the
Reseat War With. Spain," by Lieutenant
CooMMiider Peters. This article presents
In Wtoctact shape many of the lessons
taught by the Spanish war and utilized
by the name of foreign nations. Begin
ning -with the statement that the most
striking feature is the marked effort now
betne; made by the important maritime
powers to increase their naval strength,
the article points out that one result of
the jspsntnh war was to demonstrate
begs1 further argument that battle-ships
mumntute the real lighting strength of a-1
nam, even in France, which has long
clang to the armored cruiser. Armored
const atfenae. vessel have been practical
ly tgaered in new construction.
WhUe the war threw no newjteht on the
vatne of torpedo-boats, attention wa&
freihlr directed to their vulnerability, and
Qermany has abandoned the building of
any more email boats. Still, some weight
Is attached to the moral effects of tor
pnas beats and their use la training young
officers
Another war lesson was that the bis-'
BTUMs on board ship are secondary, and
hereafter dependence Must be placed upon
a -primary battery of rapid-Are guns of
moderate caliber. Already the German
navy has reduced the caliber of Its heav
iest guns to 9 46. Above water, torpedo
tubes have been abandoned, and while
some under-water tubes are retained, the
tendency is toward clearing a battle-ship
on ninety of these drvice.
-Armor must be widely distributed, and
not restricted to the water ltoe and gun
pontoons. Foreign navies are securing
th -very best armor, regardless of cost.
There is a universal ef&rt to aboltsn
wood and combustibles from naval ves
sel. Canvas boats are te be tested.
WsAer-tube boilers are now beyond tts
cueskm for naval use, and the only ques
tion open is that of type. Torpedo-nets
have been abandoned.
Tremendous effort are making in for
eign navies to improve gun practice, and
In Qermany the ships go to sea every day
for target practice, even reserve ships,
while the British navy has largely In
creased it allowance of ammunition for
priee-nring. Foreign opinion criticises
American gun pointers as showing much
room for improvement, based on their
performance at Manila and Santiago.
Commander Peters, however, comments
that never before have fleets been so ut
terly destroyed through gun nre.
A comprehensive idea of the tremen
dous naval programme of the German em
?lre is afforded by an article contributed
y Lieutenant E. W. Klttelle. entitled
"The Creation and Maintenance of a Ger
man Battle Fleet." He gives from Ger
man authorities in great detail ail of the
argument which lead to the government
demand that the navy be increased, over
and above the present building pro
gramme, by ST battle-ships, IS large cruis
ers and K small cruisers. He quotes
German technical papers as saying that
the government has eliminated the Con
tinental powers la calcaletione based ea
the attitude of foreign reentries toward
ttt qirsnaa fteateeea. ncuon is
Held t have aestfrwad ow te tb-est
Britain. Japan and the United States, and
one paper holds that England and the
United States will soon be checked in the
Increase of their navies by the question of
manning ships, and Japan by the question
of money, so that Germany will be in a
position to cope with them, severally or
collectively.
IAeatenant -Commander "William If.'
Drtggs furnishes aa article on ordnance
and armor, la wasen he draws many uee
fvleosjefoskms from a comparison of the
Spanleh and American ships during the
late war. Contrary to some ether writers.
he insists that the Spanish commander
of the torpedo-boat destroyers lacked nei
ther dash nor dtecretloa. He holds that
the boats failed to do dsmage owing to
their Inability to run through the Amer
ian gun Are. Commander Drfcggs nays a
battleship easily can take care of two
such boats on eaoh beam la dear weather
He takes vigorous wee wtth the Conti
nental writer who have belittled the style
of the American gunner: dlssgrnring
with their statement that the percentage
of hits was only between three and four,
but Insisting that even so. that was all
that was needed. This edtoer attaches
great value to the automatic pistol which
has been adopted by Onmsny ami Italy
in the army aad navy, aad he snpoUo a
full daeMlptloa of the details of the
weapeaa which ares M tnsaete by one
depression of the trigger.
Thorite Is said to have gtrea the meet
promising toIt of an the high esalo
stves already tested. A Mac shell lead
ed with Jevtte is eatd te have heea area
thronjsh ssSJVtnca faco-hsrdsn i plate of
nickel etbat and then eaplsaad by a fuse
in the rear. Hotvmhstaaesas; this ana.
black powder Is still held to be taw best
explosive for baiting sbotta. Our naval
smokeless Is said to a anporier te taw
British codtte. as dameastmud by a trial
made by the Kew Orleans' guns.
a the
of eraser, the year's trlam
seated at the right and lata. Dewey at the
left of the sjisHisi of the cash At the
of 1st dinner, letter of
Alhm and Go
of Mr MrKtaley
also that o the
and Mrs. Dewey.
after which tare
given for rack
President unities R
which rwette thr battle
of Manila bay
of Adnata!
ban a liana f mate aseeal la
te PreeMeet
Dowey said
"Per this seaextful gift I
from th bottom of my heart,
to sa tbat ail that my friend
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baa bor-a fuMnod I hew tnr okta of
the wurte. ipofacsag out Mm Do
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ssbml and Mss Dewey war ssooiat.
the nlaors indlvssaany end nam irmkl
to cbjr tower aoor wWre e sewr t -ttea
was bM by tae crwb ssoavr
1a4e for urajck
Little pregiem has heea
slsmmy farther estHnar Urn smmrlmlu
'a ,ntii fmc wwmr.
Pretense a lr Pnlsa Xesgme Can,
mt sreolrfcra.
XBTW-TOsUC rob. t I gaahiil and ,
Dewey wore the Bassets of boner at a dko
ner gtvea at the rales Lessen Onb 9a
Breektra Inst ssght. Asnasral Dewey was
were rend from IreBea ItcsUaeey.
Boar-asmrrai rhiSp, 1 1 sliism Smsaaiy
reassir. is a
and vtr
AdsislsoA hkyamtr em see Loneo.
WASKIWOTOJf. r. .mmr A.'ra.
F. W MeSiak. at -. - !.
sell !. has ei r - j
111 health ash te a iimsn mn ess
saaoru ira4rr r 4 th aoi aesAVsmy at
Anna; xm i mw b rzt tors tea ! e
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V tfc -i fcrtk TWr
jtpmtUcL: tA ornner ceanmndat
Rtoh&rd "Walnwright to succeed Admiral
McNair as superintendent of the naval
academy.
HIS CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
Some of the . Money Senator Clark ,
' ,. , Spent In. Montana.
-WSHINGTQN, Feb. 9. A. ,J. Steele
rayis cross-examined in the Clark case to
day. Ho said ho had participated In the
fall campaign -of 189S with Mr. Clark's
friends. H& had made a trip to Great
Falls before the legislative election, and
also another one after the election. On
the first trip ho had taken $700, which
Mn Davidson had given him, and on the
sepond, $300, Mr. Davidson had also glv&i
jjm money for expenses incurred In other
trips made throughout the state. Witn&ss
said that at that time he was a bankrupt,
having failed in business. He had kept no
account of expenditures, but whenever he
wanted money he went to either Mr. Da
vidson or Mr. Wellcome. During the sit
ting of the legislature he had received
$1000 from Davidson and $5000 or $0000 from
Wellcome. Tho largest sum obtained from
Wellcome at any one time was $1000, which
haJ been given hm after the senatorial
election, when Wellcome had handed him
a roll of bills, telling him to pay his debts
and kept the rest. Ho had received $2000
ffrom Wellcome after tho investigation by
the grand Jury.
Mr. Steele gave a partial list of persons
to whom he had paid money in sums of
"$108, they being person working in the
interest of Mr. Clark for tho senate. Re
ferring to the visit made him at Helena
by Representative Qarr, prior to the meet
ing of the legislature, Mr. Steele said in
reply to Senator Turley that his repre
sentation to Mr. Garr that he wanted to
see him about bounty scalps, was all a
pretext; that In reality, he had desired to
see him in Mr. Clark's Interest as a sen
atorial 'candidate. He had, however, not
nrged tho matter when he found that Mr.
Garr was inclined to support Conrad.
In' reply to questions from Senator Bur
rows, Mr. Steele said that during the cam
paign and tho sitting of -the legislature, he
had received $10,000 or $12,000 for use in
politics, and that he had spent all this sum
except $700 or $SO0, which he had kept.
While Mr. Steele was on the stand the
propriety of the use of a report made by
Attorney-General Nolan, of the proceed
ings of the Lewis and Clark county
grand Jury, in the Montana supreme court,
was raised. Mr. Foster, of Senator Clark's
counsel, expressed himself as strongly In
opposition to this revelation of the secrets
of -the grand Juryroom. Attorney-General
Nolan was present, and volunteered to
make a statement, iaut he was not per
mitted to do so, the committee deciding
that the matter was not material.
State Senator W. E. TIerney, of Broad
water county, was questioned especially
concerning his financial condition prior to
and since his eJeotlon to the senate, to
meet the testimony ot Mr. Dolenty, a
banker of Townsend Mont., to the effect
that Mr. TIerney had paid off a large In
debtedness to his bank since the adjourn
ment of the legislature, and shown many
other evidences of improved financial con
ditions. Mr. TIerney said that he had been
Instrumental in organizing the State
"bank, of Townscnd, and that the bank
paid his indebtedness at Dolenty's bank
by transferring it to the other bank. He
had ateo sold more or less property. The
witness said tbat he had considered him
self worth about $0,000 sefore the meeting
of the legislature, and that there had been
no material increase since. He also sahl
that Senator Clark had not been instru
mental in the organization of the new bank
at Townsend. The notes owed at the bank
were not his individual notes, but were
given by firms in whkth he was Interested.
The committee adjourned until toroor-
f row beforr. tho wlt'nose had concluded.
ERNE'S NARROW ESCAPE.
LiBhtwcLprht Champion Nearly
Knocked Out by a Chicago Man.
CHICAGO. -Fob. 9. A
at. the end f tho sixth reuad was tho boat
Frank Xroe, the lightweight ohaJaptoa
eould do with "Chicago" Jack Daly, in
the fight at Fort Dearborn Athletic Club,
tonight. In the fifth, Daly closed Erne's
left eye with a right swing. Erne bad
orders in the last round to finish Daly if
possible. The champion tried with all his
might, but Dab would not give aa inch.
Xroe would Jag Daly's head back wtth
Ma left, and then cross his right over for
the Jaw, but Daly was game and stood up
to the punishment. Near the end of tae
round he juet mttced Erne's jaw wtth a
loft swing that would have put the latter
out of business. Daly slipped from the
Impetus of his own blow, and Erne cangat
him square ea the Jaw with a right upper
cut, aad came near putting Daly out.
Both men wore oa their feet at the finish
ht a fierce oKchanas, with Erne having a
slight advantage.
Joe Gobi Defeated Spike Sullivan.
XKW YORK. Pen. l-Jo Oaaa, the Bal
timore ttetowoftght psgffSst. sained a wott
eamed dosanaa over Spans SneTsvaa, of
Boston. In the Mth round of a bant at the
ngkrwiogiit Bask, boforo the Bvandway
Athletic Oak asssghc Prom the staet-oaT
the naht was a hard nae. and Spaa, at
the st. tasked She a wii
and at the end of U
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QUIET DAY IN CONGRESS
XO BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCE
' TRANSACTED IN EITHER HOUSE.
Many Members Attended thcLa-nton
Funeral Resolutions and Bills
Intrpdnccd. -
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. When the sen
ate convened today Allison (rep. la.) pre
sented the credentials of his fcfclleague,
John H. Gear, re-elected tot the senate
from Iowa for a term of sis $ears from
March 4.- 190L -The -credentials were filed. "
very little routine Business -was trans
acted before the financial bill was laid
before the senate. The senators who were
expected to address tho senate on the
measure were absent temporarily,' and aft
er a brief lull in the proceedings, Hoar
(rep Mass,) suggested; "Question, Mr.
President." - " .
A Iaugli rippled over ..the seriate, and
Jones (dem. Ark.) said '"he." had" not ex
pected that advantage 'would be taken
of the unanimous consent to vote on the
bill next Thursday to secure a vote it
an earlier date. Hoar disclaimed any such
effort, calling attention to the -fact that
the pending question was an amendment
offered by the financo committee.
Chandler (rep. N. H.), chairman of the
committee on privileges and elections,,
said: "If the senator from Tennessee
(Turley) were in his seat, I would call up
the Pennsylvania senatorial case. I have
refrained from pressing the case, as I was
informed all the time would be taken up
by the finance bill, but If the senate Is
not prepared to go on with the pending
bill, I will ask th& senator XTurley) to
proceed with the Quay case."
Trie following bills were passed: To
erect a public bplldlng at Deadyood, S.
D., to cost $200,000; approprlttlnS$500 for
a monument' to mark tha'slte of the Phil
Koarney massacre; granting tlo state of
Kansas tho abandoned Fort Hayes .mili
tary reservation of 7000 acres for the pur
poses of establishing western branches of
the Kansas agricultural college and of the
Kansas state normal school thereon, and
for a public park.
No senator having indicated his desire
to discuss the finance bill, the senate, at
1:05 P. M on motion of Adrlch (rep. R. I.)
who said many senators desired to at
tend the obsequies of General Lawton, ad
journed. In the Honnc.
Upon the assembling of the house to
day it was agreed that when the house
adjourns today it be to meet Monday next.
Payne (rep. N. Y.) thon moved that tho
house take a recess until 8 o'clock tonight.
This motion was opposed by those Inter
ested In claims, this being the day set
aside, under the rules, for the considera
tion of private bills. Sims (dem. Tenn.)
said it would be unfair to cut out the day
session for the consideration of private
pension bills. Payne said he made the
motion because many members desired to
attend the funeral of General Lawton this
afternoon, and the house would be with
out a quorum If the regular order waa
proceeded with.
Loud (rep. Cal.) Offered a way out of
the tangle by moving to adjourn. Al
though the majority favored the resolu
tion on a rising vote, It was defeated, 86
to 1C0, on roll call. The question then
recurred upon the motion of Payne, and It
prevailed, 107 to 15. Accordingly at 1:31
P. M., the house recessed until S o'clock
tonight, the evening session to be devoted
to private pension bills.
Lively N'lRht Scuslon.
There was a scene at the night session
which momentarily recalled the stirring
and exciting days of the Mat oongrees. An
irate member rushed down the main aisle,
brandishing his arm and shouting for
TeeogaiUon, while half the democratic
member wore ea their feet execrating the
eoousaat elf the ehalr for what they
Aacmou hta airWtrap"- sours, ana? from
several place la the hall came loud
Last Friday night Talbort (dem. S. CO
blocked private penekw legislation be
cause there was no quorum present, and
threatened to continue to do so at every
subsequent Friday night session, unless a
quorum was present. HI warning had
its effect. There was aa unusually large
atlsndeaee when tho bouse weA called to
oraer at C e coeic Ssosnor fioueorvoe
himself was la the chair, and the sailer
le. usually empty at Might so, wort
crowded m anticipation of a lively Urns.
Talhert mslntsmod hit threat as sees
as the metlen w msde to go late the
snoflPos tee presence oc a score or ssore
of member In excess of a ojuuewsa. The
friends of private pesaaea httta were Juhi
Mat. Bosssern Crop. Ja wee raned lo
prnddi over tae r enanUM of the wksl.
and the clerk road the arst ksB. Tassert
arose hi merer watte the hfil was setae
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A letter wes received from the United
States district attorney at Sa"lt Lake City
stating that an indictment had been found
against one of the postmasters appointed,
but doubt was expressed as to whether the
evidence to sustain the indictment would
be brought within the statute of limita
tions. A subcommittee was appointed to
draft the report, which will later be sub
mitted to the full committee.
GOLD AND SILVER.
Bryan's Theory of Scarcity of Gold
Front Disuse ot Silver Exploded.
The gold produced from mines in the
United States alone exceeded last year
the total value of gold and silver produced
in 1S73. This will not be glad news for
Mr. Bryan, says the New York Tribune,
because not even the least sensible of
f his followers can be mado to suppose
that scarcity of money has resulted irom
disuse of silver since 1573, In spite of an
output of gold greater than that of gold
and silver 23 years ago. That clearly
leaves riothlng of the sham reasoning with
which his sliver fanatics have been filled.
True, there never was any logic In. the no
tion that prices must fall if the quantity
of metallic money in use decreased, for it
was always a stupid assumption, and one
contrary to all experience, that decrease
In the supply of "coin lessened tho entire
amount of buying. Human beings used to
buy on credit long before Bryan's false
notions camo into blundering minds, and
prices were affected by such buying as
much as by any other. But a bit of the
vilest logic on earth la precious to men
who have no better, and tho increase of
gold output takes the last leg from under
the silver fanatic, even though it was but
a crutch.
Of gold alone, according to the annual
statement of Wells, Fargo & Co., the out
put was $72,567,226 In 1899, an increase of
more than $6,000,000 compared with the
product in 1898, as that was nearly $13,500,
000 more than the product In 1896, the
greateat then ever known during the 40
preceding years of which the records have
approximate value. This excludes the pro
duction in British Columbia, and the west
coast of Mexico, which was about $17,623,
000 more last year, and may rightly be
considered part of the monetary supply ot
this country, as some receipts from such
sources were doubtless Included In the
vague early estimates of production.
Within three years the American output
has Increased $19,552,000 in this country,
and over $16,000,000 in the adjacent coun
tries which send their products hither.
Tho remarkable Increase is not confined to
this part of the world, for Australia and
South Africa have rivaled It, so that tho
total output of the world in 1899 is esti
mated at $301,000,000, though in 1896 it was
but $202,682,300. Improvements in mining
havo brought into general use within a
few years cyanide and chlorlnatlon pro
cesses, by which low-grade ores are ren
dered profitable, but there have also been
grqat discoveries of deposits in the Cripple
Creek region and the Yukon, in Australia
and South Africa, though the latter region
contributed since September little or noth
ing to the estimate for last year.
Meanwhile the output of silver last year
was only $3l,591,49S, against $61,808,637 In
1880, though the decrease has been partly
In market value per ounce of the metal.
Since 1SS that decrease has been about a
third, but tho quantity of silver raised
has also diminished materially, and would
have diminished much moro but for the
appearance of silver as an important
by-product In the most valuable mine
worked for other metals. The decrease In
silver output In 1SW, when the prico fell
severely, was quickly conteracted In part
by the remarkable expansion of mining
which yielded sliver as a by-product, and
that Increase still continues, although the
treatment of ores is now such that raanv
of the silver mines could be Worked with
profit If the metal should become much
cheaper than it Is. Since formal demone
tization by India and Japan, the actual
use of silver In the world has tended
rather to increase than to decrease, be
cause its superior convenience as a sub
sidiary representative of gold, has become
more denaitety reallro. Weresilver need
throughout the world only a token
money, accepted solely for the arbitrary
value attached to it by the law of differ
ent countries a a representative of gold
In small amounts. It aggregate monetary
employment would probably Increase, for
there are not many countries Ilk this,
la which the mere weight of the metal
causes so extensive a popular preference
for paper.
Nobody has ever been able to state with
any accuracy the output of the precious
metal. Four years ago probably no man
lived who expected to see the annual out
put of asM Increased by one-half before
BOS. nor wore there any who expected a
few years ago that the yield of sliver
weald Incrvost rather thaa diminish. Con
sider!: the world's tnermou demand
far other metal wtth which silver I
found nom.Mled. end the vast deposit
y l ! suing to yield. It
prheha that the scednrtlea of stt-
to en extent la the
of the war la heath Africa seem Hkety
to fslfcswed by very eslssssve oevelop-
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STRENGTH OF STAPLES
LEADING FEATURE OF THE TRADE
SITUATION THIS WEEK.
Weather Conditions Unfavorable to
Large Distribution Weekly
Trade Review.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say:
The strength of staples, and particularly
those of agricultural origin, is the leading
feature this week, at least. In general
trade, weather conditions have not fa
vored a big. distribution, but, compared
with a year ago. are still quite favorable.
Enlarged speculation is reflected in in
creased bank clearings, and comparisons
with last year are again encouraging,
while gains over years previous to J869
are very marked. In strength of demand,
nnrt n'.7ft rt ndvnnno Pnttnna urn atlll
I-easily first. Although the crop move
ment has noticeably enlarged, so aetlve
has been the demand for foreign spinners
that fully 33 cents advance is shown. Pro
visions have "been quite strong through
out the week, and active demand Is re
sponsible for higher prices of pork and
lard In the face of larger receipts of hogs
at primary markets.
The strength of the raw sugar position
has been further increased this weak by
bullish reports from European beet mar
kets, and the expectation that receipts of
cane sugars are apt to be light In the
future. Refined grades have been strong,
partly owing to the strength of raws and
partly to the shutting down of a number
of refineries.
Coffee steadily advanced, the result of
continued small crop reports fiom Braz 1
and of good consumptive demand here.
Hides and leather are firmly maintained,
though reports from the boot and shoe
trade of country business are not very
good. Fine grades of wool are qu et, but
there Is still an urgent demand for me
dium grades, and quarter-bloods sell bet
ter, considerable Imported wools having
changed hands In Eastern markets. Re
ports from the wool trade continue fa
vorable to a high degree, and firm or
higher prices are regarded as a certainty
for the future.
Unfavorable weather has affected distri
bution In most sections this week, but
mall orders have been of fair size, and
the spring trade outlook continues unim
paired. Iron prices vary with the mar
ket, but no widespread weakness is yet
noted. Some concessions, notably by a
prominent Southern furnace, are reported
at Birmingham. Some export business is
reported done at a shading by an Eastern
furnace. Strength of quotations, in fact,
grows as the interior Is approached, the
most firmness being noted at Chicago. Any
further reaction in Southern pig prices Is
expected to develop a good export de
mand, the margin of price differences now
being vety Email.
A further gain in blast furnace capacity
is noted. Current production is now little
below 16,000,000 tons yearly, and some In
crease of stocks Is shown. Considerable
business could be done at the West in
rails at a concession of $1 per ton, but
the active buying of old rails is taken to
mean that no weakening will occur. Steel
plate? have again lost the strength dis
played some weeks s.nce. Copper Is steady,
and tin la again higher on a speculative
advance in London.
Wheat (Including flour) shipments for
the week aggregate 2,902,367 bushels,
against 2,724,987 bushels last week, S.UO.aVO
bushels In the correspond ng week of 1886,
3,419,504 bushels in 1S3, 2,061,316 bushels In'
17, and 2.71S.391 bushels in 1896. Since
July 1, this season, the exports of wheat
aggregate 123.012.322 bushels, against 15,
569,166 bushels last year, and 153,649,567
bushels In 1397-98.
Business failures in the United States for
the week number 231. as compared with
171 last week, ltt in this week a year ago,
27S in 1W. m in W7. and 3S1 in im.
Canadian failure for the week, number
X, a 'compared' wtOf Jl last wekPS in
this week a year ago, and SI In ISaf.
TirB PIXtfCIAL REVIEW.
Ear Conaition in the 3Ioncy Mar
ket With Strength Apparent.
NEW YORK. Feb. S.-Bradstreef
financiel review tomorrow will say:
Irregularity prevailed In the movement
of quotations during the past week, though
the stock market was on the whole strong
aad Inclined to advance up to Friday,
when a reaction set in. Essy condition
continue in the money market, although
this te shown more by the volume of
offerings of fund than by any further re
laxation in actual rate. Ma'ny lender
consider that with the large demand for
accommodations by merchants and manu
facturers, aad with the April disburse
ments yet to be encountered, no further
doclinus in rates are JustMed.
The money market, however, had offered
no eh easel to the resumption of activity
In speculation sad the fact that indus
trial securities of good quality are ac
cessed with freedom where they form a
reasonahie proporton of the collateral for
loan, ha had considerable influence in
sthnalathtg an improvement la that por
tion of the general list.
The market has sea decidedly more ac
tive. At the same Usee the trading eon
ttaaes to be la the mala of a professional
Pools and large operators have
their prwnc felt by taking va
pertien nf the list In hand, and
la some hmtaaces have from time to time.
ta pcoats m stocks which were
t began a fort-
Thkt was paitlcuarty
at the stool and other mduetrtal.
nry feewmrd the dose of the
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Schenectady, N .Y.
from spinners is limited, arid it Is per
ceived that they had previously supplied
themselves quite fully for the heavy
weight season, lor which they have taken
very large orders. It Is thought by some
that enforced sales of foreign wool, which
was withdrawn from the London sale in
January In order to prevent a greater
decline, may hereafter affect this market.
The weekly output qf pig iron February
1 was 298,014 tons, but stocks unsokl rose
20,390 tons in January, indicating a con
sumption slightly smaller than the output
when the month began. As the consum
ing works were naturally stopped about
the holidays more than the furnaces, the
figures prove little, but Bessemer and
gray forge at Pittsburg ha-ve not changed
in price during the past week, and slightly
lower offerings of pig by Rout hern and
other new furnaces at Chicago and East
ern markets have had little effect. It is
more significant that the decline of prices
for some weeks in bars, plates and sheets
has been checked. Large orders have
been taken for these and other products,
indicating that the works in need of
business may have obtained enough for
a time.
Though prices of hemlock sole have
been reduced c, also of split and upper
leathers, the boot and shoe manufactur
ers are not yet inclined to buy largely,
as they are getting but a small pert of
the contract they need at this season.
The Jobbers still hold back as far as they
can, and the slow yielding in hides at
Chicago increases expectation that
leather may further decline. But, though
buying is very small, the works are pro
ducing and delivering more than ever be
fore. Last year the deliveries from Bos
ton were 44 per cent larger' than in 180.
but this year thus far they have been lit
per sent larger than, last year.
Failures fer the week were MS in the
United States, against 217 last year, a4
33 In Canada, against 36 last year.
Danlc ClearlnKS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. The following ta
ble, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the
bank clearings at principal cities for the
week ended February 8, with the percent
age of Increase and decrease, as compared
with the corresponding week last yeai;:
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Kansas City
Minneapolis
Detroit
Cleveland
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Omaha
Indianapolis
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Richmond
Memphis
Washington
Peoria
Rochester
New Haven
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BURIAL OF LAWTON.
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swept slope of Arlington for the hut :
who had made the pitxrtmaa early in t n
day. But close on sunset the boom of 1 ?
Sylph's guns, on the Potomac, was an
swered by the crash of minute guns fr ti
Fort Myer, and then the solemn nottc- c
the dirge were borne on the wind as t o
procession moved through the winding a -nues
of the great city of the dead
The grave was in the open spare j :t
south of the amphitheater, and in s :t
of the Mansion house. General Merr :;
and hi mounted staff deployed on t
south road, while solid ranks of dismount
ed troopers held back the crowd n ( - -i'
side. Nimble cavalrymen cast loost t .2
lashinaa and bore the cotnn to the c ri
grave, while the president and tho ci -net,
with the gray-haired general'; ' Z
silent and bare-headed as the cha1 a
pronounced the words of committal t it
consigned forever the honored dust to t o
dust whence It came. Then, in an.v "
to a low command, the tiring sq.il
wheeled Into line. The snapping vo , 9
of the carbines scarcely echoed among t 3
bare trees, but the wail of ttu lm-
as it sounded taps, lingered long and sa 7 v
In the gray of the winter twilight, a 1
echoed faintly from the distant hills. Ac 't
died away, the coffin sank from ..
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