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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-01
KEEP ON BUYING.
Nothing Appears to Stop the
BUSINESS in Iron.

Cleveland O., Aug. THE Iron
Trade Review. discussing market con-
ditions this week. says:
Uncertainty as to the outcome of
the effort to end the steel strike is the
overshadowing factor in the market.
There are radical differences between
the two sides that indicate that any
patched-up peace win only postpone a
greater conflict So far as the be-
havior Of the iron market in the past
two weeks is concerned the foremost
fact about it is its generally sustained
strength under influences calculated to
cause good deal of unsettling Con-
sumers have not stood of and waited,
because they had work in hand or in
prospect for which they We're bound to
cover July has been far from the dull
month that might have been predicted,
with labor troubles multiplying and
with the crop outlook threatening the
continuance Of the marvellous pros
perity of the west. 1t n ust be said that
the total Of buying. both in pig iron
ana finished materials. has been quite
beyond the expectation of those in the
trade accustomed to watch narrowly
the changing phases of the market
Agricultural machinery manufacturers
have not been deferred by the reports
Of blasted corn fields from buying lib
orally for the coming year, indications
being that even with the strike settled
at once the interruption had been suf-
hcient to strengthen the situation in
bars
In the past week bookings have in
creased. Chicago reports sale OF 10000
tons of bars. In the same district there
Is nguring on extensive structural re-
Quirements pending contracts amount
ing to 10000 tons. The call for struc-
tural steel has been increasing steadily
In recent weeks. and mills are from
two to four months behind orders.
Already manufacturers feel assured
that business booked and projects that
have passed the paper stage mean full
operation for year ahead.
ship yards are increasing the pres
sure upon plate mills. and the plate
tonnage on the books of the mills is
ton In products INN edfa tely affected
by the strike is only intensified with
the passage Of a week. Stocks of
sheets in JObbers' hands are rapidly be-
Ing exhausted, and at Pittsburg four
cents has been paid for No. IS. The
American Sheet Steel company is
merely booking orders to be filed In
their turn after the strike Tin plates
have sold at S5-25 to $3.50 at Baltimore
for ordinary coke plates. or more than
81 above the TRUSTS market price. For
eign plates can scarcely be a factor
for several weeks. On bars some sell
ers are getting from 81 to 81 a ton for
prompt shipment, but on contracts
1-A0c Pittsburg for steel and 145c at
Valley Mil for iron is the rule. Turn
Ing to the pig iron market. the prin-
cipal development of the week has been
the buying of $4,000 tons of bessemer
iron and upwards of 10 900 tons Of basic
iron for the United States Steel cor
pOratfOn.N
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-01
TALL AND SHORT MAN.
Engineer Collins ReEatesHis Ex-
perience With Bandits.

Chicago, Aug. mo clue has as yet
been obtained TO the men who held up
the Baltimore & Ohio vestibuIed 1im-
tied last night near AiHer's station,
Indiana As soon as the attempted rob
berry was reported to the railroad Off
Gals in Chicago a special train was
n ade up and fast run was made to
the scene Of the hold-up. The train
carried officials Of the road, special de-
teetives and officers of the Chicago po-
lice department. Bloodhounds were Sc
cured from Long Beach, and these aid
ed in the search for the desperadoes
It is the firm belief of the police that
the robbers escaped in a boat which
they had concealed on the shore of the
lake. Police patrolled the shore from
the vicinity Of the hold-up to as far
north as Evanston on the lookout for
any craft in which the men might have
escaped, and the life saving crew sent
a boat out on the lake.
a reward of $500 has been offered by
the superintendent Of the road for any
information that viii lead to the arrest
of the bandits and 1t is thought that
their capture.
J. w Collins, engineer of the train
that was held up, said
7 thought I was being signalled to
L
were picnic grounds along that stretch
of woods somewhere 1 saw the red
lantern waving when / was quite a
distance away. AS I slowed up two
men swung up on the step of the cab.
I threw up my hands at their COM
mand. They took my watch and broke
the chain in doing so. One of the men
was tall and rather stoutly built, with
sandy hair. The other was short and
slight and dark haired. Both wore
pieces of black cam brio over their
faces. The masks had eye-holes cut
in them. None of the features of the
mems faces was exposed. In my ex-
perience with them they handled me
roughly by the arm several times.
They exhibited quite a bit of strength.
They had evidently been used to hard
labor. When they took me ahead of
the engine to where the rails lay
across the track, they said to me:
You see there was no escape. We
would have stopped you any way
1.-THE rails were sections about ten
feet long. threw them to the side of
the track and cleared the way. After
the cars had been wrecked and the
robbers learned beyond a doubt that
they had made a mistake, they were
evidently afraid to go back to the
train for the express car. They then
walked around to the other side of the
cars and disappeared
Last Saturday night an attempt was
made to hold up the same train at
point 81 miles from Chicago A steel
cable was stretched across the track
The trainn en- removed the cable. but
the robbers for some reason did not
appear. This attempt was made. it is
supposed. by the same men who ap-
peared last night.
Although little or no loss was occa-
stoned to the mall the postoffice off,
Gals in Indiana and Illinois are hot on
the trail of the robbers. AS soon as
the news of the hold-up was carried to
the office Of Inspector Stewart men.
were detailed on the case. They will
be assisted by others from the de-
partment Of Indiana, in which the
hold-up occurred
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Of United States Steel at 4864Slk COM
pared with 4215 last night, and 600 shares
of the preferred at Szf1321a. compared with
81 last night Sugar was forced down
point on the contemplated opposition "a
refinery. Changes otherwise were frac-
tiOnal. Dealings were on only a smah
scale outside of the three stocks speci-
Prices advanced after some waverine.
United States steel rose IS and the pre-
ferred ~ points A rise of points in
Norfolk & Western was followed by other
soft coal and anthracite roads, some or
which advanced q point. The granEers,
Paciflcs and sOuthWesterns were strong,
with the exception of Kansas & Texas
preferred which lost a point, and st.
dian Pacific advanced in company with
the group, gains reaching a point or
more Amalgamated Copper, Tennessee
Coal and Peoples Gas rose to IL points
and Sugar nearly recovered its decline
but fell to the lowest again and the gen
eral market yielded fractions all around.
The coalers was the feature Of the mar
ket and showed gains Oh between and
points, wabash preferred ana St Louis &
San Francisco common and second pre-
ferred rose ia to points. United States
Steel made another advance OF points
over last night The general market re-
sponded very slightly to these special
movements. Railroad bonds were quiet
and firm.
Prices fiuctuated narrowly below the
best and the dealings fell to semi gna-
ton. American Smelling fell a point and
Colorado Fuel fell ia points.
A light selling movement maze RAPID
1nrOadS upon prices, carrying q NUMBER
Of the cOalerS and western railroads from
I to IL points below the best United
night. Colorado Fuel showed decline OF
% points.
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TWO CELEBRATIONS
Of COlOradO's QuartO-Centennial
Going on at Same Time.

Denver. Col, Aug. 1.-Two celebra-
tions of the quarto-centennial ami
versary of Colorado's admission to
statehood were begun today-one at
Boulder and the other at Colorado
Springs. The former has the prestige
of official recognition by the state leg
islature and the latter has an auxli-
larry attraction, a reunion OF rough
riders and an address by Vice President
Theodore Roosevelt. Elaborate pre-
parations have been made at both
places ana large crowds are expected
Both celebrations will occupy three
days. ending on Saturday.
AT Boulder today the programme
opened with a review of the states
military forces by Governor Orman
which was followed by addresses by
Senators Teller and Patterson, Cover
nor Orman, Ex-Governor Thomas ana
other nOtables.
AT Colorado Springs a statue or
Zebulon Pike the discoverer Of PIKE
Peak, was unveiled. Vice President
Roosevelt will arrive tomorrow when
Governor Orman and other state OH
GERS will be on hand to welcome him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-01
HOTTEST ON RECORD.
July Established a New Heat
Basis.

The report of the weather for July
as compiled by Observer Jennings
shows the average maximum tempera-
ture to have been just 100 for 81 days.
This makes July the hottest on record
The mean temperature for the month
was 81 while the normal temperature
for the month is II. showing the aver
age temperature for the month to have
been just 10 degrees above normal The
average minimum temperature for the
month was "A. The rainfall for the
month was 41O while the normal is 5-1S.
The rainfall was within an inch OF the
usual amount but came near the end of
the month. The heaviest rainfall ever
recorded for July was in 1895 when 3Z5
inches fell and the smallest IN 1891
when there was LOG. The coolest july
was in 1889 when the mean temperature
was SO. In 1887 and 1889 over nine inch
es of rain fell during the month.
The official United States Weather
Bureau Book of Proverbs contain the
following in reference to August:
when in the beginning of August
thunderStOrms are passing they Will
generally last till the end OF the
month" Page 234 Chap. 81, Par. 6s.
1t is observed that the word general
ly'' leaves a chance for the author, who
was a vegetarian during the grasshop-
per year. to crawl out.
If the first week in August is unus-
ually warm
The winter will be white and long,
Third sonnet page SO. In this case
the poet has the loop hole of deciding,
after 1t is all over. whether the first
week was unusually warm or not. This
sign never fails except in an open win
ter.
"A wet August never brings dearth .
~F 10
Macaronni and refers only to those
soft Italian skies that Kansas peoDls
tell of to their eastern friends when
there is snow on the ground and there
is but q dim memory that warm wealth
er is pleasant
when it rains in August it rains
honey and wine" From the unpublish-
ed manuscript of a sea captain who
was wrecked on the coast of Luzon.
This does not apply to Kansas, how
ever, nor to any other prohibition state.
DRY August. arid. warm
Doth harvest no HARM"
This also applies to some seaport
country where there is not an annual
crop of watermelons and an Emancipa-
ton day due to arrive during the
month.
when the dew is heavy IN August
the weather generally remains fair It
will be noticed that the same general
ly'' which is used day after day in the
Kansas forecasts is inserted just from
habit Observer Jennings is a close stu
dent of the book of proverbs, that is
the government book of that name that
refers to the weather. he is a firm be-
lever in the goose bone and curled corn
husks and other old standbys but he
has announced already that all signs
fail in dry weather and he has given
UP.
Today the government sent out the
night and Friday Warm southwest
portion tonight. Cooler west portion
Friday" Today's minimum tempera-
ture was Y. The wind has been south
west blowing eight miles an hour To-
days temperatures have been as fol-
lows.
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Furnished by A G. Goodwin Commits
sion Merchant, COL Kansas ave
Western hog receipts: Chicago. "a, 900
head; Kansas City, 1900 head; Omaha,
Second Liverpool cables: Wheat, "a
lower; corn. I'd higher.
Price Current says improvement to corn
by rains, but indications are not over 60
per cent, or 1,500000,0 900 bushels. Wheat
threshing maintaining expectations. Pack
ing sos. 600 against $50, 900 a year ago
Opening Liverpool cables: Wheat I'M
changed; corn, I'D higher.
Chicago: W. 3. Shows estimate of the
corn crop is a very bullish document. The
August 10th government report is being
looked forward to with much anxiety
among the corn traders.
Chicago: The markets are being fnf1u-
enced by natural conditions and the con-
servative trader is having his inning. The
student who knows what conditions are
his position is right and that his trades
will result in profits. providing he has
ample margins for protection
Chicago grain receipts: Wheat, ga cars;
corn 132 cars: oats, ga cars
Northwest grain receipts today: Min
neapolis. 80 cars: Duluth 81 cars. Same
day a year ago: Minneapolis, 207 cars;
Duluth, q cars
New York: The banks have lost over
81 1904 GOO to the Sub-treasury since last
week The bank statement next Sat
urday should show an increase in depOs-
its. however, owing to large disburse~
ments which are being made today.
wheat 233. SIS bushels; corn, ITS OLA BUSH
els; oats. Sc. 100 bushels
Chicago: September wheat-Puts 673<c;
calls, T0zc.
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NEGROES GO TO WORK.
Village of Melrose Park Decides to
Cease Interference.

Chicago, Aug. NEGRO laborers are
returning to Melrose Park, the scene
of the recent disturbance between
whites and negroes Twelve are said
to have begun work in the Latrobe
steel works Monday. Eight more, it is
asserted, went to work yesterday.
Henry Beling, trustee of the village,
saws nothing more will be done by the
villagers to prevent negroes from
working in the steel plant. The twenty
negroes who started to work are, how
ever, having a hard time finding board
and lodging.
The citizens say that the employment
of negoes at the steel works will result
in a colony of colored people being es-
tabIished in the west end of the vii
lage Several of the negroes now at
Melrose Park are from Alabama, and
were among those sent from the south
when the trouble first occurred.
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BEST EVER SENT.
British Ship Which Goes to Explore
Antarctic Regions.


New York, Aug 1.-Referring to the
departure Of the Discovery from the
East India docks the Tribune's London
correspondent says:
The ship is the best ever sent out
from England on a purely scientific
mission. The Discovery viii carry about
"A men to the Antarctic seas when she
heads for Melbourne and Victorialand
next week
German and British expeditions Will
cover three of the four Antarctic quad
rants and each, after wintering, will
work toward the other, one from Ender-
byland and the other from Victoria
land Neither viii attempt a dash at
the south pole, but each will operate in
a scientific way to enlarge the stock
of human knowledge about the myster-
ious Antarctic lands sighted by Wilkes
Ross. Of the Challenger expedition and
by Borchgrevink- Neither expedition
viii reconnoiter the edge Of the pack.
but both will be forced through the ice
into the open water southwark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-01
PENlCK,s BODY FOUND
Floating in Lake Michigan Near
Spot Where He Drowned.

Chicago, Aug. IA special to the
body of c. E. Penick, the banker of
Charlton, Iowa, and brother of ex-
Congressman Penick, was discovered
floating in Lake Michigan last evening
not one hundred feet from where he
fell into the lake from the steamer Vir-
ginia on Friday. Two men fishing from
the pier both claim to have been the
first to see the body, and each wants
the $500 reward for finding the body.
The body found and the clothing tally
completely with the description given
of the Charlton banker. The general
opinion now is that the victim fell out
of the boat while stepping on the deck,
and that it was not q case of suicide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-01
Topeka Markets

Topeka, AuT- =
HOGS.
MEDIUM AND AVY-&5.256s.6
LIGHTS. 75d5.50.
CATTLE
HEIFERS-$2. 5Od3.O0
COWS-S2 O0d275.
DRY LOT CATTLE.
STEERS-S4 O06450.
COWS AND HEIFERS-s3. 0o6Ao0
VEAL CALVES
HEAvY-s2 O0d2.50.
LIGHT-$2. 50QS-50
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT-60c.
NO , CORN-56c-
NO. ? WHITE CORN-56c-
NO. 2 OATS-40c.
EGGS-10c.
BUTTER-20c.
HAY-$l4OOd150 S.
ALFALFA-S15
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I.ord nTiIner was Present.

New York, Aug. Lord Miner was
present in the house of commons yes
terday during the debate, says the
London representative of the Tribune
He managed to escape general atten-
ton as he occupied a seat in the gal
lery under the clock on the ministerial
side of the house. Had he chosen to
sit in the peers gallery he would have
been certain to attract attention from
the Nationalist, who would probably
have taken advantage of his presence
to express their opinion of his South
African policy with their usual engag-
ing franknesS.
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Furnished by J E. Gail. Commissions.
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Or
fee ITO West Sixth street. Phone $50.
Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock
Co., Kansas City, Mo
New York, Aug IA matter of so great
Importance as the settlement Of a stril',
involving an actual army of men may
not be summa-ily disposed Of. Wall street
was premature a week ago in supposing
that the steel strike was virtually over,
but the belief sufficed to cause a mater
ial improvement in the value Of United
States Steel stocks and in a general bet-
terment of market sentiment Wall street
may be too hasty now in assuming that
the disastrous labor contest is to be
freshly invoked Nevertheless in view of
the rupture in the executive board of the
Amalgamated association and the indis~
position to accept the so-called Shaffer~
Morgan compromise the declines in the
steel stocks yesterday was only natural.
The dealings in these issues monopOlized
a large part Of the total transactions in
stocks yesterday for the remainder OF
the list was naturally Influenced in the
direction of dullness by the fear of the in
fuence which might be exerted by the
steel stocks either one way or the other.
as developments were reported It Is
reasonable to expect that the course OF
the issues referred to will for the time
being be somewhat cratic
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New Depot For Ellia. Kans.

Ellis. Kan, Aug. Last Monday
the plans for the new depot for Ellis
were exhibited here. 1t will be a fine
building and an ornament to the town.
The building will be located just east
of the new Office building 1t will be
of frame 109x27. 1t will have waiting
rooms, ladies' room, toilet room. agents
office, baggage room and freight
house. 1t will be up to date in every
particular The masons are expected
to begin work in about two weeks or
sooner If work on the new depots down
the road will permit them. The new
depot that Ellis has been wishing for so
long VIII soon be q reality.
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Kansas citY Liveatock.

Kansas City. Aug 1.-CATTLE-Re~
ceipts, 5000 head including 1900 head of
Texans. Best steady; others easy. Ma
tive beef steers So 100000: Texas and In.
dian steers, s.. 2504.60; Texas cows S2.700
stoekers and feeders, So. O0Q4. rs; bulls, 81. p
G4.70 calves. 81. 5074 90
SC higher. Bulk of sales, $50; heavy,
s. 9ed6.05; packers, $5.70d5.90; mixed, s.. s.
$3.50; light IS. 1905 Is; workers.. $5-35Q5. 70;
pigs, S. 5O65. Is.
SHEEP-Receipts ZOO head Market
steady. Muttons, $3.O0a4.00; lambs $4,000
500; range sheep, $S.25a3.75; stock sheep.
$1.50Q4.50.
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A CHINESE TRICK.
Certificate of Birth Recorded Years
After the Event.

San Francisco. Cal. Aug. 1.-Seere-
tary Emery, of the board of health,
has made the discovery that Chinese
are recording their certificates of birth
in the recorders Office many years
after the births occur, whereas the law
requires that they shall be recorded
within 80 days. Mr.. Emery sees in this
violation of the law a chance for Celes-
tials to evade the exclusion act by
sending the certificates to Chinese in
the Orient who are DESTROYS of quitting
China and who use this method to de-
feat the ends of the act
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tons Of the members has been made
public. Neither Will any reports be
issued until q. definite conclusion has
been reached. We are simply trying
to reach a settlement which shall be
honorable and satisfactory to all con-
cerned."
WAITING TO HEAR FROM N z
Pittsburg, Aug 1.-The conference
was still in session at 3 p m Moth
ing developed. and nothing can be
learned of the proceedings. 1t is be-
heved they are still waiting to hear
from New York in reference to another
conference with the combine officials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-01

New York, Aug 1.-Noon-MONEY-
Money on call nominally at 2d2b per
cent; prime mercantile paper, 444Q5 per
business in bankers bills at $4-67A Q4.S8
for demand and at S4S5N for 60 days.
bills, s4-S5
SILVER-Silver certificates unquoted.
Bar silver, 5Sssc: Mexican dollars. ACC.
BONDS-Governmen bonds steady. Re-
funding Is, registered and coupon, 1O4sz'
Is, registered and coupon, 1854; new A..
registered and coupon. 1877; old As, regis
tered and coupon, lib; IS, registered and
coupon 107L.
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WORSE THAN 1874.
July Weather at Denver Broke
Record Of Thirty Years.

Denver, Col, Aug.1-The weather re-
port for the month of July, which Fore
caster Brandenburg today mailed to
Washington. records the most continu-
Gus dry spell for July since the opening
Of the weather bureau station in Den
yer, 30 years ago. There were "A days
on which the maximum temperature
reached 80 degrees or higher. Eighteen
consecutive days this temperature was
maintained breaking all previous rec
0rds for July. The nearest approach to
the continuous dry spell was in 1874.
when there were 20 days on which the
temperature reached 80 degrees. The
hottest days of the month were July 5
and 20 when the temperature reached
% degrees. The total precipitation was
one-hundredth of an inch
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Pardon For Sheridan.

Havana, Aug. 1T is expected that
the military government viii grant a
full pardon to John Sheridan convicted
Of misappropriation of Cuban postal
funds The secretary of justice has
reported favorabIy upon his application
for clemency
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Drowned in Her Bath Tub.

Manitou. Col, Aug. Mrs. Ethel
williams, a wealthy resident Of Okla
honna, was drowned in the bath tub
of her summer home here. She was
seized with an epileptic fit while bath
ing. She was 80 years of age.
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Kansas civ Prodnca.

Kansas City. Aug. 1.-Close-WHEAT-
September 645sc: December 67ssc Cash.
No 2 hard. 631zd64c; No. 3, 6s1sc; No 2
red, 65lk066c.
CORN-Septembe Sc: December, 57szc.
Cash: No. mixed. 5S1kQ59c; No. white.
591kc.
OATS-No. 2 white 40c.
RYEENo- 2 6Td6Sc.
HAY-Choice timothy. s1450; prairie.
BUTTER 1s3kalsc; dairy.
fancy 14016c-
EGGS=FTesh. 10c.
WHEAT-Receapts, 1853 cars
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q Luncheon FOR Prince Henry.

Cadiz, Aug. 1.-The authorities, in :
Guiding Port Commandant Eulate, gave
luncheon to Prince Henry of Prussia
and afterwards assisted in the evolu-
tons of the German cruisers. Prince
Henry, speaking to the Spanish officers,
recalled his visit to Cadiz after the de-
feat of the Spaniards at the time when
he addressed sympathetic words to
Captain Eulate who commanded the
Vizcaya at the battle Of Santiago.