HOMEWARD BOUND.
Life Story of the Hero of Manila.
TVAsmsoTO, D. C. (Special). Ad
iiirol Dewey will arrive at New York
bout October 1. This information
was received by Secretary Long a few
days ago and was immediately an
nounced fj tho officers of Vae Navy
Department.
Two or three days before Secretary
Long cabled Admiral Dewey at Hour
Kong asking him to state about when
he wonld arrive in the United States.
Admiral Dewey was informed that he
was to govern himself entirely by hit
own wishes in the matter of coming
home. The Department denned that
he feel no official restraint whatever.
The hero of Manila Day was to take
ADMIRAL'S
. FATHER
his time, if he desired, and stop wher
ever he wished. Of course the official
despatch to Admiral Dewey conveyed
this information very briefly, but
enough was said to let him feel that
he' was to govern himself according to
his individual desires.
' Soon after the Admiral cabled from
Hong Kong the announcement that be
would stop at various places on his
way home. Lieutenant Ward, of the
Navigation Bureau, then made the
following official announcement:
"Admiral Dewey telegraphs that he
will stop at various places on his way
to the United States and will reach
New York Vbcnt October 1,
' George Dewey the man who in one
day made his bare name biggor than
all the title that could be fastened to
it and whose home-coming the entire
United Statws are now awaiting with
feverish impatience is a strictly
American product.
For nearly ten generations, cover
ing the greater part of three centuries,
the blood that feeds his cool, clear
brain has drawn its vigoi from Yan
kee soil.
He is an American, and that is
enough. Just as his name needs no
official-flourishes, his fame has no use
for heraldio tinsel; and the pedigree
cranks who profess to trace back his
lineage through English barons and
metlfrcval kings even to the 'pagan
gods, will do well to carry their wares
to a cheaper market. George Dewey
la no proper subjeot for trifling of this
ort.
The lrvely baby who was destined
some aixty years later to smash the.
bubble of Spain's pride was - born at
Montpelie. Vt., December 26, 1837.
hnis father was Julius Y. Dewey, a
physician of Montpelier, and one of
'the founders of the National Life .In
surance Company, He was fine,
dignified specimen of -on old school
New England gentleman, very scrup
ulous about small things. He was
one of the first communicants of
Chr'it Episcopal Churchy in Mont
pelier. -
George Dewey's mother died when
he wasnvo years fid. His insepara
ble companion and closest confldaute
from Infancy was his sister, now Mrs.
Mary P. Greeley, of Montpelier.
The aVeotfbn between George and
his only sister, Mary, is touching.
They are of about the same age only
some eighteen' months apart and
were constant playmates during tbfeir
whole childhood. When George got
np a "show'Vin his father's barn.with
' . r u P
buffalo-robe for drop-ourtain,Mary
was the "leading lady," whose duty
It was to fall on her kuees and weep
-nen Ueorge "shot on the pistol." It
Mary who would glory wheu
RC wma viator in a fist fitfht. It
Mary who would go along to bait
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the hook when Oeorge went fishing In
Onion River or Dog Creek. This same
sister, now Mrs. Greeley, a cultured
widow, is living in Montpelier.
Like Jlnon and Lord Clive.George
Dewey was a very bad boy at school.
He nsod to be known iu Montpelier
as "That naughty Dewey boy." , He
was a recognized leader among the
boys of his nge in the town.
He could stay under the water of
th9 Winooitki River longer than any
of them. He could skate and swim
and run as no other boy in Montpelier
could. But at the little old district
school where he learned to read and
write and multiply, he was a thorn iu
the flesh of any oue who had the mis
fortune to try to teach him. Teacher
MONTMEXT OF TnE FIP.8T OF DEWKT's
PBOOESITOF8 IX AMEBIC AT WK8T
FTFLh, VERMONT.
after teacher Ip't the school in dis
gust. "That Dewey boy runs the
school," was the complaint of all of
them.
But the Dewoy boy found his match
and his master at last in Z. K. Pang
born, his tedbher, who is now promi
nent in the politics of New Jersey,
Mayor Pangborn once when George
Was unusually bad licked him within
an inch ot Lis life. Says the Mayor,
describing the incident:
"I escorted George home to his
father that day. fie looked at the
rawhide and at the cuts on his son's
face. 'Well, Mr. Pangborn,' he said,
sternly, 'I don't care what you've
done, if you've only made him mind
yon.'"
And George Dewey did mind after
that. At a meeting many years after-
. schools
ward with his former teacher and clis
oiplinurian he said;
"That rawhide came just at the
right time. It made a man of me."
The Norwich Military Academy
was the auooessor to Pangborn'
sokooL IHera George learned the
isv amy- usaviw. - ,.
manual ot arms and prepared for the
Naval Academy, the one goat on which
all his boyish hopes were centred.
Through the influence of Senator
Foote, cT .Vermont, he was appointed
to Annapolis in 1864.
He gTadnated in 1858, and his pnb
lio career since then is fonnd :'.n the
books of the Navy Department. As a
lieutenant he was detailed to the Mis
sissippi, one of Farragnt's fleet in tin
WestGulf squadron. The Mississippi
took part in the capture of New Or
leans. It was when Dewey Tins thirty years
old and stationed at the Kittery Navy
Yard, off Portsmouth, N. H., that he
first mot Mips Susie Goodwin and fell
desperately in Kve with her. She was
the daughter of the fine old fighting
Governor of New Hampshire, Iohabod
Goodwin, Commander Ithind, of the
Navy Yard, who outranked Dewey by
a good many numbers, was also deeply
attached to Miss Goodwin, and for a
long time all Portsmouth wondered
which of the two navy officers would
bo Miss Goodwin's choice. Dewey
won ana commander lUnnrt sailed on
a fine old ship,' the Narransransett.
just about the time that Susie Good
win and George Dewey were married,
October 24, 1867.
The great sorrow of Ooorge Dewey's
life came in 1872. While on his first
cruise on the European station as com
mander of a ship, the news came that
a son had been born to him. Five
days later Dewey received the saddest
cable message ot his life. It told him
that his wife was dead. For a long
time Dewey was ; inconsolable. More
than one of his friends thought his
career had ended with the cablegram
announcing his wife's death.
His son, who is now in New York,
was named George Goodwin Dewey,
in honor ot his father.
From 1872 to 1876 he superintended
OEOnOE OOODWIX DEWEY, ONLY SOX OF
THE ADMIBAi.
the Paoiflo Coast survey. He was
made a captain in 1884 and chief of the
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting
in 1889. From that time up to 1897,
when he went to Hong Kong to as
sume oommand of our Asiatio squad
ron, the greater part of his time was
spent in Washington.
No one in all Washington was more
souglit after in clubs or a greater
favorite (in society than the quiet,
kindly, gentle .man ot the world.
George Dewey.
He had a suite of apartments in the
Metropolitan Club at Washington,
and was for years a, member of the
House Committee. He was scrupul
ous in hia attention to dress. He is
always fond of a good cigar and a
good srbry.
Wrecks Around Bable Ialand.
Sinoe 1802 a wreck register has been
carefully kept dT the disasters around
Sable Island whiob shows more than
190 wrecks. Once entangled in the
shallows ot Sable Island, once stranded
npon tly bars, and it is all over with
the hapless cruft. Men-of-war and
stately frigates have been wrecked
here as'well as steamships, barks and
fighting smacks.
Storing Up Kuowledge.
"Edith, what made, you ask Mrs.
Crumpet how to make tea? You
know you don't like her tea."
"Yes, mamma; but, ybu see, I think
I ought to know how not to make it."
Chicago News.
W f w
w- A, ' J
TO FUNSTON.
Thy name, oh gallant Knnsan, Is a terror
And a nightmare to the poetaster.
It doth not lend Itself beseemlngly
To the vagrant rhytnster. It trlppettt not
Along the boskyMnlls ot poesy,
Caused by the eager muso.
Funstont 'TIs a nnhie
To grasp at either end and swing In sir
To club some boasting enemy to denthl
Fonstonl It hns a Knnsns sort ot sound,
Tlmt well holUs a Kunsns hurricane
llxgun In tun find ending with a stun
Tlmt enrends all over hnlf a doznn counties.
This not a thing of benuty nor n Joy
To the Filipinos. It mrnn trouble,
Thunder, lightning and woe, and sudden
denth.
And ground torn up, nnd knock-out dropj
nnd blood,
And whirling terrors, nnd black destruo
tlon,
And no tornado cellar!
Uo It, oh mighty Funston, lighting Fun
stont
What though tlly weight be hardly more
than one-stnnT
Not size, but quality It Is that counts;
It Is the mind, and not the ment, that
mounts.
There's nothing In the mnka-np of a name,
"Funston" shall 1111 tho soun ling trump vt
fame,
Ven, bent fame's drum with loud resouud
Ing thud,
And evermore thy foe's name shnll be Mudl
Chlcngo Tribune,
HUMOR 07 THE DAY.
Maid "Bachelorhood must be an
Ideal state." Bachelor "I suppose
so; it is not in the union." Judge.
"Good heavens, Williel yon have
n't swallowed all the pills, have you?"
"No, ma'am. I gave half of 'em to)
the baby." Life.
Talkative Lady (to crusly old table
companion) "llow do you like to
eat chicken?" Crusty O. T. C "In
silence, thank yon."
"Bobby, what did yon do with your
peanut (hells on the street car?" "I
put them in th overcoat pocket o' that
man I wns a-sittiu'by." Detroit Free
Press.
Mistress "Didn't the Indie who
called leave cards?" Bridget "They
wanted to, ma'am, buK I told them
yon had plenty of your own, and bet
ter, too." Every Where.
"Why do you call Jimpson a confi
dence mau?" ".Because he's always
taking people ar.hle nnd tolling them
his private afTiti.s under pledge of se
crecy." Sou .Vroncisco Examiner.
Mamma (sternly) "Don't you
know what the great King Solomon
said, '.Spare the Jrod ami spoil the
child?'" Bobby "Yes; but he did
u't say that uutil he was growed up."
"Professor Fiske says t'unt as nmu
progresses, evil will lapse into a 're
uiomory." "Humph I Intimation
might forget his siux, but the neigh
bors never would." Chicago Record.
He "I do wish you would hurry a
little with your dressing, for we are
very late." Hhe "Hurry? Why, I
have been hurrying as hard as I can
for the last two and a half houis."
Tit-Bits.
Alice "Oh, I wish I could tell yon
how foolish Frod looked wheu he be
gan to propose to mo last night."
Myrtle "Really, did ho begiu? It's
a wonder you gave him a chauco."
Chicago News.
One bait doesn't know how tho other halt
live;
Of this there Is sonrcely a doubt,
And were It their business, wa d freoly for
give
The persistent attompts to find out I
I'uck.
Bull "It would bo a great mistake
to allow womon in tho Stock Ex
change." Bear "Why so?" Bull
"Well, just to think of ns paying
from twenty to thirty thousand for a
seat, and then having to give it up to
a woman." Brooklyn Life.
In a hamlet on the banks of the River
Ayr, one of her Majesty 'a inspectors
was examining a class on SoottiHh his
tory, and wishing to elioit tho fact of
James V.'s quarrel with his Queen;
Mary of Lorraiue, asked the question:
"Why was Mary Queen of Scots boru
at Linlithgow?" when up starts a lit
tle fellow and shouts: "Because her
anther was there." Tit-Bits.
What Aiherlean Spend In London.
Some London statistician announces
that Americana spend in London moro
than $10,000,000 every season, and he
leolares that the greater part of this
somes from the Americans living there
permanently or for some months at a
time and not from the transient visi
tors who stay for only a few days.
The Amerioan entertainments are said
to be looked npon now as a regular
feature of the season and play an ap
preciable part in its brillianoy. Shop
keepers And that Americans are gen
erally more liberal in their dealings
than English people of the same
wealth and position. The number ot
Americans residing permanently in
London is now estimated at 20,000.
There are nearly as many more during
the average summer, although in years
of expositions or special events this
figure is much inoreased. A New
Yorker who receutly returned from
London was impressed with the small
number ot his fellow citizens who
seemed to take up their residence
there. The number of New Yorkers
among the Americans who live per
manently in London is said to be dis
proportionately small. The majority
of these expatriated citizens ot tha
United States are said to come from
the middle West. New York Suu,
Hints Cauaiit In Fish Net.
The other night, while Mousehole
men were pulling in their mackerel
nets in Mount's Bay seas, they were
very much surprised to find, instead of
mackerel, , a large number of birds
meshed. These winged creatures,
which are of the "Mir" species, dive
a little way below the surface iu search
ot small fish. It is not unusual for
three or four of these birds to get
entuugled in the maokorel note during
a night's drift, but on this ocoasiou
one boat had fifty-oue, another
twenty-two and most ot the fleet a fair
share. Many say that such a capture
ot sea birds has never beon kuowo
previously. Tho Oornlshaiao.
KEYSTONE STATE HEWS CONDENSED
IN A SNAKE'S JAWS.
A Ketper Atttmpti to Pttd the Reptile sad Is
B ted In lis Fewerlul Orp No
Harm Cone.
A snake den was one of the attrac
tions at the Klk's street fulr at New
Omtlo n few days nno. The owner of
the minkes was endeavoring to get a
sniikc to t-nt, nnd was swinging live
t'hlrkens by the h'RS bark and forth
above the head of ihe snake when the
latter mhvc a sudden bound from the
cukp, Aunt piiHt the keeper's body, and
seised his arms In Its powerful jaws.
The people In the tint made a rush for
the outside, nnd quite a panic ensued
for n few minutes, but there was no
hnrm done.
The following pensions were Issued
Inst week: Holi.i t L. MrOuughey, Day
ton, $6; John Horabnugh, New Wnsh
ItiKton, $12; John W. Hartley, West
Punliury, IS; Jtihn C. Krhoek, Middle
burg, S; John Ureen, I't-nn nun, 117;
lmvid Kelly, i'hainbeinburg, 18; Kilns
I'rlssey lenl, $14; Lewis Hhorts, Dor
nuue, 117: Peter A. Marks, Alfaraia,
110; Wllllnni H. Ostrander, Coruopolls,
110; V. J. Htow, Mosgrove, Is; Hugh T.
Duff, 1'erryopiilln, ii); Kate Wilson,
Allen, Ih; Wllllum A. Ullver, dead,
flushing, $12 John W. florsui h, Tllus
vllle, ID; Joseph O. Miller, Umontown,
IK; William l.ln?ey. New Castle, IH;
Alexander ltonlund, IJrmkwnyvllle,
10; John 9. Hunter, Ktna, It); Sylves
ter H. Harris, Tnrenlum, X; John H.
Hulls, I'astlo Shannon, 6; Ml.luul
Itowlet, Johnstown, $4: ltlc hard Nell,
UrqjIenvlUe, 1U; Wllllum A'.'1"18. Alle
gheny, tliT; Jniv.es C. Moiiis.;n, Fr.uik
lln, 110; Ll Helierly, Waynesboro,
s; J iimb Hawii. Huntington, 117; llurr
Wood. Covert. 117; Charles W. ltnni
bough, Itradford. $8; Margaret A. Oli
ver, Pittsburg, 8; William C. Irwin,
Foxburg, $12; Cyrus Ilottman, B:anrh
nrd, Center. $8 to $10; Jneob Haler,
Houth WtlllamMport, It to $17; John M.
Kirk, deceased. Allegheny, $8; Thomas
H. Morgan, Webster, $18 to $;4; Jnmes
F. McKec, Prospeet. Ilutler. $8 to $18;
John F. Button, Pittsburg, $8 50 to
$12 7S: Holomon H. Kly. Lemasters,
Franklin, $8 to $10; Oeorge Onatt, Sol
diers' Home, Krle, $6 to $12; John Hus
ton, Deny Station, Westmoreland. $8
to $8; Thomas C. Metcalfe, Mereers
burg, $8 to $S; James Armstrong, Flat
woods, Fayette, $4 to $10; David M. I..
Pearce, North Mills, Mereer, $8 to $28;
J'helie Hilninn, North llraddock. Alle
gheny, $8; Nanry A. Kirk,, Allegheny,
$S; Hrldget Sullivan, Arnot, Tioga, $8.
Council has voted to give right of
way to the new lruns.tr company,
whleh will soon connect the town of
Fayette City with lh jst side of the
river. The transfer is entirely different
from any on the Mononguhelii river,
there being only one such contrivance
In existence used for passengers. Two
Immense towers, 75 feet J'.lgh, will be
erected on each side of the river, and
from these wires will lie suspended, a
big cage running on ihvm is feet above
water. The cage will have u capacity
of 20 tons and the entire apparatus
will cost about $15,000. The i bject Is
the conveyance of frcUht, livo Mock
nnd passengers. It Is to be constructed
nnd overseen by the men who ton
sil ticted tho Hi-ooklyn bridge.
Mrs. Hun-let Abel Cooiev, fili years
old, died at her home in Smith'!. 'Id a
few days ngo. She vas the mother of
plxteen children, cloven boys and live
Blrls. Six of the boys B'e dead. Her
husband. Louis, died soon after his
sons were killed, of the boys Frank,
tho leader of the Cooky band of out
laws, was shot by a blui lff h posse
while resisting arrest i:ar the Cooley
homestend, above Fnlrvhunce, Jack
was killed by a trap gun set for the
outlaws In the mlU-houso of Thomas
Collier, and Dick dkd recently. Just af
ter being liberated fror.i tho peniten
tiary. Adjutant General Stewart has turned
over to F.nos Russell, keeper of the tlug
room In tho executive building at Har
llsburg the first liars or the Spanish
American War to go on exhibition in
the State Museum of Wnr Trophies.
(ne Is the tattered silk guidon of the
Philadelphia City Troop, with a new
silk guidon hanging from the same
staff. There are also the American Hug
and the State Hag, the regimental
rolora which floated In front of the
headquarters of tho Thirteenth Penn
sylvania Keglment.
The other morning a thief at Belle
fonte forced an entrance Into the bed
room of Charles Hanlon, a baker, und
his wife. The receipts of the previous
day were In a bag under Harrison's
pillow, and this the thief took. Mis.
Harrison awoke, and though the thief
was a big man and she a very small
woman she caught him by tho wrist
and hung on. The thief struggled and
Mrs. Harrison aeriarrv;d. The man
dropped the money and lied. Charles
Harrison was found In u Htupillcd con
dition, evidently having been drugged.
A Hungarian named Joseph Povellk
the other morning shot Mrs. Mary
Snlski then sent two bullets Into his
own head, dying Instantly. The
tragedy occurred about a mile below
Leechburg, on the loop of the Alle
gheny Valley railroad, In Armstrong
county. The woman received two
bullets, one in the cheek and the other
in her head, and her recovery Is doubt
ful. Jacob A. Parr of Hanover was placed
In Jull at York last Saturday, charged
with the murder of his wife. She died
suddenly on Monday, supposedly from
heart disease. Marks of violence were
found on the body. The coroner's Jury
rendered a verdict holding Parr respon
sible. Parr came from Maryland.
Harold, aged 1 year, son of Harold
Dryon of Willlamsnort, Md., was found
by his mother hanging from a bed the
other night with his neck broken. Tho
child In some way got his head between
the Iron burs. The father Is the owner
of a large tannery at Mercersburg, Pu
and one at Wllllamsport.
During a row In an Italian house at
Connellsvllle, Mrs. Catherine Dradley
threw a scrubbing brush at Tony Fuh
rir and the latter, In retaliation, threw
a hatchet at the woman, missing his
mark, the hatchet Instead striking her
husband, Alexander itrauley, who lost
an eur thereby.
While lighting a Are In the kitchen
stove at beaver, Miss Cynthlu Ink
ham, tin' 17-year-old daughter of
Ueorge Zinkhum of ltochester town
ship, was so badly burned by the ex
plosion of the oil can thut she died In
great agony eight hours afterward,
Fdward H. Leisy, aged 71, of Iteams
town, a civil war veteran waa killed
by an accidental overdose of medicine.
John A. Thomas, an employe of the
Pittsburg LlmeHtone Company, of Al
toona, was Instantly killed und.r a
fall of roc k ut the company's iiuarrles.
Ho leaves a wife and lour children
At Valley Cump utatlon on tho Alia
gheny Valley rallro.id near New Ken
slngton the othir night J. S. Whiles. II
the night operator, was knot ked down
by u burglar und the money druwir
robbed of $25.
I.mlH lg h'beman. aged 10, was drown
ed In the Allegheny river, wh.le bath
ing with companions, who were power
less to rescue the little fellow.
The strawberry crop In Fayette
county, la the best on record, llerries
from 7 Inches to Inchea in clrcun.fcr
sues are reported common.
THI MARKETS.
riTTSMuno.
Jrmln, flnnr and Peed.
WflKAT No. red.,..,i 70 71
WHF.AT-Nn. 1 new Ti 78
COItN No i yellow, enr. 89 i'i
no, x yenow, ineuen oi v
Mixed ear f8 87
OATH No. 9 white 81 81
No. 8 white Bl 81
tlYE No. 1 01 69
FLOUK Winter patent 4 00 4 10
raner straigut winter 8 m ,o
live flour 8 40 t 60
HAt-No. 1 timothy 1174 IU CO
Clover, No. 1 9 60 10 00
FEKI) No. I while mid., ton. . 10 00 10 'J
Drown middlings 13 75 14 00
llran. bulk in B0 1.1 00
STRAW Wheat. 8 00 t to
Oat 0 1)0 8 113
8F.F.DH Medium Ited Clover.. 8 75 4 00
iltnothy, prime 1 80 1 0U
Dairy Products.
Bt'TTEn Elgin creamery. .... t 20(9 81
unio creamery is if
Fancy oountrv roll 10 11
C11F.EHE Ohio, new 0 09
hew Xork. new 08 09
Frails and Vegetables,
HEAKR Oreen V bn 1 BOOK 1 75
I'OTATOKH-.FancvWhttr.V bit 60 65
('AI)IIAOE- -Per orate Fla i 00 S 35
ONIONS per doz bunohes 10 1
Toultry, Ktn.
HENS per ualr hi 70
(IINKKNH dressed 14 15
nilKEYH dresaed 14 15
EOOSl'n. and Ohio, fteih.... 13 14
nAI.TlMOHE.
Fl.Ot n 8 75 4 09
IV III.'.! 'I' v o u.1 -a ta
COItN-Mlxed 87 81
OATH 81 83
EOOH is H
UUXiElt- Ohio creamery 19 in
l-niLAbELruit
Fl-OfP. 3 60 S 75
W II K AT No. 9 red 77 " IS
COItN No. 1 mixed 81 89
OATH -No. 8 white 81 83
Bl'TTElt Creamery, extra.... 11 1(1
EOGS Pennsylvania firsts.... 13 14
ntw voitic
Fl.orn-Patents 4 W$ 4 20
WHEAT No, 2 red 79 80
COIIN No. 3 41
OATH W bite Western 82
HL'T'i EH Creamery. 15 18
EUQri Htate ot I'enn 13 14
LITIS STOCK.
Central Stock T arils, East Liberty, Pa.
CATTLE.
rrlme. 1.100 to HOO lbs ft S 909 8 41
Good, 1200 to 1800 Iti A 20 6 95
Tidy. 1000 to 1150 Itis. 6 00 6 25
Fair light steers, 9O0 to 1000 lbs 4 40 4 85
Common, 700 to 900 lbs 4 20 4 40
BOOS.
Medium 4 09 4 03
Heavy 4 05 4 10
Houghs and stags 8 25 S 60
euirr.
rrlme, 05 to 105 ths 4 65 4 C5
flood, 66 to 00 lbs. 4 40 4 60
Folr, 70 to H) lbs 4 25 4 75
Common a 25 8 25
Veal Calves 6 09 7 60
LAMBS.
flprlneer, extra 8 009 8 60 '
Springer, good to choice 7 00 8 00
Common to fair 6 00 6 60
Extra yearling", light. 0 25 6X5
Good to choice yearlings. 0 Oil 0 2
Medium 4 75 6 75
toiuaioa 8 6J 7 10
REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Increand Pricts Atktd for Are Eald to be
Fictitious Export of Flour bcclinss.
It. a. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade reports as follows for last week:
"The past week has brought a rise
In prices not equaled In any other week
of muny years. Iron products have
advanced 8.S2 per cent in a week and
pig from 4.8 per cent, following ad
vances of 8 per cent in pig and 4 per
cent in products during May. Cotton
hus advanced 1 per cent and cotton
goods 1.8 per cent during the week,
with woolen goods 8 per cent and
boots and shoes 1 per cent. A little re
action of 6 per cent appears In leather
and 7 per cent in hides, but the char
acteristic of the time Is that expecta
tion of higher prices Induces buying
far In advance of requirements for
consumption.
"It is needless to say that this Is a
symptom of danger, and the most con
servative manufacturers, especially in
Iron and steel, have striven to avoid
It, but actual inability to deliver pro
ducts demanded, leaves them little
power, while speculation In wool and
other lines Is running away from con
sumption. It Is a saving feature that quotations
are quite largely fictitious. Almost ail
the goods now being delivered or pro
duced In some Industries are on prices
fixed by orders accepted several
months ago, and nearly all the Iron
works being thus tied up far ahead,
the prices quoted Indicate not at all
whut they are getting, but what they
see fit to ask as a way of refusing or
ders which they cannot accept, or else
the bids of impatient buyers who can
find nobody ready to deliver large
quantities.
During the past week quotations
have rlben for anthracite No. 1 to
$17 60 for r-esxemer to $18 50 at Pitta
burg, for gray forge to $16 lio. for bil
lets, with practically no sales, to $31;
for bars, $.' per ton; for plates and
sheets, as much; for rails, to $26; for
structural beams and angles, $5 per
ton, and for wire nails, 2uc per keg. But
there are no accounts of large trans
actions at these or any other prices,
though small sales ot pig last week for
Italy and this week for Bremen at
market prices, with German offers for
10,000 tons southern pig. Indicate that
needs abroad are quite as great ua
they are here.
While there Is a better demand for
woolen goods, so that prices of some
have advanced, It Is not yet possible
to distinguish heavy speculative opera- '
tlons In wool at Boston from efforts of
mills to buy. The prices current In all
wool-growing sections are so high a
to prevent sales In eastern market
to consumers, and traders who believe
that bills will presently be forced to
pay higher prices are tuklng the same
risk they did in the winter of 197, nut
realizing the sixe of stocks held.
After some advance wheat suddenly
declined two rents, closing lower tor
the week. Against all accounts of In
Jury Is the solid fact that western re
ceipts were 6,04!),194 bushels for the
week, against 1.477,045 from the great
crop of last year, and at current low
prices such receipts would be Inexplic
able if growers really expected a short
yield. Kxports have d 'cl neil, be ng
only 1,849,373 bushels, Hour Included,
from Atlantic ports, ngalnst 4 20K.293
last year, und 6JH 100 from Paclflo
ports, aguliiKt 2"3.213 last year, but
even as to future foreign demands this
Is not strong evidence. The e'Cmite
of reduction In yield are weakened In
market Judgment by etrtnintv that
spring wheat acreage Is unknown and
may exceed expectations, and that tho
prospect In spring wheat states Is ex
cellent. Corn has shewn unuatiel Inde
pendence, scarcely changing In prlc
with exports, 2 8 ooo bu heli, agatmt
4.134.611 last year.
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