- X it; it IV A QUESTION OF TAX That Is Giving flew Yorkers the Same Trouble That Others Have Had. T7HAT PEBSONALTY PAYS And What It Should Pay Are Topics Kow Under Discussion BI A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. HattheTr Marshall's Seasons Why Seal Es tate Owners lluit ALWAYS BEAR THE BURDEN'S BRUNT rErXCUX. TILIORAH TO THI DISPATCH.! Kew Yokk, Dec. 25. "Th'e Taxing of Personal Estate" is the subject of Matthew Marshall! article lor tomorrow! Sun. It is as follows: . The exports of cold and the perilous condition of our currency, the Panama scandal, home politics, and preparations foi the Christmas festival have so taken posses sion of the public mind, these last few days, that the proceedings of the special legisla tive commission on taxation, which began its sessions here in this city on Tuesday, have passed almost unnoticed. No leading broker, merchant or capitalist of any kind has appeared before the com mittee, and the witnesses it has examined have been mostly officials who look at the subject from the point of view of tax col lectors, and not from that of taxpayers. Xor has the committee as yet sought in iormation concerning the systems of taxa tion in use in foreign countries, being ap parently satisfied that native ingenuity is competent to deal with the problem with out help from abroad. Rural Beat Estate Owners Aggrieved. From the reports published in the news papers it would appear that the point to which the investigations of the committee have been so far confined has been the small amount of taxes collected from personal es tates in this State, compared with that of taxes collected from real estate, and the best method ot increasing it. The assessed value of personal estate for purposes of tax ation is, taking the estate as a whole, only one-ninth of that of real estate, though la this city it is one-fifth, owing to the number of its wealthy citizens and the loca tion here of so many large corporations and financial institutions, the average being re duced by agricultural counties where real estates is assessed at 12 times as much as personal estate. Hence, the .owners of real estate, particularly in the rural districts, leel aggrieved, and the committee appa rently is disposed to devise means for their reliet. This antagonism of interest in this State, in respect ot taxation, between the owners of real estate and the owners of personal estate, is of long standing and has fre-. quently led to legislative investigations like the present one, followed by the enact ment ot laws intended to enlarge the taxa tion of personal estate, and thus reduce that upon real estate. All these attempts, as the present condition of the matter shows, have failed of complete success. Real Estate Owner raj the Price. The great bulk of the taxes for city and county purposes, at least, continues to be paid by the owners of real estate, although State taxes, owing to new corporations and inheritance tax laws, tall lightly upon both real and personal estate alike The owners of real estate insist that if justice wire done the owners oi personal estate should pay at least as much as they do, and the owners of personal estaie naturally combat every at tempt to compel them to pay more than they are now paying. That those who clamor for an increase of taxation upon personal property do not fully understand the case, and are not well acquainted with the facts connected with It, is pretty evident from the arguments which they employ to support their views. Most of what, in conformity with the legal fiction, they call personal property, is per sonal only in name. A bond secured by a mortgage upon a honse and lot or upon a farm is personal property in the eyeof the law because the owner of it can carry it about with him wherever be goes. Bonds and mortgages are, however, mere evi dences of part ownership in the real estate bv which they are secured, and frequently the moneygiven lor them helps to pay for its purchase. In like manner railroad bonds and shares of stock in railroad com panies and in other corporations are techni cally personal property, bnt as a matter of fact they represent only beneficial interests in real estate or in investments of capital which are taxed in their entirety. Unable and Unjast Taxation. To tax both real estate at its full valne, and then, besides, to tax the mortgages upon it, is a double taxation, the injustice ot which is admitted, and the remedy which has been proposed for it is to tax real estate only for the excess of its value above the mortgages upon it, and throw the rest of the tax upon the holders .of mortgages. This, however, would so evidently put an end to all lending upon that kind of se curity that it has never yet been adopted. In like manner, the taxing both of the property of corporations and of the shares of their stock is recognized to be unjust by statute, and where corporations are taxed their stock in the hands of its holders is exempt. "With these facts before his eyes it is sur prising to find a man like Comptroller Campbell, of this State, declaring that, as Jay Gould owned 570,000,000 ot personal property in his lifetime and paid taxes on onlv 5500,000, he detrauded the people out of 'this State of taxes upon 569,500,000. Equally surprising is the assertion made by ex-Assessor John D. Ellis, before the legis lative committee on Thursday, that there is 54,000.000,000 of personal property that ought to be assessed in this State, which is not now on the books, and from 50 to 55 per cent of which is in New York city. An Assumption Evidently Unauthorized. Mr. Campbell evidently assumed that Mr. Gould's 570,000,000 were" in his pocket or in his safe, and. therefore, within the juris diction of the State and city authorities, whereas, in fact, except his household furni ture and cash in hand, they were scattered all over the Western and Southwestern States, and were represented by railroads, bridges, mines, town and citv lots, and various other objects over which the State has no more control than it has over the Sossessions of Queen Victoria. So when Ir. Ellis spoke of the 54,000,000,000 of property in this State which ought to be taxed he had in mind undoubtedly property similar to that owned by Mr. Gould. He added together the reputed fortunes of men like the Astors, the Yanderbilts, the Rockefellers and other millionaires, and Assumed that their possessions were all actually situated within the boundaries of this State and enjoying the benefits of its government. The truth is that the only personal prop erty whiofc can be reached by assessment, either justly or unjustly in this State, is that which can be seen and laid hold of by the band. That which is personal only by fiction of law, and' which, whenever its owner goes out of the State, goes with him, will necessarily slip through any tax law that can be framed. Only a Sentiment of Communism. Beside this error of fact, the advocates of increased taxation of personal property taeitlr assnme that a man should pay taxes in proportion to his wealth, and not to the State or country where that wealth ts.in vested and where it receives the benefit of the expenditures to meet which the taxes are imposed, but to that upon whose territory he resides. In other words, thev contend for the taxation, not of property, but of the person owning it, and lor taxation in prooortion not to bene fits received, but to ability-to pay. The foundation ot the idea is evidently that sen timent of communism which is everywhere latent in the human mind, and which de mands that the acquisitions of the thnftv and the successful shall be taken and bestowed upon the unthrifty and the unsuc cessful. , ,, No one pretends that a man worm "i 000,000 shall pay ten times as much for his clothes, his marketing and his fuel as the man with 51,000,000, and yet when taxes are In question, it is practically asserted that the man with 51,000,000, no matter where it is invested, shall pay 1,000 times as much as the man with only Jl.ouu. Nevertheless, the conviction that rich men ought to be taxed in proportion to their wealth is so generally prevalent that it is In vain to try to overcome it. Merely Some of the Inevitables. Those who frame tax laws must recognize it and defer to It, and those who snfler from these laws must make up their minds to submit to them np to the point were the exaction becomes intolerable. They al ways have the resource of putting their per sons bevond the reach of a government which imposes on them a burden Sweater than thev choose to bear, and short of this remedv their ingenuity will always be able to devise other means which will partially relieve them. That our people will ever be sagacious enough to adopt the system which was rec ommended by the late Isaac Sherman, and which, I am glad to see, was advocated be fore the Legislative Committee by the Hon. Michael Coleman, formerly President of the Board of Tax Commissioners of this city, ol exempting from taxation all per sonal property belonging to individuals, and taxing onlv corporations and real es tate, I have little hope. It is too broad and statesmanlike a measure to be popu lar, and yet, by making this city an asylum ot refuge for the rich -people of the whole United States, where they could come and live and spend their incomes without fear of being har assed by attempts to make them pay heav ily for the privilege, it would so enhance the value of real estate here, and so add to the earnings of shopkeepers, tradesmen and mechanics, that both the State and the city would gain by it more than they would lose. One Way to Drive Capital Elsewhere. As it is, I fear that the present system will be rendered even more odious to wealthy people than it is, and drive them still more to take np their residences else where. The same Mr. Ellis, who estimates the personal property in this State which ought to pay taxes at 54,000,000,000, proposes to verify his -estimate by compelling every resident of the State to make out, under oath, a list of his possessions and deliver it to the tax assessors, and it is possible that our Legislature may be induced to enact a law to that effect. The result would be that the small fry who could not escape would be caught by the law, and the amount ot their assessable property would be some what increased. The big fish, on the other haud, would either slip through the net or break its meshes, and the State and the city would lose the whole of the taxes which they pay now. LOCAL SECURITIES. A Quiet Week, With Gains and Losses Nearly Equally Divided The Only Radical Changes Are In the Gassers, Tractions and Industrials. The transactions on the local board during the week ending to-day aggregated 3,147 shares of stock, 51,000 bonds and 5100 scrip, against 7,576 shares last week and 1,556 shares the previous week. The disposition to trade was not very marked, mainly be cause of the proximity of the winter .holi day season; and because of tho un settled and unfavorable condition jd! the money market, particularly at con trolling points, the tendency of values was downward. It must he said, however, that the market held np remarkably well. Con ditions generally were not oonducive to buoyancy of values, and in view of this fact tho gains established must ho accepted as evidences of inlicienc merit and Indicative of the probable course of the General market under normal conditions. The changes of note, as the result of the week's operations, were as rollows: Advances M. 4 M. National bank. J: Citizens traction.JJ: i'.& U-tractlon, K: Pitts burg, Youngstown mid Ashtabula railroad, U; Pittsburg and Castle Shannon, 1; Luster Mining Company.: WestinghouBeAlrbrake, 8; Mouongnhela Water Company, J. Declines citizens Insurance, : Chartiers Valley Gas, J& Philadelphia. Company, 1: Central traction, ; Duquesne traction, 4; Underground Cable, 1. Close of the Market. The holiday spirit was very strong on 'Change to-day, and those present at the last call of the week did not appear to care to do more than go through the motions of trading. The only transaction was iu Luster Alining Coinpanv, 100 shares, seller-60, soiling at 9JjJ. Tho closing bids and offers are ap pended: bxxe stocks. Par. Bid. Asked. Commercial National 103 96 .... Cltlreus N atlonal Bank 50 .... 66!$ City Savings 50 6J Ontral 50 .... .60 Freehold SO J00 .... FldelltyTitleandTrustCo 100 1Z1 Iron Citv Nations! Rank 50 .... 80 Keystone Bank of PiUslinrg.... 60 SO Libertv National Banc 100 112 Mer. Jt Manulacturers X. Ilk.. 50 76 .... Mononfraliela National Bank... li-O 145 .... becond National Dank 100 275 .... Third National Bank 100 IB AI.t-EGUE.NV DANK STOCKS. Third National 100 ISO .... INSURANCE STOCKS. Citizens 60 32 5 Teutonla 50 .... 56 Uulon 50 37 Western Insurance Co 50 .... 40 NATURAL GAS 6TOCXS. Brldftewater. .'. 103 23 Charters Valler Gas Co 300 10 11 Peoples Natural Gas and P. Co. 25 .... 15 Pennsylvania Uas Co 50 9 loii Philadelphia Co 50 19!. 19i WlireUngGas Co 50 .... lift r-ASSEl-OEB Il'T STOCKS. CentralTractlon 50 28 2SJ4" Citizens Traction 50 C3 f5 l'lttsburg Traction 50 60 61 Pleasant Valley. 3 .... 24 fcecond Avenue 50 50 .... BAU.ROAB STOCKS. Chartiers Railway. 50 .... MX pttuhurc. Yonngst'n and A... 50 47H 49 Pittsburg and Castle Sh'n 50 6 10 Pittsburg Junction St. R. Co... 50 .... 35 Pittsburg, Wheeling &. Ky.... 60 53 ,66 COAL STOCKS. H.Y. &C. Gas Coal Co 60 SO si BBIDGF. STOCKS. Ewalt (Forty-third street) 60 64 Nortuslde Bridge Co 50 .... 9 WIN1.NG STOCKS. La Norfa Alining Co 25 .... 170 I.nsterMltilnrCo 10 8K 9S Enterprise Mining Co 6 2s Z WISCELLANEOOS STOCKS. Monongahela Water Co 25 SO 30)6 Union Storage Co 50 63 Union Switch and Signal Co... 50 .... 18X Westing-house Air Brake Co... 50 132 140 SUudard Underground C Co.. 100 77 77 II, N. Glass Company, com .... 103 .... 66 U. S. Glass Company, pfd 100 .... 116 Bar Silver. Nrw York, Dec. 24, Special. Bar silver In London,38d per ounce. New York dealers' price tor silver, 82c per ounce. Specie Exports. New Yobk, Dec 24. The exports of specie from the port of New York for the week wci e $4,873,035, or which $4,400,000 in gold and $382,450 in silver went to Europe, and $57,125 in gold and $33,520 silver went to South America. Philadelphia Sugar Market. Philadelphia, Dec 24. Sugars, refined, quiet and unchanged; cubes, 5c; standard powered, 5c; fine granulated. 4c: standard granulated, 4Jc: crown A, 6H0: crystal A, iUc: double refined diamond A, 4c; con tectionrs A, 4Jic; Red Star A. 166c; Key stone A, 4.66c; Franklin B, 4,44c; Franklin ex. tra C, 4c; Bed Star C, 3 91c. Flour and grain nothing doing. The commercial exchange closed. Ail business will be suspended on Monday and there will be no markets. Turpentine. WmfisaTOTr, Dec 24. Spirits turpentine steady at 273c: rosin firm; strained, 97c: good strained, $1 02: tar steady at $1 US; crude turpentine steady; hard, $1 09-., yellow dip and virgin, $1 7a . ""THE PiTCSBtlRQ IT MUST BE REPEALED. Death of the Silver Law the Only Remedy for Financial Disorder. BANES ALL HOARDING GOLD And Europe Is Etill Intent Upon Drawing From Our Supplies. CLOSING FEATURES IN WALL 8TREET ' rSPECIAL TKLEGBAM TO TUB DISrATC".! New York, Dec. 24. All of the "Wall street markets, especially those for securi ties for money and for foreign exchange, have reflected this week only one thing, namely apprehension both in this country and aBroad of the ultimate effects of the Sherman silver legislation of 1890. The only evidence lacking to establish the fact that Senator Sherman's law is operating to the detriment of the business interests of this country is a premium on gold. Finan cial institutions that eontrol enormous amounts of money and investors generally are reluctant to part with their funds because they are atraid the United States may go upon a silver basis in the near future. Europe is intent upon selling all the goods it can to the United States and exacting prompt payment in gold. The circumstances prove that in this way cold is already being hoarded. Of conrse the banks hold on to all the gold they have tenaciously. The heroic remedy for the ex isting financial disorder is a repeal of the silver law which has given Senator Sher- man's name unenviable notoriety. Wash ington advices are that the repeal of that act rests largely with the Committee on Rules of the House, a majority of which are Democrats. To-day's market was very dull, as is usu ally the case before a double holiday, and whatever improvement in prices was ret corded was due In the main to the evening np of short contracts Tho only noteworthy movement was an advance of nearly 5 per cent in Manhattan Railway. The statement of the Clearing House hanks issued to-day shows that the hanks arc pursuing a very conservative policy. A reduction in loans or over $3,500,u00 pulled down the deposits so that although there has been a loss of $475,000 in lawful money, the aggregate surplus reserve is nearly three-quarters of a million dollars larger than last week. Monday la a legal holiday and the banks and exchanges will be closed. C6PECIAL raOM DOW, JOKES Jt CO. New York, Dec 24. To-day's market has been entirely of a holiday character as far as tho active list was concerned until the last half hour. The only feature was the rise in Manhattan on the idea that the com pany would secure the franchise for rapid transit In New York. Just before the close, however, a bullish feeling was developed in the general list which continued to spread. This was dne In some part to the bank state ment, which showed that the banks had ac tually managed to strengthen their position, owing to large receipts from the interior, without contracting credit or facilities to nnv trrPnt ftXtfttlt. There was no sign of a continuance of yesterday's contest in Reading, although some few large lots were traded early in the day. The advance in Pacific Mail was on the injunction against the Panama Railroad line of steamers to Chile being made per manent by the Supremont Court, at the suit of Pacific Mail. .. , The Westinghouse people deny that they will turri over the business of lighting the World's Fair to the General Electrlo Com pany, and say that their orders for their new lamp are very heavy. Don Dickinson is quoted as saying that sliver purchases will be suspended early in January. London opinion is that if the Treasury elects to obtain gold against bond issues trie crisis would only be deferred.and matters wtultt evontually bo worse, unless the silvef Jaw was repealed. Railway bonds were quiet. The sales were $418,000. Oregon Navigation 6s ad vanced 14 to S3, and Chesapeake and Ohio Southwebiem seconds 1 to 72. St. Paul and Manitoba 63 declined 1 to 103. Louisville, New Orleans and Texas firsts 1 to 74. Government bonus closed as follows: U.S. 4s.reg 11JH U. 8.4S, coup 118)4 U.S. 2s 1C0 Pacific 6s or '95 105 Louisiana stpd 4s.... 97 Missouri 6s 103H Tenn. new set 6s 1(3 Tenu. new set -is 102 Tenn. new set 3s 1"1 Canada So. 2ms 1073$ Cen. Pacific lsts 116h Den. & H- G. Ists...ll6,'4 Den. AR.G.4S 80 F.rlR 2nds 101"i Mutual Union 6s 113 N. J. C. Int. Cert...lUJ' Northern Pac. lsts. .119 Northern 1'ac. Inds.HI.'j Northwest. Consols. 137 Northwest. Deb 5s..l03 it.I..iIronM.Cen5s. S31 St L.&SanK.Gen.M.lO'J St. Paul Consols.... 131 St.P..Chl.A Paclsts.117 Texl'acL.G.Tr.Kcu 77 lexPacR.G.Tr.Rcts is4 Union Pac lsts.. .107 West snore R. G. W. lsts., .104 ..79 M. K. & T. Gen. 6s.. 79 M. K. 41. Gen. 5s.. 48 Close in mining shares: Con. Cal. and va 16-j Ueadwood HO Gould Curry 70 Hale and Norcross... 70 Homes take 1S0O Mexican 110 Ontario 1JW Onhlr 1G0 Plnnnnth 45 Sierra Nevada 120 StandarS 140 Union Con 110 Yellotr Jacket 40 Iron Silver 40 Quick silver 350 Gules: Silver, pfd 1700 irh. tnt-nl enlnq nf Rtnck9 to-dav wero 72.- 000 shares, including: Atchison, 3,400; Chi ca"0 Gas. 2,400; Distilling. 4,300; Manhattan, 6.500-Not thern Pacific, preferred, 2,600;Read in", 15,400: St. Paul, 3,800; Sugar, 2,300. Bur lington, 4,600 The following table shows the prices or active stocks on the Nw York 8tock Exchange, corrected dally for THE DISPATCH by Whitney A Stephen son oldest Pittsburg menbers or New Yorkstock EXC&angC, 0 rouriu aveuue Close Open High Low- Clos- Dec. lug. est. est. Injr. 23. American Cotton 011 H 39 ?'i Am Cotton OH. pref S' aS SuiarRergCo. 107 107 100 107 107i A SuirarR.Co.. prer 97 97 Slti mii 974 AtCh. Top.fcS F... 32S KH 32 2 Baltimore1 Ohio... 94 84 94S4 ...... $ Canadian Pacific ...... ...... 88s 83 Canada Southern... 57K S1H S1H .-.. ,5. Central of N. Jersey 13 1S2J4 Chesapeake & Ohio.. 22 22 22 2I 22 ChfcJeo Gas Trust.. MH MK SIX MU 84!, C." B.4Q 9i 96 M CM. & St. P. 73X 76M 75V 76 755( C M & SUP., pref 1204 1205 120 1V0.1 120 C. K.l.&r.....-...- 82 83 BVi ...... 83 Cist. P.. M.AO m C.!st.P..M.&0.prer H7H 1I7K Clilcafro&Nortuw'n Wi 110 110S H0H C.. C.. C. &I 57!4 57!4 57J 7 Col. Coal & Iron 59)4 S9J 39 9 39 Col. Hocking Val 27H 175 Del.. Lack. Vest 343 148V 14Si 148 1K Hel.4 Hudson .1 J29X 129)4 129) 129 129 Den. & Rio Grande 15V 15V Den. & Klo G'eref SJH 6l)i DIs. AC. F. TdEst.. 61V 62 61H 6lS, Illinois Central 87 97K 97 97 Lake Erie iW., pref 74X 7iH 74 74 Lake Shore AM.B... 129 U9M 12 IS Louisville & Nash'e C9V 69V 69V 69V 69 Manhattan 139U WX 139 143 1SSH Missouri Pacific S5 55V 55X 55H 55H National Cord. Co.. 138 13J 138 137V 137V Nat. Cnrd.Co.. prer. 112 11ZH 2 1" 2 National Lead Co... 43 44 43V 43 43 Nat. Lead Co.. prer. 92 92 New York Central.. 108V ItSV 108), 108 N. Y.. L. E. &W... m 3H 23J, I3!4 23S4 lY.N. E 42 4iK 42H 42V 42) N. Y.. O.A W 17 17 Norfolk & Western 9'i 9V N. A West'n, pref. 37), 37i North American Co. 104 10M 10 9ft 10M Northern Pacific 16S 16'4 Nor. Pacific, pref... 48 4SX 47X 47V V Ohio A Miss 2CX 3X pacific Mall 27K 28 27X W Peo. Dec A Evans.. J6)J 16)i 16H 16 16)$ Phllada. A Reading. 60V 51 501 51H. 60V P.. C C. ASt. L... 19 19 19 19 P. C, C. Abt.L, prd .'. 59Si Pullman Palace Car. 194 194 194 193 193 Richmond A W.P.T. 7 7 7 7 6K It. AW. P. T.. pid 30 81 bt. Paul A Duluth 40M .40), St. P. AD., prerd H 105, St. P.. M.AM. , H1H 11J Texas Pacific 9 9 Union Pacific 37 37H .S7M 37K 37K Wabash " !! Wabash, prerd 13V 23V 23 ... MJ Western Union 9214 8IV , 92H 92M 92)4 Wheeling A L. E ...... SH MK W. AL.E..jrerd.. 63 6338 63 62,H 62. Closing Philadelphia Quotations. ' Bid. Asked. Pennsylvania u 63X 54 Heading . 5 -W K Buffalo. New York and Philadelphia. 6.H 6), Lehhtfi Valley 57 HW l.ehllth Navigation 51), I2h Philadelphia and Erie 32M Vnrthrn Pacific common 16X 16)4 Kortners pacific preferred iiT, 48 Electric Stocks. Bostoh, Dec. 24. Special The closlntt quotations of Electrlo stocks to-day were: Bid. Asked, Edison Electric. IU... 1 140 General Electric....?. 110V 111 Westinghouse, second preferred.... Z3H 33V Westinghouse, flntpreferred 47 48 Ft. Wayne Electrlo. MV 13g Ft. Wayne Electric (A) 7V , 8 Thomson-Houston Tr. II 7 Thomson-Houston Ku. Elec Weld.. 7) 10 DISPATCH,' MONDXT, .DECEflkBER 26; 1892. FOREIGN FINANCIAL. THE PANAMA SCANDAL DEPRESSES ALL EUROPEAN MARKETS, But the Week Closes With an Improvine; Tendency Quite Noticeable The Out look Thought to Be Favorable to a Rise In American Rails. London, Dec. 25. As regards diiconnt if any change for the past weefe Is to be noted, the situation becomes worse. Bills were exceedingly scarce and competition was as keen as ever. Tke state of the Now York money market which, it is thouzht here, threatens a continuance of gold ex ports to Europe, is watched with the great est interest. The American supplies of gold, by meeting the continent's demands, continue to figure as the leading factor in inducing the stagnation oi the money market here. Some gold is still bought here on Austrian Government account, but not in sufficient amounts to cause exporters tn nnnlv tn thft Hank of ISnpland. "With the approach of the Christmas holi days business on the Stock Exchange be came very inactive. As the week went by the condition of affairs in America caused uneasiness, to which feeling the Panama scandal' also contributed. Nevertheless, in many quarters moderate improvement was shown. British funds and corporation securities benefited by the ease of money. Indian stooks generally were firm. Rupee paper relapsed in sympathy with silver, which showed no real strength even at ssci. Business was entirely for prompt deliv ery. It is exceedingly probaole that the cominjr week will show a fnrther relapse. A remarkable feature Is the fact that Indian cousol bills were .bought on Wednesday at a price equivalent to burine silver at 38. cates the disorganized state of the market, whicn is due to lears that the Indian mints may possibly be closed to the coinage of sil ver without due notice. A Rally in American Ralls Probable. Tho effect of tho Panama scandals Is felt mainly in the foreign market. Rentes de clined one point on the weofc. Spanish and Italian securities lell ; Greek, IK. nnd Turkish, J. The Chances in Enislish rail way securities were small and mostly down; ward. Brighton railway was in much dis favor and tell Hi owing to unfavorable traffic returns. Gicat Eastern and North eastern railways closed one point lower, the decline of the iormer being due to a rnmor that ranch new capital would be offered. The American railroad department ex perienced a feverish weet. The sold shipments to Europe , wore the domi nant factor In the market. If New York banks do, as it Is reported they probably will, pay tfold for a mass orROvern nient bonds, a rally in American railroads is certain, as apart from tho currency ques tion, the outlook is dlstincly in favor or a recovery. Despite fluctuations the changes for the week are small, including the lol lonrinz: Increases Denver pro.erred, 1; Atchison mortgage. Denver common and Lake Shore. each. Decreases Atchison and Missouri, Kansas and Toxa9, i each. Grand Trunk securities benefited irom the better traffic returns: first and sec ond preference advanced 1 and pnaranteea ii. Mexican Railway closed about one point lower, lallingin sympathy with silver. Buenos Avres Southern and Buenos Ayres and Rosario Railways closed one point lower. Bank shaieswcre lower, owing to bad diviuend pi ospeots. London and West minster bank fell two. Very Unsettled In Paris. Paris, Dec. 25. The bourse dnring the past week has been vory unsettled. Every day has seerr unusual fluctuations. -The en ergetio action of the Government, however somewhat checked the depressing influence or the Panama Canal disclosures, and espe cially the gloom due to M. Rouvier's weak defense. Considering tho exciting ovents in the Chamber of Deputies, rentes have shown surprising firmness. Tho larje amountof investment purchases made when rentes declined shows conspicuously that tho country's confidence In the sound state of the public finances is un shaken. But for tho nnmbor and import ance or these orders the fall would havebeen much heavier. The largo speculative sales of foreign bears were largely responsible lor the decline. Local banks were sharply attacked, hut, with the exception of Credit Fouoler, regained nearly the whole or tho lost ground. Credit Foncier closed 26f lower. Foreigners were fairly steady, thongh somewhat influenced by the 'prevailing de pression. Spanish bonds were the chief suf ferers, closing one point lower. Suez Canal shows a decline of 10f for the week and Bio Tiutos a decline of 5r. Ottomax Bank closed ten points lower. Railways show a general decline or from five to ten points. On the German Bourse. Bsnxra, Dec 25. The bourse was affected by the depressing Influence of the Paris bourse, but recovered at the end or the week on the improved tone in Paris. Changes in international funds wore Iractlonal. Coal shares advanced on the strength of a re insertion that the Rhenish-Westphalian syndicate had been reconstructed. The week's final quotations included: Prussian fours, 106.9b; Hungarian gold rentes, 96; Aus- trian creuic, idj.dv; jwuuuiiiDio, iw, ,c.iju. ers, 125;piivate discount, 2: short exchange ou London, 20.34J4; long do, 20.25K. . Greater attention has lately heen devoted to America and its economic condition. Former sanguine hopes that eventually there would be a heavy increase in German exports thither now appear to havebeen abandoned, hut on the other hand, a large development in dealings in American funds Is believed probable. Snch transactions and the number of American securities dealt in have been growing for a long time Sast, and Ifthls state of affairs continues the erman-Amerlcan Trust Company will un doubtedly largely extend its operations. The public and the market are apparently dissatisfied with the domestic nnd other con tinental loans- and much moio favorably disposed toward American loans. Frahkvoet, Dec 25. Shortly bo Tore tho bourse closed for the week prices recovered somewhat after a period ot dullness which had lasted from Monday. International lnndi, especially, closed firmer, but at best tho ohanees for the week were small. Tho final quotations include: Spanish fours, 6X50; Austrian credit, 263: short exchange on London, 20.35; private discount, 3. MONETARY. A strong and fairly active 6 per cent money market prevailed in Pittsburg all week, with the demand confined almost en tirely to mercantile and manufacturing cir cles. Hints were thrown out here and there tnat the supply or loanable funds would soon show In excess or the demand, but tho best authorities' were or the opinion that a strict 6 per cent rate would prevail until well on into 1S93. New Yonk, Dec. 24. Money on call nomi nally at 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 606. Sterling exchange firm with actual business at H 85J4 86 for 60-day bills and U 83 for demand. Clearing House Figures. Pittsburg Exchanges to-day Balances to-day ...I... I2.49t.7s4 06 , 3510,482 24 Same day last week: Exchanges JS'SS 22 Balances 458,265 2) The clearings of tho past two weeks com pare as follows: Exchanges this week 'Slil?? m Balances this week., '.' g? Exchanges last week 'S? - m Balances last week 2.&S0.21. 06 For the week of 1891 corresponding with last weok the exchanges wero $11637.669 1L Total exchanges to date, 1892. $750,693,120 45: same time last year, $667,323,02 67; gain this year, $S3,375,101 63. Vew Yobk, Dec. 2i.-M21earings, $124,021,831 balance. $5,335,702. For the week Clearings $846,471 030; balances, $38,49I,6J9 Boston, Deo. 24. Bank clearings, $16,542, 053: balance. $1,861,586. For the week Clear ings, $111,205,275: balances,$12,757,640. Money 6 per cent. Exchange on New York, 15c dls fnunt t.n 15ft Tiremium. FtilLADELrniA, Dec. 24. Clearings, $11,628, 665: balances. $1,856,129. For the week Clearings, $30,254,703; balances, $10,462,669. Money, 5 per cent. 3t. louib, alec. 24. Bank clearings, $1,174,' 615: balances, $563,781. Clearlugs this week, $25,773,210: balances, $3,077,763. Clearlngscqr responding week last year, $21,661,954; bal ance, $2,453,410. Clearings last week, $27, 161.612; balances, $2,450,410. Chicago, Dec. 24. Clearings for the Chica go banks to-dav were $16,721,781. For the week, $109,034,635,' and for the corresponding week last year, $79,331,04L New York ex. change sold from eoc to iuo premium. Cihciiotati. Dec. 24. Monev, 4KQ6K per cent. New York exchange, 25o dUcount to par. Clearings, $2,457,450; for the week, $11,617,250: lMt year, $11,807,200. The greatest paln-unnihilator of the age is Salvation OIL It always cures. Ds Wrn'B Little Early .Risers. Best pill for biliousness, sick headache, malaria. COMMERCIAL MATTERS. The Movement of Staples Moderate, With Prices Little Changed. HOG PB0DUCTS A LITTLE HIGHEB, Put Otherwise the Markets Are Quiet and Featureless. THE SUPPLY OP P0ULTEY EXHAUSTED Saturday, Dec. 24. In starve goods the movement of the week ending to-day was not snch as to call for extended comment At this season of the year operations are conducted only in response to pressing the necessities, the de sire on all hands b'ein to carry as light stocks as possible over into the new year. It is also a time for stock taking, and, at nothing of consequence is attempted in the way of anticipating the future, few influ ences are brought to bear to change the course of values; hence staples are without feature as a rule, and it is safe to say that there will be no radical price changes be fore the sails are trimmed to catch the trade winds of 1893. At the meeting or the pork packers tolay quotations on California hams, shoulders and lard were advanced &c All other articles were permitted, to remain un changed, bnt the market generally was quoted strong. The poultry market was pretty well cleared np to-day, turkeys, ducks and geese being all nicked up early at unusually high prices. The supply of turkeys was really short, fresh stock being unobtainable late In the day at any price. Shipments to this market were light compared with those made for the Thanksgiving trade, and in consequenco good prices were cbtalned and the market left comparatively fjparo and in good shape for post-Christmas shipments. Prices quoted in this report are merely nominal. They are below to-day's closing prices, hut it is doubtful if the stock offered when the market opens np Tuesday will bring any more. In a general way tno grocery market is strong, but, as a rule, dealers are not look ing lor any lurtber consequential price changes this year. (J rain continues to rule easy, and feed and hay are weak under big receipts. Flour is barely steady. ' Grain, Four and Feed. Only one transaction occurred on call at the Grain and Flour Exchange to-day, viz: One car sample chop, spot, $15 50. Receipts bulletined: Via the P.. C.C&SU I 3 cars oats, 1 car wheat, 7 cars hay, 6 cars corn: via the 1'., Ft. W. & CU cars hay, 1 car straw, 3 cars oats, 1 car chop, 1 car barley. Total, 21 cars. EAXGE OP THE MAEKET. iThe lollowlnjr quotations for grain, feed, hay and straw are for enrlots on track. Dealers charge a small advance from store. WHEAT No. 2 red w 75 76 No. 3red . 72 & 73 CORN No. 2 vellow ear 49B 50 High mixed ear 48,4 49 Mixed car 46 (a 47 No. 2 vellow shelled 47 (A 48 High mixed shelled 48 m 43M Mixed shelled 44 Oats-No. 1 white 39 No. : white 33 Extra No. 3 white 37 No. 3 3 Mixed 3 Rye-No. 1 Western 59 Vn ? Wtfictprn .. 53 KlOCR (Jobbers' prices! -fancy nranas. m a 4 85; standard winter patents. $4 504 75: spring patents. $1 514 6-i; straight winter. $4 00?; cle.ir winter. i 754 00: XXX bakers'. $3 7B3 8-j; rye, ?3 50(33 75. .... The Exchange Price Current quotes flour In car loads on tracx as rollows: Patent winter I? 754 00 Patentsprlng J 104 15 Straight winter 3 ?m SO Clear winter ?iSI8 Low grades ...,...... J oc- j Rye flour OOtoJ Spring bakers s 5L59 Milleed - No. 1 white middlings. 118 00 18 60: No. 2 white middlings. 81600(31850; winter wheat bran. J147S315C0; brown middlings, 15 50 in M. .Iirtn CIA V391 nrt HAY-Cnolce timothy. S14 00H2S: No. 1 timo thy. S13 JSaiS 50; No.. 2 timothy. S120O12 50; mixed clover and timothy. tl26C(31S00: packing. 1700(3800: No. Ifeedingpralrie. 900950; No. 2 do. 00OS 50: wagon ha v, 13 00(317 00. Straw-Wheat. t80C050v oat, 17 00(37 50; rye. 7 007 50. Groceries. ' BcoAR-Fatent cut loaf. 5h!c: cnbes. Se: pow dered. 5c: granulated (standard). 476c: confectlon- 23 3-20c: second grades. 23230: fancy grades. 27 82c. Loose-Java, 3$4J!)c: Mocha, 3)35ic: Maracaibo, 20c; Peaberry, 2823c: Santos. 28 2Sc; Caracas 30Ss31Xc; rj0. 24274C. McLA6SES-CIiolce. 2334c; ,Sucy. 35"i36c: centrifugals, 29a30c; new crop New Orleans, 41 45c SYRDP-Corn svrup, 2325c: sugar syrup, 2630ci fancy flavors, 3132o: black strap, 1516c. Fruits London layer raisins, 2 50; California London layers, 82 1U32 15: California muscatel', hags. 6fi!c: boxed. SI 15(31 25; Valencia, 7-3i Jc: OnilaraValencla. 8S3,Sc: California sultanas, n OllKc: currants. 4Kc: California primes, life lic:lVencli prunes, 8,S12c: California seedless raisins, 1-lb cartons. (3 Ou; lemon peel, 10lo;ic. RiCE-Fancy head Carolina. S'.mac; primes to choice, 5"6c; Louisiana, 546c;Java. 5S53ic; Japan, 55jfic. . , CASKED GoODS-SUndard peaches, S2 C02 25; extra peaches. 2 S32 5J; seconds, tl 851 9o: pie peaches, fl 2ol 25: flnest corn, f 1 3ol 40: Har ford county corn. ?1 05(31 10: lima beans, tl 20 I 25: soaked, S0c: early June peas, 1 lol 2o: marrowfat peas, fl 05(31 10: soaked. 75S0c: rench peas, til 50a t)0 vl loJcans. orl 40(31 50 dozen: pineapples. 51 35l 50; extra do. Pi RaJama d?: 2 90; Damson plums. Eastern. II 25; California pears. 12 232 85; do green gages. 81 75; do egg ma i . .in anrlcots. tl 85(31 00: do extra white cherries, ti 763 80: do white clierrles.2-lb cans. $1 65; raspberries, SI 3001 50: strawberries, ft 151 25; gooseberries, f 1 10l 25: tomatoes. 95c 11 OoTsalmon. 1-lb. fl23l 35; blackberries. 7oS0c: succotash, 2-lb cans, soaked. 95c: Uo standard, i-lb cans, tl 25t M: corned beer. 2-lb cans, fl 7ol 90: co. H-lbTll3 50: roast beef. 2-lb. fl 85; chipped beef. 1-lb cans, fl 852 00: baked beans tl2o 3;.; lobsters, 1-lb. f2 25: mackerel, fresh. 1-lb. fl 90; broiled. $150: sardines, domestic. Us. f3 85; Ki, ts 25: s. mustard, f3 CO: Imported, Ms. flu 6o 12 50: Imported, Js. fiS 023 00; canned apples, 3-lb. 75(3800 ; gallons. $2 50; 75. . ... OiLS-CaVbon. 110. ecTheadllght, 6Jc: water white. 7c: Elaine. 13c; Ohio legal test. 6kc; miners' winter white, 3340c; do summer, 3133c. Provisions. Large hams Medium bmall Trimmed California Shoulders sugar-cured Bacon shoulders Dry salt shoulders Breakfast bacon Extra do Clear bellies, smoked , Clear belUes. dry salt Dried beerknuckle , Bounds Sets Flan ...; Lard (refined), tierces , Tubs Two50-lb cases Lard (compound), tierces., Half barrels r Tubs , P.tlls Two 50-lb cases Three-lb cases Flve-lli cases Ten-ID cases Mess pork, heavy Mess pork, light 12.S 121, 13 io'4 10! 9)J 8H 12 13 9,3 13 13 10 9 Wi ii a a SV 8 M Shi 17 00 18 00 Butter and Cheese. BUTTit-F.g!n creamery. S2H33c: Ohio brands. 2829c; choice to faucy dairy and country roll 25(327e: fair to medium grades, 18(3Mc: low trrailesri216c: cooking. 9llc; grease. 68e. made. lOOlOMc; New York. ll12c: fancy Wis consin Jwlss1.lScks. 1415c: dVbrlcfcs. 1313Hc; Wisconsin sweltter. iu tubs. IJSHSJjcvllinberger, 10Hllc; Ohio Swiss, I314c. Eggs and Poultry. Enos-Strlctly fresh Pennsylvania and Ohio. 26 57c- sDeclal marks. Hex cold storage. 22?5c inir.KN. uuiu .a. a .u....... .vy--,,. . KOVi'jn-""'-"?..;: pe: 16c; geese, j1ijc. Dried and Evaporated Fruits. Apples, evaporator!, 50-lb boxes, 9Vc per lb: common dried. 4K3 apricots, I5l3c: pitted cherries, 17c; t aiiiomin peacner, H i7c: common dried, S9J4c; Calitomhi pears, 16Uc: do plums, pitted, 15c: raspberries, 2I 2Kc: Leghorn clfon. 11 15c; dates. Be; tl .sfSQHc; nectarines. 10c; orange peel. 13 lie Flab. " Half! Mackekei.. Bbls. bbis. Qr. Palls Palls "" 200 lb 1 W lb 6u bis 13 ID 10 lb Fxfra mess bloaters. $40 00 f20 40 10 40 $ 3 20 $ 2 20 Extra No?l bloaters. YSS 00 17 00 9 15 2 80 l to T-vtra No. 1 mess.... 32l 16 40 840 2W 180 ExtfaNo-lsliore . 2i CO 14 80 7 40 2 30 101 Men No 1 mess.. .. 24 OJ 12 40 6 40 2 00 145 MedNo-lsliore 21 00 10 90 5 a 175 125 Ex No. 2 shore mess 220J1140 590 135 130 Ex' No isliorelaree 20 U 10 40 5 40 170 120 Fx nS 2med"snore 18 00 9 40 4 90 165 115 No rmedlnm 15 00 7 90 4 15 1 28 90 nS 3 large. . "00 7 40 3 90 l!i , 90 Round herring I.arrcis, uwiu...... Hair barrels, 100 lb, quarter btils. so lb., 450 250 165 t0 .Barrels , Half barrels.: 2 BKwiv.z:. km Lake herring . HalrbarrcU. 70 lb J JO Quarter barrels, 351b 1 -i Palls. 151b i Palls. 101b M Russian sardines- . . Halfbarrcls. 1001b . Kegs M Whole codnsh .... Large, per lb , j&gg Medium .' 6XT Boneless codnsh .,,,, 20-lb boxes. l2-lb, bricks, per " SII 20-lb boxes. 12-Ib bricks, choice W? Smoked bloaters (Golden). 501c box w Smoked bloaters (Eastport), 100 In box, . . S3 'Miscellaneous. SEEDS-Cholce mammoth cover, 3 50 per bo; choice Western timothy. K 0I2 15. Buckwheat Flouu :2c per lb. BEAJts New York and allchiean pea beans, fl 5o (32 00 per bu; hand-picked medium, fl 90(31 . M: Lima, 4,w41(c per ID: Pennsylvania and Ohio bsans, tl 7iil 80 per bo. PEAS-Urteo, 1 80(31 90 per bu; dried corn. 8 BlaSWAX-Choice yellow. 321325c; dark. M30c. C1DKB New country. (4 005 50 per bbl sand refined. !8 507 00: crab. U a8 50. HOXEY New crop white clover, 18320c per lb; buckwheat. H16c: strained honey. 69c Talli iw-Conntry rough, 5Ji4e per lb; city ren dered. llfc. ... FEATHKRS-Extra live geese, 6S60c per lb; No. 2 do. 4350c: mixed. 30340c NOTS Peanuts, green, SM4Ke Per lb: do roasted, II 15I 25 per bushel: hickory nuts. (1 CO 1 25( shelbarks. tl 151 50; new walnuts. 6085c". old do, 50c; bntteruuU. 60S5e Tor old and 60(3 65c for new; Alberts. e perlb; almonds. Tarra gona, 18c: dc Ivlca, 16c: do paper shell, 25c: shelled almonds, 35C; Brazil nuts. 83ic: French walnuts. 9c; pecans, 10c; Naples walnuts, 13c; Grenoble walnuts. 13Hc Pickles-! 5Co 50 per barrel. Popcoitjr 3)44Mc per lb. HIDES Green steer hides, trimmed. 73 lbs and up. 7c: green steer bides, trlzaraed. CO to 75 lbs, 7c; green steer hides, trimmed, under 60 lbs. Co: green cow hides, trimmed, all weights. 4c: green hull hides, trimmed, all welgnts, c: green cair skins. No. 1, 6c: green calf skins. No. 2, 4c; green steer hides, trimmed, side branded, 4c; green salt steers. No. 1. 60 lbs and np, 77Me; green salt cows. -No. 1, all weights. IHc: green salt calf. No. 1. 6 to 15 lbs, 5Ji0c; green salt kip. No. 1. 15 to 25 lbs. 45c; runner tin. No. 1, 10 to 15 lbs, 3lc; No. 2 hides, IJtc off; No. I calf, 2c off. LIVE STOCK. The Markets at the Central Yards All Close Slow. East Liberty, Pa., Dec. 21. Cattle Receipts. CS0 head: shipments, 620 head; nothing doing, all through consign ments; no cattle shipped to New York to dav. IIoos Receipts. 1.C00 head; shipments, 1,600 head: market slow: extra heavy, selected. $6 T56 65; good mixed nud medium, $6 TO 8 75; Yorkers, $6 50C 65; eight cars hogs shipped to 2f ow York to-day. SnKEr-Receipts. 00 head; shipments, E03 head; market slow and unchanged. BY ASSOCIATED PRE8S.1 Chicago The Evening Joicrnnl reports: Cattlo Receipts, 2,500 head; shipments, 2,000 head: slow and unchanged: big run looked for next week; prices 25c lower than on Thursday and clo.ing weak. Hogs Receipts, 0,000 heail; on safe, 22,000 Head; shipments, 7,000 head; sold about, 20,000 head; rongb and common weak, and sold at $6 :eC 23: other grades, 5010c higher; packers, $6 33Q6 43: heavy, $6 50Q6 63; one lot, $6 80. Sheep Re ceipts, 700 head: shipments, none: steady; top sheep, U 60Q4 90; top lamDs, $5 759 35. Kansas City Cattle Receipt'. 3,500 head; shlpments,2,000hcad. Tho market was more active and stendy.to 10c higher; feeders quiet. Representative sales: Dressed beef and shipping steors,33 2CQ4 65; cows and hellers", $1 603 00; stocker and leeders. $2 47K3 15. Ilogs Receipts, 7,000 hfcad; shipments, 2,200 head. The market opened steady: common closed 5010c lower: extreme range, $4 73 6 10; bulk, $6 25gC 35. Sheep Receipts, 350 head; shipments, 400 head. Thetnarket was nominally steady. St. tonls Cattle Receipts and shipments not reported; market firm: fair to good na tive steers range, $3 004 50; choice, ?4 73 5 10: export steers, 75 40; range steers, $2 25 3 25; cows and heifers, range, $2 003 25; hutchers' steers, range, t2 30(3 70. Hogs Receipts and shipments not reported; mar ket stronger; heavy. $S 106 65; packing, $6 006 65; light, $G 2026 40. Sneep Receipts and shipments not reported; lair to choice natives, 13 005 00; extra muttons, $5 25Q5 50. Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 120 loads through,' 1 sale; opened strong; light to medium steers, $3 954 95; cows, $2 503 00 Hogs Receipts, 55 loads tnrough, 32 sale; opened slow and weok; heavy cornfed, 36 80. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 3 loads through, 4 sale; opened dull and lower for all kinds A-rnnnt n. fftw fanev lambs: oholce wethers. $4 90; fair sheep, $4 40; Canada do, 4 60; do wethers, $1 90; lambs, active choice, 6 30; Canada common, $6 10. A SHORT HOG CROP Causes) Universal Dullness In the Packing House Business. Chicago, Dec. 25. The packing house busi ness has reached a dullness not paralleled for many years. Five thousand men have been discharged and tho plants of big pack ers have been working at less than half their capacity sinco December 1. This un usual condition of things is brought about ty the unusual shortage in hog receipts. And unless the supply is speedly increased further reduc tions in the operating forces will be made necessary. Statistics for November show a shortage in hog receipts of 1540,000, as compared with November, 1891. Chicago for the same period this year packed 780,000 against 1,470,000 last year. Leading packers admit that there does not seem to be any immediate relief, since the shortage is dally becoming greater. And some of them go so far as to assert that no relief can come until next spring's crop of hogs is marketed. Usually at tills time or year packing houses are running at tnelr lull capacity, but now the remarkable scarcity or hogs and tbe big prices asked tor the stock in the market makes the packing ot pork decidedly costly and unprofitable. The shortage is ascribed to various causes. Rnbort Strahorn, who has ben In tho business for over 80 years and is amply qualified in experience to speak in the matter, says: "The early spring rains played a prominent part in the situation. The continued wot weather killed off the spring crop of hogs that would be marketable now. Then the low prices of product early in the spring mado farmers careless, and, instead of keeping their hogs as they usually do un til the holidays, tbey fattened them on corn early and sent them to the market. There is and will be a demand for rresh pork here and a demand from Europe for pickled meats, which takes all the receipts, leaving little for pactcers to put in their own cel lars." Another big packer said that, while prices for hogs bad advanced to almost double that of a year ago, prices for provis ions have not kept pace with the advance in hogs, consequently tbe season has not been a profitable one for the packers. No change for the better is anticipated for sev eral months. CEESIS AND THEIB OBIGINS. Tbey Are of an Ancient Origin Being: Men tioned by Homer and VlrglL Crests are ascribed to the Carians and tbey are of very ancient origin. They are mentioned by Homer and Virgil and de scribed as in use among the heathen gods and goddesses. Thus the crest to Minerva's helmet was an owl. Mars bore a lion or ti ger and Jupiter Amnion a ram's head. These symbols were formerly placed on the helmet and were great marks of honor, only worn by heroes of great valor or by those who were advanced to some superior military command. Richard I. had a crest on his helmet resembling a plume of leath ers; Bichard IX wore a lion on a cap of dig nity above the crown on hishelmet; Alex ander III. of Scotland had a plume of feath ers, and James L wore a lion. In tbe fif teenth and sixteenth centuries, according to the Brooklyn Eagle, tbe erest was de scribed as being a figure placed under a wreath, coronet or cap of maintenance above the helmet or shield. A crest was anciently worn On tbe heads of commanders In the field, and then only in order to distinguish them Irom their followers. After the insti tution of the order of the garter, and in imi tation of Iward III., all knights compan ions of the order began tp wear crests. This practice soon became more general, and tbey Mere assumed by all those who considered themselves legally entitled to bear arms. Caught in a Pantry. David Jones was tent six months to the workhouse yesterday by Alderman Brink er, oi Allegheny. Jones was caught iu Mike Mangia' pantry, No. 107 Bebecca street, Saturday night, and at the hearing conld give no'good account of himself. SICK HEADACHE-Carlep,0 u,pm SICK HEADACHE-j Lmla Uwr plu SICK HEADACUli-,,,, Lmle Ura pmj SICK HA-CHE-ClrMX,iIJtUeIJ.ermj. dei-40-xwM 11 THE CHRISTMAS DISPATCH. A Twenty-rour-Page Paper Replete With News and Special Features. Yesterday's issue of Tni Dispatch was a magnificent Christmas number, tilled with bright, entertaining matter and illustra tions, suitable to one of tho most happy days of Christendom. Besides, the news ovents of the world appeared. It consisted of 21 pages. The principal news features were: Local. A slick forger does up several Pittsburg bankers and merchants. ...The Edison Elec trlo Company asks for an Injunction against the Westinghouse Company, to restrain tho manufacture of certain lamps... Allegheny l'aiks greenhouse catches fire. ...The U. S. Glass Company after a Beaver Falls plant ....A female pickpocket arrested. ...Christ mas scenes ill the city Father Henrici be lieved to be on his deathbed.. ..Mayor Gour ley very 111. ...The latest forecast of muni cipal political venta... .Frank Montagus and Mrs. Alary Wallace have their necks broken. ...Pittsburg Reformers intend to audit the city's accounts.. ..Distribution of gilts to Homestead children. ...Covert, ot Order of Solon fame, trying to get ont of St. Francis Hospital. ...Harry Flann released from the Western penitentiary. Domestic. Anarchists Is3ue a circular on the Panama scandal. ...Two railroaders burned to death near Bradlord. ...Three of the Cooley gang sentenced.. ..Twenty-two children starving in St. Louis.. ..Blaine Is still Improving. ...A woman frozen to death in Massachusetts.... Cleveland wanti a new summer home at Washington.... The Utah gold craze. ...The liana suspected of burning a house in New Orleans Immigration suspension forcing tho Gulon line out of business. ...A It-year-old murderer in West Virginia, ....Cincinnati people want tho Erie Canal badly.. ..Live national topics from Washington. ...Cramp hopes for all the new naval vessel contracts. ...Senator McMillan a gas magnate... .A Maine bov's suicide in Philadelphia. ...Miss Lizzie Borden may be crazy. ...The Republican National Committee called to meet. ...Wright is unopposed for the Democratic State Chairmanship.. ..Republicans gain a point in the Montana contest. ...Cleveland and Crisp will meet and heal their differences ....Mysterious suicide or German In New York.. ..Foerstel, tho St. Louis embezzler who suicided, was a tool or gamblers.... Mexican rebels this time do up United State Marshals. ...A Baltimore girl snubs a Prince.... Tho city of Cleveland given an other park.... Captain Grugan's cruelty to troops at Fort Schuyler.. ..President Harri son's grandchild 111. ...Important Cathollo Congress called to meet in Chicago. ...Riot in Chicago over a railroad's bad suburban service. Foreign. The worst of France's scandal is over.... Rumor that Deputy Freyclnet has re signed Argentine peoplo mob a Chilian ambassador.... A bad burglar loose In the suburbs of London.... A dark Christmas for the poor or Germany Great misery in Russia . . . .Premier Thompson attacked by a Canadian Methodist. ...A crusade on gaming in England Mrs. Osgood Makenzie wins her divorce snlt in London Mrs. May brick's recent illness attributed to attempted suicide.... A crisis approaching between England and Russia. A LITTLE GAME OF DRAW. DeWolf Hopper Tells How It Saved HI Life A Christmas Eve Wreck The Crew TVas Drunk and Death Was the Penalty. About twelve years ago, Chrittmas time, when my only ambition in life was to see my name in big letters and my Siamese face in refreshing roseate colors plastered over the country fences and city billboards, I was enjoying my first experience at a manager and the head of a great comedy company. On the Satur- dav night before Christmas, which fell on Sunday, we played at Meridian, Miss.( and were booked to plav on the next night. which was Christmas, in New Orleans. The passenger train waited for ns for two hoars after the performance in order to get ns to the Crescent City in time. I expected to meet my partner and manager, Jacob Goshe, at Mobile about two hours' ride irom Meridian. I thought I would enjoy a ride on the engine by night and obtained permission to do so. I already had my foot on the cab of the engine and was about to get on when "Will iam Harris, a member of mv company, asked me to fill up a game of poker. Some bigoted people may consider such diversion inappropriate and opposed to the religions impressions and the sweet carolings of Christmas time, but my readiness to accept the invitation to enjoy a quiet game of "draw" saved my life. An hour later our train ran into a freight train on the State line between Mississippi and Louisiana. Two men on our engine arid four others on the freight engine were killed. The scene of horror and excitement that followed baffles my powers ot description. The engineer of the freight train was brought into our sleeper. He was supposed to be dead and was put on an improvised berth. One ot the wounded was carried into the smoker. He was horribly burned and a call was made for some vaseline. I went into the sleeper to get the article from some of the girls in our company. Passing the berth of the supposed dead engineer I was startled by a cold and vice-like grasp on my wrist. A voice filled with an agony of emotion and suffering, such as I hope never to hear again, cried oat, "Eor God's sake talk to me." The engineer was not yet dead. I could not move. For ten minute? he held me by the wrist. He uttered an awful strain of blasphemy. It was simply horrible. He raved of the terrible penalty which he and his associates on the freight train had paid lor their reckless drunkenness. From what he said I gathered that he, the fireman the feeder and the brakeman on the freight train had all been drunk. They had paid fearfully Jot their holiday conviviality. "While all this was going on I conld sea through the window a crowd gathered out side about the burning cab of the engine. The darky feeder was pinned down in snob, a way that it was absolutely impossible to release him. He was slowly being burned to death, and, delirious with pain, ne made the scene still more weird with the mott mournful chanting of negro hymns. It made an impression upon me that I can never forget. DeWolf Hoiteb. Safe Crackers in KIttannlng. KlTTANNING, PA., Dec. 25. SDtcte.1 Burglars again visited this place last night and blew open the safe of the Kittan ning Flouring Company. They secured a number of very valuable papers and a sura of money. They entered Klingleimith mill, but secured nothing ot great value. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla. 'When the had Children, she gave them Castorla DANIEL M'CAFFREY. PRIME YELLOW EAR CORN. 133 AND 240 fitrra. A vjjnue, de23-n PITTSRTTRO. 1SBOKKRS FINANCIAL. ESTABLISHED 1SJ4. John M. Oakley & Co., RANKERS AXD BROKERS, 45 SIXTH ST. Direct private wire to New York and Cm cago. Member New York, Chicago and Plcsi burg Exchanges. Local securltlei bought and aoldforoMi or carried on liberal margins. investments made at our discretion ana dividends paid quarterly. Interest paid on balance (since lSSli Money to lean on calL Iniormatlon books on all markets mallei ou application. le Whitney & Stephenson; 57 Fourth Avenua apSMt) s.
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