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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1902. WANTS A CHIEF OF STAFF GKXERAX SCHOFIEiLD'S OPINIO OP THE NEW ARMY BILL. Says the Office of Commanding Gen eral Is Superfluous Praises the Confederates' System. "WASHIXGTON, April 11. The report of the testimony given before the Senate committee on military affairs by General Schofleld, formerly the commanding Gen eral of the Army, on the bill to create a general staff, was made public today. He indorsed the bill, saying that he had long since come to the conclusion that there is no room under our Constitution for two commanders, and that the President, whom the Constitution makes the su preme commander, must act through the Secretary of War. He added: "Tho very exalted individual office, so called, of commanding General of the Army, must disappear. There Is noroom fort in this Government, no matter who occupies it; it is not a question of per sonality at all, or the character of the Individual, so far as this great question is concerned. We must have what other nations of the earth have a chief of staff, not a commanding General." Referring to the German system, Gen eral Schofleld said: "We would have to modify their sys tem, so as to make it applicable. If we Tiad at the head of the Army for years the same distinguished General, other, things being satlsfatory, that would be very well, but what Is the use of a great General as the .nominal head of the Army if the President will not even talk to him except to criticise him, or if the Secre tary of War and he do not even see each other? What good Is he?" Senator Burrows Why cannot the Ueu-tenant-General of the Army confer as it Is? Gerjeral Schofleld They are not on speaking terms. x Senator Bhitows Not on speaking terms? General Schofleld No, sir; you will have to get rid of that Intolerable condition, be cause this man, close to the President, the only man who is available to do these things, is a man whom the President re fuses to talk to, except to terrorize him; The result is bad, very bad. The Presi dent feels the need of such a man, as did the Presidents whom I have known. They would say: "I cannot do these things; I must have a military man to help me." Then in that situation he, perhaps," sends for Colonel or Major So-and-So, and he finds that he is a bright young fellow, and he knows about these things, and in a few days It gets to be known that "Tom So-and-So" is commanding the Army. In reply to a question by Senator Scott, calling attention to General Miles' state ment to the effect that the proposed legis lation would be to Germanize and Rus sianize the American Army, General Scho fleld said: "I am not afraid of that I think we might Germanize other things a little more advantageously." Remarking upon the provision of the bill for a four-year, term as chief of staff. General Schofleld opposed it as coming from "that fountain of error, th Congress of the Wnited States, which pro vides for the retirement of the very best men Just when they come to be of the age when Von Moltke won his greatest triumphs. I am not a superannuated man yet," he continued, "and still I have been retired for a long time." General Schofleld expressed the opinion that during the War of the Rebellion the Southern system of selecting high officers was far better than that of the North. Speaking of the rank of Lieutenant-General, he said he would give the proposed; chief of staff even higher rank, adding: "I would make one General at the head of the Army, and I would have three Lieutenant-Generals, and then the proper number of officers In the grades under that The Confederates, during the Civil War, were a great deal wiser than we were in that respect. They were better soldiers and better educated, and knew more about it They carried off the great er proportion of the best blood that we have, to tell the truth, and they organ ized their army scientifically." NEW PENSION COMMISSIONER. Eugene P. Ware, of Kansas, Will Succeed H. Clay Evans. WASHINGTON, April 1L Eugene F. Ware, of Kansas, has been selected by the President to succeed Henry Clay Evans as Commissioner of Pensions. Mr. Ware is from Topeka, Kan., and is a member of the law firm of Gleed, Ware & Gleed. It was stated at the White House that the President desired to appoint some man whom he knew well and that, if possible, he should come from Kansas. He did not consult with the Kansas delegation, although Senator Burton, who was at the White House, said the appointment would have his entire and hearty support Mr. Ware was born at Haitford.'Conn., in 1841. He enlisted In the Civil War in Company E, First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, serving afterwards In Company F, Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and Company F, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, Anally "becoming Captain of the last-named or ganization. He also saw service in the Indian wars and in these campaigns was badly wounded. After leaving the Army he moved to Fort Scott Kan., and in 1SS1 was admitted to the bar; was a mem ber of the State Senate and twice a dele gate to the Republican National conven tion. Later he moved to Topeka. He is the author of many sketches, pamphlets and legal essays, and under the nom de plume of "Iron Quil" has written a num ber of poems. Mr. Ware Surprised. TOPEKA, Kan., .April 1L Eugene F. Ware was much surprised today when he learned of his appointment to the position of Pension Commissioner. "I have not at any time made applica tion for the place." said Mr. Ware, "and have not exerted myself to the extent of sending In a single letter of recommenda tion. The President mentioned it to me during my last visit to Washington, while I was helping Attorney-General Goddard in the Colorado-Kansas irrigation case. I have not yet received official notice of my appointment and until I receive it will not say whether or not I will accept the place." Mr. Ware has seen Roosevelt only three times, but the President knew him through his writings. THREE OFFICIALS GO. President Calls for Resignations of Povrderly, Fitchlc and McSweency. WASHINGTON, April U. Secretary Cortelyou today sent the following let ter to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw: "I am directed by the President to say that after listening carefully to all the charges snd counter charges affecting Messrs. Powderly, Fitchle and McSweeney and without expressing any Judgment upon these charges or assuming their truth as; to any or all of the gentlemen concerned, he has decided that a situation exists in which It is for the good of the service that a comDlete chantro chnuM be made and new men appointed in all thcee offices. In response to a request for his resignation, Mr. Powderly has nt It in; Mr. Fltchie's term has expired and Mr. Williams has been nominated to suc ceed him; Mr. Sargent will replace Mr. Powderly, although he will not be able.to take office for some weeks to come. "The President also requests me to re quest you to forward a copy of this let ter to Mr. McSweeney with a request for his resignation, and to appoint Joseph Murray in Mr. McSweeney's place." Nevr Generals Will Retire. WASHINGTON, April 1L Generals De Russy, Burt and Sheridan, who yesterday were confirmed as Brigadier-Generals, have applied, for retirement and wlU be se lected In a few days. Colonel Wooten, of the Twenty-eighth Infantry, who will re tire for age on the 16th Inst, and other veterans of the Civil War nearing the ago of retirement will be advanced to the grade of Brigadier-General before their retirement if it can be done without im pairing the efficiency, of the service. Prob ably Included In this list are Colonels Snyder, Hood, McKlbben, Lincoln and others. Not Mixing; In Illinois Contest. WASHINGTON, April lL-Senator Ma son was among the President's callers to day, and during the conference the Presi dent authorized the statement 'that he is taking no part whatever in the Illinois Senatorial contest His relations with Senator Mason, Representative Hopkins and Mr. Dawes were most friendly, and he would do nothing that could possibly be construed Into an evidence of partiality for either of the candidates. "My time is altogether too much occupied with being President" eaid Mr. Roosevelt "to ad mit of my taking part in the Senatorial contest in Illinois." Subjects at Cabinet Meeting. WASHINGTON, April 1L The session of the Cabinet today lasted an hour. Sev eral Important matters were taken up, among them the appointment of a succes sor of Commissioner of Pensions Evans, the recent examination Into the affairs of the Immigration service and the shipment of mules from New Orleans to the British camps in South Africa. It was decided that no further action can be taken as to the latter untl the report of Colonel Crowder, who is- investigating the subject is received. White House Callers. WASHINGTON, April U. President Roosevelt had as his guest at dinner to night Melville' E. Stone, of New York. George R. Carter, of Hawaii, who came to Washington at the President's request for consultation regarding affairs in that terrltoo't was with the President for a short time tonight It was expected that ex-President Dole would also be present, but his visit was delayed. Postal Receipts Growing. WASHINGTON. April 1L The postal re ceipts for last month, as compared with March of last year, for the 50 largest postofflces in the country, show a net ip creaee of 10 per cent The total receipts for the 50 offices were $5,267,666. The larg est increase was 37 per cent, at Denver. CONTROL OF LOUISVILLE. Mysterious Buying of Shares on the New Yorlc Market. NEW YORK, April H. Louisville. & Nashville was the feature of today's stock market as It was yesterday, but to-day the rumors that a cornen had been arranged to squeeze shorts gave way to reports that the stock was being bought In order to secure control of the company. The corner theory for the rfdvance In shares was dissipated by a statement from President Keppler, of the Stock Ex change, to the effect that he had been assured that there was no Intention to corner Louisville & Nashville stock, and that the stock would be available to bor rowers. Nothing was apparent today, beyond heavy transactions in the stock, to indi cate that any one was buying for control, and nothing could be learned as to tho identity of the supposed purchasers, ex cept that the speculative world connect ed the movements of the stock within the last two or three days with the an nouncement made Monday by the Louis ville & Nashville directors that the com pany had acquired a majority interest in the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Rail road, which, when completed, wiH run from Knoxville to Jellico. The statement -was made at that time that this pur chase put the Louisville road into compe tition with the Southern Railway between Cincinnati, Knoxville and Atlanta. The Southern Is a property with which J. P. Morgan & Co. are connected, and today it was reported that Southern Interests desired a controlling Interest in Louis ville. These reports, however, were de nied by Samuel Spencer, president of tho Southern, who said he knew nothing of such Intention on the part of his road. The sales of the stock for today were 156.900 shares, exclusive of 50,000 shares of new stock authorized Monday, wWch has not been listed. Latest Merger Rumors Denied. CHICAGO, April 1L The Record-Herald tomorrow will say: "Contrary to reports, President Stuy vesant Fish, of the Illinois Central, has not seen President Stlckney, of the Great Western, nor President Harris, of the Burlington. President Fish would not dignify the rumors regarding their alleged meeting In Chicago yesterday with a pub licdeniaL It can be announced positively, however, that the Illinois Central Railroad Is not in the market for any additional Mnes of railway to St Paul or any other place. For nearly a year the company has had an arrangement with the Min neapolis & St Louis, whereby through trains will run to St. Paul and Minne apolis as soon as the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern ceases to use the tracks of the Minneapolis road." Talk of Tariff Revision. WASHINGTON, April 1L There is some talk of a revision of the tariff in the short session of Congress. This is started to appease those who are demanding that action shall be taken at the long session, for it is a well understood fact that the protected interests are too well repre sented in both House and Senate to al low such important legislation to go through in the short session. Little or no other business could be transacted If there was to be another revision of tariff, and usually the short session Is quite fully oc cupied with the appropriation bills. General Manager of Roclc Island. CHICAGO, April 1L The Inter Ocean will say tomorrow: "Chirles H. Warren, vice-president of the Central Railway, of New Jersey, is to be the general manager of the Rock Island system within a short time. An official announcement to that effect was made today at the offices of the Rock Island road." Harrixnan Re-elected President. NEW YORK, April 11. B. H. Harriman was re-elected president of the Southern Pacific Company by the board of directors of the company, at a meeting held here today. Oregon Notes. Frank Buffham, a 15-year-old boy of Con don, has been missing from his home since March 17. The foundation of the new flouring mill at Condon has been completed, and work on the superstructure commenced. J. 1. Houck is preparing to put his elec tric light plant in operation, and Gold Hill will be lighted by electricity in a very short time. The body of the 2-year-old son of Joseph H. Strain was found in the Touchett River, near Dayton, Sunday night The little fellow wandered away from home Sunday and fell into the river. J. S. Parks, aged 77 years, was burned to death in his cabin at Sparta, Baker Coun ty, Tuesday night The place caught Are when, the old gentleman was asleep, and before help could reach him he perished. The annual city election at Gold Hill, held Monday, passed very quietly. The vote this year was less than usual, and resulted In the following candidates being elected: Councilmen. A. C. Stanley, W. H. Cain, Sr.. C. C. McClendon, C. F. Young and A. E. Kellogg: Recorder, George R. Hammersley; Marshal, J. W. Hays, Sr. The new Council met Tuesday and organ ized. A. C Stanley was elected president and J. L. Hammersley was appointed City J Attorney, and J. E. Harvery, Treasurer. IS GUILTY OF MURDER MUSIC TEACHER CAUSED THE) DEATH OF CARRIE JENNETT. Professor Miller Confesses to the i Detroit Crime Reprieve Ar rives Too Late. DETROIT, April 1L After 24 hours spent in the Grand River-avenue police station. Professor Joseph M. Miller broke down today and confessed thaf he mur dered Miss Carrie M. Jennett, one of hid former pupils, last Wednesday night with the small hatchet which was found 'in his kitchen last night with bloodstains upon it This afternoon a warrant was. issued for his arrest iiuthe Police Court, and he was arraigned there at 4 o'clock. He waived an examination and was commit ted to Jail without ball. Tomorrow he will be brought into the Recorder's Court and asked to plead guilty. If he does so, the self-confessed murderer will be on his way to the Jackson Penitentiary by Saturday noon to spend the rest of his life. Miller said that he had illicit relations with the girl, and was responsible for her condition. He stated he offered to send Miss Jennett to a hospital, but she refused to go. Insisting that he leave his family and go to some other city with her. This DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM BAKER COUNTY. - J. H. he would not do. Wednesday night when he started from home for the lodge meet ing, he had an engagement with the girl, and intended to kill her. He took the hatchet that was found py the officers yesterday in his kitchen. He secreted this on Seventh street on his way to the meeting. When he left the lodge rooms he secured the hatchet again and proceeded to the corner of Fourteenth and Warren avenues, where he met Miss Jennett They walked over to Thirteenth street and out to where the killing wa3 done. Miller says they cat down on the side walk and talked for a while, the girl urg ing him to abandon his family and leave the city with her. He then whipped out the hatchet and struck her on the head. When asked why he mutilated her so, Mil ler said he had no recollection of anything after the first blow until he found him self wiping the blood off his hatchet on the grass in the vacant lot Suspected of the Heyrvood Murder. DETROIT, April 1L A thorough search of the Heywood premises was made to day by the officers who are Investigating the murder of George M. Heywood, whoso body was found within 100 feet of his home early yesterday -morning with the skull crushed. William M. Jones, who roomed in Heywood's house, is under ar rest on suspicion. It is the theory of the officers that Jones went down the back stairs to the cellar, out the rear cellar door and through the shed to the alley, then across the lot and to the barn, where he lay in wait for his vic tim. According to this theory, Jones must have walked through the ashes of the alley. Among Jqnes' clothing was found a pair of shoes the soles and heels of which were thickly coated with ashes. In a night shirt which Jones wore the officers found a handkerchief with distinct blood stains upon it With this he might have wiped the head of the hammer, which was found in his room and which fitted perfectly the holo In Heywood's forehead. Jones still main tains his cool demeanor. RESPITE CAME TOO LATEL St. Louis Tfegro Hanged a. Few Min utes Before the Reprieve Arrived. ST. LOUIS, April 11. Henry Flutcher, colored, was hanged at sunrise today for the murder of Louis Roth, 16 years old, August 27, 1900. At 6:45 A. M., 30 minutes after the fatal drop, a telegram was re ceived by Sheriff Joseph E. Dlckmann from Governor Dockery, granting a re spite of IS days. At 11 o'clock last night Circuit Attorney Folk telegraphed Governor Dockery rec- ommenalng a 10 days' reprieve in order to investigate more fully testimony that Flutcher acted in self-defense. A message from Jefferson City said that the Gov ernor, when aroused by the messenger, stuck his head out of a second-story win dow and asked: "What's wanted?" The messenger told him the nature of the message and he ordered it jaut unSer the door. Sheriff Dlck mann concluded that this meant no interference. At 5:50 Sheriff Dlckmann told the condemned boy to prepare for the march to the gallows. The next five min utes was spent in prayer. When Flutch er had finished, he turned to a deputy and placed his ancs behind him. "We'll go now," he said quietly and the rope was tied over his elbows. The boy walked to the gallows with a steady step and when asked by the Sher iff if he wished to say anything, began a speech that occupied three minutes. He declared that he fired the fatal shot, but disavowed any intention of murder. His object he said, was merely to disarm his assailant Flutcher concluded as (follows: "Without the desire to reflect on the men who sent me to this fate, the worst that can befall a mortal man, I want to say that not only have I been prosecuted, but relentlessly persecuted as well. This shameful end to my life, a boy's life, marks the final triumph of money over justice. The time is past when anything can be done. Death Is very near to me, but before It lays Its hand let me say a parting word. Shun evil companions, ad vice that is Just as goojl for the old as the young. Had I done so there would have been no fight no shooting, no hangman's noose." "I did my duty." said Sheriff Dlckmann, after the hanging, "and I am glad it's over. The death warrant called on me to execute Flutcher between the hours of 6 in the morning and 6 in the afternoon. It was nearly 15 murutes after 6 in the morning when the drop fell. "I don't hold myself to blame. The Gov ernor Is the one who had the authority, and he Is responsible for the whole inci dent" Deputy Sheriff Charles Bilhartz, who received and opened the telegram con- j talnlng the reprieve from the Governor, says that the message was received 20 minutes after it had been filed In Jeffer- 'son City. It came to the Western Union office, on Eighth street and was delivered by a messenger who had run the entire distance to the Four Courts. The Governor's Explanation. JEFFERSON CITY, April 1L Governor Dockery says he read Circuit Attorney Folk's telegram at 12:30 o'clock this morn ing, but did not decide to grant Flutcher a respite until this morning. He wired Sheriff Dlckmann and also telephoned him to stay the execution, the order being sent at 6 o'clock. The telegram reached SI. Louis 35 minutes too late, and the telephone message 10 minutes too late. Governor Dockery stated that Flutcher should have been executed and that the second respite could only have operated to stay the execution a few days. Attempted Murder and Suicide. ANACONDA, Mont, April 11. Fred Bauer, an employe of the Washoe smelter of the Anaconda Company, while In a lit of Jealousy tonight, shot his wife and then put a bullet through his own brain. Bauer died almost instantly, and his wife is now at the hospital under the care of physicians, who state tnut she has little chance of recovery. A Helena Shooting. HELENA, Mont, April 11. J. S. Keerl, ROBBINS. SUMPTER, Or., April 11. J. H. Bobbins, Democratic nominee .for Representative from Baker County, is the present Mayor of this city. He is engaged In the banking and minlnff business, being president of the lrst Bank of Sumpter, and vice-president of the Farmers' and Traders' Bank of La Grande. He la a large stockholder In the Bed Boy mine. Recently he negotiated the purchase of the Golconda mine for $200,000 cash. He is one of the principal owners of this noted mine. Mr. Bobbins Is a native eon of Oregon. He was born on a farm three miles from Salem, May 12, 1859. In 1802. with hla parents, he came to Eastern Oregon. The fam ily moved to Granite In 18G4, and the. subject of this sketch has since made Eastern Oregon his home, re siding In Union. Baker and Uma tilla. Counties. From 18S3 to 1802 be served as Treasurer of Umatilla County. In 1803 he was appointed Receiver of the La Grande Land Office by President Cle eland. He served in that office until 1S98, or one year longer than the term for which he was originally appointed. ex-presldent of the Montana Society of Civil Engineers, and a prominent mining engineer of Helena, this afternoon, while intoxicated, shot Thomas Crystal, bar tender at Milch & Kenck's saloon. Keerl declared that Crystal had insulted him. Crystal was shot three times in the body and will probably die. In an ante-mortem statement to the County Attorney, Crystal declared that Keerl shot him without provocation. Keerl is locked up. Negrro Shot to Pieces. NATCHITOCHES. La., April 11. An un known negro, who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff J. B. Thomas, near Victoria, La., was captured tonight by a mob of 50 and shot to pieces. No Battle in Virginia. BRISTOL, Tenn., April 11. The report ed battle in Scott County, Virginia, last night between Jim Wright and a Sher iff's posse, is authoritatively denied. KING USED BAD ENGLISH. Edward's Address to Parliament Said to Be Ungrammatical. Chicago Post Very different is the London of the present from the London of even a year ago. In the days so lately passed, state ceremonials were in many lnstaces car ried out with almost Jeffersonlan sim plicity. The scarlet and gold coaches of royalty did not make brilliant the atreets for the ordinary passer-by. Parliament used to open quietly and unostentatious ly. It was not only because the Queen was a very old woman that this state of things prevailed, but because England's sovereign for nearly 40 years chose to live away from the capital of her king dom, and in her retirement became known as the "Widow of Windsor." How changed, indeed, is everything now! The King spends a great part of his time in London at Marlborough House, a resi dence which, by the way, is one of the most simple, most unostentatious and on the exterior one of the most tugly and uninviting houses in London. But fcs frequently goes driving and traveling, and the people go out to look at him, and es pecially are the state ceremonials turned Into affairs of regal splendor. The gold coach is always kept bright and shining these days and the famous cream-colored ponies kept groomed to perfection, all six of them. The coach and the ponies havo been out this week to carry the King and the Queen to the opening of Parliament, and what do you suppose the"' critical Lon don' public is saying now? Actually that the King's speech was not grammatical! . Dear me! Who'd be a King of England I these days, to ride to Parliament In a j gold coach with an ermine robe, to make . a speech, to be told It's not grammatical and not to be able to cry "Off with their heads! or some such thing as right down royal regular kings in the olden times used to be able to do? Books and Deeds. Mr. William L. Alden, writing from London to the New York Times, makes note of the circumstance that neither pru dent publishers nor wise authors desire to offer new books to the public In ad vance of the King's coronation. While acknowledging that It Is an observed fact that an event of large public Interest, like the Queen's Jubilee a few years ago, or the coronation that is to be next June, unfavorably affects the book market, he professes to be unable to account for the phenomenon on rational grounds. There is really little mystery about It Human beings as a rule are always more inter ested in great deeds and spectacular shows than In literature. Even in the most civilized lands, the men and women who would rather read a history than look on a King, or contemplate an event of their own time which has obvious his torical significance, are comparatively few In number. The Indulgence of general reading is a habit that persons cultivate most sedulously In times when the mind has no excitements of experience for its entertainment Stirring events that affect the life or the imagination always have a superior and absorbing attraction. For Statue of McKInley. ALBANY, N. Y., April 11. Governor Odell today signed a bill appropriating 5100,000 for a statue of the late President McKInley in Buffalo. Award of Salvage. LONDON, April 11. The Admiralty "Court today awarded the owners of the British steamer William Cliff 11,000 for salvaging the Cunard Liner Etruria. The German naval budget this year calls for about $50,000,000, while Great Britain asks fur about $153,000,000. CHECK TO TRADE SLIGHT PRESENT DRAWBACKS ARE OF . TRANSITORY CHARACTER. Especial Activity in Leading Manu facturing Lines Bank Clearings Large Review of "Week. NEW YORK, April 11. Bradstreefs to morrow will say: ' "While cross currents In trade and Industry make it difficult to characterize the general trade situation the country over, appearances would indicate that the check given distribute e trade by reactionary weather, ctop uncertain ties and additional inaction In industrial cir cles Is of a transitory character. Bank clear ings, all things considered, are of large volume: railroad earnings reported to Bradstreefs point to continued Increases over the same period a year ago, and especial actUlty Is noted la leading manufacturing lines, particularly Iron and steel, lumber, cotton goods, coal mlnmg, machinery making" and a host of lesser Indus tries, Jobbing distribution at the Central West and at the leading Eastern centers notes a fur ther quieting down, but In the Spring wheat sections reports are of undiminished actMty. Southwestern trarde reports continue of a cheerful nature. At industrial centers In the South, iron, coal and coke production is active, and while the backward weather conditions are credited with limiting demand In agricul tural sections, the strength of cotton prices leads to a more hopeful feeling there. Despite the lowering in the general average of wheat, as a result of dry weather of last Fall and the early "Winter, indicated by the Government report "Winter wheat crop pros pects are still for a crop In excess of 400,000,000 bushels, and about equal. In fact, to the indi cated final out-turn lost year. A large increase in acre5ge Is indicated In oats, and that crop seems to be progressing well. "Wool has tended to weakness, owing to the spread of the strike of weavers to other mills of the leading Interest. Raw sugar has weak ened on the anticipation of legislation In the matter of Cuba, and record low prices have been touched again. The same Is also true of sliver prices. Among the Industries, Iron and steel are still exemplars of activity. Cereal prices moved within narrow limits early, pending "the publication of the Govern ment report, some strength being Imparted by reports of better export' demand and cold weather interfering with the growing crop, but this strength disappeared later, and the report ItEelf, though held to be a surprise, exercised little effect the net changes for the week be ing slight. -. Hog products strengthened slightly on the small run of hogs, and also on Increased de mand by packers. "Wheat, Including flour, exports for the week aggregate 6,842,012 bushels, against 4.447.917 bushels last week, and 0,405,001 bushels In this week last year. "Wheat exports. July 1, 1001. to date, 41 weeks, aggregate 2C2.CS7.070 bush els, against 161.027.71S bushels last season. Business failures In the United States for the week number 182. against 176 last, week. 265 In this week- last year, 152 In 1000, and 243 in 1800. Failures in Canada for the week number 20, against 18 last week, 25 In this week a year ago, and 35 In 1000. Bank Clearing. KEW YORK, April 11. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week ended April 10, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Clearings. Inc. Dec New York 51,402.670.000 .... 17.0 Chicago 165.034,000 10.0 .... Boston 138.631.000 0.0 Philadelphia 108.045.000 14 0 .... St. Louis 4S.822.000 16.3 Pittsburg 39,104.000 12.2 Baltimore 22.889.000 0.3 San Francisco 23,835.638 18.1 .... Cincinnati 20,130.000 0.8 .... Kansas City 17,126.000 Cleveland 14.532.000 6.7 .... Minneapolis 11.180.000 10.3 .... New Orleans 12,629,000 17.5 .... Detroit 0.345.000 5.7 Louisville 0,987.000 14.1 .... Indianapolis 0.100.000 32.5 .... Providence 7.468.000 7.8 .... Omaha 7.018,000 17.7 .... Milwaukee ' 0.446,000 23.5 .... Buffalo 5,517,000 St Paul 5,421,000 25.0 .... St. Joseph 4.016,000 21.5 Denver 4.215.000 14.8 Richmond 4,644.000 13.8 .... Savannah 3,202,000 Salt Lake 3.380.000 17.0 .... Albany 3.138.000 14.8 .... Los Angeles 4.735,000 47.1 .... Memphis 3.517.000 20.0 .... Fort "Worth 2,030.000 5.3 .... Seattle 3.124.713 30 0 .... "Washington 4,230,000 50.0 .... Hartford 3.065.000 11.0 .... Peoria 8.104.000 30.3 .... Toledo 2.609.000 17.1 .... Portland. Or 2.730.209 23.5 .... Rochester 2.632.000 20 0 .... Atlanta 2.332,000 1.5 .... Des Moines 2,357.000 40.6 .... New Haven 1.012,000 16.3 .... Worcester 1,515,000 10.5 .... Nashville 1.690.000 4 3 .... Springfield, Mass.... 1,505,000 .... 2.0 Norfolk 1.464.000 14.0 .... Grand Rapids 1.315,000 3.8 Scranton 1,389.000 37.0 .... Portland, Me 1,352.000 13 0 .... Sioux City ....: 1,500.000 25.0 .... Augusta 1.221.000 7.0 Syracuse 1.268.000 21.4 Dayton, 0 1.409,000 1.1 Tacoma 1.254.482 21.8 .... Spokanev 1,664.658 CO.O .... Topeka 1.518.O00 30.7 .... Davenport 1,808.000 21.5 .... Wilmington, Del.. .. 958,000 Evansville 1.124.000 23.3 .... Birmingham 1,003.000 .... 6.4 Fall River 1.037.000 28.1 Macon 591.000 Little Rock 589.000 39.1 .... Helena B8S.000 21.4 KnoxvUlo 689.000 24.1 .... Lowell 553.000 7.1 .... Akron 609.000 8 5 .... Wichita 572.000 3.2 .... Springfield, 111 044.000 32.5 .... Lexington 672.000 15.2 .... New Bedford C08.TXX) 59.7 .... Chattanooga 580.000 37.4 .... Youngstown 026.000 Kalamazoo 524.000 6.4 .... Fargo 483.000 10.3 .... Blnghamton 303.000 12.3 .... Rockford 435.000 2.1 .... Canton 044.000 43.1 Jacksonville. Fla.... 463.000 48.4 Springfield. 0 363 000 23.1 Chester 483.000 63.7 .... Qulncy 410.000 Bloomlngton 292.000 18.0 .... Sioux Falls 340.000 50.4 .... Jacksonville. Ill 227.000 80.1 Fremont 129.000 2.3 .... Houston 12.422.000 87.0 .... Galveston T.232.000 1.5 .... Columubs. O. 8.729.000 32.6 .... Wheeling 720.000 12.6 .... Wllkeabarre 8S5.000 Beaumont 385.000 Decatur 207.000 Totals, U. S $2,247,110,858 .... 10.0 Outside New York... 784,449,408 5.8 .... CANADA. Montreal $ 27.172.095 101.8 .... Toronto 19.714.170 103.6 .... Winnipeg 2.690.207 68.2 .... Halifax 1.013.438 37.4 .... Vancouver, B. C 857.640 5.0 .... Hamilton , 875.040 1.1 St. John. N. B. 747.201 24.5 .... Victoria. B. C 530.C50 .... 14.1 Quebec 1.200.013 Ottawa 1,999,059 Totals, Canada S 54,602,510 SC.8 Not Included In totals because containing other Items than clearings. Not Included In totals because of no comparison for last ear. GOOD NEWS PRCD03HXATES. Worst Handicap In the Strife Be tween Employes and Employers. NEW YORK, April 1L R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Good news predominates In the business world, notwithstanding two somewhat serious drawbacks. Weather conditions have been un satisfactory at many points, retarding retail distribution and delaying outdoor work, while excessive rains have put many Southern plant ers behind with work in the cotton fields. Still more of a handicap Is the strife between wage earners and employers. Manufacturing is ex ceptionally active In lines not disturbed by strikes, and there Is a vigorous movement of goods through regular channels. Not only pig iron but bars, billets and structural shapes are all sold so far ahead that new business Is comparatively light although consumers would quickly absorb any early deliveries that might be offered. It Is the exception when order books are not filled for full capacity well to ward the end of 1902. Wheat moved within narrow limits. Western receipts for the week were 1,722,542 bushels, against 2,069,042 bushels a year ago, and the total for the crop year is gradually falling back to last year's figures. Lower prices stimulated exports for a time, but shipments of wheat and flour from all parts of the United States dur ing the week were only 3.S49.670 bushels, against 4,076,810 bushels last year. Failures for the week numbered IBS in the United States against 200 last year, and 14 In Canada, against 24 last year. Big aiineH Consolidate. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April It The largest consolidation ever put through L the Cripple Creek district was announced today. The deal embraces all the properties of eight large mining com panies along the line of the United Mines tunnel, which penetrates the hills of Crip ple Creek a distance of 9462 feet A new company is being Incorporated under the laws of Colorado with a capitalization of $3,000,000. The consolidating companies are the Consolidated Mines, New Zealand. Da mon, Columbine-Victor, Battle Mountain Consolidated, Columbine Gold. Bonanza Queen and the United Mines Transporta tion Companies. The stockholders of the companies entering this consolidation number 2700, residing, in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Australia. Woven Wire Trust. NEW YORK, April 1L It is stated that the Allied Securities Company, which was incorporated on Monday with S2.000.OQO capital, was organized for the purpose of acquiring all the large woven wire con cerns in the country, says the Journal of Commerce, and that fts capital stock will be raised to a much higher figure. At a directors' meeting held here, it was announced that the company had obtained a controlling Interest in the Page Woven Wire Fence Company, of New Jersey, which has a capital of 58.000, 000, and which recently acquired the prop erties and business of the Page Woven Wire Fence Company, of Illinois. St. Louis Trunt Companies Combine ST. LOUIS, April 11. By the consolida tion of the St. Louis and Union Trust Companies, one of the strongest financial institutions of the country is formed. The new company, which will be known as the St. Louis Union Trust Company, has a capital stock of 55,000,000, and a sur plus of $3,500,000. A Q,ueer Production. New York Times. About as queer a production as we have seen for a long while Is one printed by the Richmond (VaO Times, under the cap tion, "A Flattering Request." It is ad dressed to the editor of that paper, is dated "Lincoln. Neb., March 31, 1902," and runs as follows: My Dear Sir: As I do my editorial work at my residence, which is now at Fairvlew, and as I am anxious to receive your paper as promptly as possible, will you please hae the address changed from The Commoner, Lincoln. Neb , to Mrs. W. J. Bryan. Falr lew. Lincoln, Neb. 7 My wife's mall is delivered at tho house, while my mail goes to the office, and jour paper would have to be sorted out from among several thousand. Appreciating jour kindness In exchanging with the Commoner, I am, verj" truly j-ours, W. J. BRYAN. 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