DUN’S WEEKLY REVIEW.
mat Year Was the Belt So Far as
to Its Failures Ever Know.
New York, Jan. 8,—In failures 1897
was not only the best year since 1892,
but on the whole the best ever deii-
nitély known. W'ith 13,522- failures; in
number 11.5 percent. less than 1896.,
and $182,581,771 defaulted liabilities, 34.0
per cent. less than in 1896, the year’s
banking failures counted for $28,249,700,
and the commercial failures were but
13,351. with liabilities of $154,332,071, the
average per failure being only $11,559,
the lowest ever known except in 1892.
But even in that year the failures dur-
ing the last half averaged liabilities of
$10,477 per failure, while in the last-half
of 1897 the average was only $9,503. The
returns by branches of business show
that in fifteen out of twenty-eight
ciasses the failures were lower than in
any previous year of which there is
record, with especially large decrease
.in the great number of unclassified
manufacturing and trading failures.
Moreover, the year showed remarkable
decrease, as some other prosperous
years have shown increase, comparing
the second with the first half.
The new year began with disappoint-
ment for speculators in stocks and
grain, which is not a bad sign. Prices
of stocks have gained a little, after
yielding at first, and close 73 cents per
share higher for railroads, and $1.05
per share higher for trusts. Earnings
repmted in December, including sev-
enty roads with a third of the entire
miiaige of the United States, were 10.6
per cent. larger than in 1896, and 4.3
p°;' cen-t. larger than in 1892, and east-
.“ ind tonnage from Chicago in four
weks was 313,445, against 258,045 in
1593. New railways, covered 1,938 miles,
against 1,997 last year, while the most
complete returns of receiverships in
1897 covered but 1,537 miles, with $92,—
909.000 stocks and bonds, against $275,-
597,000 in 1896; over $360,000,000 in 1895,
and about the same in 1894, and $1,781,-
000,000 in 1893.
W‘ith current rates 31/; per cent.
abroad and 21/; per cent. here, deferred
claims against foreign bankers natur-
ally iicrease, although the amount of
deferred exchange known to be held as
ceilateral remains about twenty million
dollars. TVith exports from this city
about 3 per cent, and imports about
18 per cent. smaller‘than last year for
the opening week, balances in favor of
this country seem to be still on the in-
crease. Failures for the week have been
322 in the United States, against 471
last year, and in Canada, thirty-two,
against sixty-two last year.
PENSiON FRAUDS TO LIGHT.
Able-Bodied Policemen Drawing
“Disability” \Vur Money.
St. Louis, Jan. 8.—-The recent crusade
to expunge from the pension list all
persons who are not entitled to pen-
sions may cause an upheaval in the
police force of this city. It is stated, on
the best authdrity, that at least fifty
men on the‘police force are drawing
disability pensions from the Govern—
ment and at the same time drawing
salaries as able-bodied policerten. The
Police Board will investigate the mat-
ter.
Coiored Preacher in Limbo.
Chicag , Jan. 8.———.l'a.mes Howard, col-
ored, who says he is a Methodist minis-
ter, has been held to the Federal Grand
Jury on the charge of violating the
United States Pension .law. His bail
was fixed at $1,000, in default of which
he was sent to jail. Eleven years ago
Howard applied for a. pension, assert-
ing that he had been a. soldier during
the Civil War and was suffering from
inflammatory rheumatism and an old
saber wound. Thursday he admitted he
had sworn falsely and had never been
a soldier. He said he was willing to be
punished.
1 Presidential Nominations.
Washington, Jan. 8.—-The President
has sent the following nominations to
the Senate: ‘ ’
Kavanaugh K. Kenneday, of Missis-
sippi, to be Consul of the United States
at Para, Brazil.
William H. H. Graham, of Indiana,
to be Consul of the United States at
Winnipeg, Man.
Charles Wright, of Michigan, to be
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
First District of ‘Michigan.
James H. Stone, of Michigan, to be
Appraiser of Merchandise in the Di's-
trzict of Detroit, Mich.
Henry K. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, to
be Superintendent of the Mintrof the
United States at Philadelphia.
Robert G. Pearce, of Illinois, to be
Surveyor of Customs for the port of
Rock- Island, Ill. ‘
Ship for Reindeer,
London, Jan. 8.—-Lieut. D. B. Devoe,
military Secretary of the United States
Secretary for War, who has been in. '
London for some time past with Dr.
Sheldon Jackson, engaged in providing
transport for the reindeer, Laplanders
and their families, for the Yukon Val-
ley relief expeditions, has chartered the
Allen line steamer Manitoba, on’ board
of which he sails for Alton, Norway, on
Monday next. The Manitoban will call
at several Norweigan ports to embark
reindeer and Laplanders, after which
she will sail direct for New York.
A‘ Big Order for Steel Rails.
Philadelphia, Jan. 8.—The Pennsylva-
nia Railroad Company has placed its
first order for steel rails to be used
during the coming year.
100,000 tons, is larger than is usually
given so early in the year. These rails
are to be of the 100-pound standard
size. It was reported that, besides the
Pennsylvania’s order, there were other
orders placed which brought the total
up to 210,000 tons. It is understood
the price is $18 a. ton.
Stuart on m. “fay to Fitz.
Chicago, Jan. 8—Dan Stuart arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon with
articles in his pocket for a. fight be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons. He is
on his way to St. Paul to submit them
to the champion, and declines to make
public their contents until Fitz has
' seen them. The agreement, however,
calls for a. fight in July or August for
a purse at least as large as was hung.
up at Carson.
Bryan Invited to Speak.
Jackson, Miss" Jan. 8.—'Phe House of
Representatives has passed a concur.
lent resolution, introduced by Repre-
sentative McLaurin, inviting .VV. 1,
Bryan to address the present session or
the"Legislature..,.There was only one
dissenting vote. ,1 1 ,'
noxflliilli I.
A Disgusting Habit Alto-
gather Tab Familiar.
How to Stop It.
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It may be a habit.
It. may be catarrh.
But. catarrh is dangerous.
The habit. is disgusting.
Catarrh causesheadaches, inflamma-
tion of the eyes, deafness and consump-
tion.
The habit causes humiliation.
Catarrh and habit should 'be cured.
That they can be cured, and have
been cured, and in" Nerw‘alk, _too, the
following is proof: "
Mr. H. L. Wood'wort-h, of 1 Burbank
street, South Norwalk, says: “ I have
been troubled with catarrh 1for some
time; my head and nose seemed pretty
well stuffed up, and the quantities of
matter that ran into my throat at night
would cause me to hawk, spit. and often
my throat. I got some California Ca.-
tarrh Cure at Plais‘ted’s drug store,and
already these symptoms are very much
better. My throat. is finely free from
all matter in the merning, and my
. whole head feels much clearer. ”
By the use of California Catarrh Cure
perfect; cleanliness of the nasal passages
is secured, and the peculiar properties
of the herbs used in its prbduction not
only cleanse the mucous membrane of
all puriform matter, soothing and a1-
laying all inflammation, but also efiec-
tually destroy all forms of fungus which
may grow in‘the throat and- nasal - pas-
sages.
It has cured cases of almost total
deafness, restored the ability to detect
odors to persons who had . almost for-
gotten what. an odon was, and has cured
cases that? surely would have resulted
in total blindness. Let- no one who
has suffered any of the evils of catarrh,
hesitate to secure a bottle of California.
Catarrh Cure, with full faith that he
will obtain relief and cure.
California Catarrh Cure is sold by all
dealers; 50 cents, three times as much
one dollar. '
WOULD STOP PENSION BILLS.
A Senator Thinks the Remedy of
Abnses'Should Begin in that Way.
Washington, Jan. 8.—Senator Gallin-
ger, chairman of the Senate Committee
on Pensions, says that he has no inten-
tion of preparing a general pension re-
form bill. In an interview he said:
“No additional legislation would pre-
vent a recurrence of the few frauds
which have crept upon the pension roll,
and the only other step remaining is
the repeal of some of the-present pen-
sion statutes. It is needless to say that
it is hardly worth while to try to repeal
any of the existing laws. The task
would be futile. We can get at the
matter by piecemeal.
“The indiscriminate passing of pen-
sion bills by Congress ought to be
stopped. The introduction of these bills
has become a national shame and a
nuisance. Every person whose claim
has been turned down at the Pension
Bureau, no matter how excellent the
reason, comes to Congress for special
relief.
“Senators and Representatives bun-
dle the bills of their constituents into
the hopper and expect laws to be
ground out Without giving the least
consideration to the merits or demerits
of the case. The first thing, therefore,
is to see that no pension bill passes
Congress unless it is absolutely meri-
torious.
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WAITE’S DAUGHTER TRIED SUICIDE.‘
Colorado’s Ex-Governor Her Father
—Never Lived with Him.
Washington, Jan. 8.—Miss Mary
Waite, daughter of ex-Govemor Waite,
of Colorado, attempted to commit sui-
cide yesterday' aftemoon by taking
strychnine at the residence of her
brother, an émploye in the Government
Printing Office. The young lady has
melancholia, and this is her fourth at-
tempt to kill herself within the past
month, laudanum and chloral having
been the drugs erviously used. She
was taken to the hospital, vwhere she
was soon placed out of danger.
Denver,~ Jan. 8.—Miss Mary Waite,
who attempted suicide in Washington,
was the second daughter and young-
est child of ex-Governor Davis H.
Viaite by his first wife. She was the
sister of Mrs. B. Clark Wheeler of As-
pen, and when in Colorado always
made her home with Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeier. She never lived with her
father after his second marriage, and
even when he was Governor she never
was seen at his home. She always was
known as “May" among her friends in
Aspen.’
MONEY ORDER FRAUDS.
Government'May Have, Been RObbed
of Millions of Dollars.
Washington, Jan. 8.—Auditor Castle,
The amount, ’
9f the Postoflice Department, has dis-.
covered that there have been many
frauds or mistakes in tho money-order
system, which has opened up the start-
ling fact that it is possible that the
Government has been robbed of mil-
lions of dollars.
Whether the Government has lost
much money or not has not yet been
ascertained, although enough cases
have been discovered to show that if
the Government has not been robbed
of a large amount of money it has been
due to the honesty of the officers in
charge of the issuance of money orders
and not to any precautions’taken by
the Government. The fault, according
to Auditor Castle, is due tot-he bad
system of checking accounts in vogue
under the previous Administration. ..
\Veyler Hasn‘t Escaped.
Madrid, Jan. S.—T'Iie Cabinet Council
decided yesterday to submit Gen. Wey-
ler’s conduct, with reference to the pro-
test against President McKinley's
message and to other matters, to a.-
fresh inquiry, under the direction of
the general commanding 'the First
Army Corps, Lieut.-Gen. Daban. There
Is a possibility that a Ministerial cri-
sis may thus be averted.
Quick Justice for a Burglar.
Warsaw, Ind., Jan. 8.—Eight hours
‘rom the>commission of crime to a," cell
in the penitentiary breaks all previous
records. Clarence Thomas was discov-I
ered at 5 o'clock yesterday morning
I‘obbing his grandfather’s store. He
was arrested, pleaded guilty; and at '11
o'clock was: in. a. cell in the penitentiary:
It Jeffersonyille. . ~
gag in the morning, before I could clear.
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