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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-05
Y DAY IN THE TRADE.
FEW PRICE CHANGES
\ tIalIowi Dates Arrived-Texas Eggs
Fere Firmer--Corn Advanced 1-2c.
Apnle Market Strong.

sterday was busy day in the whole
markets, and while receipts were nee
ply not as large On the first day Of the
( the heavy stocks and orders remain.
pfer from the last caused an unusual
ity for Monday.
10 went &c higher.
in butter was very firm, but quota
were not altered.
nltry receipts were very scattering and
easily absorbed by the demand.
W crop hallowi dates arrived. the first
be season, ana met with a good recep.
N the circles of the trade.
& potato market has undergone very
Change recently and the dealers are
;rntely well stocked. with former prices
g.
b apple situation maintains great
Of strength, though quotations have
feen advanced and the trade has SO far
easily supplied
ePTexas egg market was frmer, on &c.
of lighter receipts and better de-
!, produced by the weather change.
q for good stock ranged at 1Gc TO he.
Rtern advlces say that Smyrna news
rms the previous report Of an anranc-
and excited market there on sulfano
Thc advice stated that considerable
Ress FOR shipments to continental Eu-
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ON COTTON MARKET

the effect will be TO induce n rush Of buy
Ing orders from the mills. Sales 1000 bales,
including $500 bales to arrive. Quotations
MP lG on all grndcs
Considerable activity WIS displayed in
| the market Tor contracts. the wide range
| Of fluctuations IN prices giving ample scope
for room trading us well as hcld work, and,
though conditions at the outset were de.
cidcdly Irregular, the sharp advance in
lng froSts in he cotton belt ana promise
of cold weather for tonight, served to at.
tract Investors Ia good numbers ana the
attending to the execution Of orders The
market was lG to Il points higher, hut
after the opening fell away sharply 10 the
| extent nf 20 II points under the influence
| Of realizing sblCs, but the backsct was
only temporary and prices moved up again
fcmc u TO 7 pciuts. leaving the range at
| the close 10 20 II points above Saturday I
! closing figures.
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APPLES-Arkansas, bbls. choice Ben
Davis, "a COCA 70; fancy, $3.50; wine.
saps and Arkansas Bleak, 81 25Gl4, 20,
New Mexico, per 4Olb boxes, 81 7jQL1 80;
Belle feurs. per box, So 90.
BANANAS-Loose, $500; packed 81. %.
CHARACTERISTICS 6jd2 10 per bushel
crate; barrels, 81 30.
ORANGES-Florida- Jamaica. So. 759t4 90.
C0COANuTS, Per sack Of loo 81 50; less
quantities, "a 10.
ing TO quality.
Nelis. 81 20.
PiNEAPPLEs- Grated, per dozen, $500;
per crate. S4 25mf 30.
GRAPES-Ca California. Black Emperor, per
4-baslet crate. 50 .00 Black Ferrarat, $500;
California Tokay 50 90; fancy New York
Concords per basket. 1Ti5c; Catawbas
l7l@c Malaga or Ameria. 75-lb kegs, IS So
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DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,

Qunine, 4OM42c per ounce bottle; NOR
phine, 81. 25Gt25O pei ounce cocaine. $500
per ounce; borax, slAc per pound In 100.
castor oil, $l.20 per gallon in 5-gll,on
packages; epson salts. Sl,75 per 100 in
barrels; alcohol s270d3.o0 per. gallon;
2l5c per pound in barrels, saltpeter, &c per
pound IN barrels; camnhor, zoe; wood alco-
hol. $lO0: gum opium, $3.50; powdered
opium. S4S5; carbolic acid 40a12c per
pound IN bottles calcium carbide, $500
per 100, delivered Texas common railway
points.
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PANTS. OIL AND GLASS.

white lead, per cwt, strictly pure,
grade, So. 60. Turpentlne, per case,
two 5-galon cans, $5.25; barrel lots 44Ec
per gallon. Mineral paints, In barrel lots,
yellow ochre, per cwt, 81 90 Linseed oil,
best. boiled, 65d66c. Ready mixed house
paints. 81 GOAL 80 per gallon, according 10
dow glass 20 per cent on January list.
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KN-No. ? sacked, T7M77ltc.
RN CHOPS Pure. 81 40@tl. Al.


WIRE NAILS So. o5 base per keg.
BARRED WIRE - Galvanized ullddcn,
$3.50 per 100 lbs galvanized Baker, per.
feet, $3.50 per 100 lbs.
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Old erudoe Caused a KiIIino.

Ardmore. L. T., November 4.-Charles
Blanchard. alias Happy Jack" gambler
wns siot and Instantly killed Yesterday III
EdgeN cod. now town Just across the line
IN Oklahoma, hy + NJ. White in the lat
ter's saloon An old grudPe.
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STRONGER CATTLE MARKETS.

ssenbcrg, four cars stock cattle for Ross
Clark. Port Lavaca,
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. November 4-Cattie Re.
ccipts 100 natives 2isD reNnns o,SN
calves; market stcndy; choice export aud
dressed beet steers .. Hum6.dU. fair 10
good 4 1J6lj 81. stockefs aud feeders 3 "a
a. -; Western ftd steers i26m6 10.
and Indian steers 3.UOa4 81. Trxas cows
: ouct3 60; native COWS - 60Gti 80: heifers
.. 2,,1s.2J butts :. OutA4 Ok. calves 3 OOal
5.Uu. Hogs Rcctipts 1900 market i5fl In
higher; heavy 6.OuW6 20. light ). 5000. no:
piss tlGi5. -, SIepp h,ccipt. .Wn:
market strong TO loo higher, native lambs
tive Nethcrs g Z.dt3 su; western wethcrs
3 2j5i3 10; ewes 2.O03 40; culs > uNa
8 80
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The following are the live stock quota.
lions for this market MS furnished Ivy Dunn
Commission company. successors to r. Il.
Saunders Commission company:
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Ihe CroMleY Market.

Crowley. Las November Our marked
is stronger on fancy grades. Lower grades
show a decline, but are meeting with good
sales at present market. Rough rice IS
lower and market dull Buyers Indifferent
81,
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up .......,,' 49,. .t...,... . 80 an a.
Cornfcd. lights and rough. 30 al 4 10
The demand continues good for all kinds
of choice Garlic; injector stun slow sale.
Top cornfed ESCs wanted.
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GRAIN AND Hay

Carload lots, fob cars from mIllers.
dealers charge from store 5010c more per
100 lbs on bran. 2ll3c per hushel on oats
and corn. and l0Ql5c per 100 lbs ON nay,
BRAN Per 100 lbs, 81. Pal 10.
WHEAT SHORTS-Per 100 lbs, II 800
l 20.
COBN-No. . sacked, T7@77Mc.
CORN CHOPS Pure. 81 4O1tl Al
OATS-Per bushel 4sftjOc.
HAN-Afalfa. S14 JOa15 90: chohn tim
othy Sl9O0Ml050; South Texas prairie
hay, 81 50d9 00i North Texas aud Terri
tory hay, Sls0Od1500.
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RECEIPTS WERE HEAVIER
SHEEP STRONG AND HIGHER
St. Louis Received 5000 Head OF Texas
Cattle. CHICAGO 5000 and Kansas
City Received 1000.

Cattle receipts at Kansas City In the
month Of October have been surprisingly
large, says the Droyers' Telegram \
falling or from a year ago OF $1,000 or
1000 head would have oecasioned little
talk, because the trade was prepared to
see large. shortage Incident 60 the heavier
drouth marketlugs In the SIMMER. partic
ulcrly in luy. But this months shortage.
which cattlcmen WITH scarcely an cxcep
ton predicted will not be larger than
LOCO to 23,0oO from October Of last year.
The outlook is for about 2G1,O11 for the
present month, while last October recorded
$1,000 and October of two years ago
nearly $4,000. That shortage will ma
terlalize in some stage of the winter or
spring movement the trade firmly believes.
~ also Is or the opinion that what shortage
there rs Will he couhAcd to fat cattla.
mere are probably no fewer cattle In Kan
s9s CltNs territory than year ago. hut
there will certainly he fewer fed cattle.
Tor not only is the corn short but the min
fed Offerings from Texas win not he mere
than aalf those of last year
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-05

BIDS WANTED Bids are invited by the
commissioners court Of Harris county,
Texas, for the drainage, grading and re-
pair OF the following public roads in the
vicinity of Ia Porte, to-wit: The Sea-
brook and La Porte public road from the
south limits of la Porte to Doggy bayou.
branch OF Taylors bayou, Twcnty-SiXth
street from the rairoad to Main street,
Main street from Twcnty-slxth street TO
the west limit OF la Porte. T. street to
Eighth street Eighth street TO r street
ana Main street west to the Red Blum
road. Bids for the whole or any part
check for $50. Bids viii hC opened Mt
- m. o'clock on Friday, November To-
1901 and the successful bidder will be
required TO give n performance bond in
a sun equal tp one. fourth of the esti-
mated cost of the work Each bidder will
write his laulc and the work bid upon
across the envelope ". IL, Vasmer,
county judge Ia
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BIDS WANTED-B ids are invited by the
commissioners court Of Harris county
Texas, Tor the construction Of one and
one half miles approximately Of she'll
road at Cedar bayou between lfrey's
STORE aud Ellison'S store Plans and speei-
hcatious can be seen in the surveyors. Of
nee Bids viii be opened on Friday,
Novemhcr 10 lp0l M II IN. o'clock. BIDS
must he accompanied by check for siOO
as earnest of good faith. aud the right
T. reserved To reject any and all bids H.
~ Nnsmer county lndge. IA
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black eyes, 4Ad5c; Michigan navy, none;
California navy 4AM4Ae: Snaps, 90 per
bushel; way, $3.50 per bushcli California
bUTTEit- Star. 2ld22c; dairy $50
l9c; Elgin creamery 26@25c. Texas bricks,
15d19c. Oeomurgarine-- solids,
i2c; Lincoln prints, l3c; Daisy solids, Ne;
prints, Use, Monkeys special 1sc; CRYSTAL
Gem and country rolls l0r;. Empire State
special l51; special Blue star, 1897 Elgin
dairy bricks, l9c; Ideal, lie.
CHEESE Wisconsin fun cream rolls.
15c; Wisconsin full cream daisies, l4laci
Wisconsin half cream, l2@ll3c.
Kansas, zoe; Texas cold storage,
KRAIiT~Nsw, in half barrels 50 2JU
Onions Per pound, 2hd21ac
,PErpEk-Chilr; new, 15@i6c per ib;
'PT6TAToEs- 81 coal 10; Colorado 81. Is
PEANUTS Jumbos. per pound, 0Ac;
foPGy n P 9S choice Sf Il Gs AZ
$40; frycra, large, $30oQ3.50: broller5,
50 jOd2.7J; mixed lots S2.65d3 90; cocks,
large GA $52 ducks 10 gaEgs S2{ {04o
hens. S5.oo@5.5o; turkeys, gobbers, 5000
, SWEET POTAroES--Yam 75c bushol
TOMATOES New Mexico ls-bushol has,
kets, 81 OO01 80; Caifornia, 81. %: Texas,
4basket crate, 6OQI5c; peck box, 3NiS5c.
CELERY-Colof ado white, per bunch,
G0G70c.
DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS.
APPLEs-~Fancv evaporated, 5O-lb boxes,
sAc; LII cartons fancy, 19c; cartons,
choice, 9l5c; choice eyaDorated, sac; gun
HPhIGoTs-Per h. loose. 1oAa11c.
CITRON--Iu lob boxes, 14c.
CURRANTS--25-lb boxes cleaned, Oulk,
Sladpc; lib cartons, sac.
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PRODUCE.

PRODUCE.
WAx-Prlme Texas, 22923c per
~lnported navy beans, 4iA6Rsszc;
%; English dried. 3Ac; PINK, &c;
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BIDS AND PROPOSALS.

BIDS WANTED--Thc commissioners court
invites bids for the repair OF Harrisburg
foad at Dumlers place, including billing.
sewers brick masonry and timber. ne,
cordlng 10 plans and specifications now
On file In the county surveyors office
blds must be accompanied By check in
the sum Of 500 aud the successful hid
der required to give performance hond
IN q sum equal 10 one-fourth of the con-
tract price. Bids must be sealed and on
Tue outside OF the envelope must be writ
ten the name OF the bidder ana the wnrk
hid upon Bids will be opened on Fri.
day, November ~, 1901. at 10 m. O'Clock.
and the right Is reserved to reject any
Judge n
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Clark Port IaVaca
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Estimates on boring and casing
two or more eight and ten-incb irrigation
in Bra2orla county six miles from rail
rOad i. O. BOX 3. Dnllns. TexAs d
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If IT'S a "eARLANp"

That's all you need to know about stove
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27

Paine S celery compound has ac-
luireu lis tremendous reputation for
max NJ people well by direct ersonal
testimony from men and women who
have Used il. No testimonial has
ever | cen published for this great
remedy that could not be easily veri-
fed at first hand by ony one at all in
terested Nothing has ever been
claimed for Paine S celery compound
that it has not accomplished in hun
3reds of cases
For the GU dance of thoughtful
people who recognize the need of
purifying the blood and regulating
the nerves in the spring, the follow
ing letter to The proprietors of
Paine's celery compound from Secre-
tary of State Berg of Minneapolis
will be of the utmost value in deter
mining upon trustworthy spring
remedy:
ST. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 4, 1901
Dear Sirs
One an show no greater faith than
by taking a remedy for ones health
No better testimonial of excellence
can be offered than the recommends
ton of that remedy to one S friends.
[ have taken Paine's celery com
eaaai@Se IT 70 a sfk e7 s-.'' he1r'i''
ALBERT BERG.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27

No remedy but Paine celery CON-
pound has ever been recommended
by so conspicuously fair minded
body of men ard women 1t occupies
a clear field morg men of sound
judgment in the cure OF diseases aris-
ing from tired or otherwise i'm
paired nervous system.
There is no help so sure and SO i'm
me date as one gets from the use Of
Paine's celery compound. Detailed
information of innumerable cases of
rheumatism, neuralgia aud dyspep-
STA. comp etely cured, has established
this great invigorator as the most
valuable remedy those run down in
health can make use of.
Paine's celery compound frees the
body of vicious humors that have ac-
cumulated during the winter. and are
the cause of kidney and liver com
plants. Only great remedy based
on a profound knowledge OF these
diseases could do the work that
Paine S celery compound is now do
ing.
Better nutrition for the nerves, an
awakened appe tite, purified bloc d,
al d complete assimilation of the food
--aheee follow :s<--- 4siel1l1 us ~ ol
Paine s celery compound as surely "a
day follows night.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27
APRIL CROP
OUTLOOK
Cold Snap. 1t is Said. Has Mot Damaged
Fruit Good Crop of Wheat. Oats.
Apples. Cherries. Etc.

The April crop bulletin. covering
reports from all the counties of the
state, was issued by State Statisti
clan Johnson today. The reports
were submitted by the county asses
S prs, who have made careful inves :
tigation of the crop and fruit condi-
tions in their respective counties.
The bulletin is compiled on basis of
100 per cent, representing a full
crop in each county.
Mr.. Johnson says reports received
from various parts of the state since
the recent cold snap show that the
fruit has not been injured in the
least and that the crop conditions are
continually improving. Blanks will
soon be sent out for the May reports
which will be submitted to the print
er by May 20.
TIE bulletin shows the following:
Sixty-seven counties show an aver
age of 20 per cent. of a full crop of
wheat
Fifty-five counties show an aver
age of so per cent IF a full crop of
oats.
Sixty eight counties show an aver
age of 81 per cent of a full crop of
timothy.
Sixty-nine counties show an aver
age of 76 per cent. of a full crop OF
clover.
FIfty-five counties show an aver
age of IS per cent. of full crop of
rye.
twenty-five counties show an aver
age of So per cent. Of a full crop of
barley.
Fifty-nine counties show an aver
age of 50 per cent. of a full crop of APP
pies.
Fifty-nine counties show an aver
age of 90 per cent of a full crop of !
cherries.
Fifty-nine counties show an aver
Age Of 80 per cent. of full crop Of
pears.
Fifty-fve counties show IN aver
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27
Milton High School Com.
menCement.

The sixteenth annual commence
ment Of Milton high school was held
last Thursday night at Kinsey's hall,
in the presence of large audience.
The stage was very pretty in its dec
orations in blue and white, the class
colors, while the jars of carnations,
the class flower, lent fragrance as
well as beauty to the scene. Palms
and ferns were also used effectively,
forming q pretty background for the
graduates, the real objects of the
evenings interest. The grad
uating class numbered five,
and go uniform had been
their work that class honors were
dispensed with. The young ladies
wore dainty white dresses, garnished
with the class flower. All the ora
tions were well written and distinct
ly delivered. The program was as
follows:
Runge's orchestra of Richmond
played between the numbers.
Invocation-Rev. e. E. Urner.
VIM. Ewart Gladstone-Miss Ida
l Am an Observation-Disclosures
Lantx.
The Hope OF Our Futare-Miss
Maude Ball.
The Healed Wound-Blane'e Hale.
The Light That Never Failed
Ralph Benton Lantx.
Benediction-Rev. Vim. F. Shear
er.
Our neighboring towns were well
in the audience.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27
TERSE KILOGRAMS

The applications for the British war loan
aggregate f24o, 0o0,000.
Activity on enormous scale continues
to rule in the New York stock market
Tom Cole. colored, was hanged at Gin
ton. KY, yesterday for the brutal murder
of a negro woman last winter.
Failures in the United States for the week
number pa as against PIP last week and
1o2 in this week a year ago.
Eight new cases of bubonic plague were
reported at Cape Town yesterday four of
which were Europeans and four colored
persons.
Two men boarded Central of Georgia
train near Macon. bound and gagged the
express messenger. and secured 1850 es-
Gaping safely.
The dead, almost nude body Of Richard
Sutsr was found in an alley at Frankfort.
Ky. Friends suspect foul play but there
were no marks of violence his body
An anti-clerical demonstration was dis
persed by the police at Lisbon yesterday
by the mob. who INDUCED in anti Jesuit
cries.
l.. Z. Hummer, on trial at Alma. Wis. for
Illegal banking, pleaded guilty to the charge
OF receiving money after knowing the bank
was insolvent. and was sentenced to one
year.
Burglars boldly carried away a safe from
the Alaska saloon at Anaconda, Mont, Sc
cured $1,000 in gold. and loaded the wreck
ed safe in a wagon and started the horse
back to town.
The hank of c. J. Baetke & Co. at
Brighton. Mich, was entered bv thieves
who dynamited the safe and secured about
$4,000 The charge demolished the interior
of the bank.
The Russian government has forbidden
the exhibition at Moscow of Repine's life
size portrait of Count Leo Tolstoi repre-
senting him in the costume of a peasa Mt
and barefooted.
Strength. activity and irregularity, all on
an exaggerated scale. have rendered this
week one of the most interesting from 9
speculative standpoint, which the bull mar
ker has yet exhibited
Western roads have agreed on rates for
the annual convention of the United So
eiety of Christian Endeavor to be held M
Cincinnati. July 9 to TO- The rate in west
ern territory will be one fare plus 81 for
the round trip
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27

Yesterday the papers were full of
the story of Frank Wilson and wife
and ID. c. Hazelrigg and wife all OF
Rushyille and prominent in business
aud society there. Wilson, who WAS
worth considerable money, decided
all he had to his wife but 81, 900 and
left her. Mrs. Haxelrigg told her
husband she had about all of him she
needed and was taken home to her
mother, where she said she thought
much the most of Wilson anyway;
and she and Wilson it was thought
would go together. The second chap
ter of the story seems to indicate
that Wilson is getting the hot end OF
it all round last night Mrs. Hazel
rigg returned to her husband and
they made up; and Wilson writes
home from Chicago that he il . little
bit sorry himself. The question now
q, whether his wife wiz keep the
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27
TORE UP THE TRACKS
Bellevue People Indignant At Lac
of Hood Recommendations

Bellevue People Indignant AT Lack
OF flood Accommodations
Cincinnati. April 21.-At Bellevue,
Ky, just across the river from the
eastern part of Cincinnati. large in
dignation meeting was held last night
because the Cincinnati. Coyington and
Newport street railway did not fur
niSh boats for transfers at all the
flooded points. The street railway
claim thar boats are in such demand
thar they could not be had AT all places
where the water was over the tracks.
n considerable number of those at
tending the meeting and others later
tore up the tracks for some distance
in the more elevated parts of the town
At Ripley. O.. the inundatipn is so
complete that all business has been
suspended and viii, he until Monday
The Ripley National hank at Second
and Main str, is reached by n tenn
porary elevated plank walk. From
Main street IN East i.inlex everything
is under Wa.es. AT Portsmouth. o.
!, rise ia the Seiato river has made llt
sitna len worse i. tie northern par
of that city Grer 2taRs people haes
been d'itrn I. ~ ti'o'. '..x:nes in tn
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27
AN UNSTABLE MAJORITY
British House Of Commons May Soon
Have q Surpr5ee

London. April 21-The unstable
Character of the government ma ioriry
received pointed illustration las;
evening in the house of commons dur
ing the discussion on money votes.
Numerous divisions We're taken in a
thinned house, the government ma
jorities ranging from 10 to "a. In one
case. that of the reduction of the sal
airy of the attorney general. the gov
eminent ma ority fell as low as 81. At
this the Liberals cheered jubilantly
for although, as Herbert Gladstone
the chief Liberal whip. said in
speech at Leeds last night. the gov
eminent presented all symptoms of
senile decay, but it was impossible to
think OF another general election or
alternative move" the Liberals are
pleased 10 see so speedy a result Of the
governments war and financial pol
icy.
The Nationalist Were greatly dis
appointed at the outcome, because
when this particular division was Ia
ken. u of their members were absent
1t is evident that unless the govern
ment is really riding for a fall. their
whips need constantly TO be alert in
order TO prevent an unpleasant sur
prise
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27

The fact that over 600 delegates Of
the Indiana Travellers Protective
Association were present at the elev-
enth annual convention at Vincennes
yesterday shows that the trusts have
not interfered with the vocation of
travelling statesmen. About o year
ago there were many gloomy predic-
tions concerning this business, and q
good deal of unwarrantable political
capital was made out of it in the last
Presidential campaign. There are
more travelling statesmen on the road
now than ever before.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-27
EOiSON'S NEW MARVEL.


Magnetic Power For Extracting Iron
Ore AstOunds British steel Men.
The story OF how Edison discovered
the process of Transforming low grade
nonbessemer ores into high grade bes
semer ores IL In itself a small ro
nance. 1t has long been an accepted
axiom that these low grade ores are
repelled by the magnet. One day.
however. Edison put several magnets
together and observed a movement
among the ore He added several other
magnets until he had H. and then the
rich part OF the ore came under the in
duence of the accumulated magnets
and was attracted from the poorer con
stituents. Why this should be so Edi-
son cannot explain. He himself was
astonished at the discovery. Many
great scientists in Europe. says the
London Mail consider that the result
Of this experiment is likely TO have
stupendOus effect on Industrial affairs
The pivotal fact Of Edison's discov-
cry Is the possibility Of extracting spec
ular hematite by means Of magnets
acting in tandem. This is fact which
was never believed possible before 1t
han 6:. a IS En6lish is9a and sissl
ed Edison himself when he discovered