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PRACTICAL WATCH-MAKER and Jewoler of 2 years' experience, is prepared to do all work in his lino on short notice and at reasonable prices. Always guarantees satisfaction. Watch es, Jewelry, Ac, ordered for parties at the lowest possible figure. Will be found In the building next to Keeley Club Room. MONEY topaleut good ideas may 1 secured by our aid, address THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Tj9 io n 14 15 16 1718 .21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 J J.W PROMINENT MAN DEAD. Ex.-Governor Roswell P. Flower Passes Away. Bis It-rath Was Very Sadden Dm la an Acuta Attack of Indigestion Followeil by Heart Failure Ha Was ITucontc Ions ror an Hour or Mora Before He Died. KRW YORK. Mav 13. Former Gov- ernor RoBwell P. Flower died at the Eaatport Country club at Eastport, L. I. Mr. Flower was taken 111 early In the day with a severe attack of acute In digestion. In the afternoon symptoms of heart failure supervened, and he grew steadily worse until the time ot his death. The attack of heart failure was accompanied by a fainting spell, and Mr. Flower's family In New York city were quickly notified. Mrs. Flower and the former governors nephew, Frederick S. Flower, accompanied by Dr. Thomas H. Allen, Mr. Flower s physician, left at once on a special train for Eastport. When they ar- rived there Mr. Flower had somewhat recovered, but shortly afterward the attack of heart failure was marked and Mr. Flower became unconscious an hour or more before his death. At the club house the reports ear- lv In the evening regarding Mr. Flow er's serious illness were emphatically denied, although at that time It was not believed that he would recover. Mr. Flower has been a sufferer from gastritis fqr a long time with every now and then an acute attack. For a month or two past he has been a regular visi tor t the KastDort Country clut in me hope that he would find some relief In the outing. He appeared in roDusi v,iith Thnrsdav and Friday morning when he arrived at Eastport, where he Intended to remain until Monday, nis health was apparently excellent. The attack from which he last suffered nnm nn anddcnlv and was of a more severe type at the outset than any he had previously suffered from. n.vn Pottthnnp Flower was born In Theresa. Jefferson county, N. Y., liu 1 1835 His father was born at Oakhlll. Greene county ,N. Y., and his ,n.i,.r. wpnt from Connecticut Roswell was the sixth of nine children, and when his father died he was i years old. He worked with his broth ers on two farms his mother owned on,i pm.nt hl time between school ses- i. in ih. hnrripat kind of labor. He kamo demit v noRt master of Water town, N. Y., In 1833, and kept his place six years at a salary of $50 a month. Then he became a partner in tne jewei rv firm of Hitchcock & Flower, bought out his partner at the end of two years nnd continued In the business until Mr. Flower came to New York In that year to take charge of the estate of Henrv Keen, whose widow wan airs Finunr'a Rioter Mr. Keep owned a errant munv railroad and other stocks and during the months before hiB death hn nent much t me Instructing Air. Flower about them. Having thus nninpri nn Inslylit into Wall street and li methods. Mr. Flower formed. In 1870, the firm of Henedict. Flower & Co., In which he Joined E. C. Benedict and H. H. Truman. This firm was ais nlved In 1872. when Mr. Flower was 111 fnr anvprnl months. Not long after ward he organized the banking firm of Flower & Co.. wh en has since Deen a nower In Wall etrect. Mr. Flower al ways was a Democrat. In the early 70's he helped Samuel J. Tllden to de ROSWELL P. FLOWER. velop the famous organization which exposed Tweed nnd enjoyed many other triumphs. Mr. Flower was chosen chairman of the Democratic state committee in 1S77 and in 1S81 he defeated William Aldorf Astor for congress after a hot cam palgn In the Eleventh district. His majorlly was 3,100, while Levi P. Mor ton, Republican, had carried It at the last previous election by more than 7,000 votes. He refused a renomlna tlon. He was elected governor of the slate In 1S1. In the cholera epidemic In the late summer of 1892, thousands of passen gers arriving from Europe were quar entined on shipboard down the bay. As an emergency measure, Governor Flower bought with his own money, the Fire Island hotel. In the name of the state and ordered that the puKsenger be sent there. Mr. Flower took up Rrooklyn Rapid Transit less than two years ago, buying from 20,000 to 30.010 shares at abou' 25 when the capital stock was only 123,000,000. Ho absorbed many subordi nate lines, among them the Nassau Electric company and Increased the capital stock to Jl.'..0n0.000, and by his cxtruordiiiai y successful m.'inipul.ilinn put the price up to 137. His hildinprs In Brooklyn Rapid Transit alone which cost him two years ago little more lhan $.)GO,000, are worth at today's in.uk'-t price more than $3,000,000. Mr. Flower was one of the founders of the Fcdral Steel trust, whose Flock already issued Is $'.I9,737,H00. Good au thorities stimate that Mr. Flower'? profits In the last 18 months in Wall street have exceeded $10,000,000. He ha? become in that time the acknowledged speculative loader in the financial mar kets of the United States. Mr. Flower married Sarah M Wood ruff, a daughter of Morris M. Wood ruff of Watertown. on Doc. 2"!. ISr.H Three children were born, of whom onlv nn survives. Emma Gertrude, who Is the wife of John B. Taylor. Mr. Flower has Deen ror years one oi the wardens of St. Thomas' Episcopal church In Fifth avenue. RESPECT FOR FLOWER. A 1'rooUntatlon Iitued by the Governor of New York on HI Death. At.rtAVY. Mav 15. Governor Roose velt has Issued the following procla mation on the deatn or Koswen r. Flower: On Mav 13 the neonle ot the state of New York learned with profound sorrow of the death of Roswell J. Flower. "At one time governor of this state, h known to all the peoule as a conscientious and painstaking execu tive, whose labors were aevoiea to whnt he deemed the best interests of all our citizens During his long and con spicuous carter he wag brought into - if ; MRS. ROSWELL P. FLOWER, contact with many private enterprises In which his cool and dlsvrlmlnatlng nnd Insistent and careful examination of detail rendered him peculiarly fit ted for the arduous services which he rendered to his associates. "In his private life he was beloved by all who knew him. In his public capacity he waa honored as a consci entious and painstaking executive. In very station which he was called upon to fill he was esteemed for his fidelity to the trust Imposed upon him. "It would seem proper, therefore, that the executive of the state in the absence of the legislature, should ex press on behalf of the people the re spect due to his public spirit and wH known Integrity. "Now, therefore. I, Theodore Roose velt, governor of the state of Neu York, us a fitting tribute to the respect character and public services of the deceaseJ, do request that the flags upor all the public buildings of Ihe state. Including the armories and arsenals be displayed at halfmast up to and in eluding Wednesda.vi the 17th of May and that the citizens of the stale uniti in appropriate marks of respect to hl memory." FUNERAL SERVICES HELD. A Large Concoumo of I'enple I'ay lh I.nnl Tribute In l ho Kesd. NEW YORK. May 16 The funera of the late Governor Roswell P. Flowei was held In this city, at St. Thomat Episcopal church, at 4:30 p. m. Then was a large attendance of men prom! nent in financial and political circles Though the family requested that the services be made as simple as possl ble, they could not prevent a wealth ol flowers from being sent to the church Before the services at the church family prayer was offered at the house 697 Fifth avenue, at which only the Immediate relatives were present. Dr Brown, rector of St. Thomas, conduct ed the services. A few minutes uftei 4 o'clock the private service was con ducted at the house, and the pallbear ers, H. H. Porter, ex-Governor Levi P Morton, J. Edward Slmmono. Anthony N. Brady, John E Borne, W. A. Nash and Simon Rosendale, escorted the cas ket down the steps of the house to thf hearse, and accompanied the mourn ins party to the church. The casket, a massive oaken coffin covered with black velvet and hidden almost with a covering of purple pan zles. white lillles of the valley and lilacs and with pendants of white roses. was carried in, preceded bv the pall bearers. The casket was followed by the rela tives of the ex-governor, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Flow er, Mr. and Mrs. J. D Flower, Nathan M. Flower and Miss May Flower, daughter of J. D. Flower; General and Mrs. F. R. Halsey, Frederick S. Flower and Mrs. G. W. Flower, Mr. and Mrs, Nathan M. George, Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Kip, John S. George and Anson Dobinsnn and ex-Lieutenant Governor A. C. Beach, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Hun gerford of Wutertown; President Pur dy and Vice President P.irker of thP Rock Island railroad, Senator Spooner of Wisconsin. D. T. F. Allen and Dr. Paul Allen and Colonel and Mrs Henry S. Kearny. Mrs. Flower was not at tho church Rev. John W. Brown, rector of the church, conducted the services, as sisted by Rev. John Husk nnd Rev Nathan A. Seagle. Tho services las'ec: three-quarters of an hour. The fam ily, at the conclusion of the ceremo nies, took carriages and returned to th Flower mansion. Among the societies represented at the funeral were the Democratic; club the Democracy of the city of Ne York, the Old Guard, Grand Lodge F and A. M., and some of the prominent persons were former Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle, Genera Daniel Sickles, Major General John M Schoficld, General Daniel Buttorfleld ex-Mayor Strong. Mayor Van Wyck Senator Chauncey M. Dipew. Itu.stc Sage, Henry Clews and Alexander I Ni KvWM Krion uf t migrrM. WASHINGTON, May hi. A menibei of th! administration who Is in a pusl lion to know the views of the president on the subject said that the probabili ties were against an extia session of congres3 being called. He thought that the president had given the sub ject some thought, but he was reason ably sure that no call would be Is sued except :n Koine unlooked for con tingency which would m:ik il neces sary. foul Mttijng; Coiiipimy lii-re H'mi- PHILADELPHIA. May lfi. Th- Iter wind-While Coal Mining company no tified its 10.000 employ of an incieas' In wages to go into effect Jure 1. CUBANS NOT KET PAID. General Brooke Has Met An other Obstacle. General Gomes Will Not Appoint Com- mlHlonert to Atslit In the Work Be cause Certain Cuban Ueoerale Are Op posed to Him A New I'lnn Haa Keen Arranged, ' HAVANA, May 16. General Maximo Gomes informed Governor General Brooke that he must withdraw from the plan for distributing the $3,000,000 ppropriated to the payment of the Cuban troops to the extent that he will not name other commissioners to re place those originally named by him, who have refused to 6erve. Governor General Brooke Is to go ahead with a new plan, Gomel remain ing in an attitude of friendly inactiv ity. General Brooke will issue an ordT for Cuban privates and non-commls-lohed officers to meet at specified places on specified dates to receive pay ment. They are to be accompanied by their company officers for the purpose of identification. Both General Gomez and the-governor general feel that the privates ought not to lose their share In the American gratuity merely be cause the schemes of certain high offi cers In the Cuban army have Inter posed obstacles. The belief among the Americans is that the company offi cers will assist in this way. General Brooke's order will be dis seminated through the newspapers, placarded In the postofllces and given the widest circulation practicable. General Gomez has written a history of his relation to the army payment question. It Includes the correspond ence that has passed between himself and the governor general, and it is Intended to make his position clear to the public and to contrast his conduct favorably with that of other Cuban leaders. FILIPINOS GOOD FIGHTERS. Captain Iloltarood of the Kaunas Itrgl ment Gives Hl liiipremlon. CHICAGO, May 15. Professor H. L Boltwood, principal of the Evanston high school, has received a letter from his brother, who Is a captain in the First Kansas volunteers, In which he eaye that the Filipinos are brave fight ers, but that he thinks Aguinaldo is a fraud. Captain Boltwood was one of the officers of the Kansas regiment mentioned 1y General Otis for bravery. The letter was written March ill, and was in part as follows: 'We are well fixed here, health, ra tions and weather better than we could expect. We see many glaring misrep resentations In the papers. These men will fight, and statements to the con trary, some of them at least, are made by men who have never been on the firing line. I have seen our artillery shell their works at not more than 400 yards, and before the smoke from the shells had fairly risen they would send a volley of bullets. This is an every day occurrence. Their men. in small parties, have worked In our rear and attacked when death was almost cer tain. Wounded natives have played dead, only to kill our straggling men. Their weakness seems to be a lack of discipline and the worst kind of aim and Inability to Btand our rushes but they keep coming and are putting up what I call a good fight. They are said to be fatalists, and no doubt this Idea Is encouraged. "Aguinaldo, I think, is a fraud, but he makes his men believe he Is all powerful.. Our people may as well be lieve that they have a Job on hand. I believe our troops are Invincible, but the nature of Ihe country and the great length of our lines make It Impossible to concentrate to any extent." RAILROAD COLLISION. Twenty-Five People Killed and Fifty Othere Injured Near Reading, I'a. READING, Pa., May 13. A collision of passenger trains occurred on the Philadelphia and Reading at Exeter station, six miles below Reading. The express train was behind schedule time la leaving and stopped at Exeter for orders. A special train from Har rlsburg, bearing excursionists who at tended the Hartranft monument un veiling at the capital left hern 20 minutes later than the express train, and at Exeter, while proceeding at a rapid speed, crashed Into the express. The number of dead Is fully 25 and the Injured 50. The first train ploughed through three cars of the forward train completely wrecking them. The passengers could give no con nected story of the wreck and the num ber of dead and Injured was not known to any of them. Wreck at t'tlra, N. V. UTICA, N. Y., May 13. The west bound mall train was wrecked here and seven passenger coaches were thrown from the tracks. Fire broke out im mediately and many of the Imprisoned passengers were burned to death. The fire department was called out and did what It could to put out the flames and rescue the Imprisoned passengers. Dleaater on Lake Superior. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., May lr,. The schooner Nelson, deeply laden with a cargo of coal, foundered In Lake Superior, off Grand Maris and carried down all hands. So far as known here no one escaped from this, the first dis aster of the season, except the cap tain, a report from Deer Park, Mich., stating that the captain was saved. The crew consisted of the following: Captain Andrew Haghney of Toledo, the captain's wife ami 2-year-ol l child; Fred Haas, sailor, residence unknown; six sailors, names unknown. Iir. Hrles a I'rlrat. NEW YORK, May !". In the small though pretty pro-cathedral on Stanton street In the downtown district. Rev. Dr. Charles A. Bilges, who was found guilty of heresy by the Presbyterian assembly, was ordained a priest of ihe Episcopal church. He was ordained together vlth the Rev. Charles A. Snedeker and the ordination ceremo nies were conducted by Bishop Potter. The little church was crowded with people and the ceremonies were no table for the quietness that prevailed. GOD WAS HIS WITNESS. An Unusual and Exrltlag rene In Criminal ('unit fti-nin. GREENSBURG, Pa., May 13. Un usual circumstances led to prompt ac quittal of a prisoner in the criminal court room here an, created a sensa tion among the lawyers and spectators. Charles Dowden was being tried on a tharge of arson, it being alleged that he attempted the destruction of a part of the village of New Alexandria recent ly. The discovery of the plot and the arrest of Dowden created a good deal of excitement at the time. It was al leged that Dowden was not mentally sound, and an argument was advanced by his attorneys at the opening of the trial that the defendant was subject to epileptic fits. The prosecution did not give much credence to the claim and made out a strong case against the prisoner. Just as the prosecuting attorney, Mr. Og den, finished his side of the case, the prisoner was stricken with a spasm. He fell to the floor and writhed in great agony. The judge, the Jury and law yers were greatly agitated. Dowden finally was revived, and the case ended. The lawyers for the defense consid ered that the unfortunate prisoner's affliction as witnessed by the Judge and Jury was sufficient evidence that the man was not accountable for the criminal deeds charged against him. They would, therefore, offer no further evidence, relying altogether on the In telligence of the Jurymen, and In view of the existing terrible condition of their client's body and mind, they con sidered that a verdict of acquital would be the result of their deliberation. The judge's charge was brief. The Jury In a few minutes returned with a ver dict of acquittal. Ilig Strike Probable. READING, Pa., May 13. That seri ous trouble Is Imminent in the anthra cite coal regions of Pennsylvania there is little doubt. It has been brewing for a long time, and the recent order of President Duffy of the United Mine Workers, that, after Friday, May 19, members ot the mine workers' union shall not work with miners and others not members of that union, is not go Ing to do anything in the way of pre venting the trouble. The anthracite coal mine owners see (he bituminous article supplanting the hard day after day, and they are pow erless to stop the encroachment. Bit umlnous Is sold at figures so low that it Is simply Impossible for the anthra cite to he put in competition, and to day hundreds of big Industrial plants which were accustomed, up to a short time ago, to use hard coal, are now using soft. With this decrease in the demand there has been very limited operation of the hard coal mines and the enforced necessity on the part of the mine own ers and operators to keep expenses down. Consequently the mines have been worked but half, and sometimes quarter time, and the condition of the hard coal miner and his family has been little less than deplorable. ' All Orer a ire in. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., May 13. The whole coke region was In Connells vllle to see a circus, the good times in the district bringing in fully 30,000 peo pie. All the candidates for Fayette coun ty offices took advantage of the assem blage and circulated here. Many ex tra policemen and all the constables from Unlontown were necessary to maintain order, and the lockup was soon full of scrappers. A report that two persons afflicted with smallpox, of which there as many cases here, were In the town, gained credence, and a panic ensued In one portion of the town. How the rocer Organiae. PITTSBURG, May 13. The retail grocers of I'ittsburg have organized In a preliminary way to form a big wholesale company to be known as the Pittsburg Grocers' Wholesale company the result of a long agitation by the merchants. The company will have its own warehouse stock centers. Per rrment ollicers will be eluded at a meeting next Monday evening at 311 Market street. The new company will be a stock company, and shares will be sold at $100 per share, with the feat ure that the number of shares by In dividuals will be limited. The com pany will be ready for business by July 1. I'rineij I vhuI' a A pprnprutloo." HARRISBURO, Pa., May 18. Gover nor Stone has made a cut of $1,000,000 in the school appropriation and reduced several other items, whereby he saves in the aggregate $1,500,000, which will be appllqd to reducing the floating debt of t-he commonwealth. The gov ernor has also cut down the appropri ation to the 13 state normal schools and the Items for the payment of the salaries of the officers and employes of the senate and house, and disapproved the items for the payment of the sal aries of extra employes. Stole Touibltonea. READING, Pa May 12. Irvln Van Billiard was arrested here, charged with taking tombstones from the lot of Henry Murray at the Sinking Spring cemetery, live miles west of Reading. Vun Billiard, who is a stone cutter, brought the tombstones to this city, chiseled out the Inscriptions and sold them. He admits that he removed the stones, but states that he took them because Murray had bought them from hfm sono time ago and failed to pay for tenant Fnr a Itahv. SHAIiON. Pa., May 1C A reward of $1,000 has been offered for the return ulive of the 2-year-old son of Mrs. S. Laurie, who mysteriously disappeared Oct. 21, lV.'l, or $J(HI If the body Is found. Mrs. Laurie is confident the child has been abducted. A diligent search has been made in Cleveland. Youngstown. Warren and oilier towns, without securing any trace of the boy. A llenpi-rate ItlniilKr. SHARON, Pa., May 13 David M. McClain of Wilmington township be came violently Insane, and. securing a butcher knife, tried to kill himself. After a hard fight he was disarmed, lashed to a bed to prevent him doing further Injury, but he mumiged to es cape and was found later where he was trylog to hang himself. SUMMARY OFTHE NEWS i Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happening Condensed and Put In Small Space and Arranged With Special Regard For the Conveni ence of the Reader Who Haa Little Time to Spare. Citizens of Topeka, Kan., have start ed a popular subscription to purchase General Funston a sword. The 1.200 Italian laborers on the Je rome Park reservoir. New York city, are still out on a strike and threaten death to any of their number that re turns to work. The United States troops in Alaska have made a request of the war de partment for canned roast beef. General Brooke, military governor of Cuba, reports a much improved state of affairs throughout the eastern por tion of the island. A British ship has been lost In Aus tralian waters and 30 people drowned. General Manning F. Force, com mandant of the Soldiers' home at San dusky, O., is dead. Major L. C. Overman, U. S. A., re tired, was instantly killed by falling from a staging on which he was at work at his summer home at Nan tucket. Chauncey Ayres, 41 years old, farm laborer, threw himself in front of an Erie train at Elmira, N. Y., and was horribly mangled. George D. Curtis, a well known Grand Army man, died at his home in Albion, N. Y.. from the effects of a wound received In the civil war. The cruiser Raleigh was not injured by grounding in the harbor at Charles ton, S. C. The arrival of the United States cruiser Chicago at Tangiers hastened the Moorish government to pay the claims of American citizens which she has n-lused to pay up until this time. John Blnz, aged 23, und his young wife, were asphyxiated by illuminating gas in Philadelphia. It was thought to be an acicdent. An American newspaper correspond ent and three Cubans captured seven bandits near Bayamo, Cuba, and turned them over to the authorities. Charl Anson attempted suicide at Middletown, N. Y. He was despondent. Thomas McEvoy, a delegate to the Forestry convention at Syracuse, fell from a third-story window in the Del evan House in that city and fractured his skull. He was from Ulster county. President McKinley is enjoying a thorough rest at Hot Springs, W. Va., transacting no business whatever. Five men were terribly Injured by & boiler explosion at Trenton, N .J. Two of them will die. The schooner Loyal which IefJ Se attle for Alaska, eight months ago, with 11 persons on board, has never been heard from. She undoubtedly Is lost with all on board. Joseph Harvey of Howard City Mich., shot and killed his wife, his Uncle, Robert Plerson, and his grand mother, and wounded his father-In law and S-months-old baby, and final ly shot himself, producing, probably a fatal wound, all the result of a family quarrel. A construction train on the I'ittsburg and Western railroad went through a bridge near New Castle, Pa., killing two men and injuring a number of others. Henry Truknall of Auburn, N. Y., killed his wife with a hammer and then took poison, dying before the crime was discovered. At a colored revival near Buena Vis ta, Ga., over a dozen persons drank buttermilk out of a can and all were poisoned, tho minister dying within a few hours. Four men were Instantly killed and five others badly Injured by the cav ing In of a culm bank at Centralia near Shamokln, Pa. Syria Is ready to strike for Independ ence from the rule of the Sultan of Turkey. Twenty-five thousand men are now well firmed and ready to fight In a great fire in the town of Our lfumora, province of Buckawlna, Aus tria, 200 buildings were destroyed and several lives lost. Fire at Columbus, O., destroyed the 5-story brick building occupied by the William Hardmun company, wholesale grocers. Loss about $."5,000. Admiral Dewey Is coming home on .he flagship Olympla, leaving Manila In about three weeks, but not arrlv Ing here until about July 4, stopping in London and several way places. The treaty negotiations between the United States and Canada will shortly be resumed with fair prospects of sue cess. China withholds her npproval of the Anglo-Russian agreement, and Rus sia has made a new and extensive de mand. A rich strike of natural gas was made at Gowanda, N. Y., on the prop erty belonging to the State Insane asylum. The Standard bank at Bowmanvllle, Ont., whs broken Into by masked burg lars, the watchman overpowered nnd gagged and the vault and safe shat tered by powder and robbed of $12,000. Governor Stone of Pennsylvania has granted a respite of 60 days in the case of Shew and Egan, sentenced to death for the murder of Jackson Tepper of Rush. The board of pardons desired further time to consider the case. Peter IS. Phones, an old veteran re siding near Corning, N. Y., has Just died of a wound that he received clur Ing the civil war. . Governor Roosevelt will call a spe clnl session of the New York leeisla ture In a few weeks to amend the Ford franchise tax bill. The Wheeling Steel and Iron com pany of Wheeling, W. Va., have grant ed their 3 oj employes a 10 per cent Increase In wages. It equals the wages paid In IMtJ. George p. Isham, aged 63, a pioneer of Dunkirk. N. Y., Is dead. The Kennard block In Manchester, N. H. was' destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000. CONDITION ol- C Ohb. Returna Made to the I apart meat ol Agriculture Fur .hay. WASHINGTON, May 11. The crop report for May issued by the depart ment of agriculture Is as follows: The May returns to the statistician ot the department of agriculture show the acreage in winter wheat In cultivation on May 1 to have been about 25,900,000 acres. This is about four million acres less than the area estimated to have been sown last fall, but it still slightly exceeds the area of winter wheat har vested last year. The reduction In acreage In the prin cipal states, as compared with the area seeded last fall, is as follows: Kansas, SJ8,000; Illinois, 701,000; In diana. 394.000. Missouri. 345,000, Texas, 227,000, Ohio, 149.000. Nebraska, 144,000; Michigan, 128,000, Wisconsin, 120.000; Tennessee. 105,000. For the area remaining under culti vation, the average condition Is 76.2, as compared with 86.5 on May 1, 1898 and 85.9, the mean of the average of the last 10 years. The condition in th? principal states after reducing the acre age as indicated, Is as follows: Penn sylvania, 86; M.iryland, S3; Virginia, 78: Texas, 67; Tennessee. 78; Kentucky, 76: Ohio, 82; Michigan, 60; Indiana, 68; Illinois, 64; Missouri, 65; Kansas, 64; California, 96: Oklahoma. 86. The average condition of winter rye Is 86.6, as compared with 94. r, on May 1, 1898, and 90.8. the mean of the May averages for the last 10 years. About one-half of the entire whiter rye crop is grown In New York and Pennsyl vania, where the conditions are 96 and 8T respectively. Spring plowing Is unusually late in almost every part of the country. The work already done Is estimated at 75.3 per cent of the total contemplated. The proportion usually done by May 1 is about 75 per cent of the whole. The average condition of meadows is 84.9, against 92.9 on May 1 of last year, and 93.4 on the corresponding date In 1897. The average condition of spring pas tures is 83.5, against 91.2 on May 1, 1898, and 93.4 on the corresponding date in 1897. Tnbercul-Mls Movement In Germany. BERLIN, May 16. Baron Hoyl Zu Honrs'-. rMn, the national liberal mem ber of the reichstag, has donated 3.000, 000 marks towards the tuberculosis asylum movement. The American delegate to the tuberculosis congress, Dr. Von Schwelnitz, has arrived here. KUiiHir'ek to lie KepHlrerl. NEW YORK, May 1.-The United States transport Kilpntrlck arrived here from Havana, where she em barked 50!) discharged soldiers of the Eighth cavalry. Th transport will undergo extensive repairs at this port. MAHKfe" I "jr , New York V uney Market. NEW YORK, May 15. Money on call, Vhi per cent. Prime mercantile payer, 3.4jHi per cent. Sterling exchange: Actual lnis!n"ss In bankers' bills at ti.--Vii4.87 for demand: and tl.MV'M-li'i for m days. Posted rates, $4.85'i!1i4.iiSt. Commercial bills, ti.M'i. Silver certificates. 61V'Hl2c. Bar silver, 6Uc. Mexican dollars. 4ST4e. New Yor I rod nee Market. FLOUR Winter patents, $3.75'i t.OO; winter straights, 3.ri'o 3.00; wlnler ex tras, $2.60)3.10; winter low grades, $2.ij'i $.55; Minnesota patents, $3.Mi.0J; Min nesota tinkers', $2.9M.3.10. KVli r'LUL'R t3.uOi3.40. RYE No. 2 western. Bi'ie f.o.b. afloat; state rye, til'kc o.l.f. New York car lots. BAKI.KY Malting. 47ir:.le ileliviel New York; feeding, 4Kn42'ic f.o.b. ntlo.it. WHEAT No. 2 red. ('4e f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Dulutb. Hu-V f.o.b. afloat. Options: No. 2 red July, 75V", Scot.. T4?c. "CORN No. 2. 40V: f.o.b. ati.iat. Op tions: Julv, 3KS4c: Sept., 39c. OATS No. 2. 31c; No. 3. 30c; No. ! white, 3."i',ic: No. 3 white, 3mc; track mixed western, 31'ii33c; track white, 31 9c. H AY Shipping, WrJ60c: good to choice, tKfiTT'i.c. Pt)KK-Knmlly. $10.5ilill.0O. BUTT Kit Western creamery, W 19c; factory, HV"l"c; Klglna. Y.K-; Imi tation creamery, U'V" 1 lc; stale dairy, 13 ( lTo: crenmery, lyciliic. Cli.-KShl Large wnlte. 12r: sin., do, 124c; lurue colored, 12c; small co ored, ll'ic; light aklma, Vi-'-V. iu kirns, . WU6''jc; full aklma. ii.c EGGS Slate and Pennsylvania, 14V lVnc; western. He. HufTnlo PriivUiiin Vnrkpt. BUFFALO, May 13. WHEAT No. 1 hard, 7'.c; No. 1 northern, 7SVc inter wheat. No. 2 red, 76c. CORN No. 2 yellow, 3Sc; No. 3 yel low, 3sc. OATS No. 2 while, -SI'jc: No. 3 mixed, 16c. KYE No. 2. 6ic. KLOl'K Spring wheat, bent patent per brl., $4.2D'u 4.oo; low giadea, $2 iW(i.j); win ter, beat family, ys iiiM: grahuni, U M (:U6. liL'TTEK Stale and creamery, M'-Ai 17c; western liu Hi'-.c. CHEESE- Fancy full cream lOftllr; choice do, :i'ij'i'4c; light skims, tiylic; sklrns, 4'i5c. EUCirf State. llyVi'c; western, i:(i 13c. Kant llufll Live Moi-k Mar -el. CATTLE Extra export steers. tS.SO'i. 5.55; good do. "fi r 25; choice heavy butchuis. U wai '.HJ. lislii humiy o, J . 4.0; cowa and heifers, extra. iZ -i'u-i calves, heavy fed. $3.aw(i4.2i; veals. $ti.5tf 6.75. SHEEP AND LAM HS Choice to ex'ra weiliers, $&.2'i5.35; fair to choice shtep, $1 ini5.uil; common to fall, ti40ul; choice to extra spring lambs, tii.-Miii.3-; Common tn fair, $i.. .. 1 3. HOGS -Heavy, ti.05nl.10; medium and mixed, fi00.ji.05; Yorkers, ti.05tii.le; pica. tS.Uii3.tt. lliirrklo Hay warkrt No. 1 timothy, per ton, 1 12 ."""n I3.ee: No. $ do. fliMNKn (m; baled ha v. ii ney II (; baled straw, t5.OVuli.u0; bundled iye. ilU.IW (.12 00. I lira 4 Inene Market. t'TH'A. N. Y. Mav IV CHEESE At the t'lle.i ll.i.ml of Trade the following sale nf i t were made: one hundred and iweiitv boxes large col ored,, Sc; 3'i! boxes large eoliiled. i1-.' 30 boxes large while. V; 5T7 boxes I iv: colored. 1-V.r; 412 tn xcs small colored, !l'-: 1!I7 boxes small, colon il. !il,e: . I boxes small white. !ic: boxes smail while, H'.e; I'I2 boxes on eomm .-ion. I -! -I'irl I. 1.ITTI K I' AM S. N Y . M iv IV CHEESE - Tlx- following sales were made: line hnndied ai d nme X' la ice. 9'4e; 111 boxes larce eol I ' i . ,s boxen large tailored .1' !" ' "; I.51S boxes small white an I c.-b.ie.l. ' c. BUTTEK Eighteen iai;k.i.i..f dairy, 64jI7. 1
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