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THE
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COMPANY. ‘
VARYING REPORTS
ON
JACKETS AND CAPES
_ Still credit us with the
finest qualities at the littlest
prices; heresays that are
‘ worth knowing if you’re going
to buy. A little foreknowl-
edge can be of considerable
value sometimes.
No matter 110w 101v prices
are the majority of people
.like to secure the very best
that their money will buy;
the most favored materials,
the newest touches of style——
the later the ' better—for
there’s a becomingness about
them that the older garments
don’t possess —imp~rovements.
it’s worth anybody’s while to
look through our latest
arrivals just to keep posted.
SPECIAL.
Lace Curtains, worth
$2.00 for $1.25 a Pair.
$3.50 “ $2.68 “
$4.00 “ $3.40 “
$5.00 “ $3.85 “
$4.75 “ $4.10 “
$5.00 “ $3.50 “
Irish Points, worth
$3.00 for $2.48 “
$3.50 “ $3.10 “
$3.75 “ $3.25 “
$4.50 “ $3.60 “
.$5.50 “ $4.50 “
$6.75 “ $5.00 “
$7.75 “ , $6.95 “
Swiss Tambour, worth
$3.75 for $2.98 “
$5.00 “ $4.10 “
’ $6.00 “ $5.00 “
$6.40 “ $5. 30 “
Odd Pairs may be bought
so 101V that we don t like to
mention the piices—you pro«
bablv wouldn’t ask to see
them if we did.
The best Curtain Stretcher
made, $1.48. Good Oak
Screens. $1.00. ‘ Oak and
White Easels, 59 cents. 170.111»
101 (1 Japanese Screen. {3% =‘
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A BATTLE OF '
A FIERCE FIGHT BETWEEN ARMY
STEEDS AND WILD ANIMALS.
a
Iquine Passions That Became Fiendiali
When Fully Around—Biderleu Cavalry
_ Steeds That Showed the Result. of Their
Military Training.
Just at sundown, and while we were
at supper, a. drove of wild horses num-
bering 88 suddenly emerged from
Thatcher’s pass and deployed on the lev-
el' ground. of the valley. They had
made use of the pass to cross from Cli-
max ,valley, where grass and water
might have failed them or horse hunt-
ers had appeared to give them a fright.
They emerged from the pass in single
file, led by :1. spotted stallion whose
mane reached almost to his knees and
whose tail touched the ground when he
was at rest. He wasn’t as handsome as
some of the drove leaders to be met
with in the days of the wild horse, but
he was yet a king among horses. Of
the remainder of the herd about 30
Were fine animals. The others would
hardly be worth the catching. Three or
four were recognized as cavalry horses
abandoned on the march, and twice
that number had collar marks to prove
that they had stampeded from some im-
migrant train.
When clear of the pass, they formed in
line and advanCed upon us to within a
quarter of a mile. We had 75 horses at
the lariat pins, and for half an hour we
had all we could do to prevent a stam-
pede. The wild horses were finally
driven down the valley by two mounted
men, but they did not seem to have
much fear of' us. On the contrary, the
leader of the drove exhibited such tem-
per that the men feared they would
have to shoot him. It was an hour be-
fore our cavalry horses calmed down in
the slightest. Every animal seemed en-
raged at the sight of the free herd, and
the captain’sKentucky stallion acted as
if possessed by a fiend. He had been
doubly fastened at the beginning of the
excitement, and later on this proved a
fortunate thing. He made the most tre-
mendous efforts to get free, and when
at length he realized the futility of fur-
ther efi’orts in that direction he uttered
shrill screams of rage and lashed out
with his heels till no one dared approach
him. All night long he stood on his feet
pawing and snorting, and the camp sen-
tinels reported the wild horses as hang-
ing about within half a mile of us.
Daylight had come, and the sentinels
of the night were coming into camp,
when the wild horses rushed into view
a mile below us. On the instant we
discovered them, and while four-fifths
of the men were yet under their blank-
ets the captain’s horse uttered a scream
which must have been taken as a sig
naL. He reared'up, shook his head like
an angry lion and freed himself of his
halter. In the same instant every other
horse in the command secured his lib-
erty. Some pulled up the pins, some
worked their heads clear of the straps,
and away went the whole drove down
the valley. It was not a stampede, as
we naturally feared. Even had our ani-
mals desired to join the ranks of the
free they would have been rebufl‘ed.
Our horses were bunched, and in a scl-
id bunch they drove right through the-
lines of the wild horses and left four of
them lying crippled on the grass as they
passed. The prairie drove retreated up
the valley half a mile and then wheel-
'ed about in a single line. When our
drove halted and turned, there was a
distance of three-quarters of a mile be-
tween the combatants. " We were ordered
to fall in, with a view of advancing up-
on the wild horses and driving them off,
but before we had gotten into line it
was too late.
The sight was a wonderful one. The
two leaders advanced as if they meant
to decide the issue by a fight between
them, but when within 40 yards of each
other, they wheeled and returned to
their respective lines. Then we Wit—
nessed something which only a cavalry-
man will credit. Our horses fell into a
double line and dressed to the right as
perfectly as if a trooper had occupied
each saddle, and while we looked the
lines suddenly moved forward on a
charge. When they swept past us, the
alignment was absolutely perfect, with
the captain’s horse on the right and
leading by about 20 feet. The line of
wild horses bent and wavered, but did
not break until struck. It was like strik-
ing a drumhead with a sledge hammer.
I believe that fully 40 horses went
down under the shock, but all except
four were speedily on their feet again.
From this on it was a melee, the whole
drove circling around, and each horse
biting and kicking and displaying such
ferocity as to astonish us. The mob
fought past us down the valley and
back, and right in front of the camp the
climax came. The battle had been rag-
ing half an hour, when the spotted stal-
lion hobbled out of it on three legs and
bleeding from half a dozen wounds,
and that seemed to take the pluck out
of his followers. Some ran up the val—
ley and some down, but of the 88 only
57 got away. When the hottest of it
was over, we dashed in and secured a
horse here and there, and in this man-
ner we finally got hold of the last one,
which was the captain’s.
0f the 75 only 5 had escaped scot
free. Every one of the others had been
bitten and kicked, and 12 of them were
so crippled as to be worthless.‘ In al-
most every instance our horses had kick.
ed off both hind shoes, and in some
cases the front ones were gone as well.
There were 7 dead and 36 crippled
horses on that battlefield when hostili-
ties ceased, and of the 57 wild horses
which made their escape many were
limping badly. Before breaking camp
we turned to and put an end to the suf-
ferings of the cripples, and we were
not yet in the saddle when a hundred
linzzards and a dozen wolves were feast-
ing on the bodies—Detroit Free Press.
A tough or freshly killed fowl may
be made tender by burying in the ground
for some. hours.
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PRESIDENT lit GtSSlP
The Prdbable Action of Ohio’s Dele-
gates Toward McKinley. ‘
FCRAKER MEN WILL STICK.
Another Richmond In the Democratic
Fields—Ex-Governor Pattigon of
Pennsylvania. Being Groomed
For the Presidential Race.
COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 24.—With the elec-
tion of ex- -Governor Foraker to the United
tates senate by the unanimous vote of
he Republicans in the general assembly
the McKinley Republicans fulfill their ob-
ligations to the Foraker element and are
entitled to the solid support of the For-
aker element in their efforts to make ox:
Governor McKinley the Republican nomi-
nee for the presidency. That the loyalty
of the McKinley men was appreciated by
Foraker was shown in his speech, in which
he said he recognized the fact that he was
the choice of no faction of his party, but
had been honored by its unanimous vote.
He would remember that he was in duty
to give the Republicans of Ohio
b011 consideration.
qut is now beyond dispute that the Re—
publicans of Ohio will give McKinley
solid support in his effort to secure the
nomination for the presidency. There
will be many in the state delegation op-
posed to McKinley, but they will feel
themselves in duty bound to vote for him
to the last. Foraker will most certainly
do all in his power to keep the state in
line for him.
The delegates 1%; large from this state
will probably be Senator Foraker, Senator
Sherman, Mark A. Hanna and Governor
Bushnell or George K. Nash. Possibly
Mr. Sherman will not be on the list. He
has never been in a national convention as
a delegate since he has been in the senate,
always regarding it, so it is said, as not in
keeping with' senatorial dignity to take
part in a convention struggle.
\Vhy Sherman Has Remained Out.
The real cause of his holding aloof prob-
ably is that he has always been a candi-
date for the nomination himself and did
not want to be a delegate for the same
reason that keeps cx-Governor McKinley
out of the St. Louis convention as a dele
gate. If he should not care for the honor
of being a delegate at large this year, it is
likely that Representative Grosvenor will
try to get the place.
Governor McKinley does not seem to
have made any arrangements to re— -enter
the practice of law at Canton. The only
office he has is one in his heuse, which is
very like that which he maintained at the
Neil House while here in connection with
his living apartments. Letters on business
received here from him since his return to
Canton bear the simple imprint, “William
McKinley, Canton, 0. ”
On leaving Columbus for his old home
in Canton he said, speaking of his presi-
dential prospects, “ I go to Canton with-
out a secretary and shall conduct myself
as a plain, private citizen.’
It is reported here, howovcr, that his
private secretary, James Boyle, who has
gone south intending to spend the winter
in Florida, has changed his mind and
will return in a few weeks and go to Can-
ton to be with the ex-govcrnor. If Major
McKinley should be elected to the presi-
dency, it is quite certain that either Mr.
Boyle or Joseph P. Smith, now state li-
brarian, would be his private secretary.
A Boom For Pattison.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24. —-'l'he Ledger
today starts a boom for (ax-Governor Rob-
ert E. Pattison as Pennsylvania’s candi-
date for the Democratic presidential nom-
ination. It says:
“There is every likelihood that ex—Gov—
ernor Robert E. Pattison will be the
unanimous choice of the Pennsylvania
national delegates for the Democratic
nomination for president at the Chicago
convention in July next. There is a.
strong sentiment in this city and through-
out the‘ state among active Democrats that
the ex-governor should be pressed for the
presidential nomination this time, and as
his friends are in control of the national
delegation it is believed that nothing will
prevent the presentation of his name ex.
cept his positive refusal to be a candidate.
“Should he permit his friends to urge
his nomination the most of them believe
he would make a strong bid for the first
place on the ticket, as they think he would
receive the support of influential leaders
in the party.
“The active party men in the state who
remember the action of the Pennsylvania
delegation in the national convention of
1892 believe that President Cleveland
ought to urge his friends to support ex—
Governor Pattison for the presidential
nomination and express the conviction
that the present executive would not be
averse to seeing the (ix-governor the stand-
ard bearer of the party in the national
contest this year. It is pointed out that
Governor Pattison positiVely refused to be
a candidate for the nomination four years
ago so that Cle1eland’ s chances might not
be injured, and that his nomination might
be made on the first ballot
\Vas Loyal to Cleveland.
“Inducements of all sorts were thrown
out to drag him into the contest, but the
Pennsylvania delegation at the governor’s
behest stood. like a stone wall, and it was
the general opinion at that time that
Pennsylvania’s solid support of Cleveland
saved him from defeat, for it was declared
that if he had failed on the first ballot he
would not have been nominated. So
eager were the leaders of the New York
delegation to defeat Cleveland that they
told Mr. Harrity that New York would
cast 72 votes for Robert E. Pattison in the
national convention and asked himwhat
Pennsylvania would do. ,
‘ “This was very tempting, but Mr.
Harrity refused the bait and replied that
.Pennsylvania would retuz’n the compli~
ment by casting its entire vote for New
York’s favorite son, Grover Cleveland.
Mr. Harrity was acting under instruc-
tions from the governor, who believed
that his party wanted Cleveland as its
presidential candidate, and he would not
stand in his way.
4 “This action of the ex-governor is now
recalled by his friends, and they think it
should rcdound to his benefit should he
acquiesce in the demand of the party lead—
ers in the state and permit his name to go
before the national convention this year.
They also point to the fact that ex-Gov‘
ernor Pattison has carried Pennsylvania
twice for governor, that he has no set
iviews on national affairs that would invite
. the opposition of any faction, and if elect—
ed he could be counted upon to conduct
the affairs of the national administration
'as he did the aflairs of the state adminis-
DAY 01‘, '__gcfiMAKlNG
' DUBOIS, DANIEL, WARREN.
,Dubols Takes Free Silver as His Text,
, tion, the Wilson bill and the utterly false
_ they will not articulate the name of Wilson
tration for the eight years he was gov-
ernor.” ‘
Their Opinions.
warren Speaks of the anifl‘, While
,2 Daniel Delivers, an Address
on the Monroe Doctrine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. —There was an
interesting prospect in the senate today,
speeches being announced by Mr. Daniel
of Virginia on the Monroe doctrine, Mn,
Dubois of Idaho on finance and Mr. War-
ren Of Wyoming on the tarifi‘, but a driz-
zling rain kept the crowd from the capitol. .
Mr. Frye (Rep, Me.) reported favorably
a bill to promote the efficiency of the rev- .
enue marine corps.
Mr. Mills (Dem., Tex.) introduced a
bill to repeal the act authorizing the re-
funding of the national debt, approved
SENATOR DANIEL.
July 14, 1870, and an act to provide f01
resumption of specie payments, approved
June 14,1875. Mr.Mills said he would
call up this bill tomorrow and seek to se-
cure a vote on it.
Mr. Gall offered the following:
“Resolved, That a special committee oi
seven senators shall be appointed who
shall be charged with the duty of inquir-
ing into the imprisonment of Eugene V.
Debs for an alleged contempt cf court, and
who shall report to the senate and recom
mend such legislation as may be necessary
for the enforcement of the law and the
protection of citizens from arbitrary and
oppressive excess of judicial power.” Mr.
Gall said he would call up the resolution
tomorrow.
Warren on the Tariff.
Senator Warren of Wyoming then ad-
dressed the senate on his resolution calling
attention to the shrinkage' 1n number and ,
value of farm animals and requesting thc
finance committee to report appropriate
legislation. The speech proved to be
mainly on the tarifi‘. After giving the
detailed shrinkage in agricultural values
of late Mr. Warren said: »
“Mr. President, over $864,000, 000 lose
in two» years in live stock! Do the Amer-
ican people comprehend this?
“And yet the able senator from Mis~
souri [Vest], with Spartanlike valor and
desperation, throws himself into the breach
and attempts to sustain the administra
pesit‘ion that woolgrowers are more pros-
perous under free wool than ever before. ”
Mr. Warren presented tables showing
the fluctuations of wool prices pending
wool legislation, and with these he gave
pOlitical tables, showing how the people
had voted after each tariff enactment.
Continuing, he said:
“Judging by the ‘oif year’ elections oi
1895, the election of 1896 will leave scarce-
ly a corporal’s guard of the faithful to
mark the spot where once stood a tri-
umphant, rampant Democracy, fighting
under the unpatriotic black flag of Wilson-
ism—emblem of protection to foreign in-
dustries and distress to our own! If the
McKinley bill of Republican fame was a
‘hoodoo,’ your own Wilson bill has cer-
tainly been a conspicuously stomach try-
ing ‘Jonah.’ After the next November
election, when the remnant of the Demo-
cratic party shall have taken to the woods
and are anxiously inquiring if indeed there
is still a God in Israel and pleading that,
if so, his face may again be shown them,
as a. talismanic persuader or present the
flagrant Wilson bill as their testimonial Ol
character and their evidence of good faith.
“As to the price of woolen clothing,”
he said, “it has been growing gradually
lower for years. The assumption that
wages are higher now than before the
passage of the Wilson act is a fallacy. ”
Dubois on Free Coinage.
A message £10111 the president transmit-
ting correspondence relating to Turkey
and Armenia was received. At 2 o ’clock
the bond silver bill was taken up, and Mr.
Dubois (Rep. , Ia.) addressed the senate.
Senator Dubois then delivered a speech,
in which, in addition to advocating the pas-
sage of the free coinage substitute for the
bond bill, be outlined the position of Be-
publican senators in the silver state.
The senator said that while he cheer-
fully greeted Populist votes in the senate
for free silver he could not accept the
Populist leadership because he differed
radically from that party on all phases 01
the money question, aside from'free silver
coinage; that while the true friends of sil-
ver believed in gold and silver as money
of: final redemption and a solid basis £01
our financial system the Populist party
was irrevocably committed to fiat money
with unlimited inflation and only favored
silver because it meant more money. Sil-
ver Republicans favored protection gener-
ally, including so called raw materials
and particularly lead, wool and lumber
besides various products of the farm, plan
tation and ranch.
He opposed the Populist scheme for gov-
ernment ownership of railroads for twc
reasons—first, the purchase of the rail
road property would incur an enormous
public debt to be paid by the people; sec
end, as government property the rail
roads would be exempt from taxation, t(
the great hardship of many sparsely set
tied western countries, where at present
railroad companies paid from one- -fifth t1
(one-half of all county expenses. ‘
i Referring to the charge that the westerz
gsilve’r states have two senators and are on
)abled to pass free coinage bills, he self
that the question of representation was
lIi’ought out when the constitution wa:
.framed.
Senator Daniel’s Speech.
Senator Daniel was recognized for hii
iannounced speech on the Mentoe doctrine
1 Senator Daniel held that least of all thc
Inations of the earth could Great Britain
ifitly object to the assertion of the Mount
.zlocirine by the United States, for, in th
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language of Edward Everett, it was an-
nounced not merely with the approval 01
the British minster of foreign affairs, but
had his earnest and oft repeated solicita-
tion.
Least of all natiOns did it become her to
‘contend that it was not recognized as in-
ternational law because it was not founded
on the general consent of nations, for
Great Britain herself invoked the United
States to its utterance, not only without
the consent but as well against the strong
menaces of France, Austria, Russia and
Prussia.
Least of all the nations could Great
Britain fairly controvert that govern
‘ mental policy which underlay the Monroe
doctrine, for she, foremost and most con-
spicuously of all nations, had intervened
in the affairs of the world at large, not
- only whenever her peace and safety were
even remotely involved, but also wherever
and whenever her capital could be invest-
ed, her commerce expanded or territorial
aggrandizement be exercised.
Even as to ‘the existing dispute with
Venezuela We perceived the outcropping
of her own Monroe doctrine, so to speak,
by her demand in a cossion to Venezuela,
at one time proffered, that no portion 01
the territory proposed to be ceded should
be alienated at any time to a foreign
power.
Cleveland Defender].
And with no better grace could Great
Britain persist in repelling the manifold
overtures made to her for arbitration. The
senator referred to the two sets of resolu-
tions pending in the senate. Those pro-
posed by the committee on foreign rela-
tions be regarded as simply embodying a
detailed statement of the Monroe doctrine
as embraced in the more general language
in which it was uttered. The resolutions
ofiered by the senator from New Jersey
seemed to him (Mr. Daniel) to “misinter
pret the history and to pervert the plain
language of the Monroe doctrine.’
The charge that the president’ s action
was premature and imprudent in view 01
our business and financial condition seems
to me superficial criticism. The financial
crisis may last five or ten years more. Mean-
time is the United States to take no cog-
nizance of great affairs, but sit down su-
pinely and let the wide world Wag as it
will? The declaration that the executive
commits us to a protectorate over Mexico
and the Central and South American
states is farfetched. The senator then
showed how the doctrine had been upheld
by various presidents. The civil war,
vast and engrossing as it was, had caused
no interruption in the assertion of the
Monroe doctrine, and under most difficult
and tryingcir'cumstances the nation still
held aloft that orifinmme.
. In the House.
At the opening of the session of the
house it was agreed that when the house
adjourned today, it be to meet on Monday
The house then proceeded to dispose of the
report of the committee on rules, the con-
sideration of which was postponed tem
porarily about ten days ago. At that time
rule 15 was laid aside. This was the
amendment to substitute what is known
as the J. Randolph Tucker rule proposed
in the Forty- sixth congress, by which
members, when brought to the bar of the
house under a call of the house. shall vote
on the pending question, for the rule 01
the Fifty-firstcongress, which empoWered
the speaker to count a quorum. Today
Mr. Henderson (Rep. ., Ia. ), from the com-
mittee on 1 ules, ofiered the Tucker rule in
an amended form. The modification ex-
empted the Friday night sessions from the
operation of the rule, provided for enter-
taining one motion to adjourn pending
proceedings under a call, and in case of an
adjournment for dispensing with all pro-
ceedings pending.
Foraker lVas Not Consulted.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 24.—-Mr. Howard A.
Hinckel, president of The Commercial
Gazette company, says that there is no
truth in the statement sent out from New
York that the recent letter of T. C. Platt,
advocating Governor Morton for the Re-
publican nomination for president, was
the result of a conference at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, in New York, last Monday
night, between Platt, Foraker and others.
Mr. Hinckcl received the Platt letter in
typewritten copy, signed by Mr. Platt, by
.mail on Sunday evening, sent before Gov
crnor Foraker had left for New York.
Mayors Held- Responsible.
OTTAWA, 1115., Jan. 24,—The grand
jury has completed its work for the Janu
ary term and indicted the executives 01
four cities and villages in La Salle county
and all the saloon keepers. The indict
ments are based upon the principle of law
‘that every official is responsible for all his
own acts. The executives are charged 'with
malfeasance in office in neglecting to keep
the saloons of their cities and towns closed
on Sunday.
A37,950,000 Contract Set Aside.
TRENTON, Jan. 24.-—The supreme court
today rendered an opinion setting aside
the $7,950,000 contract awarded to the
Jersey City Water company by Jersey City
for the furnishing of a water supply. The
award was set aside on the grounds that
the charter provides for the awarding oi
contracts to the IOWest responsible bidder.
Of Interest to Icemen.
ALBANY, Jan. 94.—Senator Coggeshall
introduced a. bill to regulate the cutting
of ice on the Hudson. It provides that
owners of lands bordering upon the Hud-
son shall have the exclusive privilege oi
harvesting ice formed between the centei
of the river and the said lands for the pur-
pose of filling any icehousc.
Onc DQ’s Government Receipts.
‘ WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—National bank
notes received for redemption today, $406,-
153; government receipts from internal
revenue, $485,918; customs, $745,218; mis
cellaneous, $28,281.-
- . ' Gold Deposited.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Messrs. W. H.
Crossman & Bros. have deposited $150, 00(
geld and Messrs. Lawrence, Turnure &
Co. have deposited $120, 000 gold at the
assay ofi‘ice. '
More Magistrates For New York.
ALBANY, Jan. 24. —In the assembly Mr
Andrews introduced a bill allowing the
appointment by the governor of three ad
ditional cit-y magistrates in New York
city
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eonsz's Transits. .
Cuban Commpnder Is Said to Be In, and
Two Generals Are After Him.
HAVANA, Jan. 24.—It is reported here
that Maximo Gomez is suffering from an
attack of illness. The columns of General
Cornell and Colonel Macon are at Jamaica,
in Havana province, combining in amove-
ment in pursuit of Gomez. Meantime
Generals Aldecoa and Llnares have sta-
tioned themselves at strategic points, and
the Spanish authorities once more indulge
the hope that they will bring Gomez to
fight a pitched battle or drive him into a
corner.
It is asserted here that Gomez feels
much trepidation over the critical situa-
tion of Macao in Pinar deli Rio. The
movements of the insurgents in Matanzas
and Santa Clara are attributed here sim-
ply to a desire to break up the line of the
troops there and afford a line of retreat
for Gomez and Maceo together.
The plantations of Senado and Luga-
rento in Puerto Principe are said to be
successfully grinding cane.
The insurgents have burned the village
of Nacareno, near Placetas. The garrison
of the fort succeeded in repelling the “ene-
m-y. The machine houses on the planta-
tion of San Jose, the canefields of Rubi
Lolas, several bonsai at Ranchuelo, Santa
Clara and the statl‘s 1 and three houses in
the village of Sab‘milla, Matanzas, have"
also been burned.
It is reported that the insurgent leaders
Vega and Varona have surrendered to the
authorities in Manzanillo.
PRINCE HENRY’S DEATH.
Queen Victoria}. Health Reported to Have _
Been Aflected by the Shock.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—A dispatch received
here from Osborne, isle of Wight, says
that the health of the queen is affected by
the shock she has experienced in the death
of Prince Henry of Battenberg. The body
of the prince, now on its way to England
on board the English cruiser Blondc,
will be interred at Windsor, and the cere- ,
menial will be similar to that used at the
burial of the body of the Duke of Albany
(Prince Leopold), youngest son of Queen
Victoria, who died in 1884.
The latest bulletin from Osborne House
announces that the queen is in good
health, but is overwhelmed with grief at
the death of the prince.
At a meeting of Americans today a reso-
lution was adopted and telegraphed to
Queen Victoria, expressing sympathy in
common with that of her subjects for the
prince’ 5 death. A message of thanks was
returned by the queen. .
Governor Griggs’ Staff.
TRENTON, Jan. 24.—Governor Griggs
issued commissions to Joseph W. Congdon
of Passaic county as inspector general,
with the title of brigadier general, to sue-
ceed William, C. Heppenheimer, and to
the following as members of his personal
staff, with title of colonel; William Bar-
bour, Sheffield Phelps, Henry A. Potter,
Anthony B. Kuser and Nathan Haines. ,
More Revenue Cutters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The senate com-
mittee on commerce today authorized Sena
ator McMillan to report favorably the bills
providing for two additional revenue cut«
ters on the great lakes, two on the Pacific
coast, one in the vicinity of New York,
and one on the gulf of Mexico, and also a
bill for a lighthouse tender on the Florida
coast. ‘
Death of Jesse Tomlinson.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24.—Jesse R.
Tomlinson, a former prominent commis-
sion merchant, died suddenly at his home
in this city. Mr. Tomlinson was at one
I time a miller in Minneapolis and a part-
ner of the late Governor Washburn. He
was the first miller to establish the roller
process of making flour. '
The Weather.
Rain or snow; southerly winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK. Jan. 23. —Money on call. 333%
per cent; no loans. Prime mercantile paper.
6®8 per cent. Sterling exchange steady. with
actual business in bankers’ bills at 84.88%@4.89
for demand and 84.87%m. 87% for 60 days.‘
Posted rates, 34.88.734.89 and $4.89lé@$4.90. Com-
mercial bills, 84.86%. Silver certificates, 67%@
679’: no sales. Bar silver. 670. Mexican dol-
lars, 529.40. Government bonds steady. State
bonds neglected. Railroad bonds firm.
Closing prices:
Atchison ....... 14% New England..." 48
Bur. & Quincy.. .. 74% , N. J. Conn-.1: ...... 99
North Amerw......, 4%
Northern Pacific.. 3
C., C., C. & St. L. . 3.5%
Chesapeake & O. . 15
Chicago 6115...... 6% Do.pref........... 12%
Cordage........... 5% N. Y.Centra1-..... 97'
Cotton 011...”... 16 Omaha. ........... 36
Del. & Hudson ...125 Ontario& West.. 13%
Distillers' Trust.. 15% Pacific Mafia...” 25%
Erie............,. 15 Reading........... 9%
General Electric.. 26% Rock Island...... 65%
Silver Bullion..... 079s
Hocking Valley... 18%
St. Paul.........'.. 68%;
Lackawanna. . . . . .16215
Lake Shore ........ 143% Sugar Refining. . 4039:;
Lead.... Texas Pacific..... 7%
Louisville &. Nash" 44% Union Pacific..... 3%
Missouri Pacific.. 24% Wabash pref...... 16
98 Western Union... 82%
Northwestern .. . .
General Marketa.
N aw YORK, Jan. 23.—FLOUR—-State and
western firmly held: city mills patents, 84.20@
4 .40: winter patents, $8. 65@3. 85: city mills clears.
[email protected]—. winter straights. 88.41163. 55.
WHEAT—Opened stronger on firm cables.
foreign buying, but declined under hammering
by bear-sand absence of outside orders: Feb-
ruary, 7116c: March. 72%@72%c.
CORN—Opened steady, but subsequently re-
acted with wheat: January. 36c; May, 35%@
35 15-16c.
OATS—No. 2 featureless: track, white, state.
£5©28c4 track. white, western. We.
PORK—Steady; mess. $10. 75@ll: family, 811.
LARD—Steady: prime western, steam. $6.
nominal.
BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 10311ch state
creamery. 14@19c. ~
7541310341»:
CHEESE-Firm:
small. 7%@10%c.
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania. 17%;
@1859; western, 1716c.
SUGAR—Raw strong: fair refining, 3%c.:
centrifugal. 96 test. 3%c.: refined firm: crush-
ed. 595cc powdered 5540. .
TURPEN TINE—Quiet at Simian
‘JOLASSES—Firmly held: New Orleans. 29
state. large.
. @370.
RICE—Firm: domestic. 3343613.: Japan. 3%
TALLO‘Wv-Dull: city, 3%04 éountry.3%c.
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