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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 30, 1906.
DRUNKEN NEGROES
T 10
BEAT-MAN
Telegraph Operator Penned in
Blockhouse and Made
Prisoner.
WIRES APPEAL. FOR HELP
6partanbarg Sheriff Pushes to the
Scene With Armed Posse, but
Angry Mob of Blacks
Makes Good Kscape.
BPARTEBURG, S. C. Dec 28.
Telegraph Operator Porter, In charge of
the block station at Mount Zion, six miles
from here, on the main line of
the Southern Hallway, was taken out
of his station ' tonight, shortly after 7
o'clock, by a crowd of drunken negroes,
tied and whipped.
The mob surrounded Porter, who barri
caded himself In the station, and shot
out windows and lights. Porter then
wired the train dispatchers at Spartan
burg to send help. He scarcely had finish
ed the message when the negroes broke
Into the station, seized and dragged him
outside and beat him.
Sheriff Nichols and a party of officers
left on a special train, but when they
arrived the negroes had disappeared. The
posse Is searching the woods. No arrests
have been made.
SAME NEGRO SHOT BOTH MEN
Macklln's Assailant Believed to Have
Shot Chinaman.
ELi RENO. Okla.. Dec. 29. It is be
lieved that the negro, supposed to be
a soldier from Fort Reno, who last
night held up and shot a Chinese laun
dryman, was the same man who last
week shot and -seriously wounded
Captain Edgar A. Macklin. Late yes
terday a negro answering the descrip
tion of the Macklin assailant attempted
to hold up the railroad agent at Darl
ington, near here. The agent knocked
the negro down, but he escaped, and It
is believed he came to El Reno.
Several days ago bloodhounds traced
Macklln's assailant to Darlington,
where the scent was lost. The China-man
Is not seriously wounded. After
last night's shooting,- the negro Is be
lieved to have escaped on a. stolen
horse. ...i
Race Feud. in Kansas Town.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 29. A spe
cial to the Star from Perry, Kan., says:
Serious trouble between white citi
zens and a . band of negroes of this
town is feared. Already several clashes
have occurred, and excitement runs
high. This feeling took new life last
evening, when Joseph WeHer,- a white
farmer, living near Perry, was seri
ously injured In,, a. fight -on the street
with a negro named Bryant. The ner;
groes are reported to have threatened
the lives of several citizen1 '.
defer Action on congo
British Officials Think State Should
Be Joined to Belgium.
LONDON, Dec. 29. The exchanges
which have taken place between the
British and American governments rela
tive to the situation In the Congo lead to
the belief that any steps toward -joint
action by the powers will be deferred
until the Belgian Parliament Anally - de
cides whether Belgium shall assume con
trol . of the Congo.
British officials hope that Belgium will
assume this responsibility, as it is claimed
that the political status of Congo State
does not permit any power to address
representations or protests to any author
ized source. Such communications must
go through the Belgian foreign office.
The British official view therefore in
clines strongly to the annexation of the
Congo by Belgium, as the powers then
would be able to deal directly with
Belgium, and it is held that this would
go a long way toward remedying the
situation.
If Belgium falls to annex the Congo the
authorities will ask for another Interna
tional Congress similar to the Berlin
congress which turned the Congo over to
King Leopold, and the informal ex
changes tend to show that the United
States probably would share this view.
RUSSIA DELAYS FIXIXG DATE
No Reply to Request to Name Time
for Hague Conference.
LONDON. Dec 29. For some time
Great .Britain has been trying to Induce
Russia to fix a date for the next Hague
peace conference, but thus far without
success. It has been urged that May
would be the most convenient month, but
although this suggestion was made early
in the Fall, no reply has been received
from St, Petersburg. The British dele
gates to the conference probably will in
clude a cabinet minister In addition to
James Bryce, the newly appointed Am
bassador to Washington. However, the
delegates will not be announced until
something Is heard from Russia.
INSURGENTS GAIN STRENGTH
GoTernment Troops In Chinese Rebel
District Are Defeated.
VICTORIA. B. C. Dee. 29. The in
surrection on the borders of Klangsu
is gaining strength rapidly, according
to reports by the Teuoer. Government
troops sent were defeated by the in
surgents and additional forces have
been dispatched from Wuchang. For
eigners menaced by the Emeute are
all safe and have escaped to Changsha.
The rebellion Is antl-dynastto and has
been plotted for about .a year.
Report Filed on Townsite Fraud.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. The report
of William Dudley Foulke, the special
Investigator sent to the Indian Terri
tory by President Roosevelt to report
on thu townsite fraud, has been re
ceived by Secretary Hitchcock, and by
him turned over to the law officers of
the Interior Department for examina
tion as' to the logal question involved.
Its publication will not be made for
weeks, if at all. It covers, it is under
stood, but one feature of affairs in the
Indian Territory, and until other re
ports bearing upon similar matters are
received by the Secretary nothing will
be given out in relation to the subject.
More Shocks Felt in Chile.
NEW YORK. Dee. 29. A Valparaiso.
Chile, special to the Herald says a vio
lent but short earthquake shock was felt
there Thursday and two slight ones the
following evening. No damage occurred.
Dispatches from Arioca, the scene of the
recent severe earthquake, say the shock
caused landslides and wide fissures, but
there were no deaths.
' Plans for the new Valparaiso city have
been approved by the .president
Solitary Voter Elects Himself.
PARIS, Dec. 29. (Special.) Salles.
near . Toulon., has a District Councillor
who elected himself. In the commune
of Salles there Is only one man eligible
to vote, and when the Counclllorshlp
was., vacant be promptly voted for him
self and was, of course, elected, as he
was in the majority.
King Oscar Is No Worse.
STOCKHOLM, Dec 29. King Oscar had
a refreshing sleep during the night. His
temperature continues about normal. The
condition of his heart and lungs remains
unchanged.
Denies Peace With Herreros.
BERLIN, Dec. 29. The report that peace
between the German forces and the war
ring Herreros has been- signed in Dama
raland is denied.
Shah Has Another Rally.
TEHERAN, Dec. 29. The Shan, after
a long period of unconsclousnes, once
more rallied during, the night, became
fully conscious and- is distinctly better
today.
The relations between the, heir ap-
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parent. Prince All Mlrza, and the lead
ers in Parliament on the Persian Con
stitution are proceeding amicably. The
original draft has been returned to
Parliament by the heir apparent, with
suggestions for amendments to the par
agraphs concerning the parliamentary
oath of allegiance, the power of the
sovereign to prorogue Parliament and
the power of the Senate.
FAIRCHILD EXPLAINS DEAL
Says He Got No Benefit and Policy
holders Got All.
ROME, Dec 29. Charles 6. Fair
child, ex-Sccretary of the United
States Treasury, who with George W.
Perkins, of New York, was indicted
yesterday by the grand jury at that
city In connection with the affairs of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, han been here for three weeks.
Mr. Falrchild said:
The matters referred to are probably In con
nection with the Chicago A Northwestern and
the St. Paul Railroad securities, of which the
Insurance corn pari y held large amounts. Under
Its by-laws the company, it was believed,
must remove the stocks from Its assets and It
could not sell such large amounts of Inactive
stock without serious loss and apparently re
quested the trust company, of which I am
president, to take the stocks and hold them
until advantageous sale could be made. The
books of the trust company show that these
stocks were taken.
Subsequently for some reason the holdings
were changed Into the form of loans to Indi
viduals and later, I am told, the stocks were
sold at a profit of several hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to the policyholders of the
lnsuranoe company with no profit or advantage
to any other company or Individuals. The
transaction occurred long ago and I cannot
now be certain about the details. What I
state Is based upon a recent examination of
the trust company's books and from state
ments made to me by others. I have no recol
lection of any affair connected with the Prus
sian bonds.
I personally derived no profit from the
transactions on which the Indictments are
based, which were entirely for the benefit of
the policyholders of the New York Life In
surance Company.
Mr. Falrchil J is awaiting develop
ments and is ready to return to Amer
ica Immediately, if necessary.
SUCCEEDS IN SIOUX FALLS
Episcopal Minister's Wife Gets Di
vorce at Second Attempt.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D... Deo. 29. Mrs.
Florence Halliday Brown, wife of a for
mer Episcopal minister of Brooklyn, was
granted a divorce here today and given
the custody of her son. Mrs. Brown last
February tried to secure a divorce in
New York. .
Xjegal Fee and Foe.
Harper's Weekly.
In a suit recently tried In a Virginia
town a young lawyer of limited experi
ence was addressing the Jury on a point
of law, when, good-naturedly, he turned
to opposing counsel, a man of much more
experience than himself, and asked:
"That's right, I believe. Colonel Hop
kins r
Whereupon Hopkins, with a smile of
conscious superiority, replied:
"Sir, I have- an office in Richmond
wherein I shall be delighted to enlighten
yon on any point of law for a considera
tion." The youthful attorney, not in the least
abashed, took from his pocket a half
dollar piece, which he offered Colonel
Hopkins with this remark:
"No time like the present. Take this,
sir, and tell us what you know, and give
me the change."
Will Inspect All Navy-Tards.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. H. H. Rous
seau, who was appointed Chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, has left
the Mare Island Navy-yaid, where he
has been stationed for three years, for
an Inspection tour of the various navy
yards. He will assume his duties here
January 5. In consequence of his ap
pointment, several Important berths
wore tilled, the principal one being that
of civil engineer at Mare Hand.
Veteran Editor Sells Out,
DETROIT. Dec 29. William E.
Qulmoy, editor-in-chief of the Detroit
Free Press, who has been connected
with that paper as editor or publisher
since 1861, today sold his Interest to
E. D. Stair and P. H. McMillan and
severed his connection with the paper.
RAGE AT ROOSEVELT
Miners' Federation Says He
Aids Judicial Murder.
TRIES TO AROUSE LABOR
Denounces President for Sending
Taft to Help Gooding Calls on
Labor to Demonstrate in
Behalf of Accused.
' DENVER, Colo., Dec 29. (Special.)
"The prosecuting of Moyer. Haywood
and Pettibone is not confined to the
mineowners' associations of the West.
The fact that in the recent campaign
President Roosevelt commissioned one of
his political family to leave the Nation's
capital and Invade the State of Idaho and
lift his voice in. behalf of Gooding,
the political tool and chattel of the
Standard OH Company Is convincing evi
dence that the conspirators have in
trenched themselves behind the Roose
velt throne and are using the administra
tion at Washington as an ally to bring
about the Judicial murder of men who
scorned to prostrate themselves in sub
mission to the anarchy of corporate
despotism."
Respects to Supreme Court.
The President is thue scored in the re
port of the executive board of the West
ern Federation of Miners, which con
tinues: "Under the decision of the Supreme
Court the writ of habeas corpus Is a
mlsdemeanoV and .constitutional protec
tion, so far as such protection pertains
to the working class, le but a grim and
brutal Joke. During the past few months,
while the case of Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibone has been pending in the United
States Supreme Court, there has been
noticed an Inactivity and an Indifference
upon the part of organized labor through
out the country. This seeming quiet upon
the part of organized inhnr vo. kaa
taken ae evldenm hv th
that the working class Is losing interest
... .. m me men who are still be
hind prison bars, eagerly awaiting the
dawn of that day when they can face
their accusers and prove in open court
their complete innocence.
Call for Labor Demonstrations.
"The time is now when the eyes of the
working class must be opened. The time
is now when the brawn and muscle of
the Nation muet be aroused. Every local
union throughout the Jurisdiction of the
Western Federation of Miners should
make Immediate arrangements for mass
meetings and demonstrate to the blood
thirsty monsters that the battle has only
commenced In behalf of these Imprisoned
men and in the cause of Justice."
SAVANTS DISCUSS RADIUM
Scientific Convention Also Handles
"Sex Determination" Subject.
NEW YORK, Dec 29. Announce
ment was made yesterday before the
physics section of the American As
sociation for the Advancementof Sci
ence, which is in session here, of an
Important discovery relative to ra
dium. It had been suggested that ra
dium was a derivative of another
chemical element, and was in its pres
ent state merely temporarily, and
uranium was set down, as the parent
element Yesterday Dr. Bertram B.
Boltwood and Professor F. W. Ruther
ford read papers demonstrating that
radium can be obtained from actinium,
which is itself a derivative of uranium.
This discovery about the wonderful el
ement may lead to remarkable results.
Professor Rutherford holds that "ura
nium is the Methusaleh of radium."
and doubtless there are many genera
tions between uranium and actinium,
and Rutherford said that the discov
ery would not increase the supply of
radium.
Professor T. H. Morgan read a paper
before the American Society of Nat
uralists, dealing with the general sub
ject, "The Biological Significance
and Control of Sex." which excited
much interest because he discussed
the possibility of determining sex in
human beings. He seriously ques
tioned the theory which has prevailed
of recent years that nutrition has an
intimate relation to sex determina
tion. He said that it is apparent that
so many other external factors than
food may be involved that the slight
difference upon" which the conclusion
as to nutrition is based may be due
to other conditions than nutrition. If
nutrition really was such a factor as
had been conceded, a far greater dis
proportion of males to females in the
offspring of the rich and of the poor
hould be looked for, he said, than
has been shown by Busing, a Ger
man biologist statistician's figures on
the subject. Recent experiences In
Europe with rats and mice had shown
that even extreme conditions of starv
ation and of feeding produced no ef
fect upon the birth rate of males and
females.
Busts of distinguished scientists
were unveiled this afternoon at the
American Museum of National History
as a part of the programme for the
American Association of Advancement
of Science, now in session here. Dr.
Henry Fairfield Osborn, curator of the
department of paleontology, presided
in the absence of J. Plerpont Morgan,
who was confined to his home by a
light attack of the grip. The busts
are those of Benjamin Franklin, Alex
ander von Humboldt, John A. Audubon,
John Toirey, Joseph Henry, Loui Agas
sis, James Dwlght Dana, Spencer .Ful-
; lerton Balrd. Joseph Leldjr and Edward
Brlnker Cope, Several English scient
ists attended the exercises.
BRYCE HONORARY MEMBER
American Historical Association
Closes Its Final Session.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Dec 29. The final
sessions of the several conventions at
Brown University this week were held to
day. The American Historical Association
elected James Bryce, the newly-named
Ambassador from Great Britain, to an
honorary membership and named J.
Franklin Jameson, of Washington, presi
dent. The next meeting will be held at
the University of Wisconsin, In 1907.
The other organizations that have been
In session here will meet at the same
place and time. The most important
business transacted today by the Ameri
can Sociological Society was the author
ity given to the executive committee to
issue a monthly publication. The Ameri
can Political Science Society elected Fred
erick N. Judson, St. Louis, president.
Mrs. Anna H. Abel, of the Baltimore
Women's College, was awarded the Jus
tin Wlnson prize of $100, offered by the
American Historical Association for the
best historical essay.
Historians Close Convention.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec 29. Inter
national as well . as National . topics
made the closing session today of the
gathering of historians, political sci
entists and sociologists, the most im
portant of the meeting. Frank H.
Hodder, professor of the University
of Kansas, read a paper on "Some As
pects of the English Bill Under
Which Kansas Was .Torn by Differ
ences on the Question of Slavery and
Was Admitted to the Union."
"Some Effects of Outlying Depen
dencies Upon the People of the
United States" was discussed by Henry
Morris of Chicago.
T PAY FINE
CONVICTION OF THE "MOJTKEY
HOUSE" HERO IS AFFIRMED.
Recorder Gof.r Holds Tenor Was
Guilty of Offense Against Public
Order and Decency.
NEW YORK, Dec 29. The conviction
of Enrico Caruso, the famous Italian
opera singer, on a charge of annoying
a woman in the monkey-house at Cen
tral Park, was affirmed today by Re
corder Golf In the Court of General Ses
sions. Caruso's counsel at," once an
nounced that the case would be ap
pealed to the appellate division of the
Supreme Court. The Recorder declared
that it was not essential that "Hannah
Graham," who made the- complaint,
should bay appeared, in . court.
"The offense is not so much against
the individual as against public order
and decency," said the court.
"As a matter of law, I cannot say
that the magistrate erred in Judgment,"
said Recorder Goff, "and as a matter of
fact, I cannot substitute my Judgment
for his. He had the witnesses before him
and was best qualified to Judge their
credibility. Although I should come to
the conclusion that if I were sitting In
his place I should render a different
Judgment, that would not Justify me
in reversing his Judgment."
SCOUTS CUBAN WAR TALK
Governor Magoon Says Natives Are
Iilke Little Children.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The' War De
partment Issued' a statement today con
cerning the situation In Cuba, which in
dicates that conditions are not alarming.
The statement says:
"A letter dated December 23 has been
received from Governor Magoon, which
contains the following passage:
" 'The present situation is full of hope
and confidence that the provisional gov
ernment will have no occasion to deal
with an uprising. The continued tran
quility of the island under our adminis
tration is as satisfactory as anything can
be in Cuba.'
"He also says with reference to the
strike at Camaguey:
" 'There is a fair prospect of a strike
by the workmen in the railroad shops at
Camaguey, and I sent 60 artillerymen
there last night and this morning, and
am advised that the matter is unimport
ant.' "The following has been received by
the department in a private letter from a
military officer holding a high station In
Cuba, dated December 22:
" 'Everything goes on quietly here, and
there Is no marked change In any re
spect. We have continual intimation
from all sorts of sources that, no matter
what happens In the election, one side or
the other will take to the woods.
" 'I suppose an Anglo-Saxon will never
understand these people, and can never
hope to do so.
" 'They are something like children who
tell ghost stories to each other until they
frighten themselves to a point where they
cannot sleep. Our rule has been so quiet
and orderly, and the President's injunc
tion to refrain from hurting the feelings
or wounding the susceptibilities of the
Cubans Is so strictly observed that the
people welcome the troops everywhere.' "
Wants Revolutionist Admitted..
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Several Con
gressmen of New York ,Ctty were given a
dinner at the Cafe Martin last night by
the Liberal Immigration League, in ap
preciation of their services in committees
on the pending Immigration bill. Inform
al speeches were made the general tenor
of which was in opposition particularly
to the educational qualification proposed
in the new bill. A petition was presented
requesting Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Straus to admit to this country
the Russian Colonel Alexander Pietrof
ski, now detained at San Francisco on
the ground that be Is a revolutionist. He
recently escaped from Siberia, where he
was sent, it is said, for preventing his
troops from massacrelng people. Repre
sentatives Bennett, Golden, Fitzgerald.
Wlllet and Olcott and Representatives
elect Fornes signed the petition. Joseph
Barondess, the East Side labor leader, one
of the guests, left for Washington early
today to place the matter before Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor Straus.
Want a Deep Waterway.
CHICAGO. Dec 29. H. H. Howell.
Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, arrived here last
night wltn Mrs. Howell. They are mak
ing a pleasure trip to the Pacific Coast.
"Reciprocal relations with Canada
will develop commerce In all portions
of the United States, but It may take
years to bring it about," the Justice
said. "The Canadians want a deep
waterway to the Gulf of Mexico, if it
will not endanger our northern lakes,
and that may not do that. We will
not fight that, as generally presumed,
excepting to protect our interests.
"The ship canal will mean much to
the entire United States, and Canada
will secure her portion of the commer
cial traffic. It looks good to us, lakes
or no lakes. We hope for some sort of
reciprocal relation which will open the
commerce of both countries to the
world."
PROGRESS BREAKS
ALL OLD RECORDS
Continued From First Pars.)
circles which might have been fatal In
an ordinary year. Legislation of a some
what radical character affecting railroads
and large corporations, with numerous
prosecutions of companies and individuals,
was a marked feature resulting from the
previous year's moral, agitation and up
lift In state and Nation, without any,
apparently, other than beneficial effects
to tbe country at large. Tight money
at home and abroad put a strain upon
general business which resulted In strik
ingly little friction. Judging from failure
returns, the most noticeable effect being
a feeling of conservatism which proved
to be beneficial. Congressional and state
elections had little effect, the general
conclusion being that the people were
"too busy to talk politics."
Effect of Car Shortage. -
Transportation congestion of the acutest
kind, resulting in loss of trade and some
actual suffering where fuel supplies were
concerned, perhaps arrested, but certainly
did not check, progress. Strikes were nu
merous but, except in the coal, molders'
and printing trades, not of long duration,
owing to a spirit of compromise and yield
ing on the part of employers, who real
ized that the cost as well as ' the coun
try's standard of living Justified larger
compensations. '
Some occurrences which made the year
an especially notable one, the final effects
of which have not yet been worked out,
were the Immense speculation in and ad
vance of land values, which, with the
building activity In some sections, was
claimed to be dangerous to continued
prosperity. High money gave a check to
this, as it also did to the enormous vol
ume of speculation In mining shares,
which diverted attention from other mar
kets, notably grain and- stocks, and to a
certain extent from cotton, though the
latter showed great activity throughout
the year.
Statistical Story of 1906.
Lack of space prevents an analysis of
the year's primal movements in detail,
but the statistical story of 1906 Is sum
marized In the following estimates:
AORICUI.TCRAL. TTBLDS AND VALUES.
Yields.
1906
Corn, bushels 3,021.-116.091
Winter wheat, bushels 402,R(8,004
Spring wheat, bushels, : 242,372.866
Total wheat. bushels - 735.200.P7O
Oats, bushels 8rt4,B0,622
Barley, bushels 178.010,481
Rye. bushels 33,374.8:18-
Buckwheat, bushels . . . 14.641,037
Total, six cereals 4,8M,514,837
IHsxseed, bushels 25.fi7A.144
Potatoes, buahels 3UK.038.8.S2
Hay, tone 5T.145.85
Tobacco, pounds 662,4-3,530
Rice, bushels 17,854.768
Cotton, bales 12,546,000
Sugar, tons 1. 239.000
Wool clip, pounds 298.013,130
Hops, pounds 5li.u0O.0oo
Value
1006
Corn . l,lfi6,626,4T0
Wheat .- 4no.332.760
Oats 30C202.076
Barley ... 74,235,007
Rye - ..... 10.671.243
Buckwheat - 8.727,443
-;- Total six cereals $2,063.886, 709
Flaxseed' 2.",899,165
Potatoes' - lr.7.547.302
Hay e.63.!n
Tobacco , 08,2".2,047
Rice ., ..... - 16.121.298
Cotton 600,000.000
Wool ..!..........- 70.721.3S3
Value all farm products $6,704,000,000
F1NANCB AND INDUSTRY.
1906
Ban clearings - $150,000,000,000
Imports merchandise, estimated fJ-f-iSS'SSS
Bports merchandise, estimated fH000.0
Total trade, estimated J?,i2'i,Tl-Sx2
Railway earnings. 10 months 1.688.458.706
Circulation December 1 a 2,869,0i4.JS5
Circulation per capita W 3.68
Building expenditure o22'222-sS
New York stock sales, shares .STi,0
New York bond sales, value - $673,000,000
Business failures, number nnn,,2?
.Failure liabilities -
Plg-lros. output ?a'$'ESo
Iron-ore shipments ?w2m
Bteel-rall production JrAnoniS
Anthracite coal mine product ,5,2
Shoe shipments, cases "kSI'SXa
Labor strikers -Sr'noo
Immigration, total i'n-IcE-2
Tomato pack, esses 9,0.4,966
All Increase except
The frequency with which Increases are
met with in the summary table given
elsewhere will at once strike the reader
of this article. The combined production
of all cereals was the largest ever known,
chiefly because of the Immense corn yield.
The values of all cereals and of all farm
products are alike the greatest ever re
ported. In the financial records, the fre
quency of increases, approximately 10 to
13 per cent, is probably a real guide to
the increase of general business over
1905. In the statistics of industrial out
put, especially of the Iron trade, the
gains are not far below the above per
centages. Another guide to the charac
ter of the year's business is to be had
In the gain In stock Bales and the loss in
bond sales. Indicating that, with pros
perous trade, a greater disposition to e
a partner rather than a creditor was
manifested. Finally, the fact that ' the
decreases shown In the second table are
largely confined to failures and failure
liabilities Is in a high degree Indicative
of the fact that the vastly enlarged out
puts, the movement of products and the
volume of eales In 1906 were conducted
with less friction than in 1905, thus con
stituting a tribute to the essential sound
ness of the year's business.
Mild Winter Aids Building.
Mild Winters have been proverbially
unfavorable to crops and trade, yet,
right at its beginning, the year suf
fered this alleged drawback with lit
tle effect. Lack of snow covering for
vheat. and Autumn mildness In Janu
ary, led to fears of crop damage, while
congesting stocks of Winter goods.
Heavy apparel suffered In demand, coal
was inactive, and rubber footwear
neglected; but good effects of the mild
season outweighed the bad. Building
operations continued on an unprece
dented scale during an ordinarily
closed season, and railway operations
experienced little Interference. Man
ufacturing was active, and stock spec
ulation made new high price levels.
In February, retail trade and collec
tions were Interfered with early by
mild weather, lumbering was re
stricted, cotton holding at the South
was an additional drawback, coal was
weak, high Summer prices for ice
were Indicated, and the egg market
collapsed under weight of fresh sup
plies. Sacrifice sales of Winter cloth
ing and an earlier than usual open
ing of Spring trade were features. The
first hurtful Winter stoma in March
damaged Southern fruits and vege
tables, but heavy snows and rains gave
ample moisture to Winter wheat as the
growing season, began. A large Spring
trade was done the country over, j
heavy sales of fertilizers indicated an .
increased cotton area, and industry
was active, with numerous wags ad
vances. April opened with a coal
strike involving 400,000 men, the an
thracite and Western bituminous fields
shutting .down, but first crop reports
showed little damage to Winter wheat,
and the low death rate throughout the
country disproved the "green Christ
mas and fat churchyard" proverb.
Corn and cotton planting started late,
but made up lost time.
San Francisco Disaster and Trade.
Earthquake and fire ruined San Fran
cisco April 18-21 destroyed 1360,000,000 in
property and caused a break In stock
prices. May saw the close of the coal
strike, the ending of a wheat deal at
Chicago, after the highest prices of
the year were touched, and heavy liq
uidation in stocks, while fire insurance
troubles plagued San Francisco, and
cold weather injured fruits and vege
tables, causing much replanting of
cotton. Trade, retail and Jobbing, was
active, plenty of moisture helped
wheat, San Francisco's banks opened
May 23, after over a month's shutdown-;
purchases of supplies for that
city benefited trade in other places,
and steel rails were freely bought for
1907 delivery. Corn planting was de
layed, oats were hurt In the West, and
It was too cool and dry for cotton. In
June, wholesale trade was seasonably
quiet, business for Fall was good,
building showed record activity,
though lumber weakened for a while,
and wages of New England cotton-mill
hands advanced. Early crop reports
were poor, but improved later. Cot
ton showed an Increased acreage and
good condition. Warnings came of
tight money in the second half of the
year, and some good authorities were
pessimistic as to its effect on trade.
July statistics showed a record half
year in domestic business, and an un
precedented fiscal year's foreign trade,
record clearings for six months, few
failures and small liabilities. Cotton
and wheat prices declined on good crop
prospects, stocks were liquidated,
trade and Industry continued active,
midsummer shutdowns were fewer and
shorter than usual, with Fall orders
good. In August, free marketing of
Winter wheat brought the lowest
prices In four years, but iron and
steel and cotton goods were active
and advancing, while raw cotton de
clined. Rains helped corn and hurt
wheat. In shock, but-the latter rallied
on lighter . movement and poor Rus
sian reports.
Money Becomes Tighter.
September showed more snap to
trade, very high money rates, rapid
advances In commodities, active
trade and Industry, a record corn crop
gathered free from damage, with cot-
Changs
from
1903
8
15
8
e
i
si
20
0.4
Past
records
(.707,993,640
4.18,834,501
S03.1SS.322
748.460.218
087. 842.704
139,748.958 .
33.630.592
22,791.839
Tear
1905
1901
1899
1901
1902
1904
1902
1866
10 .
IS
5
8
38
10
8
1
9
Changs
from
1005
6
5
10
35
IT
9
29.185.000
832,830.800
66.829,612
821.823,963
21.006.03S
13,600,000
1,206,717
824.107,403
61.200,000
1902
1904
1889
1902
1904
1904
1905
1902
1906
Past
records
$1,116,696,738
618.372.727
803.684. 8S2
61.898,634
24.5S9.21T
16,812.070
Tear
1905
1905
1902
1902
1891
1867
$1,992,184,324 1903
8
2
14
40
31
7
n
24,040.072
tf0.821.08O
670,882,872
68.283,108
13,891,623
641,720,435
80.416.614
1906
1905
1893
1901
10O4
1905
1905
$6,309,000,000 190S
Changs
from
Fast
1006
n
io
li
n
13
records
$143,045,775,830
$1.1 79. 358, 846
Tear
1005
1906
1905
1906
1W
1905
1905
1905
1901
19o4
1893
1893
1905
1905
19"5
1905
1903
1903
1905
19u3
$1, 826,902. 343
$2,806,321,188
401.628.726
662,134.539
6
7
10
34
6
1
9
11
10
9
1
175
IS
83
$31.78
$700,000,000
265.577.354
$1,036,810,560
13.500
$402,000,000
22,092,380
84,353.456
3,372,357
69.339.152
6.128.000
650.000
1.0E5.834
10,000,000
ton goods advancing. At the end a
severe gulf storm destroyed property
on that coast and hurt cotton Inland.
October saw an immense advance in
cotton prices 140 points on spots and
166 points on futures In ten days;
copper reached the highest price In
$6 years, cool weather helped trade,
and a record month's business was
done. Car congestion became acute,
and reports came of damage to har
vested grain and growing cotton the
latter by frost. Storms at harvest
hurt tobacco south and west and hurt
cotton badly In the South Atlantic
States. November saw only a slight
lull in trade before election day, iron
and steel continued to advance, despite
record production, and large Imports
and car congestion hampered all
lines, but business was active and a
large area went Into Winter wheat
Preparations for a . record holiday
trade were made at wholesale, later
justified by an early and heavy de
mand. In December, car shortages
affected trade and caused suffering in
the Northwest. The Increased wheat
area entered the winter in a condition
equal to 190S. An unprecedented trade
In holiday goods at record prices
closed the year.
Looking Forward.
Prosperity beyond precedent in 1906 and
the high standards thereby established
makes prediction as to 1907 peculiarly dif
ficult. It may be said, however, that the
outlook for next year Is very favorable.
Probably never before was the volume of
future business booked so large. From
three to nine months' orders ahead are
reported by manufacturers, and whole
salers and jobbers have been active as
never before on Spring business. Perhaps
the heaviest future business done In any
line has been that booked In iron and
steel in all Its forms. And what Is true
of this generally regarded barometer of
trade Is also largely the case in cotton
goods of all kinds. In addition, woolen
dress goods, hosiery and knit fabrics, lin
ens, to a 'smaller extent silks, end cop
per, hardware, rubber goods, lumber,
farm machinery and a long list of other
products are In excellent demand. Far
from affecting future trade, the high
level of all prices seems to stimulate
operations, and a close analogy to past
experience in stock markets Is afforded
in the active buying at advancing prices
now witnessed. All sections of the com
munity seem to be prosperous and Spend
ing more freely than ever before. Three
features with a bearing upon the future
are labor, prices and money. Scarcity of
the first, thereby favoring further In
sistent demands, and the higher tendency
of the second, may push matters to a
point where production and consumption
alike might be checked. The strain In
money a world-wide condition, but one
With every Suit
costing $22.50
or more a
Pair of
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BRING THE CHILDREN
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felt here most, because prosperity has
been so pronounced seems to have so
far only brought a small measure of con
servatism. In the absence of now un
foreseen happenings, a every large. If not
record, year's business seems within
reach, modified as It may be by the ef
fects of the forces above named and the
crop developments of 1907.
Widow Gets Pepper Kstae.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. Dec. 29. The will
of Colonel James E. Pepper, the turf
man and whisky manufacturer, who
died Monday in New-York, was pro
bated here today. The estate, valued
at $103,000, is given to his wife,. Mrs.
Klla O. Pepper.
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