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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Wool. Hides and Pelta.

WooL.Demand fair, and prices steady;
similar - Fine 6dSc; fine medium, s
Gl0c; medium. 1Oa1119c; combing, S
Ole; coarse, 10G11c. Kansas. Nebraska
dium. 5dSc: medium, 6d1Oc: combing, so
l0c; coarse, 7QSc. Colorado-FIne. 6dSc; fine
medium. IGsc, medium, sq10c; coarse and
carpet. IGSc; extra heavy and sandy, 5d6c.
HIDES AND PELTS+Selling fair
ly. Quoted: Green and salted, free of
brands No. ]: &c per pound; No 2, &c; free
of brands. fiat, Size: green salted. side
branded. No. l. &c; No. 2. SC; green salted
kips. 15 to % pounds. No. 1, &c; No. 2. &c;
green saited calf. to l5 pounds, No. 1, Sc;
No. 2, &c; green, uncured. No. /. Sic.
TALLOW-No. l, sac: No. 2, CSC.
ST. Louis, Dec. 24.-WOOL-Unchanged
heavy fine, 6la@91sc: tub washed, 15isqIc.
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visitor. at the Yards with stock.

h. w. JerSlg Is IN Texas.
]. t. Hill, Ada, Kas., got feeders here
yesterday.
George Taylor. Tyyo, Kas.. came in yes
terday with hogs.
Pool & Brockman, Norman. o. t, had
in hogs yesterday
James Beattie. GAINESVILLE, Tex. was up
yesterday with cattle.
B. A. Fleshman, Utah, was on the yards
yesterday with cattle
V. d. Gordon, Norman, o. T., came in
yesterday with hogs.
James Wilson, Carroll county, No.. got
feeders here yesterday.
G.. w. Dorman, Girard, Kas., was at the
yards yesterday with hogs.
C. A. Cliff, Bluff City, Kas., was in yes
terday with cattle and hogs.
C. L. Stine. Williamsburg, Kas., was on
the yards yesterday with cattle.
E. ]. Matthews. Spring Hill. Kas., was
on the yards yesterday with hogs.
w. H. H. Miller, Mount Clair. Neb., was
here yesterday with cattle and hogs.
Frank Webb, Ellsworth Bros. and J. F.
Ames. Moline, kas, had in cattle yester-
day. .-N-.,. 5-r-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

There was very little trading yesterday.
The want of speculation and the holidays
being upon us, the disposition was to do
little, and what trading done was of a
jobbing characters. While buyers were
backward packers were disposed to hold
prices steady.
We quote car lots:
GREEN MEATS-Shoulders. $S.6Oa3.75 20 per
cwt.; hams Sc 506S.00
LARD-Cash, 3.60; December. $3.50.
d. S. MEATS-Shoulders, cash. A.00 per
cwt.; short rib sides. cash. $500: long clear
sides. $500: short clear sides. s4.00l410.
S. P. MEATS-Hams. s7.50GS.75.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
cnRec nnh SMEAR

New York. Dec. 24-COFFEE-Options
opened steady with prices 10 points higher:
ruled fairly active on covering following
favorable cables and smaller receipts at
Brazilian ports; closed irregular at l5T20c
net advance. Sales. loco bags. including
December, 9.55a9.6Oc; March 960d9. Csc.
Spot coffee-Rio Quet No. invoice, 1Oc:
jobbing 10isc. Mild quiet: Cordova 15I2d
17c. Sales, 1900 bags Maracaibo D. L
SUGAR-Raw easier; fair refining, 13-16c;
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Death of a veteran Life saver.

New York, Dec. 24.-Captain Symes Ba-
ker, captain of the Lone Hill live saving
station, died at Saville, L. l.. to-day, of
consumption. Captain Baker had been CON-
nected with the life saving service for
twenty years. and made many heroic res
cues of shipwrecked crews during his ca
reer. Among the foremost was that of the
survivors of the Louis N. Place, which
came ashore on February T. 1895. Captain
Baker was 40 years old.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Magazine Men NeedIessly Alarmed.

Washington Dec. 24-Chairman Loud, of
the house committee on postoftices, is sur
prised at the meeting of the magazine
men held in New York last night to pro-
test against his bill to reduce the scope of
second class mail matter. Mr.. Loud said
that these publications had little to lose
by the passage of the bill. as it was di-
rected toward fake advertising publications
nrincinnllV.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Missouri Charters.

Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 24-(Special)
Secretary of State Lesueur issued certiti-
Gates of incorporation to-day to the Ad-
vance Elevator and Warehouse Company.
of st. Louis; capital stock, $4,000: incor-
pcrated by C. H. Albers, w. P. Hazard.
f. S. Chase and others.
The Springfield Lighting Company, of
Springfield, filed a statement of decrease
of capital stock from $4,000 to Sl25.000
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

cost or caring Tor ana nlllnS them.
BUTTER-Quiet. but prices held steady
We quote: Creamery butter. extra fancy
separator, zoe: tirsts. 1Sl2c; dairy. fancy.
stock, steady, &c; country roll. neatly
packed and sweet, 10G12c; choice, Sd10c;
mrssy, unwrapped stock, same as packing
stock.
EGGS-Receipts liberal and market lower.
Kansas and Missouri strictly fresh gath
cred stock, l6c dozen. Cold storage, l2Ia6
13c.
PoULTRY-Oferings good but market
firm under the Christmas demand. Hens.
4c per pound; roosters, 12iac each;
broilers from II. to lbs.' &c. Turkeys.
over lbs, TIC; under lbs. not wanted;
old gobblers, SC: ducks. 6l5c. geese. &c.
Pigeons. dull at T5c per dozen.
BUTTERINE-We quote: Dairy grades
lie: medium grades. l2c: high grade 14hc;
lib rolls. bricks and prints, 1c over above
age. ;se &c @ over above 'pi prices "''a ''' PACK
fun cream; cam I$q; Wisconsin fancy. fun
full cream. sasc: light skim. 5qIc per
pound: Herkimer. fun cream. lSo; Young
American; fun cream. lie,
POTATOES-Steady and In fair demand.
Quoted: Home grown, 2OQ2212c in a small
way; l6@l7c in car lots. Wisconsin and
Minnesota Burbanks 35dS6c in car lots:
stock. 25a2Sc, in car lots; 39435c in a small
way
SWEET PoTAToEs-Demand light but
prices steady.
APPLES-Very little demand but prices
steady. Quotations are as follows;
bushel: inferior, 3Od25c; cooking stock 2Oa
Csc Ben Davis. 20G40c: Wine Saps. 4OG65c,
according to quality. Huntsman's Favorita.
60GrT5c a bushel for fancy stock in small
way. Shippers are paying for Northern
Choice eating stock sells from 40c to 60c a
Spy. 81 per barrel in car lots: for fancy
fall and winter varieties. sl.0Od1.25 per
barrel; Jonathans, s1.25G1.5O per barrel for
fancy and 75cGSl for No. stock. New
York and Michigan. @OcaH per barrel.
425. choice s3.5Ga3.75. in small way
Malaga lemons. $500 for fancy; So. 10 for
choice. Mexican oranges. $3.5063.I5 per
box: Sonora oranges. standard boxes. $3.50
93.75; California, 500: navels IS. 25lI3.50: Ba-
nanas. scarce. prices firm; shipping, a.7sg
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Dry Goods,

New York. Dec. 24.-At the best, any de-
mand in the dry goods market was very
irregular and for moderate quantities of
any kinds of goods. The completed sales
through deliveries on former purchases
were large. The market is very quiet. as
usual, in this period of the month and year,
though, in fact. the months sales are
largely in excess of those for the cor
responding month last year. Printing
cloths dull at 2 9-16G2l2c and no sales re-
ported of odd goods. There were sales OF
20 600 pieces
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
LOCAL LIVE STOCK MARKET.
ANOTHER GOOD DAY IN THE CAT
TIE MARKET.
Hogs Active and Higher and Sheep
Steady-A Light Run of Every
thing, Which Encour-
aged Buyers.

New York, Dec. 24.-Cables quote Ameri-
can steers at 10Ql1I2c. dressed weight;
sheep at 9d10c. dressed weight: refrigerator
beef at S6tSi2c. No exports.
CATTLE-MoVements for past q hours:
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
ONLY ONE POsTOFFICE BLOCKED.
Christmas Rush Forced Los Angeles
to Telegraph for Relief.

Washington. Dec. Appropriations for
the Christmas rush at the postoffices
throughout the country were made by the
pcstofice department some time ago. and
at most of the offices for the past few
days there have been several additional
employees authorized by the Washington
authorities. The only office that has tele-
graphed for further reinforcement is Los
Angeles. Cal. from which an inspector
wired to-day that the mail was
piled up and the office would have bad
block unless immediate relief was given.
General Superintendent Machen, of the
free delivery service. Immediately author
ized the employment of five more men and
five more horses for six days.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Miss Phoebe Randall Dead,

Sedalia, Mo-, Dec. A.-(Special) Miss
Phoebe c. Randall. for eight years a teach
er in Prospect school, of this city and
widely known as an educator, died this
morning at Denver, from the effect of a
surgical operation. The remains will be
taken to her girlhood home, Marion, O.,
for interment.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Rye nnd Seeds.

Chicago. Dec. 24-Rye-Cash. S71ac: De-
cember, S7kc; May. 412c. Flaxseed-Cash,
!35ec; December, 72l5c Timothy seed-Cash,
ST. Louis. Mo-, Dec. 24.-Rye-S5c. track
Flaxseed-72l2c. Timothy seed-Prime, s.. 10.
Toledo, o., Dec. 24.-Rye-Firmer at 3Sc
Clever seed-Steady; prime, December
$5.4212.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Cotton.

New Orleans. Dec 24.-CoTToN-Future
closed steady. Sales. 2S,400 bales. De-
cember. 6:59c: January, 6.55G6.57c; Feb
ruary. 665G6.66c; March, 6.73d6.74c; April,
6.S0a6.S1c; May, 6.SIQ6SSc; June. 6.92469ic:
July. 6.s1d6.s9c. Cotton exchange closed
till Monday.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

Topeka, Kas.. Dec. 4.-(Special.D The
statements of state banks being received
al the state bank commissioners office as
the result of the call December 10 show a
large cash reserve on hand in each insti-
tuition. Bank Commissioner Breidenthal
says that the showing is much above the
average. and that the Kansas banks are
in good condition.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
A NEW Frencb Ac,dcmicIap

Paris, Dec 24-M. Anatole France. the
poet and literateur, was received to-day
as a member of the academy and pro-
ncunced an eloquent tribute to the memory
of his predecessor in the academy, the late
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 1885,

centrifugal SO tesG 3 3-16c; refined quiet
Granulated, 47sc, and crushed, SC.
New Orleans, Dec. 24.-COFFEE-ordi
open kettle. 21l4 G2lGc; centrifugal granu-
lated. S2493 13-l6c whites, 7-17a3 9-16c;
yellows: 3!s@3l2c; seconds: 2hQ3 1-l6c.
MOLASSES-Quiet: open kettle. 10d2Oc;
fermenting. 3Q4c; off centrifugal, 4dl1c:
syrup. 12q15c. Others unchanged
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Grain Notes.

Minneapolis stocks of wheat have in
creased about IT'S 600 bushels and Duluth
about 350.0O0 bushels this week.
To-day and Saturday. all the grain eX-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

Paris, Mo-, Dec. 24.-(speciaI) Hcn. r.
n. Bodine. congressman-elect from this
district. who has been dangerously I'll for
the past week. is considerably better to-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Lend and Zinc.

New York, Dec 24-LEAD-Strong:
brokers' price. $2.7o; exchange price. $4,000
$40. Spelter-Dull; domestic, A.1212G4.25.
st. Louis. Dec. 24.-LEAD-Dull; $2.I50
2.AEs. Spelter-Dull; $3.971s.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Remarkably Cold In New York.

New York, Dec. 24-To-day was the cold
est December "a in the history of the New
York weather office. AT 3 a. m. the ther-
mometer registered deg. above zero.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

A woman who Is weak. nervous and sleep
less, and who has cold hands and feet can
not feel and act like a well person. Car
ters Iron Pills equalize the circulation, re-
move nervousness and give strength and
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Silver.

New York. Dec 24.-Bar silver, 65hc;
Mexican dollars. 502c.
London, Dec. 24-Bar silver, % 15-16d per
ounce.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

da5O; No. /, s5.OOa55O; No. 2. s4.OO14.5o;
lower grades. S3.OOq350 Timothy. choice.
sSOOd6 so; No. /. S7.0Od7.5O; No. 2. Sc. .o0d6.50.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

There were but few on sale yesterday
but under the influence of scarcity all good
smooth horses were in very good demand
and fat, smooth mules We're wanted The
South and East both buying, but while
choice animals are wanted all pluggy stock
Is still very dull.
We quote:
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
STOPS WITHIN
Or. DeLan's ',ReIiaf for YIaman. y

AVOID FAILURE AND DiSAPPoINT-
MENT. SAFEi CERTAINI RELIABLE!
SUCCESSFULLY USED IN THOUSANDS
OF CASES, SENT (SEALED). POSTAGE
PAID, UPON RECEIPT OF $101 FOR
SALE BY JOHNSON BROS, DRUG
GISTS. l107 MAIN STREET. KANSAS
CITY, MO.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

The offerings Yesterday were hght and
the markets east of us stronger. Hence
sales We're quick and good traGrlS was nad
and best cattle We're firm to lOc higher
both natives and Texas, and the pens We're
better cleared than for some days. There
were not many cows In and the market
was quiet but steady. Stockers and feeders
were firm and in very good demand, but
few on sale. Mich cows in fair demand
and best tirmer. Common, $l56lS; medium
to fair, $20di26, and good to choice S3Oai0
REPRESENTATIVES, SALES.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
w Z Quulc.
HORSES-1
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
Quiet and Hardly So Firm-The
Christmas Demand Over.

Quotations below are for job lots. On
snail lots higher prices are asked and OBJ
taired. enough being asked to cover extra
cost OF caring for and filling them.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

Yesterdays Chicago Market.
Furnished by the French Bros. Commits
sion Company. room q. Board of Trade
building:
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Fifty-si1 Hours to Los Angeles.

The California Limited. via Santa Fe
Route Swift, safe and luxurious
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
Kansas Banks in Good Condition,

Arc unlike ali other pills. No purging or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25

HOGS-Movements forSthe past q hours:
Receipts ......... IA
Shiphents ......'....... -................... b2
There were not many in yesterday and
the markets east of US showed more
strength. The result was free buying on
packing account and most of the sales were
5610c higher, but towards the close. after
most of the offerings had been disposed of.
the feeling grew weaker and just before the
close part of the early advance was lost.
Extreme range, s27513.48; bulk of sales,
50. 2013.30.
Good to choice heavy ............S3 2Od3 25
Common heavy Observation-Disclosures. 75I3 10
Good to choice lights, $50 to 200
pounds :. ........................ 3063 40
Good to choice mixed packing
23S to 2so pounds ................ 2Oa3 80
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
for Kansas.

Shipped daily in secure packages by
GEORGE EYSSELL, Druggist.
Opposite waiting room. Union depot.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-25
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-01
GIANT LOCOMOTIVES.
Heaviest Railway Engine in the World in
Old Mexico.

The heaviest locomotive in the world
was made at Providence, R. L, and is
in daily operation on the most difficult
and mountainous section of the Next
can Central railroad. 1t weighs 100000
pounds, or 100 tons, and is especially
designed for mountain climbing.
The railroad men call it Siamese.
because it is, in fact, two locomotives
permanently united. 1t is used for the
purpose of freight trains, and is unique
II the mechanical world.
The locomotive was designed by F.
W. Johnston. and his professional rivals
said that it was imptacticable. The
samew said of the first railroad loco
motive and of the pioneer steamboat.
The locomotive is double in all its parts,
in fact, two locomotives end to end,
with a single cab in the center. One
single stiff frame carries the two boil
erS and driving mechanisms, each ma
chine resting on three rollers which are
placed close together. The difficulty
OF running this colossal engine on com
paratively short curves is met by so
arranging the fore and rear parts that
they accommodate themselves to the
curves. The engine, therefore, despite
its great length, can go around much
shorter curves in safety than the ordi-
nary single locomotive.
The mechanical arrangement of the
driving wheels was the chief difficulty
met with by the builder. The crank
shafts OF the driving wheels are provid
ed with immense ball joints near the
cylinder heads, so that when the driving
wheel assumes an angle other than %
degrees in reference to the frame the
crank shafts connecting with the cylin
der heads and the driving wheels follow
the movement of the wheels without
injury to the engine.-N. Y. Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-01
EMPIRE STATE GOLD STANDARD
DEMOCRATS PUT OUT \
STATE TICKET.
GEN. PALMER EVOKED SENTIMENT
He Referred TO Bryan as an Anarchist.
Chairman Faulkner Explains
Why Mr.. Bryan Voted for
Weaver in 1892.

New York. Sept. 24.-The national
democratic party held state conven-
ton in the Brooklyn Academy Of Music
tonight.
Daniel W Griffin of WATERFOWL was
nominated for governor, Frederick W,
HinrichS Of Brooklyn for lieutenant gov
crnor and Spencer Clinton of Buffalo for
associate justice of the court of appeals.
\ full set of electors was named. Pal
mcr and Ruckner, together with the In
dianupoliS platform, were endorsed and
an address to the people issued telling
why the Chicago platform and ticket
could not lie supported.
II closed with an appeal To all voters
to support the national democratic ticket,
state and national.
Gen. Palmer made a speech and evoked
much enthusiasm. The convention was
not a large one. but many men, formerly
prominent in democratic circles. We're
present
Speaking of Mr.. Bryan's candidacy on
three platforms. Gen. Palmer said:
THE populiSts like Bryan because he is
Il populist: the silver men like him he
cause he is a silver man and the Chicago
platform likes him because he is every
thing YOU like and an anarchist, if you
please" Cl.aughtcr.)
The convention adjourned without any
formal resolutions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-01
FEMININE ELECTRICITY.
The Unfattering Term "Negative" Is Still
Much Used.

From the beginning it had been
noticed that there were two kinds OF
electric force, but these were named,
with reckless discourtesy, positive and
negative, as though the second had been
inferior, inactive, merely receptive.
And yet there were suggestions of the
true relations of these two forces that
should not have been overlooked. 1t is
recorded that six years after the St.
Petersburg professors fatal expert
ment (about 1850, Robert SPINNER,
when pulling off his stockings in the
evening, remarked that they gave q
cracking noise and emitted sparks"
By varied experiments he discovered
that the electricity was most powerful
when silk and worsted stocking had
been worn in the same leg, or, if the
stockings were both of silk, then more
diverting results were obtained when
they were of different colors. Two
white silk stockings or two black ones
gave no electrical indications. When
black and white stocking were with
drawn from the same leg. and then sep
arated, they were so much inflated that
each showed the entire shape of the leg
and at a distance OF IS inches they
rushed to meet each other.
Separated by force they would again
become inflated, and be as ready to
rush together as before. When this OK
pertinent was performed with two
black stockings in one hand and two
white in the other, the repulsion OF
those of the same color-their jealousy
and the attraction of those of differ
ent colors would throw them into agi
tation and make them catch each at
that of its opposite color at a greater
distance" Plainly this eighteenth
century student had to DO with mascu-
line and feminine electricity and yet
the unfattering term negative as
applied to the feminine, has persisted
even to our day.-Harper's Weekly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-01
HIGH KITE FLYING IN BOSTON,.
Success of Experiments on Blue Hill
Features of the Snort.

The details of the high fight OF kites
at Blue Hill observatory show the eX-
pertinent to have been success in other
, respects than the altitude to which it
. was possible to send the kites. This,
it has been stated, was upwards of a
mile and a quarter, the instrument
reaching a height of 1900 feet above
the level of the country surrounding the
hill. AS the meteorograph is suspended
quite distance below the upper kites,
they, of course. reached an altitude 200
or 300 feet greater. The kites were
three in number. all of them on this &C.
/ casion of the Eddy pattern, two OF them
being at he end of the line and the third
some hundreds of feet below. The kites
were of large size, two of them being
six feet in their largest dimension, and
the third one a monster of nine feet,
presenting some G5 square feet Of sur
face TO the wind. This varied from IS
to 81 miles per hour at the surface, anf
the pull of the wire which held the
kites mounted at times TO upwards of
125 pounds, quite as much as Mr.. Clay
ton and his assistants, FERGUSON and
Sweetland, care to handle.
The instrument which was sent up
was a meteorograph of three elements,
giving continuous readings of air pres
sure. temperature and humidity, and it
was maintained at its greatest height
for upwards of half hour. The readings
of the Thermometer show fall in tenn
Iserature OF about IS degrees between
the surface and the upper air, y short
dist Gnce above the earth a cloud VI as en-
countered, through which the kites
rose. coming out into clear weather
above In the midst of the cloud, as
might BE expected. the humidity rose
10 100 per cent, this being the reading
of the hygrometer, and above the cloud
the air was quite dry. more so than at
the surface. The record of the instru-
ment, in its variations OF humidity, af-
fords a tolerably accurate measure Of
the thickness of the cloud, which from
the estimate made seems TO have been
about $500 feet. The flight fairly taxed
again the resources of the observatory,
for to secure this great height it was
necessary to put out 2ls miles of wire.
Moderate kite-fying is portion of the
regular duties of the men at Blue Hill.
for Mr.. Rotch has recognized the value
of this means of securing information
about the weather conditions of the
upper air. but these very high flights
are little out of the regular order. An
attempt 10 eclipse the record will, how
ever, be made later in the week, when
Prof. Harrington and Mr.. Archibald
can be present, and again later in the
season, when it is probable that Mr..
Eddy will be once more with the kite
ayers on Blue Hill.-Boston Transcript.