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Leading futures ranged AS follows !;
Cash quotations were az follows

Cash quotations were az follows;
Flour WAS firm: winter patents 81 900
$780, straights 49, lO(13.40; clears S!S0Q on; DO
sprlnP specials 4.39; spring patents &8oCGI3. Is;
dc. straights S3 0o0325; bakers S2.3002.S0.
Wheat--Eo. spnng 1904; No. 8, 6o07i4; No
red, 72h0 -34. Coru-No. ?, CO; No yellow
50. Oats-No. ?, 60h; No. :, white,
good fee ling -; fair to choice mailing
50G63; No. fax seed s1.42; No | northwestern
146 Prime timothy seed S4.,1 Mess pork per bb,
SIC 80mr6 IS Lard. per 100 lbs, Sl050Ot 70 So
Short ribs sides QOose) so 2;Ol0S0. Dry-salted
shoulders tboxed) 5000; Short clear
sides (boxed) a4O105s. Whiskey u 81. Glover
vrlds X9I0
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sw ORLEANS. La, Sept 4-Cot.on futures
LIVERPOOL.

IIvsRPe OIL. sept 4 "A p. M.-Spot cotton
limited cenand; prices e lower; American
md ming far ll-3aG good middliug 5lo-32d;
middIlng Lied; low middling 1850; good or
din ,rv 27-32d, ordinary 1880.
7 he sales Of the day We're 5000 bales, OF which
zoo were specu alton and eX ort and included
400 American Receipts5 -. ba,es jncu1ng
American.
Futures Opened easy and closed steady.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK. sept. A. Flour fai Iyactive, shade
sea1ier; Minnesota patents s3 eU9400 do. BAKERS
80 1908 81; winter straights S3.6UQG385; winter
patents s36CtG39) low grades S2.9o03l5
Rye -four Jiet; fair to good 50. l5OS.Ao choice
to fancy S35o&o3.70.
Corn meal f1rm; yellow western i.27 city
brandywine So 5UG53.55
Rye steady; NJ Z, western 571z; State 6}G6i,
Barley steady; feeding a.; mslCIng 52g53
Barley malt du'l; western G5G166.
Wbcat--s pot firm; No. 2, red, T67s. Options
May IN: ptember 1913; December a
Corn-Spot firm: No. :. So. opuons~ May
45S: Septen Der $50: Decemb 4sB
Oats-spot quiet No. 2, lew 81. May 3t1s
SCI tenher 3th; december So.
Beef firm; family sih.O0@I6 co. mess 1880;
packe' Si4 Na15: beef hams S22 0c0?30o.
Gu neuts quiet; pick ed be lies ll14Oi3:
do shou ders s5409 do. hams ia.
Lrrd fine western steamed Sl0sO;
renned fen. to the continent S,0.9O South
America stl IS: com pound 7BG18A
Pork stea(y; family S20.0C@20 %; short clear
Sl9OO09I.Oo; mess Sl8 25G8I9.2o
Butter steaoy; western creamery. fresh l515@
20; imitation creamery l4GDlS; factory 1903;
state dairy 30l5h.
CHEESE steady: full cream, small colored, 1850
l01s sinai white 1G2sDs0h.
Eggs sleaIy; State And Pennsylvania FOG
2I western, I4Gll71 southwestern. 1917.
Potatoes teadv; New YORK and western -;
Jersey 75Ql IL; Long Island s03t.2o; south IN
sweets S! OUGD350
Peanuts rrm fancy hand-picked 54051a; do
| nestle 3tsG05x.
CabI ages steady; Norfolk, barrels -; Long
! Island, per 100, e. 5O03,00
Freights to Liverpool cotton By steamrr l2hc;
grain Id.
TaIow dull; city $500 per package G;
country (packges free) 6b0b614.
Rosin steady strained. common to good, l.s5.
Tufpentlne hrm at 47HQ4S
Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra 1905;
Japan I2lQD5
Cotee-spot Rio quiet; No. invoice So;
mud, ST a.v; Cordova Sl1I1H.
Sugsr-raw was nrin; far refining 2% /;
centrifugal, 96-tesG, 7-l6; refined sugar nm +;
mould A 49t; standard A As: confechoners A
4 Is; cut loaf Sis; crushed 5.l5; powdered 475;
yranulated 4.65; cubes 4.90.
Molasses steauy New Orleans, open Kettle
good to choice 3304l
Cotton seed OH quiet Prime crude
barrels /. O. b. mi Is, 2e02sh; prime summer
yellow 40; OFF summer yellow 5000; prilne
white 45046; prime winter yellow 40; prime
meal 6z7.0o, nominal
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RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.
Corrected daily by Grimes & Vass)
BONDS.
Bid. Asked

Bid. Asked.
North Carolina 6s, 1919 LIB 1876
North Carolina As, 1919 ....1O4 1O5
Virginia new 3's ............-- 96A
Virginia Centuries, 1901 -. 963s 96k
Southern Railway SIS, 1894 ..124
S. A. L. As ................. S9h 1914
Western N. G. r. r. 6's, 1914. .118
Ca, Car. & Northern 5's, 1929. 1111s 112
Carolina Central Railway As 100
Ca, So. G Fla. r. r., 1945 ..114
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BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, Sept 4-FIour steady; winter
extra 3 9O13 10; do. clear 253 3d. 40. Straighls,
- 30l93.oO; Iatents So 1908 30.
October ia December 7%Q7IA; No.
red =; steamer NO. a. red -; southern wheat
bv sample 6 az.
Corn duh spot -; Gew or 81 November 81;
the year 44hGu4iH January 1874 asked; osuth
ern white 5tQ67; mixed
Oats were st a1,; No. white, new, 5000
No mixed, new, 3, n.
RYE firmer; Nc nearby, 55h056; No.
western o1GD5'M.
Butter trm fancy imitation l70lS; fancy
creamery l9G52U; fancy ladle ; store packed.
Eggs firm; fresh 81
Cheese steady; large lO@110A; medium lt@;
small l09SWl02s.
Sugar hrln, 1ne and coarse graduated AIM.
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-04
THE CHRISTMAS CHARGES

Thus far not the slightest bit of evi.
dence has been found to warrant the
charges made by Captain Christmas in
connection with the negotiations for the
sale of the Danish West Indies and il
appears entirely safe to say that none
can be found. All the witnesses OK
amined by the congressional committee
have testified that they had only a
casual acquaintance with Christmas and
had never talked with him in regard TO
the negotiations, or received n sort
OF proposition from him.
To further discredit the alleged ne
gotiator for the sale of the islands comes
an official announcement from the can
ital of Denmark that the Danish min
istry has had no connection with Chris
mas; that the premier refused to see
him when he asked for an audience and
also refused to receive a copy of n re-
port by Christmas on the subject of ne
gotiations. This statement ought to be
sufficient to satisfy any reasonable per-
son that the fellow Christmas is a fraud
and his allegations totally unworthy of
serious consideration by n committee of
congress. Probably Mr.. Richardson, the
democratic house leader, who called for
the investigation, believed there was
something in the charges, but he must
now see that he was misled, not to say
duped, and that he made a great mis-
take In not sitting the matter himself
Instead of rushing it upon the attention
OF congress upon inadequate authority.
But the expectation OF making a little
political capital was irresistible.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-04
CHEN BOLT

famous song. Ben Bolt" died on Tuesday
at his home at Newark, N. j.
oh! don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt,
Sweet Alice whose hair was so brown,
Who wept, with deligh when you gave her
And trembled with fear at your frown?
In the old churchyard in the valley, Ben
In a corner obscure and alone,
They have fitted a slab of the granite so
And sweet Alice lies under the stone.
Under the hickory tree, Ben Bolt,
Which stood at the foot of the hill,
Together we've lain in the MONDAY shade
And listened TO Appleton's mill.
The mill wheel has fallen to pieces. Ben
The %Tafters have tumbled in.
And a quiet that crawls round the walls
as you gaze
Has followed the olden din.
And don't you remember the school. Ben
with the master so cruel and grim,
And the shaded nook in the running brook,
Where the children went to tswim2
Grass grows on the masters grave, Ben
The spring of the brook is dry,
And OF all the boys who were schoolmates
There are only you and l. ESQ
There is change in the things I loved, Ben
They have changed from the old to the
new,
But / feel in the depths of my spirit the
There never was change in you.
Twelve months. twenty have passed. Ben
Since first we were friends-yet I hail
Thy presence a blessing, thy presence a
Ben Bolt of the salt sea gale.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-04
PUBLICITY FOR CORPORATIONS.

Representative Littlefeld Of Maine has
n bill providing for publicity Of accounts
Of corporations doing an interstate bust.
ness which he proposes soon to bring
forward in the house. The measure
vests the authority to collect corporate
statistics in the secretary of the treas
ury. though It is possible that in the
event Of a department of commerce
being created the authority would be
lodged in the head of that department.
Mr.. Littlefeld thinks the chances for
the passage of the bill are good and in
regard TO its being obnoxious to many
corporations, which Of course such legis-
lation would be, he remarked that they
would scarcely be able to oppose the
plan with any very good grace, since
It is as fair to one as to another and
IL would be no more injurious to have
a particular corporations affairs known
to its rivals than to have their business
known to it.
The Littlefield bill does not go so far
as some may think expedient or neces-
sal IN blNNl W StNult SbllNluNlolN IL
suits, but it's author does not think it
would be wise to propose a too drastic
measure at the outset. Thus, for in
stance, he is Of the opinion that moth
ing would be gained by attaching a
taxation provision to the bill as a pen
atty for refusal to submit returns, being
disposed to rely very largely upon the
fact that the declaration provided for in
the bill was to be made under oath,
although admitting that in the case of
personal property and income taxes the
principle Of declaration had not worked
very satisfactorily. Obviously any legis-
lation of this kind should be sufficiently
comprehensive to be reasonably sure of
effecting the desired object, otherwise
1t would soon become a dead letter.
However, it is gratifying to know that
a serious effort is to be made to secure
legislation requiring corporations
engaged in interstate to let
the public know their financial condition
and 1t Is to be hoped Mr.. Littleield will
press his bill to consideration as soon as
possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-04
THE PRESIDENT AND IRRIGATION.

~ 4 IOh.
No one Is more earnestly in favor of
the reclamation of the arid lands than
President Roosevelt. This was clearly
shown In his extended treatment of the
subject in his first message to congress.
He pointed III the benefits that would
result to the whole country from the
reclamation and settlement of the arid
lands and showed a comprehensive IA
miliarity with the question of irrigation.
1t was reported recently that the presi-
dent disapproved of the irrigation bill
that passed the senate and is now in
the house. He was said to have told
friends of the measur who called upon
him that he fully believed in the value
and necessity of the great undertaking
which the bill proposed, that he thought
any money judiciously expended In the
creation and operation of a system of
irrigation such as the supporters of the
pending measure had in view would be
well invested, and that he approved the
general purpose Of the bill and only
criticised some of it's provisions which
he considered ill-advised. He was re-
ported to have especially disapproved Of
that section of the bill which places the
local government of the state where irri-
cation is intended to be Instituted in
control Of its operation. His argument
was stated to be that works constructed
at the expense of the United States gov
eminent should be under the exclusive
control of that government and that
every arrangement for the distribution
Of the water furnished by means of the
irrigation canals should be made and
executed under the supervision of the
federal authorities.
Later information is to the effect that
the previously reported attitude OF the
president toward h pending bill was
exaggerated and that in a conference
with him Of friends Of the measure IL
was ascertalned that II will not be nee
essary to strike out the section Of the
bill relating to state control and dis
trtbution OF water, but simply to change
the phraseOlogy. In his message Mr..
Roosevelt said: These irrigation works
should be built by the national govern
ment. The lands reclaimed by them
should be reserved by the government
for actual settlers and the cost OF con-
struction should so far as possible be
repaid by the land reclaimed. The dis
tribution of the water. the division Of
the streams among irrigators, should be
left TO the settlers themselves in con-
formity with state laws m without
interference with those laws or with
vested rights. The policy Of the national
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-04
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP SENTIMENT

MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP SENTIMENT
The trend of public sentiment in
American cities is steadily growing in
favor of the municipal ownership Of
public utilities. At last Tuesdays cleo
ton in Chicago two propositions as to
municipal ownership were submitted to
the voters. One of these was for an ex-
preston for or against the ownership
by the city Of Chicago of all street rail
roads within the corporate limits; the
second for the ownership by the city of
Chicago of the gas and electric lighting
plants, said plants to furnish light, heat
and power for both public and private
use.
While neither Of these propositions
carried anything more with it than n
test of public sentiment, the vote that
registered the popular opinion was over
whelmingly in favor of the municipal
ownership idea in spite of the declara-
ton of the most widely circulated news
paper that it was impossible for the city
to acquire and operate the plants of the
II dhNLlAsNu WI lOlhNAOhSs "AN
more that, even if it could do so, it
would be against public policy to at
tempt ii. Out of a total vote of 10000
cast in the Chicago election nearly
$4,000 were cast in favor of
municipal ownership and less than
$4,000 against it, the remaining ballots
being left blank.
The prime cause of this popular de-
mand is not so much because its in
auguration is expected to effect a ma
terial reduction in taxation or saving to
private consumers as it is because of the
general dissatisfaction with he service
and the corrupt influence eXerted by the
franchised corporations upon municipal
officials and lawmakers. The street
railways of Chicago have for years been
wretchedly inadequate to the public
need and the tampering with legisla-
lures and city councils by the street car
magnates and their agents has intensi-
fed public resentment. In many parts
of Chicago the horse car still traverses
the street and people are subjected to
intense discomfort in overcrowded slow
coach cars, when they have a right to
demand modern transit with subway
trolleys.
What is true of Chicago is true only
in lesser degree of other cities. Such
unsatisfactory conditions naturally slim
ulate agitation for municipal ownership,
which simply voices popular discomfort
and offers the only hope Of tangible re-
lief and redress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-04
THE ARMY AND GOOD MORALS.
Secretary Roots Explicit Orders TO
the Men in the Tropics.
Philadelphia Press.

Secretary Root has struck a high and
effective note in his frank and explicit
order upon the moral sanitation of the
army.
The tropics bring to soldiers two evils,
vice and liquor. Both are deadly in hot
climates to the white man OF the tenn
perate zone. The glazing argument Of evil
apology for the first OF these evils is that
nothing better can be expected OF officers
or soldiers where temptation is as rife as
in the tropics. The Anglo-Indian army
shows the working Of this ignoble view.
From 1861, when the cases of disease from
vice were 1902 per 1000 per year among
English regiments in India, they rose stead
lily for thirty years, until in 1890 they were
503.6 per 1000 per year, and In 1895 reached
522. It is no unknown thing for half an
English regiment in India environments to
be incapacitated for duty. Out of 1852
British soldiers serving in India only 26,241
men. or 81 per cent, had never suffered
from this scourge. Our own hospitals in
the winter Of 1889 bore terrible testimony
to the effect OF gathering a quarter Of a
million men-most Of them camped on our
own s%oil-without precaution or prevention
against this danger.
Two courses are open. Legislation and
regulation may seek by loathsome medical
precautions to make vice safe. This has
always failed. 1t always will fail. 1t never
can succeed. The evidence on this head is
overwhelming.
The other course is an honest. honorable.
open, well-planned attempt to make men
better The former plan has been tried and
failed in all European armies. Secretary
Root boldly, frankly and with open-minded
candor, addresses himself to the second
course. The experience Of our colleges has
proved that nothing SO protects the young
man against temptation as rigorous, syste>
matte exercise. There is evidence that at
one institution systematic and competitive
athletics have reduced cases OF this loath-
some character to one-sixth of the number
twenty-five years ago.
Secretary Root urges on oricers a sound
example and continuous efforts to interest
and occupy their men with constant exer-
else and harmless amusements. His appeal
is full Of moral conviction, rare in the
oficial treatment OF this evil. His order
would never be issued save In an army
whose officers could be moved by this ring
ing appeal to the higher and better nature
OF men.
The American public will respond with
earnest and unstinted approval.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-04

government should be to aid irrigation
in the several states and territories in
such manner as will enable the people
In the local communities to help them
selves, and as will stimulate needed re-
forms in the state laws and regulations
governing irrigation"
This doubtless is the present position
of the president-that water distribution
among irrigators should be left to the
settlers themselves in conformity with
state laws-and consequently he would
not require the striking out of the sec
ton he is reported to have especially
objected to, though recommending it's
modification, which it is said will be
done.
The very strong argument presented
by President Roosevelt for the reclama-
ton Of the arid lands warrants the be-
lief that there will be no obstruction Cd
his part to irrigation legislation.