THE MORNING OREGONIAN, ATURDAZi MAY 4, 1901.
RETURN OF 1 HE RICKMERS
KIG GERMAN SKEPFDfG FIRM wKli
PLEASED WITH FORTI.AXD.
'Four, of Their Ships Xoaded Here
Xast Year Portland & Asiatic
Liner at Bombay.
The German ship Mabel Elckmers, the
last shlD of the 1899-1900 grain fleet to
clear from Portland last June, has neen i in the Interest of any syndicate or combi
detrimental to British trade, and might
make it next to impossible to compete
with American-owned steamers, while
British ships could not expect govern
ment aid.
READING'S OCEAJf MNE,
Xot Organized In the Interest of Any
Syndicate.
PHILADELPHIA. May 3.-John H.
Lewis, vice-president of the Merchants'
Trust Company, one of the incorporators
of the Philadelphia Trans-Atlantic Steam
ship Company, discussing the plans of the
company, incorporated at Trenton with
?2,ott,000 capital stock, said:
The company has not been organized
chartered for new-crop loading at this
port. The vessel sailed from Portland
early In July, and, after discharging her
outward cargo of wheat at a European
port) she crossed the Atlantic in ballast
and loaded case oil at Philadelphia for
Hlogo. She sailed for the Japan port
February 2. and if she makes as good a
run as she did a. ear ago, she will ar
rive out early next month. Last year she
was chartered for August loading in Port
land and reached here in June. This year
ehe was taken for September loading, and
may reach here in July. The owners of
the Mabel Rickmers are apparently pretty
well pleased with Portland as a. .port, as
they had four of their ships here last
season, and are starting them back again
for next season. In addition to the Mabel
Rickmers. Portland exporters also loaded
the Robert Rickmers, Rlckmer Rickmers
and Peter Rickmers. The Paul Rickmers
loaded lumber on Puget Sound, and the
"Willy Rickmers, now in San Francisco In
distress, was on the way to British Co
lumbia to load lumber when she was dis
masted. The charter of the Mabel Rickmers is
the first engagement that has been re
ported for several days, and the number
of new-crop ships under engagement at
the present time is less than half as large
as It was a year ago. Rates are pretty
stiff, the MabeJ Rickmers receiving 37s 6d,
while most of the owners are holding for
38s Sd. That there Is still a demand for
near-by tonnage is apparent from the fact
that 38 shillings was reported bid and
refused for the Nivelle, vhlch is due at
this port early next month.
THE LETLAND LINERS.
Mr. Morgan's Purchase Includes
Some Very Fine Steamships.
The Leyland line steamers, which have
Just been purchased by Mr. J. P. Morgan,
Includes a number of the finest steamers
on theJUlantlc While none of them are
record-breakers In point of speed, a num
ber of them are of Immense size and are
very comfortable passenger boats. The
"Winifrediaij and Devonian are 552.5 feet
long, -59.3 feet beam and 28 9 feet depth of
hold, and the Canadian, Armenian, Ces
trianiand Victorian are nearly as large.
The names and net tonnage of the Ley
land fleet steamers taken over by Mr.
Morgan are as follows:
Steamer. To-l Steamer. Tons.
Albanian lS76Fablan 1445
Algerian U3lFalernian 1508
Almerian 1910 Fayonlan 145S
nation, it is the intention of the com
pany to build its own as well as charter
steamships primarily for freight and
transportation purposes. They will run
between this city and London,, and while
freight Is the main feature it is probable
that some of the steamers will carry pas
sengers." Mr. Lewis declined to go into details or
say whether this was not the one part of
the Morgan scheme which had .been as
signed to the Philadelphia & Reading
Company to work out. Other shipping
men here think that this Is the Reading's
part of the general Morgan scheme and
point to the fact that the two other cor
poratlpns named in the dispatch from
Trenton, F. W. Taylor and J. S. Taylor,
compose the firm of Charles Taylor's
Sons, who are managers of the Reading
Railroad Company's fleet of eight large
vessels, T7hlch operate under the name of
the Philadelphia-Transatlantic Line, and
which has an agreement for Interchange
of business with Peter Wright & Sons, of
this city. In this connection attention is
called to the fact that the Manchester
line, controlled by the Leyland Company,
will dock at the Reading's Port Richmond
wharves.
TUG WEST DOWN.
Three
Alsatian 1136
Andalusian 1142
Arabian - 1338
Armenian 5754
Assyrian 1E41
Athenian .1035
Belgian 23S0
Caledonian 3212
Canadian - 6010
Cestrian 5753
Columbian ... 3323
Devonian 6S16
Douro 570
Egyptian 1336
Flaminlan 1416
Flavian 1387
Iberian 3347
Lancastrian 3321
Lesbian 1010
Lisbon 408
Minho 510
Oporto 460
Persian 1396
Philadelphia ....3322
Tagus 509
Victorian 5733
Virginian 3166
Wlnifredlan 6S16
Lives Lost in Accident Oil
Gore Bay, Ont.
LITTLE CURRENT, Great Manitoulin
Island, Ont., May 3. The steamer Ger
manic reports that last night, when off
Gore Bay Light, the tug Tecumseh was
sighted In a disabled condition. The cap
tain of the tug" asked that he be towed
to Gore Bay and the Germanic gave her
a line. After proceeding some distance
the captain of the Tecumseh hailed the
steamer, saying they were sinking. The
tug tv as brought alongside and two men
and a women were taken off, when the tug
suddenly lurched and sank, carrying
down with it the captain, whose name
was not ascertained, his sister and a To
ronto man named Forbes.
TERRIBLE FERRY DISASTER.
Nearly One Hundred Mothers Re
ported Drowned in Russia.
LONDON, May 3. A special dispatch
from Odessa, dated April 26, purports to
give an eye-witness story of the recent
ferry-boat disaster on the River Dnieper,
near'Kafchkarovka, when almost a hun
dred mothers with their babies, returning
from the evening milking, were-drowned.
A sudden storm sprang up, there was a
panic, the pontoons were swamped and
only a few of those on the ferry were
saved by a boat. Three persons clung to
a horse, which swam ashore. Practically
every family In the village was rendered
motherless by the disaster.
co. Arrived Steamer Maweema, from
Santa Rosalia for Aberdeen; steamer John
F. Miller, from San Francisco for Aber
deen; steamer Jennie Thelin, -from San
Francisco for Aberdeen.
Tacoma, May 3. Sailed Ship OF. Sar
gent, for Honolulu.
Port Blakeley-Salled May 2 Schooner
John A. Campbell, for Honolulu. -
Port Gamble Sailed May 2 Barkentine
Skagit, for Honolulu.
Tacoma, ; May 2. Arrived Steamer
Queen Adelaide, from Yokohama.
San Francisco, May 3. Sailed Steamer
Columbia, for Astoria; steamer Mattea
wan, for Tacoma; barkentine Addenda,
for Astoria; bark Agate, for Bristol Bay.
Arrlved--Steamer Progresso, from Taco
ma; barkentine John Smith, from Port
Gamble; schooner Mary E. Russ, from
Coos Bay; schooner Vega, from Gray's
Harbor; schooner Webfoot, from Willapa
Harbor; schooner Lizzie Prien, from Sius
law River. .
Tacoma, May 3. Arrived-Oty of To
peka, from Skagway.
San Pedro Arrived May 2 Steamer San
ta Barbara, from Gray's Harbor.
Port Los Angeles Arrived May 2 Brit
ish steamer Algoa, from OysterHarbor.
Port Gamble Sailed MayjU-Schooner
Okanogan, for Bristol Bay.
Port Hadlock Arrived May 2 British
steamer Adato, from Nanaimo.
Vladivostock Arrived May 1 British
steamer Braemer, from Tacoma.
New York, May 3. Arrived, Fuerst
Bismarck, from Hamburg; Belgravia,
from .Naples.
Havre, May 3. Arrived L'Aquitaine,
from New York.
Liverpool, May 3. Arrived New Eng
land, from Boston. Sailed Bovlc, for Hew
York.
St. Vincent. C. V., May 3. Arrived pre
viouslyWestminster, from San Francis
co via Coronet.
Bremen, May 3. Arrived Lahn, from
New York.
Movllle, May 3 Sailed Ethiopia, from
Glasgow for New York; Tunlsan, from
Liverpool for Montreal.
Southampton, May 3 Sailed Deutsch
land, from Hamburg for New York, via
Cherbourg. r
New York, May 3 Sailed Steamer Cal
edonia, for Liverpool; Christianla, for
Liverpool, Genoa and Naples.
Boston. May 3 Arrived Common.
wealth, from .Liverpool.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
MUCH ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
Iron' snd 'Steel Industries Bnsy
Wheat Crop. Will Be Large
This Year,.
HEADED FOR PORTLAND.
The Knight Companion Was at
Bombay for Singapore April 15.
The British steamship Knight Compan
ion, which is the third of the Portland &
-Asiatic Steamship' Company's fleet, ar
rived at Bombay April 15, and sailed two
-&t?s-jteirfor Singapore. "From-tharport
che will proceed to Hong Kong, and will
tHen come to Portland after coaling at a
Japanese port. The steamer will not be
turned over to the Portland & Asiatic line
uptll she reaches Portland, and accord
ingly will not bring inward cargo for this
port. She will be turned over to her char
terers in this city in June, and will sail
outward on the 27th of that month. The
Indrapura, which Is scheduled to sail from
Portland May 28, is now discharging an
Inward cargo of grain bags at San Fran
cisco, and will arrive at Portland about
Maj' 15. As soon as she is turned over to
the Portland & Asiatic line she will be
placed, in readiness for her outward cargo,
which is now accumulating for her.
Steamship Men Organize.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 The newly
formed Steamship Masters' Association,
representing every Important line running
to this port, has elected the following di
rectors: John D. Spreckles, R. P. Schwer
in, Cr M. Goodall, F. F. Connor and E. K.
Diamond. The directors will meet today
and elect a president, a vice-president,
treasurer, secretary and executive com
mittee. The object of the association Is
to entertajn'and dispose pf all demands
for shorter hours,. Increased, pay, etc.,
that may be made upon the various
steamship companies by the teamsters,
longshoremen, freight clerks and other
labor unions.
AMERICAN MONEY IN MEXICO
Will Supply Gas for Lighting the
City of Mexico.
NEW YORK, May 3. The Journal of
Commerce says: The Mexico City Light,
Heat & Power Comrany, Ltd., which was
Incorporated some time ago with J5.000,
000 American capital, for the purpose of
acquiring franchises with a view to the
supplying of as for lighting purposes to
the City of Mexico," has had the time
originally set for the erection of its plant
extended, final agreements having been
concluded with the principal authorities
of the Mexican capital for the immediate
construction of large gas works In that
part of the world.
The company, in which Wesley S.
Block, late of the Welsbach Company,
now located in this city, 13 one of the
leading spirits, Is now placing contracts
for the construction and equipment of
the projected plant. The total cost of
the new gas works will, it is stated, 'be
fully $1,500,000. One Item alone requisi
tions for 50 miles of cast iron mains. This
piping will be of 16-inch diameter, and
will mean the employment of some 17,000
tons of piping, estimated toiost over
$350,000. The plant, which will be the
first of its description in the City of
Mexico, is to be in operation Inside of 12
months.
ONLY A BEGINNING.
Purchase of the Leyland Line to Be
. Followed by Others.
NEW YORK, May 3. The Journal of
Commerce says: Steamship Interests at
this port are actively discussing the pur
chase of the Xieyland steamers by J. P.
Morgan. There is a very general feeling
that Mr. Morgan would not enter into a
transaction involving only one line, but
no definite Information has been received
in this city, so far as could be developed
by a. thorough canvass of the other lines
which Mr. Morgan has in view. It seems
an accepted fact, however, that the Atlan
tic Transport will be Included. There
seems also a growing belief that the In
ternational Navigation Company will be
Included, though James Wright, vice
president of the company still denies any
knowledge of negotiations. Mr. John Lee.
manager of the White Star Line, when
QuesUonea,-" ifcafiSBl line had not been
sold and was not likely to be. Mr. Bakef,
president of the Atlantic Transport Line,
Is in England now and is reported to have
given Mr. Morgan control of that line,
and Mr. Morgan is reaching out in all di
rections. "It has been Mr. Baker's pet scheme,"
said Mr. Lee. "for years to amalgamate
and consolidate all of the Torth Atlantic
lines and this Is the beginning. But he
cannot accomplish it nor can Mr. Mor
gan.n There was some disposition among ship
ping interests to argue that the acquire
ment of the Leyland steamers meant the
Introduction at the next session of Con
gress of, a shipping subsidy bill on en
tirely hew lines.
The Morgan purchase Includes the vari
ous. Leyland services except that between
Liverpool and the St. Lawrence. A pri
vate cable says that for five days the Ley
land line held off for the Canadian busi
ness, insisting that they should be per
mitted to run their steamers to Port
land, Me., If not to Boston during the time
that navigation on the St. Lawrence is.
closed by ice. A compromise was effected
whereby Portland was omitted and the
demand for a Canadian route granted.
This means that for eight months of the
year the Leylands will maintain a passen
ger and freight service between Liverpool
end Montreal.
In .regard to the rumor, Emll Boas, of
the Hamburg-American line, said that
'the'Hamburg-Amerlcan is not for sale,
and it will not be." When questioned
Gust&v Schab's representatives said that
any Teport that the North German Lloyd
could be bought was untrue.
Atjthe offices of the Cunard line noth
ing was known of Mr. Morgan's attempt
to purchase that line. At J. P. Morgan's
office it was said that no new word had
been received from London. What leads
XO toe oeuci luo-i me- i.uuuiu suu umic
Star lines will not be sold to Mr. Morgan
is the fact that these ships are subject to
, the call of the British Admiralty, having
been built In accordance with the Admiral
ty laws, and it was in receipt of certain
tnnual payments, besides having the &s-
sh mall contracts.
Sealing Fleet's Catch.
VICTORIA, B. C, May 3 The following
sealing schooners have arrived here and
report the following catches, the lowest
for some years: Allle I. Alger, 274;
Triumph, 279; Ocean Belle, 170; Florence
Smith, 352; Favorite, 162; Vive, 332; Lible,
117; Anioka. 76, and R. I. Morse, 68.
Among the catch were three seals
branded by the United States on Pribyloff
Islands. They were taken south of Cape
Flattery. But for the schooner Victoria
springing her main mast, the fleet suffered
no Injuries during the recent gales.
American Yards Better Equipped.
LONDON, May 3. The report of the
Boilermakers' and Shipbuilders' Society
shows a decrease of 100,000 tons in the
vessels launched during the past year, as
compared with 1899. The Industry has
shown a decreased tonnage and is seeking
other means to secure supremacy in the
shipbuilding world. The American yards
are better equipped with electrical and
labor-saving appliances, according to the
report, than any in Europe.
Sounded Entrance to Columbia.
Assistant Engineer G. B. Hegardt, of
Fort Stevens, and several of the bar
pilots, Wednesday made careful sound
ings of the entrance to the Columbia
River. The day was perfect for the
work, which was done thoroughly. The
results obtained show that the channel
was practically in the same condition
that It was this time a year ago. The
channel leads out in the same direction
and the depth of the water is unchanged.
Reinsurance Advancing.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. Reinsurance
on the overdue ship Manchester took a
sudden Jump today, going from 65 per
cent to SO per cent. This vessel is now
out 253 das from New York, bound for
Yokohama.
The American ship John McDonald, coal
laden. Is out 227 days from Baltimore for
this port, and reinsurance on the vessel
has advanced to 50 per cent.
Trust Securities Oversubscribed.
NEW YORK, May 3. The Journal of
Commerce says:
It was authoritatively stated today t by
z prominent representative 'of, the syndi
cate whlcfi is' underwriting the Alllsj
Chalmers' Company that 'the ew-securities
offered have been largely over
subscribed. The eyndldate "was floated
for the sum of $11,900,000. and the sub
scriptions are several millions in excess
of that figure. The new company will
be Incorporated within a few days with
$50,000,000 authorized capital.
The valuations to the properties to be
consolidated into the new company are
reported to have been fixed by expert ap
praisers as follows: E. P. Allls Com
pany, $5,120,000; Fraser & Chalmers, $3,205,-
000; Gates Iron Works, $410,000; Dickson
Manufacturing Company, $1,200,000; total
$9,935,000.
The underwriting syndicate is for the
sum of $11,900,000 to purchase $8,400,000 of
preferred and $13,000,000 of common stock.
The syndicate will be under the control
of Vermllye & Co. ,
NEW YORK, May 3. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of "trade tomorrow
will say.
The greatest activity ever seen In Wall
street diverts attention in a measure
from progress In distributing and manu
facturing operations. ; But -while on every
hand stock market interests are coun
selling caution and attempting to prove
that prices are really more than the con
dition some of our railroads warrant",
the fact remains that without a brilliant
crop outlook and a great activity of
general trade, Wall street could hold no
such carnival.
Labor difficulties are fewer and less
threatening than fop several years before
in the first week o'f May and prices of
merchandise hold well. Stability of prices
and vigorous prosecution of work at mills
indicates the wholesome condition of the
iron and steel market. Throughout the
entire range of products of this industry
the current demand for immediate de
livery exceeds all 'previous' records, yet
makers maintain a conservative position
and prices are not pushed up to the'dan
ger point.
It is In the finishing steel plants that
there is the greatest urgency for ship
ments and full capacity is assured for
the next three months. After July there
Is a prospect of respite. Judging by the
light engagements of pig iron and fol
lowing the unparalleled activity of the
past six months, a season of compara
tive quiet would not be surprising nor
unwelcome. There was a rush to get in
orders for steel rails before the higher
prices became effective "and the erection
of new buildings have provided a great
demand for structural material, which
Is also in considerable request on for
eign contracts.
Dullness is still reported In the textiles.
A further reduction of 215-16 cents for
standard print cloths did not accelerate
operations. There Is no Improvement In
woolens and Coates Brothers' average of
100 quotations of wool on May 1 was
17.71 cents against 17.69 cents on April 1,
and 22.76 cents a year ago. Small con
cessions are reported in a few grades
of shoes. Western- Jobbers are ordering
more freely and shipments from Eastern
shops are larger than In the previous
week of a year ago. Leather Is quiet
aside from activity in belting.
Further advices were scored In the
cereal market, Chicago speculators being
forced to cover May corn contracts at
55 cents. Attractive prices brought more
liberal receipts at Interior cities and also
stimulated operations on the farm, trad
ers naving xorcea the next crop options
to what seems an unreasonable level
since there is evidence of a large yield,
despite delayed planting through exces
sive moisture. Wheat also attained a
higher point, advancing In sympathy
with -corn.
Accoramg to correspondents of R. G.
Dun & Co., there Is reason to expect a
heavy Spring wheat crop this year. In
the principal states a full acreage has
been planted and the weather Is mpre
favorable for germination. On the Pa
cific Coast and in other domestic Spring
wheat "sections, as 'well as in Manitoba,
a larger area than usual Is devoted to
raising wheat this year.
The marvelously healthy condition of
business .is best appreciated when It Is
discovered that -the defaults last 'month
were the smallest ln91 months with the
exception; of May -to August, 1899, fnclu-
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Refused to Confirm the Snle.
NEW YORK. May 3 William Penning
ton, counsel for-Colonel William Barbour
and John Pennington, receivers for the
Rogers Locomotive Works, at Paterson,
N. J., have appeared before Vlce-Chancel-
lor Emery, at Newark, and had him sign
an order to show cause why the sale of the
plant should not be confirmed. The pur
chasers were stated to be E. G. Smith
and Frank P. Halloran, representing a
New York syndicate. The price was not
mentioned in the papers. Chancellor Em
ery, however, refused to confirm the sale
on short notice, and Insisted that every
stockholder be given one week's notice.
sive. In manufacturing i!nn tViora ,..
but163 failures-' witlf a tbtaT indebted
ness of $1,997,604 against 178 last year for
$4,514003. .(Asrl899 -reported the smallest
liabilities of any full year in two de
cades, last month's good showing is made
.manifest by a default In manufacturing
concerns $777,975 smaller than two years
?o, Tnid,nS failures were 555 for $3,
169,823 and banking defaults were $529,000.
Bank Clearing.
MLilir -rrr.TT-r -
xiw xuitft., May 3 The following ta-
""-, "up"ea oy Jiradstreet, shows the
bank clearings at principal cities for the
wee enaea May 2, with the percentage
oftlncrease and decrease as compared with
the corresponding week last year:
n. ,. , Inc.
ow xurs 2,238,478,000
Boston 167,060,000
Chicago ... , 160.912.uOO
Philadelphia 116,435,000
Ik.11118 43,632,000
Pittsburgh -48,838,000
Baltimore 25,203,000
San Francisco .... 25,190,000
Cincinnati , 19,125,000
Kansas City 17,045,000
New Orleans 10.43S.000
Minneapolis 10,015,000
Detroit 9,189,000
icvemnn 12,553,000
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Shovel and Spade Combine.
NEW YORK, May 3. The Journal of
Commerce says:
Plans are now under discussion for a
consolidation of the leading manufac
turers of shovels and spades. There has
been discussion of a compact in this trade
for a long time, but now actual merging
of Interests is proposed. The new com
pany as formed may be known as. the
Ames Shovel & Tool Company. It is re
ported that options have been secured on
plants representing over 90 per cent of
the business.
Bath Iron. Works In.
BATH, Me., May 3. A telegram to the
Bath Times from New York is to the ef
fect that in connection with the $70,000,000
ship combination formed in New York
Tuesday, the Bath Iron Works Company
and the Hyde Windlass Company are to
receive $2,250,OOQ for the two plants. Of
this sum $1,400,000 is to be in cash, and
the remainder In stock of the combination.
Will Go Into Service Sunday.
ASTORIA. May 3. The lighthouse ten
der Manzanita, which has been on the
beach for some minor repairs, will be
ready to go into service Sunday. Her
first duty will be to visit theT aids to
navigation in Willapa Bay and Gray's
Jtiaroor.
Most Observe the Sunday Law.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 3. As a di
rect result of Mrs. Carrie Nation's agi
tation" of the question In Kansas City,
Mayor Reed has issued a positive order
that all saloons must be closed tight Sun
days. Yesterday afternoon the police com
missioners refused the demand of a spec
ial committee of the Law and Order
League to enforce the Sunday-closing law
and the League began preparations to se
cure thf Impeachment of the officers. Late
last night, however, after a long ses
sion Mayor Reed and Police Commissioner
Gregory signed an order notifying Chief
of Police Hayes that hereafter all sa
loons must be closed from midnight Sat
urday to midnight Sunday, and Instruct
ing him to arrest all violators of the
closing ordinance. Commissioner Ward
refused to sign the order. .
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Cleared for Australia,
ASTdRIA, May 3. The schooner Church-
Ill cleared at the custom-house today
with a cargo of 440, i6S feet of lumber and
SLS0S feet of laths, valued at $7694. The
Churchill was loaded at Knappton and
goes to Freemantle, Australia.
Italian Baric Ashore.
FERDINANDA, Fla. May 3. The Italian
barii Natalie Lultpo went ashore off
Amelia Light last night The vessel is
consigned to this port. She Is lying easy.
)NDON, May S. At the annual meet-
-of the Leyland Steamship Company
lay, Chairman -iuiierman aeennea to
;Uss the sale or tne line to j. i. aior-
f & Co. until a special meeting Is called
take up the matter. Reviewing last
vs business, Mr. Ellerman referred to
Migressional discussion of the sub-
Lbill as a -"period of some anxiety."
lerican subsidy, he added, would be
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, May 3.-Salled at 8 A. M.,
steamer Elmore, for Tillamook; at 10:20
A. M., schooner R W. Bartlett,. for Alas
ka; at 11:40 A. M., steamer Geo. W. Elder,
for San Francisco. Arrived down at 3:40
P. M., British bark Port Carlisle. Con
dTUOn of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth;.
wlndt west; weather, clear.
Hoquiam, Wash. Sailed Ma7 2 Steamer
Orient, from Aberdeen for Ean Francis-
Theatrical Company Quarantined.
ST. PAUL, May 3. Dr. G. A. Rense, As
sistant Health Commissioner, with a cor
don of health officers, surrounded the
Northern Pacific Coast train when it
rolled into the Union Depot, this after
noon, and 'detained all the. members of
the Telephone Girl" company, who were
passengers on the train from Butte. The
party was turned back into one par, One
of the young women of the company is
detained at Butte with a supposed case of
smallpox.
Memorial to IngrersoU.
CHICAGO, May 3. The building in Chi
cago of a $100 000 temple to the memory of
Robert Jngersoll In which the teachings
of the orator and atheist shall b'e perpet
uated,. Is the purpose' of the' Xneersoll
Memorial Association, Incqrporated at
Springfield, today. The projectors are
Edward C. Reichwald, secretary of the
American Secular Union and Free
Thought Federation; Frederick Dahlstrom
and Samuel Roberts.
Louisville
Providence .
Milwaukee .
St. Paul
Buffalo ....
Omaha
Indianapolis
Columbus, O.
Youngstown,
Savannah ...
Denver
Hartford .. .
Richmond ..
Memphis
Washington
Peoria
Rochester . .
New Haven
Worcester ..
Atlanta 1,578,000
Salt Lake City.... 2,781,000
apnngneia, Mass.
Fort Worth
Portland, Me. ...
Portland, Or
St Joseph "........
Loa Angeles
Norfolk
Syracuse ,
Des Moines
.Nashville
Wilmington, Del.
Fall River ,
Scrantoii
Grand Rapids ....
Augusta, Ga
Lowell
Dayton, O
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane -.
Sioux City
New Bedford ......
Knoxville, Tenn...
Topeka
Birmingham
Wichita
Bingham ton
Lexington, Ky. ...
Jacksonville, Fla..
Toledo
Galveston
Houston
Evansville
Macon
Helena ....
Little Rock
Jacksonville. 111...
Bloomington
Chester, Pa.
Wheeling
Colorado Springs.
Springfield, III. ...
9,544,000
7,483,000
6,035,000
5.791.000
5,31,000
b.606,000
6,391,000
6,902,000
412.995
3,044,000
3,704,000
2,706,000
3,716,0C0
2.563.C00
3,059,000
2,516,030
2,028,000
1.535.C00
1,813,000
1.488,000
' 2,372,000
1,425,010
1,992,000
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1.745.CO0
1,23,000
1,475,003
1,485,000
1,027.000
792,000
1,601,000
1.7S0.OD0
1,345,000
700,000
1,348,000
2,123,000
1,186,000
915,000
1,509.000
494,000
t 570,000
879,009
893.C00
573,000
334.000
489,000
241,000-
2,191,000
7.166,000
9,058 0 0
690,000
563,000
433,000
573,000
168,000
224,000
324,000
521.000
600.000
397,000
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which has attracted money from the usual
commercial channels and expanded clear
ings to "unheard-of totals.
"Warm, sunny weather Is helping retail
trade in the cities, and is likewise af
fording the farmers favorable opportu
nity to complete cornplantlng. General
business the country over must be classed
as satisfactory. The Iron and steel
trades, though reaching somewhat of a
lull in the cruder form, continues to fur
nish the best reports, while the textile
Industries return the least favorable ac
counts. "Wool Is quiet, mills buying only to fill
immediate , wants. There is more move
ment at the West and on the Pacific
Coast, however. London prices are higher
for finer merino grades arid lower for
crossbreeds.
"The crop situation at present is quite
encouraging. Warm, sunny weather is
helping corn and cotton, and wheat main
tains a generally good condition, notwith
standing reports of damage by insects In
the Southwest. Grain-planting is almost
finished In the Northwest, and liberal
'rains In California have helped the situa
tion there.
"Iron trade production naturally appears
to be catching up with demands in the
cruder forms. Bessemer pig iron is 25
'cents lower this week and sales have been
made of Southern pig 30 oents below the
asking price of some weeks ago. although
Birmingham reports schedules adhered to. I
Othfcr metals are quite steady, except a3
to tin, which Is slightly lower on the
"week.
"Wheat, Including flour, shipments for
the week aggregate 5,100,763 bushels,
against 4,282.129 bushels last -week. 4,537,
033 bushels In the corresponding week of
1900, 3,484,081 bushels In 1899 and 2,923.775 In
1S9S. From July 1 to date, this season's
wheat exports are 176.916.23S bushels,
against 166,035,602 bushels last season, and
201.19S.4q8 in 1898-99.
"Failures for the week number 163 as
compared with 214 last week. 173 in this
week a year ago, 161 in 1899, and 240 In 1898.
Canaian failures In April numbered 103,
the same number as a year ago, but lia
bilities aggregated only $790.4S5; a de
crease of 20 per cent from 1900.
Liquor Dealers' Beneficial Association.
He continued:
"I have brought with me only a sym
pathetic heart of man for his friends. I
do not like to sea you trodden down. I
have spent many hours with saloon peo
ple listening to their troubles and I know
that their lives are hard.
"When I go into a saloon and stay there
for an hour and maybe take a glas3 of
beer or wine, I come out as good a man
as when I went In. I will not subscribe
to temperance, for I like a glass of wine
or beer mself. I would, if I could, go to
the people who are against your business
and tell them to go and see It before they
condemn it It is as good and honorable
as any other business, and the day will
yet come when people will respect it."
THE UNKNOWN NORTH.
Minister Likes His Glass of Beer.
BALTIMORE, May 3. "I left my rev
erend title and my church coat hanging
together on the back of a chair at home,"
declared Rev. A. F. Sterger, of Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran Church, when he
stepped upon the platform to deliver an
address on "Temperance" to the Retail
One-Third of Caandn Is as Yet Un
explored. WASHINGTON, May 3. The director
of the Geological Survey of Canada In
his last report makes the amazing- state
ment that practically nothing Is known
of one third of the Dominion. So states
United States Consul Seyfert. at Strat
ford, In a report to the State Department.
It is shown hat more than 1,250,000
square miles of Canada territory is yet
unexplored. This Includes the inhospit
able detached Arctic portions, but aside
from, these fully D54.C0O square miles are
for all practical purposes entirely un
known. The easterly area contains the
greatest extent of unexplored territory. It
comprises almost the entire interior of
the Labrador Peninsula.
The indications are, he says, that dur
ing the next five years at least 5000 miles
of new railroad will be completed through
out the Dominion, most of which will run
through the unexplored wilderness, as it
is recognized- that railroads are essen
tial to the opening up of this vast terri
tory. The mineral wealth of this region
is said to be undoubtedly Immense, while
the dense forests of hardwood are ex
pected to become a source of large profit.
Bucket Shop's Answer.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. May 3. The Chris
tie Grain & Stock Company today filed
an answer to the suit brought by the
Chicago Board of Trade to restrain the
company from using the complainant's
quotations on the. ground that it Is a
bucket shop. The defendant alleges that
the Board of Trade does a similar busi
ness to that of, the bucket shop- and
asks the court to so find; it also prays
the court to declare void the contract
between the Board of Trade and the tele
graph companies by which the. telegraph
companies are given the exclusive right
to send quotations to such persons as
the Board of Trade shall dictate, making
the claim that the quotations belong to
the public and alleging that such contract
is In violation of the Interstate commerce
act and the pool and trust law of Missouri.
Whisky Famine Pending.
NEW YORK, May 3. The Herald says:
- "There Is a pending whisky famine,
wholesale dealers say. One large distill,
ery and warehouse company In this city
has practically cornered the market.
With millions of gallons In Its cellars,
a combination of producers is buying
every available barrel remaining in tho
market. Since the present production is
limited by an iron-bound agreement the
prevailing scarcity may advance prices
without limit. As Indicative of the situ-,
ation, a conversation Is reported between
H. J. 31. Cardez, president of the Stan
dard Distilling & Distributing Company,
and Edison Bradley, president of the Ken
tucky Distillers & Warehouse Company.
Mr. Cardeza accused Mr. Bradley of hav
ing bought up in the last month exery
whisky holding in the market. This Mr.
Bradley denied, referring to several Iota
of 60 barrels each. Mr. Cardeza an
swered that they were merely a drop in
the bucket compared to the 20,000,000. gal
lons that Mr. Bradley la said to control.
There -will probably be a much greater
production of whisky next Fall. But
this will not be available until after it
has aged for three years.
Lutheran Missions.
WASHINGTON May X At today's ses
sion of the convention of the Women's
Home and Foreign Missionary Society of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church, numer
ous special committees made reports.
The committee on general literature re
ported that S3 new tracts and 14 new
Illustrated leaflets were issued during
the year. Rev. Dr. Barnltx, Western
secretary of the Board of Home Missions,
discussed the needs among the mission
aries. t
"I love the Spring-," enthusiastically cried
the younsr poet. "For years I have -welcomed
It with a aonff." "And In spite of that."
added his friend, "you see It still returns reg
ularly." Philadelphia Times.
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Bond Purchases.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Secretary Gage
today bought $60,000 short term 4s, at
$113.6123. Secretary Gage also-bought $S5,
000 short 4s at $113.6150, deliverable tomorrow.
Tacoma 1,186,000
Totals, U. S $3,033,409,000
Outside JT. Y. 794,931,000
Dominion of Canada
Montreal 16.543,000
Toronto r 12,242,000
Winnipeg ....
Halifax
Hamilton
St John, N. B
Vancouver ....
Victoria ...,,. ,
1,843,000
1,503.000
1,003,000
, 705.000 "
1 732,000
482,000
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16.0
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Totals '.....$ 35,05S,000 ' 25.4
BRADSTEEBT'S REVIEW.
Prosperity Reflected in Enormous
Stock Speculation.
NEW YORK, May 3. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say:
"The sanguine feeling as to the trade
and speculation finds reflection in the
1 enormous activity and stock speculation.
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