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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Silver O5uy No change in Exchange
Wheat getting do7tm belo7v the dollar mark
Barley stGgndnt and 5ueak for lOaV1 grades.
Other Cereals unchanged
NO further Gd5dnce tn Beans.
Hay 7Ueak and dbl. FesdstufS unchanged
Potatoes and Unions as before.
Butter continues TO mprO5e Cheese and Eggs unchanged
Poultry 7eeak and in free supply. Game f'rner
Oranges and GRAPES declined slightly.
Primes still depressed and dnR Other Dried Fruits firm
Nothing ne7c III Provisions.
Hides and Wool continue firm.
No further change in Meats. Rice stands the same.
Coal in light supply and firm.
Produce Eohange adjourned TO Monday.
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Hay and FcedStnfs.

Hay continues in the dumps and II Is with
difficulty that top quotations can be obtained
Feedstuffs stand before
BRAN-Sls 50d17 per ton.
MIDDLINGS-s1sG2O per ton
FEEDSTUFFS-Rolled Barley sl7 5o9fs r.-
ton: Oil Cake Meal at the mill. s2sa27. jobbing
so 5Oq2S; Cocoanut Cake. S2Od2I; Cornmeal
s23 50n4 80: Cracked Corn. S24G25; Mixed Fesd
SIC 50d17: Cottonseed Meal s2s per ton.
HAY-Wheat, 81 50Q9 for common to rood
and s. 5OIl0 for choice: Wheat and Oat s7S5s.
Oat. fgS 30; Barley. S5G7: Alfalfa y5fls per
ton: Compressed. s7Gl0 per ton - ~
STRAW-3595oc per bale
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OREGON
PORTLAND. Or, Nov. 24.-SeveraI round LOT,
OF Walla Walla wheat have been sold M 20.
within the past forty-eight hours ana n 4. ,,,-
mored that a lot of fifty-nine pound u-boa,
brought fraction above that figure For Va
ley dealers are less inclined to bid up and 5ac a.
generally quoted as an extreme figure with ex
article N''0iSe
Cleared-German ship Adolf. for Queenstown
with 81, ,430 bushels wheat
WASHINGTON
TACOMA, Wash. Nov 24-WHEAT-c,,h
5ajhc: Blue Stem, SIC -Niuo'
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THE STOCK MARKET.

on the morning session OF the Bond Ex-
change Gas & Electric was lower az so' 900
81 and Giant Powder at s95a9i IS. Oceanic was
firm at s94.
In the afternoon Gas & Electric continued
weak declining TO S55 50. Contra Costa water
was stronger at SIC 75. -,
The Argonaut mine In Amador County. VIII
pay n dividend OF so. 900 to-day.
The Deer Trail No mine, In Washlhb'oh'
will pay dividend OF $500 to-day. - -
The Yellow Astcr mine has paid Sle.."F this
year. the last dividend of $1,000 on ne stn-
The Gold Coin mine OF Colorado VIII pay
dividend OF $4,000 to-day.
The sl05.CO0 I'm dividends to-day by the Home
stake mine will make sS57.500 this year and
N.o3S. $50 since the start.
The Brecce Mining Company OF Colorado will
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No Grain Markets To-Day.

The Produce Exchange viii remain closed to-
day "a respect 20 the memory OF the late Vice
President The Eastern exchanges Will alec
remain closed. All Federal Offices IN this city
viii also observe the SAY.
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Ne7U York Money Market.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2t-Money on call. steady.
a. 50s per cent: last loan. per cent Mercan.
tile paper. blTd6 per cent. Sterling exchanga
nrm: with actual business In bankers bills az
y As44 50 Tor demand and at 81 slAfl4 SiIs for
EhtN days Posted rates q s2l4 S2ls and 81 ssls
Sa,e-. @%fSS1e. Bar silver. 5sc Mexican
i've: railroad bonds. firm
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Bank Clearings.

NEW YORK. Nov. 24-The following table.
compiled by Bradstreet. shows the bank clear
ings at all principal cities for the week ended
November "a. lSs9 with the percentage OF in
crease and decrease. compared with the cor
responding week last year:
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Northern spring. dull. IS 11isd. Futures
steady; December IS s1ld May. 5s 10Ad.
ORN-Spot-American mixed. nominal. duli.
Is 5hd; American mixed old. IS sid. Futures-
November. nominal: December, steady, Ss O1td;
January, IS Cd. steady.
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Charters.

The william Tillie has been rechartered for
wheat 20 Cape Town. sos.
The G. y. Kenney loads coal AZ Departure
Bay Tor Honolulu.
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Wcahcr Rebort.

Ceoth Meriiinn-Pacihc TimeD
SAX FRANCISCO Nov. p. 1898 p. m.
The following are the seasonal rainfals 20
Gate. a. compared with those of the same date
last season. and ralnialls In the last twenty
rerrr hours.
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United States. against lss last year. and p In
Canada, against 21 last year.
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Portldnds Business.
Northern Wheat Market.

PORTLAND. Or. Nov. A-ciearings. ss7s
S72 balances. slo6, ,e97
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@1n[Rt|A k4H FINANCIAL
AND >ItaIlA s sy aIlA NEW.

OF the condition Of the Treasury shows: Avail
able cash balance. s2s4.5ll. sg7; gold reserve.
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was firm: creamery. l6d26c: dairy l4G
22c Eggs. easy; fresh. 1Ilza1sc. Cheese. easy;
1iizQ12Ac.
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Cash quotations We're as follows: Flour.
steady; No. spring wheat. 62d66c; No 2 red
e7d6sc; No. 2 corn. 32d32Isc; No. 2 oats. 2sILI
24c: No. white, 26lzq2G34c: No. 3 white, 25
d2ec: No. rye. 54Q55c: No. barley 3S@
60: lard. per 100 lbs. 81 sOa5 O5 short ribs
sides uoose). 81 s0G5 10: dry salted shoulders
boxed. 5SG5kc; short clear sides (boxetD
IS l5d5 20; whisky. distillers' finished goods
per gallon. 81 2Sh.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON Nov. as.-To-day.. statenen.
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Continued on Page Thirteen.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
PERSONALITIES.

Il. L. Farjeon, the English novelist.
Is a snn-m-law of Joseph jefferson
Professor Hadley, the new president
OF Yale, rides n bicycle, plays whist
and is I'm enthusiast over golf
John Philip Sousa owns more or
less good sized example of the must
cal manuscript of nearly every great
composer since the time of Bach.
The latest double" of Admiral
Dewey to be discovered is Henry T.
Simmons of Bloomington, Ind. The
likeness is said by friends of the adj
miral to be really remarkable.
Secretary Gage has purchased Il
handsome and expensive old violin for
Master Florizell Reuter-, his protege.
The S-year-old musical prodigy who re-
Gently played before President McKin-
ley.
Duke NJ. Farson, the Chicago broker,
has bought for $4,000 the historic Buff
falo rock three miles west of Ottawa
Ills, which was once the scene Of the
great Indian war dances, resulting in
outbreaks.
Count Morphy, who recently died in
Switzerland, was once private secre.
tary of King Alfonso MI of Spain.
and afterward of the queen regent. He
was 63 years old and was devoted
amateur of music.
James Oliver the plowman of South
Bend, who recently celebrated his 10th
birthday, worked in AIishawalia
foundry for 80 cents day when he
came TO Indiana, young man. lie now
owns the largest pillow factory In the
world.
Mrs. b. X. Bruce of Mississippi new
assistant principal of the Tuskegee
Normal school, is the widow of the col
ored United States senator, the only
the senate and the first to be registrar
of the treasury.
Major Putnam Bradlee Strong, son of
ex-Alayor Strong of New York, and
who is now home from the Philippines
on leave of absence. has decided to
down TO business. The major deter
mined upon this course in Difference to
the wishes of his mother.
James II, Reagan of Texas, the last
survivor of jefferson Davis cabinet, is
now in his S5th year. but. in spite Of
the signs of age in his face, his brown
eyes shine lustrously, his voice is
steady and his step Is firm. He says
he takes the best care of himself, go
ing to bed early and getting up with
the sun. He works hard and sleeps
well.
Judge william @. Talcott OF Yalpa-
raiso. Ind. 50 years old, aud Miss Alice
S. Boardman. ID years old, after three
months courtship, were married the
other day by Judge Hogan, IS years
old The bridegroom is the Oldest edl-
tor In the state This is his second
matrimonial venture, his first wife
having died in February, after W
years of married llfes
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

The three chief facts about Profess
or Hadley, the new president Of Yale
university, are:
That he is only 40 years old.
That he is not Clergyman, the first
exception to the supposedly ironclad
rule as to the qualifications of presi-
dent of Yale,
That he is not professor of Greek :
or Latin or philosophy or any of the
SO called culture" branches of. educa-
ton, but of political science the SCI
ence of government in its broad sense.
which includes all kinds of public ac-'
tion.
Thus one Of the greatest and most
conservative of Americas old universe
ties has at one stroke broken from
those time honored traditions.
The selection of head for such an
institution of enlightenment as Yale
Ia an event of widespread interest and
Importance. This particular selection
IL almost sensational as revelation
OF the drift of this energetic, tradition
rejecting, scientific age.-New York
World.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
Your wife,n SILK nrenn.

Silk dresses are objected to by some
husbands and to such there is Interest
in the recent decision of u New York
judge:
"lf husband allows his wife 10
wear articles in his presence and with
his knowledge which he would or
dinarily. be liable to pay for as neces-
sarics and lie makes no objection, lie
will be liable to pay for them. for his
permission to her to retain and enjoy
them without objection is equivalent
TO RATIFICATION of the purchase"
Under this ruling dressmaker Sc
cured payment for silk dress furnish
ed TO Mrs Schleimer without her hus-'
bands knowledge.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

the LONDON Mail. show that the entire
tonnage Of the world in ships amounts
to II round total of 27673,52S tons, of
which enormous aggregate the United
Kingdom and Its colonies own rather
more than one-half, or, to be precise,
the immense and overshadowing pro.
portion Of 13,9SS,5OS. Deducting from
this latter total 1,061,5S4 owned by the
British colonies throughout the world
the United Kingdom possesses no less
than 12,S2G,924 tons.
1t is indeed far cry from this pre-
dominating tonnage to the second big
gest. which, 1t is hardly surprising to
learn. is that of the United States of
America and which figures out to
2'4G5,3S7 tons. Germany takes third
place with 2,453,334 tons, which thus
follows closely upon American heels.
All probably but those who follow
maritime affairs closely will learn with
come surprise that Norway easily oc-
cuples the fourth place.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
conr,ets who smoke MnrlEu.un.

In southern Mexico the jail and pris.
on officials experience great difficulty
In trying to prevent the smuggling into
their institutions of the seductive
mariguana.
This Is kind OF ''loco" weed. more
powerful than opium. 1t grows from
seed by cultivation in southern ART
zonu and in Mexico. 1t Is u danger
GUS thing for the uninitiated to handle,
but those who know Its uses say 1t
produces more delightful dreams than
opium.
The Mexlcans mix 1t with tobacco
and smoke 1t In cigarettes. inhaling
the smoke. When used In this way,
II produces n hilarious spirit in the
smoker that cannot he equaled by any
other form of dissipation. The govern
or OF the prison at Yuma has just I'M
eartllod large quantity Of the weed
that had been hidden within reach OF
the convicts who work In outside
gangs.-Stray Stories.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

What one Hears In the Telephone.
ut is very hard to realize that the
voice one hears over the telephone is
not the voice of the person who is
talking" said an electrician. chatting
about the oddities of the business. at
seems exactly like the real tones,
drawn out thin aud small nnd carried
from u long distance by some mechan-
ical means, but 1t Isn't. When one
speaks into the instrument, little
diaphragm. like drunlhcad begins to
vibnte. and cnch vibration sends a
wave OF electricity over the wire. These
waves set up mimic vibration In an.
other diaphragm Mt the opposite end,
which jars the air and produces an
imitation of the original voice
That's not very scientific explana.
ton, but it's accurate. The autograph.
telegraph. which makes facsimile OF
handwriting, Is fair parallel You
write your message with pen. at
tnched to a special electric apparatus.
and little ink siphon Mt the other end
of the line exactly initiates every dot
and curve. The result seems like the
real thing. but Is merely first class
counterfeit. It's the same way exactly
with the voice In the phone" Or.
leans Tlmes-Democrat.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

NJ. Charles Cottu, the son of Baron
Cottu. has ridden from Vienna to Paris
In - days and II hours on his mare
Irish Lass. This is record. the best
previous time being that of Hun
garan officer, Lieutenant Zubowtz,
who accomplished the Journey in "a
days and hours. Both the rider and
his mare finished in excellent condi-
ton, considering the swiftness of the
journey. Quite n crowd of enthusiasts
welcomed the horseman on his arrival.
and numbers of cyclists on their steeds
of steel went to meet him.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

A curious fishing wheel is used on
the Columbia river, near Portland Or.
1t Is fixed near the bank of the river.
a place being selected where the river
is most rapid. The wheel consists OF :
three receivers. These are lnclosed on
three sides by wire netting and ass
the wheel revolves by means of the =
current each receiver is submerged be-
meath the water and scoops up tile
salmon MS they jump up the rapids.
The receiver then continues on its up
ward journey, the salmon meanwhile =
slipping down toward the axle Of the =
wheel, until at last; when it becomes
perpendicular, the fish is shot into n
wooden slide, From this point 1t slips
into the longer wooden slide and ls'
hurled downward into boat, These E
wheels catch thousands of fish daily.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
SUCCESSFUL TESTS.
Srarooni Sends Messages Over Twenty
N.ics without wIrea.


Miles without wIros.
New York, Nov Lover 20 miles Of
the Atlantic ocean, over housetops,
church spires, towering Office buildings,
The Marcoui electrical ripples success
fully carried and dropped messages be.
tween two moving warships Monday.
The naval test at sea proved that within
q radius Of 81 miles messages can he
transmitted by wireless teegraphy with
all the accuracy and precision Of au or
binary land line
1t aso proved that hills, high build
ings, wires and wind currents do not
break the force Of the electrical waves.
Iiy prearraugement operations on
board the New York were con.
Quoted by Marconi himself. One OF
his assistants operated the instrument
ON the Massachusetts,, while another
Marconi expert was stationed in the
lighthouse on the highlands of Navesink,
The message which the New York, as
she passed down the North river sent to
the Massachusetts,. lying ut her anchor
age at Thirty fifth street, was read
plainly in dots and dashes at Navesipk,
10 miles away 1t was; Follow us
down vt p. m
This message was the overture to the
telegraph testing programme which
concluded about 20 messages, all Of
which had been prepared by the naval
board and especially difficult
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

A parliamentary return shows that
during 1893 0,151 experiments were
performed under licenses in England
and Scotland on living animals.
or these 1910 were in the nature of
NEGOTIATIONS, or hypodermlc injections,
which are the only experiments per-
formed without anaesthetcs, while of
the remaining 1911, LOGS were with
out pain. complete anncsthesia having
been maintained from the commence
ment OF the experiment until the ami
NAL was killed.
In Ireland there were 303 expert
ments, Of which 119 were on dogs. 1 on
rat, 10 on mice, II on guinea nigs,
l45 on rabbits and IL on birds. These
are said to have been ION the whole
free from pnin or only moderately
painful."-London Mail.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
Dlod on Tia Mother,a Grave.

Joliet, Ills. Oct 2S. Thomas Stevens,
at one time one Of the foremost men in
Joliet's public life, committed suicide
on the grave of his mother in lakewood
cemetery. A revolver was used to COM
nit the rash deed and but one shot was
fired The bullet entered the right side
of the head, just above the ear On the
body was found tho following letter ~
being deserted and CAST ASIDE by my
cmlurcn anu Tamily ana Trlenos az large,
do commit this desperate act of my own
accord l bave been charitable to
a fault | forgive all, and hope to meet
my angel mother in heaven"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
-lNEo HIS WALLS WITH LEGS,
fhicngo Veteran Turns Uncle SANS
DOunty to Novel lAe.


Henry Curtin, Il veteran of the civil
war, living on the West Side, has a
room in his residence that impresscs
all his visitors as veritable chamber
of horrors. This is because its most
conspicuous decoration and ornament
is a row of human legs suspended on
the walls and entirely circling the
room, Mr. Curtin always laughs at
the fright OF strangers at the first sight
OF this room and then explains that
the legs are only artificial ones, and
there's nothing to be afraid of. Then
he tells them how the legs came to be
there.
"You see" said Mr.. Curtin, "in 1861
was so foolish as to try to stop II
cannon bnll with my right leg. OF
course wasn't one, two. three, and
the next thing knew was in n camp
hospital with only one leg left. That
ended my soldering. The government
had me measured for an artificial leg
as soon as | was able to be about, and
came home to Chicago.
well l discovered that l couldn't
Ntul lhc ANU VI Il lcB Nut GpN
gives owing to some reasons connect
ed with the way my leg was amputat-
ed, and the only leg l can wear is this
wooden stump that straps to the
thighs. 1t was in 1895 when got my
first leg. In 1866 an express package
brought me another. sat down and
wrote the war department that the
legs were of no use to me and there
fore not to send them. They didn't
take bit of notice Of my letter, and
In 1867 another leg came, wrote
again to Washington; told them | had
three of their legs now that couldn't
use and didn't want them to 20 on and
bankrupt the government, buying me
legs.
"They never noticed me. In 1868
got another leg. They began to get in
the way around the house, so then |
started the labelling and dating of each
one and hanging them up on the walls
Of my den. They come regularly-onc
each year. There's 80 there now, and
guess I'll last long enough to see 30
or more If Uncle Sam doesn't get tired
sending them,'-Chicago Inter Ocean,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
rroauury Statement for October.

Washington, Oct. Sl-A surplus of
nearly 50 900 900 will be shown in the
treasury statement of receipts and ex-
penditures for October This is good
showing for the first month of new
quarter. when the payments for pen
rions exceed $40. 900, o0o The anticipa-
ton of interest payments to relieve the
money strlngency is also set off against
the surplus, perhaps to the extent of a
couple of million dollars, but the finan-
cial condition of the government il in
all RESPECTS most gratifying.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
Nc,r Namen For n,nnthn.

Several German papers are express
ing dissatisfaction with the names of
the months, These critics point out
that 1t Is absurd for Europeans and
Americans CT today to dedicate one
sixth of the year TO the memory of Ju-
Illus Caesar and Augustus, to name II
third after heather gods and god
desses. to have two months of doubt
full nomenclature ana to designate the
remaining four by misleading numer-
ais. September being obviously ninth
and not seventh III order.
There is. Of course. nothing to say
against this argument from the point
of view of common sense. but I'm
fortunately common sense is not al
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

After some improvements had been
made in North Capitol street, Washing
ton, 1t was discovered that the work
men had thoughtlessly made away
with the historic stone set in place by
George Washington Mt the time of the
original Surveys to mar; the northern
boundary Of the city. The stone cannot
be found, but committee has been APP
pointed to prepare II suitable pillar or
tablet to mark the spot where the
stone stood for so many years.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

ways tho runng power in human ar.
fairs. Not only the months. but tho
days of the week, too, and indeed most
of us bear names which are either
meaningless or inappropriate, and per-
haps we like them all the better on
that account.
Some of our Teutonic contemporaries
suggest reverting to the old designa-
lions Of their uncivllized ancestors,
which resemble closely enough those
of the French revolutionary calendar.
But one doubts whether the kaiser
even would venture on such an inno-
walton. Another idea liz to adopt mere
numbers, but that, too, has been tried
by the Quakcrs and found wanting
London Chronicle.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
No Dn,nnges Tor nIAcLll.tlog.

Chicago, Oct 80 "A verdict of mot
guilty" was returned by the iury in the
suit OF Joseph O'Day for $bD, 900 dam.
ages against the Chicago and North
western Railway company, and the
Wabash Railway company, for alleged
Establishing The case is one of many
against thu various railroads affected by
thu American Railway union strike in
1894 and grew out of the alleged black
lstiug agreement between the roads AS
d result of that strike
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

Macon. Ga, Oct. - John COSBY, a
negro. was lynchel at ReaganS Mill,
about six miles from here by mob
from 'rwiggs county Goosby a few
days ago provoked difficulty with his
employer, John Robinson. Twiggs
county planter, which resulted in the
negro cutting Robnson's throat. Rob-
inson's ueighbors pursued Goosby and
he was captured at his fathers house
near here Robinson will probably re-
cover
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
world's Lnrgcat Grnpevine.

La Para Grande, the biggest grape
vine In the world, has reached the end !
Of It's long outdoor life and will soon
be cut down. Seventy-fve years IL =
has been growing on n ranch in tho
Montecito valley, near Santa Barbara q.
Cab, hut 1t has shown signs OF dying,
and so the owner Albert Magee. the
Pittsburg stove manufacturer, has or
Gered 1t removed, From the pride of
the California vineyards the vine will
DE turned into a museum curiosity.
The Santa Barbara Chamber OF Com
merce Will preserve II rs ~ specimen
Of what the soil of Santa Barbara
county Is able to produce. La Para,
Grande' has trunk. or main'stem. 3lsi
feet in circumference, and the trellls.
higher than mans head, on which tho ;
spreading branches Of the vine are sup
ported, measures nearly six feet Ia,
each direction. In its prime this single
vine produced full fourltous Of grapes 5
in IL single year, Those dnys of Its ,
glory are, however. long past.r-SI
Louis rost-Dispatch,