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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02
A HAPPY RESPONSE.

Always happy in his non-political
speeches, President Mckinley was
especially so yesterday in his response
to the welcome extended him by the
people of Memphis. There, was an in
spiration in the enthusiastic thousands
of southern men and women who ex-
tended hospitable greeting; in the pro-
digal offerings OF flowers; in the fresh
foliage of the early southern sumner,
in the veterans of the blue, OF the gray
and of the Khaki. The president arose
to the spirit of the occasion and spoke
most eloquently for. patriotism, ma
tional unity and peace. He empha-
sized the fact that ours is not war
like nation, but gave equal force to
that correlated fact now known of all
men that, having its quarrel just, the
nation is thrice armed in the heroism
of it's sons. To the soldiers of Ten.
nessee who fought in the Philippines
he paid an especially graceful tribute.
-MinneGpOks Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-09
New York Stocks.

New York. Dec. 9.-Wall street-Some
support was accorded the Gould stocks
dealings but otherwise the whole market
showed losses The first sales of Anal
stock recovered its loss within a few
Pennsylvania, Louisville and the United
States Steel stocks We're conspicuously
Paul '70e9 '''-''-e ~
Prices of all the leading stocks hardened
their initial losses New York Central
close and various other important stocks
advanced a. small fraction. A determined
1879. and general selling followed. New
York Central dropped "a from the best
stocks fell point or more under last
weeks close. Amalgamated Copper was
supported above the opening rise
The severe declines in Ma nhattan. Rock
covering by the shorts and their buying
rallied them a point or over. jump OF
Z per cent. in the call money rate pro-
voked another selling outburst and the
market gave way all around again. Some
of the first hour, especially the transcon-
tinentals- Low figures INDICATED net
Metropolitan street railway. st. Paul and
Delaware and Hudson Amalgamated
rallied frequently. When it rose above
81 just before noon the general market
SIeauleQ.
Bonds were easier
The market became dull on the rally
and remained so until a. break to 1914 in
St. Paul caused a heavy tone elsewhere.
Northwest dropped 21s. Only a few stocks
got lower and the market steadied and
became dull again when Amalgamated
Copper recovered to 67A, but continued
soft
The market gained steadily in strength
during the early afternoon on a relaxation
to 5lh per cent. in call money and con-
tinued buying of Amalgamated Copper
which touched 67A- Recoverfes of point
more were general among the active
stocks and reached two points in Cen
eral electric. Missouri Pacific, Rock ISL
and and Delaware & Hudson. Missouri
Pacific and Wabash were more than
four points. Buying was large on the
rally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-09
WITH A LOUD ROAR
May Option in Wheat Is Boost
ed to S3 ga Cents.

Chicago. Dec.9.-Over confident shorts
in the wheat markets came to grief just
before. the close on the board today.
Many of the usual controlling condi-
lions of the market were bearish and
this had induced many traders to sell
freely. Prices in all grains broke jag
gedly at the opening and the early indi-
cations were that the anticipated slump
was at hand But 1.-The wise ones had
counted without their host Twenty
minutes before the close wheat had
been pressed down to 817sc for May OPP
tions then with roar that could be
heard well down into La Sale street,
buying which told of an oversold mar
ket began. Trade was heavy all day
but now it began again with the widest
scenes of disorder. May jumped to a
new crop record price at 83A. The
strength seemed to be genuine for if
held here well and under the terrible
profit taking pressure that had been
going all day, May closed very
strong. &c above Saturday at $3.50
S315c.
Corn was also affected but not SO
materially May had broken quickly at
the opening and was down to 673zc.
Wheat strength however, brought it up
HBpInlBS Iepun osI '9soIo HpB9ls OF
at 6S5sc
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TOPEKA SHOWS WELL.
Census Bulletin Makes an Excel
lent Showing.

From Washington today was re-
ceived the census bulletin concerning
the manufacturing industries of Kan
sas.
1t shows in the per cent of total value
of manufactured products in the state,
Topeka ranks third, being surpassed by
Kansas City and Argentine. Kansas
City contributes 4S1 of the total, Argen-
tine 11.S and Topeka S. Wichita and
Leavenworth are tied for fourth place
with 81.
In the comparison other points,
Topeka shows up very we'll The total
increase in wages paid in Topeka is
1856; in Kansas City 1872, and Wichita
shows a decrease of So. Wichita is an
enigma in the statistics, for it shows an
increase of 1918 per cent in the total
number of it's manufacturing indus
tries, and in the capital invested, a fall
ing off of 31.2 per cent. The value of
products of Wichita have decreased So
during the decade
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VALUABLE PACKAGE GONE.
Thousands of Dollars Worth of Papers
Disappear at Racine, Wis

Racine, Wis, Dec. 9.-An American
Express package which contained thou
sands of dollars worth of notes and
mortgage and other papers, sent from
the Mason City Qa.) branch Of the
]. L Case Threshing Machine company
to the general offices in this city. has
been lost.
The package was received. but it has
either been destroyed or stolen. On
November II the package was delivered
to the express company at Mason City
and was received here on November Is
The cashier claims he gave it to the
driver, but the latter denies it.
Nothing was known of the disappear
ance of the package until a tracer was
received The exact value of the pack
age viii not be known for two months,
as it will require that time for the
agency to prepare another annual re-
port and list all the notes and mort
cages lost
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M'DONALD WANTS FREEDOM
johnson County Man in Penitentiary
Seeks Parole.

L. NJ Mcdonald, who is serving a
sentence of five years in the peniten-
tiary from Johnson county for man
slaughter, has applied to Governor
Stanley for a parole. He has the rec
concentrations of Judge ]. 7. Burris,
who tried the case, and F. N. Hamilton,
the county attorney who prosecuted it,
backing his application.
Mcdonald was running a dance in
Olathe one night in January, 1899. Dur
ing the evening a man named William
Nelson came in and began to make a
disturbance. About midnight it devel-
oped into a big fight. in which Nelson
was shot by Mcdonald. 1t is claimed
that Nelson was the aggressor and that
he tried to stab Mcdonald before Nc
Donald shot. Nelson was not killed i'm
mediately. He worked about two weeks
but his wound then grew SO bad that
he went to Kansas City for an opera
ton and died three hours after being
operated on.
In a letter to Governor Stanley Nc
Donald says he is married, but that his
wife and little girl are living with the
formers parents in Adrian, Mich, and
do not know he is in prison. and he
wants to keep it from them.
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SHOOTS AGAIN
Although Coffee Took His Eyes light
For Awhile.

"A Colorado camp cook had to quit
his job because he could not make cof-
Zee without drinking it himself and it
was killing him. He says he used to
take a cup of coffee before he got his
breakfast for the men, for he felt the
need of keeping up his strength and
his stomach troubled him so much
Finally he says, i got so bad I
was taken to the hospital The doctor
told me it was a clear case of coffee
poison and if 1 did not quit would
never get well I had to quit in the
hospital and gradually got a little bet
ter, then I took to drinking Postum
Food Coffee and took it out with me to
a job in the woods
L nave been using Postum steadily
for about eighteen months and have
entirely recovered from dyspepsia and
all my old aches and ails. Ny eyes are
so well now that 1 can see the gun
sights as good as anybody but two
years ago 1 never could hunt because
OF my eyes. L know it it the quitting
of coffee and using Postum that has
benefited me. Nobody could have dys-
pepsia any worse than I had. All my
neighbors thought 1 was going to die,
but I am all right now. I have to
send thirty-five miles to the city of
Trinidad for my Postum but it is worth
while" Wm- Green BurBing, Colo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-09
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, Dec. 9.-WHEAT-All grains
broke Jaggediy today after SATURDAY 1,. ire,
large quantities offered in the hope of get
ting fat pr oft before f the break came
the leader and all eyes watched this pit
cor sue we're to g sell And raa
throughout all the southwest were re-
ported, which materially improved the
chances for the winter crop. Liverpool
gables were f VEL up but not high enough
English country market The one bullish
factor was the continued falling off Of
receipts from the northwest. May wheat
opened 1sI14c higher to sake lower at
S27sGS214c Trading was wild and heavy,
but nearly all on the selling. side. Prices
port came to the rescue and prices re-
acted and held fairly steady early around
neapo1is and Duluth reported 92S cars,
making a total for the three. points Of
1888 cars, against LOST last week and LUIS
Wheat dallied with low prices until 20
buying began again Traders rushed to
cover their short accounts, and May
ords- The market, which had been how
ering around S17sc, scared up to S3%4c, and
&c higher than saturday at Ssssa1lc' 49,
CORN-Corn opened steady. but there
buyers. Provision men were free sellers,
and the crowd taking the temper Of
&c higher to &c &C. lower w Fat at sslzc to ss7sc
and fell rapidly to 6SAc. On the slight
acted to 6Sss0f15c. Despite the profit TAX
ing it held here well after the first hour
Receipts were 1854 cars
Buoyed up by wheat strength corn
recovered much of it's early loss, though
it closed only steady, 1sc lower at 6S5sc
OATS-Heavy offerings in oats in SYM
pathy with the declines in other grains
Wea lxened the market. Prices opened
steady, still Influenced by naturally bull
ish conditions. The profit taking brought
a sharp sag, which, however, was over
come later by the small strength in the
other pits. May opened unchanged to
sc lower at 473s to 47c, sagged to 46% c
and rea cted and held fairly steady around
DEMONSTRATIONS had only
in spite of a good hog market. The grain
weakness brought similar decline here.
though there was pressure. January
pork was not quoted the first hour May
pork opened &c down to sc up at $17 20
to S17.30, sagged to S17.15, and reacted to
SIPS. January lard opened unchanged
to sc up at $3.50 to $685. and sold off to
SO 70, and January ribs sc down at $3.50,
and advanced 215c
WHEAT-No. 2 red, ssGs4c; No. red.
78QS3c: No. hard winter, 77s4079szc; No.
hard winter, 71aq7sc; No. l northern
spring. 7s0SQc; No. northern spring,
CORN-No 2, sc: No. 8, 6406411c.
OATS-No 2, 47d471bc; No. g. 463z G47c
FIAx-Cash: N. W.. $1.45; No. l, s1.44.
RYE-Dec.. SIC: May, e7ssc.
BARLEY-CaSh, 560T63c.
TIMOTHY-May, sc. SIS.
CLOVER-March, 80 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-09
WANT WASHBURN PLAYERS
Reported That Z. U. Will Get Mehl,
Cave and Cunningham.

Reports that Bonnie Owen will coach
Kansas university next season in football
and that he will take Cave. Cunningham
and Mehl to Lawrence, are causing no
little CONSERVATION in local football
circles
Bonnie Owen. who coached Washburn
here so successfully in 1900, and who was
assistant to Coach Yost for Michigan
day on the way to his home at Arkansas
City.
1t is said that while he in Topeka
he secured the promise of Cave, Cunning
hame and Mehl. three of the strongest
to enter school at the university in Feb
ruary, so as to be eligible for places on
the football team next year.
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MORE NEW PAVEMENT.
Petition For Block on Polk Between
Third and Fourth.

A petition was received today by City
Clerk Squires asking for a 5---cot brick
pavement with Fort Scott sandstone
curbing. on Polk street, between Fourth
and Fifth.
This is the first paving petition to be
filed since the passage of the resolution
requiring that the party presenting the
petition swear to an affidavit that he is
a resident of the street to be paved, and
that he secured the signers to the petit
ton without any compensation from the
pavement companies. No such affidavit
was fled with this petition. but it is
understood that Capt. Curtis will sign
the affidavit before the matter is pre-
scented to the council
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Chicago Livestock Market

Chicago, Dec 9.-CATTLE-Receipt
$4,000: steady. Good to prime, Sc 50q7. so !;
poor to medium, $4.0Od625: stockers and
feeders, 81. so; cows, $125G4.75; heifers,
40; calves, $2.5oq6.OO; Texas fed steers.
$450G5.25.
600: left over, 3,1S9: 5G10c higher. Mixed
and butchers. $590Q6.35: good to choice
heavy, IS. 95d6.5O: rough heavy, IS. 70Q5. 80;
lights. S5.356I6.O5; bulk of sales. s5.s0Gf6 30
SHEEP-Receipts 24,000. Sheep steady,
lambs strong. Good to choice wetherS,
50 5OI4. 25; fair to choice mixed. So 75lI3.50 /;
western sheep, s3.00d4.O0; native lambs,
s. 50d5.O0 western lambs. 50. O0d4 .25.
Official receipts and shipments for Sat-
urday: Cattle Hogs. Sheep.
Shipments nm. 49,. 749 1853 e99
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs Emma MCGOWAN, colored, died
Saturday morning at her home, 1903
Quincy street The funeral services
were held at 2heclock this afternoon at
the c. NJ E. Church, Thirteenth and
Van Buren, streets.
Mrs. S. w. Love died Saturday after
noon at O'Clock at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George j. Graves, 1246
Lincoln street. The remains will be sent
to Buffalo, N. Y. for interment.
w. Meredith, colored died at his
home 1855 West street about o'clock
Saturday evening. Funeral this after
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SIX DAY CYCLE RACE.
Young Corbett Starts Riders at
Midnight in Gotham.

New York, Dec 9.-The annual inter-
national six day bicycle team race be-
gan in the Madison Square Garden at
midnight Sunday. William c. Roth
well, known in the puglistic world as
Young Corbett," started the men.
When the starting shot was fired about
5000 people were in the garden.
The sixteen teams that will fight for
fame and prize money around the sau-
cer-shaped track for the next six days,
are composed of the following men:
Gougoltz and Simar, France; Hall and
McLaren, England; Fisher and Cheva-
lier, France; LePoutre and Muller,
Italy; Fredericks and Jaak, Switzer-
land; Kerff and DeRoeck, Belgium;
Karnstadt and Franks, Germany;' Law
son and julius, Sweden; Butler and Nc
Lean, Scotland; Newkirk and Munro,
Southern; McEachern and Wa1thour,
Pan-American; Mcfarland and Free
Utah; Maya ana Wilson, Pennsylvania;
Babcock and Turville, Metropolitan'
Norcotte and Jones, Cleveland.
The prize money will be divided as
follows: First, $1,500; second, $1,000;
third, $3.50; fourth. $500; fifth, $3.50; and
sixth, $3.50.
Each man of team will ride twelve
hours a day. Bobby Walthour and
Archie McEachern, the Pan-American
team. and the French pair, Gougoltz
and Simar, are out to lower the record
lS-de in Madison Square Garden in 1899.
by Miller and Waller, when that team
covered 2,733 miles and four laps. Last
year EllSes and Mcfarland won the six
day race after riding 2,62S miles and
seven laps.
Shortly after midnight the different
men in teams were called off by the
announcer. They circled the track and
were introduced to the public. The team
representatives who started the race
were Gougoltz. Hall, Chevalier, Muller,
Fredericks, DeRoeck, Karnstadt, Law
son. Mclean, Munro, WalthOur, Nc
Farland, King, Maya, Babcock and
Jones.
The Swedish team, Furtos and Peter
son, failed to qualify and withdrew from
the race.
At a. m. today six of the fourteen
teams held the same score-177 miles
and laps. All through the early
morning hours the riders made frequent
changes and IN all the sprints that oc-
CURED on account of these changes and
shifts, there were many falls. One of the
most serious occurred shortly before 3
O'Clock when Walthour relieved his
partner, McEachern. The former start
ed in at once to steal a lap. Newkirh
followed in hot pursuit while the others
kept well up to them. AS the buncn
reached the nth side of the track
Newkirk slipped his wheel and
Samuelson collided with him. BabcOck,
Mclean and dall tried to steer clear
but the impetus was too much. The
riders fell over one another and when
the dust cleared away Hall was found
to be unconscious. He recovered in a
few minutes. Babcock had to have a
large splinter removed from his scalp
while the other riders escaped with d
shaking up.
Freeman, who had made 157 miles and
two laps at o'clock quit twenty min
utes later.
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POUNDING ON THE SAND
Four Masted Vessel in Distress
Near Gray's Harbor

Aberdeen, Wash, Dec. "a big four
masted steel vessel is reported to be in
the surf about u miles north of the en-
trance to Gray's harbor. The vessel has
been outside several days, first being
sighted Friday night. She carries only
one sail and a heavy list Saturday a
fog covered the vessel but yesterday it
was seen that she had drifted into the
surf and was being heavily pounded on
the sands. 1t is Impossible to decipher
the name of the ship. A tug has gone
to the scene.
The vessel has anchors out. and if they
hold she may be kept from drifting on
the bea CHI.
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o'clock score was as follows:
MUST SOON DECIDE.
Whether or Not the Philippines Are
American Coast.

whether or not goods must be shipped eS-
United States and the Philippines, under
the recent decision Of the United States
cases. has been brought to the attention
Of the treasury department The theory
has been advanced that since the court
has ruled that the Philippines are not for
eign territory, the statute which restricts
register must be applied The department
is not ready to admit this. and the sub
definite case is presented.
"A Assistant Secretary Taylor instructed
cisco to remit the penalty imposed by the
Steamship which WAS SUPPOSED by sh the
port officials to have violated the coast
hats n from 1b Gases S o 81
lector thought a violation existed under
the supreme court decision. Mr.. Taylor,
however, without passing upon the main
question, ruled that the forfeiture should
pc remit5ed because OF the fact that the
preme court decision is sufficient to dis
case. 1t is possible that no case involving
the main question will arise for some
time and the treasury department will
Any ship from the Orient which can ar
rive on the Pacific coast within the next
three or four weeks must have sailed
prior to the supreme court decision, and
VIII therefore not be in violation of the
philippines 1t is possible that the ques-
ment. howevepl bv the in 1iia sailinr
Of some foreign vessel from San Fran
cisco with merchandise for the Philip
pines In that event the treasury de-
partment will proceed to wrest ls~with the
question 1t is expected, however, that
congress will relieve the present doubtful
situation by the early nactment of the
proposed tariff law for the Philippines.
The treasury officials say it would be a
misfortune should it be found necessary
to decide that the coasting trade law ap-
plies to the Philippines 1t would Ger
tainly impede the development of the
trade with the Orient. for there are not
American ships enough to do the business
One of the officials who did not wish to
be quoted. said:
1T certainly requires a stretch of the
imagination to suppose that the Philip
pines are a part of the coast line of the
United States 1t was strained pretty
hard to apply the coasting laws to Ha-
wall. but I think it would take some
nerve to look the nations of the world
in the face and say that only our own
ships may carry goods between the Unit
ed states and the Philippines, and that
those islands are part of our coast line
although we have to sail half way round
the world to reach Them
J. L Scotch is in Topeka today direct
from Portland, Ore, for the first time
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United States will continue the efforts
of his predecessor to bring to an end
the horrors of concentration camps and
a warfare which by its unexampled
ferocity and enormous cost of life and
treasure has astounded the civilized
world,
And that the president be further re-
quested to persevere in the endeayors
of his predecessor TO bring about a
speedy ter1niua ton of this disastrous
and unequal conflict and to ensure an
equitable adjustment of the differences
between the contending parties.
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Kansas Civ Llvestonk

ceipts 1000, including 1000 Texans. Mar
ket steady to easy. Native beef steers.
s4.75Gl64o. Texas and Indian steers, $1,000
4.75: Texas cows. -s20003.75; native cows
and heifers. So. O0G550; stockers and feed
ers. 50 00d4.50; bulls, s2.0oQ425; calves,
So. 25H5 80
HOGS-Receipts II. 900; market &c to 1Oc
higher Bulk of sales. IS. 90Q6.40; heavy.
6.40n650; packers, s625d6.40; medium S6.l5
M640. light. $5-65Q6.30; workers., $5.50Q6 20;
pigs. $4.5005 So
SHEEP-Receipts 1000: market steady.
Muttons, So, 00G4oo: lambs. $4;o0Il4, s.;
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HOGS Leu .
LIGHTS. 75l75- 40
ROUGH-S4- S0675- 90.
GRASS CATTLE.
HEIFERS-$2 -50GI3.25
COWS-$2. 0063.00
VEAL CALVES.
HEAVY-S2 506i3 co.
LIGHTS. 50d425
DRY LOT CATTLE
STEERS-$3. 0064.0O.
COWS AND .000s3.50.
GRAIN.
NO. WHEAT-70c.
NO 2 WHITE CORN-67c
MIXED CORN-66c
NEW CORN-66c
OATS-5cc.
PRODUCE.
BUTTER-1Sc.
EGGS-19c.
HAY-$12. O061300
O0G13.00.
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Kansas CITY Prodnca.

Kansas City Dec. 9.-WHEAT-Dec.
Tie; May, S034G7sc. Cash: No. 2 hard,
761gn77c; No. 3, 7515076c; No. 2 red, S5015c;
No. 8, S31z@S415c; No. spring, 79dS2c; No.
3. 77d79c-
CORN-Dec., 71%@72c; Jan, 7Ossc; May,
70ssH &c Cash: No. mixed, 691@c; No
white. 70l571c; No 3. 69G70c.
OATS-No- 2 white, 49sz 501zc-
RYE-No. 2. 64c-
HAY.Choice timothy. $3.50; do. prairie,
BUTTER = Creamery. 1sQ22c; dairy,
fancy, lie
EGGS-Fresh, 21c-
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1T WAS PRETTY COLD.
Mercury Got Down to % Degrees
This Morning.

The mercury took a tumble this
morning but did not drop lower than
the record for the winter.
The lowest reached today was % at
seven o'clock. On Noven Der 16 the Their
mometer got down to q The wind this
morning was southwest blowing 10
miles an hour. Sunday the maximum
temperature was "a and the minimum
26. The forecast sent out today was
fair tonight and Tuesday" The hour
~ temperatures recorded by the gov
eminent thermometer today were as
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Market Goss1p.

Chicago receipts: Hogs. $1,000; cattle.
Is. 0O0
Kansas City receipts: Hogs. is. 600; cat
tle 1000
Omaha receipts: Hogs. 1900; cattle.
Z, 800
Hogs steady, cattle steady to lower.
Liverpool opening cables: Wheat. 11sd
higher; corn, I'D higher.
Second Liverpool cable: Wheat. 11sd
higher; corn, 3s@74d higher
Northwest receipts: Minneapolis. 61O:
Duluth, 318. A year ago: Minneapolis.
SO0 Duluth. IS.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat 109 cars;
corn, 454; oats, So. Last year: Wheat,
266 cars; corn. 81; oats. 9.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat 109 cars;
corn, 454; oats, 81. A year ago: Wheat.
266 cars: corn. 81; oats, g.
Kansas City privileges: Puts, May
wheat 1914; calls, S21s- Puts, May corn,
6s4; calls, IT'S. Curb. May wheat. so5s.