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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1.-The wheat market
opened fairly steady this morning had a
short period of weakness, firmed up a lit
tie by 10 o'clock, scoring a good advance
and ruled fairly strong during, the remainder
of the morning session. Trading was more
the trade generally feeling that it is about
time that the recent decline should receive
a check. The actual position of wheat is
recognized by all to be strong, but there
is still lacking that speculative interest
which it deserves. st. Louis wired that
600 bu of No. 2 red wheat was taken
yesterday for Liverpool and 10000 bu today
New York reported that Geddes had worked
about 100000 bu of Manitoba hard and No
spring for export. These reports. however
had but little effect on the market. The
continued large movement of Northwest
wheat to this point and Duluth looks
portentious to the superficial observer, and
has a repressing effect. They forget, or ap-
pear to forget, that every busheI Of wheat
marketed by the Northwest farmer is i'm
mediately forwarded to these two points be-
cause of the cash premium prevailing. De-
cember wheat opened at S7ssc against S7A
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Northern

Total ~. 9S 119 III GA 40
Other Grains-Winter wheat, 8 cars; No.
corn, II cars; No. 4 corn 10 cars; No. 8
oats, "a cars; no grade oats. 8 cars; No. 2
rye cars; No. rye, 2 cars; No. bar
ley, cars; No. barley, % cars; no grade
barley 2 cars; No. fax, Al cars; rejected
flax, l car.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat, No. 1 north
ern, 70 cars; No. 2 northern 2S cars; No. 8,
cars; rejected 26 cars; no grade, cars;
No. oats, 13 cars; No. barley, cars.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Received--Wheat, $50 cars. $50 ,920. bu; corn,
20 400 bu oats $40 bu; barley, 21,390 bu;
rye. 1850 bu; fax, 32, 240 bu: oil cake, 24S,
$40 lbs; flour 300 bbls; hay, SO tons; fruit,
743 $50 lbs; merchandise, 1,341 042 lbs; lum
ber 30 cars; posts and piling, 8 cars; bar
rel stock, cars; machinery, 1885, $50 lbs;
coal 299 tons; wood, 315 cords; brick, 20,
Goa; lime. 2 cars; cement, 200 bbls house
hold goods, $4,000 lbs; pig iron, 13 cars;
stone and marble, cars; cured meats, 20
600 lbs; dressed meats, S9,400 lbs; hides,
pelts, etc, 10000 lbs; railroad materials, Z
cars; sundries, 80 cars; car lots, LIPS.
Shpped-Wheat, 56 cars, 1929 bu; oats,
II 700 bu; barley, 1850 bu; rye, 2400 bu;
flax 12,1S0 bu -four 5O,O4S bbls; millstuffs,
1,749 tons; fruit, 146,1 100 lbs; merchandise,
2.235S $40 lbs; lumber, II cars; barrel stock,
/ car; machinery, $1,000 lbs; brick. 5000;
cement, Ice bbs; household goods, 10000 lbs;
stone and marble, cars; railroad iron, 3
cars butter, $4,000 lbs; railroad materials,
cars; sundries, II cars; car lots, SO2.
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DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 1.-The market was
active in cash and futures. December opened
1sc up at SIC. sold up to ST&c at 1920, off
to $3.50 at IL 20 and closed 1sc off at $3.50.
Cash S5O,000 bu to shippers, $4,000 bu to
mills at 1bc over December for shippers and
1Ada4c over for mills. Estimated increase,
$50, ,OGO bu wheat in stock this week. Close:
Wheat No. / hard cash, S9c; No. 1 northern
cash, SIC; October, S7Ac; December $3.50;
May, SSAc: No 2 northern, S3c; October,
S3Ac; No 8, 79c; rejected, 70@7Sc; to arrive,
No / hard S9c No. / northern, SIC; rye,
4515c; No. 2 oats 2114c; No. oats 21c; fax,
9Sj5c; corn, 275B @271kc. Car inspection: Wheat,
529; corn, SO; oats, Z; rye, s; barley, Y;
fax, go. Receipts-Wheat, 4O6,574 bu; corn,
lev, go ,604 bu; fax, 1864 bu. Shipments
Wheat, 456, ,292 bu; corn, 649.
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Real Estate Transfers.

C. p Olson ct ux to Aug. Gall, lot 27,
block /, sub of block 1S, Stinson's
aQd .......-..'.. 9ou w
N Thorstenson ct ux. to H. Cloutter,
lot 10, Pioneer R; E; and Bldg;
Society sub of north u of northwest
Y of sec. %, township 20, range o.. 20 90
E. E. Chapman ct al. to l.. Nash,
lot l. block 2, Elfelt Bern & Ar
noldS add o,ouV w
Sue c. Elfelt to W. H. Darby lot 4,
block 6, Elfelt, Bern & Arnold's add. 800 90
Sue c. Elfet to Chas. Newquist, lot 3,
block 6, Elfelt. Bern & Arnolds add. 500 90
Vim. Weimand ct uX. to j. F. Brandt,
lot H. block 2, Weimand's add. 500 90
Louisa Quinn to j. A Quinn. south
a of southwest u, Sec 10, town
ship 90, range 29.................... 5000 90
Aug Stutzman to Wilhelmine A. Stutz-
man. lot II, of Colemans sub of lots
/ and 2 block T. Rogers & Hendricks
acre lots; also the undivided 1-3 of
lots 80 and 81, block %, North St.
Paul proper .......i i:...........-.... l'ooo w
Eight transfers. Total ..........$ .$n, $50 90
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Al, $50; spot weak No. 2 red, 955sc; options
opened easy under foreign selling, rallied
sharply on drought news and covering, but
in the late hour weakened again under dis,
appointing late cables, realizing and small
October, 99a4 @95c, closed 93a4c; December,
SO 1-16@93 9-16c, closed 9S1sc. Corn-Re-
ceipts, 2SO,6OO bu; exports, 144,6 637 bu;; spot
weak; No. 2, 34c; options opened steady and
advanced on dry weather, but weakened
finally with wheat and closed 7s@Ac net
lower; October, 9214 @32a4c, closed, S2Ac; De
cember, 34A@347sc, closed 34Ac Oats-Re-
ceipts, 106,S00 bu; exports, 100,527 bu; spot
quiet; No. 2, 2SA@231ac; options steady and
moderately active, closing unchanged; oc-
tober, 231z@2312c, closed, 23Ac; December,
24a4 @25c, closed, 24a4c.
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Bees in Letter Box.

An unusual sight was witnessed at Gran
brook, in Kent, Engs the other day. A
swarm of bees settled on post letter box
and afterward a second swarm To-
colony following the queen through the
aperture provided for letters. Every pre-
paration was made for the capture of the
man to clear the letters; but, owing to
the awkward position, of the winged vis-
itors, it was found impossible to hive the
bees until night when they were smoked
incident the letters posted before the bees
took possession of the pillar box were de-
layed for several hours.-Philadelphi Record
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New York,s Charities.

New York city maintains free lecture
bureau under the board of education and
now it is proposed to open theaters in the
crowded tenement districts of all Greater
New York. to be supported by appropriations
from the city government and conducted un-
der the auspices of some board kindred in
nature to the department of education.
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Unfair Advantage.

''Higs Is a cheat"
What has he being doing now?'
He wanted to bet me two to one the 9TH
er day that he knew man who could read
the new tariff schedule through once and
remember every item.'
'That seems like fair proposition.''
"It does, and 1 took him up
''What was the result?''
''He won. He rung in Mississippi river
pilot on me."-Chicago Tribune.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-
Easy Wheat-No. spring, S61sc; No. 8
spring S615DS7c; No. red, 9fsc. Corn-No.
3, 271a@27$c. Oats-No. 2, 19d19Ac; No. 2
white 2234 6231kc; No. 8 white, 2024 G2224c.
Rye-No 2, Acc. Barley-No. 2, nominal;
No. g. 2S@37c; No 4, 1905. Flaxseed-No: 1,
96@971hc. Timothy seedaoPr;me. $50. Pork
AS Short Ribs-sides Qoose), s4S5@5.2O.
Shoulders-Dry sa!ted (boxed), 5@5Ae. Sides
Short clear (boxed), 5A@52sc. Whsky-Dis-
unchanged Receipts-Flour, 6,OO0 bbls;
wheat, iiSOO bu; corn, S6S, 900 bu; oats, $751;
GOO bu rye, 5000 bu barley, 127, Ship
ments-Flour, 5000 bbls; wheat, $1,000 bu;
bu; barley, 800 bu. On the produce exchange
today the butter market was steady; cream
cries, 15022c; dairies, 12@19c. Cheese steady;
SQ9c. Eggs easier; fresh, 13c.
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Totals, U. S. Isl, ,21S, ,225, ,9S1 sc. /
Totals outside N. ". 400, 427, ,SO9i17. 9
DOMINION OF CANADA.
$24, $50, PA 81
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-Evening Posts Lon
don financial cablegram: A further i'm
provement was noted in the stock markets
today. Business is spreading in every de-
Americans were exceptionally dull for the
greater part of the day, but there was
sharp rally tonight on New York support,
which, it is believed here, will be continued.
The close was at the best. 1t is difficult to
say how far the public here will respond
now take a fresh hand but the new public
seems likely to be attracted to mines. Home
rails were good while in the foreign mar
kets the Spanish and Argentine securities
were the feature. The Paris bourse was
firm, and the Berlin market was steady.
NEW YORK MONEY.
NEW YORK, Oct Money on call firm
at 21a@5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
41a@5 Per cent. Sterling exchange heavy,
with actual business in bankers bills at
S4.S45s 04.S4A for demand and S4.S212G4.S2A
for sixty days. Posted rates, $4.S3@4.S4 and
$4.S515@4.S6. Commercial bills, $4.S1. Si.ver
certificates, 55%@5712c. Bar silver, 557sc.
Mexican dollars, 422lc.
BANK CLEARINGS.
st. Paui-$9S1 O95.69.
Mnneapolis-s19 902 1929.
Chicago-$20 lis, ,147.
New York-$145, ,S02, ,S76.
Boston-$19, $50, ,991.
TREASURY STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. -1.-Today's statement
of the condition of the treasury shows: Avail
able cash balance, $215, 5,912 ISL; gold reserve,
$147, ,663, los.
CHICAGO MONEY.
CHICAGO. Oct. New York exchange, 35c
discount. Sterling exchange, posted rates,
81 S46D4 Sc.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
GRAIN GOSSIP.

Gossip by private wire to c. H. F. Smith
& Co., st. Paul, members of the New York
stock exchange and Chicago board of trade.
Closing Cables-Paris: flour unchanged.
Antwerp, wheat 121a higher. London cargoes,
wheat steady Cd lower. Corn dull.
Modern Miller: All trade in the South was
light this week owing 10 adverse conditions
reported Stocks in second hands were
further reduced and prices were 10 to 15c
lower. A good business was done on Pacific
coast. San Francisco alone reported clear
ances of over million bu in -four and wheat,
oriental and united kingdom being in the
market The West accomplished fair -four
business with the coast and Europe. Corn
products are slightly lower and the demand
is not so urgent.
London Wheat, off coast, nothing doing,
Cd higher; on passage, firm, Cd higher. Corn,
off coast nothing doing; on passage quieter.
Paris: Todays opening, wheat &c higher.
October flour 2Gf higher. French country
markets easy.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-Flour-Receipts, 23-
S23 bbls; exports, q, ,S72 bbls; slow and closed
easier with wheat; Minnesota bakers, S4.95
"a so; winter straights, $4.65@4.75; do extras,
$3.20@3.65. Rye flour quiet. Buckwheat -four
quiet. Buckwheat dull and easy. Corn meal
dull. Rye easier. Barley quiet Barley malt
dull Wheat-Receipts, 3S1,55O bu; exports,
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WHEAT MOVEMENT.
CORN CROP.

CORN CROP.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-The Corn Belt will say
tomorrow that reports from $50 correspond
ents, covering detailed conditions in LAG coun-
ties in four states-Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa
and Karsas-indicate that the corn crop of
1897 is now practically beyond the power OF
any further injury from meteorological con-
dtions The crop on the whole is most
satisfactory one. The harvest, based on 1896
acreage, will be: Iowa, 277, ,705 bu; Ne
braska 242, ,S61, ,03S bu; Kansas, 221, 191O75
bu; Missouri, 211 ,467, $50 bu.
MILWAUKEE,.
MILWAUKEE,, Oct. Flour unchanged.
Wheat steady; No. l northern, 90c; No. 2
spring, SEC; December, S734c Corn steady;
No. 8, 27c. Oats higher; No. 2 white, 21%@
221ac. Rye steady; No. 1, 4612c. Barley dull;
No. 2 Acc; sample, 27@42c. Receipts-Flour,
5000 bbls; wheat, 40, 900 bu; barley $1,000 bu.
Shipments-Flour, LOCO bbls; wheat, 5000 bu;
barley 1000 bu.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 1-Wheat unsettled; No.
red, cash, elevator, 96c bid; track, 97@9712c.
Corn higher; No. ., cash, 262c December,
26%c; May, 3O12@305sc. Oats easy; No. 2,
cash. elevator, zoe; No. white, 22@2212c;
May, 22A@224sc.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. Close: Wheat-Spot
dull; futures quiet, A@11sd lower; October,
rs 3Ad; May, Is 11ad. Corn-Spot steady;
futures steady, 1ad higher to 3sd lower; Oc-
tober, IS I'D; November, SIS I'D; December,
IS 2Ad.
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cline. few desirable. cattle sold satisfac-
torily hut the general trade was Slow Ma
tive beef steers sold at $3,80@5.5o as an ex-
treme range. with the bulk 0f TIE sales at
$4.60@5.15. Veal calves were active and sold
at $3@3.65. Stocker and feeder trade was
good at $3@460; stockers averaging Csc low
er than,last week. but choice feeders we're
firm. Texas cattle sold at steady prices.
There was an active local and shipping de-
mand for hogs and the supply was well taken,
prices averaging Sc higher. Sales were large
ly at s4@42 pigs going chiefly at s3.S0@
$50. Hogs sold at an extreme range of $3.7O
@4.40. Trade in sheep and lambs was ac-
tive with prices 6avorng buyers. Sheep sold
at 81. 2.25@2.50 forn the poorest to $4a4.25 for
the best, Western range flocks predominant
were heavy buyers afound s3.60@3.65. Lambs
sold at $3.50@365 Receipts-Cattle, 4,5O0;
hogs. $4,000; sheep, 1900.
MIDWAYHORSE MARKET.
Barrett & Zimmerman reports: Market fair,
with high prices9for all classes of horses,
heavy orafters being in especially good de-
mand. The following representative sales are
for horses this day: RI
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PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.

ST. PAUL MARKET.
Note-The quotations which follow are for
goods which change hands i'll lots in the
open market. In filling otGers, ii: rder 10
secure the best goods for shipping and to
cover the cost incurred, an advance over
jobbing prices has to be charged:
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SIOUX CITY.
SIOUX CITY, Oct 1.-Cattle- Receipts,
900; yesterday, 1,4O1; shipments. S36; market
slow, weaker cows. bulls and mixed, 81 so
@3.6 80; stochers and feeders, $4,000. %;
calves and yearlings, $S.50@4.75; veals, "a
@5.50; Westerns, $3.45@4.20 Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1000; yesterday, 1000; market strong.
all heavy selling, $3.7093.90; bulk, $3.50.
KANSAS CITY.
. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1.-Cattle-Receipts,
5000; market steady to strong; native steers,
SO. 55@5.20; native COWS and heifers, S.5O@
4; stockers and feeders, 81. .50@4. .95. Hogs,
Receipts, 10000; market strong to 1c higher;
bulk Of sales, $3.S5@4; heavies, So. 1904;
lights, $S.70@4.10; pigs, $3.25@3. .95. Sheep
Receipts, 5000; market firm; lambs, S2.509
5.15; muttons, $2@3.90.
OMAHA.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct 1.-Cattle-Receipts,
2,200; steady; native beef $4.20@5.20; Western
steers, $3.S0Q4-40 COWS and heifers, $3@3SO;
Gamers, a75@2.75; stockers and feeders, $50
@4.50; calves, $3.50@5.50. Hogs-Receipts,
$500, market SC higher; heavy $s,7 s5:
mixed, $3.S0@3.S5; lights, $4,000; bulk of
sales. So. S.So@S:so. Sheep Receipts, 2,200; mar
ket steady; fair to choice, natives, s3.6o@4;
fair to choice Westerns, $S.4o@S.S5; lambs,
s4@5.25.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1-Cattle-Receipts, $500;
market unchanged. Hogs-Receipts, 5000;
market SC higher; light, $4.2oa4.So; mixed,
2,C00; market steady, but unchanged.
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BOSTON MINING SHARES.
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
WEEKLY BANK cLEAR1NGs.

WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS.
The following table, compiled by Brad
streets, shows the bank clearings at cities
for the week. with the percentage of in
crease and decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year:
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BUTTER AND EGGS.
LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1-Trade in cattle was ac-
tive, sales being made at the recent de-
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N. ]. c. 5s ...... lib
N. Car. IS ..... .122
do As .l021s
Nor. Pac. 6s -. .120
do prior As -. 90ss
do gen. IS 49,. 80
N. Y, Cast. L. As. .1041A
Nor. & w. 6s. .121
N. w. cons ...... .143A
do deb. 5s ....1161s
Or. Nav. lists liz
do As ........... =. 90A
Or. S. L. 6s, t. r. .116
do 5s, t. r ...... so
Or. Imp. lists, t. r.1O0
do 5S, t.. r ...... II
Pac. Is of '95. 1921
Reading As ...... So
r. G. w. 1sts.. S11s
SU. l.. .&l. NJ .COl.0S. 90
st. Las. .F.gen. IS. .11411a
st. P. con ........ .140
st. P. G. &P. lists. 11S%
do 5S ........... lily
S. Car. non-fund. Il
South. R'y 5s -. 90
S. r. & T. 6s.. 62
Tenn. new set IS. %
Tex. P. L. G.1sts. 95
do reg. 2ds 49,, 2S1s
Union P. lists. ..1O1 u
U. P, D. &G.1sts. 51%
Wab. 1st 5s 1862
do 2ds .......... rs
w. Shore As ..1011a
Va. Centuries -. 661s
do deferred -. 4
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MINNEAPOLIs MARKET,

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1.-For the first time
in several days butter is without price change
today. The demand for creamery extras and
irsts is of large proportions, principally from
jobbers. Medium and low grade creameries
are in good request at quotations. Dairy ex-
tras rule strong and are in light supply.
F:rsts and seconds are in fair requests with
the bulk of thirds going into packing stock
channels. Ladies are moving satisfactorily.
Packing stock is firm and wanted at lie.
Eggs are in good demand. Jobbers and re-
tailers are both in the market and there IS
considerable shipping call. Receipts are not
very heavy. Live poultry Is easier. Hens
and springs are quotable at &C for the former
and 7c for the latter. Turkeys are in fair
demand, but ducks and geese are dull and
seldom wanted. Veal is moving readily at
quotations. Mutton and lamb are in good de-
mand. Dressed hogs are scarce and wanted
at quotations.
BUTTER AND EGGS
NEW YORK, Oct. 1-Butter- Receipts. 2.421
pkgs; firm; Western creamery, HOPE; Ell
gins, 22c; factory, 96121sc. Eggs-Receipts,
$500 pkgs; quiet; state and Pennsylvania, II
619c; Westerns, 1615c..
Chicago. Oct. 1;--Butter steady; creamery,
15@22c; dairy, 12G19c. Eggs easy; fresh,
131bc.
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Except dividend of 1 per cent.

The following were the closing quotations
of other stocks as reported by the Associated
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BONDS.

U. S. new As reg. .125%.
do coup ....... .125sE
do As ..........1 .1117sI
do coup ........113
do 2ds ......... SO
do 5s reg .....114% |
do 5s coup ..114%
District 3 Cos .109H
Ala. class A Jos
do B ............1 Jos
do G ............ SO F,
do currency -. 9S
Atchison is ...... S63s
do adj. As ...... 50 |
Can. So. Eds -. .104
G. & N. P, t.r.5s. 45kI
G. & Ohio 5s =. Ill |
c., H. & d. 41as. .1045sl
D. & R. G. lists. Ill
do is .......... SO |
East Tenn. lists. .1O9
Erie gen. As -. 71Al
F. w. &D.1sts, t.r. 73
Gen. Elec. 5s 100
G. H. & S. A. 6s. .105EI
do 2ds ..........1 .10271s
H. & T. c. 5s. .110
do con. 6s ...... .103
Iowa. Cen. lists 81
K. P. con, t. r 100
do list Cd. D.)t.r.116H
La. new cons. As. 80
L. & N. uni. As. S21hl
Missouri 6s 100
M. X. & T. 2ds. 63A !
do As ........... S63a
N. Y. Cen. lists. III !
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Chicago, milwaukee, & ST. Paul RaiIr)li.

TI4V'Ol.I ItAI. ol'I.
Chicago Day Express. :. . bS:15amI bio 10pm
Chicago atlantic" Ex..... a2:55pm all 35am
Chicago ''Fast Mall 49,. 6:55pm az :00pn
Chicago 'Vestibule'' Lim.. aS:10pm az Scam
Chic. via Prairie du c. div b4:40pml bill :15am
Dubuque via La Crosse. -. bS:15am b10:1Opm
Peoria via Mason City. ...... a4:40pm all liam
st. Louis and Kansas City. ASSAM a6 25pm
Milbank and Way......... bS:20am be 30pm
Aberdeen and Dakota Ex... a7:05pm as .15am
Daily. Except Sunday. @ $50
For full information call at Ticket Office.
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CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RI.

The Maple Leaf Route"
Ticket Office: Robert St. cor 5th st. Phone $50.
Trains leave from st. Paul Union Depot.
Daily. Except Sunday. Leave. Arrive
Dubuque, Chicago. Waterloo, 1870 am +,.28pm
Marshalltown, Des Moines. .. +s.l0pm t7.45am
st. Joseph and Kansas City. 1910 pm *1.55 pm
Mantorvilie Local. ............* 1856 Dm 1850 am
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MARKET SUMMARY.
FINANCIAL

FINANCIAL.
Bar silver, New York. 55% 54A
Cal money, New York. .212Q5
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-02

to the island which could better entitle
him to the honor. Cisneros is said to
have admired Masso so much that he
offered to resign in his favor when he
heard that Masso was spoken of for the
Office. :, .. -. L g. & r ~ ''R, ~
Masso is one of three brothers who
learned from their own father undying
hatred to Spain, and who got their first
lesson in warfare in their fathers CON-
pany during the ten years war that
ended in 1874. The father was a half
Spaniard and the mother a Congo
negress. Despite the partial Spanish
descent there is not drop of blood in
Masso's veins that flows in sympathy
with the Spanish cause. SO bitterly did
he fight during the former war, when
the chances for Cuban success were not
thousandth part as good as they are
now, that he rose to the rank of major
general.
Massos reconciled themselves, as far as
the name of the thing went, with Spain
and took the oath of allegiance, thus es-
Gaping punishment. They soon, how
ever, Joined Garcia, the bandit, in his
"road'' movements and were some
where in hiding in the Santiago de Cuba
mountains when the present revolution
broke out.
Gen. Masso is naturalized American
citizen. He secured his papers while
working for Col. Figuerado at Tampa
some years ago.
Although possessed of little educa-
ton, and unable to read English, Masso
is a man of considerable intellect, and
he has picked up vast amount of in
formation on all subjects through con-
versation. While able to talk well on
many topics he is deficient in arith-
metic, and is said to be compelled to
use his fingers in counting.
Masso is a cosmopolitan, physically
as well as other ways. He has kinky
hair, teeth like an Irish bulldog, and
a white wife whom he found at Key
West. Undying hatred of everything
Spanish is the food and drink Of his
everyday life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-02
CARE OF THE WHEEL.
Device for Cleaning the Bicycle Aft
err a Mud Bath.

Device for Cleaning the Bicycle Aft
er n Mud Bath.
How to keep a bicycle immaculate
after bad weather is problem which
causes no little worry to the "rain-or-
shine" riding division. On the other
side of the Atlantic, where Jupiter Plu-
vius victimizes cyclists more frequent
~ than he does here, riders are fenced
TO study the subject thoroughly in
order to keep up with the procession.
Clogged chains and muddy tires keep
many an enthusiast off his favorite
route in sloppy weather, but, the great
majority take chances ON the "going"
rather tthan remain inactive, and to
these the following itemfrom the Field
may furnish some useful hints:
"The large number of bicycles nowtn
use has made the production OF innum-
cradle minor accessories rennuner-
alive business, and every variety of APP
pliance that can be of use or interest to
the wheelman has been designed and
placed upon the market. It cannot be
said that the majority of these are in
any way indispensable, but thosewhjch
are designed to facilitate the care Bnd
cleaning of the bicycle are of undoubt-
ed utility. The faborinvofVed in remov-
ing from the modern type of bicycle
the mud accumulated in q ride In wet
weather is considerable, and those who
from choice or necessity care for their
bicycles with their own hands are glad
to avail themselves Of tho numerous
special articles nowprocurable. Among
other contrivances, is a chain brush.
This consists of couple of little
brushes attached side by side, each OF
which tapers to point so that
they can be thrust into the links
of the chain. In cases where no
gear case is used, and the chain has
to be frequentlycleaned this brushwill
be found very useful"