LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS
OTH FROM IOM1 AMD ABHOAD.
Wtit is Doing On the World Ofir.
Important Events Briefly Chronicled.
s-inanrlal find i.emmerctal.
Mom Banks ark RxorriiiNo. The comp
troller of tli currency It advised that the
Hotchtnson national bank of Hutchinson,
Kan., which failed sometime ago, la pre
paring to resume business. The Finit Na
tional Dank of Cisco, Tel., which impend
ed, hat been permitted to reopen Its doom.
Business men of Pueblo, Col., declared
their faith In Colorado's business lability
and denounced I lie intemperate languageof
the rabid illveritei.
ParkhuslA Wilkinson, iron merchants,
Chicago, assigned. Assets ettimaled at
1,000.000.
Ripley A Rronton, iron merchants, Rt.
Louis, assigned, ssscts (130,0J0; Iiabilitiei
bout the same.
The snspended Queen City Ban'r, Buffalo,
N.Y., will rume business the first week of
August with a capital reduced to f0,000.
At Findlay, 0 the Farmer National
Bank closed It doors. Depositor! will b
paid In full.
The J. Oberman Brewing Company, Mil
waukee, assigned.
The bank panic at Milwaukee It over.
Financial disturbances at Louisville, Ky.,
an over. In the .banks erery depositor who
wanted hla money got II. Borne of the sus
pended banks, It Is said, will soon resume.
At Lacrosse, Wis., the private bank of
John Dienlokken has closed Its doors.
At Portage, Wis., the German Exchange
Bank baa failed.
At Helena. Mont, the First National bank
and the Montana National bank suspended.
Both baa ample asiels and will pay in full.
At Mlddlesborough, Ky., the first Nation
al Bank has closed its doors.
At Portland, Ore., the Oregon National
Bank and the Northwest Loan and Trust
Company suspended.
At Spokane, Wash., the First National
Bank, paid up capital 1200,000, and the
8pokane Savings Bank, ila dependent. ttn
porarily suspended.
At Portage, Wis., the City Rank closed its
doors.
At ML Sterling, Ky., the Farmers' bank
closed its doora.
(aallal. f.aker aait laiiairl1.
The Vermont Marble Co., Rutland, VL,
the largest marble concern in the world,
will reduce the wages of Its 2,030 employes
15 per cent. August 1.
Mason A Hamlin's organ and piano fac
tory at Cambridge, Mass., has shut down for
three weens owing to the dull business.
The Middletown Plate Company of Middle
town.Conn., which has been shut down two
weeks, has started up with ninety hands,
half the former number, A cut in wages
of 10 percent has been made.
From Ellis Island, N. Y 39 contract
laborers were sent to the steamships Trave
and Moravia, to be returned whence they
came.
' At Terra Haute. Ind., the failure of H.M.
Benjamin, of Milwaukee bus earned the
shut-down of the Norton Creek Coal and
Mining Company, Vermillion county, throw
ing GOO miners out of work.
The extensive woolen mills of Scatchard
Brothers, of Philadelphia, which have been
giving employment to about 250 hands.have
but down indefinitely owing to the depres
sion in trade.
At Lewiston, Me., the Bales mill will ahut
down Augusts for five weeks. The mill
employs 1,800 people, with a monthly pay
roll or (i3o,ooo.
Massachusetts Jewelry manufacturers,
owing to lack of orders, are proposing a
shut down until September 1, which would
throw 6,000 persona out of work.
At Waltbara, Mass., commencing August
7, one-half the employes of the American
Waltham watch company will be laid off.
The Waltham company employe 3,000
people.
New Jersey thread companies are reduc
ing hours of labor, with corresponding re
duction In pay.
At Yonkers. N. Y.. Alexander Rmllh
Bone carpet mills, employing 6,000 hands
and producing 22 miles of carpet a day, have
ahut down,
Chalera Aavleea
Athens Five cases of cholera and two
deaths from the disease have occurred at
Bmyria, Asia Minor. All vessels from
Bmyria will be subject to eleven days quar
antine. - Rome Notwithstanding the official de
nials cholera is prevailing in Alessandria,
capital of the province of Alessandria in
Piedmont. Many causes have beon reported
there, and new cases ore occurring daily.
Oases are reported iu oiher sectioua of Pied
mont. Moscow There is an average of 10 new
e oi cnoiera ana 0 deaths from the
cla this city daily.
The Portuguese government has declared
Naplea and all the porta of Senegal to be in
fected with cholera, and all the ports be
tween Out V, 40 miles northwest "of Naples
and Suleriuo, 33 miles southeast of Naples,
to be suspected of Infection,
Ontv Cholera Morhus at Ciimte? Dr.
Benjamin Lee, secretary of the State board
of Health, sent Medical inspector Dr.
Atkinson to Chester to inveetigate the death
of the Auairian workman who died there
from what waa reported Asiatic cholera.
Dr. Atkinson made a thorough investiga
tion o the case, and found that the man
died from aygruvatad clioiers morbus.
A worklngmun uunied Priiix was stricken
with cholera In the street at liumburg. He
was lakvu lo a hospital.
. Waeklnsten Kesrs.
The pension bureau has prepared an eetl
ate of tu divisions of the appropriation
provided ut the last session for ihe support
f the pension service during the fiscal year
uat begun. The amount of the appropria
tion was (10,180.305. The appropriation
MtXUsU&tttlias been divided Into the lol
lowing payments: For army pensions, (1(11,
tZXVJQ; lot uavy pensions, M.640,216; lor
fees of examining surgeons, 11,000. 0nf, for
for salaries of sirens (72,00,1; r.r clerk hire
pension agencies, (400,0(0; rents, pen-ion
agenclea, (22.850; fuel and light, pension
agenclea, 11,600; contingent txenses, pen
lion agencies (33,000.
trims aa Pea all In.
Cashier Loman, of the failed First Na
tional Bank of Vernon, Tex., shot and kill
rd himself.
The Bchmous Inquest was concluded at
( Pittsburg, and George Scbraorjs wss com-
miitea to jsu oy tne coroner to answsr tne
Sharge or killing bis wife and children. On
the head and face of Mrs. Schmnns 12 dis
tinct wounds were fonnd, on the elder girl,
Maggie, five, and on the 2 year old Mary,
two. Death was caused In each case by the
blows making these wounds, and the physi
cians testified that the blood stained ham
mer would produce such wounds. Bchmons
said that he knew nothing about It, but
when be reached the jail door he broke
down. He trembled nervously, and tears
filled his eyes as he cried out: "I couldn't
help It; she made me do it."
free
Reports from all the western half of the
! Piste of Kansas are that the corn has been
to badly damaged by hot winds that no
amount or rain can now do t much good.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
Advices from Hong Kong, give details of
a terrible explosion at the Government
towder magazine at Canton on June 24,
which killed many persons, Injuring over
800 people and wrecking 400 houses.
Newt has been received at Hong Kong
that the Spanish steamer San Juan, loaded
with kernsene.whlch sailed June 20 for Am
oy and Manilla, was destroyed by fire. Out
or 250 people on board only 21 were aaved.
Seven persons were drowned by the sin
Ing of the steamer Pearl off North Rock,
County Down, Ireland, after it was run into
by an unknown steamer
LATER KtWI WAIFS.
CAPITAL AND LABOS,
At Burrlllsville, R. I., the following mills
hare closed: A.L. Sales & Sons, Arnold A
Perkins, Job F. Fiske, Jr., W. A. Inman,
Win. Tinkham A Co.. J. D. Nichols Sons.
The Weekamoc mill. Fall River, Mass.,
will shutdown four weeks in August. The
Tremont and Suffolk mills, Lowell, Mass.,
have begun to operate half time.
In Maine tlieYork mills In Saco will shut
down five weeks in accord with an agree
ment made by all the New Knglaud p:lon
mills.
The Bethlehem (Pa.) Iron Compnny's
steel mill have resumed operations In full
blsst after an idleness of a month. The
mill is the only Industry there that has
been Idle this summer.
A 10 per rent, reduction in the structural
department of the Illinois steel works at
Chicago haa gone into effect.
The large carpet mills of Smith A Sons,
of Yonkers, N. Y.. shut down several days
ago. have resumed operations half time.
It Is stated that the American Tube and
Iron Works, at Middletown, Pa., will resume
operations in a few dnys.
riNANCIAL AMI COMMrnrtAU
At Portland, Ore., the Union Ranking
Company suspended.
At Ellensburg, Wash,, the Ellensburg
Nalional bank anspended.
At Chamberlain, D. N., the Chamberlain
National Uauk failed.
At Sparta, Wis., the M. A. Thayer bank
and the Bunk of Spurta, both supposed to be
solvent, closei Thursday.
At Great Falls. Mont., the First National
bank, with a capital or (200,00.1, suspended.
CHIMES AND rEKALTIES.
Jim Courtney was h ange d at Waycross,,
Ca., for killing his room mate, Jack Smith,
last April, over u game or cards.
A white man named Davis returned from
the Ohio penitentiary to his home in Cleve
land and round hia wire living with a col
ored man. A free for all flglit followed in
which James Clifford, white, was killed and
Davis mortally wounded.
DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES,
A cloudburst at Pueblo, Col. re-ulud In
the death or seven persons and a lost or
(250,000.
Special dispatches rrom Medford, Prentice
Junction, and Fitield. Wis., saytbose towna
have been destroyed by forest fires. Med
ford bus a populstlon of 1,890, Prentice 1,600
and Filield 1,000.
WASHINGTON.
Col. A ins worth and the others recently
Indicted for manslaughter in connection
with the Ford's Theater disaster will be
tried in October.
The President baa Issued a proclamation
Including Portugal within the beuelita of
the International Copyright Act.
FIHKS.
The L. IL Harris Drug Company's store
at Pittsburg, Pa., waa destroyed by fire.
The loss to the owners of the buildings aud
by the two drug firms will approximate
1125,000,
A BTJMM ABY OFBANK FAILURES
The Peoiflo Coaat and the West Are the
Greatest Losers.
A summary of the bank failures In the
United States, from May 1 to July 22, Inclii
slve ahowa that 81 banking Institutions,
with a capital of (38,931,033. auspended.
The Baltimore, (Md,) "Manufacturers' Rec
ord" publishes a complete list or the closed
banks by Stales, with a table showing that
five-sixths or the failures and four-fifths of
the capital involved were in the Weatern
and Pacific States, while only 10 per cent of
the failures and 11 per cent of the capital
involved were in the south.
In Colorado alone the capital involved
waa nearly 2,0i0.000 greater than Ihe ag
gregate capilal of all the hanks that failed
in tiie South. The number of failures iu
the Southern Statea waa 37, Involving (4
392,100; in the Western and Pacifio Stales
the number waa 251, involving (.11,258,933
and in the Kaateru and Northern Blaise 13.
With (2,000,000 capital.
The State of Chihuahua, Mexico, uii the
Rio Grande border, haa passed law which
provides that anyone caught in the act of
stealing cattle (hall be shot on the spot, and
that the death penally shall be isolated .
u dob all convicted cattle thieves. j
THE WAR CLOUD DISPELLED
BIAM CONCEDES EVERYTHING.
She Aeeedesi toi'AU the Requests In
France's Clttmstum. The Ceded
Territory,
An official dispatch from Bangkok says:
The Siamese government has accepted the
full terms nf the French u'timatum. With
Ihe acceptance or the ultimatum by the
Siamese government the war cloud In the
Fast will, of course, pass over.
While the government of Slam accepted
without reservationa France's ultimatum.
It received previously the assurance that the
Kingdom would not be dismembered until
after the consideration by all powers con
cerned of France's demand ror the territory
between the IHih and 23d parallels.
The Cabinet Council at which the deci
sion to grant all demands ol I-ranee a ulti
matum wss made was railed etjthe royal
pslsce yesterday morning. The Kingpre
t ided. His two brothers and all the Minis
ters were present. After silting several
hours the council approved the views ol the
peace party. Instruction were then tele-
5 replied to Prince Varihana. Sie-iesc
Minister to Taris, that Ihe Government
accepted the ultimatum, regardless of all
reservations previously formulated. Capt.
Jones, Hritir.fi Minister in Bangkok, wss
notified immediately of Ihe council's deci
sion. The substance or the Ultimatum wat as
r 1 1
I iuiiuwi.
1 1 Mu,Mllln-lll,..LLl.nl
. . .. ,, ,, u, i, hi, ia u, aid, mi,
and Cambodia on the left or eastern bank
of the Mekong river as far north as the 23d
parallel of latitude.
2 The evacuation within a month of the
forts held by the Siamese on the east bank
or the river.
8 Full satisfaction for various Rlam'ee
Regressions agal st French ships and French
sailors on the Menam river.
4 The punishment of the culprits and
provision for the pecuniary indemnity of
the victims.
ft An indemnity of 2.000.000 francs for
various damages sustained by French Sub
jects. (1-The immediate deposit of 3.000.000
francs to guarantee the payment of the
fourth and fifth claims, or "the assignment
of the taxes in certain districts iu lieu of
the deposit of 3,0X),000 franca.
THE CEIIKD rKHRITORY.
The region in dispute was a tract irregu
larly bounded on the west and soulh by Ihe
convolutions of the Mekong;. It comprises
the northern states of the Laos group, the
chief of which is Luang Phrabang. The
Shana and the Laos are one and the ssme
people and both are closely akin to the Sia
mese. Of this rsce there are two main di
visions, "the "White Paunch" and the
"Black Paunch," Laos, so culled from the
habit of tattooing a black pattern on he
stomach, Thev are a historical )eople,wlio
were formerly iu an ancient and powerful
kingdom, whose capital, Vlnh Khisnh, was
taken and distroyed by the Siamese about
the year 1H28. Since then they have been
subject to Siain, and are governed by the
mandarins appointed by the Siamese gov
ernment and by khiao, or hereditary
princes.
The Laos are a mixed race, the original
race having emigrated Into the country and
intermarried with its aborigines, the Khas.
They have also mingled with the .Bolovens,
Thetis, Kedehs aud Sin, and the resulting
people present every type of Mongollsn.
Those who have preserved the puritv of the
original blood in any degree are, however,
easily distinguished from the mixed lower
clashes by their high cheek bones, small
flat nose, oblique eyes, wide mouth, long,
black hair, spre beard. They are a semi
civilized people, ssttled in small towns and
villages, und engaged chietly in agriculture.
Next to agriculture, the manufacture of
cheap silk and.cotton fabrics is their chief
employment. They have long established
trnaing relations wnh China, llurmab and
Cam bodia, with which countries theirivorv.
gold dust, tin, gums, etc., are bartered for
opium, hardware and porcelain.
Buddhism is their religion, or a form of
It. More, perhaps, than to Buddha their
worship is directed by various genii, such
as the wood demons, who bold sway in the
jungle, the fear demons, who busy them
selves with frightening rolks by means of
horrid shapes or sounds, the malignant
demons, who cause all manner of diseases
and the tutelary demons, or guardian angels
who give them protection from ill. To
these last an altar ia erected In every house.
un wuiuu are ouereu wax tapers, ri e,
sandalwood and copious libations of arrack.
Within the last raw years tome very
flourishing; missions have been established
in the territory by .the American Presby
terian church.
Many travelers have expressed favorable
opinions or the people or Laos, laying that
tney are peaceful, patient. Sober and honest.
In these respects they resemble closely the
Siamese. They are said, too, to have an
especial horror of stealing and one of their
kings is said to have bad thieves boiled in
oil. Slavery is an institution to which they
are devoted, Now end then the mandarins
organ ire regular expeditions against the
wild tribes, lust as the Arabs do in Africa
and whole villagee are taken into captivity.
But or these caDiivea. as nf the in
Siara proper, it may at least be said that
may are treated Kiuniy.
The wages of the common laborer in Laos
range rrom .1 to 3 per month. It is dan
gerout to know too much in Laos. Skilled
mechanical work ia done by men drafted by
the government or bv prisoners. These
drafted men xet very little for iheir aervlc a
and perhaps receive 10 rupees for a, year's
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT.
It Shows an Inoreaae of S7.145.0OO In
Total Collections and of 2.033,053
in bugar Bour.tlea.
Commissioner Miller has submitted to
Secretary Carlisle, at Wushington, a pre
liniinaiy report of the operationa of the
Internal Revenue Bureau for the fiscal year.
The total collections from all sources of in
ternal revenue were 1M, 002.000. an in
crease of $7,H5,000. The percentage of cost
of collection was 2.02, a compared with 2.e0
or the year 1802.
The aourcea or internal revenue were:
Spirits, tUt.T 2u,(si i, an increase over the
previous yeur or t3,410,00U; tobacco, 31,1W9,
OU0, an increase of tttsHUOO; fermented
l'quors,32.5ltl,.00. an Increase of tl.611, 000;
oleomargarine, tl 070.000, an increase of
t404,OJOund inisnellaiieous, tl"3.ouo, .a.de
creae ol tTO.UOO.
'ihe sum of 40,375,130 has been paid as
augur bounty during the veur as foIlows:On
cune suaar Loiiiaiunn, tH,.HI.8d5; Texas.
1 174,1)43: Florida, tS.IHiO; Mississippi, tOO;
total. a7fl3.H3j; on twet augur California.
t42i,723; Nehrsa a, t7tl.l70; Utah t20,470;
total, tft31,3U3. Sorghum sugar Kausaa
viu.ixn; jiinnesoia. rllt; tolal, 11)H17, Oi
siuier Maine, .'!; New Hampshire, tl.
127: Vermont, 30.2Y5; New York, 111.703;
Pennsylvania. 4.231; Marrlaud, S2.13I;
We-l Virginia, tISj; Ohio, t'3,501; Michigan,
J2.U tt; Miniimoia, 4li; iowa, til; total,
toy, 11 1). The toial paid In suvar bounties
in two yean was ti6.717.208. The iucreas
this year over last year is t2,033.ufi3.
Baae Ball Beoord.
The following table shows the standing of
the Uiflereut base ball clubs up to date:
, W. U TH. W. L. l-'ct.
Boston-- M 27 .OUS CIncln'tl.. 87 42 40a
Philadel'a 4W V0 ,2WBt. i-oule.. 80 41 .400
P ttaburg. 46 82 ,5H0 Chicago... 83 4 4 .420
tlevel'nd. 41 31 .Mt Baltimore 83 45 .423
HMnli an Aft Ua KID Ul. i u ...
I; T."' w nasi! ii.., oi ef ,.wr i
hew York 87 41 .474!LouisvjIo. 25 44 .302
! COLUMBIAN FAIR NEWS ITEMS
A SUNDAY FAIR PROBABLE.
DIRrcTORS rtAR STEIN'S INJUNCTION fENDINO
THE HEARINO.
F.verythlng points to open gates for the
World a Fair sgnln on Sunday. It is not
believed the rfirtrlors feel warranted In vio
lating Judge Stein's Injunction during the
pendency of the Cllminian hearing.
JmlaeSlein's citation to appear In response
to contempt proceedings was answered Fri
day morning by Director (irner.al l)avls,and
with few exceptions, the members of Ihe
Council of administration snd Dliectory of
the World's Columbian Kxpositinn. The
respondents appeared in conn under a rule
to show cause why thev were aclingin vio
lation oflhel'ling'inait Injunction by clos
ing the World's Km r (Isles on Sunday. Ex
Juilre Sidney Smith submitted the answer
of Director General Davis and Lawyer
Kddy, one for the Council of Administra
tion and one ror the Directory. Neither or
the documents were read, but all were re
ceived and II led without material sugges
tions. J mine Klein then uked Attorney
Mason, representing Clinenian, if he had
beenduly served with copies of the answers.
I pon his replying In the negative the court
gave liim until Monday morning at 0:30
o'clock to formulate his reply, until which
lime proceedings were adjourned.
Director General Davis's answer told court
that, as the head nf the World's Columbian
Kxposition Company he had simply carried
nut the requirements nf the Council of Ad
ministration ami the Directory.
The resHinse of the council of adminis
tration set up generally that the vigorous
opposition to opening the Fair gates which
spratitf up throughout the country made it
desirable that they be cloaed; that on last
Saturday the members found themselves
con I routed by the old rule closing the gates,
which they believed to be still in force.
Counsel was sent for and Lawyer Kddy gave
it as his opinion thst the injunction bill
hail been so radically amended as to render
itlnvsltd The gates on this advice were
ordered closed.
THE FAIR GROUNDS DESERTED,
THK COJirri.aoRY St' N DAY orr.NINO A EAILCRt
IN TOINTor ATTENDANCE IN SPITE or
HOOD WEATHER.
The world's fair wes open lo the public on
Sunday, tliat is the gates were open, hut
they mis lit about as well have been closed, for
the public did not seem to take advantage
of the fact Not sine- the fair was open
haa Ihe attendance been so light as It was
on Sunday. The grounds and Midway
plaivance were all practically deserted. The
attendance up to 3 o'clock, including em
ployes and concessioners, wss scarcely 10,.
000 and the otllcials at tho bureau ol admis
sionsdid not think the total of the entire
day and evening would run over 12.000. if
that many. The weather was delightful.
The grounds had much the same appear
ance as they had last Sunday, when the
Eates were closed. Nearly all the state
uiliiings were closed ami so were many of
the structures containing exhibits. In the
buildings that open a large portion of the
exhibits were cavered. All the restaurants,
cigar stands and drinking water fountains
were closed. There was no attempt on the
part of the management to make things at
tractive to visitors, '('here was no muic
nor attraction of any variety beyond the
beauty and grandeur of the white city
itself. There were no religious exercises,
and many of the allows along the Midway
plaisance had placards tacked up annouiiC'
ing that there would be no performance.
CMXOMAN ri'SIITNl ItlS CASE,
The case of Charles W. Cliiigman vs, the
World's Columbian Exposition company
was called in Judge Stein'a court on Tues
day morning, anu upon statements by the
attorneys the Court issued an order requir
ing the officers and directors of the fair who
have been notified of the itijoclion doing
the fair to appear and show cause why they
should uot lie punished for contempt of
court, Arguments will be heard in a few
dnys.
EAII.fllE Or THE SfXDAY riR.
The paid admissions to the World's Fait
grounds on Sunday were IS, 03.
Women will be Interested to know that
the authorities of Texas having been pro
hibited by constitutional enactment from
providing funds for erecting a Stute build
ing, or for any similar purpose, the men of
the State proposed to raise tuflicient money
to put up a building. Their ellort, however,
was fruitless; the women came to the rescue
and by their determination raised t35.000
and erected and furnished for Texss one
of tiie most handsome and convenient Stale
buildings that can be found in the White
City.
Siiieria celebrated its forty-seventh an
niversary of independence Thursday by
dedicating its paviliou in Agricultural build
ing. The Dairy Kitchen, Hotel and Restau
rant at State and Madison streets was closed
by the Sheriff Suturduy afternoon.
The paid admissions at the World's
Fair vu Wednesday were 91,945,
Fifteen educational congresses were in
session on Thursday.
MISSIONARIES MURDERED.
A Chinese Mob of Fanatics Commit an
Awful Crime.
The steamship Empress of China arrived
at Vancouver, li. C, with news of tht
murder of two Swedish missionaries by
Chinese fanatics at Sing Pu. Revs. Wikholm
and Johnson, the missionaries, arrived in
Sing Pa last April and were the only
missionaries there. Sing Pu is an import
ant market place northeast of Hankow and
contains about SO.otK) inhabitants. They
made no converts, but on the contrary their
lives were in danger almost from the st art.
They were warned by servants they would
be killed July 1, but took no precaution!
except to send a letter to a magistrate d
manding protection.
Early in the mornlngof July 1 their house
was surrounded by a mol composed of
loafers, tradeaiueu and scholars, who clam
ored for Iheir blood. Stones were thrown ol
the bouse and the windows buttered in un
til the missionaries could no longer remain
indoors. Tney attempted to escape over
the roofs of houses, but were followed by
the mob. Finally they could go no farther,
and dropped into the hands or ihe mob.
Their sufferings were short. Wlkholm's
skull was smashed with an ax, and Mr.
Johnson was speedily beaten out of all
semblunce to human shape by bamboo rods
andiron burs. The bodies were stripped
naked, subjected to revolting mutilations
and left on ihe street for dogs to cat. The
mob then looted aud burned the mission
aries' houses.
Two missionaries from Hankow iu com
pany with a mandarin and soldiers left for
Sing Pu on July 4 lo investigate the mattel
and recover the bodies.
MILLIONS TO BE SAVED.
100,000 Pensions .Will be Suspended
Nearly 00 Per Cent. Likely to Be
Terminated.
As the result of the examination now be
ing mode of the pension eases sllowsd by
Commissioner iiauiu under his interpreta
tion of the act of July 27, 1800, 100,000 pen
sions will bs susi ended.
Of this enormous number it is probable
thai nearly 90 per cent, will, upon further
investigation and in default or new evidence
be dropped from the rolls, involving an
annual saving to the Government of more
than 111,600,000,
NOT SO BAD AS REPORTED.
NATIONAL BANK FAILURES
Greatly Exaggerated. Comptroller Ea
kela Issues an Official Statement,
Which Inspires Confidence.
Pennsylvania's 0)ood
Report
"Re-ent dispatches have appeared In tht
newspapers," laid Comptroller or Ihe Cur
rency Eckels lo s reporter on Friday, at
Washington, "that since January 1, 1803,
200 national banks have failec', the follow
ing statement has been prepared that the
public may be proiierly Informed. Instead
of 200 having closed their doors, but 103
have gone Into the hands of the comptroller
of the currency. Fourteen of this number
bare already resumed business under favor
able conditions and are possessed of the con
fldence of the communities where lucited,
and during the ensuing week it is expected
several others will have complied with the
requirements of thecoin pi roller end reopen
ed, while prior to September 1 an equal
number will resume.
"Out of the total of 105 closed hut 87 have
gone into the hands of receivers, the balance
either having reoiened or are still in the
hands or the examiners witlt strop pros
pects of reopening. Five of the 101 banks
are capitahie-l In the amount of tl.OnO.istu
each. 1 at IWI.OOO. U at t .V) .0 si. 30 at t.V)..
(too, ami the remaining at 1300,000. t2.0.ISI0,
tlOO.000 and less, but all at more than
(50,0011. the greater number, however. being
from (20,1,000 to (150.000. Hy geograp:ial
sections the failures are distributed as
follows: New England states, 2: eastern
States, 1; middle and Miaa!slppi valley
stales, 1 1; north western slstes. o; Western
states, 55: southern states, 25.
The statement then goes on to show the
number of nalional banks In operation in
all the States, which is 3,7H5, of which "U7
are in Pennsylvania, 211 In Ohio and HO In
West Virginia. There lias been no failure
in Pennsylvania nor in West Virginia, and
but 2 in Ohio. The statement continues :
"It Is further worthy of note that no
national banks have failed in Boston,
Urook lyn, Philadelphia. I'lttslHirg.Hnlliniois
Washington, Jtuflalo. Cincinnati. St. Luuis,
New Orleans, San Francisco, Minneapolis,
St Paul and numbers of oilier great com
mercial centers, an I that but one has cloned
in New York, two In Chicago and one in
Milwaukee. The cause of the failures in
New Yor and C hicago were due large y lo
mismanagement. as were nil tubers of others.
l,ocal scares have caused many of late lo
suspend. Nine of the banks failed were
robbed by olliciuls who are now under
arrest."
THK RETrllNINU IIOIW.
The large orders said to have been given
by New York financial houses for gold
abroad to be Imported into the country are
regarded at the treasury department as a
faorable symptom of returning confidence.
Gold in considerable quantities is also com
ing here Irom the Went Indies. From
present iudtca'ioiis the gold in the treasury
will soon pa-s (lisi.uun.isio. It Is to-duy
(97.500,(100 When the tltsD.ISSi.OOJ is psss
ed the tteasury will again resume the is
suance of (.-old certificates which by law had
to be jti?;iiid'."J w'i;:i t!iq treasury gold was
reduced below ( I.iO,iM0,0uO.
The gold certificates now outstanding
aggregate tH'.i.Os.i.iiJO.wliiih is an unusiinlly
small quantity for the treasury to have.
The department, however, shows little or
no Interest whether the gold is tUSi.OOO.OO:)
or (l75,Ouo,0O0 as it Is the policy ol Secretary
Carlisle lo use the gold on hand tho fatness
he does currency in meeting Ihe ob igations
of the treasury. So far for several months
past the gold reserve has Ix-en u Dated as
available cash. On this basis the available
cash in Ihe treasury to day is (122,009.000.
BDBINE88 HOLDS UP.
boundnesa and Strength Shown In the
Commercial World Despite the
Failures and Flurries of the
Week.
R. G. Eun 4 Co.'s "Weekly Review of
Trade" says:
The hardest weet has left the holiness
world still able to rejoice In the roundness
and strength disclosed. Prices or ttocka
were greatly depressed Tuesday and Wed
needy, closing lower thau any other day
since January, 1879. The fall on Wednes
day averaged over (2 per share, and yet
only two failures resulted, and those were
of brokers not especially important A
sharp rally followed on Thursday wr
buying from London by shorts, and espe
cially significant buying by small investors.
No bank here or at other Eastern cities,
and no Eastern Arms of large imiiorlanre
have gone down, but numerous hanks failed
at the West includine some of high repute
and large basines. The Erie rtl'road was
aguin placed in the hands of a rcVver,
though lor eight months or the fiscal year
the net earnings of tnecompany had uemi
larger than la-t year, an! earnings or roads
reporting are generally close to last year.
The money market became excitingly
stringent again with theriepresaiou in stocks
an i the drain to assist other cities has been
very heavy, but through sli the strain the
banks of New York have passed without
trounlc.and imports of gold have commenc-
From (1,000,000 to (2,000.000 In money
lias been sent West everyday and a large
decrease in hank reserves is expectrd.as lliu
Treasurer has not been disbursing heavily.
Few commercial loans have been negotiated
and at high rales. At other cities the money
markets have bean quite close, but bank
failures at Milwaukee, Indianapolis and
Louisville have caused less disturbance than
might have been feared. 1 he Treasury pur
chutes ilver spuringly ami the exports of
tne metal nave oeen lame, r-xebunees be
tween this city and Philadelphia huve been
especially disturbed, but banks of the latter
city continue to supply customers as well
as they can. Chicago has druwn heavily ou
New York, but in Ihut aud other cities
bank statemeuts indicate creditable sound
ness. Grain rose brls'tly on Monday, hut all
speculative markets yielded a little when
tight money and the slaughter of stocks
came.
The failures during Ilia past week num
ber 3bu in Ihe United btutea. againtt 171 last
year, and 23 in Canada, against 23 lus-t yeur.
It is noteworthy that only three failrsei
were of ciipltal above t2UO,0UO each, and
only 09 of over (5.000 each. Over 50 banks
slopped during the week, but nearly all
were in the West, Lust week the failures in
the United Stales numbered 4)7 und tho
previous week 374,
THE KIISINKHS RANOMETKII.
Bank clearings totals for the week ending
July 27, us telrgrupbed to ilraitttrte, ma
us follows:
New York (515.2-I7.W8 D 5 R
Boston ril.iid.'Jisl 1) 7.0
Chicago 73.2.H.U52 D 22.H
Philadelphia 5d.377,7)2 D lli.H
St Louis HI.8 8,553 D 2011
Pittsburg 13,377.372 D lu.3
Baltimore 12.lsi2.4lll D 4.2
Han Francisco 10.P22 044 D 2 .5
Cincinnati 0,7115,205 D 20.1
Cleveland 5,16.1,WJ 1) 11.7
Totals. U. 8 .T"(W17,H8.50H D 10.7
Exclusive ef New York 372,740,500 ' 10.5
1 indicates increase, D decrease.
An unknown enthusiast nearly suc
ceeded in stealing some (10,000 worth of
stamps from the National Pbllatelio Asso
ciation's exhibit In the World's Fair Feder
al building.
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Borne Interesting t lgures From "Poor's
Railroad Manual."
The twenty-sixth annual number has
just been Ir-sued or "Poof's Rsilioud Msn
usl," for msny years tht recognised sulhor
Ity on matters pertaining lo railroad con
porations. A summary or the o, eralions of
Ihe various companies during the fiscal
yeses reported is presented In ths Introduc
tion, and a comparison made with ths
operations of previous yesrs sines 188(1.
SThe total length of track completed up to
Ihe close of the flm-nl veers of the respective
companies waa I71.HH0 miles, and the opera
tions are repotted of I7U.007 miles. exclusive
ofthe elevated ruilro kIs. The total traffic
revenue, Including the elevated railroads
(13.414.1125), was e 1.205, 27 2. 1 123. and net
(358.iH4.B2i The total available revenue
was (I73.258.nn3, all excess over arttttl pay
ments of (55.31S1. ;n. The capital stock ; per
mile of completed road has decreased 'from
t2ll,35 In INMil to (28.0H0 in mn while the
bonded Indebtedness per mile has Increased
In the same time from (2,on2 to (.11.815.
The earning per passenger mile have de
creased from 2.194 cents in 1WKI to 2.143 in
I8M2. and the railroads received only 0 907
perlon per mile on freight lat year In place
of 1,012 cents in 18(1. Theaverave distnuee
per pussenrer was 23.79 miles against 25.27
miles in lrWI, and the averate haul per ton
was 112.70 against 10H 49 miles in 1880. The
Interests and dividends paid on the bonds,
stock and debt amounted lo 8.01 per cent iu
1892 against 3.20 per cent In 18X0.
Her Memory Waa Strrngthenmt.
A woman who has had a grout deal
of trouble with her servants also has
what she calls a"bumoroushusband."
The last table maid this woman
hired was a six-foot, auburn-haired
Nova fiootlan. Fhe wat very satis
factory, except for tho fact that Id
setting the table she would Invari
ably omit to place the salt thereon.
So one day tho head of tho house,
being weary of ordering the same
thins; every day, called the girl and
said: "Christie, will you (ret the
stcpladderV It was brought Into
tho dining room. "Please put It
"gainst the wall and climb up on It."
The girl, wondering, obeyed, and
stood looking down over her shoulder
at her employer. "Now, Christie,
please look all over the tabic," said
he, "und see If you can see any salt"
Tho salt wag not forgotten again
Boston Record.
MARKETS.
rirrsBi-ao.
THE WHOLESALE THICKS ARE IIVE BSLOW.
ORAIN. FLOCR AND rSKtl.
whe.t-no. i Red i
No. 2 Red
CORN No. 2 Yellow ear...
High Mixed ear
No. 2 Yellow r-helled
Shelled Mixed
OATH No. 1 White
NO. 2 White
No. 3 White
Mixed
R Y K No. 1
No. 2 Western, New
FLOl'R fancy winter pal?
Fancy Spring patents
Fancy Straight winter....
XXX Kukers
Rye Flour
HAY Haled No. 1 Tini'y..
Paled No. 2 Timothy
Mixed Clover
Timothy from country...
6T It AW Wheat
Oats
FKi:U-No. 1 W'h Md T
Drown Middlings
llrsn. bulk
07 (
03
50
4H
45
42
38
37
35
84
tkl
57
4 0)
4 20
3 (15
8 00
8 50
10 75
15 00
12 00
19 00
0 f0
7 50
17 00
14 6)
15 Ml
I m
0)1
51
49
40
43
.19
88
86
85
61
58
4 25
4 45
3 90
8 25
8 7.1
17 00
15 50
13 00
22 00
7 00
8 00
18 00
15 00
10 00
HAiEt rxonrcT.
BUTTER-Elgin Creamery 23 23
Fancy Creamery , 17 19
Fancy country roll 12 13
I-ow grade iV. cooking..., 8 10
CHEESE Ohio full make.. 0 10
New York tioslien B 10
Wisconsin Hwiss 14 15
I.imburuer ( Fall maki. . . 11 12
KKI'IT ANU VFOETAIILKH.
APPI.ES-Fancy, f Mil... 3 25 3 50
Fair to choice, V hbl.... 2 75 8 00
BEANS
N Y & M(new)Hcansbbl 2 00 2 10
I.lma Beans 4
TOTATOES
Fsncy Rose 2 25 2 50
Choice Rose 1 60 1 75
Sweet, per hb. . . 4 00
rocLTHr-ITC.
DRESSED CHICKENS
Hpring chickens V lb 16 17
Uressed ducks fib 10 11
Pressed turkevs V B 15 IU
LIVE CHICKENS
Spring chickens SO 50
Live chickens V pr 70 75
Live 1 rucks V pr 50 55
Live Turkeys & 8 7
FXiliM PaAOhiofresh.... 14 13
FEATHERS
Extra live Geese B 65 60
Nol Extra live geese fib 48 60
Mixed 25 35
anscELLAMous.
TAM.OW-Country,n... 4 5
Citv 4 5
8KKDH Clover 8 25 8 60
Timothy prime 2 10 2 20
Mine grass 140 170
RAOH Country mixed ... 1
HONEY White clover.... 17 18
llnckwiirat 10 12
MAPI.K HYH17P. new crop. HO 100
CIDER country sweet hbl 6 03 6 50
BERRIES per quart,
Blackberries 0 11
Raspberries black.... 10 11
red 13 15
Huckleberries 11 In
(iooaelierriea 7 H
Cherries 8 10
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR-
WHEAT No. 2 Red
(2 2o (3 10
60
KYK No. 2
CORK Mixed
OATS
Etitirt
BU'lTER..
rillLADELrillA.
FLOUR
WHEAT No. 2. Red
COKN-No. 2, Mixed
OATS No. 2, White
PUTTER Creamery Extra.
EOG8 Pa.. Firsts .
NSW YORK.
FLOUR Pateuta
WHEAT No 2 Red
RYE Western
CORN No. 2
OATS Mixed Western
PUTTER Creamery
EUtlS htuto and Peiin
41
31
17
(2 70(3 (4 25
07 OK
40 47
811 40
21 25
13 1
2 00
09
65
47
30
15
14
4 00
70
67
4H
87
20
15
LIVE-STOCK Kr.roHT.
EAST UBEIITY, rirrtlUUKU STOCK YARDS.
CATTLE.
Prime Hirers ,
liood butcher
Common
Hulls and dry cows
Veal Calves
Freslicows, per head..
4 8-5 to A 20
4 70 to 4 8-5
8 00 to 3 50
2 ISI to 3 25
6 50 to II 25
20 00 to 40 00
mme.
Prime 05 to 100-B. sheep...
Good mixed
Common 70 to 75 tb sheep..
Choice Laiuba
4 30 to 4 40
8 73 lo 4 00
5 00 lo 8 AO,
4 80 lo 5 00
Hous.
(lood Yorkers
Common Yorkers.
Roughs
Jigs"
6 40 to 0 50
6 25 to (1 36
4 60 to 6 00
4 60 to 6 50
67
60
42
82
10
21