THE STEEL "BILLET POOL. Alleged Reasons For the Refusal to Per- mit Dealings Through Brokers. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.—A dispatch from Pittsburg to The Press repeats the statement that steel billets have been sold by some firms at $17 a ton, the pool price being $20.25. The dispatch says that the , meaning is now clear of the announce- ment at the close of the billet pool meeting last week that the pool would continue on all matters except prices. When the pool was organized, part of the agreement was that members should not deallwith mid- dlemen or brokers. This section still stands, but the last vestige of the combina- tion to keep up prices, it is asserted, will probably fall away soon. A Pittsburg broker is quoted as saying: “Iron and steel brokers have been charged with demoralizing the business. This is not true. Large concerns like the Carnegie, Illinois and Pennsylvania Steel companies are able to maintain private agencies in every city of consequence from New York to San Francisco. Compara- tively small concerns cannot do this. They rely on the brokers to act as their agents; The smaller manufacturer buys and sells through the broker. When the billet pool was formed, th Carnegie and other com- panies insisted that members he not al- lowed to deal with brokers. Very soon the smaller billet manufacturers found they were being duped. The big mills got orders all over the country. The smaller plants were idle, and workmen went hun- gry. The large companies made all the output up to the demand, paying the little fellows $2 per ton under the allotment agreement, which provided that when a manufacturer failed to turn out his allot- ment he was tobe paid so much per ton by the pool. It was a good thing for the big concerns. They could manufacture cheaper than the smaller fellow and would remain ahead, although paying $2 a ten for all billets over and above their allot- ment. ” . Steel Billet War On. CLEVELAND, Dec. 17.—An agent of the Illinois Steel company, in an interview in this city today, stated that the steel pool would soon be on its feet again. The plan is to then make it hot for the Bellaire com- pany, that disrupted the pool by with- drawing and cutting prices. The agent said that as soon as the pool was once more in working order the members in the territory of the Bellaire company would sell below cost, if necessary. Miss Barton Visits Olney. WASHINGTON, Dec. l7.—-—Miss Clara Bar- ton of the Red Cross association called at ‘ the state department today and had an eX- tended interview with Secretary Olney rel- ative to affairs in Turkey as she saw them during the time she spent there last sum- . mer while engaged in the distribution of relief to the sufferers in Armenia. Congressman Grosvenor’s Condition. CLEVELAND, Dec. l7.——Concerning a re- ' port that Congressman Grosvenor had left Washington for his home in Ohio in very poor health a dispatch from Athens, 0., says, “Congressnnu Grosvenor is here at home with a slight throat trouble, but is able to attend to business, as usual.” Waterford Strikers Return to ‘Vork. TROY, N. Y., Dec. 17.—The striking la- borers at work in the improvements to the Champlain canal at Waterford returned to work today. No concessions were made by the contractors, who say they are pay- ing higher. wages than any other contract- ors on the same work. Hatfield Gets His Deserts. MIDDLESBORO, Ky.. Dec. 17,—Advices from Snecdville say that Marion Hatfield was hanged today for the murder of J ones Trait. Five thousand people were present. Hatfield confessed, implicating his wife and a woman named Haney Jordan. / Death of Dr. Goodrich. UTICA, N. Y., Dec. 17.—Rev. Dr. A. B. ' Goodrich, rector of Calvary Episcopal church, this city, died at Trenton, near here, today. Two weeks ago Dr. Goodrich took cold while attending a funeral. He was 57 years of age. Ineendiaries Burn Rhodes’ House. Loxoox. Dec. 17.—A dispatch from Cape Town to The Daily Mail says that the burning of Cecil Rhodes’ country house was the work of incendiaries. France‘s Naval Budget Passed. PARIS, Dec. 17.-—The chamber of depu- ties today passed the naval budget. The Weather. Fair; higher temperature; strong north- westerly winds. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. . NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-Money on call nomi- nally llv§@2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 4@5 per cent. Sterling exchange firm. with actual business in bankers’ bills at $4.87@ 4.87% for demand and at $4.83%@4.84 for fit days. Posted rates, 84.8%.85 and 84.87%@ 4.88. Commercial .bills. $54.83. Silver certifi- cates. 65%@66c.; no sales} Bar silver. 65%0. Mexican dollars, 510. Government bond! strong. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds weak. - Closing pmces: ‘ A‘tchison....- ...... 13%; New England..... —— Bur. &. Quincy. . . 73% N. J. Central ..... .102“ 6.. 0.. C. &. St. L. 21% North American.. 4'7 Chesapeake & 0.. 16% Northern Pacific. 12;: Chicago Gas ...... 73 Do. pref. . . . ..... 31% Cordage ........... . N. Y. Central. . 94% Cotton Oll ........ 15 Omaha ............ 47% Del. & Hudson. . .125% Ontario & West.. . 14M Distillers’ Trust. . — Pacific Mail.. . . . .. Erie ............... 14% Reading. .. . . ...... 243% General Electric. 31% Rock Island ....... 68 Hocking Valley.. 18 Silver Bullion. .. .. 659i hackawanna ...... 156 St. Paul ........... 7 Lake Shore ....... 153 Sugar Refinery.. .117 .............. 24 Texas Pacific. . . . . . 9% Louisville & Nash 4934; Union Pacific. .. Missouri Pacific.. 19%, Wabash pref ...... 1%: Northwestern. . “102% Western Union. General Markets. NEW YORK. Dec. 16. —FLOUR-—- State and western steady; city mills patents, [email protected]: winter patents. [email protected]; city mills clears “.m‘i. 05; winter straights. $4. 65@4. 75. WHEAT—No. 2 red opened weaker owing to lover cables, but rallied on covering started by light spring wheat receipts; 8615c; May, 86% 1-160. CORN—No. 2 opened easy, but rallied with wheat; January. 2954c; May. 31%@31%c.l OATS—No. 2 dull; track, white. state. 21@ 31560: track. white, western. 21@31}§c. PORK—Steady; moss, 88.25®8.75; 310(010. 50. LARD—Steady; prime western steam $4.,15 nominal. family. BUTTER—Quiet; state dairy. 1.:1@19c state creamery. 1469200. CHEESE—Steady; state, large. YWQKcJ email. 7316010540. EGGS—Quiet; state and Pennsylvania. 1% 21a; western, 18mm. SUGAR—Raw quiet; fair refining. 2740.: centrifugal. 96 test. 3%c.; refined quiet; crushed 50.: powdered. 496a. ' TURPENTINE—Quiet at 20%@27}éc. MOLASSES-Quiet: New Orleans. W to: new. January.’ ! THEEVENINU 1111111111 ‘ he TIM To SubsCribe for the {if . ready for evening service. .1». :1 11'. 1 1' EYES THAT eEE x RAvs ‘ Experiments Show that Roentgen Ligh' :xes Affect the Retina. Dr. Ilmndes of Belle. act' 11:; upon the penetiable to Roentgen rays, has been testing ”the effect ofxthese upon “lens- less” eyes. . \1 _ . He knew that there were many peo- ple in each ‘community who had had the lenses of one or beth eyes removed for extreme sliortsightedness, 01' for cataract. whose right eye a remnant of the lens had been left, allowed the experiment to be tried upon her. Professor Dorn,.ef Hallc. an asso- i‘iate of Dr. Brandes. subjected this girl, quite unexpectedly, to the rays. When a strong current was passed :hrough the darkened Crookes tube she declared that she saw a light with her icfr. eye. It was at first thought possible that 1‘ spark had spluttcred wires. was made impossible the girl. contin- ued to declare that she saw light. 111 experiments the two :hemsclves saw the cathode rays. They were, thus able to decide that'lleent- gen light way es really affect the 111‘.- :1.11 1etina. —Ncw Yoik J1. ‘u1‘nal. CABINET POSSIBILITIES. Dingley, of Elaine, \Vho “'1“ Draft the New Tariff Bill. Nelson Dingley. Gov. . Gov. Republic: 1) leader on \Yays and Means, and perhaps the next Secretary of the Treasury, will draft the new Republican tariff law for his party. He is a man of wonder- fulresourcbs. Major McKinley oncr: laid cf him: GOVERNOR DINGLEY. Dingley—no yet always able to command specl'ful attention of the whole House orator, the re- “Now. there is by sheer force of intellect. His head marshals them in troops and battal- 1ons so that anybody can understand." NO ELEPHANTS‘ EGGS. l’oor Paddy “’as in a. Dilemma and Was Obliged to Item-act His Boast- Pat Mailer has long borne the repu‘ tation of being the champion egg eater of his locality, and boasts that he once ate six dozen raw eggs, shells and all, at one sitting. But the boys got the best of Pat one evening recently. A11 usual, they offered to give him all the liquor he could drink, if he would swal- low a certain number of eggs. “Eat a dozen eggs, shells and all, in our presence, and you can get drunk at our expense,” said the spokesman. “Wan dozen hin eggs!” exclaimed Pat. with a contemptuous laugh. “Why, that will be nothin’ but a lunch. Ho, ho, 110!” “All 1"oig11t. boys, I' m wid yez. Oi'm just as equal t' goose er turkey eggs uz Oi am 1:” the fruit 0’ th’ hin. Oi’m ready, lads.” The “boys" went over to the bar, and procured a monstrous ostrich egg that had long ornamented the side- board. It was fully seven inches long and four inches in its smallest diame- ter. The contents of the shell had, of course, long been removed, but this fact was not apparent on casual inspec- tion. The egg was carefully carried to the table by which sat Mr. Maher, beaming and smiling ovel the free drink which was soon to be his. “Heres the first egg, Pat ” said the spokesman quietly; “the waiters will be along with the other eleven pre- sentiy.” Mr. Maher. gazed with bulging eyes at the giant egg, then at the gang, each of whom preserved an impassive face. Solemnly he pushed his chair back from the table, buttoned his coat, and fixed his battered hat firmly on his head. Then with one Leproachful finger directed at the shell upon the table, he said: “Boys, it’s not roight. it’s not roight. ' 01 didn’t ask that thim eggs be all hin eggs. Oi would {1’ been satisfied with dook eggs or goose cggs~onything in rason. But whin ye 1.1‘ing th‘ progeny uv th’ illyphant before me, it is toime foor me to renounce me bargain wid ye. Oi wudn’t eat wan 0’ them illy-‘ phant eggs if Oi cud.” Pat got no free liquor that evening. He,Judged from Experience. Sunday school superintendent—Can any of you tell me why Sunday is called the day of rest? , - Little Dick (holding up his hand)—l kin. . It’s ’cause we get up early and hurry through breakfas’ 80’s to dress ' in time fer Sunday school, and then hurry to Sunday school so we won’t be late, “and then skip inter church ’fore the bell stops ringin’, and then go home to dinner and get fixed up fer afternoon service; and then get sup- per an’ go to 'bed so pa and ma can get That's 31‘, . I wg.d‘o." ls crammed with useful facts, and he . observations of Professor Salvioni, an . Italian physicist, that lenses are 1111-. A girl who had been so operated up- . on for cataract in both eyes, but in. I‘ Boiled Chief‘s Head. , One of the innumerable little ware :hat England carries on with savages ; has just taken place onthe River Ni- ger in West Africa. It concluded with :he eating of a human head by the na- tive allies of the British. - A chief named Katshella' had built himself a stronghold on a tributary of the Niger, from whiCh he made raids Into the territory of the neighboring king, who was under British protec- tion. Katshella was of immense size and fearful appearance. He lived a life of utter depravity. ' A British expedition of 150 men was sent after him, and smashed his , stronghold. Lieutenant Fosting, whc across the ;‘ But when such a phenomenon savauts ' commanded the expedition writes “The robber prince, Kmsllelln. an im- mense man, was killed jus: outside the town and then the brutal instinct )f' the niggers came out. They cut 011 his head and sent it to the 1111.; l was. helping. He, if you please. 11:11.! it boiled, and his muntshis (lm' native followers ate it. The king Siti‘).-:l-‘qll(‘-Ilf- ly sent the skull back to 11:11 and it was handed to the doctor for disgosai.“ Both Sides Labored Under :1 Mistake. Ignorance of Oriental etiquette some- times leads to awkward situations in fashionable quarters. Lately an Eng- lish lady received a morning call from a Japanese gentleman, who, instead 3f making his first visit very brief. as she expected, stayed to luncheon. Af- 3 [er luncheon he still stayed on, while ‘ in the House of Representa, lives, the Chairman of the Committee . the lady grew extremely weary of her visitor, and every minute expected him :0 leave. Dinner came; the Japanese was still a fixture, and the 110st took his turn at entertainment till he was so tired that he retired to the smoking- room and left his wife in charge. At last, just at midnight, the Japanese departed, with most abject and elabo- rate apologies for quitting his hostess. Next day he confided to a friend that he had never passed through such an ordeal. According to Japanese eti- quette, the lady receiving the gentle- man should give the signal for his de- parture, so he thought she would never let him go, and finally he had to leave without permission. Andrew D. IVhite complains that the newspapers give too meagre re- ports of the pro‘ces‘idings of Congress. Mr. White should read the Congres- sional Record for a day or two, and learn to be grateful to" the newspapers for the afflictions they spare their readers. The American newspapers are not published for the exploiting of small official persons who have the habit of chattering away hour after hour for the mere pleasure of hearing the buzzing of their own; wheels. If anything, the newspapers are too com- plaisant. .hen Robelt C.Lehmi1nn stepped 11.51.1010 £10m the steamer Majestic he stepped upon the present methods in Ame1ican college oarsmnnship, and hem aloft the promise of new and greater things Mr. Lehmann is justly- cclebrated as the English amateur coach who has.irained with such rev markable success many of the winning crews at Henley and elsewhere. His system is one against which our men of Cornell and Yale have recently cou- tendcd in vain, until the opinion has become general that they “do these things” better at Henley than we do them - here. The significant thing about Mr. Lehmann’s visit is that he comes to coach the Harvard crew. The tone of 'thé newspapers in all parts of the Union, both Democratic and Republican, has been generally commendable, and even admirable, since the late election. We do not re- member any‘previous time when the disposition to reasonableness and fair- ness in the discussion of political ques- tions was so marked and so prevalent among them. This creditable spirit is manifested even by Southern journals and it affords good ground for hoping, if not actually expecting, that ques tions once’ rancorously disputed will now be settled by reasonable agree ment, provoked by a general and genu- ine desire to remove causes of partisan difference which have tended to the disturbance of the common interests. Let us have peace! November 12 last will be remembered by crack wheelmen all even the world. On that day every living cyclist who held a record for from two to ten miles, inclusive, was compelled to acknowL edge his inferiority to the little 100- pound champion, Jimmie Michael. Michael covered ten miles in 18:33 1-5, thereby lowering the best previous re- cord for.that distance by eight sec- onds. At the end of two miles 1 3-5 Seconds had been clipped from the highest mark reached previously; at three miles 7 seconds had comeoff'; at four miles, 6 seconds; at five miles, 4 15: at six miles, 8 2-5; at seven miles. 0 2-5: at eight miles, 6 3-5; at 1111111 miles. 6 4—5, and at ten miles, 8 seconds. If the pacemakers had been fast enough to satisfy Michael, who called to them repeatedly to increase their speed, the records would probab- ly have been lower still. Ten miles in 18:33 1—5, though, is a flying gait, and is quite sufficient to stir the blood. of ambitious racing men for some timl1 to come. 13 “2,2,... all iii do his .I. fir‘fil‘fi“ ware—2:: Tcstimom concerning the Bay State Furnace we have without number from every State and every County in every State in the Union. Sixty years of success b1 ings with it thou- sands of letters indicating that the BayS PFurnaces do all the work requiicd of them Barstow Stove CO. 228 Water St, New York FOUNDRIES—Providence. 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