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Financial

New York; May 26.-The Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram says:
 The markets here were stagnant and generally dull today, though funds were harder. Americans were mostly shade under parity, but featureless with little or nothing doing in them, the market being deserted. The interests were heavy, Paris offering freely.
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Water Coolers and Filters. Estes Hardware Go.
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Chicago Change

Chicago, May r26.-The grain markets end ed a stagnant session today in rather weak condition, wheat being a shade, corn asG19c and oats 1s1Ac under yesterday. Provisions closed 71aQ12c down.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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See the Insurance Gasoline Stoves. Estes Hardware Go.
N. D. C0THRAN & co.
Room 10, Alabama National Bank Building.
 Private leased wires to New York. New Orleans and Chicago.
 COTTON, STOCK AND GRAIN.

' All purchases and sales are made direct mn the Exchange for which the order is given. ,, Intvre & Wardwell; Purnell. Hagaman & co. New York; Fairchild & Hobson. New Orleans: Ware & Leland, Chicago.
 References-First National Bank of Bir- mingham First National Bank of Rome, Ga.
 Special attention given to orders over tele- phone and orders sent from out of the city. Ejtz.
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Articles Opened Highest Lowest Closin

cash quotations were as follows: Flour was dull, but steady; winter patents, $360 @S.7O straights, $29O@3.40; clears, $2.7O@ 3.2O; spring specials, $3.S0d3.90; patents SSOOQ3. .45; straights, $260Q2. .9O bakers, &. .00 @2. 40. No. spring wheat, 64@65hc; No. 3 red, 72@721sc No. ? corn, 370D371sc; No. ? yellow, 37AQS7asc. No. 2 oats, 21%@22Ac; No. white, 24GD241sc; No. 8 white, 23&0D 2412c No. rye, 551ac. Good feeding bar ley, 361ac; fair to choice malting 37@4Oc No. l flax seed, $1S0; prime timothy seed, 2.45. Mess pork, per barrel, S1030G11. .35; lard, per 100 pounds, $67O@6. S21A; short rib sides, loose $6.400665; dry salted shoulders, boxed, 612@6$c; short clear sides, boxed, $695q750. Whisky, on basis of high wines, per gallon, $1.23. Clover-Contract grade, butter market was steady; creams, 1560 at S14q91sc. Eggs were steady; fresh, 111Ac.
 Coffee
 New York. May 26.-Coffee futures open ed barely steady at 5@10 points decline following lower European cahles ruled moderately active with weak undertone under disappointing spot market and the entire lack of public speculative demand. The market rallied partially later on cov- ering started by reports of more bubonic plague cases in Rio. Closed points lower. Total sales, 13,500 bags including June, $6.65@$670; July, $6.70Gl$6S0; August $6.S5; September, $685. October, $6.S5; November, $6.90; December, S715; January, $7.15; Feb ruary, $7.20; March, SIPS.
 Spot Coffee-Rio, barely steady; No. ' invoice, 7%; mid quiet Cordova, 9AQ1SA.
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See the Insurance Gasoline Stoves. Estes Hardware Co.
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BONDS
 United States 2s, registered.... ......... 99% United States s. registered. .... ....109h United States s. coupon.... ...... ....100k United States new As, registered. .1341s United States new As. coupoH.... .....1341s United States old As. registered.... ....115% United States old As, coupon. ........... .115A United States 5s registered.... .... ....113A United States 5s, coupon...... ..........113A houisiana new consols 4s.... .... ..... .10SB North Carolina 6s...... ...... ..... ....130 North Carolina 4s..... ,....... ...... JOG Tennessee new settlement 3s.... ...... 961a Virginia Centuries.... ...... ....... 93 Virginia Centuries deferred. .... .... 8
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New Orlesns Cotton Market

New Orleans, May 26.-Cotton firm; sales. 700; ordinary 7-16c; good ordinary, l5-- 16c; low middling, S3sc; middlirg, 13-16c; good middling, 9c mddling fair, 9Ac. Re- ceipts, 524; stock, 10O,399.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, 2,296 exports to Great Britain, $500; ex- ports to the continent, S,200; stock, 264,344.
 New Orleans, May 26.-Cotton futures firm for old, steady for new crop. May, S.7O bid; June, S.76 bid; July 7.67GlS. 6S; Au- gust, S.2SqS. .29; September, 7.S0@7.S1; Octo- Der, '. 7.526D7 .54; November, 7.41@7 .42; Decem- Der, 741Q7 .42; January, 7.42@7 43; Febru- ary, 7.42Q7. A; March, 7.44@p7.4 .46.
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, May 26-4 p. m.-Cotton: Mar ket, spot, limited demand; p7icss 132d higher; American middling fair, 5 13-54d; good middling, 51sd; middling, 5 1-32d; low middling, 4 29-32d; good ordinary, 4 25-32d ; ordinary, 1882 The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 300 were for specula- tion and export, and included 5,700 Ameri- can. Receipts, 5000 bales, including 2,300 American. Futures opened and closed steady at the advance. American middling, L. M. G.: May, 46ls; May-June, 4.59s; June July, 4.56s; July-August, 4.54s; August-Sep- tember, 4.46b September October, 4.30Gl4. Bib; i; October November, 4.2O@4.21s; November December, AIS; December-January, 4 15s i; January-February, 413@414s; February March, 13b.
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Coffee
LOCAL MARKETS.

Local Cotton Market Good middling, s1sc. Middling, SC. Strict low middling, S%c. Low middling, S1sc.
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Treasury Statemens

Washington, May 26.-Today's statement of the treasury balance in the general fund exclusive of the s15O. O0,OOO gold reserve in the division of redemption shows available balances, s144, ,9O4, 4SS; gold, $67, S1,613.
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Advertise in the Agc-Herald.
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Cotton Letter


 By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran & Co. New Orleans, May 26.-A better Liverpool than expected was in evidence this morn ing, deliveries improving to 6-64 on near contracts and to 4 on distant arrivals. Spot gained 1-32 on sales of 5000 bales. At the opening call New Orleans was 12 points up on old contracts and up on new ones Early morning it was thought that this was only temporary reaction and that the market would not hold, and in conse- quence short selling was indu1~ed in, which lowered prices some 6 points on August and about on December. From New York came bearish advices in the way of predictions for lower markets, against which local bulls pitted better inquiry for the raw staple, and 1t closed the spot market firm with futures for near months at the best of the day. It Is claim ed that the shorts in May, which month is
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Dry Goods

New York, May 26.-The week closed without change from previous conditions in the dry goods market. The demand is slow in all departments of the home trade. Brown sheetings and drills are selling for export again. Bleached cottons are inactive at previous prices. Coarse colored cottons selling in small lots only Print cloths are idle. No change. Prints and ginghams are in quiet request at previous prices. American cotton yarns are inactive and very irregular. Woolen and worsted yarns are dull and inclined in favor of buyers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-30
BRYAN'S NEW PLANS.
Will Make Aggressive Campaign
in Republican States.

Chicago, Aug. 30.-William ]. Bryan
will lead the fight of the Democrats
himself in the central and eastern states.
He will take command next week in
Chicago, and then will begin an invasion
of Republican territory, for he has de-
cided to stump Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, New
York, New Jersey, Maryland and West
Virginia.
This change Of his plan was announced
by Senator J. K. JONES' chairman of the
Democratic national committee and
Bryan's itinerary is now being worked
out by Judge McConville, chairman of
the speakers bureau.
Mr.. Bryan will leave Lincoln Friday
night On Saturday he will speak at
some point in Illinois on his way to
Chicago. He will reach Chicago Mon
day, and on that day will make his
Labor Day speech here. He will then go
to Milwaukee for the big Democratic
picnic September g. He will be at Fort
Wayne September ID, and the following
day will be heard at Columbus, Ohio.
These are all the dates that have been
definitely decided upon, but it is settled
that Mr.. Bryan will go to St. Louis next
week, before going to Milwaukee. A
trip to West Virginia comes early on the
programme. From West Virginia it is
expected he will swing around the cir
cult into Maryland, New Jersey and New
York, and then he will turn westward
once more and devote some time to Ohio
and other middle western states.
Charles A. Towne left Chicago last
night for speaking trip that will carry
him into all parts of the country. Mr..
Towne will make his first speech on Fri
day, at some point in Idaho. Then he
will go>into Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia and Kansas, where he will spend
three or four days. Starting from Kan
sas he will make speeches in Nebraska
and then put in an entire week in South
Dakota. He will get back to Illinois
October /, and after making a numb
of speeches in this state he will go
south to speak at Louisville, Memphis
and Atlanta He will spend several days
in Ohio. From that state he will go to
New York. where one of his speeches
will be made at Buffalo. Then he will
turn westward again to campaign in
Michigan. Indiana and Illinois, reserving
the last week for Minnesota.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-30
ESCAPED MISSIONARIES.
Seventy Refugees Return on Board
the Empress of China.

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 30-Seventy
missionaries from China returned today
by the Empress of China. Many had
wonderful escapes Circumstances saved
the lives of many After the trouble had
come to bead, Rev. J. M. Menzies, with
his wife and family, were on their way
to the coast from their station in Honan
and were not aware of any trouble when
they left. In company with them were
DR.. Mcclure and DR.. (Afrs.) Wallis, also
going to the coast. These attribute their
escape entirely to the efforts of John
Fowler, American sensul at Che Foo.
I'VE were four days late in starting,
said DR.. Menzies, land the delay was,
believe the saving of our lives. Had we
started at the time we originally intend
ed, we would have been in the heart of
the boxer infected district from which
there would have been no escape. As it
was we reached Pauang Chuang and at
that place was message from Mr.. Fow-
Ter warning US that all traffic on the
river was extremely dangerous, and that
any missionaries in the interior should
hurry at once to places of safety Had
we gone on, a few miles further we
would have been shot by the boxers who
were watching on both sides of the river
with an escort of Chinese soldiers we
were enabled to safely reach small port
on the coast, Yang Chiakon and there it
was that the services of Mr.. Fowler
proved so helpful It was not a safe
place to remain in and I have no hesi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-30
WILL COST THOUSANDS.
New Rock Island Depot in Chicago to
Be Beautiful Structure.

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific de-
pot and general office facilities in Chi
cago are not what they should be.
The present building, which is occupied
Shore roads was built about thirty years
ago by the Rock Island. 1t is a four
story building and at the time of its cree
ton was considered one of the finest
buildings in the city.
As the business has grown, the office
room has been found to be inadequate and
the passenger department has for a long
time occupied rooms across the street
from the depot and general offices.
The decision was made some time ago
to build new depot. This is to be done
next year The building will be an up-to-
date modern one throughout and is to be
six or seven stories high. The waiting
new building.
This viii be made necessary by the fact
that the road will build its tracks into
the depot on an elevation. In entering
Chicago the Rock Island has at present
about eight miles of elevated railway But
before running into the depot the train
goes down an incline and runs into the
depot on the ground
Before reaching the depot the train
crosses Harrison street, one of the busiest
streets in the city. Every year a 1lur1 her
which result In death.
When the new depot is built the track
Will De elevated all the way into the sta
ton and this will do away with all the
osition to do this is being considered by
the management of the road and If Is
given out that the matter has been prae-
tica1ly decided in favor of the improve
ment.
The cost of the improvements will
amount away up into the thousands Of
dollars and Will furnish work for a small
army OF men during the summer months
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LED A MERRY CHASE.
Rock Pile Prisoner Moore Escapes,
But is Recaptured.

John Moore, a colored prisoner. es-
capped at 4 o'clock Wednesday after
noon from the city prison yard, where
he was working on the rock pile. but
was recaptured after a long chase
Moore was arrested several days ago
for vagrancy and a. lot of auger bits
were found on his person He was fined
SIS by the police judge, and as he had
no money was doing his time on the
rock pile.
The fence on the south side of the
prison yard was taken down yesterday
and moved back in order to make a
lawn in front of the new addition, and
Moore while hammering rock could look
out and see the free world. The temp
tation to escape was too strong to be
resisted, and when the eyes of Guard
Boyd were turned he made a dash for
liberty. Boyd called to him to stop
and fired his revolver at him, but Moore
only ran the faster The shot notified
the officers who were in the station
GERS Bernard, Walker and McElroy
started in pursuit. Officer Bundy was
unloading some joint paraphernalia
from the patrol wagon, and he at once
started in the chase.
Moore had turned down the alley
back of the station and headed north
The shot had attracted the attention
of people in the neighbOrhoOd and they
told the officers which way the prisoner
was going. Deputy Sheriff Parker, who
with Deputy Sheriff Carl Lawson, had
Joined in pursuit, first caught sight of
Moore near the Rock Island yards, and
took a shot at him. Lawson also shot
and Moore ran into a weed patch near
the bridge and attempted to hide. The
policemen beat through the weeds and
found Moore, who was exhausted and
frightened.
Moore will now have to serve a SEN
tence for Jail breaking in addition to
his first sentence of % days. A ball
and chain was fastened to his leg in
1aa ofcrn< ,7e,1r f11esr.
attempt to escape and he was again
put to work on the rock pile.
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SANTA FEE COMPETITION.
Reported Arrangements For New
Transcontinental Line.

Denver, Aug. 30.-The Denver & Rio
Grande railroad is said to be maturing
plans for the construction of cut-OffS
and extensions in it's present system,
which will afford it practically direct
line between Denver and Salt Lake
City. The completion of the work will
relieve the road absolutely of it's de-
pendence on the Rio Grande Western,
and will more than offset the advantage
which the Southern Midland w estern
roads hope to gain over the Rio Grande
by the completion of the Cripple Creek
short line through Platte canon to the
divide. The Rio Grande is said to be
backed by the Burlington road on the
east and the Los Angeles terminal road,
Senator Clark's new purchase, on the
west, and the contamination of the Rio
Grande's plans, together with the COM
pletiOn of the announced extension of
the Terminal road from Salt Lake to
Los Angeles will give the combined
roads an independent system from Chi
cago to the Pacific coast.
Z. T. Jeffrey, president of the Rio
Grande, in an interview in Chicago, re-
Gently announced that his road would
extend its lines to Salt Lake, and Man
ager Rule of the Terminal road, has al
ready said that he expected to con-
meet with the Burlington at Salt Lake
City.
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In Paper Cover, 0En
At KELLAM'S, ZJG
Postage 8 cents extra.
Cloth bound. post paid. eI.zs.

fancy in stating that the story would not
be as it now is had it not been for the
aid rendered by the American consul
Mr.. Fowler at his person expense
chartered two japanese steamers which
made six trips and besides sent a war
ship which made one trip. Rev. Mr.. Nc
Kenzie, Of all the ministers on board,
had the most exciting experience. His
party composed Rev. Messrs. Goforth,
Leslie and Griffiths, all of whom were
wounded, Mr.. Goforth somewhat ser
iously. They were in station not far
from that of DR.. Manzies, to whom the
doctor sent Consul Fowler's message
from Paung Chaung.
When we received the dispatch" said
Mr.. mckenzie, I'VE instantly made all
haste to depart: The latter warned us
not to go north by the route followed by
Dr. Manzies, so we formed a party and
started southwark. We had ten carbines
in all with Chinese escort and a "a DAYS
trip ahead of US, ere we could reach
Hankow- All went well until the
twelfth day out. All along crowds ieer-
ed us and called US names, but did not
attempt personal violence. On the twelfth
day we met an organized body of box
ers who made a deliberate attack. Mr.
Goforth received a severe sword cut
across the back of the neck, besides be-
ing wounded in several other places. an
lnfuriated fanatic made a Iunge at Mrs
Goforth with a sword but she shielded
herself with a pillow.
Two of our escort were killed and five
of our animals shot. Mr.. Leslie was
wounded badly in the wrist and knee.
Mr.. Grifffths was wounded in almost ev-
cry part of his body. I, myself was
wounded in the head, legs and hand.
1.-THE women and children were ont
wounded in the attack, but on the trip
the year old son of Mr.. Mckenzie con-
tracted diphtheria- His mother while
nursing him also caught the disease.
Both have now recovered -
The rest of the party, Messrs Goforth.
Leslie and Grifhths came out by way of
San Francisco
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Live Stock Agents Predict Great
Business This Fall.
Thousands of Cattle VIII Come
Into Kansas to Feed.
SANTA FE PREPARING
For an Enormous Movement Out
of Panhandle Country.
Kansas Farmers Can Dispose of
Old Corn at Home.


Live stock agents Of the company
have notified the Santa Feoperating de-
partment that the movement OF cattle
out of the Panhandle country of Texas
into Kansas and Nebraska this fall Will
be the heaviest in the history OF the
road.
This means that for weeks monster
trains of stock will come up over the
Panhandle line of the Santa Fe and be
distributed along the lines at the feed
ing grounds in Kansas or sent over the
Superior branch to feeding stations in
Nebraska The operating department is
consequently now preparing for the rush,
which will have commenced IN gooo
shape by the middle of next month.
The live stock agents of the various
roads are now busy making contracts
for the movement of stock, and COM
petition is brisk. The Santa Fe has
practically a monopoly on the cattle
shipped out of the Panhandle country,
as it has by far the most direct route
into Kansas. All of the KansaS-Colo-
RADIO roads have a chance to secure
share of the business from Colorado and
Utah and the northern ranges.
The expected influx of cattle has
particular significance to the Kansas
farmers. 1t means that there will be
market at home for practically all OF
last years corn crop, with prices good
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GUILE TERMTNUs Also.
Branch of the Orient Road Will Run
South Through Texas.

Kansas City, Aug. 30.-The Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient railway will have
a terminus on the Gulf of Mexico as
well as at Port Stilwel1 on the Gulf of
California. The charter of the company
is to be amended so as to permit the
construction Of a line, branching off
from the road projected to the Mexi-
can port at a point near San Angelo.
This will give the Orient road outlets to
both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
The concessions granted by the Mexi-
can government to the Orient line are
in two separate and distinct grants, one
being for that part of the road between
Preside and Chihuahua and the other
for the line from Chihuahua to Port
Stilwen. This latter concession was
originally granted to the company alb
sorbed by the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient, when it bought the line already
built from Chihuahua west, which is to
be a link in the transcontinental road
projected by Mr.. Stilwen and his asso-
ciates.
The original concession has been
amended by the Mexican government
so as to grant additional privileges, the
StilWell interests declining to buy the
Chihuahua road except under such con-
ditions and making the amendment of
the concession a condition in their pur-
chase of the line. Consequently the
former owners guaranteed to secure the
additional concessions and aided the
Orient people in getting the grant
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Free Uniforms For Employees.

The mana cement of the Chicago &
Alton is said to have notified passenger
train conductors, brakeman, porters,
baggagemen, engineers and firemen on
the line that it has prescribed standard
uniforms for all men employed on pas
senger trains, adding that the uniforms
must be worn at all times while the
employees are on duty. In connection
with the notification the management
has hit upon something out of the ordi-
nary. 1t has agreed to provide one
complete uniform annually free of ex-
pense to any passenger-train employee
who has been employed continuously
for five years or more in the position
he now holds. To any employe who has
served for ten years or more in his pres
emit position the mana cement will pre-
sent two uniforms annually free of
charge to hiTn-one for summer and
the other for winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-30
NEW ELMWOOD HOME.
Committee Having Difficulty to Find
Quarters.

The future of the Elnwood club is
question which is giving the members
of that organization a great deal Of
worry. The present quarters are not
adapted to the needs OF the club, and
a committee has been looking the city
over in a vain attempt to find a build
ing which exactly fills the requirements.
At meeting of the members held last
evening at the club house the commit
tee which has had this matter in
charge, made a report. Three available
houses were found. The Dennis house,
between Ninth and Tenth on Tyler
street; the Kendall house, on Fillmore
street, and the Booge house on West
Sixth avenue.
Neither of the above locations met
with the unanimous approval of the
club members, and the committee was
instructed to look further. The meet
ing adjourned to meet at the call of the
chairman of the committee on loca-
ton.
The lease on the present quarters Of
the club expires on September rs. The
EImwood club is one of the foremost
social organizations of the city, and
the REORGANIZATION of the club would
be met with regret.
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FROM WELLINGToN.

Switchman J. A. Morgan went to
Wichita this morning to work
Trainmaster'S Clerk Joe Pearson has
returned from Kansas City.
Division Master Mechanic A. Mitchell,
of Chanute, was in Wellington yeSter-
day inspecting the round-house and
shops.
Conductor Middleton came in last
night from the H & s., where he had
been running on one of the locals in
Allisons place.
Myers Hurley, general chairman of
the board of adjustment of the B. of
L. E., was in Wellington yesterday Wis
iting the engineers.
Conductor Dunklin, of the Rock ISL
and, has been visiting the old Santa.
Fe boys here this week He was form
erly a brakeman on the Santa F'e under
Conductor Mcdaniel.