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Show Ir it took Secretary Tracy two years to discover what a cancer the navy yard patronage was upon the body politic how long will it take him to cut it out? The work of the Deocrats is al-jeady al-jeady visible in Michigan. Both houses of the Legislature has passed pass-ed a bill providing for presidential elections by congressional districts, and are to divide the state intp one hundred representative districts. Mr. Harrison said in one ot .his recent speeches: "We are many, of us looking forward to a time when we shall have i-cent postage in thjg country." Yes, we are all looking forward to that very desirable thing, but we do not expect to get it until a Democratic Congress gives it to us. The business failures occurring troughout the country during the last seven days, as reported to R. G, Dun & Co., The Merchantile Agency, Agen-cy, by telegraph, number, for the United States, 205, and for Canada, 42, or a total of 247, as compared with a total of 251 last week, and 243 the week previous to the last. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 218, representing re-presenting 179 failures in the United States, and 39 in the Dominion of Canada .April 25. Probate Judce Bartch, of Salt Lake County rendered a decision on the Kramer Will Case. It would appear that Shermsn Kramer" and several other parties were trying to beat the widow and orphan out of their property and Tudge Bartch veryproperly gave, the case to Afit-Alice Afit-Alice J. Kramer, tstate. He says in his decision: "This is the most remarkable case that has ever come to my knowledge, and I have searched in vain for its parallel in the books. The whole scene is almost in comprehensible, making an impression impress-ion on the mind that time alone can efface. "In accordance with the facts established es-tablished by tht evidence, law, just ice and humanity alike demand that proponent, petition be dismissed dis-missed and the alleged will be denied de-nied probate." I Dunn & Co SAVs"Prices tave changed scarcely at all in the great industries, but the tone of the iron trade is better. Unsold stocks appear ap-pear to be much reduced, and even at the South are now said to be unusually un-usually small. There is also seen more life in the demand for structural struct-ural and plate iron, and the larger rail mills are said to have orders to occupy them beyond the ' end of May. The coal trade does not improve, im-prove, though agents have fixed up on 2,500,000 toss as the output for May: the Lehigh ignores the decision de-cision in the Coxe case, but the threats of strike in bituminous mines affect the prospects. The dry goods trade remains much as before reported; re-ported; eminently satisfactory for worsted dress goods, but, less eri' couraging for men's wear woolens. Yet it is encouraging that buyers are looking for better qualities in ordinary goods, and buying less of eotton mixed stuff. In the stock market there has been a week of sharp advance, and prices average 1.50 per share higher than a week ago ,but the market shows signs of indigestion, some stocks are liberally liberal-ly sold, and a reaction would not be surprising. The strife , between trunk lines threatens the stability of rates more seriously every day, and yet the earnings continue to show that rates obtained are much highe than a year ago. Editorial Notes, -..'.- If hospitality were votes Mr. Ben- iamin Harrison would be well out of he, woods. ' ' ' ' Sum Nichols says there are too many different kinds of Democrats in Salt Lake, and he is not greatly 9,tX&y. Democrat.' ' , ' . , ' Qb yes, we'yf heard about that whjte republican party in the South fSefoTe,butit isn't lively to materialize material-ize until the black republican, party disappears. Mr. Haruson apparently forgot tQ stop at Vicksburg to receive the thanks of the citizens for having given them a non-resident negro for bQitmaster. |