58?
'.-
SHADEL,
he Christmas cutertnii.nient at
1 1 i ue oharch was well attended.
lie protracted meeting at the
L church clofedSunday evening.
rs. .1. P. Natigle is on the sick
B, Markle is making ties and
spokes from a trad of timber
Ireliaseii "i ii. i. i ivu uucinii
i 1 ii i. ii... .. .....
(i. Hornberger was to
New
n last week.
s, Jacob Keioaeiioacn aiea on
;; aired 8 I years months and
.. !:n
onducted the
11 Vs. ive i ituci i
hil services.
-CIINT.K
I. Yerger tilled hu
house
I week'.
lenry Harding wai
spent
listinas in Allentown.
Protracted meeting began at Eb-
eier church last Wednesday even-
Benton Rothermel made a trip to
line last Wednesday.
Edward Qarman is enlarging his
luise. I
I. I. Verger butchered a h igthat
Ughed 410 pounds.
SELINSGKOVE.
hristmas exercises w re
held by
i-t r.u-
ie latter
lit v Lutheran and the
in 3undav schools. XI
lield on Christmas evening
anil
largely attended. The school
fell with tlielV exercises. The
sr held theirs on Christinas
The exercise was a cantata
i . i i .i
ii was renaereu entirely iv tin
iry school. The fairy scene
particularly tine. A I unit as
iv were banned away as occupied
ah arch.
8VJ Fisher and wife spent sever-
rsat Lewtstown with their son.
iss Minnie Gortuer, who is at-
kig Cornell, is home for the
ay vacation.
W. Morris, of Bebersbtirg, to
student here) spent ChlHSt-
taoug friends.
I. Nnetfing and family spell 1
. I Ik,'
inas wiui ins aarenrs, rail,
rs. Needing.
or Altnand, of the HemJd,
were seen ok our street
bunting Christmas we nip-
argart Sohoih had a Fahi-
in and dinner mi I iiiirsftitv.
(oimee ana who are in tne
other Jy Lave visiting ae-
i .i
iiirKiiart, oi i n (Kinson, atici
Iter, ALn y, of Loysville, are
( Irandbnother Schoch'a.
Rev. Bkoup, of Fitzgerafld,
Nisittncr her aged motber,
. Ziegler.
I.'?. I. Steei ecvphec and wife,
lleton, are being entertained
p. S's parents, Hiram Ulrieli
fe.
lOolnsenford ami wile, of A.1-
rn, are giu.ts at Mr.s. Boyer
Dill Market t.
Kate A. Wagerweller, ai'
, ihjit home with her iiintli-
slinrt time.
L, Luaibard liad a family re-
hud dinner oa Christmas Day.
ide Wagenselier, ofiBhiladel-
Itpent a few daya with kis par-
lei Deiblerand wife, of Lykens
y, were entertained by friends
prifcmas,
h.Dr. B. Y. Wairanseller and
Idaughter, Marie Snyder, are
visit to tlie letters parents,
M. L. Snyder aod wife at Sad
fiver, N. J. Dr. B. F, ag-
ier acewnpanied them m i una.
W. A. hi. Cooper, ol Maple
spout a few hours with his ,
ib on Saturday la.st.
C. Yocum. Esa.. f Savre. a
p student at the University,
aewdaya pleasantly among
'sand aoqoaintanoes.
d Carns and tiimily are being
lined by his father, John (i.
B) of the east end.
'M' l l M l 111
0RSE COLLARS !
I have a lnrge Stock of 4
RSE COLLARS f
i hand as low as 85 cents t
tind up. also Harness of all J
linds.
J. M. Maurer,
HRKANF.R. PA. T
mm mi inn in mm
uCXDORK.
J. F. Wagner and wife were ito
Selinsgrove one day last week and
helped their aon-in-law to butcher,
V. W. Sbollv and Lincoln Straw
sct won- in town to pet a contract to
haul ties to Clements station for
Meiser & Weaver.
SqUire Seohrisl and A. K. Wit-
mer were to Bunburv for candy i i. i
their Sunday school.
John Brower, Jr., f Herndon,
w;ls ,,, town v, u i)lfr i()a, ,,t
turkeys.
Our Susnuehaiina coal diLrLrers an
very sucoessful. Coal can be bought
at SI to '2 per ton as to size.
John Wittenmyer and wife, of
Chicago, are east visiting friends
and were in town.
A reasonable insurance seems to
he necessary, but very high insur
ance strikes lire.
D.'s. Longacrc and Krebs arc
calling daily on George M. Houser,
who is on the s'u k list
1). (i. Witnier bought a
rood
farm horse.
I' rank liitiu r and fiim I n
their fat cattle at good prices.
j0, yv. Witmer hauled his
home with a horseless wagon.
Jacob Brubaker and his
Lancaster county, are visiting rela
tives in this community.
The Post during the last year was
the best naper that our county ever
enjoyed and the few families that
are not subscribers yet, ought in
siiliseriie at onee for the new year.
The spellimg bee at Witmcr's
school house is interesting.
Maria V. Duodore and Eliza
Mi ars nude a trip to Selinsgrove
and called on Minnie E, Ever,
Kliza Mears, who has heenliiard
ing with Maria W. Diindore, has
gone t Hazleton on business,
I. 1. Aucker stopped in tow n on
nil way home from Port Treverton.
Edwiu Moyer, who is working in
the iron works at Berwick at $1.50
per day,. spent Ukristtnas with Ids
parents.
The ('hristmas entertainment at
the I. E. cliurckv.a well ip itroui -im 1
and interesting.
Maria W. Dwndore's Tianksiriv
in8 tarkeywa8ronoiiuoefl
;i siiet-cs."
E. fiver and Sara
1 1 . .i .
Kver. of Selinsgrove, and alter the
feast Sara entertained all present
withtfhoice vocal and instrumeutal
PAXTdENVlLLE
.). . Ernest and fnniili ol Cnon-
mal. Warren Ernest and family of
Sham kin, and Emery Enusi ol
Berwick, are tlie 'guests til the firr
mcr's iparenta.
CI
Miss Annie Hwwel I, of Beaver
town, is spending a few days witt
her grandmothec
Samuel Wolf, wife and son Freu,
of Mifflinburg, visited Mrs. Mary
I loweU, Sunday
Charles Bo ver and Irviu Grav-
liill loik a tlrivt
Sunday-
tn Adatnsburg,
Win. Brunner, -after spending
several weeks at borne, returned to
Pittsburg, where he is em played by
the Wlesuinghpuae Eleetrical Co.
Miss luir.'i Ilarner, ofShaaookin,
spent a few days at hone hist week.
tra Harner ami wile, ol Blooms
burg, visited Mr. Harrier's parents
litre over Xinas.
Win. Swartz Jr., f Swineford,
wav the guest of his (Jruad parents,
-lokn Ernest', Sunday.
Miss Jennie Hackenberg and sis
ter, of MiddUiswarth, are iatinj;'
Michael Hackenberg ,
It. E, Gift made a trip io Sun
bury over Sunday.
Miss Amy Mitchell, after spend
ing a week witii her aunt at Aline,
returned home Mondav.
Charles A. Derr, of Lewisburg, is
Spending his vacation at home.
Chas. Swengle made a trip to
Middleburg, Saturday. 1
Azariah Kreeger, of Swineford,
was in town on business, Saturday.
Miss Mollie Mitchell, who is em
ployed in the shirt factory at Beaver
town, spent her Xmas vacation with
her parents.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
I Mo. iu NSH1P.
Abaal T harp, of May City, la,,
w at present visiting here, his former
home. Mr. Tharp had been away
lor nine years and il seems the west
agn t w nil him.
Jacob Stair, of York Pa., passed
through our place lai week.
Mrs. J. J, A ticker spent Christ
mas with In r parent , at Middle
burg. Lottie Spangler vas visiting among
friends at Frechtirg over Xinas.
( has. II. ekflirisl and S. II. Bru-
haker
made a
bin
llllt
1 1 in
to Sun-
bury, Suturdnv.
I. I'..
tinier, tie
ISclinsgrove
lav.
jeweler.
came homo ti
t
How's 1 Ins ?
off rOne Hundre 1 Hollars Ite
w ard tor any ease of Catarrh thai
cannot he cured lv Hull's Catarrh
Cure. P. ,1. CHENEY it-CO.
Toledo, ' i.
We, the undersigned, kuvu known
F, ,1. Chem v tortlie last 15 years,
and believe hiui perfectly bonarable
m 'all business transactions mid li
nancially able to carry out any obli
nations made by their firm.
W is & Truax, VVholtttnle Druggists,
I'oled, , o.
Wuiiv., K i n n a n MaBVIM, Whi le
syle Uinuiiist s, Toledo, O.
Hall'.-, Out m i h Cure is taken inter
Daily, acting; dileetlj Upou the blood
mil mucous surfaces of ilie Rystein
Testimonial scut free. Price 7c
per bottle, Hold by all Dmggis b,
Hah'.-, la mily Pills are l -t.
Cat thisout and lake it to the Mid
illeburt! Dl'US iStol'S mid tret a liei
sample ol Cbamberlaiu's Stomach
and Liver Tablets, the best phyi-ic.
rhcy also cure disorders of ihe
1 stomach, biliousness and headache.
BE A V KK T( M.
'I'lie ChristiiiaH ontertnintnunts in
the ililfercnl elm relies, were eretlit
aiilv reniletril, ami enjuyetl l'
erowded audiences, as well as by the
uhil Iri ii, and other nwrtieipaiitH.
( ienrge Zeehman, living on James
Aiger's I'arui eust ui'town, istheuwer
il an exclJent young
in; I is ',!lt -even in
ult. 'Hi,
iths )Jd
W iK: Mi''') piiiliiils.
8 une.persons fil ld their ioe !i u
w ith iceseven inches thick, last wee
.laun-. the twelve vear old sun i
CJ. M. (. snip, is undergoing repaii
for a shattcre
physical aandition,
iiui prirtKiDiy, s ij- .t mental impair
ment, caused ley the exceswe use uf
cottiu iui!s (eigiiretts),
Mrs. T. A. Short iss suffered some
what mvently, from a severe cold,
a id liraist's sustained by falling on i
luicLt't the fall beiug cause Ihys'lUi
ping on an icy walk, while going
about i ir lioiiseSiold duties,
I'lVlll l'i!t
l),n sliitlent at Ki llers
Business Co
let e. I . wisbwrff, and
John Buvversox and .Mi-s Sue Bine,
of the University at Seliusgrove, ar
tspentliug their vacations at home.
Several more houses are needed in
Insplace fer reiitiug puriiufics,
)ur new in liistrv, the shirt fact-
ion
Ktevidepj mi a fair way to a
Hon ri
(Hit '
inng utisiuess, tovoraolu coni
.' i i itl leir I 1 1 I i iii-
ors are alltiat that a laundry will he
added bo the plant in the near future.
The lumber business is more
brisk, and more mien are employed
at that Ene of bnsinesa at present,
than at any time in many years.
Mrs. E. L. Freed, who has been
tick for z long time, is slightly im
proved at present,
Frederi ik Bingaman, an agetl eiti
zen, has liten sick tCbr some time.
Charles Heimbaeh and Miss Ger
tie Fall were linked in marriage
Thursday evening, by Rev. Seger.
., II II
.,i , ju nun iio.jjicob iuieiiti ineir
lilt u:e vears.
Autorneys A. W. Potter, aud H.
E, Miller, of Selinsgrove, were in
town Wednesday, Mr. Potter was
shaking hands with his many friends
and soliciting votes for the judge
ship at the coming primary. Our
people are not o very seriously con
cerned as to when the priniarv
will be held, as they are for holding
k 0 the samu (,a(e tmt rjniun
hold their election, in order that they
in,lv their ballot direct fur their
choice.
Geo, A. Kline was housed up for
several days with rheumatism, las'
week.
At a .shooting match on Christ
mas day, for a gold watch, a new
range, two money prizes, one for
$3.30, ami one for 2.00, the follow
ing named persons were the winners,
respectively, Frank Mat tern, Jacob
Weuel, Christian Iloolnaiyle, and
Jacob O. Smith and E. E. " Wetzel
it j 4L I
tied on tne last prize. i
The farmers' institute will be held
. xl . ,. .. , .
in the town ball on the 14 and 15 inst.
Britons Ask Colonists to Aid in
Drjv; 0ut invin!r Boers,
THE BOERS CAPTURE A TRAIN,
it Mini Sixty of the Pr litre Albert
Gnarda on iionr.i. win. w i-m t'm-
turcil it,,, I Sti Ii ,e, iit'ii 1 1 1 II 'ltuftril .
Women mill f li llil rn I'srapo.
London, Jan. 1. The Boers have now
reached a point half way between the
Orani i river ami Capetown, ami. in
spite of optimism of the London press
the government announci tnent at
Capetown shows how seriously the In
vasion is regarded there,
The government at Capetown an
nounces the situation as follows:
"Owing to the fact that the armed
forces of the enemy have penetrated
south of Carnarvon In the west ami
south of Middleburg eajtward, It is
necessary to repel the Invasion prompt
ly, ami the government calls upon loyal
Inhabitants to
Lid the military in this
duly by tin- formation of a colonial
force for thf soli: ami exclusive purposi
of repelling invasion, guarding llnei
of communication ami maintaining or
der in the disturbed districts, Volun
teers should enroll with the civil com
missioners in their respective districts
They will h,' paid five shillings per day
with rations, forage, arms ami horses.'
'Hit' only tiling that really touches
the British public Is the loss of a big
naval gun. The Times yesterday, how
ever, draws attention to what might
prove a serious danger, namely, tin
possibility of another outbreak ol
enteric fever uniting the soldiers, worn
down by the hardships ami privations
of a prolonged ami not exciting cam
paign. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch to thr
war office dated1 Pretoria, Dec. 31, says:
"A small portion of the enemy's forer
which entered the colony to the east
broke away in a southwesterly direc
tion atnl crossed the railway at a point
between Bangor and .Sherborne. They
did some damage to thf railway. Tin
column under Williams will he in touch
with this hotly today, Thf force which
entered thf colony to the west passed
the road from Carnarvon to Victoria
West fit 7 yesterday morning. Tin y
were going south, ami closely followed
by Thorneycroft ami lie I. Isle Very
few recruits from the colony Joined thr
enemy. HertZOg'S men arc already
dropping their worn horses."
it lu t,rw .1 11, .t II, r. It . .
who trekked westward from Vryburg
and who were supposed to be going tt:
Damaraland, are making for the Pries
ka district of Cape Colony,
The Boers held np a train near Kos
mead which had io of the Prince Al
fred Guards on hoard, who were re
turning from the front, and about 40
passengers, women and children. Tin
Boers numbered 200, with support!.
that could he seen in the distance, The
soldiers defended themselves until their
hiiiiui quantity oi ammunition was ex
hausted, when all were subsequently
captured, though subsequently releas
ed. The passengers had narrow es
capes, as the tnillets of the liners per
forated the carriages. An officer and
three soldiers were severely wounded.
The railway traffic has been stopped,
hut the Boers tlo not appear to have
injured the permanent way The au
thorities at Rosmead have sent the
women and children away to Cradock.
THE SCORPION FOK VENEZUELA
To I'rott'ft mrlpitnn In thr Contrti
i it.., hut inphnll ConrrNnlonn.
Washington, Jan. 1 The navy de
partment has ordereil the Scorpion to
proceed at once to Lagulra, Venezuela,
to replace the Hartford at that port.
The dispatch of the gunboat is due tt
the trouble growing out of asphalt con
cessions, ami the purpose to afford all
due protection to American life and
property should either become en
dangered. At the same time the re
lief of the Hartford will permit that
ship tn go to Port of Spain in the near
vicinity ami exchange crews with the
crulBer Bualffo, which arrived then
yesterday en route to Manila.
A dispatch from Curacoa Bays: The
diplomatic controversy over the rival
asphalt interests in Venezuela Is ap
proaching an acute stage. The Ven
ezuelan government Ignores the pro
tests of Washington agalnBt the semi
official conspiracy to deprive the New
York and Bermudea company illegally
of the Bermudas Asphalt lake.
TlTO Wnm.'ii lliirnril to Drndi.
Pittsburg, .Ian. 1. Mrs. Charlotta
Brown and her daughter Lillle, aged
2. years, were lmrned to death at their
home in Allegheny yesterday. There
Is considerable mystery about the orl-
.. ; .. .. . .. , .. . .. I I . il.
nn-. ttue Mtiiy i it' 1 1 1 ui inr
efee( that the daughter, after quarrel-
ing with her mother, deliberately set
tire to the clothing of both. A neigh-
bor says Mrs. Brown told her Lillle did
the deed hecause 3he had been mad
since Christmas. The hospital an-
thorltlSS, however, say that before Mrs
Drown diid she said her daughter was
set afire by the explosion of a lamp I
and In going to her assistance she !
(Mrs, Brown) was also enveloped in
flames.
Tli.' t'nunti' l Tolmi Ulvoroeil.
San Francisco, Jan. 1. The Countess
Pestles Do Tolna was granted a di
vorce yesterday, All her charges wen
accepted as true. The count's allege.
Indifference and cruelty received tin
severest condemnation of the court
His counter accusations were dlsmis 1
with a word. The divorcee, former!;
Miss Ella Haggln, was married
Count Testifies De Tolna 'it th 1 hi nn
of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. 1 is i
Haggin, In New York city, ' '. 21,
1892. Count Festlttcs Is the see, i d ion
of Count Blglsmund Festlttcs, Austrian
court chamberlain.
A LOMK Strike Settle, I.
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 1.- The strike
at the Wyoming Valley lace mills, thh
city, which has been on for nlnt
months, was amienhly settled lt.s
evening The settlement li the result
of a conference between tne MCUMff
board of the Amalgamate ich
Xf, Mak,e':8 i A.me!n M$
Atkln, superintendent of thi mill,
the old hands, numbering 100, wll. w
turn to work tomorrow.
Fot HOLIDAY PRESENTS For EVERY DAY USE
The Lamp of
i
iih Limp iii.ii aoefin I n-trv up or mnokw. or miKf to
UM baa IftniniaKe ! Ih lamp that looki guod wlu
ti Kt't it an.l Mavs pood ; ilw lamp that you uuvt-r w il
gh part with, nnca you m- it , that
Zbc Vcv Rochester
mm
Other uttnpi it! iy bo offered you :it "just as good "
Ibeytnay !, in huuiu mpfvu, but f"r Ml Mound good.
IMbi. there's only one, ri Vrw Rockrttrr, To maktj
sure thf Utinpoffcred you la entiine, look fur thenaino
ou it ; every lamp baa it. t-t. o Varieties.)
Old Lamps New.
Wecan till eveiy lamp irant, No matter whether you
want a new lamp or sfoer, an old ona repaired or rwin
lsh a. .i trase m, untedpr other inftke ,,f lamp Iran k form
ed tut. . ii New Rochcstor " can do it. Let us
semi you 1 1 t r tttir,-, t, u,,. kui j.-.'t.
W'c arc SPECI XI ISTi In tlu- treatment ol diseases ol
Lamps. Consultation l:KI.I:.
THE ROCHESTER LAMP CO.,
..lKWION. rx-STRIKl.US AUQRIEVEO.
Mai Deinitnd tli- n , n atttlrni
1 1' ii
Dlschttrued Olllt-lnl.
Scrnnton, Pa., Jan. t. -Trafllc was re
turned on all the llnoa of the Reranton
Railway company yesterday with Hi
assistance of mm hurriedly hired labor-
ers, whose Bervtres were rrqnlreil to
remove the obstructions win, h strike
sympathizers placed on the tracks ull
over the county.
Some fears of a renewal of tin- stt;'.t
are entertained ns a result ,,f the action
of General Manager Billiman in dis
charging Dispatcher Charles Powell,
who refused to run a car during the
strike. The car men's executive com
mittee, however, fftel thai their union
is not warranted in actively interfer
ing between the company and one of
its officials, ami the majority of its
members favor being content with
simply petitioning the enmuunv n, re-
Instate Powell. Some of the. members
are In favor of deniniullnit hi ; rein,
statement.
The company lost $1,300 a day in
fares during the eight Jays the si l ike
was on and another $10.10(1 in if; futile
etTiuts to run ears with Imported men
ami in damage to property,
Onmlin'a Retvnrtl Por Klt1nittera.
Omaha, .Tan. 1 . At a specially called
meeting of the city council that body
yesterday unanimously adopted a con
current resolution offering a rewind of
$25,000 for the apprehension and con
viction of the desperadoes who ait
ducted Edward Cudahy, Jr., on tie
night of Dee. 18, For the arrest and
conviction of one the resolution pro
vides a reward of $8,000; for two, $15,
000 will be paid, and the whole amount
Is offered for the three principals. The
council also asked Mr. Cudahy to with
draw his offer of a reward , r nn equal
amount for the capture of the crim
inals. The object of the city's offer
Is largely to relieve Mr. Cudahy I d
his family of the fi .ir of roprls lis from
the bandits,
Am.-rienii Svltller Skinned
tlu.-
West Superior. Wis., Dec, :tl In I
letter written from the Phlllppim a
before the recent election to his , I
tlves in this city ('apt. Harry W, Ni
Ion says that at that time the encroai h
nients of the natives were worse thai
they had been at any time during the
year previous. As one Instance of their
ferocity he writes: "Jusl the other
day they jumped a detachment of our
Twenty-fourth, numbering nn n
cnpttin d 16 of them. One of i hem -found
terribly mutilated, showing i -: :
"i bi lug Hkinned while yel alive'
It n.
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II It-
tl I r,
lrl
I
I.
flu
a :tit
II
.' llll II :
pr mted ardnns tn David L Stain i
Oliver Cromwell, who were con'! , .:
In ixss for the murder of .1 Wilson
Barron, cashier of Ihe Savings linr.1
at Dexter, on Washington's Itlrtlul y,
1S7K. Ten years afterward Si tin and
Cromwell were arrested, tried and con
victed ami sentenced to life Imprison
ment, Counsel for the petitioners
proved that the mi n were ai Medli Id,
Mass., 2W miles away, at the time of
the tragedy.
Trlbttt to nirrleitn MlanlonitrleK.
St. Petersburg, Jan. l M. Posdney
eff. a Russian ofl'a En I , who has jusl re
turned to St. Petersburg from China,
pays the following ttiimte to the Amer
ican missionaries: "Europe is g;-..,.
Indebted to the missionaries from th
United Slates in China, as their talent
for organization was of the greatest
service during the Blegc of the lega
tions in Pekln, they having largely
elaborated the whole plan of defense."
Drfendril Her Honor ith n Outlet.
Brooklyn, Jan. I George Deges, a
Creek restaurant keeper, was found
dead yesterday in hla bedroom from the
effects of bullet wounds in the lefi
jugular and under the heart. Mr:
Margaret Ertel was a-rcsted later nnd
she confessed that she had shut Dl ' 9
while she was in his sleeping apart
ment with him. for the reason thi I Ii
' l" ,u uuu"r
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UCI .
IN THE WINTER,
(Benson's Plaster Is Pain's Master.
Fur coughs nnd coldi Benson's Porous
Plotters are nu incomparably better rem
edy than any other external or internal,
Tli ir medicinal properties eater the skin
and go itraight to t t urnt of I hi di$ean .
T , v relieve and oure a "seated" cold
w eit disturbing the system or upsetting
much. Cimgit mixtures often tutu
l .mm's PlasterK medicinsj in
h Bt (1 .'rite, and i I to act.
I on the eaest ur or oa both
ROrions c s t .,. I effe t is
ly, T'. tc ni i v'e'ds.t1,,,
and the lift uuproves.
i cbi I it , ,r kidney
I with ' .t possible
S of 1 1111 .
, - in ,,irsbly su-
aing, C, ov.
ij i.l.i : r
r.rn
i 'nts nil
I'his ers !i ,
7- '. ny,
.o to oiut-
e.l fifty-fit
titors; nntl
ml druggists
e of the ( 'w
s. Fo- s lo
pay postage
the United
Aecep' no
"iiists, N.T.
5. 100
1
",1 I
. hom
1st",
. n
cvi ,i
Steady Habits
as Park pi.
,t V H it, Ut St., w Tort .
Conditions Roacln'd Soirrf Bas:
the Last Year of the Century.
rROriTAELEYLAR FOR FA1
Notirlthatnntllnii Ihe Vnct Thnl
Rertlnna llnrreated Smell, r rrpa
Thnn In I't linn Vettra I.nrstr
Proats on Hottthrrn I'lnntatlom
New York. .Ian. 1 Dun's review, in
Its summary reviewing the busim ol
the year Just closed, says regal 1 I
the leading markets:
Conditl'ttis in Iron and steel during
1900 were much more sountl t
the lirecediliB year, when -i
was rife an I prices Inflated far bey nd
the bounds of reason. The statlsth
of the weekly capacity of furnacefl In
blast show that the highest polnl on
ret old was reached Feb, 1, while llieri
was little diminution during the m vf
few months, But, with the collapse of
Bpi dilution din ing the Bprlng and n t
Izatitin of the fai t that operatli
afl
been overdone, there came a stead) re
duction In output. From 296 furnnees
In blast Feb. 1, there follow.,1 i con
tinual shutting down until but C'1' "
in operation on Nov 1, aral the whi kly
production decreased 1 torn , E '
at this rapid rate of declining output,
stocks accumulated rapidly, and on
Oct. 1 the top was reached at t.7 ' ,5:1
tons. Uuslness conditions wen n "
factory, however, and demand exi?,n.'
ed, winle exports of finished pi, 'In is
btpw verv heavv when nrler : rearbftd
a level that made competition pi,s-i!il
with British and German prod fere.
I Manufactured articles have moved!
along similar lines. Quotations of iron
and steel products at thn beglm lug
the year were little below til U'Vel
prevailing li! years previous, and the
fill: was almost uninterrupted until '
tober, when the average was bill IKI.CS
per cent of the figure prevailing Jan t.
1SS7.
It is dlfflcull to select any bran eft i f
this Industry as being pushed harder
than another. Railway supplies of si!
kinds have sold very freeb slid Lhl
market is Hooded with urgenf STtfert
for freight ears. Structural material
particularly for bridges and shlpi ' s
lie"n In much better demand than rap
ply, S't rails v., re reduced from twl
year's price of $35 to t-1': b'ir I' ai
an open secret that the former figure
had only been nominal for mouths ei lot
to the nfilclal change in Bepteml 1 1
Tin bounded up from cents ai
the opening to 35 cents In July, and
then gradually losl all the gain. Uul
during the last week llieie .; 't: u -ery
to "T': Copper litis done n it! ""
startling, variations remaining within,
the r:""-e of three-fourths of a ceuv,
Tl r 1900 opened with favorabffl
cot II lei prevailing In nearly every
bra" it uf the dry goods trad'-. X i i --
Ihi
fir
in
Into
loi 'el continued good for as
lhl months and then f'-il atvay
hy June the market bad lapsed
pronounced dullness, and r
npv.'ai '1 course In pi Ice hi gttn
adually decline again. The ar
of I, living was remarkable Tn.
v. . ., n goods stocks besnn fo ttcctimii
lale again, and their course up to ;h;
close of the year has shown pr nn n
weakness In both men's wear fabrics
and dress goods, with the rc ult thai
the gain in prices made las', year "tl
In the early part of this has been lopt
In many C:':1 tions. and wbeas onj re
tained nt all Is of limited extent 3
A bui lden demand from China for
henry brown cottons In May. e,st
purchase made for that market rn . -eral
months, was unfortunately check
ed by ih" outbreak of the Boxi . risi m
and sun i' then the-e has been an en :; -bus
i nsion of buying for that roontiy.
In September another stimulus ivue
given (o cotton good.- by the rapid id
Vance in raw material which followed
the Galveston disaster and short crop
predictions. Prices resumed theli
ward course, and the market niteri:
strong ngaln until the end of October,.
When there was another lull in thi d
tnand. Stocks had, however, been i el !
cleaned up.
The closing year of the century was
a remarkably satisfactory one for far
mers and planters, notwithstanding
fact that some sections harvested
smaller crops than In preceding years
While the south produced less rot tons
than in the two previous record br, ik
Inc seasons, prices were the highest In
ten years, and the net profits made h.
plantations was enormous. Spring
wheat states lost much grain, but K in
sas and other large winter wheat grow
ers made big crops, and the average
price was high. In fact, the cereals
were all abnormally advanced until
there occurred a natural loss tn ex
ports, ro that Russian ports were able
to secure much foreign trn le that had.
belonged to American producers, c irn
was put up lo within a fraction of 50
cents here, and speculative manipula
tion forced the Chicago price still high
er. These operations had a naturally
deleterious eflect on exportation, ami
foreign surplus countries reaped much
of the benefit from excessively inflated,
domestic markets.
ll,'ii,l loMlsn I roiu Ml lllli
San Francisco, Jan. 1. The transport:
Grain arrived here today with the re
mains of 398 officers, soldiers and civil,
employes of the war department wTic
died in Hawaii, the Philippines and
China, including thoae of Lieut. Har-
bet. the president's ni)hc.v
RrautwH Ntw To.
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