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Show Ti MOUSING EXAMINER OGDEN, DTAD, FRIDAY MORNING, WE THE EXAMINER MiluM (Tirf toy la the year Ot fitudarl yibliiUii Oa fey period la linus (or the lWi3, 337 3-- 4 in million 1903. 52$ mil- and 571 3 million in 1900. But the total foreign trade of the I'nited Butte- - is increasing from year tu year, and the falling favorable balance" U due entirely to our larger vol-uiof import?, export showing a riing timlemy, even though email iu lion in 1901 2-- ne WM. GLASMANN, Nlwtd Bunas Manager. Siamlnes. CHIU) par momth Stagls eoptoa Engagement. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. FRANK P. DEM A REST, Deiuorraite leader of Rorklanu County, X. Y., prinritial vitizen of West Nyark. now-iNew Ciiy Jail. FREDERICK SHEFFIELD, hi neighbor in business iu New York, bead of the Taxpayers Association, widen caused Deniaret' conviction for similar to those uf Tweed. CARLOS SHEFFIELD, son oi Frederick, formerly betrothed to Jennie Dcmarext. JENNIE IIEMAREST, daughter of higher. The Taxpayers Association of Rockland county was formed. Frederick Sheffield, Carloss father, entered zealously into the movement, without a thought at first of whither would lead with regard to his per-4n-al interests. Iavest igaiiun began to By nail oaa untk mark Frank R Demarest as the first eta oC ....SB outside Ogdaa Bnnday) rngn to attack. Telephone Na SI Demarest jt was alleged, and presented bills m Supervisor for the township of Charlestown, in which West Sufeaeribars vUl confer a favor fey Nysck lies, which were fraudulent. Informing m offto of fnilaro to ra it was They called for payment, Cairo Tho XSaauaor feoforo ffealf charged, for services which he had bnmkfiML nut rendered. These bills, audited Frank P. Demarest. and paid, amounted to several thousThere was a 1V6 affair upon which ands of dollars. It was then rememEXAMINER TELEPHONES a whole community smiled with truly bered that back In 1888 Deuatrest had t Interest. Thaw came a day been accused of the forgery of a tax 0IT0RIAL ROOMS He had liven tried on that when public affairs placed the fathers receipt. SI ..No. Indepan da nt Phone... of the young sweetheart in the 11-tion- s charge, triumphantly acquitted, aad BUSINESS OFFICE one of the hunter and the othr his subsequent eiectioua to the As.No. 120 Independent Phone the of bunted, and still the love story sembly were regarded as completing WM. GLASMANN his vindication. As related, he wm kept on Its course. At last these mat120 .No. Phone Independent ters of tlie fathers brought the children now at the height of bis popularity EDITORIAL ROOM face to face with a crisis. Their engage- aud influence. ..NO. 66 Bell Phono ment Is broki-n- , yet they guard till It wm a thunderbolt, then, to West BUSINESS OFFICE uf their, accustomed devowhen five indictments were sign every Nysck, 61 ..Ne. Bell Phone ..... OGDEN tion. Their neighbors, who have CONDITIONS found the Grand Jury against IN RANKING by WM. GLASMANN wiili the young people Frank R Demarest. .No. 120 Bell Phone betheir story, hope and Carlos Sheffield continued to be welIt Is nut difficult to define me good throughout No. 120 of both telephone eyeteme lieve it will come out allright iu lue comed at the Denmrest home. The aud bad point in the year's banking end. dosed after 8 p. m. subject of the exposure" and the taxin Ogdea in fact, the points am all Jennie Dvmarest and Carlos Sheffield payers' crusade wm kept out of the efin the charming vilgrew up conversation at such times. THE COUNTRYS TRADE TOR THE good and the lingering trace of the financial lage uf West Nyark. Jennie as a child fects national of ruinous the They'll never find a jury in RockYEAR. which have the years gave promise, land to convict me on that charge," policy of feu year ago has at last been fulfilled, of becoming a beautiful wosaid Demarest to bis friends. The cssa swept away, so far as affecting inter- man. Her father was in all respects the came to The Treasury return covering the trial. De ,rest was ably deWhile he officers of the foremost man in the little community, fended. The and Import trade from November, ests in Ogden. Jury e greed. Although institutions may nut become unduly en- lawyer Frank P. Drmarewt had com- a Scotch vprdlct," this outcome was and for the eleven month of the calenbined polities with his profesMun all received with satisfaction by all past Ids life. dar year, indicate a volume by the end thusiastic over the business for theabidfriends. The public interest reason for an there is every year DEMAREST CAUSED of December not varying materially in it died out. People said: Well, been has The LITTLE GIANT. past year ing optimism. from the record, nay the New York FiSheffield and his taxpayers have done d, He was everybody's friend, one of continuous profits, small, If any all could and failed. Thats the nancier. Up to November 30th last, the busy, familiar with tlie joys end they losses aud increased earnings aud will uf that business. Be sure that balance of trade la favor of the United concerns and troubles the of all aud on record a probably the most Sheffield will judge that hes done his States for eleven months then via part go people of Rockland, which is the most In the banking history of rural of all the duty and will sjop attacking his boys prosperous counties amounted to Slid millions of dollar future father-in-law.-" New are hi He close York. to funds ibis city. Abundant represented That is not the kind of man Mr. compared with 393 i-- 5 million for the town-hiin the Boa$t of Superp to meet all legitimate require- home Sheffield is. He had set his hand name period In 1903. So far a general was for terms. lie visors Then many ments and deposits are huger than ever sent to to the work, and no matter how' it International trade la concerned tlu Albany as member of Assembly never have auch large divi- for fuur terms. David B. Hill recognisand before, might hurt his son, lie wm bound to 1904 will probably eclipse all foryear dend been paid with prosiiects of ex- ed in him a man of ability, and the two go on. Fur the summer, however, there mer Our Import! for eleven wm no activity on the part of the Tax's tra and special dividends assured. All men became close frlenJa. It was AsMH'iatiou. milmonth thin year agregate 939 payers' that broke and a deadlock vole the banking institutions in the city are People In the village had commented ent Hill to the United States Senate. lions, or about 20 millloua in excess of on a firm and aubstantial foundation Ills power In grew, until he in two ways on the altuatiun that had the 1903 total. It in interesting to nole and in a condition which inspires their acquired the leadership of his party in grown np. Soma blamed the elder the probability that by the r!oe of the customers with confidence and their the Sheffield fur disregarding the happiness county. the young people in his sense of pubof present calendar year imports will have Men him called 'The lJitle Giant,lockkoldera with pride. . lic duty. Others admiringly compared as wont to reached or exceeded 1,000 million dolwhen do an a leader they As reflecting the increasing volume of short of stature arouses their entliu-lasn- t. him to Brutus, whose devotion to th lar the first time in the history of the business Roman stale led him to condemn his and growth of importance sa Rockland always went for DemoUnited States that such high totals cratic candidates during his control of own son. Public sentiment wm about g business center of this city the showhave been recorded. Exports on the In the Republican tidal-wav- evenly divided between Demarest snd ing made by Ogden banks cannot but affairs, except He ran for office; his plur- hi attackers, but public sympathy Vu other baud, are not showing gains, t lie 1m years. a feature of appreciative interest (o a unit fur Jennie Demarest and Carality was abnormally large on account as record at the close pf November showSheffield. los of every citizen. the esteem In and affection popular ing actual loss of about 5 millions a After the summer lull the Taxpayers winch he wa held, Part of this esteem compared with 1903. TbU falling off is wo due to his sympathetic generosity. Association mails an appeal to the MOTOR TRAIN FOR HIGHWAY. of the State. They said No man Iu need ever went to him withtraceable directly to our bread stuffs The latest development of the auto- out receiving help. If a family was In that the eotmly officials, including the exports, which for eleven months agwere so friendly mobile, saya Public Opinion, Is ita use trouble other than pecuniary his adgregate only 82 millions of dollars, toward Demarest that his conviction, vice or out the diplomacy straightened derided drop, compared with the 176 for furnishing the motor power for tangle. He settled dispute and, brought even on convincing fact, ronld not be millions In the corresponding mouths train of road cars. The device for this enemies together. His influence was al- accomplished by the ordinary machinery of justice. in 1903 and 252 millions In 1901. Still, purpose has been perfected by Colonel most imtrlarchal. They induced the Attorney-GenerDemarest prospered. He built the the decrease in breadstuff of 94 mil- Reuard, of the French army, and has finest to detail a deputy to the county to prehouse in West not a Nyacte German lions has been partially made up by been adopted for use in the home above his neighbors, but the resipare and try the case against Demarest gains in other exports, particularly in army. In similar experiments made dence, It was plain to see, of a citizen . Demarest hearing this, wm furious He took for the first time the manufactures, which show an Increase in the past the difficulty has been to of comfortable fortune. In this house, just off the main street love affair of his daughter Into acof 64 millions, and In cotton, with a secure a tractor of sufficient lightness of the village, grew up hla daughter count It is aid that he declared that gain of 14 millions of dollars. This pa to avoid damage to the roadbed and to Jennie. Hanl by was the Charlestown his daughter could nut now marry, per has frequently pointed out the fact bridges. Colonel Renard has obviated Reformed Church. In which her father with his consent, into the family of his that ibe maximum figure in our brFaJ-tuf- this by employing his motor car as a was a trustee and active parishioner. enemy. Then Miss Demarest broke the has prolmbly been generator of power, which is transmit- Beyond that was the district school-hous- e. engagement. exports The trial rame up In November bereached, and the 1904 figures, while af- ted to the others by means of s longi fore Justice Gaynor in the Supreme To the same bcIkjoI went Carlos fected by the short wheat crop, furnish tudlnal shaft universally jointed so as Sheffield, a boy three years older than Court. Justice Gaynor, m all know, hu strong evidence of this fact The con- to permit the train to make sharp Jennie. Hie father, Frederick Shef- a strong feeling on all public misdeeds. presentfield. a designer, with a place of Thg Deputy Attorney-Genersuming power of the United States is curves. business in Nsusssu street, New York, ed the people testimony vigorously. growing much faster than the grain The jury spent four hours in debating except in the winter months gue back THE DRAWBACK ON FLOUR. productive capacity, ami the bulk of and forth daily from a farmhouse just and then brouglit in a verdict of outride of West Nysck village, but so guilty, with a recommendation to our cereals will he retained in the fuRepresentatives uf the leading flour close to the Demarest home as to make mercy. It meant a term in prison. A ture for home consumption. This, viewmilling concerns were in conference the two families real plea of guilty was then accepted from neighbors. ed in a broad way. Is Indicative of a with 8haw at Washington Carlos, homeward bound from school, Demarest, snd he wm sentenced to six Secretary higher degree of prosperity, or at lent in the week regarding the pro carried little Jennin Demarest' books months In the county Jail at New City, her door. Even as little children they with a fine of 81.000. a diversification of industry which early to a drawback on to posed regulation were constant companions and playThe sentence crushed Demarest, who makes for prosperity. The expansion immade in flour from exported never had believed lie would be conpart mates. of our manufactured exports affords ported wheat. The The two families looked on this victed. It astonished all Rockland legal phase of the ' testimony on this point So far as cot- question has been submitted to the at- rhildinh attachment with approval. County. The scene in the court-rooton l concerned, the same rule will torney general. The secretary says Who knows hut that the parents of wm a moving one. Friends of the falapply. There is no question that the that the exportation of American flour each looked ahead a little, as elder len Little Giant" wept. folk Jennie Demarest la no longer at homo do, and thought of a United States will become in the future has fallen off duriug the present sea- matchlifetimes when the babies should be man In West Nysck. The blow that crushed a great cotton making nation, ami that son mure than He fears and woman. he, father made her seek and find emA Ions and girls come to their teens ployment in this city. She could not enless of the raw product will go abroad. that the trade may pass from the The balance of trade in favor of th-American mill to ibe European mill, their various concerns draw them apart dure even the heartfelt sympathy of snd Jennie, warm friend na neighbors and friends among whom she United States for the eleven months of much to the injury of the fanners of Carlossaw one another a little leas fre- had held her head high all her life. ever, the present year is stated to be 3CG the northwest. Yet these neighbors hold her In the quently. There was the rhurch that mil- both attended every Sunday, and the highest honor. They expect her to remillions, as compared with 892 Sunday-schoo- l, and every gathering of turn home next summer, and are now young lieople brought them together ' planning to sliow as taetf ullly m it may It wm an event of the summer of be dime that her father's doings can refive years ago that changed the playflect no shadow uf disgrace upon her mate into sweethearts, young as they voting life. were. A klrme-- s for the benefit of it SHEFFIELD STILL DEVOTED. Thu weather continues to assert it- local hospital was gut up Carlos Sheffield, in spite of the. brokIn society by self. Xyack. It was arranged that every en engagement. Is still devoted to the town in the rountry should lie repre- girl who is none the tee the only womThe late M. do Cassagnnc was con- sented in a distlnctivevlance by one of an in the world to him. He is a frecerned as principal or second in more its daughters. There wm no question as quent caller upon Miss Demarest at than seventy duels. to the choice in West Nysck. Jeunia her present residence in this city. Their Dsmnrent wm the acknowledged beauty friend say they are as devotedly in For Youn g and Old Dr. Chadwick hardly expected ft he village. A graceful girl, with love m ever; that they are only .waitto hate such a warm greeting on his re- fair hair- - and skki, and with ing for time to Jo it work toward turn to his native land. slight figure, she healing the breach between the two a had many families. great already In a few days it will be Governor admirer. Shews bright and vivacious, The young man had hastened to her Cutters privilege to increase the num- accomplished and up. with sympathy and offers of service AmFrench, English and There was even no jealousy of her. A m soon m this misfortune had stricken ber of Colonels in Utah. erican Odors. girl, she had withal a the Demarest home. What else would that made I do?" ha asked when friends questionIn the light of the census returns candor and a good-wi- ll on the slxe of the cotton crop the boll everybody her friend, as everybody ed him m to whether he would persist was her father a In his intention to marry the daughter weevil seems to have lived In vain. Carlos Sheffield went dow n to Nyark of the disgraced leaJer disgraced fey Handsome and useful. kirmins. see to He saw the his little bis own father. Manicure seta. AH approA novel suggestion is made in London that the unemployed should be playmate in a Hungarian gypy dance Demareet In the jail refuses to priate gifts. and fell iu love with her. this dramatic sequel to hie misplaced no all ihe juries, as there is a fee of 50 cents fur each days service. theTheir parv.it made no objection to doings. Say what you will of me," he understanding that gradually came but I must not speak of my to be acknowledged as a raal engage- says, See yourself as others see or any of my family." Dema-re- ot Some Oxford undergraduates recentment. Carlo Sheffield found an opening daughter seems to Del that any remark by you. Chorny and oak styles ly thought it funny to ride In a big in the world In which he had to make himself upon this phase of hi affairs wagon around and around a womans his way before a could be be taken ss a bid for public night, thought- of. And so marriage college In the middle of the the beginning of might sympathy, a baby act." He feel his yelling Fire." 1904 found the pair contentedly waiting own situation keenly, but he declares Ladies' and Gents. The for a Carlos was now a manly, his ruin should not Involve more of export from well-s- wedding. The chief article finest selection in the city. -up. handsome youth of twenty, that suffering for his Innocent onra. Wurtemberg to the United States are one. He had tuherit.J his father's are musical instruments, aud of these the sense, and while he toiled toward hi AN OBJECT LESSON. greater part ara mouth harmonicas, ambition to be a nainter he found emV which are sold In greater quantities in ployment as an illustrator on a newsA the United States than in any other paper in Xeward. N. J. The iieople of President Roosevelt has decided to countrv. We.t X.vack linked on at the courtship visit Birmingham, Ala., on January 8th. The president will find there a city aud an id they were a fine couple. After holding oui s long time and FAMILIES AGAINST EACH OTHER. that la the truest exemplar of the But now cliiiut began to darken the New South. It is secure of It own trying all kinds of compromises, the senior of the 1'nlvprsity of California horizon uf the sweethearts. The resources and With such hare yielded to their military Instruc- of Rockland had begun to agitatepeople fur a a city as Birmingham within it bordrav-alrtor. Captain Nance, of the Ninth political liouseeleaning. In every com- ers as an object lesson for all in the and the secretary of war, and munity power by one benefit of the protective policy, w have consented to march in and nut of paity brew Is abu-e- s and corruption. arc unable to conceive how Alabama th captain's classroom in military There were charges of miamauagemenr. can still vote the Democratic ticket. or w oi se. Tax bills had been growing style. Nevada (litMll 30, 1901. DY Of Prison Bars and a Broken LABOR JN NEW YORK. Robert Hunter, the head worker of the University Sett lenient at New York, ha told the Central Federated l?niun that State Labor Cummiioncr McMackiu has failed io enforce the existing law for the prevention of child labor and for factory jasper-io-n aid In this connection Mr. lluuier children emthere were 2.000.UUU ployed in the factories of the United States today, and that there were the saute cumber of unemployed men. Mr, Hunter investigations showed that i:i New York the law was systematically violated. Photograph were procured showing children 4, 5 aud 6 years of In age employed iu the factories. one factory there were 300 children under 14. In another a whole family worked. Including a child of 4, who earned 19 cents a day. SUBSCRIPTION RATSB. LOVE-TRAGE- GREAT OUR contract.' by Carrier, laclwi'a Marine A 7RUE DECEMBER it affet-rinnuti- STOCK has commenced in good earnest. The values me tioned yesterday were such that they should not overlooked. In our haste we neglected the Children's Congo Calf and Kid Shoes, lace or button 75c Children and Ladies' Shoes, good quality, at Another line of Children' Shoes for.. Dress Goods Ladies Patent Colt or Patent Kid, button or lace, were 4.00, 5,00 and $6.00. Grades go for $3.50 ..Some other high priced BhoM on the $2.50 table. You will find aouie good wearing 82,50 and $3.00 Shoes; we are dosing but now we have a b;g line of all kinds and colon marked down 10 to 25 per cent. If you want a drew or waist you cas get two for what o.ie can be fcoopS at any other time. ft $2.25 Thera- are about 50 pair of $3.25 and $3.50 Shoes, which will go daring - Notion Department g this sale, at.. $3.00 Soft Soles for the Baby In Red, Fink, White, Black,. Tan aud Blue stock-reducin- at. ....... REDUCING In the notion department there are some special bar gains on Puses and Handbags at 15c. 25c and 35c. They are chefij at these prices but you may get a di- a..... .... a... .. 2 We also offer some warm Bhosa and Slippers at 75c and 95c. They era great bargains. .All high priced Shoes will ba discounted. on them. Call at the Ladies' Shoe Department and look at the bargains. Hundreds o pa rs and the prices are so low. Felt Slippers and Shoes also at a discount scount ....... CLARKS STORES WASHINGTON 2356-58-60-- 62 AVE. ex-po- 1 VALUE OF FARM open-bande- long-settl- 1- -3 ed poe-seso- rril. Dem-srest- 1-- 3 llm-klan- . e al fs al one-hal- r I HOLIDAY "S WMhlngUm, Dec. 28. The following bulletin wm issued by the agricultural department today: Final returns to the chief of the bureau of statistic of the department of agriculture from regular and special correspondents, supplemented by reports of special agents show the acreage, production and value of the principal farm crops of the United Slot os in 1904 to have been a follow: Corn, 92,231,581 acres; 2,467,480,934 bushels, value, $1,867,411,440. Winter wheat 26,865,855 acres; bushels; value, $325,611,373. Spring wheat, 17,290,090 acrea; huahela; value, $184,878,501. Oats, 27.842.C69 acres; 894,595,552 bushels; value, $279,900,013. Barley, 5,145,898 acres: 139,748,958 bushels; value, $58,651,807. acres; 27,234,565 Rye, 1,792,673 bushels; value $18,743,543. Buckwheat, 793,165 seres; 15,008,-33- 6 bushels; value $9,350,768. Flaxseed, 2,203,565 acres; 23,400 634 bushels;' value $23,228,758. Rye, 662.006 acres; 21,096,038 bushels; value $13,891,523. Potatoes, 2,015,675 acres; 332,830,-30- 0 bushels; value, $150,673,923. acres; 60,696,028 Hay, 39,998,602 332,-925,3- 219,-464.1- tons; $529,107,676. Tobacco, 806,409 acres; 660,460,739 lbs.; value $53,382,959. It hM been found Impracticable to of the make a complete estimate amount of wheat for milling owing t0 the difficulty of drawing a hard and fMt line between the arillable and the reports, however, have been made on the average weight of wheat per bushel in principal spring wheat states and such have been found to be 52 pounds in Minnesota, 51 pound in North Dakota and 50 pounds In South Dakota, STATE ' OF IRON TRADE Week Has Brought no Transactions. Importin' Washington, Dec. 29. By direction of the President, Captain Robert L. Howie, Sixth Cavalry, now stationed at Fort Keogh, Mont., hM teen appointed commandant of Cadets at the United States Military arsflemy. West Point Next to the superintendent of the academy th commandant of cadets is the most important office at the institution and carries . with it the rank and pay of a lieutenant colonel. Captain Howse was one of tho officers charged by General Miles with having abused and Filipino prison-er- a The rhargea vers the subject of vo lnvestigatinna one conducted in is countrv snd the other in the and reunited in the complete of the officer. Phil-ipin- Cleveland, O.. Dec. 29. The Trade Review this week says: rainfall hM come The to the relief of the coke trade, to the blast furnaces threatened with a shut down, and to the railroads and manufacturing plants whose steam making capacity wm greatly reduced by bad water. For the present drouth hM been eliminated as a factor in pig Iron production, but even with the increased number of coke ovens running or long-awaite- d In-pi- es REAL SECRET OF SUCCESS Former Lieut. Governor of New Ysrk DisoMirMB on Opportunities for Typswritista and Stenographers. Chicago, Dec.9. Timothy L. former lieutenant-governo- r at New York, In a speech delivered it the national convention of tha Commercial and Shorthand Teachers association, last night, said that th large cities furnished the opportunities and that the teachers should make their fight for success iu cities like New York and Chicago. The opportunities that present themaclves to young men and young women in all the great cental of population are abundant today," ha If a young man or young wosaid. man is earnest of purpose and diligent, is it not wiaer to seek a thing where it abounds, even If competltha for its possession Is great, rather ttuu seek it where competition la leu, but where It may not exist at 111" "The real secret of success," 1 continued, "in commercial Ilf lies iu willingness snd In an effort to do more than merely perform th routine work demanded of the portion. Among all of tho opportunist which this country affords now eowM with greater more frequently or promise than those which are within the grasp of the stenographer or tha Wood-ruf- Perfumes well-broug- ht high-spirit- ed Toilet Cases m Mirrors Purses - typewritist A MORE HEINOUS CRIME. The Stockton Mail says that Nss Patterson may not he guilty of ths murder of Caesar Young from the In telegraphic account of tha evideMS the cast the Mail Is inclined to belters that she Is not but she hu commit ted another crime even more heinous. siurdereu of She iu the Ihe happiness 0f Caesar Young's wlfr. and upon the witness stand shs hs told her shamoful story in all its aors bideousness. Tulare Times. AS GOOD AS GONE. No matter what is the fate of ! Stoessel and his brave band 5s any practically cut off from relief from direction, and Port Arthur can no longer be considered as a poasihle bus for the Russians. Grass Valley ton. l Didn't you go to sleep during th Mr. classical programme?" asked If youll Jes look back on de things rou hu changed yoh min about In da Cumrox, severely. , No," answered ber husband. ms," said Uncle Kben, mebbe it'll luck." Washington Star. uch help you to have a little toleration an' respeck fob de man dat ain agrteln with you at de present moment. "What kind of a man is Jon V W ell" Washington Star. Well, what?" womans way la not always the He'n the kind of a man that givn best way, but all men travel it Bos- bis children nhoea and overcoats for A ton Post. ChristmM presents." Houston Post. et T. H. CARR, self-relian- t. n Druggist. gjca cKsssssa gsTj Miner-Transcrip- t. THE BIG RELIABLE STORE WISHES YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND f, sosw-thln- GIFTS well-round- ed fl Agricultural Department laeuee a Bulletin Giving Complete Estimates. f. 5 3 CROPS soon to be operated it will require time for the accumulation of coke stocks at furnacM to give protection against the embargo to be expected in the winter season. The ConneUsville output for the next few weeks promises to be at a record rate. The week hM brought no important transactions but firmness characterizes the pig iron market In all renter. The United State Steel corporation Is not now considered likely to pur chase Bessemer iron for January delivery in view of its inrreased coke production and the blowing in of additional blast furnaces. No change iron prices has been made apart from the Chicago district where some producers are Mklng 60 cents a ton more. Southern producers have probably booked all the iron they can deliver In the next three months. As high as $16 Northern furnace has been paid for forgo iron, thi being the usual quotation in the central west for No. 2 foundry. Of the 243 tin plate mill of the American Sheet anl Tin Plate company In tha Pittsburg district $2C will he accepted in the coming week and the conditions in this Industry are further Indicated by an advance of 10 cents a box made last week. Black sheets were advanced $2 s ton for box annealed and $1 for blue annealed, and on roofing advances of $1 and $2 have been mads. Considerable rail tonnage must yet be closed to bring the total up to 14,000,000 tons by January 1st, which is tha prediction recently made In some quarters. The Chicago and Northwestern purchase of 60,000 tons Is reported this week, and in addition to 100,000 tons for the Michigan Central the Vanderbilt Interests are reported to have taken thus far 120,000 tons. Other railroads' buying keeps up well, additional bridge contracts being reported, including 6,000 tons for the Cincinnati, Hamilton ft Dayton, 12,000 tons for the New York Central, and 6,000 tons for the Delaware, Lackawanna ft Western. A HAPPY NEW YEAR 67 Was the Lucky Number Which Won the Big Doll C M |